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Death Notices

BARTEE. ANDREw--Age 81. husband Of
katneTine Bartee. father OF Bruce Eartee
N o Fv5eraI TEesdsy 10 4~sg S9fn roT1 "
Il. RICHARDSON & co. FUNERAL
HONE. 1901 y. MERRIAM Burial Floral
papers please copy.l
BOARD9lAN. HENRY E.-Beloved husband
q Julia "; Boaroman ana tather OF Har-
Dln Boardmans passed away April 10,
held at the residence. 1906 Cruft St.,
Tuesday evening at 1880 O'Clock. Burial
sE Boonyllle, 1nd,, Wednesday. WALD.
poNAHUE-John j., father Of Patricia
Mary Donahue, son Of Anna DonahUe
ana brother OF Martin Donahue and Mrs.
Harold Caldwell Of Chicago, III, passed
away sunday, april 10. Funeral Wednes-
DAY, April u, from residence, 444 High
Iano ave-, at $3.50 a. m, followed by
services az Holy Cross church at 8 e. n.
11nterment AZ Holy Gross cemetery.
FOX-Frank P, on sunday, April 70, at
2:30 a. m, husband OF Bess Southcott
Fox, son Of Theresa L. Fox, brother OF
Clara 3; Golden, Mayme l. Morris, all
81 ss pIiSs4jgga Pna;s ss ana George E. Fog
Harold Robert and Frances Fox Of Pitts
ourgn, Funeral at late residence, ALL
NNortn, Meridian street, Tuesday, 2 p. m.
lodge, NO. 23. T. q a. M.
MRS. ELLEN T.-Wife Of
Peter r. Gallagher. 1884 N. New Jersey
g., mother OF William M. Gallagher Of
Cincinnati, Oh Mrs. Thomas E. Robinson
q Tulsa, Okla; Katherine M. and
Ihomas a.: Gallagher of this city, passed
away at St Vlncent'S hospital Sunday,
April 10. Funeral Wednesday. April 70,
$3.50 q. N. at FINN BROS. FUNERAL
HOME, 1889 North Meridian. SIS. Peter
and Paul Cathedral, a. m Interment,
Holy Cross cemetery. Friends invited
K7REITscH-Loqis G.. beloved husband Of
Helene F. and son Of Charles and Bertha
Arltsch, passed away Saturday morning
THE FLANNER 81 BUCHANAN MORT
UARY; Friends invited, Burial Crown
Hl!!' Friends may call at the mortuary
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MORE PHONES ARE USED
Increase Greatest Since 1880, Com
pany Survey Shows.

Indicative Of improvement in
business conditions, Indiana Bell
Telephone Company officials said
today, there has been an increase
in the number Of telephones in use
during March and April for the
first time since the spring of 1880.
During 1880 there were 3,757
phones disconnected, and the
monthly loss continued until this
spring, when it stopped, and finally
led to an increase Of 462 in March.
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LegaI Notices
PUBLIC AUCTION

PUBLIC AUCTION
&, ne s, cSieysisasno: Cincinnati Chicago g
=. Il, K. LESSER VIA sell az pubic auc-
ton TUESDAY. April %. 1881, at 3. n,
sg their Virginia ave. team track opposite
hotne, Welis q Bauer. $40 virginia ave.
eseaa S Ina u a15sr ep p5f'91 eaT
l. q N. ls5459. billed as $1,000 lbs. egg
coal from Haysten. Ky. consigned w. r.
Gerstang. Indianapolis. Ind
Description and quantity IS copied from
freight OF waybill neither being guaTan-
70 hours Tree time allowed Tor unloading
expense.
caeek Immediately at CONCLUSION q sale.
Freight Claim Agent.
3o2 Big -Four building.
THE BOARD or TRUSTEES Of the
Central Satte Hospital VIII receive sealed
pEoposals until FRIDAY. April "a. at 10 q.
OF May. 1881. Estimate book Will be or
tie at Room l4i. Statehouse. from ana
after Monday. April 20. 1881. The Board
reserves the right TO reject any or al
By order Of Board Of Trustees.
WALLACE O. LEE. President.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS stored N the name
OF GEORGE HAYES wiz be sold Tor
storage charges, unless paid for BY April
20, 1881. MAY TRANSFER AND SIOR-
ACE, 2025 s. Meridian.
THE ANNUAL meeting OF the shaTehoId-
erS OF the Indiana Insurance Company
will be held in the Office OF the company
oisaspots' 1na "a oegiandia ag a. 80
- PARKE A. COOLING, President.
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PARENTS MUST HELP,
Is DR.. M0RGAN'S VIEW
Neither Physician Nor School Can
Come First, Says Commissioner.

come ElrSL, odyS commissioner.
Neither the physician nor the
school can supplant the parent in
understanding and direction Of a
child. DR.. Herman G. Morgan, city
health commissioner, told the IN
dianapolis Council Of Social Agen-
cies, in Christ church parish house
at noon today.
His was the first Of talks on child
health, prior to Child Health Week,
May 1-s, and Child Health Day,
May /.
Progress and prosperity of ma
ton is directly dependent upon the
health Of its citizens" said DR.. Nor
gan "A broader dissemination
among parents of the knowledge
pertaining to the health problems
Of children is greatly needed"
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Pioneer Rubber Man Dies

BIZ United Press
PASADENA, Cal, April 90
Francis Alonzo Hardy, 80, pioneer
rubber manufacturer, died here
Sunday. He founded the firm which
later became the B. F. Goodrich
Company.
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Mail Route to End

By Times Special
KOKOMO, Ind, April 2o.-A
rural mail route now operated out
of BENEFITS Switch, seven miles
north of this city, will be aban-
doned May and its patrons will
be served by carriers on three rural
routes out of Kokono.
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INJUNCTION IS SOUGHT
Ravenswood Citizen Seeks to Re-
strain Litigation Cost Payment.

Injunction against collection from
the town Of RavensWood Of $154.05
costs of litigation Of three trustees
over validity of their claims to Office,
was asked in suit fled today in
superior court two by Mrs. Carrie
j. Runhofer, a taxpayer Of Ravens
wood.
The trustees, William Hubs, Rob-
ert Stanm and Charles L. Ford,
we're in court after a dispute over
their right to Office.
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NOTICE 70 BIDDERS

NOTICE TO b1DDEfSS.
Sealed proposals to the Board OF
Indiana. Tor the construction OF an ad-
dition 20 the Heating and Power Plant
OF Purdue University. Lafayette, Indiana,
will be received at the office OF the
Indiana, up 70 10 O'Clock a. m. Tuesday,
May 5th,. 1881. 81 which time they Will
be publicly opened and read.
Subject 70 provisions OF the specih-
cauons. BIDS on the above building will
be received ss follows:
J. For the general construction and
2. For the heating and plumbing.
3. For the electric wiring.
:; For the entire project as specified
under !. ?. and s.
5. For the power piping,
All bids must be submitted on forms
prescribed in the specifications which
forms must be attached to Form No
So and accompanied BY Form No. s6A.
SIS prescribed BY the State Board Of Ac-
counts. certified check to the amount
OF per cent Of the sum Of the bid shall
be submitted with these bids. Bidders on
the General Construction must be
qualified 70 complete this portion OF the
work not later than Oct. J, 1881
Plans and specifications may be OBJ
tanned from the Office Of Walter Scholer.
architect. Wallace Block, Lafayette m
diana. Plans and specifications are on
Physical Plant. 6. D. Bnshaeii. i purdue "
University, lafayette. Indiana: IL tire
Office OF the State Beard Q! Accounts
statehouse. Indianapolis. Indiana: in the
Recorder. Indianapoiis. indiana: s' ara Ses'9 h
the offies OF Dodge Reports. Chicago.
Ths Bosrd Of trustees reserves the
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
PURDUE UNIVERSITY.
BY r, p. STEWART contvoileA
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Legal Notices
LEGAL NOTICE

Goods stored in the name OF:
Of E YARD 1Tby. 6Si W. Vermont St; J; e:
BucEles' 5isS Dexter Ave; Mrs. Barbara
q. Bea. l3s Wasburton Ave, Yonkers.
N. 2; Mrs. Edward Bryan, alas n Ala
S VI Sot Gren 2oad Sss S HNpS e. ae st j.
sew ST.; Mr.. Chas. Carter; Mrs. Elizabeth
Copeland, 2722 Ethel Ave; anna J., Gin,
ton. SlQS 5 dTay st.. Mrs getty collins
5sS E. St. Clair ST.; Mr.. Curtis Elliot. sen.
del, south Bend. Ind; Nj: Henry Ellis
T I13H SEVENTH St. Cleveland. O.; MI
Victor franklin. GA N. East St; George
: Sa i ssPs Of e Ro % TT ssoFs
Columbus, IND; Mr.. Parvtr Hawthorne,
care OF julius Baum. lS5 n: ILLINOIS, St.;
MIS- Aliee Hanson care OF Wa5 55fgs goaaes s
cisye3land a t BV S Cleveland, g. Gem
Johnson; Mrs Lowe Johnson as SoI MineEpSYa
Ciiffwood. N. J.. Mr.. Abner Kendriek. I47
Hadley. ST.; MIS-. ,Kroch. us n Capitol
gers St.. Bloomington, Ind. H. II, Lock
lear 428 Spencer Ave; Mrs. l.. Ltntheconl.
1924 Martindale Aye; F E. L5tsles, G; w.
stone Ave; Mrs. Ruth Miller. l41o, E.
Sixty-ninth ST.; Mrs. Mary A. Durham,
sa snt ss5s s WnaT HSnaa ave. ms MF E.
1918 Udell ST. Homer Nation, COZ Wall
An, Mt. Vernon. Ind; Rev. H: G. Over
ton. s2S w. twenty seventh: Marie
Peachie Apt, S. no N. Illinois St., Mr..
p Il: Pope: r; r: I, Rox g. wa.sshbugn:;
OF r. <. schaEei. 1901 Wagar Ave, Lake
wood O.; Roscoe Rowe, l229ls Oliver
Ave; katherine Roach. 4i6 N. New. Jer.
seq ST.: Apt. 81 b; Mrs. ,, Nellie Reg, !os
Eastern Ave: Mrs. Ella Sowell 1883 N.
Senate; Mr.; Fred w. sehnippe III
Tsibott; Mrs. Phil E. Stallard. i54l Finley
Ave: Herman sapo. 855 Cedar St. Geo.
sellmer. 63l n. Tacoma: Mrs; r. N.
Goidie Thomson, geA. del, Terre Haute.
md. Emmett Walls, 1867 Broadway; Mich
ear WEIGH, 1887 Bradbury; Mrs: Lee F.
Walls. gen. del; Chardon, O.; Mrs. Mar
tin White. 752A w, Michigan ST. SIS
wills. $50 E. Walnut. Apt 7. Mr.. Sher-
man R. watkins. lo0lA Maple St; ct Q.
Ter. $50 S. Meridian St.. will be sold for
storage charges on May is. 1881, at 9 q; m.
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Room for Rent With Board

Room for Rent With Board
PARKER AVE- 22O27moMssoq5; . home s..o board
Rent Housekeeping Rooms
ALABAMA. N, I5I8-Large, 2-rm. apt;
in-a-dcor bed; o,stufed furni. Il. 1885.
BROADWAY, 1852 clean rms, kitcn-
enette, down; sink. range. 2 neos; S750.
CAPITOL, N. 827-2-rm. apt: nicely furn..
near bath; private entrance. Ri. I113.
CAPITOL. N. 734-2 large rms; hot cold
water; modern: Adults: parking space:
CAPITOL, N, 333o-Light housekeeping
rms. for couple. modern: everything turn:
CENTRAL, l404-Large rm., kitchenette.
sink. pr. lavatory. priv. eEt.: down: So
COLLEGE. 1882 large rms; eyerythat5ag
CENTRAL, 2936--2 nice. clean, modern
range. sleeping porch; private entrance; Sc
HARLAN. 1873 front downstairs rms:
Completely furn. with bath. Dr.. 2432.
HIGHLAND AVE. N. 21---2 conn. clean.
mod. rms. desirable. everything turn.; 81.
ILL, n, -2339-1-2rna. kitchenette apt. IS
and $3.50. Everything. FUR. "a. 7llO.
ILLINOIS, 81 N.-2-rm. hsekping.; sink,
hot water; also sleeping rms; 81 up.
MERRILL. E.. 309-Strictly modern; priv.
entrances; fine back yard: Sc and S.:
MERIDIAN, s., 1901 1a-2 rms. kitchenette.
everything furnished. priv. ent DE- 2154.
MERIDIAN, N. 2249-Housekeepin apt.
for 2 or 8 girls; gar; Lreas: "a: 1205:
MARKET. e. 920-Large, clean, modern,
furnished rms. Private entrance: Adults.
NEAL, S.. 1855 nicely furnished rms,
private home and entrance. garage. Be-
NEW JERSEY. n. i34-Geod clean house
EaenfNO
OHIO, E., 540-Nice front housekeeping
rn., $3.50 wk. Others, So wk
p HZE fuE E PEW PEW ENT EAS s.! & EsSi6:
RANDOLPH. n. 233-$15 month. 2 I'M
furnished. clean rms. priv: ent. Ri 2677:
RUCKLE, I944-Housekeeping rm.; mod;
everything furn; sleep. rrn.. priv. He. 5551.
TATBOTT n, 2525-2 large emaculate
rms. sink. porch: ref. REQUIRED. $500
TALBOTT. n. $3.50 rms. kitchenette;
overstuded. reas.. private ent: Ia. 1888.
TEMPLE, S.. 20-3 modern furnished light
housekeeping rooms; cheap.
WALNUT. rs. E.-2-rm. kitchenette apt;
close in: SIS. See housekeeper IN basement.
10TH E. 253l--2 light housekeeping
rooms; reasonable.
BEAUTIFULLY furnished rooms, 2 or. 8.
large sink. Hi-oven range, electric ice
box. walking distance; priv. enG: Il: l9So.
31ST, W.. l057--Large mod. rm.: complete
ly fur; priv. ent.; gar; So. IA. 2221..
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Cash From Unused Articles Through Times
Household Goods

ITALIAN DINING RIM. carved beautiful
bedroom. living room. rugs, occasional
tables. odd dresser, sac. 2428 N. Meridian.
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Rug Cleaners
Painting and Papering

raining ana Faperlng
ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT?
ing. We specialize in stippling. surprising
results obtained BY painting over old wall
paper. can eve. Elmer Goddard. II. 58S4.
Al Paper Cleaning, Toe 4 Up
EiooTs T rem R Best d RoTs1 SIDE Est
Reliable Painting, Decorating
Expert paper cleaners. work gusran.
81 nm: for better prices call Us u. 9773
REMOVE BY STEAM
wall paper. IS for room and up. Oh. esss.
Paper Hanging; Cleaning
Painting. RALPH ROBERTSON. Dr.. 1852:
Swan-Healy Contractors
Deco. pap. painting repairs. Oh. osss
PAPER HANGING
Prices reasonable. Il. so4s.
Paper Hanging, $3.50 Per RIM.
and up. samples: work guarn. Dr.. 2747.
Paper Hanging-Cleaning
special rate. next 10 DAYS. Be. o77l-R.
PAPER CLEANING
HOME cARETAKERs CO. IA. 2s26.
HOME PAINTING. DECORATING ROOF
ING CO.--PaintinE. paper cleaning. roof
ing. garage building. S-yrS. written guar
anteed on outside painting: reasonable
prices MASTER Of -ollr WORK. Dr.. o&2o.
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Musical instruments

GASOLINE and oil stoves and oven.
cheap. 1886 Oliver Ave. Be. 2z56.
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DINING. I'M suite; TUNED oak. 10 pcs. :
viii sell separate 1921 N. Capitol
ICE Box-Gas range: reasonable. Il 6S75.
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MISCELLANEOUS Wanted

HAVE you $24.s5 in cash? Buy an Ever
Ready all electric. E. W. BOYD, SAIL
N. Illinois.
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Parker AVE, 2302-Mod. home, boar
and room for 2. On. O950. before $50 ?. .
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Make your own dresses. Buy singer sew
ing Machine Co. $50 Va. Ave Dr. 247s
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Suburban for Sale

Miscellaneous for Sale
DINING ROOM SUITE
Consisting of table, china closet,
buffet and six chairs with uphol-
stored seats, all finished in walnut.
Lists approximately $4,000, our
price $4,000.
SCREEN WIRE
and stepladders are cheaper here.
Unclaimed Freight Station
Capitol and South St.
LOWEST PRICES EVER KNOWN. =.
s See nS foE for y3a MIX o0E TFS6ks c0Y oF b a
water proof and best protection and
any kind Of covers required for Trucks.
We W R Raya sh'H aoos1 isRok rARPA 81 S'
0ANSAi isS 5o WesE Washington st.
FRFE oToSs caps with every 9 us d9z;
NEW and rebuilt electric water pumps.
Liberal terms and trade. MEIER ELEC-
TRIO & MACHINE CO., 3525 East Wash
ington st. IT. l15i.
NEW and rebuilt g4seVric g ar e9apgessse2Egs.
CHINE. CO., s525 East Washington St.
BATTERY CHARGER. battery capacity,
S25. electric drill A. c. or D. c.. $50.
IA. 054z.
LADY'S spring suits and coats; sizes 16
and 10. Mems suits. size q: cheap.
ca. I'LL.
PTMPS-Electric, Shallow we'll like new,
$50 to $40 KAUTSKY. 2409 Central Ave.
l4-FOOT cupboard runabout boat and
motor; SITS. Call Oh. $3.50. or II. o632.
FOR sALE-SmaIl electric meat grinder:
cheap. Call Be. 1924
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Easy WESHER: SIS.
III :. MICHIGAN ST.
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Radio and Equipment

1ROsLEY 8 Tube, Beautiful Console Model
Radio. complete. $780, Terms.
KEMPLER RADIO co.
So Virginia Ave, RI. s2s5.
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Painting and Papering

PAPER cleaning. paper hanging, painting.
paint Wasning; paper removed BY steam.
g. A. GEORGE, Ea- 1857
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Help Wanted Male

WANTED-3 men with cars; clear; $40
all summer; Cooperation. well established
firm. See Mr.. Cobb. Grand hotel 2-5 ..
m. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday.
2 ADVERTISING statesmen; expert in
telephone sales. Ii. 1922; Mon. and Tues.
CRAZY CRYSTALS-Natural mineral water
from Mineral Wells, Tex, sells itself; dis
tributors wanted for Indiana. Mr.. Rock,
Hotel Linden, or P. o. Box 1881.
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MARMON AID D 8
SUBSIDIARY

Announcement of the organiza-
ton of the Marmon-Herrington
Company has been made through
filing of papers of incorporation
with the Indiana secretary of
state. G. M. Williams, president
Of the Marmon Motor Car Com
pany, stated that this new COM
pany will be a subsidiary unit for
the purpose of making multiple
drive commercial vehicles of a
highly specialized type.
The new Marmon subsidiary
will be headed by Mr.. Williams
as president. F.. E. Moskovics
will be chairman of the board.
A. w. Harrington will be vice
president and chief engineer and
w. c. Marmon, board chairman
Of the parent company will be a
director.
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cause he couldn't read what the
Oil-preSsure gauge was trying to
tell about the condition Of the
lubricant.
In this instance the panel, with
all its beauty, was cast bodily
aside. The instruments we're
scattered all over the instrument
board, but placed where one
could see them. That was the
idea, according to one outspoken
representative Of the company.
During the last few months,
there have been several other in
stances of ignoring the pulchritude
of the panel for the sake Of utility.
The majority, however, still abide
by the faith they adopted several
years ago. But they are making
changes.
The most significant change is
in the form of the gauge faces.
Instead of the motorist being
asked to read the ammeter hand
through what looks like a crack
in a golden oak leaf he is given
one that tells it's story in bolder
type, as it were.
Beauty Came First
Concrete illustrations are pro-
vided in the cases of two enor-
mously popular motor cars. 1t
was away back in 1925 that both
obeyed that impulse to be artistic
in a position that cut it off from
the drivers view unless he kept
his right hand at the bottom of
the steering wheel. Or if he drove
with his hand on the side of the
wheel he was forced to lift it or
look through the spider of the
wheel to see the instrument.
A motorist who had both of
these cars in his family declares
that while he was vaguely con-
scious of something at fault in the
arrangement of the instruments,
he never discovered what it was
until he drove the later models
and found the speedometer in a
new position.
The factory, obviously, caught
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it's mistake before the buyers of
it's product, or at least in this one
case it did
That it may illustrate a condi-
ton of considerable scope is indi-
Gated in the fact that the motorist
in question has more reason than
the average car buyer to notice
such a mistake.
Other Shifts Made
What has happened to the
speedometer in the two cars men
toned above has occurred also
in the case of others where the
mistake was scarcely so pro-
nounced.
The same applies to oil gauges,
ammeters, motor heat indicators,
and other instruments that are
supposed to be read while the en-
CINE runs. They have been made
larger and in a form better de-
signed to fit the visual capacities
of those who use them.
Whether the motor car buyer
has noticed it there has been a
change in some cases in the color
combinations used on instrument
faces.
At one time there we're several
with white figures on a black
background. Now the trend is in
the other direction.
Black is the foreground. white
the background. The reason, say
those who have made the change,
is that it makes for easier
reading.
Beats Public To It
AS many qualified observers
view the situation, it is another
evidence of the fact that the
designer often beats the public
to the discovery of his mistakes.
They also see in it the motor
car makers intention to make
the man or woman into whose
hands his product falls more
efficient individual in the main
tenance of his or her automobile
and safer one in its operation.
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Haphazard selection Of brake
lining is the fundamental cause
of a number of brake troubles on
the modern motor car, according
to C. P. Brockway, expert brake
engineer. In his current bulletin
on brakes, Mr.. Brockway warns
all car owners to use as much care
and thought in the selection OF
their brake lining as they do in
purchasing new tires or a new
automobile. He says:
"The advent Of fOur-wheel
brakes and various new types Of
braking systems has made 1t
necessary for motorists to use
extreme care in the selection of
brake lining.
DRIVERS fail to realize how
much scientific effort has been
given in recent years to the pro
ductiOn of brake lining. Today,
lining is manufactured to suit
particular types Of brakes.
Every mOtOrist who has his
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AUTOS CHANGE.
INSTRUMENT
BOARDS
Utility Instead of Beauty Isl
Reason for Shift; Experts in
Design Admit the BIunderS
BY ]. LEO SUGRUE
Automobile Editor

Beautiful and dumb" the ulti-
mate appraisal of the mental
qualifications of individuals of
both sexes, has lost one of its
erstwhile applications. The ap-
plication is with regard to the
instrument boards of the newer
automobiles. Strangely enough
the motor car laboratories them
selves once regarded instrument
boards as beautiful and dumb.
That's why they are changed.
Those who read the new model
specifications of the cars intro
duced during the last few months
could not have failed to note the
chant of praise for instrument
board changes.
Noting it, they still may have
failed to make the deduction that
now Is becoming obvious; namely,
that utility came back into the
picture.
Made No Impression
The point has been made al
most since the first engine began
to combust internally that the
operator of that engine was cal
louS to the messages of its various
meters. 1t is charge that has
been applied with particular zest
to the motor car operator. Ger
tainly, so the service experts
maintain, there is plenty of evi-
dence to sustain the accuracy of
the charge
Taking as his text the state
ment of one or two prominent
individuals on the other side of
the fence, the car owner subse-
quently found himself in a posi-
ton to retort:
"Why should I look at the
instruments? can't read them
when I do"
A couple of years ago the first
break away from the doctrine
that all instruments must be set
in a panel occurred. The idol
shatterer, in this case, was one
of the most prominent makers OF
fine cars in this or any other
country. Previous to doing this
marked right-about-face, he had
paneled the instruments on his
automobile with especially re-
splendent effect.
Attract the Eye
Then came the sudden and
drastic change; almost as If the
chief engineer had burned the
bearings in his car merely be-
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Brake Lining Important,
Dnuers Are Aduised

brakes refined this spring should
make certain to get the right
type. He can do this by hav.
ing his brakes refined at reliable
dealers or by reliable brake
service men,"
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This is the price of the 2-door
* Sedan or Coupe deliUered to you
in Washington, D. c., and equipped
ready for use.
Equipment includes front and rear
bumpers, shock absorbers, S wire
wheels, and extra tire, tube and tire
lock. Other models priced as followss
Sport Coupe, 81, ,O75.5O; 4-door Sedan
or Convertible Coupe, $1,O95.50;
Custom Sedan, 81, 1850.
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Salesroom
14th & r. I. Ave.
Decatur 4S0O

General Auto Truck Co., Inc,
21OO Virginia Ave. N. w.,
Washington, D. c.
Coast In Auto Works Inc,
1900 Nichols Ave..
Anacostia, D. c.
Southern Maryland Garage,
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
The Washington times., 1931-03-25

cord or mohair-open cars in leathers' In
appointments, too, Oakland has spared nothing
to create an ensemble Of good taste.
OTHER OAKLAND FEATURES INCLUDE!
117.inch wheelbase, FIVE wire wheels; LOvejoy
shock absorbers, one-piece Tenders with fender
indicator lamps; heavy single-bar bumpers; new
sturdier rear axles; rigid frame with FIVE cross
members; the efficient cross.Aow radiator; and
close-6tting electro-plated pistons.
In every way, Oakland is built soundIy, and with
thoroughness and care. This fine workmanship
and attention to detail will be apparent to you
when you examine the car.