Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1934, Page 53

Other Accidental Deaths | Keep Pace With Traffic Total From All Causes May .Reach Record High of 100,000 for 1934—Carelessness Held Chie £ Factor. BY G. ADAMS HOWAKD. HILE it is true wunhappily that motor fatalities are mounting high this year, another growing list of deaths is being overlooked, “Accidental deaths, outside of traffic deaths, are keeping pace, and a great increase in them is seen for the year 1934. The motor Vvehicle toll is expected to reach 35,000. Accidental deaths at their present rate will reach 65,000. This will be a record high all sources to be 99,300. United States. Now, what significant thought can be gained from this situation at pres- ent? Certainly, it would seem that all Americans are becoming more and more careless, whether in motor cars or in their own homes. This conclu- sion really becomes apparent. The cause of this additional carelessness is difficult to discern. Surely there are no more weighty problems to consider than those of safety. So it appears that something must be done to make the Nation safer outside of traffic which constitutes only 35 per cent of the accidental causes of death. 1934 Accident Trends. Accident trends in 1934 has been prepared recently by R. L. Forney, statistician of the National Safety Council. His findings, which follow, are of the deepest interest: If accidental deaths continue to increase as they have so far in 1934, this year will reach new highs in all fatal accidents, motor vehicle fatali- ties and home fatalities. The previous high for all accidental deaths was 99,300, reached in 1930. This year's total will probably be several hundred nearer the 100,000 mark; there was a 10 per cent in- crease the first eight months of 1934. Motor vehicle deaths reached their peak in 1931 with 33675 fatalities. The toll this year will be about 35,000, which is 4,000 more than in 1933. Some large cities have had good records this year. In seven months Milwaukee reduced motor vehicle deaths from 38 to 36 and has the lowest death rate of any large city. New York City, Pittsburgh and San Francisco have also shown declines. As usual, the 193¢ motor vehicle death record of children is better than that of adults. Deaths of chil- dren under 5, in fact, declined 7 per cent among a large group of cities and States; school age children increased 5 per cent, the 15-64 age group increased 20 per cent, and those over 65 years went up 13 per cent. Pedestrian fatalities have increased less than other types of accidents this year. In a large area studied, there was an increase of 14 per cent in all deaths while pedestrian deaths in- creased only 10 per cent. States with standard drivers’ license Jaws have had only 12 per cent more motor vehicle deaths in 1934 than in 1933, while States without such laws have advanced 28 per cent. One thousand lives would have been saved already this year if the entire country had done as well as the States with adequate drivers’ license laws. Part of this year's increase in motor vehicle accidents is due to more highway travel. However, gaso- line consumption—our best index of motor vehicle travel—increased only 7 per cent during the first six months of 1934, compared with a 20 per cent advance in motor vehicle deaths. Home {fatalities &re increasing as fast in 1934 as motor vehicle deaths. If the advance continues there will be several thousand more home fa- talities this year than ever before. Fatal industrial accidents are in- creasing about 5 per cent over 1933. This is partly the result of more men at work, but even industrial accident rates, taking account of hours worked, are increasing somewhat. A Remarkable- Record. At hand is evidences of a re- markable record. If the average driver could attain anywhere near such a record, motor vehicle mishaps and deaths would be reduced to the minimum. The holder of the fol- lowing record is above the average driver, no doubt. But, unfortunately, the average driver nearest him is far away. Alvin J. Musselman’s record of more than 1,000,000 miles of driving without & single accident has at- tracted such wide attention that Cleveland Automobile Club asked Mr. Musselman to summarize the most important of the rulés he follows in avoiding crashes. Here they are: “Know your car. That means keeping your car in good mechanical condition and knowing just what you can do with it. Many motorists have been killed because their cars stalled on sudden acceleration. “Know what the other fellow is going to do. That's easy if you teach yourself to anticipate what the other driver is going to do. If you note something unusual in the way he's driving, keep your eyes open—he's probably getting ready to stop, or to make a quick turn. “After passing a car, immediately turn back into the right-hand lane. The fellow you have just passed may by a cocky young buck who decides he’ll step on it and show you that you can’t pass him. If there’s an on- coming car, there may be a job for the undertaker. “Keep your eyes on the road. Driv- ing an automobile is an all-time job and you have no time to admire the scenery or a well-turned ankle on the corner. The cemeteries are filled with guys who tried to catch a glimpse of the scenery off the highway. “Don’t trust railroad crossing sig- nals. Sometimes they fail to work. And thus far manufacturers have failed to turn out a motor car that can compete with a train in sturdi- ness of construction.” Mr. Musselman declares he does most of his cross-country driving at high speeds and that he has avoided trouble by observing these simpie rules. There may be a question as to whether the rules or plain luck have guided him through the years, but the fact remains that his records show considerably better than 1,000,000 miles and not a crumpled mudguard. It is hard to believe also that even Juck would last that long. Anent Auto Shows. Among the features at the New York Automobile Show, to be held in Grand Central Palace January 5 to 12, will be a foreign car making its debut in this country. The newcomer is the «s. 8.” a British product, manufac- tured by S. S. Cars, Ltd, Foleshill, Coventry, England. Specification de- tails of the models to be shown will be announced shortly. The car has won a number of speed contests abroad. In addition to the new 1935 passen- ger models at the forthcoming expo- sition there will be the largest dis- play of commercial vehicles ever held in connection with a passenger car show. They will be displayed on the third floor, which also is to house the ccessory section of the show. Only few accessory spaces remain un- allotted at present, and all of the car and chassis space has been taken on [} ) as the figures of 1930 showed accidental deaths from 1930 was the peak of all time in the the two lower floors—a fact which is highly pleasing to the Automobile Merchants’ Association of New York, which is presenting the display. Germany Is Planning a Show Also. This Winter’s Berlin International Automobile and Motor Cycle Exposi- tion will take place February 14-24 in the great exposition halls of the Ger- man capital, the German Railroads Tourist Information Office was in- formed today. It seems certain that, like last year, a number of interesting, perhaps even sensational innovations in new German makes will be brought out for the first time on this occa- sion. Among the outstanding features of this year's show probably will be automobiles driven by ordinary kitch- en gas made from coal. There were more than 300 manu- facturers of automobiles, motor cycles, trucks and accessories at the show in February, 1934, including the en- tire German motor vehicle industries and 19 foreign manufacturers. Speaking of auto shows, do not forget the annual event scheduled here at the Auditorium January 12 to 19, inclusive. Horse Vs. Auto Thefts. Old Dobbin may have lost his pres- tige in this motor age, but he can find solace in the fact that before the law in many States it is a greater crime to steal a spavined nag than it is to steal a creaking flivver, ac- cording to the American Automobile Association. “The average car,” says the na- tional motoring body, “is worth more than twice the average horse in bar- ter or United States currency, but horse theft is often a felony where car theft is merely a misdemeanor.” The A. A. A. statement, based on data secured from the National As- sociation of Finance Companies, fol- lows: “In 18 States and the District of Columbia the penalty for horse steal- ing is more severe than the penalty for stealing an automobile. These States are as follows: Arkansas, Del- aware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, In- diana, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Caro- lina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and the State of Washington.” Automotive Briefs The entire organization of the Cap- itol Cadillac Co. Cadillac-La Salle distributors for this territory, was entertained at a “turkey-bean” dinner last Wednesday evening at the May- flower Hotel. The dinner climaxed the “army and navy” foot ball sales contest which covered the last 20 days. The army sales team won by a small margin and were treated to a turkey dinner by the losers who ate beans. F. D. Akers, president of the company presided and congrat- ulated both teams. The Washington distributorship, which has only been in business for seven and a half months of 1934, has a sales average higher than the na- tional Cadillac-La Salle sales record. Akers had as his guests officials of the local zone office of General Motors units, their wives, Cadillac factory officials and newspaper men. Local Players. THE play which put the New York Theater Guild “on the map,” will be presented at the Arts Club on the evenings of December 4, 5 and 6. Miner Ellis, well known local player, has the title role of John Ferguson. Edna Ellis Hilton is directing, and is also playing the Helen Westley role of Sarah Ferguson. The characters of Jimmie Caesar and Andrew Fergu- son, made famous in the original cast by Dudley Digges and Rollo Peters, | will be handled by William Austin Da- vis and Henry Hartung. Washington's | own Andrew Dent, who has literally grown up in local dramatic produc- tions, will portray the half-wit, Clu- tie John. James Otis Porter will be the grasping landlord Henry Withe- row, and Virginia True, the daughter, Hannah Ferguson. Other charac- ters in the cast will be played by Ben- jamin F. Butler and Harold Allen Long. The Mount Pleasant Players, dra- matic unit of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, have begun rehearsals in preparation for the pres- entations of Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” in Fishburn Hall of that church December 20. St. Paul Players are presenting a comedy, “Take My Advice,” Monday and Tuesday evenings, February 26 | and 27, in St. Paul's Auditorium at Fifteenth and V streets northwest. The group is being directed by Ed- ward Dillons. The cast includes Arthur Harvey, Richard Finnin, Adah Mae Brady, Charlotte Knott, Martin Meenehan, Leo Brady, John Meene- han and Eleanor Freund. e DILLINGER GETS VOTE AMARILLO, Tex. (#)—Twenty- eight persons sought the office of justice of the peace in an Amarillo election, but 45 persons, including John Dillinger, received votes—and the choice had to be thrown into Commissioners’ Court for settlement. The situation arose through the death of Justice J. V. Pottinger, Democratic nominee, after his name had been printed on the ballots. The 28 announced their candidacies, ask- ing friends to write in their names. Dillinger, the slain outlaw, received one vote. Motorman Takes to Air. KANSAS CITY (#).—George Car- ter, operator No. 1 in the Kansas City street car system, credited with having driven horse cars, cable cars and electric cars some 1,350,000 miles in 45 years’ service, climaxed his career by flying for the first time over his old routes in a new high- speed airliner, Students Form Knitting Club. NEW YORK (#).—A group of male students at Columbia University heralded the cold season by forming a knitting club. ’ DOWN THE ROAD—BIG EVENTS IN LITTLE LIV ITS MY SISTERS CAR..HONEST > B iS5... THE ONE WHO SINGS ON THE RADIO...SHE DROVE ALLA WAY HOME FER THANKSGIVIN' IN 1T, IT COST MORE'N OUR WHOLE FARM % ot THE SUNDAY "STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 25 1934—PART FOUR. —By FRANK BECK Helpful Hint s Gleaned For Milady’s Motoring Mistake in Attacl’xing Heaters Is to Take Water From Aluminum Cylinder Head Instead of BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. OTERS, like automobile wheels, often benefit by a realignment. Becoming discouraged because the hot-water heater doesn’t give enough warmth this Winter has no place in the modern scheme of things. You can have special thermostats installed. These will retard the circulation of cooling fluid, thereby raising its tem- perature for more heat and actually making the motor itself run more efficiently. If the worst comes to the worst you can spend a few extra dollars and have the heater converted into a steam system. A common mistake in attaching heaters is to take the water from the cylinder head where this is aluminum. Since aluminum carries off heat quicker than cast iron, ob- viously it is not logical for use as the intake for heater water. The alternative is to tap the top water hose. other motorists is to write a letter to this column outlining one of your own car problems. Possibly there are a thousand or more readers with exactly the same trouble so that when you bring it into the open the infor- mation I pass along to you will be multiplied a thousand times. It's just the age-old theory of service brought down to date for automotive consumption. Two heads are better than one. Going on this theory all of us who are interested in better motoring have a real duty to perform in pool- ing our experiences. Nothing is more helpful to the automobile industry as well as to the motoring public. If you think fan mail is necessary to the success of radio artists you should see the reception a carefully thought- out letter receives when it is ad- dressed to the engineering or service departments of a car factory. It may contain just the hint necessary to the solution of an aggravating problem. In comparing prices on service work always be careful to compare the work to be done. There are a half dozen different ways to adjust brakes, for example. The car can be made to stop more quickly merely by taking up on the rods or cables, but what it may need for a real job is a reduc- tion in clearance between the shoes and drums. Get all the facts first and the difference in prices will not seem so unusual. Some years ago I suggested looking into store windows when parking the car, as this affords an excellent view of your car and the one behind. Since then I have been reading my idea rewritten in dozens of ways. In spite of the numerous rewrites it still seems to be a good idea. You |can tell exactly how near you are to the car behind. And, just to be progressive, I'd like to add the idea of using the car's shadow as a guide to parking when the sun is out and store windows are scarce. Advertising in an automobile trade journal, the promotion nurses of a One way to do a little service for | Top Hose. woman’s magazine stressed various interests of women, even to men- tioning the enthusiasm ladies have for foot ball, but failed to say & thing about milady’s fondness for mo- toring. Just one of those dark mo- ments when advertising men will be advertising men. It reminded me of giving a lecture on the “Lost Atlantis” in the lobby between acts of & mu- sical comedy—or something equally insane. Women are finding greatly increased leisure for motoring, due to making homekeeping more ef- ficient. This much is stressed in the advice given milady as to how to simplify her household duties; now we need to inject the new note of helping her have more time for other activities by simplifying her car own- ership. I mean making it easier to keep is good business, of course, to intrust the major portion of one's service to the people who sold the car, but that |is no excuse for not having the | slightest idea what is done to the | car when it goes in for periodic in- spection and service. To be com- pletely in the dark about so impor- tant a matter may mean being at the mercy of some misinformed road- side mechanic when the car goes sour while on a trip. Today's car ownership needs management. Women who manage their own homes along modern lines are the quickest in the world to grasp this. Take an ignition tuneup, for in- stance. You may have no particular interest in just how the mechanic per- forms his work, but if you are ac- quainted with what he is doing—the theory and the general purpose of it | —you will not be likely to be in the | dark when the poor car is trying its | best to tell you the ignition is to blame | for its laboring. Let the service man | explain to you that if the breaker | points are too wide apart, through the effect of oil and sparking, the engine will be hard to start and will hesitate on hills. With that knowl- edge you will not be likely to suspect there is water in the gas the next time the engine does a hesitation on an upgrade. You'll nail this down in- stantly as ignition trouble. Have you seen the new windshield defroster that slips over the hot-water heater in such a way as to direct hot air against the glass? There are two companies making the device, and it promises to become a vogue. The flexible tubing used to conduct the hot air from heater to windshield looks like a section of a vacuum- cleaner attachment. Nothing to get out of order and nothing to break. Since being properly equipped for emergencies is so often a dream, rath- er than a reality, it may be well to pass along the annual hint that if you happen to be caught in an ice storm or a cold rain where the wind- shield starts to freeze over try raising the rear end of each side of the hood, inserting & large cork or rag to hold the hood in this position. The effect is to permit hot air from the motor to blow back over the windshield. In Local Music Circles RS. RALPH RICHARDS and Greta von Bayer will ap- pear in a concert at Gun- ston Hall this evening at 8:15. Mrs. Richards will give & pro- gram illustrating the possibilities of the Theramin, while Mrs. von Bayer will give a piano recital. ‘The third meeting of the Washing- ton Pianists’ Club will be held at the Washington College of Music, 1810 Connecticut avenue northwest, on Sat- urday afternoon, commencing at 3:15 o'clock. Program by the active and substitute members. Attendance lim- ited to the members. The Junior and Intermediate De- partments of the Washington Musical Institute presented the following puplls in a recital last evening: Karl Gersdorff, Carolyn Wendt, Edith Vie- reck, Barbara Stellwagen, Stephen Graham, Carolyn Koontz, Leigh Mar- tinet, Doris Harbaugh, Ernest Violett, Charlotte Anderson, Mac Hulbert and Helen Hoyem. The teachers whose pupils appeared on the program were Weldon Carter, Hendrik Essers, Mar- guerite Carter, Roslyn Carter and Gertrude Dyre. Hazel M. Williamson has arranged a musicale for today at the Congres- sional Country Club at 5 p.m. Hester ‘Walker Beall, radio artiste, will give a group of readings, with Hazel M. Williamson at the piano. Edith Mar- tin, mezzo soprano, and Sanford Ferris, baritone, will sing a duet and several solos, accompanied by Dor- othy Radds Emery. ‘There will be a special program for children at the Hour of Music at Friendship House, 324 Virginia avenue southeast, today at 5 o'clock. Karlien and Charlton Meyer will play piano solos and Bernice Anderson, accom- panied by Jessie Olin, will give a group ) of musical readings and stories. The public is invited. Franck's “Panis Angelicus” will be sung by Robert Pohlman, tenor, with violin obligato by James Fenton at the 11 o’clock service at Nativity Epis- copal Church today. On Thanksgiv- ing day Victor George's “It Is a Good Thing to Give Thanks” will be featured. ‘Emory Brennan presented a group of piano pupils in recital last Friday evening. Those participating were: David McNamee, Luther and Roland Chaney, Louise Dyre, Jean Donaldson, Florence and Marian Bowen, Jack and Paul Holliday, Russell Sirlouis, Angus MacDonald, Shirley Beall, Allan Frost, Pearl Arrow, Helen Longnecker and Marion Mahongy. Jean Westbrook of Washington, it is announced by Otto Ortmann, direc- tor of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, has been awarded the Milton Blumberg prize for 1934, which she also held last year, in recog- nition of her continued excellence in studentship. Miss Westbrook is a student in violin under Frank Gittel- son at the Peabody. Soloists at the morning service at St. Margaret's Church on Thanksgiv- ing day are Mary A. Stevens, soprano; Vera Neely Ross, contralto; George E. Anderson, tenor; Edgar Kidwell, bass. Charlotte Klein, organist and director. Kathleen Hillyer, contralto, was the guest soloist at Christ Church, Alex- andria, Va. last Sunday morning. Mrs. Howard Blandy, choir director, was at the organ. Miss Hillyer was also guest soloist for the Bethesda Baptist Congregation at the evening service. On Wednesday, December 12, 8 pm., a program of sacred music will be ’ electrical wear, or dirty because of | presented in Grace Lutheran Church by the Chapel Choir of Capital Uni- versity, Columbus, Ohio. This choir is composed of 60 selected voices and will sing selections of classical church music. There will be no admission charge and the general public is being invited. The Kees Trio (Edith Hoffman Jones, soprano;: Enid Mitchell, mezzo- soprano, and Kathleen Hillyer, con- tralto) and the men's section of the Montgomery Choral Club furnished the musical program for the Mont- gomery Chapter of the Eastern Star last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Howard Blandy accompanied both groups. Warren F. Johnson, organist, will play “Toccata, Adagio and Finale,” Op. 82, by S. de Lange, before the evening service today at the Church of the Pilgrims. The Tempo Chorale Society, a mixed chorus of 50 voices, will render a special program of spirituals and solos and recitations at 8:30 p.m. at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church on Friday, Dr. Scott Mayo, director. This program is sponsored by Deacon George E. Onley. Rev. C. T. Murray is pastor of the church. This evening beginning at 8 o'clock in the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, the second musical service of the season will be given. The Mount Pleasant Chorus, under the direction of Norton M. Little, with Claude Robe- the car running well all the time, X | 202 &€ the organ and Mary §. Apple, contralto, and Harvey T. Townsend, tenor (substituting for William P. Shanahan who is out of the city) as soloists, will render a program of compositions by Sir Edward Elgar. The chorus will be assisted by Daisy Fickenscher and T. Brooke Amiss, violinists. The public is cordially in- vited. Singing of Thanksgiving hymns and Bach chorals will be the special fea- ture of the Sunday music hour pro- gram toaay at 5 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets. Catherine Abele, violinist, and the Girl Reserve Glee Club will assist, with Helen Middleton at the piano. Men and women are cordially invited. Ruby Smith Stahl, sopralo, assisted by William Holden, pianist, will give a program for the Washington Club on Tuesday morning. Paul Brightenberg, first violinist of the National Symphony Orchestra, will be featured in a musical program at Rockville, Md., Friday night at 7:30 o'clock, under the auspices of the Rockville Prophetic Lectures, which is under the direction of George Wargo, violist of the National Symphony Or- chestra. He will be accompanied at the piano by Verna Schuster-Metcalfe. Sophocles Papas has begun a series of illustrated lectures on fretted in- struments, the first of which was given recently at the Jefferson High School in Alexandria before the Parent- Teacher Association. Next Tuesday Mr. Papas will give this illustrated talk for the music appreciation class at American University. ‘The Columbia Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of Sophocles Papas, gave a concert last Sunday evening at Gunston Hall. The assisting artists were Eveline Monico, concert pianist, who played two Chopin numbers, and Edwardo Caso, N. B. C. tenor, who sang several songs to Mr. Papas's guitar accompaniment. Mr. Papas also played solos on the guitar and Hawailan guitar. Franklin An- derson and Berlin Evans, banjoists, and Edna Furr, pianist, concluded the program with two popular selections. The Kilowatt Glee Club of the Po- tomac Electric Power Co. opened its third season with a concert at the Manor Club, Norbeck, Md., November 3. On November 6 the Glee Club sang at the first annual banquet of the Electric Institute of Washington at the Raleigh Hotel and on November 20 for the Columbia Historical Society at _the Mayflower Hotel. On Tuesday the Glee Club will sing at the banquet of the Kilowatt Club in the main ball room of the May- flower Hotel. Harry E. Yeide is di- rector and Ernest F. Freeman is pianist. ‘The piano pupils of H.L R. W. Miles will give a recital at the Wash- ington Club, 1010 Seventeenth street northwest, Friday at 8 pm. The stu- dents will render compositions by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mendels- sohn, Paderewski, Schubert and oth- ers, The public is welcome. The Chaminade Glee Club, under the direction of Esther Linkins, with Barbara Brown accompanist and as- sisted by Elsa Raner, violinist, will present a program at the Florence Crittenton Home on Friday. The music section of the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, Md., will give a musical tea at the home of Mrs. George V. Graham, 8 West Virgilia street, on Monday at 3 p.m. Instru- mental solos will be given by Harriet Lloyd, vocal solos by Vera Ross, ac- companied by Hazel Brown Piers; readings by Helen Middleton and a sextet by Mrs. Hugh Merrell, Mrs. william Graham, Mrs. Howard Hos- mer, Mrs. Frank Wilmot, Mrs. Ralph Wwilson and Mrs. William Reed. The program is in charge of Mrs. Francis M. Shore. Josephine Noel Kauffman, assistant to Frances Gutelius, is presenting Joan Casterlin, Jean Parrish and Pattie Moore in a recital Wednesday eve- ning at 8 o'clock at the Frances Gute- lius Studios, 1411 Twentieth street. ‘The Central Methodist Episcopal Church of Bethesda announces the second In a series of special musical services being held on the fourth Sun- day night of each month. Tonight & program of Thanksgiving music will [ F—3 New Ships Give Capital ||ATEST CHANGES Front Rank in Air Service Douglas Planes in High-Speed Coastal Trans- port Operation Reduce Schedule to Miami to Less Than Seven HOUX’S. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, finest air transportation the industry has to offer, as a result of the inauguration of the new coastal high-speed air transport service of Eastern Air Lines. Although the local air transport service for years has ranked with the finest in the world in point of efficiency and public convenience, it usually has been a step or two behind the leadership in point of modern equipment. WASHINGTON today is enjoying for the first time the The new Douglas airplanes less than seven-hour schedules between Washington and Miami, however, are not excelled by similar equipment in use anywhere today, in the opinion of aviation The new Douglas transport general design and relative performance, such as the Boeing 247 and the new Lockheed, have won world acclaim during the last few months and have smashed record after record here and abroad. One of the nine new Douglas planes of the E. A. L. fleet holds the present transcontinental air transport speed record of 12 hours, 3 minutes and 50 seconds. A sister ship finished second in the London-Melbourne race of last month in competition with spe- cial European racing planes and an American Boeing transport airplane of somewhat similar design finished third. The fact that both these air- planes were standard American trans- ports and that the second-place win- ner carried passengers and mail dur- ing the race is held by many Euro- pean aviation leaders as a fact of greater significance than the British victory. The new E. A, L. Douglas transport is powered with twin 710-horsepower supercharged engines, driving con- trollable pitch propellers. Maximum efficiency is obtained at about 25,000 feet altitude, where a speed of 225 miles per hour is attained, according to a performance report. Air brakes, or wing flaps, reduce the landing speed about 10 miles per hour, to 58 miles. ‘With a single engine operating, it is claimed, the plane can take off and climb to 9,000 feet without exceed- ing the normal operation limits of | the engine. The Douglas is designed for high- altitude, long-range operation and will be employed only in limited stop service. tude, with a maximum of 213 miles per hour between 8,000 and 13,000 feet, increasing to the 225-mile maxi- mum at 25,000, near the absolute ceil- ing of the airplane, it is said. The cruising speed, at only 62.5 per cent of the rated horsepower of the engines, is said to be 200 miles per hour and normal operations probably will be flown at about this speed, leav- ing a reserve of more than a third of the power for fighting adverse winds. Fuel capacity permits operations up | to a range of 800 miles, non-stop. Plane 62 Feet Long. The plane has a length of 62 feet, a wing span of 85 feet, and a height of 16 feet. The passenger cabin is 26 feet long, 5!; feet wide and 6 feet 3 inches high, in addition to which there is a cargo cumpartment 363 feet long and of the same width and height as the passenger cabin. The plane acrries 14 passengers and a crew of three. Total weight empty is 12,000 pounds; loaded, 17,880 pounds, or nearly nine tons. Retractable landing gear is used, but is so designed that the airplane may | be landed safely with the wheels all the way up, with damage only to the propellers. Since the wheels are moved forward of the center of gravity in retracting, there is no tendency to nose the ship over in case of wheel-up landings. ‘The new ships are operating on eight-hour elapsed time schedule be- tween New York and Miami, with stops at Washington on all flights. Time between Washington and Miami is about 6'; hours. Day and night | schedules will be maintained. Next month Douglas service is to be inau- gurated between New York and New Orleans, through Washington, and be- tween Chicago and Jacksonville. Fla., connecting there with the New York- Miami line. For the first time the public has been given a real idea of the speed of the new Army Air Corps pursuit airplanes. For several years speed and other performance figures have been shielded behind a screen of mili- tary secrecy which remained unbroken. A few days ago, however, the Air Corps resumed competition for the Mitchel Trophy, put up for compe- tition by Army pursuit pilots. The results were astonishing to many lay- men who have heard only vaguely of the performance of the new pur- suiters. ‘The Mitchel race this year was con- fined to the new P-26A low-wing Boe- ing pursuit monoplanes. The aver- age speed of the winner, Capt. Fred C. Nelson, was 216.832 miles per hour for four laps of a 20-mile tri- angular course. The slowest of the be furnished by the Newcomb-Be- thesda Community Singers, under the direction of Ruth L. Morgan. Mrs. A. H. Fast, soprano, and Mrs. J. W. Bald- win, contralto, will be the assisting soloists. The public is cordially in- vited. “Todenfest” will be celebrated today in the Concordia Lutheran Church. ‘There will be special music at all serv- ices. At the German service, 10 am., the Davison Glee Club will sing, with Robert Volland, soloist. In the Eng- lish service, 11:15 a.m., the choir will sing two excerpts from Brahm's “Requiem,” and the offertory solo will be sung by Elsie Krieg. At 8 p.m. the Cantata Choir will give the cantata “Sleeper’s Wake” (Bach), the soloists being Jean Coe and Ruth Wiberg, so- pranos; Howard Bursley, tenor, and Howard Samsel, bass. A program of modern Italian music has been arranged by Lewis Corning Atwater for the quiet period at All Souls’ Unitarian Church this after- noon from 5 to 5:30 o'clock. Mr. At- water will play compositions by Bossi, Malipiero, Pick-Mangiagalll and Ta- renghi. This evening at 8 o'clock the choir of St. Luke's P. E. Church, Fifteenth and Church streets northwest, will present a special service of song, un- der the direction of Louis N. Brown, organist and choirmaster. The regu- lar soloists of the choir are Elizabeth Sinkford Thornton, soprano; Anna Mayo, contralto; James B, Lomack, tenor, and Percy Simms, baritone. As- sisting artists will be Frances Crowder, soprano; John Willlams, baritone; Mamie Grant, soprano, with Louis Vaughn Jones as guest violin soloist. The Francis Asbury Quartet, Fan- nie Shreve Heartsell, soprano; Helen Marie Koontz, contralto; Ellsworth Coudron, tenor, and Fred C. Schaefer, bass, and the chorus choir will be heard in a Thanksgiving musical serv- ice this evening at 8 o'clock at the Prancis Asbury M. E. Church South, assisted by Stuart Dewey, trumpeter. Allen Watson will be at the organ. At the organ recital to be given to- morrow evening at 8:15 o'clock at St. John’s Church T. Guy Lucas will play compositions by Bach, Parry, Karg- Elert, Wagner, Bairstow and Boberts. [} Speed increases with alti-| used on the coastal run, giving leaders. airplane and others of the same 10 competing planes averaged 208.327 miles per hour. When the last Mitchel race was flown in 1930, the winner, Lieut. Cy Bettis, averaged 175.4 miles per hour. The 217-mile average of the winner this year, however, was only an indi- cation of the true speed. The flying of a triangular course, with its many sharp pylon turns usually costs 20 miles or more per hour in average speed, the amount lost increasing with the speed of the airplane. In addition, the Boeing pursuiters were flown with their throttles tied down to only a part of the full power to prevent burning out of the super- charged engines at the low altitudes at which the race was flown. These planes develop their best performance at high altitudes and were far from their best in the Selfridge Field con- test a few days ago. A better indication of the actual performance of the new pursuit planes was given in a series of speed dashes over a straightaway measured mile. The fastest time in this event was made by Lieut. H. H. Van Auken, who was clocked at 256.9 miles per hour but who was disqualified for pulling up short. The winner, Lieut. D. C. Doubleday, averaged 240.3 miles per hour for two runs, in opposite directions, over the mile course. These performances indicate that at their efficient operating altitudes, Uncle Sam's new Army pursuit air-| planes are capable of speeds of 260 | | to 270 miles per hour at least. This; should go & long way toward quiet- ing the criticism frequently heard that this country's military airplanes | are inferior to those of other coun- tries. It is generally admitted that in | maneuverability this country’s mili- | tary ships are cqual or superior to | any others and that they need bow to none in ruggedness of construc- | tion. This concrete demonstration of | speed throws a much better light on the whole situation. Seadrome Need Claimed. Recent developments in the United | States and abroad looking toward es- | tablishment of transoceanic air | transport service have served to in- | tensify activities in behalf of the sea-: | drome, or “floating airport.” Appearing before the Federal Avia- tion Commission, backers of the sea- drome plan have submitted figures to support their belief that inter- mediate servicing facilities must be available on the long ocean routes to make possible economically sound air transport service. Efforts will be continued to obtain active Federal support of the sea- drome project, it was announced, as an aid to the pioneering by this coun- try of economically feasible ocean | transport service. | Breaking up of the 1,750-mile jump from Bermuda to the Azores into three jumps, with intermediate re- fueling, would increase the pay load in the new long-range airplanes from 2,000 to 10.000 pounds per trip, it! was claimed. Assuming a seadrome toll of 10 per cent, the gross income per trip could be increased from $2,000 to $9.000 through reduction of the fuel load. according to the testi- mony submitted before the commis- sion. Backers of the seadrome plan con- tend that non-stop trans-Atlantic fly- ing-boat service cannot be operated without subsidy in the form of mail contracts at high rates. The use of intermediate seadromes, they claim, not only would increase the safety factor of such long-range operations, but would, by increasing the pay-load, make possible a service which would have a better chance for economic survival. Contending that the economic fac- tor, in the absence of heavy mail sub- sidies, “is the thing that will ulti- mately determine the soundness of one system or the other,” the sea- drome sponsors sought to convince the Federal Aviation Commission that the establishment of seadromes would make possible a service which other- wise could not be operated economi- cally. Four seadromes along the trans- Atlantic route could be operated for! $576,000 a year, each manned by a crew of 43 officers and men, it is esti- mated. It is claimed that the life of a seadrome will be about 40 years, based upon experience with metal ships, and that, upon this basis, suf- ficient volume of traffic is in sight to make the operation of such a sys- tem feasible from an economic stand- point. | Scholarship Renewed. ‘The W. E. Boeing aeronautical scholarships, open for competition to university, college and junior college students in the United States and Canada, have been offered again for the current school year, it has been announced here. This will represent.the sixth an- nual offering of these scholarships, which comprise two aeronautical training courses, with a tuition value of $6,800, to be given at the Boeing School of Aeronautics, Oakland, Calif., a division of United Air Lines. The scholarships are to be awarded on the basis of & thesis competition open to male students in good stand- ing and in regular attendance in any university, college or junior college which offers at least two years of work leading to a bachelor’s degree in arts or sciences. The competitors must be between the ages of 18 and 25, of average height and normal weight, with normal eyesight and free from physical defects which will be a bar to licensing as a pilot. The contestant must submit a non-technical or technical treatise of not more than 2,000 words on any aeronautical subject he may choose. Winner of the first award will re- ceive an airline pilot and operations course covering 250 hours of flight instruction and 3,765 hours of ground school, exceeding the requirements necessary for a transport pilot's license. This course includes the ground school and 25 hours of flight quarter or January 2, 1936. INROAD PROJECTS Star Presents Conditions of Highways as Reported by A. A. A, Three road projects still are under way within a 100-mile radius of ‘Washington on the south, according to the latest information furnished The Sunday Star by the Washington office of the American Automobile Association. They are: Va. 3.—Construction between Front Royal and Washington; fair if dry, slippery when wet. U. S. 15.—Construction half-mile north of Warrenton, Va.; fair if dry, muddy and slippery when wet. U. S. 29.—Construction south of Culpeper, Va.; fair if dry, muddy and slippery when wet. In a 100-mile radius north of Wash= ington, recent changes include: U. S. 1.—Construction in Bel Alr, Md., is completed. Seven miles re- construction between Kingsville and Bel Air, advisable for through traffic to go via Harford road. Pa. 5.—Bridge construction at New- port is completed. U. S. 30.—Between Gettysburg and York, Pa., construction from Pa. 194 west to New Oxford is completed. Current Films. ETTI GALLIAN is seen for the first time in this country in “Marie Galante,” which Lowe's Fox is now presenting. Spencer Tracy carries the male dramatic lead. The book by Jacques Deval won the Prix de Rome two years ago and startled readers by its frankness and boldness. In sup- port are many favorites, including Helen Morgan, Siegfried Rumann, Arthur Byron, Leslie Fenton, Stepin Fetchit and Jay C. Flippen. Henry King directed “Marie Galente” from a screen play by Reginald Berkely. The stage bristles with the good humor and fun of George Jessel, Ray= mond Baird, a musical genius; Kay Picture, in dance novelties; Shirley Ross in popular songs; the Bartell Hurst foursome and the 16 dancing Danny Dare girls. TEL HE screen’s first military musicale, “Flirtation Walk,” photographed at West Point Military Academy with the full co-operation of the United States Army and starring Dick Pow- ell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien, Rose Alexander and other Warner fa- vorites, is now at Warner Bros.’ Earle. Frank Borzage directed the film. For its stage attraction, the Earle presents the “Poet Prince” of radio fame, Anthony Frome, in person, singing songs which have made him an N. B. C. favorite. Others on the bill are Johnnie Woods, the radio ballyhooligan; Irene Vermillion, with the Dart Ensemble, in a Dance Revue Continental, and the Three Jackson Boys. ME. DU BARRY” Is now at M ‘Warner Bros.' Metropolitan Theater in the person of Dolores Del Rio. A Du Barry of mirth and frivolity rather than a scheming pol- itician; the Du Barry who delighted as well as ruined King Louis XV— this is the characterization presented in this Warner Bros.’ verison of Ed- ward Chodorov’s story. Comedy, drama and spectacle are blended in this production, with magnificent sets of the Palace of Versailles, the King's court and the supmptuous gardens. Reginald Owen, who played Louis XV in George Arliss’ “Voltaire,” again appears as the same monarch. Victor Jory is the Duc d'Aiguillon, Osgood Perkins, Richelieu; Verree Teasdale, the Duchess de Gaumont, Du Barry's bitter enemy, and Anita Louise, Marie Antoinette. * * x * “THE MERRY WIDOW" has extend~ ed its popular downtown run with a third week at Loew's Colum- bia. Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald sing unforgettable songs of Franz Lehar in this, and Una Merkel and George Barbier, as the humorous Queen and King, spice the production with many laughs. Ster ling Holoway, Edward Everett Hor- ton, Mina Combell, Ruth Channing, Donald Meek, Herman Bing and other favorites add to the general gayety with their characterizations. NN N “THE PAINTED VEIL,” currently showing at Loew's Palace Thea- ter, the one and only Garbo gives a performance that will register itself on the minds of Washington filmgoers for some time to come. All of the well-known Garbo magic and allure is contained in her new, mod- ern role as a woman who makes a “marriage of convenience” which brings about a tremendous ecrisis in her life. Herbert Marshall is Garbo's new leading man, so be prepared for some breath-taking love scenes. George Brent is another popular young screen lover, who enacts the masterful role of “the other man.” Jean Hersholt, Katherine Alexander, Beaulah Bondi, Warner Oland, Ce- cilia Marker, Forrester Harvey and others are importantly cast in sup- port. CRER £ ey Presenting a fine array of talent and popular names, the new show ap- pearing at the Gayety at today’s mati- nee bears the title of “Dizzy Dames.” The cast includes Margie Lee, Dione Rowland, specialty dancer; Marie Evans, ingenue; Agnes Nichols, come- dienne; Kay Johnson, Joe Devlin, character-straight man; Jack Mon- tague, comedian; Gene Schuler, Dutch comic; Frank Penny, eccentric come- dian; I J. Irving, straight man, and Jack Richards, singing straight man. A specialty act features Gallinore and Newton, a rubber-legged dancer. * x % % LAST night with a special preview opening at 7:30 p.m. R-K-O Keith's launched the new R-K-O Radio pic- ture, “Wednesday's Child,” with young Frankie Thomas featured in the same role he protrayed in the stage play, and with Edward Arnold and Karen Morley as the other featured players in the cast. Carrier Walks 130,500 Miles. CLARINDA, Iowa (#).—During the 30 years he served as a city letter car- rier here, Everett Frees figures he walked 130,500 miles and carried nearly 35 tons of mail. — Senator Leads Village Band. OAKLAND, Nebr. (#).—~When A.L. Newmann is not busy serving as State Senator he spends his time directing the Oakland village band, 8 job he has held 47 years. New- mann has been elected to his fifth consecutive term in the Senate. Authorized Distributors Delco Batteries CREEL BROTHERS 1811 Mn STNW.DEcari®4220