Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1938 — Page 21

"Auto News—

1939 Auto Licenses Go on S

~ Drivers Urged to Buy New Plates in Their Home Counties.

Indiana’s new 1939 blue and gold |

auto license tags will go on sale Monday in 156 branch offices throughout the state. There was no indication today that there would be any extension

of the Jan. 1 deadline. Governor Townsend last Christmas extended the deadline until March. Indianapolis branch offices where the new tags may be obtained are: Jones & Maley, 2421 E. Washing-

ton St.; Coburn Chevrolet Co., 550 8. Meridian St.; Fountain Square].

Bank, 1059 Virginia Ave.; Meridian Station, 2421 N. Meridian St.; Pavy’s Tire Shop, 310 E. Ohio St.; Atlastand, Kentucky & Morris Sts.; Capitol Motor Co. 447 N. Capitol Ave.; Broad Ripple Auto Sales, 818 E. 63d 8t.; Wiles & Wilson, 3815 College Ave.; Retting Hardware, 2358 Station St.; East Side Nash Co. 3815 E. 10th St.; Irvington Chevrolet Corp., 5436 E. Washington St.; Feeser Bros., 2115 W. Michigan St.; Colored Y. M. C. A, 450 N. Senate Ave.; Circle City Rubber Co, 1525 N. Capitol Ave.; City Hall Headquarters, 102 City Hall,

Local Purchase Urged

Mark Rodenbeck, Assistant State Auto License Bureau head, urged the public to purchase their plates in their home counties so that the counties may take advantage of

~ State fund distribution from the license fee and gasoline tax collections. Distribution is made on the basis of number of car registrations in each county. He said the Bureau anticipated the sale of more than one million tags next year. He said more than half of that number would be sold before Jan. 1. At the same time State Auditor's office registration figures showed that registration of all types of motor vehicles in Indiana up to Dec. 1 totaled 995,257." Last year's registrations for the entire 12 months were 1,029,701, records showed. Of all types of motor vehicles, motorcycle registrations for the first 11 months this year alone topped last year’s total figures. A total of 4543 motorcycles had been registered up to Dec. 1 compared to

a total of 4092 for entire 12 months] :

of last year. 794,753 Passenger Cars Records showed that 794,753 passenger automobiles were registered at the State House Dec. 1. At the end of last year there were 814,554

registered. The records revealed that up to Dec. 1 this year a total of 126,553 trucks was registered in the State, only 7401 less than were registered at the end of last year. Other motor vehicles included in the registration figures are trailers, gemitrailers, housecars and scooters. State House records also showed that gasoline consumption for the first 10 months of this year had dropped as compared to last year. Indiana motorists burned a total of 500,996,524 gallons of gas up to November this year as compared to 517,564 443 last year, a difference of 7,567,979 gallons. However, gains in amount of gallonage used were shown during January, August and October this year over the same months a year 2go. :

"Ford Finds November Best Month of ’38

Times Special DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 9.—Ford Motor Co. offices here announced today that November retail sales of Ford group units exceeded those of any other month of 1938. The combined sales of Ford cars and trucks, Mercury, LincolnZephyr and Lincoln cars reached a total of 50,406 units, and for December the company increased production of Ford and Mercury units to 4400 a day in _the United States and Canada, it was announced.

Slow Drivers Are Pet Peeve of Motorists

Hoosier motorists think slowmoving traffic is the bigiest nuisance on the highway today, according to T. A. Dicus, chairman of the State Highway Commission. Other major annoyances for the 3000 drivers who filled out the questionnaire blanks are motorists who don’t dim their lights and those who hog the road. Lesser peeves are reckless drivers, trucks and busses, “junkers,” passing on hills and curves, speeding

Fill ’er up with 5 cents worth!

Wilbur Hiller,

138 E. 48th St. (left), and Melville Rogers, 4640 Cor-

nelius Ave., fuel their home-made

and disregard of signals and signs at intersections. Meanwhile, State highway maintenance workers are renewing the center line on several thousand miles of Indiana highway, Mr. Dicus reported today.

Auto Finance Men Meet Here Next Week

Various aspects of the installment purchase of automobiles will be

studied at the annual convention and banquet of the Hoosier Association of Finance Companies at the Lincoln Hotel Monday and Tuesday. This, the 13th meeting of the association, will be attended by more than 100 independent automobile finance men. Mark A. Brown, vice president of the Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago, will speak at the banquet on “Keeping Out of the Rough.” Other speakers will be E. E. Nolan, Evansville, Indiana Automobile Dealers Association president; T. E. Cowrtney, DeKalb, Ill, Illinois Finance Corporation president; John E. Davis, Columbus, 0.; Victor L, Brown, Milwaukee, and Fred V. Chew, Bloomington Association secretary. B. B. Bobbitt, Kokomo, is president.

Auto Tire Tax Set At $5 Per Set

Times Special SPRINGFIELD, Mass.,, Dec. 9.—

On each tire bought in the United States, the motorist pays 10 major

cars while Dick

Connery, 127 E. 48th St. looks on.

nse ale Monday; Deadline Jan. 1, No Extension Indicate Nickel Buys Dollar's Worth of Fun

Times Photo. The gasoline

tanks of the washing machine motors have a quart capacity. Maximum speed is 25 miles per hour.

average passenger car, the study|building contains 693,163 feet of

pointed out.

Dodge Operating New Truck Factory

Times Special

floor space.

LANSING, Mich,

Oldsmobile Reports November Sales High

Dec.8 (U. P)—| F

DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 9. — The|The Oldsmobile Division of General Dodge division of the Chrysler Corp.| Motors Corp. reported today that has started operation of its new|sales for November were the second

million-dollar commercial car and

truck factory here. The plani, which was completed| Sales last month, recently, will be devoted exclusively| November, 1935, were 25 per cent to the building and manufacturing|greater than in the corresponding of commercial vehicles ranging from month of 1937, and for the last 10 one-half ton to three-ton capacity. |days of the month were 52 per cent Designed by Albert Kuhn, inter-|above the corresponding period last nationally known architect, the new|year, the report said.

hidden taxes totaling 8 per cent of

the purchase price, a study by the Fisk Rubber Corp. disclosed today. On a four ply 6x16 tire, according to the report, the taxes are 11 cents on raw materials, 15 cents on the wholesale price, 16 cents on the consumer’s price, 26 cents vender’s tax and 56 cents excise tax. Since 1933, the report showed, the excise tax alone has jumped more than $15,000,000 on tires and tubes, reaching $40,088,004 last year. Taxes now paid. by the consumer amount to about $5 per set of tires for the

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