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THE NEWS-PALLADIUM PAGE FIVE. SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1932 BUCK JONES IN BIJOU THRILLER Latest News of St. Joseph News Of The Auto World Klwanto field at 8 p. or earlier. HOME OWNERS GROUP ADDS MORE MEMBERS 4 -v i Second Meeting Held By Newly Organized Local Association The second meeting of the St.

Joseph Home Owners' association, a tax reform organization which was formed a week ago, was held at the St. Joseph city hall Friday night. More than 50 home owners and taxpayers attended the meeting, and IS more members signed the roll bringing the membership to 58 to date. Membership Rule Altered After a short discussion the members voted to amend the original charter which limited the member-snip to owners of assessed residential property to Include any legal citizen of the city. J.

Lawrence Reeves was elected chairman of a special membership drive committee with power to select as many assistants as he wanted to aid him in the membership drive. On suggestion from several members petitions will be given to tl members of the new committee to make a house to house canvass. The main feature, of the meeting was the report submitted by a spe overheating, as will dirty spark plugs. Adjust your carburetor to summer driving, and clean or renew spark plugs. Improper timing Is frequently the cause of an engine getting too hot.

If the spark is late, the charge will burn later and more slowly, exposing more cylinder surface and causing more heat to be absorbed. If the spark is early, detonation will take place, causing a rise in temperature. SCRAWGlF OLD CARS AIDS Removes Traffic Menace And Helps Solve Used- Car Problem DETROIT. June 4 When the motorcar industry more than two years ago started out to scrap obsolete-automobiles, it did something more than merely remove a large number of traffic menaces from the highways. It took "out of circulation," so to speak, a great many vehicles that by the very fact they still could be operated, were retarding the distribution of new cars.

Beyond these two important results, the undertaking also cut down to no small extent the rather heavy inventory of used cars that tied up much working capital for the retailer. The amount of capital the retailer has had to devote to the carrying of used or trade-in cars long ago became a major problem for the dealer individually and for the industry gen We BRAKES WHEELS FRAMES BODY AXLES FENDERS MEVER 264 Michigan St. AUTO BUSINESS BY JAMES F. DONAHUE With the coming of summer and hot weather, many motorists will be troubled by engines o'f their cars overheating. It Is quite a problem to locate the cause of this, for there are about 50 faults which can cause it to occur.

The units about which these 50 faults are found are: Fan, radiator, cylinder block, thermostat, pistons and piston rings, water pump, hose connections, carburetors, distributor, ignition timing, timing gears and chain, valves, brakes, clutch, and muffler. In remedying an overheating en gine, it Is well to check over all these units for flaws. In case of the fan, see that the belt Is tight enough to give about an inch when pressed lightly midway between the fan and pulley. Oil on the fan belt, which sometimes occurs from a leak, at the gear case cover of the engine, will cause It to slip. Replace the belt after the leak has been stopped.

Leaking radiators will always cause the engine to overheat. A good repairman can fix this trouble, as well as clean out the radiator core which is often clogged with mud, sand, insects, leaves and other material. He can also clean the inside of your radiator. Sometimes a heavy coat of paint on the radiator core will cause It to lose some of its cooling efficiency. Remove the heavy coat and spray with a light radiator paint.

A clean cylinder block will do a lot to keep your car from overheating. If covered with a film of dirt, oil and dust, the air forced back on to it by the fan can do little to penetrate the coating and cool the block. Clean the inside of the block, too, using a reliable radiator cleaner and following directions contained on the package. Carbon on cylinder walls will act as an insulator against the cooling effect of the water in the water jacket outside the cylinder. The heat Is held within the combustion chamber.

It's best to have carbon removed often. Keep the water pump tightened at all times. Often the packing wears out and water seeps through the gland nuts. Or the grease in the pump grease cup may wear down and allow the water to seep through the cup. Keep the cup well packed with hard grease.

Too lean or too rich an adjustment of the carburetor will cause speed potentialities built for the mo torist whose driving Is mainly of the cross-country kind, and another one of lesser speed, with less thought for aero-dynamics with bumpers and more efficient braking equipment and all other possible safeguards, for the driver who uses his car chiefly in city streets. cial committee composed of Walter B. Jones. Frank L. Napier and John C.

Schwerdt, former city auditor, on the comparative costs of operation of the city of St. Joseph and the city ot Nile. The report as compiled by the committee showed that Niles, which to slightly larger than St. Joseph, is operated at a smaller cost than this city. tThe differences In the accounting ystems used by the two munfcipal-ties made the comparison difficult end the fact that Niles has a city owned rower plant which nets the southend city approximately $10,000 pefsmonth profit made the comparison to this city more difficult as the $120,000 excess from the power plant Is used In various other departments of the Niles city government and also lorthe retirement of the -city's bonded Indebtedness and for all of the welfare work.

Seek Facta on Expenditures On motion of Mr. Reeves the secretary, Mr. Jones, was instructed to write the St. Joseph city manager for detailed Information on the from July 1, 1931 to April 1, 1932, ana tne Daiances ir. Shirley Grey nd Buck Jonci in "One Man Lsw-A Coumbfoftctera A sheriff performs his dutv con scientiously, yet it appears as a crook- ea act.

A designing promoter, who posed as the sheriff's friend, and had helped him get where he was, had made the towns-people the victims of his swindling schemes. He had sold them property without titles and then had resold the property with titles, and the sheriff had to turrr over the property to the legal owners. The close association of the sheriff with the promoter led the old settlers to believe that the sheriff was in league witn tne crooked promoter, and on the surface it looked that way. The sheriff was in a pretty tight spot how was he going to right things? All this gives Buck Jones plenty of cause for action in his new thriller, One Man Law," the Columbia film. showing today at the Bijou theatre.

Shirley Grey, Robert Ellis, Murdock McQuarrie, Harry Todd, Henry Sed-ley and Ernie Adams are others involved in this western. Lambert Hill-yer directed from his own story. FLOOD MOVES ON OKLAHOMA OIL DISTRICT 3,000 Homeless In Oklahoma City; Rain Is Forecast Today OKLAHOMA CITY, June 4 Rain was forecast today for the central Oklahoma flod area, where swollen rivers and creeks had taken a known toll of six lives, striking hardest in the south part of Oklahoma City. The crest, of the flood, which swept devastatingly through the city early Friday while the people slept, moved on Seminole, Shawnee and other towns in a rich oil area. Seven persons were missing and the injuredlist -reached-30 Relief workers had moved families from lowlands and guards watched the sullen water through the night.

700 Homes Destroyed In Oklahoma City, more than 3,000 persons were homeless and nearly 700 homes were demolished or made uninhabitable. The dead: Norma Norris, 50; Ella Christine Morgan, 13, and Buster Glenn Morgan, 5, brother and sister, of Oklahoma City; Mrs. James B. Webster, 40, and her daughter, Ellen, 11, tourists from Massachusetts; Jim Robinson, Negro rural mall carrier. The mising: Robert Webster, 5, son or the drowned woman; P.

W. Park-ington, 45, and a 14-year-old son whose name was not learned; Mrs. Monty Morgan, mother of the two drowned children, a man named Hughes and his two children, the latter six of Oklahoma City. A passenger train, with an undetermined number of people aboard, was stranded overnight near Jones City, northeast of here. Out of 1,000 male morons born, there will be 705 survivors at the end of 10 years, according to Dr.

Nell A. Dayton, of Massachusetts. the various funds at the beginr4ngJoUt the head and face that nnHivt 1 THREE BOYS TO STAND TRIAL FOR CAR THEFT Trio Of Youngsters, Nabbed After Hot Chase, Bound Over The trio of youthful automobile thieves and robbers who were captured by the St. Joseph police early last Monday morning after a thrilling chase in which the officers fired bullets into the air in an effort to make them halt, were bound over to the circuit court by Justice John W. Rody Friday.

Although the youngsters, Fred Bliss, 15, Ruben Felkens, 16, and Henry Lake, 16, all of Grand Rapids, were on probation from the Kent county Juvenile court, they were transferred from the Juvenile court, to the circuit court yesterday and arraigned on charges of breaking and entering. Unable To Furnish Bond They waived the preliminary examinations and were bound over to the circuit court. None was able to furnish the $1,000 bond fixed by the justice and they will probably be held at the Berrien county jail until the September term of court. The complaints for the warrants were signed by Thomas W. Edinborough.

owner of the Cliff View filling station on the US-31 north of Benton Harbor, where the youngsters broke in early Monday morning. All three boys were captured by the St. Joseph police after a chase out the Niles road shortly before daybreak. They drove Rev. George Horst's car, which they had stolen a few minutes before, down the inter-urban railroad tracks and escaped before Sergt.

Oliver Slater could stop the police car. Later all were captured by a squad of police and deputy sheriffs. They admitted stealing several cars In Grand Rapids, Battle Creek and St. Joseph. MISSING FISH TUG FOUND STRANDED ON INDIANA BEACH Word was telephoned last midnight to the United States Coast Guard station here that the Challanger the fish- tug lost for 24 hours ofl Michigan City, had been discovered stranded on the beach between Michigan City and Chicago with all on board safe.

The tug was taken to Chicago The local Coast Guards, with the lifeboat manned by Acting Captain Algot Johnson, assisted in search for the lost tug for a number of hours yesterday. FOOD IS DONATED BY GIRL RESERVES The St. Joseph Girls Reserves Friday donated a large supply of food to the city welfare department, according to City Manager H. G. Crow.

The local organization gave a large box of buns and frankfurters to the city which was distributed to the needy families by the welfare workers. The city officials thanked the Girls Reserves for their donation. WHITE WILL HEAR 'PRO CONS' MONDAY Monday will be "pro con" day In the circuit court, Judge Charles E. White announced today. Uncontested divorces, motions and other uncontested matters will be heard.

MORGAN MOVE GIVES PEP TO STOCKS, BONDS (Continued from Page One) tions next week. Formation of the company, anticipation of which pushed bond and stock prices upward yesterday, was announced after the close of the market by J. P. Morgan and company. Backing the corporation is one of the most powerful groups of New York bankers ever to band In a joint enterprise.

Certain out-of-town banks have already signified their intention to participate. The Initial $100,000,000 to subscribed by 20 leading New York banks and the corporation to headed by Thomas W. Lamont the Morgan firm. He emphasized the concern was not a "bond pool" but an investing company organized to make profits out of the purchase of sound investments for the "long pull." Mr. Lamont said the organizers did not pretend to be trying to "stabilize" the bond market, but it was the prevailing view In Wall street that its operations would have a good effect.

NATIONAL MEETING OF FOREMEN HELD MANSFIELD, June 4 Akron was chosen as the 1933 convention city and new officers were elected yesterday as 500 members of the National Association of Foremen began their ninth annual convention. The meeting will close tonight. G. Billet. of the Toledo Scale Manufacturing company was elected New vice presidents Include C.

W. Hanna, Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. COPS LET HOUSE COME TO THEM OKLAHOMA CITY, June 4 The policemen were pretty certain there was liquor in the house, but the house was outside the city limits and they couldn't do anything about it. Just then a storm came up, the waters began rising and the house began floating town ward.

The officers waited until the house had inside the city limits an then found 700 bottles of beer DESIGNERS OF CARS LOOK FAR INTO FUTURE Engineers' Study To Improve Their Product Is Constant BY DAVID J. WILKIE (Associated Press Writer) DETROIT, June 4 Preoccupied as they are with the merchandising problems of the present, leaders of the motorcar Industry are devoting more time than ever before to the automobile of the e'. Working on next year's design, they are thinking also of the car of five and even 10 a hence. This is not so much to the fact that lightened demands upon factory facilities have afforded WILKIE more time for laboratory research work as it is to the conviction of automotive engineers that the future of the industry depends upon their ability to produce a constantly improved motorcar. They realize that in normal times obsolescence in style and engineering -design create as many buyers for new cars as does any other factor In the automobile market.

So highly competitive has the motorcar industry grown that the engineers and executives generally are thoroughly satisfied with a new model before it is placed in production. This means that once a car is placed in manufacture the engineer is free to think about the car still to be designed. His interest in the current model is confined to determining just how it may be improved upon. Result Of Long Study The car of the future has been talked about almost ever since automobiles have been made.) Always there has been pictured a design that, compared with models current at the time, has Inspired no little scoffing and a great deal of doubting. The engineers point out, however, that relatively lew of the numerous changes the motorcar has undergone in the past have been the result of sudden decisions.

Virtually all the major changes in body design as well as in mechanical construction have been the result of long study. "Too many automobiles look alike," long has been the criticism of both buyer and builder of motorcars. Yet in striving for the same ends greater riding comfort and greater driving ease as well as greater popular appeal the engineer has found means to these objectives as well as the result were much the same whether the car was a high priced product or In the lower price brack, ets. Engine In Rear Several leading Automobile engi neers are convinced that the time is not far distant when the power plant of the average vehicle will be in the rear as the front gives way to the lines necessary for the further les senlng of wind resistance. "The horse, the dog and everything that walks or runs on the ground has its motive power In the rear," said one of these authorities.

He added that moving the engine to the rear would yield another advantage In eliminating long hoods that combined with low seats render road visibility extremely poor. Forced ventilation, so that air resistance may be reduced by closed windows, is another possibility of the future automobile seen by the same engineer. Other engineers have predicted the future will bring two distinct types of automobiles, one of high 4 Charles L. Miller will be In charge of the steak fry. VERITAS TO MEET The Veritas division of ths First Congregational church will meet with Mrs.

Richard easier, 923 Broad street, on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock Mrs. Charles L. Miller and Mrs. M. Hutchings will be the assisting host esses.

CALL TWIN CITY DOCK MEETING FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY The Twin City Port commission, whose members were appointed some time ago by the city commissions of the twin cities, and the Chamber of Commerce today joined in an invitation to the luncheon clubs of the twa towns to meet with these two bodies for a dinner meeting at the Hotel Whitcomb next Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock at the Hotel Whitcomb, St. Joseph. The meeting is for the purpose ot discussing twin city dock: terminal facilities and In particular the St. Jo-seph dock project. R.

W. Oeyer, representing Haskell Scott Ss Byrne, dock terminal developers, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. KIN OF ROY ALTON PEOPLE IS DEAD Word has been received at Royal-ton ot the death in Ludlngton, of Harold Wienert, young son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wienert, following a long illness.

The family has relatives here. The deceased is survived by his parents and two sisters. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday sin Ludlngton. BREVITIES Attend State Meeting Theo dore Thomas and Ben Lamos will leave Sunday for Traverse City to at tend a state convention of Knights of Columbus, to be held Sunday and Monday. They will represent the St.

Joseph council, K. of C. Has Brief HolidayMrs. M. O.

Henderson, cashier at the Y. W. C. A. cafeteria, Is spending a few days in Chicago at the home of her son Norwood Henderson.

Her place as cashier is being filled by Mrs: 'Char lotte Mounsey of Lewis avenue. Recovers From Injuries Mary Anne Kuschel, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.

Kuschel of 2329 Niles avenue, has fully recovered from Injuries received last Sunday evening, when she was struck by a car near het-frome. The child was bruised Wins Scholarship Ted Shierk, son of Mrs. Ina Shierk of Main street, a student in the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, has been awarded the Virginia W. Gurry memorial scholarship, which entails a year's free tuition at the Detroit school, it was learned today. Mr Shierka graduate of St.

Joseph high school, is enrolled In the department of de signing. He to currently the guest of his mother for a week's vacation. Announce Birth Mr. and Mrs. A S.

McCord of Warren, are the parents of a daughter, Marjorie Ann, born this morning in that city. Mrs McCord to the former Miss Margaret Kell, member for several years of the St. Joseph high school faculty, and a daughter of City Commissioner and Mrs. G. B.

Kell, of St. Joseph. Mrs Keil to leaving this evening for Warren to visit her daughter. Flowers Are Hobby Mrs. Charles Sauerbier, well known St.

Joseph resident, who in a long and active life has always found time for the care of her many flowers, now gives her whole time to the large garden at her home, 815 Main street, where all varieties of early June flowers are in full bloom. A broken hip kept Mrs. Sauerbier confined to -her home for a time a few years ago, but now that she to entirely recovered from that injury, the pioneer St. Joseph woman to active as ever, and spends every day happily working among her flowers. To Attend Rites Mrs.

Frank Paget, Mrs. Alice Weber and Miss Catherine Rlgney, all of this city, will go to Oak Park, Monday to at tend funeral services for Mrs. Kath leen Brady, a niece, who died in that suburb Friday. Mrs. Brady, who was 33 years old, was the wife of William Brady and to survived also by three children and by her father, William T.

Rigney, of Oak Park. She was well known In St. Joseph, having visited here frequently. Services will be at the Church of the Ascension in Oak Park. To Graduate From Notre Dame- Three St.

Joseph graduates will re ceive diplomas tomorrow from Notre Dame university where the commencement speaker will be Owen D. Young, noted New York financier. Clemens and Cyril Thetoen, sons of Mr and Mrs. J. J.

Thetoen of this city will be graduated from the bus! ness administration department with B. C. 8. degrees, and Joseph L. Lop-ker, son of Mr.

and Mrs. J. L. Lopker of Forres avenue, will be graduated from the commercial art department, In which he has won many honors. He has held the posi tion of art editor during his senior year.

Exercises will open at 8:30 a. m. Sunday with the academic procession from the administration building to Sacred Heart church. A solemn pontifical mass, at which the Moreau seminary choir will sing, will be followed by theblessing of the senior flag. The awarding of degrees will be held at the university gymnasium at 4:30, with Mr.

Young giving the commencement address. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. John W. Harmon, daughter, Miss Helen, and son, WU-ford, will motor to Albion Monday to attend commencement exercises.

Mr. and Mrs. Harmon's son, Leslie, will be graduated from Albion where he has been a student for four years and a member for three years of, the T. K. X.

fraternity. erally. It seemingly to one of the accepted facts of present day merchandising of automobiles that for practically every new car sold, somewhere In the transaction a used car bobs up. Frequently It is not second-hand, but fourth or fifth hand, for motorcars which the manufacturer has boasted are so much better made now than ever before usually pass through numerous ownerships before they wind up In the junk pile. As long as it continues possible of operation the used car represents a problem to the motorcar industry's efforts to Increase new car distribution.

The "controlled production" adopted as a policy by the motorcar manufacturers a little more than two years ago was not solely an measure called Into existence for the duration of the emergency; it was a policy dictated by necessity the necessity of controlling the number of automobiles produced lest the Industry be swallowed up In Its own product. Something of that kind threatened the automobile manufacturer at about the time the United States entered the World war. There was no voluntary "controlled production" at the time and throughout the country dealers were overstocked with used cars. Many of the factories, however, were called upon to turn to the work of producing war munitions and new car output fell off sharply. The demand for "anything that will run," effectively disposed of the "used car problem" at the time and the industry's leaders resolved to avoid a similar situation in the future.

They succeeded fairly well until the boom period of 1928-29 resulted in the production of considerably more vehicles than the market could absorb and the used car again took its place at the head of the list of vexatious problems facing the industry. While the Industry never expects to completely solve the problem, it does expect to control it, and the scrapping policy was one step in that direction. Closely linked with the scrapping policy is the general agreement among the industry's sales executives that most of its business in the future must come from replacement demand. DDoim94 a i to be Experts, but our customers always come back, because we do their work satisfactorily the I TIME IN OUR SHOP. KBr Central Auto Service GLEASON Dial 9001 like quick.

like Dixie BECKER BROS. Territorial Rosd NAPIER AVE. CENTER M-139 and Napier At. PIEDTS SERVICE STATION M-139 and Niekenoa At. ECONOMY GARAGS NULL'S SUDDEN" SfRVICl WW 3355" Although the election of permanent officials was scheduled for last night the election was Indefinitely postponed until the membership has Increased or until the time the members desire to elect permanent officers.

Frank Abert, temporary chairman, presided athe-Trieetingr-and Walter B. Jones, who was selected as the temporary chairman, will In a temporary capacity until the election to held. date was set for the next meeting. Society AUXILIARY ELECTS Mrs. R.

Nelson Hensler was elected president of the St. Joseph Auxiliary of the Michigan Children's Aid society, which held the annual meeting on Friday at the home of Mrs. M. W. Stock of Forres avenue.

Mrs. Hensler succeeds Mrs. J. H. Cunningham, who has served the auxiliary very efficiently as president through two successful terms of office.

Mrs. Cunningham will fill the office of vice president for the new auxiliary. Mrs. Harold M. McConnell was elected secretary and Mrs.

W. E. Hatch was named as treasurer of the auxiliary. The meeting opened with a cooperative luncheon, in charge of Mrs. Stock and the assisting hostesses, Mrs.

C. A. Smith and Mrs. J. J.

Thel-sen. Twenty-five active members and one member of the Inactive group attended. Miss Adelaide Lounsbury, secretary at the receiving home in this city, was Invited to address the group and gave a history of the founding of the Michigan Children's Aid society, members played five tables of bridge, turning over the proceeds to the receiving home. Mrs. Burton O.

Starke and Mrs. Hensler wonthe bridge prizes. After the summer vacation, the auxiliary will resume meetings on the second Friday In September, with Mrs. A. E.

Kaltenbrun as hostess at bet home in Shoreham. Assisting hostesses will include Mrs. W. B. Chandler.

Mrs. Frank Hildebrand and Mrs. W. E. Hatch.

HONOR BRIDE-ELECT Mrs. Louis Kerllkowske was host MS last evening at her home on Main street at a shower for. Miss Lena Fetke, who will become a bride in late June. The party of 18 guests presented many gifts to the honored guest. 'Bridge was played.

Prizes were won by Mrs. Edward Gersonde, Mrs. Herbert Sill and Miss Nancy Lorents. GIVE PROGRAM A mixed program will be given at Zlon Evangelical church tomorrow, afternoon by pupils of the Sundaj school, who are to take part in annual children's day exercises at o'clock. Mrs.

Fred Fehlberg and the pastor's wife, Mrs. F. C. Schmidt are in of the program which will in- elude songs, recitations, Bible pass, ages, dialogues and other features, with children appearing In costume. LOWEST AUTO INSURANCE COST Try The Dixie 'Toot Test" Forget for a moment about advertising, about mileage, about ratings and give your gasoline the foot test" Take your car out on the open road Cut down to five miles an hour.

Then push the accelerator clean to the floor; and see what happens. If ifs Dixie Gasoline, your car will pull away swiftly, silently and easily. Because Dixie is made to meet the "foot test" on hills, in traffic, or on the i open road. If you i smooth, silent responsiveness in Mils i gasoline, you'll GAREFUL owners of motor cars who belong to or join the Automobile Club of Michigan are now provided with their automobile insurance at the lowest cost ever in effect in the State of Michigan, or anywhere in the entire United States. Whether you own a truck or a passenger car do not insure or accept an insurance policy until you investigate the great savings available to you if you will join the Automobile Club of Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange JOHN J.

RAMSEY, Manager Sidney D. WaUan, Edvmri N. Hinet, and Chat. B. Van Duten, Attorney-in-Fact At Automobile Club of Michigan Berrien County Branch 216 E.

MainPhone Bar. 8412 Benton Harbor, Mich. Theisen-Clerrsens Company BENTON HARBOR DEALERS: DIXIE PIPESTONE STATION FAIR PLAIN GARAGE PEP'S SUPER-SERVICE 4th and Territorial THAYER CO. FEDERAL SERVICE E. Main St MUEHLTNG fjARAGK DIXIE RIGMAN STATION Willow Mrs A Hitman Park Rd.

DIXIE FAIR AVE. STATION DIXIE COLFAX DIXIE AUTO SERVICE DIXIE EMPIRE BILL BECKER Pipestone St' R. A. Grashorn, Manager CLUB TO HAVE STEAK FRY fit. Joseph Klwanto club members will hold their annual steak fry at Klwanto field next evening.

Guests will Include all past and present members of the club, their wives' and friends, it to stated, tne group to Invited to gather at i.