The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 76

APRIL 19, PART Vt.f Lead in Gas Tax Collection Places California First in Use of Motor Vehicles '4 SUNDAY MORNING. FUTURE STREAMLINE CAR FORECAST SURVEY MADE BY INSTITUTE FIRST TIRE MAKER NOW WATCHES WORLD GO BY Bulk Storage Plants to Be Erected Here Auto Factory Reports Large Shipment Gain Designer for Famed Custom Body Builder Here i fni Pacific Coast Commonwealth Followed by Ohio Figures on Last Year Reach $1,400,000 a Day JfTl'ss f. '--f" --1 1 mMmnaii 'f, nWntfil lifY-i flflUHn rfiT-rT Tift Wi Km tmjW Nt f- -tatw1' PONTIAC, April" 18. (Exclusive) A progressive monthly increase in Oakland-Pontlao production slnct the turn of the year culminated with a total of 11,291 units built in March which exceeded not only January and February but also wag larger than March of 1930. Unexpected Increases in retail demand have necessitated emergency trainload shipments to various points, particularly la the West and Middle Both the Chicago and the Minneapolls-St, Paul areai have received large emergency shipments, while the arrival of two trains carrying almost 400 additional automobiles to Pacific Coast points was followed shortly afterward by a further call for 213 cars in Denver, Bait Lake City and Oakland, CaL This latest emergency shipment left here last week in a train, of fifty-three freight cars.

According to factory executives, thirty-five tires a day-contrasted with the output of many thousands in a large factory today where a bicycle tire can be built up In five minutes or less and vulcanized in fifteen minutes. A tire in Baughman's pioneering day was built around a long wooden pole. Rubberized fabrlo was wrapped around the pole, then removed and the two ends carefully spliced to make the tube which resulted airproof. The finished limp rubberised rings were placed in molds and heat treated to give them form, durability and resiliency. As the output of Baughman's factory increased a demand was created for a pneumatic buggy tire.

Baughman designed one to be bolted on, the bolt vulcanised into the rubber fabric. Baughman's inventiveness brought him the post of official experimenter for his company. It was tn this capacity that he created the com pany's first pneumatic tire for the automobile. It was of fairly good size, 34 Inches by 6. It weighed eighty-eight pounds.

It was about that time that the clincher was coming into use. Much NORTH CANTON (O.) April 18. (PHtA' little grain of com planted in fertile soil soon can be multiplied Into a whole field and the field multiplied into a great harvest for a nation. The planter of the first grain has a sense of power of accomplishment. He ia a great creator a benefactor to mankind.

So muses Herbert Baughman as be alts on the front porch of his hams here and watches huge truekloads of automobile tiers paas every day year in and year out, because he has a personal Interest in each one of the tires, and every tire bears something of his personality. It was more than thirty years ago when the "new fanglea" automobiles were little else than a vague dream that Baughman saw the advantage of putting rubber on wheels to absorb bumps. Thirty years ago he and four other men set up a little factory to make bicycle tires. This was the first tire factory in the country. To turn out the first tire ever made in the United States seems to Baughman a triumph.

The output of the factory was Los Angeles and three other Pacific Coast cities will benefit as' a result of announced plans to increase the storage facilities of the Valvoline Oil Company in the West by the erection of bulk storage plants here and in San Francisco, Seattle and Portland. The announcement was made by E. E. McNerney, Pacific Coast manager of the company, during the visit Monday of C. J.

Laroux, vice-president and general sales manager, and H. M. Hart, general sales manager of the company, who are on a tour of inspection of the company's western properties and making a study of the sales field for lubrl eating oils. According" to McNerney's announcement, expansion has been forced by rapidly increasing sales in marine, industrial and pleasure-car fields, departing radically from the previous service from warehousing facilities to the new storage system of distribution. Delivery equipment will also be supplemented and replaced throughout the territory as conditions warrant, he added.

Gas Levy Now Paid in "All of Union Gasoline tax collection in 1930 in the forty-eight State and the District of Columbia reached a new high total of $522,110,961, au increase of $73,927,712 over the total of 1929 and above the $318,401,556 total of 1928, according to findings of the American Petroleum Institute. California again led the States in the amount collected, $30,988,920, Streamlines Exemplified on Cord Custom Body SEVERAL thousand Southern I California automobile owners are owners of automobiles whose bodies were designed by visitor PAVINCT PROGRESSING Paving operations are in progress on Center street, Artesla, from Main street west to the San Gabriel River, reports the touring bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California. these emergency trainload elup- PART OF ROAD CLOSED The San Julian road from Las Cruces to Lompoc Is still under con. struction and closed, with the exception of the last seven miles entering Lompoc. meats represent the margin here from the Detroit headquarters of R.

H. Dietrich, famed custom body which actual sales have exceeded builder. He is Newton S. Lickter, one had to be done to make It popular, dealers' forecasts. time resident of both Hollywood and San Trancisco but more recently of Detroit where in addition to designing the stock model bodies above referred to he also developed custom bodies.

One of theae designs is reproduced above. The design above, on the Cord front-drive chassis, is a conventional streamlined car which, even while standing still, expresses motion. The body is pointed front and rear, this line being carried into the windshield which is V-shaped. No paneling Is used, so giving an unbroken line throughout its length. It seats four, is fifty-four inches in over-all height.

This streamlined construction, though a custom design, is indicative of the possibilities that may appear in standard models within the near future if the forecast of engineers, that streamlining must come, is fulfilled. Mr. Lickter Is in Southern Cali compared with $37,559,713 in 1929, and $33,042,095 in 1928. These are the three years of the 3-cent gas NATIONAL FIGURES The national figures are from reports of the States, and whereas the reports are not uniform, some being gross and some being net, the total is regarded by the institute as a fairly accurate final for 1930. Ohio again was second, with collections of $38,802,460, against $34,082,187 in 1929, both at the 4 cents per gallon rate, and $24,885,700 in 1928 at -t he 8 -cent rate.

Texas replaced Pennsylvania with third highest collections, the Texas' income being $32,052,442, against In 1929, both at 4 cents per gallon. In 1928 Texas collected $17,724,400 at the rate of 2 cents per gallon until September 1 and 3 cent thereafter. Pennsylvania'! 1930 total was $32,006,868, collected at the 4-cent rate until July 1, and 3 cent thereafter. In 1929 Pennsylvania collected $35,038,610 at the 4-cent rate and In 1928 collected The 1930 gas tax Income of $1,400,000 per day is an increase of $200,000 per day over the $1,200,000 of 1929. is nearly twice that of 1927, three times that of 1926, four times that of 1925, seven times that of 1924, thirteen times that of 1923, forty times that of 1922.

-and 100 times that of 1921. Yet the motor registration is less than three times that of 1921. All States now impose gasoline taxes, the rates ranging from 3 cents a gallon to 8 cents. In Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Florida, where political subdivisions levy taxes of their own, the total tax rate substantially is increased. Thus, while the Louisiana State tax Is now 5 cents a gallon the city of New Orleans and several parishes collect an additional tax.

making the total 4 cents. WHERE TAX WAS FAID Following Is a table showing gasoline tax collections and tax rates by States in J930: rata fornia to make a survey with plans to establish a custom body designing business. Failing this he will return to his post with Dietrich. Auto Progress Reveals Many New Features Ill TtrT-r i mi' i Speaking before a group of automotive engineers on automobile engineering progress recently Austin M. Wolf summarized progressive automobile changes as follows: "Engines have Increased in number of cylinders and in horsepower, leaving only two four-cylinder engines in the full-size-car class: a trend away from peak horsepower at extremely high speeds and toward increased torque at low speeds; quietness of operation, with carburetor-intake silencers and rubber eenu per ml, 1930.

6.901,474 2.718,813 6.292, Bflt) 39.938.9UO 6.8.14.509 4.464.897 1.S39.383 13,880,900 13,389.673 3.003.303 AiKbums Adeona Arkans5 Cnhfornia Colorado Connecticut OfIwre District of Columbii Florida Oeorgl Idaho 4 8 3 4 I 7 4-8 3 4 3 3 8 4-5 4 V8.811.5J3 13,863.432 11.793.482 11.565,814 HlllUlB Tndiina Io Kansas Kentucky 8.410.ftP3 7.533. S9B 4.344.823 tauiKiana Maine Maryland 6.988.877 10.740.318 23.783.308 10.359.111 6.761.980 8.818.513 4.146.605 137.323 2.733,00s 29,437.697 12,533.453 3,601, oa 38.802,460 11,575,203 Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mlslsinpt Missouri Montana Nebraska. Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New. Mexico New York North Carolina Norlh Dakota Ohio Oklahoma mountings; smoothness of operation, with some decreases in compression ratios; damping of torsional vibration: oil cooling; prevention of overchoking; prevention of vapor lock by protection of the fuel line against heat, and reduction of cooling-fan speed." in transmission's the most notable development mentioned was freewheeling, adopted by four companies. Six companies now use the synchro-mesh type, and helical gears are gaining, while internal gears are losing ground.

rear-axlo ratios have followed upon Increase in engine power, and In the truck field six-wheel developments are going forward and rear-axle designs have been revamped because of the adoption of low-pressure tires. Passenger-car wheels are still decreasing In size, with the seventeen-inch size now used by four companies. More than a dozen cars now have drop-center rims. Frames have been stiffened against torsional twisting in a number of cases in a variety of ways. In bodies the trend continues to be toward reduction of height from the ground without decreasing the headroom.

The probable vogue in the near future, according to Mr. Wolf, will be the, streamlined body to reduce wind resistance, several models already exemplifying this trend. Oregon 5 2 5 4 4 4 2-3 5 2 ft 3 4 4 4 4-3 2 6 4 6 4 3'i 4 5 3 4 2 4 8,774.4,3 Pennsylvania Hhode Island 1.792.003 South Carolina South 'Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virnlnin Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 7,733.773 514. 636 10.762,23 33.052.442 2,104,912 1,880,321 11.425.980 8. 132.105 8.802.146 8.757.55S 1,464.605 LESS THE Total $522,110,961 la) Idaho tax raised March 1.

(b Louisiana tax rate raited Nov em her 27. fc New Jersey tax rata raised Decern- urr 1. (d) Pennsylvania tax rate reduced Jul) Before you buy a car, ride and drive in a new Dodge Six or Eight. Compare them for beauty, for comfort, for performance, for safety and dependability. The more you compare, the more you will realize that you cannot find elsewhere the value Dodge offers.

BY single piece of metal jointless, squeakless, weave-proof and trouble-proof. Mounted without body sills, they share the steadiness of the double-drop frame and add to the low center of gravity this frame makes possible. Dodge Mono-Piece Steel Bodies are modern bodies, better bodies, the safest bodies known. With Dodge weatherproof hydrau-lie brakes and Dodge double-drop box-type frames, they constitute the greatest combination of value features in motor cars today. You prefer STEEL bridges, STEEL fail-road cars and STEEL beams in skyscrapers.

Then why accept less than the safety of steel in your motor car? For years, Dodge has pioneered the steel body, because steel construction is beyond question the strongest, safest known. Today, in the Mono-Piece Steel Bodies of the new Dodge Six and Eight, Dodge offers you steel construction in its latest, greatest development. Mono-Piece Steel Bodies are virtually a to $845 $1135 TO New Dodge Six $815 New Dodge Eight $1095 Standard Six $735 Standard Eight $995 April 19, 1031 Address all mall to CHI 6herwood. The Times, Lot Angeles. to $835 L.

A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 219 By L. Ougel first prize, Zadatchl I toudy. 1030.

$1095 for the $500 deposit the latter made with his previous challenge. Alek-hlne has finished an exhibition tour of Jugo-Slavia. Out of 635 games he won 438, lost 30 and drew 69. one of them still up to his old trickSi L. A.

TIMES OAME NO. 235 French Defense TO Fhe Wire Wheels at No Extra Cost. Shatterproof Glass at Slight Additional Cost, AUprictsf.t.h. Dttrtit Cmvtntent Ttrms. White -Aleldilne Black Baaio Wh ti .1 tjKi4 4t'ja ra tuii rr fcfJ i 'f rr4 K4 11 -Q r-Qi BxP KN-B3 -OB3 P-QN3 -Q3 BxNch 10 QxPch.

Px' 5 PxB 6 B-R3 N-Q2 Tn (a) Co) AND "'mi mm. (o) 4 The New York tourney which started yesterday at the Hotel Ala mac, scene of the memorable 1924 tourney, assumed an international aspect through the entries of Capablanca of Cuba and Fox of Canada. Marshall and Kashdan head the eight New Yorkers entered, wtth Turover from Washington and Dake from Portland, Or. v. iumJ ix0M m0r PODGE TRUCKS EVERY TYPE STANDARD OR HEAVY DUTY (Ili-TON STANDARD CHASSIS $393j PELTON MOTOR COMPANY White mates ia two.

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B-N, A championship tourney at the University of California at Los Angeles (Westwood) has ome thirty entries. After conclusion a team will be organized to challenge other colleges, preferably the University of Southern California. 1345 South Figueroa St. Sonlal chess nlavprs. rihpIh.11v tht.

WEstmore 6041 Warren Pcnn Pasadena Ave. Lot Angeles City Dealers .....4927 S. Vermont R. C. Andrus, .3320 Whittier Blvd.

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ALHAMBRA-i-Teter Motor Co, BEVERLY HILLS Chester R. Ploeser BISHOP Hazard Super Service Station BURBANK R. E. Corrigen COMPTON-C. Fred Kerr COVJNA-Andrew Crevolin, 02 N.

Citrut ladies, are invited to the Monday night gatherings. 8 to 11, in the lounge room, lobby floor, Hollywood Plaza Hotel. Vine Just south of Hollywood Boulevard. No expen.se, but please bring your own sets. a World's Champion Aleklilne hus accepted the new challenge of Capablanca and suggests the return match be played around September.

Alekhina luggesta arbitration to tfetermlnehis-claimunon Capablanca LANCASTER Clieiter F. Smith LONG BEACH Arrow Motor, Ltd. MONROVIA Solos R. Foiter EL MONTE Andrew J. Crevolin GARDENA C.

Fred Kerr GLENDALE R. E. Corri.en HOLLYWOOD Homer Thompson HUNtlNGTON PARK John A. Wood INCLEWOOD IogIiro4 Motor Co. NORTH HOLLYWOOD Hution Broi.

ONTARIO NJcGready Br on. PASADENA Wegge.Pihon Motor Co. POMONA Harry E. Sarver REDONDO- Wilter G. Llnch SAN FERNANDO B.

Rountree SAN PEDRO Rowland Lindtcy Co. TIRE OUTPUT GAIN'S Production of pneumatic casings for the month of February amounted to 3.P85.343 units, an increase of 8.5 per cent over the January figure of 3,674,627. according to statistics released by the Rubber Manufacturers Association last week. Prodvetion for February a year ago amounted to 4,555,758.