Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1933, Page 46

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. PPOSITION to the proposed blending of alcohol with gas- oline continues unabated. The American Automobile Associa- tion, the American Motorists’ Association and the American Petroleum Institute lead in denouncing the so- “gasoline highball” proposal. haustive road tests conducted by the American Automobile Association with cars using 10 per cent alcohcl blended with gasoline disclose that its general use would add $600.000.000 to the annual motor fuel bill of the country. Held Less Efficient. These tests, according to a report ssued today by the A. A. A. show that the alcohol-gasoline fuel would be 6.5 per oent less efficient than straight gasoline, and in addition cause oper- ating difficulties that might assume serious proportions in different sections of the country and under different ‘weather conditions. In making these tests, which were conducted under the auspices of its contest board, the internationally rec- ognized body for official automctive tests, the American Automobile Asso- ciation took cognizance of current agi- tation for Federal and State legislation making the use of alcohol-blended fuel o o Ty. factors are involved in the addi- tional cost cited by the A. A. A, first, an increase of $463,650,000 in the fuel bill by reason of a boost in the initial the, and second, an increase of $146,- 50,000 due to purchase of more fuel o offset thc =ser operating efficlency of the blend, a total cf $609,900,000. Summary of A. A. A. Report, The summary of the A. A. A. report continues: “The $600.000.000 added to the country’s motor fuel bill would be equivalent to an additional tax on motor vehicle owners, and if distributed equally among the owners of the 24,- 136,879 registered motor vehicles would be equivalent to an average annual tax per_vehicle of $25.26. “This new tax, added to the av tax per vehicle of $4528 in 1932, d mean that the average annusl tax per vehicle would be raised to $70.54, or an increase of 55.8 per cent. “The additional cost of alcohol- gasoline blends are exclusive of addi- tional distribution and supervision costs which would be involved. “Added operating costs are to be ex- pected as the result of the deleterious effect of alcchol-blended fuel on va- rious parts of the system of the motor = fuel has anti-knock qualities superior to that of ordinary gasoline, these qualities are materially short of the anti-knock value of our so-called treated and premium brands of fuel and would, therefore, not supplant those now on the market. “For every 25 cents per bushel in- crease in the cost of corn. the motor vehicle owner would be required to pay an additicnal amount of $154,500,000 per year for fuel, or more than $6 per registered motcr vehicle. “The readiness with which alcohol sbsorbs moisture will inevitably result in the separation of the alcohol and | the gasoline in the blend and involve carburetion and starting difficulties which will increase as the temperature goes lcwer.” A. M. A. Condemns Plan. Opposition to proposed Federal legis- lation requiring moterists to use a per- centage of alcohol in his gasoline was voiced here last week by the American Motorists’ Association. The measure, introduced in the Senate by Senator Clark and in the House by Representative Schallen- berger provides that gasoline must be blended with alcohcl. The measure further provides that a motorist who does not use an alcohol-blend motor fuel would be penalized, under the terms of the measure, by having super- impcsed a maximum three-cent gasoline tax in addition to the now-existing one-cent Federal gasoline tax and the State gasoline taxes, which motorists &re now paying. ‘The proposed legislation was branded by Thomas J. Keefe, general manager of the American Motorists’ Association, as the “most iniquitous” plece of legis- lation in the annals of motordom. “The proposal that a motorist must use an alcohcl-blend motor fuel or suffer the penalties of a maximum three-cent per gallon gasoline tax in addition to the existing one-cent Fed- eral gasoline tax and the State gasoline tax 15 the most preposterous attempt ever made to tax the mctorist,” Mr. Keefe declared. “It is a most insidious piece of Fed- eral legislation being fostered by the alcohol manufacturing industry, using the farmer as a smoke screen. Osten- sibly the measure is designed to aid the farmer by converting the farmer’s corn surplus into alcohol, thus in theory aficrding the farmer an outlet for his cor) plus. “The legislation is a direct attempt *by the Federal Government to aid one industry by taxing another. Simply because a market for alcohol docs or does not exist is no reason for its in- vasion by legislative means. Markets should be won, not by legislation, but Mila_d_y’s T BY FREDERICEK (; RUSSELL. Looking over the accounts receivable of a typical service station explains what some people mean when they say they never spend a cent for repairs. ‘Whether or not it pays to cultivate 8 friendship with traffic officers is a moot question. At least there's evi- dence to support the bellef that it doesn’t pay to take advantage of such friendship. I've just heard of a woman who had to break off in the midst of a shampoo and move her car because she failed to heed instelled no- parking sign the officer wo.ldn re, mathematics went a She but her Some years ag) a friend startled me by driving up to his garage, touching a button in the car and dashing 1n scarcely a second after the doors had swung_open automatically. He did the trick by radio. ‘“Some . he pre- dicted, “no progressive motorist will Pother to open and close garage doors. It sounded fantastic. Under the rear t of the car was s small transmitter. ide the garage was a receiver.. The Test was merely a matter of suitable mechanism to operate the doors me- | chanically. But it did the trick. “Some day,” predicted my friend. And now that some day is here. At the Chicago exposition this Summer you will see garage doors opening an closing by radio control. The system is already being marketed. If you do not want to go quite this far into the magic world you can have the alterna- tive plan of electric door opgration. As you drive past a post alongside the driveway you flip a switch. The me- chanism does the rest. With the adoption of the adjustable front seat many short women have found it unnecessary to have a pillow for their back. They simply move the seat to its farthest forward position. That may be convenient but it isn't always the wise thing to do. Pillows still have their place. Push the seat back, insert a pillow behind your back and you'll find that you feel far less cramped, especially in warm weather. Ever since the adoption of automatic clutching thousands of women have Jearned for the first time just exactly what the clutch does when engaged ana disengaged. With the modern innova- tion they can actually “feel” what goes on_under the fi¢ Every woman “While a 10 per cent alcohol-blended | loor boards. driver knows that whe_., by competition. Proponents of a motor- fuel blend claim for it a superiority. It alcohol-blended fuel is superior it will require no act of Congress to force its use by the motoring public,” Mr. Keefe declared. It is estimated that use of alcohol- blended fuels will increase motor fuel cost from $100,000,000 to $300.000,000 annually. Whatever the alcohol in- dustry makes out of such legislation must come from the motorists’ pocket | it is pointed out by the A. M. A. | 1 Petroleum Institute Hits Idea. According to the director of publicity | of the American Petroleum Institute it looks as if current proposals con- | template transforming that old tax goat, gasoline, into a draft animal supposedly | to haul away the farm crop surplus. ‘Under the guise of “farm relief” legis- | lation has been introduced in five | States and in Congress designed to | require gasoline to be blended with | ethyl alcohol derived from surplus agri- | cultural products. We figure this would cost the motorist, who currently is pay- ing a tax bill of upward of $1,000. 000,000, approximately $500,000,000 more in the form of increased motor fuel costs, increased taxes, etc. While this proposal admittedy looks like farm relief, even a superficial in- | vestigation will show that it is really an attempt to create a larger market for industrial alcohol; to hand the fermer another gold brick, this time at the expense of the motorist. The first effect would be to increase the cost of motor fuel, regardless whether 2 per cent of alcohol or 10 per cent is blended, for alcohol currently retails | at six to nine times the price of gaso- line. Economic studies indicate that while farm prices of corn, for instance, might be increased 8 per cent, or about 4 cents per bushel, the cost of fuel blended from alcohol made even from 25-cent corn would raise the retail price 1 cent to 4 cents a gallon! | Would Buy Own Corn. Only an infinitesimal part of surplus crm could be eliminated in this way. , who consume 25 per cent of our gasoline output, would be put in the position of paying more for motor fuel in order to sell themselves their own corn. Blending alcohol with gasoline, liquids of st gly dissimilar char- acteristics, would increase the diffi- culties and expense of motor fuel dis- | tribution even to the extent of revamp- ing the petroleum industry’s entire system. And blending alcohol with gasoline would mean blending the liquor and gasoline bootlegging operations into one sweet racket boding ill to tax revenues. The general public. asked to pay a large share of the costs in order possibly to benefit a few, probably would have to finance, through taxation. the con- struction of additional alcohol distilling facilities. The alcohol interests esti- mate the cost at $350,000,000, and sug- gest that the Government build the plants and turn them over to distillers after the cost is amortized! Of course, facilities are sufficient now to produce enough aicohol to meet the demands for & 2 per cent blend, recommended | by the distillers. But they are woe- fully inadequate for a 10 per cent blend, the smallest that would ma- terially improve farm crop prices. The scheme apparently was adopted from practices abroad, where govern- ments subsidize alcohol manufacture | and promote its blending with high- ! priced imported gasoline to reduce motor fuel costs. None make blending | compulsory. Few even enforce such blending laws as they have, and sev- eral have abandoned the scheme. Self-Shifter Introduced. ‘The shifting of gears by means of the clutch and a lever has long been | a constant sort of annoyance to many drivers, and particularly to those learn- ing to operate a car. Now comes word of its elimination. One car has taken this step, others may follow. A self- shifter, signaling the introduction of another development in the perfection | of the automobile, has been reported | in the middle class field. So impor- tant is the self-shifter that it must inevitably take its place, it is claimed. with the self-starter and modern hydraulic brakes as a milestone of a tomotive progress. The self-shifter eliminates the gear- shift lever. To move away from a standing start one simply moves a selector on the dash, releases the clutch and steps on the gas. There is no gear shifting for one to do, because from that point on the action is auto- matic. Silently and with the smooth-} ness of a steam car, it is claimed, one| surges forward as this device progres- sively selects the proper ratios to syn- chronize with the car’'s momentum. Should traffic slow one down to a walk- ing pace, one does not have to reach for a gear-shift lever, depress the clutch and shift back to second. The self- ifter does this itself. In fact, it is; said to be infinitely more considerate of | the engine than 99 per cent of drivers. The instant the pace is so slow or the| hill so steep that more power is re- quired the self-shiiter selects a higher ratio—and one rolls smcothly along. Engine straining’ lurching and “stall- ing” are held practically eliminated, without trouble to the driver and with- | out the possibility of “forgetting” or ! “not bothering” to make the shift. Mgt_oring she lets the clutch pedal come up, pro- vided the car is in gear with the motor | accelerated a little, the car starts to move. ‘But it takes an automatic clutch control to give her the feel of the ides. She now finds that the clutch is merely a connecting device between the motor and the mechanism that propels the rear wheels. When she lifts her foot 1from the accelerator, in free wheeling with the automatic control, she can feel the car start to coast as the clutch | plates disengage. Then when she steps | on the gas again she can feel the clutch | “come in” or engog>. | Do_you grasp that idea—or “clutc! i If you do you have cauzht the es- conce of the principle of one of the ' car’s most important units. Should the engine ever start to race madly, tossing flame and fireworks | from the exhaust, don't lose your com- ?’osure. Pirst, switch off the ignition. ext, feel the accelerator to see if by any chance it has stuck down to | let ‘Then the floor. 1ift the hood and fol- low the control mechanism from the | accelerator to the carburetor. Some- where en route you will probably find | that a small coil spring is broken or | disconnected. This is the spring that returns the throttle to the closed po- sition when you lift your foot from the excelerator. 1 Asked to meet with several ladies at | a hotel a woman motor club member | wondered how she would be able to | identify herself without a long series | of embarrassing false alarms. But she did |not wonder long. When she appeared at the hotel she carried a copy of the club’s magazine. The other women recognized her instantly. 1 It was a progressive woman who sat | in the rear seat when her husband took the wheel of the family car. She didn’t want to restore back seat driving to ns | one-time prominence but had in mind getting a picture of how her passen- gers feel when she is at the wheel | Did the rear of the car sway? Was she driving too fast for their comfort? How |about the draft from the driving win- | dow?> Was there a possibility of strik- | ing their heads on the roof when going |over bumps? These, and many other points, engaged her attention. 1 happened to have been one of her, rear-seat a few days and hadn’t had such a «Tearless spin in years, T. OF AUTOS NOTED Surge of Business in Industry Shows No Signs of Abating. Special Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT, May 6.—The automobile industry continues to ride merrily along on a tide of rising production. The surge of business that suddenly engulfed the automobile plants soon after the end of the national bank holi- ay, shows no sign of abating. In fact, it gains momentum as the days go by and May will be, by all odds, one of the best months in the last three years. All on Band Wagon. Practically all the motor factories around Detroit have jumped aboard the band wagon. The roster of the com- panies that are injecting a few more tonic drops into business would read like a roll call of the industry. Output for May probably will pass 200,000 units—and the 200,000 months in the last few years have been ex- ceedingly small in number. Last year the May output was 192,516, and that was the best month of 1932. A month ago there was a quiet con- fidence among executive in Detroit that the automobile business was ready to pick up where it had left off when interrupted by the banking holi- day—on the rising side. The best esti- mate, early in April, for the month’s production was 150,000, Output Near 160,000. Actual output was closer to 160.000. Not all were the most optimistic guesses excecded. but, it would seem. the output of April. 1932, of 155,136 was surpassed by a fair margin. ‘To understand the significance of the figures for last month it is necessary to point out that not since December, 1930, had the industry bettered its record for the same month of the pre- vious yesr. More than that, only in the one instance of the last month of 1930 had the industry, since August, 1929, improved its monthly record for the previous year. On the basis of such an analysis, the somewhat impressive record for last month represents more than the usual Spring upswing. A month ago the talk of an improved outlook for automobile sales was a phenomenon of the executives offices in Detroit. Now the same kind of op- timism is coming from the fleld. Fac- tory representatives returning to Detroit after visits to dealers and distributors say there is an unrepressed current of enthusiasm. Dealers on almost every front are saying: “May sales are going to be good.” They are backing up their judgment by calling on the factories to increase advertising appropriations and catch the public in a buying mood There is no reason to revise earlier predictions that automotive sales will carry later into the Summer than has been the habit in the past. Higher Prices in Prospect. The prospect that automobile prices will be raised before Autumn will send many buyers into dealers’ sales rooms. Higher prices are virtually a certainty within the next six months. index for the immediate future for the industry is always to be found in the operations of body and accessory manufacturers. And right now they are stepping along in the march for greater production. One of the Detroit body makers has orders on hand today that will keep plants busy at_top speed for the next three months. With many old employes being called back to work, there is only one ad- ditional touch needed to give the au- tomotive picture a highly rosy hue. That touch is an increase in wage scales—an increase that would strength- en buying power not only in Detroit | but elsewhere in the country. And to tell the truth, one hears gossip that a boost in wages in some of the Detroit factories is not an impossibility. (Coprright, HIGHER PRICES SEEN Auto Supply Dealer Predicts Infla- tion Will Cause Rise in Costs. Now that the United States if off the gold standard. the question arises in the mind of every person, affect prices? Even at this early date there is an indication that prices will rise. There will no doubt be an immediate increase in food costs. clothing and other com- modities. Other merchandise will follow and as costs rise wages will eventually be increased and more people will be employed. ‘What effect this change will have on | the prices of automotive equipment is not definitely known. according to J. W. Roderick. local manager cf a local auto supply company. “With recovery will undcubtedly come higher prices. Never before have we offcred such high- quality automotive equipment at such low prices. Just how long these prices can remain in effect is questionable. However, we advise motorists to antici- pate their future needs and buy now to save.” S e T Machine Butters Bread. It is sald that the original bread slicing machine was a crude device which was improvised a kitchen helper in a large institution where the matter of furnishing bread for the in- mates was a serious task. The cut- ting had to be started long before the meal or it would have been impossible to deliver the bread fast enough to keep up with the appetites to be satisfled. Some inventor took the cue from this and made a slicer with a swinging knife blade with a connection that pu;hedl the bread along after each passage of the knife. The next step was the re- volving knife and the latest refinement is an_improvement on this which but- ters the slices as they are severed from the loaf. AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS Scott F. Imirie and J. Milton Rowe, identified with the automobile business in this vicinity for the past 15 years, have been appointed authorized Chevro- dealers and service men at Rock- ville, Md. The newly founded firm is the Imirie-Rowe Chevrolet DON'T FAIL To "SPRING-CLEAN" THE CooLiNG SysTem ! WiTH HOT WEATHER DRIVING COMING ON, IT 1S BEST TO CHECK UP NOW-FORESTALL. “How will this | I RECKON THISLL BE OUR LAST CHECKER GAME “TIL NEXT FALL. TRAFRIC 1S GITTIN', TOO HEAVY TRISK TOO BAD YUH DONT LIVE ON THIS SIDE OF HE SUNDAY STAR,- WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY 7, 1933—PART FOfiR RISING PRODUCTION | [pows e roso—sae E’S LITTLE TRAGEDIES—By FRANK BECK N IR e THE STREET. WHY IN TARNATION FOLKS ARE TICKLED OVER THE HIGHWAY COMIN' THROUGH OUR TOWN 15 8EYOND "ME ! gl MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Monday—U. 8. §. Jacob Jones, No. 2, 1326 Massachusetts ave- nue, 8 pm.; Bureau Engrav- h{ d Printing Post, No. 23, T lvt.:m 8 p.m. o & Tuesday—Victory Post, No. Odd Fellows' Hall, 419 Seventh street, 8 p.m. ‘Wednesday—Kenneth M. Nash Post, No. 8, Old Heidleberg Inn, 1415 1 street. ‘Thursday—Sergt. Jasper Post. No. 13, 1326 Massachusetts ave- nue, 8 pm.; James E. Walker Post. No. 26, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and U streets. At the last regular meeting of the Quentin Roosevelt Post, held at the Po- tomac Boat Club, Comdr. Charles Ailes announced those members who have not as yet paid their 1933 dues will be given until June 1 to do so. After that date they will be dropped from the rolls. Several addresses were made, one in particular stressing opposition to cer- tain phases of the new economy bill re- garding veterans' legislation. supper was served. arrangements for a party in the near tuture. At its semi-monthly meeting May 2. with Comdr. Norman R. Grant presid- ing, the Vincent B. Castello Post, No. 15. ddopted a resolution calling upon posts throughout the country to discourage all proposed organized marches upon Wash: ington by groups of World War Veter- ans. pointing out that citizens were suffering from the financial depression, being unable. due to_present local ap- peals for relief. to offer any additional assistance due to arrival in the National ers. Father Francis J. Hurney, post chap- lain, announces plans are being com- pleted for the World War memorial services to be conducted under the aus- pices of the post at the Immaculate Conception Church May 21 at 5 p.m. ‘The Costello Drum and Bugle Corps, under direction of Drum Major Capt. W. H. Lemon. paraded through Wis- consin avenue Wednesday evening to open the carnival sponsored by the post. which will continue through to May 13. George Washington Post, No. 1, will decorate the graves of veterans in Rock Creek (Cemetery on Memorial day, it was announced at the meeting of the post last Tuesday night at the club American Legion Auxiliary held its regular meeting at Sears, Roe- buck & Co. Art Galleries, 1106 Connec- ticut avenue. Acting Department Presi- dent Mrs. Marie Dyer, succeeded to de- partment president. Miss Lillian Reagan and Miss Ethel Hodges were elected de- partment vice presidents to complete the unexpired term. Mrs. Marion Mar- tin, department vice president. who pre- sided during the filling of the vacancies 'in_the offices. acted as installing officer. Mrs. Chester Reich. department chairman of Child Welfare, assisted by unit Child Welfare chairmen, gave a children’s party Saturday morning at the Thomson School. Many children attended and refreshments were served, Victory Unit, No. 4, held its regular meeting Thursday evening at the home of the president, Mrs. P. E. Doleman. Committee reports were given by Re- habilitation Chairman Mrs. Willlam Oley, Birthday Party Chairman Miss M. Edna McIntosh and Unit Activities Chairman Mrs. Edith Sadler. The regu- | lar business meeting was suspended in order that the members could proceed with the making of poppies. Mrs. Fer- dinand Johansen. poppy chairman. is in charge of this work. The unit's quota is 2,000. ! " The next regular meeting of the unit | will be held May 11 at the home of Mrs. ‘:ontllu Dzlemm, 1836 Potomac avenue | ast ‘The next meeting of the Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8, will be held May 1 The Child Welfare vice chairman, Mr: Nella Dull, | tended the department’s May day party for children of World War veterans at the Thomson School. i Members of the Hospitals Committee | visited Mount Alto Hospital May 6 and }?}suribuud 40 jigsaw puzzles to pa- ients. At the regular. meeting of the Stephen | P. McGroarty Unit, held at the Sears, Evangeline. MoGrourss, president, prec e roarty, » pre- sided, the Americanism ghurmln, Fis Glenn Newell, secured consent of the unit to present a newly Scout troop with a flag procured with unit funds. ‘The presentation of will bemmlds at : future meu*nln(. & e past two years un! has furnished milk for the children of needy families through the personal supervision ,of the unit chairman of Child Welfare, Mrs. Wiley Fuller. Under this program the unit has assisted in the payment of rent, the furnishing of food, clothing and entertainment. « The George E. Killeen Unit, No. 25, eld a poppy meeting Monday evening t the home of Mrs. Mary K. Killeen. Mrs. Healy of California was a guest. ) Those present were Mrs. Rose Ward, | Mrs. Fanny Tavenner, Mrs. Martha Wit- comb, Mrs. Sue. Reinburg, Mrs. - Ada Riley, Miss Laura Riley, Mrs. Leon Ar- nold, Mrs. Blanche Buscher, Miss Mar- i garet Buscher, Mrs. Isabelle Steinbraker, Mrs. Mae Probey. |~ The next meeting will be held May 8 y at the home of Mrs. Bernard Buscher, | 1619 Thirtieth street northwest. ! May day party for children of veter- ans of the World War at the son School. Mrs. Florence Reich, de- rtment chairman, assisted by the irmen of the various units, present- a program of entertainment. There also various games and refresh- Mrs. J. Jerome Lightfoot in- the speakers. pa chal led were ments. A buffet The Executive Committee is making ' Capital of these so-called bonus march- | ‘The Department Executive Committee | and Mrs. Lillian Urban at- | L. W. 3 this gnmnent‘ State Detachment: Pvi. J. , Ordnance The Child Welfare Committee held a | house, 1441 Rhode Island avenue. Comdr. Charles Demonet has appointed occasion. Past Comdr. Bernard C. McGee, chair- William L. Abernathy, broadcast an- man Com Rocl tery and tribue will be paid him on this ere guests of the post and made brief Walter J. West., department athletic activities in the American Legion Junior | | nouncer at Station WRC, was elected & member of the post. Legionnaires H. §. Crosby and W. Spach of Milwaukee addresses. officer and post athletic officer, reported Base Ball League and announced he would have the members of the team present at the next meeting. The members of the post were invited by the Vaughn Bible Class to attend | memorial services May 28 at Calvary | Baptist Church and have the post col- ors present on this occasion. | Announcement was made the annual massing of the colors at the Washing- | ton Cathedral will take place under the auspices of the Military Order of the World War at an early date. | At a meeting Thursday night of the Fort Stevens Post a delegation was | appointed to attend the memorial | service May 28 under the auspices of the Vaughn Class of the Calvary Bap- tist Sunday School. Comrades Bentley and Cackey were appointed as committee to co-operate (and co-ordinate the activities of the | post with those of the Business Men's iand other civic associations in the Brightwood neighborhood. | At the meeting June 1 a program Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. command- ing the National Guard of the District of Columbia as well as the 29th Na- tional Guard Division, comprising the militia of this city and the States of Maryland ang Virginia, held a confer- ence with his staff at Frederick. Md., Friday. All officers o fthe staff, repre- senting many communities in these States, attended. | Maj. F. P. Byron lectured to the offi- cers on the Antietam battlefield. Maj. Byron is considered an authority on this battle. Following a conference on the lecture the staff was conducted over the battlefield by Maj. Byron. who | pointed out the tactical features and | accomplishments of both the Blue and the Gray armies. Upon completion of the tour the staff returned to Fred- "mck. | Sergt. John B. DeSpears, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, has been ordered honorably discharged on account of re- | moval from the city. | ‘The following have been ordered | transferred from the active to the re- serve list of their respective organiza- | tions for the reasons given: Temporary removal from the city: | Pvt. John G. Barbers. Headquarters and Service Company. 121st Engineers Business interference with the per- | formance of military duty: Pvt (First Class) William S. Maykrantz. 29th Di- vision, Military Police Company: Pvt. ! John L. Barry, Headquarters and Serv- ice Company, 121st Engineers. | Pvt. George C. Kraus. Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, has been ordered transferred to the | Headquarters Detachment, Special | Troops, 28th Division. Maj. Gen. Stephan has named the officers and men on the rifle team which will represent the local militia in the annual match with a team repre- senting the midshipmen at the United | States Naval Academy at Annapolis. | The team follows: Maj. C. S. Shields, 2nd Battalion, 121st Engineers; Capt. | J. C. Jensen, Ordnance Department, State Staff, team captain; Pirst Lieut. T. A. Riley, 121st Engineers; First Lieut. Hugh Everett, jr. Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers; First Lieut. E. A. McMahon, Company D, 121st Enginee First Lieut. W. R. Lane, Company E, 121st Engineers: Second Lieut. P. Brickles, Company C, | 121st Engineers; Staff Sergt. H. Pa Company E, 121st Engineers H. M. Boudinot, Company E, 121st Engineers; Sergt. T. L. Harrell. | Ordnance Department, State Detach- ment; Sergt. J. Mitchell, Company A, 121st Engineers; Sergt. W. E. Jessu] Company A, 121st Engineers; Corpl. E. A. Ross, Ordnance Department, State Detachment; Pvt. J. Brilhwnhelg. gmpmy P, 121st Engineers; Pvt. G. . Kerns, Ordnance Department, State Pvt. E. L. Staubus, Ord- ent, State Detachment; Lenneton, Ordnance De- nance r Pvt. State Department, ent. ‘he-ded list of larger units of the local Guard last month, according to | | figures compiled and made public by the | | brigade headquarters. It had a percent- age of 96.66. The other units in their respective order follow: 260th Coast Artillery, 83.56; 121st Engineers, 82.61; 372n Infantry, 81.06. The 29th Division Military Police Company headed the list among the in- dividual units with a -percentage of 96.96, in the classification of superior. The other uni::ll‘g muflmup. with (.h&l: percentages, w: Headquarters tachment, 29th Division, 96.83; Head- gflu&l’fil’s” Detachment, Special Troops, Com| Battery A, . Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, Headquarters and Service Com- 92 pany, 90.87. | Excellent: Company A, 121st En-| gineers, 88.33; State Detachment, 88.18; Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 87.72; d, 121st Engineers, 83.07; Company A, 372d Infantry, 81.06. Very satisfactory: Company E, 121st Engineers, 79.16; Medical Department Detachment, 121st Engineers, 79.00; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 77.42. Medical Detachment, 9492 | 94.63; 2.97 of boxing bouts will be held under the direction of Sergt. Coffey, athletic in- | structor at the Army Medical Center. Prepa; jons are being made for a dance May 27 at the Indian Spring Country Club. The Spring dance of Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, was held at the Raleigh Hotel Saturday night. Past Comdr. John J. Orlosky, chairman of the Membership Committee, has of- fered three prizes to be awarded to members who secure new members or mmmh of odd members by 8. The next meeting of the post will be held at Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Mas- sachusetts avenue, May 11. Comdr. Paul H. McMurray will presid La Societe des Huit Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes met Wednesday eve- ning. the monthly social meeting. at the | home of Partner Vi Florance, Lyon Park, Va. Co-hostesses were Le Ch: peau Departmental Eunice Dessez and La Secretaire Annette Burton. Games were played. Child Welfare Chairman Roberta Fawcett. assisted by Entertainment Chairman Edna McIntosh and Ways | and Means Chairman Jennie Knight, entertained at the home of Partner Fawcett Saturday evening. This party is an annual event given in co-opera- tion with La Boutique Nationale. Cherlo Chairman Florence Beuchley and her committee visited Mount Alto Hos- pital Monday evening. The program in- cluded a banjo and violin duet by Miss Betty Butler and her brother Richard, children of a World War veteran. Bingo games and refreshments were included in the program. The American Legion Membership Committee held an enter- inment at the Immaculate Conception Hall and invited the partners to assist in serving the refreshments. The next business meeting of Salon No. 14 will be May 17 at the Hotel Washington. District National Guard Coast Artillery, 76.56: 121st Engineers, 76.50. Company C, 121st Engineers, 76.39: Company D. 121st Engineers, 75.24; Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery. 72.08. ‘The order announcing the percentages says that all units should endeavor to maintain or raise their present per- centages during the current month, par- ticularly those which fall below their regimental average. Local Guard officers have been in- formed of a communication received from the commanding general 3d Corps Area of the Regular Army, at Balti- more, Md., that instructions from the War Department prohibit the assign- ment of National Guard officers who hold commissions in the Officers’ Re- serve Corps to the Civilian Conservation Corps. Pvt. Eugene S. Petrenko, Company E, 121st Engineers, has been ordered trans- ferred from the active to the reserve list of that organization on account of busi- ness interference with the performance of military duty. Pvt. Richard J. King, Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, has been ordered transferred from the reserve to the active list of that organi- zation. Companies C and F and the Head- quarters and Service Company will fire automatic rifles on the range at Con- gress Heights, D. C.. today. while Com- panies A and D and Headquarters and Service will fire next Sunday. Management of the company mess will be the subject to be taught at the Cooks and Bakers' School of the Na- tional Guard on Tuesday night. This course is being given in preparation for the annual encampments, although it is still uncertain as to whether szuch en- campment will be abandoned this Sum- mer as an economy move. Staff Sergt. John B. Coffman. jr. Headquarters and Servicet Company, has been promoted to master sergeant and assigned as personnel sergeant. Sergt. Harold W. Leath, Headquarters and Service Company, has been ordered promoted to staff sergeant and assigned to duty as color sergeant, 121st Engi- neers. Pvt. Frank L. Thatcher, Headquarters and Service Company. 121st Engineers, has been ordered promted to sergeant and assigned to duty in the regiment as personnel sergeant. Company B, CHECKS JUNGLE JAUNTS Brazil Will Bar Adventurers and Tllegal Projects. RIO DE JANEIRO (#).—Restrictions wpon - foreign expeditions into the Bra- slian interior will be under & decree being.drawn by ministry of agriculture. ‘The purpose is to ban adventurers and confine exploration to legitimate scientists or to prospectors i seek minerals and precious . Some of the past expeditions which have gone into the far reaches of the Amazon basin and Matto Grosso have antagonized Indians and violated gov- ernment mineral and diamond regula- ANSWER TO SATURDAY'S PUZZLE. [TIRIUIAINITIS BESICIR] 1] AJUS ITTERIE] m% EIX/OINIERIA] ISITIY] TIRTIO [MIPIS] L1UM] - A EITINO EBAS [UINIL]ALY] TIO/MA] JAGIONIRIAIISIEMISILIETY] [SIULEMHIATTITI IAINIREILI1 | [HIEMMEIAINDIAIN/GIO/SIR | IN] [EINTHIANICIENNGIRIOP: 1 IN&Y £ ICIKIEIDINSIENATIES) AVIATION BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. T HE Langley -day air meet scheduled to be held this afternoon at College Park Airport, College Park, Md., strikes a new note in aviation activities in the vicinity of the National Capital. It is the first of what is expected to be a series of increasingly large and varied flying competitions for pilots of the amateur or sportsman class. Through the medium of such meets it is hoped to promote pri- vate flying as a recreation and sport. Meets of this type are designed not so much for the professional racing pilot or the skilled and experienced exhibition flyer as for the man who owns and flies his own plane for business or pleasure. . Promotion of clean, healthful fying competition without any hint of professionalism or bitter striving for large cash awards is urpose behind the Langley day meet, which is bei the \8 by Washington business, civic and sponsored 1 not be a aviation leaders. It w?l meet characterized by the tense, savage strife of a great National show such as the National Air Races, where reputations and small fortunates are at stake, but it should be a zestful, sporting event—a source of pleasure for those who compete as well as those who watch. It was to the desire of the sponsors | of the local meet to steer entirely clear | of all professional atmosphere that the dispute between the Washington Air | Derby Association and the National ' Aeronautic Association was due. They were afraid that application for sa tion by the N. A. A. might turn away | private pilots who might fly in an easy, informal sort of competition but who might not care to compete in a formal, sanctioned meet. So strenuqus was the opposition of the N. A. A. to an un- sanctioned meet, however, that the derby association ylelded and today’s event will be hallowed by due and offi- cial sanction. In the face of hard times, private flying is taking hold with increasing vigor. The number of private pilots licensed by the Department of Com- merce is increasing more rapidly than any other license classification. In the light of present-day developments, it is not too much to suppose that sport flying some day will be as universal and keen as yacht racing, motor boat com- petition or other forms of sport invol ing the use of vehicles of transport: tion. Today's meet is & step toward this goal. Airtine Five Years Old. ‘The air transport service which passes through the National Capital along the | Atlantic seaboard was five years old on May 1. Beginning on May 1, 1928, as | a night airmail line between New York and Atlanta, the coastal line now stretches over two routes and serves 28 cities between New York and Miami. It makes direct connections with three transcontinental airline systems and with international airlines into Canada and 29 countries of South and Central America and the West Indies. Inaugurated by Pitcairn Aviation. the line was acquired by Eastern Air Tra port, which by mergers has become af- filiated with one of the greatest aviation combines in the world and which has absorbed its chief competitor, Luding- ton Airlines, operators of the world ploneer hourly passenger service be- tween Washington and New York. In the past five years planes operat- ing on the coastal route through Was| ington have flown 16.550,000 miles and have carried 3250.000 pounds of ai mail and 218.000 passengers. press service was inaugurated only nine months ago, but already 51.00 pounds of express matter have been flown. The original Pitcairn line started with six small open-cockpit mail planes and 61 employes. Eastern Air Transport to- day has 48 airliners. including a num- ber of the largest land planes in use in America, and 610 employ Twenty- | eight of the original employes are still on the pay roll and three of the six original planes still are carrying night airmail on the line. Five years ago the line flew a sched ule of 1,526 miles daily over an airway 736 miles long. Today its planes fiy more than 13,300 miles each 24 hours over routes covering 2.488 miles. Sched. ules are operated hourly between Wash ington. Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. Daily services are main- tained to Atlantic City; Richmond, Hopewell and Norfolk. Va.; Greensooro, Charlotte and Raleigh, N. C.: Florence Charleston. Camden, Columbia. Spar- tanburg, §. C.. Atlanta, Macon, Au- gusta and Savannah, Ga. and Jack- sonville, Daytona Beach, Vero Beach. Orlando. Tampa, St. Petersburg and Miami, Fla. Elevated Airport Planned. An airport on stilts in the heart of | London is being planned, at a cost of approximately $17.500,000, according to a report received by the Department of Commerce Aeronautics Trade Division from Trade Commissioner W. L. Kilsoin in London. . ‘The airport is to be in the shape of & wheel with eight spokes, each of which will be a runway. The landing surface is to be elevated 120 fcet above the ground level and will be supported by large buildings, some of which will be used as warehouses and others as air- plane hangars. Planes wiil be moved to_and from the hangars on elevators. The eight runways will provide land- ing and take-off areas under all wind conditions. At night only the runways in use will be lighted and the flood- lights and boundary lights will be ar- | ranged so as to be turned on or off automatically with shifts of wind. France to Mark Railways. Painting of location markers between the rails of railroad tracks at intervals of 10 or 12 miles, for the benefit of air- men, is being considered in France as 8 result of successful tests conducted near Paris. The markers would show the name of the nearest lurge city or town. It 1s estimated that 3,000 markers would be required for the principal French railways. The advantage of the plan. it is pointed out, is that a pilot, having found a railway, will have to fly less than 10 miles to locate himself. A number of pilots have flown over the trial markers and have expressed | hearty approval of the plan. | A similar plan has been approved for principal highways in the United States and many highways have been | marked. This plan calls for painting | of the route number of the highway on | the pavement, in large letters, at inter- vals of 10 miles. The pilot need only carry & highway map, in this case, to| keep himself posted as to his location | with reference to the principal roads. Anacostia Changes Due. Spring shifting of officer personnel at the Anacostia Naval Air Station is about to begin and already orders have been | issued for the detachment og five offi- | cers from duty at the station and for the uslfnment of two to duty there. | Orders for the departure of at least two other officers from their local as- signments are expected and it is prob- able that all seven of the vacancies will be filled by transfers from the fleet or other posts of duty during the next month or two. Comdr. Arthur Gavin, holder of sev- eral world seaplane records and one of | 1 | to|the most noted “big plane” pilots in | the service, has been ordered away from Anacostia and will go to San Diego to| join VT-1B Torpedo_ Plane Squadron of the Battle Force. He is planning to | leave Washington about May 15, and probably will go by automobile to the West_Coast. | st Lieut. Robert B. Pirie, who was offi- ' | port_at Daytona Beach. cially commended for his courage and skill in landing a fast plane on a jammed retractable landing gear in Tllinols recently, is_expected to become flag lieutenant on the staff of the com- mander of the aircraft base force about June 1. Orders have been issued detaching from duty at Anacostia Lieut. Thomeg S. Combs, Lieut. E. W. Kiefer, Lieut, R. H. Rogers and Chief Carpenter G. R, Gray. Though the official orders have not yet come through, it is understood that Lieut. Palmer, radio officer, and Lieut. Cleaves, assistant radio officer, also will wind up their tours of duty at Anacostia in the near future. Admiral Moffett's Son Coming, Lieut. Roy Signer is to come to Ana- costia early in July and probably will take over the post of radio officer. Lieut. Clarke H. Lewis. now on duty with VF-1B Fighter Squadron, U. §. S. Saratoga, also is expected here in July for duty at Anacostia. is understood, though official orders have not yet been announced, that Lieut. George Moffett, son of the late Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffett, killed in the Akron crash, Wwill come to Anacostia for duty in July. In addition to the changes st Ana- costia, & number of changes in aviation personnel in the Navy Department are due soon. Lieut. Comdr. Joseph J. “Jock” Clark, who formerly was executive officer a the Anacostia Naval Air Station, is to l;“:;t‘nched about June 1 from his assignment as commander of VF-2B Pighter Squadron. aboard the U. S. 8. Lexington. and will come to the National Capital for duty on the Board of Inspecticn and Survey, Navy Depart- ment. nn!;xe:z“tsmColx’ndr Vl;“orr»st P. Sherman, v ned to VF-1B_ Fighter Squad- ron. U. S. S. Saratoga, uP:fi lenv;sq-bout June 1, coming to the Navy Department for duty in the Bureau of Ordnance. Lieut. Robert E. Blick, jr, VF-5B Squadron, U. 8. 8. Lexington, also will Jeare ;b?‘ut June l1 Iu;’duly in the Bu- eronautics, Navy Dej ent. Lieut. Walter F. Boox‘x’z wlmemde- tached from the staff of the commander :i: dAir‘clxi‘afl Battle Force, during June will come to the Nav for duty in the Bureau ur}mwmg Chicks Get Flying Start. Between the time they chipped their shells and came, all wet, lnwpge world and the time of their first meal, 1,000 baby Florida chicks traveled 2,000 miles in the test of & new theory of poul shipment by air. i Hatched at Calahan, Pla., mode: incubators, the chicks I’er!hltl].l 'r:: from their egg shells when they were Placed in boxes and hurried to the air- Air rt plane had just k?"ln; t, was called back by radio and took i}mte chicks to Miami, where they were loaded on a Pan-American Airways Port of Spain, Trinidad. et sor The success of the new theory peared to have been realized When‘piz was found on arrival that only 1 per cent of the chicks were lost en route— a low figure in the shipment of chicks by_any method of trans, on. The shipment was made after careful planning to overcome the danger of improper food and attention, greatest sources of mortality to chicks during shipment. It was decided that if they could be flown to their destination im- mediately after hatching, before they needed food or attention, the losses =g b paly e X es proved the g is contended, when they hrom shells in Florida, flew by air express and had their fi oot rst meal 2,000 miles MARINE CORPS NEWS Pay Department officials of the Navy and Marine Corps have been in conference the past week on the pro- Posed consolidation of departments, Maj. Gen. Commandant Ben H. Fuller will appoint certain of the higher ranking officers of the line and staff respectively to serve on additional tem- porary duty as members of the line and stafl boards. which are to cone vene at headquarters during the com- ing month. These boards will consider the availability of all higher ranking officers of the line and staff without pay equivalent to higher rank attained under present law, when vacancies occur. The . Senfor and Junio Boards are due to conv headquarters in June. Capt. Julian P. Brown, while tem- porarily in the city. has been stopping at_the Army and Navy Club. First Licut. J. 8. Letcher. on leave, has registered at the Raleigh Hotel. Roscoe Ellis has been promoted to ch)ce! quartermaster clerk. apt. Joseph H. Pellows, on duf the office of the chief m-orflin‘zt: will be relleved May 22 and will pro- éecld to the corps’ at San Diego, alif. Maj. John Dixon, now on duty the co-ordinator's office at New O’: leans, is to come to headquarters... AIR CRUISES TO BEGIN 38-Passenger Plane to Inaugurate Service in Egypt. CAIRO (&), an liners which vary scheduled sailings with special cruises have their counetrpart in the air. lA I:l-fi-::nzur lE‘mperm plane seen & cruisin, e May .vt:hm it leaves . r Examining ene at corps Battery and Ignition Service Delco Batteries CREEL BROTHERS 1811 14th St. N.W. Decatur 4220 1007% PURE PENNSYLVANIA...THE FINEST flutoc cold [at resis{ing MOTOR 3 UC OIL 2 BAYERSON OIL WORKS - COLUMBIA 5228