Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 74

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO ~—By James W. Brooks STATE ELIMINATES (Sketches by Calvin A. Fader.) ‘ “DEADZ-AUTO PLATES {140,000 Expired Licenses Spotted by Maryland Authorities—$11,- 000 Saved in Fees. (Title registered U. 8. Patent Office.) ENGINEER SOCIETY SESSION 1 SLATED Meeting in Connection With Machine Tool Congress and Show in Cleveland. AMERICAN HISTORY BY MOTOR | | Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ’ BALTIMORE, September 28.—Through the elimination of 140,000 “dead” auto- mobile license plates, the State will save ; approximately $11,600 this year, accord- e T | ing to a statement this week by Gov. Inc., will hold its production meeting e Ioc. wil bold s producton meetng ‘ : 2, . ; f | “The motor vehicle department has in the ballroom of the Hotel Cleveland / gk 3 R - ; ) 0 13 3 W o o ‘ Zj‘m SoE et W oIk ARSI during the National Machine Tool Con- £ \ 23, o _u i : S 7 B Tk : : : i L & good |deall of con gress and Exhibition in Cleveland. By ATeaPo i oz "‘r | fusion and duplication and at the same time will represent ts having these sessions in the evening DIMNG &Cw mt epresent a quite substantial annual saving to the State,” he said. production executives and engineers in “The registrati - all lines of manufacturing will be able e 5%;\,; nol;‘t ;::gs r‘::,‘;::; .d;d to attend to their regular business or | brought to dat visit the machine tool exhibition during nn‘zi“%jul- - éih: §?\§l:r:‘:;’rm;§2£§1§'&"a Ll 0L e B M o | notify the department when cars are \\-xrxh Ann\dcr production men the topics said out of the Sisie or £ out of set schedufled. ‘The technical sessions of the society m E % (lee for one reason or another, a great | many ‘dead’ cards have accumulated. are open meetings of an informal char- mmvtmt YIAS 'we acter to bring before production men ,}% an‘ashed intterven- Save mesmoty Stoes émd,flnc wumi b o Tnave dismourt | mailed to the supposed owners of these cars, “This work has just been completed and approximately 140,000 “dead” plates were found. On the basis of the cost of printing and mailing Tegistration blanks. the elimination of these ‘dead’ delphia, whose busses were among those sidefopeciine various Maryland routes | Plates for the files will enable the State investigated following @ series of acci- | with the different drivers and see that | Wi be oo s o0 @ Jear, and e dents, has informed the Public Service|they are prudent and careful. Thii\ the car for registration.” TO AVERT AchDENTs Commminr‘x that it lhfid‘ !olllnl:\ed toul,superwsor will remain on duty for a the commission’s order to take Steps| considerable period. Lo i e LU “All drivers have been re-instructed In a letter to Frank Harper, execu- |4, obey the Maryland highway. law |tive secretary of the commission, the|qlive safely at all times comsly e . | plicitly with speed laws and give e e e o Somplaint about | other motorists their rightful share of Maryland highways. I beg to announce | the r0ad- that I have instifuted an investiga-| - o= = 28.—The | tion, Safety first—even when the traffic “A supervisor has been assigned to officer is absent. i \E\Frv year registration blanks were generally subjects of main importance l}elfl!ll nto totfhc et So%moun Gcncral mmfi‘ammmsmg buam‘fii \v{crcf mgmAngusLJOle %-b 10 s¢gn o ffigfl D«&a& to them and to give them the oppor- Cmtflm)‘ tunity to learn from others how they lems. | N i stee i lvelopment according to modern stand- ] BU s COMP ANY PL ANS STATE I_E D U The main job was wheeled around| R e from township and county to State and tute of Technology will present his | and | | helped and safeguarded in the co-oper- ; % ative principle under which the State| Plies With P. §. C. Orders Re quiring Care in Driving. Amer mln“lxhun Edunlmrll h!nu Have Your Starting, Lighting and Ignition System Checked and Repaired by /| Miller-Dudley Co. 1716 14th St. N.W. North 1583-4 during the past Summer in his visits to a large number of automotive manufac- turing plants, He treats of the manufacture of parts | W 1.me ever since. have been able to best meet their prob- The first session of the production | meeting will be held on Wednesday ards became easier going. evening, October 2, at which Prof. F. E. interstate, ~logically beginning w paper. on - Economicall’ Brodiiction traffc was heaviest, and it is preciscly at this point where the interests of mo- | 0 . forists and other taxpayers are being | F€oples R- T. Corporation Com- | {and Federal Governments are carrying thucus production The formuas he Harvard University Man Sug- Spend More Than Govern- the work forvard, ‘The important point ment in Zeal to Complete Systems Quickly. ® Wehavethe GreatestSelection of O.K.’d Used Cars + + at the Lowest Prices in Our History BALTIMORE, September gives have been developed for deter- People’s, Rapid Transit Co. of Phila- | mining the size of lot that can be man- ufactured most economically and to show when a change should be made to continuous production. The paper also gives information that can be used in determining the type of handling equip- ment that will be most economical to use. The subject will be supplemented EyisppIopH{BtoRToHpiotires, becoming more frequent. In a study Open Forum Planned. of the National Association of Building On Thursday evening the session will | Owners and Managers the reports in- be an open forum of production execu- | dicate there ave very few citles of even | goad building under the present plan tives and production engineers for dis- [ modern size in Teast one ceample of | Of Federal co-operation with Sts = cussion of the folowing subjects, that | 40 not have at least one example of |} cen 1n actual operation about 12 )cars are of importance in manufacture: i uilt in as a P“Tlt e e s | During that time there has been a “Application of Standard Machine | Pullding structure. or g e SUeh 3l growth in the motor industry and Tools to Automobile Manufacture.” e Do 15 to be found in the | &chievements in highway construction “Results in_Production Due to New | bo“e e nal “Building in" Log | that are not generally realized by the Features of Machine Tool Construc- A‘]‘}g‘(’_‘,‘g’ nfg‘;u‘g“m “:mmB . pris | public. Also, it ;| not gme,},"y km;(wn tion 8 s ns that the States themselves have taken “Synchronizing Automobile Parts at }““':1," d }‘,“".‘",‘ Sofeen ‘dé‘;{;“,‘:"}l the leadership in road building to such the Assembling Line.” has served s a very important auto. |an extent that their own expenditures “Basis of Replacing Machine Equip- | t&S SericC a8 & very important auto- |y, ¢his form of public investment have ment.” Lo e S T very large | Eone far beyond like expenditures on No regular papers will be presented | oy 0 "3 uced to garage motor ve. | the part of the Federal Government. In on these subjects in order to devote the | JIUCIUTE STe BoeC 10 gliage o ¥ the | other words, they have outstripped Fed- entire time of the session to discussion | p e OF UG tnarls Who COOUPY UG | eral atd in their to complete_their by those attending. Each subject will | duilding. Pl B irectly | Tespectvie State systems as early as be introduced by A. K. Brumbaugh of | | means of doorways opening ."LC y | ossible. Y . L upon a street running by the structure. | P the White Motor Co., chairman. | This.s!reet is at such a ;_‘d‘, that | will be the aim, therefore, to con- ‘The annual production dinner will be internal s within ‘ghé garage | restate the whole highway project held at the Hotel Cleveland on Friday | N0 Internal ramp: & to make clear the logical steps by which ed. That building _affords evening, October 4, under the auspices | AT€ Tequired. roads have been brought to their present | this facility, as do other structures of | f0Ads ha e of the three groups comprising the Na- 5 tional Machine Tool Congress and with | (i (W0 (4l & Lepnt ey WERE 1000 | the fact that the original ob for which the Cleveland sections of the Society of | 104¢ ERTRES, (TS U0 o6 B2 WO /% | the Federal aid plan’ was devised is as Automotive Engineers and the Ameri- g“;;eo"‘]%‘-"u:; :e'c’:;l"‘\, g, etting out | Yet little more than 26 per cent com- can Soclety of Mechanical Engineers | “inout the necessity of e | blete, when measured by public require- acting as hosts. L e stinaty “enoust "t majority | MENts for substantially built roads over I el | which traffic may move at lessened fuel Toastmaster Named. of the class A office buildings that have | Wiich UMTe may moye at lessened fuel E. P. Blanchard, who will be toast- | Deen bullt within the last two years in | ;50 tnay be held to a minimum, master, through his wide acquaintance | 105 Angeles have some sort of internal | %oy fhoce upon whom the duties of among machine tool builders and users, | Storage facilities for motor vehicles 1 building have been placed in a is familiar with the problems of each. San Francisco Example Cited. heavy and fast traffic age can appre The speaker of the evening will be ciate the time it has taken and the ex- James Schermerhorm, sr., of Detroit, | treme patiense whith has besd required founder of the Detroit Times and served | to separate road building into its logi- as its president and general manager | cal economic divistons. These divisions for 20 years, | likewise provides w0 fioors for the lare townships, county, State and inter- ,, | housing of the motor cars of its ten- (iate. They have been forged by the 7,000 Active Membe ants. > s s, nece: of _establishing Tesponsible The society is the national engineer- | “A third example of the integral| co,qiruction units fhrough which the ing organization of the automotive in- | garage is to be found in a somewhat|mgioricts money may be applied to the dustries and at present has about 7,000 | different type of structure. the Pure | o,q active members, several hundred of | Ol Bullding in Chicago. The signifi-| "when the horse had the road. the whom reside in or are citizens of many | cance °fh""5 i is that what| travel range was defined mainly by the of the principal nations of the world. | ¥ould otherwise have been the court |iownship, and the township was the first The president of the society is W. R, | of the building has been utilized, to a | hase of road improvement. But the au- Strickland, sssistant chief engineer of | psif,i" of 20 stories, for garage, pur- | fomoiine®Chanted. all that with its the Cadillac Motor Co., and the gen- | greatly widened range, and brought the eral manager and secretary is C. F.| o This garage has a capacity of about | yypic” face to face with duty of bring. Clarkson. | 800 cars and provides the type of in- | jn; 004 construction up to 8 higher | toward the completion of heavily trav- | | eled roads first. gests Motor Terminals Built Into Office Buildings. This is the first of a series of ar- ticles on highway progress in the United States to be published weekly in the automobile section of The Sunday Star. (Continued From Eighth Page.) “Another example of a similar char- | acter is to be found in the 30-story |Russ Building in San Francisco. It CHEVROLET industry, Ford, Howard E. Coffin, Elmer Sperry, Charles F. Kettering, Pierre S. | du Pont. Alfred P. Sloan, jr.. Du_Bois | Young, John N. Willys and E. P. War- ner, are members, The society’s principal activities are the formulation and promulgation of | automotive engineering standards and | the advancement of automotive engi- neering research and new developments in the design and manufacture of auto- motive apparatus. One of the most Many of the prominent men of (heuernal facilities which I have men- [ 1°% such 2g Henry and Edsal | tioned, makingit possible for those who | more economic standard. "A. | want to and will indeed come by motor | ‘jcars to do so with maximum con- | venience. | “While better transportation, better | control and better planning promise much in the way of added accessibility | for office building districts, there is a pressing need for a more accurate and | intelligent adjustment of office build- |} |ing design to | problem.” the modern traffic ke pulling teeth to get township con- sent to county control over roads that logically belonged in the county The same teeth-pulling difficulty was encountered in getting county consent to State control over roads that log cally belonged in the State system. Much oratory on this point was heard in many unpainted schoolhouses throughout the land, and many hands pointed with warning alarm toward centralized polit- ical power, either at the county court- house or ‘at the State capital. The Here are a few ex- amples to be found in today’s classified columns advertised ““with an OK that Counts” by the dealers listed below. If you expect to buy a used car this Fall—come in NOW! We have the widest selection of fine used cars in our history. Many of them can scarcely be told from new. They are good for thousands of miles of satis- factory service—and the prices will absolutely amaze you. This is an unusual opportunity to get exactly the, car you want—at the price you want to pay. active branches of this work is the ai If you are looking for a pal’king whole controversy was shot through craft field. Among the major activities space on the right side of a one-way | with politics and selfish aims, also are production engineering and street, run along slowly to the left and But in due time, the truth began to transportation engineering, especially in let moving traffic pass by to the right.|dawn upon the public that the road was connection with motor trucks and When a let-up in traffic comes, you can | an economic and not a political tool, motor coaches. | park in greater comfort. and from that time forward its de- 1929 CHEVROLET SEDAN. Practically new and looks and runs like it. ‘wrm AN OK. THAT COUNTS." 1928 CHEVROLET CABRIOLET. Excellent condition throush- ut. Good tires and looks fine. “WITH AN O.K. THAT couws ke GHEVROLET TOURING CAR. Looks and runs fine. A i i e 1927 del. Washington’s Largest Used Car Store tires. model Ein, e 1526 HUPMOBILE COUPE: Paint, tires and mechanical condition all 0o “WITH AN OK. THAT ‘coUNTS.” 1028 CHEVROLET COUPE. In perfect condition, new tires. We have just reduced the price and it's a real bargain. “WITH AN O.K. THAT COUNTS.” 1928 CHEVROLET SPORT COUPE, . Rumble seat. red one. Has had best of care. A Barga You Are Cordially Invited to Attend “WITH AN OK. THAT COUNTS e A Special Showing and Sale of it cheap and we will sell cheap. DISTINCTIVE USED CARS B g o Of Recognized Quality, Including PIERCE-ARROWS MARMONS PACKARDS CADILLACS CHRYSLERS, ETC dition and on easy terms. $135 Also a selest list of cars in the lower price field “WITH AN OK. THAT COUNTS." CHEVROLET MOTOR CO. COUNTY MOTOR * NICHOLSON Here Are a Few of the BEST VALUES: ST ORTRET it o pR et Bethaes " Wi SALES €O. Bethesda, Md. 0., Inc. MOTOR CO. Lincoln Sedan........$1,250 695 “WITH AN OK. THAT COUNTS." 610 H St. N.E. BARRY-PATE Rockville, Md. Hyattsville, Md. Marmon 75 Sedan. ... 945 Marmon 78 B Sedan. .. 1,095 i3, SREVSGLET SERAY. pin, Y pehanee g S md. SF. MOTOR CO. Packard 8 Sdn. Limou- gac“:arg g'gydl' Coupe. . 1';28 e “WITH AN OK. THAT COUNTS." Anacostia, D. C. 1218 Connecticut COALE SANS BOYER MOTOR sine .............. 1,850 Packard8Sedan...... u SALES BURY CHEVRO- Capitol Heights, 5 Buick Victoria......... 795 Fily Caiopea-witn an extras “Onty T30 L Cadillac 814 Sedan. ... 1,050 puidt GOOMA e fon “WITH AN OK. THAT COUNTS. H-B CHEVROLET Marmon 74 Sedan..... 69§ Pierce-Arrow Enclosed 1028 CHEVROLET COACK. Mechanically perfect; 5 balloon SALES, Inc. R. L. TAYLOR LET SALES Md. McFarlan 8 Sed.an . 49 Drive Limousine. ... 1,075 “WITH AN OX. THAT COUNTS 1209 Wisconsin MOTOR CO Upper Marlboro Marmon Victoria..... 595 Many others. 1927 CHEVROLET LANDAU SEDAN. New tires. good paint, Ave. N.W. 14th and T S:' Md. AERO AUTO CO. SeoE L L 3289 M St. N.W. N ——— lexandria, o Your Old Car Accepted as Part Payment P TRIm LT AP B T YR CAMP SPRINGS ;0 Bivd: end Free Demonstration “WITH AN OK. THAT GOUNTS.» CO. 2 CO, GARAGE. Without Obligation G S fe Coupe tor 3¢ Ttnd WS DAY Jn Silver Spring, Md. 6323 Georgia Ave. Clarendon, Va. 9.k. mechanically. Easy M. A 'ms. Fona Charer CBaint and eneral” condition ke mewr **s iy i “WITH AN OK. THAT COUNTS.” MARMON 1928 CHEVROLET COUPE. Very late and in excellent con- U d C D ° i “WITH AN O.K. THAT COUNTS.” se ar Departmeni 1437 Irving St. N.W. ADAMS 5688 ¥ excellent appearance and mechanically o.k. $350 during our This Sale Starts Today : i "Sa Y5dey. R term WOLFE MOTOR - QWENS MOTOR . Holly St. Camp Springs, Md. “WITH AN OK ‘THAT COUNT! ] PIERCE- o dition. Fully equipped. 5 good tires. $425; liberal terms. Open Evenings Until 9 P. M. Attached to the radiator cap of each of our reconditioned cars is the famous Chevrolet red “O. K. that Counts’’ tag. This tag shows you exactly what vital units of the car have been reconditioned or marked “O. K.’’ by our expert mechanics. It is your absolute assurance of quality and value. Look for this tag—and KNOW that your purchase is protected! Good Rumble Seat. d. The late 1927 CHEVROLET COUPE, New tires, paint good and we will sell for best offer. Guaranteed. “WITH AN O.K. THAT COUNTS.” 1929 CHEVROLET ROADSTER. Fully equipped. This car is practically new in every way and carries new car guar- antee. $500. “WITH AN OK. THAT COUNTS.” 1928 CHEVROLET COACHES (four). Mechanically perfect. $401 “WITH AN O. K THAT COUNTS.” 1026 CHEVROLET COACHES, (seven). Come in today while our used car stocks are unusually complete—for never before have we been able to offer you such a wide selection, at such amazing low prices. OQURISMAN BETHESDA MONTGOMERY LUSTINE All in A-1 condition. All in very fine con- up. Marmon Coupe...-... low price. Liberal terms. Ave. 2525 Sherman Ave. 1037 CHEVROLET COACH. New Ducoinish. Mechanically 1. € good tires; upholstery very clean. $275. “WITH AN O.K. THAT coUN’rs 4 1928 CHEVROLET QOACH. Clean as new, inside and out Excellent finish and mfehlnlcl Fully equipped. $425; term: e arotiney “WITH AN ox THAT COUNTS." OLET COUPE. Excellent mechanic §300d tires. " We ‘cRecrrully dermonsieara: ‘WITH AN OK. THAT 0001‘“ 1927 CHEVROLET New Duco finish. 3205; terms. ,