Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1940 — Page 16

i PAGE 16 . Automobile News—

SALES CONTEST WINNERS LEAVE FOR LOUISVILLE

Chevrolet Representatives To See Kentucky Derby From Box Seats.

Winners in ga sales contest conducted by the Indianapolis Zone of the Chevrolet Motor Divison, and sales managers and dealers from the Zone were to leave Indianapolis by Special train today to see the Kentucky Derby. The contest was conducted during April. The month was broken down into four races and the salesmen who won each race were awarded Derby trips. Winners will have box

seats in the front rows of the Club House section at the track. The program will include a din- | ner and party on the train, a buffet Supper tonight at Louisville, Kv breakfast-luncheon tomorrow morn- | ing, and dinner on the train back fndmnapolis tomorrow evening. | 10S€ In charge of the party are! W. J. Hanlon, Sv : Hock, assistant Brown, assistan O. H. Ernberg, | ager, |

Winning salesmen are Joe wil- | son, J. Cunningham. Ed Hornbeck and Nola Plouge of North Chevrolet; F. M. McWhorter, Fox and w. Worrell of East Side Chevrolet; I. S. Ray and E H.| Thompson, of Coburn Motor Co.; W, R. Tibbs and L. D. Williams of Washington Auto Sales, and H. M. Walker, R. C. Williams, O. L. Dresher and Sid Glasson, Syn Chevrolet Co.

Local salesmen and other bers of the Chevrolet organization Will be joined by salesmen throughout the state who participated in the contest and won similar trips |

to the Derbv a : Vr nd sales er, and dealers. manag ws

zone manager: R. J.| t zone manager, and | organization man-

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the wheel.

Is Speedway's Day Over as a Laboratory? | Answer of Jackson, Boyle Engineer, Is ‘No’

The day of outstanding automo-|dramatic test on American speedbile improvements resulting from|Ways,” he said. “In Europe, where

f : |road racing is the usual form of automobile racing has far from .,,etition, the development of hy-

zone manager: A, F./bassed, according to Robert T. Jack- draulic brakes has since continued |its use on racing car chasses fore-

son, engineer with the Boyle Racing! intensively." Headquarters here. | The two-leading-shoe brake uses : : a & a separate hydraulic cylinder for The Boyle wi will have three each shoe, rather than one cylinder cars in this year's 500-mile race,|for the pair of shoes. Mr. Jackson with Wilbur Shaw, last year's win- | said it has been remarkably effec-

Side | ner, Ted Horn and Chet Miller driv- [tive in arresting high speeds in mod- |

ing Boyle Specials. ern Grand Prix racing cars. In summing up the continued im-| “Paul Riganti’s Italian Maserati portance of the Memorial Day |in the 1940 Indianapolis classic will

|classic and other racing here and|have this type of brake, He will be | knowledge of springing and applica-

abroad, Mr. Jackson named current|able to make faster pit stops, inexamples of modern racing contribu- | creasingly important because of the tions to automotive improvement. |higher speed at which this year's He said the newest refinement re- race will be run,” Mr. Jackson said. sulting from racing has been the, “Another important refinement,

mem- two-leading-shoe hydraulic brake, |also to be found on Riganti’'s entry | Of these, Mr. Jackson mentioned

developed primarily on European|is independent front-wheel springGrand Prix cars during the last two/ing by use of a torsion bar. The years. torsion bar is a long, round bar of “It has been acknowledged many spring steel, anchored to the chassis times that the hydraulic four-wheel | frame at one end and at the other brake principle received its first|to the structure that carries the

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Studebaker Champion to Pace '500'

This Studebaker Champion will be pacemaker at the Memorial Day 500-mile race this year. .. . Charles Howlett, retail sales manager at Carroll Cartwright, Inc, Studebaker distributors here, is at

FOUR DETOURS ADDED IN STATE

Barricade Lifted on Road 221; Changes Made on 3, 24 and 60.

Four additional detours were added this week on Hoosier highways, T. A. Dicus, State Highway Commission chairman, said today. The construction program during the week also resulted in the lifting

of a detour on Road 221, west and north of Lancaster, and in changes being made in detours affecting Roads 3, 24, and 60. Traffic run-arounds were established by the Commission during the past week on Road 14, from South Whitley to Road 9; Road 48, from Road 159 to Jasonville; Road 157, from Bloomfield to Worthington, and Road 213, from Greentown south, Existing detours for closed roads are: Ind. 1—From U. 8. 35 north, 2 miles over UU. 8. 35 and county gravel: Wells-Allen county line to Fe. Wayne, miles over county gravel, concrete and city streets. Ind. 3—From Charlestown north, 21 miles over Roads 62 and 362; from 2 miles {southwest of Westport to U. S. 46, 9 miles over county gravel. From Markle to Pt. | Wayne, 25 miles over Roads 224, 303, county gravel, concrete and city streets, Ind. 14—From Whitley to Ind. 9, 18

wheel, When the wheel rises over a bump, the bar twists.” Mr. Jackson explained that torsion {bar springing is not a new idea, but| miles over Roads 205 and 9. U, B. 20—From !2 mile east of Michi- | gan City east; passenger cars 20 miles over county oil mat and Roads 35 and He also pointed out that passenger 3, )\rucks 26 hiles Quer 4 and 2 ‘ | " | . . From en- ey county cal engineers adapted the modern line south; passenger cars 4 miles over | principle of independent springing county gravel; trucks follow Roads 8 and | fr S| i .- Huntington to Ft. Wayne | front experience gained in certain '%, nD Ae a . of. Palrs | European racing cars. mount, Sask, 3 miles over county gravel . i . nd. —From any east, miles over | From results obtained in further | to “Gor e®Tiad and Ind 1, [tests at the Speedway before and| U. 8. 30—East and west of Valparaiso: | during the race, and in other rac-

| mesibound, iratie from jinetion Road 330 . eas 0 alparaiso nort an west 39'2 ing both here and abroad, expanded | | Valparaiso east to

miles over Ind. 330; eastbound traffic from Road 3 | miles over Road 0. |. Y 31-—Pr

casts later use on passenger cars.

junction 2 and 33

| tion of new systems of steering will Rochester

result, he said. | In addition to these two improve- | ments there are others, less dramatic and more in the refinement class.

n north, detour for nerth and southbound traffic in Rochester; in North Indianapolis, 4 miles over Westfield Blvd, (Road 431), College Ave. and 71st St. U. 8. 35—8Southeast of Michigan City: passenger cars 12 miles over county oil spark plugs, piston rings, cooling Rai trucks 18 miles over Roads 43 and pistons by oil spray from beneath, use of roller bearings on crankshaft and connecting rods, and the use of

| liquid coolants of the ethylene glycol | type.

‘U. 8. Al—From Emison north to Bus seron, 2'2 miles over Ind 550 and county

gravel, Ind 45—From Loogootee north to gravel.

Rrambls. 12 miles over county From Bloomington to Beanblossom 22'% miles over Roads 4 Sand 135. Ind. 47—PFrom Ind. 234 to Crawfordsville, 11 miles over Roads: 234 and 43 Ind. 48—From Ind. 159 to Jasonville, over county roads. Ind. 51—From U. 8. 8 to Past Gary, 4 miles over county oil mat. U. 8. 52—Closed between Lebanon and {Ind. 28: passenger cars 27 miles over | Roads 39 and 28: trucks Indianapolis to | Lafayette 71 miles over 34 43 [| Ind. 80—From Ind. 37 to about # miles | southeast of Mitchell, 8 miles over Ind. 37 and countv stone road Ind. 62—From Charlestown south, 2 | miles over countv gravel, Road: 403 and {3: from Ind. 250 to Ind. 129, 7 miles over { Roads 250 and 129 | Ind. 66—From Trov to '5 mile north of | Tell City, 8§'2 miles over county road and | Ind. 37 | Ind. R7—Closed from Brooklvn tn south fimetion Ind 32 near Martinsville: | through traffie from Indianapolis to Martinsville use Ind. 37 or Ind. #7 a county road from Mooresville to Ind. 37. Ind. 100—Closed from U. 3 40 at Ben

| Davis to Municipal Airport; detour 4 miles |

| over U. 8, | Ave, and High School Road | Tnd. 120—From U. 8. 27 west. 2'3 miles ovar U. 8. 27 and county firavel, . 1537—PFrom Bloomfield fo Worth- , 11 miles over Roads

Ind. 203—From Ind. % tn Ind. 56, 10'% over Rnades 3 and 58 Ind. 213—From Greentown 2 | miles over county gravel. { Ind. 218—From Delphi ta Camden. | miles over Ind. 25 and county nil mat | Ind. 2290—From Oldenburg ti Metamora, Fag 24 miles over county road and U. 8. 1°

| . 234 From 2 miles west of Rine- | man to U. 8. 41 gravel and U. 8S Ind. 345—From Ind. coln Citv to 1 mile south of Dale, 7 miles over Roads 162 and 62. Ind, 336 From U. 8. 3! te Lexington, 14 miles over Roads 31, 56 and 3

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42 Fill Out 1st Citizen Papers

April was a big month for filing of first papers for naturaliza=tion in Indianapolis. Forty-two aliens took out their first papers here during the

month. Only two months within the past year have exceeded this figure. In December 63 first papers were filled out and last May there were 43. The lowest months were August and September. In each, only three first papers were filled out.

AUTO SALES UP $1,000,000 HERE

‘Decline Noted, However, In Used Car Buying, Dealers’ Profits.

Sales of 1940 model automobiles

FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1940 Office in Chicago, through their ate torney, Edwin E. Thompson, Despite protests of several groups,

including the Perry Township Busi

ness Men, Inc, the Commission

today were awaiting an answer to| 1 io. Desk trucH ther protest against the relocation F212 © tn Sone A ut

of Road 31, which they have sent| the major part of the thoroughfare to the Federal Bureau of Roads | completed by fall,

PROTEST ON ROAD 31 SENT TO U. S. BUREAU

A group of Southport businessmen

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in Marion County are up more than & million dollars for the first half of the current year, according to al report issued today by C. O. War-| nock, Indianapolis Auto Trade As-| sociation presi-| dent. Marion County new car registrations showed 8821 new car sales compared to 7208 for the same period last year, Mr. Warnock said. “This shows a gain of 1616 units or about 22 per

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nock said, “and represents a total of more than a million dollars in new cars.” Mr. Warnock said each month | showed a gain over the preceding one, with October heading the list with a rise of 42 per cent. At the same time, Mr, Warnock pointed out that profits were not commensurate with the gain in (sales. He said that competition had |resulted in larger trade-in allow(ances, thus cutting down dealers’ | profit. | Meanwhile, used car sales have [dropped about 15 per cent under the (same period last year, Mr. Warnock |said. The long-term financing |available to new car buyers results| [in such small payments that new] |instead of used cars are purchased. | | “To some this loss of used car| | sales may appear disconcerting,” Mr. Warnock said, “but as I see it, the problem is one of merchandising. Today's used car market offers ex|ceptional values because more per- | sons have bought 1940 models and | | have turned in newer used cars. | “we must use the same merchan|dising methods for used cars that have been used by new car manu- | facturers to create a demand for the new models.” Mr. Warnock said in his report he expected the healthy gains in new| car sales to continue for four or five |

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[1041 models slows down 1940 model | sales. |

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