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Auto Clubs Can OTORS Give_Valualile A Service to Their Home Towns Cleveland Organization’s Accidvut Pre- vention Bureau Show What Can Be % Done to Soho Traffic Problem. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. With the appo: of ger for the newly- vention burcau of t mobile Club, motorists t} ountry are given furth =upport the b b clubs of Ame; coming vita factors in serving respective cit & Cleveland Auto. evidence t¢ eland club ed to by evider hed through the in perforn home tow tor clubs every what can be accom active union of 1¢ The public is coming since ceased mo. > country abs taking the lead in tangling traffic and pre are actually work of v Stly sent o 'd newspaper men to s and traffic control ir Cleve This $ contrast to these clubs whic ge to obtain ®ood suppc owners, but than prepare what they do stories whic newspaper end doing. Negligent Clubs. never Tubs that do no more T es are now felt to m motorists of their ci n is believed to be responsible for the tardiness of ities in adopt the new d s methods of traffic control, street light ing and street p vartly owners on moral as financ Cleveland ial suppor like many othe mana- ed accident pre- oughout the omobile its e of aim merely for service to members and that they the more on nd ¥ | ing ideas a But at the | the | the Ameri- Cleveland. This for eight cities. on a trafc sy hased on studies of was submitted to City Manager W. R Hopkins and members of the city council. 1t was prepared in collabora tion with the traffic commissioner and »| had the approval of the director of public safety. 1] The joint report b: the traffic commission cific recommendations and was re h | sponsible for four definite moves on the part of the club, of which the formation of the new accident pre | vention bureau is one. In_addition, the club announces that it is nce designed to s over the club and offered 18 spe. mber of Commerce report_on this subject. only 16 per cent. or 230, of 1,392 police officers are assigned to | traffic duty in Cleveland. This com 20 per cent in Memphis, Tenn fon. step is th Suburh Co-Ope: 2| A third definite efforts to encour; club’s ze ail Cleveland sub. ate with the city equipmen urbs to co-ope in whatever at home. m report is also re - the plan of the club to call @ conference of representatives from 300 or more affiliated clubs the A. A Out of this conference | which' is scheduled for this Summe it is hoped th will be r meetings for the purpose of exchan nethods of traffic con trol and ac it prevention work | All indications seem to point to the likelihood t lwin presentiy { adoption of the best tr d annoyance experimentation. This is in con trast to conditions in « g where inadequately supp rtod have been unable to check t tion of radical ideas and where city in general has suffered through lack of proper forethou such matters. Motorists are coming to see that the best automobile club in the world is Slishe | first meeting of the board ca | tion or THE HIGHWAY MARKING MAKING PROGRESS Standardized Directional and Danger Signs Are Plan- ned Through U. S. progress toward standard warning and directional s to indicate the principal inter. roads of the country is being joint board on interstate Tentative agreement on and color of the signs was a recent »ting of the with officials of the Burcau Roads. Highways to be interstate roads, for which ays has Marked ition of st made by the board her of Public marked as a series of regional meetings of bers of the board with highw cials of groups of States. The routes selected as United States highways will be numbered and marked uniformly in all States with a standard marker. All State high- way departments will be asked to t proposals for the design of the The design_tentatively. pro d consists of a with a white . bearing in black letters " number of route in umerals and the ne of the 1 which the marker i3 erected. and danger signs in use various States also will be eliminated when the recommenda- tions of the board are adopted, at least as the interstate roads are concerned. Tentative Plans Made. Tentative proposals adopted at the 1l for the option of a standard round sign for marking all railroad crossings, an agonal sign to indicate danger or stop, a diamond-shaped sign for cau- slow, a square sign to indi- cate “look” or attention and a rec- tangular sign for direction or informa- tion Colors tentatively adopted for non- luminous signs are yellow for warning and danger ¢ and white for direc- tional and informational signs, includ- ing the route markers. Lettering on both classes of signs will be in black d reflecting signs the v for caution and green to_indicate “go. zional meetings Wwill be thin the next two months at prob NDAY held STAR, W/;\%SHINGTON K i To Alexandria Mt Vernon and To Indian tead for. delailed informetion onthese routes call aF T4 R Featgoariers /7 and Pennsylvania Ave WASHINGTON, D. C., anfl MAY 3, 1925—PART AUTOMOBILE ROUTES TO THE BATHING, FISHING AND AMUSEMENT RESORTS OF-SOUTHERN MARYLAND fl:Annapo':S and Baltimare /) Chesapeske Beach Mattawoman Avaldorf Southern Maryland Hold Lure for Lovers of the Sea Motor Tourist Describes Many and Varied Attractions of Locality That Draws Many From Capital. as | wild ters and terrapir es offer e torial opportunity tradition. and abound ere lovers of the sea enjoyment, is th this week by T southe ing in haunts w find genuine known lantic ¢ on playground Last week trip beautiful highlands ¢ week we explore the eq nds of Maryland, following rs of the Potomac du o led into the Virginia; the south side birthplace of Ge e ’r:;>l Ferry Fac mber of points down in Ma ! which Leonardtown : trip to the farthermo: t the Potomac made travel. made along find Maryla comforta Yet ton, for where nation of Pr is the route supposed to taken by Booth, the i neen » club that is best supported leveland car conditions that are not t They get together, through their and remedy situation from the Capital Point, ntowr nd 1 » lower Po- oan cities, is not prepared to organize as a branch of but the nto the neisco, Kansas City, ¢ ¥ Atlanta, New York and Boston in the proper direction, because cal motorists imagine that mere complaining will solve the puzzle, or to narrow-mindedr of clubs which are more interested in the details of their intimate organization activities than they are in serving the public. Motorists who seek arguments as to why they should join their local automobile clubs would do weil to ob serve the new trend in automobile club activities. It would show them that far greater than the services of the great clubs as legal advisers, tour- REACH OUT After More Business ——-by———— Increasing the Radius as Well as Im- proving Your Delivery System by Using a Y CHEVROLET j§ . COMMERCIAL CHASSIS $425 F. 0. B. Factory We Can Furnish a Body Suitable for Any Line of Business SPECIFICATIONS: Powerful valve-in-head motor. One-piece pressed steel banjo Fully inclosed dry-plate disc type housing, clutch and flywheel. Live rear axle shafts mounted Centrifugal water pump, on New Departure ball Rcmy electric starter, bearings. Remy generator. Ti-inch brake drums. 3-speed selective sliding gear Deep 4%;-inch frame, Five frame cross members. transmission. Improved large surface spiral Vacuum fuel feed. . Alemite lubricating eystem, bevel ring gear and pinion. CHEVROLET DEALERS Barry-Pate Motor Co., Inc. . Luttrell Chevrolet Sales Co. 1218 Conmecticut Avenue 34th St. and R. L. Ave. NWL Ourisman Chevrolet Sales Co. Aero Auto Co., Inc, 625 H Street N. E. Almndrig, Va. Real Circle of Progress. The Cleveland club furthe: sisted by reascn of its part N the functioning of the Ohio State Auto- mobile A which is composed of num , each of which is founded on the same principle of co- operation for civic benefit. The inability of many cities to make with their traflic and safety problems Is said s be due either to weaknesa of those mesor elubs which are incapable of steering the of f- ing reformers and rcadside protectors is the value of the club to its owny city, In joining this chain by joining his | motor club, morally s well as in name, the motorist completes the circle’ of genuine progress. Through being a good motor citizen he auto. matically enjoys finer and safer type of citizenshij is Some retary member of of the Amx tion. with which the Sieveland club is affiliated, declared that it was “time 10 get down to brass tacks in trafic matters, to stop an econom loss of at least $23,000,000 annually, and to promote an increase in tho value of the city’s wealth amounting to scores of millions of dolla Practicing its ow fore, club and committee Assocla he Cleveland Hv( preaching, there- the club made a_93-page report Py ‘WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM erformance little short of amazing! As soon as you take the wheel of this 1925 Oldsmobile Six—you feel its amazingly new performance! The way it gets away—its new liveliness—its silent speed on the open road—its dexterity in traffic and in parking—all resulting from the recent improvements built into this car by General Motors and Oldsmobile! Come in and drive this wonderfully improved Six! Touring ‘890 Coech $1075 uestion: Why do you hear Buick mentioned favorably in every motor- car conversation? nswer: Buick’s twenty-one years of invariable quality and outstanding reliability are common knowledge. Buick beauty captures the eye on every high- way.in America. Buick Bk MURPHY, Prescocne DISTRIBUTORS 1835 Fourteenth Street N.W. 3 Potomac 1000 OLD SOBILE owners are insistent in their praise of this famous motor car, ‘ASSOCIATE DEALERS INE MOTOR CO, 301 Tth $t. 5. W. S. & G. MOTOR CO. 1078 Wis. Ave, STANLEY H. HORNER, Inc. Retail Dealer 3015 14th St. Main 3296 kS GISH GARAGE 17th and You Sta. N. Wy F. S. POHANKA 1126 20th St. N. W. % CAYLOR SPAULDING MOTOR-CO. 5. Clasendany Nae e KELCHMERG OW!NS MO'I'OR <o, Ga. Ave. 5 P. BURY Anacostis, D. C, - ECONOMY AUTO SUPPLY €O, Captte) Holghtn, My )