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F—8 SAFETY DRIVE AIDS SCHOOL CHILDREN : AVIAT ES School Children’s Safety Stressed on All Drivers New Pledge Recommended for All Boys and Girls as Part of Traffic Campaign. By G. Adams Howard. W go home for lunch. These chilaren must be protected and it is up to all drivers to be constantly alert. The children themselves must be trained to be careful—how and when to cross the streets. The school roy patrols have been a great aid in the past, but it is only through full co- operation between the drivers and the children that the lives of the youug- sters can be saved. Along this line a resident suggests & pledge for the children that would be of great assistance in inculcating good habits. ‘The suggested pledge is as follows: “In the interest of accident preven- tion and safer conditions on the streets and highways and in co-opera- tion with the Safety Council of The Star.” I promise to: 1. Leave home early enough to reach school without running. 2. Never to try to cross the street without stopping to look for safety at crossings and at right or left turns. 3. Never to play in the street un- less it is closed for the purpose of play. 4. Never to hang on moving vehicles at any time. 5. Always to use double care on bicycles and skates. 6. Always to stop, look, listen be- fore running out into the street for a ball, hat or anything out in the high- way which we want to recover. 7. Never to impede the traffic by unnecessary delay in crossing. 8. Never to chase others out into Jeno Sevely. vionlist and member of the street in play or alarm. 9. Always be courteous and con- | Sevely has been a pupil of Hubay of | siderate to others. The above is well thought out and should be recommended to all school children. Sponsors of the Nation-wide high- way safety campaign launched in August, which concentrated on carbon monoxide gas as the unknown quan- tity back of many road disasters, are continuing their crusade into Septem- ber. Last month more than 37,000 motorists learned in detail the dangers of the fumes through free exhaust gas tests on a power prover at service stations, & motor analysis which will remain open to the public until Oc- tober 1. Alarming conditions were exposed in 60 per cent of the cars tested. These included leaky enhaust systems and high percentage of mon- oxide gas discharged from the motors, unnoticed details which have caused many accidental deaths through their sleep-inducing effects on drivers. With State motor vehicle commis- sioners and safety authorities endors- ing the personal contact method of combating the perilous gas, 10,000 safety crusaders are being kept in the field to acquaint drivers with the op- portunity to discover if their cars en- danger them. In New York, C. A. Harnett, Motor Vehicle Bureau head, said, “We have taken cognizance of these fumes as a real menace. In ob- serving the rules of safe driving, mo- torists should not overlook this invis- dble danger.” ‘Taxes levied upon the operations and products of the petroleum indus- try have totalled $6,903,265,432 in the 14 years from 1921 through 1934, as compared with the industry's esti- mated total earnings of $2,462,039,974, according to figures compiled by the American Petroleum Industries Com- mmittee. Final estimates place the total tax bill for 1934 at $1,036,149,575, as com- pared with 1934 estimated net earn- ings of $264,000,000. The 1934 earn- ings represented 2.20 per cent upon an investment of $12,000,000,000, and served to increase the average annual net earnings for the 14 years to 1.86 per cent upon the average investment estimated at $10,312,731,857. Customers of the industry came in for a large part of the tax bill. Gaso- line sales taxes paid by consumers amounted to $735,136,269 in 1934, this figure representing State and Federal collections without including county and municipal gasoline taxes. For the 14-year period, gasoline sales taxes totalled $4,518,685,538. Income and profits taxes paid by the industry in the 14 years totalled an estimated $627,556,324, and “other | taxes,” exclusive of gasoline taxes, | amounted to $1,757,023,570. Only in 4 of the 14 years were the industry’s earnings as large as the | total tax bill. Since 1929 earnings have never been as large as either gasoline taxes or income taxes. The 1934 gasoline tax bill of $735,136,269 ‘Was approximately $260,000,000 more than the industry’s net earnings in its best profit year, 1929, and nearly three times its net earnings in 1934. Discard the speed complex and be- come economy conscious, was the ad- vice tendered today by the American Automobile Association to millions of motorists. “In recent years and despite hard times, motorists have given little or no consideration to the savings in money and physical energy that would result from practice of moderate speeds as against excessively high speeds which have become the rule,” Thomas P. Henry, president of the national motoring body, states. ‘The A. A. A. president voices his strong conviction that highway fa- talities and injuries would show a marked and immediate reduction if motorists would get into the habit of asking themselves how economically and comfortably they could make a trip, instead of how fast they could make it. Motorists now are entering the period of the year when motoring is more pleasant and alluring than at any other time—the period of Indian ! Summer. The owner of an automobile can | ‘best understand the full glory of these mellow-tinted months which precede the grimmer and more forbidding days of Winter, and the view is ex- pressed by Robert Bruce, touring di- rector of the Keystone Automabile Ciub, that Washington and its en- virons offer a remarkably attractive locale in which to the beauty of the season. e ITH the safety campaign going along at full speed, new councils being formed every day, and the subject uppermost in the minds of most citizens, it seems appropriate at this time that particular attention be directed to school children. The opening of the District schools is close at hand and soon thousands | of boys and girls of various ages will be making their journeys to and from 10 times a week, or more so if they®—————— | “The glorious days of Autumn have | an especial allure for the local mo- torist who is eager to travel again the numerous roads and paths which be- | come so strikingly beautiful at this season,” he says. “Take, for instance, the inter- twining roads of Rock Creek Park. Where is there a more gorgeous sight than that afforded there, with leaves turning. assuming innumerable tints, with seasonal shrubbery abloom, and with the air a veritable tonic in its invigorating effects? To the car owner, the whole panorama of the park may be seen in one joyous aft- ernoon.” J Von Unschuld Ul’\ iversity. THE Von Unschuld University of | Music, Marie von Uncshuld, di- | rector, announces the opening of its thirty-second school year. The uni- versity has increased its scope by the establishment of an International Ex- tension School to facilitate the min- gling of talents of different nations | wih the result of a widening of musical culture. Studios have been established iund?l’ the same curriculum and re | quirements in Vienna, Paris, London, | Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and Milan as well as in New York, Chicago and San Francisco under the leadership of ex- perts and artist teachers. New additions to the faculty are Robert George Barrow, organist at the Washington Cathedral, for the de- | partment of organ instruction, and the National Symphony Orchestra. Mr. | the Academy of Music, Budapest, and of Svecenski and Hartman and was a member of the symphonic organiza- tion of the Budapest Opera, the New | York Philharmonic and the Damrosch Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Sevely will ! have charge of the violin department of the preparatory school. Raymond Burrow of Columbia Uni- versity, New York, will lecture on the latest methods of education and Clara Saunders will head the course of His- tory of Art. Prof. Conrad Bernier will continue | the organ and theoretical classes and courses in orchestration will be under Siegfried Scharbau. Mme. von Unschuld plans additional opportunities for students to gain ex- perience in public playing. The von Unschuld Club recitals over WMAL, 135 of which have already been given, | will continue. . SCI’V;CB Band COI’IL‘CT(S. . THE United States Navy Band, Lieut. ; Charles Benter conducting, will | play the following concerts during the week: Monday—10:30 am., “Hour of Mem- ories,” at the sail loft, navy yard; 7:30 p.m., east front of the Capitol. Tuesday—10 am., at the sail loft, | navy yard. Wednesday—7:30 pm., at the band- | stand, navy yard. Thursday—10:30 a.m, sail loft, navy yard. The schedule of the United States | Army Band, Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, leader, includes the following con- certs to be given during the week: Monday—Concert in the Army Band Anuditorium, 5 p.m. ‘Wednesday—Concert in the band auditorium, 10:30 am.; Land Grant College program of the Farm and Home Hour, in the band auditorium, 12:30 p.m. Thursday—Concert at St. beth’s Hospital, 2 p.m. Friday—Concert in the band audi- torium, 3:30 p.m.; concert at the United States Capitol, 7:30 p.m. Saturday—National Grange pro- gram of the Farm and Home Hour, in the band auditorium, 12:30 p.m. Concerts by the United States Sol- diers’ Home Military Band at the | bandstand, beginning at 5:30 o’clock. | John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; | Anton Pointner, associate leader. TUESDAY EVENING. | March. “Lincoln Centennial”__Lee Sanford | Overture. * “Aroldo”______ ——-_Verdl | Entr-acte— | (a) “The Invocation to Battle" “Rienzi’ ) Eliza- (from | (b) “Danse des Sultanes Potpourri. “Folk Songs of Ger Popular Al ny." Margis-Berger numbers— Co-ed Capers™ | . (b) “Love in Bloo ;s Waltz de concert. “Tales From the |~ Vienna Woods™ ___ Strauss (“Geshichten aus dem Wiener Wald.”) Finale, “Gen. Lejeune. U. S. Taylor Branson “The Star Spangled Banner.” -Rainger THURSDAY EVENING. March, “The Grand Old l(lg "th . rother (Dedicated to the late John Philip. Sousa.) Overture, *'Vanity Fair’ Rhapsody. “Espana’ Medley of real old Recollections”™ _ Popular_number: (a) “There's (b) “Clouds’ Waltz suite. ““Toronto -Gagnier Finale, “Guardians of the District.” Stephens “The Star Spangled Banner” SATURDAY EVENING. March. “Glory of the Marines"____Grabel Overture, ““Concert No. 2. in F Major.” Kalliwoda Sy a Tavern in the Town'" il Eones of the Old Folk: “Songs of Oddlty Hil} County Melodies (Including “Comin’ 'Round tains.”") Waltz suite, The R Pinale. “Gen_Ben Fuller”_ “The Star Spangled eturn of Spring " Waidteutel ~Talbo Threepenny Coin Nets $105. A 1652 threepenny coin was sold re- cently in London for $105. Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle. [SITIAITIORIS] ITIEIRIEITIEMICIO| [AIN[OINIINIO] [FIOISISINTH IRIE MINIAIRIE] EIREIERISILIEIDPGILIIINI P Hins | Class at the Washington College of t | played by artist pupils of Emanuel THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. <@ USEFUL AUTO TIPS GIVEN FOR WOMEN |Car Fender Repairing Often Difficult Because of | Matching Color. BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. Other users of the road may not pick you for their highway com- panionship, but they still can pick you to pieces. Mechanics have an unwritten rule that it is not practical to repair a mangled fender if the labor involved | exceeds more than half the cost of astalling a new one. A difficulty with | modern fenders is trying to match the color where the fenders and car body are lacquered the same hue. Bump- ing and finishing a fender is trouble enough without adding the further problem of spraying to match an odd color. In the case of rear fenders which | have been caught from the rear and pulled backard it is necessary to | shrink the stretched metal of the | flange. This is a job requiring time | and skill. The owner might better order a new fender and be done with it. Mysterious appearance of water on the distributor @1d coil in dry weather usually can be traced to a combina- | tion of leaky water pupm and the fan. | If the water pump leaks while the engine is running the fan is likely to | blow water back to the ignition units, ‘ caus.ug shorting and consequent buck- ing of the engine. The way to test this is to remove the fan belt and try the engine to ee if it stops hesitating. In having the water pump packing nut tightened be careful not to score the pump shaft by overdoig it. A partial turn of | the nut is enough for one attempt. If several adjustments of the packing | nut fail to stop the leakage then have the packing replaced. | When an engine is troublesome | while cold, but improved materially after it has warmed up, one is justified in looking for a cracked cylinder head, | block or leaky head gasket, assuming{ that the carburetor is working prop- erly. An internal crack naturally widens when the metal contracts, seals itself as the metal expands. Often | heat expands carburetor parts and the iatake manifold sufficiently to take up any looseness that would | cause air leakage when the engine is cold. Heat invariably improves the seal at connections along the exhaust | system. | ‘The reverse of this occurs in the case of electrical conditions, the coil | often failug as it heats up and plugs frequently preigniting the fuel when | their points glow. Valves also tend to expand and hold open when heated, although stickage is lessened as the engine reaches its mormal tempera- ture. Heat also adversely affects fueling, causing vapor lock, ‘‘perco- lating” and other conditions when excessive, | When a rear-end collision becomes inescapable try to remember to strike the other car squarely instead of cuttig to one side or the other. In other words, hit with the bumper and | not with one or the other front fender. Should the bumper collapse, break or | bend inward you still have to go through the false front on the radia- tor before damaging the core itself. Once the beginner grasps the fact that the position of the rear wheels is everything in parking she will no longer be confused when trying to garage the car or tuck it away in a parking space. If the rear wheels are in near the curb, or are in the | proper garage space_ it is always & simple matter to turn the steering wheel until the front wheels match up. Resersing the process is not so easy. Because the front wheels are the steering wheels the natural as- sumption is that their position comes | | first, but just the reverse is tme.} Place the rear of the car where you | | want to go and then swing the front of the car into line. % A young mother has pointed out a | danger in some of the newer cars | which have extra wide bodies. Be- | cause the bodies mow actually pass | closer to other vehicles there is more reason than ever before why children should not be allowed to wave their | | arms from the windows. | HIGHWAY WARNING 4, Near New Kent Court House, Reported Muddy. Recent bulletins issued by the Amer- | ican Automobile Association for the | | area within 100 miles of Washington | include: Va. 4—Construction between Rich- | mond and West Point, near New Kent Court House, muddy and slippery; ad- visable to use other routes. Fall Concerts at College. ‘THE first meeting of the season of the Thursday Evening Repertoire | | Va. | Music will be held this week at 8:30 | o'clock. Faculty members will lead a | discussion of the topic, "'Is There a Ca- reer in Music?” The Pierne “Con- | certo” will be played by Helen Miller, | the “Carnival Pranks in Vienna” of | Schumann by William Holden; others who will be heard include Martha Lan- yan Ristine, Grace Powell, Lenna Orr | Gauss, Melvil Creamer and Marguerite | Moncure. Announcements of recitals scheduled for the early Fall include three to be Zetlin of the violin faculty of the col- lege. William Kurasch of Los Angeles, a member of the Settlement Music School faculty in Philadelphia and winner of second honors in the Penn- sylvania finals of the National Federa- tion of Music Clubs contest will play in October. Master Harry Sykman of San Francisco, & young violinist, will | precede his Philadelphia concert with | an appearance here and third in the series will be given by Paula Starke, student of Mr. Zetlin's. A Tabloid Plane. A new airplane, thought to be the smallest flying at present, has a wing span of less than 35 feet and an over- all length of barely more than 20 feet. With twin motors, that provide a wide margin of safety, either being able to propel the craft alone, it is said to fily 18 miles on a of fuel and seats two persons. \d C., SEPTEMBER 15, 1935—PART FOUR. ION NEWS SUNDAY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE ||Army Engineers Fill In Site at Gravelly Point ACROSS. . Military ad- vance into a country. . Rootlet. . Occult system . Lampoon. . Obliteration. . Tailless am- phibian. - . Confidential. . Membrane. . Growing in pairs. . Wagon. . Mahometan tribal chief. . Water: French. . Rive duck. . Fruit of the horseradish tree. . Addendum. . Perplexities, . Palliates. . Beverages. . Grain, . 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Colection of literary sc. 130, 133. 87 88. 89. 90. 134 136. 138. 139. 92. 140. 93 94. 96. 97. 142, 99. 101, S Six Pianists t In Symphony’s Programs Dr. Hans Kindler Makes Concession to De- o Take Part mand for Talent by Large Number of Washington Music Lovers. IX pianists, whose playing has won for them ranking positions among artists of the world, have been d the National Symphony Orchest Announcing these soloists 1 efinitely scheduled for appearance with tra this Winter. ast week, Dr. Hans Kindler, conductor of the orchestra, responded to innumerable inquiries from music lovers, par- titcularly piano students and teachers, the National Symphony season oneg October 20 in Constitution Hall. Interest in solo pianists is always keen, because in every symphony audi- ence there are more pianists, includ- ing those who are studying or have studied the instrument, than any other kind of musician, Dr. Kindler pointed out. Satisfying this interest places on the shoulders of the orches- tra one of its heaviest responsibilities. Believing that those seriously inter- | ested in piano should have the oppor- tunity to hear not only great artists, but also great music performed by | them, Dr. Kindler selected his artists for this season with extreme care. ‘The sextet engaged for concerts during the Winter season, which in- cludes 12 Sunday afternoon and 8 Thursday (afternoon and evening) concerts, will be: Myra Hess, Bartlett and Robertson, Egon Petri, Frances Nash and Elizabeth Travis-Behnke. Bartlett and Robertson are named together because they will appear as duo-pianists. They were selected for | an engagement with the orchestra for two reasons, according to Dr. Kind- | ler; they are sensational performers and they play as a feature number the Bach “Concerto for Two Pianos,” one of the famous selections of two- piano literature. To Play in Brahms Festival. Myra Hess, who has scored out- standing successes in previous appear- ances in the Capital and with the orchestra, will be welcomed back this Winter when she returns to take part in the Brahms festival, sched- uled for February. Playing with the National Symphony last year, Miss Hess performed the Brahms “D Minor Concerto.” This year she will pre- sent his “B Flat Concerto” for piano and orchestra. . In bringing Egon Petri, the Dutch pianist, here Dr. Kindler will give ‘Washington music lovers an oppor- tunity to hear music by the famous | composer and Bach arranger, Busoni, played by an artist who studied with that master. Petri will play Busoni’s “Indian Fantasie.” Frances Nash has been received here enthusiastically in previous sea- sons, and her success has almost made her appearances an integral part of the National Symphony’s seasons. She will be heard in & major com- position. Musician to Make D. C. Debut. Elizabeth Travis-Behnke will make her debut in the Capital as a result of the profound impression she made on Dr. Kindler in an audition. She is a young American pianist who has already demonstrated her prowess in New York, in Boston and in a score of European music centers. After a Boston performance she was reported in the press as having “spontaneity of feeling, & sure deftness of touch that could on occasion be piano or forte, and a technical equipment well suited to the character of the work at hand” In inviting her to appear with the National Symphony Dr. Kindler once more gives ce of his real in- terest in talent and of his sin- ok , who are anticipating the opening or; cere efforts to give young artists a chance. | At National Symphony Orchestra headquarters plans were being com- pleted last week for the opening of the season ticket sale, to be an- nounced in the next few days. Mean- while reservations for tickets are being taken, and already all the seat loca- tions in several sections of Constitu- tion Hall for both series of concerts have been asked for, according to C. C. Cappel, manager of the orchestra. | e T | Choral Group Rehearsal. THE first rehearsal of the fifth sea- | | son of the Choral Group of the | | Arts Club will be held Wednesday | | evening in the auditorium of the club, 12017 I street morthwest, at 8 o'clock. | Otto T. Simon is choral director and | Katherine Morrison accompanist. | | The Choral Group is an affiliation | of singers interested in the study and | production of the best choral works. Former programs have included com- positions from the German, Russian, English and Italian schools. New music will be taken up at the first rehearsal. Mr. Simon, besides his teaching ac- tivities, has directed the Soloist En- semble, the Polynemia Chorus, the Musical Arts Society and the Motet Choral Society for 13 seasons. Club members active in the organization of the Choral Group of the Arts Club are Fulton Lewis, president of the club; Mrs. Charles Bittinger, librarian; Dr. George Girty, secretary, and Col. Charles Ferris, chairman of the En- tertainment Committee. — « To Give Three Oratorios. Tl-m ‘Washington Oratorio Society will' resume rehearsals on Mon- day evening, September 23, at 8 o'clock, opening its fourth season. Rehearsals will be held weekly in the Thomson School auditorium, Twelfth and L streets northwest. The society plans & season of three major oratorics, to be performed at Central High School auditorium. In- cluded will be the annual performance of Handel's “Messiah” on Sunday, December 323, with an augmented chorus, followed by a performance of Haydn’s “Creation” in February, re- peated in response to many requests. Selection of the third oratorio, to be sung in May, has not been definitely made, although Mendelssohn's “St. Paul” is being considered by the so- clety’s conductor, George F. Kortzen- born. Additional chorus members are de- | sired. Applications are being accepted at 1145 Connecticut avenue by Mr. Kortzenborn. Radio “Babillard"? 'ADEMY FRANCAISE, noted or- U.S. W. V. RELATES MEETINGS OF WEEK | Three Make Addresses During‘ Session of Henry W. Law- ton Camp. Meetings This Week. Monday—Col. John Jacob As- tor C: ., 7 pm., Stanley Hall, United States Soldiers’ Home. Wednesday—Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp, 8 pm, Pythian ‘Temple. Thursday—Richard J. Harden Camp, 8 p.m,, Pythian Temple. Aucxiliaries. Monday—Admiral George Dewey, 8 pm. Pythian Temple. Wednesday—Gen. M. Emmet Urell. 8 pm., Pythian Temple. Friday—Henry W. Lawton, pam., 930 H street. Lineal Society. ‘Thursday—Washington Tem- ple, 8 pm.. Sailors, Soldiers and Marines, Club, 1015 L street. 8 Comdr. Charles E. Hawhins pre- sided over Henry W. Lawton Camp, Spanish War Veterans. Comdr. Charles D. Long of Harden Camp, Officer of the Day William M. Barnes | of Urell Camp and Frank Parish of Miles Camp made addresses. Comdr. Thomas F. Donovan presided over Col. John Jacob Astor Camp. Na- tional Q. M. Gen. P. J. Callan told of the success in having the inmates of the home having their pensions restored. Department Comdr. George V. McAlear, Historian John A. Galli- gher and Capt. Tom Hudlow also spoke. Comdr. Charles D. Long presided over Richard J. Harding Camp. Henry G. Darling, Philip B. Darling and Theodore Wagner were reinstated into membership. Past Comdr. John A. Galligher presented the camp with 2 storm flag, the gift of an unnamed member. William Orthman, national provost marshal and cihef of police at the United States Capitol, stated that the flag that flies from the Cap- itol during the period of legislation that restored the Spanish War pen- sions was to be presented to Comdr. in Chief Judge Leon McCord of Ala- bama. Willlam M. Barnes of Urell Camp and PFrank Parrish of Miles Camp were also greeted. President Catherine Flaherty pre- | sided over Admiral George Dewey Aux- iliary at its last meeting. Zera Kull- man was mustered into membership. The auxiliary will hold a bingo party tomorrow evening. 200,000,000 Listeners. THE number of radio listeners in the world is _now 200,000,000, as against 180,000,000 in the middle of 1934, according to a report rendered at the recent annual congress of the International Broadcasting Union at Warsaw, Poland. Campus Revue Scheduled. ‘HE “Campus Revue,” starring the Mills brothers and Art Kassel and his orchestra, will make its debut on N. B. C. October 4. Hal Totten, vet- eran sports announcer, has been se- lected to act as master of ceremonies. Czarist Artist on Air. IMIR BRENNER, former court planist to Czar Nicholas, will be C. Annl-uenolhenchumn.h seeking & better appellation for radio P the soloist with the N. B. C. Symphony Orchestra during its weekly concert Thursday. He will play Rachman inof’s Concerto for Plano and ) . For fear that. | W usable Government-owned lands in | the District of Columbia, just as was the case with East Potomac Park. It | will be available for airport purposes or for public park development. There is nothing unexpected or secret about the filling of Gravelly Point. Reclamation of this area has been for a long time a part of the permanent plan for improvement of the Potomac. Dredging of the Po- tomac River channels must be carried on regularly to maintain navigable depths. The river, unable to deposit its loads of rich farm soil from the unfortunately eroded fields of the farmers of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia until after it has com- pleted its swift passage of the upper river gorges, habitually unloads in the quiet waters of the District. ‘The Army Engineers, charged with river and harbor maintenance, have filled Columbia Island and other areas above the railroad bridge across the Potomac. Gravelly Point is the next | available depository for the accumu- | lated silt from the local channels. Some 6,000 feet of riprap walls have been constructed around the portion of the Gravelly Point flats which has been designated as the first unit of the proposed Gravelly Point airport. Behind this wall the Army dredges will deposit the channel silt, and so, in the course of time, there will appear | a goodish chunk of land which many persons contend will be ideal for a model airport for the National Capital ‘There was considerable excitement at a session of the District-Virginia | Boundary Commission a few days ago | when it was testified that reclamation of Gravelly Point was in process and that the future of Washington Air- port thereby was threatened. The Army Engineer office, not a whit dis- turbed, replied that it was true the area was being filled, but that the office was not building an airport. ‘There is considerable difference of opinion as to how long it will require | the Engineers to reclaim all of the initial unit of the Gravelly Point area | in the normal course of channeli dredging. Estimates range up to 40 years. If Congress proves as dilatory ! in the future as it has in the past | about settling the decade-old prob- ! lem of a local airport, however, Wash- ington may awaken one day to find | an airport site ready made at its front door—many long years from now. CONTINUING its fight to put the United States into a position of undisputed world leadership in the air, Senator William <G. McAdoo, president of the National Aeronautic | Association, has announced that the | association will sponsor a Nation- wide educational program to bring the public up to date with the needs and advancements of American aviation. ‘The program is to open September 23, continuing to November 1. Aviation organizations in all parts of the country have agreed to co- operate with N. A. A. committees in 700 of the larger cities to develop | plans for the observance of the week. “America must lead in the air,” | Senator McAdoo declared in an-| nouncing the campaign. “The pres- | ent unrest in Europe and the race for greater armaments make it impera- tive that the United States develop speedily a more comprehensive pro- gram for air defense.” In the commercial air transport field, the N. A. A. chief pointed out, the United States faces the strong | competition of continental countries in our South American and Far East- | ern markets. “At home,” he said, “we have lagged far behind other countries in educat- ing our people to the advantages of airmail, express and passenger serv-| |ice. Last year less than one-half of | 1 per cent of our citizens traveled by | air, as compared with double this number who traveled on the airlines of France and Italy.” ‘The “air progress” program of the N. A. A, Senator McAdoo said, is in- tended to create a “better understand- ing afd a wider acceptance of avia- tion in all its branches.” “I invite the citizens of the United States to join with us in this important work,” he said. Lighting and the construction of aids to air navigation along the ahead rapidly and officials of the Bu- reau of Air Commerce now believe that be ready for service by September 30 and the whole route will be in opera- tion by the latter part of October or early November. ‘Washington-Nashville is part of the Southern transcontinental route, over which service is now maintained to California. Lack of beacons and radio aids, however, prevents the operation of night passenger service over this section of the airway and is a definite handicap to development of the full posibilities of the route. ‘With completion of night lighting, establishment of night airmail serv- ice, in addition to the daytime pas- senger and airmail service, will be possible. Night passenger operation, however, must await the installation of radio-range .equipment and com- munications facilities, and this prob- ably will be contingent upon the allo- cation of public works funds. Construction of beacons and navi- gational aids along the new Northern transcontinental airway also is near- ing completion and the last gap in this important artery of air travel is ex- pected to be closed by the first week | in October. For five consecutive months all-time passenger traffic records have been | smashed by the Nation's air transport lines, according to records of the Bu- reau of Air Commerce, which show that in July a new all-time record of 85,193 passengers made. Dur- ing July, 1934, the American air trans- | from Canada, Mexico, Washington-Nashville airway is going | the Washington-Knoxville section will | Work Pursued, However, as Routine in Dredging River—Will Be Available as Either Port or Park. By Joseph S. Edgerton. HILE Congress and the people of the District of Columbia who happen to be interested in aviation and concerned with the prob- lems of air transportation mull and squabble over the site for a permanent airport for Washington, the local Army Engineer office, in pursuit of its normal channel maintenance program, is very quietly going ahead with the filling of the Gravelly Point area Gravelly Point, long a bone of contention in the airport figh will be reclaimed and added to the< - t, eventually carried during each month of this year, according to records of the Bu- reau of Air Commerce, follows: Jan- uary, 28,922; February, 34.998; March, 55,198; April, 61,499, May, 64,971; June, 73, 896, and July, 85,193, From the standpoint of passenger- miles flown, the airlines also set a new record in July for the fifth con- secutive month. The July total was 34,040,925 miles. During the month the domestic air- lines flew a total of 5591.559 airplane miles and carried 297,509 pounds of express matter. Although the 1935 National Air Races scarcely have been written into history, plans already are being mapped for the 1936 races, which are to be more international in their scope than ever before, according to Cliffor§ W. and Phil T. Henderson, who have had charge of the annual air classic each year since 1928 Four outstanding foreign stars ap- peared at Cleveland this year. Gerd Achgelis again represenied Germany. Michael DeTroyat, French acrobatic star, again thrilled the American crowds. Two newcomers were Lieut. Alfonso Vasquez of Ecuador and Capt. Dick Granere of Canada So successful was ths foreign “in- - vasion” that next year it is planned to have not only foreign acrobatic stars, but some of the high-speed champions as well, according to the Henderson brothers. More than 200,000 spectators watched this year's four-day show from within the Cleveland Municipal Airport enclosure, while fully 25.000 more watched daily from vantage points outside the grounds, ft was announced. The check of automo- biles on the field parking space showed license tags from 46 of the States, Canal Zone, Cuba, France, Italy, and Central and South America. It was estimated that more than 80000 visitors were in Cleveland during the meet. Samuel Solomon, manager of Wash- ington Airport, and Fowler W. Barker of the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce offices in Washington will rep- resent this city at’a national confer- ence of airport managers and non- | scheduled operators in Birmingham, la., October 4 and 5. The conference, the seventh annual meeting of the kind under sponsorship of the Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce, will be devoted to consideration of mutual problems, exchange of ideas and study of the latest advances ia the field of airport design, operation and management and miscellaneous avia- tion operations. The conference will precede an air carnival at Birmingham Airport. More than 2,000 mayors and airport man- agers have been invited to attend Steadham Acker, chairman of the Na- tional Airports Committee of the Aero- nautical Chamber, will preside. Mr Barker will act as secretary. The pioneer work of mankind in developing highways for air commerce in the substratosphere and strato- sphere, high above the surface of the earth, is being carried on in many parts of the country. One of the latest research programs is being undertaken by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in co-operation with the meteorological staff of Eastern Air Lines at Atlanta, Ga. and will in- volve the use of many small, instru- ment-carrying balloons to record con- | ditions in the upper air. | Thirty-five sets of instruments have | been sent to Atlanta to be attached to balloons and released during active storm conditions. The institute staff is particularly anxious to obtain a pic- ture of upper air conditions during the passage of a tropical cyclone or hurri- cane. The instruments. which contain re- cording mechanism which makes a continuous record on smoked glass of | temperature, pressure and humidity have a total weight of but 2 ounces. When the desired storm conditions prevail, the balloons will be released at hourly intervals for a period of perhaps 24 hours. The balloons are expected to ascend to heights of 15 miles or more before bursting. Re- wards of $5 each will be paid for re- turn of the instruments. The data recorded on the slides will be used to amplify knowledge of the | structure of tropical cyclones, which at present is very meager, according to the M. I. T. stafl. In addition to the value of the information for avia- tion use, the results of the experi- ments are expected to be of great benefit in anticipating the effects of tropical storms. — Howard Studios. LORENCE HOWARD announces the opening of her studios of sing- | ing on Monday, September 30, at 1408 New Hampshire avenue. On Sunday, September 29, the Burrall Class Choral Ensemble, Calvary Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Howard is director, will sing for the first time this season. The Tuesday Evening Music Club, beginning its thirteenth season, will hoid its first rehearsal on Tuesday, October 1. This group is an ensemble of advanced singers from Mrs. How- ard’s studio. The development of the apprecia- tion of song literature in both in- dividual lessons and ensemble classes and informative recitals by guest art- ists and members of the studio are features of the studio. Ina Holtzscheiter, artist pupil of Mrs. Howard, will be her assistant again this year. Marjorie Davis is the ac- companist. TRICO WINDSHIELD WIPERS port companies carried & total of 48, passenger records began early The number of passengers CREEL BROTHERS f81 140 STNW.-+-DEcursn 4220