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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
DURANT SWEEPS.
CLEAN

The show rooms of Durant dealers
have arranged one of the most novel
window displays ever seen.
This window display Is causing
great curiosity by its simplicity;
crossed brooms tied with huge red
ribbon--and not an automobile In
sight. the show room being com
pletely cleaned out. and sparklinEly
clean.
Practically all of the twenty-five
hundred Durant dealers, all over the
country, are makir this same dis.
play in recognition of clean sweep
made by Durant Motors. preparatory
to the introduction OF new models
next week.
Ever since the introduction Of the
Durant silver anniversary modes
at the National Automobile Show in
New York last January, the Durant
factories have had to exert every
effort possible to fulfill the unprec.
edented demand for this brilliant
line of cars. Record after record
has been broken. production gains
being made every mn~-'1 and al
ready, this year, there have been
nearly ninety thousand Durant cars
sold
In July production was cut down,
in anticipation of a seasonal let
UP, but this did not materialize
in Durant sales, and production
mad to be Immediately stepped up
again, Durant sales continuing t.
make new heights right through
the summer month.
This unexpected demand resulted
in the Durant factories running
out OF material for the building
Of the silver anniversary models
of the Durant Four and DurAnt
So, because purchases had been
made in accord with an anticipated
falling off Of sales, and tnees
models are Tnow completely sold
out.
:. In view Of this situation, the
new models Of these two cars which
might have been introduced At the
New York automobile show next
January, are to be shown here next
week instead. They are already il.
production and undoubtedly will
meet with even greater demand
lhan their predecessors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
BODIES
BEING BUILT

One of the reasons that custom
bodies are 30 expensive is the
tremendous amount of work re-
Quired to produce a really good job
on the doors. There are very few
custom body builders in the country
who can really do an outstanding
job in this respect. The result is
that even a custom body may not
have as good a door job as the
owner thinks he Is getting, il he
judges from the price of the vehicle
alone.
Since so much Of the satisfaction
derived from an automobile body il
dependent upon the design, construc.
ton and fit of the doors, 1t is one
Of the first points a buyer should
inspect. particularly in purchasing
q closed car. Though it may seem
strange, this inspection should be
! closer in connection with the pup
chase of a car with a high-priced
! custom made body than it need be
with the lower priced, big prOduc-
tier cars.
The reason for this lies in the
fact that on the custom-made body
each door is. dependent upon the
manual skill of some body builder.
while in the case of the big produc.
ton body the design and fit Of the
door In fixed by the methods used
| in production and assembly.
One of the good things done for
automobile bodies by the greatly
, increased use Of pressed steel parts
: IL the absolute interchanzeabiIity
Of even doors because Of the use
Of jiRs and fixtures in the manu-
facture Of the pressed steel parts.
When doors are struck from the
blank by the same dies in the same
presses and shaped by the same
dies and then drilled on the same
multiple spindle drills which loca te
the holes with the same ji2s and
fixtures for each door. they are
bound to be exactly the same. In.
: terchanReability is matter OF
J course with this sort of manufac.
ture.
Consequently, II the doors are
right for one car they will be right
for all OF them, unless there Is
some gross carelessnesS In the as.
sennbIy work. and this is very un.
likely.
While there is nothing more beau.
tiflII than a handmade custom body,
such a thing as interchanzeabiiity
in doors is out Of the question and
az stated previously. where one
man might make a wonderful job
another might not be so good. The
human element which is reduced to
a minimum in the big production
Job is very prominent in the custom
job.
It used to be a weeks job to put
four good doors on a sedan body.
In fact that would have been con.
aidered good time. In one Of the
. big production plants recently Wis,
tied where they are making bodies
which are virtually all steel, it re-
ouires eight minutes to put on four
Soora-two minutes per door!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
new OIL TESTS
SPEEDS UP
l. MOTORS

In the past five years automobile
engineers have been developing the
nigh speed motor to higher and still
higher speeds. More recently this
tendency has raised a problem which
- or interest to every car-oWner--
namely, that of finding lubricatinS
OIL which could stand up under the
terrific strain which IL nut upon II
Oy the modern high.speed motor.
The average motorist was unaware
Of the race that was going on ex-
cept when his car suddenly cried out
EoT7 expensive repairs. He did not
realize that automobile manutSc.
Curers were tending to go ahead
FASTER than the refiners. Or that
the life OF even the best motor de-
Ponds upon the quality Of the lubri-
cation II gets.
hundred minute! Faster, almost
than your imagination can race.
That ts often the rate OF the ex-
plosions in single combustion
chamber in the modern. high-speed
motor. One lightning explosion pur'
sues another so rapidly that they al.
most fuse into a steady flame OF
whitening heat. And that soaring
blast Is only prevented from re.
ducing an automobile motor to a
dead mass of over-heated metal by
q thin film OF motor oil.
This offers a severe test of the
stamina of motor oil. 1t suggests
why a few experienced car owners
prophesied that lubricating oils could
not be made which would protect the
modern motor against such terrific
heat and friction. But mans in
genuity will get him out of mc,t i'm
passes IL he thinks fast enough, and
the engineers of great oil company
which markets its product from coast
to coast went to work on this new
problem. The result is a motor OIL
called Veedol. 1t has been famous
during many years for it's ability to
Withstand motor heat and friction.
and it has been made equal to this
new emergency by remarkable Sc
ries of laboratory tests.
Oil tests would be Of no interest
whatsoever to the engine user were
1t not for the fact that there is a
great difference between the per-
Torrance of one oil in his engine
and that OF another. Since the SUI.
preme object sought In fabrication
Is maximum efficiency and satisfac.
tory service, the best method OF ex-
ploring the field OF lubrication as
applied to internal combustion en-.
gines is that OF actually using the
oils in an engine operating lIder
practical service conditions.
When this Is done the operating
temperature of engine parts Aow
that motor oils are exposeA con.
tinuously to very high temperatures
in an internal combustion engine.
Especially is this true within the AZ.
plosion chambers. upon the uppsr
surfaces of the cylinder walls and
upon the lower surfaces Of the piston
heads.
At all these friction points only a
tissue-thin film of oil prevents netal
from chatting metal and destro ling
the motor. Tide Water technolog' str
had known for years that the whole
problem OF correct fabrication Law in
the ability Of oil to form that thin
film, and to maintain it unbroken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
Coed Found Drowned "
Self-SIain for Love

WATERFOWL. N. ~, Sept. a.
The body of Maude Nesselrodt, 20,
coed who vanished from the ST.
Lawrence University Summer School
at Canton, n. T.. July "a, was
found floating in the old Cornwall
(Ont .t%canal
Belief that the body was that Of
the missing coed was confirmed this
afternoon. when her gra Adfather,
L. F. Nesselrodt. Of Williamsburg,
Pa, said over the lons-distance atele.
phone that the description given him
tailed exactly with Maude's, even
to the teeth and a scar left by an
operation.
When the girl, said to have been
respondent over love affair, slipped
away from the school she lett q
note, saying:
Il am tired OF living and am
going to end my life far away,
where nobody cares"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19

The State of Alabama, with 1877
automobiles per mile, has the few
est vehicles on it's highways. fol-
lowed by Nevada with 14.7, Idaho,
1871: South Carolina, 1872, and
North Carolina with 49,
The survey was made TO show
the strides being made by the
States in the construction of high
way building programs. Indiana,
it is pointed out by4p Thomas J.
Keefe. general manager of the aaso-
citation, leads All other In this
respect. with a total OF AZ 1913 miles
OF improved highways, and is ex-
pending this year, for further high
way improvements. an average of
s51 for each automobile registered
in the State.
Other leading States, from a high.
way construction standpoint are
Ohio with 1865 miles; Minnesota,
81, 200; North Carolina. 1855. and
New York. 27,3Oe miles.
One Of the most interesting facts
brought out of the survey is the
amount of State and Federal ex-
penditures for highway construction
in 1928 for each motor vehicle regis.
tered. The figures show that
Arkansas. with 1852 per vehicle,
will lead all other states in high
way construction during I192S.
Florida ranks second with $i2C,
followed by New Hampshire. S12s:
New Mexico, 500. and Tennessee
with &1Og.
Trailing all other States, from
the standpoint OF expenditures on
highways during 1928, per vehicle,
IL Massachusetts. which will spend
but $19 this year for each autonno.
bile in use; next preceded by Mis.
sissippi with $50; Michigan, -$34;
Nebraska, $Ss. and Utah and Colo.
rado tied for fifth place from the
bottom with an expenditures of SAL
per vehicle.
Following are the full results of
the survey. showing the total i'm.
proved mileage in each State, the
number of automobiles registered
per mile and the amount each State
will spend in 1928 for each automo.
bile registered:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
v A R VEHICLES
CARRY ON

MANY Of the $4,000 army trucks
and anlbulances left in France by
the American expeditionary forces
in 1918 are still in active service,
being kept in repair by a number
Of French automobile parts dealers
who bought up entire spare paris
depots at the end of the war.
The sArvicing Of these trucks from
tina parts stocks left there has be-
come an important and lucrative
business for a number OF local firms
who specialize in the repairing AMI
reconditionlng Of these vehicles, &C
cordinx to a report by Assistant
Trade Commissioner II. c. Schuette
at Paris.
Although the presence Of these
trucks at first caused som. apprc-
hension as to their possible effect
on the French market, it has nc.
impeded the sale of new vehicles to
any great extent. Immediately after
the war the French automobile IN
dustry was not in a position to fill
the demand for commercial vehicles:
while local Industry was going
through the transition period in re-
adjusting plants to peace.time manu-.
factur0, many OF these trucks rem.
dered d great service in filling the
temporary need.
incidentally, the excellent per-
Torrance Of these vehicles did
much to establish for American
trucks the good reputation that
they now enjoy in France among
their users.
Practically all the 1875 passenger
cars left in France by the Amer1-
can Army have now disappeared.
tt is estimated that war trucks in
active service now number approx
n1ately $4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
81 Children Who Stole
Rides Hurt in 3 Months

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 10
stealing rides" caused injury to
"a Pennsylvania children in the
three months ending August 81
five more than in the same three
months a year ago. However, eight
fewer children were killed in traffic
accidents in Pennsylvania in those
three months than during the same
period last year, when such deaths
totaled 80.
These figures have been made
available by the State Department
OF Highways and the accident pre-
vention division of the Philadelphia
Department OF Public Safety. Philip
q Lewis. supervisor of safety pa
trolls for the public schools. il en-.
deaVorine 10 arouse children and
parents TO the need for greater pre-
caution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
CLARE Testing
PROVED

An inexpensive device for measur-
ing the amount OF glare from the
aeadlamps of an approaching car
has been arranged by DIR. q. g
dickinson, OF the United States
nent to his own ear, and Ii de-
scribed in the August issue Of the
Is. A. e. Journal. BY means nf
this device IL is possible to de-
termine whether the light from an
car exceeds. Is less
than, or equal TO fixed light value.
II gives an accurate measurement
and can be attached to a car in
ar inconspicuous way and used an
ordinary driving. Glare statistisS
that are being obtained with It are
expected to be of great value In tns
study OF glaring headlamps. a.
.or example, in determining whether
90 much or too little light CAUSES
discomfort and danger in night
Ii living.
Essentially. the device Is a small
portable photometer fashioned from
Two pieces Of oiled paper enclosed
in 4 cardboard frame. in all abOus
= inches square, upon which .
small flashlisht Is trained. The
photometer unit is pasted to the
windshield OF the car in the Hhe
OF oncomtng light and the flash.
light ID conveniently attached.
in series with the flash.
light 10 small rheostat by means
Of which the current may be varied
at will. The apparatus IL readily
calibrated. Readings are obtained
by observing how the light from
an oncomfng car compares IN
intensity with the amount OF nsht
Tor which the photometer has been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19
Kansas Leads States
In Cars Per Mile

Kansas leads all others for the density OF
automobiles per mile it's highways according to the
suits survey just completed by the American Motorists
Association The figures show that the five leading States
are Kansas with 1892 Oklahoma 1882 Rhode Island, 1906
Nebraska. 97.1. and New Jersey. 86.8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-19

BRUCE LIVE is well known to the automotive fra
ternty of Washington and needs introduction to Peer
less owners Bruce has been appointed distributor OF
Peerless in Washington, Maryland and Virginia and
has the sales and service building at Four
teenth and Streets formerly occupied by the Peerless
branch and will operate under the firm of the
Southeast Motor Corporation.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-07-15

mOners who came up from very low ly beginnings.
 And now one perceives the secret oi it, which is this-that no begin ming is lOwly in America. Ours is rue democracy. The citizen who sA: it isn't may have reasons for tho statement, but every reason of them all is Self-created.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-07-15
FISHING SEASONS

Cape Fox or KetChikan District Starts June 25; Closes Aug. Is. keopens Sept IA, closes Oct. 15. Wtst Coast Prince of Wales Starts July 15; closes Aug 22 Reopens Sept. 14, closes Oct. 15. Juneau District
 Starts June 15; closes August 6. Central District (Icy Straits, Lower Chatham, and Lower Frederick
 Sound
 Starts June 20; closes Aug. Il.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-07-15
CALLED FRAMES BLUFF

John w. Frame wrote in the U. S. A. News Bulletin an item as fol- lows: "Cleaned the Tamborine" ''It is reported here that the Sal. vation Army over at Hydaburg has had some hard luck. They had been gathering up dimes in the old ta1pb borine for several months to sui'd a sidewalk in front of their little church, when Competent, Christian Citizen came along and Dull-conned them out of it. CT the details, see Major Carruthers
 Major Carruthers is in charge of all Salvation Army work in South, eastern Alaska.
 From the June issue of the News Bulletin" (the initials U. s. A. are now dropped) Frame indicates that the "Competent Christian Citizen" is William L. Paul.
 The Major Is Very Polite
 We wrote to Major Carruthers as requested, asking him if there was any truth in Frames published charge. We print the reply from the Major:
 Your letter of June first receiv- eG with reference to item in U. s. A. Bulletin about the Salvation Army at Hydaburg.
 ''This story is news to me, and think the writer must have been m:sinformed as I feel sure if any thing like this had happened would have heard about it. I am writing our sergt-Major in Hyda- br' g asking him for any informa- tion he may be able to give.'
 'Yours faithfully"
 (signed) W. J. Carruthers
 Major.
 With reference to John W. Frames statement that our editor has beeD suspended by the Masonic
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-07-15

ing of Sunnyside Lodge No. 163 A. F. & A. M., Portland, Oregon. neither is MT. Paul advocating any sort of leasebill which might give anybody vested right in the waters of the sea; nor is MT. Paul an at- torney for the Nakat Packing Com p2ny.
 On the subject of mass voting, the only political organization in Alas ka where mass voting is advocated even where the division is as close as 50 to 51 is the United Sons of Alaska whose constitution was writ ten by John w. Frame.
 Frame and Grigsby Neptuals
 Frame (John W. having procur- ed lawful divorce from the Repub- lican Party (his second marriagel. has joined himself (third marriagc) to one George w. Grigsby of the Democratic Party.
 Frame organized the United Sons of Alaska for the purpose of turning ttat organization over to George Crigsby and the democratic party. F:s sleeping potion' with which he fooled many Republicans who joined this organization was the plea of n-partizanship." He used to say: "This organization recog ri'es no party. We welcome good Democrats as we'll as good Republic ans so long as they advocate home rule"
 We have no doubt of the fact thst there is a secret deal on be- tween JOHN w. FRAME, TOM DON OIIOE, and GEORGE w. GRIGSBY. and that at the proper time, Frame will be allowed to put his feet in the trough. However, Tom DOnohoe has always been a very astute poli- tician, and so we are not surprised to see him acting the part of the priest in the wedlock of Frame and Grigsby. We have heard it said tt"t the first child will be named From" but whether in respect or disrespect we cannot say.
 She-Is it dangerous to drive
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-07-15
MORE PEANUT POLITICS

Failing to bludgeon the people of Wrangell into voting for school bonds, the Wrangell School Board have now received a telegram from Commissioner Henderson in which he says he is recommending rein statement of the Wrangell School on the accredited list of schools by Washington.
 Coercion of citizens by a public servant is always bad. We could never believe that a mere building could effect school enough to blackguard it as was done to Wran- goli by the Territorial Commission er of Education.
 And now comes the confession when Henderson by telegram-a leG- ter would be too slOw-tells the peo- pie of Wrangell that it was all 8 mistake and Wrangell should not have been removed from the ac- credited list by the University Of Washington.
 It would be very interesting to re&d MT. Henderson's letters to the University for we believe that he was the "nigger in the woodpile.''
 Wrangell is all 'het' up. Read the following from their local paper:
 Am recommending that Wran- gell High School be placed upou accredited list of University Of Washington for ensuing year Trus: that action will be taken looking toward construction of new school building next summer in order that question of it's continuance a.; accredited school may not be raise1 in future."
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-07-15

She-Is it dangerous to drive with one hand?
 Fe-Yes, more than one fellow who's tried it has run into a church.
The Washington times., 1928-11-06
CITES RESUL I
Of ELECTION
Do INTERNATIONAL Newa serrice

BY international News Service
NEW YORK, Nov. What win
the stock market do after election?
Jules s. Bache, head of the we'll
known Street banking and commits.
sion brokerage house of j. s. Baehe
& Co., summarized the situation in
a special statement for Interna-
tionaI News Service today as fol.
lows:
IF Smith is elected, that would
he the unexpected. and that is what
the market is waiting for. 1t
would give the market the jolt
which 1t requires to make people
stop, look and listen, which they
surely ought to do.
"The more or less steady advance
in stock values, while based on
solid reasons, has led to a bull con.
gestion, which the unexpected only
can cure. What / mean to convey
is that it is unnatural for even the
best bull market to advance steadily
without a corrective reaction of any
kind.
'1n word. only one of the things
can stop the insistent trend OF Sc.
curity prices; one is exhaustion OF
public buying power. which | think
quite remote: the other is the un.
expected development. which while
perhaps not serious in itself. would
become so because OF the extended
bull position in the stock market.
IF Hoover Is elected, the market
will go on until one of the two
things mentioned above develops.
That is in the lap of the gods"
The Washington times., 1928-11-06
Fletcher Named to
Pan-American Meet

The appointment Of Henry r.
Fletcher, American ambassador to
Italy, who Is in this country on
leave of absence, as secretary-gen-
eral of the American delegation at
the Pan-American Cancellation and
arbitration conference to be held in
this city December 10. was an
nounced by the State Department
yesterday.
Cord Meyer, formerly secretary
of the American delegation at the
Havana conference, has been named
as assistant secretary.
Secretary of State Kellogg and
Charles F.. Hughes formerly head
OF the American delegation at the
sixth Pan-American conference at
Havana, will represent the United
States. No other appointments
were announced by the State De-
partment.
The Washington times., 1928-11-06
WALL ST. SEEN
AS THORITY
ON ELECT ION
BY MERRYLE STANLEY
RUKEYSER
Copyright. 1928

NEW YORK, Nov, 6.--As the
hour strikes for the American
electorate to say it with votes.
Herbert C. Hoover enters the lists.
as distinct favorite, according 10
the Wall Street betting odds.
How reliable are Wall Street
odds AS indices to the outcome Of
uncertain future events2
Odds often Right
An investigation shows that.
though such odds are far from
infallible guides, the political odds
have proved far more reliable in
the past.than the sporting odds. In
the last 13 elections, in which vot-
ers balloted for President, governor
or mayor, the late odds CORRECTLY
forecast the event IL out of ID
times. The odds were wrong IN
1916 when the late President
Wilson beat Charles p. Hughes
in an exceedingly close contest
which remained uncertain for sev.
eral days until 1t became deflnitely
known that the Democrat had
won California's electoral votes.
and again in. 1913 when Governor
Smith defeated Former Governor
Whitman in New York. There
has been no important upset IN
the political odds for decade.
The betting odds on world Sc
ries have heightened their record
Of efficiency in the last five
wears during which they have
been right four out OF five
times The upset came last
month when the late odds favored
the Cardinals instead of the
Yankees. Prior to 1924. the per-
Torrance of Wall Street bettefs
was far less satisfactory. The
late odds had correctly foretold
the event only three times out of
10. If the bettors knew nothing
about prospects and merely
guessed bIfndly, mathematical
laws OF chance ought to make
them right half the time. The
value OF forecasts therefore must
be Judged by their achievements
in excess OF a 5O-per-cent record
for accuracy. In the last IS
years. the odds have been correct
in seven out Of is times.
In the realm Of politics the
citizen is allowed to vote only
once a year, but In the field OF
business the consumer casts his
vote every day. BY withholding
patronage from some and grant
ing it to others. the consumer Is
in the drivers seat. and deter
mines the success and failure Of
commercial institutions.
Waddill Catchings. partner in
the investment banking firm of
Goldman, Sachs & Co, and his
collaboration. william r. Foster,
have pointed out: I'm the domain
of commerce, every human being
has votes<every time he makes
q purchase.