Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1936, Page 64

F—6 T HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. NOVEMBER 1, 1936—PART FOUR. HIGHWAY LIGHTING TEST WATCHED BY TRAFFIC HEADS 18-Mile “Path of Gold” Is Marked in New York "Heavy Reduction in Nighttime Accidents Is Promised—Experiment May Lead to Other Installations by States. By G. Adams Howard. 'HAT may be the forerunner of one of the greatest national steps to effectively reduce night highway fatalities and accidents is seen in the completion of a new highly illuminated road in upper New York State. This 18-mile-long “path of gold” is on Route 7, running from Sche- nectady through the village of Duanesburg, in the heart of a fertile farming area. At present it is the world's longest stretch of illuminated highway. It marks the last word in lighting and is science’s latest challenge to highway deaths at night. Night motoring is increasing rapidly, ¢ ™™™ ™™ and it is well to assume that this pro- tection to walkers and drivers alike will be copied in many other sections of the country in the near future. It has been convincingly proven that improper highway and street lighting has caused accidents to mount. Lo- cally it has been shown that due to darkening ‘he streets of the National Capital by turning off various street lights has had its tragic effect. This was caused by the District officials having insufficilent appropriations. ‘This was equally true on the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, where all lights were turned off for what many term false economy. A recent survey of the route by New York State and county officials pre- dicts that motor vehicle accidents on the lighted route which connects Sche- nectady with Duanesburg can be ex- pected to drop to at least 35 per cent of the former annual toll, while com- parative figures from lighted routes in other parts of the country indicate that reductions as high as 90 per cent would not exceed previous experiences. Night-time motor vehicle deaths last year, it was pointed out, comprised 21,400 deaths during the hours of dark- ness, with 14,600 deaths during day- light hours, although three-fourths of the total traffic occurs during the day and one-fourth at night. The serious- ness of this problem recently led the American Road Builders’ Association to appoint a large and representative committee of experts to delve into the question of highway illumination. THE 18-mile stretch, which was for- mally opened to traffic (Septem- ber 18) by New York Highway Com- missioner Arthur W. Brandt, has been transformed from a dark, hazardous route into a ribbon of golden light through the installation of 391 sodium vapor lamps of 10,000 lumens each, de- veloped by engineers of the General Electric Co. It links Schenectady with Binghamton and is an important artery of motor traffic in upstate New York. Tapping & rich farming and dairy country, the highway constitutes @ chief means of trucking farm prod- ucts to the centers of large popula- tion. It is known to people of this area as the “Path of Gold.” Railroad crossings, road intersec- tions, hill crests and other road haz- ards are plainly visible by night under the new lighting system. At the open- ing of the illuminated highway, trucks and passenger vehicles emerging from farmers’ drives stopped on the road shoulder and were clearly seen as far as 1,000 feet away. The toll of pedestrian deaths, it was stated, should fall to an unprecedented minimum, since persons walking on the shoulders of the highway at night can easily be distinguished by ap- proaching motorists, even though an automobile with glaring headlights may be coming in the opposite direc- tion. Under the sodium vapor lamps, which diffuse a soft golden light along the entire 18-mile length of the high- way, the glare of automobile head- lights is greatly minimized and, in some cases, observers were emphatic in declaring it was completely elim- inated. ‘Without overhead lighting, highway officials explained, the motorist at night sees the roadway and objects on the road largely by reflected light, ‘whereas under the sodium vapor lamps the pavement and objects thereon are seen by a combination of direct re- flection and silhouette. Many years of study were required to solve this problem of nighttime visibility, experi- ments for which were conducted by illuminating engineers and traffic ex- perts on the celebrated “model high- way” in Cleveland, Ohio. AS A result of these experiments the motorist’s visibility at night has been greatly increased, estimated as between 700 and 1,200 feet. Under automobile headlights, without over- head lighting, according to the Massa- chusetts Highway Accident Survey, the average visibility distance was esti- mated as only 200 feet, although this distance, it was stated, is reduced to an average of 125 feet, with a minimum of 28 feet, in the presence of an ap- proaching car with headlights fully on, causing glare. The reduotion or com- plete elimination of this “glare,” which is such an annoyance to motorists and is the direct cause of many major accidents, constitutes an important safety feature of the new sodium ‘vapor installations. 1In estimating the degree of protec- tion as well as the economic savings that it is felt will be effected by light- ing the Schenectady - Duanesburg route, a reference was made by Sche- nectady County highway authorities to conditions obtained on other lighted thoroughfares. Adequate lighting of sections of the Schenectady-Troy and Bchenectady-Albany roads, it was pointed out, has brought about a 36.7 per cent decrease in nighttime high- way accidents over a four-year period, while the illumination of San Fran- cisco's Bay Shore Boulevard has re- duced nighttime accidents 54 per cent, the Mount Vernon-Washington High- way 50 per cent and the Saw Mill River and Hutchinson River Parkways, in Westchester County, N. Y., 37 per cent. In the city of Detroit, however, proper street illumination during a three years’ survey by city officials decreased accidents 93.5 per cent. Consideration was also given to re- ports published by the Travelers’ In- surance Co.’that 58 per cent of the total fatalities on American roads and highways take place in rural areas, 33.8 per cent of which fatalities are believed to occur during the hours of darkness. Balancing the figures against local conditions, Capt. Arthur W. Brandt, New York State highway commis sioner, accepted 35 per cent as a con. servative guarantee of the extent to which deaths on the Schenectady: Duanesburg road could be prevented by adequate illumination. Auonannuumumumdhm that have been disclosed to night- This crossing, located at the crest of & rise in the highway, is not easily per- ceived at night by motorists traveling east. Under the sodium’ vapor lamps, however, the hazard is visible far | enough away to enable motorists to | stop within a good margin of safety | and wait for the trains to pass. | Another hazard disclosed is the in- | tersection of Route 7, at Duanesburg, with Route 20, a main road to Albany. Visibility is very poor at this point due to the presence of business struc- | tures along the intersecting points of | the two routes. Pedestrian traffic, particularly, is endangered. Although county traffic authorities have kept no record of motor vehicle deaths and injuries at this juncture prior to the time the lights were installed, State highway officials are agreed that the hazards to life and property have since been greatly minimized. That the night illumination of our heavily traveled highways is bound to become an increasingly important problem in the future was predicted re- cently by Charles M. Upham, engi- neer-director of the American Road Builders’ Association. Mr. Upham said that the association, which has 4,600 members, has given'the subject of highway illumination a very important part in its highway safety campaign, which seeks to remove hazards from our highways, A number of the leading highway engineers have predicted that the pres- ent movement will result in illum- inated highways extending from coast to coast, making highways as safe to travel on by night as by day and relieving the highways of a consider- able amount of daytime traffic, which will accomplish the journey at night when the traffic is less. If youve mnever motored along Skyline Drive your ini- tial journey will be easier and more pleasant if you clip this map, grepared for The Sunday Star by the American Auto- mobile Association. To reach the drive you have your choice of four pleasant trips: No. 1, the shortest, takes you by way of Middleburg to Front Royal, 80 miles from Wash- ington, thence over the drive to Panorama and back to Washington via Warrenton. Another grand trip, 234 miles all told, involves fol- lowing the Lee {:’li&hwa'z‘/, No. 211, through F Church, past Warrenton to Panorama, then south over the drive to Swift Run Gap and finally back to the District via Madi- son, Culpeper and Warrenton. Third irip, a trifie longer, i3 as f 8. Go to Front Royal via Leesburg, then head for Swift Run Gap and return same as in trip 1. Fourth trip permits you, now that the Harpers Ferry Bridge is open to highway travel, to reach the drive by way of Maryland, West Vir- ginia and Virginia. Take route 240 through Bethesda and Rockville, and when Fred- erick 1is reached, take 340 ..through Harpers Ferry and irmaput CM{II: m. Ww. 'a.; Berryville, at where route 3 should be ug“;nd taken to Front 5 Wi e the drfixu It | motorists for only a trifie over three Night Highway Safety Aided by Science The world’s longest stretch of illuminated highway recently opened in upper New York State. This 18-mile long roadway is now called the “Path of Gold.” The American Road Builders’ Asso=- ciation aided in the construction, which they believe will be the forerunner of illuminated highe ways from coast to coast. The above picture shows a brightly lighted tunnel turn. It was pho- tographed by a 10-second time exposure on 8x10 negative giving striking evidence of the bril- liance of illumination in this new development. Skyline Drive % Its Greater Available Area Reduces Traffic Evils for Tourists. By James Nevin Miller. is all but sung, there are more incentives than ever before Skyline Drive. Days are cooler and more exhilarating. Scenery, thanks Now that October’s swan song for a motor journey along to Mother Nature's age-old habit of | donning her Fall cloak of vari-colored leaves, is lovelier, unquestionably, than | at any other time of the year. Re- | cent heavy rains have settled the dust | of the broad highway. | As for traffic conditions along the | magnificent boulevard that rides the | crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains— while there is still a steady flow of | cars from almost every State in the | Union, the congestion has been re- lieved considerably. And for a very | good reason. As most Washington | | motorists know already, Skyland Drive as it exists today is 66 miles long, has | its start at the village of Front Royal and terminates at Swift Run Gap. Prior to October 1, however, the | boulevard, so far as the motoring pub- lic was concerned, stopped at Fish- | ers Gap, more commonly known as| Panorama. The new 3@-mile stretch of roadway between Panorama and | Front Royal has been available to, weeks. | Result? Traffic in the surrounding | region has been loosened up almost everywhere and this applies to the nearby State roads as well as to the | drive itself. Heretofore, visitors have | had to drive into the park either at Panorama or at Swift Run Gap. To- | day there's a third entrance, the new one at Front Royal, which now can | | be reached by any of three main | | roads: U. 8. Route 50, via Middle- iFrench and Indian War, passed over burg; State Route 7, via Leesburg and by way of Maryland, West Virginia | and Virginia via the newly-opened bridge at Harpers Ferry. UERIES concerning Skyline Drive, | despite the advent of late Oc- | tober, continue to pour into the offices of the American Automobile Associa- | tion and the National Park Service, which supervises the maintenance of | the famous boulevard. This is easily understandable, when it is realized that a goodly portion of Washington's population is semi-transient or float- ing. Newcomers are arriving here at all times by the hundreds, the ma- Jority, of course, to engage in Govern- ment occuphtions. One of their most urgent questions is this: Where are the best places for week end motor trips? Skyline | Drive is best known to them, and they want to travel there before visiting the other scenic points within a few hours’ motoring distance of the Capi- tal. Shall we, then, dedicate today’s trip, which incidentally is the final one in this year’s series, to new residents of the District? All right, let’s go. Folks who've never been to Skyline want to know, first of all, what to expect in the way of scenery. Well, the drive is in the heart of the Blue Ridge and is now a part of the Shenandoah National Park, com- prising 176,429 acres in one of the loveliest regions of the mid-South. It will be recalled that the newest mem- ber of the family of national parks was formally dedicated by the Presi- detn on July 3, 1936. The many overlooks, parking areas and secluded spots along the drive provide ample opportunity for closer acquaintance with the charms of the landscape and for relaxation. The enthralled visitor views innumerable panoramas of forested mountains, sloping - hillsides and cultivated val- leys. Today these scenic wonders Another grand trip, some 234 miles all told, involves following the Lee Highwa, No. 211, through Falls Church, past Warrenton to Panorama, then south over the drive to Swift Run Gap, and finally back to the District via Madison, Culpeper and Warren- ton. A slight variation of this trip, and perhafls a few miles longer, is No. 3. First head directly for Front Royal via Leesburg, then journey the 66 | miles along the drive to Swift Run | Gap and return to Washington by way ‘o( Warrenton and then past Falls Church over the Lee Highway. Proposed trip No. 4 permits you, | now that the Harpers Ferry Bridge is open to highway travel for the first time since the Spring floods, to travel to the drive by way of Maryland, West | Virginia and Virginia. First follow | Sixteenth street or Wisconsin avenue and along Route 240, through Bethes- da and Rockville. Then, when Fred- erick is reached, take 340 down through Harpers Ferry, go next through Charles Town (West Vir- ginia), Berryville (Virginia) and Byce, | where Route 3 should be picked up and taken to Fort Royal, where the drive is followed. Distance traveled thus far is about 104 miles. Any of | the return routes mentioned can then | be taken back to the District. Or, if you prefer, you can come back from | Swift Run Gap by turning to the west | (through the valley) past Elkton and down the main Shenandoah Valley (Route 11) to Winchester, thence | back to Washington either by U. 8. 50 or via Harpers Ferry, ’ WH!N you reach the drive be on | the lookout for the numerous ! historic landmarks. It was from the | vicinity of Swift Run Gap in 1716 | that Gov. Alexander Spottswood of | Virginia, with & number of enthusias- | tic followers, surveyed the domain, | untrodden until then by white men. George Washington, during the | this terrain. OIld military roads sull‘\ exist, which resounded during the | days of '61 to the galloping hoofbeats | of those intrepid Cavalry riders, Phil | Sheridan of the Union Army and Jubal Early, with his boys in gray. Within the park borders, a couple of miles off route 231, near Criglers- | ville, is the camp established by | former President Hoover, near the headwaters of the Rapidan, 3,500 feet above sea level. This camp will con- tinue to be maintained as a place of relaxation for the Chief Executive and members of his cabinet, its quick accessibility to the National Capital admirably commending it for week end visits. This section of the Blue Ridge is known throughout the world for the beauty of the trees and wild flowers which grow on its slopes in great profusion. The variety of trees is endless, There are pines, hemlccks, | cedars, hickories, birches, beeches, | sycamores, locusts, maples and oaks ofs nearly every kind. This region, furthermore, has long been a favorite haunt of bird lovers. Forty species have been noted in a brief walk around Skyland. Every motorist should note care- fully the rules to be observed during his visit to the Shenandoah National Park: L] “It is unlawful to disturb flowers, shrubs or trees, to mar or deface signs or buildings, Those wishing to picnic should use areas established at Sexton Knoll, South River and Elkwallow Gap. (See map.) “Speed limit is 35 miles an hour. Observe and obey traffic signs. Do not park on roadway; use parking areas. “Do not throw paper, lunch refuse or other trash on road or elsewhere. Place them in provided receptacles which are located in all parking and picnic areas. “Fires' should be built in desig- nated picnic areas and camp grounds. have become a great mass of rich color, with browns, reds and yellows eplashing the woodlands in every direction. West of the drive may be seen that portion of the Shenandoah Valley ly- ing between the Blue Ridge and Mas- sanutten Mountain, the latter divid- ing the valley for a-distance of 50 miles. Beyond the Massanutten lies the remainder of the valley, with the crest of the hany Mountains seen in, the distance. East of the drive are the foothills of the Blue Ridge and the extensive Piedmont YOUR initial journey to Skyline Wwill be-easier and pleasanter if Extinguish fires completely before leaving. Do not throw burning matches on the ground. And, finally, be sure to observe Virginia State fishing laws, and remember that hunting is prohibited.” 'I‘ODAY, approximately 66 miles, or a trifie more than the northern two-thirds of the Skyland drive, is in use. Eventually it will extend along the summit of the Blue Ridge for 90 .miles. There still remain around 30 miles under construction. When the Blue Ridge Parkway, now under construction, is completed, another 500 miles. of scenic beauty will be available to )y the two great wonderlands of the Appalachian chain will be completed. In other words, this highway will burg to Front Royal (80 Washington), thence over Drive to Panorams to —Photo Hamilton Wright. Grows in Length and Natural Beauty | Total distance is only about 180 miles. at Sexton Shelter, 5 miles south of Panorama, and the third is at South River, 5 miles north of Swift Run Gap. Probably two additional picnic areas will have been completed by the middle of next Summer. One will be at Dickeys Ride, 4 miles south of Front Royal; the other at Grav- elly Springs Gap, about 19 miles south of Front Royal. Today there's no regular tourist camp. However, a temporary parke ing area has been provided for folks who bring their own camping equip= | ment. This is situated at Hawksville Gap, about 14 miles north of Pano- rama. Park authorities plan to build a permanent public camping ground next season at Big Meadows, about 19 miles south of Panorama. Is there any place where the vis- itor may enjoy an overnight stop=- over along fhe drive? Only one, and that's at Skyland, 10 miles south of Panorama. It has accommodations for about 80 people, is Government owned, but operated under concession. The set-up consists of a number of rustic, one-story cottages, most of them large enough to care for four persons. Cottages are rustic, with an oak ceiling inside and bark on the outside. Each building is provided with a bath room, fireplace and liv- ing room. Smallest cottages have two bed rooms. Other cottages have three 0 four rooms and there’s one large cottage which has eight bed rooms and two baths. The charge is $4.50 a day, American plan. That is to say, for board and room per person. Hot water is avail- able, . Park authorities are hopeful of go- ing ahead with the construction, in the near future, of a large camp in the vicinity of Big Meadows, 19 miles south of Panorama. But it's very -doubtful whether this will be finished in time to accommodate next Sum- mer's visitors. Under present plans it will be somewhat larger than the present set-up at Skyland, with a dining room able to seat 125 to 150 people. David S. Hendrick,- president of David S. Hendrick, Inc., recently ap- pointed Nash-Lafayette distributor for the Washington territory, announces the appointments of Robert F. Crump, R. R. Edwards, Jack Hill and R. A.| Eddie Hulcher | Woolf to his salesforce. has been made service manager and James R. Trainor is in charge of the parts department. Lee D. Butler, president of Lee D. Butler, Inc, announces the appoint- ‘ment of his organization as distribu- tors in Washington, D. C., and a large part of Maryland and Virginia for the new Pierce-Arrow-built trailer called the “Travelodge.” The first public showing of this modern trailer is now being held at the Studebaker-Pierce- Arrow show rooms, 1138 Connecticut avenue. All Chevrolet dealers, sales managers and retail salesmen in this territory attended the 1937 annual pre-showing and luncheon held in Baltimose, Md., last Friday. The meeting was con- ducted by Glen R. Weeks, Baltimore Zzone manager of the Chevrolet Motor Co., and other factory officials, After viewing motion pictures and going over merchandise plans, the entire group had lunch at the Lord Balti- more Hotel. A complete line of the new 1937 Chevrolet was shown later in the afternoon at the Chevrolet ‘warehouse at 920 East Fort avenue. W. P. Barnhart has been appointed sales manager in charge of Pierce- Arrow retail sales for Lee D. Butler, Inc, Pierce-Arrow distributors, ac- cording to Lee Butler, president of this distributorship. Barnhart has been connected with the automotive in- dustry, both wholesale and retail, for many years and is well known to the public and trade in Washington. Pierce-Arrow sales and show rooms are maintained at 1138 Connecticut avenue. Announcement is made of the ap- pointment of Adams-Brooks, Inc., as authorized Dodge and Plymouth dealers at Silver Spring, Md. Adams and Charlie Brooks are the partners in this new dealership. Both have been well known for many years to the trade and public in Washing- ton. Adams as a dealer and official of other dealerships and Brooks as an official and wholesale man. A. H. Grothjan, zone manager for Pontiac in’ Washington, announces the appointment of the Arcade Pon- tiac Co. as direct factory Pontiac dealer at 1425 Irving street northwest. Officers of this new dealership are Jack J. Blank, president; - Martin Dempf, general manager, and Willilam F. McMahon, assistant sales manager. Members of the sales in- clude Robert C. Johnson, T. M. Mudd, ua..nrn.a.nmu-mow St Driver... Can You 9 Answer This * (Cheek right space.) Which type of pavement is the Ippery in wet weather? 1. most S N Sovoe ace 3. What type of traffic accident has resulted in the greatest increass in fatailities over the past decade? * ) Pedestrian-motor vehicle. ) Motor vehicle-motor ve- hicle. ) Motor vehicle-fixed ob- Ject. 4. A Chicago study revealed tHat 60 per cent of all accidents between two other motor vehicles occurred when the cars were— a () Both going straight at right angles. b () Both going straight in the opposite direction. ¢ () Both going straight in the same direction. 5. In modern highway construction | most, curves are “banked.” For what | primary reason? 8 () To insure good drainage. b () To make them “faster.” ¢ () To increase the safety factor. Famous Boulevard Offers Variety of Routes, Well Supervised. INCLUD!NO the one at Skyland, which accommodates about 80 peo- ple at one time, there‘are only three | eating places along the drive. The one at Panorama is the most sumptuous. In the main dining room you may get | service, and there's also a place to obtain sandwiches and soft drinks. At Panorama you have your choice | of buying a regular meal or else | lighter refreshments, whereas at Swift Run Gap there’s a place of more lim- ited capacity where you may pur- chase meals, sandwiches or soft drinks. All these establishments are operated | under temporary permit on the con- cession basis. Drinking water is available at two | spots along the drive, both between | Panorama and Skyland. Al the| water in the park is from springs. Concrete tanks have been built under- ground to keep it cool at all times. At Skyland, construction work is expected to be completed soon, under | the W. P. A, of modern water and | sewage-disposal systems. It's expected | that the old cabins at Skyland and | the new ones in contemplation at | Great Meadows will be connected with these systems and that the wa- ter will be so cold that guests will be virtually drinking ice water. Already | in use in the park is a 50,000-gallon | concrete reservoir, now buried in the | ground, which serves as a gravity | supply for Skyland Lodge. The water is pumped up from Furnace Springs. There will be at least four or five new and ultra-modern comfort sta- tions along the drive by next Sum- | mer. Three of them will be installed | |in the picnic areas. Also in prospect | | are two or three gasoline stations. to | | be provided with lavatory facilities. | | These will be Government-controlled, | but operated on the concession basis. | I Keeton. Both Jack Blank and Martin Dempf are well-known to the public and trade in Washington, having been prominently associated with the auto- | motive business here for many years. | Williams & Baker, Inc., authorized | Nash-Lafayette dealers, entertained | | as their guests many members of the | ‘Washington public at a free talking | moving picture show at their show | | rooms, 1507 Fourteenth street north- | west, last Friday night. The films shown were industrial and educa- | tional and showed the actual processes | involved in the manufacture of mod- ern automobiles. According to Max Dinkin, treasurer of L. 8. Jullien, Inc.,, automotive spe- clalty distributors, at 1439 P street northwest, several hundred members of the automotive trade attended the | special welding clinic held here last week. This clinic was put on in co- operation with the Linde Air Products Corp., and featured talking pictures, demonstrations and lectures. | Fireside (Continued From Pirst Page.) hotel room, to include three of the Roosevelt children. Mrs. Roosevelt, in a blue evening gown and white furs, was the calmest woman in the hotel that night. She had not left their home in East Sixty-fifth street until an hour after the Governor had gone. She had been too busy, serving per- sonally -a crowd of guests invited for a buffet supper that included the scrambled eggs of Sunday-morning- ‘White-House-breakfast fame. It was a smiling group that departed some time later, stopping to pose for pic- tures in the street before the hotel, while photographers called out the tuture title, “Just one more, please, Mr. President.” On November 9, 1860, & Springfield correspondent of the New York Times quoted in The Star of that date, gives friends before s roaring blaze in the Cheny House, in Springfield, IlL., wait- ing for returns. He had spent vir- tually the entire day in the little office of the telegrapher, down the street, and he heard each new dispatch with “a marvelous ty.” The cor- respondent wrote to The Star: | AUTO SHOW PUZZLE CONTEST & THIS IS PUZZLE NO. 11, Add a letter to each word shown the letters to spell a word for which in the left-hand column and rearrange the definition is given. Insert the new word below the definition and place the added letter in the last column oppo- site the new word. If the puzzle is solved correctly, the added letters will spell the trade name of one%f the twenty (20) automobiles shown in the list below, to be exhibited at the Seventeenth Annual Automobile Show of Wash= ington, 1. C., from November 14 to November 21, 1936, inclusive, at the Calvert Exhibit Hall, 2701 Calvert street, northwest, under the auspices of the Wash= ington Automotive Trade Association, which, with the co-operation of The Star, is conducting this contest. BUICK DODGE CADILLAC FORD CHEVROLET HUDSON CHRYSLER LAFAYETTE DE SOTO LA SALLE ‘The first puzzle appeared on October 22, 1936. appear each day until November 10, prior to this one may be studied fr The Star, LINCOLN NASH OLDSMOBILE PACKARD PIERCE-ARROW PLYMOUTH PONTIAC STUDEBAKER TERRAPLANE ZEPHYR A different one will 1936. The puzzles that have appeared om the files in the business office of Solve each puzzle, and not earlier than November 10, but not later than midnight, November 11, send all of the solutions with a reason of not more than twenty (20) words “As to Why an Automobile Show Should Be Held in Washington, D. C.,” to the Washington Automotive Trade Association, 1427 1 street northwest, Washingtun, D. C. It is not necessary to send in the actual puzzles, but it is compulsory that the entries show the new words. The new words will not be given out or published, and no eriries will be returned. Officials of the Washington Automotive Trade Association, whose decisions will be final, will act as judges, and, based on correctness, neatness and manner in which the solutions are submitted, as well as the reason for holding an Annual Automobile Show, will be awarded prizes totaling $100 and 100 tickets to the Automobile Show, as follows: prize, $25 and 8 tickets; third prize, § tickets; 10 prizes of $1 each and 2 t First prize, $50 and 12 tickets: second 10 and 6 tickets; fourth prize, $5 and 4 ickets and 25 prizes of 2 tickets each. In case of ties duplicate prizes will be awarded. Winners will be announced in the Star on November 15 1936. Automotive Trade Association, 1427 I Automobile Show Section of the Sunday Questions should be addressed to Washington street northwest, Washington, D. C. let publications of his speeches in the late controversy with Mr. Douglas. “Mr, Lincoln has been about town all day and accessible to all who chose to speak to him. He has occupied the room of the Executive in the Capitol, and has been freely congratulated by his fellow-townsmen. “Mr. Lincoln spent most of election night in the telegraph office where he heard returns and received private dis- patches with a most marvellous equa- nimity. Those who saw him at the time say it would have been impossible for a by-stander to tell that that lean, tall, wiry, good-natured, easy-going gentleman, so anxiously inquiring about the success of the local candi- dates was the choice of the people for the most important office in the Na- tion. Even during the election day and night, Mr. Lincoln was about town, attending to his business as usual. Many of his Sprivgfield a quaintances will long remember ho he sat in a social circle at the Cheny House while the returns were coming in and indulged alike in pleasant chat and his propensity for story telling.” BACK in the days of George Wash- ington the edge must have worn off the first excitement of election by the time the news was received in the Washington household, for not until two months after the ballots were cast did George Washington learn that he had been elected President of the United States. Some years later, on November 2, 1856, The Star announced in a four-line paragraph, without a headline, “It is now generally conceded that Buchanan has been elected.” Today presents a very different pic- ture. Eight hours, more or less, after the polls have closed, the country will know who is to be its “first family” for the next four years. Over the air, by means of public address systems, from illuminated bulletin boards, at the theaters or in community centers | by means of direct wires, by Coast Defense searchlights, aeroplane beams | and over the naval wireless, the word | will be flashed to a waiting Nation. And millions will keep the fireside watch next Tuesday with that little group about the hearth in the book- lined study at Hyde Park, and with another family group in & living room in Kansas, while the White House, unmindful of future occupants, will stand dark, deserted and indifferent, within the shadows of its trees, Air School (Continued From Fourth Page.) of life, however, one is accustomed to the process of disillusionment. . For example, one ventures into the precincts of such an institution with the conviction that he will see the very latest in aerial armament. It seems entirely rational to look forward to such an experience, in view of the fact that the school teaches the last word in aerial warfare. The equipment on which this last word necessarily is based is assumed as a matter of course. It is a wrong assumption, however. There are new planes of a few types in the spacious hangars, and others are understood to be on the way, but the visitor frequently is impressed with the sight of a plane that looks like the ancient albatross being used | in a tactical study that is as up-to-the- minute as tomorrow. One looks—and remembers those rotogravure pictures of huge fleets of foreign planes! Tl-m military plane type most sig- nally missing among the equip- ment at Maxwell is the one which today’s military airman rates at the top of the list and the one upon which so much of the school’s teaching em- phasis is laid. The plane in question is the bomber. Today’s bombing plane has come a long way from the cumbersome, torpid crate which evolved after the World ‘War. It is the fiver’s favorite, regardless of how reactionarily tne layman may still give his loyalty to the pursuit ship which scquired such glamour during the days of 1914-1918. The pur- Even remembering the days of the war, when he flew ”wnult ship in [y & private fight of | | his own with an individual enemy, the modern military airman has a difficult time finding a place for the type in the current set-up. It might have been different had speend and size continued to be the irreconcilables they once were thought to be in aire craft design. They no longer are, as ships which fill the commercial air- lanes show—and as the larger military craft, carrying huge and deadly care goes, show even more spectacularly. There is a profound implication of aviation's maturity, a wholesome ma- turity without a loss of virility, to be derived from the experience of a visit to Maxwell Field. Although some of them are present at the school, as stue | dents or instructors, one would have a difficult time picking out the World War flyer among the personnel. Nor is this due entirely to any savage physical changes which time has wrought in the appearance of these | men. The aviator seems to enjoy s | degree of immunity to the quick and | drastic changes to which other men are subject. To be sure, complexions become more leathery and there is nothing about flying that removes men from the gray hair and baldness zones of human experience, but it is not changes of this kind that make the | war-time fiyer difficult to recognize at | Maxwell. He is more changed psychologically | than physically. He is a serious warrior | now, as if, having lost his physical kinship ‘with the eagle, he is out to nct}ulre the wisdom attributed to the owl. The physical difference between the | freshman flyer—and there always are | enough of them around Montgomery | in miscellaneous non-student capace ities to make the comparison—and the captains and majors who comprise the student body and faculty is far less evident than the psychologic differ ence. Even if one were not the same age as some of the younger captains, or the few first lieutenants who shortly will attain that rank, one would prefer | the advantage belonging to the, so- to-speak, graduate student. The choice of Launcelot over Tristram, as it were, ‘The ace out of the old pack still looks best if more than the surface is considered, especially as the Tactical School remodels him. Ghosts (Continued from Second Page.) graduating from school in Philadels phia, built a new house in 1820 to do her honor, elaborate and pretentious. After her marriage and early death, and the death of her mother, old John went in heavily for entertaining. Each year he gave a great dinner party, which was the talk of the town and of the Eastern seaboard, for his guests | included the entire body of Congress. ‘When old John died his funeral bier | was drawn by six white horses and all the pomp and ceremony of the day was included in the program to do honor to his memory. But it was the glory of the six white horses that lingered in the minds of an awed populace. And thereafter, each year on the anniversary of his death, you could hear the ghosts of these splen- did animals galloping about the old mansion, their white sides heaving and great tails flying in the wind . . . but they were headless . . . “have ing buried their heads in the dust with their master.” A less robust ghost is connected with an old house called the Maples, built in 1796 on South Carolina ave-. nue between Sixth and Eighth. Fran- cis Scott Key lived there in 1815 and later Capt. A. A. Nicholson, whose wife's small but determined ghost still weeps in the old rooms. 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