The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-02
RECORD CROWD
 ATTENDS OPENING OF AUTO SHOW
South's Greatest Array Of Motor Cars Ex-
 hibited Here
BUILDING CLEANS
 WITH MANY COLORS
Parking Space At New Auditorium Is At
 Premium

With ideal weather, record crowds and the niftiest array of new motor cars yet assem- bled in the south, the Dixie Auto show was off Monday to a flying start.
 The municipal auditorium, gaily be- ,iecked in carnival attire. opened its doors at 1 o'clock and ceaseless click ing of the turnstiles began shortly aft erward. By s o'clock in the evening, the vast building was damned with sight-seers. The crowds came with such a rush that Manager G. F. Cald- at the entrances.
 Parking space near the auditorium was at a premium, which proves that d large number of those on the inside were car owners. The street car com pany reported that its cas to the audi torium was swamped with passengers, which proves that hundreds of the open ing day spectators were not car owners
 ''The management is greatly pleased tt the opening day attendance and at the interest shown in the various ex- hibits," Manager Caldwell said on be- half of the Birmingham Motor Trades association, sponsors of the big show.
 Floor Space Filled
 The entire floor space in the vast building is filled with exhibits. Fifty shiny automobiles-the very latest models, rushed here from the factores for the show, are on display Jsichls furnished closed cars, sport models, snappy touring models, cars made spe cially for women, cars made specially for business men, family cars and many others are among the number.
 At each exhibit, expert salesmen were busily engaged in answering questions from the impressed onlookers. Folks who already have cars were heard to saysthat they were thinking of buying a new one," and scores of non-car own CTS were attending the show for the ex- press purpose of picking out one of the new models.
 Although the show is not supposed to be a sales room, several sales resulted from talks opening day visitors had with attendants at the exhibit booths.
 Feature Exhibits
 The value of the new models on dis play runs into many thousands of dol lars. In addition, there are many fea- ture exhibits, including automobile ac- cessories and radio equipment. All of these special booths were popular with the spectators-ini fact, every exhibit in the building was completely surrounded with people from opening until closing hour Monday.
 In every way the big exhibition com pares favorably with the largest nat ional shows, and surpasses anything previously attempted in this section of the country.
 The beautiful new cars, perfect in every detail, were admired by thousands throughout the afternoon and evening. Feature booths, showing cut-out motors, exhibition motors, special paint jobs, and every known safety and comfort device, drew heavy crowds
 $25, 900 Chassis Shown
 A $25,O0O Cadillac stripped chassis, cut in half so as to show every detail of the working of the car, was q popu- lar feature of the show. A factory rep resentative who was on hand to explain 1t said the car had never before been exhibited outside of national auto mobile show.
 Nappi's orchestra is furnishing music for the big crowds and number of other entertainment features will be on program from day to day.
 It's real show, lavishly staged and every person interested in automobiles or radio-and that includes everybody. is urged by the trades associa tion to visit the auditorium before the great exhibit closes Saturday night.