Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1935, Page 64

P P_8 AUTOMOBILE Whole Country Campus Of Famed Road College Capital One of Many Classrooms for Conduct . of Varied Seven-Week Course Offered+Group. Omnibus College, that unique edu- cational institution whose campus is the whole United States, has begun its fourteenth annual Summer term. For the next six weeks, its hundreds of enrolled students will traverse vari- ous parts of the country, Washington prominently included, in quest of di- rect and practical information on the whole array of subjects which seem academic abstractions when dealt with in text books and lecture courses. Earnest young men and women, the majority of them teachers bent on supplementing their store of knowl- edge or those who will become teach- | ers upon completion of their academic careers, literally are being driven straight to the point of their special interests through the agency of this unusual enterprise. Is it political science or economy that engages one during the routine academic year? Then one enrolls as a member of | the Eastern expedition, which in- cludes the National Capital in its itinerary. With Congress held over this year, the students of Omnibus College have an even more alluring purpose in visiting Washington. Usually they are not so fortunate, for, by the time the college term begins, the term of Congress has closed for the Summer. This year, however, when the col- lege comes to Washington, its mem- bers will find the chapters in their text books on American Govern- ment—those dealing with the func- tioning of the House and Senate— made much more real. The big legis- lative machine will be busy turning out its special product instead of standing idle, as usually is the case when the college comes to town. They can see just how it works. Other courses in the curriculum of Omnibus College are just as practical. Sociology students have an opportunity thoroughly to study famous welfare and penal institutions in all of the larger cities; the student of history traverses the battlefield of Gettysburg to make the scene and its epochal drama a vivid and lasting part of his education, and those enrolled in geology go direct to the rock forma- tions from which their textbooks are made. Omnibus College is an academic od- dity, but by no means a freak. It enjoys an excellent standing in the field of education. Its faculty includes members recruited from the faculties of several recognized colleges and universities. Those institutions with which the various members of the in- struction staff are affiliated grant full credit for the work accomplished in the Summer term. This unusual educational enter- prise began in 1922. Like so many others, #its present-day development is quite different than was envisaged at that time. Its originator was Dr. William A. Goldsmith, head of the biology de- partment of the University of Wichita, Kans. A group of Dr. Goldsmith's students back in 1922 manifested a keen interest in the idea of visiting the eastern section of the country to study the flora and fauna of that area. ‘That the expense of the trip might be kept within the limitations of student purses, it was decided to make the Jjourney by automobile. Even though cars were crude in those days and the Nation’s highway system was in its comparative infancy, the journey was completely successful. Like everything else American in that period of 1922 to 1929, Omnibus College was destined to develop into something bigger and better than its originator had anticipated. Improve- ments in motor vehicle design aided greatly and the tremendous expansion of the highway system finally ex- panded the campus to proportions co- equal with the borders of the United States. ‘The equipment of the college is not essentially different, with the excep- tion that it is mobile. The specially built busses, trucks and cars are the equivalent of the different buildings of the conventional college or univer- sity. ‘The class rooms are special busses, the dormitories are rather de luxe autocade homes. The latter are made of airplane fuselage material and are equipped with floors, heaters, writing tables, radio receivers and wardrobes. ‘The “dorms,” together with baggage trucks and a mobile cafeteria, move ahead of the passenger busses and cars and a special crew has them set up at the scene that is to be the night's stop when the students arrive. Each “expedition,” of course, covers a period of seven weeks—and a great deal more territory than one might expect. The Eastern expedition, for instance, visits the Great Smoky Mountains, Memphis, Knoxville, Washington, Atlantic City, New York, Boston, Salem, Quebec, Ottawa, Ni- agara Falls, Detroit and Chicago—and, of course, all points of interest be- “We've used it there for some time on the cinder athletic track” he said. “It makes the track dustless in the Summer time and mudless .in Winter time. “The roads of Western Washington may be as dustless as those of South- ern Sweden if we will be resourceful enough to use this waste product from our pulp mills.” The experiment by the Shelton Co. comes more or less as a godsend to Puget Sound oystermen, who protested that the dumping of the waste in the sound killed their oysters. Costly court suits were instituted. The fluid was diverted to a waste area known as Dry Lake and it was found to form a hard, smooth surface. When applied to the county highway, however, it was mixed with oil. The experiment had the approval of road officials. . | Along precisely the same line, a plan to promote conservation of nat- ural petroleum resources by using them in highway construction is being placed before highway com- missioners and engineers by the Low Cost Roads Association of Kansas City, Mo. i The plan, based upon complete utilization of all products of petro- | leum, calls for the use for highway improvement of the asphalts and road oils left as residual products in the manufacture of motor fuels and lubri- cants. “The refining process which pro- duces gasolines and lubricating oils also produces road oils and asphalts,” it was explained by the association. | “When the motorist can consume pe- troleum products in his car driving over a highway paved with petroleum products, we have true conservation of petroleum resources.” The life of the average automobile tire today is two and a half years, as compared with a life of about a year | and & half a dozen years ago, in spite | of the fact that tires are being driven much farther each vear than was the case in 1923. At the same time, tires have been decreasing in cost since 1923 until they now cost only two-thirds as much as they did then, statistics com- | piled by the research department of a large tire manufacturer indicate. “While a particular tire may be | destroyed in its first day of service or may last over five years on a pas- senger car used only for Sunday driv- ing, the average life for all pneu- | matic casings sold for use on pas- | senger cars, trucks and busses is a little more than two and a half years,” says E. G. Holt, assistant cnief of the rubber division of the United States Department of Commerce. “The average life of fabric clincher tires before and during the World War was about nine months. The average life of high pressure cord tires between 1923 and 1925 was about | one and a half years.” Ten rules that will go far toward | making the motor tour the pleasur- able event anticipated by the car; owner and his family have been evolved by the Touring Bureau of the | Keystone Automobile Club. These rules are: Check over the car’s steering gear | and brakes to be certain they are | thoroughly efficient. Be sure the engine has sufficient, good-bodied oil, and that the oil pump is performing its vital task. If the trip is to be a long one, it will pay to “lean” out the carburetor. The mixture that is ideal for the type of driving that requires frequent en- gine starting is too rich and waste- ful for the long trip. See that the car's timing is cor- rect for the type of trip planned. Don’t drive by “fits and starts.” Hit a medium speed that is neither | so fast as to be dangerous nor so slow as to kill the pleasure of the trip, and maintain this pace. | Do not force the car to pull every | hill in high. “ When it shows signs of laboring. shift to a lower gear. Never descend a long, steep hill lnl high gear. If the descent is not too | steep, go into second gear. If the | drop is sharp, use low. In both cases always leave the motor running. The best of brakes will burn out if used excessively. Keep to the right at all times and never take the inside of a curve. If forced to change a tire, pull en- tirely off the road if possible. It is tempting fate to make car repairs on | a well-traveled highway. Keep a firm, well-balanced grip on the steering wheel at all times. Automotive Briefs Evans Palmer, Inc., local distribu- tors for De Soto-Plymouth, announce ' THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, DOWN THE ROAD—Life’s Little Tragedies. . Masculine name. . A place of noisy con- | fusion. . Horrify. . Punctuation mark. . A lighted coal. . Inspirit. . The Roman Pax. . Fat. . Dust from flax. . The bow of Vishnu. . Legal claims. . More agreeable. . Fireplace. . Metalliferous rock. . Particle. . A compound obtained from proteids. . Firmer. . Crying. . Part of the head. . The general aspect of a landscape. . Pressers. . Neither. . Old. . Draws forth. . Nominators. . Narrow way. . Shaped like a segment. . Before. . Wing-shaped. . A biretta: . Greek letter. . A part of the . Half-gable of house roof. . Cost. . Look slyly. 10. 11. 12, 13. Renters. The crowning a cromlech. 14. Excitable. . Scotch twig broom. var, . Massachusetts cape. To be in collusion. Japanese sash. Biblical name. D. C. JULY 14, 1935—PART FOUR. SCHOOL HITS THE TRAIL; —By FRANK BECK /% 35 S oy re e e . Shelter with foliage. . Vacillates. . Flatfish. Tropical fruits. . An obstacle. . A bone. . Soak. . A dish. . Inflexibility. . Musical drama. . Occult. . All that a tree can bear. . Masculine name. 91. A Roman Catholic: obs. Silly. Present occasion. eve. a pent- stone of: 93. 94. |Hope is Virtually Abandoned for Enactment | but that it no longer is needed for | military purposes and should no longer | dent"and now president of the Aero | L3 Closing of Military Road | Main Object of Attention This Session of Permanent Air Terminal Legislation. By Joseph S. Edgerton. AVING virtually abandoned hope for enactment during the present session of Congress of legislation providing a permanent air transport terminal for Washington, Federal departments and local organizations concerned with improving the dangerous sit- uation at Washington Airport are concentrating on the closing of Military road and elimination of the present death-trap there. Supporters of the McSwain bill providing for closing of Military road | are confident the measure will be enacted soon. Decided progress has been made during the past week, they feel. Apparently the only oppo- | sition to the road-closing program now remaining is that coming from | those in Arlington County who feel that a substitute road around the | airport should be provided before Military road is closed, The McSwain | bill makes no provision for such a substitute. Members of the House Military Af- | liams, Miss Helen Richey and Miss' fairs Committee, unanimously in favor | Fay Gillis. of the McSwain bill, feel that the pro- Ray Cooper, who last Spring left his vision of a substitute road around the | post here as general manager of the| airport is no concern of the Federal | National Aeronautic Association, is Government, but is & purely local | general manager of the show. problem. They pointed out that Mili- tary road was bullt to serve Fort Myer, | pevelopment of the world's largest aerial camera installation has just been completed as a preliminary to the largest single aerial photographic mapping project yet undertaken in | the United States. The new camera |is a giant 10-lens unit which exposes a film measuring 32 by 32 inches at| each operation and which can cover 760 square miles of ground at each exposure from an altitude of 30,000 feet. The mapping project is being un- dertaken under a contract awarded by | the Soil Conservation Service, De- | partment of Agriculture, to Fairchild Aerial Surveys. The area to be| mapped is known as the Rio Grande | survey and is in Central New Mexico. | This project, with two others under- | taken by the same organization, will cover more than 84,000 square miles | of territory. The Rio Grande project, it was ex- | plained by Fairchild officials, is part | of the Government's program to con-, serve resources and prevent fertile| regions from turning into deserts. The survey has just started. The new 10-lens camera is com- posed of two five-lens units installed in a special mount and set at an angle of 45 degrees to each other, all 10 lenses being operated simultaneously by operation of a single release, mak- | ing a huge composite exposure. Film for a single loading of the great camera weighs 70 pounds and is suffi- | cient for 200 exposures each nearly a yard square. | The camera, without film, weighs 275 pounds, and its mount weighs 85| pounds. The airplane had to be re-| designed to hold the giant and is| fitted with an overhead track with trolley and tackle, to aid in moving the camera. Construction of the huge camera was necessitated primarily as a new | means of securing ground control points for accurate mapping of the area. Smaller aerial cameras could not be used, it was explained, because they do not take in enough territory to include the needed control points in a single exposure. Control points will be established by flying the giant camera back and forth over the area along courses 30 | miles apart, with the camera photo- | | graphing lanes 11 miles wide. About | one-third of the area will be covered in this manner and the remainder | filled in at closer intervals with a | smaller camera to include detail. The | big camera will be flown at the max- be maintained by the Government, | especially in view of the menace it | creates at the local airport. It is reported that when the Mc- Swain bill reaches the Senate, an effort may be made to amend it by adding to it the salient features of the pending Gibson bill, providing for creation of a permanent model air- port for Washington at Gravelly Point. Such a move, however, is likely to be vigorously opposed by thos who fear that such an amendment would jeopardize the whole proposal and kill rot only the Gravelly Point plan, but Military road closing as well. Members of the House District Com- | mittee have specifically objected to| the Gravelly Point plan and will fight any effort to tack it onto the McSwain bill. Members of the House Military Affairs Committee also have opposed the Gravelly Point site as being dan- gerously close to Bolling Field. Existence of the Military-road hazard at Washington Airport consti- tutes too serious a menace to life to| be condoned a moment longer than is necessary. The McSwain bill is an emergency measure which should not | be jeopardized by any attempt to in- | ject into it controversial matters. If a fight is to be made for Gravelly Point, long indorsed by a majority of Washington aeronautical, business and | civic organizations, it should be waged | as a matter of merit apart from the McSwain bill, in the opinion of those who are working for closing of the road. The Washington Air Derby Asso- ciation is preparing a club house for its members in a building donated by George C. Brinckerhof! at historic Col- | lege Park Airport, College Park, Md. | The work is being done under the su- pervision of Harrison “Buddy” Somer- ville, president of the association, and Chester H. Warrington, past presi- Club of Washington. The club house will provide a more pleasant place for the “hangar fly- ing” which goes on at all airports on bad days, and will contain lockers for flying gear, & lounge room and other conveniences and comforts for the flying and non-flying members of the association. Somerville is donating an awning, Warrington a fence, to go around the building, and other members are con- tributing furniture and equipment. | The building donated by Brinckerhoff | is the structure at the north end of the hangar line. because of the heavy equipment, probably will be about 23,000 feet. | The Fairchild organization has just completed the aerial mapping of the Members of the derby group today Boulder Dam area, one of the most thnnrdaus pieces of air mapping yet will be the guests of their president and his mother, Mrs. Thomas Somer- | undertaken because of the dangerous ville, at her Summer home at West | terrain and lack of landing places. Shadyside, Md. Swimming, bon:mz,[’rhe Boulder Dam survey was an eating, games of sundry sorts and a | emergency job intended to supply general “water fight” are on the pro- | en_gmeenng nnd_ soil erosion data gram. The picnic is to get under | prior to the nllmg of the canyon. way about 10 o'clock this morning. | This data is of vital importance to Five or six of the club members are | the proper control of silt in the dam expected to fly their planes to Shady- | area as a means of prolonging the life side, where a small field is available, ' of the dam. and others will drive over. Last year| Only one-third of the United | imum ceiling of the airplane, which, | . Japanese coin. . Devastation. . Youth. . Fictitious person. . Exist. . Finch. . Offspring. Favorites. . Exchange premium. . Deflects. . A Western State. . A source of light. . Mosaic cube. . Graders. . Personate. . Wrath. . High note of Guido’s scale. . Pith helmet. . An insect. . Fairy, elf or goblin, . An annual grass. . Storm. . General sitting room of | . Meet in assembly. . Rhythmical movement. . Deletion. . Chattels. . Continue. . Maintain. . Equipage. . A stringed instrument. . Flying mammals. . Small bird. . Water lily. . Dry. . Food fish. . A Malay-Negrito. . A pepper plant. . Succeeded. . Reptile. . High priest of Israel. . A book: Latin. . Scent. . Sets of three. . Dewy. - . A panegyrical funeral oration. 15. 16. 2. 18. 19 20. 31. 33. 35. 38. 40. 41. 43. 45. 46. 47. 49. 50. 51. 52. 55. Grand, noble. Japanese family crest. | Wind instrument. Acclamation. Certain instruments in an orchestra. Two of a kind, Mistakes. 3 Upon the top of. Contrive or plot. To become more agree- able. Sea nymphs. Fluorin. Obtain. Band of color. Fifteenth century light | helmet. Skill. Juicy fruit. Positive pole. Referring to birth. Difference between so- 95. 98. 100. 103. 10€. 108. 111 113. 114. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 124. 125. 126. 128. 130. 132. 133. 134. Avarice. Invected: Her. An open fabric. Flat, round plates. Strings. Suggestion. . A speck. . Plexiform arrangement. inscription Memorial on a tomb. Perverse. Within: combining form. The Nation. Gratifies. The common herd. Bundles. ‘Tipped. Interdicted. Earth: Prench. Muzzle, Egret. Bring to position. Gambles. 42 members attended the Somerville | States has been adequately mapped picnic and a larger attendance is ex- | and the new giant compound camera pected today. promises to make possible speedy sur- The sassociation is planning an| veying of large unmapped areas of aerial golf game next month and| this country and other unmapped may challenge members of the Phila- delphia Pylon Club to the first inter- | city air golf match later in the season. the Soviet Union and Brazil. John W. Currell, local inventor, who has to his credit several aero- nautical devices now in common use, has found that the simplest and least | expensive ideas are the hardest to put across. For 14 years Currell has been trying to induce airline and military pilots to carry a simple railroad fusee or red signal flare for use in case of forced landings in inaccessible places. “The idea is mno invention, of ccurse, but it has been harder to put it scross than any complicated in- venvion would be,” Currell said. “It's A formation of at least five airplanes from Washington is to lead the way to Cincinnati for the start on July 23 of the first competitive cruise of the Sportsman Pilots Association. The local group is to pick up reinforce- ments at Pittsburgh, Cleveland and other points along the route, and it is believed at least 50 amateur flyers will face the starting flag to be wielded by William R. Enyart, secre- tary of the Contest Committee of the National Aeronautic Association, who areas of the world, notably in China, AVIATION NEWS HELPFUL AUTO TIPS GIVEN FOR WOMEN Engine Defects Make Other Parts of Car Seem Below Par. BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. No matter what seems to be wrong with the car when you take it to the service station, I think it is an excel- lent plan to have the engine tested for efficiency. Low compression, for example, can help make the brakes seem below par. In other words, a valve job is something that may come before a brake adjustment. A mere skip in the engine may ac- count for the bucking of the drive shaft. Still another sliustration is the way overheating will affect gear shift- ing by thinning out the lubricant. The rear shock absorber nearest the exhaust pipe requires treatment dif- ferent from that given the other three. | Heat from the exhaust system tends { to thin out the fluid in this shock absorber, the result being that it fails to exert sufficient control. To com- pensate for this heating effect, either a heavier grade of fluid should be used or a different valve should be inserted. Where the exhaust system adversely affects the saock absorber’s efficiency in this way tne car will ride with less control and there may be considerable noise from the shock ab- sorber itself There has been so much talk about steel for body construction many a motorist has lost sight of the fact that her present car has body bolts that occasionally need attention. In fact, it is true that some of the new cars, while carrying steel for the top or for parts of the body, still are joined to the frame in the usual way. By changing the tensior on the bolts it is possible to correct door condi- tions, or to bring on door rattles! That's why it's best tc let an experi- enced service man do the work, even though it seems simple. ‘The motorist who has an accident with her car tends to figure the loss in terms of what it is going to set her back financially to have the dam- age repaired. She does not stop to calculate the additional losses which spread out in a circle like waves that travel away from a source of disturb- ance on the surface of a lake. Every accident occasions a loss of some one’s time; too often it curhs earning power. Assuming that the 36,000 person: killed in automobile accidents last year would normally have earned $1,000 each for the next 20 years, it has been estimated that the yea® fatality record for the United State alone represents an income loss of $720,000,000. The income loss for an additional 100,000 persons permanent- ly disabled has been figured at $2.- 000,000,000. Added to this burden is the property loss and the cost of acci- dents, which exceeded $2,500,000,000 for the year. Among the extras you might con- sider for your car this Summer are vanity mirrors for the upper side of the windshield sun visors, a ball for the shift lever which has a recorder for lubrication “dates,” an altimeter to indicate the altitude of the road and an extension for the hand brake | lever. Replace the rear-view mirror ! if it is too small and install one of the larger type with a clock built into it This timepiece should be of the jump- | hour kind and have a pull wind. There is a good deal of discussion | as to whether parked cars with stee! tops are cool in hot weather. It does | seem that with all the special insu- lating materials being used in modern | tops there should be no reason to | worry about this question, but there | is one improvement in modern cars | which ought to help solve the parked- ‘car problem, if such a problem does exist. Whereas closed cars were for- \merly without any ventilation when | the doors were locked and the windows | closed, the modern car has its venti- lating wings which can be left open | just enough to keep the interior airy | while at the same time thwarting thieves and prowlers. | Most women realize that it is neces- | sary to take a firm grasp on the steer- |ing wheel when swinging into a turn, | but how many appreciate that it is equally as necessary to hold tightly to the wheel while the car is complet- ing the turn and straightening out? Some cars require considerable “brake” on the steering wheel rim during the | straightening-out process. Unless the driver takes this into account the car is apt to straighten out too suddenly. ‘\ If you are taking a long tour and feel that because you are adding oil | frequently it is not necessary to change | the oil in the crankcase, do not make | the mistake of overworking the oil filter. Draining off the crankcase provides one means of escape for dirt | and abrasive. If the crankcase isn't drained regularly the oil filter has | more work to do. probably so simple and obvious no | also is going from Washington for the event. Chester H. Warrington, president | lar and lunar year, Kingly. Shabby. 136. 137, 139. Propagated. A river in France. One of the Hindu trin- . Previous. . Theatrical ment. a harem. . Mexican blankets. . Revoked, as a legacy. tween. the appointment of W. J. Sharkey to The Western section covers as much, y manage their outdoor used-car sales one wants to pay any ult,entd‘nn to it.” entertain- Currell pointed out that she fuses, | 56. 57. if not more, territory. Its itinerary includes the Indian pueblos in New Mexico, the Petrified. Forest, Grand Canyon, San Diego and Old Mexico, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Victoria, Spokane and the Yellow- stone. Just as in the life of the average student, those who go to Omnibus College have plenty of opportunity for play as well as work. The recreations of the average motor tourist are avail- able to all and full advantage is taken of them—at the end of the educa- tional day. ‘There have been experimental high- ‘ways made of rubber and of iron, but now comes the stone of the pulp waste road. Using pulp mill waste, the disposal of which is a serious problem in sev- eral Pacific Northwest cities, unpaved and dust-laden Western Washington roads may be made dust-free agd given a hard asphalt-like surface. Already beyond the “blueprint” stage, a 13-mile section of Mason County roadway has been treated with the “fluid.” “The work exceeds our expecta- tions,” says Bernard Wenicki, chem- ical engineer of the Rainier Pulp & Paper Co. of Shelton, who directed its application. “The surface is free of dust and smooth.” Dr. H. K. Benson, dean of the School of Chemistry at the Univer- sity of Washington, has long ad- vocated such use of the waste and has had it applied to the University of Washington athletic track in the stadium. department at New York avenue and Florida avenue northeast. This de- partment is a recent addition to their other sales outlets. Sharkey is well known in local trade circles. Chester H. Warrington, president of the Warrington Motor Car Co., Nash and La Fayette distributors, announces the appointment of Thomas N. Mudd to his retail sales force. Mudd has been connected with the automobile business in Washington for many years and is well known to both the public and the trade. Announcement was recently made by the Packard-Washington Motor Car Co., Washington distributors for Packard, Hudson and Terraplane, of the appointment of Bell Motors, Inc., as authorized dealers. All three cars will be sold and serviced by this new dealership, located at 1512 Fourteenth street. At the head of the new or- ganization is W. M. Poole, widely known as an automobile dealer. Argentina Pushes Cotton. | ARGENTINA s taking to_cotton | raising in & serious manner. - A national cotton board has been set up to stimulate planting and process- ing of cotton. ‘This year's acreage is, roughly, about 500,000. The best potential cotton land is in the Chaco, where 2,500,000 acres of fertile and inexpensive land is available. Transportation and labor 75. Ill-bred fellow. 76. District in E. Madras. 78. Confide. 80. Brutish. 82. Fairy. 83. Free. . Past: poet. . Tolerated. . A King of Judea. . An Irish poet. . Trigonometrical func- tions. 59. 61. 64. 65. 66. 67. Beverage. Attendance. Lost cattle. Befuddled. ROAD CONDITIONS IN CAPITAL AREA A. A A. Bulletins Report Several Projects Completed in Virginia. Completion of several road projects within a radius of 100 miles of Wash- ington is reported in the latest bulle- tins on road conditions furnished The Sunday Star by the lccai office of the American Automobile Association. The bulletins include these announce- ments: U. S. 15—Scarifying between Gor- donsville, Va., and Boswells Tavern is completed. V. S. 15—Rough rvad south of Mid- dleburg, Va., is now gocd. U. S. 17—Scarifying between Port Royal, Va., and Tappahannock is completed. U. 8. 60—Juaction of new and old roads at Powhatan, Va., now in good condition. Construction between Cum- berland and Powhatan nearly com- plete, dusty if dry, muddy if wet; go problems remain to be solved if the via Va. 13 in wet weather. Va. 28—Rough svad between Cen- terville and Manass2s is now grod. l Va. 56—Construction east of Front Royal is compleved 2rd rougn road west of Marshall is 2w good. U. S. 29 and Va. 5—Construction at west limits of Chartottesville; iough. U. S. 50—Construction in Win- chester, Va., rough in places. Va. 259—Widening road from U. S. 11 west to Broadway; some one-way sections. The latest Northeastern area map shows these two piciects within a 100-mile radius of Washington: U. S. 240—Three-mile good detour from Washington norih to Bechesda via Western avenue, Connecticut ave- nue and East-West highway. Md. 3—Three und one-half miles construction from baltimore south to Furnace Branch. —_— Sogdian Dictionary Ready.. Soviet professors have just com- pleted a dictionary of the Sogdian language, spoken by people of the ancient state of Sogdiana, which existed 1,200 years ago. While mak- ing an expedition to the Moog Moun- tains, in Tadjikistan, several manu- scripts written on skin, paper and wood were discovered. From these sources the dictionary was compiled. Babylonian war god. Smoothed and dressed. | Food and drug inspectors picked up ity. Periods. Self. Low. The female of the ruff. Japanese folding fan. 140. 143. 145. 147. 149. Honey Usually Pure. HONEY made after a formula and by a process no bee would un- derstand found its way to the market, and the maker found himself out $100. the product in Michigan and dis- covered that while it contained honey it also contained in much greater pro- portion corn sirup and sugar. Adulteration of honey has been a rare thing in this country, the dis- coverers of this product being greatly surprised when it came to light. Solution of Yesterday's Puzsle. [STALIEJAD/AGERMDASH] | ILIARINS] 1 BYILINI INTIO] [NIO|S|EPAILIMSIRSIOAIP] EEE@E}%@ mlflh‘[!lffl@ which can be purchased in 3 city for 5 or 10 cents each, might have saved a number of lives in forced landings in recent years. He has compiled a history of accidents in which the simplest type of flare would have saved lives or lessened the agonies of accident victims. In many of these cases pilots or passengers of the Aero Club of Washington and vice president of the Sportsman Pilots | Association, who is in charge of ar-| rangements for the cruise, is to lead | the local group. Other Washingtonians | in the party will be Lieut. Col. Vin- cenzo Coppola, air and military at- tache at the Italian Embassy, who will fly in his first American sporting aviation event; Harrison “Buddy” Somerville, president of the Wash- ington Air Derby Association; Mrs. Genevieve Moore Savage, and Ben King, treasurer and local governor of the Sportman Pilots group. King will fly his little Aeronca, of the type in which he recently established three world records for light airplanes. All pilots in the competitive leg of the cruise, from Cincinnati to De- troit, will take off under sealed orders, which they will receive only five min- utes prior to take-off time. Surprises are promised by Warrington when the | cruise begins. ‘Washington also will be represented at the Detroit All-American Aircraft searching for them, but have been unable to signal their would-be res- cuers. “A red flare burning in a thickly wooded section, with snow on the ground or otherwise, would illuminate everything in the vicinity and could | be seen easily from an airplane or by searching parties,” Mr. Currell ex- plained. “The red fire of a flare also is visible in a low ceiling fog; also in rainy and snowy weather.” The Eighth Annual Miami All- American Air Races, aeronautical classic of the Winter season, will be held December 12, 13 and 14, this | year, the date having been advanced a month because of the earlier Winter tourist season of the past year or two. Andrew H. Heermance, city avia- tion director, is making plans for par- ticipation of 600 airplanes this year. The attendance of 473 planes last January marked a new record for the meet. 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