Evening star., 1937-10-24

open daily from IL am. TO IL PM
and from to II pm. on Sunday. The
final curtain will be rung down Sat-
urday night, November 6.
Again this year the exhibit will be
opened by the "horseless vehicle" cav
alcade. About rs old-timers are ex-
pected to be in line, the most ancient
being of the vintage of 1902. Drivers
will be in costume Of the period. This
event Is being arranged by the Amer
ican Automobile Association under the
leadership Of ]. w. Shively, director OF
travel and service. Efforts are being
made to have the procession INCLUDE
a high wheeler" and bicycle built
for two.
The gas. steam or electric "buggies"
will start their journey at 10 O'Clock
Saturday morning from Sixth street
and Constitution avenue. They Will
continue (if mechanically able) west
on Constitution avenue to Seventeenth
street. Then north on Seventeenth
street to Pennsylvania avenue, and
west on Pennsylvania avenue 10
Twenty-fourth street. At this point
those surviving will proceed north on
Twenty-fourth street to the Exhibit
Hall.
For the thirty-eighth time in the
history of the industry the National
Automobile Show will make its annual
bow Wednesday afternoon in Grand
Central Park, New York. with bril-
liant array of $50 new 1898 models oil
passenger cars, commercial vehicles
and cabin trailers. Also approximately
100 accessory, parts and shop equip
ment exhibits will be offered to walt
ing public, and included among these
will be dozens of new or improved fea-
lures in automotive engineering. At
tendance this season is expected to ex-
ceed that of any show since 1928. 1t
will run for eight days. Sunday and
election day included. The doors will
open Wednesday at 2 pm. and close
at II pm. On Sunday. October 81. the
hours will be noon to 1890 pm, and
all other days. 1890 Am. to IL pm.
The annual display, which is the
only national show. and as usual held
under Automobile Manufacturers As
sociation auspices. will be Immediately
followed by chain Of motor car
shows staged by dealers associations in
several dozen cities during six-WeeKs
period. Upwards of 20 American and
makes of foreign passenger cars Will
be displayed; also commercial vehicle
manufacturers and IS trailer concerns
will display new lines.
American passenger cars to be
shown include Buick, Cadillac, Chev-
rolet, Chrysler, De Soto, Dodge,
Graham. Hudson, Hupmobile, La Sale,
Nash, Nash Lafayette, Oldsmobile,
Packard, Pierce Arrow, Plymouth.
Pontiac, Studebaker. Terraplane and
Willys. One model of the French car,
Talbot Royal, and three italian Fiat
models comprise the European repre-
sentation.
Commercial cars offered are Chew
rolet, Dodge, Terraplane, Plymouth,
Pontiac, REQ and Willys.
Cabin trailers include Alrfoat, Alma,
Auto Cruiser, Bender, Covered Wagon,
Curtis Aerocar, Fleetwheels, Indian,
Nash, Schult, Palace Travel Coach.
Tralette, Travelodge, United Auto
Trailer.
One of the more important features
of the New York show will be the dis
play of the Automotive Safety Founda-
tion in cooperation with several other
groups 1t will be on the fourth floor
on the Lexington avenue side. Here
a driver-testing clinic is to be in oper-
alton under the joint auspices of the
Harvard Bureau for Street Traffic Re-
search, American Association of Mo-
tor Vehicle Administrators and the
foundation. Numerous scientific and
mechanical devices for determining
the capability of MISUNDERSTANDING
them as to eyesight, speed estimation,