Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 57

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. T is with pleasure that the Washington motorist learns that this year he will not have to stand in line at the District Building in order to ob- tain his new automobile license By making it possible to n the 1932 tags through the mails, William A. Van Duzer, irector of the Department of Motor Vehicles and Tiaffic, has performed a public service. This year, providing the certifi- cate of title has been issued, all motor car owners or drivers may receive the 1932 tag through the mail. An additional charge of 10 cents will be made to cover post- age and the cost of envelopes and printing. Mailing Starts November 15. According to Mr. Van Duzer, application blanks for the new licenses will mailed out from the tax assessor’s office about November 15. The blanks will carry all necessary information about each automobile, obtained beforechand from the certificates of title. The blanks will have appended to them the personal tax due on the car, and so all any individual will have to do is to sign his name to the blank and make out the prescribed amount on his or her check. A smaller envelope will be inclosed addressed to the direc- tor of traff Mail t with the proper inclosures, Mr. Van Duzer states, and your tags will be forth- coming. He is of the opinion that the new tags may be placed upon the cars beginning December 15. The tags made at Occoquan have been completed, and, therefore, there can be no delay in that re- spect. It will not be necessary to use this system, it is stated. Those 5o desiring, may bring the appli- cation blanks, cash or check to an office located on the first floor of the old Ford Building, John Marshall place and Pennsylvania avenue. Should there be any dis- agreement over the amount of the onal tax, the matter will have aightened out at the tax office in the District s convenience, effective for time in the history of ton, will be unavailable ose who have not gotten their ears titled, Mr. Van Duzer warns. Application blanks will be mailed after November 15 as soon as the titles are made out, but will not be mailed il this is done. Only 35,000 titles have been is- sued at present time, leaving more than 85000 cars still un- titled. Those in charge of issuing these certificates are up to date. Mr. Van Duzer stated, therefore it is up to the motorists. Think of it! All that time and trouble saved for 10 cents! If you have not made application for your title, do it at once! The left-hand turn is really working. Some motorists are still somewhat undecided as to who has the right of way, but that will work out in the near future. Through traffic, that is traffic not contemplating turning has the ht of way, unless a vehicle ing to turn is in the inter-| n first. Slow up at inter- sections. Think. The rest will come easy. Left and U Turns. A few pessimists or knockers are going around town saying that many more accidents have oc- curred since the adoption of the new turn. This is not so. In- spector E. W. Brown of the Traf- fic Bureau is emphatic in this denial. Some motorists are wondering as to the proper method of mak- ing a so-called U turn at an in- tersection. The answer is easy. You don’t make one, as the traffic regulations prohibit any such scheme. On streets where there are no signs forbidding it, and where the U turn can be made without backing your car, you may do so, but between intersections. Changes in 31 States. Thirty-one States will change the color combination for auto- mobile license plates in 1932 and 23 different motifs will be used throughout the country, indicat- ing that almost every hues will be represented in next year’'s parade, according to a survey by the black on yellow, white on green and yellow on black combinations, which will be each used in four States. Black on orange and white on maroon will each be used in three States, giving these com- binations third place. Beyond these more standard color motifs |will be found a variety of colors used to identify the units in the | Nation's rubber-tired transporta- tion system. The Canal Zone will use plates with black letters on a yellow ,background, while Hawaii will have a_combination of yellow on | green; Porto Rico, white on brown, |and Alaska, white letters on a dark blue background. Following are the 1932 color | combinations for passenger cars in all States, with the exception of Arkansas, Missouri afd New Mzsxico: State and Color List. Alabama, black on white; Ari- | zona, white on copper; Arkansas, | not selected; California, black on orange; Colorado, sienna on black; | Connecticut, white on blue; Dela- ware, old gold on blue; District of Columbia, black on chrome yel- low; Florida, yellow on blick; | Georgia, white on blue; Idaho. black on orange; Illinois, blue on orange; Indiana, white on green; Iowa, white on marcon; Kansas black on orange; Kentucky, white on maroon; Louisiana, white on red; Maine, white on green; Mary- land, red on white; Massachusetts, | white on red: Michigan, white on | blue; Minnesota, gold on maroon; | Mississippi, gold on black; Mis- | souri, not selected; Montana, white on black; Nebraska, white on dark blue; Nevada, orange on black; New Hampshire, white on green; New Jersey, white on black; New Mexico, not selected; New York, yellow on black; North Carolina, black on gold; North Dakota, white on maroon; Ohio, white on blue; Oklahoma, yellow on black; Oregon, white on blue; Pennsylvania, blue on gold; Rhode Island, white on black; South Carolina, black on yellow; South Dakota, yellow on black; Ten- nessee, black on yellow; Texas, white on green; Utah, white on black; Vermont, biue on white; Virginia, white on black; Wash- ington, green on white; West Vir- ginia, white on black; Wisconsin, blue on yellow, and Wyoming, cream on brown. Auto Factory Sales. Factory sales for August, ac- cording _to figures just released by the Bureau of Census, are not all what might be desired. But there are a lot of cars waiting to be traded in these days, and when this comes about a great differ- ence will be noted. Remember what Alvan Macauley, {)resident of the National Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce, said: “A dollar expended puts men to work, and the automotive dollar goes further than ever before.” That is all true. Sales from the factories for August were 187,197 vehicles, of which 155,321 were passenger cars, 31,772 were trucks and 104 taxi- cabs, as compared with 218490 vehicles in July, 1931; 224368 ve- hicles in August, 1930, and 498,628 in August, 1929. So far this year, including August, 1,978,622 total sales have been reported, as compared with ;2588.481 for the same period last | year. [ New HigI;:y Opened. . Last Thursday the official open- ing of the Atlantic Coastal High- way Short Route (8. C. No. 40), from Charleston to Conway, took place, the dedication ceremonies being held at Georgetown, S. C.| Governors from North and South | Carolina were in attendance. A feature of the new highway is ! the $6.000,000 Cocper Bridge at Charleston. EXTRA-SLOW DRIVING' URGED NEAR SCHOOLS American Motorists’ Association Calls for Observance of Speed Limtis. | _An appeal to motorists to recognize that one of the most important of all speed limits is that which restricts the American Automobile Association. | rate of vehicular traffic in school zones There were 35 States to change| was sounded here today by the Amer- the color combination in 1931 and | ican Motorists’ Association. Univer- a total of 26 different motifs were sally, this limit is the lowest imposed used. The national motoring body pointed out that 13 States and the District of Columbia will retain the 1931 colors, reversing them as to background and lettering, in- dicating a trend back toward standardization of colors. A total of 11 States and the District of Columbia retained the 1930 com- binations la: year. Arkansas, Missouri and New Mexico are the only three States yet to szlect colors for the 1932 plates. The A. A. A. survey reveals that first rank will be divided between two - color combinations, with white on black and white on blue, each being adopted by six States. These color schemes will, therefore, predominate in 1932, with white on black retaining its 1931 position. Second honor will go to the MOTOR DON'TS DON'T THROW AWAY * YOUR SPARK ! PoorR MOTOR PERFORMANCE 1S VERY] OFTEN DUE To FAULTY IGNITION CABLES, A NEW SET OF IGNITION WIRES MAY PRO QAN INEXPENSIVE "TONIC FOR YOUR MO by States and municipalities, and that fact should be significant of its tre- | mendous importance, it is pointed out by Thomas J. Keefe, general manager of the American Motorists’ Association. “The trend in speed limit legislation, as reflected in the tabulations of the American Motorists’ Association, is up- ward,” said Mr. Keefe. “That is quite | as it should be, and yet there are inti- mations of a reaction toward this tend- ency in some quarters. The accusa- tion is made that motorists continue to outdrive the speed laws in spite of their | liberalization. “At this season motorists in all parts of the country have been brought again | within the scope of one of the most im- | portant of all speed restrictions. It is | the one which limits speed in ‘passing | through school zones. The limit in this case is one of the lowest prescribed, in many cases being as low as 10 miles an hour. The severity of this restriction should be significant of the tremendous importance attached to the need for driving slowly under these conditions. Motorists should recognize this and be guided by it.” | Pointing out that even those States | which have removed the arbitrary max- | imum speed limit altogether have not | taken down their “School, S'ow” signs, the American Motorists’ Association general manager declared. “Every citizen is grateful for the | safety ‘education going on in our | schools, public, parochial and private. | The motoring citizen should not forget that in these safety lessons the children are taught to expect certain considera- tion of their rights on the part of ! drivers. While they do not expect un- due favors, they do anticipate fair play from their elders on the streets and highways. ‘That attitude certainly should put the motorist on his honor to drive slowly, carefully and consid- | erately in school zones.” High Financing. Jinks: Have you got your automobile | paid for? Binks: Practically. Three more pay- [ ments and it will bolong to the fellow | 3,‘1“ bought it from the chap I sold it There was a total of 1,227,817 motor vehicles involved in accidents in 1930, according to the District of lumbia af THE SULDAY = < i w‘u {( {hd; (L TRIBUNE INC. Y 7 Qu3! xy. STAR, /:; ——, . 12 Ay A, & AUTUMN IN VIRGINIA LIRES MOTORSTS Sesquicentennial Celebration at Yorktown Added Attraction. Virginia, the Old Dominion State, |has a wealth of scenic attractions to |offer the motorist, and a tour through 'this State during October is a_delight- |ful one. This year, in October, the State is expecting to entertain many thousands of visitors in connection with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the surrender of Lord_Cornwallis to |Gen. Washington at the Yorktown Ses. | quicentennial Celebration. This is tak- |ing place from October 16 to 19. | Leaving Washington, cross over the |Potomac, following route i to Alexa {dria, then through Woodbridge, Dum- |fries and Stafford to Fredericksbur | Practically all roads in Virginia trav- |erse historic ground, and on this short Istretch. some 50-0dd miles, there is imuch to be seen. In Alexandria there is Christ Church, the home of “Light |Horse Harry” Lee, father of Gen. Rob- | ert E. Lee: also the Cariyle House. Be vond this town, to the left of the high- |way, lies Mount Vernon, home of {Washington. In PFredericksburg is the home of Washington's mother, Ken- |more, also his_sister’s home and the home of John Paul Jones. South to Fredericksburg. Continue south from Fredericksburg along_route 1 to Richmond, capital of the State and another of its historic cities. Here turn left along route 60 for the trip over to Yorktown. When fol- lowing this highway one will note that almost every stream and the site of al- most every engagement of both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars in this region have been commemorated with [tablets. During the four-day celebra- [tion the streets of this little village and |the adjacent battlefields will feel the tread of every branch of the Regular Service, whicih will be reviewed by Gen. Pershing. There will be a new “Conti- nental Army.” made up of rhilitary or- worn at the Battle of Yorktown. Another way of reaching this section of Virginia is to go by boat to Norfolk. Cars are carried on these steamers, which sail every day, leaving in the early evening and arriving in Nor- folk early the next morning. Yorktown is reached from Norfolk either by ferry over to Newport News or by ferry to Portsmouth and then over the James River Bridge. Virginia Beach Popular. ‘While in this section motorists should be sure to include a visit to Virginia Beach. This most popular resort is located on the ocean 20 miles from Norfolk. Here are good hotels, swim- ming pools, golf links, horses and other amusements. To the north of Virginia Beach is Cape Henry, interesting be- cause of its many huge sand dunes, 65 to 75 feet in height. Leaving Virginia Beach turn west- ward through Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Courtland to Petersburg, in the land of cotton and tobacco. Here is the Crater, where, during the Civil War, Grant tried to blast a break in Lee’s line by tunneling, resulting in the death of thousands of men in both armies. Going west from Petersburg along route 60 you follow the same route that was used by the Army of Northern Virginia retreating to Appo- mattox, passing through Blackstone, Farmville and Appomattox to Lynch- burg. Then follow route 10 to Roanoke. ‘This important city is the turning point of this trip. Visitors should be sure to drive to the top of Mill Mountain, from where may be seen a magnificent vista of Roanoke's sector of the Virginia Valley. A fine road to the top. Natural Bridge Interesting. Going northward along route 11 the first place of special interest is Natural Bridge. Then comes Lexington, where you make a turn off the Valley pike to the left, following route 60 again for the run through Clifton Forge and Covington over into West Virginia to White Sulphur Springs, one of the leat ing resorts of the East, beautifully lo- cated in the heart of the Alleghany Mountains. After a visit here retrace the route to Covington, there turning north for Hot Springs, another equally famous resort. From Hot Springs run to Warm Springs, then east to Goshen, then northeastward into Staunton, the birth- place of Woodrow Wilson. From here northward stretches the famous Shen- andoah Valley pike, once the race course of armies, now the scenic route ot tens of thousands of motorists who would know something of the lure of the land between the mountains. In late September and early October, when the apples are being harvested, iy one of the best times of the year to run through this historic Valley. Another are in full bloom. Underground Wonders. At Burketown turn off to the YI‘ht‘l of the highway over to the Grand' Caverns at the Grottoes to see another of the sights for which the valley is Grand_Cat k2 are der the Blug and consist ganizations in the 13 original States, | wearing uniforms identical with those | good time is in May, when the trees 'SECRETS OF NEW CARVMODELS ’ PROTECTED BY DAME RUMOR ‘Wagging Tongues Held Effective Weapon Against Pre-release of Facts About Cl\anges of Models. How does Detroit succeed in pre- | poor buying season no firm could afford venting leakage of information regard- ing forthcoming models> What is the secret of guarding the secrets that mean volume sales to the leaders in the automobile industry? Millions ponder these questions as they witness the complete confusion of many insiders and the inaccuracy of even the most authoritative prophecies. New models invariably are a surprise even to many connected with the or- ganizations sponsoring them. The pul lic always is treated to something wholly unexpected. What's the answer? Dame Rumor. ‘Whispering Effective. Whispering guards the motor world's secrets as nothing else eould. Once Dame Rumor gets into action any forthcoming model is scheduled for almost any change from a doubling in cylinders to halving in price. faster her tongue wags the confused the situation becomes. Shrewd manufacturers have learned that rumor can be their most effective weapon against prerelease of information that might be useful to competitors. The seemingly uncanny ability of more | The | some students of automobiles to pre- | dict changes on forthcoming models is merely the capacity for turning a deaf ear to the wagging tongues of those who profess to have the inside “dope,” but who merely are passing along hearsay. ‘Through a careful analysis of conditions surrounding any make of car and its respective factory it is possible to come fairly close to an accurate prophecy. A logician is the logical person to consult when try- ing to divine the future course of your favorite make, but vou'll doubtless pre- fer a dance with the old Dame, who has a way of putling new tarills into her gabbing. 1t is well within the power of any intelligent motorist to predict with a fair degree of accuracy just what the maker of his favorite car is likely to do by way of a new offering. mary importance are the current sales and production figures. These are pub- lished by some manufacturers and are indirectly obtainable in other cases through registration figures. Suppose, for sake of argument, that sales have been slipping off steadily for a certain make, although production has not been in excess of sales. Delay Unlikely. new car is scheduled for this company it is not likely to be long delayed. There | would be every advantage in the com- pany offering something new just as soon as the factory can get tooled up for the occasion. If you know what company makes bodies for this particu- lar car, and the body maker's produc- tion is on the jump, the conclusion is inescapable that the new car is soon to make its appearance. If, on the other hand, production has run considerably ahead of sales, if dealers have an unusual cars on hand, if allowances are gener- ous and competitors are doing no bet- ter, there are good reasons to believe that the new model will not appear until present stoek is well cleaned up. Here, however, the company's previous customs are effective guides. One com- ny that invariably carries over a fair- large inventory of cars brought out its new model as per schedule this past Summer. A motor car factory is more apt to follow its custom than to devia- ate radically, especially if the same executives are at the heim. Most motorists who try to put their ear to the ground fail to appreciate the hysical limitations in the process of ching a new model. If the factory shuts down for inventory or a two weeks' vacation Dame Rumor whispers that & new model is due any day, and millions are ready to belleve. The careful analysist recalls that it is not unusual for. companies to work several years ahead on a new model. Even after the model is decided upon a con- siderable amount of time is required to tool up the factory for production. One company that will not 1aunch its new models until around show time or- dered special gear-grinding machines Irom an Eastern aviation factory as early as July. The moment it became known that the aviation interests were producing such special machinery there Were many persons, even in the auto- mobile business, to' maintain that the carmiiker would offer the new model the next month. In other words, the new car was to be unveiled even before ;lll:t::nmlnery for making it was com- In April an automobile man e: the opinion that his company wm offer & new model before automobile show time. Asked why he had reached this conclusion, he explained that in a & group of spacious chambers that are literally ~ overflowing with geologic wonders. Returning to the Valley pike, continue north through Lacey Springs to New Market, where the Endless Caverns are located; then through Woodstock, Stras- Imr*é Stephens City to Winchester, the center of this part of number of | of pri- | It 1s reasonable to assume that if a| to_experiment with anythinz new and different. This made good rumor ma- terial, but it lacked logic. His company | not only offered the new model earlier than usual, but changed it more rad- ically than at any time in its history. Rumors frequently are either made up or given impetus by competitors. This is calculated either to stimulate interest in new features or to explain over- liberal allowances. Many motorists are lured into believing that if a dealer | seems eager to make a sale there is a new car coming. How else, the motor- | ist reasons, could he afford to make such an offer? In the shopper's eagerness to track down rumors of a new model he cverlooks local conditions, such as the dealer's desire to move his stock or per- haps even to the dealer’s lack of busi- ness judgment. New Clutch Device Seen. One large organization recently of- fered a new device that automatically attends to all operations of the clutch | pedal. It is available for all standard | makes of cars. Since this company is a subsidiary of a motor car manufacturing company, it is entirely logical to assume that at least one of the firm's newest offerings will embody such a feature Dame Rumor always likes to g0 t0 ex- th the result that already is abroad that every one of the firm’s brands will carry the auto- matic clutch. There are several good reasons why this isn't to be antici- pated In the first place, it has been the or- ganization's cusiom to offer new fea- tures cn but one of its products first. If the feature makes good, other of its brands are similarly equipped. The in- stallation usually is made on one of the medium-priced cars, since the highest- priced lines are not risked for the ex- | periment. The lowest-priced line does not get the new features until last. The more silent the manufacturers are, the busier is Dame Rumor. The whole thing is complicated by the fre- quent appearance of experimental cars, which are sent to all parts of the coun- try for special tests. Even the vast number of employes and representatives of the leading factories helps becloud the issue. Every one has a “hunch” about the new model. All but the man who analyzes the sit vation. He knows—unless the unex | pected happens! (Copyright, 1931, the Russell Service.) | TRAFF|C FATALITIES SHOW BIG GAIN IN BALTIMORE |127.5 Per Cent Greater for First Months Than Last Year. Seven " Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 3.—Traffic fatalities in Baltimore during the first seven months of this year were 27.5 per cent greater than in the correspond- ing period a year ago, according to a Teport of the Baltimore Safety Council. Personal injury accidents increased | 6 per cent in the same period, according | to the report, while pedestrian victims | constituted 65.7 per cent of those killed and 41 per cent of those injured. The total pedestrian casualties were nearly 22 per cent greater than in 1930. The total number of accidents in the seven months was 8,712, compared with 8531 in the same period in 1930. Fa- talities numbered 111 this year and 87 last year. The number injured was 3,653 this year and 3,441 last. Seventy- three lestrains were killed and 1,739 inj this year, as against 63 killed and 1,685 injured in 1930. The number of vehicles nvolved in accidents was 14,414, of which total 9,990 were private passenger cars. —e 100,000TH FEDERAL-AID MILE NOW UNDER WAY | Result of Accelerated Speed Pro- gram for Highway Building. The momentous one-hundred-thou- sandth mile of Federal-ald highway al- ready is under construction and the nt accelerated rate of road build- . This fact is pointed out in a statement issued by the American Mo- torists’ Association, which reveals that more than 90,000 miles of Federal-aid road had been built up to September of this year and that 16,000 miles were under construction at that time. “Completion of 100,000 miles of ‘Fed- eral-ald highway will be a history-mak- ing occasion,” says Thomas J. Keefe, general manager of the American Mo- torists’ Association. ‘“We already are within view of that signal lceomplisl;- a due to emergency conditions prob-| the ably will be completed within the next | work: URGES PUBLIC J0BS. T0 PREVENT DOLES American Legion Unemploy- ment Conference Indorses Improvements. Public improvements of a perma- nent nature, with local communities assuming the task as much as possible, were unanimously urged at the recent conference on unemployment held here under the auspices of the National Em- ployment Commission of the American Legon, according to returning deie- gates. The official representatives of eities and States in attendance heartily in- dersed the American Legin program; which ealls for the speeding up of pub- | lic works through which approximately three-fourths of the money spent for | construction goes into the pockets of |labor. The conference, including Le- gion delegates and invited city and State officials, were in agreement that public works provided by Government agencies should be of a permanen: na- | ture, assuring taxpayers of their money's worth. Emphasis was placed by the con- ference on local responsibility. Every | community, no matter how large or | small, should endeavor to solve its own problem of unemployment by get- ting busy on projects of immediate need or of vilue in the near future, it was agreed. With every community extend- ing itself to meet its own difficuities, the | seriousness of the problem as a whole | wouid be lessened. Fepresentatives of several BStates | presented evidence to show that local nitiative had already made noteworthy progress. Oklahoma, Louisiana, Con- necticut, Oregon, South Carolina, New Mexico and Massachusetts reported that they would be able to take care of their own unemployed because of | careful local public improvement plan- | ning. New York also is making plans | that will permit her to face the com- | ing months without outside help. Another point emphasized by the conference was that the unemployed |remain in their home communities. | Most centers cannot afford to make | plans for taking care of transients. ‘The conference was marked with optimism. As State after State re- ported that its unemployment prob- lem was being brought under control | by carefully planned programs of pub- ! lic works, added vigor was given to the program of the American Legion in support of needed public improvements speedy relief. e NATIONAL NEED SEEN FOR TRANSPORTATION Good Highways Will Build Up the Country, Says W. R. Smith. | Good transportation by highways as it becomes general throughout the United States will tend to decentralize industry and build up sections of the country that are now but poorly de- veloped, according to W. R. Smith, president of the American Road Build- ers’ Association. . “Roads stretching into every nook | and cranny of the country as they are improved tend to distribute population.” sald Mr. Smith. “In the eighteenth century population was widely diffused because the ncipal industry was agriculture. The lack of good roads prevented people from traveling. “The trend toward concentration of po%n;;olm that gelv.ehpled (llnu:m] the ne years and is still going on was brought about by the development of factories and the industrial systems that grew up around centers of cheap power. “Power, one form of which is good highway transportation, dominates in- dustry. Electrical power developments of the last decade appears to be making possible the building of factories in many locations because of the ease and cheapness of its transmission. larly, good highway transportation makes it possible for laborers to travel comparatively long distances to reach the factories in which they work and at the same time enjoy the benefits of country life in their homes. “This movement ‘back to the coun- try’ which maey develop with industry will have a most beneficial effect on health and happiness of ers. “Our highway and street programs must be led to meet these indus- trial changes and to ki pace with developments,” he concluded. Gas Consumption Up. Gasoline consum, increased 5.3 per cent in 1930, to the Dis- rict of Columbia, division of the Amer- can Automobile Association. Male drivers are involved in 93 ol ivson of American, Auiomobls Msoclabin, - L as the most practical way of supplying, NEED OF SAFETY EDUCATION FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN URGED The Golden Rule and Good Sportsmansh{p Demand Courtesy on the Part of All BY WILLIAM JOHN COOPER, United States Commissioner of Education. No one doubts the wisdom of drilling for possible fires in the school building. As a matter of fact, the chances of losing the life of a child in traffic are far in excess of the expected loss of life through schoo! house fires. Shoe- maker, cartoonist for the Chicago Daily News, presented in forceful fashion a safety lesson which his paper published on the opening day of school. A little girl is shown running full tilt across a city street. She holds in one hand a big apple and in the other a book satchel. She is nearing the sidewalk from beyond which lines and the words “Dong, dong” indicate a bell is calling. Close at her heels comes a boy, his books Atrelmlng behind at the end of a strap. At the edge of the picture appears the front portion of a big auto- mobile. The one wheel shown indicates that the driver has stopped his car. Appropriate Cartoon. . ‘The lesson thus vividly illustrated is | indicated by the words, “What the Means. ‘Go’ for the Chil- ‘Stop’ for the Motorist.” A most appropriate cartoon for the opening day of school, you will admit. The les- son apparently was intended for the adults into whose hands the paper would come. Teachers will be negli- gent if they overlook the importance of it for children, for there are times when the Go-Stop must be reversed, times | when motor traffic must go and school children must stop. The golden rule and good sportsmanship both demand courtesy on the part of both parties. For a decade many associations of adults have been co-operating in an ef- fort to reconcile the rapid movement of traffic demanded under modern con- ditions with safety to life and limb. Space does not permit even a partial list of State and city officials, cham- bers of commerce and automobile as- sociations which have contributed to this work in perfecting motor vehicles, developing automatic traffic signals, working out traffic legislation, etc. Suf- fice it to say that three times within seven years the United States Depart- ment of Commerce has called national conferences on street and highway safety, which have been splendidly at- tended and supported by both official Milady’s and volunteer ncies working for At agel y. The deliberations and findings of these conferences have been well cov- ered by the newspapers, which as & group are educating the motorist. Littla of this, however, is of immediate in- terest to children. It may be stated with no fear of contradiction that none of it can in this form reach those who need it most—the little children who come to school for th® first time. To them a motor car is a pleasant place to ride. Perhaps to some of the boys & truck offers a temptation to steal a ride or hitch a sled. Few of those most sub= Ject to danger can read the newspaper. If they could they would get the story from the wrong side—from the motor- ists’ side. The child's side, his positive co-operation in making rapid travel pleasant for himself and the operator of motor vehicles, must be learned. This education is unquestionably the func- tion of the parent and the school. In- asmuch, however, 8s the parent may not be familiar with traffic regulations in the immediate vicinity of the school house and since this instruction is a matter of like factual knowledge and similar training for all children, it can best be done by the teachers them- selves, Need of Safety Talks. As the schools open in each eity, town, village and countryside, I recom=- mend at least one talk by the super- inlendent, principal or a competent person designated by this school admin= istrator to bring the matter of co-opera= tion in traffic movement to the atten- tion of the pupils. Also, that school boy. patrols, where these are organized with police 'co-operation, be re-established promptly. In addition, all small children coming to school for the first time should be taken en masse to the places where they usually cross the busy thorough- fares and given drill in how to cross. To school officials planning new courses of study in safety education, I commend a courss of study recently compiled and published by the education section of the National Safety Council and the American Automobile Ascociation. To |aid superintendents in developing cure | ricula in this field the office of educas | tion is publishing a bulletin of current | practice, Bulletin, 1931, No. 21. Motoring BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL, ‘The traffic officer is the only person qualified to say whether or not you are a convincing talker, If your car carries a luggage rack, better keep it folded up and propertly secured. It is an invitation for chil- dren to jump on when you are picking up your own after school. un- fastened carrier will suddenly drop if grasped and may seriously injure any child who tries to steal a ride on the back of your car as you pull away from the curb. A special gas-electric car, owned by the son of the late Hetty Green, has & windshield and top double the usual height. Which brings to mind the dif- ficulty many women experience when getting into the low-top cars of today. Note, however, that it is the getting in, rather than the getting out, that causes the trouble, for herein lies the explanation. Many of the loading latforms at hotels and clubs are too igh for modern machines, The week's safety thought concerns the importance of watching intersec- tions where cars approach at angles of less than 90 degrees. At night the | other car may seem invisible. because g to distinguish | it. ys appear as those | from your own car. This is the season of year when the engine shows a strong disposition to | complain about starting. Because the | garage is unheated these cool Fall | mornings cranking may be more diffi- | cult than later on in the Winter. A word of precaution, however, to women | who seek a remedy for the seasonable situation. Don't let a mechanic adjust the carburetor for too rich a mixture. This will epeed the start. but the motor will then waste gas the rest of the day, which, in Fall, may be warm. Do not, of course, attempt to run, on a Midsummer mixture, but vou can aid starting effectively by seeing that the battery is well charged and that the mechanic cleans and adjusts the break- er points. A woman writes me to say that her husband is on the point of signing up for a car that she thinks is a little o] erate cars with advanced features. “When you learn to drive he'll be dif- ferent,” I tcld her. And to her astonished query as to how I knew she didn't drive I replied that the trouble in her family is due to lack of competition. I know one man who is enthusiastic over a new driving feature because he thinks his wife isn't experienced encugh to use it correctly. Choosing colors is a difficult task at best, especially when the subject is considered merely from the standpoint of taste. The psychologists, however, are offering to help us out. They view green, for 4nstance, as an energizing component and point out that white “heightens the sensation of light and reflects cleanliness.” Orange has high visibility and in motoring. as well as in factory work, can be utilized to pre- vent accidents. “Please tell me how an Intake silencer on an engine actually silences?” writes a woman who evidently aspires to be the great emancipator of women who must listen to the distressing howls of vacuum cleaners. It’s a little technical. but the general idea is to make one sound wave neu- tralize another. The roar from the en- gine originates in the intake. By send- ing into the intake sound waves which are out of step with those coming out we get a balancing—and silence. Thus the silencer itself has to generate sound ‘waves and is accordingly built of multi- le ‘chambers and tubes. 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They tell me there are other cars in the family, chauffeur driven, but that the 24-year= old miss does everything herszlf and has been to an automobile school to pick up pointers. Between bridge and dinner she often takes time off to wash up the swanky roadster, ‘Two women were discussing cars. One said she liked to feel the engine work, both in pulling and in braking. The cther preferred the gliding sensation of free wheeling. It brought to my mind the story of a third woman who tried out & new car, admitted it performed capably, but said that she would not feel comfortable without the stability of weight to which she had become ac- customed. Now I know why that queer looking dress they were laughing at in Madame Zizi's window has just been sold for $200. ENTER LOW-PRICE CLASS New Trucks of General Motors Ap- pear on Industry’s Horizon. An automotive event of unusual in- terest is the enlargement of the Gen- eral Motors truck line to include a one |and a half to two ton truck, powered | with a six-cylinder 60-horsepower GMT |engine, on both a 131-inch and 157- l}'écs? wheelbase and priced at $595 to This new truck, known as the Model T-18, is announced by the General Motors Truck Co. at Pontiac, Mich., as the lowest priced truck of its rated ca- | pacity in the industry and the lowest- | priced truck ever presented by this company. —_— SERVICING OIL FILTER | Unit Should Be Renewed After 10,000 Miles, Says Engineer. Importance of keeping the oil filter serviced is stressed by Sumner S. How= ard, service engineer. “The oil filter,” Howard says, “keeps the oll clean, thus protecting the engine from dirt, sludge, grit and other foreign matter. However, after 10,000 miles the flter becomes filled with foreign mattar taken from the oil and ceases to func- tion. When this occurs the filtering unit should be renewed. 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