Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1933, Page 38

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. HE District Commissioners dis- played wise judgment in their recent order limiting the speed of ambulances and fire engines to 30 miles an hour and prohib- iting them from going through trafiic -lights before stopping. In the majority of cases there is nothing gained by the saving of a few “minutes. The time saved is certainly offset by the loss of life and damage to . property that may be caused by a wild > Fush. Traffic Well Handled. TInauguration day traffic was well “ handled in respects to safety on the - streets of the city. Congestions were + frequently present, but accidents few and far between. Motorists of this city _ are to be felicitated upon the good cau- tious driving. Driving cautiously is any easy thing to learn. It can be done at all times, . and there is never any reason for driv- 1ing of any other kind. Besides harmful results that may occur from neglect, think of how much more pleasant driv- ing would be if every one drove care- fully and sanely. Automobile accidents in the twilight period just after sunset and during darkness are more likely to result in serious injury and death than accidents occurring during daylight, according to statistics obtained from research re- ports of one of the large insurance ‘companies. These reports state that because dur- ing dusk and darkness the field of vis- fon of operation is reduced by inade- quate illumination and headlight glare from approaching cars momentarily blinds drivers. Driving at Night. Night driving, even when glare is absent, is exceedingly dangerous be- cause too many operators drive beyond - their lights. Many are the night acci- dents briefly described “failed to see pedestrian until too late.” Because of inadequate lighting at night, the pupils of the eyes are en- larged considerably, in order to admit more light to the retina (the sensitive membrane of the eye which receives | gans the image and is connected with the brain by the optic nerve). With illumi- nation inadequate, however, not enough light is admitted to the eyes to make a clear image upon the retina. Conse- quently, drivers at night see only those objects that are within relatively short _ distances—and imperfectly then. The pupils of the eyes require about . 8s many minutes to open to & maxi- mum diameter as seconds to close to a * minimum diameter. If a second is re- quired for the pupils to contract for adjustment to the brightness of on- coming headlights, a minute is required for the pupils to open to a maximum diameter generally necessary for night driving, Thus there is a brief period during Wwhich operators can barely see. If this condition should last only three or four seconds, a car at 40 miles an hour would cover from 177 to 236 feet ot roadway, and at the rather moderate speed of 25 miles, from 111 to 148 feet. Any object or person within these distances in the path of the car very likely would be struck, and further, any object or person within the addi- tional ordinary stopping distances of, say, 126 feet at 40 miles and 56 feet at 25 miles, very likely would be struck. Only a part of one's sense capacity, says Dr. M. Luckiesh, director of Light- ing Rescarch Laboratory, is available for seeirg a given object when driving an automobile. The abilities and sense capacity of a driver, he rdds, are largely in use otherwise, which fact empha- sizes the need for a very large factor of safety in driving, and especially dur- Milaji_sf’s ing dusk and darkness. The ability to see in any case, says Dr. Luckiesh, is intricately entwined with the ease of seeing and the latter is influenced by many psycho-physiological factors as well as by external ones ordinarily con- sidered in connection with visibility. Among the outstanding work of Dr. Luckiesh and Mr. Moss in their re- search on light is the discovery that nervous muscular tension increases as illumination becomes increasingly in- adequate. So it can be sald that poor illumination at night produces human effects, which by themselves increase the probabilities of serious accidents. New Stabilizer. New devices for safeguarding the motorists are ever being made. A steer- ing stabilizer that works on the lines of a shock absorber has now made its appearance, designed to prevent “shim- mying” and jolts of the wheels on rough roads. While it actually does not affect the wheels where it is connected, it is said to permit steady operation of the steering apparatus at all times. It is claimed that this equipment will greatly safeguard machines when a tire blows out at high speed. ‘The diversity now existing with re- gard to State motor vehicle laws also extends to the license plates which identify the units in the country’s rub- ber-tired system of transportation. This statement was made today by national headquarters of the American Automobile Association on the basis of a survey of 1933 plates for the 48 States and the District of Columbia. A. A. A. Survey Report. The highlighfs of the A. A. A. sur- vey are: Current license tags in 27 States and the District of Columbia carry the full name of the States, while an abbrevia- tion of the State name is used in 21. The name of the issuing State is shown at the bottom of the plates of 22 States and the District of Columbia, at the top on those of 17 States, on the right side of the tags of seven States, and on the left side on those of two States. Five States have State symbols or slo- on their 1933 license plates. Louisiana has a pelican, Montana an outline of the State, Pennsylvania a Keystone, South Carolina a line reading “The Iodine Products State” and Texas a lone star. The national motoring body pointed out that the greatest variation in the tags, however, is in the sizes and in the location of bracket holes used in attach- ing the plates to motor vehicles. He continued: Used by Six States. “The more standard size—five and a half by 12 inches—is used in six States, three States issue tags 52 by 13!2 inches and an equal number have plates 6 by 14 inches; two States have tags 51, by 1134 inches, two States have tags 6 by 15 inches, in two they are 5 by 13 inches, and in two others, 6 by 13 inches. The widths of plates are much 25 six inches. “The diversity in the placing of bracket holes on tags, of course, makes it difficult for car manufacturers to place license plate holders on automo- biles so that it will be easy for all plates to be attached. Thirty States have ob- long bracket holes at the top of their license plates and eight have them at both top and bottom. Forty-three States have round bracket holes on both the top and bottom of their tags. One State has round holes on the bottom of its tags. Four States have no round or screw holes and one State has round h;’dles at the top of its plate and on each side.” Motoring BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. With everything elsé in arrears, it's only natural to expect the engine of tomorrcw to be behind. One of the mental slips any motorist 4s apt to make is the idea that the brand of car she now drives is vastly better than the one she drove in pre- vious years. that the other makes of cars have been equally improved and that if she were at the wheel of the latest version of & make that proved troublesome several years before she would be well satisfied. Put it another way. Had che owned an earlier model of the car now consid- | - ered so satisfactory it is quite possible that there would have been considerable +, dissatisfact 3 And why overlook the fact that the _ formerly owned cars had to withstand | ® less competent driving? “Maybe I'm domestic-minded or some- thing,” writes a reader of these weekly . chats about our cars, “but whenever I _ am moving along the driveway I hear echoed against the side cf the house a noise that sounds like a lot of dishes rattling. Could this have any mean- o This is & lucky query. That sort of _noise means worn-out universal joints. £They chould be replaced at the first op- Sportunity. T Some of the scratching of the wind- ¢ shield is due to forgetting to switch off , the wipers when garaging the car at “night. If the wiper blades start to sweep across the mud-splattered glass they may permanently scratch it. i ‘There are several reasons why you #4s a progressive woman motorist should insist upon having the car equipped ith a fire extinguisher. Gasoline is Zamore volatile than it was five or six ~ years ago. The modern engine operates at a higher temperature. Fou travel sfaster and thus fan a small fire into an alarming blaze just that much quicker. ~And if these aren't reasons enough, re- mind him that many of your passengers pow smoke their own and that they are afflicted with the customary smoker's carelessness. Better ventilated cars ought to be one way of fighting the menace of colds. _ For years the closed car has been a contributor to trouble because passen- ->gers have been obliged to choose be- | Ped tween drafts and stuffiness. Now pas- . e S anamI®Th o A2s s Y SOUND 'RIDICULOUS TO SOME_MOTORISTS, BUT IT| 1S TRUE THAT SOME DRUMS ON INTERNAL PANDING BRAKES ARE SUBJECT To WARPAGE| ‘The tendency is to forget | | preciated by motorists just at present is the fact that when hot weather | comes it will be possible to reverse the | wings of the new ventilating systems | so as to force air into the car. Since a woman is more apt to carry | rear seat passengers than men drivers she has a somewhat greater responsi- bility in guarding against the possibility of having shem tossed up to contact the roof when the car goes over a bump. I find there is current a theory | that if the car is well loaded down it will not be so likely to toss into the air. This is dangerous reasoning. The more energy a spring stores up on its downward compression the more violent its_recoil. But that wasn't what I started out to say. Be especially careful going over & sharp crest of a Lill on a sec- ondary road. The rear of the car will fly off the ground here in such a way as to give the body a severe upthrow. ‘Women will want to know how it is that so many of the new cars attend to the choking automatically. They may also wonder why motordom has been all these years getting around to such a convenience. The plan is simple. A thermostat controls the choke valve of the carbure- tor, automatically closing off the air when the motor is cold. This is the same st of device you find in the electric stove or controlling the oil burner, except that it is designed to accommodate itself to the automobile engine. Its coils expand with heat, contract with cold. This provides the automatic mechanical action to operate the air valve. The arrangement could have been used before. Probably car makers figured that so long as it really wasn't necessary it might better be left off. Manufacturers have tried to keep the automobile simple, and you always sim- plify it when you exclude automatic devices. But along came the down- draft carburetor which, while offering greater efficiency and power, presented the difficulty of possible overchoking. ’I;?at forced adoption of the automatic choke. If you need to wait at an intersection with the clutch pedal pressed to the floor and the car in gear better use reverse. Should your foot slip off the wards instead of forwards into passing pedestrians. You can shift from re- verse to low without moving the clutch al. There are times when holding the clutch pedal down is necessary to get- ting a quick start. This is when the clutch plates drag and you find it dif- ficult to get into low quickly when de- clutching and getting ready to start. Hence the idea of waiting with clutch disengaged and the gears in reverse. A woman has to be at the wheel at least 10 years to realize that what she loathes is not the men who do al things in their driving but the selfish- ness, ignorance and intolerance which make them act that way. Engraving Process Simplified. The art of making engravings for printing in newspapers and books has been greatly simplified by the invention of Walter Howie, director of Interna- tional News Photos. The process now in general use requires many hours, whereas the new method performs the of fact, at a recent demonstration Mr. Howie and his assistants took a photo- graph of the gathering and showed the finished cut in 25 minutes. The appa- ratus resembles a lathe and the photo- graph to be reproduced is mounted upon a revolving cylinder which passes in front of an “electric eye.” The faint electrical impulses sent out by this eve are sufficient to excite a 60-watt bulb, controlling the depth of the cut of 2 tool on the zinc plate and the picture is thereby reproduced on the metal sur- face. Half-tones have been made in a newspaper at & cost of 3 of & cuts heve been made in four minutes, fairly uniform but the lengths vary as pedal, therefore, the car will go back-; operation in a half hour. As a matter| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, DRIVE S LAUNCHED FOR RADIO IN CARS Installation of 250,000 Sets Predicted by Makers for 1933. | | | With a shine on its hood and a mel- ody in its tonneau, the modern car soon will be rolling along through the new motoring season carrying cheer, enter- tainment and instruction for its owner and passengers. The radio industry is determined to make car radio the rule rather than the exception. 1t is assumed that the motor public favors car radio and that those who have invested in this modern innova- tion intend using radio wisely when at the wheel. After listening to argu- ments on both sides of the question many safety advocates have come to the conclusion that the possibility of unsafe use of car radio is entirely up to the driver. The radio industry came to that conclusion some time ago. Most of the leaders in the industry nowpro- duce new and improved sets for auto- motive use. Enthusiasm Shown. Of even greater significance is the enthusiasm of those motorists who have invested in car radio. They say they do not know how they got along with- out the companionship of :the ether waves. This has been especially true of traveling men and long-distance tour- ists. Radio has served to keep many a driver awake. Advocates of car radio, however, polt out that too much stress is placed on the plan of using the radio while the car is in operation. A campaign is un- der way to sell the motoring public the idea of enjoying transient radio at those times when the car is parked or when it is being used for a Summer outing. It is believed that the time is not, far distant when there will be sgfe- cial broadcasts for motorists over the air, designed to be picked up by those who are at the wheel or who are start- ing out for the day. One safety expert points out that if it were possible to broadcast a message to the millions of people who are in varked cars during the day and night there would be vastly better driving, a new sense of comradeship on the road and a keener desire to understand the handling of the modern car. Roof Prepared. ‘Twelve of the popular makes of cars now come with radio antenna already built into the roof. Cars which do not offer this convenience, however, can be adapted to radio reception with less difficulty than was the case a few years ago. The antenna can be placed in the roof or under the frame. One com- pany makes a special sun visor which also serves as an antenna. ‘The radio industry has launched a campaign with a view to having every radio dealer in America driving a radio- equipped car for demonstration pur- poses. This would put an additional should create a demand for more auto- motive flavoring in radio broadcasts. Additional opportunities will be afforded motor vehicle authorities for putting safety counsel on the air and into the ears of the motorists. It is estimated that there will be a quarter of a million cars with radio re- ceivers by the end of the present year. Back in 1930 there were but 34,000 sets installed. In 1931 there was a jump to 108,000 installations. In 1932, in spite of the howl over business conditions, car radios were installed to the num- ber of 140,000. The estimate for the present year is not considered unrea- sonable, in view of the fact that the newer sets are lower in cost and easier to_install Radio men say that the chief ob- stacle to the sale of radio receivers has beer}, not price, but the average motor- ist’s fear that the installation will in some way mutilate his car. The fact that many of the pioneer installations did call for strenuous operation on the car's anatomy has served as sales re- sistance. This, however, is being over- come by the news of new simplicity in design. The introduction of the power equipment to do away with the use of dry cells did much to accelerate interest in this movement. Portable Set Made. One company has developed & special portable radio not much larger than a good camera and weighing only 5 pounds. It can be used in the home as well as in the car, being attachable to the automobile in 15 minutes’ time. Of course, spark plug suppressors are need- ed if the set is to be in operation while the motor runs, but many motorists will use this receiver for camping, picknick- ing or when parking. This is believed to presage a trend in radio. Some radio auto specialists are now installing car radios right in the cus- tomer’s own garage. Installation charges have been held down to not exceeding $15. As car radio becomes simplified, this charge will gradually drop until it will become merely nominal. One of the most interesting developments of the year is the offering of a new set by a leader in the industry, the tuning dials being well up in front of the driver, on the steering post, so that he does not have to take his eyes off the road en- tirely when switching stations. Automobile manufacturers have not come to any general agreement as to their car-radio policy for the year. Several companies are selling receivers through their dealers. These sets are built for them in quantities by radio manufacturers and are priced very at- tractively. The feeling that people plan to enjoy their cars this year seems to be gen- eral. Radio should contribute to this trend. When you go cut for air with your car this year, better get what's on the air as well. (Copyright, 1933 Women at Work. The average age of working women has been rapidly lowering in the past few years. Of women 37 per cent were under 25 as against 20 per cent 45 and over, while of the men only 21 per cent were under 25 as compared with 33 per cent 45 years of age and over. The number of employed women under 25 increased 12 per cent since 1920, while that of men increased only 6 per cent. More than one-third of all married women with jobs in 1920 were em- ployed in domestic and personal service, nearly one-fifth in manufacturing, more than one-tenth in trade and in clerical occupations and nearly one-tenth in ag- riculture. 3 Welded Bridge Saves Weight. A new bridge at Pilsen, Czechoslo- vakia, the longest all-welded steel bridge in the world, has a span of 161.4 feet and no rivets or bolts whatever were used in its construction. On account of limited space at one end a spiral ramp is used as the approach. The total weight is claimed to be nearly 21 per cent less than a riveted structure de- signed for the same stresses. ANSWER TO SATURDAY’S PUZZLE. @@ O[p|-] = WL 20,000 ‘radio cars on the road. This| D.C, MARCH 12, 1933—PART FOUR. DOWN THE ROAD—Actions You Instantly Regret.—By FRANK BECK JUST AS YOURE PHONING HUBBYS OFFICE TO FIND OUT WHY HES HALF AN HOUR LATE, _HE APPEARS, AND NOT SEEING YOU 5= WAITING . CONTINUES HOMEWARD. = America Meetings This Week. Monday—U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, 1326 Massachusetts avenue northwest, 8 p.m.; Bureau Engraving, No. 23, Red Men's Hall, 713 D street, 8 p.m. ‘Tuesday—Victory Post, No. 4, Odd Fellows’ Hall, 419 Seventh street, 8 p.m. ‘Wednesday — Stanley Church De Pue, No. 30, Cairo Hotel, 8 pm. Friday—Stephen P. McGroarty, No. 27, Sears, Roebuck Art Gal- leries, 1106 Connecticut avenue, 8 pm. A meeting of Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, was held at the Thomas Circle Club, {1326 Massachusetts avenue, Thursday. Kenneth B. Bovay, Guisseppe Giacinto and Vernon D. Acree. John J. Orlosky, chairman of the Membership Commit- tee, gave & report of the plans of the Cepartment in the current drive for new members. Following the business ses- sion, over which Comdr. McMurray pre- sided, refreshments were scrved. The next meeting ‘of the post will be held April 13. Comdr. Thomas Mason, Jjr, of 2d Division Post, No. 28, has extended an invitation to the membership of the post to attend the annual stag dinner and entertainment of the 2d Division Association March 18 at the Cairo Hotel. Comdr. Mason is also president of the association. The membership drive of the post has resulted in the receipt of over a hundred applications for membership to date. Four weeks remain in the race for the trophy of- fered by Past Post Comdr. E. J. Brown, with the teams captained by Comrades Terrell and Past Post Comdr. K. T. ‘Wright in the lead. All new members accepted will be obligated at the next meeting and receive the degree by the post degree team, composed of C. L. Dawson, M. Folsom, O. C. Henry, T. Mason and J. M. Vallin. ‘The next meeting will be held March 20 at the Cairo Hotel. Col. Watson B. Miller, chairman of the National Reha- bilitation Committee, has been invited to speak. Stephen P. McGroarty Post, No. 27, at the last meeting had a discussion of two proposed amendments to the Con- stitution, both of which were voted down. The next meeting will be held at the | Sears, Roebuck Art Galleries, 1106 Con- | necticut avenue, March 17, at 8 pm. Comdr. Frank G. Howell has announced that a past commander's badge will be presented to the junior past commander, Lewis H. Guenther. Comdr. Howell ex- pects Department Comdr. Norman B. Landreau and his staff to be present and to have Comrade Landreau of- ficiate at the presentation. The post won two of the department membership trophies this year and is working to win further awards. La Societe des Huit Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes met Wednesday eve- ning at the Chalfonte Apartments, the social meeting of the month, with Ada Murray, Mamie Kehoe and Mary Kol- hos as hostesses. Later in the evening some prominent members of the 40 and 8 were guests. At the invitation of National Comdr. Louis Johnson 32 partners marched in the inaugural parade. At the conclusion of the parade dinner was served at the Wom- an’s City Club. Chapeau Harper ar- ranged a luncheon Sunday at the Army and Navy Club. Chapeau Passe Wil- lette Preston, chairman of distinguished guests, presented Chapeau Passe Annie B. Dobson, Mrs. Julia Wheelock, com- mander of the American Legion, De- partment of Italy; Mrs. Janet English of Virginia and other guests. Repre- sentative and Mrs. Houston of Honolulu, Hawaii, who kindly invited the salon to visit his country. Chairman Jennie Knight will give a card party and dance at the Thomas March 18. ‘The next -business meeting of the salon will be March 15, at the Hotel ‘Washington. The fourteenth anniversary of George ‘Washington Post, No. 1, was celebrated Tuesday night at the post club house, 1441 Rhode Island avenue. Comdr. Charles Demonet presided. ~Among those present were two of the 16 vet- erans whe signed the original applica- tion for the charter of the post, John | Lewis Smith and Howard S. Fisk, both past commanders and the former a past department commander and at present national executive committee- man representing the Department of the District of Columbia. Past Comdr. John Lewis Smith pre- sented a complete set of every issue of the Stars and Stripes paper printed in France from February 8, 1918, to June 13, 1919, bound in one large volume and lettered in gold, & gift from the National Tribune Corporation. He also presented to the post, on behalf of the Source Records, Inc., a set of several volumes, bound in leather, of ithe official history of the World War as secured from the official archives of the various countries participating in that great conflict. Another historic gift to the post was | the presentation by Vice Comdr. Henry {W. Longfellow, on behalf of Mrs. Charles J. Painter, widow of Past Comdr. Painter, of a mounted collec- tion of dirks, bolo knives, swords, machetes and casés, a Chinese water pipe, Moro hat and the personal swag- ger stick and sword of Comdr. Painter; 1lso & Javanese batik in a glass frame. Comdr. Painter was, up to the time |of his recent death, manager of the Administration branch at i . I. An engraved plate at- tached to the gift reads: _Collected by | Past Comdr. Charles J. Painter 1927- 28 and presented in his memory to George Washington Post, No. 1, the American Legion, March 7, 1933." The guest speaker was E. G. Fen- wick. Thomas R. Manning was reinstated as a member and Sydney H. Fisher, who served in the 313th Infantry, was elected to membership. e A feature of the me mummumw Among the new members admitted were | Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, | Ar;] n Legion Soldier on November 11, 1921. As the closing scene of the picture stood Sergt. Frank Witchey, U. S. A, blowing “Taps” at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He was a guest of the post Tuesday night and as his picture at the tomb appeared he sounded “Taps” in unison with the picture on the screen. Past Comdr. Pisk presented a huge birthday cake, illuminated by 14 small candles, to Comdr. Demonet on behalf of members of the post. Comdr. G. Hobson Smith of Fort Stev- ens Post announces the following elect- | ive and appointive officers: Commander, | George Hobson Smith; first vice com- mander, Leo J. Reel; second vice com- | mander, John J. Phelan; third vice commander, Joseph H. Nicholson; chap- | lain, Thomas F. Murphy: adjutant, William H. Hargrave; finance officer, | Paul K. Carr; sergeant at arms, John T. Long; judge advocate, Charles P. Retlly: service officer, Joseph I. Hogan; athletic | officer, Michael J. Kelley; American- | ismg officer, George B. Donchue; his- torifn, Henry H. Surface; post surgeon, F. X. Courtney; color bearers, William | M. Greene, Charles J. Warren: color | guard, Vaun P. Cafferty, Walter H. Colston. Committee chairmen are: Member- ship, L. A. Broderick; House, William A. | Hargrave: Legal. H. C. Warburton; | Finance, Paul Kelly Carr; Service, Jo- | seph I. Hogan: Visiting, Chaplain Mur- | phy; Americanism, George B. Donohue. | The Advisory Council of U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post was held at the Y. W. C. A. March 8. with Kate K. Briggs, | Mary Tatspaugh and Nelia Eichhorn| as _co-hostesses. | The monthly meeting of the post will be held tomorrow evening at Thomas Circle Club, when the winners of the | essay contest on George Washington, | Fanye Kressin of the Macfarland Junior High School and Clifton B. Cates, jr., Maj. Gen. Anton Stephen, command- | ing the National Guard of the District | of Columbia, announced that he had received many favorable comments on | the marching and appearance of per- sonnel and units of the local Militia brigade in the inaugural parade. He added that he personally noted this condtion as the units passed him at the disbanding point of the parade and he has commended the troops for their splendid appearance. The following have been ordered transferred from the reserve to the active lists of their respective organi- zations: Pvts. Cecil D. Cooper, Lewis A. Hazel- wood and Raymond M. Meiners, all of the Headquarters and Service Com- | pany, 121st Engineers; Pvt. John E. Healy, Battery A, 160th Coast Artillery. Pvt. Edward N. Johnson, Battery E, 260th Coast Artflery, has been ordered transferred to the reserve list of that unit on account of temporary physical disabllity. Pvt. John S. Hunter has been ordered transferred from Battery B, 260th Coast Artllery, to Company F, 121st Engineers. The following members of Company C, 121st Engineers, bave been ordered honorably discharged on account of re- moval from the District: Pvts. Hugh B. Chapman, Milo Crissman and James M. Daniel. Pvt. (First Class) Earl S. Duffell has been ordered promoted to the grade of corporal in the Headquarters Detach- ment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery. Similar promotion has been ordered for Pvt. (First Class) Melvin T. Parent, in Battery E, 260th Coast lery. Pvts. Bernard J. Ockershausen, Car- roll V. Menkel and Ray F. Connelly of Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, have been ordered honorably disc] account of removal from the city. Pvt. Russell P. Livermore has been ordered transferred from Battery B to Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery. ‘The appointment of Technical Sergt. Elmer W. Humphrey, Headquarters De- tachment, 29th Division, as a second lieutenant of Infantry has been an- nounced. He has been ordered to the 29th Division Military Police Company for duty. The following named enlisted men have been ordered transferred from the active to the reserve lists of their re- :’p!cnve organizations for ‘the reasons ven: Business interference with the per- formance of military duty—Pvts. Law- rence G. Robey, Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery; Raymond Lubar, Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery; Raymond E. Haliday, Company A, 121st Engineers; George Miller, Headquarters and Serv- ice Company, 121st Engineers. Educational interference with the performance of military duty—Staff Sergt. Herbert F. Mitchell, jr., Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery. ‘Temporary removal from the city— Pvt. Albert F. King, Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery. Pvt. William F. Tucker has been or- dered transferred from the reserve to the active list of Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, ‘The following have been ordered honorably discharged from the Militia on account of removal from the city: Pvts. Harry W. Keller, Medical De- partment Detachment, 121st Engineers, Let Us Do Your MOTOR TUNING Marvel—Schebler—Johnson CARBURETORS Tompkins Sales & Service Co. 1631 You 8t. N.W. North 6656 ¥ on | 3 of the Powell Junior High School, will be awarded American Legion medals. Due to the present banking condi- tions, the testimonial banquet to be held in honor of retiring Comdr. William H. Grass of the Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11, scheduled for March 18, has been postponed indefinitely by the Ex- ecutive Committee of the post. A regular meeting of the post will be held March 20 at the Potomac Boat Club, Thirty-sixth and M streets. Comdr. Charles Ailes has requested all members to attend this meeting. A meeting of Lincoln Post was called to order March 6 by Comdr. Bush, in the Riggs Bank Building, Fourteenth street and Park road. Fourteen new candidates were obligated. Lieut. Byrnes of the United States Alr Corps gave an illustrated lecture with moving picture of the present and future of the air service. Comdr. Tolson made the resolution for the post to adopt the first Sons of the American Legion Post. Those who are eligible are the sons, or adopted sons, or grandsons, between the ages of 6 and 18 of any veteran who served in the World War. Between now and the next regular meeting it is expected the post will call for the charter from the national headquarters to form the first organization of this kind in the City of Washington. Among the distinguished veteran leaders who attended the inaugural | supper dance sponsored by Vincent B. Costello Post were National Comdr. Louis A. Johnson, former National Comdr. Henry L. Stevens, National Leg- islative Officer Col. John Charles Tay- lor, Department Comdr. of the District of Columbia Norman Landreau and their wives. National Comdr. Johnson spoke briefly. ‘The post welfare officer has a limited amount of surplus clothing on hand and &ény ex-service man in need of wearing apparel should communicate with Com- rade Pistorio at room 15, District Building. Jack Whiteley, post athletic officer, is endeavoring to secure a representative team to meet the Costello Post boxing squad in a show for members of Costello Post some time in the next few weeks. District National Guard and Richard D. Wellman, 260th Coast Artillery. Pvt. (First Class) Omar S. Hobreckx has been ordered promoted to the grade of corporal in Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, to fill a vacancy created by the demotion of Corpl. George E. Mat- thews to be private. The annual armory inspection, officers of the Regular Army sent he‘;ey for that purpose, of the personnel and property of the local militiamen is sched- Battery E, | uled to begin Tuesday night. For some weeks the various commands have been making preparations for this event, and under the instructions from Maj. Gen. Stephan, the reports of the last in- spections have been closely examined with a view to bringing about correc- tions of faults found at that time. ‘The headquarters of the 29th Division, headed by Maj. Gen. Stephan, and the State staff and detachment will be the first to pass under the scrutinizing eyes of the Federal officers Tuesday night, and the inspections will continue almost Rm:l‘fly until shortly after the 1st of pril. On Wednesday night of this week the Headquarters Special Troops, 29th Divi- sion, and the Headquarters Detachment, Special Troops, 29th Division, will be in- spected. Thursday night the Headquar- ters Detachment, 29th Division, will be inspected, and on Priday night the 29th Division Military Police Company will be put through its paces. On March 21 the Headquarters, 121st Engineers, headed by Col. John W. Oeh- mann, and the Headquarters, 2d Bat- talion, will be inspected. Company B of the Engineer regiment will be in- spected on March 22; Company C on March 22; Company A on March 24; the Headquarters and Service Company on March 26; the Medical Department Detachment, Engineers, on March 27; Company E on March 28; Company F on March 20; Company D on March 0. on this date the inspectors lW‘lll visit Battery B, 260th Coast Artil- ery. Others units of the Coast will be inspected as follows: nfifi'é“ui'i ters, 1st Battalion, headed by Maj. ‘Walter W. Burns, and the Medical De- partment Detachment on March 28: Headquarters Battery and -~ Combat .‘Tglalgsa.tgu%l gl:xflBatwry A, March 4 Ty C, 4 an Apéfl = P d Battery E, ‘'ompany A, 372d Infantry, the - ored unit of the local o'fir:l, ewc;l_ manded by Capt. Arthur C. Newmar, will be lns&ected on March 13. While the inspections of the per- sonnel will be held at night, theplen- spections of property and equipment are to be held during the Officials of the local Guard ope=- ful that the new Congress, lnu;:shcm- sideration of meml)mnu bill, will be more generous the appropriaf for the Militia than the m‘:pno%u ‘fg employes during nual encam; Brakes Relined $7.50 _$9.00 Guarantesd Sne Fer S 10660 Mues pecializing on Dodge, Chrys- ler and Graham Cars Other Repairs Proportionately Priced Experienced and Responsible Cars Called For and Delivered CLIFT’S SERVICT: Rear 1731 Kal. Rd. N.W. Cql. 9470 the its. AVIATION ' BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. tion’s airmail carriers for the services they render the publie COMPLWE reorganization of the basis of payments to the Na« seems to be a certaint; the present formula JA under the new administration. ere is a divergence of rates of pay so 'nder wideI :sht.o ag)pear almrg:x:.l lamaguc. as been repol to the House Committee on Post es and Post Roads, which has the whole airmail problem in handc,mt‘lsut the present airmail formula is “a joke.” It is charged by airmail con- tractors in written documents before the committee that the Posi Office Department, under the old formula, decides what it wants to pay the operators “and then fits the formula to the pay, not the pay to the formula.” It is the opinion of members of the committee that the only formula for determination of payments to those air transport lines which carry the mail “is the principle of payment for actual service rendered and for such subsidy payment as may be justifiable for the purpose of establishing an airmalil service at a cost which will not permanently exceed the revenues from the mail carried.” In its report to the House, the com- mittee, after months of careful study of the entire airmall structure, said: “The most important result to be ob- tained from the structure of the rates we suggest would be the establishment of a self-sustaining airmail service as the goal and the elimination at a stated time of all subsidy payments. It has been suggested that further to encour- age commercial aviation and advance the art of fi; a premium be paid to those carriers who improve their service with faster and more efficient airplanes of larger carrying capacity, greater pas- senger comfort, longer cruising range, better instruments, and further adapta- tion of radio. The committee favors such advancement of the flying art.” As a step toward the determination of & fair rate of pay, the committee pro- poses that the Post Office Department be required to conduct at least once a year a thorough field audit of the com- panies holding airmail contracts. “The application of proper account- ing,” it was pointed out, “would result in the department getting the service now performed for much less money than it costs at the present time.” It was explained that under a system of field audits the subsidy pay will vary from company to company on & basis of the true costs of operation as deter- mined by the audit, upon reserves for depreciation and other deferred charges, upon the return upon investment in property and equipment actually used, and upon consideration of revenue re- ceived from other sources. “Through proper control of the ac- counts of the companies by the depart- ment,” the committee declared, “this pure subsidy can be teduced year by year in the proportion that expense per unit of mail service is reduced and revenue from other sources increased. “Our committee believes, therefore, that the most effective safeguards that could be provided for all concerned in the payments for airmail service would e the incorporation in the airmail law of a provision for regular and continu- ing audits and investigation of contrac- tors’ accounts by the Post Office Depart- ment and the mandate that subsidy pay must be determined in accordance with recognized and established ac- counting_practice im'wl based upon the results of the audits.” In view of the approaching crisis in the airmail service, great interest is felt in the industry to the office of Second Assistant Post- master General, who exercises general supervision over the_ airmail, of Wil liam W. Howes, Demmocratic national committeeman _for South Dakota. Howes is an unknown quantity to the aviation world. as is Postmaster Gen- eral Farley. and announcement of their policies with regard to the airmail service is awaited with some feeling of concern. The new Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Silliman Evans, though his office now has nothing to do with the airmail service. has had seronautical experience as vice president, up to last vear, of American ays. He has been active in aviation circles in the National Capital as representative of the organized air transport industry. In this sconnection he has become known | to members of Congress and the Fed- | eral service Gealing with air mail and air transport matters. Army Air Progress Shown. = So rapid has been progress in the deVelopn!A)e'm of mew military airplane types for the Army Air Corps during the past two years that, for economical and engineering reasons, a period of con- solidation has set in and it is not likely that there will be outstanding Increases in performance or changes in design during 1933, in the opinion of Maj. C. W. Howard, chief of the engineering section of the Air Corps. The new type planes which have come into existence in the Army during the past few months represent such a long step forward that it is planned to continue these new types in production | for some time until their possibilities can be fully exploited. It was pointed out that there remains much to be ac- complished “toward taking advantage of all the potential possibilities of these new designs and types of structures.” Many of the new types compare fa- vorably with the most advanced military planes in the world today, Maj. Howard declared in a summary of aeronautical developments at the engineering center. The new P-26 pursuit Jfl-lne‘ now ready for production, he said, “will place the Air Corps in a secure position in rela- tion to performance, judging from what we know of developments of this type abroad.” In the field of bombardment aviation the new Boeing B-9 and the Martin XB-907 are ready for production “and occupy even a higher position on the scale of comparative performances,” he said, but added the dualification that “it is anticipated that there will be ad- ditlonal _engineering required =before they will be accepted by the tactical organizations as enthusiastically as the pursuit_type.” ‘The Douglass O-31 and Curtiss O-40 observation planes are reported to be “faster than any observation types in a like stage of development.” International Record Claimed By flving 12.445,000 miles of a total of 13,100,000 miles scheduled during the past calendar year, United States Air- lines completed more scheduled mileage last year than anv other transport com- pany in the world, it is claimed, on the basis of an international check just completed. The mileage completed was 95 per cent of the total mileage sched- uled. Of the 12,445,000 miles flown, more —_— UPHOLSTERING TOPS RECOVERED SEAT COVERS Central Auto Works 443-451 Eye Street Dist. 6161 in the appointment | | | than 9,000,000 were on the coast-to- coast route, sald to be the most traveled leng-distance route in the world. The 1932 mileage is expected to be exceeded by a large margin this year, following gxewdflveg" ‘:7! the new Boeing ‘twin- otore -speed transports, “-11‘%1: l';svre b:en ordered. ok -foot wing of the new $win- engined monoplanes will carry a dead load of approximately 36!, tons, or nearly six times the gross weight of the entire plane. The wing spars are said to have a tensile strength of 140,000 pounds per square inch. The landing gear of the new planes will withstand a landing impact of 33!; tons, it is claimed. Racer Adapted to Transport, A new transport plane based on the design of Maj. James H. Doolittle’s rec~ ord-breaking racing plane is being pre~ pared for production at Springfield, Mass,, and is expected to carry eight passengers and baggage at a maximum speed of nearly 225 miles per hour, ac- 5‘;"’"“ to unofficial reports received ere. The_ transport ship, like the tacer, barrellike will have a blunt-nosed fuselage, short and very thick, mounted above the monoplane wing. A super- charged 700-horsepower air-cooled ene gine is planned as the power plant. Preliminary tests are to be com- pleted by the middle of next month, it is understood. In appearance, the plane is to be much the same as the racer in which Doolittle established a world landplane speed record of 296 miles per hour last Fall, reaching a maximum of 309 miles per hour on one lap. Hostesses Travel Far. Twelve hostesses of Eastern Air Transport, eight of therg on regular flying duty, have complete® their second year of service with a total of 1,520, 000 miles.of flying, or an average of 190,000 miles for each flying hostess., Two of the girls, Miss Beulah Unruh, a pilot in her own right, and Miss Marian Cook, have flown more than fi&go% mll;s ]exsl;n on schedule flying, nruh lea all the hostesses with 278,000 miles. % o In addition to the eight flying hos- tesses there are three airport hostesses, one of whom—Miss Edwina Davis—is stationed at Washington-Hoover Air- port, and a chief hostess. These four girls also have put in flying time, nv;%gtng 4“41.100 mflesm;lch. oug] ere are o) 12 of these hostesses and only eight of them on regular flying duty, there have been more than 15,000 applications filed for the positions. Two of the flying hos- tesses live in Washington. They are Misses Ann and Carrie De Priest, sisters. Gun-Range Warning Issued. Warning that military and civilian airplanes flying along the Washington= i Wit the Bing rabie of the Aber- ng n range of the Aber= deen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Md., and not only are them- selves, but interfering with Army ord» nance work, has been issued %0 all pilots. While all firing on the range is suse pended whenever an airplane is sighted over the fis ranges, it was pointed out, there is always the possibility that an airplane may not be seen until too :‘h‘:fls‘nd may come into the path of Relocation of parts of the Depart. ment of Commerce lighted airway be- tween Washington and New York has brought the airway close to the edge of the restricted area at Aberdeen. The air commerce regulations requiring air- craft to stay on the right side of the airway as a precaution against collisions between planes fiying in opposite direc- tions is bringing planes which fly too far to the right of the airway over the firing range, endangering them and in- terfering with the work of the proving ground. The edge of the firing range has been changed so that now it coincides with a line running through the red airway beacons numbered 61B and 62B, it was announced. This leaves a lane to the right of the central beacon line in which pilots may fly with safety, so far as gunfire is concerned. Pilots using the airway are asked to familiarize themselves with the boundary of the firing range and to stay clear. Fuselage Parts Standardized. ‘What is said to be the simplest and strongest airplane fuselage yet devised is being demonstrated to Army and gnw aviation officials at Washington- loover Airport by A. K. Longren of Kansas City, inventor of the structure, and Paul M. Hewitt. pilot of the plane and associate of Mr. Longren in the development work. The new fuselage, of all metal con- struction, is built - up entirely of standardized parts which, it is said, can be assembled or repaired in the field by any mechanic who can operate a riveter. The assembled fuselage is of monocoque type, the skin being dura- lumin double the thickness and eight times the strength of ordinary con- struction. Any portion of the skin may be replaced without disturbing adjoin- ing sections. ‘The demonstration fuselage flown here by Hewitt and Longren is of open cockpit type similar to Army observa- tion planes. The principle can be adapted to any type of airplane fuse- lage, it is said. Radiator Service We Repair All Makes CREEL BROTHERS 1811 14th St. N.W. Decatur 4220 A NEW DEAL ON OUR $1 () TOPS LET US PROVE IT! Acme Top Co. 630 L Sf t. § % § : * * * * * * i N.W. 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