Evening star., 1935-10-13
AutOmOtive Briefs

With the automobile show only q
few weeks off, local dealers had a
rather busy week last week with vari-
Gus organization meetings.
Pontiac forces, headed by A. w. L.
Gilpin, vice president and general
sales manager, discussed plans and
policies for the 1886 season. The
meeting was in charge of H. H. Groth-
Jan, manager of the Washington zone.
Other Pontiac executives in attend.
ance included G. D. Sills, assistant
sales promotion manager; L. K.
Marshall, general service manager: F.
A. Berend, advertising manager, and
B. 3. Wright, business manager Of the
central region.
Oldsmobile dealers and statesmen last
week heard George Browder, factory
official. who spoke on the sales de-
partment. Mr.. Browder also dis
cussed the new expansion program
which has just been completed in
Lansing, Mich, calling for $500, 900
expenditures.
The expansion includes the acquisi-
ton Of a huge new plant in which to
build Fisher bodies for Oldsmobile and
the expanding of machining and as
sembly facilities.
Cadillac-La Sale held an annual
dealer organization meeting and were
addressed by group of factory Of
ficiais, headed by J. c. Chick, general
sales manager. Others included r. L.
Newton, assistant general sales man
ager; w. C. Herring, sales promotion
manager; J. A. Roche, business man.
agement department; K. E. Gray. busi-
ness management manager; w. A.
Houser, manager Of parts and service,
and j. w. Eberts, factory sales promo
ton department.
G. K. Arnold. district manager, and
Floyd Akers of the Capitol Cadillac
Co. assisted in conducting the meeting.
Rural driving conditions are more
hazardous than those in crowded met
ropolitan districts. according to DR..
c. w. Ripple. Shell research engineer
in charge Of a test fleet Of six cars
which visited here last week after
covering more than 10000 miles with
out an accident.
The group of white painted automo-
biles is on the last leg of a 25,000-
mile trip which has provided a test
for Shell motor fuels and lubricants
under every conceivable driving con-
dition.
The most dangerous driving condi-
tions which were encountered on the
whole tour were in the fiat. wide-open
spaces Of Kansas, DR.. Ripple said.
There, he stateds the inhabitants paid
little heed to traffic regulations and
the rights of the road, and it was
largely q case of not knowing what
"the other fellow" was going to do.
Young men of college age are the
best automobile drivers that can be
found" Dr. Ripple says. "They think
quicker, have faster ref1exes and seem
to acquire the feel of the road better
than any one else. Before the tour
started tests were made in this regard
and accordingly We selected mostly
college men as drivers" Two specially
trained mechanicians are with each
vehicle.
j. E. Pope, manager Of the New
Jersey Avenue Garage, located at
419 New Jersey avenue northwest, has
won two awards in the recent Round
up" sales contest conducted by the
B. F. Goodrich Co., he has been noti-
fed from its principal Offices in Akron,
Ohio.
Pope won the ]. A. Hoban award
and an additional award from H. J.
Lintner, sales control manager, be-
cause his store set the best record
in its classification In the compete
tion for these prizes participated in
by the company's Nationwide retail
sales organization.
Washington had 5 representatives
among the 100 leading Chevrolet DEAL
ers for the month of August, according
to figures just released by the Chev-
rolet Co. The Ourisman Chevrolet
Sales Co. led the entire United States
for that month with I'll deliveries,
the report disclosed.
The Barry-Pate Motor Co., with
los deliveries, was nineteenth on the
list, while the other 3 listed were
Lustine-N Nicholson Motor Co. of
Hyattsville, the r. L. Taylor Motor Co.,
Inc, and Donohoe Chevrolet.