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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1928)
Tdk cl the Road end Ilea cf ; the Day for llolonstt and Outdoors Folk Agrictdtere end IndcstricT Slogan Campaign ; News of The Farm end Fbdi Automotive Information Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 23, 1928 F SECTION fc j I BEAUTY IDE SGI EttTlFIG ALLY Chrysler Designers Apply Greek Art to Get Lines of Harmony in Car "Few persons realize that the universally admllred and author! tative beauty of the new Chrysler cars is the Inevitable result of a deliberate and conscious plan to apply to automobile design the principles of the classic forms of art. "Chrysler has not relied alone on the Inspiration of individual designers. Instead It has searched out authentic forms of classic beauty and has translated them Into terms of motor car beauty and motor car utility." The speaker is J. W. Frazer. Chrysler sales manager. In trac lng how this beautp has been au thoritatlvelp achieved, he contin ues: The public's Instant acceptance-! of this new Chrysler beauty has caused a revolution in what ha? heretofore been termed motor car body design. The hrpslers set still higher standard of beauty. instantlp recognized and appre elated by most people, which hat been widely discussed in homes. In clubs, on the street and in newspaper and magazine style ar tides alike. Amos Parrish, at the Harper's Bazaar fashion enfer ence .recently ended in New York in dfucusslng 1928's six best con tributions to merchandising, rated 'Chrysler's Job in realizing the vi tal importance of automobile fash ions' as one of them. Authoritative Beanty Taking the new Chrysler "75' as an illustration. let's examine first ths relation of front bump er. lamp tie-rod and radiator. Stand squarely in front of the car and notice the symmetry of those lined. Artists know It as a "ris ing. . diminishing series." The level floor or level road, the slightly arched bumper, the short er arched tie-rod above, and final ly the still snorter and . more deeply arched radiator contour form a series of lines in per fee harmony. In the. relation of radiator, lamps and fenders we next Tlnd a modification of the Egyptian ltus lea pattern. In its modern application it Is perfectly propor tloned and 'applied with ronsum ate artistry in blending beauty and, utility. Now step around to the side and notice the relation of the hood cntours. For the first tlm? In the motor car's history the na tural harmony of its radiator and rear hood strip has been recog olzed and developed. The intro duction of the Chrysler slender profile radiator not only disposed of one f tha last unsightly relics f the early automobile but also Introduced a feature of harmony. In conjunction with the cowl bar moulding, whieh is reminiscent of the best of Qreek art." If you will stand opposite the rear door of a "75"sedan, about 10 feet away, and look forward at thr hood, slanted slightly toward you. than visualize the Frieze of Parthenon, you will see its motif clearly duplicated in this view. The straight side "view revealf a striking harmony of fender contours. Notice how the long swaep of the front fender is ech oed in the corresponding sweer of the back part of the rear fend er. XI so how the steep dip of the front of the rear tender, with Itf beautiful fillet at the base, find; Its counterpart In the apron of the front fender. These lines ar dynamic, symbolizing the fleet. smooth forward motion of the car. They, find their counterpart in the "wave border" of the classic pieces of architecture and design Be-Mty of Arched Bridge Visualize the beanty of an arched bridge as It Is when seen from slightly above and to one sides ' Then, keeping that picture Iny uor mind, get slightfy above and on the left front side of the "75 sedan. Your mind gets the same .picture! Tate ''flat arch" wiisdow- contours of the Chrysler close ears present a new note In window design in perfect harm one. relieving " the unsightly "BoaarMeu" of the concentlona window. . Motorboats Will Be Spld on Time BALTIMORE, Dec". 21. Gen eral application of the' installment payment plan to yacht and mo torhoats, along lines similar to ac cepted methods in the automobile Industry, is regarded as certain by officials of the' Commercial Credit companies, largest Inde pendent financing organization to America.. f"-'V : Tfce recently . announced con tract with the Chris SmlthiBoaf wonfcs of Algonac, Mich., builder; of Chrla-Cxaft has been, followed by a deluge of Inquiries froni ; yatntemen and yachtbullden whieh Indicate a wide aceeptane of the deferred payment Idea a applied to pleasure toets. - The Ideal Setting for Tragedy (I rnvr a aettinar.for Traced! VV i speed! nr auto doomed to meet any driver wouM fall to slow down, look and listen, npom a ranching a grade crossing. National safetj Council statistics prove otherwise. Every month of the year there are many such tragedies. As a rule the Innocent sutler with the guilty and often whole families' are buried Into eternity. This writer saw one of these grade crossing tragedlsome-months ago when the train he was riding came to a Jerky stop beside the wreck. He never wants totsee smother. Since that day he tmm made U n inviolate rule to follow that sound advice: "Cross Crosalna CantJolv. Fisk Tires Race ild Life During African Movie Tour NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 22. Matched against the sure-footed-uess of African Hons and ele phants, Flsk transportation tlree have won a marathon contest taged by the Martin Johnson African expedition lasting the bet ter part of two and a half Tears. The race was run over the roadN 'ss wilderness of British East where Mr. and Mrs. 3ohnson suc cessfully sought miles of motion picture film and thousands of photographs to add to . their al ready vast collections in the Amer ican Museum of Natural History, New Tork City. "The two . Knight-m o t o r e d .rucks which we used to pursue African wild. animals were equipped with Fiak transportation tires in May. 1925," said Mr. Johnson. "We started out of Nai robi, in British East Africa, and for 11 months our expedition fol lowed , the trails of animals; through Tanganyikl, to Lake Par adise, along the Abyssinian bor der, back to Nairobi, over to Ug anda, down to Tanganyika again and once more into Nairobi. In all this time we did not have a puncture. Only One Falls "Mrs. Johnson and I returned o America for five months and last December we started out agaJa from Nairobi onthe same eight tires -that had carried us .mough our preceding expedition. For nine months more we hunted new game pockets In Tanganyika shooting lions; elephants, giraffes. and many other animals- with oar cameras. Still the Flak tires new up. Finally, near the conclusion of this second expedition, one of the eight tires went flat and was replaced by a spare." Mr. Johnson smilingly confessed to -every known, crime against the longevity of a pneumatic tire. The ene-ton American trucks usually carried two-ton load, with half dozen Africa porters piled on top. The drivers of these trucks were native blacks, who had never joined any societies for the pre vention of cruelty to Urea. It the expedition had ever owned a tire gauge. It was lost. The rubber aide walls were torn off by chaias and were not vulcanized. As for checking up the wheel alignments. even, the Henna or -camoer,-; "caster nad ""gather" were out side the expedlUotCa rocasbnlary.' Traveled 20 Bloaths "Any road In America is a boulevard by comparison with the routes we followed. In Africa, said Mr. "Johnson. 1 "Across the veldt, bumping over and Into rock strewn gullies Jbr 'dongas." up the 14.000. foot Ndoto mountains where no motor car had ever been ntviv, tmsiM " holes' nod oat agafh, we traveled. exactly how many mfles we eov red cannot even te estimated bat for 19 months out of the two- and Plenty of Ybrjis. plenty rof waning with the inevitable result. You a half years these eight Flsk tires have been on our trucks we trav eled between 35 and 150 miles daily, practically all across the country. After a few months Jn the States, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will return to Africa, where for nine years they hare spent most of their lives. A native of Inde pendence, Kan., Mr. Johnson has virtually dedicated his life to studying and photographing the rapidly vanishing wild animals of Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have achieved international recog nition for Jhelr African explora ttonsand are equally well known as authors and lecturers. One motorist faced with the problem of greasing his car regu larly himself built two amall shelves on which he kept all oils, greases, oil cans and grease guns needed. They were so handy that he found it little trouble to go over the lubricating ssytem. A clean windshield will have nothing on It to scratch when the swipe Is used and is much easier to see through when against bright lights. driving A Present the WholeFamily Will Enjoy : J32M TC57 The Station with a Clock -.4 speeding train and f probably find It hard to. believe thai Cars That Pass In the Night By C. B. McLaughlin Crash! Bang! A Portland bound car meets a car headed the oppo site direction. Both machines keen to the road, neither leaving the highway. The Portland bound " auto proceeds lamely to a turnout InMhe road and the driver hot foots it back to the scene of the clash. No sign of the southbound car so the northbound traveler continues on hie way. The bill for straightening fenders and re placing hubcaps Is approximately ? 10 for the Portlander. What damage was done to the other car Is not known to this date. Neith er car was equipped with fog lights. This all happened on Sun day morning, December 2, at about 5 In the morning, halfway between Salem and Woodburn. There Is a moral to the above happening which is not hard to Mind. Fog, like the poor, we al ways have with us and fog lights are cheaji at whatever the price. The driver of the Portlapd bound car would like to compare notes with the driver or the car which met him so forcibly. He is an employee of the New Oregon Statesman. elgnals: a Autoists Drive Engineers Dor yon know that you drive your car or truck by Instinct? Ton do. for engineers of the bureau of public roads have been watching yon. They have made observations to see how far from the edge of the pavement yon drive and what yon do at curves and on down grades. Haying marked off pavements into one-foot sections, the engla. eers, by watching the Tight rear wheels of passing vehicles, find that on straight and level roads of various widths from 14 to 24 feet, with shoulders In fair con dition, passengercar drivers hab itually maintain a dlstajice of from 1 to 4 feet between the outer wheel and the edge of the pavement. Truck drivers operate somewhat nearer the edge, but prefer not to approach closer than 1 feet. Drivers will sacrifice clearance between their own and passing vehicles' rather than drive closer to the edge than they in stinctively feel Is safe. The btroaaa's observations indi cate that pavements less than 18 feet wide $re decidedly too nar row since they provide no clear ance for passenger cars or trucks operating in the usual paths. While the 18-foot width Is appar. ently great enough for passenger cars In two lane traffic, it is not quite wide enough for trucks. The 20-foot width gives ample clear ance for trucks and Is not -excessive for automobiles. In moving down 'hill on, light erades. traffic moves slightly to ward the center of the road. Light down grades do not suggest re duction of speed, hence traffic takes the precaution of moving WHIPPETS GIVEN GREAT -'First renorts received on the welcome accorded the new Whip pet fours and Whippet sixes, which were introduced two weeks ago by the Willys-Overland com pany, indicate that the Toledo manufacturer has achieved the ereatest success In the twenty yeats history of the company. comments M. F. Swift, manager of the Alfred-Billlngsley agency In Salem. "The remarkable publle recep tion accorded the new cars in the cities where they were first shown Droved clearly that Willyf-Orer land had struck the public fancy . i than Airkv Tim- to a greater ucnre " - fore throueh its introduction of hrii nrimd rar beauty and ad vanced mechanical features In the low nriced field." Mr. Swift be itAvoa riose observers declare that this marked advancement would tend to establish a new trd of design in the Whippet nrlce class Aifennrh it was known that th nubile was In a highly recep tlve mood for the new models be- oaiim nf the outstanding repuia Uon of the original Whippet, yet fh interest that was manifested exceeded even the most optimistic expectations expressed by Wtllys- rwerlnnd executives. Before the presentation of the irrv.tn.wt tha Interest oi me n,,Mi was aroused because of ad .-.a information that seeped out .. in tha new cars the Willye- norland company. was taking the initiative by bringing ; tlr.i new and totally dif- '.nvthlng heretofore ,hown In the lo t' n,ld tDIHi!UD RECEPTION by Instinct Show by Tests slightly away from the edge of the pavement. No snch tendency was observed en heavy grades where the speed Is reduced, and the In stinctive fear of the pavement's edge Is lessened. In rounding borhtontal curves, traffic, in general, shifts toward the Inside edge, but the trucks shift their courses toward the In side of the curve less than pass senger vehicles. Under all cir cumstances, truck drivers are found to adhere more closely to the edges- of the pavement than operators of passenger vehicles. Traffic moving on the outside of the curve shifts its course farth er in the direction of the in side than traffic moving in the oppo site direction, which is limited in its choice of a course by the prox imity of the edge of the pavement. Unless, therefore, the pavement Is widened on the curves the nor mal straight road clearance be tween the two lines of vehicles is reduced. TUBE" KITES DEALERS TO MEET Graham-Paige dealers from all over the United States and Can ada have been Invited to Detroit by the Graham-Paige Motors cor poration for its first national deal ers convention January s-. wnen they will see an elaborate exposi tion of the growth and progress of the company in Its first year as builders of cars, bearing . the name of the three Graham broth ers. Mr. Trumm, Graham-Paige rep resentstive in Salem, who has re ceived an invitation and some ad vance information on the Detroit meeting, expects to attend. "I am certainly planning to at tend the Graham-Paige conven tlon at Detroit," is Mr. Trumm' comment on his Invitation from the three Graham brothers. "The Graham-Paige company has a rep utation in the industry fdr doing tlyjse things in original ways thatJ make them more man worm while. -N,"Only recently, Graham-Paige has scored by being the first con cern in the world to utilize the speaking film in Industry, each of the three Graham brothers ap pearing and giving a brief address to urge -all dealers to attend the January convention." Moving the arm of an etoeric wiper by hand throws It out of alignment so that It will not work properly when wanted for normal use. Whenever washing the wind shield move the wiper arm only by letting it run as when ln use to swlp! the shield. Brake linings' take time to it evenly to the bands or drums and should be worked In evenly. Un til they have had the opportun ity -to properly set themselves, brake specialists recommend - that they be used sparingly. SAVINGS CLUB fa 1 Tl Sn be TrffiRii? J I MODEL 1 WHEELS fUIEST DESIGN Automobile wheels have under gone considerable change within the past ten yeass. and some of the most notable Improvements are to be seen In the wheels with which the new Model A Ford ear Is equipped. These new wheels are known as steel spoke" wheels and are of of special Ford design and manu facture. Like other features of the new Model A Ford, thev com bine lightness and graceful an- pearance with strength and dur ability to a degree never before attained in wheels designed espe cially for light, low-priced cars that must give long and hard ser vice in many parts of the worlorNnglneer on the big air comnres- and under many and varying roau conditions. The steel spokes, of which there are 3d. in each wheel, are made of a tine grade of Ford steel, electrically welded to the steel rim and the hub shell so that the entire wheel, hub, spokes and rim, becomes in reality one piece of steel, with no part that can work or wear loose and weaken the wheel structure or become noisy. Each spoke before being welded to hub and rim is set at Just that angle in relation to the other spokes which .makes It perform the best possible bracing and pull lng function. This feature of the design prevents road shocks belner transmitted .directly to anr slnele spoke in the wheel and distributes the shock equally to all of the spokes and to all sections of rtm and hub, thus lessening the dan ger of wheel failure. The rim of this new Ford wheel- is of the "drop center" type which gives greater strength to the rim. Imparting the same qual ities of rigidity that are found in channel and corrugated, steel, and which also greatly facilitates changing tires, as the tire, once the air la out, may be removed easily even wUhout the aid o f tools. . "The Daddy of the Plant!" That's what they call him out in the shops of the mammoth Dodge Brothers factory in Detroit the gray-haired, slightly stooped en gineer on duty at one of the big compressed air machines for op erating the huge steel presses. He is William Wohlfell and he Is 60 years old, the last active member of the little group of Dodge Brothers workmen who have seen the organization grow from a' small machine shop with 20 employes to Its outstanding position in the automotive Indus try, ranging with the greatest in dustrial concerns of the country and the world. But, in spite of his three score years, "Bin", .as he is known fam iliarly to thousands of his fellow employes, has kept pace with the Give Yourself a Christmas present THAT your Christ inas next year will without the worry of VETERAN FINISHES 38 YEARS SERVICE bills curiae annoyance of a last minute scramble for f turds; make yourself a present now, of a C h r i s tm a a Club bank book for 1929. Accounts range in weekly deposits from twenty-five cents upward. I . m jAlBank. P.: . .. - - times. His ideas of how the mod ern -automobile should be made are the Ideas of today. They came to htm In the evolution of the In dustry and the part he has play ed in It first the bicycle, then the four and now the popular six; cylinder car. Wohfell was a young van, barely It when he erossed over the Detroit river to the Canadian border town of Windsor SS years ago to work for the Dodge Broth ers in the manufacture of bicycles. Employed there until 1901. he re turned to Detroit with the foun der of the company to open their first machine shop, one of a bare handfal of employes. Later, when Dodge Brothers were turning out parts for the pioneer automobile companies, he was the blackftm" and In 1114, with the advent of the first Dodge motor car, u engineer's papers came. Today he takes a keen Interest in his Job as . or. SHE TO REVIVE T WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 22. The contest board of the Ameri can Automobile tfSSociatlon 'today launched plans to secure renewed interest in automobile racing and to restore it to Its rightful place as a major sport. As its first move, the official guardian of automobile racing announced the A. A. A. technical committee for 1929 and plans for a conference between members of , this committee and automotive manufacturers and their repre sentatives, as well as prominent racing drivers, to be held In De- trolt, December 18. Capt. Eddie RJckenbacker, chairman of the A. A. A. contest board, said that racing is Just pas- sing through one of Its recurrent , doldrums. "If the best minds of . the industry tackle the problem right now, it Is almost a certainty that renewed public" interest can be created," he declared. AMEXXCAN SUKEXT cxJUBurr afMtwYMK SURETY BOND DTJNLOP THUE ouujarm ICING NTEHES Br- uJWILI?-' suiiaiEW UB (D) M UD versus Mileage Guarantees t TWAttt the poorer the tire, the ; J longer the mileage guarantee. What you really wgnt it a certain ty that yosr tiret will keep rolling. . That it what yon get with this v newSurety Bond. It't hacked both i . by Dunlop AND the American Surety CuQpany. " "-: ? s ' Ic u as dear as crystal. In 2ect it ays that for the first 12 months - we will take all responsibility for yoorDuxdopgivbgrrfccttnrice. It doesn't cutter whether a tiro fiUt through accidcnt.or collision. ) or blow-oat, or mitalignxnent, or - wocic-bnae, or road-evtt, or rim-.' amash. or tide-wall UJarics, or tube-plflchiog. or Yalve-t taring, , orlWlrytocnorunder-inflation. Wtrcpa(ruIrec,0&voagctancvv . tire at a rcSiictd price depending on the time yon havcrun it. '. - Ton hut know the Surety Bond will be fulfilled. Yom )ust know char Dunlop Titct must he -finer and ttronjrsr.aad better . . .ther- . wise how could they be backed by Surety Bond like this, Come in and read a copy. You will find it refireihlng in itt dirccr nest and itt liberality. Dtmiif's WinttrtU i Tinwmi ttk.. . TU 'Jl 4mm sws$ vtith CbsUu' ' Als Sdpsr Ssnrice Sfeticn Center JtCiCh-rch. TeL 2283 'V: