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| NEARING WINTER BRINGS MANY HINTS Care 6f Radiator and Bat- tery Essential—Garages Should Be Heated. [ HARRISON ear that 1 and ny mbe \ad to the iments of ce utility rules the « majority of Ameri nz all Winter long Even the motoring tyro knows that cold weather is ondu to ble operation of the car. The e vapor which drives the or- «dinary automobile is prone to revert back into it comes in contact with for just the ymes thick Ihere taken | tions | pleasure, in st and we motorists derations carf? spirator: the who that it may take half ining to the metal suf- ¥ warmed up to ailow of re flicient operation. Finally, crage car owner uses his gars 1 workshop. 1f the room cated in Winter, it is not goin pleasant to work there and the ¥n 1y neglected the #m from types market, s Should Use Aleohol. r itself the first pre et some sort in the mber of on the th pre and furtherm rapid evapora- trou- On the oth 1. the iy very mix his own solution n eon- cent aleohol, 15 per per cent water | thermometer | he s Lelow zero, which in most parts desir xing anti- ve the pos tic 1 in on rece 1Qdressed the least les the d zine. This app irt or after t e for ming deviee dl tank on ) the inlet mani- ighly Tl petrole t ch may ured from your lo jeeted into the better Needs Attention. s know that the stor- B its e Battery n cc P Double | the battery full tha anle fothe Latte o plain water ion permi- car meh Are Vital he ear's meehar thermostatic con- E wh on of the ARl cars can- ind, lacking th er should us The r oilcloth materiz th warml iecp the up to a n s rs that vershoc ration Winter ¢ inter k calls < in the transmission and rear e 0f, the heavy used dur- arm weather. Tires will tention and the slightest pluggeds immediately so to vent water and mud from enter- 1 rotting the fabric underneath POINTS ON WASHING CAR. promol of Use of Wrong Material May Work Permanent Injury. The body of the cleaned With castile soap and wat, Mud should not be rubbed off, but er should be washed off by flow- ntle stream of water ov This floats the mud off without njury to the polished surface. If < permitted to remain‘on a new il it dries hard it almost al- es a_spot, consequently re- goval should he immediate. If spot of road oil get on the body the should be removed by an application It butter, which loosens the oil, or by local application of kerosene. 3ie careful not to rub them too much. e top should not be cleaned with gusoline or similar {iquids. Soap gnds and water should be used inside and out. For the upholstery a Httle Jinseed oil on a piece of cloth rubbed over it will work wonders. g CHECK ON LEAKY RINGS. A zood check on the condition of t¥e piston rings may be had by feel- the crank case. If it is hotter sual, it is probable that there s leakage past the rings, which eithor arc worn or stuck in their < hecause of carbon deposits 0L chilled | an | cedful jobs will be slighted or | o1 Adjt. Gen OCTOBER 5, 1924—PART 3. —_————— e [er and on ihe: vaive s¥sterm) tii the | ol willl alwazs hate ita proger 1ubtic |[devices aperates Under thi .| REAR AXLE OIL LEARAGE. orm of carbon. A great pereentage | cating quality. vorable conditie With minim 3 of the carbon deposits you find in the | The oil reclaimer or still is placed |care it should conti to mive The first step in ¢ STAR, WASHI automobile engine is nothing but the engine resery All the oil | per cent serviee for indefinite, per MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS Aums wu_l_ GH MOTORLOM'S MIRAGE. | burnea dust forms the hard part of | That is to say, n elements, | out before long, and when you ing gas even oil is soft and and the oil is returned to duty with ‘}lhilll] be \\1);m| out of the rnulne‘all its original lubricating qualities | Air Cleaner and Oil Reclaim- | i 4 | THE SUNDAY NGTON, D. O, most the public Information committce of the Washington Automotive Trade Association.) There's a mirage in motordom that leads countless astray annually. Tt is the vision of owning a more up-to-date automobile if one postpones purchase of the new car for another six months or a ve “There’ll be a lot of new improvements, so Il wait awhil says the wiseacre. Sometimes he is 8o foolish as to walit, and all he ever finds is that if he wants to have the “very latest” he'll still have to wait. The automobile will never be perfect so long as man’s brain can think of improvemen 1f a motorist postpones purchase of a new car on the theory that he doesn’t want to miss the new things that are coming he makes the unfortunate mistake of missing the new things that are available on present model he (Prepared iy in . thar cur | BEAT 2 ack | a | amour motorlsts o much tbricant The cluteh g asionally pedal o refuses the 1o spring after it has been pressed for firmly. This is due to binding and | Work it to the brake bands, may be remedied by serewing the ad- | cause slipping. Sometimes of course ing serew on the opposite end of | the leakage is dus to worn wushe pedal shaft a turn or two, "in the tube ends Ford there the exc it Tt is to meet this condition that | and ineffectlve. It is always ready air cleaners were devised. In cars |to perform cquipped with this device all the air | tion. passes through the cleaner before it| An engine equipped with these two enters the mixturc. The duty of the 1ir cleancr is to remove all dirt and ne only pure air to pass the combustion chambers. its all-lmportant func- without trouble, even if the suction |intact. This operation is being car- of the exh: t did not actual carry |(ried on all the time, so that the oil er to Be Put in Gen- eral Use. it out as rmed. never has a chance to become diluted Means More ciency. BY JIMMY The next year or =0 is going widition to t ipment ar of two vitally i the mean f which the acrage car derstand. One ¢ MURPHY. to buy his next he holds o of his next car row hell be reads Jmetimes forgets that it tpene purch advantages of the 1929 ear t Just so much less i€ he postpones, heeause it el ut of ds All things considered, therefore. po that leads nowhere and compels one to sacrifice en route. H huys car Tt will he obvious also tha r the flint-like hardness « crbon Wil tend to prevent scoring c¥linder w pitting the and similar ills that come tro The automobile vir cleaner, which I n - that is freed of hard carbon oned before, and th nd is properly oiled will { oil reclaimer. Both the to continuc 100 per cent equipment are already Almost indefinitely few cars, and their e the reclaimer. Almost likely to become genc it owner knows that in the comparatively short time of time the oil in* his crank- have not realized as omes diluted with water and but the air which is drawn into the |oil that find their way down past the fuel mixture is full of road dust, fine | piston ring into the oil reser- grit and other foreign substance r. This the reason why car When the gas is exploded th for- kers recommend that owners re- substances burn and de- [ new the oil in their engines every ted inside the combust m- 1500 miles of operation, so that the th some | it he owner | is | or th stem ving uld poncment is a lot of ALUMINUM PISTONS. Misfitting Gives Impression Serv- elent ployment Now matter of within motorist has uncanny sense of touch, enabling him to change quickly and silently. A £00d plan is to depress clutch,” shift v are fitted | from low to neutral, then from neu- and in many | tral to second and release. This dou- st invariably n A skilled ice Is Unsatisfactory. Thousands of cars tod with aluminum pistons, of them the fitti incorrect, causing opinion that alu a piston ar on ch 100 HOUR Endurance and Economy Run October 7th to 11th The cars. one furnished by each dealer. will participate an the body asults after the up thoroughly. that ¢. Herrick, commander- { in-chief, vesterday issued his first < follows duly elected and in- | er-in-chief at the | mpment, | Ind., September hereby assumed. rs have been | 710-712 Woou- Washington, D. .| inications and requi- should be ad- in this endurance and economy run, which is being con- ducted under the supervision of the Automobile Editors of the Washington Post, Evening Star. Washington Times and Washington Herald. ) officers are hereby following appoint- are announced: Adjutant gen- , Jumes J. Murphy, Department of District of Columbia; auarter appointive and the tarts Promptly— a.m., October 7th from Ehester Department of New checks, money orders “Adjutant General, United War Veterans.” The At the “sixth national ent ounced in gon- No. 8, issued by the out- commander-in-chief, Albert D, and follows: Com- der-in-chief. Chauncey New York: senior nder-in-chic junior vice 3 B. Dodds, Kq Dr. Martin J sire, South Dakota: chaplain-in-chicf, Samuel W iriffith, Ohio, The report of the auditing commit- of the past administration shows a cash balance on hand September o of $12.447.08. This ant. with the inv nts in New York City bonds and $4507.75 in Fourth Liberty loan |bonds. make a grand total of 145544, w zeneral Luttrell Chevrolet Sales Co. 14th and Rhode Island Ave. man Chevrolet Sales Co. 627 H Street N Barry Pate Motor Co. 1218 Connecticut Ave. Ouri The Cadillac Motor Car Company invites vou to attend a Sr_\'l_c Salon, of V-63 Models, to be held throuohout the ‘United States from Oct. 4th to 11th inclusive. Commander-in-Chief Herrick in his irst orders expresses his gratitude t rades throughout the order ir 1, in the work for the coming r and asks the aetive support and ion of cvery member in car- & out the y h ke will | shortly announce edges his best cfforts for the advancement of | the organization and for the good of every member. At the meet den Camp mander tano de Qu . Watch this great demonstration! n SOUTENIRS 4 of Richard I o Thursday night the ounced that Scnor Caye da, consul of Cuba, will Eive coption October 10 {o'clack. in the audit Sehool. comm for independence {ber 10, 1868, and in honor of ¢ W. Herrick, the newly commander-in-chief ! Spanish War Vete A, Miles, Gen. nt oficers of the crnment are exp 11 Cuban o Har- e You are cordially invited to attend this salon time this week between the hours of 9 AM. and 9 PM. at The W ash- Cadillac Company, 1138, 1110 Connecticut Avenue, ar inzton the first for Cuba, O 7 ed | |' United | | Nelson | promi- United States Gov- ted to be present the United cers of the u Phila . will alse will eor pictures and Atures, Senor Quesada member of the Rich- nish War wuxiliarics cordially T {N) Never Before Such Fine = - Riding, Say Owners Bliss | vaudeville f an honorar lara 3. Harden veterans. members « {and their families are Cavetano de Ques an honorary nish War Veteran. » members of Gen, Ne p. No. I, at their cited them to a MOTOR CARS James J 1ty of the national en | ing its ballot Herrick in Murphy po! the loy D lut the pment in cast- for Chauncey W rtest and that put him hicf. ates to the as read, sup Nk W. Parrish, who of the’ Defense day in which the dele- s amp marched. Past riment Commander Charles W firey fold the story of the “Old | Mare,” a song popular in 1898 nd typical of the boys of 93 as they | |are today. Senor Cayetano de Que- | onsul of the Cuban Embassy, | cxpressed to the nurses the estees {in which they are held in his native country. He told them of the hos- alization in Cuba and of the bronze that had been placed in the als in memory of some of the crican women who had so mobly erved during the war. Dr. Anita Neweomb of Gen. son Miles Camp, commissioned | sistant_surzeon, United State: “d_the Army Nurse | member of the S Nurses' Ass The nation ple par report The Brougham The 900,000 Buicks n scrvice It is one thing for a car to deliver great performance; quite another to accom- plish it with unexampled economy—as does the Chrysler Six. In addition to a new tm of combustion chamber that burns all the gas and a new way of dis- tributing the gas equally to all cylinders —which helps to explain why you get better than 20 miles to the gaYlon of rnol.lne—them are numerous engineer- ing advances bearing on economy. De- structive vibration has been eliminated and the engine is protected also by the oil-iilterand the aircleaner—all of which weans longgr lif:]:’:d lower lma!:nc- nance costs. Speci: sign six-ply, high- speed balloon tires are standard. Driving and riding in the Chrysler Six is an absolutely new experience, own- ers will tell you. It is not alone amaz- ing power, speed and dash from an engine only 3-inch bore by 434.inch stroke that arouse their wonder, or the economy by which these results are obtained. They are tremendously impressed with the riding and driving qualities for they find the Chrysler Six, by reason of unusually low center of gravity, perfect weight distribution, a new prac- tice of spring suspension and other B .c fin'man engineering advances, holds the road as securely as a two-ton car. | ° 5 PS i They find that it takes a turn at 50 | miles an hour with perfect safety and | l nce without side-sway; and, thanks to its | 1 ® remarkable driving and riding i i hos: [ i { Viast Department Commander Charles | W. MecCaffrey recently entertained ! number of his command at a wec: | end at his hunting and fishing lodge, River View. A chicken dinner was prepared by Miss Jeannette MeCaf- frey. 1- ties, they can ride all day without | fatigue. | Try the Chrysler Six. Drive it at all i speeds over all kinds of roads and ex- ] perience these things for yourself. { . | Most people forget that the best {way to watch the Foad is through the | | windshield. i F36-10-A | RADIATORS, FENDERS made_or repaired. New ones. Also bodles repaired like new. WITTSTATT'S R. AND F. WORKS, 319_13th. F. 6410, Buick Motor Company Division of General Motors Corporation WASHINGTON BRANCH * Fourteenth and L Streets N.W Telephone Franklin 4066 We are pleased to extend the con- wvenience of time-payments. Ask about Chrysler’s attractive plan. Dealers Everywhere H. B. LEARY, Jr. Distributor Maxwell—Chrysler General Offios North 4206 and Service Dept. Salesroom Open 1612.22 You St. N. Evenings and Sundays WHOLESALE AND RETAIL RIMS FOR ALL WHEELS Tea Plullakis Tiv Teer S“ ERVICE 1IRE Q. 1336 14th St. N.'W. Chrysler Showroom Maxwell Showroom 132123 14th St. Nerthwest o R, WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM