Clashing Gears
Are Eliminated
Packard Company Has Ma
..cliine Which Rounds Off
Sharp Edges of Teeth.
A few years ago there was a grind
ing and clashing of tortured metal
when the gear-setting lever of an
automobile was shifted into "first"
*t tiie start, or from one speed to
another. It was accepted as neces
sary for a time.
Knglneers of the Packard Motor
Oir company, however, conceived tiie
J!dea that if all the teeth of each gear
' ivere rounded off In some manner
each time a change in speed was re
quired the gears would slip quietly
'■Into mesh with a force on the shift
‘‘lag lever no greater than that which
could be applied by the unassisted
little finger.
A nw car was taken from tiie plant
and given a long trip. After the re
turn Col. J. (.!. Vincent and other
engineers took the car all apart and
studied the gears. It was found that
tiie shifting from one speed to an
other had chipped and ground off the
sharp edges of the gear teeth and that
they lmd been rounded off until they
resembled the top of the ordinary
steam radiator used to heat a home.
An expert in the making of ma
r bines for the manufacturing of gears
was called in to work with company
engineers to devise ft machine which
would accomplish this rounding off
operation before the gears were put
into a car. The simple looking little
njachino, no bigger than a baby chair
nttd with a cutter no larger than the
tapered end of a led pencil, has been
taking the noise of clashing gears
out. of Packard cars ever since.
This cutter, through the employ
ment of a “cam,” that Important little
discovery^ hat lias allowed men to
make machines which are almost hu
man In their operation, trims off the
edges- of a geur tooth just as easily
and with somewhat the same motion
that grandmother used to turn a
peeling off the end oif a potato. Auto
matically It passed about the round
gear, trimming off one tooth after an
other until all are done, and when It
has finished it signals one man who
takes care of a whole battery of ma
< bines that it is ready to start work
oh a new gear wheel.
Stutz Territory Grows.
The Stutz Motors company of Cali
fornia, composed of an Impressive
group of prominent Pacific coast
business men, has been appointed dis
tributors for Stutz cars in northern
California and Nevada, according to
an announcement by the Stutz Motor
Car Company of America, Inc., of
Indianapolis.
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Vaudevillians Tour Entire
Circuit in Car Bought in East
The vaudeville team of Gordon and
Healey, which played the World the
ater last week. Is out after the unique
record of making the entlro Pantnges
circuit without setting foot in a Pull
man car.
The team travels in a Studebaker
coupe. In which it left New York on
May 17 of this year.
They visited Detroit, Toronto and
Chicago, Los Angeles, Salt'Lake City,
Minneapolis. Winnipeg, Edmonton,
Calgary, Spokane, Seattle. Vancouver,
Bellingham, Tacoma and Portland.
They are now swinging back along
the circuit to New York.
While in Omaha they congratu
lated C). N. Bonney, local dealer, on
the performance of the oar under all
sorts of road snd weather copditione.
Wind Resistance Lowers
Mileage, Says Reo Dealer
"Amazingly few motorists pause to
consider in these days of good roads
and refined automobiles that they are
driving faster than they did five years
ago. with a consequent sacrifice of
gasoline economy,” says Mr. Opper
of the Opper Motor company.
"Tests and calculations show in dif
ferent instances that n car driven at
50 miles per hour and having a cer
tain body shape requires £2.6 horse
power to overcome the wind rests
tance alone. This same car driven at
30 miles per hour .requires only 4.8
horsepower to overcome wind resis
tance. Another car with a different
body shape requires 10 horsepower at
50 miles per hour and only 2.3 horse
power at 30 miles per hour.
General Motors Produced
87,500 Gars in October
Alfred P. Sloan, jr., president of
General Motors, made the following
statement in relation to current con
ditions in the motor car industry, ns
reflected by the operations of Gen
eral Motors:
"Believing that any actual facts
tending to throw light on business
conditions will be helpful, it may be
interesting• to point out that the
schedule of General Motors for Oc
tober wM approximately 91,000 cars,
which include our Buick, Cadillac.
Chevrolet. Oakland, oldsmoblle and
GMC truck: Preliminary reports in
dicate that we manufactured and
sold about 87,500. Cars on hand on
oqr own account stood at 18,986 as
of November 1, an Increase of 3,449
as compared with October 1.
Town Brougham Car.
First models of the New Peerless
five-passenger town brougham, the
addition of which to the company's
line of attractive body styles was an
nounced last week, have come through
production and are being shipped to
distributors. This latest New Peer
less creation, built complete In the
big Cleveland plant, combines the
practical utility of a small capacity
enclosed car with the luxurious com
forts of a sedan. It is sure to be an
object of admiration wherever seen.
It is a beautiful design and will be
immediately singled out In any gath
ering of automobiles as a car of
quality and distinction. The color Is
Collins blue.
National Father and Son Week, November 11-18
Dodse Brothers
COMMERCIAL CAR
Merchants are growing more and more
particular about the appearance of the de
livery cars they send to their customers’
homes. •
The reason is perfectly clear to anyone
who has ever analyzed his impressions on
seeing a handsome, dignified delivery car
draw up in front of his own, or his neigh
bor’s door.
Good appearance is one of the three fore
most attributes of Dodge Brothers Com
mercial Car. The others''are low upkeep
cost and long, dependable service.
Panel Commercial Car $998 f. o. b. Detroit; $1098 4olivero4
O’BRIEN-DAVIS AUTO CO.
2STH AND HARNEY STS. TEL. HA RNEY 0I2S
Sales and Service Branches at
Council Bluffs, la.
Denison, la.
JN&CQ..GRC
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Plane Flight
Lost Recital
For Pianists
ArtisU Attempted to Fly
From 1-os Angeles to
Frisco; l-o*t in
Fog.
Guy Maler and Lee Pattlson, pian
ists to lie heard In Omaha In 'piano
recital at Brandets theater on Thurs
day evening. November 22, under the
auspices of the Tuesday Musical club
with Kirill Telmanyl, Hungarian
violinist, have had the unusual ex
perience of being lost In a fug 10.000
feet above the Pacific ocean.
In an effort to keep an engagement
for a recital on a Sunday afternoon
In San Francisco the day after one
given In Los Angeles, It wa* found
necessary to make the distance by
airplane. They started Sunday morn
ing at six. They cruised along at the
rate of 90 miles an hour, a dense fog
completely obliterating the land and
sea two miles below. After five hours
of wandering in the air the plane
made a nose dive two miles down.
The dive was made successfully.
Flying a few hundred yards from
the ground, suddenly a mountain
loomed up out of the mist and a
forced landing was made. The plane
tipped over and It took three men to
right It. The two pianists decided
to trust to their feet and shouldered
their suitcases for a start across
country.
They were soon picked trp by s
driver In a flivver. They rode as
far as Lebec when the plane over
took them and they climbed In again.
It was soon after that they scraped
the side of a water tower and came
to earth in a cemetery. They decid
ed that trains were good enough
for them in the future. They lost the
opportunity for their first San Fran
cisco concert.
To Celebrate Day
in Appropriate Way
Special Piepetch to The Umah* Bee.
Shenandoah, la.. Nov. 10—Sunday
will be observed as Armistice day in
Shenandoah with appropriate sovlces
In all the churches and the war vet
e'rans will attend the Congregational
church in a body.
But the people of Shenandoah wish
to add to this by an obserAinoe on
Monday.
The banks will close all day. ar.d
the business houses close Aotn 1:30
on. Th» Shenandoah Red Oak foot
ball game will be the attraction of ihe
afternoon. After the game the Ro
tary club of Red Oak and the Klwanis
club of Shenandoah will have n sup
per nt the Hotel Mizpah. The auxll
lar.v will entertain the legion men and
their wives and families at an oyster
supper.
Closed C a r Sales
Make New Records
Kudosed Drive. Limousine
Continues Most Popular of
Pierce-Arrow Models.
This Is the year of the closed car.
That at least Is the apparent lesson
which w ill be established by the sales
figures of 1923. And the finer the
car the greater the demand for the
enclosed type of body. The aale of
Pierce-Arrow enclosed models has
been over per cent of the entire
production this year, according to L.
tj Corcoran, general sales manager
of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car com
pany.
"While the sale of enclosed models
naturally predominates at this time
of year,” states Mr. Corcoran, “the
surprising part of the prevailing
trend to the closed car la that It
composed almost a major part of the
June, July nnd August orders. This
trend Is not regarded as a fleeting
tendency, but as a permanent buying
policy on the part of those people
who have come to regard their auto
mobile purchasing as an Investment
and naturally find the enclosed car
the one that l» productive of the
moat pleasure and service, as well as
the maximum comfort.”
Closed Cars Popular.
“Old King Winter no looter put*
a blanket on the automobile bueine**
aa In earlier days," Bays O. A. Will
•son of Andrew Murphy A Son* com
pany, local dealers In Durant and
Star cars.
“Hefnr* car beaters and tha mod
ern curtains that open with the doora
were Invented the automobile owner
could not comfortably ride In frosty
weather, and, furthermora. motor car
engines did not always perform well
at aero temperature.
"Now ell that he* changed. The
modern automobile. If It la rightly
made, performs well In *11 sorts of
weather and so comfortably can It be
fitted for winter that It la really a
pleasure to ride.
“The closed car, too, has played
a great part In that change. Th* fin
eat coach-and four of olden times
could not rival the comfort and dig
nity of the modern closed car. Well
protected from the elements, warmed
by th* car heater, still a generous
expanse of plate glues window makes
the car aa light and cheery aa an
open model and excellently ventilated
at will.
“The closed car will never entirely
displace the open models, but It Is
rapidly gaining. Manufacturers find
the demand for closed models now
nearly BO per cent of production and
still climbing."
!)00 Oakland* Daily.
Tontine, Mich., Nov, 10 Kxten
*lve alternat ion* anil new machinery
equipment which have reaulted In
practically rebuilding the entire In
terlor of the Oakland Motor far coin
pany fHctortee have finally l»een
finished.
The machinery and altrraltona
have Involved an outlay of approx!
mately $2,000,000, which la In nddl
tkm to the new $2,000,000 Klaher
Body corporation factory completed a
inqnth ago adjacent to the Oakland
factory to hulk! Oakland hodtea.
Tllia outlay of $4,000,000 give* the
Oakland plant a capacity of !>00 cm*
a day, twice tla prevloti* capacity.
At tha present time the cqimiuny ha*
reached no outpnl of .100 eiVv* 'flfjltj,
which I* above the pe*k pniUUstlyn
of the banner mouth of lMi.
New Kind of Metal Lessen*
Weight; Increases Power
The results anticipated by the Hupp
Motor Car corporation, the first
manufacturer with large distribution
to combine duralumin connecting
ro<ls with aluminum-copper pistons,
have been confirmed in tests, which
show that this combination, plus the
counterbalancing crankshaft, is re
sponsible for a number of the great
er performing abilities in Its new
cars.
Duralumin, as Its name Implies. Is
s metal more durable than aluminum
it is composed of aluminum, manga
nese. silicon, copper and iron. These
tougher metals, fused with alutnl
num In their proper proportions, re
suit in a product that lias even great
er strength in compressibility than
steel, and one admirably adapted to
usage In the modern efficient motor
car. inasmuch as it materially lessens
weight without decreasing strength.
Increases power and adds to eron
omy and smoothness in operation.
Auto Buyer* Are Prompt
in Meeting Payment*
South Bend, Ind., Nov. 10.—Accord
ing to Arthur J. Morris, founder of
the Morris plan banking system, mo
tor car owners who buy automobiles
on the Installment plan meet their pay
ments with remarkable promptness.
Morris, who addressed a gathering of
bankers from east and west who have
made a two-day study of the method
used by the Studebaker dealers in
handling this class of business, gave
figures showing that of 2,000,000 peo
ple who bought cars In the past 12
months on the Installment plan over
99 per cent met their payments on
time or In less than 30 days. He de
clared that the delinquency and loss
ratio from these sales was so low as
to compare favorably with any other
class of commercial or Industrial
credits.
Proper Spark Plugs Aid
in Starting Cold Motor
One of the motorist's chief dlfflcul
ties In cold weather Is in starting hl«
engine. Though quick starting is
largely a matter of carburization and
getting gasoline into the cylinders In
combustible form, it Is also true that
spark plugs play a considerable part.
How to make difficult starting easy,
as related to spark plugs, intimately
concerns the question of fouling.
Proper design of the gap setting 1*
perhaps the biggest sssistance that
efficient spark plugs give. The "bend’’
used In ail Champion plugs facili
tates quick starting for two reasons
—it presents an ideal surface for the
electrical discharge across the g;ip,
and prevents oil from lodging at this
Important point.
Marmon Wins Race.
Competing against many of Ameri
ca's and Kurnpe's best racing cars, a
.Marmon stock touring car, carrying
standard equipment, won the 3923
international mountain race on the
Klausen hill in the Swiss Alps, ac
cording to word just received by the
Nordyke and Marmon company of In
dianapolis. The race is known among
Kuropeun racfng enthusiasts as the
"Grand Prix of the Alps." and it is
classed second only In Importance to
the annual French Grand Prix race.
Red Cloud Fire Department
to Join Slate Organizations
Speeinl Diapatrh to The Omaha Iter.
Red Cloud, Neb., Nov. 10.—'Through
the kindness of IJ. H. Kaley of this
city, the Red Cloud fire department
intends uniting with the state organ
(gallon of volunteer flrement. The de
partni'‘nt has wanted for some time
to Join this organization, but hue
I,ecu handicapped by lack of fund*.
Mr. Kaley has offered to pay all fees
necessary to keep them in good stand
Ing.
Tice Want Ads Produce Results.
Airplanes From Lincoln
Make Trip lo Clarinda
Clarinda, la., Nov. 10.—Four air
planes from the IJncoln (Neb.) factory
made an advertising trip to Clarinda,
spending the day and night at I^ake
Crabill and demonstrating flights.
Standard
’'1450
fab Oo/e do
De LuXe
*1550
fo t> Toledo
The Difference is Finish
/
The famous Willys-Knight Coupe-Sedan is now avail
able in two finishes; De Luxe, in rich blue, nickel
trimmed, with black superstructure a i running gear, at
newly reduced price; and Standard, by request, entirely
in black, with washable Spanish lpng grain upholstery,
at a still greater price saving. Doors front and rear
no seat climbing! A demonstration will reveal the
reason for this fine cars great popularity.
Other new low prices: ^-pass. Tearing $117$; 2-pae*. Roedsar $117$; 7-pee*.
Touring $1325; 5-pess. Country Club $1635; 5 pus Sedan Standard $179$t
5 pass. Sedan DeLuxe $1895; 7-pa**- Sedan $1995; all prices!, o. b. Toledo.
We reserve the riaht to chance cnees and srrrihranons without doucw
WILLYS-OVERLAND, Inc.
2562 Farnam Street Phone HA rney 0353
Factory Branch—Open Evenings
CITY DEALERS
Folaon Auto Co. Opocenaky'Brother* Byron L. Fowler
5915 Military Avenue 5134 S. 24th Street Fort Crook
Wickland Motor Co. Council Bluff* Overland Co.
2921 Sherman Avenue 602-4 Eaat Broadway
On the Finest Super-Six Chassis Ever Built
Heretofore a moderate-priced closed car has meant
an inferior chassis. Now at a saving of hundreds of
dollars you buy in HUDSON a car of positive reli
ability, chassis excellence and finest performance.
These are the lowest prices of all time on the Hud
son Super-Six. They make both the Sedan and the
Coach the most outstanding values in the world.
KILLY MOTOR CAR CO.
ATIantic 7461 2060-62 Farnam Street Omaha, \th.
