Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1929 — Page 19

FEB. 23, 1929.

ESSEX SOUNDS CHALLENGE TO MOTORWORLL Speed and Great Power in 1929 Product of Hudson Company. While the new Essex, the lower priced of the two cars built by Hudson Motor Car Company, is tagged with a list of seventy-six different mechanical and body improvements, the makers lay so much stress on the car's outstanding performance that the new issue has been given the official name of “Essex the Challenger.” There is speed—seventy miles and more—and abundant power, because the output of the motor has been increased 24 per cent, to an actual 55-horse power. Among the changes to which the greater speed and power are due are a larger bore, higher compression, increased valve lift, new cylinder head, improved valve timing, new location of spark plugs, new lubrication system, larger radiator, new type cooling fan, new muffler, higher gear ratio of the final drive and other features. New Bearings Used Development of the power plant to an engine delivering fifty-five horsepower tas led to the adoption of new main and connecting rod bearings of new design, for which patent applications are pending. In the improved main bearings the lower half is without the conventional lubrication grooves and in the connecting rod bearings the upper halves are ungrooved. On the other hand, the upper main bearings and the lower connecting rod bearings are grooved in accordance with anew system that provides copious lubrication, in spite of the fact that the bearings themselves are adjusted with closer clearances than are common practice. Also, through the adoption of a new Marvel carburetor, with two heat controls, adjustments for temperature and climatic changes, etc., the gasoline consumption is said to be still lower than before. Steering Gear Changed Eseex the Challenger now comes with anew steering gear, adjustable for the driver's height and operating on roller bearings throughout the entire mechanism. Anew four-wheel brake system has been provided. It is of the twoshoe type, completely covered. Molded composition blocks are used instead of textile linings, and brake adjustment can be made without tools. Seven body types are furnished—roadster, phaeton, coupe, convertible coupe, coach, standard sedan, and town sedan. The convertible coupe and the town sedan are newcomers to the Essex line. The general impression given by the new body, hood and fender lines is one of bigness and power. WAR VETERAN IS 101 Missouri Banker Fought in Conflict With Mexico. Bu Times SsDccial KANSAS CITY. Feb. 23.—William

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Fitzhugh Buckner, 101 years old, of Paris, Mo., is a surviving soldier of the Mexican war. He later hunted gold in California in 1849 and became a cattle man and eventually,a bank president. He still 'z active in business circles in his home city.

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BABY HAS HAIR BOBBED Barber Shears Her Locks at Age of Seven Weeks. YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 23.—Isabel Abella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Abella of Wapato, recently completed seven weeks of this worldly life and celebrated the event by having her hair bobbed. At that age. the child had hair equal to that of the average year-old baby. It was long, silky and black, and Isabel decided on a modish shingle. Marmon Expands Forces Marmon lias increased its organization of distributors and dealers to the highest point in its history, as a result of the popularity that has been attained by the two lines of Marmon straight-eights this year.

Out of the Dark Places Do you believe that to break a mirror means seven years’ bad luck? That the howling of a dog portenas death? That lighting three cigarettes with one match is unlucky? That seven is a lucky number and thirteen unlucky? Do you think that cat's eyes are luminous In the dark? That mad dogs avoid water? That waving a red rag before a bull enrages the animal? That air at the seashore contains “ozone”? Do you think that hair grows after death? Are you sure that lightning never strikes twice in the same place? Ever hear that a person falling from a great height is dead before he reaches the ground? All these and dozens more beliefs, superstitions and delusions are fully e:%’ained And traced to their origins in our Washington bureau’s latest bulletin. POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS AND DELUSIONS. You will find this bulletin intensely interesting and informative. Fill out the coupon below and send for it. CLIP COUPON HERE HISTORY EDITOR, Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Avenue, Washington. D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin, POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS AND DELUSIONS and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin, or loose, uncanceled. United States postage stamps to cover postage and handling casts. Name Street and No. City State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. iCode No.)

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Note the attractiveness of this interior on one of the new Fords.

200 APPOINTED AS DEPUTY ASSESSORS

Many of Those Selected Are Coffin Henchmen; Meet Thursday. Political workers and precinct committeemen, most of them members of the George V. Coffin county Republican machine, are included in the list of 200 deputy assessors appointed today by Frank Brattain, Center township assessor. The deputies will begin assessing property March 1. They will work for fifty-two days. Brattain's appointments, however, were not entirely political, many persons being without political contacts’. He received 2,000 applications. The deputies will meet in criminal court Thursday afternoon for instructions. Those appointed are: , Mary Gaughan, Katherine Perry, Velma E. Henry, Elizabeth Uland, Frank Piercy, W. T. Wilson, Ethyl Romine, Floyd McNulty, Fred W. Adolay, George W. Kline, Robert D. Ribble, Emma Davis, Minnie Thomas, Rachel L. Springer, Charles Pinder, Stella Dunn, Ida M. Durflinger, Benton C. Wyrick, Anna Hicks. Pearl Matthews, Carl E. Koons, J. Edward Harris, Andrew Taylor, H. G. Alexander. David L. Campbell, Andrew M. Lowden, Marion Albering and William S. Shropshire. Glenn B. Dragoo, Charles E. Allen, William E. Leiboid, Theodore K. Ambuhl, Carl Hays. Joseph Lyons, Jesse A. Evans, Frederick E. Wheatley, Edward C. Stanton, Charles H. J. Brinkman, J. Francis Ake, Lenna D. O'Neal, Esther Cunningham, Lula C. Meyer, Charlott B. Short, Morris Meek. Edward C. McLaughlin, James G. Drummond, Ruth Marshall, Lena Claman, Gladys Sargent, Fannie L. Bell, Eva J. Tomlinson, Ola V. South, Evelyn E. Cline, Helen R. Svendsen, Stella Burris and William Behrens. Jeannette Posey, Rose E. Carlon, Florence Leatherman, Lillian M. Early, Ida M. Lanam, Ruth Rowell, Ethel ONan, Cordelia West, Fannie Neely, John Mosbey. Ell Crabtree. Henrietta Boyce, Ada V. Millette, George W. Noble, Fred E. Linn. Daisy Petty, Harry Mayo, Maude Dawson. Anna T. Adams. Carrie Reinbold. Edith Nelson, Myrtle Keough, Bertha Edmunds, Bertha James, Marah E. Shaffer, Jessie L. Prange, Laura C. Frederick, Susie A. Riddle, Faye McKinley, Myrtle Foe, Zippora Newhart, Wilbur Drake, Hazel Morris, Cecil Buchanan, Emma Jieyman, Blanche L. McKinney, Emma Jondrey, Florence Kingham, Anna Trimble, Pea.l W. Kohnlo, Abe Smith, Nellie M. Young, Nellie Supple, Susie Sappington, Alvia De Ree, William C. Kollinger, Anna C. Anderson. Anna E. Donnelly, Edward Hinkle, Helen Suddarth, Ellen Buchanr.n. Ola Powers, Luciel Mays. John P. Schreyer, Ella Dennick, Gladys Kerr, Evalyn McKinstry. Stella Cromwell, Claudia Ray, Fannie Trabue, Anna Robinson, Charlotte Buchanan. Flora C. Whaley, Minerva Mathis. Hattie Crickinore, Eno Morris,' Frederick N. Moore, Violet Brewer, James D. Harmon, Grace B. Gower. Louis W. Felt, Frank Miller. Arthur Bruner. M. B. Love, Hettie Griffin Alfred Ferguson. Jesse Lee Edson, Ella Settles. Walter Churchill. Myrtle Jones, Nellie Alexander, Mamie Bacon, Harry K. Price. Hattie Porter. John 5. Crabb, Margaret Simmons, Nellie Stansifer, William H. Stokes, Bertha Retiy, Mamie Logue, George A. Dietz. Mary E. Robertson. Lynnie B. Hamilton, Pearl Houck. Ruby Webb, Mayme Williams, Margaret Gregg, Iva E. Pavey, Henrietta Synder, Mary A. Wright,

George W. Slagle, Eulora Knip, Hallie Lanham, Mary E. Brown, Vera Hanning, George W. Hardisty, . Clara J. Aidrich, Elizabeth Glass, William E. Wicks. Josie L. Rudd, Luella Jones, Goldie Prather, Mary E. Avey, Robert E. Bastian, Gale Gibson, Frances Benjamin, Maude Johnson, P. C. Lumley, Grace O. Todd, Bertha Van Trese, Thomas W. Langston, Blanche Babb. Edward B. Finley, Carrie M. Ross, Clister McCann, Anna Daniels, Dazie D. Swanson, Fidelia P. Judd, Sophia Harrison, Harry R. Champ, Thomas Matthews, William Cox, Amelia Farmer, Lillian Brehob, Virginia Dunn, Clara Stensberger, Mary R. Carney, Charles Avels, Willard M. Thomas. Clara Kleinhelter, Ruth Riser. Gladys Pual, Trela Winlnger and Nellie M. Hawkins.

LIGGETT FACES NEW CHARGES Death Jury Discharged; Named Co-Respondent. Bn L nited Press NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 23. Walter L. Liggett, wealthy grain dealer, who shot and killed Turney H. Cunningham in an argument over Cunningham’s wife, is charged with another affair with a married woman. Just as the jury which had heard Liggett’s trial for the Cunningham murder was discharged, Robert L. Graham, state highway bridge inspector, brought - suit for divorce against his wife, naming Liggett as co-respondent. Motion for anew death trial, asked by the state, will be argued Monday. The jury was unable to agree on a verdict and a mistrial was declared. Liggett claimed he shot Cunningham in self defense and that at one time Cunningham told him he could blame him for his attentions to Mrs. Cunningham “as you are not the first man.'’ The state contended Cunningham did not fire at Liggett. Particulars in the Graham divorce case have not been made public. GIRL REMAINS MISSING Martinsville Sunday School Teacher Left Week Ago, Bp Times special MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 23. Clews are lacking today to the whereabouts of Miss Annice Thacker, 18, Sunday school teacher, who has been mising a week. She left a note for her parents Sunday, saying she was going to Bedford, but did not arrive there and all trace of her is lost. The note mentioned “my husband" and “my own home," but the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Thacker. declared they cannot account for the references. TALKS ON BUILD) NG S Rose Polytechnic Alumni Hear Construction Expert. Recent improvements in building design and construction were disj cussed by Robert L. McCormick of ' Rose Polytechnic Institute, at a ! dinner of Indianapolis alumni of ! the college Friday night at the 1 Spink-Arms. Professor Orion L. 1 Stock of the same school and Luther S. Rose, general manager of the | Peoria & Eastern railroad, also spoke. Pledged by Phi Delta Phi Bn United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Feb. 23. The Indiana university chapter of Phi De'ta Phi, honorary scholastic fraternity, has pledged Robert David, Lcgansport: Eaton J. Dudley, Terre Haute; Russell Huffman and Arthur Palmer, Huntington; Theodore Dann, Newcastle; Hamer Finn, Bloomington; Leslie Stuteville, Grand View; Janies Lesh, Indianapolis. and Hallack Hoag, Anderson. 1 cam’s Bus Upsets i?.'i United Press DELPHI. Ind.. Feb. 23.—Several members of the Delphi basketball team and two girls were slightly hurt as the result of the overturning of a bus while en route here after a basketball game Friday night at Crawfordsville. According to Lon Perigo, driver, the bus skidded.

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OLDSMOBILE OF 1929 HAS MANY NEWJEATURES Heraldic Crest Placed on Radiator Is Striking Exterior Change. Given additional beauty by advanced styling and new color combinations and with even greater power and finer performance, the Oldsmobile tor 1929 is being displayed at the Ind tan r polls auto show. The exhibit shows the artistry and skill by which many desirable improvements have been added without radical changes in the distinctive and graceful lines or fundamental changes in the mechanical specifications. The most apparent change in the outward appearance of the 1929 Oldsmobile is the addition of- heraldic crest on the radiator and the removal of the name plate to a chromium plated bar connecting the larger headlamps, which now are supported by chromium plated standards. Other exterior refinements include advancement in design of the radiator shutters, anew cadet type windshield visor which is designed to harmonize with the graceful saddle on the hood and cowl, and the changing of the finish of the roof shoulders from brie to sheet metal lacquered in '-ody colors. Adjustable front seats are Included in all closed models. These, with an even finer grade of mohair upholster>% increase comfort and beauty of the Fisher-built body interiors. Complete line of body models consists of seven standard models, all available in special and de luxe

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Hudson Coupe Displayed at Show

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Here is shown a convertible coupe on display at the Indianapolis auto show. It is anew model for 19! shown by Hudson.

types. The line contains a landau sedan, four-door sedan, two-door sedan, sport coupe, business coupe, sport roadster and sport phaeton. Coincident with announcement of the new added features in Oldsmobile a price reduction was made. The new 10-v nrices are: Standard body types, two-door sedan, $875; coupe, $875; four-door sedan, $975; landau sedan, $1,035; sport coupe phaeton and sport roadster, $845. Special body types, two-door sedan, $950; coupe, $950; four-door sedan, $1,050; landau sedan, $1,110; sport coupe phaeton and sport roadster, $1,020. De luxe body types, two-door sedan. $1,005; coupe. $1,005; four-door sedan, $1,105: landau sedan, $1,165; sport coupe, phaeton and sport roadster, $1,075. Beside the new features listed above, the standard equipment includes four-wheel brakes, four Lovejoy shock absorbers, engine rubber mountings of special design, a fully insulated ruberized felt pad lining the partition between engine and front compartment radiator shutters, gasoline gauge and engine temperature indicator on dash, stop r light, rear-vision mirror and twin beam headlights.

A great ideal realized in the new Blaekhawk —and a still finer Stutz

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It has long been the fixed purpose of the Stutz organization to produce America’s outstanding quality car. With the announcing of the Blackhawfc —an entirely new automobile, a lower priced companion to the famed Stutz—a complete line of quality cars, unrivaled and unmatched was presented to the world. The Blackhawk, with ten body styles, retails from $2345 to $2955, f.o.b. factory. The Stutz, with many smart, new body styles, retails from $3395 to $6895, f.o.b. factory. The two cars have these remarkable features in common: (1) Four forward speeds. (2) "Noback,” a device that automatically prevents back rolling on inclines. Exclusive with Stutz and Blackhawk. (3) (Gasoline pump radically new—providing positive feed to carburetor

STUTZ of INDIANA GEORGE M. SPINDLER, President

Chaldeans Fame in Field of Astronomy Questioned

NEW YORK, Feb. 23—Because of the ancient, inhabitants of Mesopotamia as the earliest and greatest students of the stars is called in question by Professor Eckhard Unger of the University of Berlin, who states that they have paid a great deal more attention to meterology than they did to astronomy. They even laid out their compass according to the winds rather than according to the stars, he declares. The Babylonian temples and city streets were not oriented on a northsouth and east-west system, as most human works have always been, he states. The cardinal points of the Baoylonian compass were the “quarters” of ours; northwest, northeast, southeast and southwest. These directions agreed with the prevailing winds. The northwest wind brought clear, dry. bracing weather, and was known as the “favorable wind.” The northeast

at all speeds on either level ground or hills. (4) Giant hydraulic brakes—with vacuum booster on Stutz give a new meaning to de-celeratioru (5) Worm drive, low-weight coupled with great and handy speed. It is safe speed. (6) Adjustable seats, both front and rear, with adjustable backs. Exclusive with Stutz and Blackhawk. (7) Safety glass, of course, and other Stutz safety advantages. (8) Chromium plating of exterior metal parts, preserving their luster and brilliance. (9) Steel running boards, integral with frame—real side bumpers. (10) Bodies by Weymann, Le Baron and Fleetwood—that make these the most beautiful cars ever built. Here is the realization of a great ideal.

wind was called the “mountain wind” because it blew chill from the Asiatic mountains. The southeast wind, blowing up from the Gulf of Persia, brought damp and drizzly weather; the Babylonians did not like it and called it the “cloud wind.” The wind they most dreaded, j however, came from the southwest,, from out the desert, bringing burning standstorms. They called this the “storm wind.” When they laid out their cities on the rivers, Professor Unger says, they did not adapt the street directions of the stream, but rigidly stuck to their wind-compass, facing their walls to the four cardinal j points as they conceived them and the corners of the city to the cardinal points as we know' them. They even carried their meteorological j notions into the heavens, and di- j vided the moon into quarters which i they named after the earthly winds.‘

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GRAF ZEPPELIN TO CRUISE OVER AFRIOEUROPE Air Giant Will Start Long Trip From Germany on March 26. Bji United I’n *jt FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Feb. 23.—The Graf Zeppelin will leave here March 26, it definitely was announce ioau y, on a slight whir.. will follow a erurse through France, near tne Rhone, over Corsica. Italy, in the vicinity of Rome, Greece. Asia Minor and the north coast of Africa. The dirigible will avoid Egypt and the Palestine, unless permission to pass over those countries is granted before departure. Return to the hangar will be made on a direct line from the northern African coast. MAN SECOND TO DOG Collie Gets the .Steak and Hubby the Leavings. ATLANTIC CITY. Feb. 23.—1n response to Mrs. Albert Gildersleeve's court plea seeking separate maintenance, it was revealed by Gildersleeve that between himself and his wife's collie dog. he ranked second in her regard. Gildersleevo charged that the dog got all the juicy steak and he got all the gravy. Risk Lives for Sacred Scroll litt United Prett* NEW YORK. Feb. 23.—Six men, none of whom gave his name, risked their lives Friday night to save the tor ah or sacred scroll w'hen fire wrecked the congregation Chel Moshe Chevra Chailim synagogue in Brooklyn. Damage was $500,000,