The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1929, Page 6

21.9 Square Feet Plate Glass Required in Oakland Sedan “From information supplied by the Oakland Motor Car company, of! Pontiec, Michigan, Mr. Ray Stair, of | the Stair Motor Co., local Oakland Pontiac dealer, stated that every five nger sedan in the new Oakland All-American line required for its/ construction 286 board feet of lum- ber, 21.9 square feet of plate glass, and | 252 square feet of sheet steel. “The large amount of materials that go into a single body,” he stated, “ex- | plains the wide influence the auto- mobile has upon the economic picture of the United States, and the num- ber of people directly or indirectly affected by the industry. It shows, also, why the automobile annually | absorbs more than 60 per cent of all | plate glass produced in the United States, fourteen per cent of all the) steel, and more than a billion board feet of hard and soft wood. “The lumber and sheet metal used | in building an Oakland sedan body ; serves mainly to construct the frame- work and paneling, and docs not in- clude special metals, textiles, and oth- er raw ‘material essential in giving the body the finished appearance cvi- dent. when you see it on the road. “The plate glass of course is cut up into windows and the windshield. the large quantity 1equired for a single car showing the wice vision possible in all directions from the interior of the car. “The steel and wood go into the composite construction of Fisher bod- ies on all Oakland and Pontiac closed medels. Basework is of wood, with steel overlaid—a combination making for greater safety, comfort and cffi- ciency than either material used alone. | “Total weight of the finished body en the Oakland All-American scdan is 950 pounds, or approximately one- third the total weight of the car on the’ road. “In preparing the steel pancls used in building Oakland bodies the Fish- | er corporation has put into service a togele press said to be the largest and only one of its kind in the world. “It is a huge mechanical press wejghing four hundred tons and per- forms five pressing operations simul- taneously. So large is it and so in- geniously designed that it is capable of stamping out every body panel ex- cept the rear one froma single sheet of metal. “Formerly body Panels were stamped in two sections, a moulding concealine the line where they were joined. The new press, in turning them out ata single stroke. adds greatly to their strength and assures that absolute accuracy of line and curve so essential to body beauty. In this operation, \too, is formed the smart new body moulding on the lat- est. All-American. y “Approximately thirteen yards of [ON MOTOR ROW plants of the company in order to- j wore on the company’s daily car ca- u for the new year will be capable-of icy of engineering, purchasing, manu- facturing and financing under one; personal head.” Willys Facilities" Increase to Provide 2,000 Daily Output The demand for the Willys-Over- land products surpassed the expecta- tions of the executives and early in the year it was necessary to imme- diately launch into a program of ex- pansion that would enable the pro- duction of a greater number of cars, each month finding the company with thousands of unfilled orders on its books. Facilities were added in the various materially increase its car building schedules. This required the erection of plant additions and the installation of additional machinery. As the year pacity was increased 50 per cent over he capacity of the previous year, and turning out over 2,000 cars a day. From the moment the Whippet price cut was announced, placing the Whippet cars in direct price competi- tion with the lowest priced cars in America, the company was flooded with dealer applications from every section of the country seeking the Willys-Overland franchise. As a re- sult the company’s Jealer organiza- tion during the year was increased by more than 50 yer cent, and every in- dication tends to show that the new year will find @ similar dealer growth. The work of redesigning the Whip- pet Fours and Sixes was bepun a year ago, during which time exhaustive tests 2nd experiments were conducted by the -Willys-Overland technical staff bringing to a point of perfec- tion the exclusive mechanical fea- tures incorporated in the new cars. The body designing was under the supervisicn of a man who is recog- nized as one of the foremost artists in the entire automobile industry and who is credited with the creating of the present day style ef beauty and sparkling colors adopted by practi- cally every car manufacturer. In and Out of Assembly Halls Representative L. L. Twichell, Fargo, is confined to his room in the Grand Pacific hotel with the flu. Senator P. T. Kretschmar is among those who have left to spend the week-end at their homes. Mr. Kretechmar left Bismarck Friday for ‘Venturia, in McIntesh county. To Representatives C. O. Svingen and William A. Thatcher, both of 54-inch material is used in upholster- | Bottineau, goes the honor of intror ing the Oakland sedan. Additional | ducing the first bill in the house. materiel also is necessary in head lin-! Their bill. introduced Friday,-is one ing and side lining. The upholstery ‘antique blue to match the new exter- jor Duco combinations. “The particular grade of mohair used by Fisher in Oakland body con- struction is known as mohair velvet. It is woven from the hair of the An- gora goat, imported from Turkey, combined . with selected grades of American wool—a: long wearing and attractive .material used for many years in the upholstering of quality furniture. “In addition to the materials enum- erated. many others are consumed in meking the chromium plated exterior hardware, the specially designed in- terior fitments, the adjustable driver's seat. which by a thumb nut operating 8 easy as a window control may be moved backward or forward three inches, and the smart side cowl ven- tilators operated by foot control.” to amend the law governing the trap- material is mohair in Quaker gray oe {ping of muskrat tt bin? It is at present a misdemeanor to damage a muskrst house while trapping the anime)s. This the bill seeks to do away with. mong those who have come to Bismarck to confer with legislators in regard to legislation is F. M. Melgnd. Wellsburg, Wells county. Mr. Meland came Wednesday and expects to leave for his home today. He has been conferring chiefly with Senator W. E, Matthaei, Fessenden, and Repre- sentative George Aljets, Carrington, both of Wells county, concerning a bill for the extension of the: spzed limit on state highways to more. than 35 miles per hour. While many of the legislators are waiting for activities to get into full PRESS ASSOCIATION OF STATE 10 MEET ane Talks on Improved Printing and Business Methods to Mark 1929 Gathering Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 12.—(7)— es NG DRE nae AM RANI BY ural by ED. Farmer, 8t. Paul. . A representative of Dunwoody In- stitute, Minneapolis, also is expected to talk on “A Make-up That Will Attract Reader Interest.” At the end of the opening day, the association banquet will be served. Music will be furnished by, Jamestown High school talent. Announcement also will be made at this time of the With & program framed to devise) vinners of “North Dakota in 1940,” means of providing better printed! feature story contest. ; newspapers and better business meth- Saturday, te closing day, addresses ods, members of the North Dakota) will be given on “Does a Dispropor- Press association will meet here Jan- uary 18 and 19, for their mid-winter meeting. ‘The meeting will open Friday with tionately Large Subscription List Pay?” by Roy B. Miller, Cando Rec- ord; “Circulation, Audits and Other Things,” by. Sam Haislet, fleld secre- an address of welcome by Mayor Jesse | tary.’Minneapolis; «Volume vs. Over- Nygaard and a response by L. E.jhead,” by Nels Simonson, Finley George, of the Hillsboro Banner. The report cf the secretary-treas- urrer by M. I. Forkner, Langdon Re- publican, and the appointment of! committees then will be made. Principal speeches of the day are the president’s address by Walter C. Farmers Press; and “Our. State,” by Joseph M. Devine. state commissioner of immigration, Bismarck. Discussions will follow nearly all | speeches of the mecting. The awarding of George Collins sil- ver trophy to the newspaper showing Taylor, La Moure Chrenicle; “Han- @ing and Billing Foreign Advertis- ing,” by F. G. Orr, Mott Pioneer Better Printed Newspapers.” Thompson, _SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1929) NOOSE CHEATED AS COURT GRANTS STAY New Orleans, Jan. 12.—()—The Se a a itt a rs. nex' place will conclude the meeting. Memofial Rites for . Sorlie Are Planned President John Hulteng of the Grand Forks. city commission and Commissioner H. O. Hall conferred Friday with members of the joint legislative committee who are to arrange memorial exercises for the late Governor Sorlic. ‘ ‘The date for the memorial has not been set as yet, but it is. expected that when it is held there will prob- ably be one speaker from Grand Forks for the occasion. President Hulteng and Commission- er Hall have been here attending a meeting of the North Dakota League of Municipalities. They left for home last night. NURSERYMEN ELECT Minneapolis, Jan. 12.—()—W. G. McKay, of Madison, Wis., was elected president, and C. H. Andrews, Fari-, bault, Minn., secretary, by Northern; George E. Nearpass, Indianapolis, Retail Nurseymen’s association. Ex-| known to'the radio. public. as . “the ecutive committee includes C. A. Car-/ whistling brakeman” of the Penn- man, Hankinson, N. D. | sylvania Railway company and ori- IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT THE NEW SUPERIOR Whippet WORLDS GREATEST - SEDAN VALUES! — swing, and meantime putting in their time becoming acquainted with new faces and with legislation possibilities, Question Mark Uses - Pennzoil The great size of the “Question Mar” in which five tireless U. 5. Army. fliers completely erased all en- durance marks for flight in the skies, Were serviced by the air service truck of the Pennzoil company which fur- ished the lubricant used in the test. . Wing spread of the big Fokker plane is 71 feet. Each of the three Wright Whirlwind engines is rated at 225 horvep-wer. After the start of the flight other planes transferred the necessary supplies of gasoline, Pennzoil motor oil and food, some 43.000 pounds in all. In the course of its record-making feat the “Questior Matk” covered 11.- - 808 miles at an average sped of 70 miles per-hour. It was in the air 150 hours, 40 minutes, 14 seconds, more double the time of the best pre- record. Manufacturing Operations one group of five is up to its elbows in work and spending long hours into the night. That is the committee on committee assignments, composed .of Lieutenant Governor Carr, Senators P. J. Murphy, Walsh county; Dell Patterson, Renville county;; C. J. Ol- son, Barnes county, and L: O. Fred- rickson, Nelson county. [At the Movies —. ELTINGE THEATBE How a man, himself tasting the dregs of life and concerned in @ pro- fession that partakes of many of the lowest. elements of existence, may place all his hope and confidence in his son is exemplified in “The Bark- er,” which comes to the Eltinge next Tuesday for three days, with Milton Sills and Dorothy Mackaill co-starred. Sills plays. the title role, a ballyhoo spieler with a cheap carnival outfit. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is his son. . has planned a college career for his son, with the idea of his becoming a lawyer, but the boy joins the sow, marries Announced by. Chrysler ‘The far-reaching significance of re- erit Chrysler operations was not fully either by the trade or the Lou, a girl in the company who set out to vamp him. Miss Mac- kaill plays this role. The result is [confusion and despair, but finally it develops that the young couple are sincerely in love and there is still hope for the future. : Betty Compson, Sylvia Ashton and others arc in the supporting . cast. CAPITOL THEATRE Bringing something new, something altogether different, to the screen ‘has earned the efi In. his. latest undertaking, “The Devil Dancer,” starring oe Gray, at the Capitol theatre Monday, is ‘a exotic and eppesling dance, cre- by the same Gilda Gréy,. who malar, he Golgeya Ist am the curieaity of Dw igh ‘With The New Finger-Tip Centre|’ The greatest advance in driving con- venience since the eelf-starter. A ITH all its many improvements, with of line, its harmony of color, its longer its greater beauty, longer wheelbase, bodice: higher radiator and hood. body, new “FingersTip Control” vo 2 elm on ta more powerful higher compression make engine, the Superior Whippet Sedan triumph is still, the world’s iaeaeaet four- “ » = I And the new a is the world’s lowest-pri —— room. Other important factors car to offer the im- crankshaft, “ Tip Control,” silent shel, fal fone fon lubrication In a ar ee pes ee pa con ami aluminum alloy invar- Whippet is tg, livelier onions Never have Fours and light Sixes paso: economical operation. —— a d by gc beauty and te pet at your fist eppartanitrh Ane. ¢ for the new Superior Whippet. Its grace deli? order will aid in obtaining eacly > WILLYS-OVERLAND.INC. Toledo, Ohio: a , WHIPPET 4 SEDAN wearest. a 595 ‘7 prices J. 0. b. Toledo, ©