Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Sep 1928, p. 21

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I September 14, 1928 WILME.TTE "LIFE 21 ...r A Warning in Pictures for C ~reless Motorists ·&BAltES muse acddentS tJTJlm'mf tMm -which kind are -,ours? k ooly takes one m which brakes fail ski~e emergmc:y to hold-to cause I ' an accident. It might be slight-perhaps a jammed fender-and it might cost a life. Why gamble witlrchance? Brakes.· out of balance or no~ equalized will cause a car to skid t<?. the right or left. Pour~ wheel brake&-When out of adjustment -add no more to your ability to atop than two'wheel brakes. Your car is ooly as safe as its brakes. Keep them in pa-.. feet adjustm_~t I~ We have installed a new JUMBO Giant Brake Tester that scienti6cally tests two or four'Wheel brakes. Use our accurate test every 1 JOO miles. If adjustments are needed we will make thei'Cl quickly-at a very rcaiOnable c:harge. ,. This is what happened when two cars collided at Hibbard and Happ roads last Saturday morning. One car became a mass of junk in seconds; the other, a larger car, had one side crashed in. What's left of both repose in the Hess Motor Service garage. But the reason for publishing these pictures is not to show wrecked cars ; it is to point out the danger of careless driving. Two Wilmette youths received severe cuts and bruises, luckily escaping more serious .injury in the accident. The Ford car in which they were riding was completely demolished. The other, a Studebaker Sedan, had been stolen and after the accident the driver fled. Testing, Adjusting and Relining All Types of Brakes. Exclusive Authorized Service for North Shore on Bendix-Mechanical and Lockheed Hydraulic Brakes. i'ERD.PLATE 2212 W.RaUroadAve.atNoyesSt. Ph. Gr. 2122 America Far Ahead of 1927 in Export of Auto Products In keeping with increased automobile production, which is considerably above the average for this period of the year, exports of American automotive products during July were 45 per cent greater than for the same month last year, the automotive division of the Department of Commerce disclosed today. Shipments abroad during July were valued at $46,526,449, an increase of f/J77,674, or 1.5 per cent, over the previous month's shipments and $14,579,093 over those recorded in July, 1927, at which time the figure was $31,950,- BVAMSTOM Sales and semce Westinghouse Automotive Brakes Lorraine Lights Gabriel Snubben 356. Retaining the high level which has marked the previous half year's exports, shipments brought the total value for the January-to-July period a. monthlf average up to $306,461,313,. _ of $43,780,161, as compared with seven months' shipments in 1927 valued at $253,711,109~ and a monthly average of $36,244,444.

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