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(( Pthe cincin (( jiK 1 SECTION FOUR-EIGHT PAGES SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1929 SECTION FOUR EIGHT PAGES otor Car Makers Resume Operations On A Large Scale stance in which a prospective patron cent parkng space only by starting as a more far-reaching and baflllng thing than their individual Inability went away because of a dearth of parking space. The merchant would like tremen PARKING Worry To Merchants. dously to see the parking problem solved, nut he has no more Idea how to do it than the patron of hla store. Somo merchants favor the abolition FACTORIES Are All Keyed Up I 1KI cmr.sntM-,. of all parking In the Interest of business.

Others fear a still worse effect us a result of such drastic step. down town five minutes carter in the morning. The next morning hlu neighbor, who had been apprised of the good results, did likewise. Then everybody started doing it. When cities first started to determine at what minute traffic "peaked" It was found to be from 10 to 15 minutes before stores, offices, banks and other establishments opened.

Now it is as much as 23 or 30 minutes before opening time. Obviously the "problem" affects everyone. This is one of the most hopeful factors in Its solution. Copyright, by Ullmiin Feature Service. TEN SIMPLE RULES Problem, Much Broader Than Average Motorist Realizes.

BI.I.VDINO HEADLIGHTS There "Tho parking situation," says one authority, "has many effects, all of to find curb room for their oars. Who owns all those ears parked at the curb In a one-hour parking zone? Surveys huve revoaled that fiom to to 95 per cent of them era owned by persons who intend to stay long' than one hour, A large proportion of them aro believed tjy many traffic authorities to be occupants of near-by office and store buildings tho.ie who protest that their patrons cannot get to their offices and Says one expert commenting on this: Crowding 'Cm In. "Everyone wants the problem solved, but in such a way that the other fellow will feel the discomforts of the solution." "That ousht to stop some of these i-ts some conflict in the authorities which are bad." To Take Advantage Of as to what Is necessary for a driver An automobile accident case In Michigan, wherein tedestrian was shown to have walked diagonally across a busy' street, receiving fatal injuries from a car with which he collided, has left the rights of "jay walkers" somewhat unsettled. The trial Court Instructed the jury on of an automobile to do when he Is Those I'srWIn- Mam. "Another one of those 'No Parking.

it is dangerous if you cannot atop in the assured clear distance ahead. (3) Keep your eye on the road ono second's inattention may mean un accident, (4) Never fight for the right of way the only real utility of right of way rules is at Inquests or damage suits. 3) Go along with the procession you have no more right to "drag" truffle than you have to Jeopardize yourself and others by unnecessary "cutting in." (6) Fie as courteous on the road as you are in your own home give other drivers and especially pedestrian a fair chance. (7) Know your local traffic rules and obey them exactly they are the motorist's safety codo and book of etiquette combined. (8) Take prido in your driving skill If normal people are nervous to ride with you, something is wrong with your driving.

(9) Don't mix liquor, worry or aimer with gasoline. 10) Study local maps and experiment for shorter anil less congested routes; you may he surprised at the time you will save. Demand At Big Show. blinded by the lights of an ap Entrance' signs," snapped the driver Store Owners, Large And Small Vitally Concerned Over Lack Of Curb Space. whose patience had been exhausted proaching car.

There is some authority to the effect that it is neces five minutes earlier In his futile quest for a parking space. "They are inevitable," remaiked his sary for one In such a position to stop or to have his car under such control that he can stop it upon the New York Exhibit To Uncover New Models. companion. 'Inevitable?" stormed the driver. birds who park bumper to bumper first approach of danger.

Of course, The "parking problem" to the average man begins and ends with the fact that he cannot find a parking space. Actually, however. It is much "They are put there Just so someone Are Laid Down For Safer Operation Of Motor Cars. Tlie conscientious observance of 10 simple rules for safe driving prepared by one of the Nation's foremost traffic authorities would materially reduce the number of traffic and high under these authorities It is neces one phase of the case as follows: "If a person walks out Into the street and passes the center of the street, there Is no duty at common law Imposed upon him to look in the direction to his left where vehicles might be approaching on the wrong side of the street. Vehicles move to the right, and if he passes the center of tho street there is no duty cast upon him to look to the left to see whether vehicles may be who is prominent can have a reserved parking space." sary for such a driver to attempt an with the car ahead," mused many self-righteous car owner In a city which recently adopted a traffic oril-Mance requiring three feet of 'Ob, no.

they arc not," remarked broader than that. tho other. "The one reanon they immediate atop If he is totally blinded, as plaintiff was in this cuse. However, the best considered authorities hold that whether it Is A specimen of the broad and far- More Eights At Medium Prices To Ue Shown. put there is to provide free exit for anee ahead and behind the car In parallel parking.

He soon found himself wrong. Cars were parked Just as closely together those within the building and (rcr necessary for the driver to stop his entrance for firemen and fire ppa- car or to take action looking toward teaching effects of the problem that the average man would never realize was brought to the writer's attention In a brokerage office during the noon hour of a recent bii3y day in as before. He fussed and fumed at its Immediate stopping under such circumstances is a question for the jury. A bus skidded off the highway the stock market. with Its rear end extending six feet Motor Plants In Detroit Are Breezing Along And Workers Are Being Called Back Into Action.

onto an eighteen-foot pavement. A "That's a good stock," remarked the first observer, pointing to the service car cume to 'get It buck on HAVE VALVE INSPECJED. Thn thermostat which keeps the cooling solution within the engine until It has reached a specified operating temperature is basically just a valve. A period of nonusc may have made this valve Inoperative. Really efficient operation depends upon perfect functioning of the thermostat.

It should be Inspected periodically during cold weather and certainly early during the winter. cdming on the wrong side of the street, approaching In the wrong direction. He has a right to assume under those circumstances that the vehicles will obey the law and be on the proper side of the street. He does not have to keep his eye open for somebody who is not obeying the law in that respect." There was a Judgment for plaintiff, suing as administratrix of the deceased, end five of the Justices of the Supreme Court (225 N. W.

601) approved the Instruction given and affirmed thii Judgment. Four Justices concurred In a dissenting opinion and disapproved the name of a prominent department the road, but failed to do so before dark nd parked on the other siiH, store which operates In several cities. clear off the paved portion of the ''You forget that the parking prob way accidents In the l'nitd Mutes, and at the same time result In a decidedly more efficient use of our motor caif, aieonilng to A. R. Krsklne.

President of The Ktudcbakor Corporation. "Tho many complications and new aafety requirements imposed by modern truffle conditions are ably covered In these 10 i-ommimdmciits for motorists," said Mr. Krsklne. "They were complied at the req lest of sufity workers by Dr. Miller McClintuok.

director of toe Ersklne Hureau for Street Traffic Research which 1 1 --Studeiiaker Corporation endows In Harvard Cnlversity as Its contribution to tlm solution of modern truffle and problems. "Tho rules aro based on traffic studies made by the burenu In city and suburban areas with an estimated total population in excess of people. The 10 painters which it is believrd motorists should always bear In mind whether driving In the city or In the open country are: (I) Keep your car in sound condition. Keep your car under rontrol road, with its headlights on facing east. There were no lights whatever on the bus.

It had been raining lem is not yet solved," replied the economist to whom the remark was By Walter IPW'IAI, DISPATCH TO THH ENQUIRES. Detroit, December 7 Nuiner alus in event of fire. It Is absolutely necessary In the casj of luge apartment and office building which are occupied by a great many persons." The second speaker was light. Many motorists, however, mo the situation from the first and narrower viewpoint. 'Whoever heard of a largo department store on the outskirts of a city?" A great many asked that question in a certain metropolis not lmr ago when a department storo opened its doors In a building located 30 long blocks away from the husiness district.

It had other virtues to commend of course, but because it offered apartial solution to tho park-Ins problem the store at once began to do a handsome business. Those who asked the question saw the answer immediately. It them a new light on the thing known as "the parking problem." They saw It poor enforcement of the new regulation. Then one day he discovered for himself the reason for nonenforee-ment. He backed into a parking space, leaving no more than a foot and half between his car and those In front and behind.

What of the three-foot rule? He figured that If he got a ticket he could InsTSt that some one had moved his car, or that he had pnrke.l there first and the other machines came later. "No one," ho reasoned, "csn prove otherwise." All other car owners had figured the same way. The rule did little to help the parking problem. It Is cleai to all now. The parking problem Is changing the time of "traffic peaks," especially In the morning, when the dash to th business districts begins.

It began, of course, when John Jones decided that he could get a do- and tho rain turned to Ice on the addressed. "That stock will be a bet pavement. The rain turned to slfet ler one when there Is no parking ous hlgns that the automotive try In the Detroit dlBtrict Is swinKinS and this to snow to a depth of one problem." Instruction, saying: "There Is no question but that ti or two inches. The highway was covered with snow except for iulte back to volume operations are noted. The merchant, large and small, is pedestrian in determining what pre space near where the bus stood.

just as much irked, if not more so, following resumption of output schud iiim temporarily Interrupted by in There the pavement was blown clear caution will be necessary for his own safety In crossing a street has aright WINDSHIELD WIPER. You have probably noticed that your vacuum operated windshield wiper stops working when you ar climbing a long, steep grade. If the glass becomes clouded under audi conditions, throw out the clutch a moment and the wiper will clear IV Put don't keep the clilth out so lonj that the car loses headway. than John Jones and his wife when they cannot find parking space around ventory taking and plant rearrange to presume that an operator of a motor vehlclu will drive in a lawful the store, He sees the material effect ment for 1930 production. It is confidently expected that high of It when his books are balanced at manner, but i tie right to Indulge, in the end of the year.

Tho gross and this presumption cannot be distorted pressure manufacture, made possible net profits are smaller for every In by present Improved facilities, will produce a burprlslng number of earn and trucks in December and January tit with the factories to take Dtomot advantage of the that into a guarantee of safety to one who, without excuse, walks blindly Into the path of a vehicle which Is proceeding on the wrung side of the street or to one who, as In this case, walks hee.tlestly into the sid3 of such vehicle. But that, in effect. Is the ttatement of the law as slveti to the in this portion -t tha cia'ge. The presumption that the driver will not be guilty of unlawful conduct In by wind for about BOO feet. This was the situation when plain-llfi', with his wife, returning from a convention in Ht.

Louis to his home In Itansas City, came from the eaut at 25 miles an hour. He saw the lights of the service car and thought It was in motion and coining toward him. The lights blinded him so that he did not see the bus until almost upon It. He veered sharply to his left avoid tha bua, tkidded on the Icy pavement and after striking the service car went into the ditch. He recovered Judgment against the bus company for the damages sustained, which has been sustained by the Kansas City Court of Appeals (17 S.

2d. 639) in an'oplnion in part as follows: "There are so many elements entering Into a driver's conduct in order to avoid accidents that it would will be developed with the presenla tion made at the New York show of the newest and best that the Industry can produce. operating a vehicle on tho street does Higher speeds, with commensurate control, are seen as an outstanding not lelieve the pedestrian from ex cruising' the care that ordinary pru feature of 1930 travel, following the Increasing swing to eights. The medium-priced six Is 'being very largely CHRYSLER'S BIGGEST VALUE dent persons would exercise under iike circumstances for their own Whnt constitutes such reasonable care should be determined in supplanted by medium-priced eights, cupable of delivering from 80 to 50 be unwise to lay down a rule that they should undertake to stop their automobiles when temporarily blinded by cars on the highway. Whether miles per hour.

Tills Increased speed ties in wih the llghtif the thirt others will observe lawful regulations In their use of the streets: but that prevjmption does not abrogite the obligation to exerciMS ordinary care, including that of reasonable precaution In observing vehiclej approaching from -lther dlreel'cn. This or not the brakes should be sud I BA lmnrnud hikfllWaVS denly and vigorously applied depends now in sight as the result or i the cunditlon of the roud, the upon alignment thereof and the weather, Ordinarily one would drive through of the law was especially im as applied to the instant case, because the injured pedestrian was lot nt a regular piaeu of crossing, the space of such offending lights before he could stop his car. It Is easy to conceive of cases where one who stopped his automobile suddenly because of glaring lights could be held negligent. Where there is much but. Instead, was 'Jay and the accident happened practically at the center line of the street to the plied activity in road building, to v.hlch the Federal Government and the states alike are committed by pledges made to President Hoover.

In the lively contest for business in 11 lines that is so clearly indicated for next year, availability of speed Is an absolute essential and it is upon this basis that the eights will largely sold. Additional announci menu, but reliable, that in? New Yolk show will be absolutely dominated by the new eights. Demon left of which the driver of this cab suddenly veered in an effort to dvci.l striking plaintiff's decedent. The correct rule of law was thus stated by Justlca McDonald in People vs. Campbell, N.W.

97: "Pedestrians traffic automobiles suddenly stopped mlht seriously Interfere therewith and cause serious injury to the others lawfully using the highway. These considerations lead us to hold that whether one driving his cur while so blinded is guilty of n's'i-geiic3 is dependent upon the circumstances of tho case and is peculiarly a qupstion of fact to be determined by the Jury under appropriate in a public highway have a rilit to fiBHtime that tho driver of an auto mobile will use ordinary care for strations already made to newspaper their protection, but th'jy miy not rest content on that aanumption and Th3y men are guarantees of that, take no care for their own "Jay walkers" are advised to heed OF "JAY WALKIXf;" the dissenting opinion. est highway conference ever held Is scheduled at Atlantic City, January 11-18, when the American Road Builders' Association holds its twenty-sev enth annual meeting. The Importance Kuaiantee, too, that tue new tis" are of types to attract the buyer and st prices in many cases surprisingly Improved methods of manufacture snd an appreciation of present con-oltions have combined to cause the r.ttikers to bring out cars of multiple ollndcred power plants at price.i well within the pocketbook of the public. Some of the biggest makers re presenting eights for the lnt time in their history, while others a.e uddlng to the eight lines already well i stigillshed in popular favor.

Quieter operation of tram-missions In the first and second speeds will rlso be feature of the 1930 cats, rrompter get-away and acceleration to higher speeds, with highly developed braking power, are features jure to attract favorable attention. Deauty And Luxury. of those gatherings has grown steadl ly with (he development the use and the half-section roads are to have a width of 86 feet. More than 700 miles of wider width right-of-way have been acquired in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties, In which the Master plan Is operative. Detroit has been named as the first city in tho country to sen the custom-built cars that were features of the annual snton at Chicago early in November.

Eighteen Lineolns will be on view for another week at the headquarters of the Detroit distributor of tho line. Lincoln sales to November 1 In Wayno County totaled ISO, compared with 84 in the same period of 1928. Incidentally, the sale of the motor vehicle and all records for attendance are expected by association officials to be broken in 1930. Installment Flans of the National Association of Finance Companies to make finance company paper eligible for rediscount with the Federal Reserve Uanks will be watched with Interest by the entire Industry. Too much ODAY'S Chrysler "66" lowest- priced six ever to bear the Chrysler 985 F.

O. B. DETROIT AND UP NEW CHRYSLER "66" COUPE, $913 Chrysler "66" in your hands for any test or series of tests you desire to make. PRICES CHRYSLER "66" Bujinew Coupe, Rood- iter (with rumble leot), S995, Phoeton, $995; Brougham, $995; Royal Coupe (with rumble feat), $1045; Royol Sedan, $1065. ALSO NEW CHRYSLER "70" Seven body itylei, priced from $1295 to $1525 NEW CHRYSLER "77" Nine body itylei, priced from $1595 to $1795 CHRYSLER IMPERIAL Eight body priced from $2895 to $3475.

All prices f. 0. b. equipment extra) of Ford cars In the county in the first 10 months of 1929 totaled 42,761, compared with 9,531 for the name period last year. Holy has taken a definite stand against the encroachments of American automobile companies who have planned to extend their operations Into that country.

Italian stockholder of Flat definitely turned down a proposition under which General Motors was to acquire a stock control. The American corporation still holds a small block of Fiat stock, taken in exchange for machinery bought by Flat In the United States. Henry Ford, It is announced, has decided to abandon his project of establishing a Ford factory at Leghorn. Objections and representations made by Flat stockholders to tho Italian Government are believed to have been a principal cause for this decision. Apparently, the Flat stockholders believe firmly In Italy for the Ital emphasis can scarcely be placed on the importance of Installment plan selling of cars and trucks in assuring sales volume for 1930.

Congressional action or the action of the Federal Reserve Hoard to change Its regulations will he required to make the proposed plan possible, but officials of the finance companies' organization believe that one or the other will bo carried out. Detroit has Joined the ranks of the cities In which tire manufacture is r.ow carried on on a gianf scale. The tire department of the U. S. Rubber Company occupies a space of 2.550,000 square feet, spread over 25 buildings.

It Is the only tire manufacturing enterprise located in Detroit, though tires have ben made here on a moderate so. ile ever since the Morgan A qualities secured through perfectly-balanced chassis and extra-long springs and a new type of rubber-core spring shackle, noiseless as well as resilient, and never in need of lubrication. Just ask the nearest Chrysler dealer for a demonstration. He will gladly place a name is in every way the biggest value ever offered by Chrysler. It gives you Chrysler beauty, Chrysler luxury and Chrysler performance! Here is highompression power from any gasoline.

Here is a superb engine with 7'bearing crankshaft and Iso-therm Invar Strut pistons; with impulse neutralizer and with positive fuel pump, instead of a vacuum tank. Rubber en gine mountings are another advantage. Here is the safety of weatherproof internal-expanding four-wheel hydraulic brakes. Here are remarkable riding Tieauty, convenience and luxury have been still further developed in tho new cars. Visitors to New York assured of seeing some very definite surprises In the cars on dU-pl -y The development of parts and accessories, to be Indicated by the showings in this section, will make It evident that every element of the.

now cars has been brought forwnrd to a remarkable degree. Vnder-cover tests of new cars arc being tarried on everywhere, and the completed 1930 lines, already determined, aro such as to register high-water mark In the industry. The man who wants to travel at 90 miles an hour on land, with safety, will find abundant means to gratify his ileslre. For the man In a real hurry the modern airplane will make It pos- iblc to travel faster. Competent prophets say that the automobile of the near future will cover 100 miles In an hour but not this coming year.

AVith Increased peed the question of fuel supply Is being agitated again. Thomus A. rioyd, fuel technologist of General Motors, sayM that there Is fuel available to motorists, from known sources, for the next 60,000 years, so that the present generation and Its immediate descendants, at least, may be free from worry. Detroit's own system of superhighways, -on a Master plan, adopted in April, 1923, hus mado steady piogrets. Voder It 21 highways, with a right-of-way width of 201 feet, have been laid out In a 15-mlle circle, three miles apart east and west, north and south.

Beveral of the main radlals entering Detroit are carried far beyond the 15-mlle mark, and the total length of the 21 thoroughfares Is approximately 300 miles. All section-line roads re planned tor an ultimate width of 120 feet, CHR YS LE R'AfS" CHRYSLER MOTORS PRODUCT ME L. T. PATTEESON COMPANY Wright organization, a subsidiary of the o'. S.

Rubber Company, was moved here fiom Chicago in 1906. Plans of the company for the 1930 operation Include a substantial expansion above the 1929 figures. Chevrolet Detroit headquarters have been movd from the main section of tho General Motors Building to the annex on Milwaukee Avenue. These were the quarters formerly occupied by ttiej research department of the corporation, now housed In Its own new building. Tho move provides Chevrolet with 5,000 additional square tcet of floor space.

Halo of 1930 license plates In Michigan went into effect this week. The number of local branches of the Pec ictary of State's oiflcc has been Increased to 110, to expend the service, with the principal branch open from 7 to 7, to accomodate the workman. Reports from the first week of operation Indicate that the public Is still quite interested In the automobile. ians, so far as the automotive Industry Is concerned. Flat cars in the lower-price ranges sell for less than the Ford car, because of the existence of the present duty on Imported motor vehicles.

With a plant on Italian soil, Mr. Ford would be able to undersell the Flat product. Kxpansion of the uso of motor transport In various parts of the world II Indicated by the arrival In New York of representatives from Jupnn, the Philippines, Germany, Austria and Flnlund, who have been conferring with N. A. C.

C. officials on highway development programs and the increased uso of motor busses. Januaty 6 hus been set as International Day at the New York show, and it is expected that on this occasion the plans for highway development oversea! and the resultant Increase of motor bus uso will be crys-tallied. What Is expected to be the great- CANAL 5707 DISTRIBUTORS 1010 GILBERT AVENUE ASSOCIATE METROPOLITAN DEALERS i IIEADIMl. OHIO NKWPOItr.

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