Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1936, Page 62

P—6 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER ¢4, 1936—PART FOUR. 1937 AUTO SHOWS TO BEGIN EARLY :—: AVIATION NEWS ? Local Exhibit Scheduled At Calvert Hall Nov. 14-21 American Road Build Prior to New Orlea Tax Diversion Hit—Keystone Notes. ers Map Safety Plans ns Convention—Gas By G. Adams Howard. HE Washington Automotive Trade Association definitely has decided to hold the 1937 automobile show here November 14 to 21. annual exhibition of the new models will be at Calvert Hall, opposite the Shoreham Hotel, the same Arrangements for the annual event will again be under the direction of Richard J. Murphy, manager of already are under way. This is the second year that thep————mmmm——— show will be held in November in- stead of January, the usual time here- tofore. Last year it was in Autumn largely at the request of President Roosevelt, who believed it would be an employment aid at the time most needed. Having experienced one of the most successful years in automo- tive history, with production likely to run well over 4,000,000 for 1936, the manufacturers reason to change last year's scheme of things. The New York show will be only & few days in advance of the one here, and will bring forth for the first time the newest offerings to public gaze. At a luncheon given by the Show Committee of the National Automobile Show at the Union League Club last week, at which some 40 editors of automobile columns and motoring pub- lications were guests, co-operative plans for the forthcoming show in Grand Central Palace, New York City, were discussed. Alfred Reeves, manager of the show and vice presi- dent and general manager of the Automobile Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, made some interesting remarks relative to the industry generally. In adopting the slogan, “The Pace- maker for American Industry,” the Show Committee means exactly what it says, Mr. Reeves brought out. He Teported that dealers are cheerful over the 1937 outlook; also that the manu- facturers are equally cheerful and that the industry is on a firm basis. ber instead of January has proved an unqualified success. overcome the seasonal character of the automobile business and resulted in a variation of less than six per cent in employment during the nine months that followed. He mentioned further that employment has been stabilized to a point where the work- ers are better satisfied, make a larger ennual wage and have the assurance of working steadily rather than suf- fering the seasonal layoffs of past years. A number of those present spoke most enthusiastically about the pros- pects for the show—notably the trailer exhibit to be held on the fourth floor of the Palace. Dr. H. E. Tabler, chairman of the Maryland Roads Commission, has been appointed chairman of the Com- mittee on Safe Highways that is being organized by the American Road Builders’ Association, it was an- nounced today by Charles M. Upham, engineer-director of the association. Governors of 21 States have accepted fnvitations to serve on the committee and dealers see no | The place as last year. the local dealers’ association. Plans diverted than is spent on roads in England. Furthermore, American automotive taxes are about two and one-half times as costly as those in England, the total exceeding $1,000.- {000,000 annually, as compared with about $400,000,000. Diversions here are estimated at above $150,000,000 annually. Warning that night accidents are on the increase, the Keystone Auto- | mobile Club calls attention of motor- | ists and pedestrians to definite safe- | guards essential under present traffic | conditions. On the basis of competent research findings it is declared that the driver of an automobile receiving in hu‘ eyes the full force of improperly fo- cused headlights is literally blinded | for fully one second, and in that | fractional period of time his car cov- ers about 60 feet when driven at & | speed of approximately 40 miles per hour. “This blind period,” said William S. Canning, engineering director of | the club, “is responsible for many accidents, but the average motorist apparently fails to realize its seri- ousness and consequently fails to ad- just his driving speed to meet the | conditions of night driving. Much | the same fault applies to the pedes- | trian. Because the lights of a car illuminate the road about him he | assumes the driver sees him, but un- The | fortunately for many the blind period | You're now on route 240. Follow this idea of holding the show in Novem- | intervenes with the approach of an- |straight through the heart of Rock- jother car, and the pedestrian is | It did much to|struck before he has a chance to|about 5 miles west of Gaithersburg. | Turn right on 27 and drive through | step off the roadway.” } Canning explains that a pedestrian | is in grave danger if he is within 200 | feet of a vehicle moving at the legal maximum speed at the time the driver is temporarily blinded. i | “At exactly 40 m, p. h.” he said, “a | | motor vehicle travels 59 feet per | second. The average braking du<| tance at this speed is 109 feet. To | this must be added the average ‘re- | action’ distance of 45 feet, making the average stopping distance 154 | feet. “With headlight blindness as a factor, the stopping distance is ap- | preciably increased, depending on the }mdmdunl's ability to recover from | the blinding glare. Assuming that it requires & full second for this recov- | | ery, another 59 feet must be added | | to the stopping distance, making the total 213 feet.” | | Production of automobiles and trucks ! in the United States and Canada | dropped to the lowest point this year | | during the current week, largely due and Governors of all other States are | to the halting of 1036 production by expected to become members or to designate personal representatives. | ‘The Governors are honorary members. | the Ford Motor Co. The output this week is likely to total not more than 16,320 units against 29,663 in the week Advisory members will include heads | ended September 26 or representatives of all national or- | while many plants actually have ganizations that are interested in | started production of 1937 lines the highway safety. i | rate of output is not sufficiently large In announcing the appointment of | gt the present time to be given serious | Dr. Tabler as chairman of the A. R.| consideration, It is generally felt, B. A. Committee on Safe Highways, [ however, the tempo will be speeded Mr. Upham said: shortly after October 1, and that pro- “Dr. Tabler has been a strong ad- | quction during the closing quarter of | vocate of highway safety since he be- | 1936 will be at peak rate came chairman of the Maryland Roads | Reports from the field indicate that Commission and has been active in | sajes have held up strong during Sep- behalf of ‘built-in’ safety on Mary- | tember, and that dealers have experi- land’s highways. His experience and | enced no serious trouble in cleaning effective work in Maryland will nOW | yp their stock of 1936 models. The be extended to the national highWay | used car situation also shows improve- gafety campaign through the new or-| ment with the increase in stocks over ganization created by the American | last year being offset by a greately re- Road Butlders’ Association.” lative increase in used car sales. In| many sections the prices now being re- Organization of the A. R. B. A.|ceived for used cars are well above the Committee on Safe Highways is the | last year mark and some increases first national effort that has been un- | Were noted in August over July. With dertaken for the elimination of motor | shelves cleared of 1936 models, inven- vehicle traffic hazards due to 1m- |tories of used cars well under control proper and inadequate highway con- | and new model requirements likely to struction. be met promptly, dealers are looking The Committee on Safe Highways for a most satisfactory sales Period | industrial empire. will make its first report at the 1937 convention and exhibit of the Ameri- ecan Road Builders’ Association in New Orleans during the week of next January 11, By an overwhelming vote, in some parts of the State as high as 8 to 1, the people of Maine at the State- wide election passed a referendum bill strictly prohibiting diversion of | highway funds to other uses. Passage of this bill makes Maine the fourth State to take legal meas- ures to protect highway funds, Mis- souri, Minnesota and Colorado al- ready having prohibited diversion of highway funds through constitutional amendments. A petition now being circulated in Massachusetts, if suc- cessful, similarly will protect that Btate’s road money from raids. British motorists appear to be as keenly incensed as are American motorists over the practice of using automotive tax revenues for purposes other than highway financing. While 1n this country the practice politely is called “diversion,” the British view it as “filching.” The British motorists’ magazine The Autocar in a recent issue points out that despite the assurances of chancellors of the exchequer that revenue from automotive taxes would be used exclusively for highway financing, motorists now are paying about £80,000,000 ($400,000,000) & year ir taxes for roads, but only about £26,000,000 ($130,000,000) actu- ally is being spent on roads. The magazine adds that, while traffic con- gestion has increased 50 per cent on first and second class roads in 10 years, road mileage has been in- creased only about 11 per cent. Similar to the American situation also is the revelation that, while motorists have been paying for roads and the money has been used for other purposes, “regulation after reg- ulation has been introduced in an effort to reduce the appalling toll of road accidents, yet apparently the authorities cannot realise that the fault lies not with the motorists, but with the roads, which are totally in- adequate to prevailing conditions.” In the United States, statistics show, highway fatalities have in= creased with the amount of highway funds diverted to general .purposes. In this country also more money is 4 during the next three months. August sales of new passenger cars | with-a total of 262,912 were down con- | | siderably from July, but 12.43 per cent higher than August, 1935. This brought the total passenger car regis- | trations in the United States to 2,473,- 481 units for the first eight months of | this year, a gain of 24 per cent over the 1,980,965 registered in the same period a year ago. Commercial car registrations during August totaled 59,- | 222 units, which was by far the best | record for this month in the history of the industry, topping the August, 1929, total, of 52,577 by almost 7,000 | units. Automotive Briefs Last Friday all Dodge distributors, dealers and their staffs in this terri- tory met at the Mayflower Hotel to pre- view the. 1937 Dodge and to discuss plans for 1937. W. M. Purves, as- sistant general sales manager; Henry T. Rowell, regional manager of the Dodge Corp., addressed the meeting, which included luncheon, dinner and evening entertainment. Karl N, Gougeon of the Ruthraff and Ryan advertising agency was also present. Four salesmen of the staff of H. B. Leary, Jr., & Bros, Chrysler dis- tributors for Washington and vicinity, won memberships in the 1936 Chrysler 100 Club conducted on a national scale each year. These men were A. W. Vennell, R. F. Miller, W. 1. Hicks and W. Manual. All were rewarded with an all-expense trip to the factory at Detroit and to the Cleveland exposi- tion by boat as guests of the Chrysler Corp. According to Joseph D. Burke, di- rector of truck sales for the Dodge division of Chrysler Corp., a loaded Dodge truck, which is blazing a new commercial trail over improved high- ways between Mexico City and Ot- tawa, Canada, by way of Washington, D. C, is expected to arrive in the Capital and be greeted by city offi- cials tomorrow morning. The object of this trip is to show the importance of the new Pan-American Highway to commercial users of highways and to promote highway building in other re- mote regions. Iron and Steel Plants of Today Vie in Interest With Battlefields. Section Includes Carlisle Indian School, Pen Mar Park and Resorts. By James Nevin Miller. HAT could be more appro- priate today, right on the heels of the G. A. R. pa- rade, than a pleasant drive along the Mason-Dixon line? Blue and gray ghosts of Civil War days stalk the mountains of South- central Pennsylvania around Carlisle and Chambersburg and ‘offer the Washington motorist a day of recre- ation with a rich dividend of historic interest. Gettysburg has been en- graved into history’s pages in blazing letters, but comparatively little atten- tion has been given to adjoining Franklin County in the Keystone State, visited on two different occa- sions by invading Confederate troops and the scene of Lee's retreat from Gettysburg after the Stars and Bars had been lowered. Only 4 to 4'; hours’ driving time is required for this journey of a trifle more than 100 miles one way. There’s plenty of mountain scenery to be en- joyed. At Pen Mar, right along the Maryland-Pennsylvania line, venture- some folks may, by a short trip over a picturesque mountain road, visit High Rock observation tower and ob- tain & bird's-eye view of 22 counties in four States—Pennsylvania, Mary- land, Virginia and West Virginia. Cut out the map on this page, pre- pared for The Sunday Star by the American Automobile Association, and take the circle tour suggested here. There's not a single big city in the entire trip, so you needn’t wor- ry for a moment about adverse traffic conditions. First of all, head the nose of the family flivver onto Wisconsin avenue and travel west past Bethesda. ville to the intersection of route 27, Ridgeville, Taylorsville, and into West- minster. Here route 140 should be taken into Littlestown, Pa., then fol- low State route 194-to Hanover. From here route 94 leads into Carlisle, Pa. The distance from Washington to Carlisle is 108 miles. Now, here is good news for you week-end motorists: The broad highway for the most part is in splendid condition. On| your journey into Pennsylvania only | one tiny stretch is under repair, lnd‘! that's barely worth mentioning—a | stretch of only & mile in the main | section of Carlisle. However, traffic| is being maintained today with very little bother and no appreciable delay. Coming back you'll find only two stretches of roads under repair. The first one, just north of Chambersburg, | is on U. S. 11 and extends from | Shippensburg to Chambersburg via Green Village. However, you won't experience much discomfort through this region, for there's an exceflent detour, plainly marked by large signs. Simply follow this and you'll have not the slightest trouble. i The other highway section under improvement is of about the same | length—a 9-mile stretch on Maryland route 81 between Blue Ridge Summit and Thurmont, Md. There’s no de- tour here, and the going is a trifle rough, but not rough enough to slow down your ride to an annoying degree. Westminster, Md,, is well worth a visit. The lovely county seat of Car- roll County is situated on the Pataps- co River. There are two well-known educational institutions in the town: Western Maryland (Methodist Episco- pal) and Westminster Theological Seminary (Methodist Protestant). Probably you'll be impressed the very moment you enter Pennsylvania near Littlestown by the numerous hints of the Keystone State’s mighty Iron and steel plants are opening up on & pre-de- pression scale and the vast coal fields are showing ever-increasing activity. | Particularly is all this apparent in the region around the thriving town of Hanover in York County, with a population of 11,800. Incidentally, Hanover is an exceedingly pmdutnvel‘ agricultural section, though its chief claim to fame is its large iron deposits. History has been made here, too. A/ battle between Union forces, under Kilpatrick, and Confederate forces, under Stewart, was fought through the streets of Hanover in June, 1863. By all means stop over for at least an hour in Carlisle, some 31 miles west of Hanover. With a population around 13,000, this seat of Cumberland | County has countless points of scenic and historical interest. If you have time to take a little side trip, bear in mind that State highway 34, run- ning south of Carlisle, skirts the edge of the Michaux State Forest in the Pine Mountains, and several side roads, well marked by signs, lead into a picturesque wooded area. Carlisle was the home of three signers of the Declaration of Indepen- dence, George Ross, James Wilson and Thomas Smith. An important arsenal was located here during the Revolution. This was the home of Mary (Ludwig) Hays, better known as Molly Pitcher, heroine of the battle of Monmouth. During the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, in 1863, Gen. A. G. Jenkins and about 500 cavalry troops, fresh from victory at Chambersburg, marched into Carlisle and took the city without resistance. They were followed by Gen. Ewell's corps, which camped there, some on the grounds of Dickinson College and others at the United States garrison, with main headquarters at the garrison. The occupation lasted three days. Im- mediately upon their departure the city was occupied by Union troops, who refused to, surrender upon demand and the town was shelled three times by the Confederates, with considerable damage by burning. The first non-reservation Indian school was established hete in 1879, the Carlisle Indian School, and grew steadily until it had 1,000 students representing eyery tribe in the United States and Alaska. Carlisle Barracks hus played an important role in three wars. Orig- inally known as “Public Works,” it served as a Cavalry post for a cen- tury. The guard house at the south- east entrance was built in 1777 by Hessian prisoners taken at the Battle of Trenton. From 1775 to 1789 1t was an important military post called “Washingtonburg”; in 1863 it was burned by the Confederates; it was an Artillery post from 1872 to 1879 - A scene along the beautiful, forest-fringed roadway in Franklin County, Pa. stretch is not far from the Mason-Dizon line near Chambersburg—Photo by Pennsylvania De- partment of Highways. AVERICAN AUTOUORILE Washington Cut out this map for a pleasant circle trip along the Mason- Dizon line around Carlisle and Chambersburg, Pa. Only a trifle over four hours’ driving time is required for this journey of 108 miles one way. First, get on route 240 and follow this straight sylvania This particular HELPFUL AUTO TIPS GIVEN FOR WONEN Distrusting Opinion of Me- ‘ chanics Often Causes Delay in Correction of Troubles. BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. ‘When some drivers settle down to |a game of bridge it'’s no wonder all | they do is pass. The habit of distrusting the opin- |ions of automobile mechanics has | reached a point where many owners | forfeit the opportunity to be rid of | | ailments which are simple enough in their origin. Here's a case that fl-| | lustrates what I mean: | A mechanic diagnosed the cause of one car's high gas consumption as | wear on the seat of the carburetor’s | needle valve. - He said the valve did not close tightly and that extra gaso- line was passing into the float bowl and spilling over, but the car owner | refused to believe that such a condi- | tion could develop. So the trouble went on and on, when it could easily | | have been remedied. The owner of | the ailing car did not realize that wear on the valve seat was due to constant action of needle valve striking it, lnd; to the abrasive action of a certain amount of fine dirt that works its way | into the float chamber in spite of the usual precautions. If the engine misfires now and| again do not be alarmed into thinking | there is something wrong with it. The misfiring probably is due to an in-| duced spark occurring at the wrong ‘Cities of Nation Seek New Ai;mail Routes Demands Received Here for Additional Mile- age and Extended Facilities Over Broad Area. (Continued from Page One.) | the present airmail law provides that by July 1, 1938, the aggregate cost of airmail shall be within the limits of anticipated postal revenues. The | trunk airmail lines today are co- ordinated with other forms of trans- portation which act as feeders. No sirmail feeder route which could be | established now would produce the substantial additional revenue to jus- tify its existence under the present airmail law. Such routes would ne- cessitate greatly increased subsidy which is now rapidly being reduced as airmail poundage increases. They must come slowly, unless the law is changed. E difference between revenues and direct expenditures has been reduced from $14,698.475.37 in 1932 to $3,249,312.05 in 1935. Poundage carried had increased by only about | $2,000,000 during that three-year period, while the difference between | the load transported during the fiscal | period ending in 1935, which was 10,775,248 pounds and that of the flscal year ending July, 1936, which was 15,377,469 pounds is near 5.000,- 000. This jump in poundage is largely due to the fact that huge corporations have recently taken to a freer use of the flying postmen, finding the service a substitute for many telegrams and a preventer of last-minute, long-distance calls. | It is agreed that the judicious es- tablishment of feeder routes would improve airmail service, especially in sections where rail or other trans- portation is poor; would be of value from a national defense standpoint; would develop flying, plane and engine manufacture, and train pilots. When a feeder system is established it will be done so that the essential trunk-line system will not be weak- ened, the trunk lines being scheduled for strengthening until every airway | is fully equipped and there are enough schedules in operation to assure super- speed airmail and passenger service, | with as near 100 per cent performance as possible. This Winter it is expected that about 98 per cent of scheduled trips will be completed, according to Mr. Branch, due to installation of instru- ments and navigation aids this Sum- mer. Completed runs have never been more than 95 per cent in past bad weather seasons. FUNDS for trans-Atlantic airmail will be asked of the January Con- gress, in hopes that regular trips will start next Summer, according to Mr. Branch. The Post Office has been planning oceanic service for the Eastern sea for some time, and is prepared to advertise for bids as soon as the many diplomatic and technical problems can be worked out. Two or more routes are possible, one the shorter northern course, from Newfoundland to Ireland, and the other the southern route via Bermuda and the Azores. It is likely that once service is established both ocean air lanes will be used, it is said. An agreement between pan - American Airways, whose equipment makes her the most prominent prospective bidder —and perhaps the only one—for the United States, and Imperial Airways of Great Britain was reached this Summer after Charles Lindbergh ironed out the principal remaining difficulties. The United States, using planes of the cruising radius now available, must gas ocean-bound airplanes at Nova Scotia and Ireland on the northern route, or Bermuda on the southern route, all belonging to Great Britain, and, therefore, needs to make landing permission arrangements with her be- fore service may begin Whether other European nations will be allowed to share in the agreement is still uncertain. However, experimental flights still await the completion of airplanes designed in both England and America for the air crossing, and the installation of ground equipment at remote terminals. IN THE meantime, inauguration of rigid airship service between the North American continent and Europe is a possibility within a year if Cone gress passes necessary legislation, Gere many’s Von Hindenburg having com- pleted 8 of 10 experimental round trips this year. Np American law pro- vides for lighter-than-air service, the present foreign sirmail law having been designed for planes only. Lighter-than-air ships for mail will never supplant planes, however, ac- cording to Maj. Charles P. Graddick, superintendent of the Division of Air- mail Service, because they are not fast enough. If the time comes when blimps and airplanes will supplement surface craft carrying mail, the air- ship’s place will be somewhere between the ocean liner and high-speed heavier-than-air craft, according to Maj. Graddick. The division would probably use the liners for parcels, periodicals and other low-rate mail. the airship for ordinary letter mail and the plane for high-speed airmail At the moment, then, every one, from | the residents of America’s isolated vil- lages to our friends abroad. wants let- ters in a rush, and the Post Office De- partment is engaged, as usual, in ful- filling that desire, caring not what means of transportation is used, but only in the speedy progress of its stamps. Stage coaches or clipper ships, it's all the same to them, but the mail must go through. cause vapor lock. She just can't see | | why engineers didn't make provisions for this when they designed her car. | Back in 1927 gasoline wasn't as vol- | | atile as it is today. Vapor lock was & | rarity and engineers would have been | | accused of borrowing trouble had they | taken time out to solve a problem that | hadn't yet developed. The car in| question is no longer being manufac- tured, the vacuum system has gone completely out of the picture and gas- | oline has long since been so improved that modern engineers are protected against vapor lock, yet this reader still thinks the engineers are slipping. Among persons who should be nom- inated for the hall of oblivion are those who ride around with a rab- bit's tail fluttering from the radiator cap. Along with them we should group those motorists who boast of the fact that they never lift the hood. Included, too, should be those illogi- cal souls who are so sold on the idea that safety vanishes at anything over 45 miles per hour they dmive that speed many times when 25 would be fast enough. ‘The success of using cleaning fluids to remove various spots from the car’s upholstery usually depends upon | knowing when and how to combine | | this treatment with sponging with wa- | ter and soap suds. Ordinarily hot water should not be used on uphol- | through the heart of Rockville to the intersection of route 27, about 5 miles west of Gaithersburg. Turn right on 27 and drive through Ridgeville and into Westminster. Take 140 here and into Littlestown, Pa., then follow State route 194 into Carlisle. An ideal return route of 126 miles is also shown on this map. Take State highway 11 from Carlisle through Chambersburg to Greencastle; then follow 16 through Waynesboro to Blue Ridge Summit. Here route 81 should be followed to Thurmont, Md., where State highway 15 will take you to Frederick. Finally, fol- low 240 from Frederick back to Washington. Note on this map the section of roadway under construction at Carlisle, Pa., and the detour near Chambersburg. These improvements will cause you no appreciable annoyance or delay. and served as home of the Indian school from 1879 to 1918; it was the site of the United States General Hospital for two years, and now houses the United States Army Medical Field Service School. Visitors are welcome. Dress parade is on Thursdays at 5 p.m. Other points of interest amg: The ancient Presbyterian Church, begun in 1757, on the northwest corner of the public square; the grave of Molly Pitcher in the old graveyard between Hanover and Bedford, and the court house, Hanover 'street and Church avenue. One of the Corinthian pillars vears the marks of a Confederate shell, fired in 1863. Dickinson College, founded in 1783, has a beautiful campus. The Old West Building dates from 1803 and was de- signed by Latrobe, architect of the United States Capitol, who designed Nassau Hall at Princeton and Car- penter Hall at Philadelphia. The Memorial Hall contains much inter- esting Americana. James Buchanan was graduated from Dickinson in 1809. A pleasant return route of about 126 miles is as follows: Take State high- way 11 from Carlisle through Cham- bersburg to Greencastle; then follow route 16 through Waynesboro to Blue Bidge Summit. Here route 81 should be followed to Thurmont, Md., where Maryland 15 will take you to Fred- erick. Pinally, follow 240 from Fred- erick all the way back to Washington. Chambersburg - is- about 33 - miles from Carlisle, and a trifle larger. The seat of Pranklin County is situated in the broad and fertile Cumberland Val- ley on Conocheague Creek, in the heart of Pennsylvania’s greatest apple and peach orchard sections. Caledonia State Forest Park, in the Michaux State Forest, lies to the east; and to the west, south of McConnellsburg, is James m‘ State Forest Monu- g ment., For future reference bear in mind that there's magnificent scenery on the Gettysburg-Chambersburg road, notably from the summit of South Mountain, 1,344 feet high. Chambersburg was occupied by Southern forces three times during | the Civil War, the last time end- ing in the burning of the town in| 1864, upon refusal to pay an indemni- ty of $100,000. Wilson College for ‘Women (Presbyterian) and Penn Hall School for Girls are located here. Points of interest include¥ Buchanan's home, the Mg cabin birthplace and boyhood residence of | James Buchanan, which originally stood in Cove Gap (where James Bu- chanan State Forest Monument is situated today): Public Square, where & marker designates the place where Gen, Lee held counsel with his officers before the battle of Gettysburg, and John Brown's headquarters, where the abolitionist and his associates plotted their famous raid on Harpers Ferry. An 11-mile drive now brings you to Greencastle. If you have time for a tiny side trip by all means head north on route 11 until you reach the little known monument in memory of Wil- liam Rihl, the first Union soldier to die'in the Gettysburg campaign. About eight miles from Greencastle Waynesboro, with a population of ut 11,000. The town is situated in Franklin County, in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, on Antietum Creek. One and a half miles south is the Mason and Dixon line, easily located by numerous road signs. This famous boundary, it will be recalled, was sur- veyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon on order of the King of England to fix the line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Mount Alto and Cale- donia State Forest are near by. ‘Waynesboro was founded in- 1797 stery; but candy stains, for example, | can be removed only by rubbinz with a cloth dampened with very hot water. | This applies to candy which does not | contain chocolate. For the latter | sweet it is necessary to rub first with | a cloth moistened in lukewam water, then sponging off the spot with clean- ing fluid. time. It may sound less technical to say that such a spark is one that is set up without benefit of the usual connections, and without rhyme or | reason. It is a spark that has gone wild. Somewhat in the same category are the glowing sharp edges within the combustion chambers which suf- fice to pre-ignite the mixture. Considering that if the motorist doesn't find an idea too advanced he will find it antiquated the automo- bile engineer is constantly faced with the problem of trying to keep his contributions to the ndustry in key with the public's appreciation of things automotive. I was reminded of this when a reader sent me a long complaint against engineers in gen- eral just because the vacuum tank on her 1927 car is prone to overheat and by Gen. Anthony Wayne, and was in- vaded in 1863 by Confederate forces under Gen. Jubal A. Early, who used the town hall as his headquarters. Gen. Lee’s army passed through here | after the battle of Gettysburg. Pen-Mar Park, four miles up the mountain, affords a splendid view of the Cumberland Valley. In the park is the famous old Buena Vista Hotel, once the mecca of metropolitan Sum- mer visitors, now the property of the Jesuit Order of Catholic priests, who use it as a retreat and study house. Nearby, as was mentioned earlier, is High Rock Observation Tower that af- fords a view of 22 counties in four States. Seven miles east of Waynesboro, just north of the Maryland State line, is Blue Ridge Summit, a popular Sum- mer resort in the mountains. The altitude here is 1,375 feet. A drive of nine miles brings you into Thurmont, Md., in Frederick County, in the Blue Ridge Mountdins. There are many beautiful Summer’lodges and camps in the mountains around here and the town is & well-known resort. Catoctin Creek affords excellent brook trout fishing, and the Monocacy River yields bass and catfish. Thurmont has a large goldfish industry. The many breeding ponds in the vicinity are of interest to visitors. These are but a few of the myriad attractions which tempt the Washing= ton motorist ifito the outdoors over Pennsylvania's’ network of superb highways, ., Does your car carry white side-wall | tires? If so, you are a brave soul and are willing to run the risk of having | others observe the marks on the tires and say you are not careful about scraping the curb. have discovered a way to cover up | your errors in parking by purcnasing SPARK NEED CL| THE SAVING O more than pays Clean or new plugs can save 1 the AC Method. And it's easy @ LOOK FOR THIS Spark Plugs Cleaned—5¢ Each some of the special white-tire cleaner which is now available for xeeping their tires looking their best. Tires with dark sides, by the way, can be made to look fresh and new by treat- ing them to a coating of tire gloss, You can help your service man dieg~ nose trouble if you will note just when things start to go wrong. For exam- ple, there was the woman who ob- served that the engine invariably ran unevenly after it was slowed down following a brisk run. This was more pronounced the hotter the day. It helped her service man reach the conclusion that there was not suffi- cient exhaust valve tappet clearance, After the valves heated up their stems expanded and the engine skipped. One of the little things that will | go a long way toward making the car look much better is to attach an ex- haust-pipe extension. These can be purchased at surprisingly small cost, and they not only prevent the rear bumper from becoming dull and rusty, but they help keep exhaust fumes from dulling the rear part of the car. Stage Director. OSHUA LOGAN, New York stage director, has been signed to & long-term contract as production executive by Walter Wanger. 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