Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 63

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. four weeks ending April 19, 78 large cities in the {United States reported 605 deaths ¥rom automobile accidents. This number compares with 526 deaths during the four weeks ending April 20, 1929. Most of these deaths were the result of accidents which occurred within the corporate limits of the city, although some accidents oc- curred outside the city limits. For comparison, the Government department states, the number of deaths due to automobile acci- dents within city limits is desir- able. Therefore, it is found that within city limits 508 deaths oc- curred during the four-week pe- riod of this year, against 448 for the corresponding four weeks in 1929. In the four-week periods since May, 1925, total deaths from automobile accidents for 78 citles, regardless of places of acci- dent, the lowest total of 346 ap- pears for the four-week period ending March 27, 1926, and the highest of 842 for the four-week period ending November 2, 1929. For the 52-week periods ending April 19, 1930, and April 20, 1929, the totals for the 78 cities were, respectively, 8,675 and 7,657, which indicate a recent rate of 26.4 per 100,000 population, as against an earlier rate of 233, or an increase Department of Commerce announces that during the even more hnpfin ways. Only one-fifth as many ac- cidents occur between intersec- tions as at intersections, while more than a fourth of all motor vehicle accidents happening on highways occur \:{&on curves. Nearly one-fourth of the total number of motor vehicle acei- dents, leading to a fatality record of at least 31,000 last year, in- volved the collision of automo- biles, while approximately one- half involved the collision of cars with pedestrians. Nearly one- third of all the persons hurt in automobile accidents are pedes- trians, and about one-half in- ciude passengers of cars in col- lision. More motor vehicle accidents occur on Sunday than on any other day of the week, one-fitth occuring that day, while Saturday is the next most hazardous d: for ths operation of a car, wi one-sixth of the mishaps occur- ring then. Between the hours of 4 and 5 in the afternoon more automobile accidents occur than during any other hour from 6 in the morning until midnight, the number of accidents happening between 4 and 5 being 34 per cent more than during the pre- vious hour. Advice for Safety. ‘What may be of great help in reducing accidents will be the fol- of 3.1 per cent in the rate in a single year. But, despite the growing fatal- ity increase nationally, there is some balm in Gilead, or in Wash- ington, as the case happens' to be. For, according to the same report of the Department of Commerce, the following statistics are brought forth showing de- creased rates for the District of Columbia. Comparison of Deaths. For the four weeks ending April 19 of this year there were three deaths due to automobile acci- dents within the city, against eight for the corresponding weeks of last year. There were 66 deaths due to automobile ac- cidents within the city during the 52 weeks ending April 19, 1930, against 78 during the 52 weeks ending April 20, 1929. The death rate from automobile accidents per 100,000 population gives Washington 12 per cent for the 52 weeks ending April 19, 1930, against 14.2 per cent for the 52 weeks ending April 20, 1929. Not only does Washington at present lead the cities of com- parative size in the low mortality rate, but, without regard to size, the National Capital is about sixth on the low list of the 78 cities reported by the Department of Commerce. Compilations of the local Traf- fic Bureau show thdt on the last day of April Washington had two traffic deaths for the month and 13 for the first four months of the year. In April, 1929, there were 10 deaths caused by auto- mobile accidents and a total for the four-month period of that year showed 29 deaths. Figures are said to speak for themselves. According to this old saying, the traffic officials of the city may well be pleased. H If the motor vehicle fatality record during the coming vacation season, starting in May and last- ing through October, is to show any improvement over the total of the corresponding period last year, motorists will have to stop driving on the wrong side of roads and refusing to give rights of way, while pedestrians will have to exercise more care in crossing streets, and parents will have to keep their children from playing in_thoroughtares. i Such factors are only a few of the reasons why more than 17,000 rsons were killed in motor ve- icle accidents during the vaca- tion season last year, according to | an analysis of automobile acci- dent reports made by one of the national insurance companies. Right-of-way Troubles. Out of a total of approximately 50,000 definite and assignable traffic violations resulting in per- sonal injury or death reported in States having nearly one-sixth of the motor vehicle fatality toll last year, more than one-fourth involved faiure to grant rights of way, while about one in every six traffic violations pertained to driving on the wrong side of roads. Cutting in and out of lines of traffic was the traffic violation in nearly a fourteenth of the to- tal number of irregularities caus- ing death and injury, and speed- ing was assigned as the cause of mishaps in nearly a fifth of the violations. One of the most dangerous things a pedestrian can do is to cross a street at places other than at intersections, about one-fifth of the pedestrians injured in mo- tor vehicle accidents being hurt while doing so. Approximately the same ratio of injured is caused by people darting into streets from behind cars parked at curbs, and one-seventh of the fiedestnans injured in motor ve- icle accidents place their lives in jeopardy while crossing intersec- tions without the protection of signal lights. A third of the automobile acci- dents causing injury and death occur at street intersections, while MOTOR DON'TS DONT LET THE / TOP OF YOUR CAR GET SHABBY ! S0 MANY PEOPLE KEEP THE BODY BEAUTIFULLY POLISHED, BUT NEVER GIVE A THOUGHT To THE TOP, DUST IT OFF TWICE A WEEK, AND HAVE A GOOD DRESSING APPLIED WHEN [T BEGINS TO LOOK DULL . lowing of the advice given by H. O. Rounds, director of safety and traffic division of the Detroit Au- tomobile Club. Before becoming identified with the motor club Mr. Rounds was a police sergeant in the Michigan city. In a letter sent out to the various members of the club Mr. Rounds asks that the following be memorized. Of course there is no good in memo-. rizing if the advice is not obeyed. “Don’t rely on your horn at in- tersections; it won’t stop the car. “Don’t give faulty or incom- plete signals. “Don’t ‘think’ your brakes are operating properly—know. “Don’t look only to the right at intersections; traffic proceeds both ways. “Don’t think that trucks can stop as quickly as pleasure cars. “Don’t rely on your mirror when! pulling away from the curb; look and signal. “Don’t assume that children will act as grown people will. “Don’t back up without the ut- most caution. “Don’t take chances at blind corners. “Don’t look at your passengers or guests or at merchandise dis. played in store windows while driving. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 4, 1930—PART TFOUR. DOWN THE ROAD—The Penalty of Progress. —By FRANK BECK upon hl:h-l “GYP” OPERATORS WARNED AGAINST A. A. A, Executive Advises Motorists to Beware of Fraudulent Organizations. Anticipating the season when car owners are preparing for frequent mo- tor trips, a swarm of “gyp” operators for concerns masquerad; as_motor i “Don’t rely on the supposed D sanity of other drivers. “Don’t forget that occasionally $io you are a pedestrian. “Don’t force middle-aged ‘walk- ers’ to be nimble or wanting in dignity. “Don’t forget that trolley cars are on tracks and cannot leave them to avoid you. A “Don’t think that another’s negligence excuses yours. “Should you momentarily omit one of the above ‘don’ts’ then don’t be surprised at the results obtained.” 45,000,000 U. S. TOUR n. - Mr. Offiutt pointed out that every sec- tion of the country is confronted with these {llicit_operations, the sc- tivities of Federal agencies and better usiness bureaus. OUTLOOK THIS YEAR 2% Tremendous Increase of Past Few Years Expected to Continue Breaking Records. Special Dispateh to The Star. SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 3.—The tre- mendous increase in Summer motoring, which has been experienced steadily every year and which undoubtedly will break all records again this year—early estimates indicating that more n 45,000,000 persons will go touring in the United States and Canada during 1930 —points to an incre need of sys- tematic illumination of our main high- ways in order to take care of the thou- sands of tourists who will prefer to drive by night. So advises F. J. Fancher of this city. He continues: “Proper highway illumination is one of the problems now being given con- siderable attention by our national traf- fic experts in view of the growing popu- larity of long-distance touring and of the increasing congestion of our high- ways during daylight hours. |~ “Many of these traffic experts believe that adequate illumation of our national | Toads will tend to distribute the traffic load over the 24-hour period of each night driving among the touring class. In addition, and not least important, roperly designed and installed, will property values slon{ suc! A acting as a deterrent to possible acts of vandalism and robbery.” AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS | Lee D. Butler, Inc., Studebaker dis- tributor for Washington and vicinity, announces that E. E. (Rip) Miller has joined their organization. “Rip” Miller is well known to sports followers as one of the famous “Four Horsemen” of Notre Dame's national foot ball cham- pions. Miller is at present the assist- ant foot ball coach at the Naval Acad- emy, Annapolis. ‘The Nolan Motor Co., Ford dealers, at 1111 Eighteenth street northwest, announces that William J. (Buck) How- ard has joined their organization as sales manager. Howard has been known in Washington automobile circles for years, having had dealerships in the past for Hudson-Essex and Ford. branch mmg:r of the Ford Motor Co., Eighteenth and U streets northwest, in the building known as the Liberty Ga- e. With the Cherner Motor Co. as manager is Isidore A. Peake, well known in Washington automotive It is announced that the following Washington automobile men have joined the sales force of Lee D. Butler, Inc., Studebaker distributors: Edwin Fogerty, J. W. Hathaway, Sam Hess, Ralph Mil- ler, Wilbur O'Day, W. E. Rodgers and Frank Schaefer. All of them are well known here. ‘The Ford Motor Co. announces the appointment of the Eynon Motor Co. as authorized Ford dealers. Warren G. | Eynon, well known as former Washing- | ton branch manager of Ford Motor gf., gy:owner“fit d’;hebwueuhl . r. n at 2015 | Pourteenth strest northwest, day, because of its tendency to increase | they believe that such illumination, | g Richard B. English, Washington | take steps to secure additional information through the nearest better business bureau or American Automo- bile Association motor club.” TRANSPORTATION AIDS SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT Improved Roads Seen as Bringing Benefit to Children in Rural Districts. mwrr:fim continues t.o.gg A eSSaTy an mwu:g factor in centralization,” says bulletin 1929, No. 18, of the United States Bureau bf Edu- cation. “Improvement in roads and in efficiency and comfort of motor vehicles has brought benefits to rural hildren. There been' considerable advance in recent years in the cost- ting systems used by districts rtation, especially Trant aid” spscifonity for puplh trane ly_for pup - portation. They are Connecticut, Dela- ware, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Massa- chusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Penn- sylvania, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.” e AUTOS AID SHIPPING Bulk of Tonnage Carried Is From Motor Industry. The major tonnage of important steamship lines consists of automobiles and parts en route to foreign countries. This tonnage, during the year 1929, is cstimated by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce at 8,000,000 measurement tons. Shipments on coast~ wise and Great Lakes steamers num- bered 199,576 vehicles. Autocrat Motor Oil is “Pure Pennsylvania Oil—and more!” It is 100% super - Pennsyl- vania Motor Oil, be- cause it is skilifully refined from the cream of Pennsylvania Crude —the highest grade troleum found on his continent. | “BEST OIL IN THE WORLD 30¢ AQUART ) AN =3 Tl e AN IN THE GOOD OLE DAYS YOU COULDN'T GO MILADY’S MOTORING BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL ght ud and of the folk struggled to get it free? Doubtless you were told to sit down and keep still. Your weight increased traction and accelerated the process of getting I mention it because when you are badly worn off the attendant simply guesses at the pressure. The chap who wrote “All for the Ladies” should have saved the idea for the automobile age. In the accessory world, in particular, it would be espe- cially apropos. Just one of the little “wu‘vi‘hs l.hntd;’nva: 8o much to women e new mat which protects the heels of milady's shoes. pC)ne of these mats comes a special light hue for use when friend husband is delayed at a directors meeting and you are driving to the party yourself donned in evening slippers. Looking into the details of this mat, I found that it can be laundered with the lather of any soap. Consideration for the fine footwear of the American woman seems to account for the substitution of carpet for the front compartment of one of the high grade cars in place of aluminum cover- ed boards. The orginal equipment was m;yo’sgtrum gttn md"u'rvicenble, but a cost milady a new pair of slippers, Although it is one of the most fre- quently used controls of the car, the clutch still puzzles a gel'. many drivers. Much of the confusion regarding this part of the car is due to the habit some instructors have of saying “now let the clutch out” when they want you to let the pedal come up and thereby engage the clutch plates. The clutch plates themselves are “out” only when the pedal is pressed “down.” A much better way to view the process is to consider pressing out the leg as pressing out the clutch plates. Or to be more accurate with the whole process, consider pressing the pedal to the floor as disengaging the clutch; letting the pedal come up as engaging the clutch. Early clutches were simply a wheel with a tapered edge which, when en- gaged, fitted into the flywheel. This was known as the cone type, but it looked more like a section of a cork. It was a very positive kind of coupling between the engine and the gearbox. In fact, it sometimes couldn’t be re- Nothing is more important than thorough lubrication. A = o R R Beware of Substitutes Try Autocrat the next time you need oil, and judge its advantages for yourself. At the Better Dealers /100%PURE ) VLVANI P OIL AT o S leased because of the taper effect. That, combined with difficulty in obtaining sme engagement, accounted for the discarding of this type. Today we have several varieties of plate and disc clutches; some running in oil, others operating dry. ‘They are very difficult to describe and look complicated even to mechanics, but the principle is simply that of let- ting spri press a plate against the side of the fiywheel, or against friction rings or other plates ‘wheel or interpolated between them. By far the most important to keep in mind regarding the clutch avold a partial engagement except dur- ing the process of sta: when_this serves to smooth out the k of ap- plying power to a stationary . Even the weight of your foot on the pedal will cause plate slip best excess wear on the throwout mechanism. One way to dami a clutch is to forget to release the brake before starting. (Copyright by the Russell Service.) jbfle‘l!wd'nflmfly- ‘Many businesses are wholly dependent on the auto industry; every one is in- terested in its success. or at|ularly DARK BLUES IN 5 AUTO BODIES CONTINUE TO HOLD POPULAR Subdued, Rich, Dignified Colors Lead Closed Car Schemes, Stygian Proving a Favorite, Combined With Blue Gray. BY HOWARD KETCHAM, Director Color Advisory Service. Subdued, rich, dignified colors con- tinue to predominate in outstanding closed car color schemes to be seen on the streets of our principal cities today. Of all the available colors for automobile use dark blues seem to be most gen- erally approved for formal and semi- formal ly types. Stygian, a strong, pure blue, is one of this year’s favorites and looks particu- larly effective when accented with a bluish-gray stripe. Wire wheels can also be finished in blue gray. Black combines nicely with this molding and fender treatment. Colors of the same hue but varying in value or strength or both are in chro- matic sequence. Colors of the same hue Attractive imy pol softens the appearance of angular surfaces and enhances con- tours in addition to being a color sug- gestive of rugged stability and worth. In striping the brown car, it is well to remember the varying cont ef- fectiveness of certain colors against brown. Due to the strong contrast of orange with brown, it is not essential to employ so wide a stripe of this color as would be required with white, pale gold bronze or vermillion on brown. Certain tints of yellow-green are soft and very effective as a stripe on brown or tan. The width of a stripe can in- terfere with the balance of a motor car color scheme, larly where the striping color is of high chroma and of a lhua that contrasts with the base colors. It is best to experiment with vari- colored stripes of different widths on a metal panel, finished in the base color in order to determine just. which color and in.what width the stripe color will look best. Interesting brown color schemes for the closed car are: Upper, molding and fenders in deep, rich ziroon brown, with body and wheels chateau brown. Both of these brown values have a greenish cast that makes them partic- distinctive. A greenish-yellow stripe will make a very effective accent color. Upper, molding and fenders in dark, neutral wood ‘hazel: body and wheels in Sumatra beige. In stripes orange, gold or silver bronze will prove effective as striping mediums. t in 3 Although not a beautiful color in itself, | o brown ‘There are very few grays available in motor car finishing material that have any degree of sophistication in their color value. Bonsoir gray, upper, molding and fender treatment supplies a touch of suave grandeur, es- pecially with the lower body and wheels in bonsoir gray, light. A silver bronze stripe will engender an additional spar- kle to the ensemble. No range of color schemes for motor car use would be complete without a combination in the green color family. Greens of the same general hue, but widely separated chromas, mflevlde in- teresting contrast and des har- mony. Upper, molding and fenders in dark, lustrous Glen le green, with body and wheels in English gray, a soft, light greenish gray, provides just such a color lurmnnfn Black as an integral parmt of & wg FORTY CARS PRODUCED PER NEW ROAD MILE Record Shows Vital Need for Con- tinued Expansion of Traffic Control Methods. Special Dispatch to The Star. SYRACUSE, N. 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