Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1932, Page 46

| In the Motor Worl d BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. la conventions being held thrlgemanlh, Tomorrow and the following day the Am:ddconfnon‘:; Association, compos :‘r’:’::bfle t;fi;.scand motor clubs in the United States and Canada, will con- vene for its thirtieth annual session. This meeting will be held in Provi- dence, R. I. Officers will be elected at mgu:‘nli-;:eé on the heels of the passage of the Federal revenue bill carrying $258.000,000 in motor excise taxes and on the eve of sessions of some 43 Legislatures where revenue measures Will be to the forefront, the convention will devote most of its attention to the rising curve of motor vehicle levies. A. A. A. Discussions. fety responsibility law will be a1 e of the principal matters for consideration. _According to Thomas P. Henry, A. A. A. president for the past nine years, the States that have adopted the uniform motor vehicle code THE Republican and Democratic conventions are not the only and particularly & strong drivers’ license | Jaw Tare already showing improvement | n accident conditions over those States that have not adopted these measures. The experience of the Province of | Ontario, Mr. Henry states. discloses that a strong safety-responsibility law. well administered, can do a great deal to control the recklessness and finan- | cially irresponsible drivers, at the same !Lmeypm\'sfigg a great incentive to the payment of damages. Half the cars on the North American continent, he | declares, are now operating under & safety-responsibility law of some kind, but maximum benefits cannot be ex- pected until such a law is universally In effect. ! Speaking on taxes, which will be the keynote of the convention, Mr. Henry Vs %At our last annual convention we made a strong declaration against the diversion of motor taxes to other than road-building purposes. Now we have the spectacle of the Federal Govern- ment opening the floodgates for such diversions by levying $258,000.000 in motor excise taxes. The precedent thus established is far more serious than the increase of 25 per cent in the motor tax bill.” Mountain Laurel Blooming. Picturesque drives are reported by the Harrisburg. Pa., Chamber of Commerce During the next three weeks Penn- &y'vania mountains and rcadsides will be tinted by luxurious blooms of pink and white mountain laurel. which will the depression period is considerably less begnu.se of diminished use of cabs. The possible margin of profit to oper- ators is now down to & point where cost elements have been calcula‘ed to the last decimal of a cent. But with tre new national tax on gasoline, taxicab operation averaging eight miles to the gallon is now increased approximately one-eighth of a cent a mile without considering other increased tax costs of lubricating ofl and tires. In some States when the new national gas tax is added to the State gas tax the tax | cost on the fuel is increased to 1 cent for each mile traveled by a cab. As |less than half the average total cab | mileage is revenue producing, this means that the maximum tax cost of passenger carrying cab miles will be close to 2 cents in the future. Exclusive of com- mission to drivers, which as a rule are based on total cash intake, no other single factor such as insurance, main- tenance, depreciation, tires and licenses equals the item of cost imposed by taxes. World Gas Preduction. According to the United States Bu- reau of Mines of the Commerce Depart- ment in a preliminary report, the world production of natural gasoline totaled 49,877,000 barrels during 1931, a de- crease of 9,234,000 barrels, or 15.6 per cent, from the record total of 39,111,000 barrels reported for 1930. The decline in world production resulted from the | drop of 9,665,000 barrels, or 18.4 per | cent, in the output of natural gasoline plants in the United States, as produc- tion in foreign countries increased from 6,481.000 barrels in 1930 to 6.911,000 barrels in 1931, a gain of 430,000 bar- rels, or 6.6 per cent. The output of foreign plants has formed an increasing proportion of the world total during the five years for which data are available, advancing from 5.8 per cent in 1927 to 13.9 per eent in 1931, while the portion provided from domestic production, conversely, has dropped from 94.2 per cent in 1927 to 86.1 per cent in 1931. In general, the increases or decreases in natural gasoline output recorded for 1931 were in approximate relationship to the changes in crude oil production, as most of the natural gas treated for the recovery of the lighter natural gaso- line fractions is produced in conjunc- tion with the output of crude petro- leum. Rumania, Russia (U. S. S. R.) and Argentina reported substantial in- creases in crude oil produetion and cor- responding gains in natural gasoline output, while such countries as the Netherland East Indies, Persia, Peru and Venezuela, in which crude oil pro- duction was curtailed during 1931, re- ported a smaller output of natural gaso- t of motorists from ;:r}a‘rvst;inus&nda | line. This relationship is not applicable The contral section of the State to other countries, such as Trinidad and abeunds in fine laurel growths, traversed | Ecuador, where the recovery of natural by improved highways and by-ways, ac- | gasoline is a rather recent development. cording to State foresters. Along the | - Allegheny Mountain ridges native laurel | Testing Auto Fabrics. is found in great profusion, while in counties bordering New York some of the best specimens are found. In the Poccno Mountains “laurel time” will be marked by special public events June 17 to 26 A round-trip motor tour from Wash- fngton to the laurel regions of Pennsy vania is: U. S. 1 to Baltimore; U. S. 111 to York, Harrisburg and Williams- port: U. S. to Lock Haven; U. S. 120 to Renovo, Emporium and Ridge- | way: U. S. 219 to Dubois: U. S. 322 to Clearfield, Tyrone and Water Street: | V. S. 22 to Mount Union: U. S. 522 to Orbisonia and McConnellsburg: Pa. 16 to Mercersburg, Waynesbcro and Em- mitsburg, Md.: U. S. 15 to Frederick: | U. S. 240 to Washington. | Those who desire a shorter route can turn_southward at Lock Haven and fol- Jow U. S. 220 to Bellefante and Tyrone. Taxi Hardships. e new Federal excise tax of 1 cent 'y 3 on cn gasoline brings out the fact, according to a large national operator of taxicabs, that taxes are now one of the largest elements in the cost of operating taxicabs. Taxicab rates are lower in every city of the country, com- pared with both the prewar period and the decade following. Revenue during Milady’s BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL Drivers who bounce around on auto truck seats all day have been enrolled in the cause of textile science by a lead- ing clothing manufacturer of Chicago. To find out how long their fabrics wear |and to check actual performance against laberatory tests, the firm has furnished snappy topcoats and other garments to truck drivers. At regular periods the men report with their coats while textile experts examine the ar- ticles for signs of wear. The experi- ments have proved the accuracy of & special abrasion machine which rubs fabrics together to see how long they last, and has also revealed interesting things about seat upholsteries. “In general, garments last from two to three times longer against mohair velvet or velmo upholstery,” said an official of the firm recently. “This ma- | terial is the ‘kindest’ of all to clothing, the driver and abrasion tests have proved. Automobile seats covered with mohair velvets insure less wear on the | clothing, and garments do not ‘shine’ |even after long exposure to this mate- | rial.” | “The topcoat idea for truck drivers | has more than paid the costs, officials | declare, in spite of the fact that one | criver failed to show up after receiving a particularly natty coat. Motoring There are six requisites in every, ed sides of the top, therovh greater guccessful motor trip. The first is a difficulty in seelng what's coming saf> car and the five others are safe along to the side of the car. A safe driving. way out is to open the door and look i — . |out to the side. Slow, of course, but The new cars certatnly are erresting syre, in their sheer beauty and style. Just the other day a woman became so enamoured of one that she drove her own car clear through the showroom window and staged a collision with the innocent machine tha# had attracted her attention. Out of the rumpus she was able to make a trade snd become the beaming owner of the car that d made her go goofy. That's one way to get & new car, if Youre interested. Wise wives see to it that friend hus- band keeps up his payments on the car. I just listened in to a phone conversation between an automobile dealer and a customer whose car had | burned up. No payments, no insur- ance. No car, no money, no spinning. | The river is two blocks down and one | to the right. Speaking of keeping the stronger sex | going straight, I suggest that you re- mind him tonight that he can obtain an electric shaver that works from the car's storage battery. He need not| Jook like a cave man on your camp- ing trip. When the car starts to run in jerks tt's usually a sign that the ignition is ing into @ tantrum. And it's most ikely to be a case of the breaker A woman was telling of her diffi- culties in trying to get over to the curb when the motor of her car failed her in a heavily-traveled thoroughfare. It was really a confession of her ignoring a time-honored rule to keep near the curb when the engine is known to be limping or in danger of giving trouble. One woman fears driving at night and decides to sit at home, talk about it and try to get over tre belief that she cannot conquer her shortcomings. Apother—the one who will eventually win out—goes ahead driving her car at night, fear or no fear. The thing works n a queer way. Driving at night makes driving by day vastly easier. The extra cenfidence gained during the day seems to carry through well into the wee hours of glare and darkness. Fortunately, there are some very handy conveniences to aid the driver who 'is nervous when the shades of night are falling. Those sun shields, for instance, are effective in cutting headlight glare. The new windshields | are sianted seven degrees so as to pro- vide natural reduction in glare. Rear- View mirrors are given a gold treatment | to_lessen the annoyance from head | lights of cars following. Your own car'’s | headlights are better, even in rain or | fog. Remember that when driving points being in need of prompt atten- tion. Perhaps they are not spaced roperly or are dirty. Oil over them vill also prove troublesome. To smooth out this jerky running of the motor press the clutch pedal to the floor. Often in traffic you can coast_quite smoothly even with'a balky motor. Try, however, to keep the en- gine running fairly fast so as to avoid having it stall. Coupe drivers should be especially eareful when pulling out of a parking space. This means women, for a high percentage of woman motorists drive coupes. H‘Z‘rc‘s the situation: Because there s less side visibility, due to the round- MOTOR DON'TS DoN'T NEGLECT HEADLIGHTS! T il DARKEN THE REFLECTORS. THESE CAN BE EASILY CLEANED WITH LAMP BLACK| OR A GOOD SILVER POLISH. around the city in Summer at night you | will have fewer reflections if you will lower the windows. | PFasy as it is to raise and lower the (top of the comvertible coupe, milady | should remember not to fold down the | top while it is wet or damp. Keep it up until it is thoroughly dried out. Contrary to popular belief, it isn't rais- ing and lowering the top that makes it | lock seedy, but leaving it down too long in damp weather. Many cities have rulings whereby it is permissible to go to the right w{nn the red light is set against you. If in doubt about this when driving in an unfamiliar city, it is well to avoid stop- ping in the lane nearest the right curb, To do so simply irritates native drivers who want to make a right turn. Now that warmer weather is here, don't be like the woman who locked her car, only to return to find some packages missing because she forgot to raise the windows. She could not have enjoyed full protection unless she had also closed the windshield and locked it from the inside. e PAVING DATE OBSERVED First Concrete Pavement Laid 40 Years Ago in Ohio. This year marks the 40th anni- versary of the oldest concrete pave- ment in the United States. In 1892, before there were any automcbiles, Bellefontaine, Ohio, in- stalled strips of concrete an Opera and Court streets on two sides of the courthouse. ~ Streets on the two Temaining sides of the courthouse were paved the following year. This old pavement is still giving Bellefontaine motorists excellent service. Upkeep costs of the streets have been :)u‘;m wmmon% $300 spent on them g e years, according Frank Mitchell, city 3 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D e, 3 INE 19, 1932—PART FOUR.’ FUTURE CHANGES OF AUTO STUDIED Phases of Automotive Manu- facturing Scrutinized by S. A. L. Special Dispatch to The Star. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., June 18.—Phases of automotive manufacturing in process of industrial change have been under clinical scru- tiny and dissection here. The occasion was the semi-annual National Assembly of the Society of Au- tomotive Engineers, representing &he sclentific brains behind the country's land apd air transportation. Keynote Speaker. ‘The keynote speaker was Willlam B. Stout, builder of aircraft, who got his start as a designer of motor cars. Mr. Stout appeared as a proponent of radi- cal change in present-day automobiles in keeping with readjusted living and working conditions and criticized streamlining as it is being applied in 1932 cars. “The motor car trend was begun by rounding off the front end,” Mr. Stout pointed out, “and calling it a stream- lined car. The improvement was no- ticeable enough to convince the motor car groups that there was something to aero-dynamics after all, so they started designing motor cars in what were visualized as streamlined shapes. “And then somebody invented the so-called ‘tear-drop’ idea. Why a tear- drop should be any different shape from a raindrop, I do not know, except that a raindrop is a little fresher and is not caused by grief, while teardrops supposedly come from grief—grief that one cannot streamline an automobile like an airplane or a motor boat. “With an airplane the air always comes directly from the front, never from the side. If a motor car really is going to be streamlined running on the ground, it must be done in such a way that, whether the wind be from the side or the rear or quartering, the center of the pressure should be about the same spot for balance.” Lighter Cars Seen. Mr. Stout stressed the necessity of future cars of extreme light weight. He pointed out that below 30, 40 and 50 miles an hour, air resistance is of little importance, but from 50 miles an hour upward it becomes of major impor- tance. “In mechanical performance below 50,” he said, “the greatest single item 1s low weight per horsepower. ere is no more reason for a motor car for { four people weighing three tons than sponse. “And we are sufficiently experjenced to realize that every major advance we make in these directions results in a more satisfactory, more economical job.” (Copyright. 1932. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Organized Reserves Col. LeRoy W. Heron, commanding officer of the 313th Field Artillery, has instructed officers of his command, who have been selected for active duty training at Fort Hoyle, Md., from July 3 to 16, to attend the Pield Artillery conferences June 22 and 29 at Wash- ington Reserve headquarters. The course of instruction at these confer- ences will be a resume of the inactive duty training that has been conducted at Reserve headquarters during the school year. Second Lieut. Philip L. Gore, Field Artillery Reserve, has been assigned to the 313th Field Artillery. Second Lieuts. John C. Bull and Willlam F. Dismer, jr., both Infantry Reserve, are assigned to the 320th Infantry. Upon acceptance of their commission in the Officers’ Re- serve Corps the following second lieu- tenants of Infantry Reserve are as- signed to the 320th Infantry: Cor- nelius W. Cissel, John D. Doerr, Samuel P. Faber, Albert C. Hayden, jr.; John W. Hisle, David S. Miller, e I Openshaw, Thomas O. Rooney, Edward W. Tippett, Arthur G. Turner, jr., and Ralph W. Watt. Second Lieut. Joseph P. Myers, Field Artillery Reserve, is assigned to the 313th Pield Artillery. Second Lieut. Clarence D. Warnick, Infantry Reserve, is assigned to the 320th Infantry. Pvt, Albert E. Wratten, Infantry Enlisted Reserve, is assigned to the 320th In- fantry. Maj. Andres Imsel, Infantry, who has been on duty at District Reserve head- quarters for the t three or four years, relinquished mdum with local to units last week. He has been assigned to duty at Fort Hayes, Ohio, k] DOWN THE ROAD—Life’s Little Tragedies. = —By FRANK BECK S~ NEWS OF THE CLUBS Baby Lovers' Circle of the Florence | Crittenton .Home held its annual | outing June 9 at the Miller cabin in Rock Creek Park. A special meeting was called by the president, Mrs. Mc- | Manus, at which reports and plans were discussed. The Free Lance Club met at the Sears, Roebuck Art Galleries. The fol- lowing officers were elected: President, Felix Conrad Schwartz; vice president, | Ma). E. L. Dyer; treasurer, Dr. Andre M. Beneteau; secretary, Mrs. J. W. Ha; Slorios were read by Miss Georgia | Redway and Col. Edmond Sayre. The club will reconvene at the art galleries in September. | Curley Club.—A business meeting will be held next Thursday evening in the Continental Hotel, when the elec- tion of officers will be held. Nomina- tions were made June 9. A benefit performance by the Na- tional Theater Players will be held to- mMOrrow evening. Inclement weather caused the post- | ponement of the picnic scheduled for Great Falls, Va, last Sunday afternoon. | It will be held on a later date. Many members and friends of the club will | spend June 26 at North Beach, Md., | where they will be the guests of John B. Townsend. The Sodality Union of Washington held its last meeting of the season | Monday evening at Carroll Hall. Elec- | tion of officers resulted in the present officers to serve another term with th exception of the corresponding secre tary. The officers are: President, Miss Mary Mattingly: vice president, Mrs. Anna C. Donnelly; recording secretary, Miss Catherine O'Connor; treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Milovich: corresponding secretary, Miss Pauline Grant, successor to Miss Mary Walsh, who withdrew in | order that she may give her attention to | the Literary Club. Miss Christina Hil- brandt is assistant corresponding sec- retary. The Executive Committee is, Miss Sarah C. Walsh, chairman; M John Hauber, Mrs. Auguste Neuland, Mrs. John Morris, Miss Anne Jenkins, Miss Addie Wathen and Miss Ruth Bergling. The following were appointed | committee chairmen: Miss Mary Walsh, Literature: Mrs. Bart McGuirl, Legis- lation; Mrs. J. Flovd Maley, Catholic Missions; Miss Joseohine Kelly, par- liamentarian: Miss Grace Whelan, pub- | licity; Miss Margaret Walsh, choir di- Tector; Miss Margaret Breen, organist; | Mrs. Auguste Neuland, Catholic Edu-| cational Associstion, and Miss Mary gnl;mgly, Retreats and Scholarship lub. there is for a rallroad coach weighing | 90 tons. If you laugh at one, you must laugh at the other.” Continuing, Mr. Stout criticized en- gine design, suggesting air cooling as an improvement on water-cooled mo- tors. “We are going to cars of very low center of gravity,” he added, “on the mistaken idea that they are safer than a higher center of gravity. Our entire recent work seems to have been to find a lot of outside gadgets for the motor | car to cure its faults, rather than to | take the faul’s out of our present cars s0 that they do not need the gadgets. “Some makers are trying to sell cars | by the pound, like potatoes or sand. 1If | this argument is right, why doesn’t the | public buy a Mack truck for theater and after-the-concert use>” An argument for weight, differing from that of Mr. Stout, was made by | Clyde R. Paton, chief engineer of the | Packard Motor Car Co., who believes | that unsprung weight well out from the center of a car's axles causes road shocks to be abscrbed in the tires in- stead of being transmitfed to the frame. He contended that makers have gone too far in reducing unsprung weight. Free Wheeling Value. Free wheeling and its value to present cars was taken up by Austin M. Wolf, consulting engineer of New York City. Mr. Wolf peinted out that free wheeling | devices are used on about two-thirds of the present chassis models. There can | be no doubt that the system has merit, and it has been accepted by the buying public as an improvement over the con- ventional drive. “Manufacturers of other models,” Mr. Wolf added, “must believe that the sys- tem has disadvantages that outweigh its advantages. but it is evident that at the moment this opinion is not held by the majority. Merely a cog in the evo- lution of transmission design.” “Doughnut” Tires. On doughnut tires B. J. Lemon, re- search engineer, of a rubber company, gave a definition of the new “super bal- loons.” He termed them triple over- size tires on wheels of smaller diameter than those made at present. “Traction, riding appeal and a strik- ing appearance are three factors influ- encing the sale of these tires” Mr. Lemon sald. “Engineers disagree on the uestion of ride improvement and the | sign artists differ on the improved | appearance. “‘Superballoons are considered as con- tributing another step in tire evolution. Co-ordination of them with other parts of the automobile will be necessary from | both viewpoints in future development | if they are to be offered as original equipment.” Stressing the belief that modern youth | is a factor to reckon with in building | cars for the future, Frank S. Spring, | stylist of the Hudson Motor Car Co., | said the ideas of the younger eration are often bizarre and impractical. “One thing stands out,” he stated. “More performance is always wanted. The clamor is for more power, higher speed, greater flexibility, fewer handling operations, more nearly automatic re- In behalf of the Nominating Com- mittee. Miss CecTlia A. Ryan pscsemed Miss Mary Mattingly, who begins her {eleventh ‘term as president, with a basket of flowers and a Bicentennial | gavel from a tree that grew at| Mount Vernon. Miss Josephine Kelly, | chairman of the Nominating Committee and parliamentarian, and Rev. Patrick | J. Begley, director of the Holy Com- forter " Sodality, spoke. The first so- gality union retreat will be given by | Rev. Charles G. Herzog from July 2 to| July 5 at the Washington Retreat House. 4000 Harewood road northesst. I Wwas announced that among those who joined the archdiocesan p%lgrlm-‘ age to the Bucharistic Congress is Rev. | Joseph V. Buckley, spiritual director of the Sodality Union; Mrs. John Hauber, Miss Esther Hauber, Mrs. S. L. Battles, Miss Bertha McCann and Mrs. Agatha Hatnes, all mem S bers of the Sodality The Zonta Club met Wednesday at| the Y. M. C. A. for lunch. Miss Gertrude | Bolling, vice president, presided. Mrs, | Harriet Howe, president, is attending the twelfth annual convention of Zonta International in St. Louis, Mo, The | guest of honor was Mrs. Katherine | Seelye Wallace. who spoke on China, | Dr. Mildred Dickerson had as her guest a former member, Miss Eleanor Enright. Park View Women's Club.—The an- Dual banquet was held at the Kennedy- Warren, June 14. At the speaker’s table Were the president, Mrs. P. B. Ashburn; past presidents, Mrs. E. T. Perkins, Mrs, George W. Evans, Mrs. L. E. Felton and the special guests of the evening, Mrs. Edger Merritt, retiring president of the District Federation of Women's Clubs, and the “mother” of the Park View Club, Mrs. Ellis Logan. . The program opened with invoca- | tion by Mrs. Elis Logan. Greetings were |2lven by Mrs. P. B. Ashburn, Mrs. Edgar Merritt and Mrs. Ellis Logan. The en- tertainment was as follows: Song, led by Mrs. Wagner; piano solos, Ronald Eicher; vocal selections, Nina C. Piozet, accompanied by Ina Marie Webb; po- {litical satire. Mrs. Walter Sommers; Violin solo, Virginia Cureton, accompan- led by Frances C. Hubbard; poem, Mrs. Fred S. Walker; musical ensemble, sex- tet from Potomac Electric Power Co.; Colonial fantaste, Dolores Adele Pioet; readings, Mrs. Esther Balr. Group from Washingtan Civic Opera Co.: R. R. Edwards, Christine Irish, Jesse Veitch and Alma’ Bishop. Toe tap dancing, Dolores Adele Plozet; Kilowat Glee Club, song, led by Mrs. Wagner. Columbia Floral Circle will meet to- morrow at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Antolnette Fischer, 502 Oglethorpe street northwest. Seroptimist Club.—A luncheon meet- ing was held Wednesday at the La Fayette Hotel. The second vice presi- dent, Mrs. Jewel Downs, presided. The g‘r:(nm ‘was arranged by Marie Rogers. e guest speaker was Miss Sybil Baker, supervisor of the playgrounds of the District of Columbia. Songs were ren- dered by Miss Esputa Bently with Mrs. Downs at the piano. Miss Grace Good- pasture gave a short resume of the con- vention highlights. Women's City Club.—“Washington, the Man of Books and Patron of Let- ters,” s the subject of William Lee Corbin, honor guest and speaker at the business and professional dinner Wednesday evening. Dr. A. Frances Foye, who leaves shortly for a three- month stay in Europe, preside. Weather permitting, the dinner will be held in the garden of the club house. | Roosevelt Hotel June 28 at 11 o'clock. | WHO HAS BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE TRAVELOGUE MOVIES fAKEN IN THE HEART il ']//LZ//// -_o: AFRICA. [ Women's Club has postponed its an- nual graduation dinner to June 25 at the Kennedy-Warren. Mr. Hurd of the Federal Trade Commission will be the principal speaker. ~All students of school and alumni invited. The Rhode Island State Soclety is planning a clam bake to be held in the near future at the home of Mrs. Ada Brown Riley, Hunting Creek, Va. Mrs. Mary Heffernan, formerly of Bristol | Ferry, has arranged for clams and sea weed from the shore of Rhode Island, within sight of the famous Mount Mope Bridge. All Rhode Islanders in Wash- ington are requested to rommunlcate‘ | with Willlam B. Child, chairman, or| some member of the committee and make reservations. Girls' Friendly Soclety. — Eighteen members of the Senior Club were pres- | ent at the last meeting of the season, | held at the Holiday House June 11. Announcement was made that the | moving pictures taken at the garden party will be shown at the Trinity Branch in September. The next meet- ing of the Senior Club will be held at | the G. F. S. National Center Septem- ber 15, D. C. Federation of Women's Clubs.— Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt. president. will | be speaker over Station WMAL Friday at 10:45 am. on the “Among Women" program. | Mrs. Charles H. Bair, chalrman of the Bicentennial Ccmmittee, announces | members of the Sunshine and Com- | munity Society who will be host- at the Octagon House Saturday from 9 to 1 oclock are Mrs. Ernest | Gude and Mrs. G. Davis. Others serv- | ing during the month are Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, Mrs. Edward Stevens, Mrs. S. W. Morris and Mrs. Anson Tracy. Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president of the General Federation, will be the guest of honor at the meeting in Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt will open the| meeting and preside at the morning | session. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley and lhe" ngr officers of the federation will take office. | Kassif Howard, Delphain traveler. Topics to be reported will be “Sea Kings and tes,” Mrs. A. B, Manly; “Assyrian dency,” Mrs. Clyde De Bender; syrian_Triumph and Defeat,” M Eugene C. Brown; “New Babylonia Mrs. W. L. Evans; “The City of Baby- lonia,” 'Mrs. J. B. Tiflay; “Hymns and 'Incantations” Mrs. Charles H. Potter; “Babylonian Literature,” Mrs, Stephen DeBurr. The Ladies’ Guild of Kenilworth will hold the last meeting of the season June 22 at 1:30 pm. at the home of Mrs. Joseph Brashears, 1605 Kenilworth ave- nue northeast. The members were entertained June 8 at the Summer cottage of Mrs. Emma Hastwell, at Chesapeake Beach. It was the annual outing. Following lunch there was bathing in the pool, games and addresses. Mrs. Annie Rolff was| comedian. The Rainbow Club met at the home of Mrs. W. Sudwarth. Plans were made for a picnic at Chapel Point. The club will recess until September. The first regular meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Eva Hitt, 1418 K street south- east, with Miss Nell Teeple and Mrs. Eva Hitt hostesses. The birthday anni- versary of W. Sydwarth was celebrated. The Woodridge Book Club held its last meeting for the season in the Woodridge Branch Library June 14, with Mrs. G. O. McMinimy as hostess. A brief account of the annual luncheon of the General Federation of Women's Clubs held June 9, at which Mrs. Herbert Hoover was honor guest, was given by the club’s director. The pro- gram consisted of book reviews by Mrs. Albert Bumstead, Miss Rachel Benfer and Mrs. G. Goergens. The next meet- ing will be in October. The Petworth Woman's Club elected officers as follows: President, Mrs. R. E. Holm; vice president, Mrs. R. S. Hart; recording secretary, Mrs. C. M. Ballard; corresponding secretary, Mrs. O. H. Nelson; treasurer, Mrs. E. B. Johnson; parliamentarian, Mrs. H. J. Phelps; di- rectors to the federation, Mrs. B. J. Waldo, Mrs. F. G. Hammer and Mrs. E. P. Lecraw, and custodian of properties, Mrs. A. M. Smith. The chairman of the various sections are: Art, Mrs. O. Ham- merlund; civic, Mrs. F. H. Schwartz; educational, Mrs. Le Verne Beales; home, Mrs. William R. King: literature, Washington Delphian Chapter.—The | closing mecting for the season was held | in the Willard Hotel Thursday, with | Mrs. J. K. Preiot, president, presiding. Mrs. Robert W. Howard was leader. | Mrs. Stephen DeBurr was Delphian traveler. ~ Topics were given by Mrs. | Albert B. Manly, Mrs. Grattan Kerans, | Mrs. Philip Wright; music, Mrs. F. Cow- sill, and philanthropic. Mrs. Ruth E. Mills. The yearbook chairman is Mrs. G. 1. Jackson. Mrs. Sue Richwine is the representative to the Visiting Nurses’ Society, and Mrs. E. C. Madgeburger is chairman of publicity. The literture section, Mrs. 8. G. Waite, | Which houses the largest vertical wind | chairman, accepted the kind invitation AVIA TION BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. National Capital has seen is prom- ised by those in charge of arrangements for the starting from T}m largest aviation meet the ‘Washington-Hoover Airport at noon on Sunda; of the Eastern division of air derby for the Cord Trophy. y, August 21, the transcontinental sweepstakes The start of the race, in which the entry of some 60 airplanes is expected, is to be preceded by tivities en a scale never before By a combination of circumstances, start of the derby already had taken o The annual convention of the N:}ll flavor. three days of air and ground ac- undertaken here. the four days prior to the a distinctly aeronautical onal Aeronautic Associa- tion, which will bring together aviation notables from all parts of the country, has been sc! birthday of Orville Wrig] heduled for August 18-19. August 19 is the ht and both the George Washington Bicen- tennial Commission and the National Aeronautic Association have planned impressive ceremonies pilot, who will be here on that The sweepstakes will be the first great aviation competition open to both men and women pilots on an equal footing. The prizes offered are a real inducement. In addition to the Cord Trophy, the National Air Race Com- mittee at Cleveland has offered $20,000 in cash prizes and there will be lap prizes offered by the varfous cities en route and other special prizes. The result will be a competition in which the entry of some of the country’s most noted men and women pilots is anticipated. The race is divided into two sections —the one leaving Washington and the other Los Angeles. Both sections will i be routed to Dallas, Tex., and from that fp':m:. to Cleveland, tne competing | planes being scheduled to cross the finish line at Cleveland on August 27, the opening day of the 1932 Naticnal Air Races, now come o rank es the world’s greatest air classic. in tribute to the world’s first airplane day. 'v.uh Dr. Von Karman at Aachen, is assistant director. The Daniel Guggenheim Foundation for the Promotion of Aeronautics was ieslabhshnd in 1926 with a fund of { $2.500,000 donated by the late Daniel Guggenheim. The fund was distributed mainly to universities to establish in- stitutes for study of aeronautical probe lems which up to this time have de- voted themselves primarily to the heavier-than-air branch of aeronautics. The airship fund was donated by the foundation in 1929. To the University of Akron the foundation donated $55,- 000 for the building and equipment and $120,000 for operation of the institute. | The Temaining $75,000 was given to the California Institute of Technology for | research, fellowships and supervision of ! research work in Akron. Engine Builders to Meet. | American manufacturers of aircraft | engines have been called to confer with engineering officials of the Aeronautics To bring the derby start to Wash- ington, local business men have con- | Branch, Department of Commerce, in tributed the required guarantee fund |Washington on June 29 to consider of $1.500. The event is being sponsored Jointly by the Greater National Capital | P1anS or complete revision of the code Committee of the Washington Board ©f airworthiness requirements applying of Trade and the officials of Washing- | !0 8viation engines. This is the first ton-Hoover Airport. To manage the |time the engine manufacturers have | affair, a special committee known as | been summoned to such a conference. the Washington Air Derby Committee | The meeting has been called in line has been organized and has gone to |%ith the policy of the Department of | work. The airport, in compliance with | Commerce t. call together interested | tions governing the race, will | Parties for an expression of ideas of the the competing priots with gaso- | InQUStry before putting new or revised and hotel accommodations dur- | Tegulations into effec eir stay here. In view of recent progress in the sci= der the rules of the race all con- |ence of aircraft engine design and manufacture, it was considered neces= sary to rewrite the regulations. Few | Un | testants must have their planes at the local airport not later than three days before the starting gun is fired. This is to permit time for testing of the planes and the assigning of handicaps. Each plane must be flown over a speed course by two disinterested pilots and this will be done during the three-day period. This test-flying will form the outstanding changes of policy or pros cedure are to be adopted, it was exe plained by Clarence M. Young, Assiste an: Secretary of Commerce for aeros nautics. The new draft is intended to | clarify the regulations in view of proge ress in the industry. Since the text is background for an almost_continuous | to be completely revised, however, it was of Mrs. F. B. Le Fever to spend the Mrs. Charles H. Potter, Mrs. J. B. Tiffey, | day ot het cottage, Mrs. J. B. Trew, Mrs, Frank Murphy | gape gl COUese. st Plum Point, on and Mrs. Eugene C. Brown. Later a —_— pilgrimage was made to the National| The Writers’ League of Washington Museum to view the Egyptian exhibit | will meet at the home of Mrs. R. B. and listen to a lecture by Dr. Anderson | Fort, 1309 Park road, next Friday eve- of Falls Church, Va., on “Egyptian and ning. The prises in the short-story The Benjamin Frankita University Babylonian Art and History.” Mrs. | Eleanor Wilson, field secretary of the National Society, presented Dr. Ander- son. The first meeting of the next season will be held September 15. Mrs. G. P. Rawley will be leader; Mrs. Robert contest will be awarded and some of the stories read. At the last meeting a short story was read by Miss Elizabeth Layman. Mrs. James T. Watson read the second chapter of her book on homing pigeons. Mrs. R. B. Fort read a group of verse. American Legion ‘The Costello Post Drum Corps turned The annual convention of the Amer-~ ican Legion, D. C. Department, will be held three days, beginning June 26, in the Stuart Junior High School, Pifth and E streets northeast. A parade will precede the opening. It will form at Pifth street and Florida avenue north- east at 6 p.m. and proceed to Pifth and | K streets, east to Fourteenth street and Florida avenue and west to Fourth street, turning south and disbanding at_the school. The District Commissioners and oth- er city officials have been invited to review the parade. All musical organ- izations affiliated with the Legion will be in the parade. There will be a num- ber of floats and prizes will be offered by both the Legion and the Northeast Business Men's Association. Officers will be elected and delegates chosen for the national convention in Portland, Oreg., September 13, The election of 24 delegates and al- ternates will be the principal business at the meeting of the Sergt. Jasper Post at Odd Fellows' Temple, 419 Seventh strect, Tuesday evening, The delegates elected will rcpresent the post at the local department convention. Lieut. Paul H. McMurray, senior vice commander of the post, delivered a Flag day ad- dress at Eckington School last Tues- day. Members who have been awarded the Purple Heart citation include George H. Smith and William E. Share, Comdr. Edward L. Marthill will preside at the meeting on Tuesday. Quentin Roosevelt Post will meet to- morrow night at the Potomac Bost Club, with Comdr. William H. Grass presiding. The post will hold its fifth annual barbecue June 25 at the Rac- car Cance Club Camp, on the Virginia shore the Potomac River. Past Comdr. P. L. has been pointed chairman of the Barbeque Committee, with Past Comdr. James Phillips and_Charlie Ailes, Louie All- wine, Hoch Bergh, John Brennan and Jobr Finley assisting, The past elected the following dele- gates and alternates to the department convention: Comdr. William H. First Vice Comdr. Charles ond Vice Comdr. John T. Finley and Past Comdr. James A. Phillips as dele- gates, with Adjt. John Finance Officer Paul J. Bergh, Warren and Past Comdr. F. L. as alternates. ‘The next meeting of Costello Post will be held Tuesday evening in the board room of the District Building. E. C. Faby Authorized Distributors Winfield Carburetors CREEL BROTHERS 1811 14th St. N.W. DEcatur 4220 out in the Flag day parade. They also participated in the V. F. W. pa- rade and won & oup. The Executive Committee held an important meeting in the commander’s office last Monday evening. Vice Comdr. Grant represented the post at the special meeting of the Department Executive Committee and voted on the motion to appropriate $1,000 to the “bonus expeditionary forces.” The U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, met June 13. Comdr. Mary J. Tats- paugh presided. A number of new members were initiated. Election of delegates and alternates to the De- partment Convention was held. Dele- delegation; 3 Weide, Kate K. Briggs, Estelle Richard- son, Charlotte Berry, Eloise Broad- dus, Jane Breen, Lucille Allan and Elsie Pinney. Alternates, Jane Cox, Elizabeth Gladmon, Helen Opitz, Edith Quinn, Lela Angleberger, Beulah Phoe- | bus, Dorothy Brunken, Lola Browning and Genevieve Sparshott. The post voted to have milk sent four days of aerial spectacles, detailed decided to call on the engine manuface plans for which now are being | formulated. If you are interested in aviation, mark down the days from August 18 to 21, inclusive, in your date book now. They premise to be the aeronautical high-water mark of the Bicentennial year in the National Capital. Alirship Institute to Open. An event of importance in the history of the airship in America will be the dedication at Akron, Ohio, June 26, of the Daniel Guggenheim Airship In- stitute, which is to be the home of sci- entific research into the many problems of airship design and behavior. Complete equipment has been pro- vided for a large variety of studies which should result in the material ad- vancement of man’s knowledge of diri- gible science. Construction of the institute labora- torles at Akron is the result of a grant of $250.000 by the Daniel Guggenheim Foundation for the Promotion of Aero- nautics, the addition of $100,000 to this sum by the city of Akron and the do- nation by the city of the necessary ground. The University of Akron anc are co-operating in the plan. As a result of these combined efforts there has been constructed on the great Akron municipal airport area, which in- cludes the Goodyear Zeppelin works, a laboratory building costing $60.000, tunnel in existence, built at a $30,000, and other equipment. Special Equipment Provided. ‘The building is four stories high and provides about 5.500 square feet of floor cost of space for laboratories for aerodynamics, | meteorology and structural testing, a library, classroom, too! shop and offices. The vertical tunnel provides an air stream of 6!, feet diameter, blowing at velocities up to 120 miles per hour. The tunnel is 60 feet high and includes many new technical features which re- sulted from intensive tests with models. The vertical type of tunnel offers spe- clal advantages for tests on airship models, as opposed to the horizontal type adopted for airplane tests where lift and drag are of primary interest Other investigations, such as studies of heat transmission, airflow texture and o forth, can be carried out in the tun- nel. A small wind tunnel is available developing and testi tower will be built meteorological purposes and a struc- tural testi room has been built and will be equipped with modern testing machines. for ng instruments. A on the roof for | The research work to be undertaken will be based on the immediate needs of the airship industry and on prob- lems in fundamental sclence, it was announced. One of the first problems to be studied will be the precise effect of protrusions on the airship hull, such as ventilation hoods, out- riggers, radiators and water-recovery system on the air resistance of the Another important investiga- be undertaken at once relates taken to determine stresses on a large m;m in making turns and in gusts an currents. Directors Are Experienced. For the next five years the insti- tute will be operated under the sci- the California Institute of Technology | local upward or downward air| to the bonus camp in Anacostia for|entific supervision of the California children and mothers who are there, | Institute of Technology, which has and to purchase shoes for certain chil- | appointed Dr. Theodor Von Karman dren who are in need of them. Re-|as director. Dr. Von Karman, also port was made that the commander|director of the Guggenheim Aero- and two comrades of the post took|nautics Laboratory at Pasadena, Calif., bankets, other covering and numerous|was director of the Aerodynamic Re- of clothing to the camp, and |search Institute at the Technical Uni- coleting elotbing and Sexing K 36 the | tame o, this couitry: " The’ Axron n: it to the| came country. e n in- camp. stitute is the fourth built and op- The post voted an appropriation to|erated under his supervision. Dr. send two children of an ill vet-| Theodor Troller, associated previously to camp this Summer. Further tions were made to assist & SHE WILL LOVE YOU BETTER Refinish Your Car TWO-TONE DU PONT DE LUXE Du Pont Duco Refinishing ROADSTER TOPS as 310 First-Class Body Work Fenders Straightened Upholstery Tope National Aute Top Co. 2124 14th St. NW. Dec. 2348 MOTOR OIL. There never was a motor oil value like Autocrat. Every drop comes from the finest oil field in Penn- sylvania. 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Georges Thenault. former com- mander of the Lafayette Escadrille, who is stationed at the French embassy in Washington. Maj. Thenault functions not only for the United States but also for Cuba, Mexico and Panama. The other attaches are stationed at London, Berlin, Rome, Peiping. Buenos Aires, Lisbon and Bucharest. With the ption of the attaches in London, Berlin and Rome, each of whom func- tions only in the country in which he is stationed, these attaches are re- sponsible for observing aeronautical ac- tivities not only in the countries to which they are assigned but in neigh- boring countries as well. | Eastern Races Sanctioned. | Granting by the Nationai Aeronautic | Association’ of its official sanction for the first air races of 1932 in the East, |to be held June 24-26 inclusive at Niagara Falls, is expected to bring from under cover some of the new racing planes built for entry in the 1932 na- tional air races at Cleveland late in August. Free-for-all races, with fairly large prizes, are expected to bring out a num= ber of fleet new planes in addition to several which already have appeared at the Omaha air races. Among the new racers are several which are unu- sually small, with extremely short, clipped wings and retractable landing gear. These tiny planes are capable of speeds of over 200 miles per hour. The Niagara Falls races are to be run under the auspices of the Niagara Falls International Aero Club, composed of members of communitles on both sides lof the boundary, which has recently been chartered as & chapter of the Na- | tional Aeronautical Association | Some of the most sensational of the | new racers, however, probably will not 'make their appearance until the Cleve- land classic begins. Russell Boardman, who, with John Polando, holds the world's airline dis- | tance record, is having a special speed !plane built at the Gee-Bee plant in Springfield, Mass. 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