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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1927)
THE OREGON STATESilAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 6, 1027 rt DODGE BROTHERS PHUCTII GROWS Dodge Brothers, Inc.. last year Bold to dealers 331,764 passenger cars and trucks, making 2926 the Wggest yar In Its history. The gain' oTer 1825, which was the company's bst previous year, is 27.6. The 1926 record Is. re markable as it surpasses the huge output of 259.967 cars and trucks In 1925 by 71,797 units and was made without the sales impetus which many companies gain from the frequent introduction of new models. Dodge Brothers, Inc., rate of growth last year was nearly nine times as rapid as that of the Au tomotive Industry as a whole, which made a production gain of only 3.3 over 1925. Figures compiled by the National Automo bile Chamber of Commerce for 1926 place production of all auto mobile manufacturers at 4,489, .000 cars and. trucks. . Graham Brothers, the truck di vision of Dodge Brothers, Inc., also make a striking showing with a gain over 1925 of 55.7 in sales to dealers. The rate of gain was approximately eight times as fast as tnat or tbe entire truck indus try last year. National Automo bile Chamber of Commerce figures Show that the ontput for the whole truck industry was 7 larger in 1926 than In 1925. To tal sales of . Graham Brothers trucks and motor coaches to deal ers in 1926 amounted to 37,463 units. Combined sales of Dodge Broth ers commercial cars and Graham Brothers trucks to dealers last year totaled 67,293 units, .an in crease of 32.7 over sales of 50, 713 vehicles in 1925. Despite factory production and shipments by Dodge Brothers, Inc., of a record number of pass enger cars and trucks in 1926, stocks in dealers' hands and In transit December -31 were sub stantially smaller than at the close of the previous year. TESTS POPULAR IN RADIO FIELD (Con tinned from pagt 1.) flaws. Imperfections," he explain ed. ;! "It wasn't to the discredit of the early automobile manufactur ers that the automobile owner back in 1904 had to 'get out and get under perhaps half a dozen times in the course of an after noon's motor trip. The'automobile engineers did the best they knew how at that time. It was the fre quent getting out and getting un der of the motorist that helped the engineers transform the "horseless buggy' into the modern, high-powered, swift and almost foolproof automobile. -It isn't the fault today of the radio engineers that the present Mcket-power devices haven't reached the stage where they can teke the place of B batteries. These so-called 'batter etlmlsit ors' are being built as well as we know how to build them at this time. But we know they are not perfect and that they won't be until we learn' how to guard against all the abuses that the t-vcry day users will contrive to put them to. "The first troubles with socket powr devices were traceable to the rectifiers. The early rectify ing tubes had such short life that ihe eliminator was usually remov- - m . t-u irom service before other pos- s Die weaknesses had a chance to show up. "Just now It Is the filter system that seems to need strengthening. The paper condensers used in most eliminators occasionally break down; rendering ihe entire device useless. The-prime' cause cf failure of these condensrs has been determined and In time it is to be expected that they will bo made strong enough to stand up satisfactorily under the. severe op f rating conditions set up within eliminator circuit. "It has been found that at the ii stant of switching the power on to an eliminator, an electrical s.rge takes place in the hlte. v.'hich impi esses an abnormally high but momentary voltage on the condenser. Measurements re veal that this temporary voltage may reach a peak cf ten times the normal voltage to which the con denser is subjected and for which it is designed. If this high volt- re persisted for any appreciable length of time, the condenser wtuld soon break down; but it lasts for only a very small frac tion of u second and consequently the condenser does not break down immediately. "The effect of thee electrical blows on the condenser, however, is like the effect of repated ham mer blows on a stone. The first several blows apparently produce no effect, but after a while the stone breaks under a blow no harder than any of the many that have gone before. The condenser can withstand many such shocks, but each leaves Jt in a slightly weakened condition an. eventual ly failure occurs. "In time, no doubt, we shall find a method of making con densers of higher insulation valno and. capable of standing up under the surges. They can be made now, but the cost is zoo high." hupp n WOMEN FIND EASE DRIVING WHIPPET (Continued from pare 1.) struction, smart color schemes and refined appointments characteris tic of the Whippet, meets the un qualified endorsement of women, according to Willys-Ovlerland of ficials, branding this type of car as one meeting all their demands and requirements. Grant's Pass Oregon Highway widening begins. Caves RAMSEYER BROS. GARAGE I A WASHED POLISHED 544 Ferry Street Washing - Greasing Storage Cars Called For and Delivered Pressure and Vacuum Cleaning Telephone 199 I . H Accurate Mike 1 I Call On Us For Any Auto Parts C. & L. PARTS STORE INC. Corner Ferry and Liberty Telephone 664 DONT TAKE ANY CHANCES When You Need TIRE REPAIR Have Us Do It Where expert repair men, equipped with the moat modern vulcanizing and re pair machinery, do it quickly. Every job backed up by our long; perioU jof successful tire work here and our guarantee. Phone 471 for Our Free Service Car HOME OF SEIBERLIXGS "America's Finest Tire TIRE SHOP : Walter H. Zosel, Prop.; 1 98 S. Commercial Telephone 47 1 T eie SALES SEASON At Recent Auto Shows Auto mobiles Have Been Enthu siastically Received Net Income of the Hupp Motor Car Corporation and its subsidiar ies for the year 1926 was S3, 507, 628, or at the rate of 13.48 per share on the 1,005,189 shares of common stock outstanding at the close of the year. This compares with net income of $2,854,519 or $3.02 a share on the 913,809 com mon shares outstanding in 1925. The Huso report, made nnblic today by DuBois Tonne, resident and general manager, reveals the greatest sales year in its history. with net sales exceeding $50,000, 000. The report rereals a contin ued strong financial and general condition for the company. Cur rent assets, including $4,144,389 in cash . S3. 614. 202 in United States Certificates, were $13,955.- 166. against current liabilities of $2,330,323, a ration of six to one. There is no fnnded indebtedness nor are there any bank loans against the company. Mr. Young in his letter to stock holders, points out that "With the wide choice of models HuDmobile is offering, consisting of fourteen Eight and fire Six cylinder bodr models, and the appropriate im provements and refinements, we feel that it is the most attractive line we have ever offered the nub ile. At the recent m ntnr dinvi these cars have been enthusiasti cally received, and our dealers are anticipating a marked Increase In sales." During the year stockholders authorized an increase in the num ber of shares of the company's common stock from 1,000,000,000 to 2,000,000,000 shares. Direc tors shortly afterward declared a stock dividend of 10 per cent and increased the cash dividend from $1.00 to $1.40 per share per year. In addition to its increased divi added $1,556,64 6 to its surplus dnd declarations the company account daring 1926. bringing that figure to $9,504,599, after writ ing off depreciation of plant and equipment and reserves for taxes and other business activities. It also decreased its inventory from $6,020,716 as of the beginning of the year, to $5,025, 650 at its close. Rickenbacker Firm Plans to Reorganize in Future DETROIT. (Special.) Plans are under way for reorganization of the Rickenbacker Motor Car company, now in receivership. A recent order of the court, setting February 28 as the date for hear ing to show cause why an order should not be issued authorizing sale of the property, clears the way for judicial sale of the prop erty in event of consummation of reorganization plans or final li quidation in case plans fail. Parker & Co., 444 S. Commer cial. Don't fail to see Parker about repairing your car. Expert mechanics at your service. All work guaranteed. () Milton Freewater cherry grow ers' pool last year paid $304,000. COMPLETE CIRCUIT LONDON-NEW YORK f (Coatiau4 from pg 1.) mission of every kind and on every wave length is subject to erratic disturbances and interuptlons which render it materially less reliable than telephone or tele graph transmission over wires. Ex perience shows, however, that widely differnt wave lengths are not laways affected to the same degree at the same lime.. Both vrylong and very short wave transmission between two points may be equally subpected to dis turbances and interruption over a period of hours, days or months It is found, however, that the per iods. of maximum disturbance do not always coincide. It follows that wave length of approximately 5000 meters is the best which pre- ent knowledge can assign for re liability on a single frequency. commercial transmission can, at times, be maintained more readily on a very short wave length. Experiments conducted with long and short waves have indicated further that, because of the five hour difference in time which re sults in the afternoon of the busi ness day in London overlapping the morning in New York, more difficult receiving conditions are generally encountered at the east ern terminus. . In a word, tele phoning between New York and London is more likely to be un satisfactory because of radio con ditions at he European end than at the American end. Because of the two facts, first, of more severe natural conditions in England and, second, the non coincidence of disturbances on long and very short waves, it seemed desirable rn initiating commercial transatlantic tele phony, and until more experience was had. to provide an alternate short wave channel for transmis sion . from New York to London. To accomplish this the outgoing east-bound transmission from Walker street is carried by regu lar, telephone lines both to the long wave transmitting station at Rocky Point and to the short wave transmitter at Deal Beach. N. J. The transmitted at Deal Beach operates on approximately 22 meters and tne antenna is ar ranged .to radiate in a concentrat ed' or beam manner along the di rection of the great circle to Lon don. In England the short waves are received at New Southgate, on the outskirts of London, and car ried by ordinary telephone wires to the combining apparatus in the London long distance office. With the same transmission east-bound on both the long and short waves the London operator can select at will the' transmission channel which ' afofrds the best -service. The short wave transmitter Is thns far purely- of- an experimental character and further experience may indicate either that the pro vision of an alternate short wave channel east-bound is nnecessary or that at times of the year a corresponding alternate short wave channel may be required to insure .maximum reliability of west-bound to insure maximum re liability of . transmission. Astoria -Net earnings of Port of. Astoria were $C6.C41 last year. For the Oregon State Light Law Have Your Auto Lights ADJUSTED A matter of little cost and no inconvenience COMPLETE Auto Electric and Battery Sales and Service Genuine Parts For All Requirements "Genuine Parts Are Better Ask the Man With the Wooden Leg" E. H. BURRELL Battery and Electrical Service 238 North High Street Teleph one 203 Down In Cash or Trade for, New CHRYSLER Sedan Balance in Equal Monthly Payments In volume sales from 29th to 4th place in three years speaks for itself. 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