Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1935, Page 9

- AUTO HORNS DIN G0OD-BY T0 SHOW “ Dealers Turn Attention to Business With Prospect of Big Year. Marked by a spirit of optimism foward business prospects for 1936, ‘Washington automobile dealers last night drove their show cars out of the twin halls where the auto shows have been going on for a week and prepared to settle down to a year they predict will be the most pros- perous of the last five. The usual din of tooting horns marked the wind-up of the twin shows last night at the Calvert Ex- hibition Hall and at the Mayflower, with the tooting more subdued at the hotel. Managers of both shows issued op- timistic statements on coming busi- ness prospects and announced that attendance had been up to expec- tations. Dick Murphy, manager of the Washington Automotive Trade Association show at the Calvert Ex- hibition Hall, said attendance for the week was in the neighborhood of 30,000, while Floyd Akers, mana- ger of the General Motors exhibit at the Mayflower, said even more saw the new General Motors cars for 1936. “We have been very well pleased with the attendance at the show.” Murphy said. “Despite our limited facilities, the attendance was good. and had we had more space we probably would have had more people to see the show. The dealers report unusual buying activity with more cars actually sold and more prospects than in many vears. Altogether we feel we have had a successful show.” Similar statements came from Akers. Many of the 1936 automobiles al- ready are on the streets of the Capital and more will be on the streets within a few weeks. as the result of the twin shows, according to salesmen at the shows, according to salesmen at the lined far more than their predecessors of a year or two ago and have many safety features. CONTRACTORS URGE GEORGIAW. P.A. END Appeal Carried to Roosevelt. Union Strike Threats Cited to Hopkins. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, November 9.—The Geor- gia Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America, speaking through its secretary, announced to- day it has appealed to President Roos- evelt to order the State W. P. A. “out of existence.” Hugh W. Roberts, Atlanta, the sec- retary, said his organization had also written to Harry Hopkins, W. P. A. chief, citing strike threats by union labor leaders and workers, to affect ‘W. P. A. projects Tuesday. “In view of the antagonistic atti- tud> of labor,” Roberts quoted his letter to Hopkins as saying, “there is certainlr no reason why W. P. A. should further occupy and tend to pre- empt the field ordinarily reserved for private industry.” ) eanwhile, Miss Gay B. Shepper- son, State W. P. A. administrator, was reported to be in the field inspecting projects now under way, and other officials at State headquarters main- tained silence. Several hundred Atlanta workers this week voted to strike next Tuesday 1f demands for shorter hours are not met. Held Up ng MAIL CAR ROBBED OF $40,000. STEVE WARREN. Still shaky after his terrifying experience, Warren was unable to shake the fear from his eyes as he | got off the Erie mail train at Pitts- burgh after it was robbed by six bandits at a stop in Garrettsville, Ohio. Warren was one of the | clerks in the car which was looted | of more than $40,000 in cash and securities after the clerks had been terrorized by the firing of several shots. —A. P. Photo. | AUTO SHOW ENDS, “BEST SINCE 1928" Sales Almost Doubled by‘ Some Firms, Manager Reveals. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, November 9.—The National Automobile Show closed its thirty-sixth annual run tonight and Alfred Reeves, manager, promptly | labeled it “the largest retail sellmg show since 1929.” “Some companies have Almost doubled their sales, with the average more than 60 per cent above those for the show last January,” said Reeves, vice president and general manager of the Automobile Manufacturers’ As- sociation. | Exhibitors generally praised the plan of holding the show in November | instead of January. | Reeves declared there was an “un- | usually bright outlook” for 1936 in both the domestic and esport markets. | Forty-two motor car dealers from | Germany arrived in time to attend the | final day. They plan to leave Monday | on a tour of factories in Detroit, Flint | and other cities. Tomorrow the 300 gleaming exhibits | will be dismantled and shipped to| shows in other cities. Most of them| will cross the East River to Brooklyn, | where a display will be held next| week. | The New York show, held in Grand | Central Palace, opened last Saturday. | o Remington Pictures Sold. NEW YORK, November 9 (@) Three paintings by Frederic Reming- | ton, artist who pictured frontier life| on the Western plains, were sold to- | day at prices ranging from $1.400 to| $3,100 in an auction at the Anderson | Galleries. A bronze head by the French sculp- tor, Jean Antoine Houdon. of his 6- | | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 10, 1935—PART ONE. The Early Christmas Shopper Will Find Ap propriate Gifts of Lifetime Furniture at 41st ANNIVERSARY SAVINGS THIS WEEK this occasion. . - of MAYER & CO Yes, it’s early! But what are you going to give this Christmas? If you are planning a gift of Lifetime Furniture you might just as well take advantage of the special Anni- versary prices this week. 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