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-U ,1.-1 - ios. p. in is raUPBESIDEIJT ,' THE' OREGON STAteffllANsAliOREGOT-'1 " ' - 1 ' . ' SUNDAY MORNING, JULY, 4, 1926 - Detroit M&n Elected for 4th Successive Year; Victory I Overwhelming. CHICAGO, June 19. Thos. P. Henry, of Detroit. Mich., was elected president of the American Automobile association at the con cluding session of the annual eon Yention of the national motoring bo4r here today. The election was unanimous, the choice of the De troiter being by acclamation. This is Mr. Henry's fourth suc eessiTe term as standard bearer and spokesman for the car owners of the country, thus establishing for htm a unique record in that the longest prior term held by an A. A. A. president in a quarter of a century was two years. Mr. Henry was in no sense an actlre candidate for the presiden cy but it developed early in the convention that the 813 clubs af filliated linger the A. A. A: emb lem, constituting 95 per cent of the actively functioning motor clubs in America, were over whelmingly in favor of the con tinuation of the policies which he had inauguarated and were com mitted to his personal leadership. This indorsement was reflected on the floor of the convention when several of the most promin ent motor club executives in the United States gave credit to the Detrolter for the success of the policies of the A. A. A. in the past three years, particularly in the fight against increased taxation of motor vehicles and against re strictive legislation. During Mr. Henry's presidency four hundred new motor clubs were set up under the A. A. A. smblem and its mem bership increased from half a mil lion Individual members to close to a million when the present con vention was called to order. The movement toward organization hat gained such a pace that an Increase of five hundred thousand members is expected In the next twelve months. Although the election was marked by the harmony that has' characterized A. A. A. gaterings In recent years, there was no dearth of candidates for other im portant elective officers. The fol lowing were elected: Vice presi dent, A. E. Mittendorf, Cincinnati, Ohio; Herbert A. Meldrum. Buf falo. N. Y.,; Daniel R. Reese. Scranton, Pa.; E. C. Blesi, Dallas, Texas; Frank S. Gold. Minneap olis, Minn.; E. W. Steinhart, In dianapolis, Ind., and Percy J. "Walker, San Francisco, Calif. .Charles C. Janes of Columbus. Ohio, was reelected secretary and Kane S. Green of Philadelphia was reelected treasurer of the associa tion. . - The executive committee The Dixie Bakery leads on high class breads, pies, cookies and fancy baked supplies of every kind Best by test. Ask old customers. 489 Court St. () Turning TLcSt.Ccrncr In plenty 'of time thrust out your turn with Index 'Cages' extended said point . to left. Raise your forearm from "the Ibow and ptsirjjy pewit the fa? dex finger to the right,, CpritU 1925 Cotxm's. Tht Smtiomml VttUy "Pass Me" t Thrust out hand and wave it with forward motion.' Sound horn when passing: from rear. Stopping or Backlog Thrust out hand with palm for ward and hold that way. - Look around before backing , charged with making effective of organization policies was elected as follows: Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago motor club; Fred H. Caley of Cleveland; George C. Diehl, Buffalo; Robert P". Hooper, Philadelphia; Sidney D. Waldon, Detroit; Arthur N. Hill, Charleston. W. Va., and Per cy J. Walker, San Francisco. Mr. Hill is chairman of the bus board of the A. A. A. and his elec tion to the executive committee marks the final step toward na tional organization of the inde pend bus operators of the country as a unit of the A. A. A. In accepting the presidency Mr. Henry- made another plea in be half of more intensive work by motor clubs in the safety field. It was indicated that he will shortly appoint an inter-club council to act as a clearing house for nation wide distribution of information relative to safety plans and pro jects. "This Is one field." said Mr Henrjr, "in which the motor club by reason of its very character is competent to take the leadership. It aennot relegate this leadership particularly as regards traffic safety to any other civic or com mercial organization. The same applies to another important and kindred field; namely, the devel opment of uniform ordinances and regulations for motor vehicle traf fic." Mr. Henry j reminded the car owners of the country that not until hey have earned that they cannot-fight iheir battles single handed and. bind together for the promotion of sane measures af fecting the rights of twenty mil lion car owners can they hope to rid themselves of discrimination. "Motoring progress in Amer ica," he declared, "depends on or ganization. "Whatever victories have been achieved in the past number of years can unquestion ably be attributed to organization of car owners In motbr clubs in the local and national field With proper organization they can rid themselves of unjust taxes; they can safeguard the use of special taxes levied against them; ' they can eliminate the "fee system of arrests"' on the highways; they can develop traffic uniformity from below instead of being im posed on them from above; they can efefctively down such propos als as compulsory liability insur ance and a score of other isms promted by ignorance and fanatic ism but by reason of which the ear owners have in the past been often vlcitimized." with McDonald firm (Continued from page 3.) s - - Suffl S i "If yoii owned an oil well" yon wouldn't have the right grade of oil for your motor. We have the right grade for every make of car. Drive in, we give FREE CRANKCASE SERVICE. uper Service Station Yung & Eckerlin ' HIGH AND FERRY STREETS ij " ' wii I lbs & u i J . 1 I i, - : I 'l j 1 J 41 JUiUlli. VJAV 1 Ih.'t KILLS' eda position with the MacDonald Auto company as secretary and assistant manager. Mrs. WlnanB is full of business, a good talkerj and can talk auto mobile with the best of the auto mobile salesmen of this city and there are a lot of high class people in that line here. If you are En need of a car, you will be in competent hands if you will call np, or see Mrs. Wlnans. Her role is to put herself in the place of the customer, and consid er his or her interests. She holds that a business deal made in that spirit will make friends and keep trade, and she wants to have such friends and bulid up such trade, for she. likes Salem and her peo ple, and expects to dwell among them for a long time.' , n eoDY curat' SHI MS OLD House of Seaman Existed in Years Prior to Civil War, Notes Show No automobile body manufac turer in America has a more In spiring history than the Seaman Body Corporation of Milwaukee, exclusive builders of Nash en closed bodies and owned in half by The Nash Motors company. Back beyond the memory of the present generation over 75 years ago the house of Seaman was founded. A photograph of an ox drawn cart bearing the inscrip tion, A. D. Seaman & Co., taken In 1871 and recently unearthed by Mrs. Christ Behrena of Mil waukee is a picturesque testi monial to the years of service the Seaman organization. Mrs Behre,ns, whose husband was the driver of the ox-cart, explains that during the year 1871 a severe epidemic among horses made it necessary to replace those ani mals by oxen which were still, however, in fairly general use. The photograph, taken on East Water street, Milwaukee, near the city hall, "shows a background of buildings long since replaced by modern sky-scrapers. But even at that time the house of Seaman was twenty-three years' old. Back in the days prior to the Civil war, A. D. Seaman, grand father of the present heads of the business engaged "in the later years as the automobile in dustry grew to I major Importance and the demand arose for auto mobile bodies that would worth ily represent the woodworking art, Seaman turned its specialised ability to this field. N A, San Francisco boat manu facturer Is putting into standard production a 26 foot speed boat for smooth water use, powered wlth'Star four motors of the stand. ard. design t-nsed , in the powerful Star four cylinder motor car. The boats are said by. George Knea3s, the-manufacturer, to develop 9 1 speed 'In excess of 40 miles pet- hour.v- ' ' : ' : ,1 - ; W- In 19 23. there were 3,223 Cher, rolet salesmen. By 1925 tot number had Increased to ,10,584. VIS li 4 " Ml") f J m i Storage - Fuel - Transfer BRICK WAREHOUSE Coal and Dry Wood at Reasonable Prices Crating Local and Long Haulmg Iiloving 143 South Liberty, Telephone 930 HUD Now :.X: 4-DOOR SEDAN im Full force-feed lubrication, 7-beartng crankshaft) 6-bearing camshaft plus 4-wbeel brake, fail balloon tires and 5 disc wheel included at no extra coat. I Just DRIVE this Nash Light Six any time, anywhere and that will end all argument as to which isTimizr&tiie $1000 field. J 1! LU it H09S mMm:4 f.O.B. 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