Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1935, Page 35

Automobile Sale Gains Surpassing Production Pace at Which Factories Will Operate Promises to Approach, if Not Equal, 1929 Levels. By G. Adams Howard. 0OD news continues from the automotive centers as sales continue to mount. Not only are purchases nearing 1929 levels, but they have exceeded expectations of many G manufacturers According to a survey of the North American Newspaper Alliance, the seasonal rush to buy cars is getting out of control and due to the generally improved conditions, buying has set in earlier than during previous years when the industry was battling against the slump. In spite of peak operations that are being expedited against steadily mounting orders, production is running far behind demand for new cars. Firms producing certain of the more popular makes are holding meetings in various parts of the country in an effort to “hold” retail dealers who have become rebellious over delays in delivery. Nearly every company in the Michigan area is from two to three weeks behind, and pledges already made covering allotments for April and May are being revised downward. Before there is any let-up in.the all motorists in the form of properly activity, the pace at which factories | placed signs.” will operate promises to approach, This is the conclusion set forth by if not equal, seasonal levels of 1929, | the Keystone Automobile Club in a when the all-time “top” was recorded. | report, covering a detailed survey It will be May before any tapering- | conducted by the club on Thirteenth | oft will be possible, according to ad- |street between Logan Circle and| vance surveys. !Sprmg road northwest. | . The survey revealed that on Sat-| Five-Day Week in Force. urday afternoons there is widespread | To comply with the general agree- ' violation of the regulation which | ment which member companies of makes Thirteenth street a one-way the Automobile Manufacturers’ As- thoroughfare. The club indicated sociation made with the Government |that while 12 per cent of the cars checked were proceeding in the wrong direction, there was reason to feel that many drivers believed the regu- lation did not hold good on Saturday afternoons. That, however, is not the case, the regulation calling for observance of the one-way routing on all week days. The club’s survey revealed further that there was a preponderance of violation on the part of drivers of commercial vehicles. The best record of law observance along the route checked by the Keystone's survey party was set by taxi drivers. The Keystone club, in its report, emphasizes the fact that if streets are to be segregated for special treat- ment, they should be conspicuously marked and also well policed in the interest of safety. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBU Washington Council met last Tues- day evening at the club house, Grand Knight Harold F. Jones presiding. The first degree was exemplified to a large class of candidates. Ernest Gass, delegate to Washing- ton Chapter, announced the chapter | planned to hold the annual retreat for Washington Knights of Columbus at Manresa on the Severn. May 10. He also announced the annual commun- fon mass April 28, at 8:00 am. at St. Matthew’s Church. Following the mass there will be a breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel. Tickets for the breakfast can be obtained from Mr. Gass Father Francis P. Conlon of the Oblate College, Catholic University, was one of the new class of initiates receiving the first degree. He made an address, Father Aloysius J. Burggraf of the factulty of St. Paul’'s College, Catholic University, also spoke. At the conclusion of the meeting Msgr. Peter Guilday, chaplain, who has just been raised to the rank of domestic prelate by Pope Pius XI, spoke on the symbolism of the order and traced this symbolism back to the | Roman catacombs. Harleigh H. Hartman announced the national membership campaign, which will be inaugurated today throughout the country and conclude April 1. The council will hold a “George- town University Night." March 26, when Father Vincent McDonough of Georgetown University will speak and a musical program will be rendered by the University Glee Club. Asupper will be served at the club house at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Robert W. Prischkorn gave a stereoptican lecture on medical sub- Jects. Spalding Council will meet next Thursday in their club rooms. Re- ports will be received from the Cam- paign Committe, as well as the com- mittee arranging for the thirty-sixth anniversary celebration of the council on April 23. Harry R. Statham, chairman held a meeting of his com- mittee last Friday and preliminary details will be announced Thursday evening. The District of Columbia Chapter will meet Friday for clection of a new chairman to succeed the late Albert H. Sardo. The annual communion | mass will be held at St. Matthews Church April 28 to be followed by a breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel. Arrangements are also being made for the annual religious Tetreat at Manresa on the Severn, May 10-13. I WOODMEN CIRCLES | Morris Sheppard Grove met at the W. O. W. Hall, with Guardian Cathe- rine Shugrue presiding. The report of the State convention at Cumber- land, Md., was made by the delegates. Applications of two hew adult mem- bers were accepted and two junior members. State President Fannye Kolb spoke of a district meeting of the combined groves of the city to be held here in June. Miss Hunter made her report of progress of the girls’ club which is being formed by the younger members of the circle. This grove is consider- ing sponsoring a child in the Wood- men Home at Sherman, Tex. Capitol Juniors met in the W. O. W. Hall, with Carolyn Gentner pre- siding. Dorothy and Lois Totten were welcomed into the circle. Plans for the birthday party to be held at their meeting March 23 were com- pleted. This circle is planning to go to Forestville, Md., some time in April to demonstrate the ritualistic work in the W. O. W, Hall. It will also take part in the district meeting to be held here in June. when the N. R. A. code was renewed recently, the five-day week of factory | operation is being adhered to. It is part of the plan whereby peak or seasonal periods of employment are being avoided to keep workers on pay rolls as long as possible during the year. The export situation is improving generally. | Export officials of firms that belong | to the Automobile Manufacturers’ | Association assembled in one of the periodical meetings that are being held to promote foreign trade. George F. Bauer, who for years has acted as the industry’s trade envoy abroad, Teported progress on reciprocal agree- | ments that are being negotiated with 17 foreign countries, looking toward relaxed tariffs on cars from America. | Enviable Safety Record. A remarkable safety record comes from Piedmont, Calif., a town of | 10,000. During the past 15 years, the National Safety Council reports, there has not been one traffic fa- tality. | Strict enforcement of regulations and safety education are held to be responsible for this enviable record. Speaking of education. the Ameri- can Automobile Association calls to attention the operation of schools for | violators as an adjunct for traffic | law enforcement which are held to| have proved highly successful. An- | nouncement of these schools is based on a survey conducted by the Safety and Traffic Engineering Department of the national motoring body. “These schools have proven meri- torious in several types of cases, in- cluding juveniles, adult offenders who would have been indifferent to a fine, and instances where a fine would have constituted a hardship,” Thomas P. Henry, president of the A. A. A, says. “Violators’ schools, many of them sponsored by A. A. A. clubs, are now in operation in Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oakland, Piedmont, San Francisco and Tracy, Calif.; Wichita, Kans.; Detroit, Mich.; Minneapolis, Minn.; St. Louis, Mo., and Portland, Oreg., while there are plans under way for such institutions in other States and cities.” The statement continues: “The schools are based on the gen- erally accepted principle that edu- cation is an important factor in any | comprehensive program for the re- | duction of highway fatalities and in- | juries. Magistrates are constantly faced with the fact that quite a large proportion of violators do not have a proper understanding of traffic regu- lations, of causes of accidents, or of the principles of safe driving. Most Violators Juveniles, “Generally, violators turned over to the school are juveniles or persons whose infraction of regulations has not been serious enough to warrant a severe penalty. decision in this mat- | ter being left to the discretion of the Judge. “Violators in many cases are com- pelled to attend night school by the simple legal expedient of passing sen- tence and then paroling the violator | until he has been ‘graduated’ from | the traffic school. In some instances, | the driving privileges of youthful of- fenders are taken away until the| school’s course has been successfully completed. “Most schools hold their sessions in the evening, once or twice a week, Wwith courses ranging from one to six sessions. “Subjects covered include cause and prevention of accidents. traffic regulations, enforcement, proper car care from a safety standpoint and safe driving practices. Examinations on these subjects are given regu- larly and some schools require a good mark on test papers before re- leasing the violator. “In several cities, when the violator | has completed the school course, he must present his credentials to the court in which his case was originally | tried before his parole is ended and | unconditional driving privileges re- stored.” Choosing Auto Colors, If you would choose a popular color for your new car the following may be advantageous to you: A questionnaire, conducted by the Automobile Color Index and sent to approximately 1,000 automobile ex- ecutives, designers, dealers and ad- vertising men, shows that regent ma- Toon, a very dark and heavy shade, 1s the leading color preferred this year | for motor cars. It shows, also, that the taste in automobile colors covers | & wide range of shades. Each recipient of the questionnaire | was asked to make a first, second and | third choice from 72 actual samples | of colors sent. The name of each color was carried below the sample. Second choice was regimental blue, also a dark, heavy shade. Third choice was nakhoda blue, a dark pur- ple-blue, with black a fourth choice and oxblood red, & brighter hue than the blues, in fifth place. The answers showed that blue is still a favorite, for 4 out of the 10 selections gave blue, in one shade or another, as a preference. Cotinga blue, a very dark blue, with a brown- ish tone, ranked sixth in choice, with | shadow (metallic gray) being seventh. Chateau gray, also of a metallic shade, was eighth choice end Army blue was ninth. Out of 21 shades oi green and | verdant—a metallic type color—only | one green was selected. That was Dartmouth green, a very dark shade, ‘which was tenth in choice. Enforcement Sought. “It is futile to select certain streets | at random in various parts of Wash-| ington for special traffic treatment unless the regulations promulgated for these streets are accompanied by diligent and continuous enforcement, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DOWN THE ROAD—The Penalty of Progress.—By FRANK BECK MARCH 17, “THE W\SFEAML INE BODIES HAVE TOO GREAT AN ARTISTIC APPEAL HELPFUL ADVIGE GIVEN FOR LADIES Profitable to Know Reasons for Pioneer Car Design Features. BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. Accident statistics continue to re- veal that each year motordom turns out another bumper crop of drivers. ‘Women whose motoring experience does not go back to the early days would find 1t profitable to know some- thing of the reason for the existence of the pioneer features of car design. For instance, there was the method of forcing fuel from the main tank to the carburetor by means of exhaust pressure. Previously fuel had fowed by gravity and in some cases by pres- sure created with a hand pump. It was a great day when the vacuum tank came into universal use, but this has been outmoded by the mechani- cal fuel pump. Equally as helpful in gaining an idea of how things work on a car is the story of the trans- mission, which, prior to 1910, was the “progressive” type. That is, to reach high it was necessary to shift through | low and second, while to get back to | reverse :he driver had to shift through second and low. When the industry | changed =ver to the “selective” trans- | mission the driver could shift into| any gear without first going into the others. Because so much emphasis is placed | on the importance of keeping the | shock absorbers well filled with fluid at all times, many owners tend to un- derestimate the importance of having | the right kind of oil. Since the hy- draulic controls of the springs are so | important in mamtaining the car’s| stability and roadability, particularly | at higher speeds, any fluid heavier in viscosity than the manufacturer recommends is unsafe as well as detri- | mental to the functioning of the units | themselves. I don’t suppose more than one mo- torist out of a thousand ever thinks of the time of day, the time of year or the weather as having any bearing on the work she wants done on the car, but these play an important part in the way this work turns cut. It is difficuit, for instance, to check a car for Liming, acceleration or brak- ing when the streets are in slippery condition. An extremely cold day is not a timely one for a carburetor ad- justment, and a rainy day is no time | to bring the car in for work on the | springs, shackles or steering assembly. Several women readers have asked what is the point in having two free- wheeling controls as this arrangement is found on some cars. One control, to clear up the mystery, operates the clutch so that whenever the driver lifts her foot from the accelerator the clutch automatically disengages. This also provides free wheeling but is used primarily to eliminate effort in oper- ating the clutch and in making it possible to shift back and forth from second to high without considering the clutch. The other control oper- ates a free-wheeling device in back of the transmission and works like the coasting arrangement on a bicycle. Whenever the driver desires to reduce motor speed the car starts to coast. If you don't happen to like the first of a series of cars produced by your | favorite motor maker, try a little pa- | tience and go on the theory that the | assembly line may turn out something | more appealing later. Perhaps you remember those ridiculous hats the | milliners unveiled last Fall and were one of those who had faith in the idea that better styles were just around the corner. Usually the first cars off the assembly lines carry con- ventional colors and are fashioned in standard form. Later come the road- sters, de luxe models and more ap- pealing color combinations. It is wise policy about this time of year, if you haven't already purchased your new car, to go back to automobile Tow tor a re-view of the market. Pre- views are often misleading and dis- appointing. Just to be posted on what the men folk talk about at the dinner table, or to get a little ahead of them, I The Standard Automotive Supply Co., headed by Frank G. Stewart, held a free automobile shop-equip- ment clinic last week in the L. P. Steuart Building, at 1440 P street. This exhibit featured illustrated lec- tures, demonstrations and tests of all kinds of modern automotive equip- ment. Hundreds of Washington au- tomotive-minded members of the trade and public attended. David G. Morris has entered busi- ness for himself at 1529 M street. ‘The name of the firm is Dave Morris Auto Service. Mr. Morris has 20 years’ experience in the automotive maintenance fleld. He served in the Corps, United States together with ample notification to 4 Motor Transport Army, during the World War, l suggest your consideration of a few points concerning the way cars are driven and the way they are likely to be driven a few years hence. For some years it has been the policy of American car makers to put the motor in the front and transmit its power to the rear wheels through a long drive shaft. Several years ago there was considerable excitement over the introduction of cars with the engine driving the two front wheels. This was a more efficient arrangement, but it involved many steering com- plications, placed all the heat and nolse ahead of the driver and gave him more to smash up in event of a collision. ~ So now there is genuine interest in putting the engine at the rear axle where the present drive shaft can be done away with. Here all the noise and heat is behind, and some engineers believe the added rear-end veight is an advantage. If you like to make predictions you will doubtless join the group of prophets who see the commodious baggage compartment of the new-type car es merely the ing of the logical space for the engine when it is trans- ferred to-the rear. ¢ DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA Golden Rule Council celebrated its | 20th anniversary with a banquet. ?S(ate Councilor Deborah Streitberger | and her staff of officers and commit- | tees were special honored guests. Mrs. Effie Tancill, first councilor, cut the cake. Entertaining features were a dramatic sketch, “A Pair of Luna- tics,”” presented by pupils of the Dra- matic Class of the Hyattsville High School. Miss Dora Herbert sang, and instrumental music was rendered by Miss Dora Herbert and Leslie Bryan. | Mrs. E. Viola Thompson, deputy, who | was the State councilor when the council was instituted, presented the council with a Bible. The invocation was pronounced by the State coun- | cilor, Deborah Streitberger. A brief | history of the council was related by | Past National Councilor Naomi | Swann, State Secretary Charles H. | Miller and Past State Councilor Ella | Scott. Unity Council, at its last meeting, | which was presided over by Councilor Viola Mallonee, planned a bingo party for March 26 at 4015 Grant place, | Benning, D. C Friendship Council convened with | Mrs. Helen Luckett presiding. The council will hold a rummage sale April 8 and 9 at Twenty-first and K streets. The annual visitation will be | held March 22. when Friendship | Council will be hostess to the State | councilor and her staff of officers. Mayflower Council extends an in- vitation to all members to visit them in their new home, Room 411. Wash- ington Loan and Trust Building, on | the second and fourth Fridays eachi month. At the next meeting, mem- bers and friends will be entertained by the councilor, Mrs. Ethel Miles, | who will celebrate her admission to | the Daughters of America. Anacostia Council was presided | over at the last meeting by Associate Councilor Hattie M. Beall. Mrs. Nora Lee gave the unwritten work. Adel- | bert Lee and ‘Mrs. Gladys Lee were | received as card member 1. Solid Steel “Turret-Top” Bodies by Fisher—the safest and most luxurious bodies built today. 2. Triple-Sealed Hydraulic Brakes — the finest brakes money can buy . . . sealed against water and dirt. 3. Speedlined Styling—the new Silver Streak design that makes Pontiac the most beautiful thing on wheels. 4. Completely Sealed Chassis—protected from the wearing action of water and dust at every vital point. S. Silver-Alloy Engine Bearings—sterling silver makes them twice as durable as the ordinary type. ROAD CONDITIONS IN CAPITAL AREA Several Detours Listed in 100-Mile Radius of Wash- ington by A. A. A. Bulletins on road conditions issued by the Washington office of the | American Automobile Association in- clude the following projects within a radius of 100 miles of Washington. U. S. 1—Bridge approach construc- tion west of Richmond, will be slip- pery if wet. U. S. 11—Short stretch of construc- tion at Strasburg, Va., slippery after rain and rough. U. S. 15—North of Warrenton, Va., | old road rough, construction on new location. U. S. 60—5; miles widening pave- ment east of Richmond. Va. 3—5 miles construction between | Culpeper and Griffinsburg, Va. U. S. 15—Construction north of Aldie, Va., completed and open to traffic. U. S. 22—Between Amity Hall and Newport, Pa., construction east of Newport Bridge, detour via Pa. 5, (adds six miles). Alternate route, go via U. 8. 11 to Liverpool, Pa. 17 to| Millerstown (adds eight miles). Dan- gerous intersection at Liverpool; this detour advisable for westbound traffic. U. 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It is expected to prove beneficial to the air transport industry and to the public. It is, the operators say, vastly better than the original airmail bill which it has replaced. In some minor respects, however, the operators will seek to have the bill modified. One of the features which is to be opposed as objectionable is an amendment which provides that after June 30 next no airmail contractor shall be allowed to maintain passenger or express service off the line of his airmail route which in any way competes with passenger or express service available upon another airmail route. ‘This amendment would compel the\ A construction crew of 118 men closing of routes now flown by sev- | with 6,000 tons of construction ma- eral air transport companies, among | terials and technical apparatus will them the Washington-Detroit service ‘ cail from the Pacific Coast early next of Pennsylvania Airlines. the United | month to begin the actual construc- | Airlines and Transcontinental & |tion of Pacific island bases for the Western Air services between Kansas | proposed transpacific airline which is City and Chicago, and one of the lines | to be inaugurated during the Sum- ! from Philadelphia to Chicago. | mer by Par.-American Airways |~ The amendment, it is held by the| The materials and equipment are | operators, not only would wipe out being assembled at Seattle and San important portions of the routes of | Francisco and the 8.025-ton steamer the companies affected. but it would | North Haven has been chartered as destroy competition and eliminate a supply ship. The construction crew fast, efficient service. The amend-| will include a staff of 44 technicians in restraint of trade 4nd would de-|ing during the past two years on the stroy the jobs of a number of airline | Pan-American route across the Carib- employes and wipe out investments bean. made over a period of years. on which | Gonstruction of the first ocean air- no fair return has been realized. | way. stretching 8,500 miles across the D. C.-Detroit Line Would Go. | Pacific from gahfurma to Hawaii, is - i regarded as the greatest aeronautical ’n}e Eenngivania Ailincs Service | hroject yet undertaken. Pan-Amer- between Washington and Detroit, | which would be eliminated if the | ican, which is undertaking this bold smendment is enacted, now provides | Plece of aviation pioneering, has paved Washington with its fastest and most | the way for the venture on its lines efficient service to the West and which now link 32 countries and colonies of South and Central Amer- Northwest, it is contended by those . 5 Wwho are opposing the amendment. | iC8 and the West Indies with the The company now operates high-speed | United States. Boeing transports on this run, flying | Preparations for the transpacific four round-trip schedules daily. This | venture have been under way since service is in competition with the | 1931, when the airline began the airmail service of Central Airlines, | designing and construction of the which operates three round trips daily | new long-range flying boats now over the same route with slower equip- | being delivered, established a trans | ment. The same situation prevails ocean training school for flight per- on other competitive routes which | sonnel, undertook the development would be eliminated., lo{ long-range radio apparatus and The purpose of the amendment, it | began collecting meteorological and is said, is to prevent ruinous com- | geographical data covering all sec- petition between airlines which are | tions of the Pacific and Atlantic {ll-equipped financially to engage in| The construction program now economic warfare. Whether the ulti- } about to begin involves establish- mate benefits of such a law would | ment of operating facilities at five compensatz for the immediate hard- | widely separated points on the Pa- ships it would inflict is a matter which | cific, one of them never before in- Congress must decide. | habited. It will be necessary to es- ‘Some of the other minor features | tablish colonies on two of the five of the bill with which airline opera- | islands, off the course of regular tors do not wholly agree probably | transpacific shipping. | will not be opposed. since it is felt The ocean airway is to extend from | they will be remedied when the In- | California to Hawaii, 2.410 miles: to | terstate Commerce Commission takes | Midway Island, 1,380 miles: to Wake { over the actual control of airmail|Island, 1242 miles; to Guam, 1.450 | rate-making. miles; to Manila, 1,500 miles. and to The prospect of 1. C. C. control | the China coast, 700 miles. In China is regarded most hopefully by the | the line will connect with the 3,000- airline operators in general. ~They mile system of Pan-American-Chinese feel confident that a scientific rate- | Airlines in China proper. making program, based upon an im-| The cargo of the North Haven will partial study by so experienced a body | include some 300 carloads of con- as the I. C..C. cannot help but al- | struction material, equipment and leviate much of the financial distress | fuel supplies sufficient for the estab they now suffer, since the bill gives | lishment of a complete airway, down the commission power to revise rates | to homes for airway technicians, upward in their favor. | base operators and meteoroclogists. The aviation industry is co-opent-& The steamer is due back in the | ing wholeheartedly with congressional | United States about the middle of sponsors of the bill, the Post Office | July, by which time the entire Pa- | Department and others interested to | cific airway is expected to be ready | urge early action by Congress upon | for initial operations. ! the measure. ! At the same time it is preparing ment would. in effect, they say, act| who have been given special train-| | to bridge the Pacific, Pan-American is using the airplane to push back America’s last frontier, in Alaska. Twin-engined Lockheed transports, capable of speeds up to 200 miles per hour, are on the way to the Territory to begin service April 2, which will bring Nome within 4% days of Washington. The fast new airlines, spanning Alaska from Juneau to Nome, will cover the distance in 7 hours which formerly required 34 days of surface travel. They will roar over the his- toric dog-sled trails into interior Alaska, flying each hour a distance which required a week of hard going for dog teams. The Alaskan service is the result of more than a year of preparatory work by Pacific Alaska Airways, sub- sidiary of Pan-American. The new service will complete the re-establish- | ment of Alaskan operating airways | on a scheduled basis, it was explained. Service up to now has been chiefly of the sporadic “charter” type. In preparing for the new service | the airline has established radio and | weather stations over the main oper- | ating routes throughout the territory, constructed or improved terminal air- ports and intermediate fields, and made other improvements | Brattain Again Promoted. | Paul Brattain, local aviation execu- tive for many years, has received his second important promotion since the beginning of the year, rising to the office of traffic manager of Eastern Airlines. Last January he was named vice president of North Amer- ican Aviation and assistant general manager of Eastern Airlines Mr. Brattain has been an aviation executive in Washington since 1924, when he came here as Washington representative and manager of the finance and insurance section of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. In 1930 he was appointed local repre- sentative for Transcontinental and Western Air and Western Air Express. A year later he became vice president o T.W. A | As traffic chief, Mr. Brattain has announced appointment of Goodrich Murphy as northern divisional traffic manager at New York and John K. Ottley as southern divisional traffic manager at Atlanta. Airline Records Good. American-operated air passenger lines averaged but one acrcident to each 592,800 miles of fiyin last half of 1934, according to semi- annual reports to the Bureau of Air Commerce. There were only four fatal accidents during the six months, resulting in the deaths of five pas- sengers and four pilots The passenger-miles flown per pas- senger fatality totaled 26,339,197, the Commerce Department reported. Dur- ing 27,268,893 miles of flying in the last half of 1934, the airlines had 46 accidents of all kinds, 42 of them without fatality. Personnel errors dropped into sec- ond place as a cause of these acci- dents with a total of 22.28 per cent. Power plant failures took the lead with 22.61 per cent. Airplane failures re- sulted in 21.52 per cent of the acci- dents, weather in 17.39 per cent, air- port and terrain, 9.57 per cent, and other causes, 6.63 per cent Of the 178 pers wvolved in the 46 airline accidents. 144 suffered no injury whatever. There were 13 mi- nor injuries, 12 severe injuries and nine deaths. American-operated airlines extend- ing to foreign countries had no acci= dents during the last half of 1934, flying 4,037,162 miles with absolute safety. 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