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The Miami News from Miami, Florida • 2

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The Miami Newsi
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Miami, Florida
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2
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1939 THE MIAMI DAILY NEWS AGE TWO 11 Shopping Days Til Christmas Se Santa in ToyvlIIe, PACKARD FIRM TO CELEBRATE 40TH BIRTHDAY 6th Floor Csilrti. lot tyjlg.nl Store Hours 9:30 to 6:00 I) 0. AT MIAMI STORE ONLY Sardine's Uncoil Rial Stort Honrs: 9:30 ti Company a lished Dec 30, 1899, By Three Partners AT MIAMI STORE ONLY you'll pleas him with new man In variety for every man I .55 to 11 I zfBO II By EDWARD XV. MORRISON (North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) DETROIT, Dec. 11.

The holiday season this year will also be the birthday for one of the most respected companies in the automobile industry. Packard on Dec. 30 will be 40 years old. On that date in 1899, the Packard Co. took shape in the form of a partnership among James W.

Packard, W. D. Packard and Walk up one wide aisle and down another until you find exactly the color and pattern you know he will like. We've thousands to choose from and all were hand picked to please menl George L. Weiss in Warren, Ohio.

A few weeka earlier the first Packard had been completed. The real history of Packard development starts in 1901, when Henry B. Joy, Detroit millionaire, purchased the company for $25,000. Joy and his friends put $250,000 more -into the automobile, increased the cylinders from one to four and told the public to "ask the man who owns one." In 1903, they moved the factory to Detroit The early days of Packard history are significant for the rest of the automobile companies. Within the second year, the company had obtained a patent on an automatic spark advance.

A few years later, it was to father the magneto In fact, such basic patents as the H-figure gear slot and the independent hand and foot throttle were issued to LANDHOW SHIRTS. Our own shirts of fine quality broadcloth, in solid colors and white. With process collar. 155 ARROW AND A.M.C. SllIIlTS in broadcloth, ma.

dras and chambray. Stripes, checks, solid colors and white. Also oxford cloth shirts in white or blue. 2.00 and 2.50 EAGLE SHIRTS of fine broadcloth in new stripe patterns. the gift QsSFX 11 expect 1,98 'rv 2.00 the company in 1903.

linked with the name of Joy in the company's saga are those of Alvan Macauley, general manager and president for a quarter of a century and now chairman of the board, and CoL J. G. Vincent, vice president In charge of engineering. When Joy incorpor EAGLE SHIRTS of nan. nelite, in checks and solid colors.

2.50 EAGLE SHIRTS of very broadcloth in neat stripes. French front. 3.50 IMPORTED FAR-II ICS. including. French flannels and English broadcloth in stripes, checks and solid colors.

All with French fronts. Some with French cuffs. 3.98 to G.00 ated his company for $10,000,000. in 1909, he enticed Macauley from the Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Vincent followed Macauley from Burroughs a few years later.

In 1909, the company produced 2,699 cars. In 1937, when it reached a new high in output, it manufactured 109,518 units. Packard produced a twin six, the first 12-cylinder car to be main store. nUMhntii Ba i STREET FLOOR T0 tT 11 made in the United States, in 1912, This 12 remained a part of the company's line for 11 years. In 1923 it was abandoned because smaller motors had grown proportionately more powerful and were much less costly to build.

In 1923, an eight was produced to supplement a six, first offered two years earlier. The same year, Packard came Of course he expects a new pair to replace those he received last Christmas! We've every good type including Daniel Green Comfy Slippers and Mules, L. B. Evans hard sole Slippers and new Cool-ees Slippers from California for the man Who likes a bit of style with comfort I wine, blue, red, green. MIAMI STOKE, STREET FLOOR along with four-wheel brakes, an Innovation for the industry.

Equally important later was the adoption of hypoid gears. The appearance of M. M. Gil-man as general manager in 1934 started the company along a new t-7 Oa, era in its history. Henceforth, the Packard name, previously as sociated only with models in the And We Don't Mean Women! p.

9 upper brackets, was to be brought within reach of a multitude of car owners. The Packard 120, to sell in the $1,000 class, was Introduced in 1935. A year later the six, the lowest-priced car ever sold by the AT BOTH STORES, MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH Give Him a Panama company, was put on the market In 1938, a new super-eight was made a part of the Packard line. Through the years, the Packard Sorry, Ladies! We love you well and enjoy your company but please excuse us for two important hours perhaps the two most important hours of the entire year. You will? Thanks! We'll let you know WHEN later! 1 styles have changed less than Lincoln Road" those of any other automobile.

Its well known "life lines" yoke shaped radiator and bonnet, .00 which are still retained in modi TB -w -b -m mm mm iff iiy jiouds fied form have given it a per sonality all its own. Mexico Would Purge Government Of Reds Gifts for Golfers to help them change 80's to 70s MEXICO Cirr, Dec, 11. (JP A majority of Mexican senators was reported today supporting a Genuine Ecuadorian Panama, soft and pliable, with distinctive Dobbs touches. Creased crown. Front pinch.

Puggree band. Exclusive at Burdine's. Hell need one for the resort season! Otker Dohbs Panamas, 15.00 to 35.00 MIAMI STORE. STREET FLOOR motion to remove from govern 8.00 ment offices all Communists con sidered harmful to the administra tion. A resolution combining that and approval of President Lazaro Car denas' declaration condemning So viet Russia's invasion of Finland was expected to be debated in the senate tomorrow.

AT BOTH STORES, MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH Communists recently have criticized the president for his state ment Mew 1040 Gaharlitc A New Club to help cut strokes off his score! Irons, 2.50 to 5.00 ea. Woods, ea. 3.50 to 10.00 Golf Balls score high as gifts! Spalding, Wilson and U. S. Royals in gift packages of 6 or 12.

,1.00 to 8.00 Gallery Canes imported from England. Handy for the tournaments. 8.50 to 25.00 When It Rains he can use a Gale Coat at 8.50, or a Squall Jacket at 6.00, or an Umbrella at 8.5Q to 10.00 if PLAY "SAFE WITH YOUR EYES by Society a il Consult DR. G. JGERSON Optometrist OFFICES ON SECOND fLOOR AX Qg.00 Golf Bags of every de- I scription, including some llvw 1 I magnificent ones of fine -tssr ea T'nn io 60,00 101 SPORTING OOODS, lr- iu ITS MIAMI STORK til rw A'J 'J I 1 Light weight suits in new blue and brown and tan in almost invisible stripes of same color.

Pleated or plain front trousers. Many exclusive "Society Brand" points of excellence including Vac-Bloc armhole. Snug-Ease shoulders, full cut linings, pure silk thread in seams, pivot hung trouser pockets and hand shaping. See these superb suits tomorrow! MIAMI STORE, STREET FLOOR FineC0stoin lTAILORINGV 3 A i M. 4 tw ittfc StMOi.

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