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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1924)
Huff Elected to Dodge Board , o Officer* and Directors Re named at Annual Meeting. Present officers and directors of Dodge Brothers, Inc., with the excep tion of the chairman of ths board, were re-elected at the annual meet ing of the stockholders, July 15. A resolution was passed abolishing this office. Russell Huff, for nearly 10 years chief engineer of Dodge Broth ers, was elected as a new member (jf the board. The stockholders felt that the ad dition of Mr. Huff to th9 board would strengthen It materially In view of his long experience as an automotive engineer of the highest atandlng. He Is a former president of the Society of Automotive Engineers and one of the pioneer designers of the In dustry. Ths officers chosen were: President and general manager, Frederick J. Hsynes: vice president, Arthur T. Waterfall: treasurer, John Ballan tyne; secretary and assistant treas urer, Harry V. Popenayi assistant secretary, R. J. Fry. The last fiscal year was the largest In Dodge Brothers' history and the first six months of 1924 were greater than any correapondlng period In point of deliveries to retail pur chasers. - r ' \ Olds Motor Works to Exhibit Motor Cars at Foreign Auto Shows In view of the remarkable Increase in Oldsmobile's export business dur ing the last 10 months, the Olds Motor works, Lansing. Mich., will have ex hibits at the chief foreign automobile shows this year. Preparations are now being made to ship two models a deluxe sedan and touring and, also a chassis for exhibition at the Paris Automobile lalon to be held October 2 to 12. During the period between August, 1923, and May. 1924, the export busi ness of the Olds Motor works Increas ed 287 per cent The average gain In export business lr. ths entire auto mobile industry during a 12 month period, Including these same months was 90 per cent. David A. lining, general sales manager of the General Motors Export company, has Informa, ed Oldsmobile officials that the out look in foreign markets presages even greater for Oldsmobile. At the present time e full line of Oldsmobiles Is being exhibited at the British Industrial exposition at Wemb ley. England, through the General Motors of Canada. Ltd., who site will take eare of the Oldsmobile exhibit at the London salon this fall. Sifter for Jackie? Los Angeles July 19.—Little Jackie Coogan, famous child actor, ha* long wished for a baby lister. The itork la answering Jackie's fondest dealre Mr and Mrs. Jackie Coogan sr. hive confirmed the report. 10,000,000th Ford on Final Stretch of Country Tour Car Travels Through Snow Bank to Get to Salt Lake —Due in San Francisco July 29. The 10,000,000th Ford te on the final stretch of Its epoch making tour from coast to coast on the Lincoln High way. After a trip through snow hanks fit a 12.000 foci elevation in the moun tains cut of Laramie the car which signifies a new accomplishment In motor transportation rolled cn across the remaining miles of Wyoming's broad stretches to Salt Lake City, where Secreta/v of State S K Crcrk ett and Mayor Nelson extended official welcome to Vtah'e capital. Later, Frances Renault, vaudeville atar, made her Initial how to a Salt Lake City audience from the car which was introduced Into her act, and was driven onto the stage at Pantages theater by Frank Kullck. old time driver of Ford racing cars, who Is piloting the "10 000,000th" on Its way te the coast. With the exception of Salt Lake City, where the aecretary of etate wae on the Job the cer has been wel comed by the governor In every etate capital through which It hae passed In Trenton Governor George Sllzer did the honors, while Governor N. E Kendal! of lews headed the commit tee of welcome at Des Moines, and Governor IV, E Rose of Wyoming at Cheyenne. Among the many thousands of members of the great Ford family that have Joined In the honor perades that have featured this historic trip, was an antiquated car with slx-cylln der model K motor, number 489. This was at Omaha, and the old Ford product ef 1908 vintage, by perfect behavior and performance In the parade, aeemed :o ecorn the passing years. At Rawlins. Wvo., a unique feature of the welcome was the appearance In the parade of the original Deadwood stage coach, which was driven by cowboys In full regalia, guns, som breros, chaps and all. Farmers along the Lincoln High way have turned out In great num bers to 9o homage, through the past Ing car, to Mr. Ford, who hae given them transportation facilities and traction power unguessed and un dreamed ef but a few years ago. At one place the parade was Joined by a number of farmers filth a Fordaon tractor coupled to a trailer loaded with heavy horsee. In this emphatic manner the tillers of the soil told the world of the complete triumph of Ford traction units over horseflesh on the farm. The tour, which celebrates a 10 ■ 000.000th production of the Ford Motor company, le scheduled to end Tuesday. July 2>, when the 10.000 • 000th Ford enters San Francisco, where a big reception awaits It. and Frank Kullck delivers to the mayor of that city t letter from the mayor of New York, and then drives the c.elehrated car out to the *nd of the Lincoln Highway. 212 FLINT CARS SHIPPED IN DAY Flint. Mich . July 26—T. S. John son. general sales manager of the Flint Motor company, reports s new high record of dally shipments of Flint Six motor csrs being reached July 17, when s total of 212 cara were shipped or driven away from the plant to all parts of tha United Statee This record la of exceptional Inter est. Inasmuch as the Flirt plant has been in operaflo^ lesa than a year ard on that date equalled ore-third ■of the daily production of the largest ! competitive manufacturer of six cyl inder care. e. builder o' 10 year f standing UNUSUAL VALUES • •• IT\ • • m Used Cars and Trucks These cars and trucks are in excellent mechanical condition with good tires. - Oldsmobile 7-Passenger Sedan, CQAA AA repainted .*7Uv»UU Oldsmobile Touring— MPA AA Very good .«PJOU.UV Reo 4-Cylinder Touring .$250.00 .$350.00 Lexington Touring, (QAA AA repainted .. , . . y*/VV»Uv r'”* K"i,hl Tourin‘.$450.00 Dodge Delivery—Open side, MPA AA canopy top . Dodge Delivery—Screen side, C/ICA AA repainted .*..... ipHJU.UU Republic Truck— M1P AA Express body .. 1 J.UU Ford One-Ton— MAP AA Panel body.tpOU J.UV Oldsmobile One-Ton— CCAA AA With cab. iJIdUl/.Uv Reo Speedwagon— tf*4QC AA Stoughton Grain Body. «P^fO«/»vV Open Evenings and Sunday Mornings Terms If Desired J. M.Opper Motor Co. REO DISTRIBUTORS ' 2558 Farnam Street WAVww.vwwwyvwwwwwyv 1 so* | £ i of all automobiles to be sold in 1924 will be \ cars selling for less than $1,000, according to «■ JJB statistics given out by the trade journals. ij Ji Are you selling only cars that sell for over \ mm $1,000? If so, you are getting in on only "■ ■" part of 20% of all car sales. jji 2 The Star Car is the finest car built of standard / % units ever offered to the public. The prices / "■ range from $540 up to $785. ALL UNDER 2 5 $1,000. THINK THIS OVER. \ I V T M B« Ob W ■ I / Your Territory May Be Open. Write or Wire U* "■ ! Today. 5 • | Andrew Murphy & Sonji 14th and Jackson. iiJJ STAR CAR DISTRIBUTORS | yw/A,www.v.i.w.w.,.a! Open and Closed Car Price, Gap Closed The first enclosed car In hlgtory ever to sell for an open car price .s the newly announced Hudson coach. Mounted on the standard Super-Six chassis, it s.ells at an Identical mark with the Hudson phaeton, a eeven pssserger open car. Tor two o» three yeans, the gap between the cost of an open and an enclosed ear has been narrowing. There have been forecast* from time to time that thl* gap would finally oloa*. Now that day la bar*. Since the fall of 1(11, tb* Hudson Motor Car company baa apeciallied on Its roaches. * type of body which It ereated. These coaches have now become 71 per cent of Hudson's busi ness, so that all the well known economies of quantity production may be applied to them. There ie more materia) and more labor In an enclosed car than In an open one. but the larger volume on the coaches make* up thta difference. In the Essex, which it manufactures in the same plant with the Super-Six Hudson has a coach which still sells at a slight advance over the open car price But the sap Is very narrow— lower in fact than In any other make of car except the Hudson. Both Hudson and Essgx cars are row equipped with full sire balloon tires. Beside* the coaches, there are: the Hudson epeedsier. phaeton, and five passenger and seven passenger sedan and the Essex touring car. ' New Reo Cross-Country Bus Starts on Long Trip From Coast to Coast Front Detroit, Toledo Cleveland. Akron, as well as other cities along the route come reports of unusual Interest created by the new Reo sedan type of cross-country bus which Is now making Its way eastward to New York city where It will begin the first transcontinental trip ever made by this form of motor transport. The new Reo ljus bearing the inscription on the sides, "New York to San Francisco," left the Reo factory In t-anslng recently for Toledo via Detroit. Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, were passed through Tuesday and Wednesday, the bus reached Pittsburgh on Thursday and is in Harrisburg today. From Harrisburg tt will go to Philadelphia and then on to New York where final arrangements will be made for the first cross country bus I Rip. The new Reo cross-country bus Is of sedan type, exceptionally roomy, and is hunt upon the new bus chassis The Intel lor Is designed along Pull 'mnn Hues, electrically lighted and with every convenience Included In Its equipment. Hesvv le.-iiher of the finest hide Is used for the upholstery, every tier seat In the middle compartment Is provided with a separate exit door, while a complete smoking compartment Is situated In the back, the driver’s com partment being sepatate and apart from the < ther two. The bus will Pavel westward by the northern route from Chicago, com Ing down the western coast from Seattle The trip has been conceived by the Ren Motor Car company primarily for the purpose of establishing definite fa< ts and figures with respect to gasoline mileage, the ability to maintain and adhere to schedules, to Illus trate ths remarkable comfort with which a trip of this nature nan be made and to show the heretofore unthought of possibilities of crosscountry travel by means of this latest contribution to the Held of motor travel CARS AT $1,000 MORE POPULAR “More than 80 per cent of the auto i mobiles sold In 1924. will be cars Bell ing for less than 81.0041’ said O. A Wilson, of Andrew Murphy Sc Son distributor!! of Star car* for this ter rltory. “This statement is bached up by statistics furnished b.v \arious auto trade Journals. The earn# ratio existed In 1923 and the fact that cars of this class are offering better >alue than ever before. Is having a tendency to Increase the sale# of cars In this price class NEW TRUCK HAS KNIGHT MOTOR Announcement of the new Federal Knight fpefdv business truck by the Federal Motor Truck company of Detroit maiks the realization of the dream of 15 year# by M. L nulcher president of this organization. For more than a decade and a half Mr Pulcher has endeavored to bill l a light truck which would possess a low initial cost to the consumer, low operating expense and longer life than the converted type of passenger <-ar trucks seemed to be able to d»ll\»-. Exhaustive testa and researches were conducted by the Federal engines with these objectives In mind, but not until the thought of combining the Wlllys-Knlght engine with a tru- k chassis especially designed for th:« power plant was conceived, was th« vision fulfilled. PERMANENTLY RED LIPS ON FILM STAR Hr Inter nut Iona I News Her»l<e. j^n * ngeles. July *6.—The lips that won't come < ff. These are possessed bv Dorothy Marknlll, movie actress here When she learned she was going to work In a picture on the burning Arizona >!e«ert, Miss Mackaill had h-r lips tatooed rail, so that she cnold receive and give kisses without so) ing her rouged makeup_ JORDAN Owners Should Know where they will lied the shop with Jue« the men they need who understand th. Jordan car from A to Z—have hod ye.r. of experience Prompt, conscientious ter vie* and price* Telephone JAckeon 4042 Lamesh & Woodruff automotive shop 2417 Douglas Street i The Improved COACH on the HUDSON Super-Six For the First Time in History Closed Car Comforts At EXACTLY Open Car Cost Full Size, GENUINE BALLOON Tires The Easiest Steering and Riding Hudson Ever Built ’1500 * Freight and Tax Extra This Hudson Coach makes history. It is the first closed car ever to sell at exactly open car cost. And Hudson, alone, can build it. As the largest producer of 6-cvlinder closed cars in the world, Hudson exclusively holds the advantages to create this car and this price. Greatest of All Hudson Achievements And now full size balloon tires are standard equipment. Do not con fuse with ‘‘semi-balloon’’ types. Hudson’s are genuine full size bal loon tires 33"x6.20‘. Compare the difference. Hudson has not simply “added bal loon tires”. Both running and steering gear have been especially designed to compensate for the rad ical differences balloon tires bring. The result is the easiest steering, most comfortable and steadiest rid ing Hudson ever built. And brak ing efficiency is almost doubled. More than ever, “Closed Car Com forts at Open Car Cost” is the up permost issue, lhe Coach domi nates that position. In less than three years it revolu tionized buying, with closed car comforts for all. Note how fast it is displacing open cars. Never will their old-time pop ularity return. And the rate of -•pen car depreciation grows swifter as knowledge of this condition spreads. Consider what a used open car will bring a year from today. As the wanted type the Coach maintains the highest resale value against the waning desirability of the open car. So Why Buy an Open Car? OMAHA HUDSON-ESSEX CO. Harney at 26th Street Tel. AT lantic 5065 . _ ■ ■ - — _ ^ Aaaociate Dealera: Killy Motor Co., Famatn St. _ _ .. _ . __ _ ._,______ % _ _ - ■«-- .. .. » - _