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WILM ·ETTE . LIFE April 5, 1929 A j Best Play Safe and Keep , Batteries Hold Out Well Anti-Freeze While Longer Even in the Wilds of Asia A bulletin issued by the mechanical first aid department of the Chicago Motor club contained some enlightening information on the question of when it might be safe for motorists to remove the anti- freeze solution from the radiators of their cars. In view of the uncertainty of the elements, the club makes no recommendation. on filling the cooling system with pure waterJ but points out that the latest freezing -temperature ever recorded over a period of fifty-eight y ears by the weath e r bureau at Chicago occurred on April 30, 1873. The mercury on that date slid down to 30 degrees, or two degrees below the freezing ·1 tl . mark. 0 r d man y, the Chicago wea 1er forecaster declared, the last freezing temperature in and near Chicago may be exp ected during the latter part of March . \Vise motorists however will protect the cooling 'systems 'from freezing well beyond that period, the motor dub concluded. ' "If an automobile battery should go dry in the Gobi Desert, the motorist would be in for a little work and inconvenience," says U. Abel of the Abel Battery and Ignition Service of Winnetka. "He could not drive his car into a nearby battery service stationp like the average American motorist. He would have to work either his ingenuity or the crank. "When Roy Chapman Andrews, the famou s scientist-explorer, drove his fleet of trucks into the wilds of central Asia's great Gobi. Desert, he did not have a service statioll to call upon for battery sen·icl..' . Instead, he had to depend upon the ingenuity of his chief f J M K · ~ motor transport, . c enzte 1 ~ung. . . Mr. Young ·. m a le~ter to t~ e Ext de factory at Philadelphia, descnbes the ingenious device with which he distilled his ~·ater for the Exi~e batteries used on hts trucks and radio set. "From an old oil can, a length of copper tubing, such as is used for gas lines in automobiles, and a painter's gasoline torch, he made a water still. The tubing furni shed the coil and the torch supplied the heat. Although simple, the improvised apparatus. which furnished er10ugh distilled water for the expedition's battery equipment, demunstrated the resourcefulness of Dr. Andrews' motor transport chief. "But the members 'of this expeditio11 had to be resourcef 111. ~1any thousands of miles from civilization, they were forced to depend entirely upon themselves as they met all extremes of temperature and conditions. "One doesn 't associate deserts with sub-zero weather but Mr. Young, in his letter, reftrs to 'temperatures varying from 40 degrees below zero to 120 degrees above' in which his Exides have responded." PAY MORE AtTENTION to Tour Brake$ PAY LESS MONEY for damages ...... ~ H n h d rt Si b is g d Auto Manufacturers Seek Spring Front Wheel Drive BRAKE POWER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MOTOR POWER The power of your motor m~ns--Go -and -Go·· means risk. The power of your brakes meansStoP-and ··stop... means safety. must have ..Stop." FOR YOURSELF Right before your ey.a -on accurate hydraulic gauges-the JUMBO If you must have ··oo.·· you .certainly What about your stopping ability? Have your brakes scientifically tested and adjusted ·on our Jumbo Giant Brake Tester-the greatest dispenset; of motoring safety ever devised This machine makes brake adjust- Brake Tester reveals the true condition of the brake on each wheel. Eliminates all' chance for human error. 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