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JANUARY 25, 1931. --TP ART VLf 12 SUNDAY MORNING. Reo Royale and Flying Cloud Hailed as Manufacturer's Greatest Motor Car Achievement Reeve Gartzmdnn Exhibit Unusual Body Lines Noted in Reo Family LOWER PRICES MARK TWO CARS I M'l II llll -1 1 MM i hi I I iff tx 1 -Lf i.js mwwwi.w -Jut in crescent Oil Facilities Now General Unit Purchase of the Crescent Oil Company ot Long Beach by the General Petroleum Corporation of California, is annoiuiced by Ralph G. Bowman, assistant general salesmanager. The Crescent Company is a distributing unit handling General Petroli'iun products in the Los Angeles Harbor area.

It was established in the early davs of the auto- motive industry by F. W. Barnes. He now retires trom active work the oil business and his son, Lynn Barnes, takes over the reins district manager in Long bcacn tor General. Mr.

Barnes was a pioneer in this field and first began distributing, in Long Beach with a team of mules a'tnclicd to a tank cart. In those early days he sold only a few hundred gallons weekly to grocers and occasional garages widely separated. When he sold his business he was operating a large fleet of trucks with a dally delivery that ran into thousands of gallons to scoret ot retail outlets. Prize Slogan Put to Work Enforcement of the law la now under way following the State-wide educational campaign of the Call-fomia Committee on Public 8afety on the subject of driving caution at intersections. The slogan and subject for January, chosen from those submitted in the recent prize contest is: "Where Highways Meet, Be Di creet." Motorists are urged to beware of the danger that lurks at all street and highway intersections, and to obey the right-of-way law.

Traffic officers throughout the State are paying particular attention to speed and right-of-way violators at intersections during the remainder of this month. Oakland and Pontiac Lines Larger This Year Rubber Cushioning is Used Extensively in Both Synvhro-Mesh Gear Set Oakland Feature OAKLAND: V-tjpe eight. 85 horsepower. Rubber insulated chassis and body. Fisher bodies on 117-inch ulieelbase.

Cross-flow radiator. Holler bearing rear axle with trussed housing. Syncro-mesh transmission with silent second. rONTIAC: Six-cylinder, L-licad, 60 horsepower. Rubber-insulated chassis and body.

Fisher bodies, 112-inch wheelbase. Cross-flow type radiator. Roller bearing rear axle with trussed housing-. The 1931 Oakland eight and Pontiac six lines reveal style, performance and comfort new to these two General Motors cars, in the show exhibit by Reeve Gartzmann, local Oakland-Pontiac dealers. These cars, despite body, engine and chassis refinements, are offered this year at base prices below the minimum prices of past years.

In the Pontiac six, the longer wheelbase of 112 inches has permitted designing of bodies which create an impression of low-swung length. Included in the list of external advancements on the new Fisher bodies are the chrome-plated screen which conceals and protects the radiator core, curved tie bar supporting the head lamps, longer hoods, and one-piece full crown fenders with indicator lamps. The new Oaklands and Pontiacs Cylinder Coupe Royale Sedan, a 1931 Model Exhibit 3k Pontiac 1931 Six both have an Important factor eliminating noise and increasing riding comfort the extensive use of rubber cushioning throughout the chassis. Larger brakes, providing more certain control and greater safety, are found on both cars. The Oakland eight for 1931 has a new type of synchro-mesh transmission with quiet shift permitting acceleration up to forty or forty-five miles per hour, rubber spring shackle bushings, an ingenious combination of intake silencer and air cleaner, new electro-plated pistons and heavier big-tooth axle gears, and other improvements providing a full measure of performance and comfort.

Five wire wheels are included in the standard equipment of both the Oakland and Pontiac lines: with de luxe equipment of six wire wheels available at extra cost. An exhibition show chassis and twelve cars comprises the exhibit. In the Pontiac line, with standard equipment, will be shown the coupe, two-door sedan, four-door sedan and custom sedan; and with deluxe equipment, the coupe and custom sedan. The Oakland will show, with standard equipment, the coupe two-door sedan, four-door sedan, and custom sedan, and the sport coupe and custom sedan with de luxe equipment. USUALLY IT'S DIFFERENT Motorists should know that wheel lubrication usually is separate and distinct from the rest of the chassis oiling system.

This is likely to be overlooked, especially in so far as the grease cups which are used to supply lubricant to so many rear wheel bearings. With higher wheel bearing loads the order of the day, lubrication becomes still more at Show Massachusetts Sets Record A new high in motor vehicle accidents and deaths was created in Massachusetts for the fiscal year ending November 30, last. The dead numbered 794, against 777 for the previous year, it is stated. Up to October 1 there, was a small decrease in fatalities, but that month went thirteen ahead of the figure for the previous year and in November ninety-seven were killed in traffic crashes. rv vv a January 35.

1931 Address all mall to Clit Sherwood, The Times, Los Ameles. L. A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 204 By G.

Hume, Nottingham, Eng. (Good Companions, April, 1922) 4' 'A 1 1 4 White mates In two. (Wb-10; Bl-11) lr.Nb4: PKP1R3: P1P1P3; 2 PkP3: R2p2Nl; Blr2; 3n3p: 7Q. L. A.

TIMES PROBLEM NO. 205 By Sam Loyd CUF SHER Reo At the Show Three Notable Pierce -Arrow Groups Entirely New Gars with Free Wheeling at Savings up to $810 vi fi i box' rm: im' j-1 wvrn i i fe-TaJ JtJt sr'-'-ii MODELS MARKED BY DISTINCTION 'Aerodynamic Principle Used in Design Motor Suspended in Rubber at Four Points Instrument Panel of Royale Three Group Cluster Royale, tight, 125 horsepower. Aerodynamic lines with minimum wind resistance. Bodies ultramodern in desirn and appointments. Flying Clouds, eights and sixes.

Air-stream bodies, all models with silent second. Nine Reo Royale and Reo Flying Cloud models on display at the auto rthow are expected to draw attention from automotive engineers as well as show visitors, because of their new exclusive aerodynamic I radiator, hood and body lines, Is the opinion of HeTbert E. Woodward, president of Herbert Woodward, distributors of Reo motor cars In this section. Since the Los Angeles automobile show is the second appearance of the new line in an automobile exposition, where its lines can be closely compared with those of the other makes, Reo officials, as well as other members of the automotive Industry, will watch with interest the reception of Reo's two eights and the Reo six. Although the Reo Royale, hailed as Reo's greatest motor car achievement, has been a center of public Interest since its introduction, the Reo Plying Cloud model 30 eight, and the Flying Cloud model 25 six, too, have achieved great popularity, Mr.

Woodward says. The entire line is marked by distinctive bod7 lines, following the aerodynamic principle, with the most complete expression of that design being found in the Reo Royale. SWEEPING CURVES Sweeping curves, carried without a break from the front bumper, through the hood, windshield and top lines to the gasoline tank and rear trunk rack, distinguish all Reo Royale models. The new Reo Royale body design has been watched with interest by automotive engineers since the line was first introduced. Wind tunnel snd road tests have proved that the aerodynamic design is remarkably effective in cutting down the tremendous wind resistance usually Tencountered at high road speeds.

In addition, the curved lines of the Reo Royale add a distinctive beauty that only smooth flowing lines can give, Mr. Woodward believes. The top and body lines of the Royale are found also in the Reo Flying Cloud models, modified at the radiator and hood, but Identical in most details of body construction. Ths Reo Royale models being exhibited at the show are a five-passenger sedan, a four-passenger Victoria, and a coupe with rumble seat. The Flying Cloud eight is represented by a four-passenger Victoria and a five-passenger sedan, and the Flying Cloud six models are a two-passenger coupe and a five-passenger sedan.

MECHANICAL FEATURES One of the outstanding mechanical features of the Reo models is the new Reo-built motor. The Reo Royale is powered by a straight eight-in-line L-head motor, developing 125 horsepower. The engine is cast en bloc, of chrome nickel alloy, a metal of finer grain and texture than the usual cast iron. Being more compact, it makes the block wear longer. The crank-case is integral with the motor.

The Reo motor is suspended in live rubber at four points, with rigid supports that have no metal contact. Thus insulates the car against motor impulses, which cannot be transmitted along the frame. Road shocks, too, are lessened. Further smoothness is Insured by the use of a nine-bearing crankshaft, statically and dynamically balanced, and counter-balanced. The Lo-Ex trunk type pistons permit much closer fitting, and provide greater compression and more power.

The transmission contains Reo's exclusive silent-second feature. By the use of herringbone gears Reo's transmission makes gear shifting easy and quiet, and insures highspeed silence during intermediate-speed operation. The Reo Royale Is built with low, weeping lines and mounted with aileron-type fenders, and it has a front-end design that aids in the forming of a complete ensemble. Reo Royale models are capable of 125 miles per hour, it is claimed, and allow extremely rapid acceleration. The Reo Flying Cloud models, both the six and the eight, share the quality of the Reo Rovale.

Mr. Woodward says. Except for the radiator design and the greater range of body styles the Flying Clouds closely resemble the Royale. CONTAIN ROOM The dimensions of all Reo models are such that the interior of every Reo is extremely roomy. Front and rear seats are wider than those usually found in the largest, highest-priced cars.

Mr. Woodward savs. In the construction of the sedan body structural steel type of framework is employed from the benter-post forward, and in the other models a proportionate amount of steel is used. This construction keeps the front end extremely rigid. The structural steel type of framework Is possible because nf Reo's nonmovable, extremely strong wtuusmeia.

eaieiy glass is used in the windshield, doors and windows. This, together with the rltrid. ity of the windshield frame, makes serious accident because of flying kiaa unpoesiDie. The Reo Royale Instrument panel la a three-group cluster, with a iov box in the upper center. To the left of the glove box the group contains a ciocK-iype speedometer, oil pres sure gauge and indicator.

A co-incidental lock, practically theft- proor, centers the lower group. To uc iert of this is the choke and carburetor control. The the richt is the spark control and Instrument usiu control. The bore and stroke of the new Reo Royale eight-cylinder motor it by 5 inches, and the cis te displacement to 358 cubic inch- Here's one of ten simultaneous games played blindfold a few years ago in New York by Alekhlne. It shows how the early development of the queen may lead to trouble unless an avenue of retreat is kept open.

L. A. TIMES GAME NO. 225 Center Counter Gambit White Alekhine Black Schroeder 1 P-K4 2 PxP 3 N-QB3 4 N-B3 6 P-KR3 6 P-Q4 7 P-KN4 P-Q4 OxP Q-QR4 B-NA B-R4 N-KB3 B-N3 9 N-B4 10 B-B4 11 N-K3 12 P-Q5 13 N-B4 14 P-R3 15 B-K3 Q-H3 Q-K3ch Ca.O Q-N3 Q-N5 Q-B4 Resigns 8 N-K5 QN-Q2? Black loses the aueen, which made half ot the fourteen moves. A social chess group, in which the membership of the fair sex will be featured, will meet soon at the Ambassador Hotel.

The management there, through its hostess, Mrs. Hub-bell, has very kindly offered the writer the use of the beautiful Rose Room once a week to help get started. All our lady readers who might be interested (of any age, you don't have to tell it) are invited to write the chess editor for further information. Men who might enjoy that class of social chess are also invited to write in. Anyone interested in the latest books, for either beginner or expert, should write the chess editor for information.

The 20-year-old Oregon champion. Arthur Dake, is being advertised hi the East as the Pacific Coast champion. He recently won a Junior masters' tourney in New York and he Just won the championship tourney of the Marshall Chess Club. A place on this year's United States Olympic team to play at Prague has been offered him as representative lrom the Pacific Coast. He returns to Portland soon with a stopover at Los Angeles.

The annual major tourney of the Los Angeles Chess Club starts early next month. Entries close February 1. As usual, several of the outstanding players of the city are entered. At their first annual meeting the Beverly Hills Chess Club elected an executive board headed by Patterson, Schayer, Borochow and Mac-Mahon, with the collaboration of Gibbs, Griffith and Ruskin. A meeting of the executive board followed with the re-election of all officers.

The "red-letter events" at the club are now held Wednesday evenings instead of Thursdays. Tucson, now has a chess department In the Arizona Star (Sundays.) The chess editor is Alex Bisno. who recently won the Tucson championship tourney at the Y.M.C.A. with nine straight wins. The editor of the American Chess Bulletin, Herman Helms, who also runs chess columns in three different newspapers in Greater New York, has been voted an honorary life membership in the Manhattan Chess Club, New York City, an honor which has been extended to only three or four of the world's chess masters.

McMeans Back From Detroit A. L. McMeans, district manager for the De Soto Motor Corporation, is back in California again after a trip east to attend a meeting of field representatives in Detroit. He was in Detroit only one day, but had the opportunity of spending two days at the New York auto show, and reported much public interest in the De Soto exhibit in which three race drivers gave daily talks to booth visitors. Harry Hartz, considered one of the best money drivers of all time; Peter De who has won the A.A.A championship two years and is the only driver to have this accomplishment to his credit, and Billy Arnold, winner at Indianapolis and winner of the A.A.A.

championship in 1930, all drive De Sotos and were invited to the show by L. G. Peed, general sales manager of the De Soto Motor Corporation. McMeans said that the daily talks of these drivers Bbout their racing experiences was one of the features of the show. MAKE SURE IT IS RIGHT Top cleaners that work well on 1 one fabric may not be correct for others.

The car owner will make certain of this in buying the cleanser lf he is desirous of avoiding d. ing serious damage to the top. Advice on the subject is part of the accessory store' service. Sedan of at Buffalo The Convertible Croup $3650 The savings, they make run tt high as $810; their values arc supreme in the fine car field. THREE groups of entirely new Pierce-Arrow cars make notable debut at the Automobile Show this year.

In all their newness, they bear the distinction which is the 30-year heritage of Pierce-Arrow. They bring free wheeling, the outstanding operative advancement of the decade. White mates In three moves. Wh-4: Bl-2) 5N2, 4p3; IBS: K2Q4; 16. The writer solved above three-er In about three minutes.

How? On suspicion. At first, a fpw aiisibie "tries wer1 elanced at and then the thought occurred this is a Loyd nrohlem, better try some thing absurd." So a most ridiculous-looking move as tried and, sure enough, It worked 1 Solution No. 203: Q-R5. All solutions to the five January problems will be credited the second Sunday next month. The 1220 move "conditional" monstros ity shown last Sunday caused much com ment but not even a wnisDer as to a possible solution.

Last Sunday's came was split- up into two columns so several tntd to iuras from the 8th to 12th move in the first column instead or lonowing tne numbers ol the moves. And the last paragraph about the Euve-Capablanca match wb sllahtly upset. These two masters are booked lor a ten-game match In July. Capablanca is returning to Amer ica after an absence of over a year in Europe, and is to give an exhibi tion against 200 opponents, divided into fifty consultation parties with four at each board, In New York the afternoon and evening of February 12. Such a performance will establish a new record for affairs of this kind.

A correspondence game with a beginner is invited by Charles W. Stiles, care Flower Shop, Arcade Building, Redondo Beach. The Fullerton Junior College has formed a team of five and is inviting interschool matches. Write Bradley Youngs, Student Body Treasurer, Junior College, Fullerton, es. The camshaft is driven with a metal-guide type silent adjustable chain, designed to give longer life and much quieter service than the gear-drive type.

The Flying Cloud eight cnalne has a bore and stroke of 3 3-8 by 5 inches, and also has a displacement of 358 cubic inches. The Reo Flying Cloud motor has a piston dis placement of 268.3 cubic Inches, New Spark Plug Alloy Utilized The new alloy for spark plug electrodes, "isovolt," recently developed, requires 50 per cent less voltage to produce a spark; permits easier starting in cold weather, and minimizes gap adjusting. Developed by engineers of the AC Spark Plug Company, the new electrodes have been in production and used in spark plugs for some time. COUNTY ROAD CREWS COMPLETE PROJECTS REDLANDS, Jan. 24.

(Exclusive) Comity road crews have completed a considerable amount of improvement in this section. Between Red-lands and East Highlands the county road has been widened with True to every Pierce-Arrow tradition, they arc lovely and patrician in their style-design, wholly satisfying in luxury-features, and set apart by their Pierce-Arrow air ancl quality truly the focus and the center of all the show interest. 20 new models from $2685 to $6400. Special cur.tom-built models up to $10,000. All prices o.

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