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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1925)
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1025 ter C. White, president of the White Motor company, in a letter to shareholders. "The . White f aciory was re opened September 8 after having been closed two weeks for the purpose of carrying out a major increased efficiency and produc tion, now. and "in the future, he continued., "All schedules were met in ad vance of the Ehut down, and since the resumption, of-activities the schedule requirements have been continued. The move involv- 400 machines, the trying of nn merous new tools designed for. more . continuous and v ; nnifornt vldes flexibility for future needs. siep in the program of rearrang United ..States Motor !!Car Manufacturers No w -Turn- Oakland Plant to Turn Out Classified Ads Bring Results ing the mechanical equipment for ed tue reocating of more than 80 Percent More Mach i fines Than Before . Cing id New Field '- THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON llF- Ford Watchmaker a J?imv Man I PRODUCTION 10 BE L : :i 1 I mm .planning for expected large In- ffeaseoC. business in the foreign Held, leaders .of the automobile industry will map out espwrt pro grams -at' the-fall meeting of the National 'Automobile Chamber of cbmmerce, October 8. " 1 'Johi N, Willys and C. .W. Nash are announced , to take part in the dfscussion relating particularly, to .iiroSor cars.' M. L. Pulcher, presi dent of theFederal Motor Truck company, will outline the prob lems in the export marketing of nvptor trucks. ' - , -Vmong other officials vm the program will be H. H. Hills, Pack iar.; E. C. Morse. Chrysler; Per cy p. wen, Dodge Brothers; . George ; Daniels, Locomobile; Sid Black. Clereland; J. H. Dreibel btf." General Motors, v "the meeting is preliminary to the Second World Motor Trans port congress to be held In New York, January 11-13, 1928. 'The topics arranged for the Oc tober meeting include:' ! M tfA. What Can JJe Done to Oft . set Sales Resistance - from ; High Taxation on American ; Cars Abroad? Under this heading will be discussed r solutions 'T for high taxation through change In engine design ; ' fore ign .-," assembling plants; N.A.C.C. cooperation with government and change of policy In commercial treaties. : , How Can Costs for Deliver . .In g ' Automobiles to Foreign Des tinations be Reduced? Discussion will center "on needs of according preference on export over domes tic7 shipments to obtain greater . turnover by dealer; elimination of boxing; facilitating of export ser vice and general items entering into landed costs abroad. r How Can Credit Facilities Icl, Encourage Larger Volume of Exports be Provided? Discussion w)U take in developments, for fi nancing ' of wholesale ; export trade; obstacles in way of retail sales on time payments abroad; a fd general means for solving fi nancial problems in" exports. p. What Promotional : Work Should be Undertaken: to Stimu late Demand Abroad? Proposals will be considered for stimulating Z . ? 1 " - " J 1 ' ' t Hit' - "-:ih VV. ' " V: Thm Ford watchmaker's shop in Engineering Laboratories of ths Ford Motor Company at Dearborn, Mich. Repairs and Regulates all b Ford Railroad Watches and i Ships' Clocks Others . Keep Hundreds of f Factory Clocks Tick in on Time. y In every gpeat industry the element of time plays a moet important part, but it would be di&cult to find an institution wbne it requires such close attention na in tLe Ford organizahian which not only keeps one watchmaker continually at work, but in addition keeps a corps of clock men busy seeing that some hundreds cf clocks tick the time to the second. This element of time radiates into4 every division -ol the Ford industry. regulating the hour when lumber reaches the mills, wben coal is loaded, when the ore reaches the blast furnact, when molten metal is poured, when motor cars are completed, when rord trains move, Ford ships sail, Ford air toancs wing their way into space ana when Ford employes come to work ad quit. t t Check Shipe Clocks.' : Today a Ford ship, homeward bound, after carrying the name of Ford across the Atlantic to an European port for tbe first time, is proceeding on its way with clocks that were checked and regulated in the Ford Engineering laboratories at Dearborn, Mich., where precLsioninevcryUungisthewatcnword. Another Ford snip, plying the Atlantic coast, likewise carries clocks regulated in Uieae laboratories, the same as the giant Ford steel freighters which ply the Great Lakes carrying coal and iron ore. It is the business of a watchmaker, whose workshop is in a bright little room at the Dearborn laboratories, to see that the ships' clocks are in perfect time. lie also keeps check on the watches used by trainmen on the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton railroad, the Ford railway, and this alone is an important job. Road Supplies Watches. Incidentally, the D. T. & I. is the only railroad in America which supplies watches to its trainmen. Some 300 watches ere constantly in use, with 60 "lcaiiers"' irs the v.atchmaker's room ready to go out whenever the occasion requires. No employe of the railroad is permitted to either set or attempt to regulate the watch be carries. Any timepiece that is off standard time even a minute must be turned in for a Toaner" until it is reoeired and ref lated. Foot chronometers and two' master clocks, checked daily bv radio, are standards used for regulating all rail road watches and ships clocks. In the ereat Highland Park and River Rouge plants of the Ford Motor Company more than 100,000 employes register in and out every day.; Their time is checked on cards by more than 420 clocks and a special staff of men is maintained to that every clock registers the correct time day in and day out. serving impartially the workers and the company alike in the great scheme of manufacture, : for it is essential, in order to maintain proper produc' ' n costs and efficiency through out the organisation, that everything proceeas in exact order ana upon the minute so that people throughout the world who are using and dexire Ford products mav be served. of demand abroad through efforts of individual manufacturers and through cooperative etorts in mo tor transport congresses and other promotional activities. INVENT RDI HOLDER EUGENE, Ore. A new type of rim holder with which the rim is disengaged by the single turning of one bolt, has been invented by VALTER P CHRYSLER'S ( 'hUOTORIST MUST PROTECT PEDESTRIAN i The ' motorist may expect the .pedestrian to do anything' ' -The pedestrian must-know what the motorist is going to do. ) The pedestrian may "jay-walk,"' - even though he isn't supposed to. 1 The motorist must protect tb4 "jay-walker. 1 i' The pedestrian ns? 8art m front; of a moving vehicle even - though ; the motorist has the signal to go ; But the motorist must have his car i under control and must protect that (pedestrian who insists upon aking .chances. 4 Motoristi should sound their; ; horns in approaching a "blind" cor ner, a curve, a hilltop, or, whers .there is not a clear view, ' Extra care is necessary Id ros ing most . bridges. Occidents on bridges are usually ieriousv Motorists should promptly funt out of the tracks when signalled to ; do so by a street car. Street cars must follow rails. ' ;i -r Motorists should not try i to out guess each other. A wrong guess may mean a serious accident. A car going a reasonable rate of , pel should not be nassed. . . ' In coming from behind street cars It sure there art no approaching Vthiclts To ret by it requires more speed than is safe. . . In . coming from behind street cars pedestrians should make, sure there are no approaching automo biles." : ' Pedestrians, -r in crossing streets, skkrald not obstruct their views with umbrellas. ' The middle of the street is not a safe place to read a newspaper. Roller skating in the street is dangerous. R. II. Pierce and George Anderson of this city. The "P.-A." auto matic wheel embraces a rim of the ordinary type and fits the c?ouble disc wheel, with the ex ception of a bead, which is upon the inside center. The discs are made of 12 gauge steel for the heavy car, and 14 gauge for the light car. After the two plates have been rolled they are placed together and the end of their cir cle meet in a flange. It is this flange that the bead upon the rim 4 fits. To prevent -the, rim from rolling on the flange It is: turned in. making an accident impossi ble. For the purpose of always keeping the tire in perfect line one of the discs is a true circle. On the opposite disc is the ap pliance by which the rim is 'put on the wheel., A section of the flange, including some of the plate, la left movable which in turn connects with an eccentric adjusted to the tightening bolt When the rim is fitted to the flange the section is down; the next move is to clamp the rim so the section is raised by turn ing the bolt and lifting the eccen tric, making the section complete the wheel circle. The bolt auto matically goes on past the center, making an absolute lock. A space is left for the valve stem, and also to heighten the efficiency a permanent cap is screwed to a set of threads. today or tomorrow to the supreme court from the decision of the Hennepin county district court or dering that commercial j trucks must continue to pay license taxes at the rate of 10 per cent of the value of the truckj Truck owners fighting for low er rates, contend the 100 per cent levying lists are unjust ard dam aging. The decision to appeal followed a conference of officials. directors and counsel of the asso ciation. ' j PONTIAC, Mich. Oct. 10.- Ann'juncement has just , been made by A. R. Clancy, general manager or . the uaRiana Motor Car company, that the October output of the Oakland factory is being increased more than 80 per cent, over the preceding month. "This increase is doubly signifi cant," said Mr. Glancy. "because our September production was the highest of any month this year, exceeding the best previous month by 33 1-3 per cent. However, In spite of our volume of production in September, orders have con tinued to flood our hvrnie office since the announcement of our new cars and the accompanying price reductions, making it nec essary to provide a still greater increase in October. Before the end of the present month our daily average production will have exceeded 350 cars and we have already shaped our plant to wards that end. "Since the first week in Octo ber, the local unit of the Fisher Body Corporation has been de voted exclusively to the produc tion of Oakland bodies. For some time Oakland production has been taxing the Fisher plant to ca pacity with its steadily increasing volume. "Work of rearranging the Oak land plant to make possible this big increase has been under way for some time and we are confi dent that the middle of October will find everything adjusted and the new scheule in full operation. "The combination of incorpor ating many refinement in the car and materially improving the mo tor by means of the new Harmon ic Balancer, coupled with the re duction of $70 to $350 in prices, has pushed business to a record level, an dwe are anticipating a heavy demand for some time to come." WHITE MOTOR TO IXCREASE OUTPUT AUTO EMPLOYMENT HIGHER CLEVELAND. "We are enter ing the last quarter o the year prepared to take full advantage of satisfactory conditions existing in business generally," Bays Wal- L VUtt J M "4 - - - i. 'A' J ' .'--.'., , - . .1 I f ikl The New ADVANCED SIX SEDAN 4-whcel brakes, full balloon tires and 5 disc wheels included at no extra cost QUALITY? VALUE? Here they are in rird-breaking meas ure Just look at the price -then examine this Advanced Six Sedan thoroughly Conclusive proof meets the eye in every feature KIRKWOOD MOTOR CO. Corner Commercial and Chemeketa O MINNESOTA TRVCK- ME.V COXTIXUE TAX FIGHT MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. G. A. Will, counsel for the Minnesota Commercial Truck Owners' asso ciation, said he will file an appeal From the Automobile Daily News. DETROIT. Automotive em ployment in this city advanced 2,765 for the week ended iSeptem ber 29, according to the Em ployes' Association, which reports a total of 257,894 in the 79 plants reporting. j This is approximately two- thirds of all industrial! employ ment and is the highest total ever reached here. The total is about 57,000 above the same period one year ago. M FOUR WHEEL FORI BRAKE J SAN FRANCISCO, Oct;. 10. A four wheel brake for Fbrds and other light automobiles, 1 invented by Clyde J. McNerny, has 'been placed on the market in San Fran cisco. The Brake Is so arranged that the pull is directly iover" the steering knuckle pin, with quaii- zation on all four wheels, and this enables the driver to stop sudden ly, even on slippery pavements, the inventor claims. Automobile Daily News. ,.- ; ;- :, -'XijT ' I lFl...MI..L :5i.. 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