Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1935, Page 34

D8 More Motor Cycle Police Needed Here for Safety Increasing Force From 50 to 300 Wo;lxlcl Greatly Aid in Reducing District's High Fatality Rate. By G. Adams Howard. ESPITE many campaigns D unquestionably, is due to accidents continue to show no aP One reason that the Distr: and drives, street fatalities and reciable decrease. ’s rates are so high, the lack of sufficient policemen. This is particularly true in the small number of motor cycle men. At present there are only 46 motor cycle privates and 4 motor cycle sergeants. There are vacancies for 4 additional privates, but this total of 54, for a city the size-of Washington, is totally THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C, MARCH 10, 1935—PART TWO. Down the Road—You HE 1l DIDN'T GIVE inadequate. Conservatives at the Traffic be at least 75 motor cycle privates and 8 sergeants. number also is too small. The National Capital, with a po) of around half a million people, should at least have available for traffic work. It should be remembered that the men work in shifts of eight hours. so that only one-third at the most are available for duty at any one given time. This means that with the pres- ent motor cycle force only actually on duty at the same time Force Further Cut. ‘When es-orts are needed for funerals or for diplomatic affairs only one or two men are on hand for general public needs. In 1928 there existed a total of 93. According to a subcom- mittee report of the Board of Trade for the period September 1, 1932, to October at that time worked 8,035 hours and 34 | minutes, so it can be seen that often & run over of the eight hours is neces- sary. An adequate force of motor cycle men would do_much in making the streets of the District safer. Drivers are not wont to viclate traffic laws if a policeman or motor cycle is in sight. With the proper number of men on various heats, these motor cycle men could be in evidence most of the time on most of the streets of the city. Additional men, of course, will re- quire additional appropriations, but Congress should be willing to give to the National Capital these much- needed funds. If accidents are tc be cut down, this is the way. Investiga- tions and campaigns may be helpful, but their benefits unfortunately are of short duration. 12 are | 31, 1933, the motor cycle force | Bureau state that there sh% lld 5 ulation 00 men | State motor fuel tax revenues, and | from investors, who feel that by dimi- | nishing State revenue it jeopardizes | their investment in highway bonds. | During the first year of the Federal levy, State gasoline tax receipts dropped $23,000,000, the first decline | in the history of the tax. | mately four and three-quarter bil- lion dollars of highway bonds are out- | standing, sold largely on the security of gasoline tax receipts. Nearly 12 per cent of all gasoline tax revenues were used for bond service in 1933. The drop in consumption caused by the tax has reduced State motor fuel revenues several hundred thou- sand dollars annually, the committee estimates. The Senate Finance Committee’s report is quoted to show the tem- porary nature of the Federal levy. It stated: “Your committee 15 of | the opinion that the gasoline tax ishould be reserved for the States | after June 30, 1934.” Because of emergency conditions and the temporary nature of the levy, | motorists at first offered no concerted position, the report states, but they “have since discovered that ‘economic emergency’ is liable to become a per- | manent basis for Federal invasion of | this field.” | Average Owner Not Wealthy. | Indication that the average auto- | mobile owner is not wealthy is seen Approxi- | © 1935 Ay 1rawe e Can’t Please Some People.—By FRANK BECK WASN'T BAD...HE UPHOLDING THE LAW, WHY DOESNT HE CAPTURE HELPFUL ADVICE GIVEN FOR LADIES Faithful Car Apt to Suffer From Neglect Because of Procrastination. BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL Modern geometry says that for city and suburban purposes the automobile is the shortest distance between two points. Along about this time of year when every one’s fancy lightly turns to Spring the faithful car is apt to suffer from the most intense kind of neglect. Owners start their annual procrasti- nation, stating that they will go over the car from stem to stern when Spring definitely arrives. This means that they will cease keeping the car Winter-proofed. Before a snow storm upsets these Springtime dreams bet- ter see that the car is kept prepared for hard going. Springtime servicing | will be twice as expensive if it has to be Springtime replacing of worn and damaged parts. Looking over my correspondence with car owners last year I find that many of them were having the same troubles perienced motorists have had in the earlier stages of their education. Worn pumps, weak pressure regu- lator springs and loose bearings still accounted for the large number of com- plaints about low oil pressure. Tires were puncturing mysteriously because tubes were pinched when cars went around curves too fast. Most of the trouble with front ends and steering was traceable to weak, loose or over- ofled springs. Just variants on the old themes, but annoying enough to those who have either forgotten their earlier motor schooling or are just passing through it. seems to be too hot the car should be taken to the service station for a check-up of such matters as the car- buretor mixture, the timing of valves and the accuracy of the spark. Any- gas will cause the exhaust manifold and the muffier to heat up. Such throttling might easily be bending of the tail pipe due to -striking a rock. This week’s suggestion on safety concerns the importance of seeing that the soles of your shoes are dry before attempting to drive the car. Having your foot slip off the clutch or break pedal may be the begin- ning of an accident, not to mention the pain of injuring your ankle. A woman does not need to be too by careless stopping. The plates of the clutch, pressing together under spring | tension, are called upon to connect the motor with the drive line to the | rear wheels. If engine power is trans- mitted too suddenly to the wheels the | clutch naturally has to slip in order If the exhaust system of the car | thing that throttles the exhausting | | mechanically inclined to appreciate | how the car’s clutch can be damaged | tions of Both Post Office Department New House Bill Vitally Affects Airmail Policies Measure Is Designecl to Meet Urgent Ol'n'ec- Postal Department. By Joseph S. Edgerton. ESIGNED to meet the more urgent objections of both | the Bureau of Air Commerce 8 map or maps showing exactly the route or with necessary variations from the direct line. From these maps the bureau will determine correct dis- tances and note them on a master map, copies of which will be sent to the Post Office Department and the airline operators. Griffin Is Speaker. Bennett Griffin, engaged in radio and instrument flying and landing development work for the Bureau of Air Commerce, will discuss “Blind Landing” in a lecture before local Army Air Reserve officers at the regu- lar conference meeting at 8 p.m. Tues- day, in the Air Corps projection room, Munitions Building. i All local Air Reserve officers are in- Operators and and airmail operators, a new airmail bill has been framed by the House Committee on | yited to the meeting, at which Capt. that were common 10 or 15 years 8g0. |to ease the shock. Reverse this and Improved as the automobile is it ap- ye find that if the brakes are applied parently has a disconcerting way of |¢o0 suddenly the clutch again suffers. making plain that it's still an auto- routes it has been authorized to fly, | mobile, although it is only fair to take | feeding gas too into consideration the fact that many new drivers have come into the picture in the past few years. They are apt to have the sort of trouble more ex- |Much clutch damage results from freely when the car is in low or second. For presence of mind I commend the motorist who switched off the An adequate motor cycle force would be of permanent good. Need for Better Locks. Results of a recent survey conducted among 139 automobile editors of lead- ing newspapers showed an appalling need for better lccks on cars. Re- sponses represented 50 cities with total car thefts of 126,079. Approximately 90 editors answered | all the questions. Eighty-eight an- |Federal Government by motorists swered yes to the question “Does the |during the past 17 years are placed problem of combating auto thefts exist at $1,664,961,458, far in excess of the new cars are bought by people whose income is under $2,500, a figure ex- | empting families, even without chil- dren, from payment of the Federal income tax. The average value of ‘uutomoblles now in use is placed at $200, and the average annual motor | | vehicle tax bill at $50, a levy of 25 per cent on the value of the property. | Special motor taxes paid to the {in the fact that 50 per cent of all | of New York, and now is on the House calendar awaiting action. Vital changes in airmail policies would be effected by the measure. Increased airmail rates may be paid to relieve the financial distress of contractors, more route miles and more annual mileage may be flown, and certain forms of interline competition are prohibited. Pay and working conditions of pilots are brought within Federal control. The new bill is intended to provide a workable, just airmail law under which air transport development may proceed with the greatest possible benefit to the public and the industry, pendinfi the proposed creation of a unified system of Federal control of a. transportation. Post Offices and Post Roads, introduced by Chairman Mead | wijlliam V. Andrews, Air Corps, opera- tions officer at Bolling Field, will be the instructor in charge. Aviation subjects also are slated at | other reserve lectures. The anti-air- | craft defense of Washington will be discussed at a meeting for Coast Artillery officers at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The new G. H. Q. Air Force was the subject of a talk by Maj. Roy M. Jones, ' Air Corps, at an Infantry Reserve meeting last Tuesday. Capt. Andrews will give a lecture on aerial observation in your city?” and two said no. Seventy-nine said yes to “Does the public recognize the need for more effective protection against auto thieves?” and 11 said no. To the question “Does your paper give edi- torial cognizance to the fact that something should be done about auto stealing?” 75 answered yes and 15 no. “Does the public want a car that is factory equipped with theft-proof locks designed to prevent unau- thorized driving away of the car under its own power?” was another ques- tion and 89 said yes and 3 no. The final question was “Would a theft- proof car by leading automobile imanufacturers stimulate sales for local automobile dealers?” and 77 said yes and 14 no. In figures checked on November 30, 1934, in the City of Washington, D. C, total thefts were 3,800. The relation of these figures to other crimes, when reports showed that 80 per cent of all burglaries are com- | mitted with stolen cars, and of the relationship between fatalities and stolen cars, is all too evident. \ New Lock Developed. A new lock, the development of the laboratories in Chicago, has re- ! cently been completed and passed all tests qualifying it as drill-proof, Jimmy-proof, grip-proof, file-proof and | with a unique four-edge key that is copy-proof. It is designed for doors on auto- mobiles and for the steering wheel | where the mechanism locked cannot be tampered with, as is the case in ignition and transmission locks. Only the original owner will be able to order a duplicate key by presenting his registry tag. | | It is felt from the results of the survey that this lock would help curb | crime, especially juvenile delinquency and fatalities resulting from acci- dents in cars stolen for joy-riding, and would stimulate automobile sales. | New Tire Safety. 1 One of the leading tire manufac- turers, according to the Automotive total of Federal grants. Even if it had never received any money from motorists, the report asserts, the Fed- eral Government would be justidied in contributing to road building for four reasons. First, highways are necessary from ‘the standpoint of national defense. | They are also an essential part of the | postal system. A Federal contribu- tion is also justified on the ground that a large fleet of Government motor cars use the highways without | making any tax contribution to the upkeep of the roads. Finally, there is no more reason for assessing motorists for the Govern- ment’s contributions to highways | than there is for assessing the ship- | ping industry for Federal Light House | service, Coast Guard Service and Ice- | berg Patrol. 'ROUGH ROADS LISTED ON A. A. A. ROAD MAP Several Detours Suggested for Wet-Weather Travel in Virginia. Several rough roads in Virginia are listed on the latest highway conditions map issued by the American Auto- mobile Association. The complete picture of the condition of highway projects and detours suggestions with- in a 100-mile radius of Washington in_Virginia follows: U. S. 15—North of Warrenton, construction on new location. U. S. 15—Rough south of Warrenton to Brandy. U. S. 15—Construction north of Aldie, rough at bridge approaches and slippery when wet. Va, 3—Construction between Front Royal and Washington, on new loca- tion; mno trouble. Daily News, has developed a new . 29—Construction south of safety feature for automobile tires. | Culpeper, fair if dry, muddy and It is called the “Lifeguard” tube. | SUPPery if wet; advisable to use other Satisfactory demonstrations have | Foutes when wet. been made before public officials in' U- S. 29—Rough and broken be- various automobile centers. tween Charlottesville and Va. 4. Blowouts were produced in the tube | Through traffic advised to go via by means of automatic knives which | Gordonsville and Orange. Rough and bit into the tube upon the release of | Droken up between U. S. 15 and As a concession to objections raised | by the airmail operators to the sec- | tion of the original Mead bill author- izing the Postmaster General to desig- | nate any route in the country as a| | primary or secondary route, with the | | single exception that at least three transcontinental routes shall be pri-| maries, the committee added a clause | stipulating that no route less than 500 miles in length shall be desig-| nated as a primary route. This is not expected to overcome entirely the objections raised by the operators, who fear the grant of such power to the Postmaster General constitutes a threat to the wellbeing of every air- mail contractor operating more than one route. Clause Covers Losses. Another new section, added at the behest of Second Assistant Postmaster General Harllee Branch, requires that the Interstate Commerce Commission, in fixing rates of airmail pay, shall | disregard any losses of airmail con- | tractors resulting from “the unprofit- able maintenance ot non-mail sched- ules.” This issue was raised by Mr. Branch in a speech at Elkins, W. Va., during the past week. Another new section of the bill would permit the Postmaster General | to prescribe the number and time of departure of all airmail schedules and | permit him to put airmail on_ any scheduled passenger or express flight | over all or any portion of the route | of an airmail contract holder. Still another new section prohibits any airmail contractor from main- taining an off-the-line passenger or | express service which will in any way compete with similar service upon another airmail route. The same new section " also would prohibit airmail contractors operating along essentally parallel routes from merging or en-| tering into any agreement which might result in common control or ownership. The employment of unnaturalized aliens as officers or directors of a contract airmail company or as pilots | or radio operators on any airmail route is expressly forbidden. Other essential portions of the new bill are substantially the same as in the original Mead bill. Pacific Air Service Nears. The greatest pioneer air fransport | programs. and aerial maps to Reserve officers of which will break the long ocean the Military Intelligence division crossing. | Wednesday evening, March 27. These Alameda Airport, San Francisco | lectures are held in Room 3613, Muni- Bay, has been leased as the United | tions Building. States base, and other terminal sites | RO on the California coast are being studied. A new traffic office is to be opened in San Francisco about April 1 by Mr. Kennedy. Necessary con- S (FHONESTEADERS fiying boats. | U. S. Plan to Move 2,000 ‘The flizht tests over tropical waters | have been making air transport his- North From Drought Area Meets Rebuff. tory and may lead within a few days to establishing of new world seaplane distance records as the big ships reach the long-range stage of the test Pacific Veterans Make Tests. The tests are being flown by the crews planned for the Pacific flights, consisting of a master pilot, a second officer pilot, a third officer pilot, a navigation officer, an engineering of-| SEATTLE (#).—The northern lights ficer and a radio officer. During the | soon may see such sights as a Minnesota tests, in addition to this regular wrain- | farmer plowing Alaska fields for ruta- ing crew, two motor specialists were ' bagas, shooting big game and catch- carried on initial flights to supervise ing game fish in an effort to beat fuel consumption tests and operation the drought by a revival of the old- | of auxiliary engine instruments in- time American pioneer spirit. stalled for experimental purposes. “We want settlers, but we want them After navigational test flights of up | self-supporting.” old-time Alaskans to 1,200 miles through all types of said when they learned of the Govern- weather, permanent installation of ‘ ment project of moving 2,000 persons ocean-flying instruments is being | from drought-stricken States to the completed in preparation for the final | fertile Matanuska Valley. | portions of the test program, which The Matanuska is one of the finest | will take the ship up to full range farm regions in the world, Alaskans | limit, estimated at 3,000 miles or more. | say, citing as evidence pumpkins In addition to the special test ship. | weighing 104 pounds and turnips 96. a sister ship now is in regular service | Any root or grain crop can be grown operation on the South American line ' there. and two others are nearing comple- Markets Prove Obstacle. tion at Bridgeport, Conn., after de-| g 1 due ice, whi | But the Alaska Legislature memo- fl-!v?;xg.u toice: whichiprevented mt‘flallzed Congress this week, asking | that no farmers be sent North unless Minor alterations are being com- pleted on the still larger Martin flying | 223”:;’ :g;q“%{:z {m’;fiufig | boat which has undergone preliminary tests at Baltimore and the big ship h"v"‘;;;,“"“'d their venture fail. soon will be t 1o rth i 3 testin out for further flight “The lack of markets,” said Eugene 2. . C. Allen, old-time newspaper editor Engine, Development Pushed. of the gold rush days. “What's the motor when she realized that her car was going into turn too fast for safety. When the car upset there was no additional risk of having it go up in flames. Switching off the ignition would be excellent procedure where a collision seems inevitable. There have been various automatic switches to shot off ignition in event of an upset, but such precaution has evi- dently not been taken seriously by the average driver. Some of these days when the ultra- | modern woman motorist wants to find out what ails her car she will surprise the neighborhood by inviting her re- | pairman to drop in for a cup of tea |Just so that he can see how the car is used. When a mechanic went to get a friend’s car the other day he noticed that the right front wheel was | standing rim deep in slush. It imme- diately explained to him why the car had developed perplexing front wheel | shimmy. Removing the tire upon re- | turning to the shop he found the rim coated with enough rust to throw the | #heel out of balance. The week’s safety sermonette is the suggestion to test the car's steering be- fore proceeding to hit the normal | speed stride on a slippery day. If the car steers very easy this should be | a warning to beware of a front wheel skid when going into a curve or when trying to steer sharply to the right or left. Maybe vou are like the light-hearted miss who answered the filling station man's query, “Check your oil?” with “No, thanks, I'll take it with me.” Plenty of motorists take that attitude toward the man who really is trying to perform a service. He knows that most engines do need more oil al- :hough their owners prefer to skip over | the fact. In checking the oil level | always have the engine switch off and {be sure that the car is stand- ing on level ground. Because the oil | takes & few moments to collect back \ n the crankcase it is advisable to post- | pone the oil check until the gas tank |and the radiator have been filled. Buick Series 40 eight-cylinder 5-pass. Sedan, Body by Fisher 1935 BUICK PRICES ARE THE LOWEST IN BUICK HISTORY Think what that means—for true Buick quality and style, economy (15 miles per gallon) and depend- the catch mounted above the tire. | The cars were making speeds of | around 60 miles an hour. Several minutes after the forced blowouts | showed the tires standing up and with most of the air within them. This safety invention should go a long way in protecting drivers from serious injuries often caused by the | car swerving off the road due to the | sudden loss of air. It is expected that | other rubber companies will follow suit with similar tubes. The group that followed these sen- | sational demonstratioris disclosed that the “Lifeguard” consists of a heavy-duty | tube with a second tube built inside— | in reality twin tubes, one inside the | other, both inflated by the same valve. The air passes from the iuner inner- | tube to the outer tube through one small vent. Should the tire become weakened or damaged enough to cause a blowout, only the outer tube blows, the other one remaining inflated long enough for the driver to hold the| car on the road and come to a salc stop, even though the car has beeni running at its highest speed. In a nutshell, the “Lifeguard” does not prevent a blowout, but converts 8 blowout into a slow leak, which affords ample time for stopping. It is held impossible to build a blowout proof tire, so that the “Lifeguard” minimizes and controls tire troubles of this sort. Legitimate U. S. Expense. Federal gasoline taxation, which decreases State revenues and adds to the tax burden of motorists, c&n-‘ not be justified on the basis of the| Federal grents made to the States| in the past for highway construction, since a large part of the cost of the Nation’s highways is legitimate Fed-‘[ eral expense. This viewpoint is brought out in a Shadwell on Va. 5. Trucks are ad- vised to go via Boswells Tavern. U. S. 1—Five miles concrete widen- ing north of Ashland. Deltaville-Harborton Ferry across Chesapeake Bay has discontinued operations indefinitely. Va. 20—Rough between Unionville and Wilderness. Va. 55—Rough between Marshall and Markham. ‘ Automotive Briefs l Frank G. Stewart, 1319 Floral street northwest, a wholesaler, was con- tinued as executive secretary of the Code Authority for the wholesale automotive trade at a meeting of the Code Authority, it was announced re- cently at the national headquarters | of the organization (Munsey Build- | ing). Aime E. Pouliot, a wholesaler of Detroit, Mich.,, and president of the Northwest Automotive Wholesalers | Association, was elected president of the Code Authority to succeed R. G. Patterson, Indianapolis, Ind., who was elected secretary. | _The other new officers are W. N. Potter, Detroit, Mich, first vice | president; J. F. Creamer, New York, | second vice president, and Ralph W. | Boozer, Indianapolis, Ind., treasurer. | These officers and Tom Glasgow, | Charlotte, N. C., comprise the Execu- tive Committee. They will take office April 1 and serve for six months. Buick dealers in the Washington area will hear Thomas H. Corpe, di- rector of advertising and sales pro- motion of the Buick Motor Co.. ex- plain details of the factory program during the Spring months at a meet- | ing here Tuesday, March 12. memorandum report, “A Study of the Economic Causes and Results of Fed- eral Gasoline Taxation,” prepared by the American Petroleum Industriés Committee, New York. Opposition to the Federa! levy has come from motorists, who are now paying motor taxes of more than 25 per cent of the value of their prop- erty; from State officials, who oppose 4 on the grounds that it decreases The executive will speak particu- |1arly from the standpoint of adver- tising and sales promotion, stressing | a number of new projects in the latter connection which now are being in- augurated. He is on a business trip through the Central and Eastern sections of the | country, during which he will con- duct similar meetings at St. Louls, Chicago and t, undertaking in years is about to get under way with the completion by Pan-American Airways of arrange- ments for airline service across the Pacific Ocean. Flight testing of th2 big S-42 flying boats to be used in the service is in progress and a new operating division for the trans- Pacific service has been established and is functioning. The trans-Pacific operating division of the airline, which has been func- tioning for more than two years as & skeleton organization, has been ac- tually formed and put into service. The organization was completed with the appointment of the department heads who will administer the pioneer- ing ocean air service between Cali- fornia and China. Clarence M. Young, former Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce for Aero- nautics, who has been named manager of the Pacific division, has established headquarters on the Pacific Coast after months of preparatory work in the New York offices. C. H. Schildhauer, noted Navy “big boat” pilot and former assistant op- erations manager of the Caribbean division, who for the past year has been engaged in fleld work in prepa- ration for the trans-Pacific service, has been named Pacific division op- erations manager. Leslie to Be Acting Manager. J. C. Leslie, assistant division en- gineer of the Caribbean division, has been detached from Miami to become acting manager for the operating division, while G. W. Angus, acting division communications superin- tendent of the Western division, has been made communications superin- tendent of the new unit. K. A. Ken- nedy is to be acting division traffic manager. For three years Pan-American quietly has been gaining experience in the type of operations it will face this Spring over the Pacific. Nearly l Considering that the improvement of airplane designs has outstripped progress on airplane power plants, European aeronautical engineers and builders are concentrating upon rais- ing the efficiency of aviation engines, it has been reported by John J. Ide, technical assistant to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, on duty in Paris. Mr. Ide, discussing European prog- ress before officers of the Army Air Corps Materiel Division at Wright Field, Ohio, recently pointed out that the European engine program evi- dently is bearing fruit in higher air- | plane speeds, including a new world record for land planes. European designers have been pro- foundly impressed with the high speeds attained by the new American transport airplanes, Mr. Ide said, and have taken the viewpoint that in air- planes of this type the aerodynamic design of the airplane has been pushed to the limit of present prac- ticability. In many of the advanced European engines development was greatly ex- pedited by placing the engine in serv- ice rather than by continuing mere laboratory development on the test stand. It is believed that in all cases development will be hurried by follow- ing this policy, provided the military services are willing to co-operate by worrying along with “teething troubles.” Except in Germany, according to the N. A. C. A. observer, little progress has been made with the heavy oil aviation engine. European design is keeping pace with that in the United States as regards replacement of bi- plane designs by low-wing monoplane types, and the general adoption of metal construction. Exact distances flown by scheduled air transport lines in this country are being checked by the Bureau of Air Commerce to provide a more ac- curate basis for airmail payments by the Post Office Department. While the shortest distance between two points should be the normal air- line distance, it is not always possible for a scheduled airliner to fly the shortest route because of presence of high mountain ranges or other char- acteristics of the terraih, including lack of emergency landing areas. An airline may be forced to operate over one route by day and another by night or may use one route in good weather and another and longer way when weather conditions are unfavor- ble, 1t was 'mwmumnm | use of farmers growing crops when the cost of transportation would make it impossible to sell them?” “There’s one possible way out,” said Frank Cotter, business manager of the Alaska Weekly, “and one company is already taking it. They raise the crops, feed the surplus to livestock and pack the meat. There’s some money in meat packing.” Gold Rush Predicted. “On the other hand a big boom is in sight,” said Allen; “there’s going to be a gold rush and vast increase in construction. At Ancorage, for example, the Matanuska Valley Farm- ers’ Association is planning a cold storage plant. That will help. It ought to be easy to make a good living if markets and distribution can be arranged.” The land is there in the Matansuka, around 1,000,000 acres of soil. The climate is like that of Minne- sota, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kan- sas. Nearby is the Willow Creek gold field and vast deposits of coal. Fish and game are plentiful. There are good schools and a Federal agri- cultural experiment station. | SPRING HASTENS PORTAGE, Wisc. (#).—Miss Spring is trying to give Winter the “bum’s rush” in this section. At Wisconsin Dells E. M. Jobb, a m, X?nmdh six heads of cabbage g is den through 2| lncAhu of snow. - t Green Lake Mrs. Ralph Smith picked a lavender pansy frgm a bed of flowers which recently was cov- ered by a deep snowdrift. He Came First After Dogs. ST. LOUIS (P)—His wife's do 50 bull terriers—got all the crgsl;-n from the milk at his home and he | testified in his divorce suit. Mrs. Ette, in a counter action, said he had blackened her eyes and broken her nose. The court took the case under advisement. Service Distributors Stromberg Carburetors CREEL BROTHERS 1811 M ST.NW.** Dicarss 4220 ability, performance, ease and luxurious room. 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