South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-11
In the Motor World
News of the Manufacturers and Dealers.

To stimulate public interest in
aerial transportation, The Goodyear
Tire & Rubber company OF Cali
f0rnia, cooperating with the city OF
Los Angeles. Cal. has esta blished a
municipal aviation field at its new
factory now under construction In
the California CITY.
Comprising eighty acres. the fly
ing field. loaned b. Goodyear 90 the
municipality. has four hangers for
the accommodation Of airplanes and
within the next month an addition
Of complete airship hangar VIII be
made. IL Is the intention OF Los
Angeles official 20 have the coast
Wingfoot field open 20 use by any
planes wishing 20 land 20 discharge
or take on passengers. or IN the event
that re-fueling b. necessary.
Three quarters Of a mile long and
@alf a mile wide, the field viii offer
every facility for safe and easy land
ings.
For the first time I'm speedway
history. European contestants
promise 10 Outnum Der representa-
tives OF the United States in an
Indianapolis 500 mile race.
". F. Bradley. Paris representa-
tive OF the Indianapolis track. re-
ports an unprece denied activity on
the part or foreign aspirants for
first honors in the eighth Indian
apOlis event. 10 be run Monday,
Nay 81, and predicts a possible to-
tai Of IS entrants from abroad be-
tore the entries close.
France, hs states, will be repre-
scented with three and possibly four
teams. Belgium with at least one
and possibly two and Italy and
England with one each. embracing
in their ranks all the master driv-
ors Of the old world together with
several newcomers who have never
raced away from home
The United States 10 date has
succeeded in rolling up a total of
only 10 entries. though "A fresh crop
is expected TO materialize in the
near future.
The tread design on an automo-
bile tire may be a matter of small
consequence to the driver of a
small car, but every driver OF a
heavy car knows that the tread con
fguratiOn has a good deal 70 Dc
with the ease with which the car
may be steered.
The ideal tires tread is one that
can be used with equally good re-
suits on any wheel. either front OF
z back. Given such a tire "A mOtorist
need carry only one spare. and his
car is always evenly balanced No
matter what tire changes he makes
But II ore style tread is used OF
the front wheels and another on the
rear, the motOrist will usually
carry two spare, one OF each type
Having two types furnishes a fur
ther complication when it Is desired
TO shift partly worn tires from the
hardwOrking rear wheels 10 the
front wheels in order 10 get a few
thousand miles more wear out OF
them before they go to the SCRAP
heap. The non-sl<ids used on the
rear may not be suited for front
wheel purposes.
THAT the same safety feature OF
construction used in securing the
breech block In heavy artillery and
, the propellerS on aeroplanes is be
ing employed u insure thc abso-
lute safety OF wire wheels on auto
mobiles Is a fact not generally
known" was the statement made
yesterday by Mr.. Montague f the
Hinkle Motor Co., distributors OF
the Stewart wire wheel
The reverse taper construction
in the breech OF the big gun" con.
% tinued Mr.. Montague. prevents i
from blowing out under the enor
nous inside pressure as the pieC,
is fired. In the case Of the aero
plane. the tremendous thrust OF tn,
propeller would throw it far ava,
from the plane If il were not helC
securely by the taper construction
. As 10 is, the thrust only serves q
wedge the propeller more tightly il
place, and the aviator never worrie
about his propeller staying on tn,
JOB"
BY adapting principals developed
in aeortype engineering to -. de
sign and construction of the Col,
Aero Eight. Cole engineers have OBJ
tanned in this car a balance which
makes possible its eXtra-Ordinar!
Probability.
The frame Of this car has beer
50 designed and constructed that tn,
stresses applied at any given poin
are absorbed by the entire fran,
area. The construction Of this fran,
and the spring suspension take vi
without transmitting the shocks O
the road.