Evening star., 1934-01-07
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

TNWENTY- FIVE leading makers OF
passenger cars, several producers
of commercial vehicles and more
than 100 accessory and parts
manufacturers offered their new
models and styles at the Thirty-fourth
Annual National Automobile Show in
Grand Central Palace yesterday after
noon, according to reports received here
The complete cars and chaSses repre-
sent the finest that can be produced
by members of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce. under whose
auspices the great yearly exposition Is
held. The accessories, special bodies,
parts and .SundrieS reveal the latest
things designed to make motoring more
comfortable and economical-to make
new cars more beautiful or efficient, as
the case may be. This is the second
year that Alfred Reeves, vice president
and general manager of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce, has
managed the huge display, and he is
offering what probably will be pro-
nounced one of the finest. if not the
finest, National Show ever staged.
Exhibit Closed Today.
The exposition is closed today, but
for the balance of the week will be
open from 1890 am. to II pm. This
year the admission price has been re-
duced for afternoons at the show, be-
ing 55 cents before 6 pm, and rs
cents after pm, tax included.
: Cars exhibited are the following: Au-
burn, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chry-
Sler, Continental, De Sofa, Dodge,
Franklin, Graham Hudson, Hupmobile,
La Sale, Lincoln, Oldsmobile, Nash,
Packard, Pierce, Plymouth, Pontiac,
REQ. Studebaker, Stutz and Terraplane.
Trucks include Chevrolet, Dodge,
Stewart, Studebaker and Terraplane.
The several hundred cars and chasses
displayed are striking samples Of the
output Of 200 900 vehicles and more,
for 1884 During the year just closed,
the output was in excess Of 100000 in
the United States and Canada.
The 1884 debutante cars are pre-
sented in a truly royal setting. Grand
Central Palace has been transformed
into what the interior decorator is
pleased to call Sale de Triomphe"
In tone it is certainly triumphal
enough, for it is probably the most col
Orful automobile show. sCenically, that
ever has been offered. Once inside,
the visitor does not realize that he is
in Grand Central Palace. The COM
bination of tones and treatment is
is done in silver and sky blue and the
east and west exhibit sections of the
main floor are in silver, orange and
black, with peach -colored ceilings At
the Park avenue end and the LeXing-
ton avenue side are loggiaS with out
door vistaS.
Plan of Decoration.
There is an ornamental stairway
leading to the mezzanine floor illumi-
mated with rotating lights, and the
mezzanine itself has as its dominant
colors silver, green and buff The tout
ensemble of the main floor and mezza-
nine, as visible to the spectator. is illu-
minated by a system of exporama light
ing, which provides for continuity Of
white light with rotating color changes
through a system of remote control.
Approximately 100000 watts of light
will be required to illuminate the four
floors of the show. Upper floors are
suitably decorated for the accessories
and trucks. etc. and on the fourth
floor lunch room, ample seating ar
rangementS for tired visitors and a
restaurant in the form Of an outdoor
garden are provided.