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Evening star., 1924-03-14

|
gering. 1t amounts to s1.9S7.702 900.
| In addition to this item. another one
! or Sl35,5Jl,0 900 should be added 1t
! is for the $50 bonus which was voted
TO every veteran of the last war. and
J which was paid out OF. the Treasury
of the United States in February, 1920.
Leads Work of All Nations.
This makes a grand total of s2,122,-
! 293,OOo paid out to the veterans Of
the world war in seven years. The
American people have spent more
/ money already on the veterans of the
! last war than had been spent up to
/ the year 1898 on the veterans of ap
! our other wars combined.
! NO other nation has ever attempted
such a stupendous service program
I for its soldiers. No other nation
| could do it and remain solvent.
| The estimates for the fiscal year
| 1874 call for an expenditure of S466,-
! C53.V00 Tor the Veterans Bureau. This
: is over sl.200.000 a day. 1t is more
than we are spending on either the
Army or the Navy. for the same pc
! Rod. on June 80, 1923, the Veterans
! Bureau had total of 5,27O employees
working in the city Of Washington
! and 23,S04 employees elsewhere. a
| total of 29,014 technical and clerical
/ employees 1T is the largest spending
bureau of the government today.
! The Veterans Bureau spent enough
running expenses during that year of
| the states of Alabama. Arizona. Ar
kansas. Colorado, Connecticut, Geor-
| gia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland. Michi-
I gan, Minnesota, Missouri Montana
! Nebraska, New Jersey, North Caro-
! lima. North Dakota and Ohio. But
! our funds would not have been ex-
: hauSted had this been done. We
! could have added all the expenses of
| the states of Oklahoma. Oregon.
! Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
! Dakota, Tennessee, Texas Utah Yer
, mont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and
i Wyoming. And then we could have
| thrown in Illinois for good measure.
| What percentage of money has
: been wasted in the bureau has not
: yet been fully determined. This is
| the bureau that Col. Chas. r. Forbes
| was in full charge of. before criminal
/ charges were brought against him.
For every thousand dollars spent
| by the federal government in 1928
| the Veterans Bureau spent S126 of
! it. 1t is the largest single item in the
| budget, outside OF public debt
! charges.
And this has nothing TO do with
| the present agitation for a soldiers
| bonus. That. of course is extra
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I by North American Newspaper Alliance. All
rights reservedi
TC,uorroyx. The VuhIic Debt C-horces
Evening star., 1924-03-14
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Evening star., 1924-03-14
ScaudaIOuS Month

March, thou hast failed to make a hit.
Through days Of doubt
Even the weather was not fit
To talk about.
Evening star., 1924-03-14
IndiScretion,

els Three-finger Sam what you
would call a good poker player?"
NO." answered Cactus Joe. "He's
expert in some respects, but a man
that holds four aces three times In sue.
cession, like he did last night in my
opinion lacks judgment"
Evening star., 1924-03-14
Willing to Learn.

"W'hat will you do if there is third
party?"
II shall observe it with close in
terest," answered Senator Sorghum,
land if 1t gets any good practical ideas
I'll use 'em myself"
Evening star., 1924-03-14

Human nature sort O. Graves scan-
dal." said Uncle Eben. Most Of us
somehow would rather hear de worst
dan listen to genuine good news"
Evening star., 1924-03-14

These are the actual appropriations
by Congress and expended by the
government for the benefit of the for
mer service veterans of the last war.
Lack Of space prevents giving the
specified items.
The expense so far has been stag
gering. II amounts to s1.9S7.702 900
In addition TO this item. another one
OF si3o,53l, 900 should be added. 1t
is for the $50 bonus which was voted
to every veteran of the last war. and
which was paid out of. the Treasury
OF the United States in February, 1920.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

@ What did the Egyntian phrase
''maat kheru" mean?-G. r. Y.
A This was an epithet Of every
deceased person. II generally means
true of voice" 1t may also mean
"justified.'
Evening star., 1924-03-14

Jud Tunkins says there is so much
easy money going around that no
really competent swindler wastes time
with little thing like a gold brick.
Evening star., 1924-03-14
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia,
All Other States

Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $40; mo-, 70c
Sunday only. 1 yr., $2.4o; mo-, zoe
Evening star., 1924-03-14

Tomorrow: The Public Debt Charges
Evening star., 1924-03-14

Q. How much sugar, tea and coffee
does the average family use?-G. n. ID.
A. According to survey made by
the Department of Labor in 1918-1919
the average annual consumption per
family is: Sugar. 147 pounds; tea, s
pounds; coffee, 40 pounds.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

Q. Why do we speak of forty days
of Lent when it really lasts over six
weeks?-V. /. z.
A. The forty days refers to the fast
days. Sundays are feast days. Taking
out the six Sundays in Lent. there are
forty days of Lenten observance.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

A. The Japanese school year be-
gins in April and ends late in March
with short vacation before reopen
ing. The longer summer vacation and
ten days or so about New Year divide
the year into three terms.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

The franc had fallen to 3.41 cents
because France has been obliged to
import far more than she could ex-
port. In 1920 her deficit of trade bal
ance was 22,531 million francs. In the
first eleven months of 1923. the trad
deficit was only 1,4s3 million francs.
No people on earth has greater re-
Evening star., 1924-04-06
John Smith and His Car
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL,

John Smith whom
sel6sh rather motoring
Of
the more members Of the clan
Evening star., 1924-04-06
DECLARES FAIR PLAY
is TRAFFIC REMEDY
A. A. A. Head Blames Restrictions
on Advantages Taken by
Motorists.

Every time city officials decide upen
some new traffic regulations, every
time there is discussion over the prob
lens of the automobile in the cor
Gested districts, every time prohibi-
tion of parking and other radical
plans are suggested, ii means that
some motorists are not playing fair.
Such was the opinion expressed by
General Manager Ernest ". Smith OF
the American Automobile Associa-
tion in Il statement in regard to the
growing traffic problem throughout
the country.
If every driver in this city would
endeavor to consider the interests of
others, there would be no traffic dis
cussions. for there wouldn't he any
need of them, he explained.
Scores Parking Hogs.
whenever some driver takes up
twice as much room with his car as
he should, some one else is inconven-
fenced" Mr. Smith said. This other
driver may be forced to hold up a
street car while trying 10 find a space.
thus inconVeniencing nifty additional
persons or more. Some one imme di-
ately suggests some form. OF restric-
tion in the belief that this would fur
niSh a remedy.
Every remedy. so called, for traf-
fic complications results in an incon-
venience to the motorist. Generally
SptdhillS, Nit 1883 alNtilliOb ht a.
tracts the greater freedom he is al
lowed.
lit is when he persists in driving
down a principal street when he could
just as well use another, for instance,
that he unnecessarily complicates
matters and prompts some one to set
up the cry of reform, which in the
long run usually means inconvenience
for the motorist.
'ghe real solution, therefore, is OBJ
viouS-play fairi'
Evening star., 1924-04-06
GERMAN RAILWAYS
NOW USING TRUCKS
Visitor Says US. Need Fear
No Competition From
Abroad in Manufacture.

While German railroad officials have
for some years considered the motor
truck a competitor which should be
destroyed, it has been the prevalent
feeling recently that the two agencies
of transportation must cooperate,
according TO d.. Albert Sommer of
Dresden, Germany, in a recent ad-
dress before the motor truck mem
bers of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce. DR.. Sommer
is executive manager of a large Ger
man trucking corporation similar to
the United States Trucking Corpora
tion of New York city, and is in this
country to familiarize himself with
the American automotive industry.
American manufacturers have moth
ing to fear from competition from
Germany in the making of motor
trucks at present, DIR. Sommer be-
lieves. The cheapest new truck in
Germany costs at least $1,000, and
factory TO fill the order" he says.
Success Pronounced.
About one year ago the use of
trucks by railroads In the city of Ber-
lin began and today can be pro
nounced thorough success" asserts
DIR. Sommer. Trucks are used to
avoid trap car service between freight
stations in various parts of Berlin.
Each individual truck unit consists of
q fiVe-ton motor truck and two trail
ers, all closed like freight cars, oper-
ated and guarded by the truck corpo-
ration's men who for this business
are under the orders of the railway
management, wearing the railway
uniform. The truck corporation acts
as Joint carriers with the railroad and
receives a tariff proportionate to the
prevailing railroad tariff. Through
this use of trucks about forty rail
road cars are saved for long haul
purposes in Berlin alone"
a much larger program of cooper
Evening star., 1924-04-06
DEALERS TO STUDY
NEW BALLOON TIRE
Inside Story of Invention and
Manufacture to Be Told at
Meeting Tomorrow.

Local automobile dealers and their
statesmen will get "A closeup of the
balloon tire at the regular monthly
meeting of the Washington Automo-
tive Trade Association. to be held at
the City Club tomorrow evening.
Not only will they get closeup
In movies of these new motor shoes
as they perform under varying con-
ditions on cars, but they viii also
get the inside story Of their invc,.-
tion and manufacture as tuiot 49, ia
OF the country'S reading authorities
on balloon tires, according TO an an
nouncement sent out by 81 Grogan,
secretary Of the '.vsIerS' organiza-
ton.
IL c. McDermott of the 1'irestone
Tire and Rubber Company has prom
ised the dealers that he would ar
rive here from Akron III tine to give
them an authentic answer to the
oft-rcpcatcd query, Just what is
balloon tire"
Mr.. McDermott has promised to
take his audience through the ques-
tion from beginning to end. Hence
Secretary Grogan warns all members
of the trade who want complete bal
loon tire knowledge to come TO to-
morrow evenings meeting or forever
hold their peace"
Evening star., 1924-04-06
SAYS TAXI COLORS
CAN'TBE PROTECTED
REQ Motor Official Discusses
Results of investigation
Into Subject.

A manufacturer may obtain protec-
tion for distinctive name, symbol or
mark which he puts on a taxicab, but
such protection is not extended to a
color scheme. This is the finding of
a legal investigation made by II. T.
Thomas of the REQ Motor Car Com
pany.
The investigation was made with
a view to setting taxicab operators
In smaller cities and towns right in
the matter according to the REQ ex-
ecutive. The possibility that dis
torted information might be passed
out in an attempt to confuse or in
timidate the ever-increasing ranks
of operators prompted the legal re-
search,
~ find that opinions OF those well
UP In legal practice are practically
uniform, and that there are no fun
damental differences in the court de-
cisions of various states" says Mr.
Thomas. "WheneVeF there are con-
tPoversies they seem TO occur among
the taXicab operators rather than
among attorneys, whose opinions
square. to T.
I'm some cases courts have pro-
tected distinctive color designs on
motor cabs. but each time, so far as
we have been able to learn, the par
ties concerned were operators and
not manufacturers. and the color
scheme had been in use for a great
enough length of time to be recog-
nized by the local public as distinc-
tive of a particular local taaicab
service.
THE public uses the color scheme
to identify the operator, not the
manufacturer, and while a color
scheme may identify a particular
make of cab when they are delivered
to the buyer. if il distinguishes any
thing after the date of delivery, il
is the service of the OPERATOR
Evening star., 1924-04-06

start the engine several hours later,
it will go right off just as though It
had been primed. This is much more
practical than racing the engine be-
fore stopping, but should only be
done when the weather is really cold,
and then but sparingly."
SO bearing these few precautions in
mind, Smith took the wheel and later
reported that aero motoring was far
easier than he had imagined. l am
sure that when he saw half-frozen
mortals waiting for belated street
cars he must have had a new con-
ception of the Importance of the
motor car in modern business and life
Next week: One Job a Day"
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Auto Dealers Lose
6 Million on Used
Cars in 3 Months

Automobile dealers lost s6,04S,6 800
on used car deals in the first three
months of 1924. This is an improve
ment as compared to the first quar-
ter of 1928. when the losses totaled
S23. 200. according to figures an
nounced by the National Automobile
Dealers Association.
Used cars sold in the first three
months totaled $4,000 automobiles.
sold at an average of less than $500.
The average allowance price of the
stocks on hand at the end of March
was s300.14 per car for the 563,60O
cars on hand.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
ANTICIPATE CRISIS,
AUTO|STS WARNED
Expect Other Fellow to %
Wrong Thing and Avoid
Trouble, Says Bulletin.

A little secret in the safe manipula-
tion of motor vehicles on the streets
and highways is offered in the latest
bulletin issued by the safety bureau of
the Hoosier State Auto Association:
The real knaok of being safe is an
ticipation of possible dangers" the
statement says. THE more we can
hammer this in the more surely will
drivers understand what an important
part in driving this plays" the bulletin
continues
Anticipation on the part of every
driver, with due difference q tall times
for the other fellow. will serve to avert
scores and hundreds-yea, possibly
thousands-of collisions now occurring.
Yield and BE safe.
Anticipation does not mean that you
are to take an iron n-clad attitude of
standing on your rights and never
giving in to the other fellow. The best
drivers, who have fewest accidents, are
those who yield to the other fellow.
Anticipate that the other fellow is GO
ing to do the wrong thing and be pre-
pared to meet that emergency.
standing on your rights-insisting
on always getting ahead of the other
fellow-taking chances to maintain a
more or less mythical right of way
will get you nowhere except into trouble.
Maybe not today-you may get away
with il frequently-but eventually ii
will be the hospital or somewhere else,
where subsequent trials and tribula
tions of the human race will interest
you no more.
Every moment you are behind the
should be on what you are doing. You
can't be chatting with your seat com
panion and be safe. You can't let the
wheel go while yeu are lighting up for
a smoke and be safe. You can't he
looking backward or away off to one
safe the passengers, perhaps dearly
loved ones, are not safe, either.
Watch for ChiIdren.
anticipate that the child on the
sidewalk or the pedestrian at the side
Of the road may suddenly run or swerve
into the middle of the road or street
Watch the bicycle rider with the same
degree of preparedness.
Anticipate that some ore may step
out from between parked cars-the jay
walker continues to persist to the point
or peStiferousnesS. You must anticipate
his probable actions and be prepared
10 avert calamity.
Anticipate that another car is right
at cross-road or street Intersection
especially if the crossing is obScured.
There are too many cars buZZing around
everywhere in city or country for any
driver TO take chances on maintaining
his speed at intersections unless he can
see clearly.
Anticipate that at every railroad
crossing or interurban crossing there
Will be a train or interurban coming
at full speed. 1t is always train time
at a grade crossing. The locomotive
has the right of way and can prove it
anticipate every possible thing that
might happen--in short, just get your
anticipator to working more and your
accelerator to working less, and if you
really keep your mind on what you are
doing the things that might happen
Just wort"
Evening star., 1924-04-06
TEST FOR MOTORS.
Telephone Receiver Will Aid in Lo-
eating Short Circuits.

A useful device for motor testing
consists of a telephone band with a
75-ohm telephone receiver mounted
on one end and a fiashlight battery
on the other connected up. One is
the receiver, two the headband, three
the fiashlight battery, four the con-
nectionS and five the testing wires.
This battery will detect shorts and
grounds in the motor that will not
show on a voltmeter.
By the use of the battery one of
me wires IS attached to the frame
grounded wire. If any of the eiee-
trical connections of the motor are
short-circuited sharp clicks will be
heard from the receiver by making
and breaking the connection on the
frame of the car
Evening star., 1924-04-06
SMOKES PEDESTRIAN OUT.
Autoist Finds Way to Leave Park
ing Space Safely.

How to warn those pedestrians who
stand in back of the car when you
are obliged to back up in order to
get out Of parking space is ofttimes
a problem. If you horn they imagine
it is not for them: and if you pro-
ceed to back up slowly some one is
certain to become excited and claim
you were trying to run over him.
A good way to warn people is TO
accelerate the motor several times
They are bound to hear the exhaust
and take heed. Those who ar hard
of hearing will take the hins when
they discover they are being srSked
out
Evening star., 1924-04-06
HANDY SCREWDRIVER,.

A handy screwdriver can be made
from a shoe-button hook cy cutting
off the hook end, then f1attening his
and shaping il to fit the heaor Of
small screws, finally temperinS 20
keep the small end from breaking or
twisting. This tool will be fonnd
very handy for work around ignition,
carburetor and electrical units
Automobile Digest
Evening star., 1924-04-06
HORSEPOWER PUZZLE.

Nobody knows and nobody seems
to care" should be adopted as an Off
cial song by those motorists who are
wondering what the horsepower rat
ing of cars engine has to do with
determining what registration fee it's
owner shall pay 10 his respective
motor vehicle department.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Lists Material
Used in Painting
Average Autos

The amount of material to buy
when painting a car naturally de-
pends upon the size and model of
the car and the number of coats
IL is to receive. For the job de-
scribed on an average size car,
the following materials may be
safely purchased:
Evening star., 1924-04-06
CLEVELAND AUTO CENTER.

Cleveland, Ohio, has always played
prominent part in motoF-car de
velopment. 1t is among cities where
the ownership of automobiles ranks
high. The first long distance run
started in that city and ended in
New York, requiring ten days TO
maxi e, the distance.
Brake Inspection Your Protection"
is more than d mere slogan.
Evening star., 1924-04-06

alton between railroads and Fiotor
trucks throughout all Germany has
been developed. This involves" says
DR.. Sommer, use of trucks to replace
local freight trains similar to plans
put into effect recently by the New
York Central and Pennsylvania rail-
roads"
Evening star., 1924-04-06
BUYING NEW PARTS.

When some part of the motor is out
of alignment II is best to replace
new parts all around. for one new.
part-perfect in itself-combircd with
an old one. frequently develops just
as bad results as were had with the
old defective parts
Evening star., 1924-04-06
Felt, for rubbing pads,

with but one car to paint, 1t will
be necessary TO get about two first
class Yarnish brushes-the Fitch
or Badger-and one three inch rub
berset bristle brush for applying
the filler. After the filler has been
applied, such a brush will be Sound
very useful for dislodging pumice
stone from crevices and panel cor
ners during the rubbing-down proc
esses. The workman should also
supply himself with a clean cham
cloth and water pals.
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SALESMAN wANTED-Two progressive
statesmen to handle a live proposition.
Apply after a. m, 604 Farley Bldg.
See Mr.. Ksrnes.
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AGENTS-Men and women, IS million
women are anxiously waiting to buy the.
| 3 in Hot Water Bottle-Ice Bag-Fountain
| Syringe combination: the only one in the
world; interesting selling plan furnished
to representatives; commissions paid daily
no delivering; write today. Lobl Mfg.
| Co Middlahnrn
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THE BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD
AUTOMOBILES
: AUT0IoBTLE5 ROB SALE
LAST WEEK
PACKARD MOTOR CO.'S
SALE OF !.
USED CARS II

USED CARS N
BROUGHT VERY GRATIFYING
RESULTS. BUT IT ONLY LAST
ED THREE DAYS AND DID
NOT GIVE QUITE T1Mn TO
UNLOAD QUITE ALL THE
SPECIAL PRICED CARS WE
HAD PUT ON SALE.
FOR THAT REASON WE
HAVE DECIDED TO ADvER-
TIsE THEM TODAY AT THE
PRICES BELOW. WHICH rs A
CONTINUATION OF THE
PRICES ADVERTISED THEN
AND is A GUARANTEED RE
! DUcTIoN IN THE REGULAR
=. VALUE OF EVERY CAR.
COME OVER TOMORROW AND
LOOK THEM OVER.
If we cannot save you money on
quality used car. and IL thor
ough Demonstration of any car
listed does not live Up to your
expectations We will not ask you
to buy.
AUBURN TOURING .......,ssoO
CLEVELAND TOURING.
DEMONSTRATION ..........s7oo
FORD COUPE .............as7
HupMoBILE TOURING ...'ssO
BUICK ROADSTER ..:.....s75O
HUDSON sPEEDsTER ....,.sss5
PACKARD SIX TOURING. $500
LIBERTY TOURING ........ssss
CHANDLER TOURING I. 1850
wEsTcoTr TOURING ......s775
BUICK TOURING .........,1s25
OAKLAND COUPE $3.50
DODGE SEDAN ...:........ss5o
AND MANY. OTHERS
Call tomorrow flor personal In
spection and demonstration. II
you live out Of the city, use long
distance or wire us for detailed .
Information. Regarding any car
that interests you.
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EMPLOYMENT

AGENTS WANTED-Milton Denton, Ken
lucky, made $sS in days; Mrs. Louise
Borders, West Virginia, sold $50 worth In
days They had no experience. Come
plete duakty line extracts, toilet articles
soaps, spices. etc. Every home buys.
Cash or credit. Full or part time. Write
today for our new plan. Double your in
come. The H. C. Whitmer Co., Colum-
bus, Ind.
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wanted. Must furnish car and refer :
ences. Job worth 5000 a year. Phone
N. b12S. n
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BOOKKEEPER
HELP WANTED-MALE

One who has had experience on
customers ledgers and under
stands machine bookkeeping meth
DDS. Must know how to check for
trial balance. M-S4, care of Age
Herald.
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SOLICITOR-Lady gentleman, expert
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weekly bonus. Write Periodical Publishers
Magazine Bureau, SIT Audubon Bldg, New
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offers golden opportunity for hustling, ex-
perienced solicitor.
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SALESMEN-To operate routes OF ma
tionally known tea and coffee company
married men 25 to So years preferred:
must have sales ability, neat appearancs
and pleasing personality salary and COM
mission; references and bonds required.
Apply Monday, $40 N. cath ST., after.
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CORSETIERE

Saleslady for corset department
in retail store; must understand
how to fit corsets properly. Apply
TO II. D. Boyer, care Of Partisan
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