Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1931, Page 40

4 MBNO CITY TRP STLL DANGERDLS A. A. A. Warns Against Try- ing to Drive Past Monte- rey, Despite Reports. Acting on official information from Mexico, the American Automobile Asso- | clation today warned motorists against attempting to reacn Mexico City by automobile. The A. A. A. declared that it will be { at least a year before the capital of Mexico and the United States are con- nected by an adequate highway. and in the meantime car ovners should not under any conditions atiempt to trav- erse the roads much further south n Monterev, 165 miles below the United States-Mexican border, which is | reached by an excellent highway. Reports to the national motoring body came in the form of a letter to Ernest N. &mith executive vice president, | from secretary of communications and public works for Mexico, Gen. J Andreu Almazan, with whom Mr. Smith previously had conferred in Mexico. Danger Beyond Monterey. Gen. Almazan pointed out that tour- ist travel south of Monterey will inter- fere with road building and “the tour- ists will run the risk of a difficult and rhaps dangerous trip.” D warning issued by the A. A. A. with which the Association Naclonal Automovilistica, S. C. L. of Mexico City is affiliated, was prompted by the Jarge number of inquiries reaching its affliated motor clubs in all parts of the country, indicating that false and ex- aggerated reports are current to the effect that a modern highway is now open all the way to Mexico City. Road Under Construction. According to Mr. Smith, these reports followed the opening of a “provisional T0ad.” “They may be attributed” he said. “to misunderstanding of the term ‘pro- visional road. The term is not used in this country. and in Mexico simply means that early stages of construction are under way. Travel over such a road is always arduous and often dan- gerous. Mexican officials have not dis- counted the difficulties in advising motorists to await improvements. Mexican officials are doing an e: eellent job of building roads. They are anxious to open up this Old World touring paradise to American car own- ers. but they have the comfort and safety of our people in mind in urging m to not be too hasty in planning their motor visit Gas Stations Lacking. “There is no doubt that opening of | an international highway to Mexico | City will more closely . cement the friendly ties of the United States and Mexico. In addition it will offer new travel horizons for motorists, create new markets for American cars and open up an area with a great wealth of scenic beauty and historic interest. The affliation of the great Mexican travel nization with the A. A. A. will as- \re motorists reciprocal services in the two countries. ‘Americans, however, have become 50 accustomed to easy travel that they cannnt appreciate the difficulty of travel when there are not only no passable | roads, but no gas stations, hotels, res- taurants. stores or even drinking water | along long stretches of hitherto un- traversed country.” REMOVAL OF CARBON STILL NECESSARY Local Distributer States That Re- gardless of Fuel Used Valve Cleaning Is Needed. That nothing has occurred either in the manufacture of motor car engines or in the refining of gasoline to war- rant the motorist's assumption that it| no longer is necessary to have the carbon cleaned &t more or less regu- lar intervals, is pointed out by Oscar Coolican, local automobile distributor. Mr. Coolican asserts that regardless of the kind of fuel used and of the tvpe of engine with which one’s auto- mobile is equipped, the need for re- moving carbon occasionally still re- mains. And. he says. it is impossible to get the highest efficiency from the latest cars uniess this fact is borne in mind. “Some motorists seem to be under the impression that carbon cleaning and its companion job, valve grinding, is something that passed out of the motor maintenance picture vears ago. Any motorist who is following such an ( impression literally, simply is not get- ting out of his car all the performance the maker has built into it “Regardless of the kind of fuel or oil | one uses, carbon still is formed. And | while it is true that some carbon in & engine may not have it is a fact that| more than smallest deposit may reduce engine efficiency even more than In the low compression engines of for- | mer_years There s no scientific basis upon which the motorist may predicate his present neglect in the matter of car- bon cleaning in comparison with his earlier motering experience. It is just as essential today to have the job done as it was a few vears ago. It is true that it may not have to be done quife as often. but when it needs it, it needs it badly “Everv motorist should be able to| tell by the performance, or rather the loss of it, whether or not the earbon needs cleaning. If there is any doubt | in his mind. he should take his ear to a competent maintenance department and have it tested “As in past years. it will be found that the carbon and valve job pays| large dividends in increased perform- | ance and increased owner satisfaction.” | PARIS POLICE HEAD WINS $800 FOR SCAR Nose Injury in Taxi Crash More| Serious Than for Ordinary Citizen, Court Rules. By Cable fo The Star PARIS.—A Paris court has agreed that the nose of an assistant police commissioner is more valuable than the | Tose of the average citizen. For a scar on the said nose it has awarded com- | pensation of $800. The commissions in question was in a taxicab accident. His nose was cut | by broken glass. He claimed dagages' from the company owning the cab. Said | his attorney A scar on any mnose is unpleasant. an esthetic blemish. But on a police officer’s nose a scar is a catastrophe. | A police officer is called upon to go about unnoticed while himself notices | much, How ean my client pass unper- ceived when already he is known to the underworld as ‘the scar-nosed commis- (Copyright, 1931.) Shoe Production Hit. Gains in shoe consumption have been cut by the increasing use ¢f motor ve- hicles. it has been declared bv an in- vestigator. More riding and lass foot- work means that the iron wheel and the rubber tire increasingly take en the duty of resisting the wear and tear of road gnd pavement formerly assumed by leasher, he said. . N N picking up historic odds and ends en route, the traveler is directed to Fort Frederick fifteen miles west of Hagerstown, Maryland, on U. S. 40, turning south at Indian Springs, to Big Pool on the Potomac River. This crumbling entrance is one of the scarred reminders of anxious days on the Colonial frontier. Washington visited here while in Command at Winchester. THE SUNDAY BTAR, WASHINGTON, D., €. JULY 26, 1931—PART FOUR. URNIN in Colonial service, Fort Duquesne. in the saddle for a moment to survey Washington's travels as a youth Le Boeuf in 1753, his surrender with honor Great Meadows July 4, 1754, and his heroic condud under Braddock in 1755 move » n review, as he approaches final action at ARD beginnings often make easy endings. It had fallen to the lot of Washington, at 21, to uncover French designs for older heads to prevent. But Fate willed otherwise, and on November 24, 1758, the tent youth, abandoned Fort Duquesne and set it on fire. Washing- ton raised the British flag on the ruins, rode to Williamsburg, resigned his commission, and prepared his perilous mission to Fort o French iftly for , having had enough of this per Hiote By C. wedding to Martha Dandridge Parke Custis. Ily Correet Sketches ALVIN FADER AVIA BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. TTHIN 10 years. it has been predicted. air transport planes will operate regard- less of weather conditions, paying no attention to fog, rain or snow. They will be equipped to meet virtually any emergency which the weather may present. This prophecy has been made by no less an authority than Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Aeronautics, & World War pilot who has been flying almost con- tinuausly since that time, and a man not given to idle fancies. It was re- echoed during the convention of the National Aeronautic Association here during the past week by the Scnate's only airplane pilot, Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, president of the asso- ciation. It is & thoroughly wholesome strug- gle man is making to overcome the handicap of adverse flying weather. Senator Bingham believes. In his fight he not only is advancing the cause of human progress, but he is developing mind and character. It was only a few years ago that no man thought of flying unless the weather conditions were practically per- fect. The first aero meets were post- poned if there was enough wind to flutter & handkerchief. Today, as planes, engines and pilots improve, weather becomes an increasingly large factor in the proportion of aviation ac- cidents as the other factors decrease. Radie Guides Developed. “It s highly satisfactory.” Senator Bingham said, “to realize the progress which has been made by research en- | gineers in the development of radio apparatus for guiding planes through the dark or through the fog. It seems to be safe to predict that before long all transport planes on regular sched- ule runs will be guided by radio to the very runway of the airport. “This, added to the progress which has been made in the accuracy of the instruments which permit blind flying, marks a sensational advance in the possibilities of aviation. It is true that more experimentation needs to be done to perfect these instruments and the | radio aids to aerial navigation, but it is safe to say that the difficulties will be overcome before very long.” So important do aviation leaders re- gard the necessity for thorough train- ing of pilots in flying through darkness and fogs by instrument alone that the Board of Governors of the National Aeronautical Association approved a resolution, later adopted by the asso- ciation, urging universal training of pilots in blind flying. Practically all of the larger transport lines now sre giv- ing special blind flight training to their pilots, and both Army and Navy Air Services require such practice regularly by combat fiyers. ‘The Aeronauties Branch of the De- pariment of Commerce. through the Bureau of Standards, is conducting re- search work in radio aids to all navi- Ratl including the use of airport n! localizing beacons and radio “landing beams.” The Army Air Corps is at work on a similar program at its Materiel Division base, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics also is working on means of directing landings through fog and darkness, So far, however, “Jimmy” Doolittle continues to hold the unique honor of being the only pilot who has taken off, flown a course, returned and landed by instruments aléne. without once seeing outside the cockpit of his airplane. Speed Benefits Noted. Though the Navy's new high-speed development program has just gotien under way, it has had a stimulating ef. fect on the entire naval flying service and returns alreadv are being realized. in the opinion of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronauti Preliminary studies for the speed program have created a new design for patrol planes which will improve thelr performance, the admiral said. He voiced the opinion that money spent for high-speed development is money well spent. “It is” he said, “an economical method to insure that our service types of aircraft ere being maintained at the maximum performance.” The bureau, Admiral Moffett contin- ued, has consistently advocated a policy of high-speed development, which, he sald, produces direct and immediate competition, stimulates creative thought and bears results directly applicable to service aircraft. The Navy's new high-speed program was begun July 1, under the impetus of an appropriation of $220,000 made available for the purpose by Congress. The appropriation was the result largely of the resignation from the Navy of Lieut. Alford J. Williams, jr., Navy rac- ing plane star, as & protest against orders which would have forced him to abandon racing plane development. The new appropriation makes possible the beginning of & form of activity abandoned by the Navy six years ago. when this country withdrew from Schneider competition. As & result of the lapse, Admiral Moffett declares, it will take this country several years to reach the racing plane status existing in Europe. Single Step Possible. ‘The appropriation for this year will permit the Navy to contract only for the first stage in the development of a lightweight, high-powered engine. In addition to this program, there is re- quired extensive research in racing plane design, construction and high- speed propellers. “Preliminary studies are now being undertaken to determine the propar line of research for solving these complex problems,” sald the admiral. “When funds are underiaken.” All the existing facilities of the Gov- ernment are to bs called upon to aid in the program. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics will be asked to use its new seaplane channel to de- termine the mest efficient form for the floats and its wind tunnels to guide the aerodynamic structure of the plane. Its high-speed wind tunnel may throw light on the problems of propeller design. “The results from a high speed develop- ment are directly applicable service aircraft,” Moffett explained. “Now the service Is in need of an engine of about 1,000 horsepower for patrol planes and airships. If the development program develops. say, an engine of 2.500 horse- power, it will, with minor modifications, make 8 most reliable 1,000 horsepower service engine.” Admiral Moffett urged 8 speeding us of the entire program, which will enta vailable they can then be | TION the appropriation by Congress of addi- tional funds as the initial step. Airmail Slash Threatened. The Nation’s airmail contractors, staggering under the effect of recent drastic cuts in Federal payments for carrying the mails, face still further reduction of income. Postmaster Gen- eral Walter F. Brown expects, before | the "Vinter is over, to put into effect reductions. which he intends that the lines shall make up from passenger revenues. | Last February Mr. Brown called into conference representatives of the con- tract airmall operators. To them he declared that the cost of fying the alrmail must be reduced. If they did | | not voluntarily work out a reduction of the amounts paid by the Government in accordance with an equitable sched- | ule, the action would be taken for them by ‘the Post Office Department. The operators worked out a schedule which | cut their income several millions of dollars @ year. saved the Post rded contracts, | without bids, for the “extension” of a | number of contract airmail lines. Two | of these lines terminate in the National | Capital; one, from Pittsburgh, having | | been opened Tast June;, the other, from | Atlantic City, opening ‘last Monday. | These extensions have increased to a | total of some 85,000 miles, tie daily total flown by the operators. The amount of mail carried on virtually all the contract routes has increased steadily. Passenger totals also are | mount.ng again on many of the pas- senger lines, after sharp reductions last Winter. Whether the Postmaster Gener: expectations that the companies can live on passenger revenues in event of drastic reduction of mail revenues are based on & firm foundation remains to be seen. -Many passenger lines are re- ported to be losing money rates have been cui so low. in the of competition, that the operators can- not hope to make money until they can | get_more efficient airplanes, capable of carrying the same number of passen- gers at greatly reduced operating cost Shooting the Works. Shotgun shells may become a regu- lar part of the equipment of military airplancs, as a result of experiments | conducted by Army Alr Corps officers the Materiel Division headquarters, Wright F iton, Ohio. The shells will not be used for offensive or defen- sive purposes. They will not be fired from shotguns. They will be used for starting airplane motors add will be fired in a new type of self-starter. | Cartridge starters are not an espe- cially new iden. but the type developed at Wright Field has new features which |carry promise for the first time that the device may become a practical thing. A 10-gauge shotgun shell is used and is fired electrically in a smal cylinder, driving a piston and a gear which turns over the airplane engine. The shock is taken up in the starter, | and the thrust on the engine is no| greater than from an electrical starter, it is claimed. The starter weighs 19 pounds: the | breech and exhaust piping 4 pounds, | and the cartridges run 22 to the pound. The first tests, conducted on a Wasp | engine, gave satisfactory results, me\ wear Department announced. —There was no shock when the starter was fired or when it picked up the engine load. Tests were conducted in & low tem- | perature chamber under temperatures | below the treezing point. Compara- tive tests were m with the old inertia starter and the cartridge | starter. The cartridge starter was found to turn the engine over faster than the inertia starter, though at low teiperatures '8 more heavily loaded | shell was required and the number of | revolutions of the engine at a single explosion decreased. Further tests will | be made to determine the necessary in- | crease of powder content of the shell for reliable operation under conditions of extreme cold. | An explosive mixture type of starter | was tried out early in the history of | starters, the War Department sald, and, | although in the foreign fleld it acquired | a somewhat e'ftensive use, it was never | popular in this country. A multiplicity | of parts, with attendant weight and | diffculty of maintenance, caused this | |type to be abandoned. The new ecar- | tridge type, however, it is claimed, of- | fers none of these disadvantages and | prove exceedingly useful equip- ment for military aircraft. The Old Becomes New. One of the novel features of the U. S. 8. Akron, world's largest airship, now nearing_completion for the Navy at Akron, Ohio, is the use of full swiveling propellers, which may be em- | ployed tg drive the ship forward, back. ward, up or down. | Though manv who have heard of | | them consider them strictly modern | improvement in the airship field, they |are the descendants of swiveling pro- | pellers which were used in the early | i days of Amellean airship operation. | | The first use of swiveling propellers lin a large American airship, appro- | priately enough, was in the only other irship which has borne the name Akron. ‘The first Akron, which fell a flery victim to the use of hydrog ‘]llung gas. meade use of two swiveling propellers to aid in navigation. ‘The firs! Akron, built by Melvin Vaniman for a proposed transstlantic | flight, was destroyed when its hydrogen- | filled bag caught fire over Atlantic City jon July 2, 1912, carrying Vaniman and | four others to death. The use of hvdrogen has been outlawed for Army |and Navy dirigibles. and helium, inert | and ‘non-inflammable, will form the | lifting medium in the cells of the new | Akron, Vaniman’s Akron was 258 feet long, with a diameter of 47 feet. A car 150 feet long was suspended beneath the bag and contained power units, fuel ’supply_ controls and quarters for the | exew. In the new Akron all units, save 1me control cabin and propellers, are built into the hull. The Vaniman ship had a 100-horse | power engine driving two forward pro- | pellers and two 80-horsepower motors driving {wo swiveling propellers. A 17- horsepower engine also was earried to | drive a generator supplying eurrent for | lights and wireless The first Akron was destroved on its second fiight and the swiveling pro- | pellers never were thoroughly tested out, leaving this task te the second Akron. ‘The launching and christening of the U. 8. 8. Akron will take. place at 2:30 o'elock Saturday a! August lin the presenas of Iation’s aly ) leaders. The ceremony will consist of | | the infiation of the gas cells with helium | to a point sufficlent to raise the ship from its construction cradle, the sta- tioning of a ground crewson the han- dling lines, releasing the ship from its cradle, allowing it to rise a few feet in the air, and the formal christening. Following the christening the Akron is to be moved from its cradle to the other side of the giant construction dock, where the finishing work, occu- pying at least two weeks, will be com- pleted. After August 8 the great ship will be “air borne” exclusively. A reg- ular crew will be stationed aboard, even during the construction period in the dock, and hourly chccks of lifting gas, ballast and “trim” will be made. The first test flights are not expected to begin until toward the end of August, . ‘Rick” Named Referee. Appointment of Col. Edward V. Rickenbacker, lexding American ace, as referee of the 1931 National Air Races at Cleveland August 29-Septem- ibel' 7, and his acceptance, have been | announced. Though Riekenbacker has | attended s majority of the National | Alr Races, he hitherto has acted only !as an official observer. Rickenbacker's famous squadron, the 94th Pursuit, is to ap- r at the races, flying down from 3:1‘1“4 e Fleld, Mount Clemens, Mich. Ricken| France offcer ! 'This squadron wi fter serving as engineering Issoudon ‘Training Fleld. the first American the Western front. The 94th was credited with a greates. we : ™ Te on the lookc 5! number of victories than eny other ensued betwebn the men sy American unit, winning 69 combats, 26 of this number Because of the United States’ quota cker commanded the 94th in restrictions and the closing down on agricultural workers in Canada, liners! ISLAND WATCHDOGS PENSIONED FOR LIFE Turkish Ferry Boat Company to Pay Two Guardians $5 Per Month. By Cabie to The Btar. ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 28— watehdogs of Istanbii will ue‘etn each per month as a life pension, and their meals will have to consist of meat, bread, vegetables and some dessery which they like. The ferry boat come pany is the generous donor of the ‘:nd the dogs are famous animals whieR have served the company faithfully for some time. Tae company owns a small island on the Bosporus, which s used as a coal |depot for the ferry boats. Three watch- | dogs were set to guard it at night, and |the fame of their strong teeth has | spread all over the city. But one night a gang of thieves de- ! i | aviation unit to participate actively on cided to biave the dogs and all and sneaked into the island. The dogs A fight the dogs and during the fray one of the dogs being officially | 8 war-time | credited o' Rickenbacker ajone. 'Y | lost his balance and fell into the Bos- porus, where he was drowned. The | barking of the dogs brought the night | watchman and the police and the thieves ran away. The company has decided to recompense the survivors with good food and choice bits to the have been carrying comparatively few | 510 90¢ fond @ passengers from Europe to tris country. 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