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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 15 Sep 1928, p. 25

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nite Mp September 15, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 23 AUTO F SNODMNZZZP Ce ZI NEWS -- -- This is what happened when two cars collided at Hibbard and Happ roads BRAKES cause accidents or prevent them ~which kind are yours? It only takes one skid--one emergency in which brakes fail to hold--to cause an accident. It might be slight--perhaps a jammed fender--and it might cost a | life. Why gamble with chance? Brakes, | of brakes--maximum out of balance or not equalized will cause braking Eficicacy a car to skid to the right or left. Four- : RoR Splery wheel brakes--when out of adjustment --add no more to your ability to stop than two-wheel brakes. Your car is only as safe as its brakes. Keep them in per- fect adjustment. chance for human error --no guesswork. As sures positive equaliza- tion and perfect balance JUMBO We have install UMBO Gi B Tego: at porn Fy 4K 10 Os Bake TESTER brakes. Use our accurate test every 1500 miles. If adjustments are needed we will make oP them quickly--at a very reasonable charge. Testing, Adjusting and Relining All Types of Brakes. Exclusive Authorized Service for North Shore on Bendix-Mechanical and Lockheed Hy- draulic Brakes. 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 Wil- mette youths received severe cuts and bruises, luckily escaping more serious injury in the accident. The Ford car in which they were riding was com- pletely demolished. The other, a Studebaker Sedan, had been stolen and after FERD. PLATE the accident the driver fled. America Far Ahead of 1927 in Export of Auto Products In keeping with increased automo- bile production, which is considerably above the average for this period of the year, exports of American auto- motive products during July were 45 per cent greater than for the same month last year, the automotive divi- sion of the Department of Commerce disclosed today. Shipments abroad during July were valued at $46,526,449, an increase of $677,674, or 1.5 per cent, over the pre- vious month's shipments and $14,579,- 093 over those recorded in July, 1927, St which time the figure was $31,950,- 356. Retaining the high level which has marked the previous half year's ex- ports, shipments brought the total value for the January-to-July period up to $306,461,313, a monthly average 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. 2212 W. Railroad Ave.at Noyes St. Ph. Gr. 2122 EVANSTON Sales and Service Westinghouse Automotive Brakes Lorraine Lights Gabriel Snubbers Sr")

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