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General Electric’s great ALL-AUTOMATIC WASHER • Automatic in every sense of the word! • You set controls once! • All by itself, this washer soaks — washes — rinses-damp-dries — shuts off! Cleans itself! Empties or saves rinse water for next soaking or washing. LOOK! GENERAL ELECTRIC GIVES YOU ALL THESE NEW AUTOMATIC FEATURES! ' ' ••-■• -; . • V.V.W... Automatic Soak! Clothes get preliminary soaking with “Activator* action” .. . then, automatically, soak water is emptied, and wash water comes in. Vater flows through soap dispenser and filter, thor oughly dissolving soap. No soap lumps in your clothes. The Automatic Soak is optional. Start with WASH il you wish. Either way, you set the control once. Automatic "Filter-skim” Action! All the time your clothe* are soaking, washing, rinsing, the water keeps recirculating through a filter. Constantly tkims away dirt and scum. Makes the difference between clothes that are almost clean, and clothes that are really dean—General Electric dean! This “Filter-skim” Action is all automatic. Automatic “Spin Drying"! Compare General Elec tric’s new worksaving, timesaving “Spin Drying” with any other washer! , Completely automatic, of course—so speedy, so thor ough, it takes more water out of clothes than ever before possible. There’s not a single drop of water left to be wrung out by hand! Clothes come out dry enough to iron. Automatic Operation to Suit YOUR Needs I Never before ha* automatic operation been ao adaptable to your washing habits! You can start the soaking, washing, drying cycle at any point. Or you can repeat any part of it— just by setting the simple controls. Thus, extra-dirty pieces can get an extra soak or wash. *Trade-mark Beg. U. S. Pat. Off. MORE Wonderfully Different G-E Features! Portable! Doesn’t have to be bolted down — can be moved around. No stooping or bending! Convenient top opening. Counter height. Quiet running 1 No loud, annoying “motor rumble.’* Famous General Electric Dependability—Backed by a 5-Year Protection Plan! Yes—it’s here! The marvelous, new General Electric All Automatic Washer! Different from any washer you’ve ever seen—with features you’ve always wanted in a washer! So simple! So completely automatic! Just toss in dirty clothes . ; . let them wash themselves while you do other things like reading, bathing the baby! This new Washer is powered by the General Electric “Sealed in-Oil” driving mechanism ;:: a quiet-running mechanism you can depend on, month after month, year after year. Sealed in a permanent well of oil. No oiling needed. In fact, exhaustive tests have so. convinced us of its com plete dependability that we dare to give you a WRITTEN 5-YEAR PROTECTION PLAN, consisting of a one-year war ranty on the entire washer, and additional 4-year protection on the “Sealed-in-Oil” driving mechanism. Go see this marvelous new General Electric All-Automatic Washer—today! General Electric Company, Bridgeport 2, Connecticut; ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION TODAY-AT YOUR GENERAL ELECTRIC RETAILER’S GENERAL ELECTRIC I