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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1927)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1927 vr DODG 01 WIS E' at numc cm Stocfk Car Race Entry Gets Average Speed of 67,35 J; Miles an Hour A DodK sport roadster piloted by Earl Vance walked away with the honors in the stock car race for four cylinder cars at the At lantic City speedway on Labor day, taking first plaee with an average apefid of 67.3. miles pei Jiour for the 25-nile grind. Five different AomrifiB makes oi four cylinder car were enter- 11 111 1 1' V ' V k.. It is of particular interest that although every car entered in the race was a stock 'car the Dodge was not entered by the Dodge Brothers factory or by a Dodge Brothers dealer. It "was entered by the Spedway association, hav ing been purchased for that pur pose only ten days before the race and the only limbering up it had was during that Interval. EarJ Vance, the driver, was chosen by the Speedway association. The Dodge was powered with the famous "1.24" motor which was first introduced last May. This motor was developed especially for the present Dodge four chas sis and bodies which were intro duced in July. It is this most re cent series of Dodge fours which have been advertised as the fast est fours in America. In winning the race- the Dodge four clearly established its claim to the distinction of being the the race was run undert hrdlumf fastest four in America and auspices of the contest board of the American Autom.obile asso ciation the sDeed of 67.35 miles record. The rules under which the race was run required that the wind shields, fenders, running boards and shields be removed from all cars AfiOMR TRIUMPH OYER TIME AND DISTANCE BY MAN AND MACHINE 1 &4 ' 7. V- - m - I7T BUICK PLANT HOST TO MANY DEALERS (Continued from Page One) esses, the various groups started at different points, spending as mm h time in each department as they desired. At noon the party adjourned to the ballroom of the Hotel Durant, -jy- - juuer, oeing weicomea uy taivmoDue fans and by his wire, In Los Angeles At right: Miller and Us mechanic Tommy Wleber. Having crrven nearly seven thousand miles in seven days and nights, Louis B. Miller. San Fran cisco business man, who has made a hobby of long distance automo bile driving, arrived in Los An geles Tuesday, June 7, at 9:59 A. M. Pacific standard time. Mil ler, an amateur driver, piloted his own Chrysler Imperial 80 phaeton a total of exactly 6721 miles in 167 hours and 59 minutes to cre ate two new trans-continental au tomobile driving records. Coast to coast and round trip. He was checked out at the Ferry building in San Francisco by officials of the Western Union at 10 A. M. Tuesday, May 31. lie arrived m New York at 8:55 P. M.. Friday, June 3, having covered 3385 miles in 79 hours and 55 minutes, beat ing the old coast to coast record by a margin of 3 hours and 15 minutes. Remaining in New York exactly one minute. Miller turned westward and 88 hours and 3 min utes later was checked in at Los Angeles, a distance of 333 G miles. His total elapsed time for the round trip was one minute less than a week, sotting an entirely new mark for amateur and pro fessional drivers, automobile ex ecutives familiar with cross-country records stating that no previ ous records of fast time for the rouna trip exist because it has been thought heretofore than the seven thousand mile round trip drive was too great a strain on man and machine to be attempted. Miller, who made his fastest time at night, stated that his drive had been made to create interest in trans-continental touring and to illustrate the added safety of night driving made possible through the use of a new type of. head-light recently developed by W. D'Arcy Ryan, internationally known illumination expert, whose most conspicuous exploit was tlu; designing of the long-remembered lighting effects for the San Fran cisco Panama-Pacific exposition. have seen of Buick manufacture", in these two days' intensive study of that subject, can not but be re- fleeted in an increased enthusi asm. "They now Inow. more: Intim ately than ever before, the unceas ing vigilance witli which Buick dn :;ures Its famous quality: and af ter meeting tbe men responsible for the Buick, and seeing the vast Buick organization in action, fhey realize, if they nevev did before, the world of real significance bo hind Bulck's famous slogan: When Better Automobiles , tare Built. Buick Will Build Them." The dealers from the Atlanta and Jacksonville territories. will be here Monday and Tuesday "of nxt week, and those from the Pitts burgh territory arrlv Thursday tor the.'r two-day stay. Another Month's Record Broken, General Motors where luncheon was served. Talks, not only on manufacture, but on sales problems and other sui)jc ts of vital interest, were given by K. T. Strong, president and general manager of the Buick Motor com pany, C. W. Churchill, general sales manager, E. N. Stager, and E. J. Poag, of the pales promo tion and statistical department. Following these talks, which lasted until about 2 p. m., the vis itors returned to the factory, where eacli group resumed its in spection trip where ut left off he fore lunch. On Tuesday morning, the deal ers were driven to lh proving ground near Milfonl, where Buick travels 20,000 miles a day to safeguard the quality for which Buick is famous. As a preface to their Inspection of the facilities of the proving ground. O. T. Kreusser. the resi dent superintendent, made a de tailed explanation of the institution's- functions, methods, and equipment. William TI. Alexand er, of the Buick enRmerins staff, then explained that, extensive and thorough as is the proving ground's activities. Buick is con stantly conducting tests in vari ous parts of the country, for the sa'ce of the added light they shed on Buck's adaptibility to all cli matic conditions, its performance on various topographies, and many other phases of operation. The provins ground motion pic ture film, which goes fully into 'he many-sided work carried on there, wal exhibited before lunch, which was served in the dining room on the premises. Then the visitors inspected all the special apparatus, much of it unique, which the proving ground has developed to provide "yard sticks" for all phases of Buick performance. Special interest was shown in the "fifth wheel." which provides an accurate speed gauge. the "bath tub" test, and the "twenty- four hill.'f or towins dynamomet er, whereby- a constant load of any desired weight can be impos d on the car under test, and maintained as long as desired. It consists of a chassis cm which is mounted resistance apparatus, ad justable to produce any degree of drag on the car towing it. After inspecting the equipment. which they did in small groups so that all might see at a close range, the visitors were taken to the speed oval, for a demonstra tion of the Buick roadsters which are creating such a sensation at the proving ground. This feature ended the program. It was follow ed by the return drive to Flint, and embarkation for Memphis. The visiting dealers were en thusiastic about their two days here. "Buick's hospitality will be well repaid," said H. C. Gilles pie, manager of the Memphis branch, "in the renewed enthusi asm with which these dealers re turn to their work. What; they m ' ri 11B HbvIi - , , Fir Special Six' 4-jyoansTSDAir ' Commenting on the August sales of General Motors cars, which set new high records for that month, Alfred P. Sloan. Jr.. President of General Motors, said: "General Motors sales of cars for the month of August., both re tail sales by General Motors deal ers to consumers as well as sales by General Motors to Its dealers, constitute a new high record for that month. "The retail sales by our dealers to consumers. In August were 15R. 619 cars, an increase of 36.314 cars, or 29.7 percent as compared with August 1926. at which time such sales were 122,305. This al so compares with 78.638 cars in August 1925. "In August the sales by our car divisions to their dealers to talled 155.604 cars compared with 134. J31 in August 1926. an in crease of 21,373 cars or 15.9 per cent. This compares further iwth 76,462 cars in August, 1923. Cost of Long Life, Power Equipment Justified, Lo- cal Expert Shows "To the new rad'o listener, the matter of power supply is usual ly the last thing he thinks of and naturally receives little consider ation." says Joe Williams. local Willard Battery Man. "As a matter of fact, the batter ies or the power units on a radio set are very important adjuncts and should be chosen carefully. "Roughly speaking, all current supply for radio falls into three classes. These are storage .batter ies, dry batteries and power units. Storage batteries, when run down, can be charged and placed in serv ice again. Dry batteries, when dis charged, are useless and have to be discarded. Power units can on ly be used where electric light cur rent is available., v "The first thing for. the new comer in radio to decide is wheth er he prefers tb pay the higher or iginal cost of storage batteries or power units and have the benefit of a long life power plant at low upkeep cost or whether he desires to keep replacing dry batteries as fast as they wear out. When this Vhoice is made, the next step is to get the correct voltage in batteries. "Certain radio tubes are rated at lower voltages than others. Storage batteries are not always used with these tubes, but they wjll work better on storage bat teries, providing the correct , volt ages are employed. "The filaments in peanut tubes FOR 33 YEARS THE OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASS'N. Of McMinnville. Ore., has been furnishing Dependable Insurance at COST. Get our rates for Auto Insurance. STANLEY & FOLEY AGTS. Bush Bank BIdg. less.- High voltages may burn out the filaments and ruin the tabes. At any rate, higher1 voltages will shorten tbe-life of tbe -tubes -without contributing to their efficient operation of these low ' voltage tubes. "In choosing batteries, be guid ed by the voltages recommended, by the maker or designer of the set and . purchase batteries accord ingly.'? 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