Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1939 — Page 12

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Automobile News

Motorists

Face Loss of Licenses in 1940

Registration Cards to Be Checked With Lists | On Assessments. | an |

By SAM TYNDALL

Automobile owners who -fail to file an assessment list on their cars) may be refused license plates, driv-| ers’ licenses and registration cards| next year, James F. Cunningham. Center Township assessor, ae. today. t These drastic steps, he said, were aimed at the several thousand car owners who consistently succeeded in evading the tax assessor.

Cards to Be Checked

All auto registration cards on file in the State Auto License Bureau will be checked and those owners, who are found to have failed to report their car to the assessor will | be automatically restrained from, getting 1940 plates and licenses un-| til the list is filed. i A red “danger” ecard will be placed in the State House files for each delinquent car owner under an agreement with State officials, Mr. Cunningham declared. | Drive Brings Results | Monday Mr. Cunningham opened his campaign against the tax dodgers by appointing a special handpicked squad of deputies to go| after others who, according to As-| sessor’'s files, have failed to file lists during the last five years. There are more than 25.000 property owners in this group, he said. The deputies are calling on the “dodgers” at their places of busi-| ness and employment. Already more | than 100 have been contacted while | even triple that number have come in the Assessor's office personally to set up “alibis,” fill back lists and pay the taxes, Mr. Cunningham re-| ported.

PREDICTS PICKUP IN AUTO PLANTS

Packard's General Manager Points to Low Stocks in Dealers’ Hands.

i | | Zimes Special i DETROIT. April 5 —Automobile manufacturers look to a greatly accelerated factory activity almost immediately, according to M. M. Gilman, Packard Motor Car Co. vice president and general manager. { Lower current stocks of cars and increased dealers’ sales are responsible. Mr. Gilman said. There now are only two-thirds as many automobiles in dealers’ hands as there were at this time last year, he! stated. “There is a tremendous pent up consumer demand for all commodities, including new automobiles. Re- | placement needs are great and growing greater.” he said.

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Farmers Like Tires on Tractors; Favorite Auto Color Is Black; Safety Rules Listed.

ECENT tests made by the Automobile Manufacturers Association show that rear tires give 100 per cent more mileage at 55 miles an hour than they do at 70. Front tires will give 142 per cent more mileage, the tests showed. = = » » ® » The widespread use of motorized equipment and farm vehicles and equipment on farms has displaced about one billion man-hours of labor, a recent government study showed. But 1.4 billion manhours of labor were required to produce the automotive equipment, the survey said. ® ® » » ® = Tt is estimated that there will be a million and a quarter rubbertired tractors in use on farms in the United States within another year,

* Greene Says Trend Away ‘From School Courses

The Willys Speedway Special two-door sedan. ® » » » » » Insurance actuaries say that the chance of a family becoming involved in an accident in which someone is killed or injured m 1939 is one in 20. There is one chance in five that you will see such an accident. ® ® ® 8 2 2

A new tire should always be placed on the right front wheel, a second mew one on the right rear, and a third new one on the left front, according to A. E. Benson, Fisk Tire Co. product development manager. The right front will strike the curb, ride rough road shoulders, and pick up foreign objects when it leaves the road. The right rear also suffers from curb banging and extra work because it is the tractive wheel.

The new Studebaker Champion Coupe ® » » » »

M*= BENSON also advised that an old inner tube should not be put in a new casing. “Old tubes are porous and will tend to go soft.” he says. "This will weaken the sidewalls and eat up the tread.”

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The favorite color for buyers of new automobiles is still black, automobile manufacturers say. Oldsmobile sells 30 black cars for every 100 purchased. Gray is next in popularity. Whereas in 1938 one popular automobile sold 16 per cent light gray and 13 pér cent dark, the figures for 1939 show an 18 per cent dark gray sale against only 11 per cent for the light. Other popular colors, in order, are light blue,

| green and dark blue. Brown, maroon, red and cream are trailing hues.

Buick Reports Sales Far Ahead of February

The Buick Motor Car Co. reported | sales during the first 20 days of March totaling 11,531 units, a gain| of almost 4000 units over February and of 3304 over February a year 280. The second 10-day period exceeded the fit by 335 units, according to W. F. Hufstader, company general sales manager. Chevrolet dealers sold 24.342 new cars and trucks during the second 19 days of this month, company officials said. This was 36 per cent above last vear and showed a slight upward trend over the first 10-day period. Oldsmobile reports an increase in every 10-day period this vear. The

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With the increase in automobile accidents it behooves everyone to

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| know the simple rules of traffic safety first, according to the Neorth-

western National Life Insurance Ceo. 1. Switch off the ignition of a car that has been in an accident. 2. Don’t move the victim. 3. Use artificial respiration if the victim is not breathing. 4. Cover the victim with a blanket and keep him warm. 5. If there is severe bleeding, apply a clean pad with enough pressure to stop it. If bleeding is from a limb, apply a tourniquet between the wound and the heart. €. Call a doctor and summon a policeman. If no dector is available, call an ambulance.

| training, according to Thomas P.

§ | traffic safety by the organization of

SAFETY PARLEY WILL BE HELD AT ANN ARBOR

Traffic Training Institute Is Scheduled for Aug. 14 to 26.

Times Special WASHINGTON, April 5.— The second National Institute for Traffic Safety Training will be held Aug. 14-26 at Ann Arbor, Mich, it was announced today by the American Automobile Association, one of the

Sponsors.

The Institute will give courses in

the teaching of traffic safety education and adult driving training.

AAA specialists will conduct be;

driving sessions. Meanwhile, 8000 high schools now are offering such safety courses, with some actual at-the-wheei

Henry of Detroit, association president. He said there has been a great deal of interest shown recently in attempting to meet the problem of

trained teacher corps.

7. Do not attempt to transport the victim in a private car, unless |

certain his injuries are trivial. ® 4 » »

There is no longer any need to change ofl at every 1900 miles, ac-

cording to automotive engineers. They say the first filling should be | changed at 1000 miles but after that at two or three thousand uwn- |

less dust conditions are bad or the car is being driven at excessively low speeds, short intervals or excessively high speeds,

company sold 3999 cars in the second 10 days of March. an increase of 39.2 per cent over the same period of 1938.

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Al Rickenbacker, of New York, brother of Eddie

Rickenbacker, Indianapolis Motor president, is in the fourth week

Loophole Through Which Pierce Slipped

Speedway Co. of his 10-week,

Plugged at State Prison,

(Photo, Page Five)

By NOBLE REED One of the last major weaknesses |

The trend has been away from

at the Indiana State Prison has

“The prison's capacity is only 2100. so that means additional prisoners will have to be shipped to other State penal institutions,” he said.

The warden also announced that

schools taking the responsibility of been corrected, Warden Alfred F. after July 1, when new building

training persons to drive autes, ac-| cording to Edward E. Greene, vice principal of Arsenal Technical. Mr. Greene is chairman of the high school committee appointed by the Indianapolis Safety Education Council to study the problem of safety education in public, parochial and private schools. “The State Drivers’ License Bureau Law allows persons 16 years of age to be given a probationary three-months license, during which time he must be accompanied by a

licensed driver, who in effect, acts|}

as his teacher,” Mr. Greene said. “Thus, in Indianapolis and Indiana the problem has been not so much the practical teaching of

driving, but one of instilling the|.

proper attitude toward safety and the realization of the responsibility of a driver toward other citizens.”

Dowd said here today. The freight loading system whieh | permitted Paul Pierce, slayer of an Indianapolis policeman, to escape by hiding in a truck, has been eliminated by erection of a new; freight house outside the prison, he said. Warden Dowd, who was in Indianapolis to ask the State Budget Committee for a $39,000 appropriation to repair prison equipment, said

space arrangements are completed, an educational program for convicts will be started for the first time in the history of the prison. “Educational facilities for convicts in recent years have proven a great aid for rehabilitation of prisoners as useful citizens after their release,” he said. Additional space for education will be arranged after a new hos= pital unit is erected. There is $180,000 in the prison budget for

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‘SHARE- THE-ROAD'

CAMPAIGN GROWS

Shell’s campaign to “eliminate” the discourteous, thoughtless slow driver is resulting in a greatly increasing number of yellow shells appearing on Indianapolis automobiles. ; Flags on the shells say, “I am sharing the road.” Shell officials estimate that 25 per cent of stop and go driving can he eliminated by adherence to “Share-the-Road” rules. Any driver wishing to co-operate in the campaign may obtain one of the insignias -at any Shell dealer officials explained.

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15,000-mile promotional trip for the 500-mile race |

here May 30. He is contacting radio stations, auto- | mobile clubs and newspapers in a 20-state drive.

Warden Says

three weeks ago, will prevent any future attempts to escape by hiding in outgoing trucks or among freight | of any kind. “If Pierce had waited two more] weeks to plan his eséape, he would, not be at liberty today,” he said. Under the old system, trucks were! inspected and loaded at the prison| gates and due to the negligence of a prison truck driver Pierce was| able to -hide driver was fired on the spot.” Under the new system, he said, all| freight will be opened and trucks | inspected in the new building out-| side the prison walls. { After Mr, Dowd explained that | the telephone and cable system of the prison were badly in need of

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