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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
The National Daily

the increased size Of brakes used
today. and the number for each
car service on each individual
brake Is q less frequent occurrence.
There is trend toward stopping
wrapping effect" of brake bands
which always effects their eff.
cheney. When d band grasps the
drum the former has q tendency to-
follow the latter. 70 stop this
engineers are anchoring the bands.
Considerable progress has been
made in this connection with brake
shoes.
Throughout there has been
marked Improvement III braking
systems, particularly III the de-
tails. The Bendix mechanical sys-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

TENS can be developed from the ex-
haust. This IL the arrangement in
one system now available. In other
systems the engine builds up d con-
yentional compressed air supply.
One of the most interesting de-
velopments in brakes Is the Blk
Vacuum. Booster Brake for buses.
The engine furnishes the vacuum
so that when the brake pedal Is
pressed by the driver the booster
furnishes an extra pull on the brake
rod.
The growing tendency il to en-
close all brakes. This Is becoming
essential with the most complicated
types. Even the external contract
ing type is now provided with suit
able shields to keep the brake lin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

tenn now OFFERS number Of oiIless
bvshings ia It's general layout
one version Of the Lockheed hy-
draulic system Il equipped with On
automatic arrangement whereby
thu lines keep themselves filled.
rendering II unnecessary for the
motorist to give the plunger Of 8
supply tank an occasional pump
or two.
The small Developments III the
brake line are becoming the largest.
Most of them viii pass unnoticedI
BY the drivers who win benefit by
their advantages. but to those who
know what Is going on in the
work Of stopping Americas carr
the highway Is one of new security.
(C0pyright I026)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

These new complex and more
accurate brakes are, at present,
operated IN four ways: Mechanic
ally, hydraulicaly, Enthusiastically
and by compressed air. The cleo
trieally brake shoe is be.
lleved to be just around the corner,
There are some surprising de-
welopments I'm the mechanical line
such as to make il as novel as any
2 Of the hydraulic, air or electric
types. a case in point "a the self
energizing idea wherein slight
manual application of the pedal
brings into action further automatic
mechanical action. With a little
announcement the brakes begin to
operate themselves. To put 1t
another way, the car plays an inn
portant part in stopping itself.
Bandix brakes eTnbody the self
energizing principle In the brake
shoe themselves. These are of the
internal expanding type, the third
brake shoe helping greatly to
smooth out the stop and to obviate
the possibility of having the front
wheel brakes grab.
Hydraulic Types
Lockheed hydraulic brakes can be
Of either internal expanding or ex-
terna1 contracting types. The ex
ternaI type employs a single band.
the two ends OF which are drawn
together upon the drum by the
action OF the fluid operating and
spreading two small pistons In u
cylinder carried on the axle This
band Is anchored at the bottom
Where the internal expanding COM
structiou is used the action is re-
yersed, two brake shoes being forced
By the pistons to press against
the inside Of the brake drum.
There is every reason to believe
that, IL the nlulti-shoe type Of brake
proves itself to be q decided factor
I'M safety and economical in brake
lining wear, the internal expanding
brakes with three. or more shoes
may be hydrauIicaily or hydro
Dtatically operated. In other words,
there is q possibility that the future
may hold new types Of brakes built
on combinations OF present prin-
cfples.
The hydrostatic brake differs from
the hydraulic type in that the fluid
il dramatically sealed, there being
no piston and cylinder action at the
wheels. The driver presses upon
the conventional brake pedal which,
IN turn, connects with piston.
Movement of this piston presses
upon the bellows in which Is con-
tanned the actuating fluid. q mix |
ture Of alcohol and water. When /
the fluid Is displaced Il goes through |
the lines to the brakes where it /
eWells small sacks that press the
brake shoes against the inside Of /
the brake drums.
In hydraulic brake system, the
piston comes In direct contact with |
the hydraulic fluid, alcohol and |
castor oil. causing pressure through |
out the lines. At each wheel there
Is small cylinder with two pistons
which are forced apart when the
fluid enters. These pistons operate
the simple levers to pull brake |
bands together or to push brake
shoes against the brake drums.
Pressure on Liquid
The hydraulic principle is simply,
that pressure applied upon liquid
enclosed within q vessel or system
is transmitted with undiminished |
force in every direction. Thus, If |
the driver presses upon the pedal
with a force OF fifty pounds exactly
this amount of pressure is applied
to the operation Of each wheels
brake mechanism disregarding |
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17
Dance Is Planned

a dance and entertainment win
be held Friday at o'clock IN the
Pythian Temple under the auspices
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Machinery Spells Progress
In Central America

MATERIALLY, progress In Gen.
M trail America may be named In
40 terms of machines. Travellers
find regular airplane and daily auto
service. Auto trucks haul the coffee
crop from the interior to the rail-
road.
The land Is alive with such slo-
gans as Better Public Service" and
GOOD Roads"
You can fly from Northern Hon
duras to the capital at Tegucigalpa
in n few hours. where, formerly, the
journey taken on horseback, occupied
a week. In the streets of the capital
cities the fast moving auto truck will
soon eliminate it's competitors, the
slow moving ox-cart and the burden
bearing Indian
Through intercourse with a larger
travelling public and the consequent
interchange of ideas Central America
is reaching a better understanding
with the people of various countries.
Recognition of women's rights, lib
erty of expression and a more toler-
ant spirit in religion was noticed by
Rev. R. R. Gregory, a representative
of the American Bible Society, on .
recent visit.
THE Central American people are
appreciative of genuine help and
friendship" he says. "ard in 4 larger
measure than we give them credit for
are capable of absorbing our best
More Bibles are being circulated this
year in Central America than ever
,hs&orsss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
$500 Pounds for
Special Radio Packard

The "wark. squawk. wham, biff.
bang" of the hay wire" unlicensed
amateur broadcasting stations are be-
ing rapidly eliminated from the air in
the eighth radio district which COM
prises New York Pennsylvania. West
Virginia, Ohio and the lower peninsula
of Michigan.
S. w. Edwards, supervisor of radio
for this district in the o. S. Depart
ment of Commerce, Is putting an end
to radio Interference with a radio de-
tective motor car recently put in ser
vice by the government. The car, a
specially built body on a Packard six
chassis, is fully equipped radio re-
search laboratory on wheels. 1t is the
first car of its kind ever built.
There are three complete receiving
sets, one for short wave lengths down
to 40 meters. one induction receiver to
locate leaks in power transmission
lines. and one super hetrodyne of so
to $500 meters designed and built by
the Bureau of Commerce. A trans
mitter of 100 watts and so meters will
broadcast over a range of two or three
hundred miles. There are "a cells of
1855 ampere hour Willard storage bat
teries which are designed to charge
from a rectifier when in the garage or
from the regular Packard generator
when the car is in motion.
Because of the weight of the stor-
age batteries and other special equip
ment the car weighs $500 pounds. The
chassis has the regular Packard lubri-
eating system which allows every part
of the car to be fabricated from
plunger on the dashboard, even while
travelling along the road.
Various wave meters, watt meters,
an omnigraph for giving operators ex-
aminations, a typewriter and other
equipment enables Mr.. Edwards to use
the car as his travelling Office, with his
assistants, J. E. Brown and J. c.
McNary.
So far the radio detective car has
100 per cent score. 1t has traced down
every complaint it has set out to IN
vestigate. including most elusive in
reference caused by a leak from
high tension electric line in West vir-
Cinia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
A hill 10 never 90 steep as when
q notorist 10 telling how he
climbed it in high.
Improving Accessories

Improving Accessories
Efficiently accessories and devices
on late. models have proved so In
valuable that efforts are being made
by many engineers to improve them.
Several important changes have been
made recently.
Instead of affixing the, oil purifier
cartridge box on the engine side or
the dash, one company recently
adopting this efficiency accessory
has installed it on the side Of the en-
zine where it adds to the general
good trim Of the power plant.
OIL rectifiers are recognized as
among the most important develop
ments in recent years but additional
, progress is being shown In the
method of drawing the oil from the
engine. The first models provided
for taking the diluted lubricating oil
from the side walls Of the cylinders.
even to sucking it from the rings. 1t
has been found that this is excellent
when the engine is in process OF be-
ing excessively choked. but that 1T
tends to dry up the engine when
operating normally. In one OF the
newer systems, oil Is drawn from the
crankcase before being rectified and
aeriated. In another system as APP
piled to sleeve-valve motors oil is
sucked from the rings but the system
also provides for additional suction
TO lift oil up between sleeve wearing
surfaces that may not be perfectly
fabricated otherwise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Now You Have It!

ANSWERS to last weeks questions)
1. All rear axles are not equip
ped with truss rods because some be-
ing of the banjo and welded types
they do not need these supports.
2. The shape of a cylinder head
has much to do with the accumula-
ton or the prevention of the &C.
emulation Of carbon. One patented
head is designed to give the gases a
swirling action so that unburned por-
tions cannot so readily cling to the
head.
8. Only 1850 Of the heat energy
derived from the gasoline is available
for actual car power when the
ordinary touring car Is running at
forty miles an hour.
4. The conventional muff1er ouiets
the noise of the engine exhaust by
permitting the gases to expand more
slowly.
5. Direct drive Is the term applied
to the Arrangement whereby the en-.
CINE shaft is rotating at the same
speed as the propeller shaft. There
Is always reduction at the rear
axle. however. so that the rear axles
always turn faster than the engine
shaft.
Copyright 1926 by Tire -Ilmao
Featurs Servfce)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Tn. Old Mechanic Says:

It's a strange thing how con-
scientious car owners will insist up
on havin' me write down on paper al!
the things they want me to do when
workin' on the car. while the truth
Of the matter is they bring the car
to me because they forgot to write
down the jobs they did themselves
Every day brings car with trouble
caused by its owners forgetfulness.
One of my customers does his own
greasin'. He's very conscientious
about it. but he won't take a tip and
keep a record in writin'. Every now
and again he forgets some vital part
Of the car and comes around for help
It's an old sayin' in my line. and
true. that If they don't write it down
in black and white. the repair mar
will have to do 1t for them. =
It's the easiest thing in the world
to overlook some vital part Of the
car when servicin' 1t. Also. wher
there's no full record there's toe
much risk of givin' some parts toe
much attention. have in mind 8
chap who put so much oil on the
generator bearin's the thing wouldn'i
operate at all While he was busy
ruinin' this part he overlooked the
oiler on the distributor shaft.
wrote down the details on my
time slip when the Job came to the
shop. If the owner had been a little
more businesslike he would have
seen that he was skimmin' over some
of the vital spots and bein' too free
with the lubricant where little OF
would have been aplenty.
Owners ought to keen a record Of
when they have valves ground and
carbon cleaned This should be has.
ed. not on mileage only. but on the
uses to which the car is put and The
weather. Short runs in cold weather
call for more frequent carbon re.
moval. Long runs in hot weather
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20

little slow and speed Is being sacri-
feed? The only exception to this
rule is where full automatic spark
control Is employed. In this case the
spark automatically retards itself
when the engine is pushed and the
driver cannot tell just how high"
the spark is.
The new anti-knock gasolines be-
ing marketed are result of the
cracking" process whereby the de-
siratle ingredients in crude oil are
singled out and blended with
straight run gas to minimize deto-
nation?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Chain May Have Jumped

When the car begins to run slowly
and the spark has been advanced as
much as possible at the distributor.
the indications are that the front
end drive chain has jumped a
sprocket. This applies where dis
tributors are operated from the ac-
cSssory. or water pump shaft, which
is the usual practice. Silent front
end drive chains should be frightened
when loose in order to prevent such
jumping. If the chain acquires con-
siderable play it will jump a sprocket
or two on the accessory shaft gear
and the result will be the same as
though the spark were set back.
Some cars have an automatic device
to take up such slack. but where this
Is not provided the slack can be TAX
en- up by loosening adjusting nuts
and pulling the whole accessory
shaft assembly little farther away
from the engine block. II the chain
has Jumped the camshaft sprocket as
well 1t will he necessary to refine
the valves. This. however. seldom
happens owing to the arrangement of
the front end sprockets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
A Bit Skeptica1

Country Doctor (after using steth-
oscope on patient): Well. I've locat-
ed the seat Of your trouble William.
Old Bill Jones Heretofore healthy
man and boy): hope so, Doc. but
to tell the truth amt got no faith
in divinin' rods. be they old-fash-
toned or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Legion Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Lessons from Accidents

With some of the most serious
grade crossing accidents occurring
on side lines where rail traffic is so
light as to lead the motorist to
imagine that trains run about once
a week" it has been suggested by
many that 1t might be we'll for local
motorists to know train schedules as
a further help in striving for safety.
In majority of instances. however.
it is feared that knowledge of train
schedule might have the very OPP
posite results. Facts prove that any
driver is safer when he figures that
it's always train time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20

The automobile industry is report
ed to require over two billion dollars
annually I'm retail credits, three
quarters Of which is handled by
finance companies not connected
with the factories.
The Ohio State Automobile AS
ISOLATION Is backing a motorists bill
of rights which calls for better in
vestment of highway funds in more
lasting roads and freedom from
waste in the management Of high
way business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
A Trick to Remember
Gas Tax Overlooked

In a recent article Thomas H. Mac
Donald, chief of the U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads, made a statement that
will surprise millions of automobile
owners and perhaps bring smile to
those road students who have been
scoffing at the idea of imagining
there are free roads in America. Mr..
Macdonald said:
"Our people will never again sub
NIT to a method of collecting revenue
for highway improvement which re-
quires the traveller to halt on his
journey and pay toll as the price OF
proceeding"
To be accurate, S79,734000 was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Did You Know That

Splash system Of fabrication never
has been practical for Weight en-
gines? Such lubrica ton was found
to overoil one set of cylinders end
stint the other set Positive pres
sure systems are used for this type.
If the engine does not knock. or
oine. when the accelerator is sudden
" depressed the engine Is timed a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20

paid by motorists in 1924 in Just this
very manner. The filing stations
were the toll houses and the gasoline
tax was the toll,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
Riaht off the Hood

often double the mileage between
carbon Jobs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20

Air cleaners operate to better adj
vantage on different cars according to
their position. Less dirt enters a
cleaner If 1t draws from the rear in
stead of from the front. and this
raises its efficiency. Air cleaners
have a natural tendency to reduce
the carburetor air supply. thereby
lowering horsepower at critical mo-
ments. Improved installation of
these devices by using oversize
cleaners gives the advantage of a
cleaner mixture without restricted
air supply.
A Trick to Remember
Having a tail light go out Is bad
enough without discovering that one
could have reached home without in
convenience and delay by tapping the
tail light until 1t came to life again.
Often when a light socket isn't max
ing a good contact. the tapping
serves to put it in new position.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20

Vast Expansion 90
Advanced Equipment
>@4eNewPriceS Possible
The history Of Dodge Brothers drastic reductions
product uowed by greater and
demand expansion 81 buildings md
s siooooooo '"''''ns an expenditure =" more ''@'
Output vastly increased with consequent reducdonin
thecost fmateia sand production
of advanced abo-saving and quality
increasing equipment
body $40 600 replaces ten former presses
costing s. 500 each and does the work more esaeenss
fines line ofvehcs Dodge Brothers
history at prices that mincedIh in view Of Dodge
Brothers traditional quality
more nnwhn
ude-
snartan stylish body Ines
Fourde dependable cylinders
Absolute smoothness
Greasrp owe, snap ande elasticity.
And yandwi construction
e1a aHaia saaas 5 ag araao VISION At a time when
Touring Car $s755o
Roadste SSHOO
Coupe
$9S3OO
Gardner Motor Co.
Gardiner Augusta Watevme
.0D6E BROTHERS
MOTOR CARS
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
MRS. STONE IS GRANTED
 DIVORCE FROM HUSBAND
Principals in Famous NuCatan Acstop at Last Arc Legally
 Freed

New Haven. Jan. 29.-Miiton NJ. Stone, former church choir singer and public accountant hero, whose lucatan divorce was declared H. legal by Judge Walter NJ. Pickett asst August. did not contest an action brought againet him in civil superior court by his wife Rosa r Wippcr S'onc. Judge Earnest C. Simpson granted Mrs, stones ap' pdcaiiou for divorce, alimony Of 5%.UUq, the custody of their child, lIapfiel, s., and a change of name. 7 aibc cG-sa "as listed on the docket of the court as "contcslabIe action"
 The action was based on the grounds of intoicrable cruelty. which. according 10 Mrs. Stone. started on January l, 1920. The couple were m1rriod on June l. 1918.
 Stone, claiming that he had Sc cured u dhogcs in Iuc1taN, married his former s'cnosraphcr in a middle western city. Later he Wus ar. rested in Rochester, \. y. and wos ordered by tho court to pay $io d week for the support Of his wife and child
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
German Artists Protest
 Scyare Art CenSOring

EcrJD, JlU. -A.--NiIhsilN ll'H- ming, u.Honahbt deputy. was cY- pcllnd from tho rrcha'ag vesjrrd t% after speaking violently against the Locaruo s-cuIty ras'. T,ir ooTs" %as in T continual uproar during his speech, W3jcIt continued for an hour, and at ona time i' er"mcd as it he would btromc involved in pronv>,,oua, conflict with Chancellor Lu'hcr.
 Herr H,nn!ns called 'b' cabinet members, traitors and "lhe hangmen of Inc German people,"
 Chancellor lp'her, descending from tho -JounaL intercepted the speaker auI forbade further utter anrn or s2aa islanders.
 utNnr mrul..r.o fhr r.jnls.ag surGoI ID and s,pa'Jtrj tHe two men.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29
CHEMICAL MODEL
 Of CELL pR0DUCED
Scientist Has Practically Du'
 pGCated Living Unit

New York. Jan. 2s R,--Dr. D. T. MaeDougal, director Of the Tucson ititonA laboratories for plan physl- pleTy Of the Carnegie institution, hp, oroducsd s chemical working Cell ;hs unit Of living matter. The model. however, has no power ol reproduction.
 ma current Scientific American announcst inc scientific accomplish men'. listing the chemicals used and ;he results
 The artificial cell Is capable ot growing by absorption Of chemical. until it reached q certain point. aua then stops. A living cell the artic,v joints out. grows until lt reaches a hemicaI galanee, then automatically slaris an over again. impelled hy t,me motive power absent in the ar- r,f.Ial cell.
 Hased upon the construction Of In egg, the artificial cells has an
 ter protective covering of paper a celulose. Inside Is a sugar sO- ton containing several chemicals. which attract other food chemicals trough the ceIulose, causing growth.
 When a "polnt of balance" is reached, growth stops and has 10 be started over, whereas in a living cell reproduction by division or other means to upset the balance would take place automatically causing continuance of action.
 The chief point of scientific inter est, the article declares, is that the artificial cell will absorb five times as much potassium as sodium from q mixture containing equal propor- tiona A living cell will absorb GO times as much. But, according to chemical precedent. the absorption should be in equal proportion, and Dr. MacDougal expects to gain val uahle information as to the opera ton Of the life stimulus from the fact that there is any different at all.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29

I ARGELY on mcdjo1l adv1-r, l. women are abardonuG the oiJ- time sanitary pad" for uc~ va. that supplants uncertainty Wi,h po.i- tive protection.
 Sheer frocks and ill-timcd social engagements no longer remain d, worries Lost days are fewer, aui health better
 l. is called "KOTFX." Ends the insecurity of the o!d-tmc sanitary pad. Five time as abscr5cut! And dtoiorxt5---cnds ALL fear oi or lending.
 l/As easily disposed of as a piece 7 of tissue No laundry. No en- barrassment
 You get 1t at any drug or de partment store simply hy saving "KOTEX" You ask for ii without hesitancy.
 Costs only few cents. Eight n 10 bctter-class women employ it. Proves the risk of old ways
 
 No l1undry-9iscord like ti,suc
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29

9-Piece Suite of Huguenot walnut
 with genuine inlay; 60-inch Buffet with silver drawer, oblong Table, China and five Chairs and Armchair.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29

You'll find this the ideal cov- .ring for kitchen, bathroom, etc, from the standpoint of clcanli- ness and sanitation.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-29

They'll move off our floors in- to homes of this community in rapid-fire succession while the sale price holds good!