Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1939 — Page 23

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Auto News—

400 TO ATTEND MOTOR TRADE SESSION HERE

1939 Engineering Congress Delegates Will Convene May 29 and 30.

More than 400 leaders in the motor industry will convene here May 29 and 30 for the Indianapolis session of the 1939 World Automotive]. Engineering Congress. The Congress, besides its two days here, will be held in New York five days, Detroit three days and San Francisco five days. Discussion of the design and operating problems of aircraft, automobiles, trucks, busses and tractors and reports on the developments in the fields of fuels and lubricants are on the program Airplane engines and their fuels will be treated in 18 of the technical papers to be presented. Ten of those will be given by European authorities who are making a special trip to appear at the Congress, which is sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Delegates will attend the dedication of the Municipal Airport Experintental Station on Monday after which they will inspect the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. D. G. Roos, vice president of the Willys Overland Co. will speak at a banquet that night. On May 30 the delegates will attend the 500-mile Memorial Day race. Harlow Hyde, secretary of the Indiana Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, is in charge of arrangements for the sessions here.

WORKING PARTS MADE VISIBLE

Plastic Body ody of Pontiac Reveals Construction To Audiences.

Times Special NEW YORK, May 11. A Pontiac De Luxe Six, General Motors’ “X-ray” motor car with a transparent, plastic bocy, is one of the central exhibits in the Highways and Horizons Building at the New York World's Fair. As complete as any car just off the assembly line with the exception of the transparent body, the Fisher Body Division exhibit is designed to display the rigid interior |bracing and other features of the (automobile.

$ ' ' Fenders, hood, radiator and all = lof the door and body panels ordi-

Contracts for improvement of 65|narily made of sheet steel are conmiles of State highways and con- | structed from a new glass-like plasstruction of one bridge were signed | tic. Through the transparent body, by the State Highway Commission [visitors at the exhibit can see all during April, T. A. Dicus, chairman, |of the working parts of the car, reported today. Other features in the Fisher Body Totaling $1,578681, the contracts|Division exhibit are two 15 by 65 call for work on highways in Adams, | feet murals being executed by Dean Hamilton, Madison, Porter, Jackson, | Cornwell in aluminum and gold Vanderburgh, Warrick, Gibson, Pike, |leaf against a lack micarta backDubois, Johnson, Boone and Shelby |ground and scientific vision tests Counties. Eig ht of the 13 projects | conducted at the General Motors will be financed jointly with State |proving grounds with new car and Federal funds, the remainder models. with State funds alone The display is designed to demonBids on improvement of approxi- [strate the increased field of vision

X-Ray Auto’ Is G. M. Exhibit at Fair _

STUDEBAKER'S SALES ADVANGE

Nash, Olds, Chevrolet, Hudson and Pontiac Also Show Gain.

Times Special SOUTH BEND, May 11-<The Studebaker Corp. today reported factory sales of passenger cars and trucks exceeded sales of the entire second quarter of last year and were two and three quarters times greater than for April, 1938. Factory sales totaled 10,974 for Aprfl and 30,720 for the first four months of the year compared with 14,126 for the same third last year. While the new low-priced car was just becoming available during the month, retail deliveries of passenger cars in April amounted to 7385 units as compared with 3320 the year be« fore. Retail deliveries showed a gain of 57 per cent for the first four months of the year.

The “Transparent” Car

mately 80 miles of highwavs will be afforded the driver by a reduction received during May, Mr. Dicus|in size of body pillars and a 30 per| said. Work already is in progress|cent increase in windshield Blaes| area.

on most of the proj ects let in April.

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Five other automobile manufac turers today reported large percents age gains in sales. Factory sales of new Nash cars during the first quarter of the year gained 186 per cent over the same period of last year as compared to 579 per cent for the auto industry as a whole, according to figures compiled by the Wall Street Journal.

Oldsmobile Sales Up

Oldsmobile new car sales for the last 10 days of April were reported at 5028 units, an increase of more than 67 per cent over the same period last year by D. E. Ralston, general sales manager, Total sales were 14,6564, a gain of 58 per cent over the month of last year. Total sales for the first four months of the year were announced at 47656 cars against 31,218 last year, a gain of 53 per cent. Chevrolet sales for the period ending April 20 advanced 159 per cent over the previous 10-day period, a gain of 3463 autos, accord= ing to William E. Moller, general sales manager. A total of 25,196 pas senger cars and trucks were sold during the period, he said. Sales during the first 20 days of April were 10.1 per cent greater than last year, he said.

Hudson Advances Sharply

Retail sales of Hudson automo= biles climbed 40 per cent in the week ended April 29 as compared with the same week last year, ace cording to George H. Pratt, general sales manager. Pontiac delivered 16,010 units in April, a gain of 98 per cent over the March figure and 55 per cent over April last year. During the last 10-day period of April, liveries were 5807 compared with 5065 for the second 10 days and 3014 for the last 10 days of April, 1038.

Stream Lines

Auto Industry Is ¢ Among Bi Biggest Buyers Diamonds and Rouge, but Not for L Ladies.

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MILLION dollars worth of diamonds and rouge, enough of the later to paint a town red, are consumed every year by the auto industry in perfecting latest models. The diamonds are used to drill and grind tough metal, while the rouge is utilized for polishing fine moving parts. One auto plant uses two and a half bars of soap and a gallon of liquid soap for every 10 cars. Another uses mohair from five Angora goats in the seats of every sedan.

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To check measurements as close as 7-100,000th of an inch in manufacturing motors for modern autos, one man out of every nine in a motor plant is an inspector. In axle plants, where important gears are assembled, there is one inspector for every seven produc tion men.

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To give modern autos streamlined, smooth-flowing body lines, sheets of cold steel are placed into huge presses that in an instant accomplish the result that repeated taps of a coppersmith’'s hammer obtain in shaping soft metal. Engineers first developed special alloys of steel and then designed presses capable of generating thousands of pounds of pressure.

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= ” ” ESPITE the fact steel and iron are the basic materials of auto construction, as many as 250 rubber parts are used in the avers age car. Next to rubber, the most useful nonmetallic substances are the plastics, used for steering wheels, rims, control knobs, instrument panels, laminated gears, brake linings and clutch facings ” n on ”

Autos with a “homing instinet” have been designed by William P. Lear of Roosevelt Field, Long Island. Equipped with radios, the cars are in daily service at the aviation field to demonstrate the latest radio compass. They are used to give ground demonstration of flying conditions in bad weather. Using the device, a pilot can tune in on any radio station and fly on a direct line. 4 ” 2 ” 2 Ford is plating its heat lamp reflectors with gold because that metal

has been found to reflect infra-red rays with less loss. The reflectors are used in electric ovens which bake the paint on

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Take a look at the unequaled sales record of the new 1939 Chevrolet—then take a look at the unequaled list of Chevrolet quality features shown at the right. . . . There's a direct connection between the two! Chevrolet is leading all other makes of cars in sales—selling at the rate of a car every forty seconds of every twenty-four hour day--because it's the only car that brings you all of these modern features at such low cost!

Every 40 seconds of every day, Somebody buys a new Chevrolet!

And the fact that Chevrolet is winning first place in motor car sales for the eighth time in the last nine years explains why it is possible for Chevrolet to build a car with 80 many more quality features and still sell it in the lowest price field!

You want the car that gives you the most for your money; you want the car that is first in sales, first in value; you want a new 1939 Chevrolet! Better see your Chevrolet dealer—today!

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Compromise May Settle Differences on Auto Rate

The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters has agreed to compromise on its new schedule of automobile insurance rate reductions which threatened to start a ‘rate war,” George H. Newbauer, State Insurance Commissioner, announced today.

The State Commission rejected the proposed schedule of reductions filed by the National Bureau, Tuesday on the ground that “it would precipitate a rate war.’

The Bureau's schedule proposed to cut 20 per cent off the insurance rates for pleasure cars owned by city residents and 26 per cent off rural cars in addition to a 15 per cent annual rebate to car owners having no accidents.

Eighty per cent of the automobile insurance written in Indiana is sold by independent companies not cons nected with the National Bureau. Mr. Newbauer said the State Com« mission has proposed a flat 20 per cent reduction without rebates for all companies in the State. National Bureau officials indicated

they would be willing to seek an agreement on that basis.

“We will contact the independent companies on the compromise and if they are agreeable, the flat 20 per cent reductions may be approved,” Mr. Newbauer said.

PONTIAC MERCHANT ATTENDS CONCLAVE

O. A. Chillson of Meridian Pontiac Co., Ine, was chosen as one of the 23 dealers from as many

zones to participate in the monthly merchandising meeting held in Pontiac and Detroit this week.

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1939

EIGHT FIRMS ADD USED CAR AREAS

Eight firms announced the opening of additional used car lots this week, They are: Superior Chevrolet. Inc, at 561 E. Washington St.; C. O. Warnock Co., Ford Dealer, 911 Virginia Ave.; 30th & Central Sales Co., Ford dealer, 3345 Central Ave.; Gates Motors, DeSoto-Plymouth dealer, 1504 W, Morris St. Meridian Pontiac, at 844 N. Meridian St.; Jones & Maley, DeSoto distributor, 3415 E. 10th St.; FadelyAnderson, Inc, Dodge-Plymouth dealer, 10th and Illinois Sts., and East and onhlo Sts, and Weissman Motors, Inc., 924 Virginia Ave,

ROBBED AT PRAYER

SAN JOSE, Cal, May 11 (U, P.. -Jeanne Briggs knelt to pray while attending church services. A picke pocket at her side took $8 from her purse and left without disturbing her,

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