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46 WILMETTE LIFE June 14, 1929 Motor Briefs consumption in 35 states GASOLINE for March totaled 595,383.000 gallons, compared with 523,ro4,000 gallons i.n March 1928, an increase of 71,579,000 gallo~s or 13.7 per cent. Daily average consumption for March this year was ' 19,206,000 gallons, compared with 15,902,000 in February, 1,929, and 16,897,000 in March, last year says ~~' the American Petroleum Institute, according to a bulletin issued · by The Automobile Club of Illinois. It is expected that the bulk of imports to China of motor vehicles during the coming months will consist probably of motor truck chassis primarily for business purposes. Michigan vacation resorts are being made safe for tourists. The state depar ment of health, for several seasons past, has inspected the water supply at all the resorts, but it is going further this year and will att"!mpt to inspect the milk supply, and. declare war on mosquitoes Thousands of automobile tourists are expected in Michigan during the summer season. News is just received that Major D. McCallum, well known British traveler, had ju~t completed a 15,000 mile motor car trip from Pekin, China. to London, England.. Two cars were used, and the party encountered extreme altitudes and temperatures along the route, the worst of which was the · weltering heat of the low. tropical areas. The motors functioned perfectly all the way. · The only mechanical adjustments required during the trip was when one of the cars became completely submerged. in water. ' 10 Year Auto Toll in U. S." Is 184,544, A. A. A. Figures Show A total of 27,288 persons lost their liVf·s in auto accidents in the United St.,(es last year ac~ording to. r~vised figures of the Ariler~can ~otonsts Association. in cooperatiOn wtth The Automobile Club of Illinois. Of this number 2,165 were killed at railroad grade crossing-s, figures of the ·Interstate Commerce Commission sho~ Some idea of the t611 of human life. taken hv automobiles, the Association points o~t, is gotten by t~e total killed in the past 10 years;- wtuch shows an aggregate of 184,544 dead, compared with 50.604 American soldiers killed in the World Vvar. . "We look upon the fatalities of the war as a horrible and futile carnage of human life. The human sacrifices in the war, however, were no more futile than the mounting toll of dead. partly the result of carelessness, on the part of American autoists," declares Si. Mayer, President of The Automobile Club of Illinois and Vice-President of the A. M. A. "An analysis of the annual C. S. Census reports show that hy far the largest number killed by automobiles are ~edestrians. In most cities a police investigation is made. Autoists in some cases are charged with carelessness contributing towards the deceased's death, but in the majority of cases the coroner's verdict is that the deceased's nwn carelessness resulted in his death." The total fatalities of motor Yehicles in the past ten years is greater than the individual population of Omaha, Birmingham, Syracuse or Richmanc}. CLINK JOHNSON FRANK JOHNSON Central Street · Super· Service Station . Gaaoline-Oila-Accessoriea Hi-Pressure Washing-Creasing-Oiling Motor Cleaning-Auto Repairing Simonlzlal Our Speeialty Free motor cleaning with each simonize· job U-S-L Batteries Starlin .. Lighting, Ignition 4 Mohawk Tires Tubes Vulcanizing I Y ott·· car called /M and delivered-no extra charge Road service ~105 CENTRAL STREET Coraer L;awadale .U alversit)' IOS04 Evaastoa, ·l-1. Marmon Official Finds Italy' Fine Field for U.S. Cars \\'ith exporTs of American cars greater than ever before it is of interest to note that Italv under Mussolini's rule is keeping pace with other European countries in pt~rasing our automobiles, according t officials of the Marmon company. P sident G. M. Williams who recentlv returned from Europe says that Am.erican-hnilt motor cars are finding a market that is expanding as rapidly as tariff restrictions will permit. and that Italians as a people are becoming motorminded in the sense of recognizing the value and convenience of automobiles for business as well as pleasure. "As far as Marmon is concerned, our position in Italy · is the mbst favorable we have ever enjoyed. Our distributor in Milan has succeeded, with the rising tide of industrial progres s, in increasing his dealer organization throughout the entire length of the country. The new Roosevelt Eight was received. with the same enthusiasm in taly as in other European nations and we haH booked orders for a record number of cars of this model for immediate shipment." W. T. Wersted of Winnetka is the Marmon and Roosevelt dealer. A. A. A. Urges More Effort to Prevent Gas Robbery \Vith statistics showing that American motor vehicle owners are robbed of approximately 100,000,000 gallons of gasoline, valued at $20,000,000 annually hv dishonest venders a closer cooperati,·e program has been urged on the National Association of \nights and Measures officials hv the American Automobile association. The figures, 'vere deduced from sample surveys in severa l cities. which resulted in manv convictions for sales which ran short from a pint to a gallon. In one city· twenty-three convictions were obtained out of 100 stations visited. The code recenth- formulated ior the gasoline ind.ustry by the Petroleum Institute, which now is before the Federal Trade Commission, does little to remedv conditions, leaving the matter to tl~e motoring public and state officials. The A. A. A. is urging its member organizations, to warn motorists and spur them on to report short sales of gasoline. MOTORS SERVICE IncDIJIIDrllerd EVER.VTHING AUTOMOBILE ~die NEVErt CLOSED Ia About S Shakes That's how quick We-ft.~! give your car a thorough, expert lubrlhnion job. We have up -to-the -minute equipment . backed by years of 14 knowing how." If we've never lubricated your c.u. we both have a pleasant experience in storr. Drive in today? The Largest Motor Repair .Shop on the North Shore BUS LINE BUYS PROPERTY As the first unit of a million-dollar construction program, Motor Transit Management company has purchased from Harry I. Holton for $175,000 the property at 515-554 East 34th Place, which has been occupied ·by the company for more than a year as a garage for its Greyhound buses and mechanical shops. The company has also bought adjoining property and will erect a two-ston· building to co;;t $155.000. . American Auto Exports Increase in Four Months Exports of American automotive products in the first four months of this year assumed a large increase · over the same period of last year, it was disclosed today by the Department of Commerce. Shipments during the January-April period · this year amounted to $254,134.917, as against $164,748,938 in the same period of 1928. Exports in April totaled $66,686,635, and, although - approximately $12,000,000 under that of the preceding month, showed a gain of $20,485,379 over April, 1928, increasing the monthly average to $63,533,729 for 1929. G. M. PRODUCTON GOES UP -~ I Production of five divisions of General 'Motors in Mav amounted to 218.422 passenller cars ·and trucks compared with 195,199 in the corre;ponding- month of 1928.