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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 25, 1933—PART FOUR. 00D DRIVING HELD | BENEFIT 10 TIRES Proving Grounds Reveal Speed Chief Cause of Excessive Wear. DOWN THE ROAD—The Trouble With Touring.—By FRANK BECK In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. AVIATION BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. THE FOLKS ARE ALWAYS HURRYING 7O CATCH UR ON THEIR' SCHEDULE EVERY TIME A BEACH APPEARS w—m | PPOINTMENT of the new class of flylng cadets who on July 3 will start training in the Army Air Corps Primary Flying School, Randolph Field, Tex., marks the beginning of a new policy in selection of material for training as officer-pilots in the Army’s combat squadrons. The new policy, given form by amendment of the War Depart- ment regulations governing appointments to the Army Flying School, deals with the matter of preference in making of appointments. {Under the new rules, priority in the naming of candidates will be iven to graduates of the United States Military Academy, the United gtates Naval Academy, and the United States Coast Guard Academy who, failing to receive commissions in the Army. Navy or Coast Guard because of lack of vacancies, apply for appointment as flying cadets within a year of graduation. The granting of priority to the graduate midshipmen and Coast Guard Academy graduates is new in Air Corps procedure. Next in order the War Department gives priority in appoint- ECOGNIZING a demand for one- | which otherwise will have to be abol- way streets running north and | ished. south through the city, as This present plan of Mr. Van Duzer's pointed out these columns | will be presented to the Traffic Council some time ago, William A. Van |at its next meeting for approval. The Duger, traffic director, has prepared & | plan only calls for the area between worthy argument in favor of such & Pennsylvania avenue and Virginia plan. | avenue. It seems that its adoption According to Mr. Van Duzer, the par- | wculd be a wise move. Then, if the amount fac in contemplation of | plan is successful, the area should be new one-way streets lie in the actual | extended further uptown. physical layout, traMc hazards, and | —_— obstacles to even flow presented b, e wo-way street. In| | The average driver pays 50 per cent more than i5 necessary for his tires. Hard drivers pay a 100 per cent pre- mium for their tires. This is just another way of saying | that a good driver can get twice as | much service from a set of tires as | the sort of operator who rides the | brakes and squeals around curves. | Skillful drivers average 50 per cent | better tire mileage than those who are Intersection Too Narrow. | J Attent:-1 has been called to the nar- | this regard, he says, it would be inad- | rowness of the intersection leading in or if the number of accidents will | out of the Waterside drive around the £0 decrease | Church of the Pilgrims at Twenty-sec- a menace | ond and P streets. Its dangers continue, and not cnly is the congestion so bad | in the morning rush hour, but several | smashups have occurred. It has ne- been made of | cessitated a policeman being stationed Study Prepared. efore a sl nd their | there every week-day morning, and he | Ninet | €ven has a difficult job in keeping cars Nineteenth | yntzngled. As a matter of fact, the ginia avenue | policeman himse!f has complained of | Both Eight- | the conditions existing there. | h are 35 feet in The intersect! through a curious aven - to E strect. | state of our ¢il;'z affalrs, is under the that 1:~ger vehicles | direction of the Public Buildings and et car on a street | Public Parks Office. The roadway can | Parking limitations | easily be widened without defacing the would ill, but they would | intersection, and should be done in the have to be “No Parking at Any Time,” | interests of safety. Mr. Van Duzer thereby eliminating a large amount of | would do well to make & request of valuable par According to | widening to Col. Woodruff. the surv t would be far bet- Seaes ter to prevent tr id fiict and Reason for Protests. still retain the p; h and from Viry aver relation to streets cannot 35 feet in 1d { medium in their handling of cars. ing these stree tion of tk ment 7 it is inter- s over to Traffi r As the | streets, one- 3 two-way, | are chosen. Q and R ay, eest and by order of the Comm! January 32. It was found that | eased after these streets | ade one-w and were less than | those on S and T #'reets over the same period of time. While the differences were not great, it is held that they are indicative of a tendency toward safety and bet g conditions. On the one-w treet there is no traffic the cpposite direction, giving greater ease in dr re are, at inter- sections. ng movemen v traf] posice direction, per- mitting to give greater at- | tention to cr affic; and at night, | ny nights, there is no achirg headlights, giv- ease and comfort in ores and business houses trucks habitually double park to load and to unload. With douvble parking on one- | way strects a lane is always kept open i tion of traffic flow still per- cedom of movement, wo-way streets a hazard is and frecdom of movement is much reduced because of tw L e of trafliic moving & ite direcifons having to use the same lane. One hozard, however, is created on one-way streets whi streets do not have; that is parked on the left side of a one- street | has no means of Wwarning approachirg | cars of his intention to pull out from the curb. Capacity of Streets, In the maiter of street capacity it was found that an average of 42 more cars per hoir in both directions was s than on one- direction. This dif- i to be great and that one-way g capacity ctent. The to different ried more traffic than T stre two intersections and more than S at one. Q street carried more traflic than T street at five intersec- tions and more than S at three. Higher but legal speed limits were found on v st trects if they are se ttrects, he states, should be made one way to make use of the greater capacity, to eliminate congestion during rush hours. to eliminate accident potentialities of the present two-way , to speed up street car and to prevent con- and t> con- of parking area | passin serve a vast amo Milagly’s MQtAci)ring BY FREDERICE C. RUSSELL their own sed much a fast one a ready mileage. ked at that if It appears that there was something in all the recent protests against the | sc-called gasoline highball. | Findinegs from recent exhaustive road and lab-ratory tests of the efficiency of alcohol-gasoline blends as motor fuel, | participated in by advocates and oppo- nents of the proposal, were made public | by the American Automcbile Asso- ciation. Road tests with a fuel containing 10 per cent alcohol developed that the blend is nearly 5 per cent less efficient than regular gasoline, while the labora- tory tests showed heavier fuel consump- tion when the blended fuel was used and also that its use required a richer flow for acceleration. The tests were conducted by the A. A. A. Contest Board and the United | States Bureau of Standards and the findings are embodied in a joint report signed by these two organizations. They | are based on roed tests made on the | Mount Vernon Boulevard June 9, and | subsequent laboratory studies at the Bureau cf Standards. Participating in the tests were a dis- | tinguished group, including members of Congress, accredited representatives of the Department of Agriculture, large in- dustrial concerns interested in motor fuels and engineers from leading univer- sities, as well as prominent agricultural and automotive engineers. | Representative E. M. Dirksen of Illi- | nois, one cf the congressional sponsors of legislation to assist agriculture by making compulsory the use of alcohol made from surplus farm products in| gasoline, co-operated thrcughout the | tests and named outstanding advocates of the proposal to act as observers. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Assistant Secretary Tugwell were among the large group that gathered at the Department of Agriculture before the tests gct under way. Result of Tests. The results of the tests were sum- marized by the A. A. A. as follows: Operation of four conventional type automobiles in road tests over a 10- mile course developed that the alcohol- blended fuel is on the average 4.94 per cent less efficient than regular gasoline. Road tests with a fifth automobile, run at the same time over a measured | mile, showed a decrease in miles per hour, miles per gallon of gasoline and increase in fuel consumed when the alcohol-blended fuel was used. | Observations in the laboratory tests | disclosed fuel consumption with the blend to be 4.5 per cent greater than with regular fuel. Acceleration tests revealed that with a fuel containing 10 per cent alcohol a carburetor setting giving about 3 per cent greater fuel flow (richer mixture) was required to secure acceleration equal to that given by straight gasoline. | The 10 per cent alcohol blend im- proved the anti-knock quality of the| fuel, but only to the extent of one- fourth to one-third of that secured from the highest test premium fuels on the market today. The alcohol in the blended fuel absorbed moisture from the atmosphere and the mixture of alcohol and water separated from the gasoline. Congress should take note. or cables and perhaps give you just| what you need. Or he may go to the | trouble of decreasing the clearance be- tween the brake shoes and the drums. In some cases it is necessary to adjust | for equalization or to change the pro- portion of braking between front and rear wheels. | If prices vary widely there's a reason. | Better know it. | Just as it looks as if the gear shift lever were about to pass from the pic- ture the market offers two attractive | ideas. One is a silver ball with your | initials engraved on it; the other is a | ball with an odometer to tell when you | last changed the ofl in the motor. The speedometer is one of those parts of the car most people take for | granted and never extend a helping hand until something goes wrong. It is curiously misunderstood by men as| | from 20,700 to 27,600 miles. | per_hour the horsepower increase over well as women, yet is reasanably simple | These facts, and many others equally helpful to the man who wants to get more miles per tire, have recently been made available following extensive sur- veys. Since tire wear is directly related to tire security, it is reasonable to add that because of the wide variation in driver ability some motorists enjoy twice the safety as do their contem- poraries on the streets and highways. Locality Counts. One of the illuminating facts de- veloped by recent surveys is the dis- covery that your tires also wear ac- cording to the locality in which you drive. Tires have hard going in Pitts- burgh. New York, contrary to gen- eral opinion, comes fourth on the list of best tire mileage in a group of 10 representative cities. Detroit stands at the top of the list. If you motor in the motor capital you are quite apt to obtain 67 per cent better tire mileage than if you lived in Pittsburgh. Hills make a difference. A group of 121 cars in Pittsburgh showed an average tire mileage of only 11272 In Philadelphia, where there are many hilly suburbs, the average of 92 cjrs showed only a_little better mileage, at 12,334. San Francisco seems to tell the same story, with its 110 cars show- ing a per tire life of only 12,471 miles. In New York the mileage jumped to 15,687. Dallas showed 16,911. Chi- cago ran the mileage up to 17,240, while Detroit offered the record of 18,794. All makes of tires and cars were used in this particular analysis. Mileages are averages and do not reveal the more ir.teresting fact that some of the own- | ers whose cars were checked obtained | twice as much tire service as others. This wide difference is particularly striking in the case of Boston, where 30 cars of the same make and model, carrying the same make of tires, were carefully checked. Hlb’lh Are Figured. Here only the drivers and their hab- its figured, discounting an occasional case of faulty brake adjustment or fiont wheel misalignment. Five of the | drivers had to turn in their tires some- where between 7,500 and 9,400 miles. Seven of them obtained mileages of be- tween 11,800 and 13,700. Another seven increased this to a range of 14,300 to 15,800 milzc. Obviously no tire is any better than the man at the wheel. 8ix of the drivers considered were able to obtain from 16,100 to 18,700 miles from their tires. The five best obtained The gen- eral conclusion is that, aside from un- wise use of the brakes and the difference | in geographic location, the chief source of wear lies in excessive speed. This is clearly demonstrated on the proving grounds of several of the carmakers, where tires often give but one-fifth as much mileage as can be obtained by the average owner. Grouping the above Boston returns, it will be seen that the 10 hardest drivers averaged 10,773 miles with their tires, while the 10 medium-grade drivers aver- aged 14,985 miles. The 10 best showed the enviable mileage of 20,231. Thus, if | your tires seem to be wearing out un- usually fast, it would be well to check up on your driving. It. too, may need re- treading. Excessive Braking Needed. Excessive speeds usually call for ex- cessive braking. The avcrage driver does not realize how much he punishes his tires going around curves too fast because, with the motor buzzing vigor- ously, he has less opportunity to hear the tires squeal. While free wheeling has resulted in excessive tire wear through unwise coasting, and thus ex- cessive use of brakes, it has in many instances helped drivers to realize that tlhe‘y have been going around cures too ast. Few drivers realize that to maintain higher speeds there is increased need for grater horsepower to be exerted by the rear tires against the surface of the road. At 80 mile an hour, for instance, even a medium-sized car has to trans- mit & 552-horsepower draw between tires and road. At 30 mile an hour this is only 5.1 horsepower. Even at 40 miles a speed of 30 is nearly 100 per cent. Check your driving if you want to cut tire costs. It's largely up to you. The time to re-tire depends largely on how skillfully you re-learn. (Copyright, 1933) “SELL WEST VIRGINIA” SUPPORTED BY A. A. A.| Motoring Body Hopes to Encour- age Touring in State. 2 AT N Ty, 1 £ 5 =S American Legion The election of delegates and alter- nates to attend the local department | convention of the American Legion and | admission of new members will be the | principal business of the Sergt. Jasper | Post, No. 13, at the next meeting, at the | Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts | avenue, July 13. Twenty-three nominations were made at the meeting last Thursday and from these delegates and alternates will be elected. A number of members of the post, including Color Bearers Samuel | Davids and Ira F. McMillan, partici- pated in Flag day ceremonies held in| Sylvan Theater. Chairman John J. Or- i losky of the Membership Committee will | give a report on new members and re- | instatements at the next meeting. Past Comdr. Thomas J. Frailey of the Welfare Committee reported visits to Mount Alto Hospital, where he visited members of the post who are patients at that in- stitution, inéluding Past Comdr. H. L. B. Atkisson and W. H. Hackett. Comdr. | Paul H. McMurray is at his home in | Texas. | ‘The National Americanism Commis- sion of the American Legion here has | requested Legion posts and departments to hold a patriotic program and exhibi- | tion drills at the reforestation camps | July 23. The commission discussed the advisability of carrying the Legion’s pro- gram of Americanism into the civillan camps and it was decided they offered | an excellent opportunity for such effort. Stephen P. McGroarty Post, No. 27, met at 107 Upshur street for its June | meeting. Comdr. Frank G. Howell pre- | sided. Preceding the business meeting, at a joint assembly of the post and unit members, presided over by Comdr. Howell, an American flag was pre- sented _to the Potomac Heights Cub Pack, Boy Scouts of America, by Miss Glenn Newell, secretary of the unit, | with appropriate remarks as to the ob- | servance of Flag day, the meaning of the colors of the flag and an impres- sive eulogy of Stephen P. McGroarty, after whom the post and unit are named and who lost his life in action | in PFrance during the World War. Comrade Howell also _made a short speech. Scoutmaster Drake explained the work and aims of the Cub Pack. At the post meeting a delegate and | alternates to the departmens convention | at Central High School, August 2, 3 and 4, in conjunction with the Central Business Men’s Association, were elect- ed as follows: Joseph J. Idler, dele- gate, and Alfred Simon and Myer Lips Hitch, alternates. Comdr. Howell will | be the other delegate by virtue of his office as post commander and will also | isting in that office, and elected M‘r{ Richard J. Ha act as chairman of the delegation. A letter was read from Vincent J.| Murphy, commander of Seicheprey | Post, No. 2, Bristol, Conn., stating that | he had personally placed a wreath, | sent by McGroarty Post, on the grave | of Edward James Cunningham on Me- | morial day. Comrade Cunningham, & | former employe of the Treasury De- | partment, post Americanism officer at the time of his death. Three new members were admitted Charles 5. Bickell, Harry H. Miller and | Elijah W. Sweaney. ‘The post voted to call off the July and August meetings and to again | meet at 107 Upshur street for the Sep- tember meeting. | Stuart Walcott Post No. 10 will ho]d} its next meeting at 8 o'clock Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Hall, Eighth | and N streets. The subject of reduc- tion of post fees and the election of delegates to the department conven- | tion, to be held in August, will be considered. Second Division Pest, No. 28, at the last regular meeting, by a unanimous vote indorsed Post Comdr. Thomas Mason, jr., for department commander of the American Legion. Comdr. Mason has served as commander of | | July 1, are requested to notify Employ- | ment Officer Elsie Pinney, Columbia 8764, or one on the committee. | post held a card party June 19 | at 517 Eleventh street southwest. At a meeting in the District Build- | ing, Tuesday evening, Vincent B. Cos- | tello Post indorsed the candidacy of Richard A. O'Brien, past commander of the post, for the position of depart- ment commander. Post Comdr. Nor- man R. Grant was elected chairman of the post delegation to the depart- ment convention with the following delegates: Adjutant Patspaugh, Vice Commanders Elmer Reynolds, John | O’Connell, Fred A. Thuee, Past Comdrs. | Richard A. O'Brien and Charles Kohen, | and George D. Frye, Tom Costello, Robert Coleman, Martin Goerl, Richard | Viancour and Jim Pistorfo. Alter- | nates selected were Robert Moyer, Ray- mond Queenin, Joe Droney, McGrath, | Boone, McDonald, Taske, Carson, Tur- ner, Kane, Father Hurney, Franklin and Stern. The delegation was" in- | structed to support the O'Brien ticket. The post paid tribute to the memory of Past National Comdr. O. L. Boden- | hamer and instructed the commander | and adjutant to dispatch a letter of | condolence to his widow at Eldorado, Ark. | Comdr. Grant, who is also_director | of the Costello Drum and Bugle Corps, | announced efforts are being made to | equip the outfit with Summer apparel. | It is expected the full corps will take the trip to Chigago for the national convention. The regular monthly meeting of Stan- ley Church Depue Post, No. 30, was held ‘Thursday at the Cairo Hotel. The | principal busifess was the election of | delegates and aiternates to the Depart- | ment Convention to be held in Au-| gust. The following delegates and al- | ternates were selected: Comdr. Barnard | E. Bee was elected chairman of the | delegation and R. T. Flanagan, third | vice commander, as alternate to the | hairman of the delegation. Other dele- | gates are Robert Anderson and Leslie Engel; alternates, John Aribat and Asa B. Mustain. | Charles Catanack spoke concerning | the national convention, to be held in | Chicago, Il in October, and 22 members indicated their intention of attending. The post is planning a Summer dance | at one of the nearby country clubs and also an all-day outing at one of the 1earby beaches. Comdr. Graham Wilson, historian and | publicity officer of the post. invited the | Executive Committee to hold its July | meeting at his home, in Virginia. The post elected R. T. Flanagan third | vice commander to fill the vacancy ex- Thornton as sergeant at arms to fill the vacancy existing in that office. i | August 21 was: NEW LIGHT TURNED ON 20th and K Has Magnetic Type Trafiic Signal, A newly installed traffic light at Twenty-ninth and K streets was turned on yesterday by Traffic Director Willlam A. Van Duzer. The intersection was regarded by trafic officials as one of the most dan- gerous in the District. Located just beyond the K street bridge across Rock Creek, motorists on Twenty-ninth street and those west bound on K street cannot see approaching vehicles because of high rail guards on the bridge. The light is of the new magnetic type similar to the one in operation at Wisconsin avenue and Macomb street. It will give the right of way to traffic on K street at all times, changing auto- matically for Twenty-ninth street traf- fic when it approaches the intersection. Since completion of the Potomac Park driveway to K street, traffic at Twenty-ninth and K streets has shown a marked increase. A recent count showed that 700 vehicles an hour pass the intersection during the morning and afternoon rush periods. Spanish War Veterans Meetings This Week. CAMPS. Tuesday, Col. James S. Pettitt, 921 Pennsylvania avenue south- east. AUXILIARIES. Monday, Col. James 8. Petitt, Northeast Masonic Temple; Tues- day, Henry W. Lawton, Pythian Temple. Department Comdr. Charles A. Stro- bel headed a delegation of the mem- bers of the camps and auxiliaries to attend the department convention held Baltimore yesterday. Col. John Jacob Astor Camp met Monday at the U. 8. Soldiers’ Home convened by Comdr. James P. Molloy. The camp stood in silent prayer in memory of Comrade Alfonso A. Salis- bury, who recently died. It was voted to hold but one meeting in July, August and September on the first Mondays. Gen. Henry W. Lawton Auxiliary was presided over by President Mamie Gal- pin. It was decided to hold a bingo party Tuesday instead of a meeting Election of delegates to attend the n: tional convention in Los Angeles on Elizabeth Bundy and Josephine Grimsley, rden Camp will elect delegates to the national convention at the meeting July 6. Conquering Contract By P. HAL SIMS Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed | the greatest living contract and auc- | tion player. He is captain of the re- | nowned “Four Horsemen” team and has won 24 national championships since 1924. These articles are based on the | Stms system, which includes the ome- | over-one principle which the Sims group | of players was the first to employ and develop. | Rebidding Over a Forcing Takeout With Three Aces and a Con- | cealed Long Suit. dl ESTERDAY we found that when | Y aces in his hand, but neverthe- | less his partner can make l} jump takeout, the question of small the opening bidder has an un- | shaded long sult and also three | Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, and | glam is hardly in doubt and our con- in its make-up. It is really two instruments. One is| Active support by the American Au- & counter for recording the number of | tomobile Association of plans being miles driven. The other is a dial that|Made by West Virginia motor clubs to records the speed the car is traveling. | S¢ll” the State to the Nation’s motor Both instruments are driven by the one | tourists, assures that the State is cer- ceb'e, which is flexible o as to accom- | tAin to have a more prominent place moate itself on its journey from the | On the itineraries of millions of vaca- nsmission to the instrument panel, tionists and that it will reap rich re- e catle is driven from a gear at the | turns from this vacation travel r of the transmission | Due to the close proximity of the The speed dial is magnetic in the | National Capital to West Virginia, usual type of speedometer. That is, the | Washington is certain to benefit from dial or pointer follows the end of the |&nY increase in the number of visitors cable through magnetic action. There | coming into this section. is plenty of room here for inaccuracies, While West Virginia is one of the but often the inability of the device to | least known travel objectives, it is a Tecord accurately is due to the gearing | veritable storehouse of play resources being in the wrong ratio. |and the program to focus national at- The speedometer shaft can be dis- | tention on these will do much to offset con .'cum at the head of the instru- | the industrial losses in the State dur- It should be lubricated occa- and care should be taken not it take any sharp bends. The ever should be touched by the can use the speedometer as & afeguard when driving in hilly in the dark A steadily speed indicates that you are ¢ downgrade and that you ought {t to second. A steady drop in irdicates that the upgrade is ceper than you think it is. In the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River many drivers have found the speedometer a handy guide when going down into the tube and when starting the upgrade on the way out. FIVE IN FAMILY PLAY va Band Director Enlists Sons and Grandson. DECORAH, Iowa (P).—Prof. Carlo A. Sperall has seen to it that his family Is fell represented on the tour- ing 61-plece Luther College Concert Band Prof. Sperati, director, has been head sthers of the college’s music department since such a | 1805. One son, Carsten, and a grand- st work. | son, Carleton 'A., are’ flute players, ask for a brake adjugiment while two other sons, Vittorio and Sig- Aanic can take up on the rods | vald, are TS, them that t. Believe it or let it pass. certain kinds of service work can be done in a half There are dif- are more com- at explains why difference in nan wide e mel | ing the last three years. | The program to utilize the facilitles of the American Automobile Associa- | tion, with its nearly 1000 affiliated motor clubs and its millions of maps and travel publications, was drafted here this week at conferences at |A_ A. A national headquarters, Ernest N. Smith, executive vice pres- |ident of the national motoring body, | has taken the leadership in the “Sell | West Virginia” program and has the co-operation of all A. A. A. motor clubs and civic interests in the State. The program will be placed before | West Virginia interests at a series of meetings in the State, the first of which will be held at Charleston next Monday. They will be attended by representatives of A. A. A. national headquarters and virtually every in- terest concerned with the tourist de- velopment of the Panhandle State. “At the present moment,” said Mr. Smith, “West Virginia is in a position to make up for industrial losses through | th> develoment of an aggressive tourist and travel program which, if intelli- gently conducted, would bring millions of people and scores of millions of dol- lars into the State. “Mills and mines in the State are closed and many people think prosper- national president of the Second Di- | vision Association. He is the wear- | er of the Purple Heart, Silver Star| Citation with cluster and the Croix de Guerre. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, announced the [“job a member” campaign, which is part of the department’s program to aid the uncmployed and which all posts of the District are participating. | is in its last week. All comrades who have need to hire help now, and up to system, unknown to the traveling pub- lic, and her fmagnificent scenic advan- tages which can now be revealed to the motorist.” He continued: “West Virginia, through a properly conducted campaign and with the sup- port of her citizens whose money is in- vested in highways, can reap the same advantages that Colorado, California and New England have reaped by capi- talizing upon a great highway system and a vacation area that compares | favorably with anything in the world. “Every interest in the State should | awaken to its possibilities and start now. There are many signs of a defl- nite increase in travel. Millions of vacation-minded people are seeking new play places. The location of West Vir ginia to the large centers of populatio: gives the State great advantages at time when vacationists want to see the | most in the shortest time and at the | lowest cost. “After my first tour of West Virginia | years ago the recollection of valleys | that appeared somewhat smoky modi- fled my impressior . of the scenic grandeur of the Sta The visitor of today will find a panorama of crystal- clear valle; gems set in the moun- tains, that’ everlastingly beckon to dis- tant horizons. The scenic appeal of the State has been intensified by the slowing down of mines, forges and factories. This is the time to see West Virginia. 1 “So quietly has the State completed in one of the long suits, surely he can |15 courses in fine arts were found | ity cannot be had until they reopen. importance in which her citizens have invested millions and which have not yet been put to proper use to get re- turns. I refer to her new road But West Virginia h#ts assets of equal | withi; its road program—spending $100,000,000 n last _three years—that motorists in general do not realize thay | the State has some 5,300 miles of ex-|his partner’s suit; for instance, K J x | weeks' college. | honors. cern is with the chances of a grand | slam. The opener will respond to the | foreing takeout in | his own suit.| From then on the time factor is as- sured and 12 tricks are in sight. Probing the Long Suits. The concern of both partners is now only to ascer- | tain whether a| trick will be lost | in either of their long suits. This task devolves on t h e responding hand, for he knows | that the opening| no - trump bidder has some support | for his takeout suit, whereas the open- | ing bidder does not k:ow whether the | responding hand has any support at | all for his own concealed suit. The re- | sponding partner should first deal with | his own suit. He should rebid it if it | consists of (a) five containing three cf | the top four honors, or (b) six cards. | The fact that he made a jump take- | out announced two of the top three , in conjunction with a | six-card holding and the knowledge hat opener has at least A x, K x or Q x x, may be assumed to solidify the | suit. If he cannot rebid his own suit | on these grounds, he must ask himself whether he can solidify his partner's suit, which he knows to be as good as AKQxxor AKXXXXx With| Q X, J Xx or X X x x he should raise his partner’s suit. If able to make neither of these two positive bids, he should say so by bidding no-trumps at the level of his partner’s last bid. Responsibility Now Reverts to Opener. On hearing this no-trump bid, a de- | nial of two suits as we have seen, opener must be prepared to sign off at six no- trumps. If he has to concede a trick | squeeze out the protection in the other. | On the other hand, should he hold— (8) More than minimum support for bid seven on his suit if he held anly X X Or x in opener’s concealed suit. With am&)le trump control both in top cards and in number he round of the opener’s suit, two if neces- sary, and so set up low cards in that suit on which to discard any second or third round losers that he may have in the off syits. Eliminate the Losers for Grand Slams. (b) If his own concealed suit Is so strong that he cannot expect support in it from his partner, and does not need it, he should rebid that suit. AKQJxorAKQxxx would ful- fill these conditions. Responder will now know that the only trick likely to be lost is in his, the responder’s suit. With three trumps to the ten spot for his partner, he can bid seven in the partner's sult, for the latter will now be able to ruff the responder’s suit and | fiy set it up to provide discards, if it fails to drop. Only an adverse trump hold- ingof xx XXX inst a five-card suit or J x X x against a six-carder will de- feat a grand slam arrived at in this manner, and we would all be willing| g to take this chance, especially when the | two bidding hands are neither of them abnormal in distribution, so that the likelihood of abnormal distribution against them is all the more remote. (c) II either hand contains the cards which make it sure that both their long suits are solid, he should imme- diately bid seven no-trumps, as soon as the bidding has shown that this de- cision is up to him. He should not ex- pect his partner to supply information which he is known not to possess. Such slams should be bid in no trumps, not only because of the higher trick value, but to evade the remote risk of a first- round ruff. Then, again, if, after all, one suit encountered a fantastic dis- tribution and failed to break, the play can be switched to the other, and a usually inescapable squeeze applied 1o | the opponent who holds the stopper in the first suit. If one of the suits breaks, as it must on this bidding, you are likely to have 13 tricks anyhow in top cards, without having to use the small cards | of the other suit. At worst, an unex- pected finesse might have to be taken. (Copyright, 1933.) Mr. 8ims will answer all Inquiries on con- tract that are sddressed to this mewspaper and mefose & self-addressed. stampe IDLE STUDY FINE ARTS Free College Accounting Course Also in Favor. COLUMBUS, Ohio and fine arts were two of the most pC courses, officials of Ohio State U 'iversity found when they opened a fre- college for the unemployed here. ‘ Four sections for accounting and H | | | (/). —Accounting necessary when the 1,300 “students” ranging in ages from 18 to 70 presented themselves for enrollment for the six Two classes in piano cellent roads connecting at the borders 'or AJ x x or Q J x, he should raise the 'and two in voice training were also with important interstate routes.” ! suit. This would enable responder toopened. ments to enlisted men of the Air Corps and of other branches of the Army with at least six months of service and then in turn to officers and enlisted men of the National Guard with at least six months’ service in Air Corps units; college graduates who are graduates of Afr Corps R. O. T. C. units and similar units of othér arms or serv- ices; graduates of recognized colleges and universities; officers and enlisted men of National Guard units who have had at least six months’ service; college students who are members of R. O. T. C. units and have completed their junior year; 'serve officers and enlisted men of at least six months’ service, and students who have completed two years at a recognized university. In_ appointing the flying cadets for |gers of our private companies, which the July class the War Department was ' have resulted in four great companies not able to go beyond the sixth category | controlling virtually the entire air trans- or ihat of college graduates afMiliated, port system of the Nation and the fur- with R. O. T. C. units. Fifty-four | ther recent combination of these into can ruff a. graduates of the United States Naval Academy who did not receive commis- sions because of lack of vacancies and who were rccommended for appoint- ment as fiying cadets by the superin- tendent of the academy, were appoint- ed, forming one-third of the entire class. The new class is composed of 150 students, including 54 graduates of the Naval Academy of the June, 1933, class; 18 enlisted men of the Regular Army Air Corps, 4 enlisted men of other branches of the Regular Army and 74 | civilian college graduates. These students, despite previous status, all will undergo training at the Army's great “West Point of the Air” as fiying cadets. Those who are su cessful in completing the eight months primary course at Randolph and the four months’ advanced course at Kel! Field will be rated as airplane pilots, commissioned as second lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve, and, so far as appropriations will permit, will be placed on extended active duty with Air Corps squadrons. The change of policy is expected still further to improve the caliber of the material from which the Air Corps draws its future fighting pilots. Every man in the new class is a college grad- uate with military experience in R. O. T. C. units, a graduate of the Naval Academy or an enlisted man with con- siderable experience in the Air Corps. They represent the finest young man- hood the Nation has to offer. Attack Planes Ordered. The first attempt on a large scale to modernize the attack squadrons of the Army Air Corps since the beginning of the five-year Air Corps program has been undertaken with the awarding by the War Department of a contract for the construction by the Curtiss Aero- plane & Motor Co. of Buffalo, N. Y., of 46 new high-speed Curtiss A-12 attack lanes. = The Army’s attack squadrons are the {last to undergo modernization because |of the difficulties in developing an ac- ceptable type of airplane to replace the old-type Curtiss Falcons for ‘“groun straffing” work. The Falcons, similar i‘w those used for observation purposes, | have served in lieu of something better until they are completely obsolescent. The new A-12, developed after several ears of intensive research and testing, {a & single-engined low-wing mono- plane, built entirely of metal and equipped with wing slots and flaps to reduce landing speed. It is armed with five machine and carries bombs for attacking ground troops, trains,| machine guns, artillery and other strong points on the battlefleld. The A-12, known as the “Flying Fortress,” is said to be one of the most efficient weapons ever devised for use against ground troops. It Is owered with a nine-cylinder 700- horsepower P-1820F Wright Cyclone engine weighing only 1.22 pounds per horsepower. The engine includes a number of the latest improvements, among them a down-draft carburetor of new design, spark-plug coolers and an 11-inch supercharger impeller. Although performance con- cerning the new planes are military secrets, it is understood that the A-12 is faster by many miles per hour any plane developed for similar pur- poses anywhere in the world, its de- sign embodying some of the features of the successful racing planes of the past few years. | ‘With adoption, of the A-12, the mono- | plane has come into use for all types of Army combat operations, numbers of new monoplane pursuit and bom- | bardment airplanes already being in| service. Student Training Goes On. Two new student airplane pilots | were enrolled during the past week at| the Mount Vernon Airways School, | Alexandria Airport. They are A. C. Conrad, a route captain for the Daily News, and L. D. Shank of Brentwood, | Md. Corperal Roland C. Hoy, Army Alr Corps, air mechanic, who is on duty at Bolling field, soloed during the week at the Alexandria field and began building up solo flying time toward his first Department of Commerce license. | For the benefit of visitors who gather ,on Sunday afternoons to watch the in- formal program of flying demonstrations | at the Alexandria Airport, Mount Ver- non Airways has installed a public ad- dress system. It will be used today for the first time to describe events in the ing program, which will begin at 2:30, continuing until 6:30 p.m. Parachute | jumps are scheduled at 5:30 and 6:30 | and there will be demonstrations of | acrobatic flying. The airport is on U. S.| 1 highway, about 3 miles south of Alex- | ndria, Va. | Two students at College Park Afrport, | College Park, Md., are just about ready | to take the examinations for their solo paces this week by Department of Com- merce Inspector Hanscom. They are Mrs. C. M. Savage of the Westminster Apartments, wife of Capt. C. M. Sav- age, Army Air Corps, on duty in the War Department, and E. H. “Red” Hill of this city. G. E. Jackson, 2700 Con- necticut avenue, soon will be ready for his solo pilot's examination. Malcolm Matheson, local broker, who lives near Mount Vernon, took his ex- | | th.m«‘ | Beall, what amounts to only three systems. The conditions in France have been somewhat similar to those in this edun- try, mergers having reduced the num- ber of operating compantes to five. The air mini: in urging the complete consolidation of all air transport com- panies, cited as the advantages of such & combination the economies to be de- rived from unified operation, the “en- hanced prestige” of a single company, | the success of single subsidized systems in England, Germany and the Nether- |lands, the further possible standardi- | zation of material ana equipment and | other rationalization measures Wl could be brought about. Critics of the plan have pointed out that conditions in France differ from those in England, Germany and the Netherlands, where single subsidized systems have been created. They pointed out that, elthough these three countries have single subsidized companies, these companies do not operate as single units, but are subdivided into what amount to autonomous sections, such | as those of Imperial Airways for Eu- rope, India and South Africa. | . Opponents of the complete unifica- lon of the five companies, however, ccording to the report received here, have agreed, as a desirable compromise, to a combination into three great com- panies—one for Europe, second for North and South America, with a con- necting link to French Equatorial Africa, and a third for the Near and Far East. India Protects Alrports. |, Construction or maintenance of | buildings, planting of trees or the erec- | tion of other obstacles or digging or | the grazing of cattie in the immediate vicinity of an airport is prohibited by royal decree in Netherland Indis, ac- cording to an official report to the United States Department of Commerce | from Batavia. Alrport zoning laws imposed by the | decree are very strict. They are in line with ordinances which have been pro- in a number of nations and which d | have been advocated for the United States and are intended to control the establishment of obstacles which may | :?;:st:_zu a hazard to aircraft using the ports. Under the terms of the decree no air- port may be established without it from the Governor General. air- ports established legally, however, will be as fully protected as possible. The decree forbids all persons to build or | own buildings on or in the vicinity of an airport, to plant or own plants or | trees on or in the vicinity of an airpert, | to have cattle graze there or to do any | digging in that locality. Should these prohibitions work finan- | cial hardship on the owners of property | in the vicinity of an airport, it is pro- | vided that compensation for such dam- | age may be awarded by the govern- | ment. Additional regulations necessary | for the execution of the decree may be | effected from time to time. Violators of the airport zoning laws are subject to imprisonment for three months or & fine of not to exceed $200. —— $20,000 DAMAGES ASKED Plaintiff Alleges Injuriee Were Received in Accident. Mary Dale, 4100 block of New Mexico avenue, yesterday filed a suit in Dis- trict Supreme Court aski $20.000 damages from the Independent Taxi Owners’ Association, the Wi Railway & Electric Co. and Ninan 24 taxi driver, 3400 block of Dent place. The suit, filed through Attor- ney Octave Bigoness, says the plaini was injured when a Diamond taxicab in which she was riding was driven into an excavation, which allegedly had been ‘dug by employes of the rallway company. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. [AICITIAJNUINISIAIFTE] IC| PRPOILIL[ (T/1[T{1 S/ TIATIEIS] Ill (ETANS ) [ ICEMOVITIRIAIGIE [GIUEISIT] IAG] [SIUPISEINES] INETITILIEIS] [SISIA]YIS N bf‘l S]] 7] ;}H{'J['IQB 7] ICRIE[T/AINIRIEISIT] licenses and may be put through their | g We Repair Al Makes CREEL BROTHERS 1811 14th St. NW. Decatur 42320 eminations during the past week before the watchful eyes of Inspector Hanscom | and was awarded his Department of | commerce solo license. He is a student | of Bill Payne at Washington-Hoover | Airport. French Air Merger Urged. | Consolidation of all Prench commercial § air transportation companies into one | great unit is being advocated, particu- | larly by the French ministry of air, ac- cording to an official report received by the Department of Commerce from its trade commissioner at Paris. The plan is regarded as of interest to this country because of the successive mer- 100% PURE PENNSYLVANIA... THE FINEST (utocrat Gii e BAYERSC OILWORKS'COLM AUTO $P¥ .45 TOPS Rear Curtain, $3.00 extra —most small cars ACME TOP CO. 630 L St. N.W. Met. 6638