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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

nation of carbon. but it is not vet n
universally achieved fact. Air cleaners
are going to do much to prevent the
formation of carbon. A great deal of
this substance comes from road dust
and foreign matter that enters the COM
bustion chamber with the air and burns
with the mixture, leaving residue oe
SCOT, which is carbon. Within the next
year or SO air cleaners are going to
be used ON all cars and this will tend
to cut down carbon formation imme-
diately. Then. too, ethyl gas, a doc
tored fuel, discovered by the General
Motors laboratories, is coming into gen.
eral use and this has the effect Of
eliminating knocking, even when car
bon is present in the engine.
For the time being the ear owner
who finds his engine losing power
knocking and ''pinking" on hills, will
do well to follow the time honoret
method of having the carbon scrapeJ
out or burned out in the presence Of
an oxygen flame.
And, by the way, the man who buy:
new car or has his cylinder block re
bored and new pistons installed, will
do well to put on an air cleaner of ap
proved design. This will largely elimi
nate carbon, prevent scoring of the
cylinder wall and increase the life Of
the engine by years.
(Copyright, 1924 International FEATURE
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water to remove the grease and oil.
II steam Is not available, solutions of
soda and water or chemical cleaning
compounds are used. Tar and mud are
removed from the tenders by means Of
putty knives or scrapers. The next
step is the removal of plated parts
which are sent to the plating depart
ment for new surface of nickel. If
the paint shop is equipped with
enamelling ovens, the tenders, lamps
and radiator she'll are dismounted for
transfer to the enamelling department.
If these parts are to be painted, they
are usually left in place and finished
with the balance Of the car. The tires
and rims are removed and stored. The
car is now ready for the paint shop
proper.
Paint or varnish removers are made
in liquid or paste form and are ap-
piled directly to the painted surface
with brush. They are made of chem
icals which act as solvents of the var
nish. The old paint softens under their
action and the gummy mass is scraped
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
GO-ZIP DOUBLES
SALES IN MONTH

Official records of the state tax
commission, gasoline tax department
show that sales of Go-Zip in Birming-
ham and the adjacent territory doubled
during the second month of the Gen
eral Oil company's introduction of the
new motor fuel. trebled the third
month and have since held a proper
tionate rate of increase. The corpora
ton has been in business for five
months.
These statistics on the growth of Go
Zip consumption in the Birmingham
district were elected Saturday from the
office of w. Barnes Morgan, state
director of the gasoline tax. Referring
to the rapid increase in Go-Zip con-
sumption. Mr.. Morgan said
The increasing use of Go-Zip con-
sumption on the part of birmingham
motorists has been a most interesting
development. Within the space of five
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

off with putty knives. The scraped
surface is cleansed thoroughly with
turpentine to take away all traces of
the varnish remove any foreign par
ticles and to roughen the surface of
the metal SO that the first or primer
coat will take hold. The primer forms
the bond between the metal panels and
the subsequent coats of material. 1t is
the foundation of the whole paint
structure. The surface is usually
wiped clean, after the first coat of
primer and is then ready for what are
termed the surfacing coats. The sur
facing materials serve the purpose of
building up smoothe surface on
which to apply the color, rubbing and
finishing coats. The first surfacing
coat is sometimes spoken of as the
filler coat and is usually followed by
from one to five cents of surfacing
material. This foundation is allowed
to dry thoroughly and is then ready for
rubbing.
Rubbing Of the surfacing coats is ac-
complished with blocks of pumice or
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types of clear and colored rubbing var
nish and the gum in their composition
gives them a hardness that permits
rubbing to a smooth surface This
rubbing is done with pumice-stone
powder, using felt pad dipped in
water. Two or three coats of rubbing
varnish are usually applied and the
finish rubbed to a duh gloss after
each coat. After the final rundown the
body is striped.
The final coat is a finish varnish.
Finishing varnishes used in automo-
bic work are known as eleo-resinous
varnishes and contain four classes of
material; gum, rasins. fixed vegetable
drying-oils, volatile vegetable drying
oils and metallic driers. The gum rsein
gives the varnish its hardness and bril-
liancy; the fixed vegetable oil imparts
elasticity and durability; the driers
speed the drying; and the volatile oils
sreve as thinners. Finishing varnish
presents a mirror-like smoothness and
dries to thickness of less than a
thousandth of an inch.
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Editor Of Meter
A motor car owner asked me not
long ago why a carbonized engine
knocked. At first glance this might
seem like foolish question, but in
reality 1t is a perfectly legitimate
query. Most drivers have experienced
the condition, but few of them know
Why it occurs. If they did know they
would take greater care to prevent it
and rid their engines of the substance
after 1t had formed.
It has been found that what we
call carbon deposit is principally road
dust, and carry compounds with less
than 10 per cent of actual carbon from
the fuel or oil. The heat insulating
qualities of this mass raises the tenn
perature and pressure of the mixture
80 that the high-detonating constituents
Of the fuel explode and you get the
effect Of a, load of dynamite going off
in the cylinder. This has been proved
In many ways. One by keeping the
engine cooler than normal; second, by
introducing a chemical that does not
permit the high explosive to form and
fire. We also know that it is heat and
pressure that cause the knocking, be.
cause the knocking takes place in a
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months. this new motor fuel has forged
to one of the leading positions i'll JEFF
ferson county. The General Oil cor
poration now has about % stations.
While the records of our office are
incomplete for March, from present in
dicatioBs Go-Zip sales for the past
month will far exceed those for any
other month in the history of the re-
Gently organized General Oil corpora
ton
Gregory johnson. president of the
General Oil corporation, states that
the records of the state tax commission
are confirmed by sales records in the
office of this company.
With the arrival of warm wealth
or. we are having difficulty meeting
the demand for Go-Zip and already
have in contemplation certain further
engagements in our properties if sales
maintain their present ratio of in
crease from month to month. The new
station at Woodyawn is already doing
a thriving business as well as the one
built recently in North Birmingham.
1t will be the policy of the General
Oil corporation TO maintain the same
! high standard, it has hitherto adhered
, to in buying only the very best gaso-
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NEW FORD PLANTS
INCREASE OUTPUT
New Projects Represent ExperI
diture Of Several Millions

New assembly plants of the For
Motor company, now i'm course of cod
structiOn under the company's enorniorI
expansion program, will increase domed
tic production capacity 100000 cad
and trucks annually.
Work on some of the plants begaj
last year, but on three of them con
tracts have been let and constructed
started since the first of the preserl
year.
Charlotte, y. c., and Jacksonville
Fla. will for the first time have al
sembly plants, no cars and trucks hay
ing previously been assembled at tn
branches in these cities.
The new plants with their daily Al
sembly capacities are as follows:
ST. Paul ........... "a
NhlcdSo ''.'.'..''. ''''''' ~
Memphis ................ ~
NharIotte .....'..'.'.. ..''..'.' ~
jacksonville ................ Ia
Kansas City (addition) ......... "a
Total capacity 500
Oklahoma City addition ........ d
Total capacity POO
The new st. Paul plant will have
CapaClt! Ioo per ccHl sieater lnan II
present plant. The increase in Chiead
is 40 per cent. Other increases ard
Memphis, 200 per cent: Kansas Citj
100 per cent, and Oklahoma City, s
per cent.
Plants started since January. I, al
those at Charlotte, Jacksonville aT1
Memphis. The latter three, it Is 81
pected, will be completed by early sun
mer -
These three projects represent an 81
pendlture of several million dollars aII
while contributing much to the indu|
trial development of the south, also al
indicative of the prosperous eonditiod
existing in that section of the couRtrI
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rubbing-stone, or powered pumice and
water This acts as an abrasive. The
work of rubbing a paint surface is not
easy for anyone to acquire Varnish
rubbers are skilled and it is their work
which produces the smooth surface that
brings out the full brilhance and lus-
ter in the final coats. All roughness
and high-Spots are removed in the rub
bling process and, after careful wash
ing to remove all pumice and dirt, the
body is ready for the color materials
These include the so-called ground
colors, Japan colors and flat colors.
They form Opaque ground, on which to
apply the subsequent varnish coats,
They are rapid in drying, show no
gloss and are 'semi-porous to permit the
yarnish of the first rubbing-eoat to
penetrate. Two coats of coloring mate
rial are usually applied, the first be-
ing known as the ground coat and the
second as the flat color.
The next coats of material added to
the paint structure are known as the
rubbing materials. They comprise all
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
SCHEDULE FREE
AT t69' COMPANY
Shows Baseball Games And Dis
tances To Towns

A very acceptable card is being is
sued by Sixty-Nine Tire and Battery
company. Ill Twenty-First street,
south. and may be had for the ask
ing. This card gives the emplete sched-
ule of ball games In the Southern
league, showing where and when the
various teams play and will prove very
handy for baseball fans. The card
also shows roads out of Birmingham
and gives distances from birmingham
to all principal towns in Alabama. 1t
is of convenient size and easily fits in
the pocket The Sixty-Nine concern is
featuring a special sale of Diamond
tires this week.
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10 pounds per square inch, thereby
increasing the power of the explosion
and making the explosions mare rapid.
Here is the second cause of knocking.
Obviously the way to cure these
troubles is to prevent the formation
of carbon in the first place or to have
it removed promptly after it has
formed. We are working toward elimi-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

clean engine that Is running without
water.
We used to say that carbon deposits
became incandeseent and fired the en-
tering charge of gasoline prematurely,
catching the piston before it had
reached center and thereby causing
knock. This is a popular fallacy which
has been exploded. Carbon deposits
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

do not act in this way, but they do
prevent the proper cooling Of the COM
bustion chamber, so that the incoming
gas is heated to a degree that in
tensifies the ordinary explosion to a
point where it causes knock.
Carbon deposits, even very thin
layer of carbon, are enough to raise the
compression in the combustion chamber
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line on the market for the prepasatiu
Of the finished product"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
HOMER TOSSING
 | AT AUDITORIUM
Opera Star To Present
 We'll Balanced Pro- gram Tonight

~ Birmingham's new $700,000 municipal dedicated to the city Sun
 day afternoon, will entertain its Airst
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BY H. G. SALSINCER

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
STAGE SET FOR B. A. C.
 ALL-STAR RING CARD
Three l0-Round Bouts Slated For Athletic Club s
 Show Monday Night At $50

Performers booked on the Birming. ham Athletic clubs big all-star athletic program Monday night took their final workouts Sunday afternoon in the club gymnasium and are ready for the car nival. The menu of wrestling and box ing bouts for this show will feature local boys solely and is the first show of its nature staged by the local club in its promoting of fights. The first bout will start at s 80 o'clock.
 Much interest is being shown in to- nights fights on account of the fact that Birmingham boys are on the bill The largest crowd of fans to attend a fight at the B. A. c. is expected to be present and a large number of the fairer sex are looked for. Of late the number of women have increased at the bouts and with President Herbert Cobb's special invitation to women the list of feminine fans who will see the show is expected to be swelled consid- erably.
 Sarron vs. Burke
 The feature bout of the glove battle will be between Red Burke and Petey Sarron, if predictions run true to form. Sarron, who was on the Amer ican Olympic boxing team, is one of the cleverest little flyweights ever to appear here, and Burke, who is ban tam, is fast boxer who has shown great talent in his recent fights at the club. These two will wind the card up with 10-round battle.
 In another 10-round contest Sam Lavoy will encounter Joe Resha, and this should be a lively slug fest. Lavoy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
COTTON TREND
 IS DOWNWARD
 MOST OF WEEK
Declines Due To Fayora- ble Weather, Enabling
 Late Maturing

NEW ORLEANS, Oct 19.-The trend of the cotton market last week was on the whole downward, due main ly to the highly favorable weather which materially aided picking and ginning and enabled late cotton to ma ture rapidly thereby adding, in the be- lief of the majority of the trade, to the ultimate yield for the season. Accord ingly, when the market Feopened Tues day, after the double holiday, rather liberal liquidation, hedge selling and more or less short selling developed which forced the price down until We'd nesday December contracts traded as low as 2197, or 146 points below the high point reached for that month Sat urday of the previous week.
 The decline was aided by estimates of heavy ginnings to the close of the period sending October 1. These esti- mates were as high as 100000 run ming bales comparing for the first time this season with an even date last year up to which time 6,409,00 bales had been ginned. Such liberal estimate of ginnings led many to greatly raise their estimates of the crop, particu- larly as Washington advices made it plain that the ginning total would be taken into consideration in making the next crop forecast due to October 25, based on conditions existing October IS.
 The declining in prices to practically the 9 cents level encouraged an in- creased demand for contracts from spin ners, both domestic and foreign, and the stimulant administered to values was enhanced by the report of another trop- ical storm in the northwest portion ot the Caribbean sea whose reported di- rection of movement warranted the be- lief that it might enter the Gulf of Mex. ico. As a result prices recovered about 100 points from Wednesday low on Fri day.
 While the market eased off again in the late trading Friday it rallied once more Saturday owing to covering based
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has met Burke twice and was forced out once when he was apparently struck low, and came back on the other occa sion and won draw with Red. Resha is a fast stopper with a good punch Both boys are hogs when it comes tC taking punishment and have demon strated their ability to sock and take many times in the local arena.
 Bogie Saab, "a phenomenal seeker will meet Harry Carter in the third To- round boxing bout. Carter is a lanky boxer with long arm and lightning right. If he can keep his right in Saab's face he will have a good chance to win, but if the contest developed into a slugging melee the weight of Saab's blows will likely tell on the human beanpole.@ E...
 The wrestling bout, slated for ten frames, is expected to bring forth some sensational grappling for Tom Lacey and Young Harrington, tie participants, are not too friendly, due to tough scrap waged earlier in the year, which was called a draw. Both men are out to do better this time and both are figuring themselves as certain winners.
 Smith Meets Rich
 In a six-round bout Jimmy Smith and Young Rich will meet. These two are well known to B. A. c. boxing fans, and when they appear in the ring it is a warrantee that plenty of action will come to pass.
 The card should be the greatest hit of the year in local boxing circles, and it is likely that an encore will be sounded after Monday night. /.
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producers of raw materials and food. stuffs will benefit was generally coI- ceded, In manufacturing, however some observers expect Severe European competition. Others believe that a higher level of world purchasing power and an increased demand for our law matreials will, in the long run, stimu- late the demand for American .macu- factures and that American methods and resources will continue to maintain a strong position for the United States in the markets of the world.
 Little change was apparent in indus trial news. Steel production continued to run closc to 65 per cent of capacity. Buying in some lines contracted and the change in the method of passing prices led to some price cutting. Taken as q whole, however, the steel situation was little changed.
 The latest reports on railroad car loadings, those for the week ended Oc- tober 4, revealed small decrease from the high record of the previous week, but showed total of 1,077,000 cars. This figure was within 3 900 cars of the total for the corresponding week of last year, which set new record for all time for that particular week. Loadings of grain and general mer- chandise were the largest in history.
 A reflection of the improvement in the textile industry was furnished by the census bureaus report on cotton consumption in September. Although the takings of the country's mills omounted to only 435,000 bales, which is less than was consumed in the samt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
MANY WOMEN IN
 GOLF MEET HERE
SOuth's Best Links Stars To Compete At
 ROebuck

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 19-Many of the south's premier women golfers will be among the entrants of the wom- ans invitation golf tournament of the Roebuck Country club, Birmingham, opening Tuesday.
 Birmingham and Atlanta, each with number of entries, are expected to be the principle rivals of the tourney. Memphis will also be well represented with Mrs. David Gaut, three-times southern champion and twice western champion, the star of the Tennessee city aggregation.
 Mrs. E. NJ. Kilby, Mrs. l.. Liebold and Mrs. H. S. Geismer are three of Birmingham's most formidable chall- engers for the winners trophy. The latter is three times city champion of that city and qualified in the recent western tournament held in Chicago, with a 9G, while Mrs. Edith Cummings, present western champion, was low medalist with an S4.
 Tuesday will be taken up with the qualifying rounds and Wednesday will see the first round getting underway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
PIKE GRAND JURY
 COMPLETES WORK

TROY, Ala, Oct. 19-(Special. J. One hundred and fifteen investigations were made by the grand jury for the October term of circuit court and 49 indictments returned. of which 20 were felonies and 29 for misdemeanors. Several murder cases are pending and two additional ones were investigated and indictments returned. A number of assault cases are also on docket.
 A new roof was recommended for one of the buildings at the county farm and other repairs. The camps of the road crews were reported to be in good condition. A better system of keeping up with the supplies for the road com missiofers was advised, checking up on feed stuff and other supplies. Heavier fines were recommended in cases of drunkenness and other violations of law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-20
WEST SHOWS UP
 EAST ON GRID
N.Otre Dame WallOps The Army-DartmOuth
 Nearly Wins
By ROBERT D. LUSK I .aased Wire to The Age Herald.)


 NEW YORK, Oct .19.-In the ini- tial big intersectional contests of the season, the west has come out vlcto- rious. Led by a quarter of powerful line-plunging, end-runnihg, unbeatable backs, Notre Dame mOpped up the army team Saturday and went back to the great open places with the word that again the east has been greatly Over-ad- vertised.
 It was no new thing for the South Bend eleven to whip the Army. They have done that same thing eight out of eleven times before. The victory Satur- day, however, was a bit different It did not show so much the weakness of the east as represented by the army as the strength of Notre Dame. With Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Lay den making up the backfield, the Cath olics have a team that the east or west will have to go a long way to beat. a"s Army Not Weak
 Although it has it's faults the West Point team is not weak one. Wilson and Wood are great backs but pair is of little avail against four of kind and so in Saturdays game they did not show up as they surely will later in Lut 6CdSOhs
 Princeton's defeat of the navy was a different kind of a victory from that of Notre Dame. The Tiger win was not exactly luck but neither was it due altogether to world-beating football. It was quite evident that Princeton had the breaks Saturday.
 The Tigers, however, will have con siderable more of problem on their hands next Saturday when Notre Dape, the team which holds a unique position in American football as the connecting link between the east and the west, winds up it's eastern invasion before going west to remain and compare the strength of the two sections. Satur- day Princeton will not be up against such ancient tactics as were employed by the Navy the past week end.
 Dartmouth Shows Better
 Impartial observers of the Dartmouth Yale game at New Haven were rather disappointed that it ended in a tie Both teams played good football but Dartmouth's points were nearer to be- ing earned than Ellis. The Hanover ians lost victory through poor hand ling of the ball. Demoralized by tum- bles of which Yale took advantage, the Dartmouth team lacked the punch to break the tie.
 Considerable light will be shed upon the comparative sArength of Yale and