Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1933, Page 34

AUTOMO BILE NEWS.' In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. URING the month of May there were 218,171 automobiles sold in the United States, accord- ing to ofiicial reports of the Bureau of Census of the De- partment of Commerce. Of this total, 184578 were passenger cars, 33,539 were trucks and 54 taxicabs. This number compares with 180,667 vehicles in April of this year and 184 295 in May, 1932. For the first five months of this year 753,658 vehicles were sold, against 688342 during the first five months of 1932. A real sign of business pick-up in the automotive industry is shown. May * 1t continue to step on the gas. Road-Building Program. The becalmed road-building industry is all set to embark on the largest na- tional road-building program the world has ever known, declares Charles M. Upham, executive-director of the Amer- ican Road Builders' Association. “The minimum of $400,000,000 made available for road construction by the Federal Government can be placed at work without loss of time,” says Mr. Upham. “So far in 1933 road construction has | been marking time awaiting Federal money. Nevertheless, State and local road officials have been getting their plans in readiness. “Because of this preparedness the | road-building industry can be expected to provide immediate employment for thousands and thousands of men. “The widespread employment of- fered by road building and its pre- paredness were recognized in Congress by the removal of the limitation on highway funds. indicated possibly much more than that will be spent for roads. This is grati- fying in the face of current road needs evidenced by congestion, accidents and kigh motor travel costs in many areas. “It is. indeed, 1ortunate that high- way building can again proceed at a rapid pace because news from Detroit and other motor cities indicates a de- cided pick-up in the automobile market. “The industrial recovery act not only provides for the road surface improve- ment, but also for bridges. separated highway and street intersections, street improvement. widened roads and streets and all facilities that make for safety and lessened congestion. “Such a program is justified even under normal conditions, but with the need for jobs now so pronounced, the Federal road program becomes doubly important. every responsible citizen and all public officials.” Highway Benefits Cited. “Hard business facts—the profitable- | ness of the highway to the user—wiil ‘dominate highway planning from now on,” declared Edward J. Mehren, presi- dent of the Portland Cement Associa- tion, in his address to the American Society of Civil Engineers gathered in Chicago during Engineering week of the World's Fair. ; “We are beyond the day of emotional appeal in highways,” Mr. Mehren said. Throughout his address Mr. Mehren spoke of the necessity of piacing all the facts about highways before the pub- . lic. He compared highway transports tion with railroad transportation. sho ing that highways have been without a leader. while railroads have accom- plished a great deal for themselves by a unified, well directed campaign to tell their story to the people i “By contrast, notice the vigor, per- sistence and success of railroad propa- agnda during this crisis,” he said. “They have pleaded well their own straitened circumstances, so well that they have been able to draw heavily from the Federal Treasury to save themselves from default. While in the very act of using this Federal finan- cial aid they have builded a backfire of criticism against the highway sys- tem owned by the very people whose By setting a minimum ! of $400,000,000 for roads, Congress has | It warrants full support by | funds they were accepting through | Pederal channels.” Need of Changing Oil. | Infrequent changing of contaminated | crankcase oil incurs serious risk in | motor lubrication, accerding to Dr. H. | C. Dickinson of the United States Bu- | reau of Standards. who discusses “Why | Drain Crankcase 0il?” in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, journal of the | American Chemical Society. Dirt, fuel | | vapors, water, metal particles and other foreign materials deteriorate the orig- ‘lnal substance in varying degrees of | rapidity, depending on'the type of oil, ! he says. | While crankcase oil serves the dou- | ble function of lubrication and cooling, | Dr. Dickinson continues, the latter is | of less importance, as far as quality | is concerned, since the cooling process | is not affected by anything which hap- | pens to the fluid in the crankcase. The | value of lubricant oil, however, de- pends on its viscosity at operating temperature, so the accumulation of contaminants renders it gradually less safe and effective. “Oil changes should not be delayed | too long,” he explains. “For example, {if a car holding 6 quarts of oil in the crankcase uses 1 quart of oil every | 250 miles, then in 6.000 miles of opera- | tion 84 quarts will be used if changed every 500 miles. On the other hand, if the oil is changed every 1,000 miles 54 quarts will be used; whereas, ex- tending the period of changing to 1,500 | miles would require the use of 44 quarts. “The difference between changes at 500-mile and 1000-mile intervals is sufficlent to merit real consideration, if the type of equipment and of service permits this iacrease in distance be- tween oil changes. However, the 10- permits this increase in distance be- tween changes at 1,000 miles and at 1.500 miles, in the particular case | chosen, is so small that any increased risk in extending from 1,000 to 1,500 | miles between changes would ‘hardly be justified. While the above exnmple‘ is fairly typical, there are varation: in different types of equipment and service.” Most of the dirt which collects in | lubricating oil has worked past the pistens or is introduced accidentally in servicing, Dr. Dickinson says. Core sand or other foreign matter from new castings may collect in the oil in new cars. Fuel residues are found to be less frequent in the lubricant because of the graater volatility of the gasoline, while damage from water usually oc- curs under severe cold weather condi- tions where numerous starts and stops | are made. Other Contaminants. Other contaminants include partly oxidized products, called asphaltenes, which, he states, “form in some oils more rapidly than in others. In ex- cessive amounts, they increase thg l viscosity of the oil and have a tendency to collect dirt. metal particles and water into sludges. which, in extreme | cases, may clog oil passages and coat iexposcd metal surfaces with a semi- ‘solld deposit. Such deposits, however, | are not of frequent occurrence.” | Cracked oil, caused by contact with | very hot surfaces, such as the under | side of pistons. may lower the viscosity and increase the amount of free car- bon. “There is little evidence that changes of this nature which occur in | the normal operation of motor ve- | hicles are of any considerable im- | portance, Dr. Dickinson adds. Individual car owners should accept | the recommendation of the car manu- | facturer regarding the mileage between changes, he advises. Organizations owning a large fleet of cars, trucks or busses can keep an accurate cost | of operation through facilities for test- ing the equipment and the crankcase | oil. Under these conditions the period ‘between draining the oil can be grad- ually raised from a known safe iimit {until the optimum mileage oetween | changes is found. Mila_d_y_’i_Motoring BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. The motorist Who goes through the Summer without giving her car & safety check-up is literally riding for a fall. One way to know what particular condition accounts for the squealing of brakes is to note whether you get the annoyance when the brakes are pressed lightly or when you are pressing hard Brake noises during light application of the pedal usuzlly mean that the lining is at fault or the brakes are not quite | equalized. If the trouble occurs when the brakes are pressed vigorously the indications are that the lining is worn and that rivet heads are starting to scrape against the brake drums. Women who are having trouble with nois brakes should try to decide this dil ference before visiting the service station. More than ever before the automo- bile is becoming a veritable home oa wheels. The latest is the new power supply unit which will provide the same sort of current that comes in over the . electric light wires. It will furnish electricity for operating a refrigeration unit in the car so that you can be cooler in Summer and have ice for re- freshments. Women who plan to g0 camping this Summer will find this new arrangement handy for lighting the tent and for running the portable radio or electric phonograph. You can even ccok with the aid of this new generator. It is driven off the fan belt of the motor and costs about 10 cents an hour for gas if you use it while the motor idles. I don't know of any simpler solution ! to the problem of learning how to back out of the driveway without running on the lawn than the plan of one woman aintance who merely had the driveway made wider. The alteration ‘was made with the idea of simplifying a job, but it resulted in making the grounds look better. The week’s safety sermonette stresses the importance of shifting to neutral whenever stopping the car at a cross- walk. Should you fail to do this, and your foot happened to slip off tne clutch pedal. the car might lurch for- ‘ward and injure some one. Much of the difficulty in parking is due to failure to begin cutting the wheels soon enough when starting the backing process, after pulling up abreast of the car just ahead of the space. The general feeling is that the steering wheels should not be pulled «down on the right side until the car | + is backed about half way along the car * abreast of it. Most drivers are afraid 1 they will jam into the other car. This < fear can be dispelled by watching some ~ other driver park. You'll note that so 2 long as the right rear of your car has < just cleared the left rear of the other £ Jou can cut as sharply as you please . without any risk of jamming. Don’t burn the headlights on a long . if you are free wheeling. Don't free wheel at night if you do not use the car much during the daytime. These suggestions will help you keep the bat- tery properly balanced between charg- 'ing and discharging. Why is your automobile engine called the four-cycle type? It sounds like some of that business cycle talk that has been served to the dear old public | for the past few years. But four cycles. ‘Wouldn't two be enough? Yes, some of the earlier motors were of the two-cycle type. Take a one- lunger, for instance. In this simple motor of pioneer days the single piston of the single cycinder drew in the ex- hausted gas on the same downward § stroke. ing upward, it com ‘thhnl. Nat there was a bit of ¥ sonfusion and pleaty of room for in- | efficiency. It served well enough when people expected little from a motor, but !as time went on there was need for | something more accurate, This took the form of adding two more cycles. Rather, engineers decided to give each function a cycle of its own. Thus we now have the suction stroke when the piston is going down and drawing in fresh gas vapor. Next, on its upstroke, we have a compression cycle. This third cycle is a power stroke. The fourth attends to the ex- hausting of the burned gas. Thus the pistons drive on only every other down- ward stroke. ‘There are some advantages in the two-cycle arrangement, however, and this would not be a complete account of the subject without a statement to the effect that engineers are always working on some two-cycle motor that | may get around the usual difficulties. | Few woman drivers understand that | the clutch pedal should be let up gently, |50 that the clutch plates can engage smoothly. I find much of the difficulty i® due to drivers not knowing at just what position of the clutch pedal the clutch plates actually start to engage. Here's a way to tell: Press the clutch pedal to the floor | with the motor running. Slowly let up |the pedal and at the same time feel your way into low gear without actually meshing the gears. You will note a point at which you can just hear the gears catching against each other. It will show you the exact position of the pedal .to correspond with the start of the clutch plates’ engagement. | SEEKS NEW JOB WEEKLY | | Kansas City Woman Hopes to Set Record for Hard Times. KANSAS CITY (#).—At a time when getting one job is proving a hard enough problem for several million Americans, a young woman of Kansas City has set out to work at 52 jobs in 52 weeks, in all the States of the Un- ion and a few of the United States possessions. She is Miss Lyra Ferguson, reader and entertainer, whose travels already have enabled her to build a fireplace with stones from all 48 States and several foreign countries. Some of the jobs already obtained range from waiting tables in a North- western lumber camp to hostess on a boat plying between the mainland and the Virgin Islands. She says she likes “every kind of work.” Hams Hidden in Talcum. French customs officers at Modane, on the Franco-Italian frontier, recently noticed a railway car loaded with bar- rels, which were billed as containing powdered talc. They were consigned from Italy to a man in Lyons. Seventy- five of the 111 barrels held choice smcked hams packed in talcum pow- der. The customs charges on the pork seized totaled $1,300. AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS Mrs C. W. Weightman of 208 Indiana avenue northwest was winner in the economy run conducied last week by the District Ford dealers and under the supervision of the A. A. A. Honorable mention went to Francis Grimm, Dr. J. A. Wells, Fred ck, Mrs. Amy P. Cutts, W. D. Coombs and Leo N. Smith. % Jug were Harry E.. g Kal, Jim Yeomans, Leo Baetner, 80 mmmfln THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 2, 1933—PART FOUR: [UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONDITIONS SOUGHT Van Duzer Pleads for Finan- cial Responsibility Law at Conference. Special Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT, July 1.—Looking toward uniform, legalized traffic regulation the country over, the motor vehicle law ad- | ministrators ‘of approximately 40 States met here this week. The grcup de- liberated on the general principles of driving licensing, financial responsibil- ity laws and other phases of the high- way safety problem. As a result the Eastern Confer- ence of Motor Vehicle Administraters, under whose auspices the assembiy was called, is to become an crganization ,Which will be national in scope. Among the possible developments from the ex- pansion is a second National Confer- ence on Street and Highway Safety to be arranged fcr 1934. The first one, held in 1930, was sponsored by Herbert Hoover. The conference for next year may be sponsored officially by Presi- dent Roosevelt if plans made here crystallize into action. State Views Expressed, Three days of sessicns were held at which views representative of widely distant States were expressed. The keynote speech was delivered by Carroll ‘A{, )gelley, deputy commissioner of New ork. On the subject of drivers' license laws, Mr. Mealey pointed out that 30 years ago only 32,000 cars were regis- tered in the United States. The total registration in 1932 was about 24,374,- 000. In keeping with this striking in- crease license laws have made rapid strides, until the official test in some choelogy. Scientists have urged periodic tests f those who for years have been li- ensed to drive. In New York State an eye test is not only compulsory, but this precaution has been extended. As years go on, the power of vision is nat- urally relaxed, making it necessary for the driver to resort to glasses. The New York renewal application blank this year requires an answer to this ques- tion: “Is it necessary for you to wear glasses while driving a motor vehicle?” If the answer is yes, a conditional license is given. In 1932, a year of depression, Mr. Mealey continued, the motor vehicle accidents were the one bright and cheer- ing factor; they showed a downward ' trend. While it was true that fewer cars were registered and operated, the decrease in accidents was a much greater reduction than the percentage of decrease in cars registered. This is an indication that accidents can be and are being controlled. Motor vehicle bureaus have been con- ducting more rigid examinations each year. Even now in some States agen- cies are seeking a formula which may expose the qualities of mind or physical weakness before the reckless-driver menace results in disaster. The Na- tional Safety Council has found that drivers’ license laws are reducing traf- fic accidents. States that had standard driving license laws last year had 31 per cent fewer motor vehicle deaths than in non-license States. Most Drivers Careful, Experts agree that with all the in- crease in the number of automobile ! drivers, the accidents which are caused | in traffic are due to carelessness or | recklessness of only 15 per cent of the drivers. That is, 85 per cent of all| drivers in the Nation are careful and prudent. In interstate driving. one of the most perplexing problems confronting motor- ! ists is understanding traffic lights and | signals. In some localities right or left turns are permitted on a red light. In other localitics no_turns are permitted on a red light. Some places have a vellow light which is used as a caution signal. In others, the caution light has been eliminated. In certain cities, traf- fic lights turn red in all directions desig- nating a period for pedestrian traffic. Boulevard stops and signals on main highways have different meanings in different localities. Many accidents result from operators proceeding against a traffic signal be- lieving, however, that they are comply- ing with the laws and regulations. A decided forward step will be taken in motor vehicle safety when traffic sig- nals are uniform and operators from one State thoroughly understand traffic rules and regulations in every other State. On financial responsibility laws. Har- old G. Hoffman, New Jersey commis- sioner, told the conference that sta- tistics do not disclose that such laws have in any way reduced accidents. The suffering and cost of property damage ! which result from accidents inevitably are a part of the price paid by motor- ists for the convenience of a motor vehicle. “In view of this,” he said. “there de- velops a demand, as unsatisfied judg- ments accumulate, that the injured victims of accidents be protected. The judgment feature of financial respon- sibility laws is the strongest provision of such legislation, as the requirements guarantee some compensation to the injured party.” Cites Results of Canadian Law. J. P. Bickell, registrar of motor ve- hicles at Toronto, Ontario. cited the results of financial responsibility law enforcement. In 33 months that this law has been in force, 8,291 persons have had the privilege of driving or owning a motor vehicle withdrawn from them by reason of conviction for, of- fenses that the law prohibits. Mr. Bickell called attention to a reciprocal provision in the Canadian law which provided for license sus- pension and the filing of proof of finan- cial responsibility for failure to satisfy a judgment secured against an Ontario motorist in a State of the Union. To date New York and New Jersey have enacted similar legislation, so that judgment now secured against resi- dents of Ontario in either New York or New Jersey must be satisfied. Otherwise the Ontario motorist is prohibited from driving or owning & car in the same manner as though the judgment had been secured against him in his own province. Residents of these two States like- wise must satisfy judgments secured! against them in Ontario or suffer home license loss. Pennsylvania has a law | that will become effective January 1. 1934, operating on the same reciprocal principle. Mr. Bickell believes that the financial responsibility law has more than justified its enactment by remov- ing from Ontario highways more than 5,600 reckless or irresponsible drivers. Van Duser Speaks. In making a plea for formation of a national traffic conference, W. A. Van Duser, director of vehicles and traffic, District of Columbia, said 28 States have financial responsibility laws, while 20 States have not. As a thought on uniformity of regis- tration, Russell Bevans, registrar of vehicles for California, urged that auto- ‘mobilé manufacturers should be requuee to issue a “certificate of manufacture to embody a complete description of the vehicle. Such a certificate, he suggest- as a_ pre-requisite to registration. would constitute a “birth certificate” of the automobile, which is lacking at present. Each certificate should bear a num- ber, he said, which would be shown on sections has risen to the realm of psy- | ed, should be required by every sm?t' | DOWN THE ROAD—Things to Worry About. SAID KID HELPS ME SHINE THE CAR AUTO RIDING GOOD FOR You. LISTEN FELLAS' DAD I COULD INVITE ANY ‘FOR. A RIDE WHO 1S VERY L4 BUILDS UP YOUR HEALTH AN' EVERYTHING. —Ry FRANK BECK > NIX FOR ME. POLISHIN' A CAR PULLS DOWN MY -4 HEALTH A LOT FASTERN' RIDIN' Florida Preparing To Lend Its Help to Recovery Program Much Federal Public Works Money Expected to Be Spent in State. BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 1.—Flor- ida is generally preparing to take its part in the great work of rehabilitation undertaken by the President and it is found that there is response to various of the appeals made, in agricultural sections especially, where reduction of cotton acreage is being sought. That Florida growers of cotton and of to- bacco will accept the program arranged, is indicated in reports from various parts of the State. Florida is not among the great cot- ton States, having some years found other crops more satisfactory in sections. A call to reduce acreage by 40,000 will be met without much protest. Reduction in the harvesting of tobacco will probably also be made at the Government agents request. Millions to Be Spent. Public works programs for Florida in- clude the proposed expenditure of some millions in this State; Jacksonville is watching the construction of a $2,000,- 000 Federal building, now 61 per cent completed; and several other cities of the State are expecting construction work to begin on post offices and other Government projects during the Sum- mer. The highway program, in the general recovery plan, includes proposed extensions and improvements in Florida to cost at least $5.000000. There are several groups of workers in the Civillan Conservation Corps located in various parts of the State. Coming out of & Winter which was marked by almost an average influx of visitors and Winter tourists and resi- dents, the Spring in Florida found only a comparatively few industries at less activity than last Fall; some were show- ing improvement. Since April there has been slow, but steady improvement along practically all lines, and the Summer promises to show a decrease in unemployment and general optimism regarding the future. Real estate, which was at jock bottom the past year, is showing strength again. Rents are stif- fening in the cities, and some excellent sales have been reported—with reports of considerable new construction and improvements almost everywhere. Year-Round Resort. Florida is taking up once more ex- ploitation as a year-around resort State. With many delightful seaside, lake and inland resorts advertised and offering accommodations equal to those aval- able in Winter, the season already is proving excellent, particularly on At- lantic shores. Visitors from neighbor- ing States are flocking to the beaches, and finding Florida delightful with comporatively low temperatures. Some changes in hotel ownership and man- agement of general interest are being dis- cussed in Miami Beach and elsewhere. In Palatka, where the magnificent memorial bridge across the St. Johns is about to be opened as a ‘“free bridge,” with much ceremony, a lum- ber manufacturing company is to make and ship a carload of cypress shingles, patterned after an old type. They are to be set up at Mount Vernon and will be similar to those used by the Father of his Country when roofing his home. _ A statement from an Everglades sec- tion regarding the hunting of alliga- tors for their skins and showing that | four or five hundred fine ones had been secured recently may cause some one to worry about the possible extermina- tion of the reptiles. There are no grounds for such fear, however, as the alligator breeds prolifically, nests often being found with 60 or more eggs, and the swamps and bayous and streams of the Everglades affording them ample ranges for growth with but compara- tively slight chance of being disturbed. Great Fishing Found. Down at St. Petersburg, on Tampa Bay, and near the Gulf of Mexico, the greatest fishing waters for tarpon in the world, with several thousand apphi- cants already listed for the prizes of- fered this season. It has been a won- derful Spring for water sports in Florida. Industrial progress is suggested in a Teport from Pensacols, which tells of the establishment there of a big pot- tery works, the clay for use being said to be abundant in the vicinity. Pen- sacola is anticipating extensive im- provements at the navy yard and avia- tion field. The Government is pro- posing to spend a lot of money there to increase the value and usefulness of its plants and training school. Efforts to secure the designation of a large area on the southernmost tip of the United States mainland, in the vicinity of Cape Sable, Fla, as the Everglades National Park have not yst x::ficeeded. Twice the genne has adopf measures proposed by Senator Duncan U. Fletcher and Senator Tram- mell for adding a great new section to the national park group. delay and the pressure of what was censidered more important legislation the bill has failed in the House. It will be brought before Congress early in the regular session. Amendments to Constitution. Echoes of the recently adjourning biennial session of the Florida Legisla~ ture included the listing of seven pro. posed amendments to the State Con stitution, among them being one to re- peal the bone-dry prohibition amend- ment, in the event that the eighteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution ‘The_asmendments will be cvery registration or ownership certifi- cate issued during the life of the auto- mobile. Thereby a bona fide chain of title could be established which would vent & car registered in one State g:nc Te] as new and registered as such States. erican News- (Copyright, 1933, by North BEBOT e next general election dAnuther joint resolution adopted would exempt e- steads from taxation up to & valuation e s that a joint_resolu- tion, w] adopted by both Houses and which offices of tax assessor and tax collector in all of the 67 counties of the State, was lost, mislaid or sidetracked by 10 be remedied, the people will not have a chance to abolish 67 offices— not for a long time anyway. Another strange incident was the abandonment of a resolution to do away with the offices of justices of the peace and their | constables, after it had reached the | House on the day of adjournment. The resolution would have abolished more than a hundred fee offices that are not generally considered necessary or desirable. This also would have been voted on next year, had the legislators completed their work. . Gov. Dave Sholtz was given wide and unusual authority in the handling of State affairs, the Legislature leaving adjustment of expenditures to fit re- ceipts to a great extent. Economical measures passed included a general slashing of salaries, fees, abolishment of scme offices and consolidations that | apparently could work together. e 'REPEAL DISCUSSION ‘IS SWEEPING UTAH Subject on Every Tongue Despite Neocessity of State Constitu- tional Change. | SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 1.— | Repeal of the eighteenth amendment is | the most discussed subject in Utah. Ar- | guments for and against this action are | being heard in clubs, civic societies, | churches, patriotic organizations, in ho- ! tel lobbies and on street corners. News- | | papers have explained just how and | when it can be accomplished if the vot- |ers so decree. Prohibitionist; have warned of the dire consequences of re- | waxed enthustastic over the outlook. But repeal alone will not end the long drought in Utah. There must also be an operation on the State constitution and changes m:ade in State laws. For the Utah constitution forbids the manu- | fracture, sale or consumption of any bev- | erage containing more than one-half of | 1 per cent alcohol. Despite this fact, a brewery in Ogden is even now manufac- turing carloads of beer which it is | shipping to wet territory. This means !just over the State line in any direc- | tion, No. 2 of th> American Legion passed a resolution calling upon the Governor to | convene the Legislature in special ses- sion for resubmitting the question of | prohibition. The chamber of comme:ce and many other organizations have ifallen in line, whether for or against repeal, declaring it only fair that the people should have a chance to decide. | Some few outstanding prohibitionists opposed the plan. Gov. Henry H. Blood, who is dry, has | called a special session to convene July 110. However, the session is called to decide a matter of tax rates. The Gov- | ernor in his call stated that, should the | Legislature decide it would like to re- | submit the question of prohibition to the people, he would duly consider any | suggestion it might make. The Legisla- | ture, as shown by a direct poll, will so | decide. Whether it will submit a com- plete repeal of the Utah amendment or | a modification of it remains to be seen. |I am of the opinion that the resolu- | tion submitted will modify the amend- ment fo that beer may be sold here. The question as to when the vote will | be taken also is to be decided. The | Legislature may set that date or the | Governor may set it for any time after 60 ddys from the time the resolution is adopted. If the date is not so set, how- ever, the vote will be at the general elec- tion to be held a year from next No- vember. If the question is put up to the people this Fall, Utah will go wet. A few days ago the State Road Com- mission received from Washington copies of rules and regulations covering the expenditure of its share of the $400,000,000 national recovery highway | funds, s share amounts to $4.170,- 000. Already plans and an itemized statement of proposed expenditure of $3,494.500 of this money have to Washington. LOS ANGELES PLANS $23,607,600 WORKS Between 60,000 and 70,000 Jobs Expected to Be Filled for Year in City and County. LOS ANGELES, Calif, July 1— Clearing decks for action, this city is studying a public works program in- volving the expenditure of $23,607,600 to be financed, it hopes, from its share of the appropriation provided for in the PFederal industrial recovery act. In addition to the city’s list of proj- ects, a county program already been préposed requiring an expendi- ture of approximately $47,000,000. . City and county projects will pro- vide, it is estimated. employment for between 60,000 and 70,000 men for a municipalities in the allocation of Fed- eral funds. Meanwhile there is a more optimis- tic trend in immediate employment, due to several factors, important among which is increased building activity. Increase of waterway shipping is thin- ning the ranks of unemployed seamen. Increase of demand for various lines sulted in more persons being put to work in factories. Indicative of the construction activity in this area is the increase in lumber receipts at the harbor. It is indicated that more than 50,000,000 board feet parties unknown. Apparently too late | peal and those who seek repeal have | Several months ago Salt Lake Pcsti been sent | F.P. 8. recognition has at_the 1932 election. of products manufactured here has re- |t Wets and Drys Line Forces in Missouri | For Repeal Battle; Spirited Campaign Ex-i pected With Edge Fa- voring Repealists. | KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 1.—The | lines are shaping for the wet and dry | showdown in Missouri, which is ex- | pected in September, the exact date | yet to be fixed by proclamation of the | Governor. An unusually spirited campaign is in- dicated, with the drys bending every effort to delay the election in this State through a move for a referendum of | the legislative act which sets up the ! machinery under which Missouri may express itself for or against repeal. Undaunted by the dry move the re- | pealists are going ahead with every | vigor on the theory that the prohibi- tionists will fail in their effort even though they obtain sufficient petitions to comply with the State constitutional requirement governing the referendum. The attorney general of Missouri in a recent opinion held that the law setting up the machinery under which | the State may act is not subject to referendum because of the right of ex- pression on a Federal constitutional | amendment. | Continue With Petitions. Disregarding this, the prohibitionists are continuing with their referendum petitions with the plan of bringing mandamus proceedings to compel their acceptance by the secretary of State. This will produce legal complications in Missouri, but undoubtedly the courts | will act promptly on the questions in- volved. Under the legislative act Missouri's delegate convention which will cast the State's formal decision after a popular vote on the subject, will be either all wet or all dry. Unless all signs at this time fail in- digations are that Missouri will join in the parade of States favoring repeal. The big Democratic organization in Kanses City, headed by T. J. Pender- gast, has been told that its followers should keep the platform pledge, na- tional and State, of the party. Staging Man Hunt. Missouri and neighboring States have been staging an old-time man hunt, somewhat reminiscent of the days when Jesse James roamed these parts. The | object of this search is Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd, the Oklahoma bandit to whom numerous crimes are charged. | Two weeks ago Floyd kidnaped Sheriff Killingsworth of Polk County. Mo., |and later released him near Kansas City. There are those who believe the elusive Oklahoman also was one of the | principals in the recent massacre of four officers and a prisoner in front of | Kansas City's union station. The democracy of Missouri, which gave the “new deal” in Washington its fourth largest majority among the States last November, is patiently hop- ing that it will land more substantially | on the Federal patronage list. To now | Missouri has received comparatively few | | places and several of those have been in recognition of original Roosevelt boosters and not directly chargeable to regular political channels. Substantial rains over many sections of the State in recent days have broken a drought of a month’s duration which threatened crops and left pastures brown with temperatures in the nineties for most of that period. The sharp reduction in the personnel of the prohibition enforcement agencies in these parts with indefinite furloughs to many is regarded by some interpre- ters as the beginning of the end of the | enforcement of national prohibition. G. K. = 0 GOV. SELIGMAN BACKS | PROGRESSIVE GROUP| He and Chairman Swope Bid for Their Support in New Mexico. SANTA FE., N. Mex., July 1.—Stron, bids for a continuance ormegrmdv: support were made when Penitentiary Warden E. B. Swope was elected Dem- ocratic State chairman, succesding W.oJ. Barker, who resigned to become United States attorney. They came from both the new chairman and Gov. Ar- thur Seligman. “We wouldn't be in the Capitol to- day if it were not for the Progressives,” said Swope, advising his Democratic brethren they should be content to give the Progressives a share of the spoils in of their support Meanwhile, the Republican camy has been quiet. Aside from Mrs. Ru Hanna Simms’ occasional trips about the State to organize women's clubs, mumm;mbeenmmumyllma acl B The State administration is in dif- ficulties, and an extraordinary session of the Legislature may be . Gov. Seligman has lndluwdmml;:’e getting measures—a severance tax on crude petroleum and a gross sales tax, commonly known as the “chain-stores x." A N M Fertilizer Sales Gain. CONCLAVE O MAINE’S TEXTILE MILLS HAVE BIGGER PAY ROLLS Skilled Busi- Woolen Industry Needs Labor—Cotton Plants’ ness Picks Up. AUGUSTA, Me.,” July 1.— Mainels textile industries are showing a decided improvement. While none of the mills making cotton goods are working full crews, all of them are showing a decided improvement over a year ago. They are operating on full time and for the most report a steady increase in the number of hands employed. While fig- ures for all cotton mills in the State are not avallable, a statement issued by President Wyman of the New England Industries, Inc., shows that the five mills controlled by that organization, located in Augusta, Lewiston and Saco have had an average weekly pay roll of $54,078.64 since the 1st of January. ‘This includes only labor, nothing for| salaried officials. For the week ending June 10, the last for which figures were made available, the total pay roll of | these mills amounted to $73,968.54, nearly $20,000 more than the average. f to the textile plant pay rolls be | added those of the other two industries owned by this corporation, a paper mill and a fiber mill, the average amount paid weekly to employes of the concern for the opening months of the year amounted to $67,578. ‘The statement covering these mills is regarded as an excellent yardstick by which to measure conditions in the other Potton mills of the State. These mills are located in Biddeford, Lewis- ton, Waterville and Brunswick and, it is believed that the total weekly dis- bursements of all are now considerably in_excess of $125,000. Woolen mills in operation are in a | much more flourishing condition than at anytime in the past four years. At one time all, or substantially all of them, were down. Now a major number are open and are finding it difficult to secure skilled held, especially weavers. The explanation is that in recent years, as a result of the slack demand, few young persons have been trained for the work. One of these woolen mills is running full crews and working nights. Friday, for the first time in nearly 100 years, Maine had legal beer. The law permitting non-intoxicating malt bevarages to be sold in the State be- came effective at midnight Thursday night. At that hour there was waiting at Portsmouth, N. H,, several trucks loaded with the 3.2 per cent beer, legal in that and other States, and as the clocks marked the hour they came i across the Piscataqua River into Kittery | and started a dash across Maine to de- liver their loads in various cities, so that dealers might be ready %o meet the dleméands of the thirsty with the coming of day. 'UPSWING IN PRICE BRINGS WHEAT OUT Oklahoma Farmers Turn Grain and Cotton Into Hard Money. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.,, July 1.— Beer, heat and wheat are the three principal topics of conversation in Oklahoma today. Heat probably gets first place because it is ever present. The State has just passed its sixth June day of 100-degree temperature, breaking all records. The prolonged dry spell means short forage crops, burned up gardens and dreary prospects for stock. Wheat is the second major interest ! because the advance in prices brought hundreds of thousands of bushels of hidden grain out of dark places, ex- changed it for hard money and put some life into business. Just behind the wheat movement came cotton. Many a farmer who has been holding cotton for years has at last turned loose his long held ginnings. Beer comes next, because Gov. Mur- ray has at last signed the bill provid- ing for the expenses of the election July 11. at which time the State un- doubtedly will be added to the long list | of those where the 3.2 brew flows as freely as the festive ice cream soda. Bishop Cannon is in the State cam- paigning, with doubtful effect. He is going well in the country, but the er- rant city gentry seem so set upon get- ! ting malt and vinuous beverages that the drys cannot hope to import enough stump speakers to prevent beer from winning a lusty victory. The special session of the State Legis- lature is dragging through its fifth week without having accomplished anything but the passage of the beer bill. Gov. Murray seems determined to force his high income tax down the| Organized busi- | ness seems to have enough friends in | throats of business. the Assembly to prevent the application ot the emergency clause to a measure | that proposes highest rates of any State income tax in the country together with a depletion clause that the oil business | thinks would ruin it. The Governor thinks food and some clothing should be exempted from the provisions of the 1 per cent general sales tax and says he will veto any measure that does not provide such exemptions. There is brave talk of compromise, but we note that “Alfalfa Bill” wants a compromise on his tax bill that will make him the winner in a fight in which he has been beaten four times before the people and before the Legis- lature. My guess is that nothing will be done and that our increasing financial chaos, with no adequate provisions made for the common schools this Fall, will force another special session for the overworked Assemblymen at $6 a day. early in September. The wags say the General Assembly busy on its “made work program.” Maybe so. OKLAHOMAN OPERATES ONE-MAN OIL REFINERY Builds Complete Plant From Sal- vage and Markets Own Well's Output at Filling Station. TULSA, Okla. (#).—Of course cir-| cumstances have to be right to make it work, but it's C. B. Short’s way of beat- ing the depression—producing, refining and retailing petroleum. An old-time drilling contractor, Short recently found his comfortable finan- cial backlog vanished. Virtually all he had was a farm eight miles from Tulsa, with two small “stripper” wells, and his mechanical experience. Short gathered bits of pipe and other necessary parts from salvage yards and put together a tiny but complete oil refinery. ‘With his one-man plant he takes the oil from his own small wells, runs it through the still, manufactures a small quantity of good-grade gasoline, some kerosene, lubricating oil and fuel oil, sells it at his own roadside station and, as he puts is. manages “to make a living if not get rich.” ocrat F STATES.' PLAN PUBLIC WORKS 'IN RHODE ISLAND | General Assembly, in Special Session, to Enable State to Take Part. BY JAMES S. HART. PROVIDENCE, R. I, July 1.—Quick | to take advantage of the national in- dustrial recovery act, Gov. Green this week called the General Assembly into special session to pass legislation ena- bling municipalities and the State to receive grants and make loans with the Federal Government for public works construction, and allowing the State board public roads to receive and expend a grant of approximately $2.- 000,000 for road and bridge construc- tien. An act setting up an emergency pub- lic works commission to supervise construction and to pass upon munici- pal and State borrowings was intro- duced, and the Republican and Demo- cratic parties fell into a wrangle over control of the commission. Gov. Green also took the opportu- nity to offer on the part of the Demo- cratic administration a 10 per cent | pay cut bill for State employes, a bill | to study departmental reorganization cn the Al Smith lines in New York State, and a measure to study working | conditions, wages and hours, etc., in industry. Committees Work. The Legislature met Tuesday, Te- | ferred various bills to committees, and then adjourned to Thursday to | glve the committees a chance to work. | Gov. Green threatened veto of the Re- | publican measure if it were | because it gives that party control of | the public works projects, which might be started here under the recovery |act. He was willing, he said, as pro- vided in his own measure, to set up a commission of two Republicans and |two Democrats, but not three and two. The “two-and-two” would be | Finance Commissioner Frederick 8. | Peck and Senator William H. Vander- | bilt, Republicans, and the Governor and Representative Edward C. Brown, Democrats. Mr. Peck replied on Wednesday, giv- ing evidence of the bitterness of the | fight for control, by stating that the commission under the Governor's bill is given no initiating power, but only approving power, and even that power is curtailed. “A man would be a fool mm“n': on sucl? a commission and I will not serve the bill is d as drawn,” sald Mr. Peck. Lo | Can Fill Vacancies. Gov. Green declined to be disturbed. { for the bill gives him the right to fili | vacancies on the commission with his own appointees, although an appointee to fill Mr. Peck's place would have to be a Republican, the bill states. ‘Throughout the State there has de- veloped considerable controversy over the industrial recovery act, and its of- fer of millions of dollars to be borrowed by towns and cities, practically regard- less of their capacity to repay. That phase of the national act., which allows the President to bestow such funds without regard to constitutional debt limits in any community or State, has given rise here to the report that the Federal Government does not intend to ask for repayment of any part of the more than $2,000.000.000 available for public works construction. Even Gov. Green himself has stated that no one knows what the future holds regarding repayment, and it is pointed out the record is that no State | ever has paid back any part of simisr * borrowings. Too, the fact that the re- covery bill sets up a taxation system to provide the appropriation is taken here as an indication that no repayment will be asked. ‘Warn Against Borrowing. ‘Then there are those, including the National Economy League branch and Pinance Commissioner Frederick 8. Peck here, who warn against wild bor- rowing because of the danger of sad- dling towns and cities for years to come with the task of repayment. Judge Antonio A. Capotosto handed down 2 unique sentence from the Su- perior Court bench this week when he confined Hermon Kronson, convicted of Jjury tampering, to his home until July 22, to receive no visitors and to be al- lowed out once a week to visit his sister. Kronson, accused of approach- ing & juror in the contested will case of Berman Rosenblatt, received the sentence out of consideration for his wife, who has been an invalid for vears. Rhode Island, like the rest of the country, appears to be experiencing the looked-for upturn. Pay rolls have in- creased considerably, and most en- couraging of all are the reports of Director of Public Aid Edward P. Reidy of Providence. who reports a more than seasonal falling off in the unemploy- ment relief lists. | The State College of Education this week graduated 187 students, all of | them potential school teachers, and | conferred honorary degrees of doctor |of education upon Supt. of Schools Alexander J. Stoddard of Providence and Clarence H. Manchester, retired principal of Technical and Central | High Schools. The Providence school ent. was the target of the Governmental Research Bureau here this week when, after a prolonged study, the bureau | issued a report recommending reduc- tions of $150.000 in the school de- partment expenditures. The bureau found, among other ings, there were too many major ex- ecutive positions in the department, |too many subordinate executives, too many small classes, to0 many expen- sive classes and no adequate budgetary procedure. The bearded John S. Cole of Hop- Rhode Island klntg:\‘,bwfl! known in as senator from that town in m-numh:m‘e% byhl n'-vuenbull at go; en he an_evening walk. ke Authorized Service Winfield Carburetors CREEL BROTHERS | 1811 14th St. N.W. | DEcatur 4220 | AUTO * | TOPS || Rear Curtain, $3.00 extra ‘} —most small cars ACME TOP CO. 630 L St. N.W. Met. 6638 45 lasts Ionger 0 OIL