Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1932 — Page 13

APRIL 8, 1932.

LONG AUTO TRIP ROUSED NATION TO ROAD NEEDS Oldsmobile Tour Is Ranked Near in Importance to Lindy’s Famed Hop. The man who originated the plane which first was flown solo across the Atlantic, and the man who won the first transcontinental automobile race met recently to discuss both events. Above and beside them while they talked were the statue of the man who made the initial trans-oceanic flight, the sister ship of the plane he piloted and the car that blazed the first trail across the continent. The men were T. C. Ryan, founder of the Ryan Airlines which built the epoch-making Spirit of St. Louis, and Dwight B. Huss of Detroit, driver both in 1905 and 1931 of "old Scout,” the 27-year-old, single-cylinder Oldsmobile which racea across America in 1905 and which chugged into San Diego last month. The scene was the field of the T. C. Ryan flying school, where Colonel C. A. Lindbergh took off for his epic flight and now graced with the statue Ryan has erected in the famous aviator’s honor. I.indy Given Palm Which was the more daring, significant and epoch-making—Lind-berghs flight in 1927 or "Old Scout’s” crossing of the continent twenty-six years previously—formed the burden of the noted pair’s discussion. Listeners seemed to agree I hat when the discussion ended, the famed airplane builder appeared to be ‘ one up” on Huss. “As I understand it, ‘Old Scout’s crossing of America resulted in two vital things," Ryan told Huss. "It proved that the automobile was a dependable means of transportation, contrary to the general belief. It also revealed that our roads were hopelessly medieval and the trip awakened the country to that situation, "If those things were true, then Old Scout’ was an important factor in starting the automobile industry on the road to its present high standing, and pulling America out of the mud by starting our modern good roads movement. “When it accelerated the progress of the auto industry it advanced the day when the airplane—and Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis—came into the picture. Without the motor industry, aviation might not even have been here.” Made Dong Trip Ryan, whose contact with motors has been confined largely to the intricate engines of today’s plane, took a "One-lunger” ride in "Old Scout” and enjoyed the chuggitychug sensation of motoring as experienced a generation ago. “Old Scout,” with Huss at its tiller, started from New York City last July to retrace the route of the 1905 race to Portland, Ore., in the interest of good roads. The trip was made on schedule, and since then "Old Scout” has traveled throughout the Pacific coast, touching Canada and Mexico.

A Larger . Finer Six and a Brilliant New Straight Eight Sbc-CylmUr Kli°j T F*.r-D**r Sedan THE FINEST CARS • GREATEST VALUES IN OLDSMOBILE HISTORY The announcement showing of Oidsmobile’s striking new models for 1932 is now on —and you are cordially invited to attend. A larger, finer Six is being exhibited. Anew Oidsmobile Straight Eight is being shown for the first time. And you may take either car —or both, if you like—for the most thrilling demonstration of performance you have ever experienced. There's power and speed in abundance. And there's * value in every feature, to convince you that Oidsmobile is the great buy of 1932 —whether you choose the finer, faster Six or the brilliant new Straight Eight THS aXSXTSST VAtU.S , N (jP L,, M , ~C t H ~T > „ V See the New Oldsmobtles NATIONAL EXHIBIT GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCTS April 2 to 9 Fa I r Grounds... Admission Free

FREE WHEELING IS SIMPLE OPERATION

FREE-WHEELING, as provided by the new Chevrolet, is as simple in its operation as the turning of a calendar in a cardboard tube, as visitors to the General Motors show’ at the fairground will discover. If you insert your first two fingers in a rolled calendar and turn in one direction, you will unwind the calendar, tighten it against the tube and cause it to turn the tube. If you turn your fingers in the opposite direction, you will wind the calendar, decrease its size, and cause it to turn freely in the tube. The calendar experiment involves the use of three operating parts—tube, calendar and fingers. Similarly, Chevrolet’s free-wheeling device requires the use of only three major operating parts—front driving member, multi-coiled driving spring and rear driven member. The cardboard tube corresponds to the front driving member, the calendar to the spring, and the fingers to the rear driven member.

The front driven member is splined to the transmission main shaft; the rear driven member is splined to the front yoke of the universal joint, through which it is connected to the propeller shaft; the multi-coiled driving spring is attached to the rear driven member by an integral prong at its end. Confined in Cups The outside diameter of the spring is confined within cups in both the driving and driven members with a very slight clearance, permitting free and independent rotation of either member. As the power is applied, the spring expands tightly into the cups of both members, locking the two together with a force equal to the power transmitted, and the drive is conventional. This compares to turning the fingers so that the calendar unwinds against the tube and causes the tube to revolve. When the driving force is removed, by removing the foot from the accelerator, the driving spring contracts, and the rear member is free to rotate with the propeller shaft and rear wheels. This Is Free Wheeling This free rotation of wheels, independent of engine and transmission, constitutes free wheeling. This action is comparable to turning the fingers in the calendar so that the calendar winds and rotates freely in the tube. The free wheeling unit is manufactured entirely in Chevrolet plants and is assembled as an integral part of the syncro-mesh transmission. Chevrolet is the first low-priced car to offer both syncro-mesh and simplified free wheeling at no additional cost.

MOYER PLAYS HOST Dealers and Employes Are Olds Distributor Guests. W. F. Moyer of the Lathrop Moyer Company, local Oldsmobile distributors, was host to Oldsmobile dealers and their employes Tuesday. The occasion was the celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of Oldsmobile. The feature of the gathering was the showing of a sound picture entitled "The First Still Leads.” The picture itself is a very realistic "trip through the factory.” The picture was shown immediately following luncheon, which was served at the Athletic Club to approximately 150 dealers and employes gathered for the occasion from the Indianapolis zone.

iTnvnK rA DAY BY BRUCE CATTQN

IN "Harlan Miners Speak,” the Dreiser committee presents its report on terrorism in the Kentucky ! fields. It is one of the most shocking and disturbing books published in recent years. First, the members of the committee describe the situation in Harlan and adjacent counties as they found it. The coming of hard times, the ever-recurring wage reductions, the atrocious living conditions, the way in which the conservative United Mine Workers’ Union lost its popularity to the radical National Miners’ Union, the oppression and brutality visited on the strikers over a period of many months—all these are presented in graphic and convincing detail. Then come the affidavits from the miners and their wives; page after page of heart-breaking, tragic material which makes starvation, want, sickness, and slavery unbearably real. It is impossible to summarize briefly a book that covers so much ground. It is enough, perhaps, to j say that Mr. Dreiser and his assoi ciates have presented an over- ! whelmingly persuasive argument. "Harlan Miners Speak” ought to get an exceedingly wide reading. It is published by Harcourt, Brace & Cos. and sells for $2 a copy. VATICAN CITY GROWS Population of Papal Center Now Is Past 1,000. By United Press VATICAN CITY, April 6.—The population of the papal city is increasing. According to official figures, there were 1,006 persons in the Vatican City March 1, of whom 716 were residents. Among the citizens there were 564 Italians and 117 Swiss, mostly belonging to the pope’s Swiss guards. There was also one American, Miss Irene Shaffer, of West Hoboken, i N. J. She was there as the guest of her cousin, Monsignor Gaetano s Malchiodi, a member of the Vatican public works commission.

VACUUM CLUTCH IS HELD YEAR'S GREAT ADVANCE Buick Feature Is Declared Outstanding Among Car Improvements. Speaking before the Chicago section of the Society of Automotive Engineers recently, John P. Heiss of the engineering department of the Buick Motor Company, selected the automatic, vacuum-operated clutch as the outstanding automobile development for 1932. It contributes more, to comfort, ease and satisfaction of 'driving an automobile than any other device introduced in recent years, he said. An automatic device like the vacuum clutch has a bigger appeal than almost any other, because it helps to make the automobile drive itself, Heiss said. Moreover, the vacuum control is a valuable addition to the present-day clutch operation. The trend today is toward larger automobiles, with larger engines. But it has not been practical to increase the size of the clutch along with the engines. Therefore, more spring pressure has to be added, which has made clutch pedal pressures high, and this makes clutch operation real work. Is Used Often Tests have shown that the clutch pedal is operated at least five times a mile in city driving, which represents at least seventy-five-feet pounds of work per mile. With the Vacuum clutch, the automobile can be driven all day through congested traffic or on the highway without using the clutch pedal at all. Heiss pointed out that the Buick vacuum clutch is entirely a Buick development, and was the first to be furnished on a production car. The selector valve designed by Buick gives a smooth clutch engagement, regardless of skill or practice of the driver. This prevents any stalling of the engine because of a too-sudden clutch engagement, the selector valve dampening the clutch action at the moment of engagement. With the Buick system of control the danger of damaging the transmission also is done away with. Other Advantages Shown Besides the saving in effort and the driving convenience of the Buick vacuum clutch, other advantages were enumerated. Chief among these is the self-cranking of the engine, which prevents the engine from stalling at any time the car is coasting. Another important advantage is that its operation is very natural, in that it is controlled by a floor button which is in effect a miniature clutch pedal, and, therefore, requires that nothing new be learned by the driver. Still another important advantage is that the locking out of the vacuum clutch when its use is not desired is done quickly, is certain, and is accomplished easily without the driver taking his hands from the steering wheel or his eyes from the road ahead.

OUTSTANDING FEATURES 6 OF THE Q NEW O 74-HORSEPOWER * 6-CYLINDER ENGINE 87-HORSEPOWER. STRAIGHT 8 ENGINE LONGER WHEELBASE NEW STREAMLINE STYLING ROOMIER AND MORE COMFORTABLE FISHER BODIES SOUND-PROOFED BODY CONSTRUCTION x • RIDE REGULATOR AND DOUBLE-ACTION HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBERS FREEWHEELING WITH THE IMPROVED ! SYNCRO-MESH Transmission SILENT SECOND GEAR ENGINE DECARBONIZER FULL AUTOMATIC CHOKE OIL TEMPERATURE i REGULATOR ii PRESSURE LUBRICATED PISTON PINS D'OWN-DRAFT CARBURETION MOHAIR OR WHIPCORD UPHOLSTERY. OPTIONAL FIVE WIRE OR FIVE DEMOUNTABLE WOOD WHEELS. STANDARD - The New Six 5 875 The New Eight 5 975 PRICES. TWO-DOOR SEDANS f. o. b. Lansing LiberalC.lVl.A.C. Time Payment Plan Products of General Motors 6 P/7(/ 8 1

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Coach Models Seen at Show

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Intricacies of the woodworking art, especially in connection with the building of miniature coach models, Is demonstrated for visitors to the General Motors expo-

SPIDERS POISON MANY Several Deaths Reported in West From Black Widow Species. Be/ Science Service SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.—Poisoning from spider bites is increasing, Dr. Emil Bogen of Olive View, Cal., told members of the American College of Physicians at their meeting here today. He estimated that there are hundreds and possibly thousands of cases of this condition in the United States every year. Nearly 400 cases of poisoning from

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sition at the state fairground this week. Fred Maar. 16, of 341 East Minnesota street (above), is shown painstakingly working on a part for one of the models.

the bite of the Black Widow spider actually have been reported and twenty cases cf it were seen at a single Los Angeles hospital in the last year, he stated. "Several death certificates were made out from this cause in California during the last year and several others reported in the newspapers and in personal communications.” he said, "so that even though the mortality rate is very low, the possibility of fatal termination can not be disregarded.” In some parts of Scotland the finding of a four-leaf clover denotes bad instead of good luck.

MUSIC BY CONNIE'S ORCHESTRA

FAIR GROUNDS

On the work bench Is seen a coach winning second place among Indiana entries in a recent General Motors contest for boys. It was built by Marion Harris. Sheridan, Ind.

WIELDS MOP ON BANDIT Chicago Girl Runs Down Armed Robber; Holds Him For Cops. By United Press CHICAGO. April 6.—A gun in the hands of a bandit who had robbed her store of $250 did not stop Ann Aidukas, 19, delicatessen clerk, from pursuing him with a floor mop. As Walter Shalitis, 17, the bandit, ran from the store, Ann chased him, striking him several times with the mop before a police squad rescued the youth.

and decidedly worth while. Here is a brilliant revue—exceptionally complete—of new model Qhevrolet, Pontiac, Oidsmobile, Buick, LaSalle and Cadillac motor cars. Included also are important Fisher Body, AC Products. Delco Household Appliances, and Frigidcrire displays. ber, the Exhibit closes Saturday. Admission is free.

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BRITAIN WEIGHS PROPOSALS TO CONTINUE DOLE Relief for 800,000 Jobless Likely to Be Maintained as National Emergency. By United Press LONDON, April 6.—Continuation of dole payments to approximately 800,000 unemployed, at cost of from £750,000 to £BOO,OOO ! $3,000,000 > weekly will be one of the first probfacing the house of commons, which reassembled Tuesday after the Easter recess. The present dole act expires April 19. The house is expected to introduce a money resolution authorizing contiuance of payments until June 30. 1933, when the unemployment act itself will expire. Dole payments are increased a* more and more of the unemployed pass out of the class qualified for unemployment insurance benefits and become eligible for the dole proper. Next year’s legislation probably will put the entire insurance and dole scheme on a permanent basis. Hitherto both unemployment insurance and the dole act have been considered emergency measures. Unemployed in Great Britain on March 21 totaled 2,567,332, According to the latest unemployment, statistics, approximately 1.367.400 adult unemployed persons were receiving unemployment Insurance benefit. Approximately 838.400 received the dole proper, the whole co6t of which, is borne by the government. Dr. T. Ernest Newland of Bucknell university is of the opinion that adults write 350 per cent worse than children in elementary schools.

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