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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04
DEMAND CROWS
FOR CLOSED
CARS
Chief Engineer of Oakland
Company Cites Trend
in Auto Types

The generally ACCEPTED predic-
ton that in the year 1925. for the
first time, more than so per cent of
all motor cars to be produced will
be closed models has a significant
meaning for those in charge OF en-
gineering, in the opinion Of Benjar
min Jerome, chief engineer OF the
Oakland Motor Car company.
1.-THE gradual trend towards the
closed type of body has recently been
given decided impetus through the
introduction Of the coach by some
Of the largest producers in the in
dustry," he explains. 1.-THE price Of
this closed style Of car is, on the
average, not a great deal higher
than the. open type. AS a result.
the closed body type is bound to
predominant and this fact. taken to-
Gether with the tremendous increase
in good roads, particularly in the
rural sections, means that more and
more the motor car will be used for
winter driving.
ITO the automotive engineer this
fact has a decided significance be.
cause as a result engine performance
must be improved to meet efficiently
and economically every kind of eli
matte condition. The motor must
be so constructed that it will operate
as efficiently in Florida in summer
as in Quebec, Canada, in winter. 1t
is for better winter operation, how
ever, that great stress will be placed
on improving the motor because
cold weather brings more obstacles
TO efficient motor performance.
1.-THE motor of the future must
be designed to warm up quickly in
the coolest weather. to give better
carburetion and more heat for the
fuel mixture, with consequent
saving in gasoline.
"Crankcase dilution caused by
gasoline getting into the lubricatinE
oil, one of the common occurrences
in winter driving, must be elimina.
ted as far as possible.
Smoother engine operation is
necessary for better performance.
To obtain more power and quicker
acceIeration without sacrificing
economy experiments are constant.
ly being made in the larger motor
car factories. The driving of cars
will be made simpler and more au-
tomato, and already a few cars
have gone a long way in this dire.
ton.
For easier and more comfortable
riding, improvements in spring
suspension and weight distribution
will undoubtedly be made.
II also believe the market for
medium priced cars will grow con-
tinually larger, due to the fact that
car owners are learning that high
priced cars can give them only
greater refinements and exclusive
ness, but not to any decided ex-
tent greater mechanical reliability"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04

what? That was the question. He
thought moment, and then it
came to him.
Its the four brake drums of the
four.wheel brake SYSTEM. That
used to happen when went over
such roads with my -two-wheel
brake car, but now there are twice
as many drums for loose stones to
strike" tsf
IT isn't anything that he Wor-
ries about any more.
Features the Cause.
All over the new cars there are
new features that may or may not
develop their own peculiar noises.
1t depends upon conditions. And
the motorist is much more likely
to notice them because most of the
older noises so common to the older
cars are gone entirely.
When a driver no longer hears
humming timing gears, clicking
valve tappets, kissing carburetors,
grinding valves and loose body
bolts it is only natural that some
of the choice noises of the newer
cars should engage his attention.
Complete satisfaction results the
moment he becomes acquainted with
these new noises and realizes that
they are just company for him and
nothing to worry over.
copyright, 1920
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04

around the garage when parking
the car in the cold. He would have
heard the came noise as the pipe
contracted.
Closed cars frequently develop Pc
culiar noises OF their own. One of
the most common forms is the
creaking window. This is usually
the result Of failure to open the rear
windows often enough. A little
dust gets in around the sill. and
then the annoyance starts. The
modern motorist hears things like
this, and is annoyed by them. be.
cause the new cars are so silent in
their operation. He would never
have been able to hear such things
In the closed cars of five years ago.
Four.WheeI Brake Noise.
Four-wheel brakes have developed
u most interesting noise that has
already puzzled many a driver. AS
he rolls along the road he may hear
a sharp changing noise not unlike
the striking Of a metal boiler with
q stick. II he has good magma
ton he may even go so far as to
think he is about to lose a wheel
After hearing this noise one driver
NAAAASo THAT AfC 0IONS lilly lilies at
a creeping. pace for fear that some
thing was going to happen. He had
looked over the car and had found
nothing wrong, but he was certain
things were not as they should be.
At the end Of the j, fifty mile
trip he had just about decided to
speed up and forget it when
clang" went the chassis puzzle
again. THAT settles itv' he
vowed. Its happened again. A
man is a fool il he won't act on
the second warning"
But the repairers he stopped
to consult couldn't help him any.
They did their best. but they, too,
were thinking in terms of older
models. They were not familiar
enough with the new cars to
know the new noises.
Later in the day. while pro-
ceeding cautiously upon his way.
the motorist happened to run over
a section of the road where some
loose stones had been deposited
All at once he heard the familiar
"clang." Before he could apply
the brakes there were two rep
etitions. 1t was obvious to him
then that the condition of. the
road had something to do with it,
and the next moment he realized
that his mysterious noise was
nothing more or less than the
stones being tipped by the tires
and hurled against the. But
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04
FADS IN AUTOS
DISAPPEAR
QUICKLY
Discriminating Buyers Look
Ahead When Purchasing
New Machines.

Warning motorists against the
expense of patronizing automotive
fads. Oscar Coolican, president of
Packard Washington Motor Car
Company. local automobile deal
| ers, declares that wise purchase
! of transportation involves the abil-
| ity to. look ahead in motordom,
and the willingness to stay with
an idea until it comes back into
style again.
/ Any woman with last years
hat can understand this, he says,
for if she has bought good hat
| 1t will be back into style the year
after.
In his opinion the fads that
do not find permanent place
in motordom are not worth patron.
izing, even for the short period
of their popularity. ~
If your car does not have
a pomDom on the hood Mr.. Cool
can maintains, lit is not neces-
sarily out of date. If it is a
good car with a good name and
large following among intelli-
gent car owners. it is probably
in advance of the years style all
the time.
lit is the inability of many
motorists to select cars that are
ahead of the times and their re-
luctance to keep these cars over
periods when pompoms seem to
be the ultimate in transportation
that makes car ownership unneces-
Sarlly costly and unsatisfactory
cit is the same with buying
automobiles. Discriminating peo-
pie are buying cars that are in
style now and will be in STYLE
five years from now. The rest
buy cars which are all out of
style six months after date of
purchase and which never were
distinctive because they were too
much like the rest.
Sometimes fads are attractive.
and motorists are justified in try,
ing their luck. But the wise mo.
torist in such instances makes Ger
tain that he does not spend too
much for his lark.
Suppose a number Of manufac-
turers decided to come out with
some new type Of engine. Natu-
rally there would be those to offer
good product in this new line,
others to offer a. fair proposition.
and still others to offer a product
that would last only for the dura-
ton of the fad. If a motorist had
faith in the new type he would buy
the best, if he were wise. If he
just wanted to dabble with the
fad he would buy the product that
would just meet the requirements.
He would be foolish to buy the
halfway product, for it would cost
him more than he needed to nav
and it would not be a real invest.
ment. -
Products, that are neither fine
nor cheap, like clothes. are usually
q form of extravaganza. They last
longer than the duration of a fad
and are, thus soon, both worn and
old-fashioned. They do not last
long enough to he useful, when
the style comes back again, and
they are never distinctive even
when in style.
ITO build o car that will sur
Vive temporary fads, yet be truly
in advance of the times. is the
aim of every progressive American
car manufacturer. To buy such
cars should be the aim of every
motorist who does not want to be
the victim of varying fads.
Buying oVerpriced fads will soon
be as obsolete as EThe Covered
Wagon"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04

AT certain speeds, these elongated
exhsusts may give the driver the
impression that the differential
needs a little more grease. Thus,
unless he is aware Of the struc-
tiral change in the new cars, he
may be wasting time looking fer
trouble that doesn't really exist.
Once the cause of noise mas been
ascertained, and found to be harm
less, one can forget it. This is
clearly illustrated Ly the experience
of a motorist during the recent
spell of zero weather.
Queer Cracking Sound.
He was surprised to hear a most
perplexing cracking sound floating
up from beneath the floor boards.
He thought it might be due to the
hood not being properly locked, but
upon investigation found that this
was not the cause He searched in
vain for things that might be loose.
He ran the car over rough streets
to see whether the noise had any
thing to do with the body. the
spring bolts or the spring recoil de-
vices. But there appeared to be
neither rhyme nor reason to the
noise. 1t cracked at irregular inter
walls and usually when he Would
least expect it to.
Two days Of this sort of things
got on his nerves and he resolved
that a part of the next day would
be devoted to thorough search for
the trouble But the next day hap
pened to be about so degrees
warmer, thus offering him opportu-
mites to use the car more ex-
fensiveIy. He. found he did .ot
have time to look for his queer
noise. And when he started to use
the car he discovered the search
was quite unnecessary.
The noise was gone. With the
temperature back to normal for the
particular climate there was no
more sudden contraction and ex-
pansion OF the long exhaust pipe.
On those zero days the metal was SD
cold that expansion Of the pipe con-
tinued throughout the course Of his
entire ride. He would have discov-
cred the trouble had he waited
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04
MOON MOTORS TO EXPAND
PRODUCTION DURING 1925

The Moon Motor Car Company
will begin in March the heaviest
spring schedule in its eighteen
years history, and the first six
months production Of cars is ex-
pected to establish a new high
record, according to the company s
president. Stewart Mcdonald.
We will build 10000 cars of the
same size as last year and 5000
new straight Fights. says Mcdonald.
With third greater production,
1925 earnings should be correspond
ingly good. Our forthcoming report
for 1924 will show the best iinan-
cial condition the company has
ever enjoyed, with no bank loans
of any kind and the highest ratio
Of quick assets since the organiza-
ton of the company, and with
earnings well over dividend require
ments
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04
PACKARD" TITLE USE
GRANTED D. c. FIRM

The Packard Motor Car Company
has granted PW Motors, Inc, it's
Washington representative, author
ity to use the name Packard" in
it's title.
Accordingly. the corporate name
of P-W Motors, Inc, has been
changed to Packard Washington
Motor Car Company.
The officers, personnel, ETC.. re.
main unchanged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04
TIMES MID ~WEEK949A
(EEL AUTOMOTIVE SECTION ~

oiled and creased and they neglect
to change the oil in their motors
at frequent intervals.
Crankcase dilution is the cause
of mary a bad bearing and many a
piston slap. The gasoline vapor
which fails to explode when the
charge in the cylinder is ignitsd
The how and wherefore as well
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04

as the remedy for this condition.
will be explained at the meeting
Of the Washington section OF the
Society of Automotive Engineers
to be held at the Cosmos Club on
Friday evening, March by T. S..
Sigh and s.. w Sparrow. lubrfcat-
ing engineers of the Bureau Of
Standards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04
MOTOR WORRIES DUE TO
T FAULTY LURRlCATION

Poor fabrication is the cause Of
more automobiles going to the
scrap heap than any other single
cause. Owners are neglectful in
seeing that their cars are properly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-04
new NOISES" WORRY
MANY AUTO|S7S
! By J. LEO sUGRUE,
Times Automobile Editor.

Now it's yearly models in noises
Owners of have across puzzng noises tnat
thew cannot interpret Few motorists worry when they know
means for most the things that sound
the alarming really the most harmless Ihey nave
settled down. with aid of reparers and service station
experts to discerning the meaning OF the new noises D
giving little thought the differences between the
old and the
Lengthening the exhaust pipes makes OF has
puzzled quite This has been done to allow for
better discharge of the fumes and to protect the pas
senrers in the closed type In many there
peculiar ronng the exhaust Some drivers rather
like this It's heavy sporty sound 1t makes light six
pi1rr like milonare's limousine But unless the
knows what it may be looking for end trouble
Evening star., 1925-03-27
EUROPEAN NEWS BODIES
DISCUSS USE OF RADIO
Twenty-Five Press Associations in
Session Adopt Resolutions Aimed
to Simplify Transmission.

The Navy Department made public
yesterday a report from a European
radio magazine of conference of 25
news agencies at Bern, Switzerland
at which resolutions were adopted
looking to simplification of transmit
ting news by radio telegraph.
The proposals will be submitted to
the next international communica-
tions conference, the date of which
has not been determined. They urge
measures to protect news in transit
from leakage. adoption of a means
Of rapid ciphering, provision for
multiple addressing OF dispatches,
reduction of press rates and ex-
tension of these rates to all hours.
The conference, which was attended
by representatives of the Reuters,
Havas, Stefani and Rosta agencies
and others, declared the radio tele-
phone was menace to news agencies
through the easy flooding of "un-
controlled" press news, and also
urged uniform legislation in the
copyrighting of press news.
The report was obtained for pub
lication in the naval communications
bulletin, which says:
remedies are contrary to American
principles, 1T is obvious that the news
agencies have a reasonable case and
their views doubtless will have to
be met in some way by the next
international communications con-
ference"
Evening star., 1925-03-27
B. & 0. GLEE CLUB
IS WCAP FEATURE
Marine Band Orchestra Is
Other Chief Attraction on
Program Tonight.

The Baltimore and Ohio Glee Club
and the United States Marine Band
Orchestra are billed as the chief at
fractions on the program tonight of
WCAP
The Glee Club program will be un-
der the direction of Hobart Smock,
and will be broadcast from 7:4o to
$50 O'clock. Mrs Elsa Baklor will
be the soloist. She will be accom-
panied by Mrs. George Castelle- Miss
Charlotte Rodda will be the accom-
panist for the Glee Club.
The Marine Band Orchestra concert
will be on the air from $50 to 10
o'clock and will be followed by the
regular two-hour Friday night dance
program by Irving Boernstein's Ward
man Park Hotel Orchestra. A talk
on Fossil Tracks and Trails" by
Charles w. Gilmore of the Smith
sonian Institution will open WCAP's
program at 1880 o'clock. His talk is
, one of the series on scientific sub
S5cCts arranged by DIR. w. L. Tisdale
of the National Research Council and
Science Service
Fashions and Gossip About Town"
a talk by Emma erley-Lincoln, will
start WRCs afternoon program at
clock. Subsequent features include
a piano recital by George r. Ross, a
talk on Beauty and Personality" by
Elsie Pierce, tea music by the Willard
Hotel Meyer Davis Trio, the childrens s
period and the weekly question box.
Evening star., 1925-03-27
NAVY BAND TONIGHT
ENDS INDOOR SEASON
Orchestra Will Present Its Final
Program at Marine Institute
Hall at 8:15 O'Clock.

The last orchestra concert of the
present season will be given by the
United States Navy Band Orchestra,
Lieut. Charles Benter. director, at the
Marine Institute Hall, Eighth and |
streets southeast, this evening at S:l5
o'clock.
A special feature eff the final pro-
gram will be a duet. 10, Hear the
Gentle Lark" by Sir Henry r. Bishop.
who based his music on the Shake
speare lyric.
The regular outdoor season of the
United States Navy Band concerts
will begin the second week in April.
This evenings program, SIS pm. :
Patrol, 1.-THE Crack Regiment" (To-
nani); overture Brazilian, I'll Guar
any, Gomez; suite de concert,
4I.'Arlesienne" (prelude, minuetto,
adagietto, lie carillon) (BizeD; grand
fantasia from the opera Sampson
,et Delilah" Saint-Saens); rhapsody
Southern" (Hosmer): suite in two
numbers (a) "Orientale," from "Ka-
Telescope" (CuD, OBJ IAN Album
Leaf CWagner); duet for flute and
clarinet "Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark
(Bishop), musicians, J. Bell and c..
Brendler); valse de concert. Summer
Evening" (WaldteufeD; excerpts from
the musical comedy sally Kern) !;
finale, '1The Star Spangled Banner
Evening star., 1925-03-27
The Square-Law. Straightline, Wave
Length, Celebration, Variable
COndenser-Part ".

To get the most correct curve or
area outline for the sectors which
make up the condenser plate of a
square-law condenser the intervals
should be made very small For our
purpose, however. 10-degree dial in
tervals, corresponding to 60-meter in
tervaIs, will suffice.
AT zero setting with the capacity
of the condenser zero, the dial of the
condenser will be set at zero and the
wave length of the circuit neglecting
any capacity present in the circuit
should be zero.
AS we increase the dial reading. say,
10 degrees, thus desiring to increase
the wave length of the circuit to 60
degrees, the capacity of the condenser
should measure 2.537 micro micro
farads, calculated according to the
formula given in yesterdays article.
AS we increase the dial. reading to
20 degrees, and the wave length of
12O degrees, the condenser capacity
required will be 1915 micro micro
farads.
An increase of the dial. reading to
80 degrees, with a corresponding in
crease of wave length to $50 degrees,
VIII require capacity of casa micro =
microfarads
AT 40 degrees dial reading, and 24o
meters, the capacity required is 40.59
micro -microfarads.
AT 90 degrees dial reading, or 300
meters, the capacity required Will be
63.43 micro microfarads.
At so degrees dial reading, or $40
meters, the capacity required will be
9l.33 micro -microfarads.
AT 70 degrees dial reading, or 420
meters, the capacity required will be
124.3I
At so degrees dial reading. or $50
meters, the capacity required win be
16Z.37 micro -microfarads.
AT 80 degrees dial reading, or $40
meters. the capacity required will be
2O5.37 micro -microfarads
AT 100 degrees dial reading, or 600
meters, the capacity required will be
1881 micro -microfarads.
III We tabulate these findings as
shown in the diagram We will notice
several interesting relations between
the various dial positions, which bear
out our first statement that in order
TO get an even variation Of wave
length proportional to the dial read
ing the capacity of the condenser
must increase as the square of the
angular motion.
The first column gives the dial
readings at regular intervals; the
second column the wave length read
ings which it is desired should cor
respond with the dial readings to give
an even variation. The third column
gives the capacity required at each
setting. The fourth column gives
the multiple or number which must
be used to multiply the initial ca
pacity change required by a lode
gree movement of the dial to produce
a change of the initial so degrees.
The fifth column gives the square
root of the multiple.
You viii notice that an angular
Evening star., 1925-03-27
Painted Aerial Poles Best.

If your radio receiver has not been
giving you the best of results the
past few weeks and your A and b
batteries are up to their proper volt
age and you want to be assured of
good reception during the Spring &
months, inspect your aerial. Every
fan should remove all the objection
able features, such as slack guys, un-
rayeled rope ends, slanting poles and
everything with a makeshift appear
ance. Take a can of white paint
and give the pole a once-over, and
also the spreaders If you have more
than one wire. Attention TO these
details will perhaps make the aerial
a less unwelcome addition to the
housetops
Evening star., 1925-03-27
WCAP-Chesapeake x Potomac Tele-
phone Co. (46S.5 Metersb.

1880 to 7:45 p.m.-"Fossl Tracks
and Trails" by Charles w. Gilmore
of the Smithsonian Institution, one of
a series of scientific talks given under
the auspices of the National Research
Council and Science Service, arranged
by DIR. W. +. Tisdale.
7:45 to $3.50 p.m.-Concert by the
Baltimore * Ohio Railroad Glee Club,
Hobart Smock, director.
$3.50 to 10 p.m.-Concert by the
United States Marine Band Orchestra,
William II. Santelmann, leader; Tay-
lor Branson, second leader.
10 TO II p.m.-Dance music, played
, by the Wardman Park Hotel Or
chestra, direct from Wardman Park
Hotel
Evening star., 1925-03-27

Miss Marguerite Ison of Washing
ton won $50 in the February Bruins
wick music memory contest broad
cast by WRC, Washington, in con-
junction with two other stations
WIZ, New York, and WGY, Schenec-
tady.
Miss Ison, who lives at 1906 Shep-
herd street, heard the announcement
that she had won the prize on the
radio Tuesday night She is an en-
ploye of the Internal Revenue Bureau
and formerly was teacher of music
in the District schools.
Miss Ison heard the music memory
contest through a small crystal set.
The first prize of 81. 900 and the sec
ond prize of $500 went to New York
contestants.
Evening star., 1925-03-27
SEES U. S. FACING TRADE
CHALLENGE IN DECADE
John Barrett Says Nation Must
Develop Commercially and Po-
litically in South America.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 27.-Ten more
years will see the United States chal-
lenged by the severest competition by
other nations it has ever known, John
Barrett, chairman of the interna-
tional pan-American committee and
former director general of the Pan
American Union, told the Rotary Club
yesterday.
The 20 countries of Latin America
offer this country its greatest oppor-
tunity for commercial and political
expansion, said Mr.. Barrett. He fore
cast world power for the United
States dependent upon the extent it
developed power in the Western
Hemisphere through friendly cooper
alton with all the Americas.
Mr.. Barrett urged that A second
pan-American exposition, such as that
at Buffalo in 1900, be held soon in
Chicago or New York. He said Latin
America favored it.
Evening star., 1925-03-27
J.. WRC-Radio Corporation of America
(46S.5 MeterSD.

p.m.-"Fashions and Gossip About
Town" by Emma PerleyLincoln.
4:10 p.m.-Cieorge +. Ross, pianist.
4:20 p.m.-"Beauty and Personal
ity," by Elsie Pierce.
4:S0 p.m.-Tea music by the New
Willard Hotel Meyer Davis Trio,
broadcast from the palm room of the
New Willard Hotel.
p.m.-Children's hour, conducted
by Peggy Albion.
6:15 p.m.-"The Question Box" by
the assistant editor of the Path
finder.