14 Capital Journal, Salem, Or., Thursday, August 18, 1949
ON AUTO FRONT
Greater Gasoline Mileage
Sought by Auto Makers
By DAVID J. WILKIE
(AMoelittd Frail Automotlvt Editor)
Detroit, Aug. 18 W) The learch for greater gasoline mileage
is being pushed In every auto maker's laboratories.
Some of the manufacturers believe they can find it in lighter
can; others are seeking it through research in carburetion. The
laboratory work currently under way gives promise of consider
ably greater mileage in the notf
too distant future,
Producing a lighter car Isn't
difficult if its size is reduced.
Most car makers, however, don't
want to make their vehicles
noticeably smaller. So they are
trying once again to build what
they call a standard sized car
several hundred pounds lighter
than current models.
These units will be a few
inches smaller but not enough
shorter or narrower to put
them in the small car class.
So far the Industry hasn't
been particularly successful in
reducing weight without cutting
down the size of Its cars. In
most instances where it has
boasted of a weight reduction
in its standard sized models it
has had to put the weight back
in again.
In the carburetion experi
ments considerable attention
has been given to methods of
distributing the fuel mixture to
the various cylinders. A lot of
basic work on the carburetors
themselves also Is under way
In the rush to get new auto
mobiles Immediately following
the war, car buyers gave only
little thought to gasoline mile
age. In a buyer's market the
car industry will need all the
selling arguments it can muster
and miles per gallon will be one
of the best.
wun present high compres
sion engines considerably in
creased mileage is obtained. It
is true, however, that little more
mileage may be expected from
Increased compression alone
until higher quality gasoline
Becomes available.
But the car makers appar
ently expect higher mileage fuel
sooner than do many motorists
Several of the auto makers
have designed their engines so
that they may be adapted to
higher quality gasoline merely
oy cnangmg the engine-head
inis increases the engines
compression ratio. Compression
ratio Is the amount of space
auottea to piston travel In re
lation to the space Into which
fuel is confined when the piston
is at the top of its compression
stroke.
Of course, a lot of things be
sides gross vehicle weight, car
buretion and engine compres
sion aiiect gasoline mileage.
Among them are weight distri
bution, wheel balance, maximum
timing efficiency, smooth func
tioning of transmission and even
such a lesser item as proper tire
Inflation.
Fuel economy probably Is
more important to motorists
operating cars of the lower pric
td makes. Yet, sales executives
say, owners of medium and high
priced vehicles have been show
ing increasing Interest In how
many miles per gallon they may
expect of their new cars.
That's why all the factors af
fecting gasoline consumption
are coming in for increasing
study in all the automobile in
dustry's laboratories.
Lebanon Properties
Threatened by Fire
Lebanon City firemen fought
two blazes threatening $130,000
worth of buildings and merch
andise, confining both fires to a
total estimator! damage of $455,
according to the records of the
fire dcpartme.it.
The first call came shortly af
ter 11 p.m. Tuesday when a bla
zing refrigerator motor was dis
covered in the Santiam Sporting
Goods and Appliance showroom.
Damage was estimated by Pro
prietor Roy Long at $75. Store
and stock is valued at $70,000.
Wednesday noon the depart
ment was called to U & R Mo
tors where a gasoline pump in
front of the service station unit
was ablaze. The blaze is believ
ed to have been started by work
men digging nearby trying to
locate an underground gasoline
leak that has saturated the area
with approximately 300 gallons
of ethyl gas.
Loss was placed at $380, with
properly valued at $60,000
threatened.
Quota of Nurses
Not Yel Reached
Procurement of graduate
nurses for the Army Nurse
Corps Reserve has not yet reach
ed its goal of 1100 nurses for
extended active duty and 17,000
for active reserve.
That information was received
from the Sixth Army headquart
ers by the local Army and Air
Force Recruiting office recently
from Ma). Mary M. Steppan of
the Army Nurse Corps.
For nurses without prior ser
vice the requirements are that
they be between the ages of 21
and 45 years; be citizens of the
United States, either by birth or
naturalization; high school gra
duates and a graduates of a
school of nursing acceptable to
the surgeon general; be register
ed currently in one or more
states, and be physically quali
fied according to army stan
dards.
In addition the application
must be accompanied by recom
mendations from the director of
the school of nursing from
which the nurse was graduated,
from a physician with whom
she has worked and a former
employer or supervisor.
The nurse may be either mar
ried or single, but under ordin
ary circumstances married
nurses or nurses with depen
dents under 18 years of age will
not be appointed to extended
active duty in peacetime.
For appointment in the grade
of second lieutenant a nurse
should have from graduation up
to three years of professional
experience; for first lieutenant,
minuimum of three years; and
captain a minimum of seven
years and completion of post
graduate course in nursine
I speciality and one year of ex-
White House Receives
Odd Gifts From People
Washington, Aug. 18 U.R) The White House receives all kinds
of gifts, some much odder than deep freezers.
Today in the mail came a 125-pound watermelon and a package
of wax ear stoppers.
No reason was learned for the wax ear stoppers, sent to Pres
ident Truman.
Somebody gave President Tru
man a new car soon after ne
took office, at a time when new
cars were hard to get. An anony
mous donor spent a lot of dough
building Mr. Truman a bowl
ing alley, which he never uses.
He has a hard time, staving
off proferred gifts of dogs, cats
and birds. Mr. Truman is not
opposed to pets, but he hasn't
any place to put them. Some
arrive anyway. He farms them
out to friends.
Gifts have been a pleasure and
problem to every president.
Generally the gifts have been
viewed as a heartwarming sign
of the people's love and respect
for their President. Most Presi
dents accept what is sent, within
reason.
The White House swimming
pool was a gift from American
children to the late F. D. R. The
Sultan of Turkey sent President
Grant a carpet. A friend of
President Truman's donated to
the White House two historic
chandeliers valued at $15,000.
Before the civil war a com
mon gift to the President was
cheese. Congress apparently ap
proved these gifts, because the
records show that many a law
maker came down to eat cheese
on the nights when the gifts were
cut.
Mr. Truman gets all the bow
ties he can use in the mail. Mr.
Roosevelt did too. Once Mr. Tru
man mentioned white shirts. The
mail was loaded with them.
Each year he gets Maine's first
salmon, Maryland's first straw
berries, and the fattest turkeys
from all over.
Mr. Truman probably has
enough gift hats now to start
a store. As the "five per cent"
hearings disclosed, people send
him matches labeled "swiped
from Harry S. Truman." He has
to be careful about saying in
public what he wants or likes,
or the mail man will have to
put on extra trucks to haul in
the gifts.
Lavish gifts are routine. Some
of the most touching cost little
or nothing, but represent sacri
fice. A boy sent along his Bar
low krfife. A mother spent all
winter to make the President a
patriotic tapestry. Somebody
sent a watermelon patriotically
wrapped in the flag.
Fancy food comes to the White
House regularly. Some of It goes
to hospitals. Some goes you
guessed it into the White House
deep freeze.
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Job's Daughters Meet
Spokane, Aug. 18 (ff) Busi
ness sessions and drill exhibi
tions occupied today's second
day convention schedule for del-1
egates to the International meet
ing of Job's Daughters.
More than 1,200 delegates and
visitors were welcomed last
night by Governor Langlle and
leaders of the Masonic lodge.
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Ebner's on the corner of 21st and
Market St. is now owned by Gerald
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Chris' Market. The new owner pledges every effort to
make shopping at this store a pleasant experience, and.
suggests you try it. Telephone service and free delivery
plus ample parking assure you of easy buying. National
brands of merchandise at competitive prices will be fea
tured. Do come in and get acquainted.
EGGS
Country
Fresh
Grade
"A"
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POTATOES
APPLES
FRESH CORN
CELERY Lake Lobish, bunch
LEMONS
U. S. No. 1. ...
Gravensreini
Bushel Box
Well Filled
Dozen . . . .
2
10
lbs.
lbs.
29c
25c
98c
CRISCO
77c
3 lb. tin
lb:
Juicy, dozen
10c
29c
MEAT DEPT.
Government Inspected Meat
Try the Best and See
the Difference
EVERY DAY SPECIAL
LOW PRICES
WE CARRY ARMOUR'S STAR
and SWIFT'S PREMIUM MEATS
MCP PECTIN 3 ... 29c
UPTON TEA 56c
MISSION PEAS 3 29c
CINCH CAKE MIX., 39c
SPAM 37c
RINSO 25c
DUZ 25c
PEANUT BUTTER I::" ' 29c
PLANTER PEANUTS 29c
UPTON TEA BAGS"! 49c
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No. 2Vl Tin
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Tuna Fish
Vi tin
White Star
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