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Evening star., 1929-12-08
AUTO TAG NUMBERS
RESERVED FOR CITY
Maryland Official Allots Those Be-
tween 10000 and 10000 for
Exclusive Baltimore Use.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December I'm the
distribution of 1880 automobile license
plates for the more than 100000 auto
mobiles owned in the state. E. Austin
Baughman, motor vehicle commissioner,
has set aside all numbers between
$4,000 and 100000 for use on the ma
chimes owned in Baltimore City.
All plates with numerals greater than
10000 will be mailed to the county
owners Authorized dealers will re-
ceive numbers between 1000 and
10000 for markers for cars under Their
agencies. Licenses for soIid-tired We.
hicles will be started at $4,000.
The buSSes which will be licensed
10 operate in the State will receive
markers beginning at l and running
up to the series set aside for the deal
ers. Licenses in blocks of thousands
have been set aside by the commissioner
for the membership of a number OF
local civic and fraternal groups.
Evening star., 1929-12-08

The average cost of operating a car
on a farm is $2O8 year, not including
depreciation, according to the District
Of Columbia division, an A. A. A. unit.
Evening star., 1929-12-08
FINANCING GREAT
IN MOTOR TRADE
81, 10000, 900 Advanced So
Far This Year for
Car Purchases.

Sums totaling approximately $780,
100000 were advanced by finance COM
panies of the United States during the
current calendar year for automobile
purchases, 1t was estimated IN state
ment made public this week by the
American Motorists Association.
Obviously the figures for the entire
year are not yet available, it was ex-
planned by the association, and the estt-
mate is based upon the volume OF buSl-
ness transacted by 338 finance COM
panies during the first half of the year
and upon the assumption that business
during the latter months has followed
the same general trend as in the last
three previous years.
The sales of approximately 2,940, 900
cars, new, used and unclasSifled, have
been handled through these finance
companies during the year. About SO
per cent of this number was new cars,
used cars and those in the unclasSified
group making up the remainder. Ap-
proximately $966,000,000. or about 10
per cent of all money advanced for car
purchases by the finance companies,
was to finance new cars.
Volume of Business.
"These figures give the motorist some
idea of the volume of business which Is
being transacted by the various finance
companies" says the American Motor
lists Association statement. 1T is an
undisputed fact, however. that there is
a decreasing tendency on the part OF
automobile purchasers to buy cars on
time payment and since 1925 credit
sales of both new and used cars have
fallen OF 10 per cent. This decrease is
partially explained by the more careful
investigation of credit risks, stricter
financial terms and, perhaps, the lower
prices of cars.
During 1925, 632 per cent of all new
cars and 62.8 per cent of all used cars
sold were purchased on the various time
payment plans then in vogue. Last
year the number of new cars sold on
credit amounted to slightly more than
So per cent Of the total, while the num-
Der Of used cars dropped to sos per
cent Of the total changing hands.
Loss on RepOssesSed Cars.
"The average direct loss per repos-
seSsed car, that is, the amount owing
minus the amount received from sale,
hovers between $40 and $65 when cars
are purchased through finance COM
panies on the basis of IL or less pay
ments, and between $50 and SOS when
the payments are stretched over q
period OF more than IL monthly pay
ments. In the former class the average
direct loss per repossessed car in 1928
was $56, as compared with $65 in 1926,
while in the latter the loss was SIS last
year as against $94 in 1926"
"The installment plan has become a
popular method of purchasing various
commodities in this country during re-
cent years." says Thomas J. Keefe, gen.
eral manager of the American Motorists
Association, "and it cannot be denied
that sales of automobiles, both new and
used. have been stimulated through the
activities Of the various finance COM
pantes. The figures in the associations
report show 10 what extent American
motorists have come to rely upon the
financing companies in purchasing their
automobiles"
Evening star., 1929-12-08

The United States produces 83.5 per
cent of all automobiles, according to the
District of Columbia division, an A. A. A.
unit.
Evening star., 1929-12-08
Overlooking on Starting.

Beginners are apt to overchoke the
engine when starting. It is often un-
necessary to use the choke at all, es-
pecially in warm weather or shortly
after you have been running the car.
First try to start without choking and
then, II the motor fails, use the choke
just little.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
New Buick Models
 Now Being Shown

The 1880 Buick made it's debut last Saturday on the showroom floors of approximately 4,0O0 deai- CTS throughout the country, and, ac- cording to factory officials, this new creation will prove one of the outstanding sensations of the year in both performance and appear ance.
 The Buick line, as in former years, is divided into three series. The wheelbase and the horsepower of all models of the three series has been increased, The wneelbase Of the six models of the 40 series has been increased from 116 to 11s inches and the engine has been stepped up to 80 1-2 horsepower.
 In addition to lengthening the wheelbase. the car has been buii. lower. Body lines and contours have been refir.od, the shape of the radi- ator revised, the margin of the ra- diator shell diminished and thermo- statically operated shutters added to the front.
 Many mechanical advances have been increased. The wheelbase of steering wheel road shock eliminat- ing device is one of them.
 Semi-elliptic springs and double acting shock absorbers are used, to- gether with four-wheel internal ex- pansion controlled Servo brakes, re- designed transmission and clutch,
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
Nash Cars Are
 Boxed for Shipment

kenosha,. Wis, July D. When the greatest of all transportation mediums-the automobile - itself requires transportation, the process used in protecting cars for. shipment Is one of the most interesting and elaborate systems developed by the motor industry.
 More than one and one half mill lion feet of lumber are used each month in the huge overseas shipping building in Kenosha where the Nash Motors company has evolved one Of the most efficient and painstaking systems of protecting cars for ex- port known in modern shipping, Some sixty trained men send the cars along the progressive assembly which boxes them so perfectly that neither rough handling at seaboard, open roadstead unloading, nol ex- traordinary conditions sometimes encountered overseas can injure them in any way.
 The export cars, bound for points on all the seven seas. are so we'll housed that their packing cases are often used for garages and houses 4n lands where good lumber is scarce, and travellers in far coun- tries are apt to see the famous Nash nameplate emblazoned on des- ert huts and seaside cabins in some of the worlds most out-of-t -the-way places.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
ENGINEERS BELIEVE
 FLOODS CONQUERED
Work in Mississippi Valley Shows Excellent Progress

Washington, July z9 R - High
 army engineer officers expect this
 years work to rid the lower Missis-
 sippi valley of the menace of dis astrous floods unless the water unex- pectedly reached such tremendously | high levels as in 1927.
 Construction of levees and flood ways along the Mississippi and it's principal tributaries has progressed, the engineers say, until the can withstand any rise in the waters ex- cept a flood of catastrophe nature. The effectiveness of the lower valley protection system. they believe, was demonstrated by the very high water last spring.
 About s54,00o,DoO has been ex- pended out of the S325, 100000 ap- propriated under the 1928 flood con- ,rol act, Major General Edgar Jad- win, chief of army engineers. said today. During the first year O. work, s24,oo0,000 was spent chiefly in strengthening and repairing le- wees on the main stream damaged by the 1927 flood while $50, 0,000,0oO has been utilized this summer in the
 commencement of the general pro-
 ject.
 This years work has included the
 raising and widening of the levees
 on the main river and tributaries to
 ,he new federal grade promulgated
 under the flood act and the starting of work On the fioodways and spill
 ways A program calling for ex
 penditure of s3O,0o0,000 to $35,
 O00,0O0 is planned for next year,
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
Dodge Pistons Are
 Designed for Power

The care and precision necessary tn the design of pistons and the fabrication of cylinder walls where those pistons operate can readily be calculated by the fact that each pls- ton in New Dodge Brothers Six engine travels approximately 2,1o0 feet minute inside the cylinder when the car is driven SO miles an hour.
 At that speed, the engine in the New Dodge Brothers Six is turning et the rate of 54 revolutions a sec ond. and during every revolution each piston travels a distance or 3-4 inches up and down in the cylinder wall. For every 100 miles the car travels, each piston rolls up g mileage of approximately S9 miles. operating in a roadway" only 7-S inches long.
 To meet this tremendous strain and insure maximum efficiency in operation, Dodge Brothers engineers have designed aluminium alloy steel strut pistons that offer unusual ad- yantages over every other type. The construction provides two Invar Metal struts that support the con- meeting rod side pressure and insure the same expansion for pistons as for the cylinder. The aluminium al loy piston has the advantage of be- ing lighter in weight, permitting
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
De Soto Gets Name
 Of Easy Riding Car

In these summer days of vaca- tions with thelr extended motor trips and week-ends spent miles from town at the quiet lake, by the trout stream, in the woods or at the seaside, the holiday seeker de- mands a car with easy riding quali- ties.
 Not so many years ago, the holl- day to the driver of an automobile was holiday in name only. If he was fortunate enough to get back home without serious mechanical was considered a long trip. he re- turned in most cases physically and mentally exhausted The idea of coming back refreshed after hun dred mile spin in the country was unknown to the driver of yesterday
 The "comfort-ized" modern car, however, was not an accidental dis covery. The engineers who designed the De Soto Six, developed this par ticular feature of the De Soto only after an exhaustive study of the mechanical requirements needed to offset the innumerable jars and bumps the car is subjected to in a days driving.
 Long before the first De Soto Six made it's appearance, these engi- neers in the big Chrysler Motors re- search laboratories were planning the features of this car that have reduced driving fatigue to the van- ishing point and have given the driver of a De Soto Six as much comfort as if he were at home In his favorite easy chair.
 The accepted method of merely balancing spring Reflection and car weight was thrown in the discard the entire spring suspension was planned to conform not only with the Sprung" weight but with the "unsprung' weight as well. The lat ter, the engineers explain. Is the weight not supported by the chassis springs. Reducing this unsprung weight to a minimum lessens the bouncing of the wheels ana axies on uneven roads and pavements, and al the same time lessens severity of the shocks transmitted to the frame from the springs.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
Noisy Milkman Warned
 Not to Disturb Peace

Milkmen must be. careful, else they will be reported to the police department. In the small hours of the morning they must not make much noise; they must not let the cans rattle as they go about their ask
 This is a ruling handed down by the police department, the test case coming Saturday evening when Sam uel Hanna, who lives at the corner of East and Day streets, complain ed that the milkman who unloads milk at his house at o'clock in the morning was making a lot of unnecessary noise. The officer on the beat warned the milkman, who said that he would try to do his duty more quietly.
 MT. Hanna also complained at the same time that some boys were making noise at his corner. Officer Harper investigated the complaint and could not find the boys.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
Chevrolet Dealers Stock
 Past Model Parts

Among the adjustments effected
 to safeguard the continued useful
 ness of former models have beer the establishment of service. ma
 chine shops at Detroit and Flint specializing in the exclusive manu- facture of past model parts: ,addi- tional service training schools where dealers mechanics are taught the latest methods for servicing the old and newrmodels; additional zonc warehouses which expedite the de- livery of parts to dealers: and re- visions in the system by which the dealer is stocked with past model parts.
 Independent manufacture of past model parts became necessary just as soon as" intensive production be- gan on the new sizes. When the company was specializing in four cylinder manufacture the turning out of past model parts was re- latively easy.
 The drastic changes represented Tn the l929 car. however, ana the increased demand for precision work on the main production lines made it impossible to follow the former method Hence space has been set aside in these two giant factories and special machinery ln- stalled for the exclusive manufac- ture of past model parts.
 Chevrolet's service training schools have been generally given credit for the expertness of mechan- ics in the dealers service garages. This skilful army Of trained work CTS has always been recognized by the company as the keystone around which the efficient Chevrolet ser vice system has evolved.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29

woman speaker and a piece of wa
 termelon, aimed with unerring ac-
 curacy, caught a bespectacled con-
 munist orator full in the face.
 Nationalists had contemplated the invasion with disinterested air
 until H. T. lao of the Chinese Stu dents alliance, of their own race, ascended soap box. That was too
 much and for the next few minutes the air was filled with shouts, fruit
 and vegetables. The communists hurriedly picked up their standards and ran for it. The Chinese nearly
 overhauled them as they swarmed
 to the Chatham Square elevated sta ton but the presence of policeman
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
New York Communists and Chinese
 Riot Over Red Speech On Railway
 Trouble le-Eggs Halt Soviet Speaker
Vegetables and Unsavory Missiles Tossed At Invaders
 On Pell and Mott Educators Hastily Withdraw Forces.

New York, July 29 (UP)-An at tempt by communist sympathizers to convince New York Chinese that the Soviet was in the right in the Man. churian railway dispute came to a somewhat grotesque end after a serious flare-up had seemed immi- nent for a few tense moments.
 A crowd of bowling Chinese, us- ing eggs and vegetables as weapons, chased the communists from the Pell and Mott street district after the usual Sunday calm of Chinatown had been broken by an invasion of soap boxes, fiery placards and anti nationalist speeches.
 One egg ruined the dress of a
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
Visitor Loses S1O But
 Wants Only S5 Back

Claiming that he had been rolled to the tune of $10 but that he would be satisfied if he received $5 back, for he felt that he owned the other five for drinks that he had received, Walter Dobrowski, 130 Gold street, made complaint against Leo Las kowski, 435 Burritt street, late Sat- urday night. '-''
 Dobrowski said to- Officer Harper, who is Investigating the case, that he went to Laskowski's Saturday after noon to play cards. Drinks were served. Later in the, evening Las-
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
Developments in Automobile
 Field as Described by Agents

lighter connecting rod assembly and resulting less wear, more power and greater flexibility. Because the pis- ton head is normally the hottest spot in the engine, increased heat conductivity of aluminium eliminates the chief cause of .pre-ignition.
 To insure exact balance. pistons of the New Dodge Brothers Six engine, each weighing IT 34 ounces, are assembled in, groups of six and matched so that none vary more than IS ounce. Such precision as- sures perfect balance and maximum operating efficiency .t'.''
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
YOUTH REPORTED MISSING

As yet no trace has been round o1 Salvatore Lopez, the lS-yeari-old son of Joseph Lopez, t77 Elm street, who was reported missing since Tuesday. All police officers of New Britain as we'll as those of NIassa- chusetts and Connecticut have been asked to cooperate in the search for the boy. Mir. Lopez reports to the police that his son left home last Tuesday saying that he had a joh in Springfield. He has not been heard from since.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29

IMPORTANT
 400"
 FEATURES Twin.lgnition motor 12 Aircraft-ype spark plug. High compression Houdaille and Loveioy shock absorbers
 (eseIxups Nzsb nssrtiss) Salon Bodies Bohozlite aluminum alloy pistons
 (fsvSy Strsfy> Double-drop frame Torsioaal vibration dampet World: easiest steering
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29

days) without a single stop of engine or car. Best previous rec ord, 162 hours.
 The record-breaking Roosevelt was a stock car in every detail, fully equipped. The run was made, not on smooth pavement, but over the rough brick track of the Indianapolis Speedway, un- der full A.A.A. supervision.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29

kowski put his hand intc Doorow- skis pocket and extracted s3o. the latter said. He gave $20 Of il back retaining s1o. Officer Hafier went to the home of Laskowski. but the man was not in.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29
MARMON-BU|lT STOCK CAR RUNS 44O HOURS WITHOUT
 STOP; RE-FUELED ON FLY

A Marmon-built Roosevelt 8 recently completed one of the most remarkable demonstrations of stamina and dependability in automobile history by running 440 hours, 30 minutes Cover IS
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29

improved rubber motor mountings and wider and sturdier chassis frame. A sloping non-glare wind shield is another advancement in- corporated in the new Buick.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-29

saved the situation.
 One man, Chinese laundry worker, was arrested for disorderly conduct
New Britain herald., 1929-10-15

scored and the Cubs won their only game to l.
 Biggest disappointment-Rogers Hornsby, whose only vital contribu- tion to the Cubs cause was a sin- gle which drove in one run in the third game. He was helpless at the plate most of the remaining time He famed eight times out of P trips to the plate.
 Smartest play-Jimmy Dykes steal of home in the third game which was nullified because Um- pire Charley Moran called the pitch to the plate a strike, retiring EarnshaW for the third out.
 Best fielding play (2)-Hacll Wilson's enchanted catch of Boley's line drive in the fourth game and Joe Boley's play of Roots grounder back of second in the same game. Both plays looked impossible. Wilson's counted the most, saving two runs.
 Longest remembered happening The Athletics 10-run rally in the seventh inning of the fourth game when they were eight runs behind. Wherever baseball is played, this amazing rally will be talked of un- til doomsday. Nothing like it ever happened before. Nothing like it may ever happen again.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-15

Fordham at the Polo Grounds, and Temple faces Western Maryland at Baltimore. All these games seem to belong to the "tosS-up" class.
 There are a number of other in- teresting games in prospect with unbeaten Cornell meeting Princeton at Ithaca; Yale facing Brown, con- querors of Princeton, at New Haven; Bucknell doing it's best to give La fayette it's first defeat at Easton, Pa: and Penn State seeking to extend it's winning streak at New York Uni versiy's expense at the Yankee stadium.
 Syracuse. after it's beating by Ne braska. will try to re-shape it's ranks against minor opposition in Johns Hopkins, and Georgetown also has scheduled a fairly easy game with West Virginia Wesleyan. Lehigh meets St. Johns of New York while Rutgers is trying conclusions with St. Johns of Maryland.
 Wesleyan will try to record its first victory of the season against Bow doin: Williams should down Hobart easily and Amherst will be favored over Hamilton.
 Among the smaller New England colleges no game holds forth the prospect of closer action than the Tufts-Connecticut Aggies battle at Medford, Mass.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-15
DRAMATIC FINISH
 ID WORLD SERIES
Saturdays and Yesterdays : Games Rival Fiction Stories

Philadelphia, Oct. 14 (UP)-The world series is over, and the Phila- delphia Athletics are worlds cham- pions.
 What started out to be the most mediocre of these October baseball engagements ended most dramatical- ly.
 No writer of fiction could have imagined the climax in which the Mackmen swept to victory over their rivals, the Chicago Cubs.
 After winning two hollow victor- ies in Chicago the new worlds champions made their first appear ance in a world series on their home grounds in 5 years, and were sound ly beaten. They won the fourth game of the current series by the most spectacular rally in the history of baseball, but still they were up against a game, fighting ball club. In the fifth and final game of the 1929 world series, the Athletics went into the ninth inning trailing by two runs. opposed by Pat Ma iObC, pl'NiNl N1lo ilbu lCI NHCll down with two hits until that time, allowing but one man to reach sec ond base.
 Then the fireworks were touched off, and before the clamor of the crowd was stilled and the battle of base hits at an end, the Mackmen had scored three runs, hammering out most sensational victory and winning the decisive game. 8 to 2, and the championship of the world 10 boot.
 Never before has world series finished with such a touch of drama. The better ball club won, but in a manner which had 30,OO0 fans, in- cuding President Herbert Hoover, spell-bound in the throes of delirium
 Facing apparently insurmountable odds. the Chicago Cubs had gone out and piled up a convincing two run lead through the first eight in nings. Two runs are not many as ball games go these days. but with Pat Malone setting the Athletics back on their heels inning after in ming, 1t was dollars to doughnuts that the National league champions would win the fifth game.
 When Art French. who used to carry footballs across the chalklines for West Point, struck out to start the last half of the ninth, the fans starte ' to leave Shibe park.
 Pat Malone is a pitcher whose best attribute Is courage. His fast fast breaking curve. which had turn ed back the As inning after inning, was one thing, but his heart was as big as a lions.
 Let me go. I'll get 'm." He told the anxious board of strategy which gathered about him.