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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
W|LLYS ! D
ALREADY A
LEADING 6
Newest Sleeve-vaIve Creates
Own and Original
Market.

In addition 10 being one Of the
most popular cars shown at the 1896
Automobile Shows, the new 40
Willys-Knight six bears the distinc'
ton of creating its own and original
market, says the San Antonio Over
land Company.
When the new Seventy" was in
troduced to the public it created a
sensation because never before in the
annals of automobile manufacturing
had a siN-cylinder sleeve-valve engine
of this size and type been built.
Through the performance records
made during the official tests on
this car and the later marks set by
owners and drivers of the new car,
the Seventy" has within the space
Of slightly more than 60 days be-
come one of the leading cars in the
moderate priced six-cylinder class.
While it is the usual custom to
wait until a new product has been
proven foolproof by the more intrepid
purchasers, the new WillyS-knight
six 30" was an immediate sales sue
cess. In New York, the first auto
mobile show where this car was dis
played, 10000 Seventy" fans crowd
ed the factory branch to see this
new performer.
In all of the larger towns attend
ance records prove the significant in
terest in the new sleeve-valve six
which enters a sales field unique in
that there is no competition in type
or class with the new 30"
Upon the appearance Of the new
WHY'S Knight Six Seventy" WHY'S
Overland dealers in every part Of the
country oversold their quotas by a
large margin. The Willys-Overland
factory has stepped up production
twice since the building of the new
car was begun, and still the orders
pile up at the factory despite the
fact that 1000 Willys-Overland cars
day is the production program for
the plant.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
MARCH SALES
BREAK RECORD

New march records in sales and
output were reported to the recent
directors meeting of the National Au-
tomobile chamber of commerce, New
York, according to word received in
San Antonio. The production total
based on individual factory shipping
statements is estimated at AT ,1S5.
While the figure reaches new
height, it is not out Of line with the
trend of growth. March is always one
of the high production months. This
year it is Is per cent ahead Of the
average for March in the past three
years, but this is not taken by the in
dustry to indicate that 1926 will go
very far ahead of 1925.
Several companies reported in va
rious sections that sales had broken
all records during the past few weeks
February was virtually a closed
month for the northern belt Of the
country due to the bad weather, with
the result that stocks increased dur
ing this period and orders were de-
layed until March.
The government tax reduction on
automobiles which has been credited
to the consumer by the manufacturers
is now in effect and is expected to hav
a healthy influnce on sales.
While March was a new high for
the third month, it was the second
high for all time as October 1925 reg
istered an output of 49,, 1856.
Figures for this year are: January
315,S92; February, 375, 1892; March,
447 ,1S5. March lat year was 377 ,252.
The three year average for March,
1928, 1924, 1925, was 37S, 1856.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11

or warped rims are equally as harm,
full.
Corroded rims should be thorough.
ly buffed to remove every trace OF
rust and they should then be painted
with aluminium paint. Bent rims
should be Strengthened and if they
are badly bent should be replaced
with new rims.
ADD MANY MILES.
Proper rim care adds many miles
to the life of the tires, when the
tires are kept properly inflated
Rusty rims gouge and cut the bead
fabric there by lessening the life Of
the bead.
Rim cuts result from bad rims on
clincher tires. Premature bead fail
ure is the price paid by straight side
tires if the rims are not in good con-
dition.
Warped rims naturally throw the
tire off its proper driving position
with every wheel revolution, TO the
detriment of the tire.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
BENT OR WARPED RIMS
WILL REDUCE TIRE LIFE

Spring inspections are the order Of
the day. Drivers are listening for
motor knocks and inspecting their
tire equipment and the paint on their
cars with appraising eyes.
This is the season of the year
when motorists are in the inspecting
mood and are ready to make the
necessary repairs and adjustments.
Many drivers will put their cars in
service stations while many others
will make the minor repairs them
selves.
LENGTHEN CAR LIFE.
There are many things that the
average car owner may do to
lengthen the life of his equipment,
declare Miller tire men.
One of the most important and
probably the most neglected part Of
the wheel equipment is the rim.
Rims that have gone through a win
ter driving season usually corrode
and rust and in this condition are Il
menace to the tire equipment. Bent
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
DRIVING EASE:
UP To AUTO|ST

Comfort in driving rs largely n mat
ter of knowing where and when to
eXpend energy. Some drivers take pre-
cautions which are quite unnecessary
while others get into trouble by not
taking the right precautions at the
right time. When about TO overtake
another car, it is important TO glance
into the rcar-yiew mirror to see
whether anyone behind us trying to
pass. If several cars have passed from
the opposite direction, however, it
is not necessary TO glance behind. 1t
is obvious under these conditions no
one could be swinging over to the Op-
positc side of the road in an effort
TO pass.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
RACING ENGINES 4
WILL BE SMALLER

The smallest engines ever assembled
in racing automobiles will propel the
onc-seated cars entering the fourteenth
annual jOO-mile automobile race at the
indianapolis motor speedway next
year. The piston displacement will be
maximum of Of IL cubic inches
little more than half that Of the
smallest automobile engine in the
United States. The cars used in all
races in America in the
last three years have had a piston
displacement Of I'D cubic inches.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
KEEPS ON TALKING
IN Church; FINED

HAGERSTowN, Nd, April 10
When prayers failed to cure Jesse
W. Weaver Jr., OF talking during
services in the Church of God, near
here, members of the congregation
took heroic measures.
Three members of the congrega,
ton seized Weaver during the serv-
ices the other night and brought him
to the police court here. A fine of
SO, which the justice assessed, was
paid by one of his captors.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
.PRETzELS MAKE YOUTH
BREAK COLLAR BONE

LANCASTER, Pa, April TO-
Grabbing a bag of pretzels from a
companion, Clarence Bitter, 10,
hurdled a picket fence at the Elks'
Home on North Duke street, and
plunged 40 feet down an embankment
to the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks.
He received fractured collar
bone and several broken ribs.
Ritter was not aware Of the sheer dc.
cline.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
San ANTONIO COPS MUST
TAKE OFF HATS TO TURKS

men, finally devised a plan that will
stop any speeding car.
He supplied his men with wide
planks studded with sharp, heavy nails.
AS a speeding car approaches the po-
licemen hurl one of the boards in its
pathway, being careful TO get the bust
ness side up.
Unless the speeding motorist has
good brakes he's due for four badly
punctured tires.
SAN Antonio police should try it, "
Mr.. Hagan suggests.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
CARS MILEAGE REPRESENTS
10 TRIPS AROUND WORLD

A thirteen-year-old Chevrolet has
been driven more than 100000 miles
by A. R. NJ. Stone, stationery broker
of 6135 Wagner avenue, st. Louis,
Mo-, who believes his machine is the
oldest Chevrolet still in active service.
The mileage represents more than ten
trips around the world, reports the
Ormsby Chevrolet company.
Mr.. Stone, former locomotive en-
gineer, purchased the car in 1913, the
first year Of Chevrolet production.
The loss Of leg had incapacitated
him for railroad work. In order to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11

San Antonio's speed cops are eff
cieut but they must doff their caps
to the boys who hold down traffic
jobs in Constantinoplc.
Such is the opinion of J. Frank
Hagan Of the Guarantee Motor Com
pany, Chrysler dealers, made after he
received enlightening information from
the Near East.
DIR. Emin Bey, project Of Constan-
tinople police, bewildered at the in
flux of fast American and European
cars, that merrily sped by his traffic
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11

operate both the clutch and brake
pedals with his one foot he connected
them with a cross bar. This enabled
him to throw out the clutch and ap,
ply the brakes in one operation. He
drives from 60 to 20 miles daily with
in a radius of 40 miles of st. Louis.
Mr.. Stone says he has replaced the
car top and in addition has spent only
81 for replacement of parts. The
Chevrolet has averaged % miles per
gallon, he says. The car thus far
has burned about 10,400 gallons of
gasoline or approximately the capacity
Of two railroad tank cars.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
ESSEX IS POPULAR
IN GREAT BRITAIN

News that the Essex is a highly
popular car in Great Britain has Just
been released by the export division
Of the Hudson Motor Car compans
according to the Travis Automobile
company, dealers here.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
BALLOONS STANDARD
EQUIPMENT ON n

Balloon tires are standard equip.
ment on the Star four as well as six.
cylinder models. ''Bendix four" brakes
are optional equipment on both. The
wheelbase of the Star four is 1O3
inches; the Star six, 107 inches.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
FINISHING SEDAN
is DIFFICULT TASK

Few automobile owners realize the
amount Of work spent on finishing
the interior of their Sedans. In the
Willys-Knight Great Six sedan e
pieces of fine mohair are used and
more than 200 operations are ncces-
sary before installation.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
AIR LEAKS RESULT
OF LONG VALVE PIN

4 long pin In the valve stem may be
one of the mysteries of the gradual
loss Of air in the tire. Pins that
are a trifle too long will push the
valve off its seat when the cap is
screwed down. Filing a little off the
end Of the pin is all that is necessary
to stop the unnecessary loss Of air.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
FOR COMFORTS SAKE
TAKE RAILS OR
RUTS AT ANGLE

When crossing over rails or rut5
take them at an angle so that both
wheels of the car do not strike the
obstruction at the same time. This
generally relieves the shock, so that
it is harry felt in the car.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
TIGHTEN CYLINDER.

When the cylinder head gaskets are
replaced without thoroughly cleaning
both the gaskets and the surface on
which they are fitted, or IL they are
not drawn down tight after the en-.
CINE is warmed up (second tighten
ing). a compression leak Is likely to
occur.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
DRAIN HEADLIGHT
RIMS REGULARLY

Keep the small drain hole at the bot
tom of headlight rims open. Water
from rain and from washing the car
will settle Mt the bottom, rusting the
latch and lens.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
NEW MANAGER.

H. W. Mcclellan. formerly vice
president and general manager of the
Ross Automobile Corporation, Buick
dealers at Syracuse, n. Y, has been
appointed Franklin district manager.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

The grandmother of the
Cars spies" Nine. Serebria-
kova, now on trial in Russia.
The woman detective became
we'll known during the World
War The photograph shows
her being under the watchful
eye of young Soviet soldier.
T. K y photu>
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-28
CAPITALS BEST BOOSTER TRIP,
is VERDICT OF PARTY ON RETURN
Value to City of Excursions of Business Men to
Maryland and Virginia Highly Stressed.
Congress Praised for Legislation.

tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, and how it provided for the
planning work to be carried into near
by Maryland and Virginia. with the
result he predicted that under it's
planning and development work Will
be developed one of the greatest CAPT
tails the world has ever seen.
Value of Trips Stressed.
Mr. Zihlman said that he believed
Congress had written a constructive
program for the District of Columbia.
praised the booster trips and pointed
out that 1t WAS an excellent idea for
these business men each year to go
into nearby Maryland and Virginia
and awaken the people to the adVan-
tages of buying in and boosting Tor
their Capital City.
He spoke at length in humorous
vein. shooting darts at various Boost
ers. He told them that Congress had
not been 50 slow as past Congresses,
as he had Just read on the monument
at Yorktown. where the Boosters stop
ped all day yesterday. that Congress
in 1881 enacted Il resolution saying
that monument should be erected
at Yorktown to commemorate the sur
render of CORVALLIS. and that the In
scription showed that it was SO years
later that the law was passed author
izing it's ere ction. But the slowness
of this was Aothing comparable to
the time consumed in trying to con
vince Dick Mansfield that ii was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-28

and said that at all times they had
dealt with him in the utmost good
faith. He expressed the hope that
the Booster trips would be kept up.
and that he would be able to come
to Washington to- participate in each
succeeding one.
Publicity Value High.
Mr.. Andrews, in opening the meet
ing, told of the great publicity value
of these cruises to the business inter
ests Of the city, and to Washington
as the Nations capital. lie took occa-
sion to praise in the highest terms
the newspapers of the city, and to
say that no other city OF it's size could
ever compare its newspapers with
those of the Nations capital.
He exacted from each and every
Booster pledge that during the next
year they would collectively boost for
business Of one another, and boost
in way which modesty sometimes
prevented one from doing individually.
Yesterday was day Of modest but
invigorating entertainment for the
boost erS, after spending the early
morning at Old Point Comfort for
church services. They arrived at
Yorktown, Va, some time before noon,
when a. large group went to the YORK
town Country Club as golf guests.
under the pilotship of ID. Dean Polk,
assistant secretary, who met them In
automobiles. Others spent the day IN
lounging about the ship and beach,
while others went in bathing. Mai.
Covell conducted the Boosters through
a series of sotting-up exercises.
When the Booster orchestra gave
an afternoon concert on the dock
they were surrounded by scores of
visitors, among whom We're a couple
of dark skinned Charleston experts.
who entertained with unusual steps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-28

there that CORVALLIS surrendered ana
not in Yorktown, Pa.
He found some complaint with in
dividual Boosters, but on the whole
said it was fine cruise. He found
particular fault with the refusal of
Dr. Malcolm Gibbs to fill the prescrip-
tions issued to him by Chief Surgeon
J. A. Rogers and with what he de-
clared was misleading information
impaired to him by Frank Fenwick:
Maj. w. E. r. Covell. Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner, spoke briefly in
a humorous vein.
Columbus Paid Tribute.
President Andrews then delivered a
laudation of Charley Columbus, touch
ing briefly the history of the forma-
ton of the organization. and adding
that he only decided to become It's
president. the first time, when he was
assured that the body would allow
him to have Columbus as it's seCre-
tary. He said that he didn't believe
that any organization, and he knew
many of them, had more loyal or
more efficient secretary, and pointed
out that his resignation was received
with deep regret by every member of
The body, and the body which is TAX
ing him is receiving him with the
heartiest wishes for success from the
local organization.
Secretary Columbus spoke with deep
feeling. He told of his ambitions in
the newspaper and publicity field and
of the shows for the benefit of bust
ness which he had staged in the CAPT
tai City. which eliminated in his en-
ployment as secretary of the associa-
ton. TO the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association he gave full credit
for the new offer he is accepting, for,
he said, it was the prestige of the
local organization that had made the
New York organization reach out
through two big Eastern cities to pick
him for it's general manager.
In the highest terms he praised the
members of the organization for the
support they had always given him,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-28
CAPITAL BOOSTERS
GET STAR BY AIR
Special Edition of Sunday
Paper Rushed to Ship at
Old, Point Comfort.
To spur the Washington merchants

To spur the Washington merchants
. on to even greater efforts in advertis-
Ing the National Capital. during their
annual cruise along he Virginia coast
200 copies of a special edition of The
Sunday Star. still damp from the
presses of The Star plant, were rushed
to Boiling Field 1T O'Clock yester-
day morning. slowed aboard Navy
plane and carried by Lieut.. stanton
II. Wooster to meet the boosters ship,
Southland. at Old Point Comfort.
The early dawn flight, which took
but an hour and - minutes. devel-
oped into a test Of the flying ability
Of Lieut.. Wooster when the engine
threatened to go ont OF commission.
e He skillfully mana Ced the ship. how
ever. and effected = perfect landing
at the naval air station at Hampton
Roads. Va. From there Il navy
launch took the papers across the bay
to the Old Point wharf, where the
Southland had locked.
Caused Stir in Norfolk.
The mission of the plane, it later
was discovered, created Il stir in Nor
folk. where il was believed by one at
least, that the plane carried President
Coolidge en- some mNSter Gus secret
journey.
An unidentified woman of ability,
posing as a wealthy countess who had
lost her passport, but who is said
to have admitted later that she was
news reporter gained entrance into
the naval air station there. ostensihly
seeking a naval officer who had her
passport, and learned the true mis-
sion of the plane Lieut.. Wooster
ploted.
by some means, naval officers were
told, the woman reporter learned that
the ship was to make the trip yes
terday carrying "a person of impor-
tanCe--perhaps the President"
Sensation story spoiled.
The woman reporter didn't write
sensation story about President
Coolidge, but the boosters were not
disappointed and spent Sunday morn
ing reading their usual Sunday Star.
Lieut.. Wooster took off from the
naval station here at O'Clock yes
terday morning and headed into a
stiff breeze from the southeast. He
travelled at speeds ranging from so
to 100 miles an hour. attaining a
height of 5000 feet. Near Mount Yer
non the engine sputtered and coughed
and threatened to stop while Lieut..
WooSte- worked TO adjust il. Later
1t struck into a rhythmic tune and
the plane picked up speed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-28
FILIPINOS DENOUNCE
BACON AND KIESS BILLS
Measures Before U. S. Congress
Protested at Mass Meeting
Held in Manila.


MANILA, June 2S.-A huge mass
meeting was held in Manila last night
to protest against the Bacon and
kiess bills, now before the American
Congress. The first of these meas
ures would provide a separate terri
torical government for the Moro Is
lands Of the Philippine archipelago
Mindanao. Sulu and Palawan--and the
second would increase the powers of
the insular auditor and create a con-
tingent fund to be placed at the dis
posal of the governor general.
Manuel Qu9Zon, president of the
Philippine Senate and leader of the
movement for independence from
American rule, was the principal
speaker. others including leaders of
the Nationalist and Democratic par
ties. The meeting adopted resolu-
lions against the two bills. The
speeches were broadcast by radio.
Plans are being formed for mass
meetings of protest against the bills
to be held in nearly every province of
the islands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-28

this part of the program with the
spider song, famous and we'll known
to all Boosters, which they sang by
request.
John S. Blick then sang a little
coal song, entitled. Look out, Black
Diamond, the Senate VIII Get You
if You Don't Look Out" after
which Franklin V. Killian and Louis
Lew staged a skit, impersonating the
we'll known Mutt and Jeff, being
built in comparable sizes.
Thomas Cantwell sang until drowned
out with the competition of saxo-
phones. a couple of drums and four
monographs This was followed by
a sllit by Sidney Selinger, John ;.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-28

to the shower of silver coins from
the generous Boosters.
After the boat had gotten under
way and the Boosters had dined.
Impresario Bill Clarke put on his
Booster octette of steamboat har-
mony. They were forced to answer
so many encores that Manager and
Chief Participant Frank Pierce had
to announce that after other engage
ments they would appear again after
midnight, and they did. In this
troupe, in addition to the above. were
DR.. John T. Ready, Herman Richards,
Will Hettinger, Perry Ward. THOMAS
w. Smith and William w. Curtis.
Bill Clarke and Frank Pierce closed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-28

Within the borders of the National
time The greatest aggregation Of boost
ers in history, not only among the
business men who participated in the
1926 booster cruise of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association which
ended today when the steamer South
land locked at her berth here, but
among officials, permanently or tenn
porarly in Washington in executive
positions, and i'll Congress. This
statement was made to members of
the trade seeking outing at a generas
meeting Of the association held aboard
the vessel last night as she steamed
homeWard
Lieut.. Col. j. Franklin Bell, En-
gineer Commissioner of the District
told the buuStei~ that the last two
Congresses had done more for the
Capital than any previous Congresses
for the past 20 years. Representative
Fred n. Iihlman. called by Ross f.
Andrews, president of the association
who presided, Washington first real
representative in the national lower
house." praised the boosters and their
work, and Charles ]. Columbus, re-
firing secretary of the association,
sounded his swan song amid express
sons of regret from those whom he
had served during the past IL years.
1t was announced that the members
had ready for him when he leaves on
July | token of their esteem.
Mr. Andrews in introducing Col
Bell said that he was the best En-
gineer Commissioner In the history of
The District.
Co,uu,itfee Heads Praised
Col Bell said that he was booster
for Washington, and, after explaining
the favorable position in which Wash
ington stood ut this time from the
beneficial legislation. pointed out that
the city was fortunate in having at
the heads of the two District COM
mittees in Congress such men as Mr.
Zihlman and Senator Arthur Capper
of Kansas and also members of the
appropriations committees-all men
deeply interested in developing the
Capital City.
He asserted that Washington should
be thankful for the Investigations in
Congress at this session. which have
stirred up only tempests in the tea
pots in small things, because during
them no one has been able to put his
finger on one instance of graft or cor
ruption anywhere in the District Gov.
ernment There is no other city in
the country that could do it, he said.
adding if it had been present. in any
form. such an investigation as Con
gress has conducted could not have
tailed to draw it out.
He then spoke briefly of the Ma