Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1933, Page 46

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. PPROACHES to the National Capital should be wide and safe highways. The visitor'’s first impressions are often lasting. In most instances roads lead- ing into Washington are all that one could ask for, and compare favorably with highways leading into other cities. An exception, however, is the Wis- consin avenue entrance from Mary- land. which is heavily traveled. Here street car poles occupy dangerous posi- tions in the center of the thorough- fare. Besides from a loss of aesthetic beauty, the poles really constitute a men: 1t is understood that the Pub- lic Utilities Commission has promised their elimination for some time past. Eliminate Poles First Now a plan for resurfacing the street 1s being considered. Wisconsin avenue needs this improvement. It also needs the elimination of these poles. Un- doubtedly these poles will go. But in the interests of economy, Or even com- mon sense, should the avenue be re- surfaced first and thea at a later date have the poles taken down and more resurfancing required? Resurfacing can wait a while. Why not deley this work until the pcles are removed and have one complete, thorough job made on the pavement? The District should not ‘waste needed highway funds. Take the poles down now and then repair the streets The proposed widening of F street betwecnv Seventh and Ninth streets is a good plan. According to William A. Van Duzer, traffic director. any plan of widening a one-way street so that it can be made a two-way street is a one. Herbert C. Whitehurst is the best one at present. Other proposals to change car tracks and do away with some of the Patent Office steps appears a little too costly at the present time. New Route Markers Seen. New route markers, numbering about 850 in all, are to go up soon. These markers will be of great benefit of | tourists and local residents alike. Five United States routes will be designated and two D. C. routes, with numbers corresponding to the State of Maryland routes. The markers will be of the re- flecting kind, easily to distinguish at night. ; Traffic light signals for Pennsylvania p-enue are being awaited by the Traffic Department. Shipment under contract must be by August 3. It is believed that all will be installed by the end of August. Auto sales continue to mount. Ac- eording to the official figures released by the Bureau of Census of the De- partment of Commerce factory sales in the United States totaled 253.322 motor vehicles for the month of June. This number compares with 218,303 for May of this year and 183,106 for June of 1932. For the first half of this year 1.007.110 sales are recorded as against 871.448 for the first six months in 1932 It does seem that the “new deal” is here. at least in regard to the auto- mobile industry. A. A. A. Head Testifies. Speaking of the “new deal,” Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Automcbile Association, testifying be- fore the National Recovery Administra- | tion on the oil industry code last week, urged that the industry be required to take drastic steps to improve its mar- keting practices befcre any considera- tion is given to higher prices for mo- tor fuel Mr. Henry, who appeared at the in- vitation of the Recovery Administration, presented the consumer viewpoint on the code of fair competition for the petroleum indusiry. ; The A. A. A. president referred partic- u'arly to the need for Federal control of distributing facilities. as represented in a muitiplicity of gasoline stations in | metropolitan areas; recommended that It seems that the plan of | retail outlets be required to post on each pump reasonable evidence of the quality of the fuel justifying a Nflu or lower price than regular gasoline, and called attention to the widespread variance in gasoline prices and the rapidity with which prices change with- in small areas where basic conditions are the same. “When an industry asks the Federal Government to help secure for it an adequate return on its investment, as petroleum industry is now asking,” said Mr. Henry, “the Government should in turn demand that that investment be on a sound basis. “There ase in operation today some 24,000,000 motor vehicles. The owners of these vehicles annually purchase 15,- 000,000,000 gallons of gasoline, or around 90 per cent of the gasoline used for all purposes. The estimated cost of this motor fuel is approximately $2,225,000.- 000. In addition, there is purchased each year about 495,000,000 gallons of lubricating oil. Thus it is readily ap- | parent that the owners of motor ve- | hicles have a vital stake in the code |now under consideration.” He con- | tinued in part: Should End Waste. “If the Government is to attempt to | control production and storage, it should also give attention to aistrib- | uting facilities. It should demand that the first step of the petroleum industry | be the elimination of duplication and | waste, particularly as regards the mul- tiplicity of filling and service stations. { This_condition is, of course, more no- | ticeable in large metropolitan areas. “The United States Census Bureau reports that there are 210,826 outlets for fuels and lubricants. This is an average of 1 to every 114 motor ve-| hicles. Of the total, 178,949 are listed as strictly outlets for motor fuel and | lubricants, and the remainder consists of gavages and parking stations han- dling g2soline and oil. “It is evident from the conflicting expressions in the proposed code, that the industry itself is unable to’reach an agreement as to how it can best handle the problem of distribution. Thus there is ample opportunity for this administration to step in and re- quire that the industry give more con- sideration to public demand in extend- ing its distribution outlets. We be- lieve that this can be accomplished without destroying competition.” Tire Prices to Rise. “Tire prices will have to be in- | creased as the direct resuit of Presi- dent Roosevelt's signing the cotton tex- tile code.” said W. O'Neil, president of a large tire and rubber company. in commenting on the President’s action. “How much or how soon tire prices will be increased will be up to the indus- try. “We are thoroughly in accord with the provisions of the bill fixing a mini- mum_ wage for textile mill labor and the child lakor provision. “We had hoped that the provision of the act making 80 hours a week the maximum number of hours that textile mill machines might be operated would not be made effective until October 1. If that were done. I do not believe there would bz a tire fabric shortage. as there is a slowing down in demand ordinarily after October 1. “As signed. the law now provides that after August 1 machines in textile plants may not be operated more than 80 hours a week. instead of 144 hours, as at present. We think there shoul be no restriction on the operation of machines until at least September 1. as cotton milled during August is used in the tire factories in September. “While we control 50 per cent of our own cotton fabric supply in the South. | we had not expected the Government to show any preference to tire manu- | fecturers having their own mills. We are willing to take our chances with the others, who must buy from inde- ! pendent cotton mills.” Mila_d_y’i'Motoring BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. Never mind the headlights. The real trouble is due to glaring mistakes. The idea that police officers are out to make life hectic for the automobil> driver was sadly shattered the other day when an experienced woman driver, finding no parking space available, elected to wait for her husband at space reserved for taxicabs. No sooner had she switched off the motor than a cab driver told her she would have to move on or he wouid cail a policeman. She explained that it was a matter of very great convenience for her to remain where she was for the next 10 minutes and dared him to bring on the whole police force. Imagine his surprise when the police officer he summoned told the driver to make herself per- fectly at home. Some one figured it out that had the officer seen her first he probably would have insisted that she find a more appropriate parking space, but having to act on some one else’s orders, he tcok a different view of the situation. If you are one of those motorists who believe a little liability insurance 15 | sufficient, be careful to leave specific instructions when you leave your car et a service station or repair shop. ‘There is every likelihood that the service man will take the car out for a test I something happens, you will be held' nsible. ml‘x)xoluz‘lng a car with a service man. ing that the work Tequires check- :ns;m\:‘p gn the road. the use of the car is with the implied permission of the owner. You, therefore. become liable for the neglig=nce of the repairman. Ii has become so necessary to give cars a per- formance trial any motorist is letting herself in for a lot of risk if she chooses to play the dangerous role of self- insurer. many motorists are sLghtly deaf |n%othere is such a tendency to be nb; livious to the less startling noises made by & motor it would be a matter of wisdom for those drivers in this cate-' gory to use the best anti-; nock gas they can buy. A great many motors are being damaged simply because owners think there is no knocking present. the case of sleeve-valve motors, more- over, there may be knocking wtholfll! even the driver with good hearing be- ing able to detect it. The sleaves arr\ld Jarger water jackets act to deaden the vibration, but the pinging may be there Just the same. She was just a beginner, but when | had to climb a strange hill in cec- :l:led g:ar she kept in second on the way down the other side. That's heudl- work. Both sides of the average hill are of reasonably equal steepness. obably not many women have had Qoy;ump );rom their cars, but if this ever becomes necessary it is well to remember that you put the right foot to the ground first if getting out the right-hand side and the left foot first if debarking to the left. I bring up this oddity because of having just heard the true story of a man who did not want to stop his car because he knew he could not get it started again. The trouble developed way off in the coun- try. His wife wanted to get out at their cottage. Jumping seemed to be the answer. Being old enough to re- member how one used to get off a mov- ing street car in the days of open plat- forms, she managed to make a neat Job of stepping out. ‘week's sermom;)teumcar:zerrsku:‘e‘ jportance of remembering ool & left first when approaching inter- meotions. The car coming from that direction is more apt to catch you un- swares than the one approaching from the right. P M ¥ an excellent ides to have the oar :euad before having it washed. In, | This will protect the shackles, springs | and other vital parts of the chassis | against the high pressure hose of the washstand. Gas fumes in the car continue to | bother a number of owners of both |new and old cars. Invariably, where a motor has seen long and faithful | service, the trouble can be traced to , gas blowing past the worn piston rings | into the crankcase and thence up and out the oil filler pipe. This is remedied | with the aid of new rings., but in the | case of a new car the solution is not | 50 simple. Some recent cases have been | attributed to the suction effect of the | scoop of the body at the rear. In others | the gas fumes come from a fuel pump that feeds faster than the carburetor is demanding. In most cases the situa- | tion is the direct result of too sudden stopping. gas fumes overtaking the car and permeating the air. Watch the driver who swings over to the left for a turn. You think she’s | preparing for a left turn. but she fools you by swinging right into a driveway. Most women rritated when the car rolls back a little as they prepare to start away at an intersection. It would be a different story if they realized that this indicates that the brakes are not set up too tight. | Organized Reserves | Efforts to secure more funds for training reserve officers this Summer took definite form last week when a | delegation of five Reserve officers, repre- senting the Reserve Officers’ Associa- tion of the United States, with national | | headquarters in Washinglon, called on | the President and requested that the Chief Executive give this matter his earnest attention. The delegation (headed by Col. L. Kemper Williams, ' national president of the association, was composed of Lieut. Col. L. H. Loomis, president of the 2d Corps Area | council; Lieut. Col. T. H. MacHatton, president of the Georgia department of | the association; Maj. Phelps Montgom- | ery, president of the 1st Corps Area, | council, and Maj. Bennett A. Molter, ' national secretary of the association. ‘Three more Field Reserve officers from the District and all Coast Artillery cfficers were ordered this week to active | duty_training for a period of 14 days at Fort Monroe, Va. They include Lieut. Col. Hairy P. Newton, 917th iCaasl. Artillery (anti-aircraft); Lieut. Col. Robert R. Hendon, jr., 913th Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft), and Maj. Nor- man W. Whited, 913th Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft). Lieut. Col. Harry H. Blee, Air Reserve, has been ordered before a board of officers that will be convened at Bolling Field, D. for examination for a certificate of capac- ity for promotion. The board will be | composed of Col. W. W. McCammon, | Infantry, senior instructor of the Or- | ganized Reserves in Washington; Maj. | Neely C. Mashburn, Medical Corps; | First Lieuts. Donald B. Phillips, and Thomas White, both Air Corps, and Second Lieut. Norris B. Harbold, Air Corps. Lieut. Col. West A. Hamilton, Infan- try, commanding officer of the 428th | Infantry. has been issued a certificate of capacity for the grade of colonel, In- fantry Reserve. Maj. Jesse T. John- | son, Quartermaster Reserve, has been | promoted to the grade of lieutenant | colonel. Second Lieut. Willlam M. Johnson, Infantry Reserve, who has been promoted to the grade of first leutenant. will remain assigned to the 320th Infantry. ' 1 bigh. LONGER SERVICE SEEN FOR BATTERY Car Owner Learning to Ob- tain More Miles From *% Ignition Source. Being out of sight the automobile storage battery has for years been one of those things that is largely out of mind. Attomobile men find the situa- tion is changing with the increasing popularity of placthg the battery where t can be inspected more easily and where the owner is more likely to give it the attention it needs. Battery trou- ble, electrical men have concluded, is largely due to an entirely erroneous titude toward this vital unit of the A Because guarantess are limited, and owing to the fact that so many bat- teries suffer such a curtailed existence, the average motorist has come to expect that a battery will not be reliable after about a year and a half of service. Un- fortunately this belief is strengthened by experience with cheaper batteries which the public assumes are as good as the best and which are designed to serve not much beyond the guarantee period. It is gradually dawning upon millions of motorists that a good bat- tery ovght to last three years, if not longer. Free Wheelizg Responsible. Free wheeling has served to bring battery facts into sharper focus. With excessive idling of the motor there has been a tendency to make mistakes in trying to regulate the balance between charging and discharging. Many bat- teries have been ruined through exces- sive discharging. and as many have gone West through being overcharged. In meeting these problems the motorist has begun to learn some new points. It has been found that a satisfactory balance can be obtained if drivers will avold free wheeling at night when there is an excessive drain on tle battery. Following this simpie rule will make it unnecessarv to_step up the generator charging rate. If the charging rate was increased during the Winter it should be decreased for the Summer touring when long periods of driving tend to overcharge the battery. On long trips it is not necessary to burn the headlights if the car is oper- ated in free wheeling. because there are then comparatively long periods where the motor idles and the battery discharges. There are certain ways of telling whether or not the battery iis being overcharged. Rapid evapora- tion of water over the plates is one cue. Another is the greatly increased starter- mctor speed. Extra bright lights, how- | ever, do not necessarily indicate that the battery is overcharged. Matter of Balance. Long battery life is largely a matter of careful balance between charging and discharging. These are chemical proc- | esses and in their too wide swings there 1s excessive deterioration of the battery | plates. Every time a battery has to be recharged its life is shortened. In- variably a bettery in a car that is nor- mally used stands up longest, other | things being equal. Many batteries are handicapped from the start because they are undersized. | Many bargain batteries would be prac- | | tical if motors did not have so many ! cylinders and compression were not so | The most economical plan is to buy an oversize battery. The care a battery needs is simple but exacting. It must be given addi- {tions of water, not at fixed intervals, (but whenever water is needed. The | periods between fillings will depend not only on the design of battery but cn the way the car is being used as well as on the efficiency of the voltage reg- ulator of the generator. The electro- Iste of one cell never should be mixed with that of another. An excessive consumption of water in one cell, while the others remain normal, indicates a leak. Very excessive consumption of water in normal running indicates much too high generator voltage. Nip this trouble in the bud, because the generator wiil also suffer. Distilled Water Best. In some localities it i5 permissible to use water from the hydrant. but in most | parts of the country distilled water is required for the battery. The battery posts should be clean and lubricated 50 as to prevent the formation of cor- rosive substances. The most satisfac- tory plan is to install a felt oiler which will feed the right amount of oil to the post without making the battery messy. A Lattery should be kept tight in its carrier. And it is important to check the connection to the frame. Any looseness here will cause an open. cir- cuit and be damaging to other parts of the electrical system. Your battery can give you much more | service than you think it can. Keep it Pn mind. That's the secret of longer I battery life. (Copyright. 1933.) Army and Navy News Navy. The U. S. S. Parrott, commanded ! during the year by Lieut. Comdr. Otto M. Forster, with Lieut. Jack Maginnis &s gunnery officer, and Lieut. Erasmus W. Armentrout as torpedo officer, has | been awarded the gunnery trophy in the destroyer class for the competitive year ending on June 30. Destroye: Division 14, commanded by Comdr. Roland M. Comfort, attained the highest divisional gunnery merit. Destroyer Squadron 5, commanded by Capt. Edwin A. Wolle- £on, attained the highest squadron gun- nery merit. Following is given the chips of other classes standing first in gunnery during the last competitive year: Battleships, U. S. S. West Vir- ginia; battleships (aircraft practice), U. S. S. West Virginia; light cruisers (air- craft practice), U. S. S. Milwaukee. Due to delays in receipt of final re- ports of some practices by the director of fleet training, the final gunnery jmerits of vessels in the battleship, { heavy cruiser. light cruiser and subma- rine classes have not vet bean deter- i the battlefield of every-day life. THE AUTO FORGES AHEAD. WELL ! LOOKIT TH' OLD CRATE R PICK UP! MusT BE THAT NEW — ECOVERY GAS! FrBerrymal Aviatio n News BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. U NCERTAINTY as to the immediate future of Washington's air terminal may be resolved following the Sale at public auction tomorrow afternoon of Hoover Field, the smaller section of Washington-Hoover Airport., The Washington Airport section, scene of all the Capital’s air transport operations, was sold at auction two weeks ago. Should the purchasers of Washington Airport, reported to be National Aviation Corporation of New York, be successful bidders for Hoover Field tomorrow it is regarded as likely that in the near future the two portions may be thrown together as a combined its field yet written, ard the only airport. 4 PUBLIC LIBRARY | :IKE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN | OPERAS. ‘The performance of “The Mikado,” to | be given at the Sylvan Theater August 2. recalls the days of the first presenta- tion of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas at the Savoy Theater in Lon- don. The following books will bs of interest to lovers of these operas. | About the Operas. i+ The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan. by Isaac Goldberg. 1928. VW10-G37g. Perhaps the most complete work in This would be a big step forward in the Capital’s history | American contribution to the literature of aviation progress and would solve the city's air terminal needs for | 8bout the partpers in the most famous some time to come. | dramatic collaboraticn of modern times. In the event the Hoover Field section falls into the hands of The Story of the Savoy Opera in Gil- another group, however, the airport situation may become more complicated and unsatisfactory than at any time in its recent' muddled history. It has been indicated repeatedly that officials of the Department | of Commerce Aeronautics Branch are disturbed by the inadequacy of the Washington Airport section alone for air terminal purposes. They have believed for several years that only by the addition of the Hoover Field area, the closing of Military road and the use of the portion of the Arlington Experimental Farms adjoining Hoover Field can the landing area be made adequate for modern air transport | operations. Sould Hoover Field de lost for airport purposes or fall into the possession of other than the new owners of Washing- ton Airport, the joining of the two prop- erties may become an impossibility. In this event, the Department of Commerce may feel in duty bound. as a matter of public safety, to close Washington Air- port to transport operations. FEoover Fleld, though the smaller of the two sections, is the elder in point of service for flying purposes. It was the scene of the Capital's first commercial fiying when the present Washington Afr- port was a swamp-bordered race track. The property consists of about 37': acres between Military road and the | Potomac River. Upon this land have been erected a brick airport terminal building and two large sheet metal hangars, one containing a well equipped | airplane and cngine repair shop. ‘The consolidation of Washington Air- port and Hoover Field in physical fact long has been the aim of a strong group in Congress and in the National Capital. Bills have been introduced in the Senat> and House from time to time seeking to bring about this end. Notable among these were the Bingham bills in the last Congress, upon which exhaustive hear- ings were held early this year. It was the purpose of these bills to bring about acquisition and opcratjon of the two properties as a governmental airport, one through leasing, the other through outright purchase of the lands involved. Both bills were pending when Congress adjourned. Should the new owners of Washing- ton Airport and Hoover Field elect to operate them as a single airport, they prcbably will not find it difficult to bring about the ccnsent of Congress to the closing of the section of Military road between the two properties. Clos- ing of the road has been blocked in the past by a reluctance on the part of the owners of Hoover Field to have the only access by land to their property cut off. Situation Is Serious. Tomorrow's sale is fraught with se- rious consequences, since no modern city can afford to be cut off the air transport lines which day by day are cntrenching themselves more deeply in Fast iransportation and communication is | the life blood of modern society and air transportation is certain to become increasingly important to the public as time goes on. That the Washington-Hoover area is the most advantageously situated piece of ground for airport purposes in the vicinity of the National Capital and that it is closer to the heart of the city than any municipal airport in the country is to the center of the cm;dlc serves, long has been recog- nized, This fact was vigorously stated dur- ing the courte of the last hearing on the matter carly this year, when Sen- ator Bingham replied to a question as to whether there is any other tract of land as advantageously situated for an airport as Washington-Hoover by £ay- ing: F‘Absolut.ely not. The Joint Con- mined. It appears. however, that th: U. 8. S. West Virginia. commanded by Capt. Walter S. Anderson, with Lieut. {Comdr. Allan W. Ashbrook as gunnery | officer. will be the trophy winner in the battleship class. Army. War Department orders were issued last week directing Maj. Joseph D. Coughlan, C. W. S.. now on duty at Edgewood Arsenal, Md., to proceed to ‘Washington on September 15 for duty in the office of the chief of chemical varfare service. He wiil be the last officer to be ordered to this office for some time. He will replace Maj. Rolla C. Ditto, C. W. S.. as chief of th> training division. Maji. Ditto has al- ready relinquished the training division duties, having been selected by Maj. Gen. Claude C. Brigham, chief of chemical warfare service, as his execu- tive officer. Orders have already been issued to Lieut. Col. Walter C. Baker, C. W. S, chief of the procurement planning division of the office, who will terminate his tour of duty in Washing- i ton on October 1. He will go to Boston, where he will assume the duties of chemical warfare officer of the First Corps Area. Maj. Archie H. Willis, F. D., now on duty in Paris with the pilgrimage of mothers and widows to the cemeteries of Europe, will be relieved of this duty in September and will come to duty at the War Department here. Second Lieut. Edgerton L. Watson V. C, has been rclieved from duty at Fort Myer, Va., and will assume new duty at the San Francisco of em- barkation, Fort Mason, Calif. At the Istter place he will relieve First Lieut. Maurice W. Hale, V. C., who has been ordersd to Wi , where, on ar- rival, he will be ed to duty at the Army Medical Center. gressional Commission on Airports went into the matter very, very fully. ‘We had the engineers examine every avail- able tract of land within a radius of 25 miles of the Capital. There are other places which seemed very fa- vorable for certain purposes. such as Camp Springs site, which was men- tioned in the report of the commis- sion, but that is & good many miles from Washington. It takes 25 min- utes cr so to come into the city from there. and while it might be used some day in the nature of a field for storage hangars, like railroad yards, the com- mission came to the unanimous con- clusion that the Washington-Hoover Airport site offered the most favorable and unprecedented ground facilities for a very fine airport.” ‘Would Cost $3,500,000. It has been estimated by Edwin A. Schmitt, senior engineer of the United States Engineer Office, that to fully de ‘Washington - Hoover and available Government-owned prop- erties adjoining as a modern, complete- ly equipped airport, over a three-year development period, would cost $3.556.- 000, including a land cost of $1,600,000. The work would be rendered more diffi- cult and costly by reason of the neces- sity for always keeping open sufficient areas to make possible continuance of flying overations. The maximum an- ticipated size of Washington-Hoover Airport is 204 acres. This full area probably cannot be realized under pri- vate ownership without the fullest pos- 'sible Federal co-operation. ‘The question of any future Govern- ment development of the airport on B e P B B comj properties, especially in the event they should go into different hands and be :ivdmed for other than airport pur- ‘The history of Hoover Field as an | airport began in 1926, when the first commercial aviation activity in the National Capital area was updertaken by a Philadelphia company in con- | nection with the Sesquicentennial cel- | ebration of that year. A temporary airplane passenger service was operated | for a short time between this city and | Philadelphia and the present brick terminal building was constructed at | that time. | For a time Hoover Field did what | was said to be the largest aerial sight- | seelng business in the world. 25,000 | persons having been carried over the | city during the course of a single year. | This business later went over to the ‘Washington Airport side as a result of the operating merger between the | two flelds. ., Hoover Field for several years was |'the terminal for the former Clifford | Ball line. now Pennsylvania Airlines, for a time the Capital's only air trans- port line. Since the merger, Hoover | Field has been used for storage and | servicing of visiting planes, for serv- | lcing and repairs, and for student in- struction and other miscellaneous op- erations. Air Meet Rules Changed. The widespread criticism of policies | of the National Aeronautic Association with regard to competitive flying, espe- | cially among amateur pilots, has borne | frutt in the form of modification of | the rules governing such races and | competitions, effective August 9. The Contest Committee of the asso- ciation has adopted a report of the | Committee on Private Flying and Fly- | ing Clubs embodying & number of rec- | ommendations which serve to liberal- ize greatly the rules of the association | The recommendations included a lib- eralized interpretation of the definition of “closed” competitions, which are governed by national rules and re- stricted to N. A. A. clubs and members or to local committees under strict N. A. A regulation. strictions upon the making of rules for ‘muonal competition also is provided. Under the new rules. air meets re- | quiring sanction are divided into three ship meets, having cash prizes of $10,- | 000 or more; class B, having cash prizes | of less than $10,000, and class C, offer- ing trophies but no cash prizes. Class B and C meets are restricted to na- tional competition, and pilots entering such events are required to hold only | the national sporting license issued an- |nually by the N. A. A. Class A meets tition and pilots competing must hold | both the international certificate of the | Federation Aeronautique Internationale and the mational sporting license. Methods Are Simplified. _ Simplified methods of obtaining sanc- tion for meets and sports registration, and the establishment of a special cer- tificate for sportsman pilots who do not wish to compete for cash prizes are features of the new national regu- lations. In the past the international F. A. 1. certificate has been a requirement for all events and only a single class of annual national sporting license has been issued. Under the new regula- tions there will be two types of national 5] registration. one for F. A. pilots who wish to compete for cash prizes; the other for flyers who wish to identify theniselves only with sport- ing events where competition is not for money prizes. “With the increasing number of pri- vate fivers interested in aviation from @ strictly cporting angle, and with the number of sportsman pilot contests growing.” the association stated in an- nouncing the new rules, “the estab- lishment of a special category for such events is considered an important for- ward step in sanctioning policy.” It no longer will be necessary to obtain N. A. A. sanction for such events as air meets and air cruises with cash prizes totaling less than $500. trophy meets not for officially recognized. tro- phies, exhibition air meets and air cruises not involving competition for prizes, and private air meets. Private air meets are those sponsored by fiv- ing clube, associations or vrivate indi- viduals, to which the public is not in- vited and in which verticiation is lim- |ited to members of the sponsoring or- manization or the sponsoring individu- als and invited guests. AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS Kingston of Graham Motor Sales, Inc., local distributors for Gra- ham automobiles, announces the re- moval of his business from 1526 Four- to new quarters at 1518-20 Loosening of re- | | classifications—class A. or champion- | will be open to international compe- | L jand meet at the Y. bert ard Sullivan Days, Adair Fitz-Gerald. 1925. F574s. Gives the origin of the operas and detalls of the production of this entirely new form of entertainment. The lists of original casts, reproductions of old programs 2nd photographs of actors as well known characters, add interest. The 8 v Opera and the Savoyards, !;}5 H. Fitzgerald. 1894. VU45L- 7 | An early account of the Savoy Opera, in the compiling of which the author was helped by Sir W. S. Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. D'Oyly Carte. Gilbert & Sullivan Opera, by H. M. Walbrook. 1922. VV10-W142g. A history and a comment. by one who knew and worked with Sir Arthur Sulli- van. The rare harmony of words and | music made the Gilbert and Sullivan | operas entirely unique. | Sullivan’s Comic Operas, by T. F. Dun- hill. 1928. VW10-Su54d. | A critical appreciation of the music | of the famous operas, of which it has | been said that the best Gilbert and \i\;ltlh'm opera is the one you heard by S. VW10- The Men. | Gilbert. sullivan and D'Oylv Carte, by | Prancois Cellier and Cunningham | Bridgeman. 1914. VW10-9C335. Interesting reminiscences of the three famous Savoyards, Sir William Gilbert, | Sir Arthur Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte, | who built the Savoy Theater for the | | production of the operas in 1881. W. S. Gilbert. His Life and Letters, b 1923. E-G3722d. An appreciative biography of the author of the Bab Ballads and the | Savoy libretti, dealing with his home | life and his friendships, as well as his | literary career. The Text of the Oper: | The Savoy Operas. by W. S. Gilbert. 1927. VYOL-G372sa. ‘The complete text of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas as originally produced in the years 1875-1896. Selected Operas, by W. S. Gilbert. First and second series. 1930. VYOL- G312, | A convenient edition of the text of | the best known operas. Iolanthe ard Other Operas. bv W. S. Gilbert. 1910. VYOL-G372i. This edition with illustrations in | color contains also the Mikado, Ruddi- gore and the Gondoliers. | Plays and Poems. by W. S. Gilbert, with a preface by Deems Taylor. 1932 YD-G372a4. The complete text of the 14 Gilbert and Sullivan operas. tiree other Gilbert plays and all of the Bab Ballads. The Mikado. The Story of the Mikado, told bv Sir | W. S. Gilbert. 1924. YD-G372ma. This_prose version of the Mikado, told afresh by its author, is his last literary work. | The Mikado, by W. S. Gilbert. VYOL- G372m. The libretto, with the musiz of the | principal airs. | The Mikado, or the Town of Titipu. by Sir W. S. Gilbert. 1928. YD- G372mi. An attractive edition of the text of | the famous opera. with eight illustra- | tions in color by W. Russell Flint. and | drawings in pen and ink by Charles E. Y. W. C. A. News i The Girl Reserves of Camp Stay-at- Home are planning a special outing Tuesday at Tree Tops, the home of Mrs. Luke I. Wilson on the Rockville pike. Each girl will bring her lunch W. C. A at 10 o'clock. Miss Marjorie Lipske is assisting with Ithe swimming class. At Kamp Kahlert this week end the dramatic group will present a play en- titled “Queen Victoria.” In the cast are Nancy Hall, Hood Hoover, Mary Miller, Jeanno Morgan, Dorothy Darby, Clara Richards, Virginia Amadon, Betty How- ard, Henrietta Howard, Margaret Bopp, Kathleen Dorr, Virginia Harris, Nancy Jena Richards, Jean Sartwell, Anita Dumont, Betty Jones, Betty Edmon- ston, Carol Hopkins, Kathryn Hunt, Suzanne Morse, Marian Nelson, Mary Sartwell, Jane Stenz, Laura Wilson and Nancy Rawle. Kamp Pawatinika, the Baltimore Y. W. C. A. camp, and Kamp Kahlert had a base ball game and was won by the former, 8 to 3. Archery is becoming popular, with Margaret Hedgecock as the instructor. The seniors hold the honor over the juniors for hitting the bull's eye. ‘The free dictation classes are held Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:30 at 614 E Street Y. W. C. A. ‘The employment hours for girls and ‘women seeking employment are between 12 and 10 o'clock daily, except Satur- day and Sunday. Speedometer Service | We Repair All Makes CREEL BROTHERS 1811 14th St. NW, Decatur 4220 Sidney Dark and Rowland Grey. | Meetings this Week. | ‘Tuesday—George Washington Post No. 1, 1441 Rhode Island avenue, 8 p.m.; Washington Palice Post, No. 29, tomac Electric Power Co. Building, Tenth and E streets, 8 p.m. ‘Thursday—Jane A. Delano, No. 6, 1746 K street, 8 p.m. Plans for the parade whicheis to precede the opening of the convention of the Department of the District of Columbia on August 9 at the Central High School auditorium are nearing completion. Col. Kenyon A. Joyce, 3d Cavalry and commanding officer, Fort Myer, | Va., and his staff, escorted by a troop | of Cavalry, will head the parade. Detachments of the permanent military establishments will represent the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Na- tional Guard. The colors of the local posts will be massed at the head of the parade, accompanied by a color guard ©f members of the Coast Guard. The chairman of the Parade Com- Post_closed the Legion year with 628 members on its rolls. Rice W. Means, former United States Senator from Colorado, was unanimous- ly indorsed by Victory Post, of which he is a member, for commander of the District of Columbia Department at a to the partment convention, which will be held at Central High School August 9, 10 and 11, were elected, as follows: Dele- Oscar Jones, Jolgh ‘Tracey, Minter, Michael Foley, Joseph Work- man and Vincent Wintermyer. ‘The following were nominated for the office of post commander: Oscar Jones, Mark Burnham and John A. Shaw, to be voted on at the annual election, Au- gust 22. The following were nominated without opposition and their election to | offices indicated is assured: Senior vice commander, John O'Brien; junior vice commander, Michael Foley, and third vice commander, Vincent J. Win- mittee, Wiiliam A. Kehoe, apnounces the psrade will be the most colorful in the history of the department. In co-operation with the Central Busi- ness Men's Asscci- ation, numerous decorated floats of the merchants of the city have been entered. Invitations have been extended to all musical organi- zations of the city Col. K. A. Joyce. iand the three Legion drum and bugle corps will be augmented by the Veterans of Foreign | Wars Overseas Band and the Boys' { Band of the National Training School, whose acceptance of the invitations | have been received, and by the Holy Comforter Band, Citizens’ Band of Ar- lington County, Loew's Fox Theater Band, Elk's Boys Band, Washington Gas Light Co. Band, Independence Boys' Band and the Elks' Clown Band, whose acceptances are expected. Among the marching units will be the well-trained teams of Job's Daugh- ters, under the leadership of John C. | McConnell, and the drill team of De Molay boys under the leadership of Norman Sweeney, jr. The parade will move at 7:15 p.m from Fourteenth and K streets, pro- J. | ceeding north to Clifton street, east on Clifton street, passing the Central High School, where it will disband. Organi- | zations and those entering floats are Tequested to be prepared and in line by 7 o'clock. Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superinten- dent of police, will furnish a police es- cort and issue traffic regulations which will give the parade clearance and ade- quate police protection throughout its route. Legion posts will take precedence in line of march according to their suc- |cess in reaching membership quotas | during the past year. Legionnaires are | requested to wear uniform dress. The | committe suggests: 1st, Legion cap and uniform; 2d, Legion cap. white shirt. {dark tie and light trousers; 3d. straw hat, white shirt, dark tie and light trousers; the women of the Legion can be depended upon to present an at- tractive appearance. The eight alternate delegates elected by the Sergeant Jasper Post, No. 13, to the local department convention. August 9-11, Russell W. Clarkson. Fred- erick F. Money, Capt. William P. Kerschner, William R. Beall, Hugo Darling, Max. Rosedale. Ernest A. | Golden and Capt. D. Harry Pratt. Com- |mander Paul H. McMurray. who has been designated to serve as chairman of the group of 16 delegates and alter- nates. will represent the post on the | department convention Commiitee on | Resoluticns. Delegate Joseph J. Mal- |loy and William M. MacCallum have been appointed to the Committee on | Credentials and Rules, respectively. The post commended Color Bearers | Samuel Davids and Ira F. MacMillan | for service rendered and they will car- Ty the colors in the parade preceding the convention. The next meeting of the post will be held at the Thomas Circle Club. 1326 Massachusetts avenue, August 4. Com- mander McMurray will preside. | _Supporters of the candidacy of Pas! | Comdr. Richard A. O'Brien of Costello | Post for department commander met | in caucus Wednesday evening and com- | pleted final plans for the campaign at |the local department convention, | August 9. Mr. O'Brien addressed the | session. Post Comdr. Norman R. Grant, Pa:t | Comdr. Gregory Cipriani. George D. | Frye. Robert Coleman. Jim Pistorio. Martin Goerl, Matt Mclntyre, Ollie | Schriver, Benny Levin, Myer Taske, Tom Costello. Elliott Clarke, A. D. | Sherman, Farnham Miller. Bill' Som- i mers and O. E. Reed were the guests of | Leonard Snider at a barbecue July 22, !at his Forest Grove Farm. near La 1Pllh. Md. Jim Pistorio. chairman of | the Picnic Committee. with A. D. Sher- |man as his assistant. are completing | final arrangements for the post picnic in Rock Creek Park, August 20. . Comdr. Grant announces the follow- ing appointments to convention com- | mittees: Robert G. Coleman, Creden- | tials: George D. Frye, Constitutional | Amendments _an Resolutions; Vice Comdr. John O'Connell, Rules. It was announced on Monday, that Costello | | | Yes, Sir, M We Are With You Here is a Car Our People Can Afford to Buy, Own, Operate The New “375” De termyer. | The post, by resolution, invited the | incoming department commander to | attend a fete to be held in his honor | immediately after election. Entertain- ment will be provided by the post co- | medians, C. E. Lanahan and Charlie Myer; after which refreshments will be served. The Washington Police Post will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Potomac Elec- | tric Power Co. Building, Tenth and E | streets, when moving pictures will be | shown. Nomination of officers will be | made and refreshments and smokes will be served. | Delegates and alternates to the de- | partment convention, to be held Au- |gust 9, 10 and 11, were elected as fol- | lows: Delegates, Horace W. Lineburg, | William H. McGrath, George H. Chris- iman and Walter H. Thomas. Alter- nates, Altus Moore, LaFone Stark- | weather, Charles W. Shaw and Richard ]‘C4 Carter. | La Societe des Huit Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes met Wednesday eve- ning at the Hotel Washington, Le Cha- | peau Departmentale Eunice Dessez pre- | siding. ~Cherio Chairman _Florence Beuchley and her commitee have dis- | centinued the monthly visits to Mount | Alto Hospital. This committee will ! function again in the Fall. Child Wel- tare Chairman Rokterta Fawcett has ar- ranged for the delivery of a quart of milk each day to a baby of a World ‘War veteran. Ann Nevitt, chairman of the education of World War Orphan Committee, reported four scholarships had been secured for children of this | class. This has been accomplished in co-operation with the American Legion. La Chapeau Nationale Dorothy Harper |gave a brief resume of tentative pro- |grams for the Marche Nationale to be | Leld in Chicago October 2 to 5. This will afford partners who are attending the Marche to visit the Century of Progress Exposition. The annual Departmentale Marche | will be September 6 at the Hotel Wash- ington. Entertainment Chairman Edna McIntosh has arranged a program for the social meeting at the home of Part- ner Faulconer, Silver Spring. Md., Aug- |ust 2. Salon No. 14 has been invited to assist in the program being ad- vanced by the Tuberculosis Association, and several of the partners will meef with the committee for instructions. The next business meeting will be August 16 at the Washington Hotel. VISITS DESCENDANTS Sees Five-Month-01d ]‘ Great-Great-Granddaughter. | DALLAS (#)—J. W. Wyatt, 91, came | from Benton, Ky.. to visit four genera-* { tions of his_descendants at the home of his son, D. H. Wyati, 65, at Grand Prairie. After seeing his latest descendant. a 5-month-old great-great-granddaugh- ter, be left for Kentucky again. promis- ing to return when he reached the age of 100 and go deer hunting. Never taking off his hat except for eating and sleeping. 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