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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1930)
PAGE TWELVE The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. Jannary 12, 1929 MODELS IRE sun ns (Continued from pge 11) a convertible fivr-pafisensrer job at a moderate price. It is a two door type with hinged front seats. 'The top may be folded back and all the window glasses disappear, thus providing an open car. H iipmilile A new addition to the Hupmo bile line is the "Big Eight which develops 133 horsepower and which has a speed of ninety miles an hour. The. engine is an L-head type with a bore of 3 i inches and a stroke of 4. 3-4 in ches. Mariitt The Marquette is a newcomer to the show, although announced last' June. It is a Buick product In the Sl.ouo field. It ha an L ' head engine 3 1-8 by 4 5-Sinrhts, which develops CT.5 horsepower. .,-The wheelhase is 114 inches and ; Internal mechanical pelf-energiz-ing brakes are used. Nali Nash is displaying its three lines of cars announced in Octo ber, including its new twin igni tion eight which replaces the ad vanced six. the twin ignition six which replaces the special si, and the single six which super sedes the standard six. Hoods and bodies are larger. Xon-shatter-able glass Is used throughout the eight. The eight has an overhead valve engine 3H by 42. which develops 100 horsepower. The eight is orfered two whflba!e lengths, 124 and 183 inches. The twin ignition six Is supplied in wheelbases of 118 and 1 2 8 1 4 in ches. It develops more power than the 1929 model because the en gine is larger. The single six also has a larger engine. Cable-operated self-energizing internal brakes are used on all models. Oakland Oakland ;.iesfnts a "e Eight" to take the place of its m'.t. This eight-cylinder engine develops 85 horsepower, or one horsepower for every 3 7 pounds of car weight according to factory figures. The wheel base remains at 117 inches. The bore and stroke of the new engine aie 3 7-16 by 3 3-S. An in novation in the engine is a device called a synchronizer which smothers minor vibrations. Body lines have been improved. Me chanical self-energizing internal brakes are used. Ohlsiiiobile The Old.siuobile Six makes its-j bow with larger, morp comfort able bodies, with more attractive lines, and some mechanical chanr ges, including the adoption of two-shoe, internal, caole-operated self-energizing brakes on all four wheels. A molding along the sides of the hood and cowl replaces the flaring saddle design formerly used. The acceleration and hill climbing ability have been im proved by changing the rear axle gear ratio from 4,41 to 4:4. The instrument board has been re designed. Luxury type springs are used in the seats and Marsh ill springs in the eat becks. Packard 'Packard is showing its model announced in September. Im provements made since last year Include non-sh.vtei able glass throughout all models, a four - speed tranMiiteMon. an improved carburetor, and metal spring .cov ers. Engines are smoother and emitter due to additional stiffen ing ribs in the crankce and be cause of "soft lift" cams. There are three chassis, the the "740" and the "745." The latter tr.o have t';e larger t-iirht-oy Un der engine. Ply month The Plymouth, a roomy four eylinder car, built by Chrysler, is continued with appro p r i a t c capable of exceptional service. One of the most attractive mod els is a beautifully deigned road ster, done in exquisitely harmon izing tones of orange p.rA warm Cray. It forms a striking contrast to the other modeb-- which reflect the pre?ent trend toward darker colors on closed cars. Pontiac The new Pontiac ' Big Six" has an engine which now develops 60 horsepower. The body typ has been refined and a half oval belt molding runs from the radiator to the rear. The four-point en Cine mountings are now com pletely insulated by rubber. The possibility of harming the engine, by failure to keep the oil pump filled is eliminated by a gear drive safety feature which shuts off the ignition if oil pressure fails. "pie Keo body has pleasing new body lines and hood, and radiator contours have also been i m prded. In place of the 121-Inch wheel base Flying Cloud of last year, Reo is offering two wheel bases, 120 and 124 inches re- . spectively, both with the 3 3-8 x 6 inch six-cylinder Flying Cloud engine. No mechanical changes hare been found necessary be yond the adoption of two-way hy draulic shock absorbers on the targer models. The smaller six- . cylinder Reo, with a 3 3-8x4 inch engine and a wheelbase of 115 in ches. Is continued without change. Studebakers The new Studebakers were an nounced last July and no impor tant alterations have been made since that time. The July models Included the Dictator Eight and the Dictator Six. Tha Eight has a 70-b.orsepower engine, while the ix Is rated at 65 horsepower. These cars uphold the tradition ally high standard or output by 'this concern. The Viking is a V-type eight yllnder car built by OldsmobUe and Introduced last March. The carjs in the $1,500 price class Safe on Beach and Boulevard ( H 1 V n I mmt Lii ISIS RADICA FACTIONS TIMOR, Portuguese East Indies (AP) Portugal's red's anarchists and all those sentenced to long penal servitude, expiate their crimes under the scorching sun of this penal settlement in the Indian ocean. A few weeks ago. a grim prison-ship which makes the journey once ayear. arrived here with a tiesh cargo of three hundred des peratces. The "doom-ship" had stopped at Luanda and Lorenco Marques, two Portuguese penal colonies on the African coast to pick up those, who, through mu tiny and bad conduct, made them selves liable to a more severe punishment. j All the convicts were confined ' in great steel cages and guarded 1 by armed w-arders. j Devirslsland Ticts who were deported to this inferno never returned to Portu gal alire. The conditions in the prisons were appalling, and es cape practically impossible. The new governor of the island. General Theophile Duarte, has made changes. The prisoners are treated humanely and food and living quarters have ben improv ed. General Duarte found that the colony's had roads could be mend ed by convicts. He selected two hundred of the penitentiary's six hundred Inmates and granted them their freedom, with the pro viso, however, that once a week they should report to the prison authorities. The only identifica tion mark which they carry is the hat across which is splashed the regulation wide-brimmed straw word "convict." Under the Portuguese penal N code the maximum sentence for common crimes is 32 years. If a convict behaves himself, his term may be reduced. , a Portland WAVING THE RED FLAG has little on its t Tfnrtin nrnrrimc for Portuguese sister institution here, stations will be found on the clas It was even reported, but not con- sified advertising page of The firmed, that the majority of con- Statesman. ACHlKVKMKVr.s OF AVTO INDUSTRY FOR 1JK! PRKSKXTKD IX Sl'RVKV The following survey of the automotive industry was prepared by Alfred Reaves, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce; ' PRODUCTION C;r and tnwks produced in the United States and Canada Cars ZZZZ. Trucks ZZZZZZZ. Production of closed cars Per cent closed earn Wholesale value of Cars toaraAAAwnn W holesale value of trucks : $ 631.000.000 ""u r"'e v.uue oi cars ana trucks $3.4 S3, 900. 000 ,rb1 J.: : 5.651,000 4.S46.000 805,000 4.21S.O0O o I 1 MISS IIELEM BANNONJ, California beauty contest winner, shown above, pays there is safety in General dual balloon 8 tires but that's because they help her to keep afloat in the surf. Rumor has it that, as a bathing beauty, Miss Bannon puts the emphasis on "beauty" and that, aquatically speaking, she is not threatening Gertrude Ederle's laurels. At Lonp Beach, she draped a General dual balloon 8 about her before leaping into the Pacific. General tire dealers agree that there Hs safety in Generals but they refer to the extra cushioning of soft rubber between the extra plies, the 'low pressure and the greater road contact that enables them io hold the road better in emergencies. anu lias a s Z-iZ 5-8 engine which delivers SI horsepower. The Willys six is a new model with a price range of SB'jTi to i Aerage retail price of cars Average reteil price or trucks Z 'Z ". Wholesale value of parts and accessories for replace-" ments, a No service equipment Tire production in United States Wholesale value of rubber tires for replacement $ REGISTRATION' Motor vehicles registered in United States (from state reports! Motor cars " Motor trucks . . " 1 "MOBILE'S RELATION' TO OTHER BUSINESS Number of carloads of automotive freixht shinned over railroad in 1929 Rubber used by automobile industry . .. Plate glass used by automobile Industry .ZZZZZZZ Iron and steel used by automobile industry .. Copper used by automobile industrv I.umber, hardwood, used by automobile industry Lead used by automobile industry Gasoline consumption by automobile industry ZZZ. j uasonne userl by motor vehicles, 1929 bbls. of 42 j can. i fude rufiber used by motor industry. 1929 lbs) j Cotton fabrics used in tires. 1929 (lbs.) "Z. j motor truck and motor bus use i Motor trucks in use Motor truck owners $812 $877 920,000,000 76,260,000 600,000,000 26.400,000 23,030.000 3.370,000 3.600,000 S5T sr. l r, 1S 27 SO'e 297,000,000 913,920,000 2S7.000.000 By The Associated Parrots, many assumably Christmas gifts, are blamed for having brought illness and death to families widely scattered in the United States and Germany. The parrots, physicians say, are afflicted ' with psittacosis, a dis ease contracted first by tropical birds. Six deaths from psittacosis have been reported in Germany and one in Toledo, Ohio, three in Warren, Ohio, and seven in Bal timore. Md.. and its vicinity. Ger many reported at least 20 cases, including one entirely of nine persons iu Dresden. In each case a parrot had re cently been brought Into -the home and soon after Its arrival had taken sick and died. Four of the persons ill In Baltimore are A th Hst of innse mount. WINNIPEG, Jan. 10 (AP) ! add a drop of water to each nail ed. health officers, both federal On the offensive from the first of fresn est tne covr &cen j and local, started investigations cncK or tne gong, cnariey net- ,.,,.. anger, Canadian light heavy-! and die has been attae y food weight, champion and aspirant for inspectors. lhe latter averred the world's title, took the sting j that some drops were too volum out of Battling Tiger Johnny jnous Cline of San Francisco here to- ' night. Cine was knocked out in the fifth round. Radio nroerams View of the Communistic demonstration in front of the. Mexican Embassy at Washington, D. C., as panders, many of them young girls, bore signs denonneing Ortix-Rubio, President-Elect of Mexico. .Several were arrested after Ambassador Tellex protested, but were later released. PARROTS CAUSE DF SERIOUS E PIDEMJC Press FLORENCE. Italy. ( AP)An old superstition which caused for Portland stations will be found on the clas- ; sified advertising page of The ' Statesman. yesterday and Surgeon General dimming of the U. S. Public Health Service advised that con tact with recently imported par rots be avoided. . The disease, which attacks both parrots and human beings much as a combination of influenza and typhoid fever would, reached epi demic proportions late last Octo ber In the Argentine. ! Motor buses in use , uiisumidud scnoois using motor transportation ! Buses used bv consolidate kcIhw.'u The two six-cylinder Willys Kuights are continued with im- Mi nil t ii i, n ... . , Kiivmv lit-.:) 1... : i iin t puce range oi r'Ja to " "l ""- u hj" . SS.0 It in a WiiiiD.nv,ion.i changes. It is a sturdv vehicle sn.l ' EAIORTS duction. It has a 65-liorseiovei- ' develops S7-horsepower. '. Number of American motor vehicles sold outside of L-head desitn. with a I . e'1 -tHles United States exports and Cana- engine oi L-neaa design, with a bore and stroke of 35i by 3 7-S inches. The four-cylinder Whipiet is unchanged. Radio programs for Portland Value of ia.ii output) stations will be found on the clas sified advertising page of The Statesman. motor vehicles, parts and tires sold outside Inited States Per cent increase in foreign sales over 1928 Number of motor vehicles imported. 1929 3,370,000 2, 460,100 95,000 16,500 43.000 11.500 1,900 1,015,000 17.4 00,009 23 710 . i 72 MILES AN HOUR 48 IN SECOND 65 HORSEPOWER RICH UPHOLSTERY INTERNAL 4-WHEEL BRAKES HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBERS THEY COME THEY SEE THEy Buy III 'V V ABSORBERS Sjs - ... A Place your order now for this record value - New before fcttacar rnthe WiUyi Si price cUts fFHdi WKb a high dcjrc of kunifi ous trcntporUtio THE NEW LLVS Bcauty speed and power beyond its price. SEDAN DE LUXE DOWN PAYMENT ONLY $368 fintilrii mill 1 1 M. em MMiaTAo, Already the W9ys Six is UUJ by an tkusMstk Motoriiw public m en of A. Undms nw cr offerinjj of the ytw. Th Kw imti end iMmomottS color coabmrtong wJ finer concwpl of ton and dijnity for inxpMhr cms. Tli Kish comprtuioa motor of tn WSIy Si is rubWr-imiiltted 9M)sl vibration nd develops speed end power unprecedented in its price d. Al tne mm Imm this bis tnSin is reMrlc Wy economicel, acWvm exccpooneJ mire St Pr sBon of ss at the nodem craisins peds of 35 to 45 aides an boar. Comt in and Shrt tfic new Willys Sit your most exacting scrutiny. WILLYS-OVERLAND, (NC, TOLEDO. OHIO WILLYS KNIGHT AGENCY lewpnone 922 McKAY TIRE CHittNS lactate traction and reduce skid ding. Unequalled for long lift and freedom from breakage. Improved fastener makei them easy to put on or remove. In strong canvas bag for easy handling. 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The Vacuum Operated wiper illus trated, complete with rubber $ " 88 tubing I Other Vacuum Operated Windshield Wipers $2.85 Hand Windshield Wipers, 38e and 95c Electric Windshield Wipers.3.95 Also 5 -ply and other, wiper blades. . rubber and copper tubing, arms. etc. " DRIVING GLOVES High grade, strongly stitched and well fashioned sieves for men and women. Blacks and browns, lined and unlincd at very low $190. $175 price. tlsssea Ca, WwJ Wiags 3.9S ft U.7S I4.9S & M 55 Gcnma Honeycomb Radiators for Ford Highest quality, and fully guaranteed. Without shell. 8.9S and 19.65; with shell, f 10.45 and f 11.15. Also Winter Front- A JladuMcr Shutters. Liquid "X" and other radiator r. , meats at pleasiaf price. For Traction, Safety and Economy J.?!&11rfe2n Giant Balloons For winter driving through slash or snow or mud yon need depend able tires with specially designed treads that will bold you safely on the road. Besides providing better traction. Western Giant Balloons last longer give yon more trouble-free mileage, and cost less. Additional savings are offered by our Trade-in Allowance on your old tires .. . and every "Western Auto" tire is backed by our liberal Minimum Mileage Guarantee . . . onr Guarantee of Sat isfaction for the fife of . the tire . 150 Store Service" and onr popu lar Customer la Always Right policy.,. 1 Fit EE... I Salem Storci 201 S. Com! TEV,?9 . "VESTOUf AUTO SERVICE r A ftmiurt that taws you money.;.Service connec tKnt arc maintained in all cities where we have store?,' so that- goods uum as a w lew Sm nti ""mil In.