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The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • 96

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SECTION FOUR THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1928 to Durban, South Africa. AUTO ROW PICK-UPS K. I. 0. BASEBALL OFFICIALS, poet to complete their motoft midsummer, 1929, after haviiV dered all ever the world and! one complete qircle of the glcj have Just completed seveiai days at Great Lak mania," Mr.

Allsop wrote Pit Alvan Macauley, of the Packard pany, just before he sailed for) Africa, "We devoted our time wonderful body of water to -A for rainbow trout. The smallek caught weighed 6'i pounds antl largest tipped the scale at SPRINGS CUSHION BRAKIXG FKCT Xow that virtually all are equipped with four-wheel bra automotive engineers are turn tneir attention to perfecting method pf stopping. Brakes of ciem design are standard on mo cars today so that every motorist assured of a prompt ston in case ray Seasongood. and Colonel C. O.

iflrf wrPjr Mm far- rf WiL 1 1 kuo-5 Ovzqtug L.M.imm Cm. r'' Vfe emergency, provided ordinary atten-, OVERLAND FACII.ITIKS E.Y- PAVD. Willys-Ovcrland's expansion program tp increase the production of Whippet four and Whipped six models to meet the greatest buying demand In the company's history fs taking definite form, officials of tho organization declaied last week The new addition to the. export and body buildiQg departments, which provides 800,000 more square feet of factory space Is nearly completed, thlB extension being necessary when the output of Whippets was stepped up to the greatest production mark ever reached by the company. Willys-Overland is concentrating its efforts on Increased production of Whippet fours and It Is pointed out that in the" lower price ranges 47 per cent of all sales are made In the price groups below $750, wkh 23 per cent of the total sales being In the price class from $750 to The former group represents tho price class of the Whippet models and it is in this group that the com pany has expanded its facilities to reach the highest production in history.

In quantity output, this commits Willys-Overland to highest produc tion on its two Whippet models which provide tho major business for the sales organization, the balance being devoted to the production of the Willys-Knight models. mil GREATER AISIOX Like the bridge of an ocean liner from which the Captain can see not only miles ahead, but the entire ship, the driving seat of a Plerce-Airow car Is so arranged tliHt driver has full vision, thus eliminating one of the greatest cause for accidents. Pierce-Arrow was one of the first manufacturers to use narrow pillars In inclosed cars, thus permitting greater vision eliminating the blind spots caused "by thick pillars thst hid ar. approaching car a few seconds away. The visibility In front Is the result of carefully worked out design, without sacrificing the low- ncss of the car.

UNUSUAL MOTOR TRIP Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Allsop, Auckland, New Zealand, have been traveling neajjy a year on the longest and the most unujual automobile trip ever under taken.

At the present time they are aboard ship en route with their car. a Packard Six Sedan, from Tasmania mm i mom, IXCIXXATI will hi.ve its first opportunity to honor Clarence J). C'hambt-rlin, trans-Atlantic aviator, comes to Cincinnati next for a two-day stay under the auspices of the Aviation Committee of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and the American Legion. Jlr. Chamberlin, and his party will fly here from Hamilton next Saturday arriving at I-unken Airport with convoy of Cincinnati planes.

The Halpin Flamingo, piloted by Thomas E. Halpin; a plane piloted by John Taul Riddle, of the Embry-ltiddle Company; a plane piloted by Hal A. fcpeers, of the international Aircraft Corporation, and a plane piloted by Hugh Watson, of Watson Flying Field, will accompany the trans-Atlantic flyer into the airport here. It is anticipated that he will land at Lunkcn Airport about p. lit.

whc'ie he will be formally welcomed by the reception committee, after which he will be token to the International Aircraft Corporation plants at Ancor to participate in the dedication ceremonies there. Following these services, Mr. Chamberlin will be taken over virtually the same route i Which Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh traversed from Lunken Airport for a brief stop in F.di-n I'ark where it is hoped to concentrate Cincinnati sc hool children. Following Mr.

Chamberlin's welcome by the school children he will be brought to the Hotel (Jibson where he will rest before the 'formal dinner at 6:30 o'clock, Saturday evening. This dinner will he presided over by Charles A. Hinsch, Chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Mur KOTinr-G TO) GOOD FOR YOUR AUTO carry In toeki RayhrMtOft It rake Lining Kreiiter Them YiNioiiall Wlnrixtilflil (ennem ('hnniniori P'uik 1 NtiiiffhniiNe ItulhK SlmonJze I'olinh mid Klcener FOR YOUR RADIO Kverelidy llaitcripw Unlltroii lt Tuben Anvi'omlio Haw ley (Hhinpt Sneaker Melnite fcteetric KihIIom W. Seventh St.

Cannl 2KM when he Saturday The above group of veteran semipro baseball leaders, and Charley Magness of the. Harmony Club, who is not in the group, are leading the Greenfield, Cheviot, Harmony, Glendale, Lawrenceburg, Springfield, Cincinnati, Coca-Colas, Mergard's All-Americans, Wiedemann's, Vim Gingerales, El Eicos and Oakley clubs in the 1928 K. I. 0. Sempiro Baseball Association championship race.

This is the eleventh season for the K. 0., which-was organized by John Spinney, who is also the father of amateur baseball in Cincinnati, Shell-ill, City Manager, will speak at the dinner. Ileservations for the din ner can be made through the Chamber of Commerce. On Sunday Mr. Chamberlin will be the guest of the Robert E.

Bentley I'ost. American Region. The American Legion will be 1n charge of the entire program, climaxing its affair with a dinner at the legion headquarters, .122 llroadway, after an air circus in the afternoon at Watson Flying field. Mr. Chamberlin is a member of the American legion.

James Fa vert Is Chairman of the Chamber lin Activities Committee for the icgion. The following have been 'named members of the Reception Committee: Charles A. Hinsch, Holton S. Arm strong. A.

Ault, A. Behymer, Tyler Field, Major E. Hoffman. F.shelby F. I.unken, John Omwake, William Cooper Procter, John D.

Sage, A. Clifford Shinkle. George W. Williams. Walter A.

Draper, John W. Dale and Samuel Ilerndon. representing the Aviation Committee Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce: Powel Ciosley. John Ti. Hollister, Clarence K.

figden, Thomas E. Halpin, T. Hig-bee Embry, Lieutenant John Paul Itiddle, Captain ,1. O. Colgan, R.

K. LeBlond, Carl Hurkhart, Dudley Out-cult, T. R. Hunter, President Cincinnati Flyers Club; Lieutenant Francis Mitchell. Ma lor Robert Rockwell.

Lieutenant John Campbell. Lieutenant Ralph Haite, John M. Pattison, W. F. Wiley, Harry Ilrown.

Elmer Fries, Moses Strauss, Hugh Watson. Eugene F. Westheimer, Charles H. Tobias. M.

Parks Watson, C. W. DeForest. J. P.

Orr, Rexford Shaffer, James Favert, William Reehl. Frank A. McGee. Robert W. Pogue, Lynn Revenaugh, Murray Seasongood.

Colonel C. O. Sherrill. F. H.

Chatfield, C. M. Dean, II. F. Fulton.

Warner Sayers, H. C. Iilackwell and William R. Reeves. Tin International Aircraft Corporation has designated next Saturday and Sunday as tKe dedicatory period for their plant and teat field at Ancor, and the Cincinnati public for the first time will have an opportunity to witness the actual manufacture of airplanes.

Clarence K. Onden, of the International Aircraft Corporation, has announced through Perry V. Ogden, general manager, that the plant would he open to the. public ull of Saturday afternoon. Employees of the corpora-linn will remain on the job to demonstrate the building1 of the planes, and jHii! A.

sales manager, and Fred production manager, will provide yuides to explain the manufacture of the planes to the visitors. Hurin-K the afternoon CM a rence T. Phamherlin, who will 'be In Cincinnati Saturday and Sunday, will raise the American fins at the dedicatory exorcises. The entire dedication ceremony has not as yet been worked out, although Mr. Chamberlin and his at the low cost transportation.

The disc wheels are of the same brilliant color combination as the tody. The soft folding rubber fabrl'c top is jet black. in pleasing contrast to the dominant tones of the body. The body by Fisher: retains the sweeping graceful lines that distinguished the former cabriolet; while other features are of the same dependable construction that is winning unprecedented numbers to the bigger and better Chevrolet. BRAKES TESTED FREE OF CHARGE Mr.

Motorist: This is an invitation to you to have jour brakes tested FREE OF CHARGE on our umbo Electric Brake Tester. This machine is absolutely accurate It tells you the exact condition of each brake. Factory-trained brake experts are In charge of this service. Drive your car in today and have your, brakes GeOQGL 5CHAEFFE.Q party will be at the International plant to aid In Its dedication. Officials of the International Air craft Corporation are especially de sirous that parents bring their chil dren to the plant next Saturday and Sunday in order that they might get a better impression and knowledge of aircraft manufacture.

Explanation of all details of plane building will be given by the guides to those who come through the plant. An organization meeting of the Metal Aircraft Corporation, of Cincinnati, which Is to' build the Flamingo type of all-metal monoplane in Cincinnati, is scheduled for either Monday or Tuesday. The corporation recently was organized by Cincinnati men and incorporated at $500,000. As soon as a survey of a proposed location of the plant Is completed building operations will start. The company has options on property adjoining l.unken Airport, and it is considered probable that the plant eventually will be located there.

Thomas K. Halpin, builder of the plane, and Ralph 'Iraichen, the designer, have been kept busy demonstrating the ship to companies interested in the Flamingo type of airplane. Cincinnatlans will have an opportunity to see and fly In a Falrchild monoplane, which John Paul Riddle, of Emhry-Rlddle, Hew to Cincinnati yesterday from Farmlngdale, N. where the plane whs manufactured. The plane has a wing spread of 44 feet and Is unique In this respect that the wings can be folded against the fuselage leaving a width' of but 13 feet.

Riddle said the plane acted perfectly on the trip from New York, The cost of the plane is $16,000. A group of Cincinnati business men Break interested in aviation, are planning the organization of an Aero Club similar to the club In Detroit called the Wise Birds. This group la Interested in the Fairchild monoplane. The national air races and International Aerqnautical Exposition will be held In Los Angeles, September 8 to 16, under the auspices of the California Air Race Association, which has offered $125,000 In cash prizes and many valuable trophies to the winner of the various events. Fifteen events have been scheduled.

ROMANY RED Is Color Finish on Body of New Chevrolet Sport Cabriolet. Pioneering Into the low-priced au tomobile field another distinctive style feature, the Chevrolet Motor Company announces a new convertible sport Cabriolet with body by Fisher, listing at $695 f. o. b. Flint, Mich.

Combining all the closed car advantages of the sport cabriolet with the open car features of the roadster, this latest offering of the world's largest automobile producing company ideally suited to every type of weather under all kinds of driving conditions. Of tWo to four passenger capacity, the convertible cab' with the top up resembles' the sport cabriolet In appearance. The top. however, is fully collapsible and Tolds so' completely out of the way that full vision ahead is possible from the rumble seat. An additional feature is the inclusion of a nickel banding around the windows which gives them rigidity and permits of raising the windows, with the top lowered, as an extra protection against the wind i Finished in Romany Red, with black body beading striped in gold, and embellished with artistic touchesbf polished nickel, the new "model sounds a distinctive style note iifc the field of 1 tested free of charge.

FLAT RATES MOTORIST SERVICE STATION "We Really Are Good" West Court Street. Canal 4115. 7 Lin ew UP tion is given to keeping the braklne mechanism properly adjusted. 1 Knglnoeri, however, are seeking means to decelerate cars not only quickly and without effort, but! smoothly so that the occupants willf feet little if any of the shock of sudy den slops. Through exhaustive tests carried on for more than a quarter of a cenJ tuir, The Franklin Automobile ComA pany has accumulated a wealth of! data to prove the supremacy of the! full-elliptic sprlna In softening and! el'mlnatliiff the shocks of quick! starts and stops as well as the jarsl arising In ordinary travel over rough! pavement, street car tracks and coun-l try roads.

I Franklin Airman cars are equipped exclusively with this type of spring having springs on each side equlva lent to an ordinary semi-ellipt; longer than the wheelbase of the ca The softness of the braking effei Is said to occasion surprise amon people experiencing it for the firs time, and the resiliency of the spring1 in riding coupled with Franklin's weight distribution, are claimed to be responsible for the well' known easy riding qualities which these cars prO' vide. A HELPFUL HINT. Never wear good gloves when test ing the battery with a hydrometer or when filling it with water. Acid that splashes upon the leather quickly eats it to shreds, and once it gets a start there is no stopping it until the whole gl'ove is worthless. OSS ALL CARS O.

W. Vaughan, Guilford, Ind. White Star Garage, Rising Sun, Ind. Alva West Maysvllle, Ky. West End Garage, Oxford, Olilo.

ales Records ontinues To All Production am ammoth Elizabeth, New Jersey, Plant PETE IS IN! Peter PePaolo, sun-stained son of Italy, who was the American racing champion in 1926 and 1927, has just entered a car in the international 500-mile race to be held at the In dianapolis Motor Speedway May 30.1 He will pilot a Flyiner Cloud. Fisher Motor Wilmington, Ohio. Elmer Junk, Washington C. Ohio. Kendle Hayes Garage, Loveland, Ohio.

Marr Motor Inn, Hamilton, Ohio. April, with 11,012 cars, passed March by 13.8, or 54 cars a day more. March and April combined surpassed any two previous consecutive months by 46.5. And right now there are more orders foY immediate delivery on the company's books than at any time in its history, with the production schedule again increased 20. Last September was the greatest sales month in the company's history.

October passed September. September, October and November surpassed any three previous months. Then came the new Durant models and March, 1928, with cars, passed the highest previous record by 20, or 61 cars per day more. A Total of 15,772 Durant Automobiles Were Built in Durant Plants During April DRIVE' 'A DURANT 18 STRIKING MODELS, FOURS AND SIXES, $495 TO $1,550 F. O.

B. Lansing, Michigan. SEE' YOUR NEAREST DEALER tSEE YOUR NEAREST DEALER Dee-An-Dee Auto Service, 100 Hewitt Walnut Hills. Dixie Sales Service, 123 Tike Covington, Ky. Dan Foltz, 433 Dexter Lockland.

F. W. Motor Miami Cleves. Oakley Star Sales Madison ltd. and Allston Oakley.

Peacock Star Sales, "3922 Spring Grove Ave. Frank Schmidt Motor 3751 Main Xorwood. Star Motor Co. of Cincinnati (Wholesale Only) 1043 Gilbert Ave. Biliie Buck Motor Sales, OO10 Montgomery Pleasant Ridge.

Carthage Star Sales, "540 Cartilage I'ike, Carthage. Harry Carl Service Station, 4003 l'lainville I'ike, Mariemont. Heintz Garage, Uapid Run Delhi. K. L.

Motor 2626 ine St. Mid West Motors, 2131 Central Ave. i Moscow Garage, Moscow, Ohio. Ohio Pike Garage, Tobasco, Ohio. Ramsden Bros.

Auto Sales, Hillsboro, Ohio. Seibert's Service Station: Alexandria, Ky. -7 Vine Woolper Service Station, Vine and Woolper St. Bernard. Claryville Garage, Clary ville, Ky.

Ehrhardt's Mentor, Ky. 1 i.

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