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First Major Safety Step Seen in Staggered Hours Safety Responsibility Bill, Annual Inspection of Autos and Pedestrian Control Held Other Neede move. the daily rush hours, but a gestion One-way streets and parkin and consequently are aids in accidents. It is to be hoped that more that one has been put through. the safety responsibility law, annual automobile inspection re- quirement and control for pedestrians at intersections. Ungquestionably it is up to Co: the traffic hazards in the National Capital. dents will not decrease materially until those on the Hill do their part for the District in this mal ‘The recently appointed Woman's Subcommittee of the Advisory Board | of the American Automobile Associa- tion has started well. Already they | have found out that a constant danger | exists in machines parked too near street intersections and have asked the Traffic Bureau to enforce prasent regulations covering the matter and to paint curbstones effectively to pre- vent violations. The present law prohibits pal‘k}x]z of cars within 20 feet of the building line. and according to Willlam Van| Duzer, traffic director, the regulation should be made 30 feet. There is no| question that many accidents are caused by cars being parked too near | the intersection, preventing both mo- | torist and pedestrian from seeing each | other approach. | The recommendation of Maj. E. W. | Brown, chief of police, and Capt. Ed- | ward Kelly of the third precinct, that | the Park and Metropolitan Police should be merged under a single unit. is a wise plan. It is not a question of co-operation, but of more efficiency. | Inspector B. A. Lamb of the Traffic Bureau hailed the plea recently made | in these columns for more motor cycle | men. Mr. Lamb concurs in the thought | that the streets of the city would be made safer and also states that better protection against robbery in homes and stores would be brought about. Three hundred motor cycle men are not too many for a city the size of | Washington and would afford the Cap- ital three daily shifts of 100 men. The | psychology of seeing these men daily | patroling the streets would have a decided effect Few are likely to speed or violate other traffic rules if a poiceman is in sight or likely to | come in sight at any moment. At the present time, with less than 12 on duty, the chances of seeing a motor | cycle policeman except in some sec- tions s very remote. Many drivers, | speed up and take| Inspector Lamb is of the opinion | that speeding is responsible for many accidents. He does not mean speed itself. but speeding in certain places and at certain times. He does not favor decreasing the speed limit hcre.) but would prefer a stricter reckless | driving law in its stead. At the pres- | ent time convictions on reckless driv- | ing charges are almost impossible un- | less an accident has occurred. | Recklessness Defined. | Mr. Lamb believes as Judge John | P. McMahon has often stated, that a driver may be going 40 miles an | hour at certain times and at certain places without being reckless. but may | be reckless driving 5 miles an hour at other places. Fast driving with the car under control no matter what may turn up is not recklessness. Slow driving does not necessarily mean control of the car. It is really control that counts. | Last Thursday came Spring, at least according to the calendar. A | check up on the car should be made as soon as the cold days really are over. Tightening up all nuts and bolts should be the first considera- tion. Then should come changing of oil and grease. Next radiator clean- ing and inspection should be mflde.,‘ Then if the money has not run out | a check up of the finish of the car is worthwhile. i In preparing for Spring and Sum- mer driving, it is important to ex- | amine the car top and, if it is not in perfect condition. to give it prompt attention, says G. W. Sherin, chem- | ical specialty expert of a paint and varnish company. After long ex- | posure to Winter hardships, it is| quite possible that the top material | will have grown dull and check- marked, he states. If the top is old, cracks may have actually penetrated right through the rubber coating, per- mitting rain to leak into the car interior. On the other hand, the top | material may be fourld in good con- | dition, but that cracks have opened | up along the top moulding, permitting | leaks to occur at those points. Leads to Expenses. | “Strangely enough. the chief rea- | son for preventing leaks is not the | inconvenience caused by rain run ning through to the car interior,” | says Mr. Sherin. “If that were all an owner might feel like putting up | with a leak for a few months in order | to avoid spending more money on the | car. However, this is a case of | ‘penny wise and pound foolish, be- | cause a neglected leak soon leads to | expensive repair bills. Many a car | owner has assumed that a leaky top simply requires the installation of a new piece of top material, but he | has been amazed to find out, when the old top material is removed, that | the wooden framework underneath is badly rotted and must be entirely | rebuilt before new top materfal can be installed. After paying for an expensive repair job, the car owner | may conclude that the cheapest plan Is to refinish the top at regular in- tervals and make sure that no cracks develop in either the top material or at the mouldings around the edge. “It is not advisable to apply a var- nish type dressing to a new top. In fact, the only type of dressing to use on a new top is a top wax. If, how- ever, the top material has been ex- posed for some months and has grown dull and check marked it in- dicates that the original coat of var- nish—applied when the top material was made—has become chalked and is rapidly disappearing. At this stage it is important to refinish the top with a black top dressing of the var- nish type. This will not only fill the cracks and checks, but will also pro- tect the rubber coating and improve the car's appearance. “If a crack has developed at the top moulding do not depend upon the top dressing to seal the opening. It is much better to get a high-grade black sealing compound that will fill the crack completely and seal it against the entry of water. After the crack has been taken care of a good grade of top dressing can be applied to the entire top.” Milwaukee Wins Contest. Milwaukee has been named grand prize winner of the Third National Traffic Safety Contest sponsored in It is not only a plan to rehieve congestion during | is relieved more safety is bound to be assured.| This is the first major safety step adopted here in years. d Measures. By G. Adams Howard. STAGGEHING of hours of Government employes is a Wise safety measure. Any time con- | g restrictions relieve congestion reducing fatalities and tramc‘ safety measures will follow, now Some wise ones might include ngress to do something to reduce Fatalities and acci- nner. peted in this coast-to-coast highway safety competition New Jersey, Minnesota and Arizona won in their respective groups in the interstate contest. A year ago Milwaukee won first place among all cities over 500,000 population, but was beaten out for the grand prize by Evanston, Ill. Its constant improvement during 1934, however, when a majority of cities throughout the country were experi- encing sizable increases fin their death rates, gave Milwaukee top hon- | ors. The 1934 motor vehicle death rate in the Wisconsin city was but 10.8 per 100,000 population. This may be compared with a rate of 14.0 for New York, 27.5 for Chicago and 19.1 for the country as a whole. Among the large cities Milwaukee, New York, Pittsburgh and San Francisco alone were able to show decreases in the | motor vehicle death rate over 1933. In addition to the grand prize win- | ner in the intercity competition, lead- | ers were named in six population groups above 10,000. All municipali- ties between 5,000 and 10,000 popu- lation which went through the vear | without a traffic fatality were awarded honorable mention certificates. Honor City List. Group I (over 500,000 population)— Milwaukee, first; Pittsburgh. second; San Francisco, third. Honorable mention—New York City and Detroit. Group II (250,000 to 500,000 popu- lation)—Providence, R. I., first; Bir- “College Flying Clubs Meet| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 24, 1935—PART TWO. DOWN THE ROAD—Recollections. e A T R/ —By FRANK BECK ME CITY WAS AGOG OVER THE RECKLESS DARING OF THE FIRST LADY IAZA TO BRAVE THE PDg OF A STEAM 3 _;47 @ffi’ In Capital April 2 and 3 150 Institutions Represented in Effort to Stimulate Activities—Interco“egiate Meet Probable. By Joseph S. Edgerton. | of representatives of college and university flying clubs | April 2 and 3 in an effort to stimulate more widespread | ‘WASHINGTON will be the scene of a natlonal gathering flying activities among the young people of the country, | with a consequent future growth of private flying in all parts of the United States. Representatives of 150 colleges have been invited to the con- ference and acceptances have been received from educational institutions in the East, Middle Atlantic States, Far West and structor keeps a careful record of the | progress of his students, gives each a mark on his proficiency and apti- tude, and predicts his chances of be- coming & naval aviator. All students then take the regular flight training course in the usual manner. “So far,” it was reported, “only 19 cases have progressed far enough in training to be considered. Of these. every one bore out the predictions made during their glider training. When enough cases are available, a thorough study will be made to deter- mine the value of this type of train- ing.” Veterans Join Airline. ROUGH HIGHWAYS IN AREA REPORTED U. S. and State Roads in Virginia Aflected—Project in Mary- land Completed. Latest road bulletins issfied by the local office of the American Automo- bile Association for a radius of 100 miles of Washington include the fol- lowing reports: U. S. 15—FRough road from M'ddle- burg, Va., to Warrenton. U. 8. 17—Rough road between Sa- luda and Gloucester, Va. U. S. 29—Construction north of Lovingston, Va.; one-quarter cne-way traffic. rough, short delays. Va. 2—Rough in spots from Fred- ericksburg to Richmond, advisable to go via U. 8. 1. Va. 3—Rough road from Freder- icksburg to Culpeper. Va. 5—Rough road from Richmond west to Charlottesville, advisable to go via Va. 4 - | Md. 2—Reconstruction between | Prince Prederick and Sunderland is completed. Music Guild Hour. Opera season the N. B. C. Music Guild series, formerly broadcasting Fridays, | will move into the Saturday afternoon | 3:30 spot. The Monday, Tuesday and | Thursday guild programs will continue | at their regular hours. Will Rogers Bac;k. Will Rogers will return to the | Headliners’ program on Columbia next | Sunday at 7:30 pm. He will be sup- | ported by Helen Gleason, Metropolitan chestra. mile | With the close of the Metropolitan | Opera soprano, and Frank Tours’ Or- | Automotive Briefs F. D. Akers, president of the Capi- tol Cadillac Co., Cadillac-La Salle distributors at 1222 Twenty-second street northwest announces a lunch. eon meeting and preview of the new La Salle today at the Mayflower Ho- tel. Cadillac-La Salle dealers and their organizations from North Caro- lina. Virginia and Maryland will at- tend. The meeting will be attended also by the following officials of the | Cadillac factory. J. C. Chick, general | sales manager; W. C. Herring, sales promotion manager; R. L. Newtcn, Eastern general sales manager; F. J. | Denney, advertising manager: C. B.| | Crockett, assistant chief engineer, | {and R. M. Jordan, statistician. | { T. L. Cox of the Walsh Motor Co., | | authorized Ford dealers, took first ‘honors in the preliminaries of the | Ford Motor Co. “sales lecture con- | test” held at the Continental Hotel last week. H. E. Davies of the Tri- angle Motor Co. took second place | | and E. H. Somers of the Nolan Motor | | Co. was third. Cox will represent | Washington zone in competition with | the winners of the other six zones |in this territory in the near future | to decide the winner in the Alexan- dria branch of the Ford Motor Co. Announcement was made last week | of the appointment of Evans-Palmer, | Inc., as De Soto distributors and Ply- | mouth dealers in Washington. Show | rooms, offices, used cars and service | will be maintained in the building | | at Fourteenth and L streets north- west. Walter Evans, former execu- | tive of De Soto division of the Chrys- ler Corp., and John J. Palmer, as- sistant general sales manager and | assistant to the president of the De Soto home office in Detroit. are the | officials of the new distributorship. | | Both come to Washington with many | | years' experience in the automobile | business, both wholesale and retail. | D5 \GENERAL MOTORS SHOW HERE APRIL 6 xhibition at Auditorium One of Series to Be Held in 51 Cities. The annual Spring show of General Motors will be held April 6-12 at the Washington Auditorium. The exhi- bit here will be one of a series of dis- plays held in 51 large cities. Admis- sion will be free. Cars shown will include the new master de luxe and standard models of Chevrolet, Pontiac's new six and de luxe six and its improved straight eight, the new Oldsmobile six and straight eight, Buick’s offerings, which are in 25 body styles; the 1935 Cadil- |lac and the recently introduced La | Salles. Chevrolet trucks and G. M. C. trucks also will be exhibited at many of the shows. Frigidaire refrigerating units, water coolers and the latest air-conditioning | units for heating, cooling, humidify- ing, circulating and filtering air in home and office will be part of every | display, together with Delco Appli- ance Corp. products and products dis- tributed by United Motors Service, Inc. General Motors’ national exhibits in June of 1934 drew a total attend- ance of 4,000,000 persons and recorded a 42 per cent increase in sales of cars and trucks over a similar showing ol products in 1932. MI’S. ROOSCVEI( on Ail’. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will op: * the “Early Diagnosis Campaign” « the National Tuberculosis Associatio with a radio plea for co-operatic Saturday. Her address will be carrie by an N. B. C. network. | Appointment of two aviation vet- | erans to high positions in Eastern Air | | Lines has been announced by Ed- ward V. Rickenbacker, general man- | ager. Edmund T. “Eddie” Allen, World | the winning cities on March 28 in an mingham, Ala., second; Dallas, Tex., third. Honorable mention—Memphis, Tenn.: Minneapolis, Minn., and New- ark, N. J. Group III (100,000 to 250,000 pop- ulation)—Fort Wayne, Ind., first; Paterson, N. J., second; Syracuse, N. Y. third. Honorable mention— San Diego, Calif.: New Haven, Conn.; Elizabeth, N. J., and Duluth, Minn, Group IV (50,000 to 100,000 popula- tion)—Schenectady, N. Y. first; Holyoke, Mass., second: Montgomery, | Ala., third. Honorable mention— | Phoenix, Ariz.; Altoona, Pa.: Evans- ton, Ill.; Brockton, Mass.; Bayonne, N. J.: Davenport, Iowa; Allentown, Pa.. and Brookline, Mass. Group V (25,000 to 50,000 popula- tion)—Dubuque, Iowa, first: Maple- collegiate flying meet in June, intervals. Don Hamilton, pioneer local glider enthusiast and lieutenant in the local Marine Corps Aviation Reserve squad- | ron, is taking the lead in organizing | the local college students, with the aid | of Capt. James E. Webb, commander | of the Marine Reserve squadron. | The conference program is to begin | o a with an informal smoker and recep- wood, N. J, second; Tucson. AriZ. | tion jn the National Aeronautic Asso- third. Honorable mention—Pough- | ciation headquarters the evening of keepsie, N. Y.; University City, Mo.: April 1 The opening conference Newark, Ohio; Rome, N. Y.; Central | secsion April 2 will be devoted to ad- Falls. R. I: West Orange, N. J.. | Gresses by Federal and local aviation Clarksburg, W. Va.. and Kearny, N. J. | jeaders and to preliminary business. i R CrouD LT 000310120, 000 Fupula- | Another business session in the after- | tion)—Massena, N. Y. first; Fort |poon will be followed by an inspection Collins, Colo., second; Xenia, Ohio, i y ” - B " | of Bolling Field and the Anacostia third. Honorable mention—Faribault, | o o ATe sttion “where soaring and | Minn.; Hopewell, Va.; Bedford, Ind.; Sanesvile P Wi Balo - alte Canr. | Bliding demonstrations and exhibitions d > ALLS | of modern light airplanes will be held. | Middletown, N.Y.; Menominee, Mich.; | vi I M in, Mich.: Roselle, N, J.+ On April 3 there will be talks on | ron Mountain, Mich.; Roselle, N. J.i ' tne" pepartment of Commerce light | South Milwaukee, Wis.; Batavia, N. Y.; irpiane program, which is expected | Adrian, Mich,, and Mount Clemens, | 2rPiane program. i 7 | 2w g " | to receive a pcwerful stimulus from Mich, A ; Sad to relate, the National Capital | Y intercollegiate activities = There is not to be found in the above list. ; All cities entered in the contest c:““;:";e w'”“nf;“ 0Y1;:m2u§an?1::s“‘ were required to make regular reports | 2% ¥ 22 & L P are to speak and honor certificates on their fatal and non-fatal acci- | . z dents throughout the year. At the will be awarded to college units. Sportsman Pilots Active. end of the year each city was asked to submit a final report of its work ‘The greatest possible encouragement | along each of the lines mentioned in of private flying through improvement | of aircraft, airports and flying facili- the gradings. Small cities were not R D e oA A narc ties generally and through the holding of meets and flying events of various These reports were weighed and kinds for the non-commercial and sifted during January and February by statisticians, engineers and edu- ! non-professional fiyers of the country | is the aim of the newly reorganized cational experts on the staff of the National Safety Council. The prizes i ilots’ | were awarded to those cities which, | 519 Low active Sportsman Pllots’ As- | in the careful judgment of an im- o N | partial committee of judges, had come The association, recently incorpo- | the nearest to doing for safety those | [2ted under the laws of the District of things which were practical in such | Columbia, is planning the establish- | ment of national headquarters in| ‘Washington, with a permanent work- communities. MacDonald Headed Judges. ing staff and the building up of active groups in every State. To insure competent and impartial - The District is generously repre- | decisions, all awards were made by a | committee of nationally recognized | Sented in the make-up of the national | organization. Clarence M. Young,| experts in the field of traffic safety. | Thomas H. MacDonald, chief, United | former Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Aeronautics, is national States Bureau of Public Roads, of this president. Chester H. Warrington, city, served as chairman of this com- mittee. He was assisted by Harold | former governor of the local district Buttenheim, editor of American City | for the predecessor association, local magazine, and John E. Long, presi- | sportsman pilot and president of the dent, National Safety Council. Aero Club of Washington, is first vice Bronze plaques will be presented to | president. Dr. John D. Brock, Kansas | City, Mo., flying physician, who has | not missed a daily flight for a num- | ber of years, is second vice president. Walter C. Davis, Richmond, Ind, is secretary. Benjamin King of this city is treasurer and governor for the Dis- ! trict of Columbia. Mr. Warrington also is a governor at large. The association has gone to work to encourage and assist in the establish- ment and maintenance of fair, uni- form laws regulating the use of air-| craft in all the States and covering the rights, privileges and liabilities of airplane owners and users. 1t is planning a series of air meets, air cruises, contests and demonstra- tions of various kinds for amateur fiyers, and will seek to have sportsn. n pilots’ contests made a m impor- tant feature of the national air races and similar meets in which profes- sional pilots take part. The new association is an outgrowth of the original Amateur Air Pilots’ Association, which later was changed to the Sportsman Pilots’ Association of America, Inc. This association, however, virtually ceased to function in 1933. An effort was made to or- ganize a private fiyers’ association, but little headway was made. With re- organization of the defunct group as, the Sportsman Pilots’ Association, however, amateur flyers are hopeful that they have established a per- manent group to foster private flying in all its phases throughout the coun- try. unusual program. Official city repre- sentatives will meet in their respective cities and a Nation-wide radio hook- up has been arranged at 1:30 Eastern standard time for the presentation ceremonies. Among the speakers scheduled for the radio program are | Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Com- merce, and Harold Hoffman, Governor of New Jersey. Representatives of the National Safety Council will present the trophies to the winning cities. The purpose of the national traffic safety contests is to bring recognition to American municipalities for con- structive achievements in overcoming their trafic accident problems. Re- sults of the first three contests have proved definitely that the spur of com- petition actually means a saving of life. The average death rate of cities competing in the contest has been well below that of the Nation as a whole. A fourth contest for 1935 is now under way. Evidence of its popularity is seen in the fact that the enrollment is greater this year than in any pre- vious contest. New Dance HOBI’. A new series of one-hour dance programs, featuring Lennie Hayton's Orchestra, will begin on N. B. C. April 20. An extensive network from New York to Honolulu will carry the broad- casts. Army Pilot Named Inspector. First Lieut. S. A. Gilkey, Army Alr Corps, of the 4th Observaticn Squad- ron, Luke Field, Hawaii, has been ap- pointed by the War Department to serve as representative of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Commerce Depart- ment, for the Territory of Hawaii. Lieut. Gilkey, who will serve in the dual capacity of Army pilot and civil aviation inspector, has had 12 years of experience in military aviation and 15 one of the pioneers in instrument flying instruction in the Army. He was in charge of the training of his fellow Air Corps officers in fiying un- der the hood last year at Wright Field, Dayton, O New Singer Signed. Eve Symington, New York debutante who deserted the social set to become a night club “torch” singer, is booked as a guest artist on the Variety Hour over Columbia Tuesday at 4 p.m. She the daughter of Representative ‘Wadsworth, Republican of New York, and Mrs. Wadsworth. e Youngsters Starred. Two of radio’s popular young sing- ers—Audrey Mason, soprano, and Edward Nell, jr.—are now co-starred on the Columbia program called “Diane and her life saver.” Victor 1934 by the National Safety cw;fi More than 600 American cities hio. As representative of the Bureau of Arden’s Orchestra and the CIVI*GH . Air Commérce Lieut. Gilke en- also are featured. | 17th Pursuit Group, | squadrons of his group in a record South. The conference is expected to result in a national inter- the forerunner of future meets which will bring together undergraduate aviators at regular the airline. Efforts are being made to organize at least one local college flying club in time for the coming conference. Washington University are especially active and if enough of them can be banded togetifer during the next week or two the university probably will be represented in the conference and may begin preliminary glider flying later in the season. Students at George gage in the promotional work of en- | couraging development of civil aero- nautics in Hawaii, and also will serve | as inspector of aircraft and airmen engaged in the activities of civil aero- nautics licensed by the bureau. Eaker Leads Fast Flight. | Capt. Ira C. Eaker, Army Air Corps, for a number of years on duty in Washington and now commanding the led the three speed flight from El Paso to Dallas, | Tex., the War Department has been informed. During the flight an aver- age speed of 223 miles per hour was | attained by the planes of the squad- rons. The three squadrons. equipped with P-26A low-wing pursuit planes, were | commanded by Capts. Morris, Peck | and Hine. The group was en route from March Field, Calif., to Maxwell | Field, Montgomery, Ala., when the | record hop was made. Cold Weather Lessons Studied. As a result of the Arctic flight | made by 17 airplanes of various stand- | ard Army service types in the North- western United States during the en- tire month of February, a number of | projects are under study for the im- provement of military air operations under conditions of heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures. It has been decided to abandon all efforts to start aviation engines by normal methods in intensely cold weather because of the breakage of starters in turning over the cold en- gines. Engines will be heated with firepots before an effort is made to turn them over. It has been found necessary to re- design skis for heavy ships, such as bombardment and transport airplanes, to make possible better cruising speeds. | Standard engine covers failed to give satisfaction and new types are being designed. Further development of 1 Winter flylng equipment, including re- | designing of cockpit and cabin heaters and improvement of flying and work- | ing clothing has been found necessary. Designing of a suitable ambulance airplane for snow operations is re- garded as necessary. The develop- ment of portable office equipment for installation in transport airplanes for use on long trips of this character also is being studied. The month of Winter flying was exceedingly eventful and developed situaticns never before faced by mili- tary pilots in this country. Blizzards, temperatures ranging down to 30 be- low’ zero, high winds, dust storms and deep snow on landing fields made heavy going for the detachment. The flight was made by three P-26 and three P-12K pursuit airplanes, three B-12 Martin bembers, three O-43A observaticn airplanes, three A-12 attack and two C-27 Bellanca trans- port planes. The flight was com- manded by Lieut. Col. Ralph Royce. Glider Results Shown. Interesting results are being ob- tained by the Navy Department in its experiments with gliders as a pre- liminary training device for embryo naval aviators. Although the experi- ments have not yet been carried on over a sufficiently long period to re- sult in final conclusions as to their value, - they already have justified themselves, in the opinion of many in the service. Active training of students in gliders has been in progress since last June, according to a preliminary sum- mary by the Navy. In the Spring of 1933 the Bureau of Aeronautics urchased two Franklin gliders. Lieut. Comdr. Ralph S. Barnaby, first li- censed American glider pilot, who for years was on duty in Washington, then trained a group of five naval aviators as glider instructors. In August, 1933, these instructors gave glider instruction to four stu- dents who have subsequently com- pleted flight training courses and have been designated as naval aviators. The original experiment having indi- cated that an expansion of the proj- ect was desirable, four more gliders were purchased and since then ap- proximately 65 students have been regular flight class so that both glider stu- dents and non-glider students may be started in the regular aviation training course at the same time and direct comparisons of p: made. During the glider each in- War Army pilot and instructor, test pilot, airmail flyer and aviation en- gineer, has become chief engineer of Don C. McRae, who as- sisted in developing the first point- to-point communication service for a commercial airline, has been named chief communcations engineer. Eddie sllen began his test fying during the World War, in the United States and England. He then was at- tached to :he office of the chief of the Air Service here and later transferred to McCook Field, Ohio, for Army flight test work. Leaving the Army in 1919, he became test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics In 1921 he left to enter the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, where he ~tudied mechanical and avia- | tion enginéering for two years. He then served another tour of duty as test pilot at McCoek Field, became an airmail pilot for the Post Office De- partment on the first night line be- tween Cheyenne and Salt Lake City. resumed test fying on new airmail equipment and then returned to his airmail run flying a plane equipped with experimental two- radio equipment. Since 1930 he had been a consulting engineer for Douglas Northrop, Lockheed, Curtiss-Wright, Chance-Vought, General Aviation, Stearman, Transcontinental & West- ern Air and Pan-American Airways. Allen will specialize on motor o eration and flight efficiency with East- ern Air Lines. He now is flying the various routes of the line, engaged in research to determine correct flight altitudes 2nd motor control for nor- mal flight operations. McRae, who earned a first-class ra- dio operator’s license at the age of 15, engaged in pioneer commercial station development at Salt Lake City while studying electrical engineering | at the University of Utah. He joined | Western Air Express in 1926 and since has been engaged in airline radio de- velopment work. Air Fares Decrease. Passengers on the scheduled air transport lines in the United States are paying an average fare of 59 cents per mile, according to reports | to the Bureau of Air Commerce. This is the lowest average fare rate ever | in effect on the airlines of the United | States and is considerably less than | the average on European lines. As late as 1929 the average rate in this country was 12 cents per mile and for about four years the rate has been about 6 cents per mile. With the decrease in fare rates, the average length of the trip taken by the American air passenger is in- creasing. The bureau found that during 1934 the average trip was 407 miles, as compared with 367 miles in 1933. During the whole of 1934 the air- lines started a total of 70,930 sched- | uled transport flights and completed 66,591 of them for a percentage of | 93.88 for the year. The domestic airlines on January 1 were providing employment for 6,855 persons, including 503 pilots, 248 co- pilots, 2,201 mechanics and ground- crew men, 1846 other hangar and field employes and 1,657 operations and office employes. They had 518 airplanes in operation at the begin- ning of the year. Marines Form New Class. A new recruit class is being organ- ized to fill existing vacancies in VJ- TMR, local Marine Corps Aviation Reserve squadron. The authorized full strength of the squadron is 40 men. The squadron, which just under- went its annual inspection at the hands of a Marine Corps board, is now nearing its highest peak of effi- ciency and is rounding into shape gr the coming annual active-duty cruise. James E. Webb, squadron com- mander, recently received his promo- tion to captaincy. Other officers of the squadron are First Lieut. J. G. Adams, adjutant, and Second Lieuts. R. B. Burchard, executive and train- ing officer; F. N. Reeve, gunnery offi- cer; Nelson I Gaunt, engineering officer; C. E. Parker, assistant opera- tions officer; R. B. Jacob, operations officer, and W. H. Orton, aerology and communications officer. Non-commissioned officers are F. M. Richard, first sergeant; R. E. Dennis and J, S. Messer, sergeants, and M. L. Atkinson, H. M. Camper, D. L.| Crist, E. 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