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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1931.
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STREET SAFETY.
How Ford Is Forging Contest Arouses Much
Interest. Ahead.
FINE CARS.
Cadillac Presents Its Family of Four.
SAFETY GLASS.
SPEED RECORDS.
Lessens Annual Toll Set by the Willys Six
of Injuries.
By L. A. Miller, President of
Willys-Overland, Inc.]
Cars.
In presenting ita distingulahed
Flashing over a measured course Further evidence of the Ford Closing of the Tenth National
this year,
on Muroc Dry Lake, California, a Motor Company's faith in the Street and Highway Safety Cam-family of four fine cars
For many years the burden of paign, conducted in elementary Cadillae is offering one entirely new
Willys Six Roadster has establish- general business recovery is seen schools throughout the United car, two that have been highly re- providing safety in motor
rested. largely with the motorist el five new Class C American stock in the company's acquisition of an States by the Highway. Education fined, and a fourth whose elegance,but the past few yeare have seen the car speed records. an-is the talk of the industry,
These new additional 33 acres adjoining its Board, was marked by the
The Cadillac V-12 reflecta Cadillac automobile manufacturer going to speed records add to the other im nouncement in Washington that; Long Beach, California, assembly
more than 700,000 pupils as well as engineering manufacturing extraordinary means to give the plant opened last April.
thousands of teachers had partici-leadership in a new example of driver and passenger the utmost proselve records established by motoring. The safety in travel.
this low priced six, which include pated. The campaign is carried out multi-cylinder Beach branch was opened, the come throughout the nation and its ter V-Eight have been refined and re- four-wheel brakes has entirely re-
public and private schools Cadillac V-Eight and the La Salle! For example, the adoption of mountain climbs and power testa"
as well as speed marks. pany decided to undertake manu ritorial possessions and is open to styled to the dictates of a new year; placed the two-wheel type with a With Eddie Hearn at the wheel,
A few months after the Long
in
and
Newer conceptions of body styl ing are attractively expressed in the
facturing of the west coast and pupils between the ages of 10 and and the majestic V-16 returna to result that the driver is enabled to accordingly,
and to all elementary confirm its claim as the aristocrat drive at greater speeds, yet at all and the tests officially observed construction of 14 years,
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times have his car under absolute and electrically timed by repre- "pressed steel plant for the produc-school teachers. Prizes aggregatag of motordom.
offered to successful Sixty-three body types, revealing control in the event a sudden stop sentatives $6,500 are
of. the AA.A.. the tion of fenders and other sheet competitors and
these have added the choicest artistry of Fisher and is required to avoid an accident.
Fleetwood craftsmen, comprise the
The low centre of gravity of the Willys Six Roadster set new re- metal parts was ordered. Machin much to the interest aroused..
four lines.
modern motor car is another fac- cords for a mile with standing ery is now being installed in this
. Strong Backing.
ter which has provided additional start; mile with a flying start; one new unit which, it is expected, will,
Since the inauguration of this
driving safety.
kilometre, both standing and fly- be placed in operation this month. annual safety project in the school Cadillac V-Eight and V-12, Bodies But it is doubtful if any safety
Directly east of the present hold year 1921-22, it has had the backing of these cars are lower, more grace; device can be compared with, the ng starts; one mile in second gear ings and rounding them out, the of the National Automobile Chameful and suggest a greater fleetness. ese of non-shatterable glass, which from flying start. new tract nearly doubles the com- ber of Commerce, an association of The V-16 and the La Salle V-Eight is a distinguishing mark of the With a flying start the car cover- pany's acreage at Long Beach. automobile manufacturers, as well adhere closely to the contours which modern car. Making this type of ed a mile in 50,925 seconds, an Officials of the company, in an- as the active co-operation of state have made them signally popular. safety glass available represente a average 70,692 miles an hour; from nouncing completion of the pur, highway departments and state, Performance of both the La Salle new kind of insurance that abso- a standing start it set a record of chase, pointed out the additional municipal and other school authori and the Cadillac Eight has been lutely protects the driver against a milé in 61.56 aaconda, averaging acreage will permit future extens ties who assist in every way po notably improved. The size of the Injury from flying glass fragments. 58.479-miles an hour...... sion of manufacturing and assem aible in making the campaign suc engine, in the Tormer has been an- Consideration of the tremendous bly operations on the west coast as, cessful. Each year has witnessed larged, while the weight of the lat national death and accident toll in with a flying start it established a needed,
an increase in the number of partiter has bean reduced. Thus the motor vehicle accidents and the new record of 32.225 seconds, Operated at its capacity of 400 cipants, 200,000 pupils taking part radio of horse-power to weight has large percentage of those that are averaging 69,416 miles an hour; cars daily, the present Los in the first campaign, and this been heightened in both cars, with injured from flying glass in such from a standing start it was clock- Angeles-Long Beach plant with its number growing by approximately resultant increase in the motoring accidents, gives dramatic proof. of ed at 42.17 seconds, equivalent to a huge buildings and docks and the, 60,000 each succeeding year.
satisfaction which they render. the importance of this addition to speed of 63.045 miles an hour.
Over a course of one kilometra
new pressed steel unit, comprising That safety education in the Mechanically, the V-12 is virtual-personal safety.
Afth record established, an aggregate floor space of 400,000 schools has achieved remarkable, rely a duplicate of the V-16 except Surveys that have been conduct-! The aquare feet, will give employment aults in the United States his now that it is a shorter car and powered ed by insurance companies and in which stands #8
tribute to the to approximately 2,500 men.
become 籍 self-evident fact and with a 12-cylinder engine. As quiries at receiving wards in car's flashing second gear perform- those who originally opposed the in-such, It inherits many of the re-numerous hospitals disclose that ance, was a second gear. run over-
In this test the corporation of safety instruction in markable features pioneered by the more than 60 per cent. of all per- & mile course.. the curricula of the schools are now V-16. Among these are automatic sons injured in motor accidents Willys Six was timed at 66.90 ardent supporters of this spreading valve silencers, thermostatically con- receive their wounds from shatter- seconde, averaging 58.812 miles an movement. The proportion of fatal trolled crankcase ventilation, two ed or flying glass. This means that hour. automobile "accidents' involving individual carburettors controlled in if all motor, cars were completely To equalize, because of wind school children during the past ten unison by
a single accelerator, equipped in windshield and all resistance and wind aid, it is years has shown a steady decrease harmonised steering, and safety-windows with safety glass, the toli necessary, under A.A.A. rules, to as compared to the total number of mechanical brakes supplemented by of injured would be reduced to 40 cover the course in opposite direc- auch fatalities, while in the year a vacuum brake asalater, 1928 the number of child fatalities was actually decreased as compared to 1927.
NOW HERE
AN ENTIRELY
NEW CHRYSLER
SIX
A fine, big Six with a wheelbase of 116 inches, and a 70-horsepower engine for greater pick-up, speed, smoothness and endurance. "¶ ́A new Six with a double-drop frame that creates a dashing effect in appearance as
well as a perfection of balance that benefits both safety and performance. 5 In body construction, the New Chrysler Six excelsas much as it does in its chassis and
engine. It has a virtually one
piece, welded steel body that combines tremendous strength
with rich appointments and
body that
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carries you silently and restfull over the
will change all your concepti
of value standards.
INVITED
INSPECTION CORDIALLY
THE NATIONAL MOTOR CAR CO.
Thes Cars are on display, in Town at
33 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL:
Effective Results
Another outstanding comparison showing the effective results of safety education is obtained by examination of the records' før 1922
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tions and the average speed la com- per cent, of the present number.
More than 32,000 persons met puted and credited to the car.
The Willys Six made its fastest RUST PREVENTION. death through motor vehicle
cidents in 1930, while those injured trip, northbound, with a speed of New Treatment by of one million.
in that same period fell just short 72.727 miles an hour. The fastest Of those fatally southbound speed was 68.768 miles Ford Company.
injured, many met their death an hour. through cuts suffered from flying Prior to the run the car was torn Taking another step in the pre- glass.
down, measured and examined by
and those of 1930. These show vention of rust, the Ford Motor And the car buying public la de-officials of the A.A.A. to make cer- a strictly stock that the annual number of automo- Company la now Bonderising the manding this type of protection. tain that it was bile fatalities to adults during the wheels, fenders and other parts of This is evident in our own sales of model, the requirements of that.or latter, year had increased by almost the Ford car and truck that are [1931 Willys and Willys-Knight cars. genization being that such cars 250 per cent. above the number in most likely to be scratched or These new models, were introduced must be exact duplicates of the 1922, while the number of child marred. The exposed metal parts in. January with safety glass avail-automobiles sold to the general fatalities showed an, increase of but of the Ford car are made ofjable in windshields and all win-public. No changes, devices or slightly more than 25 per cent, over rustless steel which not only will dows of every model from the equipment to increase speed or the former year.
not rust but which is immune to highest to the lowest price, at power are permitted. The campaign itself is divided tarnish. or blemish.
slight extra cost. Our initial ship- The car that set the latest speed Into two contests, an essay com- No matter what kind of a finish ments were 50-60 safety glass and records is a duplicate of the Willys petition for pupils who are required a motor car has, there is always plate but to-day our shipments run Sixes that won first and second to write an essay of 500 words. on the possibility of the enamel being more than 80 per cent. safety glass places in the annual Pikes Peak a given topic relating to street and scratched, Often this happens and only 20 per cent. plate. Judg-hill climb; broke the record for highway safety, and a lesson con-while the car is parked.
ing by this trend, it will be but a climbing Mt. Baldy; captured first
test for teachers who submit losaons! When the surface is scratched short time when 100 per cent. off and second places in the annual stressing a particular phase of high-and the bare metal ia. exposed it our output will be equipped with mountain race from Mexico City to way safety. First, second and third rusts. Furthermore, the rust acts safety glass. prizes are provided for each stato as a wedge and creeps under. the In the essay contest and subsequent enamel causing it to peel. Conse ly, the best essays are entered in a quently the car soon takes on a national competition in which three shabby appearance.
STUDEBAKER SIX.
Indication of Trade Improvement.
prizes are awarded. First is a trip! In the manufacture of the Ford to Washington, the national capital, car, the wheels, fenders, running with all expenses paid, at which board shields and front splash- time the winner la presented with a pans are now treated with Bonder- gold watch. Second and third lite, a treatment to diminish rust- prizes consist of golf watches. ing, before they are assembled. If:
In the safety lesson contest for the enamel should be scratched general business conditions in teachers, certificates of honour are even to such an extent as to expose countries outside the United States awarded to those submitting the the raw steal, this treatment will is the announcement by the Stude best lesson in each state and their pravont the growth of rust
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FORDS IN BERLIN.
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Indicative of the improvement in
baker Pierce Arrow. Export Cor- poration that April shipments of Studebaker Free Whealing passeng-| er cars and Studebaker trucks
to distributors exceeded. shipments.
papers are then entered in A national competition in which first prize is also a trip to Washington, but instead of receiving a gold The Ford car has taken the lead watch the teacher is presented with over all others in Berlin, inclad- for any 80-day period since June, a cheque for $500. Second and third ing German-made automobiles, ac-1929. This is the sixth month that prizes consist of cheque for 8300 cording to sales reports received by shipments have exceeded the figures and $200 respectively. These sub-the Ford Motor Company. The of the preceding month, according stantial prizes have aroused a keen Ford overtook its nearest competi-to Arvid L. Frank, sales manager- interest in the campaign and the tor, a German car, in October. It of the Corporation.
A continued fmprovement in number of competitors each year continued the load in November. has increased steadily.
In Berlin and in Germany as a business is expected, Mr. Frank Allocation of Prizes whole, more Ford trucks are cold anid. The past increases are - ac- counted for by the unprecedented than any other make. All prizes in the campaign: Bre
popularity in world markets of donated by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. The total numbers of school children, receive Studebaker's three Free Wheeling number of State prizes for pupils a greater number of third prizes. eights and the New Studebaker Papers, and manuscripts submit-Six, as well as by the growing de- during the campaign just closed aggregated 480, being distributed ted in the State competitions are mand for the 1-1/2 and 2-ton according to the school population generally graded by the chief trucks. The Studebaker Six is the of the various states. Each State is educational official of the State, or world's lowest priced Free Wheel- "With continued normal demand, entitled to one-first prize, consist committees appointed by these offing car
cials. The winning papers are then.
ing of a gold modal and cheque sent to the Highway Education It is expected that exports of for $15 one.y-second prixe Board and the national judges are Studebaker Free Wheeling passen consisting of a silver medal med. Those Judges are parsons ser cars and trucks will reach and and a cheque for $10 or mattonal saputation and generally maintain constantly higher levels," bronze medal and are chosen from among educators, Mr. Frank pointed out. The en-
Bone of the smaller clan, Natio
businessmen and government on thusiastic acceptance of our 1981 winners are brought models in bold the passenger car Washington during the Summer, and truck lines substantiates our upon the deans of highest expectations and auguri
Well for future business.".
and at. least one third prize, - con-! sisting of
cheque for
Sta
but
sers having
Puebla, covering the 75.8 miles in 75 minutes; travelled 3011⁄2 miles. from Denver to Casper, Wyo., in 284 minutes averaging 63.07 miles an hour.
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