Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1938 — Page 8

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~ 10 DETOURS IN STATE SET AS

16 ARE LIFTED

Bituminous Surfacing and Oiling Work Finished On Several Roads.

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total of 10 new detours were esshed and 18 were lifted by the State Highway Commission during the past week, it was announced today. On most of the detours which were abolished bituminous surfacing |

and oiling work had been completed.

The complete list of detours now in | effect follows:

10—From Argos east 25 miles over | ds 31, 30 and 18. qd...15- n Indianapolis to Noblesstreets, Roads 31

13—From 1 mile South of Mier miles over county gravel and 1 Bi tuminous surf acing.) Ind, 16—From Monon to Bu oa! lo. 8 miles | nd. 43 and county gr i. 16—~From Roann to nd. 13. 10 miles over count y_ gravel. (Oiling.) Ind. 18—From U. 8S. i east 12 miles ver county gravel road, Ind. 19—In Nappanee and nor th 3 mites | 3 n roa

Ind.

Ro In

iles over city

| Automobile News—

Marmon-Harrington Co, ‘Marsh Buggy’ to Be Used in Clay, Sand, Mud

Winners of Annual Ford Sales Contest

Huge Tires es Make Sw amp | And Marsh Transportation a Possibility.

The Inc, of Indianapolis, ly known builders of large. all wheel drive overland vehicles, today an-| nounced development of a new, “Marsh Buggy.” The new vehicle which sports] huge tires answers a need of oil field men who long have sought some ! vehicle with which to roam the] swamps and marshes of the deep |

Marmon-Harrington

| south and the sand and clay of the |

southwest. It combines extra available power in the all-wheel drive feature with the positive traction and flotation | | of the huge, 13.50 by 24-inch tires, | ! mounted front and rear on spoke | | type disc wheels, officials said. |

‘Cannot Be Equaled’ They claimed that not even al

| track-laying tractor can equal the]

| new buggy in its ability to traverse |

27. | mud,

mi s 2.) Ind. 21—From Muncie northwest. 8 miles ver Roads 3 and 28. U. S. 2¢—From Huntington to Ft. Wavne s over Roads 8 and 14. From Russiaville east 3 mi road.

S. 27—From 1 mile northwest

TC of ollege Corn ier to Liberty 12 miles t and Ind. 44

over

t 7 ‘miles sot ith of Kokosunty gravel road. {Bi1B) tordeuile t s 34 and 75. (B

rom Lebanon cel Ritu n Ben Da S. 41 to Waynetown— 5, over U. S. 41 ucks detour le over Roads

nor

thwest 8

te Jonesboro,

of Kokomo, 2'2 miles i. iBituminous surfacing.) uth edge of Martinsville, tv pavement and city

: 39—From Ind. 138 to Lebanon 35 r county gray nd Ind. 34. (Oilm }, 1 ¢hshon 5 Frankfort 29 ad nd Bituminous |

—From Delphi

AVEr Ol er cc

to Patton, about inty gravel. (Bituminous

40—From Indianapolis east to miles over city streets and nous road—trucks from oo: reenfield miles ver From 1 mile north of Vin3'2 miles over Ind. 67 and

1 Terre Haute and 2 miles s over paved city streets ravel. (Bituminous surfaec-

h of LaCrosse | over county gravel trucks cver 3 tons 30 {Bituminous | |

i 43—From 4 mi les soutt

| 0 Spen cer 49 , 40 and 43. (Bitu-

ille to Sunman 12 and gravel

town to east of over Roads 230 ng: ra to Lawrenceburg, 148 and 48. i s north of Fowler niles over county gravel

south 4 miles

les over Roads 162 1inous surfacing.) miles west of Leavenmiles »>ver county Roads 66 64 and 133 62—North of Charlestown 24 miles ads 3 and 358. (Bituminous sur-

ith Hilisdale north 7 vel and U. 8. 38 neeton. 7 miles over (Bit uminous surfac-

rt to Tell City— Roads 45 62 and cars 29 miles over Roads | and county road rom St. Bernice orth 98% niles over county gravel and soncrete. Ind. 114—East of N. Manchester 12 miles ever county gravel and Ind Ind. 135—From Trafalgar north 7

niles over

miles

.. | Buggy rolls across

10°21 85 horsepower

| creased 105 per cent, | previous records, the American Au-

| said, | visitors were counted during 1937,

| miles over Roads 64 and 45

sand and swamp. Instead of sinking into soft marshy ground, or sand, the Marsh- | the top. The] huge tires, carrying only 8 or 10 pounds of air, are capable of “floating” unusually heavy loads across the marshes, mud and sand. Aided by an equal distribution of power to all wheels the buggy is| able to make an effective vehicle | for the transportation of geologists, | oil “scouts” and operators and their instruments and equipment into swamp and sand-locked territory where unusual clearance as well as traction are necessary. The new vehicle is powered by an | Ford V-8 motor.

Traffic Fatalities On Decrease

I'imes Special DETROIT, June 24 —For the first time on record, traffic fatalities and accidents in the U. S. have de-

| clined for a second consecutive six-

month period, Norman Damon, director of the Automotive Safety Foundation, announced today. Beginning with a drop of 10 per cent in November traffic fatalities. the decrease continued through to a 19 per cent reduction in April, | he said. “For this period Detroit was first among large cities in percentage of reduction, paring its| death toll nearly 52 per cent,” he said. Mr. Damon cited “an unprecedented co-ordination of public and private effort’ ’in explaining the decrease.

| Vacation Trips by Car

Set New Record

Times Special WASHINGTON, June 24 —Vacation trips by automobiles in 1937 inbreaking all

tomoible Association announced today. Expenditures by tourists also showed strong gains, the association said. “In 168 states where comparable figures are available,” the report “a total of 36,283000 touring

over gravel and Ind. 44. (Bituminous surfacing.) Ind. 145—From 1 mile north New Boston to Fulda 6! miles over county gravel Ind. 162—From Bretzville to .Jasder 13 (olling.) Ind. 205—From South Whitley to Columbia CY ge miles over Ind!. 3 county grav Ind. A From N. E Tell neiton 7 miles over Roads 37 and of Ind 220—From Batesvilie to U. 8. 32 miles over county road and U. § YBitumihols surfacing.) nd. 427—From Auburn to Waterloo, 6 | 3: over county road.

City to Can-

| Co., | international- |

| compared with 32.817,000

Designer's Kin Gets

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Inc., Develops

Declared winners in the annual Ford May sales contest, these three salesmen received $50 each. They are, left to right, Harry Achgill, John Feeser

and A. A. Armfield. cent for the first

Times Photo.

At the ‘presentation of the awards G. C. Ellick, new Indianapolis branch that sales in the local area had increased 26 per

sales manager,

10 days in June over May.

the tires, they said. When the seat is adjusted correctly, the toe should rest comfortably on the brake pedal with the knee bent at a 45-degree angle.

Auto Taxes Soar To High Peak

Times Special NEW YORK, June 24 -—Special automotive taxes cost the average motorist 93.4 per cent more than in the statistically normal year 1926, the American Petroleum Industries Committee estimated today. In 1926 the average yearly tax bill a car was $26.01, as compared to

reported

in the | wheels much wider in diameter preceding year. Motor touring so | than those of the present-day autofar this year, as reflected by state | mobile and is equipped with a shell

travel commission records, is run- | boiler with two horizontal recipro- |

ning at least slightly ahead of last cating engines. On either side of | year's total.” the boiler are two flat water tanks | : | which also serve as seats. The “en- | gineer” has a special seat. “Red Devil” has been the property of Charles W. Ludlaw of Oyster

{ Bay, N. Y.,, who claimed he bought MINEOLA, N. Y., June 24 (U. P)). | jt from a son of the inventor. Its —“Red Devil,” built in 1868 and | value is listed at only $500, but both claimant for the eldest automobile | contestants said it had a far greattitle, was awarded to a descendant | ef “sentimental value.” of the man who desighed it today. A Nassau County Court jury ruled Adjustable Seats that it was the property of Mrs. | Fannie Dudgeon, wife of the grand- | Hard on Tires son of the late Richard Dudgeon, | who designed and bullt two automobiles. The twin to “Red Devil” was de- |

‘Oldest Automobile’

T'imes Special SPRINGFIELD, Mass. June 24.— Adjustable seats found in most mod- |

i stroyed by fire in New York several | ern cars may have a bad effect in= | years ago. stead of a good one by producing | Mrs. Dudgeon said it still could | more wear on tires, Fisk Tire Co. be driven under its own power. It | scientists pointed out today. is propelled by steam. When set too far forward, The machine has

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Studebaker Provides | Helpful Hints

Times Special SOUTH BEND, June 24 —A hooklet giving vacationers instructions on everything from how to drive from the garage to what cooking utensils to take along on a picnie has been prepared by the Studebaker Corp. it was announced today. The booklets are to be distributed by dealers.

Indiana U. Gets Safety Car

Times Special | PONTIAC, Mich, June 24— | Twenty-five Pontiac dual-control | cars have been assigned to American colleges giving instruction in safe (driving to high school teachers en-

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AUTO IS ENEMY OF

TODAY’S WILD LIFE

JERSEYVILLE, Ill, June 24 (U. P).—Among the deadliest enemies

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automobile. mile stretch of state highway near here showed as victims of autos'

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