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t Li: : - The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Moraine January 28. 1934 PAGE NINE T-':.f. If m ' A t mere r - c" . tfti , v. , i I - . , r i v , mm here Plymouth Line for 1934- In troduces Many New Fea y tures to Low Price Field The new Plymouth line for It 34 which created such a sensation at the New York automobile show, is on display here tor the tint time at all Dodge, De Soto and Chrys ler dealers. The new Plymouth cars climax the meteoric rise in popularity during which Plymouth sales hare more than doubled in Just the past year. - Introducing radical new im provements and smart new styling to the low price field,- the new cars are the Plymouth six and the new De Luxe Plymouth. The De Luxe model has. all the improve inents of its lower priced compan ion car, plus additional De Luxe features, v- ' ', The new Plymouths nave even greater performance, remarkable riding comfort,, and many innova tions nerer before found in motor cars In their price class. They hare a. new type of indU tiduai tront wneei springing -"un ieoll springs of a new aUCy steel declared to be nrattlcally un breakable under, prolonged tests; more powerful 11 horsepower mo tors . with floating: power engine mountings; smart new bodies of Jar?, rakish design; new Interiors Vita luxurious- trim. . and many other style and mechanical advan tages.- . . ' ' :. - The new Plymouth 'six and the new Do- Luxe Plymouth retain all of their basic Chrysler. Motors en- rineorinx features, including ny- draulic, self-equalising brakes and new safety-steel bodies reinforced with steel. In announcing the new Plynv outn line. B. E. Hutchinson, chair man of the board of the Plymouth Motor corporation, declared: : "The new Plymouths for 1134 represent the highest achievement of Chrysler Motors engineers m the field of low priced motor cars. These new Plymouths hare every mechanical advantage found i n the nast on our' highest priced Chrrsler Motors cars. We believe that the new Plymouth sixes will be enthusiastically receives oy the motoring public which, daring the year lust passe a. has accord ed ..Plymouth the greatest sales increase m the low priced neia. .' : Many New Features There are . more than 21 new features and Improvements on the siew Plymouth ears. Briefly out lined, these advantages are as fol lows:'. Individual-front wheel spring lne ef an advance type and stand- Plymouths. Tbe new springing system banishes wheel shimmy. wheat fiarht" and elves the new Plymouths amaxing riding quali ties. In addition to the new sys tem of individual wheel springing. the new cars have a newly de signed steering gear with cross steering and individual tie rods. A bigger. 77-horsepower motor which, ; combines sparkling per- foEznance with- economy. This Is accomplished through many mo- . tor refinements, and aownaraii carbnretlon. ' - A mw vantllatlnr system.-Both "the Plymouth Six and the De : t.tita model have a new type of T Mcoll wind windshield control a small handle directly above the center of the 'Instrument panel opens the windshield with a twist of the wrist. There is aiso a cow ventilator. In addition, the De Luxe Plymouth has a perfected ventilation system which Is - d elared to be the last word." Ven tilators In the side windows may t adjusted to any angle to con trol air currents,' and when de- aired.; they ean also be lowered 1 th or without the entire -window out of sight into the door Itself. There are also two rear window vents on the De Luxe se- i dan models. -. ' The efficiency of Plymouth's - four-wheel self-equalising hydrau lie brakes have been further im proved, with the braking area in creased by a third on the De Luxe models.' - ; ' " The safety-steel bodies rein forced with steel have also been trenrthened to an even Crater drrea. thronch several structural dslgn Improvements Incorporated t for the first time . in itue new cars. - - " The new Plymouths have a new, smart and, distinctive appearance. ; Both cars are big cars. And their : styling eeU a? new' pace la-;the 1 low sriee field. Besides the new Vee radiator; ano graceiui .siop A lng . skirted fenders, the wind ' shield has been- further stream- lined and: irear decks have neen r jh kmarur tauerea. cotbiuws i 'f' the new ears' a low;' dashing ap pearance. " - Zbbel Operates : Service Station ; In New Location Rim Zohel. new owner - and manager of the 'Texaco iSerrice 'station i at Court and cnurcn streets, fa more enthusiastic abow th MtanflliUk arvlee buatneae . thaa ever before, he said Tester ' day. ' ' - ' : "It's Veen mighty pleasant to note thi . rekponsa.' ef our old friends and customers to tbe new set-up," he said., Zobel purchased the station three . weeks ago,, from R. D. Woodrow. BOY TO B KKLLTS ' NOHTH SANTIAM, Jai 17. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Kelly are the parents or a-eine-pound boy born January 24.' Mr. and Mrs.- Dan C. : Philips moved from the W. Lansing place this week.- Philips went to Long view where he expects to have employment, , ----- 1 ..J . .. isssssssssssssssseeeB.WBsSBsisen -mmmmmmmmmm " -j wwwfcffi--ftwsMfctr - v 000l. . v i : Tv Wm ssssei "ssssetf ... eiejwB wwi.a;Lato'',.ii ewseew i . :.-. ''-v.'- f T"asssajsejB 1 easesfl ' ii 4 l.i Presenting an array of new mechanical and style features, the 1934 Plymouth line is oa display today at all UH,Kl " utb many rxTotnuowur aavaawges never oei ore iouna in cne.low price ire la. Above is shown toe low-priced Ply mouth Six 4-door sedan. Note the smart new lines, tbe Tee radlato r, and the skirted fenders. To the right is the new radiator of tbe De Luxe Plymouth MedeL The boras are special equipment. Left is show a a portion of the new De Luxe Plymouth Ventilating System. Both front side windows have swinging vents that can. he raised or lowered either with or without the window. When desired, both the vents and the window cam be lowered into the door. Below is a portion of t he advanced type of individual front wheel springing:, which is on even tbe lowest priced Plymouth models. The new coil springing gives th e cars amaxing riding ease. The new Plymouths hare more powerful motors. They retain such basic Chrysler Motors engineering features as Safety-Steel bodies, Hydraulic Brakes and Floating Power. CARD PARTIES HOLD SWAY IT ST RT PATTT,. Jan. 47. Thi fifth card party of a series was held rorpTitlT a.t tho Rt. Paul's academv. There were 25 tables of bridge and BOO in play. Miss Genevieve piluso won the door prise. High scores In bridge went to Herb Van valin of Newberg and Miss Alice Davidson and consolation to Mrs. Peter Kirk. In 600 Mrs. Steve Merten received first prize and Mrs. L. P. Gooding second. The men's first prize was won by Laur ence Bunning .and second by Frank Brentano. Thtk la at car A nurtr will be riv en Sunday, February 4. The grand prizes will be awarded then. Ev eryone Is Invited to attend. The Lady Foresters entertained with a bridge and 500 card party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Davidson, honoring Mr. and Mrs. John- Kirk or roruana on thAir KOth weddinr-anniversary. Husbands were special guests, with about 65 persons present. Toadies' bleb, scores in bridge went to Mrs. Lester Kirk and sec ond to Mrs. Clement Van de Wine. nv Mimrr recti red men's first prize and Claude Smith received second. . Ts cad Un Tames F. Davidson received first prize and Mrs. John Davidson second. Men s iirst was won by James F Davidson and B. P. StupfeL ; I Tire President Says Conditions Are Improving AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 27. "Bus 1 tnia in dAffftltelr better all over the world than it was a year ago with the possible exception of France and Germany,- says w. miMi. nrMiiMt of the General Tire and Rubber company. "Bus iness is better In England than it has been in zo years, it was itAftnitAiv hAiter in the United States during the year that has just closed than it was In 1932 "All these factors indicate that we are on the Upgrade, commer cially and industrially. "During 1931 and most, b f II 32, our company suffered con sistently increasing credit losses. However, during- the past year and a half, with the' single ex ception of one month," we have collected more money each month than our total sales." This indi cates that our dealers are doing more satisfactory business. -: "Costs are Tisingr wages ere rising; values are rising. There probably will bev some" interrup tions to the trend toward, better times, but they Will be merely in terruptions. . "There are some troubles with the N. R.A. codes but, as a whole, they are doing better; than any of the pessimists care to admit. The cotton code Is helping. The steel men. like their code. ,. Auto mobile men have renewed theirs. Certainly, the-rubber code will not be liaTmtuV " " STATES FAVOB PACT ' ; WASHINGTON, Jan.' Twenty-eevea states of the union today had ratified a compact to place their prison industries on a fair competitive basis with outside Industries. Announcement of this steprwas made by NBA, which al ready had approved the form of the compact. 1934 Plymouth Cars on DiSplay:Here Tdday: West Salem N WEST SALEM, Jan. 27 The section cnjT hare been working every day of the week, excepting Sundays now for some little time and are repairing - damage done by the high waters of the past month. Flood conditions neces sitate retamping ties, replacing gravel and in many other ways making the tracks safer for travel and freighting. The Jolly Timers met with Mrs. Edith Wurm Wednesday all day. Pot luck luncheon was enjoyed. Mrs. Harrison will be the next hostess at her Salem home Tues day. Girls' Team Loses Girls of the West Salem bas ketball team played and lost 25 to 2 to the first team of the Lib erty school Wednesday afternoon. Next Wednesday afternoon a re turnn game will be played here, probably with members of the second team from Liberty. On the home team are Dorothy Kas- ter, Janice Woolly, Alice Gof firer, Elolse Ferguson. Eleanor Brazeau and Marjorie Helbert. Mrs. Harold Zosel substituted in the first grade room Wednes day In the absence of Mrs. Ethel McCoy who was ill. This is the first day in three years that Mrs. McCoy has had to miss school. Mr. and Mrs. Vernile Hindman are parents of a baby daughter. Donna Dea, born at their home this week. F. O. Needhaa and son are wrecking the charred skeleton of the W. H. Motfltt residence that was destroyed by fire a. tew months ago, burning the waste and piling the better wood that It may be safe for passers by. Start Work on HaU Work was begun and the ground broken Thursday, in the beginning of the excavation for the basement of the new Legion hall that will be situated on King wood Terrace. Legionnaires start ing building were Robert Adams, Elmer D. Cook, Lester Brannan, Karl P. Mobley, Charles Adams, L. H. Henningsen, Fiord White, Charles- Schmitt and Mr. Asher. Mrs. Nannie Griffin left this week for St Helens for a visit of a week with her daughter's fam ily, the Merton Millers. She went to make the acquaintance of the new granddaughter,. Dixie Lee. i A party complimenting their parents was given by pupils of the fourth grade Frldty after noon, and pleasing fet.ture was the health play, -Good Teeth", presented by all pupils. Refresh ments were served by ihe child- IteiLiiuiiJi: jxyjrr throw cld . TIRES AW ATI let rs : them. WeTI give you thou sande C extra, BA9W We Know How. : . See Vm Today Short & Ward . .j .'283 FERBY " - -BetweaOoatnacrcial and Front a... : : : ews ren. Miss Roberta Peterson Is the teacher. Cases arlfllnsr in th wt a. lem Justice court recently were mostly mose or violations of mo tor vehicle laws, several being in fractions of the laws regulating lights. E. L. Horn was fined 2.S0 and costs: Georea H. Wer ner, Amos J. Perkins, and Ginia Ragsdale were all assessed the sum of $2.50 and court costs; the case of Claude Martin, charged with destroying personal nronertv was continued. Night Functions at School in Jeopardy Account Prowlers JEFFERSON, Jan. 27 A rul ing which it is hoped will put an end to prowling about the high school gymnasium has been made and will be enforced strictly. The ruling: if the gym is broken into again, there will be no more night functions at the high school. The high school play has been scheduled for February 15. Those Interested in organizing adult classes under the CWA should meet at the school house Wednesday night, January 31, at 7:30 o'clock. CENTRAL HOWELL, Jan. 27. H. A. Llchty was honored on his birthday anniversary Wednes day night. Four tables of "500" were played. Present were Mr. and Mrs. John Llchty, John Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Alec Llchty, Beulah, Grover and Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Simmons, Ruth and Max.. Nora, Russell, Donald and James . Llchty and Mr. - and- Mrs. H. A. Llchty. We Make Sure You Get Your Money's Worth Center and High Sta. 4 i M h. 4 local Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler FOB D1MI FEB. 3 DAYTON, Jan. 27. A pro gram and quilt show will be held at the Dayton Evangelical church Saturday afternoon, February 8, beginning at 2:30. Prizes of rib bons will be given for the best quilted quilt, prettiest pieced quilt, oldest quilt and prettiest quilt top. Women are Invited to attend and bring any quilt that will qualify.. The Dayton Evangelical Sun day school Friday met at the parsonage and elected L. S. Lor enxen superintendent: assistant superintendent, Mrs. F. E. Fish er; secretary, Margaret Cinna mon; assistant secretary, Delmar Wlllard; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Hadaway. Church trustees, L. 8. Lorenzen, Mrs. Charles Hadaway and Mrs. D. Unger. . Twenty - two people attended the pie social under the auspices of the Dayton Woman's civic club at the club rooms Thursday night, netting $5.25 for the gen eral fund. Cietus Gell was auc tioneer. at the Sizn of a Quality Product At Zosel's It means also Courteous, Quick Service BERN ZOBEL'S SERVICE STATION V" Court at Church Phoae STT8 ERVICB STATION - By giying jovu battery the authorized Wlllard -Serrieeesta that wfll prolonir its life ; ; and save 70a trouble and in mTesie&ee Lei us show you why people boy more Wil . - lards thaa any other ; battery. Theree a reae ; ' oa for tt im the buflbi fat qaallr of WQlard. ' 1 TeL 6000 STORAGE BATTERIES QUILT SHOW SLATED 0 I - BATTERIES I lira fni ill HTKI.1CT IIHEIST IMdence of an awakening In terest by the American public In automobiles la graphically por trayed In a report by the Ford Motor company that approxim ately g,500,00& persons r the greatest attendance tor any sim ilar event in American history - hare visited the Ford Exnosition : ef Progress during tU showing in Kew xotk and Detroit. It New ' York the' exposition brught a total attendance ef 2- -298,923 and it was aeceasary to. extend the showing for one- week, to handle crowds that thronged . the Port Authority of Commerce building at the rate of over 100, 000 a day. In Detroit the exposi tion,, held during the latter part, of October, was extended two days to take care of . visitors who jammed into convention hall to see the vast display depicting the evolution of the automobile over the past 30 years. More than 1,300.000 persons attended the exposition in Detroit. The attendance Indicated - t o Ford officials a pronounced inter est in -automobile purchasing, as well as a growing public realiza tion of the close alliance of hun dreds of other industries through out the nation with the automo bile factory. Scores of costly exhibits por trayed vividly to the vast throng of exposition visitors how farms, factories and mines in all parts of the United States and in many foreign countries contributed to the manufacture of the motor car. The display pictured for the first time the vast ramifications of the IT uniLEs SMITH XouVe seen the other two Now see this new . PLYMOUTH t B6nei5teeleS v, . Dodge sura riyaoaui maurioatore jner Jlariosi ana Chemeketa at Iibertj motor Industry,;; and showed how, by demands upon hundreds of oth er manufacturers as. well e s chemists, metallurgists engineers and scientists, .the manufacture of automobiles reached out of the automobile plant into practically every section ef the country, draw ing materials and. equipment and furnishing employment to thou sands: The whole panorama of industries which have grown up around the automobile industry, and which had become an integ ral pan or if was portrayed. . Henry Ford was a frequent vis itor to the exposition both in. De troit and New York and showed particular interest in the repro duction of the historic one-story brkk workshop in which heiailt his first metor car in 1893. Joe Williams to Attend Meeting At -Los Angeles Joe Williams, local Wlllard bat tery distributor, will leave Febru ary 7 for Los Angeles to spend two weeks. While there Mr. Wil liams wilt attend the coast con vention for the Wlllard battery distributors. In 1931 Mr. Williams ranked first in this- division as a distributor and he has been up near the top several other years. He fully expects that his 1933 re cord will entitle him to first place. According to Mr. Wil liams there are between 15 and 20 states represented in the dis trict. Mr. Williams states that al though there has been no cold weather this winter to show up the weaker batteries, the Wlllard businesss has been very satisfactory. WILL PAY YOU TO PUT.. ej)(!50BS YOUR CAR Old or Netv O Cuetal Jeibos ore the uwt ecoeetticol tifes you con bvy. i teey cut cut vpkeep to. uuaheeuu They loof veer cor oloefl oe only 11 re 15 lbs. of olr vood aHocks never feoch lH cfcoNis. Jvaibos srake nm the ttahleit cut ride like me Wa ge Rstomine ond stake any look HA laouMd delton r. They ore the Tel. ONE LOCATION ONLY Chcmoltcto ot Liberty Mm Mil II PTnrrrp imnnmirn! ainLLiGUiiniuvtUii FALLS CITT, Jan. 27. The city streets have 'Been ditched widened and Improved In general by the IB men and foreman em ployed for the-CWA. The 'men were to work six hours a day for 40 dys, receiving 50 cents an hour, but oh the 25th day of work word was received from' head quarters to cut the work in half, leaving the men 37 days work. Mrs. B. T. Allen was hostess to the Loyal Women's class of the Christian church at her home on Thursday afternoon. These offi cers were elected tor the ensuing year: President, Mrs. F. J. Jobes; vice-president, Mrs. W. L. Russell; secretary, Mrs. F. A Phillips; treasurer, Mrs. Cora McCoy. Oth ers present were Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Bartholomew, Mrs. W(. Let terman, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. R. Paul, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. N. B. Jones, Mrs. Kenneth Jones, Mrs. R. E. Helm and Mrs. D. J. Ickes. Refresh ments were, served by the com mittee In charge., -. i- Thelma Lewis underwent an oik eratlon at the Dallas hospital Mon day for Internal injuries received, from a bad fall Saturday morning. The latest report is encouraging.; MRS MADER VERT DLL CLOTERDALE, Jan. 27. Mrs. Fred Schifferer and brother Al bert Mader and his wife of Maeleay, are in Portland this week on account of the Illness of. their parents Mr. and Mrs. P. Mader; the latter seriously 11L tiiet ever belli wet eeeegb ew la blewoet loo atveh ivbber teskid. O 0 of oB sew con cue be e'ellvemd en Jeaibea, aad ear ckaaoe-ever pkm nok II oy to hove liiefli oe year preteel cow Bat IkW tide oe raaibot pe thesi a real teit, R's a riwll wortk yew time. Com In TODAY. 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