Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1919 — Page 28

THE IXDL4XAPOLIS NEWS AUTOMOBILE SECTION, AUGUST. 1919.

THIEVES HARD NUT TO CRACK

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When fnapeetor Parker, head of the Detroit auto squad, recently put <fej toctive* Bogan and Cotton on the trail of a stolen motor car a

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covered that threw a new light on the problem of locking device*. The trail followed by the detectives lad to a rented garage on Infantry avenue. where the officers found several ears of various makes and also various motor mr key*. But Ike most intereating discovery 0 f a u was three Paige tmnftmtaahm covers which the thieve* had found it necessary to have on hand before they could dispose of any False car they might succeed in towing away. ' Mow these suspects, who were arrested and later released under bond, came into possession of Paige Iran emission cover* is a mystery/* said Harrv

M. Jewett, president of the Paige-Ds-troit Motor Car Company. "But that phase of the subject does not interest me so much as the fact it was found necessary to secure them before the theives could do anything with a Paige

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An Integral Type. "It seems to me rather striking evidence in favor of the transmission type of lock. With the transmission locked nothing can be done with the car except to tow it away to some place where under cover and with plenty- of time at their disposal and tools to work with.

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"That raises so many obstacles that the chances of theft are very materially reduced These men, to be sure, did have the extra Paige transmission covers. but they must have secured them in some crooked way. It is not likely that this underground supply will continue. Such instances will be so rare as to count for very little. "The Paige transmission lock is the integral type and is a built-in part of the transmission cover, from which it is

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t ■ ^AKE an inventory of your motor car ideals. List the essentials your car must have. Then make a critical examination oi the Stearns 1920 and note how closely it conforms to the specifications yon have determined upon. Arrange now for a demonstration of Stearns composite quality. See and test the ultimate car —the choice of discriminating buyers. Telephone for demonstration appointment. All msdrto wHI b» dtaptov *t tlw A«U Show, State Fair. McGEE MOTOR SALES CO. laduag Distributors m N. Meridian St., Indlanapetl*.

Smith Form-a-T rucks

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This Truck Belongs to the Brookside Lumber Co., Indianapolis.

/^V VER 3,000 in use in Indiana. The greatest value for the money ever offered the truck-buying public. Remarkable hauling records have been made in all lines of business. We can convert your FORD or any other AUTOMOBILE into a 1 or 2-ton truck in 48 hours’ time. Liberal time payments, if desired.

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One large Indianapolis company is using 36 Smith Form-a-Trucks. They bought the first one in Oct., 1916, and the last one was delivered Aug. 18, 1919.

You are cordially invited to visit our display in the New Auto Building at the State Fair, Sept. 1-6

Cartinhour-Bowman Co. INDIANA DISTRIBUTORS. 619 N. Capitol Ave^ Indianapolis. Main 2048-2049. Auto. 22-019. Oar Motto—-He Profit* Moot Who Serve* Bent."

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making It lmpoe*ible to engage Transmission gear, but permits the c*r to comply with all of the police department traffic requirement*.

For the Tool Box.

A convenient addition to the tool box is a small packet of wire nails of different sixes. These nails may be used to replace lost cotter pins and for

many other purposes.

BRANCH ESTABLISHED TO DISTRIBUTE OLSON TRUCKS

Tho Swedish Crucible Steel Company of Detroit, announce the opening of an Indianapolis branch at 414 North Capitol avenue, and are displaying a full line of trucks. This Company, old established steel manufacturers, are offering the public the Olson two-ton truck. It is of the interna! gear type, and guaran-

teed 50 per cent overload. Embodied in

tires. A feature of the construction is that the load. Instead of being carried on the axles, is directed to the whosb, twenty-eight fourth-inch steel balls flurrying the load. F. M. Donelson is the Indianapolis branch manager. He has associated with him C. A. J. Hadley. Both men are well known in the automotive world, having been associated with Indianapolis accessory jobbers for the last ten years.

He lowered the worlds speed record with

Won dor Gas . . . i ' . At the International 500-mile Automobile Race at the Indianapolis Speedway, Mav 31st, last, Ralph De Palma, in his aviation motored car, swept the twonuid-one-half-mile oval for the first 200 miles at the record breaking speed of 91.20 miles an hour—the fastest time ever made for that distance. He and thirteen other drivers (two of them in the money), used Crystal-Pep “The Wonder Gas.” They used it after thorough tests. On the other hand it is used in Indianapolis by hundreds of drivers of large trucks and pleasure cars. Power as well as speed! Developed by the government during the war (Crystal-Pep is only gasoline and benzol mixed), indorsed by the Automobile Club of America, and enthusiastically recommended by every user, it is the motor fuel for you. Try it. For Sale by Fifty Filling Stations in Indianapolis LOOK FOR THE SIGNS!

Great Western Oil Company 1602 Deloss St. Phones, Pros. 1834, New 52-152.

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