The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 11

11 NEW BODY UNIT TO OPENFRIDAY High G. M. Officials to Attend Ceremony for Chevrolet Division Plant. SANTA'S NOTIONS for GIFTS Chromium finish handlebars with larse rubber grips STREAMLINE HEADLIGHT HORN AND BATTERY COMPARTMENT Padded bucltct type saddle with double wire springs Concluded From Page One. EXTRA THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1936.

frlhe Gift! Curved double frame bars I CJplS3zl Wfde crescent shape enameled guards, striped to match leadership of Wayne Steel, a tool crib attendant at the plant. All the members of the band are Chevrolet employes who play regularly at em-1 1 ploye concerts. I The opening of the new factory TIE RACKS 89c Varnished wal finish, with design etched on 6-inch mirror. Others, $1. Newest stream-lined extra long mud guards lotest reflector type tail light brings to Indianapolis one of the largest commercial body plants in the world, and closes Chevrolet's first six years in the city.

Bought Martin-Parry riant. Chevrolet bought Its plant, which had formerly been used in the manufacture of carriages, from the Martin-Parry Corporation six years ago this fall. The half dozen buildings which it included were of two-story, SHOE CABINETS 2.99 All wood, 24x12x12 room for 4 prs. shoes; plus deep lingerie and hat box. wooden construction.

The new plant is in marked contrast, with its nearly half a million square feet of floor space, its concrete and steel and lavish use of glass, and its nearly three miles of conveyors. The builders used 4,100 tons of steel, 20,000 cubic yards of concrete, 25,000 cubic yards of sand, and 199,000 square feet of glass in construction. The roof is of concrete slab and tile. i A modern ventilating system utilizes fans spaced in the trusses of CLOTHES DRYERS $1 36 green or ivory enamel stand, metal folding rods; dries before a radiator. Deep drop center ohromit urn finish rims New Departure coaster Sturdy parking stand High-grade rubber pedals bralte HENDERSON" STREAMLINE NEW SEWING CABINETS 89c Pnscilla type, all or wood, walnut the heating system at intervals oi approximately eighty feet throughout the plant, to assure an ample supply of cool air.

in summer and warm air in winter. The power house which supplies heat and industrial steam includes two 500-horsepower boilers. Modern Hospital Unit. One of the most important safety features of the new factory is its modern hospital unit, which has won the official approval of the Indianapolis Medical Society. It is equipped to take care of as wide a variety of ailments as many metropolitan hospitals.

In manufacturing equipment, Chevrolet's newest plant outclasses any other commercial body plant in the country, officials of the company believe. Three of the largest presses in the world have been installed in it. They are thity-eight feet higher and weigh over 310 tons. For moving heavy metal within the plant and for loading it on freight cars, there arc two twenty-five-ton cranes. There are more than one hundred presses of various kinds and sizes and several dozen welding machines, among other manufacturing equipment.

The plant will purchase all its electric power and gas from Indianapolis utility companies, according to D. M. KJausmeyer, plant manager. It will be served by more than 130,000 square feet of railroad loading space. 500 Skilled Workmen Employed.

Albert Kahn, who designed many of the Chevrolet manufacturing plants throughout the United States, were the architects on the new Indianapolis -lant. More than five hundred skilled workmen were employed in building the new plant, which is considered to be one of the most modern and most completely-equipped factories in the world. Production continued without the loss of a single day as workmen tore down the old plant to make way for the new. Section by section, departments were switched from their former quarters into the new building as its units were completed. During the transition period In each part of the work, conveyor lines were housed out in the open, under temporary tin roofs, in order that production might not be hindered.

The new plant will be able to pro- maple finish. YC for BOYS and GIKILS Made by the makers of the world-famous Henderson Motorcycles -superior quality in every detail! Gracefully curved DOUBLE frame bars, balloon tires. VISIBRELLA 2.98 16-rib, new transparent rubber fabric, will not crack; blue, red, green, clear. In gift box. Notions, Street Floor.

Black and White Blue and White Red and White Black and Red Two-Tone Green Slremnllno Hcmllitflil, Morn and Holler' I t'rmiiiHiiinl, a.lM Extra. DOWN DELIVERS dure approximately two thousand bodies a day at capacity and will supply all Chevrolet's commercial body requirements for both domestic and foreign consumption. In all, fifteen different body types will be made in it. These bicydf on Block' Deferred Payment Plan (Small Carrying Charga) Escalators to Block's Toylafld -Downstarrs Stor GROUP CHOSEN FIRST PHOTO OF ROOSEVELT GRANDSON. 10 STUDY TAX Concluded From Page One.

send, Governor-elect, in compliance with his campaign promise to eliminate, wherever possible, injustices in the gross income tax law. The finding committee will make its report to the Governor-elect, who advised the conference he will not consider proposals which will invalidate the law, make it unworkable or reduce its revenue to a point below state needs. 1m Li The most drastic change in the law was recommended by retail groups. They asked a reduction of the levy from 1 per cent to one-fourth of 1 ppr cent. 4 j)MmA 4 4 ys'M I I 1 fc mull MX We've Got Her Number- 1 P-) on our formula file in the Tourneur Salon (of course, she is one of the thousands of smart women who have had a complimentary make-up).

Take no chance on her Christmas gift buy exactly what she wants in a make-up ensemble specially prepared according to her individual powder, rouge and make-up formula filed under her name. P. S. Have you had your Complimentary Make-up? Tomorrow visit the Chinese Rulers Fate In Doubt Concluded From Page One. hi axamplai of how liHla it eoits from INDIANAPOLIS at tha NIWIOWFAMS 2c a mil In Cetchts 3c mil In Pullmani To make your Christmas homecoming truly happy, the Pennsylvania's great army of transportation experts is ready.

Ready to take you safely on guard day and night. Ready to take you swiftly to see that'you get through regardless of weather. Ready to take you comfortably on the charges that "Japanese imperialists" i were behind the Shensi revolt, which i was characterized as an act of des-, peration on the part of Japanese militarists. In Washington officials waited anx-; iously for the future to disclose whether a new Chinese revolution would provoke Japanese intervention and increase the explosive tension the Far East. While the United States State De- partment was studying intently the i development of China's tragic crisis, authorities reiterated that the United States was abiding by its policy of noninterference in other nations' affairs.

It was indicated the government did not consider other than routine steps to protect Americans in China necessary at this time. to In In Coaches 'Pullmans Sli.25 J24.35 This is the first new photograph ever maJe of 4-jear-oM William Dormer JUHwuvHt, rand son of the President. He i the son of Elliott Roofevelt and the President's (ton's former wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt (shown). Young William Donnr in ihown oh he bought the first tickets to the annual President's ball in Philadelphia, or benefit of infantile paralysis vlrtims.

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"largest fleet of air-conditioned trains in the world." ninety-nine prominent Jews were cited in the list for working during the year. KXPKNSIVE GARB. Uniforms of the original Celtirs' basketball team this year cost SI25 each. Coats of white sued and shirts and shorts of airplane cloth I will be worn. G.

A. Efroymson Cited in Jewish Honor List G. A. Efroymson, president of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, has ben cited for notable achievement in the field of international relief in the annual Who's Who issue of the Am-i erican Hebrew, Two hundred and agony when new came of her hus- band's reported assassination. In Peiping authorities of the Amer- ican-endowed Peiping Medical College recalled that some years ago Marshal Chang had been treated there for the, opium habit.

"He may have reverfd to the drug to ffive him courage for such a hor- ribla crime," aaid one. Wife Collapse, Weeps. In Nanking the former Mei-Ung Soone, the Wellesley-educated wife of Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, who had steeled herself for days to expect the i worst, collapsed snd -wept In bitter EN SYLVAN IA A I A Street Floor..