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IfEDFOUD MAIL TRTBUXE, fEDFORD. OFGON". SUNDAY, MAHCTT 8. 1936 "P'A'OF FIVE CLUBS CAMPAIGN FOR ROAD SAFETY WASHINGTON, D. O., March T Natlon-wlda mobilization of its 162 affiliated motor clubs and a greatly expanded program of activities In a determined ellort to reduce high way fatalities and Injuries, was an nounced by the American Automo bile association today. Following a meeting of lta execu tive committee, Thomas P. Henry of Detroit, Mich., president of the AJl.A., Issued the "safety mobiliza tion" order and called for an Im mediate '.'stepping up" of motor club safety activities from coast to coast. The A.A.A., Mr. Wenry said, will co-operate with other groups, but will more particularly concentrate on safety education In the grade and high schools, driver training through textbooks, driver schools and practical tests of driving ability, and pedestrian education and aid. The A.A.A. president said In part: "The development of automotive transportation In this country has brought many fundamental changes In the social and economic life of the nation. These changes directly affect the lives and well-being of millions of our citizens. Unfortu nately, the human element has not kept pace with the changed physi cal conditions. We must meet this challenge primarily through Intensive and continuing education and not through governmental edict, restric tive or hampering regulations or campaigns of horror such as are now resorted to In various places. Our program calls for education along practical lines, the value of which has already been demonstrated. "Our school patrols which now embody 350.000 boys and girls and give protection to 6.000,000 school children In 2000 towns and cities, and our school lessons and safety posters of which more than 225,000 are made available every month, have proven so meritorious that this la the time to expand and Intensify these life-saving .activities. "Even more urgent Is the Instal lation of safety education In our (high schools. Many of our clubs have already launched practical courses with the cooperation of the educational authorities. Our new teaching material. Including the textbook, 'Sportsmanlike Driving,' , prepared by nationally known edu cators, Is now about ready for cir culation. This will be supplemented by films, driving demonstrations. Instruction In car mechanism and other teaching aids. "Our new driver program pro vides for textbooks for the training and Instruction of persons of va rious ages and classes those who are learnlng.to rflrive and those who want to Improve their driving; the conducting of driver training schools under the auspices of our clubs; the actual testing of driving ability, with equipment now available. I am hopeful that by the end of the year we shall have scores of thousands of records of actual tests which may well throw new light on the nature and the solution of this crucial driver problem. "With pedestrian fatalities and In juries looming so large, no program can be complete that does not take this situation Into account. The edu cation of the pedestrian and the working out of pedestrian aids is one of the most important of our objectives. We shall, of course, con tinue our other established safety and of any Qualified for a place on the honor roll of the greatest cars ever built! 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Prepared by General Motors No. 1 CURVES AND TURNS No matter how expert we may be as drivers, we are all apt to fall Into habits of driving that don't quite measure up to what we really know Is right. , x For instance, we all know that we ought to be careful about passing tars, especially when another car is approaching from the opposite direction. tyt.. the road, and sixteen cars in a row will a new idea to most of us. If we kept it unless we were sure that there were distance ahead. But turning aside to pass is not the are interested In discussing here, what we are now concerned with is taking curves and corners. From time to time in these discussions we will find that the same old laws of Nature will be involved. Fore most among them will be the laws of momentum, and momentum plays the major part in going around curves. Because momentum not only wants to keep us going, but going in the same direction. When it is trying to make us go straight instead of curving our course, it operates under an assumed name, if you please. For then we call it "centrifugal force." Now of course we all know what centrifugal force Is. We feel it when we go around curves. Highways and railroads are banked at curves to offset centrifu gal force. Aviators bank their planes at turns by tip ping them with the controls. But even though we all know about centrifugal Force, few of us realize how powerful it is, and how much greater it gets the Easter we go. A 3000-pound car making a turn of 500-foot radius, has to overcome a sentrif ugal force of only about 156 pounds at 20 miles an hour. But at 30 miles an hour, that force has grown to 360 pounds, and at with a turn or even half way around it and we feel Old Man Centrifugal Force trying to push us off the road. So what do we do? We clamp down the brakes. It's the only thing we can do when we find we're going too fast. But just the same, approaching that corner too fast has kept us from taking it as we should have liked to. For if conditions permit, it is often desirable to Increase speed as we go around a curve. As long as our rear wheels are not being retarded, but are actually pushing us around the curve, our steering is effective and our car is under cqntrol. The long and short of It is that we can't take liberties with the laws of momentum and centrifugal force. Man's speed laws may not always be observed, but Nature's speed laws always arel activities, such as the promotion or uniform laws and regulations, bet ter enforcement methods, and en gineering studies in the Interest of the better handling of traffic and the provision of better road facili ties. "I am glad at this time to make public recognition of the fact that the expansion of our safety work was made feasible by a. financial contribution from the automotive industry which raised a substantial sum of money to enable ourselves and several other national organiza tions to concentrate more effectively on activities from which we hope to secure prompt and permanent re sults. The participation of the auto motive Industry makes it possible to secure a degree of integration for the street and highway safety movement that would otherwise be all but. Impossible." 1 it asks no odds car at any prico lAturr Ana yei mere pussiuj jmj i una v who hasn't, at one time or another, moved over in the road to pass a car, and then wondered if we would get around in time. Now here's an Interesting thing about that. When we try to pass a car that's going forty miles an hour, it's just the same as if we tried to pass a standing string of cars 126 feet long. In other words, it's like passing eioht cars parked bumper-to-bumper in the road. If we try to pass one going sixty, it's like trying to pass a line of more than sixteen cars standing in reach half a block. This is probably in mind, we would never pass a car no oncoming cars for a good long particular kind of turning that we WHIN ( Wl WSKT TO GO WAV MOMENTUM WANTS US TO ' J GO I THIS 60 it is nine times as great as at 20 . , , over fourteen hundred pounds trying its best to push us off the roadl The only thing that keeps us on the road in the first place is the friction between our tires and the road. The minute the centrifugal force gets stronger than the force of that friction, off the road we go. The trouble is that we often don't realize how fast we're going. On road trips, for Instance, after we have driven at a certain speed for a long time, it seems a small matter to increase our speed a few miles an hour. Then after a while we may do the same thing again. In other words, we keep putting forward our basis of comparison till by-and-by we have lost our usual sense of how fast we are going. Then, the first thing we know, we are face-to-face f Commenting on the AAA. pro gram, Alvan Macau ley, president of the Packard Motor Car company, and president of the Automobile Manufacturers association, said in a letter to Mr. Henry: "I am greatly Impressed with the scope and the objectives of the ex panded highway safety program un dertaken by the American Automo bile association, covering as It does education among grade and high school students, driver training and the education of the pedestrian in safety habits. "I am confident that the long experience of your organization and Its component clubs throughout the country In safety activities, will re sult in the securing of substantial gains from every feature of the work you have undertaken." 5 PHOTOS 15c. peasley'a Studio. Met ft Six 1-Doot Sedan H7S' roumir with etr somithinq Bimi-itrd II CT occim mcf eiAs KONOMT CHAMPION MOTOR CAR BUYER OF 1936 ECONOMY "Questions asked by automobile prospects in all sections of the country these days, Indicate that Mr, 1S38 Motor-Car Buyer Is more than ever economy conscious," says C. p. Simpson, assltant general sales man ager in charge of the West for Pon tlac Motor company. More important, however, accord ing to Simpson, is the further indica tion that Mr. Buyer also fully appre ciates the fact that gasoline mileage Is but one consideration when de termining true economy. "The 1936 Pontlac Is an economy leader from every standpoint," says he. "To those planning to buy cars, savings In original cost are import ant also savings in operation. Pon tlac cars have many economy fea tures. "Oil economy Is assured by: 100 per cent full-pressure metered -flow lubrication, pressure-suction crank case ventilation with oil preserving baffle at the outlet pipe, full length water packeted cylinders, rear main bearing oil seal on crankshaft, com pression rings that are grooved to prevent oil escaping into the com bustion chambers. "Precision construction and bal- All This Try Our LUBRICATION SERVICE It is a satisfaction to drive when you know your car has been properly Lubricated. You are never in doubt when you have your car ser viced here. We hon estly know we have the best equipment in town. Ol R STATION 18 YEARS AGO ASSOCIATED FLYING A GASOLINE Associated Products tefL 11 1I3 K w, 1 -1 ,fH r jj f' hvNJAMi ifwjT'Li' , l 1 Z lw. M -1 u (WTT- ... Wr'ti VIA iVw- ,.,1 - ancing of parts greatly reduces the cost of repairs of any engine. "The cross-flow radiator, exclusive with Pontlac, besides being an effi cient cooling system, preserves ex pensive antl-freeze solutions by re ducing the possibility of their "es cape through the overflow pipe. "Voltage control with the fan cooled generator assures long life of batteries, lamp bulbs and other elec trical equipment. "Low piston travel in any engine means that In a year's driving pis tons wilt trawl many mles less than those in high speed engines, which Increases the life of many parts sub ject to the wear and tear of constant high speed friction. "I mentioned gasoline mileage at the beginning; said It was but a small part of true motor car economy. "However, It Is an Important part, particularly from the sales stand point. "Here are a few of the features of car construction contributing to gas economy: vacuumatlc spark control, gaselector, high compression cylinder head, and down draft carburetors! features that enable owners to report sixteen to eighteen miles to the gal lon on the Pontlac eight and seven teen to nineteen miles on the six. "Pontlac Motor company and Its dealers welcome the trend to econ omy." 4 . Relief Chief Goes Fust PORTLAND, Ore.. March 7, (AP) Elmer Goudy, state relief adminis trator, entrained for Washington last night, armed with Oregon's four point social security program formu lated to obtain federal participation in assistance for children, the blind and those over 70. Month- V m. II US START THE DRIVING Dependable TIRES and TUBES BLOWOUT PROTECTED Tough Thick Rubber Center Traction Wide Tread Strong Side Walls! -x? ' (-,! 11 Courteous Attendants Always Ready To Serve You Better MEDFORD SERVICE STATION "YOUR TIRE SHOP" Corner Main and Pacific Highway i ir7 . riii nii -nil """TTrrZI G. 10 OFFICES HERE GRANTS PASS, March 7. (Spl.) After over six" years as manager of the Grants Pass Copco office, V. Ward Hammond has been transferred to the general Copco office in Med ford to manage a new department. He will go there later this month. The new division Is now in process of formation and has no name. In general It will be a central main tenance department, Hammond said. A man to manage the local office has not been named, but Hammond said Friday that whoever he Is, he will be here the first of next week. During most of this month, then. Hammond will assist the new man ager In becoming acquainted with the work here. Hammond Is to be In the Medford office on or before April 1. In his work Hammond will be di rectly under J. C. Boyle, vice-president in charge of operations. It Is planned that Mrs. Hammond and the children will remain in Grants Pass until school la out In Inns. ' Hammond came to the Grants Pass office January 15, 1030, to succeed Jack Kerr. He has been with Copco 12 years and for five years before We Are Celebrating Our Because of Goodyear 's high reputation for quality, many people mistakenly suppose Goodyear Tires are high-priced. They are not. Because Good year is the world's largest tire builder, its products are always competitively priced, and it can offer you the greatest tire value per dollar you can find anywhere, . coming here was assistant to the then superintendent of construction. Always active In civic affairs here, Hammond was president of Rotary for the year 1934-35, Chief Bighorn of the Cavemen for the year 1933-34. and serve,) several years as director of the chamber of commerce. E E; Mrs. B. J. Palmer was back at her home on the Old Stage road yester day after being confined for several weeks In a Salem hospital as the re sult of an automobile accident. Mrs. Palmer was reported to be well on tho way to complete recovery but though she Is abla to be about for a while each day she will stll. require special care at her horns for some time. Sho returned to Medford by train Friday night, belnt; accom panied by her daughter, Mrs. Edwin Thomas of Salem, who will remain for a brief visit here. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were return ing to Medford after spending the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Thomas when the accident occurred, another machine colliding with tholrs. Mr. Palmer was Injured slightly. The ac cident happened ten weeks ago yes terday. 4 S PHOTOS 1B0. Peasley's Studio. 1 ' Use Mail Tribune want ads. SEASON RIGHT WITH 4 ALL-WEATHER C. C. FURNAS, Proprietor TO RESEEK SEA! E Moore Hamilton, prominent coun ty Democrat, wss prepared yesterday to wage a campaign to rotaln bl seat In the lower house of the etato legislature. Having served one term In tho legislature, Mr. Hamilton filed for renomlnatlon. No other Democrat has filed for the otilce as yet, though W. P. Rector, Mall Tribune linotype operator, has declared his Intention to do so. William M. McAllister, attorney, filed a few daya ago for the lower house nomination on the Republican ticket. Oienn O. Taylor. Incumbent Republican, remained non-committal yesterday, but It Is known hla friends aw urging him to seek re nomlnatlon and In Informed circle It was believed he would file. L. R. Shurtleff, prominent leader In the Townsend ranks, has Indi cated his Intention of filing on tha Democratlo ticket for the nomination for county commissioner. NEWBERO, Ore, March 7. (API Mrs. Archie Davis received critical burns about the upper part of her body when her clothing caught fire from a stove In her home. t'pon the completion of 18 years serving louthem Oregon people, we wtsh to express to our patrons and friends our sincere appreciation for their generous support that has enabled us to constantly Improve our facilities and ser vice In pace with the growth of this community. C.' C. FURNAS, Proprietor. Phone 14 SKINNER'S GARAGE 143 8. Riverside Phone 103 !
