Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-03 | Page 10 | Auto Company Head is Dead

i 1 S e A AUTO TO COMPANY r i HEAD IS DEAD DETROIT June 3 T Another iP-Another Another I name has been erased from the rollot roll rollof rollof of ot living Jiving pioneers of or the automobile I industry t Death came yesterday to Hugh HuSh Chalmers one of or the little group of or ormen men whose vision of or mass production of oC automobiles for the general public turned a small group of or fad lad factories fac- fac tories lories Into the gJ giant nt motor industry of today Mr Chalmers died in a private hospital hospital hos pital at Beacon N. N Y after aCter being I stricken ill m suddenly while motoring in the east with Mrs Chalmers i i s monia complicated by a R heart hearL ailment all ail r ment caused his death He was 58 53 i 1 years old The motor pioneer who already was an nn Industrial leader of or national prominence before he entered the automobile business was born inDa in m Da Dayton ton 0 O. October 3 3 1873 His ca career career career ca- ca reer was as that of or the m self made de American Ameri Ameri- can can business man He took business courses at night while attend attending in public public pub pub- lic Hc school became an office bo boy for lor forthe forthe the National Cash Register company at the age of or 14 and before belore he was 30 was vice president and general manager manager man man- ager of the company Coming to Detroit in 1907 1007 Mr Chalmers quickly became a leading figure in the automobile field He was president of or the Detroit Chalmers-Detroit company and had interests ts in other concerns During the war he was head of a company making antiaircraft antiaircraft craft guns and was active in the Liberty Liberty Liberty Lib Lib- erty loan and Red Cross campaigns ns He retired from rom active business ten years ears ago ao Mr Chalmers' Chalmers body will be re returned returned returned re- re turned to Detroit and arrangements have been made for or funeral services at the First Presbyterian church Monday Mon Mon- day