Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 April 1941 — Page 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1941 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES m——s | At City Hall— |

AUTO NEWS MR. JOHNSON'S et os to 510 Bomber ores INVA CHUGRHOLE

Spring Shows Here Feature New Models —— Caught Between High First

ONE OF THE MOST serious problems facing the automotive indus- Cost or Big Expense Ours Is a Tremendous Selection

try in its program to build parts for 12,000 bombers is finding 50.000 Of Maintenance skilled workers for the job. ; Auto plants cannot draw upon their own employee sources to fill By RICHARD LEWIS

the needs because aircraft parts manufacture embodies an entirely dif-| one of the familiar sights of H M n N Ww E a ferent type of work. Plants and machinery set up for bomber parts spring is a crew of workmen pour- a

production will be useless without trained personnel and it doesn’t look ing hot asphalt into one of thou- 4 of topced ike ti i ul like the aircraft industry can spare any of its men. sands of chuckholes that abound on | desire, your * $0 :

ter. | Sat iu r Eas The auto companies, therefore, wiil have to train men for the | Indianapolis 700 miles of paved \f you for you to wea bomber assignment at their own cost. If the trainees are taken from | Streets. : ad hime assembly li he comp s will incur the additional cost of yepinoing | With the hole 4s Riles, fe wen) be gars them. mes te compame X ; roll the asphalt out smooth and :

One source for skilled aircraft workers is the national defense train- fove on Yo the next piece of Ing commission which in co-operation with the WPA and State employ- broken pavement, By he time the Ra ment services offers special courses in public schocls and technical Clty 3s finished repairing the wear SEE colleges ? as jd |and tear on its streets for the sea- ne . # . " yy : son, more than $120,000 has gone ¢ ; BEVERLY ALL . WOOL S U i T S yo. 3 2 down into chuckholes. - : 4 : The year after year repetition of Buick Dealers Show New Models | this process, a constant drain on THE LATCH STRING'S out at local Buick dealerships beginning |the City budget, yesterday aroused tomorrow when a spring jubilee show opens. The open house and the speculation of City Engineer M. demonstration week will feature a special display of new models, Buick’s |G. Johnson. fireball” engine, and an opportunity to drive-it-yourself. { “We have about 200 miles of Featured will be the new convertible models (particularly the 118- streets more than 25 years old and inch wheelbase Series 40 Convertible), the new Series 40 Special cars|they are a continual headache,” in four new models, and the big Series 90 Limited cars, Buick's luxury said the Engineer. He examined | a thoroughfare plan sadly. “The oniy way to relieve this | maintenance expense is to spend | | more money on resurfacing and re- | | construction.” { { Mr. Johnson sighed. That would | | take millions, he estimated, To ; : % : Be : : : { pave one street the width of a dual pT i 3 AAR . Rt in A give them. |lane highway for one mile so that | 9 il ; ’ os 8 § oR 3 colors unlike anv vo lit would last for years costs near- | BE & : 3 i 5 oe sph |1y $100,000. lt > 3 25 ay lands and even gabaradines | To cut down on the expense so % eds . .. drapes and cor | that more mileage can be paved or resurfaced, cheaper materials are used. These break up after a few

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tenance expense begins. | That, said Mr. Johnson, is the | way it is.

’ X ; . : " ¥ 3 5 # ® ® : 3 : ox, Pe - % : The Buick Series 40 Special six-passenger sedan. ‘Velvet 'Pressure’ : ; ] % Bi : line in the upper medium priced field. In all cases, Buick's six lines| pisereet pressure is being applied | | p : : ; % of cars, embodying 26 body types, will be displayed. to Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and] . HE 8 b CR : Gi Of especial interest will be the new engines designed for unusually | the Safety Board to avoid partisan- || i: : 3 : CR : HE w high let them take maximum : a THR E. ; : wi w

compression pressures which advantage ship in the appointment of the proof fuels. The “fireball” engines have dome-shaped pistons and com= nosed traffic engineer (salary. bustion chambers that compress the fuel charge. under pressures up to|s3600). The pressure is the result 220 pounds per square inch, into the shape of a flattened ball directly of Junch table speculation that the around the spark plug. This, according to Buick engineers, provides | igh might be awarded to some maximum combustion efficiency without detonation or ping and extracts {faithful Democrat. 3 BS RE Sree ® : top power from the fuel. | Both the Mayor and Safety]: 3 r 4 LOE CLs. 7 Ay § 3 : HS coat like our w % “ &% % Board President Leroy J. Keach | fi #88, EE PF FL RR 5 . 5 and Bal collar. Im have frowned at the very idea. Both || & § ji & SF x 3 y Sg EF Vie hawt of sthars n col

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Plymouth to Hold Spring Show have said they will get the best wn ET : fr ca Sn : : | H , Iman for the job they can find. 3 ? _ » Wan, sm AN BE ey Joi are cof PLYMOUTH. TOO, will hold a gala springtime auto show open t0| And that's worrying them more |! : a : ® : ; g vell within the reach ot the general pubiic at the Murat Temple Tuesday and Wednesday from than any possible charges of |: 3 a 6p. m. to 11 p. m “politics” that may follow any |’ F § Special attractions will include the first local display of “Limited |selection. B® a } 3 : 8 ; 4 Edition” Plymouth models which feature spring colors and new two-tone | In the first place, no one seems | : b : 3 . interiors in harmonizing shades. to know even Rees to look for a |i tid k gE L NEW SPRING SPORT COATS aa ” N traffic engineer. In the second SE % Tf ; : ; Bold plaids! Plain tans! Viaorous h 95 iplace, no one knows how to tell ERR BE : Neto ! : ®

erringbones! Checks! Browns, tans, blue: [whether an applicant would fill the

{bill or not. £5 : teals and combinations. | And in the third place, no one REAR i [knows whether there actually will RE i 200 § |be a traffic engineer. The Mayor's v. : FINE NEW SPORT SLACKS | proposal is still in the hands of the = 3 4 Coveris! Reaular and featherweight {City Council, which has the final : 5 (say.

aabardines! Doeskins! Worsted flannels!

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' A delegation of southwest Indianapolis citizens approached the Park Board yesterday with a plea | for a playground to keep their chil-

dren off the streets. The delega- | : a tion, headed by Dr. Walter E 3 ae . (Hemphill, Councilman, pointed out \ ; & % > aa [that the nearest plavground is BOYS’ LAST MINUTE k A \ | | R EA R ) 3 ras 2 Be Easter

The Plymouth station wagon with paneling of Honduras mahogany, |Rhodius, more than a mile away. : | They proposed that the City ac- From Indiana's Most Complete Downstairs Boys Shop i 7 im Willhweul

we ‘easing volume ew car purchases in all parts of the country : ; Ll ir rs i oe » lic intere 3 in Rew wiodels 3s quire land lying south of Minnesota 1! 11) 1¢ ap < 3 nat unii 10 i 3 5 . : " St. an ast of Belmont Ave, 0 i » greater than when annual auto shows were held last fall,” J. E. ihe 4 Sa of a play hon : : hese Bayne, Plymouth Motor Corp. general sales manager, said today ! C us Dp aygroun : "All local Dodge-Plymouth, DeSoto-Plvmouth and Chry sler-Plymouth | MAY depend the happiness of 648 alt OO EE ta Ly ET ny ye : children in the neighborhood. thev dealers are co-operating in the spring showing .

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The Park Board took the request Fadely-Anderson Has Contest Wty SUUpent.

BECAUSE OF HEAVY increases in new car sales, Fadely-Anderson Inc. Dodge-Plymouth dealership at 3547 E. Washington St.. is ccnducting URGES FIRE CHIEFS a six-week Used Car Sweepstakes for its salesmen

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J nn | The dealerships new car sales increased 33 per cent in March aver the February total and sales during this vear’s first quarter were 11 per IN SUBURBAN AREAS cent ahead of 1940's final quarter. On most of the sales there were

trade-ins. The siX salesmen who deliver the most of these used ¢ars will

| , ’ | Shenff Al y sk receive several hundred dollars'as prizes. a Al Feeney has asked all

{township trustees to appoint “fire chiefs” for their areas as the first | step toward organizing fire protec[tion in the rapidly expanding | suburban areas. | Two weeks ago the SherifT met | with trustees and informed them | that his office was not equipped to [continue fighting fires in the outly- |

{ing districts ana urged them to co- ‘ARMY AVIATOR Jr.} BOYS’ ALL . WooL Sanforized-Shrunk

{operate in organizing township vol-

Jones ine sk 7 REGULATION SLEEVELESS GABARDINE n letters to a rustees this week. ; | Sheriff I"ecney pointed out that the M IL | TA RY SUIT SWEATER S M I L | Y A R Y SUIT law charges trustees with the responsibility of providing fire protec- i 19 | x | 5 4.50 tion. A popular number in army A special purchase and sale! Four of the trustees resconded.! tan . complete with Fancy stitch V-neck models ied Sh bardine! Wit | They were Henry M. Thomas of | Browne belt! Limited quan BO os and ARIA Wa VARINA | Warren, George H. Hopper of Wash- tity so shop ‘early! { Shetland to match................ 390 ington, John Maze of Franklin and | Arland Coolman of Pike. BOYS’ NEW SPORT POLO SHIRTS + . . 59¢ | Fire chiefs named were John | Adams in Franklin, William Grady {in Washington and Kenneth Highshoe in Pike. |

“SUES THEATER PLANNED

Fadely-Anderson officers and competing salesmen (left to right standing) are George Smith, Ellison Fadely, president, Ralph Anthis, M., E. Peacock, John Butler, Charles Utterbach, Jim Woods, Howard AT FT. HARRISON Nichols and Harry Ludlum. Kneeling are Alfred Bayne, T. O. Ewing, Times Special Verlin Bohannon, sales manager, Donald Sparks, 8. G. Harless, John YON April 11. — A gr \ a wa gg Schilling, and C. E. Blanton, sales manager. moving picture theater, built of : k 3 3 : Wg : wood with a seating capacity of 364, N 3 . § 3 a ¥ A PS (85¢ each) . nn will be constructed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis, the War Nash Sets 25-Year Record Department announced today. 3 3 3 iis : : THE BEST BUSINESS in Nash's 25-year history was celebrated] The Ft. Harrison theater for sol- EL iE oa 2. && g gf : EE a We're unpacking them as here last week at a Columbia Club “Victory Dinner.” | diers is one of 36 to be erected at Fi LL AAD : b 5 : w | y According to H. W. Kramm, manager of Nash Motors of Indian- camps throughout the country at a a 3 j : t Eo ww e go to press! That's how apolis (factory branch here), Nash sales shot up when the firm en-|an estimated total cost of $1,500,000. EN 4 % : ; new they really are! Every tered the lowest-price field and set a new all-time first-quarter record A circus tent type with a seating) > : : : ; : 5 : ‘ ad : i during the first three months of the year. capacity of 2075 men will be erected | ’ R A 3 ; ~ ! 3 ® % ; or hand tailored with resil Dealers delivered more than 26,000 new Nash cars during this period, at Camp Shelby, Miss, where the : Ba Sh : : ! wh tent construction . . . in your he said, as compared with 13,070 cars during the first quarter of 1940. | Indiana National Guard Is in train- \ i NENA a : Eg : : choie ' Rest previous record for the period was 23.699 cars in the first quarter |INg, the anouncement said. 3 p v bet . of a host of colo of 1929, | combinations and patterns

a oo : TWO FLIERS KILLED IN Ny AS N Tas > N obo

- HOLLYWOOD STREET LY ag i OG pe | LOS ANGELES. April 11 (U. P.). = : : ® WIMBLEDON WASH. | —An airplane crashed into a North 3 : : ABLES

Hollywood street late yesterday, i : : | killing Robert James Wallace, 19.! ] 4 : ® KRINKUL KREPES

and Gilbert Crowell, 25, both of : nk ‘Los Angeles. a @® BAGDAD STRIPES

| : e e, owne yv the “Lock- ! Or A i MIESSEN 0 re Cre aro ol ae Piomcie! TODDLERS WILL THREE STYLES CALIFORNIA CASUAL . WESTBURY FOULARDS ® ® ® |of the Lockheed and Vega aircraft PARADE PROUDLY | N PAS TEL DRESS i FOR THE ; i ® TOWER TWILLS

| companies, had stalled.

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state conservation and development We've only a limited quantity A new ravon sharkskin suce : ; ® PASTEL COMBINA. (department claims North Carolina We've still an excellent selec- of these suits with flannel cess fresh and young for ; TIONS has more wild European boars than tion of Easter coats for the skirts and matching short Daye parser I ron : 7 ; itn a § SKIry and ¢ a ; any other state. A recent depart- tinv folk. Navy and pastels sleeve jackets! Sizes 7 to 14 tt harmorzIng blouse. : ® NEAT FIGURES!

[ment survey disclosed at least 600 tn all wool fabrics. Sizes 1-6 in the group! Sizes 11 to 16 0 2.00 ® PLAIDS, TOO! 00 : i HHH w

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