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WI·LMETTE LI'FE February 15, 1929 ' I Record Production .for Graham-Paige; Boosts for Exports Graham-Paige cars, in their first year, attained a total production of 73,195, or three and one-third times the total for 1927, it is announced. Shipments in 1928 totaled 73,624, as compared with 22,489 in the previous year, an increase of 51,135. Last year's production showed an increase of 68 per cent over 1923 which was the best previous year in the history of the company, when 43,556 cars were built. Production facilities of the GrahamPaige Motors corporation have been doubled since the three Graham brothers acquired control, most of the new buildings and enlargements having been erected during the last twelve I months. The increased facilities will be available for 1929 production. That the export business of the American motor car company which adequately develops the foreign field may in time equal its domestic business, is the expectation of John D. Biggers, vice-president of the GrahamPaige International corporation and a director of the Graham-Paige Motors corporation, Detroit. Mr. Biggers declares that the developing of a large volume export business is of direct benefit not only to the motor car companies themselves, but to American purchasers. "It is generally recognized that, in mass production, low cost depends on maint~ining capacity production at etll times," said Mr. Biggers, "and export business is a safeguard against seasonal flunctuations in production." Hanson Motors is the Winnetka Grah~m-Paige distributors. I Driver's License Packard Company Law Would Reduce Reports Biggest Toll, Prediction Year in Histo.r y The Packard Motor company reports that 1928 was the greatest year in its history. The calendar year topped by several million dollars the record profit of $21,885,416, or $7.28 a share, reported for the fiscal year ended August 31, "A driver's license law, with exa""ination of new driven, properly administered by a centrali_ zed department, may be expected to reduce motor vehicle fatalities by about 20 per cetit. This is the conclusion drawn from an elaborate study, just compl~te.d . by Na tional Safety Council stattsttctans, of automobile fatality rates in t~e. states which have adopted laws reqmnng the licensing of driver3, with examination:" says Sidney J. Williams, dir~ctor Pubhc Safety Division of the National Safety Council. "Public officials and others in the liccnst> law states have consistently expres~ed their belief that such laws havt: reduced accidents by keeping incompetent and reckless drivers off the highway. The complexity of the sitnation has however made it difficult to prove this fad. For example, -one cannot properly make a direct comparison of the death rate in a hilly, closely settled state like Connecticut or Massachusett3 with that in a flat, more thinly settled state like Iowa. Likewise, in attempting to trace the effect of a licens~ law in one particular state, one is m~t hy the obstacle that motor vehicle deaths in all states have been increasing on account of the rapid rise in the number of \·ehicles and that this g-eneral increa.;c has fluctuated fro:n year t() year. "The licen se law states, requiring examination of new drivers and with ad ministration by a centralized state motor vehicle bureau, are Massachusetts. Connecticut, N' ew York, Pennsylvania. Nt-w Jersey, Maryland, California. Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire ancl Rhode Island. In the last two the law wa3 adopted several years befor<.' 1916. In the others the date of adoption varied from 1917 (Connecticut) to 1925 (California)." 1928. For the year ended · December 31, 1928, Packard earned $25,691,826, . after all charges, equal to $8.54 a share earned on 3,004,264 shares ($10 par) of capital stock. The increase of $1.26 a share in the calendar year's net over that of the fiscal year reflects the steady growth in the company's earnings, which is further emphasized by profits of $10,617,314, or $3.53 a share in the last four months of the 1928 calendar year. ---- -·· gfte Vuestion .Hark's" lSO~Hour Record ANOTHER VICTORY for the V ~,.,TYPE MOTOR When the Question Mark, Uncle growing use at the present time. Sam's sturdy battleship of the air, For no one can drive the Cadillac broke all existing records for con- V-Type motor Without becoming tinuous flight, it also registered an enthusiast over its remarkable another important victory for the performance. V-Type motor. Let us put a Cadillac or La Salle This sustained effort of 150 at your disposal for test. Both have hours' high-speed, continuous op- the V-Typemotorand the 8 New eration gave adequate explanation Fundamental Improvements that of the long established leadership place these cars years in advance of thev:I'ype motor-and its rapidly of the industry. Ford A Is Driving Older Models Off Streets of the S. lv. CADILLAC MOTOR CAR CO. Evanston Branch 1810 Ridge Ave., I:vanston With the Ford Motor company speeding up production of the Model A car, D. W. Leonarc' of the Skokie Motor company of Main street Wilmette calls attention to the rathe'r sudden disappearance of the older models ,from the streets of our north shore villages. "It is an interesting fact that we see very few of the old Fords on ·the streets no·w, although the latest Ford model isn't very many -months old" said Mr. Leonard. Plenty of old Fords may be seen in Chicago but not on the north shore. "In our garage a check reveals the fact that seventy-five percent of thl~ Fords being serviced are of the latest type and this servicing is sure to inc.reas~ with the pushing up of productwn m the Ford factories and the resultant deliveries." N.Y. CITY BUYS YELLOWS The Department of Purchases of the City of New York has placed an ordtr for two model Dll taxicabs manufac tured py the Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing company, a subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation. The city will use these cabs in transporting city employees about the various boroughs. ~he ~estinghouse Lamp company. ThtNew L TluNew F LAMP COMPANY IS BUSY ·4 · . whtch smce the first of the year has ·added 500 employes, is planning to take on 500 more this month due to the increased demands for both auto.mobile and radio products. ~