Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1938 — Page 7

Automobile News.

Shortage of New and Used Cars Before 1939

Models Are Available Is Seen in Reports

Roper Predicts Inventories May Reach Lowest Since 1934.

These dealers also ‘predicted bet- | ter business during the last quarter | of the year on the basis of good crop | prospects and benefits from the . Federal spending program. | The survey shows that the dealers had an average of 25 new units on | hand Aug. 1, estimated as a 37-day | supply, and 45 used units, approximately a 44-day supply. If this condition is true throughout the country, the Association said, a shortage is” expected before October when ‘new models will be shown. Practically all car factories have com=pleted their run of 1938 models and are now making changes necessary | for 1939 models. The usual year-end cleanup of | current models, which in previous years has created havoc with many dealers, may be noticeably absent this year and dealers should’enter | the new model year with reduced inventories, the Association advised.

Sees Lowest Inventory Since 1934 -

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (U. P.) — Secretary of Commerce Roper said today that dealers’ automobile inventories are declining at such a pace as to justify increased production in the industry. “Inventories in the hands of dealers have been reduced almost constantly since last December,” he said. “The rate of reduction appears to have been steadily increasing, culminating in what, at this stage, seems to have been a decrease of about 60,000 passenger car units last month. By the end of August, dealers stocks may be expected to drop another 80,000 units, bringing average cars on hand per dealer to less than four units. This would he the lowest inventory position since 1934.” Because demand is running ahead of supply, Mr. Roper said, prices for second hand cars are stiffening. “Resumption of operations will be staggered throughout the month of September,” he continued, “which means that output figures will stage a slow, steady rise until the end of October. Not until that time will the automobile industry be in fun swing again.”

Randle Is Appointed

Firestone Manager

Louis E. Randle, formerly of San Antonio, has been appointed district manager for Indiana, it was announced by the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. today. Mr. Randle has been wieh PFirestone for 15 years. Starting in Dallas, he later was transferred to San Antonio where he was successively retail store manager, assistant district manager, and district manager. >

Patton, Evans Named To Trimble Posts

Appointment of C. E. Patton as sales manager and Frank H. Evans as special representative of the Trimble ‘Oil Corp., New York and Meridian Sts., has been announced by C. L. Knoerle, manager. The Trimble Oil Corp. is the newly appointed distributor of U. S. tires and batteries. Mr. Patton has been in the tire business in Indianapolis 15 years. Mr. Evans, who will concentrate principally on truck tire sales, has just completed his 12th year in the automotive. field.

Named A. C. Spark Plug General Manager

Times Special FLINT, Mich., Aug. 19—L. C. Goad, formerly of Muncie and Anderson, has been appointed general manager of the A. C. Spark Plug division of General Motors Corp. at Flint, according to an announcement by Alfred P. Sloan Jr. chairman of the board. Mr. Goad was born in Petersburg, Ind, Feb. 9, 1901. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1923 with the degree of Mechanical Engineering. Following graduation he joined the engineering staff of the Delco Remy Co. at Anderson, remaining there for five years. In 1928 he was transferred to the Muncie plant of the company. In 1933 Mr. Goad was made general manager of manufacturing of the A. C. Spark Plug divisidh.

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off” occasionally in the movie, jumping ditches and climbing stone walls. Company officials said that although the tractor was intended for industrial use it can be converted quickly into an extremely versatile military tank, simply by adding a superstructure of armored

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imagines that his lack of speed begets safety and thus becomes negligent and indifferent to other vehicular and pedestrian traffic. “The hurrying motorist is also an important factor in highway accidents, but one should not forget that there is a vast difference between speed and hurry.” Mr. Stoops explained ‘that being in a hurry is a major cause of accidents where mere speed is of little danger if the motorist has- complete control of his car.

July Factory Sales Total 148,200

Time: Special NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Total factory "sales of passenger cars and trucks in July are estimated by the Automobile Manufacturers Association at 148,200, bringing the sevenmonths total to 1,454,200. Domestic retail sales in June totaled 189,624 units, according to the latest ayailable information, bringing the 'six-months total to 1,178,282,

Discloses Wide Use Of U. S. Autos

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (U. P.). —A. Commerce Department survey, made public by Secretary Roper today, disclosed that 81.7 per cent of

‘all passenger automobiles in use

throughout the world on Jan. 1, 1938, were of American manufacture. For the fifth consecutive year, the survey disclosed, the worldwide use of passenger cars, trucks and busses moved to a new all-time record. There were in operation on Jan. 1 43,078,630 units. The Secretary said that at the beginning of the present year, 30,014,292 vehicles were operating in the United States, a 5.3 per cent increase over the same date last year. In all other countries, 13,037,338 units were in use, an increase of 8.2 per cent over Jan. 1, 1937.

July Chevrolet Sales Top June

Times Special DETROIT, Aug. 19.—Chevrolet’s new car and truck sales reached 51,047 units in July, exceeding the June total by 5423 units and setting

. z an unusual sales record be reversing the normal market trend. The announcement was made here today by W. E. Holler, general sales, manager, who also reported the greatest used car stock reduction ever achieved by Chevrolet dealers in a single month. Records show that in only two previous years have Chevrolet’s July’ new car and truck sales passed the June mark. The shattering of this long-standing precedent was credited to two thnigs by Mr. Holler —a country-wide “Beat Your June Sales” campaign staged by Chevrolet in July and an apparent improvement in general busienss conditions. a

Buick Reports Less Than Normal Decline

Times Special "FLINT, Mich., Aug. 19.—July retail deliveries of the Buick division of General Motors totaled 12,254 units, approximately 1000 cars more than original estimates for the month, and represented a less than normal seasonal decline under June, according to figures released today by W. F. Hufstader, general sales manager. The decline from June was 82 per cent as compared with the normal drop of 12.4 per cent. At the same time- the month showed a substantial increase in used *edr deliveries.

Heaters Can Be Converted Into Coolers

Times Special PONTIAC, Mich, Aug. 19.— Owners of 1937 and 1938 Pontiac cars equipped with center mounted heaters can convert them into summer air conditioning units, C. P. Simpson, general sales manager of the Pontiac. Motor Division of General Motors, said today. - It is necessary to close the shutoff valve in the heater hose so that no water can circulate through the heater. Then, with the cowl ‘ventilator open and the heater switch

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turned on, the fan will draw in cool air through the ventilator and distribute it through the car. “Using the center mounted heater for summer air-conditioning is effective in city driving or at speeds under 30 miles an hour, when the normal draft of the ventilator is too small to give much cooling,” said Mr. Simpson.

Rust Halted by New Device

Times Special DETROIT, Aug. 19.—A small machine originally designed to paint stripes on bodies and wheels, used now to seal metal edges on cars with a layer of lacquer, has been developed by the Packard Motor Car Co. and is said to be one of the “most widely used devices of its kind.” Research disclosed that .rust first develops at these edges on a car and then spreads inwardly under the many layers of paint on the body. Use of the new machine is said to have resulted in one of the biggest gains the industry has made in its fight to prevent rust on cars after they have been long in service.

Ford Has Largest Machine of Its Kind

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DETOURS TOTAL 46 ON HOOSIER HIGHWAYS NOW

- As Ten Are Lifted During Week. Ten highways were opened to

trafic in Indiana this week while five detours were estaklished, ac-

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mission. A total of 46 detours are now in effect, in addition to points where slow traffic is required because of construction work in progress. Detours listed today include:

Ind. 1—North of Connersville, four miles over Lavel; between Hamilton and An Fave a Ya miles over Ind. 427 and county

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gravel. ust south of U. S. 40, three miles ‘over Favel, pavement and U. S. In east 25 miles over Roads 31, 30 an and 1

13—From tnd anapolis to Noblesville, 21 miles over city streets, Roads 3

Ind. 14—From Winamac to Ind. 43, 25

ravel road. In m Monon to Buffalo, eight miles over Ind. 43 a nd county gravel. Ind. 18 From Brookston east, 3'2 miles over gravel.

Indy 16"From U. 8. 35 to U. 8. 31, 20

over Ind. 21 ust south ot Richmond, 4% miles over Fave) gd oil mat. . 8. 24—. Hun ington Jo Ft. Wayne,

33 Jaiits ores ct Foads 3 mile_northwest of o A 0 College y, 8% miles over

Corner » Libe 27—Just south of Deerfield, § ove Ind. 28 nd gravel. 4S ml. U. xk Sol Ind. 124 to Decatur, 8 miles Ry ave] road. north of Sarrett to Wa-

U. terloo, 12 miles o ver 327 a Ind. 29—Be ten Sh Shelbyville, and Indian miles over “Roads 9 and 2a : 0 Osgood, 22

From yersailles t miles over Robds 50, U. ae Bile south of LigJanda" northwest. 12 miles over Roads 6 Ind. 3¢—From U. S. 41 to va LOWES. passenger gars 16 miles county gravel and Ind. 25 trucks i i 3 to .Crawfordsville over Roads 41 and : U. 8. 3

ow Indiana anapolly, & 8% miles oyer imisous road i 33 —From English to : miies over Roads 64, 66 and 150. Fagli signs at

.) “nd. 37—At south edge of Martinsville, 1 miie over county pavement and city

streets. Ind. 39—From Pabville to Lizton, 12 ml. over gravel and Ind. lis east to

ogi ; Cumberiand, 7 es over a y streets and county bituminous road—trucks from Inguandnolls to Greenfield, miles over

Ind. 43—From Ind. 10 Jorth to LaCrosse —Passenger cars 10 mi. over county y loads —trucks detour over Roads 10, 35 Ind. 43—Ju; st , South of Westville, 2 mi,

over oil mat A n Bloomington to Bean Blossom, 24 miles over Roads 46 and 135; {Open by tomorrow.) nd. 46—From Ind. 59 to Spencer, 49 miles over Roads 59, 40 and 43. Ind. 46—From Batesville to Sunman, 12 miles ‘over Sounty oil mai and gravel. Ind. Thorntown to Boone-

Hamilton coun. line, 28 miles over county concrete, 52 and gravel, 8. 50—From Aurora to Lawrenceburg, n, miles over Roads 148 an . 56—From Ind. 15 to Rising Sun, 5 mies’ over gravel and Ind. 2 Ind. 58—From Westphalia Last. 2 miles over county pavement and vel. Northwest of nd 1, 30 mi. over Roads 111, 150 and 335. Ind. 62—From 2 miles west of Leavenworth to Corydon, 38 miles over gravel and Roads 86, 64 and 135. Ind. 63—From Clinton to 36, 16% mi. over county gravel and Ev LF nt. Ind. Rockport to Cannelton, 34

and” Yer Roads 45, 70, 245, county road Ind. 69—South of Mt. Vernon, 8 miles

over gravel, Ind. 1 From U. S. 224 to Ind. 1, 16 miles over Roads 1 and 224. Ind. 140—, ust south of Knightstown, 2 miles over srave Ind. ig one mile north of New Boston to Fulda, 6% miles over gravel. Ind. 67 uth In Mooresville—local traffic 14 miles Roads 39 and 42— through traffic and. Trucks Tollow Road 39

Lloyds Takes ® No Chance on World’ S End

PEILADELPRIA. Aug. 19 (U. P). —Lloyds of London today declined to take a chance on the world coming to an end before Sept. 1. ~~ William A. A. Castellini, public relations director of the Franklin Institute, applied to the British insurance firm for a one-million-dol-lar policy against that possibility, buf Lloyds’ New York office telegraphed this reply: “Regret cannot entertain your interesting proposition.” Castellini said he didn’t believe the world would end this month but wanted to find out about insurance.

AGREES TO MORE TAX

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (U. P)— The Board of Tax Appeals disclosed

late ambassador to Mexico, Dwight W. Morrow, and sister of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, has agreed to pay an additional estate tax of $144,

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