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i Pages 1 to SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR Book Makes Compact Re view of All Done in Radio Field Up-to-date The first encyclopedia of radio Information ever published in America "makes its appearance among the early publications . of the new year, in S. Gernsback's Radio Encyclopedia. From 'the nature of Us material, this volume amounts to practical ly a compact review of all that has been done in radio up to this time. It presents a complete classification of the latest authori tative data on scientific discovery and experimentation in tadio, and every direction of its application. The compiler has aimed to pro vide not merely a dictionary of radio terms, but an actual ready reference encyclopedia and practi cal handbook for the most general all-around use. Its references cover every item of Importance re lating to radio or the radio Indus try. The text comprises 1,930 definitions of -Words, terms, and symbols which have a specific ap plication in radio', concisely ex plained, and further elucidated with over 500 Illustrations, dia grams and drawings. AH the most modern instru ments, every known circuit, and every part and apparatus used in radio are fully described by word and picture. Detailed treatment is given also to such subjects as aerials, amplifiers, batteries, de tectors, oscillation, radiation, switches, transformers, units, vacuum tubes, waves, etc In ad dition, a supplementary cross in dex brings together correlated sub jects and material in appropriate groupings. Added interest and educational value Is given through brief biog raphies of the outstanding per sonalities in electrical and radio science. Mr, Gernsback fufnishes nearly 70 such short histories of discoverers anfit' pathfinders, in ventors and technicians whose work has brought-radio to its I resent advanced development. The book may be recommended RID ENCYCLOPEDIA MAKES IPPElffi fS 'for informational use io every radio listener, and should also be of great service to the radio engi neer as a handy .reference book. It can also be used profitably as a text book or reading guide by ra dio and electrical students, experi menters, wireless operators, radio salesmen in short, by anyone en gaged in work or study connected in any way with radio. Its defini tions are in simple, every-day lan guage, understandable to anyone who reads English. At the same time, they also meet the needs of (Cob timed oa pt 2.) Nearly 23,000,000 . Motor Vehicles Make Use of Highways Today Hy DuItoi.se Young, President Hupp Company In the days of horse-drawn ve hicles it was perfectly natural that roads should lead to the centers of cities and towns and villages. The purpose of the road was to make it easier "to, get to town." "To get to town" meant getting to the centers of town. But today we have nearly 23. (), 000 motor cars and' trucks and buses to say nothing of horse-, drawn vehicles, upon the streets and highways of this country. The day is coming when that number wil be increased to 30,000.000 and possibly 35,000,000. And of course there should be highways leading to fhe centers of town hut the time is coming when there will also be highways routed through the outskirts of town to take care of through traffic and such high ways will relieve some of the con gestion in the business sections of the cities. Many a community today has congestion on its streets at least during the summer months for the simple reason that through traffic is compelled to pasB through the center of the town. We can expect some business men to oppose the highway on the outskirts or town on the ground that it will take away business trarric edtthat Mold"cotb. ,ano from the town.; The wise "bnsi nes man will have a place of busi ness on the through traffic high way as well as In the center of town. In the years to come we are going to see several changes In our ideas of highway building and eroutinitof ; h.xwa78. U one of UK ROADS KB GEO 8 Makes A New Record Ml III Mill m rr mmmmmmmmmmmmmmamrmmBMS.m I llLMII nmn v if T TerB is Elmer Steele.-who recently established a new world's 1 1 endurance driving record in Portland, ; Ore,, when he drove continuously for one hundred and twenty-two hours. Hf-s automobile was fueled with General gasoline ani lubricated with Parabase motor oil. A new worlds endurance o riv ing record has been established. The feat was accomplished in Portland, Oregon, by Elmer Steele when, at the wheel of an Oakland "Six" sedan he roamed around the city 122 continuous hours covering 1298 miles. The car fueled with General gasoline and lubricated with Para- base motor oil." During his gruel- ling drive, he used only 60 gallons of gasoline obtaining an average of 21.6 miles to the gallon. This mileage is considered ex ertional because the greater por tion, of his driving was done in the S EXPORTS LARGER All Previous Records in Sales of Passenger Cars and Trucks Passed Dodge Brothers, inc.. surpassed all previous records in sales of passenger cars and trucks abroad last year with an increase in busi ness of 14.9 per cent over 1925, according to figures just an nounced. Foreign demand for Dodge Brothers and Graham Brothers ve- I hides has now Teached such pro portions that nearly one-eighth of the company's entire output of 331,764 cars and trucks in 1926 was shipped to buyers in all parts of the world. This increased de mand has resulted in the exten sion of foreign dealers' activities into every counry of the civilized world. Dodge Brothers gain in export shipments is especially noteworthy when compared with the accomp lishment of. the industry as a wnoie last year, preliminary es timates of the National Automo- mile chamber of commerce for 1926 show that 550,000 motor ve hicles were exported from the United States. This is a gain of 3 per cent over 192 5. Dodge Brothers passenger cars and Gra ham Brothers trucks totaling 39,- 016, which is a gain of 14.0 per cent over the preceding twelve month period. ' Exports of cars and trucks, ex- (Continued oa pofre 8.) Complete Line of Parts - Handled; Ring Popular W. E. Burns Dan Burns (Not Brothers- the Same Man) handles a complete line of parts and ac cessories for automobiles. ' He has made it the policy of the store to handle only: the very nest ob tainable and so is continually working -to that end, thus giving better service to those who pa tronize his store. Mr. Burns spent two days In Portland recently; in the interests or the Pedric ring Jle sells this ring throughout the state It-is nnderstod that the ring. gives un usual mileage in as much as it is J heat-lreatedU."jan4 -Bhapeda byr & process. ; DDDG B MR CL down town district where traffic is unusually heavy. Steele was chained to the steer ing wheel of the machine and the lock was not touched until he was released 122 hours later. The driver paid high tribute to General Petroleum Corporation products. He reported ' that he U8ed less than one quart or Fara- P3 m?T? oll-durlng the enti re run and tnat at no time was tne motor above normal driving tem perature. The result of the test was very satisfactory to officials of the oil company and the distributors of the Oakland automobile. SETS NEW AUTO SALES This is the Watch with which T. B. Van Alystyne, New York Hupniobile distributor, shown above, used when, in two minutes 4 8 4-5 seconds, he recently set a new world motor car sales record by selling $3,695,570 worth of Hupmobile Sixes and Eight3 for immediate delivery to his dealer organization. "Enthusiasm over the new Hup- mobiles furnished one of the xnost Impressive exhibitions I have ever seen," he said. "Our judgment is that 1927 will be by far the larg est and most successful year Hup mobile has let known and that tens of thousands of new owners will - purchase Hupmobiles during the year." DOWN THE ROAD mzMm N A N D . SALEBI, OREGON,-SUNDAY 1 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker Forecasts Much Improve ment on Tracks WASHINGTON, D. C. Unpar alleled development In every phase of automobile racing during 1 1927 is predicted by Captain i "Eddie" Rickertbacker, chairman j of the Contest hoard of 'the Amer ican Automobile association, a World war ace and formerly na tionally known racing driver. Captain Rickenbacker's forecast was based on what the contest board, which supervises and regu lates official Tacing throughout America, has already done to as sure the most successful years in the history of the roaring road. Among the developments to which he called attention in connection with this year's racing were the following: First, the entrance of the Con test board into the Sportive Com mission Internationale, world wide arbiter of automobile racing. Second, the advent of new makes of automobiles into the American schedule for 1927. Third, the decision of the Soci ety of Automotive Engineers to watch racing cars with the utmost care that the Improvements they engineer mbe used eventually to improve the stock cars of the nation. Fourth, a campaign to obtain the conduct, under the official eye of the contest board, of tests and experiments involving stam ina, time, ecOnotny and distance by companies desiring to advance their claims in advertising, so that the public may be assured of the perfect truth of these claims. "With all this brewing," Cap tain Rickenbacker said, "it seems inevitable that public Interest Such as racing has never known is to grace the season of 1927. The af filiation with the Commission In ternationale alone is a great fac tor; one of the important devel opments of the last several years. It is through tnIa adyjhat cJalJasJ of woTld records are established and recorded. Because America was not represented her claims have been denied world recogni tion, although repeatedly the races have been the fastest ever run. The new affiliation will remedy this situation. The first result has been the dispatch of the great English car, "The Sun beam," to this country bent on setting a new record under our perfect conditions. Any record now made in this country would be accepted throughout the world. "New cars in the offing are of far reaching significance. Hairy A. Miller who has had a strangle hold on the building of specialized race cars, is now completing the last two racers he may ever build, front-drive speedsters of the 91 inch engine type, one for Harry Hartz, the 1926 champion, and one for Peter De Paolo, the 1925 champion. But one of the biggest automobile companies of Detroit, whose identity I am not yet at liberty to reveal, is building three cars with the greatest secrecy, (Continued on pif 2.) BIG YEAR lODMS . FOR AUTO RACING VilG ORO MORNING, MARCH 13, l$2X TESTS SHOW MI acTiim of man Efficiency of Four Wheel Brakes Developed to Greater Extent Final tests on the Falcon Knight, the new six-cylindered Knight motored car, which will shortly be presented in the $1000 price class have developed per formance facts which indicate that this car will fully bear out the records for ability which have be come associated with Knight mo tor performance. Working to give this car the de sired acceleration in traffic, the engineers have developed a pow er plant Which will bring the se dan from 5 miles an hour to 25 miles an hour in 8 seconds. The efficiency of the four-wheel brakes has-been developed to a point where this rapid accelera tion is safe for the driver because of the rapid rate at which the car nay be stopped from any speed at which it may be traveling. Easy turning in traffic ha3 been secured through a design which gives a turning radius of 40 feet permitting the car to be turned in the narrow streets found in the residential sections of the average city. Power development reaches its maximum in the motor at 3.000 rpms, when the developed energy is 45 brake horsepower. The power built up at the lower motor speeds is rapid and at the average driving speed of 35 miles an hour on high gear the motor is turning over at slightly less than 1,600 rpms. The power developed per cubic inch of piston displacement is, in common with other Knight sleeve valve motors, greater than that developed in any other type of motor of, the same displacement. Engiifeers give as the reason for this power efficiency, the ab sence of pockets in the cylinder dome. Developed energy has also been jncreased by the compression ratio of this motor, which is approxi mately 25 per cent greater than that of the average six-cylinder motor of equivalent size, ( but dif fering in its mechanical design, according to the same statement. The result of the power develop ment, the build Up in power as the motor increases its speed, and the high compression ratio has result ed in a range of performance in high gear which the makers claim is entirely new in the light six field. It is well known that Knight motored sixes have shown high speed ability and that they have accomplished noteworthy records in hill climbing because of the ability of the Knight sleeve-valve motor to siitain its power under heavy load. In the construction of the motor for the Falcon-Knight the engi neers have utilized all past experi mental and development work to further the efficiency of - this power plant. "Traffic requirements are forc ing motor car manufacturers to (Continued on pac ) er THINGS APE NEVER SO BAD BUT WHAT THEY CAN - BE WORSE " ' ' , t S S. Leviathan's u rr II 1 1 II k-g i.. J Ci.SM fa ill mrcander Hartley Has Own In spite of the fact that the steamship Leviathan, the great est in the world, is equipped with radio for all purposes, Command er Herbert Hartley, best known of all transatlantic skippers, has his own private set installed in his palatial cabin. With this Freed Eisemann equipment he keepsin touch with what is being broad cast ashore and this helps him to relax from the great strain of handling the ship. "For the first three days of each voyage out of New York."" he writes to Alex Eisemann, "I get all that is going on in the United States. Then during the last three days of the voyage I get everything that is being sent out from England and the Continent. Concerning Whiskers; Star Would Organize New Club George Barrere, eminent flute virtuoso and conductor of the Little Symphony orchestra at WABC Monday night, March 14, at 9'cJocfc, wears beneath his whis kers a deJi;h'ful sense of humor "I know my whiskers are a shin ing mark for the jokestcrs'' savs the iVABC Ktar, "but I do not fee- worried when T stop and think of the good men and graat who have sought r -fusre behind, whiskers so they would not be compelled, to meet the world face to face. Bra hms wore whiskers, so did Abra ham Lincoln. Beeman, the chew ing gum magnate, had them a-plenty, so did Saint-Saens and the Smith Brothers. Brigham Young had lovely foliage and so did Verdi. Every singer at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York stands in awe of the whis kers of Guilio Gatti-Casazza Wearing whiskers will save any man time,, trouble and money- a trinity worth of thinking about. There is a baldheaded club which gathers .much nation wide public ity. Why not a whiskers club. I intend to compose and broadcast a "Whiskers Symphony" and then I'll go on the air and ask for con verts rnrt in few we?k3 we w;l have a club which will strike ter ror to the heart of Kin? Gillette." By FRANK BECK Captain Listens In 3et in flis Private Quarters I am never, out of touch with the shore and it has been wonderful to hear the voices of some of my friends when they have been oroadcasting. I find your radio the greatest comfort after hours and hours on the bridge and it gives me just the relaxation that I need to keep fit and on the job.' Commander Hartley's responsi bilities in safeguarding the Levia than are greater than those of any other captain in the world. He is in charge of thousands of lives and on most voyages these In clude men and women famous for their work as well as weath. His crew alone consists of thore than a thousand souls and the value of the ship and her cargo runs into scores of milwlions of dollars. pinns E Year-End Handicaps Over come anu - rruspecis Found to Be Bright DETROIT, Mich. (Special.) Iu submitting !o the stockholders the annual report of the Paige Detroit Motor Car comnan f-r 1 .:'. i:. M. Jcwett, chaim.v? " uf the board emunasizes the fact lUit the company's financial posi tion was wen maintained from outfi'Jo 'causes, during he second half of the year. j Sales of cars- nnd rarfs fn the year amounted to 833,470 the company having produced prbr duoed and sold.. 07, carr. In his letter to tbo stockholders Mr. Jewett says: "On September 30, 19 2 C, de bentures amounting to $1,000,000 were outstanding; $o00,000 of these were paid December 1, 1926 Of the $500,000 sti!l outstanding, : fcc. company has purchased land holds $252,000. "In accordance - with sinking fund requirements we retired dur the ycir preferred stock of a par value of $247,800. current lianiiities were re duced during the last quarter by nearly $800,000. "The. ratio of current assets to current liabilities is in excess of 2-3-10 to 1, and of total liabilities over 4 to 1. . "Net earnings, after provision 'or tfept relation, felera incdme tax,,' and a'! other charges, and "ifer e.'inV.i ation of inter-company profits, amounted to $500, 206.56.. " The larger part of the sales Were made in the first six months, which exceeded ail previous re cords of the compiiv. In the sc .rnd half of the ye,a th o""dn pany's p eduction an-5 profits were seriously cut by -;u3 delays att expenses Incident! to a. complete change of body models and estab lishing a new scarce of bodsup- (Continued from page 1.) ; I ? 5 Lebengood Garage Ready - to Give Best of Service The C. W." Lebengood Garage, which was -formerly located -at Miller and Commercial streets. recently, .v The new home ia a fire proof building, which has justfceen constructed. ; .-.' , ; Tho garage Is equipped to give all kinds of service to Its patrons.' Complete equipment Is on hand. 1which"makea possible quick and efficient auto, repairing. A com plete line of accessories is handled y this garage. - ' . ' ' vln addition .to .the general re pair and service' work -which the C; W. - Lebengood garage la able to give, antomohlle owners wIl find" it very .convenient to store their cars-In this fire proof build ing In as much as storage by day, weelj or ijio-jth, is provided for V REMARKABLE P C Automotive: -Better Honics Churches PRICE FIVE CENTS Noteworthy Mechanical Im provements, More Comfort, Attractiveness The Pacific Coast Star car fac tory today announces an entirel; new line of models for the com ing season. This announcement herald: roany noteworthy mechanical im provements and introduces to tb motor car buyer a Star car o trcater attractiveness and com fort. Beauty characterizes al models of the new Star line; anr it is already assured that thes 1927 offerings will rt'Prethen thi claim of the Star produK to Ipad ership in the low cosfrrfinsporta turn field. '''. j -Most important among the mej chanical developments is 'the an nouncemcnt of a rubber motor sus pension on the new Star four cyl inder models. This type of sus pension has been accepted by th world's greatest automotive engi neers and adopted by many tnann facturers of motor cars in tht higher price class. But the Stai car is the first popular priced au-l tomobile to offer the superior ad vantage of this modern develop-1 ment. In presenting this "New Silent! Star Four," Star car engineer are again pioneering in the low Lumberman, Chicago, 'says: The motor in the new Star four is suspended entirely on rubber J The power is transmitted througq the Htest Improved Spicer Rubber! universal joints. As a result oc this modern engineering, the new Star four presents a smoothness of operation never before attained fn any four cylinder automobile. Mechanically, this construction consists of a rear cross member directly bolted to tho motor crank case and supported at Its Outer ends in brackets riveted to the frame. These brackets contain a special rubber , filler block which entirely surrounds the ends of the rear motor cross member and prj? vents any metal-to-metal contact. The front end of the motor Ihai 'tensions on either side ' of th chain case, which fit into bracketf bolted on a cross member and it similarly hung In rubber. "Thii, mounting does away with any -.ictal-to-metal contact, .between the motor and 'the chassis. Tl-.rt f.ije all vibrations which may b set up in the motor are absorbed by the rubber block insulators. This elimination of vibration makes the new Star four as smooth as a six cylinder Car. . Among the mechanical improve ments on the Star tit, addptidn of. Ccatioud pf S. DORINGFKWORK Engineering' Feat of -Lifting North Span to Be Care- .r ii ii , i . i . i Tuny unaenaKen . 2 ikuijjvjt r. i special as a precautionary measure during the delicate and dangerous task of raising the first of the two suspen sion spans to place on the Car quinez Bridge, the world's largest highway bridge, the United States government has ordered tha North fairway 'closed to traffic "between, now and March 10th. During this period the North suspension-span will be swung Into place on the noble structure which spans . Car quinez Straits between this Contra Costa town and Vallejo. Major John W. N. gchults. dU trict engineer1 In charge of the U. S, Engineer Off ice. . headquart ers. San Francisco, in his notice to mariners says: ; v ,:v , "The closure of the north side of the 'strait Is necessary In order to permit the-performance of cer tain operations in connection Vith Bridge. . tv- -: -: "'avigators will use the Soulh fairway between the center pier and the South shore when passing under the bridge during the clos ure dates, and are hereby caution ed to proceed at an extremely slow rate of speed, when in the vicinity of the bridge, .so that the hatard ous operation of lifting the North suspension span of the bridge will not be endangered by wave action or otherwise." . . ' -. V1 "X The exact hour and date of this engineering feat depends entirely upon weather conditions, rain, fog, Windsor wave action might turn the task Into a disaster. : For that " reason "every "precaution Is being tions are being made "by a special bureau directed- from" the Mars Island Naval Yard Ob5?rT?t?ry,