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January 10, 1930 = WILMETTE LIFE 47 J " 1L NORTH SHORE MOTOR NEWS A SAFETY RESOLUTION Everett Hall New Graham-Paige Announces Sho/J Foreman at Increase in Production 111creascd production, with notable Wersted Motor Co. gains in shipments to Canada and to J·:rerett Hall has been made shop foreman at the \Verstcd J[otor company's garage, 562 Lincoln avenue \Vinnetka, succeeding Otto Blomberg: ~[r. Hall has been employed h,· the \\'ers ted Motor company, as a· mechan ic for the past seven years, and through this experience is familiar not only with the shop methods but wit It the customers' needs and likes. Before ·coming to \Vcrsted ~fr . Hall had several year's experience in motor repair work of all kind s. He wa s in the motor transport se rvic e at Fort Bliss, Texas, Columbus. X. ~1. and Huachuhua, Ariz .. working on n;otors of almost every type. Si nce the war he has held ci\'il ~l' rY ice positions in motor equipment \\'ork at Great Lake s Training stat ion: th <.: Post Office department at Carpt·nter street and Washington boule,·ard : the King Zeitler Truck company, and the Veterans' Bureau, 'U. S. .\rm y, at Thirty-ninth and \Vood st reets, where hi s work wa s exclusively on high rlass passenger cars. COPPER BIG ITEM The automotive indu st rv uses about J.t.o per ce nt of all of th e copper produrer! in the U. S. DEFINES AN ORPHAN The term orphan car is applied to t_hose that are 110 longer heing manu lact ured. Indicating confidence in the outlook for continued expansion in 1930 of the o.\·e r s~as countries, and a large expanFord Motor company's business, exSIOn 111 dealer represent;a~io1,1, '·are rependitures of more than $30,000,000 for ported l~ y tl.1e Graham-:Pai~~:, , ).1otors plant development were announced by corporation m a summary of 1ts 1929 Edsel B. Ford~ progress, according to Han son ~[otor The 1930 development plans are a company , dealers, 557 Chestnut street, continuation of a general expansion by \\'innc tka. the Ford company throughout the world this year and include an outlay Prodtiction iu Dcccmhcr showed a of more 1 ;1an $20,000,000 for new buildconsiderab le gain onr the same month ings ann additions and in excess of last year, despite ext ensive plant re$10,000,00 for equipment. 'Fhe ex,pen1iorgani zation in preparation for the intures will be made in various sections troductiPn of two new Graham eights. of the United States and are exclu5ive The total production for 1929 was of new outlays by affiliated plants in 77.089 a:> compared with 73,195 for i(lreign countries. 1Y28. Shipments to dealer s total 76,622.! According to Mr. ford, the company ~\n in~reasc of 74 percent in over-~' reached the highest state of develop~ca~ shipments is rt.'prescnted hy a to ment in its history during 1929, adding tal of 10,88-l cars exported in 1929. that he expected the further expansion Shipments to Canada (not includt'd '"ill justify, in part, the recent increase in the export totals) were 4,618, a gain in wages which will result in additional of ·33 percent over last year. payments of $20,000,000 annually to The company now ha s 2.95() distribuFord employees. tors and dealers in it s world-wide orNEW COMPANION CAR ' Production of the Ford company {or · · D · 1 1 The De Soto Straight Eight, an .::ngan1zat10n. unng t 1c year, t 1e num - t · 1 · l d $1 000 · l he first eleven months of 1929 totaled ber · of di st ributors was- increased by . tre Y new ~ar pncec ar.oun , , JS 1.914,842 cars and trucks. 33 hringing the total to 232 while mtrodl!ced l<?r the first tun~ at the cur. · · f (] ·1 rent I\ew \ ork Automob1le Show as there 1s a net tncrcase o >40 (caters, · · t tl D S t S · HOW TO REMOVE TAR t0 make a total of 2,724. a ~ompamon. car 0 te e o o tx Equal parts turpentine and wood al'l't' 1 · 1 1 1 \\'htch establtshed a record. for first PI ant f act 1 tes, w 11c 1 tac 1 >een more ·ear sale·· rohol can be used effectively to rethan doubled in 1928, under the Gra- ) ·'· move tar from automobile fenders. ----ham management. wnc increas eJ last year by the completion of a large enChains on tires oi the car should '10t CAR HAS 2,500 PARTS gineering and experimental building be too tight and should be allowed to There are approximately 2,500 parts eq uipped with the most modern ma- creep. in the average car. chin cry for testing and developing au - - - - - -- - -- - - -- - - - - -- -ing on the January safety poster just issued by the accident preven tion department of the Chicago Motor club to approximately 25,000 school rooms in northern lltinois and northern Indiana. The "resolution" is portrayed. on a blackboard, · and several children are shown signing their names underneath it. In a letter which accompanied the posters the motor cluh safety department urged teachers to present such a resolution to their pupils and to have it signed by them . The child who signs his name to the resolution to be careful on the streets during 1930 will be more .ikely to remember the resC" Iution and to act upon it than wo'Jid the child who made the same reso lution in a less dramatic manner. the letter pointed. out. tom o hik ~ "I Resolve to Cross Streets Carefully During 1930," reads the word- Ford Plans $30,000,000 Plant Expansion in 1930 and thl'ir rnmplHlCIIt units. y,,,.,··, CENTER TRACTION TIRES All Tbtes 6·Piy Heavy Duty 30x4.50 .................... $ 9.50 30x5.25 ............ ' ' .. ' . ' 12.85 13G25 31x5.25 14.75 31x6.00 15.00 32x6.00 ................. 15.35 33x6.00 ...... ' . .... 16.50 3lx6.50 16.95 32x6.50 · t e · t t t MOTORS SERVICE r.c.,.....t SALES ANTI·PREEZE ALCOlfOL PRESTONE We will be glad to check your solution and report its strength. , t o t o t I t I t t t I t CHAINS GATES' RUBBER. CHAINS WEED STEEL CHAINS STANDARD PRICES t I t I I t t t I I I t t t t t 0 ' We repair all makes of chains. .. Wilmette Battery · Eleetrie Service 740 Twelfth St. Wilmette 691-696 'J~1 · MAIN STREET · WllmeU. J. C. SLOWN