Evening star., 1928-12-30

| peaTanCe OF Cne interior mdGeTl-
| ally. It will be a welcome conven-
ience for many visitors who pre-
fer walking up or down rather
than crowding into elevators. In
view of the fact that all attend
ance figures probably will be
broken, Manager s. A. Miles and
the show committee are making
every effort to make things COM
Portable for visitors. It is by far
the most charming scheme of dec
Grafton and reconstruction yet at
tempted.
Beginning this Monday the ex-
hibitS of parts and accessories will
be moved in by the ton, while the
cars and chassis will roll in pro-
fuSely by the middle of the week
for the biggest national show in
history.
A revised list reveals that there
will be more than 800 car and
chassis models displayed, there
being 46 makes of passenger cars
and 3 taxicabs. There are also
100 accessory exhibits and 56 shop
equipment displays. Of the COM
plete car exhibitors, Al are Amer
ican manufacturer and S foreign,
European cars being presented at
a national exposition here for the
first time.
Special days for the week are as
follows: Saturday, January ),
opening day; Monday, January 7,
outdoor sports day and golfers
day; Tuesday, January 8, interna-
tional day; Wednesday, January 9,
Army and Navy day; Thursday,
January 10, aviation and engi-
neers' day; Friday, January IL,
theatrical day; Saturday, January
II. municipal and closing day.
The show will open at pm. on
Saturday, January 5, and will be
open thereafter, excepting Sunday,
from 10 am. to 10:30 pm. The
shop equipment section, on the
fourth floor, will be open to the
trade only from 10 am. to pm.
and to the public from pm. to
10:30 pm.
A special entrance on Park ave-
nue. between Forty-siXth and For
ty-seventh street will be used for
the show, in addition to the regu-
lar entrance to Grand Central
Palace, on Lexington avenue.
Makes of Cars.
The following are the makes of
cars to be displayed at the show:
Main floor, Buick, Chandler, Chev-
rolet, Chrysler, Dodge Brothers,
Durant, Essex, Graham-Paige
Hudson, Hupmobile, Kissel, Mar
mon, Nash, Oakland, OldSmobile,
Plymouth, Pontiac, Studebaker,
Whippet and WHY'S Knight; sec
ond floor, Auburn, Black Hawk,
Cadillac, Franklin, Gardner, Jor-
dan, La Sale, Lincoln, Locomo-
bile, Moon, Packard, Peerless,
Pierce Arrow, REQ, StearnS- knight
and Stutz; third floor, Auburn,
Austin, Black Hawk, Chevrolet,
ChrySler, Cunningham, De Soto,
Daimler, Dodge Brothers, du Pont,
Elcar, Erskine, Essex, Graham
Paige, Hudson, Marmon, Mercedes
Benz, Plymouth, Renault, REQ,
Studebaker, StutZ and VauXhall,
and fourth floor, taxicabs, Brad
field, Checker Cab and Yellow Cab.
Those residing in central Man
haitian Island and its fringe will
have their attention attracted at
night during show week by a
flashing electric sign, carried on
the lower wing of one of the
largest planes ever built, telling
the populace about the show. The
letters will be 6 feet high and
these will cover the planes wing
span of 90 feet. The sign will be
Illuminated by high voltage cur
rent passing through tubes of
Neon gas. One set of letters will
be imposed upon the other to per-
NIT change of wording. Arrange
ment for this was made by Capt.
Edward Rickenbacker in behalf
Of the Cadillac and La Sale COM
panies.
For the first time since the au-
tomobile show was started, de-
ScriptionS of cars on display will
be broadcast over a coast St-to-coast
radio hook-up. One of the eX-
hibiting companies has arranged
for two half-hour programs over
the blue network of the National
BroadcaSting Company. Ray w.
Sherman will describe half of the
cars on display on January 5 from
$50 to 10 pm, and the other
half January 7 from 9 pm. to
$50 pm.
The show committee consists of
Charles D. Hastings, chairman;
F. C. Chandler and Alfred H.
SWayne. S. A. Miles is manager
of the show, which is held under
the auspices of the National Au-
tomobile Chamber of Commerce
with the cooperation of the Motor
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