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4- ber J, The New GfsEGON Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Nov em 1928 17 I - ! UK Government Spends 50 Cents a Year rw rcrsun ;ur bUnOiny higiiwavs - WASHING ION, O. C..-NOV. 3 L'liite balll'tf utiuiv in OUUUlilg tnc hccral-Aid litgtiway syuletn uu been approximately tifty cents ps year for every man, woman aut child 1b the country. This statement was issued t., National Headquarters ' of tttv Ainerican Automobile association today, based on the government's expenditure of J613.a93.917 for completed highways since the pro gram started in 1918 and a popu lation of 120,000.000. The national motoring body eays that this forms oner of irost convincing argument .yet advanced for a continuation of this program which has done more than anything else to bring na tional prosperity. Policy Established "This means that since the pro gram was started In 19 lg." the A. A. A. statement points out, "the government has aided highway building with an amount less thaa the car owners spend for tires, ii one year." Car owners spent $9?S. 000,000 in 1927 for tires and replacements. There bare been a total-of 73, 119 miles of federal aid road? completed, as of September 3y. 1928 and 10,915 miles are under construction, with 2.139 mile ap proved for construction. The eost of the mileage under construction j in the Eranarllle Courier as fol lowa: :1 j if- Jt- i "J "We owe the Grahama a great deal. Everyone knows that after building op a truck plant here that compelled world-wide recognition in the automotive field, the Gra hams came back to Evansvllle for a factory site after they had em barked on an entirely new ventuie at Detroit. They came back be cause they liked Evanaville. and because they believed in Evana- .ille." The new Graham-Paige body ilant will be finished by Movent ber 20, and will be opened for Jr. - -peetion during the morning. In the afternoon there will be a civic oarade of seventy-five floats d3- lcting the history and growth of Evansville, and a great public meeting in the Coliseum. JC ban quet will .he given by the Mann facturers club in the evening, with the three Graham brohters as gnests of honor, and a publie ball In the Coliseum will follow. Phaeton Added Jo Chrysler Line I - : a : i , t ' -ill- Zl TBfflTEHJ STATES -i USE UNIH CODE sir ROISTER ODES M MILES factnrera of the nation, is cited as a tribute to the Willys-Overland engineering departments. At iho time the first Whippet appeared on the market in the summer of 1926, Mr. Willys declared that in design and advanced features the Whippet set aa entirely new trend n the light car field and that in the near future many of these new Whippet features would be gen erally adopted by other car man- The speedometer on Richard Arlen's 1916 Chrysler "70" road ster has Just clicked 100,000 miles. The car has been more places and seen more things than a Broadway chorus girl. Para mount's leading man has piloted his busy, little brown "gas char- lot" over good roads and bad. from the Mexican border to the Canadian line, and he expects to see the speedometer touch the 200-000-mile mark before he parts with it. ting to I'd no more think of going Is estimated at $274,485,675, J oTP" without that car than a trans- which the federal government will Atlantic nyer wouia mm oi ir pay I108.I42.tJ5 ti . .- The nation qoajrI$g?bv4yjs- the federal af$friiaw S po1 frn ly entrenched in the government pjrogram, with members of ;biv gress quick to ignore any attacks on this beneficial legislation. ' :- "However." says the statement, "with nearly 23.000,000 motor ve hicles registered in the Us i tod States and automotive production at its highest peak, road building is not keeping pace with the in- sider Arizona New Mexico or take off -without an en glne." hoa7t :tW4Vp, made two trips east; -oil 'tfew York and return and one to St. Paul and back. Last year I drove to Van couver, B. C, and before this year is out I'm going to take another long trip." Whenever the young actor goe3 on location he drives his car if the location is within any reasonable driving distance. He doesn't con- crease in registration Government Pays Half -"Since 1918, motorists as a class have paid the federal govern ment in the form of excise taxes on automobiles and parts, the sum total of approximately $1,100, 004), 000. This means that the government has spent just a little more than fifty per cent of the amount of motor vehicle revenue paid by the motorists as a class to the treasury department. At this rate, the government still 'owes the motorists approximately $590, 000.000. "In addition to the great need far continuing federal aid on an undiminished scale, there is also a pressing demand for federal as sistance fn building roads through the puDiic land states or me wesi. In order to protect national re sources and at the same time con ngft up Important transcontinental routes." ufacturers. A casual inspection of practi cally every modern motor car will show that Mr. Willys'' farsighted prediction ran true to form. Although the Whippet enjoyed a remarkable sales volume during its first 18 months, it was imme diately following thes price reduc tion last January that the demand for thesecars and other produces of the company reached such a tre- 4. mendous volome that production schedules were poshed, month af ter month to the highest mark Is the company's history.; Each successive month since the first of the Tear has seen the Tole do manufacturer establishing new sales and production records, mak ing 1928 the greatest year) in the company s 20 years History. l matter of fact, before the Oregon Is one of the thirteen states which has already adopted the motor vehicle laws to as to conform closely to the uniform motor vehicle code," said George O. Brandenburg of the Oregon State Motor association. Mr. Brandenburg bases this statement on a report received trem the A. A. AL research depart ment. The uniform vehicle code: was adopted in 1924, after months of study of traffic conditions by experts and represents the suc cessful experience of regulation in many states. "The states of North Carolina. North Dakota and Idaho have. en acted the provisions of the code covering registration, certificate As of title and roles of the road, Mr. Brandenburg reports. "Arkansas. Michigan. Minnesota and Wash ington have enacted the rules of the road. California. New Hamp shire and Oregon have supple mented existing legislation to bring It more fn line with the code. Pennsylvania Is the only state that has adopted the uni form code in its entirety. "At a" special session of, the leg islature. Arisona enacted a sub stantial part of the code. Virginia, In 192$. passed the registration, certificate of title, and rules of the road provisions. New Jersey, during the present year,' passed an act embodying partsof the rules of the road provisions." production eclipsed the total pro duction for the entire twelve months of the previous year. Traffic Signals Reduce Number Of Auto Mishaps Signal traffic lights have in creased the capacity of streets in addition to reducing accidents according to Frank E. Reusswig. traffic enrtneer of th-i Ortraa State Motor association, : v .. J I "According to a survey made in 192$ by the National Antomo- bile Chamber of Commerce" con- . tlnued Mr. Reusswig, "signal,' lights are both reducing the num ber of accidents and increasing the vehicle capacity of streets. "A questionnaire was sent to 316 cities. Twenty-nine of these cities reported that the use of cig-" cal lights reduces the number of t accidents, two stated that it dbos. not. and the remainder made no ciomment. , j "Twenty-six reported that the adoption of lights has made it pos- ' slible to increase the volume of traffic on streets. Five, that sig- t nal lighting Is not helpful in thia regard, even though useful as a safety measure, and the remainder made no comment. ; Over 60 per cent of automobiles sold in 1927 were on the install-( mezt basis, and $574 was the1 amount of the average note glv, en, according to the Oregon State Motor Association. CITY WILL HOKOR 6AM II S Mexico long jaunts from the Par amount studio in Hollywood. It was a gasoline motor that enabled Arlen to win a place in motion pictures after a year cf fruitless effort. He had come co Hollywood from St, Paul at the close of the war but, with the ex ception of an occasional few days of work as an extra, his film ex periences were limited to standing on the outside and endeavoring to look in until the day he got a job delivering film for a laboratory and used a motorcycle for a con veyance. While shooting through the iron gates of the Paramount studio he was injured and carried into the studio hospital. He be came acquainted with various stu dio people. On his recovery he got his chance before the camera. "Haven't paid a dime for any thing except gas, oil, tires and the valves ground twice," he says. "Nothing passes us on the road unless wee willing. If the radia tor wings were larger and bad further on the body I guess it could fly." WHIPPET DESIGNS LEAD I0T0 STYLE EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Nov. 3 Herbert Males, mayor, has offi cially proclaimed Tuesday, Novem ber 20, a holidajr for a great clvivi celebration in1ionor of the three Graham brothers, heads of the. With even the larger and higher Graham-Paige Motors corporation, priced cars adopting the low ,cenr in recognition of their contrlbu- ter of gravity type of construction; tions to Evansville's prosperity. Factories, business houses and schools will be closed to enable Evansville's 95,000 inhabitant to express their appreciation of. what the three Grahams have done to promote the Industrial Importance of the city. lYhi The holidaVipas been officially designated "Graham Day." The reasons for the celebration, on 1 quel In the history of American muni cipalities and of American indus try, are summed up in aa editorial which was first seen when the Whippet four was introduced more than two years -ago, it is interest tng to recall .that John N. Willys, president of the Willys-Overland company, predicted at that time that within two years' time there would be a general trend towari this design throughout the entire automobile industry. The success of this type of con struction in the Whippet and its subsequent adoption by practically all the leading motor ear maau -IS fV. If you have a flat just call 471 and our service car will be on hand to give you quick roadside service. 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