Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1932, Page 48

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. motor news is cen- around Capitol Hill A these days where hearings | ansr hearings are being beld and all about the subject of | money. Whether it is taxes or| gppropriations it is money just the same. When away from that most interesting place of the city Wil- liam A. Van Duzer is able to do a little planning of traffic affairs. The marking of Scott Circle to enable motorists to know what to do is wise. However, it seems that the trouble lies chiefly in doing what one should after what to do is known. Nearly all drivers know what to do these days, but it is cer- tainly the minority that do what they are supposed to do. More police with Instructions to make the motorists do the right thing | would work out to more advan- tage. Trifles o(Tm})omnce. ‘What seems at times to be a| trifie in driving is often of the| utmost importance. According toi a recent report of a large insur- | ance company, whose present | purpose is to ferret out the causes | of accidents and to prevent them, it is truthfully stated that minor | decisions are of major impor-| tance. Every mile, yes, every min- | ute of driving, the report states, an automobile requires the op- erator to make some little deci- sion that often means the differ- ence between life and death, well- being and serious injury. Every time that a pedestrian sets out upon a street or highway he, too, i8 called upon to make some minor decision that often means the difference between life and death, well-being and serious injury. ‘The driver is called upon to de- cide whether under the circum- stances the car ahead shall be assed. Whether to insist on tak- g the right-of-way at the inter- section or crossroads, even though another driver may be bent also upon assuming the right-of-way. ether to slow down on & road because of the hazards of traffic, an approaching curve, hill or crossing. Whether to try to get another thousand miles out of an old tire; a little more service out of present brake adjustment or other faulty mechanism. Pedestrian Responsibility. The pedestrian—he, too—is called upon to decide whether to eross the intersection against the | light. Whether to hurry across the middle of the block, rather than at the crosswalk. Whether to risk his life by appearing in the street from behind a parked car. Whether to walk along a country highway after dark with- out a light or some distinguish- able object to serve as a warning of his presence. ‘What mere trifles, these deci- | sions. But with what tremendous, what tragic importance they are fraught! The consequences of the accidents which might and do happen with too persistent regu- larity—just because of such tre- mendous trifles—are painful in- juries, yes, even' death—not only to the drivers themselves, but their passengers, occupants of other cars, pedestrians who may or may not have played a part in_the accidents. If minor decisions of such major importance were made as they should be made by every motorist and every pedestrian, automobile accidents would prac- tically cease. Only New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and De- troit, among American cities, had populations in 1030 greater than the 1931 automobile accident toll. Only one automobile accident out of every 20 is caused by mechan- ieal failure. The other 19 are at- tributed to errors on the part of | the operators or pedestrians. ‘Therefore, the big decrease in highway accidents must come | from the individual. OCAL tered Auto Life Longer. Hard times have lengthened the life of the automobile. Just aB recent life insurance surveys show that the death rate among | human beings has declined to the | lowest on record during the past | two years, so does a survey by the American Motorists' Associa- tfon disclose that the life of the average passenger car and truck has been extended during the same period. | “Two main reasons account for | this,” says Thomas J. Keefe, gen- eral manager of the A. M. A. “The first, our survey shows, is that motorists are far more careful of their cars now than they were during the lush days of prosper- ity. They are giving their cars better and more careful atten- ! tion. They are driving, thousands | of them, with the thought in mind | that they want to get that extra 10,000 miles or so out of the car. Our research also shows that they are driving more carefully. “For the first time In years, many motorists are attending | carefully to such essentials as frequent changes of oil and minor | repairs. These were more or less neglected during the height of | our prosperity. Motorists now appear to be taking more pains not to allow their cars to deprecl- | MOTOR DON'TS | DowT START O THE YeLLow LiGHT! Too MANY ACCIDENTS RESULT FROM JUMPING THE LIGHT. THE AMBER FLASHES AS A SIGNAL TO THE MOVING TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS To CLEAR ate unnecessarily for lack of proper care. “The second factor, fully as im- portant as the first, is that man- ufacturers are turning out be ter cars than ever. The automo- bile of today, because of superior materials and workmanship, is, on the average, the best and long- est-lived car that has ever come from the factory. Manufacturers, heeding the public demand, are continuously slrlv\n1 to produce cars that will last longer. “The average life of a pagsenger car is placed by the Census Bu- reau as seven years. Due to the care that is being given now by owners and to the improved qual- ity of the product, it is quite like- ly that the average lifetime has been increased a full year.” Tax Pouhc;l Issue. Growing resentment against the repeated raids on the pocketbooks of car owners has resulted in high motor taxes being made a polit- jcal issue in several States, ac- cording to the District of Colum- bia division of the American Au- tomobile Assoclation. The club _declared that the gubernatorial campaign in Ohio and Florida are typical examples of the effect offl‘pu lie opposition to continued efforts to pyramid motor levies. “In Ohlo," the statement con- tinued, “David E. Ingalls, Assist- ant Secretary for Aeronautics, U. S. Navy, and a candidate for Gov- ernor of the State, has protested against a diversion of any of the monies collected from gasoline taxes to any other pur%ose than that of road building. He js also opposed to any increase in the State gasoline tax. Candidates for other offices in the State have also declared themselves to be opposed to additional motor taxes.” The A. A. A. club pointed to the forthcoming campaign in Florida as another evidence of the grow- ing resentment against excessive motor taxation. “In that State, J. Tom Watson, Tampa attorney, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor, has announced a plan whereby the seven-cent gasoline tax can, and should be, reduced to four cents.” Canada um;u Colors. It may be interesting to some to note the color schemes for license plates in the Dominion of Canada. They are as follows: Quebec, black on green; Ontario, black on gray; New Brunswick, black on white; Prince Edward Island, white on green; Nova Scotia, black on yellow; Manitoba, white on black; Saskatchewan, white on pale blue; Alberta, black on white, and British Co- lumbia, white on burnt sienna. Spring Radiator Care. “Don't let the results of Win- ter driving impair the efficiency of your automobile,” says G. W. Sherin, chemical specialties ex- pert. “Many drivers fail to have their cars checked over at the end of Winter and, as a conse- quence, defects develop which in- terfere with the efficiency of the engines. Beside tuning up the engine, the car owner or his serv- ice man should clean out the cooling system every Spring— especially if an anti-freeze has been used during the Winter months. This is a matter fre- quently overlooked. “Many drivers do not under- stand that the accumulation of forelgn substances in the radia- tors of their automobiles is gen- erally in direct ratio to the mile- age driven. Rust, formed by the action of water and air on the iron and steel parts, combines with grease from the water pump, and settles in the water passage of the engine block, forming a heat insulative coating which re- tards rapid cooling. Such a con- dition may not particularly serious in the engine block, but when small portions of this coat- ing become dislodged and are carried by the flow of the cooling water into the small passages of the radiator core, & badly clogged radiator soon results. This stop- page of the radiator passages af- fects the operation of the car in a number of ways. The motor overheats and, at best. can only be driven at a small fraction of its maximum speed. Gasoline consumption is higher and, in aggravated cases, the cylinder walls become scorched. “Proper cleaning of the cooling system will loosen scale and rust particles and quickly free the ra- diator of grease and scum. When selecting a radiator cleaner, how- ever, you should be sure to choose one which does not injure the hose or metal parts. It is also wise to use one that will operate while the car is in normal use. This makes it unnecessary to lay up the car and inconvenience the owner.” VALUE OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY AID CITED illions of Dollars to Motorists Saved, Says State Official. Although the Federal Government contributes only & small part of the | annual cost of building important State highways, Federal aid has been of in- estimable value because of the Federal demand for high standards in State road building specifications and laws. This has saved millions of dollars to motorists through better spending of their contributions to road funds. ‘This declaration was made recently by Frederic E. Everett, president of the American Association of State Highway Officials, who urges that- Federal aid be extended to States on the present scale for some time to come. Mr. Everett said: “When Federal aid began to function in 1017 very few tes had well equipped highway de- ments. Many States had ineffi- clent highway departments and admin- istrations, and some States had no highway departments at all. In order to obtain the Federal funds offered them many States had to make drastic | changes in their road laws, administra- tion and engineering personnel. “To {llustrate the vast changes that have been largely induced ? Federal ald, note that in 1927 only five States THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, DOWN THE ROAD—Ho-Hum! ' —By FRANK BECK L A 5 D. C, APRIL 10, FOREIGN AUTO USE SHOWS INCREASE 9,309,817 Vehicles Are Service in Spite of Heavy Taxes. in Operation and use of automobiles in oountries outside of the, United States gained last year, according to a sur- vey summary just published by the American Automobile (Overseas Edi- tion). The total of cars, trucks and busses in service throughout Africa, America (excluding the United States), Asia, Europe and Oceania was 9,309 817 vehicles on January 1 of this year. The total showed a 2 cent increase over the total of 9,003,704 automobiles rt;ml:a!fid in operation at the opening of g Decrease Shown Here. The increase of automobiles used out- side of the United States was achieved | in the face of an actual decrease in ration in this country. For the first time in its histery the number of au- tomobiles in service decreased by about 2 per cent in the United States, still remaining, however, at the remarkable total of 26,132,116 units, a figure al- ready published in earlier survey re- ports. Because of this slight decrease, caused primarily by the retirement of automobiles owned by families in the | multiple world 35,784,643 automobiles in early 1931 to 35,441,933 at the opening of 1932. Use of automobiles in Europe, Africa and Asia increased and more t| coun- terbalanced decreased Oceania and America (excluding the United States). “‘Automobiles have been an important source of financial strength to all gov- érnments,” says the American Automo- bile. “Motor vehicle taxes in 1931 -owning class, the total reached tremendous sums. In the Unit- | ed BStates, gas, license and property taxes paid on automobiles amounted to | $1,022,000,000, or almost 10 per cent of all taxes pald by all sources in the United States, Canada collectéd more $50,000.000 from its automobile owners in 1831, and approximately $28,000,000 (United States gold) was paid in Argentina. Motor vehicle tax- ation in Great Britain reached the huge total of £28.134,732 sterling in 1931, gasoline taxes bringing the esti- mated amount to about £47.000,000 sterling, or $235000,000 at par of exchange. Important Revenue Source. “Without this important source of revenue,” the publication adds, “budgets of many countries would have been far more burdensome, and it is of great importance to the flscal position of all of these countries that motor vehicle operation has continued at such high levels. In Egypt, for example, direct taxes on motor vehicles, not including import dutles, totaled $935,000 and formed a considerable percentage of all governmental revenues. The Union of South Africa obtained an estimated revenue of £800,000 sterling from its motor vehicles. Road and vehicle taxes, not including import duties, were about 87,500,000 francs in Belgium, and al- most 11,000,000 florins in Holland. Mo- tor revenues of France for the year just ended are not as yet available, but they approximated 3.000,000,000 francs in 1930. in Sweden is estimated at 45,000,000 kroner, and at least 32,000,000 francs is the automobile tax income in Swit- serland, the total Including import duties. also high in many other countries and in almost all cases returns were larger in 1931 than in 1930, showing that no form of taxation is more stable through a depression period.” THROUGH ROUTE NEED CHECKED BY BALTIMORE | No Direet Action Expected by Btate Commission on Boulevard at Present. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 9.—The results of the traffic checks made by employes of the State roads commission recently are being examined and compiled. “The check was made to determine as closely as possible the amcunt of traffic, primarily out-of-the-State traffic, pass- ing through Baitimofe. It came after a suggestion for a boulevard for inter- state traffic, which would eliminate a lnn_fl,md tedious drive through the city. 6 récords are being gone over with | the other routine business, it was said. No special effort is being made to éx- pedite them, as there will be no direct action on the proposed boulevard at this time. Verified. otorist—I haven't A ocent f m‘{man-y munchlg:mnu the % I have had it. the man who did the ve- tion figure decreased from | registrations in | The total of the automobile tax | Motor vehicle revenues were | BY W. R. SMITH, President of the American Road Builders' Association. Motor vehicle taxes that have to do with the use of such vehicles were | imposed at the very beginning for | the purpose of and streets over which motor vehicles operate. Such highway improvement | reduces the operating costs of motor | vehicles to the extent that the annual saving due to surfaced roads more than | equals the cost of maintaining the | highways and the capital investment in nlr;' improved roads bullt outside of | cities. Dependent on Roads. Motor vehicles are dependent for their best operation on the existence of good roads. In addition, no other medium of transportation has been | developed that does not depend on highways for its operation. Water- ways serve those on the shores, rail- roads aid people at sidings along the route, airplanes reach only their land- ing fields. Improved highways fully equipped with motor vehicles connect cessible without them. From the raw material to the manufacturer, to the distributor, to the retailer, to the con- sumer, the highway plays an indis- pensable part. | New industries and more widespread use of commodities developed as a result of highway improvement have increased tremendously the business of other transportation agencies. The | highways have persisted and grown in | importance because of the service rendered to the public and their use- fulness has been multiplied many- | fold through the development of motor vehicles. Original Use. The gasoline tax was originally de- signed to be used only for the improve- ment of highwavs upon which motor vehicles are dependent. License fees, distinctly charges for the use of the public highwa have always been de- voted to highway purposes. Through | the development of these use taxes, | which some claim might better be | designated as road tolls, the cost of | building country roads has been trans- | ferred almost entirely from real estate |to_motor vehicles, Owners of moter | vehicles, who in general have sug- gested the imposition of such taxes and have not objected to them, are com- pensated in the decreased cost of op- eration on good roads. These taxes are a true measure of the benefit each taxpayer receives from the use of high- ways. from other States. The use taxes on motor vehicles are said by experts on taxation to be the fairest and most nearly perfect form of tax that exists in the United States today when the | proceeds are applied to highways. | The gasoline tax and motor vehicle fees return more than a billion dollars for hlg}“l‘wlys in States, counties and cities. is 18 the major part of the cost scarcely a third of the road costs. High- WAy programs have become stable so that roads are being built in an eco- nomical and systematic way with fu- ture improvements planned to meet the | growing highway trafic needs, should | road improvement ever succeed in | catching up with the new develop- ments and rapid growtn in number of | motor vehicles. Building Hardly Begun. It has been suggested that our road systems are rapidly reaching comple- tion. On the contrary, the task of bulld- ing the highways of the United States hardly is begun. There are 3,200,000 miles of country roads, of which 700,- 000 miles have been improved in vary- ing degrees, but only 138,000 miles hard-surfaced. There are 2,500,000 miles of highways that are still mud roads and subject to the “mud roads tax" paid by the motor vehicle owners in the form of higher operaimg costs, in- | creased depreciation and greater upkeep expense. “We pay for our roads whether we have them or not” is held to be axiomatic by careful students of high- way economics. At the resent rate of oonstruction of State road systems, reconstruction of the systems will be upon us before the State highways are completed. ‘There are 101,000 miles of primitive, unimproved roads included in the 324,- 000 miles of the combined Federal aid and State highway systems, and omly & small part of the Federal al has been improved with high type sur- faces. In cities, streets must be widened and arterial highways constructed to permit vehicles to operate economically. In rural areas, byways must be surfaced for motor vehicle travel, roads widened and safety of traffic at high speed in- sured by adequate highways. All this work to keep up with new vehicle de« provement of the 2500,000 miles of highway that are still primitive roads. Result of Raids. improving the roads | passenger and freight stations inac-| They apply locally to vehicles | of country roads. Real estate now pays velopments is in addition to the im- | ROAD BUILDER OFFICIAL SCORES DIVERSION OF GASOLINE TAXES Importance of Highway Completion and | Improvcment Stressed and Need for Further Work Shown. hicle taxes. Such diversion will breed dissatisfaction and can only result in the refusal of 25,000,000 motor vehicle | owners to continue to supply a revegue | that is vital to economical, safe and | comfortable highway transportation. Any diversion of these runds to meet other revenue needs, no matter how commendable the object, opens the way to replace other State taxes with those | drawn from the motorist's fuel tank. |, Since the earliest time the highway | has been serenely useful, interwoven with the daily life of every one. To break down the normal, balanced and well planned program of highway de- velopment made possible through motor vehicle user taxes will be a severe blow to the economical, safe, comfortable and | expeditious public use of the highways. The comfort, happiness and well being of the whole Nation depends on the highways, MARYLAND REGISTRATION SHOWS SLIGHT INCREASE | Gasoline Tax Collections Up About 7 2-3 Per Cent for Half of Fiscal Year. | Speetal Dispaten to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 9.—The number | of motor vehicles registered as of April 1 this year shows an increase of slightly over 1 per cent over the number regis- tered at the same date last year. The money collected from the 4-cent-a-gal- lon gasoline tax for the first six months of the fiscal year shows an increase of about 72-3 per cent over the sum col- lected in the same period of the pre- ceding year. The State dates its fiscal year from | October 1 to October 1. From the be- | ginning of October, 1930, until the end of March, 1931, the gross sum collected from the gasoline tax was $3,744,351. | The amount collected from the begin- | ning_of October, | March, 1932, was $4,033,196. | The number of motor vehicles regis- | | tered on April 1, 1931, was 278,578. The number registered on April 1, 1932, was 281,832, an increase of 3254. These | figures ‘as to motor vehicles include ve- | | hicles of all orders, both passenger cars and trucks. The Kelly-8pringfield Tire Co. an- nounces the appointment of John E. Doyle as representative for the District of Columbia. Following his discharge from the Army in 1919 Mr. Doyle has been connected with the United States Tire Co., the Hood Rubber Co. and the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. Lee D. Butler, president of Lee D. Butler, Inc., announces the appointment of E. M. Wallace as manager of Studebaker sales. Mr. Wallace has for many years been prominetly connected with the | automobile industry in Washington | having been formerly president of the | Wallace Motor Co., the District Oal land Co. and president of the Wash- | ington Automotive Trade Association ‘Mr. Whallace will take full charge of | sales at the Fourteenth and R street showrooms. Ralph Orr, president of the Nash-Orr Motor Co., announced last week the ap- pointment of the Neumeyer Motor Co. as an associate dealer handling the Nash automobiles. Ed Neumeyer, pres- ident of the Neumeyer Mosor Co., has been well known in Washington auto- | motive circles for many years. Sales | rooms will be maintained at 1517 Con- ‘necucu! avenue northwest. | _Willlam J. Nolan, president of the | Nolan Motor Co., authorized Ford deal- |ers at 1111 Eighteenth street north- west, announces the association with his organization in a sales capacity of Detective Bergt. (retired) Harry A. retired from the District of Columbia PFire Department, and John C. Shorey, :x;’?ln:novn in golfing circles in Wash- It is announced by Lee D. Butler, president of Lee D. Butler, Inc., that Jim Faherty, well known in Wi ton automotive circles for many years, has been appointed to his used car sales department,” at 2155 Champlain street northwest. | ~ The Chevrolet Motor Co. announced | last week the appointment of Kahn | Chevrolet Co., Inc.. as authorised Chev- | rolet dealers at 1727 Connecticut ave nue northwest. Edward Kahn, presi- dent and treasurer of the new company, has a J. Skeehan, well known local automobile man, as sales- R. W. Hunt, fermerly in the automobile finance business here, office . The 1931, to the end of | Studebaker distributors, | Cole; Lieut. Daniel R. Moore, recently | 1932—PART FOUR. TRENDS CONFLICT IN AUTO INDUSTRY Reductions in Low Price Fields Compare With Ad- vances in Others. | | Boecial Dispateh to The star DETROIT, April 9.—With interest |for the time being centered on | prices, automobile manufacturing with- |in itself is showing conflicting trends. To the lowest-priced division have come the Ford V-eight and Plymouth to intensify the competition in that range. No real price war has developed as {et, but the bargain hunters, more rabid than they have been for years, are looking for action. They are getnng it from General | Motors, which revised Chevrolet six and Pontiac six prices downward. Different Situation, Away from the low-priced field an | altogether different situation exists. It applies to independent companies, aside from the big corporate groups | like General Motors and Chrysler. In | this sector some prices have been { forced up due to conditions over which companies have no control. The resuit has been increases by five makers which average about $100. Of- ficials of these companies say the creases have become imperative be- causz contracts they made last Fall with material and parts suppliers have run out. They cannot renew them at |zhe old figures, which in numerous in- stances were below cost of production; therefore the rise. Five companies are |on record with such action and more m%“’“"" | e explanation is that deflation can | g0 no further in the plants that build | the $1.000 cars and sixes coming some- what below that price as well as eight- | cylinder cars that run above it. The \reason is that large volume for this year, or whatever there is of expanded output, will go to the lowest-priced | group of the factories. With volume for the others under forced control, | there will be little chance to boost the gross income as in the prosperous | years: therefore the economic law must | be obeyed. The products have to be listed at higher prices Price Statisties, The degree to which prices have moved up and down since the slump of 11921 has been traced by the statis- ticians. In 1921 the average retail price per car of all makes was $958. In 1922 in- creased production and competitive selling brought a reduction to $878. The drop continued through 1923 and 'louched $808. Then, in 1924, the average began to (ascend and continued to do so for four ‘yurs. In 1924 there was a rise to $824, in 1925 to $875, in 1926 to $925 and in [1927 there was a peak of $981, sald to be_the all-time high. | From 1927 to this year the trend |turned into a descent, with values in |the way of improved cars and extra |equipment on the upturn. For 1938 |there was a drop to $899. in 1920 to | 8830, n 1930 to $788 and the lowest !;s:g‘l‘.r;t on record in 1931, which was 765. Replacement 18 now the main factor | regulating demand. In future years it may be supplemented by a revival of |exports if the world market can be | widened by the removal of tarift bar- HP'rl. but that time appears distant as vel | Junklnr of hundreds of thousands of \cars would help the home trade, Last year witnessed the start of a conterted effort by factorles to promote junking on an organized basis, Of 2,477,000 cars that were removed from service last year, 283,000, or 11.6 per cent, were eliminated by factory supervision. This amounted to one-ninth of the cars that were scrapped, leaving 2,194,000 to go ;)hztrher graveyards of one kind or an- (Copyright. 1932. by the North American Newspaber Alliance, Inc.) =iy AUTO RIVETING ENDED Welding Now Used in Body Con- struction Work. Riveting sheet metal in constructing modern steel automobile bodies is al- most distinctly a thing of the past. To- ddy's steel body is welded throughout, except in some unususl instances, thanks to the recent advances made in the sclence of electric welding. The use of rivets was mever without its difficulties in fabricating lflhtmfl‘t metals. Rivets were not always driven tight, often were not in line and rivet holes wer uently or size. These objections led to the ry development of electric welding and birth of & new engineering sclence. BRAKE LININGS WOVEN AND MOULDED 303 H ST. N.W. Natl 3048 Nat1 JESSE C. BROOKE || | APRIL TO PROVE ATTRACTIVE TOURING MONTH IN VIRGINIA Famous Old Colonial Homes and Garden and Choral Festivities Will Allur= Many Motorists. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. April 0.—April seems to have been decided upon by Virginians as the month in which the State will break all precedents in mak- ing itself attractive to the touring world. Never in the history of the State has there been so MANy reasons created to attract visitors as during this month. Always an attractive pe- riod to tour in the Old Dominion be- cause of the blossoming of her 11,000.- 000 apple trees and her wild flowers, which cover whole mountainsides in Springtime, Virginians this year in April will throw %pen to the public more than 100 of the famous old Co- lonial homes and gardens for which Virginia is distinctive. Open to Public. These gardens, privately owned all over the State, are being opened to the public by arrangement with the Oarden Club of Virginia, during the period beginning April 25 and ex- tending through April 30. All the famous James River plantations are gmclufln(. and the homes of esidents James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Tyler and the birthplace of Woodrow Wiison are on the list. Among the famous Pledmont gar- dens and homes opened are Castle Hill, where live the Prince and Prin- cess Troubetskoy; and Mirador. Virginia home of Lady Nancy Astor. Ash Lawn, Osk Hill, Monticello, Mont- pellier, Clovelly and approximately 30 others in this Pledmont area are open during the garden week period. The Garden Club of Virginia has issued a booklet showing the locations of these hom for the information of the same period musicians public. mfl g‘c‘: Virginia will gather in Richmond for the second great Vir- ginia Choral Festival. A group of 2,000 voices will llng Dvorak's “Stabat Mater,” led by Dr. T. Tertius Noble of New York, and accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra, led by Hans Kindler. Some 30 Virginia choirs will mass during this period to sing in unison a number of lovely choruses and hymns. During this week, April 25 to 30, in- clusive, the folk musicians from the whole State will gather in Richmond to sing, dance and play music of a forgotten day, which has come down through the generations from ear to ear, unrecorded. Old hornpipes, and ditties, and ballads and legends set to Milady’s the | | barbaric old tunes brought to America by the first settlers when they landed in 1607, will be revived and given to the general public for the first time in re- cent generations at the festival. Special Concerts. ‘Then there will be concerts by such noted figures in the world of music as the Kedroff Quartet and Myra Hess, and programs by Joanne de Nault and Maj. Charles T. Tittmann. The pre. siding genius of the festival will be John Powell, one of the world's greatest | pianists. | Nor is this all that takes place in ‘Vh’l'lnh during the merry month of April. Virginia's Apple Blossom Festi- val is scheduled for this month, al- though the exact date has as yet not been announced. This event, which | annually rivals the Mardi Gras in splen- | dor and extent, will be one of the out- standing Spring features of Virginia's offerings to visitors. It takes place at Winchester, in the beautiful Valley of the Shenandoah On April 24 the annual conference |of Governors of the United States will begin its sessions in Richmond and on April 25 will move to Charlottesville, where the Governors will unveil Vir- | ginia’s first full-length statue in honor of President James Monroe, at his home, Lawn On April 26 the annual Cape Henry pligrimage is also planned. Located |some 20 miles from Norfolk, Cape | Henry was the first landing place of | the first permanent English colonists | to come to America. Every year an im- | pressive service is held here. Last year | it was attended by President and Mrs. | Hoover, Program Features. Virginia has many other interesting things on its April program, Qov. Roosevelt of New York will ml in Richmond on_ April 27 at nia's | great George Washington Bicentennial | celebration. A Beaux Arts Ball also is {planned for this week in Richmond |and will be the most elaborate event of its kind ever held in Virginia. It will be a part of the second annual tournament of the Richmond Academy of Arts and Crafts. This tournament starts April 8 and will continue until | April 30. Famous works of arts, ex- |amples of unusual handicraft, examples of famous literature and many similar things are to be exhibited. Famous artists, dancers and musicians are among the judges of the contests whigh will be & feature of the event. Motoring BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. Making the old car do another year is just another way of making yourself and others unable to buy & new one next year. “Like singing in & chorus.” That is the way & woman explains the comparative ease of driving her car in modern traffic. She declares that the task is simplified by reason of the fact that you merely follow the leader. ‘When the erowd stops, you stop. When the crowd starts, you start. It’s solo work that calls for the most skill—like backing out of your private driveway! A woman with a carload of children found herself in a difficult situation re- cently when a light car driven by a member of her own sex came tearin; down the street on the wrong side o the way. Puszled And somewhat fright- ened, the woman with the greater re- sponsibllity decided to slow down and cut over to her left, very much as she would do in passing around any other car on the right-hand side of the road. Hardly had she determined upon this course than the other woman swung around directly in front of her and shot | tires into a driveway on the left. If there had been an accident, who would have beeén to blame? T heard this hotly debated. ‘The con- sensus was that the driver of the light car should have come to a full stop be- fore turning into the driveway, or should otherwise have given the driver of the other car the right of way. It 18 now possible to obtain special reflecting lenses for the red tail light or add a reflector of a size and style to match that of the present light. Even if the tail light goes out, your car 18 visible to the driver who is following. Where the driver who desires to make & left turn has the right of way over traffic approaching it is stipulated that she must give a plain signal to this effect. Just having the car in the cen- ter lane with the front wheels pointed for a left turn isn't sufficient. T had just stepped away from the door of a public nrn’se when out she came at a speed of miles an hour. A little alteration in the time element :mkmh column would have been a Garages are beset with hasards and the truly careful driver bears them in mind constantly. Watch in particular those puddles of oil and grease on the floor. One woman collided very gently with a car under which a mechanic was working and found herself facing a se- rious charge. Always come to a full stop when entering or leaving a garage. Talking with a woman who com- plained because her car bobbed around too much, I remembered to suggest that she try the plan of adjusting the speed of the car to the nature the road. Often driving a little faster or a little slower will steady the ear considerably. Bhe had gone to the limit with adjust- ments of the shock absorbers and natu- rally welcomed the idea of getting relief from a seasick ride. considerable e: noe driving mrm&h truck - chok streets. Here's e thought: Whenever making a quick stop aim to provide a margin of space between your machine and the oar ahead. Then, after you are sure You are going to stop in time to have such margin, pull up close and give the driver of the car behind the margin which he will probably need Women have ear as & rule, but apparently not all appreciate the difference between & nolsy brake and the sound of & squealing tire. e yoman 'hor made a wasteful danger- V2 Best Buy irn - 3 YEARS TO PAY Ne Cash Requir GJ SMITH Co | _IBEHBLNW. NAwote? | Terme s qs low as \l The week's safety hint for the woman | awheel is to pass along an idea used successfully by a motorist who has had | ous stop the other day should have real- ized that the loud squealing of one of the tires indicated that & locked. A lot of cars are getting along with one-wheel brakes simply use theig drivers, though they know their cash and carry groceries, do not know their noises. One of the greatest handicaps in waz- ing & car 18 to have the wax too eeld and hard. 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