Auto Plants Now
Working on Low
Producing Scale
Manufacturers Getting Ready
for Introduction of New
Models—Ford Makes New
High Output Mark.
By Cnlvenal Service.
Detroit, July 7.—Detroit automobile
plants are now operating on greatly
reduced production schedules, pre
paratory to the announcement of new
model automobiles.
Now manufacturers are taking In
ventories, overhauling their plants,
getting ready to handle the greatly
Increased demand for closed cars and
preparing for the Introduction of new
models which promise to show some
sweeping changes.
Practically every man laid off re
cently will be back at work within
a/week, according to executives. The
period of curtailment, which will
total about two weeks, will give
many of the 200,000 people employed
by the industry in Detroit a chance to
enjoy a much needed vacation, par
ticularly as it follows the busiest
period In the hiktory of the industry.
No Order Shortage.
The present curtailment is pos
Hively not the result of a shortage
In orders. Athough manufacturers
are catching up on back orders for
closed cars, they are still behind on
deliveries. Naturally the demand Is
not as strong as It was two months
ago, but It continues in a volume
sizable enough to warrant good pro
duction schedules.
An Indication of the remarkable
production and sales feats accom
plished by the motor industry in the
last six months is the Buick record,
published exclusively by Universal
Service. In the Buick Motor com
pany's fiscal year, ending August 1,
production will exceed 200,000 cars.
This is 15,000 beyond all calculations
made by the company a year ago.
Production for the first six months
of the calendar year will approximate
511,000 cars with June totals in
cluded but not yet verified. Produc
tion for the first five months was
f'G.OOO and with June output esti
mated at 15.000. This includes the
output of the Flint, Detroit and Ca
nadian Buick plants. The June total
is smaller than previous months due
to stock taking, according to officials.
Hupp Breaks Record.
Hupp sales for the first quarter
which materially exceeded all prev
ious records, was splashed by those
of the second quarter. The sales for
the first six months totaled 24,000
cars compared with 17,698 for the
■ similar period a year ago. A new
Hupp model is due on the market
next week. It will be available at a
Flight increase over the present car.
Chevrolet produced 45.000 cars in
June and is working on a schedule
of 50,000 during July. Ford produc
tion for June was 175.038. a new
high monthly mark. The July sched
ule calls for an output of 170.075
cars.
Expansion Program.
PalgeJewett deliveries for June
totaled 4,624 cars. '
Cadillac has announced the begin
ning of an expansion program which
includes the erection of three new
foundry units. Work on these will
start at once and it will increase its
American Auto Makers to
Learn From “French Ford”
Citroen to Show French Way of Treating and Paying
Workmen—Says U. S. System of Pay Is
Mad Series of Complications.
Paris, June 9.—Andre Cotroen, wfio
delights In his title of "French Ford,"
will Invade America next year and
show the American automobile Indus
try something new.
The something new won't be the
cars, nor the mass methods of produc
tion. The Citroen car Is a graceful,
light automobile, almhst ladylike lin
Its delicate line, but its construction
presents few novelties. The Citroen
methods of mass production were
copied from those In use at Detroit.
What Citroen will 'show America
will be the French way of treating
and paying workmen.
"In France," M. Citroen told Ste
phans Lauzanne of the Matin, "the
salary has a primordial virtue; Its
calculation is so simple that a child
could comprehend it. In America the
question of salary is a mad series of
complications. The complexity of it
is strange to any visitor.
"Side by side, two workmen In an
American automobile factory will be
working on the same thing, one paid
by the piece and the other by the
day. Premiums are so infinitely var
ied that nobody was able to explain
them to me.
"I said as much to Samuel Gem
pers, and Gompers replied: "What
you say is true; I have fought against
that very system, or lack of system.
| for 20 year*, and have failed to
change It.’
"I told Gompers that when I es
tablished my factory in the United
States—with the backing of a Power
ful American group—it will be on
French lines and on a F'rench scheme
of pay. And he promised me the sup
port of the American Federation of
Labor.”
A characteristic Incident is told of
Citroen that occurred on the Olym
pic during the homeward voyage. To
vary the monotony a charity auction
was held and Citroen donated a five
horsepower runabout, which was
knocked down at double Its ordinary
■price.
Then an American present seized
a bottle of Evlan mineral water and
held It aloft.
"What am I bid?" he demanded.
A dozen bids were received and fi
nally the contest narrowed down to
an American millionaire and Citroen.
The millionaire bid 5.000 francs.
Citroen asked to see the bottle.
"I want to see what I am bidding
for,” he explained, and, uncorking
the bottle, he drank a glassful of
water. Then, nodding in satisfied
fashon, he said:
"Five thousand one hundred!" And
the bottle of water ma knocked
down to him.
force very materially in the next
two weeks.
One of the most Important develop
ments of the year is expected to fol
low the sale of the IJberty plant and
property July 17. At present writing
it seems certain that Columbia will
be the successful bidder. A third
company now in bankruptcy will be
taken over, it is said, and merged
with these organizations to bring out
a car that should prove the innova
tion of the year.
Boston bankers assumed control of
the Wills Sante Claire at the receiv
ers auction sale held in Marysville
Tuesday^ when the Kidder Peabody
Co. took over the plant and property
for $750,000. The firm name has been
changed from C. H. Wills & Co., to
the Wills Sainte Claire Motor Co.
Field Club Called “Front
Yard of Morton Meadows'”
The Omaha Field club is going to
be called "front yard of Morton
Meadows,” In circulars which Harri
son, Morton, realtors, will issue this
week advertising a new addition
which has been developed by George
T. Morton, former chairman of the
Omaha city planning board.
Slorton Meadows is on the north
side of Woolworth avenue, and ad
joins the Field club on the west. The
Field club property is public ground,
and according to Mr. Morton, will
always be a golf course, and a park
as well, when the Field club gives it
up.
Douglas Location Sold.
Benjamin Chait, an east side mer
chant, has purchased for investment
the property at 1211 Douglas street
for $13,000, the purchase being made
through the H A. Wolf company.
Musical Ear Is
Aid to Mechanics
Knowledge of Harmonics
Helped Produce Stephens
/ Overhead Valve.
"Knowledge of muslo Is no part of
an engineer's equipment as a rule,"
says R. W. Lea, vice president and
general manager of Stephens Motor
Car company, "but an understanding
of harmonics was necessary when
the Stephens overheard valve motor
was produced.
"Every part was designed for high
speed operation. In the valve me
chanism, we had to get around what
the engineers called 'the harmonic pe
riod of the valve springs.' The en
gineers demonstrated what this term
means by suspending a small weight
from an ordinary rubber band. Raised
and dropped, the weight fell beyond
its original position, then continued
to oscillate up and down at a uniform
rate, gradually coming to rest."
The Stephens dual valve-springs
were designed to meet this condition
and Insure positive and regular opera
tion at every possible speed. Two
springs of dissimilar harmonic period
are provided for each valve. The
valves are half the diameter of the
cylinder, located directly over the
piston, and thrusting down into the
small combustion chamber. The three
eighths Inch valve lift and the large
Intake and exhaust ports make for
quick charging and clearance of
cylinders, aiding fuel economy and
giving the motor- great power.
THE PRIDE THAT COMES
FROM PERFORMANCE
COME are proud of the
^ car they drive because of
the nameplate on the ra- *
diator. Others find a more
enduring pride in the daily
dependability of the automo
bile. We sell a good car
and so serve the owner that
he is proud of his automo
bile every time he drives.
OUR ANNOUNCEMENT
WILL BE MADE IN A
FEW DAYS
WAIT!
GUY L. SMITFf
DISTRIBUTOR
HIGH-GRADE MOTOR CARS
Farnam at 26th Straat OMAHA, U. S. A. AT lantic 1944
“Service First”
* » * .
Space in Demand
in New Building
Over Half of Bankers Reserve
Building Is Already
Leased.
George A Company, rental agents
for the Bankers’ Reserve Life build
ing, now being erected at Nineteenth
and Douglas streets, have prepared
charts showing that 61.3 per cent of
the rentable area in the building is
under lease for five years or more.
The building contains 61,495 square
feet of rentable area, 31,593 of which
i3 now under lease.
Following is a list of those that
have signed leases for space in the
new building:
ThS Bankers Reserve Life company.
Alfred H. Erickson. John M. Gilchrist,
J. H. Adams, Dr. A. P. Overgard. Dr.
Erakine M. Barnes, Dr. Lynn T. Hall.
Dr. Joseph A. Weinberg, Dr. Robert G.
Drake. Dr. Edson L. Bridges. Dr. W. O.
Bridges, I)r. Clyde A. Roeder, Dr. Ches
ter H Wafers. Dr. J. Jay Keegan, Dr.
C. C. Tomlinson, Dr. Kdwin Davie. Dr.
Earl C. Sage, Dr. Carl Rusche, Dr. Henry
Lem ere. Dr. John Bannister, Dr. Arthur
D. Dunn. Daniel A. Johnson, John A.
Bruce. E. Y. Grupe. Jr . Dr. Warren
Thompson. Dr. Willis m P. Wherry. Dr.
David Isaacs, Dr. John E. Summers. Dr.
F. X. Conner, Dr. Grant Williams. Clar*
Johnson. C. T. Spier and company and
I. Slbbernsen.
Disabled Veterans
to Seek State Bonus
Dr. J. A. Tamlsiea of Omaha, newly
elected state commander of the
Disabled American Veterans of the
World War, has announced the In
tention of his organization to wage
a fight for a state bonus In Nebraska.
In a letter to all chapter com
manders, he declares that the $2,000,
000 appropriation made by the Ne
braska legislature for destitute
former service men has failed to sup
ply the Intended needs.
"Not only do the Disabled Amer
ican Veterans fight for their own
benefit, but for the benefit of every
ex-service man In the state, the let
ter says. The Disabled American
.Veterans was the first organization
of exflervlce men to go on record
favoring a state bonus and It Is for
us to see that the Issue is waged
to a successful conclusion.
"I feel confident the people of Ne
braska are Just as anxious to vote
for this legislation as were the peo
ple In all the Hates adjacent to us,”
the letter says.
Shuler Commended by Eppich
for Real Estate Board Work
I. Shuler, chairman of the home
builders and subdlvlders division of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, has received a letter
of congratulation from President
Eppich of the national association
for the work done by the aubscribers
divlslon this year.
Mr. Eppich said:
"Personally I want to congratulate
you upon the unqualified success of
your committee organization. Much
qf the success of the convention was
due to your work and you have
merited the reward of the conscien
tious servant, credit for yourself and
much good for the national associa
tion."
Rral Estate Transfers.
Central.
T,m*4 Rlaeman to H. J. •Krbom. 1141
Chi-ago street, $«,IOft
H. J Erhorn to 1.Milan B Cavar. 1544
Chicago atreet. 14.*00
Carrie Johnson to Sarah H Joalyn.
111-lli North Twenty-fourth atreet, $54,
000.
jtavld Llpiey to H A Wolf company,
undivided half 1211 Douglaa atreet. IMM.
H. a Wolf company to Benjamin Chalt,
1211 Douglas e r*et. 119.000.
T V Kennedy to Katla O Prusa, 840
South Twenty-eighth street. 116,800.
Sent Fsrnam.
». M Slater to R. E. Berry, 4411 Har
ney atreet. 15.200.
North Slda.
Barker company to H. L Kirrir lari
more avenue between Twenty-fourth and
Tw ent y-sevent h streets. $5,150.
Elizabeth fhamber* to E C Hlmmar.
4417 North Twenty-first a’reet. 14.800
Alloy* Remm tc* C. F Rcdfleld, 5114
North Twenty-ninth street. $5. non
S O. Converse to F A. Masinda, 1405
Sherman avenue. $*.O00.
William Kavanaugh to C B Oraham.
4514 Florence boulevard. $4,350.
Varjav Vanrura to Minnie Klatt, 111®
North Twentieth street. 15,260.
Mamie j> Tetterton to Joseph Roca
fnrt#', 2512 Sherman avenue. $4,400.
C. W Martin to F. L. Sveaka, 2414
Vane street. $7,500.
Anna B Mundle to T.ucv M. Ruther
ford, 2420 Temple afreet, $4,750.
Dundee.
Mary V. Chapman to j. W P*rth, 6015
California street. f4.7£.0.
R N Tow| to Ida P Melvin, north
*«*t corn*r Happy Hollow boulevard and
Howard street. $7,000.
r M Jacobsen to Cleo Purnell, til
North Fiftieth afreet. »4 non
Anna It Van Knuth to C. A Pmwn,
l$«o North Fifty third street. $11 oory
Saul Levy to K. A. Rose, 4114 Prdge
street, $l 4 544
Hnnerom Pork.
R!*hard Collins to Gertrude J Coop
er. 2614 South Thirty second avenue,
$7,000.
Remla Park.
Freeda Fish to A. W. Seewald, 1412
Chari** street $5,360
K F Austin to Ben Garrop. 1412-16
Casa afreet. $13,400.
South week
Anna M Tour* to J. M. Tounf. south
east corner Forty-third *nd Center
streets. $4,000,
Cathedral.
T J. Sheehan to Florenoe A. Janacsk.
411 North Fortlath street, $*.$60.
South.
Jeanette Tore to 8. M. Perkins, till
Mercy street. $5,000.
ft M F’ernlns to Jeanette Tora, 1141
South Twenty sixth street $6,600.
F G Ltnnwmann to O H Wilson, 1146
South Seventeenth street. 14.ton.
Berka dr Muall to F. J. I’ycha. 1401
Oak street, $4,700
F C. Narh»l**ll to Veronika Postal.
222$ South Sixteenth street, $4,700.
West |.eavenworth.
C. H Plr* to W. L. Thompson, 4422
Mercy street. $4,350
Horen Jensen I’eter Nelson. 4191 May
berry atrsst, $6,200.
North week
J. EL Filed** t • C. L*. Hughes. 4219
Ohio street
Ivy B Knoti* to Sadie I Olhson. 2410
North Forty-fifth avenue. $■ 6on
K M i'nr son to Jeaal* £ Kenney For
ty-fifth avenue between Corby and Miami
streeta, $4,900.
C. C. Jensen to Aufuet Wilke. Rovd
etreet between Forty-second and Forty
third Streets. $4,600.
llenson,
Elsie Wester sard to C. F Roe. 1119
North FlMy-elsVh^etiseL $9,000.
. R M. Thom to-la y W Rhsrne. 922
South Thirty -eight* street, |M00.
MInn* I.uan.
Emms C. Undley to W J Jenn1n*e.
southwest corner Minns Lusa avenue and
Bauman sti**t, $r».non.
Snip* Tola I $6fl,950.
The Burt C. Fowler company re
porta mile* cloaM during the pn«t 30
day* aggregating $6K,960 an follown:
4*n» t allfnrnla itraat to O P North
910,000
9902 Pin* atr**t (o Mn J*nnl* Con
non (12,000.
.92) c«*a I(r**l to M I. pnnovtn.
911,000.
1319 North Flfty-aacond atraat ta Phil
lip Pharman, 17,(100,
1210 North Fifty aacond atraat to Pavld
ftolbartf. 97.300
1309 ('••utli .** I x 11 a t h atraat to B *!.
Mayarpatar. 94.900.
Buslnaa* l».t cornar Thirtieth and Bau
man. to U Turner Balnea. |ft 000
Lot on Fifty-sixth Htr»>.*i tn hxanaton
to Wayna Hal by. $ R00
Lot on Forty alirhth Mvrrnie, 1>i*»t notth
of Fuming to A nn 1 Atiiteiann $1,000
Lot on Thirty-fifth street )»»•» *«iutb of
Cantar to Frank F Thoinax fl.ooo
Lot on Fifty-four*h near fcpauldlnt to
Jarnaa kaiakas. $.60.
Omaha Investor Buys'
Two Business Comers
B. B. Johnson. Omaha Investor, lqst
week purchased two business corners
for $20,000 each.
Ono was the northwest corner of
Twenty-third and Cuming street, 68
feet on Cuming and 88 feet on Twen
ty-third, improved with three frame
store buildings. »
This property was purchased by
Oscar B. Peterson, who In 1920 paid
$12,000 for It. Mr. Peterson bought
the property from the Bouquet estate.
The other property was the south
east corner of Twenty-eighth and
Douglas streets, 75 feet on Douglas
and 120 feet on Twenty-eighth. This
property Is also improved with three
frame buildings, residences.
It is speculative business property
and was purchased from Harrison A
Morton. The property was purchased
by Harrison A Morton In January of
1920 for $11,500.
Mr. Johnson expects to erect new
buildings on his Twenty-third and
Cuming property.
Harrison A Morton negotiate!) both
deals.
Start Another House in
West Dod^e Acres Soon
Hastings A Hayden will start the
erection of another house In West
Dodge Acres addition this week. This
house will be for Berne Holmquist
who has bought a tract on Dodge
street. His house will be about half
a block back from the street.
This addition is the old Bangan
farm tract of 268 acres on West
Dodge road, opposite the peony farm.
It is regarded as the biggest piece of
real estate development ever done In
Omaha.
Sales are now being made in West
Dodge at an average of four or five
a day. according to Hastings A Hay
den, realtors, who developed the
tracts.
Touring Sedan. S-Pam, 11693
This steel-top Touring Sedan unites
open-car range, closed-car comfort
No soft-top makeshift here, but standard
steel top panels that run flush to the
eaves. Wide 29-inch doors admit large
folks easily Hand-fashioned coach
work, sturdy as the Stephens chassis.
Sunny Sorrento blue body enhances
black fenders and radiator — bright
nickel accents in lamps and hubcaps.
Interior in rich taupe velour—intimate
yet roomy. Wide 45*inch rear seat. Full
upholstered front chairs fold forward.
Complete from cowl ventilator to power
tire pump and touring trunk.
Last and best—a 59"horsepower motor
of thrilling range and response, with
manifold inside cylinder head gives new
zest to road and ride. A dream to drive!
See this Touring Sedan loday.
KILLY MOTOR CO.
2060-62-64 Farnam Street Telephone AT lantic 7461
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