Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1930, Page 55

THE SUNDAY In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. HAT constitutes courtesy and what is the defini- tion of back talk? These definitions are needed in the motoring world of | today, especially in Washington, following the recent edicts of two of the city's officials. A Police Court judge's opinion probably will be more needed than refer- ence to any dictionary. 4. Committee on Laws, Codes, etc.—George W. Offutt, chairman; E. W. Thomas, D. P. Evans, Edwin Hege and M. O. Eldridge. 5. Committee on Loading Plat- forms, Zones, Public Vehicle Stands, Bus Stops, etc.—Capt. E. W. Brown, chairman; J. H. Hanna, | A. F. E. Scheer, H. C. Whitehurst and C. W. Eliot. 6. Committee on Permanent Traffic Organization and Finance —C. P. Clark, chairman; William H. Harland, D. P. Evans, Capt. E W. Brown and W. H. Lanham 7. Committee on Enforcement, Education and Publicity.—Lowell Mellette, chairman; Capt. E. W Brown, Dan O'Connell, Selden M Corporation Counsel Bride has|ElY and Capt. A. J. Montgomery made it known that members of | 8. Committee on Disposal of the police force shall not allow | Wornout Motor Vehicle themselves to be given back talk | Eldridge, chairman; Har or abuse. right at first, but just what does K min Lamb and Capt. A. J. Mont- it mean? Most every one be- | 80mery. lieves that a policeman should be | 9. Committee on License of Mo- treated wtih civility and consid- | tor Vehicles.—Rudolph Jose, chair- eration. Profanity, of course, is| man; C. H. Frame, D. P tabooed. W. Thomas and C. P. Clark. But does the actual denying of | the charges of arrest or the mak- ing of excuses for a traffic viola- A little more pleasing news tion constitute back talk or abuse? | comes along from the motor in- If so, a bad time for drivers may | dustr: be expected. A motorist may le Rule of Courtesy. Commissioner Crosby has laid it down as a cardinal rule of the Police Department that its mem- bers must be courteous at all times. In this all thinking resi- dents of the National Capital will agree. Pleasing News. itimately | creased during the next question a policeman leulation | months, not- by the arbitr of speed. It frequently happens, | slashing of commodity prices, but as some officers are wont to gauge | through the immediate building the motorist’s fast driving by the | of high-quality products to fit a pace it takes them to catch up.|reduced public purse, in the opin- Is a polite argument back talk| jon of C. W. Nash, president in and abuse? the automotive world. What Is Abuse? The industrial leader, A motorist may have bovn:c‘)““swm' advocation of by automobile values at {’gr:‘}fg ;:’)7{\};;:;[1 Bt{;‘ath‘;fi’;“g(f‘i»‘;‘custs has brought his manufac- fellow did not get a ticket, and turing organization remarkable he was there longer. It isn’t a|SUuccess through three decades g60d argument, but it is ()fi(‘l‘] and himself world recognition as made. - T dhat mn(mry' to Mr.|one of the soundest of American Bride's plan of things? " Is crit ‘l_’(mf!mfl;. lwvnt 1b£t‘,k “; Pre= cism of a policeman abuse? Some | > A ataion et today policemen will think so and others estimating the business situation, will not. Too much appears to br“ following a careful study of the left to the temperament of the Sshue-car SN Eec. officer. “There is but one certain meth- The golden rule should apply in od of overcoming the unemploy- all these cases, but, unfortunately, every one's conception of that teaching does not coincide. Just what recourse a motorist may have is very doubtful. A po- liceman's testimony stands very strong in court. It is easy for a magistrate to believe that the de- fendant got a little too much worked up over his arrest. A con- viction follows, and after that what chance has the motorist got if he brings the policeman before the trial board? The action of the court is thrown out as irrele- vant, but its opinion has made an impression. After all, was the statement of the corporation counsel neces- sary? | Days go on, and the final report | of the subcommittee’ on traffic, appointed by the Commissioners, nears completion. It might be of interest to again print the mem- bership of these nine subcommit- tees. According to Director of Traffic W. H. Harland, they are as follows: Traffic Committees. 1. Committee on Parking.—Capt. E£. W. Brown, chairman; C. H. Frame, Rudolph Jose, C. W. Eliot and Harry M. Bedell. 2. Committee on Signals, Signs and Markings. — Theodore P. Noyes, chairman; William H. Har- land, E. D. Merrill, W. H. Lanham and C. H. Frame. 3. Committee on Operating Reg- ulations.—C. P. Clark, chairman; M. O. Eldridge, Theodore P. Noyes, Capt. R. C. Montgomery and Sel- den M. Ely. English Motorists Startled by Auto That Resembles an Enormous Lady Bug 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. |car is 17 feet long. The car is capable LONDON, England, September 20.— |of 80 miles an hour, but its dppeal lies A unigue motor car resembling an |in “useful speed rather than maxi enormous lady bug is startling motor- \mum, sience, astoundingly good ists on the English highways these days. | springing almost perfect, steering and Comdr. Sir Charles Dennistoun Burney, | extreme ease of entry and exit.” well known to Chicagoans, designed the | The machine costs $7,500 now, but seven-seater “airplane car,” which may it is believed to be producible in quan- notably affect the future design of both | tities for a third of that sum. An light and heavy road vehicles, | American manufacturer is reported to Sir Charles applied the lessons he | be considering adoption of the design, learned in constructing the airship | but the Daily Telegraph hopes that it R-100, especially those of wind re- |will be obtained by the British, whose sistance, to the construction of the |motor industry is developing. automobile (Copyright, 1930.) AUTOMOTIVE EXPORTS whose higher ally every section of the country and the generalbusiness depression which we all must acknowledge,” he said. “It doesn’l lie in high sounding theories, political prom ises or anything of that sort. The one thing to do is to begin build- |ing things that people in this | country need at a cost which | eliminates a maximum of the old, | easy-going overhead and brings |out the highest possible value at | the lowest possible selling cost. Such a manufacturing policy serves to keep American-made products at the high | we have all learned to demand. | It is the one way to increase the value of the dollar to the point where buyers will re-enter the market in volume; the one way | to put labor back to work and to refill the national dinner pail. “Our days of speculation are over, and well over in my opinion. But, with a plentiful supply of | money in banks in all sections of the country and with crops and | national resources in fair condi- tion, there is no reason why we cannot produce a high level of and sound foundation of honest values rather than speculative values.” Trade reports from the auto- motive-accessory jobbing field in practically all sections of the country are more optimistic and dealers are beginning to place substantial orders, according to W. 8. Isherwood, sales manager in | the gutomotive equipment field. Saving in Cost. The strange-looking result is claimed v Sir Charles to save 50 per cent on gazoline, 50 per cent on horsepower and even economize on tires, because at high epeed it scarcely touches the ground The enthusiastic motor editor of the Daily Express even reports that if a speed of 180 miles an hour could be attained the car would actually rise in the air owing to its stream lines. The | pointed front of the car noses its way | through air resistance and sends the | air scurrying over the top of the air- shiplike body Driving the car gives a akin to that of handling an airplane | before it leaves the ground. There are no road shocks, there is no engine sense, as the engine is at the extreme rear of the chassis, and fumes and heat are absent. necessitating artificial heat in cold weather. Expert Praises the Design. The Daily Telegraph motor expert is equally enthusiastic over the design and says the rigidity of its construc- tion is such that the car could roll over without danger of the roof's collapsing Bteering is declared easy, though the Europe Level Highest, With Oceania Behind South Ameri- can Orders. sensatio S on | The fact that automotive exports thus far this year have been running at levels considerably lower than for the corresponding period of .1929 has been evident for some time rding to B. H. Cram, president Cram’s Auto- motive Reports, Inc | A comparison of the number of motor vehicles shipped from the United States to foreign markets during the first siy months of 1930 with the same period of a year ago offers a measure of this rel- ative decre A total of 161,958 pas- senger cars and trucks were exported from this country during the first half of 1930, or just slightly more than 50 * cent of the 322,392 motor vehicle xported in the first half of 1920 This | drop, however, was not spread evenly | among_the various countries comprising | the different continents. In one case in | particular the 1930 automotive ship- ments were less than 30 per cent of a | year ago, whereas in another case the 1930 figures were nearly 66 per cent of of interesting tha | the unrest in business and pe | ditions throughout Europe, | exports thus far this year to the coun- tries comprising that continent compare more favorably with the previous year | than do the shipments to of " the other continents. A total of #3.500 cars |and trucks were exporied to European countries In the first half of 1930, or 165.9 per cent of the corresponding 96 | 319 cars and trucks shipped to th | countries during the sponding pe | riod of 1929. Automotive unit e lto the countries comprising despite tical con- M. O.| Now. that sounds all | dell, Rudolph Jose, Capt. Bemja- | ivans, E. | National prosperity can be in-| six | moderate | ment problem, the loss of confi-| o dence which has affected practic- | New Periodical, Dedicated to | worm will turn. andards | prosperity, this time on a solid| SHOW FLUCTUATIONS| automotive | "\4 ’ i )7 ;{,w 5 /= ,fPuT(; | ©1958- MY TRiBuNE, Inc A A A PUBLISHES HOLDAY MAGAZ Travel, Replaces Ameri- can Motorist. Holiday, the new national magazine | of “travel, sport, recreation, adventure,” | has just made its debut to the country. | Sponsored and published by the | American Automobile Association, the new national travel publication is of | ington. While its editorial and ad- | vertising offices are in New York City, | it is printed here and the publication | and circulation offices are at A. A. A. | national headquarter Deals With Travel. In the national fleld Holiday, which deals with travel and recreation in all its aspects, “A-wheel—A-wing—A-float.” | succeeds the American Motorist. The | new magazine is on a strictly sub- scription basis, while the American basis and was confined largely to motor travel, in contrast with the wider field of Holiday, which, incidentally, corre- | sponds with the larger field occupled | by the American Automobile Associa- | tion today as a travel agency. After combing the magazine talent of the country, Ernest N. Smith, editor | and publisher of Hcliday and execu- | tive vice president of the A. A. A, gol together an entirely new staff ofor | the_editorial, business ‘and circulation departments of the magazine. | itors and Managers. Frank A. Eaton, formerly managing editor of the Sportsman, is managing editor of Holiday; the advertising man- ager is C. W. Fuller, who formerly oc- cupied the same position with College Humor; O. B. Russell, formerly asso- clated with Liberty, is circulation man® ager; Willis K. King and Ralph S. | Bailey are associate editors. John Hanrahan, nationally known magazine expert, who has been connected with many of the most successful publica- tions in the country, including the New { Yorker | for Holiday. The first number contains an im- | posing array of nationally and interna- tionally known authors and artists. Among the authors are Sinclair Lewls, Heywood Broun, Stephen Leacock, Ellis Parker Butler and Stewart Beach, | not to mention a doze woman writers almost known Five pages in full colors from pen and brusheof Leslie Ragan, Rae, Adolph Treidler, Tor John Halmgren, combined with typography and luxurious illustrations throughout, give the magazine the dis- tinct character which prime objectives of the editors, SPEEDING AN'D DANGEROUS | DRIVING HELD DIFFERENT other man and equally well the Sarg and 1 | Rudolph Jose Says That Abandon- ing of Arbitrary Limit grossing Motordom. | Whether arbitrary speed limits will be abandoned w hin the next few years | dom to a considerable extent. And it is one that motorists might well think about, it is pointed out by Rudolph Jose, well known automobile dealer and veteran motorist | Mr gerous driving cannot arbitrarily. And to this extent, he be- lieves, there is reasonable basis for rearrangement of one’s attitude toward speed limits | “When the proposal is made to aban- don the arbitrary speed limit of 40 or | 45 miles an hour on the open road, | declares Mr. Jose, “many at once think that the tr and a complete removal of all the safe- guards which speed limits now are pre- sumed to afford. “But is this really the case? Rather | is it not merely shifting the standard | of speed to a more flexible basis? be measured so “In States where the limit has been | | 1aken off the open road, the motorist | has not been licensed to drive as fast as he wishes under any circumstance but he is permitted to exceed the maxi | mum limit at present only when con | ditions allow it to be done safely | injunction of the law in those jurisdi tions is that he must drive according | to conditions, “When one { calmly in the it appears that there is still a limita- tion. A motorist cannot go as fast as examines the question Orts | he wishes, but only may proceed at the | STAR particular interest to the city of Wash- | Motorist was always on a membership | is serving as publisher’s counsel | John | rich | was one of the | is & question that is engrossing motor- | Jose*makes the point that dan- | Al id s toward utter license | The | light of this limitation, | WASHINGTON DOWN THE ROAD—The Brighter Side of Life. D. SEPTEMBER 21, 1930—PART FOUR —By FRANK BECK J,,/"I A SECTION-HAND CROSSES| AN ARTERIAL HIGHWAY. 2 When in doubt s to what course the | inconsiderate driver ahead will take the | wise woman will remember that the | Leave it to observing women to work | out ways and means of breaking down | fear in driving. The latest to reach me is the plan of a woman who found that she was a little traffic. Her method is interesting. Whenever possible she parks the car near & busy intersection and sits there | for five or ten minutes watching traffic She says that the whole thing seems so confusing and terrifying that her actual | partigipation in it later b:comes an actual rellef, for this. In watching traffic you un- consclously place yourself in the pa ticular position of the various drivers. When you are at the wheel of your own car your attention is on just one set of ’nt’liulm your own. Should you have a little difficulty | shifting the gears after several hours of ontinuous running do not be alarmed. The transmission oil has thinned out and changed the gear action. Shifts should be made more slowly even in the case of some of the newer types of otherwise clashless gears. the household has battery cells, and If some one in added water to the spilled some of it, the excess is most eusily wiped up with a blotter, If cloth is used for the job throw it aw as the acid will eat It to shreds. Don't under any circumstances return it to a side pocket of the car. One of the most interesting trends in car design fs the increasing femininity of the front compartment. Just the reverse s taking place at the rear seat. Gone are the flower vases, and in some cases the vanily cases now are concealed, But note the change up front. Compartments for gloves. Soft carpets for fine shoes. Rubber pads on the control pedals. Wheel rims that accommodate the feminine hand. Doubtless there are plenty of argu- ments for and against the plan of an instructor talking to & beginner during the learning process, but few will deny that silence often is appalling. Surely a well trained word of encouragement can serve as an invaluable suggestion The thought came to me while watch- Ing & woman's agonized expression as she fumbled with the gears in an effort to get started. If only the man beside her had volunteered to say something — anything to break the spell “These new starter switches on the in- strument panel are going to be a saving to women who have been scuffing their fine shoes on the conventional starter pedal. Asked what is the best way to save gas, the experienced driver will in- variably advise avoiding unnecessary use of the brakes. Majority of stops are evidence of driving too fast for condi- tions. Women who feel inclined to speed up where there is a question of ability to profit by the car’s increased | momentum, should bear this point in mind when trying to cut down on ex- | penses Stepping on the gas is unwise if you have to follow it with stepping on the brake pedal. Whether you are & newcomer or an old hand at the wheel of the automobile here are & few rules that cannot be fol- lowed too faithfully | " Learn to press the brake pedal as far to the leit as possible 5o as to avoid the possibility of having your foot slip off and go down on the accelerator. Don't drive fast unless you are sure the front brakes are equalized. Never coast by | shifting to neutral. Avold feeding gus from the hand control of the thrott.e except on long trips when it may be tiresome to keep your foot on the ac- celerator continuously. A woman who was just interested enough in automobiles to find profit in looking over the mechanical features of | one of the new multi-cylinder engines observed that flywheels do not seem to be increasing in size proportionately with power. She remembered the days when in trying to induce friend husband to come in for his Sunday dinner there was opportunity to look at the exposed oversize flywheel of the earlier engines The answer to the flywheel question is found in the increased weight and bulk | of the modern engine shaft. Many of | these shafts carry compensating weights so that they are really fywheels in themsrives. The original flywheel has been made more and more a part of the cluich. In addition, the average long engine shaft of today carries a second- ary flywheel at the front end of the vi- bration damper. Power impulses also are more frequent and less jarring. Because the vibration damper often is | exposed to the eclements as well as to water leakage from the radiator it may become ineffective. This will be fol- | lowed by roughness in the engine’s ac- | tion.” I you note this sort of thing MILADY’S MOTORING | BY FREDERICK C. uncomfortable in heavy | ADJUST CARBURETOR Justify Inspection. carburetor RUSSELL, That when pulling up a hill at around 25 probably | miles an hour it might be well to con- sult your service man. automobile adjustment average needs some | pointed out by Rudolph Jose, veteran : | local motor car dealer. Four Official Languages. | “This is an _excellent time for There will be four official languages | owner to run his car into the main- used at the Sixth International Road | tenance department for the purpose of | Congress, Washington, October 6 to | having the carburetor setting checked,” 11. They are French, German, Eng- | Mr. Jose says. lish and Spanish. “For one thing, it is probably that most owners haven't had this important unit_looked at since last Spring another, changing weather conditions will necessitate a resetting of the adjustment if the car is to function efficiently during the coming months of ! Fall.” | | Traffic Laws for India. | BOMBAY ().—Uniform traffic, op- erating and licensing rules are o be | put into effect in India. where there are now nearly 160,000 automobiles. There is & psychological explanation | If your interest in motor cars is guided by a very natural desire to obtain fine quality at moderate price—a desire, in other words, to get your money’s worth—then you are certain to be interested in Olds~ mobile . . . the fine car of low price. For Oldsmobile gives you your money’s worth any way you look at it—in speed, power, and accelera- tion—in smoothness and comfort on all roads, at all speeds—in ease of handling, both in crowded traffic and on the highway—in the smart style, luxury, and good taste of its staunchly-built bodies by Fisher. All these, of course, are things you want and expect in your motor car. But—and here is the all-im- portant point—you want them not only now, bift a year from now, as well. You want them to remain over the months and miles. You want, above everything else, an automo- bile that is thoroughly dependable. RO R O RETE Northeast Oldsmobile Sales & Service 64 H Street N.E. Telephone Metropolitan 5260 O F Pohanka Service 1126 20th Street N.W. Telephone Decatur 0206 Chevy Chase Motors 6701 Wisc. Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. Telephone Wisconsin 2493 | Neglect and Changing Weather at | | this time or will heed it shortly 1s | the For | BY H. CLIFFORD BROKAW, Automobile Technical Adviser. sons why many of There are good T motorists make the maximum their cars during the Fall season increasing number are finding unusual satisfaction in touring about at this time of the par and have come to prefer motoring during the Autumn more than at any other time of the year There are more than 3,000,000 miles of good highways in the United States | as usable in the Fall as in the Sum- {mer months, Travel via automobile being the great American amusement, it will not seem strange that many people continue this enjoyment late into the Fall when, however, its curtailment is enforced @ bit in the Northern States by the difficulty of wind and snow. Fall | months can be very delightful, with the | woodlands dressed in yellows and {browns and reds and purples, the late | wild flowers in the fields. Vacationing then can be quite pleasurable, Indeed, | some people prefer it to the Summer months. use Weather Tmproved. They like the cooler, more invigorat- ing air, a sun which does not burn with the intenseness of July and August days, the less crowded highways and the fun of having a clear road ahead on which to eat up the miles; the sat- |istaction of knowing that the ap- proaches to the big cities are not likely to be subject to the week end traffic jams usual during the Summer. Of course, with vacations a thing of the past for most people by September, the resorts will be less crowded and the rates less expensive. One dresses a ifttle warmer perhaps, but there are sunny days even in the Fall when one can enjoy a swim, and one can always | play tennis and golf or go boating and fishing. Fishing and hunting are the two great sports of the Fall months, | bringing the sportsmen into the forests and up by the lakes. Of course, & few people have always gone hunting and | fishing in the woodlands, but one must give credit to the automobile for ma ing it possible for a great number of people, particularly families, to enjoy the benefits of vacationing and recreat- ing in the woods. Cities More Pleasing. People living in the smaller towns | may not particularly care to take to the woods, but wish, rather, to travel | ta the larger metropolis. They find the large cities uncompromisingly warm for vacation enjoyment during the Summer months, But by October theatrical and musical performances have begun and the intense warmth characteristic of a large city in and comfortable and sightseeing is a pleasure. Also, if one thinks it might be gratifying to travel South Instead of North on one’s tour and learn to know what the particular places of | beauty and of historie interest in the An | the | Summer time has disappeared, it is cool | MANY GOOD REASONS LISTED FOR TOURING IN FALL MONTHS Cool Weather, Less Congestion, Hunting, Fishing, Theatricals and Sports Combine Motoring Delights. Southern States might be like one finds | the Fall months a good deal more suitable. There is always considerable road construction going on during the Sum- mer time and many detours of varying and respectability to encounter. By Fal most of whatever road build- ing t¢ scneduled to be built has been done ana consequently the highways are in better shape. The better the highway over which one travels the less will be the cost of gasoline, oil, tires, tubes and general maintenance item'; in other words, operating cost Detours and poor road conditions, it s an established fact, Increase to no small degree the cost of running one’s car. Better Engine Effect. One motorist confided to me that he greatly prefers traveling during the cooler seasons because of the beneficial effect it has on the engine of his car. Sensitive to cool air, it runs much bet- ter then. The tires, too, he claims stand up longer when the pavement is not. saturated with the heat of a July or August sun. | " There are some parents who enjoy | taking their vacations away from theig families, and there is no time of the year more applicable than the Fall months for this, particularly for those who have their children in private schools Week end driving in the Fall is always rather pleasant, and there are the ex- | citing foot ball games to travel to if one is at all interested. In fact, many people have developed a liking for this sport, because it has given them a place to go with their car. Also, should one wish to indulge in & little camping over |a week end one need have no fear of mosquitoes, flies or other unneces- sary and annoying insects. | ihe automobile is like & big brother to the American people, taking them wherever they might wish to go easily and inexpensively, Spring Summer, Au- tumn and even in Winter; making it | possible for them to see the beauty of |the country In which they live, its | cities and countrysides, woodlands and | natural wonders. ~ But for many motor- ists the Autumn is the season out of | which® they get the greatest satisfaction in the use of their cars. Road Driving Costs. Governmental studies indicate that it costs an average automobile approxi- | mately 2.06 cents more per mile to |drive on an earth road than on & hard-surfaced road. Varying in Temperature. The average temperature of crude ofl running through a pipe line is between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. In Wine ter the temperature may go as low as 30 degrees, while in Summer it some- | times reaches 100 degrees, FOR EVERY DOLLAR A DOLLAR'S WORTH IN VALUE -- Such all-round dependability the real is secret of motor car economy-—motor car value—motor car satisfaction. And Oldsmobile owners every- where will tell you that you can depend on this fine car to serve you well as long as you drive it. Come take Oldsmobi le’s wheel and testit yourself. Compareit point for point with other automobiles of comparable price. Then you will know that Oldsmobile’ s genuine goodness is all that owners say . .. and you will know, too, that for every dollar of its price, Oldsmo- bile gives a dollar’s worth in value. TWO-DOOR SEDAN Consider the Delivered Price 395 f. 0. b. Lansing, Mich. Spare tire and bumpers estra RENE M OTO Wisconsin Motor Co. 726 17th Street N.W. Telephane Metropolitan 4314 »odson Motor Co. Silver Spring, Md. Phone Silver Spring 2 Consider the delivered e as well a the list e when comparing bile values. e delivered prices include only reasonable charges for delivery and financing. OLDSMOBILE G ENE R S Simmons Motor Co. 1515 14th St. N.W. Phone Potomac 0145 J. B. Monroe Waldorf, Md. Brandywine 10-F-4 Uth | speed that is safe under that particular | | America and Oceania showed the moSt|set of circumstances, This ntld be AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS severe decrease. South American eX-|{rue of all driving. Clrcumstances al- | | ports were only 309 per cent of the|ays should det-rmine the mototist’s previous year, while exports o Oceania, | movements " comprised chiefly of Australia and New Zealand, were the lowest of all, the 1930 figures being 20.3 per cent of & year ago, SRR REPAIR A PUNCTURED TIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ~ PUTTING IT OFF MAY CAUSE PLENT/ OF GRIEF. AND CHECK AIR PRESSURE OF A SPARE TIRE WHENEVER YOU TEST THE OTHERS- IT MIGHT HAVE GONE FLAT ON THE CARRIER ' Lee D. Butier, Inc., Studebaker dis- tributors for Washington and vicinity, | anuounces the appointment of Roscoe | C. Green as director of new car sales. Green is well known in Washington, having been formerly sales manager for several local concerns. Oids Motor Works Factory Zone Office, 1515 14th St. N.W, New York First State. New York State was the first to October fs the frost-danger' month tor license motor vehicles, beginning in radiators in 38 States. 1901 and collecting $954 that year.