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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
PREDICTS 100000
AUTOS IN U. S. SOON
Walter P. Chrysler, However, Is
Not Discouraged Over
Traffic Problems.

The day will come when there will
be 80. 900. 900 motor cars In use in the
United States, and streets and high
ways will be adapted to meet the
greater needs of that number Of We
hicles. Elevated motorways in the
cities. express highways in the coun-
try and separate travel lanes for
freight and fast passenger travel will
be created.
These views. which do not reflect
any encouragement over traffic prob.
lens. are voiced by Walter p. Chrys-
Ter, president of the corporation bear
ing his name.
I'VE have made tremendous prog
ress." says Mr.. Chrysler. Prior TO
1908 there were no police rules FOR
driving in New York City. In 1909
three mounted policemen were placed
on Fifth Avenue to facilitate the
movement Of traffic. One-way streets
were introduced in New York In 1908.
In 1903 100 blue-and-white signs d.
rectinE slow-moving vehicles to keen
near the right-han6 curb were put
into use. 1t Is generally believeS
that those signs were the first tranfc
regulations used anywhere.
Our American cities have done
well. Traffic is Il real problem, BIZ {
not at all insurmountable No pro
gressive city will allow It's traffic prob
| lens to interfere with it's develop.
ment Knowing that the automobile
| is a creator Of economic wealth and
| instrumental in stimulating prosper.
! ity. cities will continue to adap,
, themselves to the requirements OF
motor vehicular traffic.
| Our educational institutions are
| recognizing the need for trained
/ traffic engineers. That is another en-.
| couraging sign"
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detail his trip in every particular
We send him to clean. sanitary, com
Portable hostelries along the route.
We make 1t sure and simple for him
I to get any necessary, emergency serv-
ice for a member of his party. or for
his car.
Because we do these things so
efficiently, the present year will see
great numbers of new members pour
ing into our clubs in every section of
the country. Thus. there will be
hundreds of thousands of additional
calls for service in it's manifold forms,
and we must be prepared to answer
each appeal with thoroughness and
dispatch.
II am confident that each club will
respond to this appeal Immediately by
preparing to extend it's touring serv-
| ice to proportions far beyond anything
| in the past. In doing so, each club
will contribute greatly to the further
| progress of the physical and economic
| health of the Nation. Both are mex
| tricably linked up with the continued
expansion of the automobile indus
| tries. 1t is no exaggeration to say
| that the service the American Au.
tomobile Association is developing has
| become the corner stone of continued
| enjoyment of the car, and in virtue OF
that, a fundamental factor In the
prosperity of some of our largest in
duStrieS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
CLUB BRANCHES BEING URGED
TO DEVELOP TOURING SERVICE
American Automobile Association Head
Appeals to All Units for Help in
Making Travelling Pleasure.

escape the attention they Sightfully
deserve
The service which the A. A. A. pro.
vides the touring public in this way
Is of the greatest benefit TO some of
the fundamental factors of our ma.
tional prosperity, and q failure of any
one of these three industries. to con-
tinue on the upward curve Of prog
ress would have'a widely Oppressive
effect. The failure of all three to do
so would be a national calamity.
I'VE can meet our responsibility
only by developing our fine touring
service to superlative heights of eff
cheney. Three great, almost basic in
dustries--among the leading factors in
our national economic well-being
involved in our meeting this obliga-
ton. We must make touring the
simple, pleasurable, restfui, eeonomi
cal recreation it potentially is, or the
automobile industry, the gasoline and
oil industry and the hotel and resort
business will suffer greatly"
The economic necessity for the auto
mobile is well established, but the
pleasure a car brings is, perhaps, it's
most appealing virtue to millions of
motorists everywhere, according to
Mr.. Henry. The free and unfettered
movement of the automobile along tn
highways and byways of the Nation
is the factor in ownership which sat
isles, beyond all others, he says.
1T is quite obvious then, that, un-
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less the full quota of pleasure and
recreation Is obtained from car owner
ship, there will be less inclination to
own an automobile, regardless of the
economic advantages from it's possess
sion," Mr.. Henry continued. Should
such note enter into the national at
titude toward car ownership, we would
see over night a slump in the demand
for automobiles and accessories, in the
demand for oil and gasoline as we'll as
let-down in the thriving motortour-
list business of thousands of hotels and
resorts.
1.-THE responsibility placed upon the
American AUTOMOBILE Association and
its affiliated clubs. great as it Is, is
one which can and will be met. Our
touring service is based upon the
soundest foundation, and building on
such base will be a relatively simple
task, although one requiring unflag-
ging energy during the coming season.
I'VE already provide the tourist
with maps and road information that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

Development of the touring service
of the American Automobile Associa-
ton to "Superlative heights of eff
cheney" during the year 1927 is advo-
Gated by Thomas p. Henry, president
of that body, in a message sent out to
the $50 local clubs that comprise the
membership of the association. The
coming touring season probably will
be the greatest in the Nations his
tory, Mr.. Henry asserts, and 1t will
be only through greatly increased eff
forts that the American Automobile
Association will be able to continue it's
high quality Of service to American
motorists.
Although touring, from the 50-mile
jaunt of Sunday afternoons to the
Summer trip across the continent is
undertaken chiefly for pleasure, it's
actual significance is tremendous, MIR.
Henry pointed out, calling attention
to the fact that it affects the manu-
facture of automobiles and accesso-
rieS the production Of oil and gasoline
and the hotel and resort business,
thus indirectly touching a great por-
ton of the national economic life,
Touring Aids Industries.
1.-The effects of touring on these
three great industries are profound -
the message states, land serves
greatly to reinforce the economic fab.
rio of the Nation. AS they serve in
a rather indirect manner, they often
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TRAFFIC HAZARD SEEN.
Drivers Told to Watch Whole Sit.
uation Instead of Car Ahead.

Since four-wheeI brakes have come
into popularity many drivers make it
a rule, when driving through heavy
traffic, to note whether the car ahead
is of the type likely to stop suddenly.
This is somewhat hazardous, because
traffic as a whole is more important
than the units.
If there Is a four-wheel brake car
at the head of the line, and If the
driver uses his brakes Carelessly, the
car ahead of you may stop just as sud-
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Benzol Adjustments.

Motorists who turn to benzol fuels
should have the carburetor of their
cars set at a leaner adjustment than
for ordinary gasolines, if they would
get a maximum mileage.
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Vital to Industry.

Turning more definitely 10 the
economics of the situation, it is read
lily apparent that the upgrowth of an
Importantly large foreign business is
of vital significance to the industry
and, therefore, to the country in gen
eral While the mythical "saturation
point" now seems almost forgotten,
at least diminished domestic demand,
factor which the industry conceiv-
ably might have to centend with in
the distant future. would have a
deleterious effect which is not and
should not be minimized. However
with the development of overseas
markets for the products of American
automotive plants, there is created an
element which undoubtedly viii play
an increasingly large part in so far n
the matter of keeping production
Keyed TO peak level is concerned.
In other words, there now is grow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30

The figures already cited have indi.
Gated that the year 1926 was one of
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marked fundamental progress for the
industry.
What of the outlook for 1927? Is
1t possible to look into the future be-
yond the current year?
These questions can be answered
partly on the basis of pure opinion
and partly on firm statistical grounds
set up in time already past.
The year now under way promises
to witness q continuation of the up
ward curve so manifest in 1926. While
it seems a superhuman task, there Is
reason to believe that the record of
production set last year will be sue.
cessfully stormed in a drive to new
heights. Economic conditions within
the United States are such as at the
present moment TO warrant the state
ment that the buying power of the
people has been in noWiSe diminished,
and that this country will be in a po-
sition to absorb an equal or greater
number of cars this year as compared
with last.
Bright Path Ahead.
So many factors enter into a long.
range view that a prediction cannot
be more than reasonably accurate.
However, it is safe to say that with
the maintenance of American pros
perity in many fields, and with the
general level of purchasing power re-
naming high, the automobile industry
can expect an important measure of
activity during the period ahead
Business and prosperity run in cycles;
but as yet American prosperity and
American industry, commerce and
business show no sign of CONSTRUCTED
activity. There has been a slowing up
in 1trnnf5nt1e. to fN.ttn lint ~,
automobile industry has not been af-
fected, and, all things being equal, it
will not be for some time to come.
Many highly important problems
yet remain to be solved, among them
legislative as we'll as mechanical and
economic questions. Progress in
many Of them necessarily is slow yet
it can be said with conviction and as
surance that they win not be sighted
This should not be construed as a
verbal whiteWash; but it should be
borne in mind that deep-rooted prob
lems-the used car situation is an ex-
ample-cannot be solved with the dis
patch which some theorists of the
public believe.
A most encouraging sign, from the
economists point of view, is the in
duStry'S aWarenesS of it's own prob
lens, the upgroWth of an increasingly
scientific body of thought within the
business upon questions of vital CON
Germ to it's and the public's welfare
and a more thoroughgoing disposition
to effect their solution in the broadcast,
soundest and most constructive
manner.
This, indeed, well might be the key
note of the season in this particular
aspect of the great industry, and does
seem to sum up most conyincingly
what has gone before and to point to
even bigger things which so certainly
loom upon the horizon of the future.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
WOMAN IS OVERCOME
Teacher Who Released Parker Girl to Man Who Killed Her, Acted Without Authority.

Los Angeles. Cal, Dec. % Ps- Although Mrs. Mary Holt, registrar at Mount Vernon Junior High school. acted without authority when she excused little Marian Parker last Thursday noon and innocently turned her over to her kidnaper and slayer. Mrs. Susan NJ. Dorsey. super intendcnt of city schools, today had only words of sympathy for Mrs. Holt.
 Mrs Holt had no authority to excuse any child from school" Mrs. Dorsey said. That is only done by a vice principal and then only at the request of the childs parents or guardian.
 But in this case there appeared to be an emergency when the man rushed in and said that there had been an accident and the child's father was calling for her,
 T talked with Mrs. Holt and am satisfied that l would have acted as she did If l was confronted with the same circumstances
 At that time the vice principal who was the person in authority en- titled to excuse the child, was busy with the Christmas program and could not be reached in the few minutes that elapsed"
 Mrs. Holt has been overcome by grief since the crime
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20

might be saved was pinned entirely upon the chances of reaching the men in the torpedo compartment.
 It. Commander Edward Ellsberg. who came from the retirement of his Westfeld. N. J.. home to direct the salvage work here. planned to- day to don 8 divers suit and make first hand survey of the scene.
 Ellsherg, who is recognized as one of the navy's submarine experts. has been conferring with Captain Ernest T, King, who. like himself. is q vet eran of the S-5l operations.
 To Use Pontoons
 They believe it might be possible to raise the bow Of the S-5 with two pontoons if weather conditions al- low divers to attach them.
 Three of the six pontoons which were dispatched from the Brooklyn navy yard have arrived in tow Of the naval tug Sagamore but three others which the tug Juka was bringing, have been delayed. One of the lat ter was still adrift today in Long Island Sound with little prospect of being salyaged until weather moder- ated.
 Ellsbers believed that Ii the sub how could be raised a hole night be cut through the plates and the men released in that way.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
LIONS HEAR TALK
 BY BERLIN PASTOR
,Frolic and Other Things Dis
 CusSed-CbarleS Gaa Speaks

The true measure of greatness is found in service to others and not in standards of material things. ac- cording to Rev. Samuel A. Fiske, who spoke at the meeting Of the Lions club today.
 ''Our standard Of greatness in this city is very largely based on ma terial things and the sign Of the dol lar mark very largely looms up as the standard.' he said,
 I'd give more for the man who Is able to look into his fellow mans soul with sympathv and understand ing than I would for all the charity the world has ever sem he said in conclusion.
 Charles Gaa. director for the liar " Miller Co, who will have charge Of the Lions frolic, gave a pep talk, Brief remarks also were made by L. W. Eogol, chairman of the general committee. Mr. Eogel was awarded the attendance prize.
 Secretary James l.. OBrien ex- plained q system Of recording ticket sales.
 4 demonstration wa, given in ,telepathy by A. J. DsLaurier assist cd by several well trained helpers. Although the members brought Christmas gifts. the usual Christmas program was omitted. Dr. Joseph Potts was instructed 10 dispose of the gifts by sending them to insti- tutions where they will do the most good.
 4 letter, wishing the club Merry Christmas. and calling attention to the need of Braille books for the blind was read from Mrs. Ida Gif- ford, | speaker from the American Institute for the Blind, who spoke here some time ago. Mrs. Clifford hopes to have her organization share in the proceeds Of the frolic. al though the club has taken no final action upon her suggestion.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20

l Frank snizek. torpedo man.
 Ridgetield Park. \. J.
 Russell A. Crabb. torpedcman. San
 Diego, Cal.
 ! Roger Leslie Short. torpedoman, Bonneville. Mo.
 | Joseph L. Stevens, seaman. Provi- dence. R. I.
 1 George Pelnar, seaman, South ! Omaha, Neb.
 | Fitch made his home at New Lon don, Conn.
 ! The signals were picked up by a companion underseas craft, the S-S on its oscillaror.
 Life Limit Wednesday ! A life time limit of early Wednes- day morning was fixed by Lieut. Charles B. Monsen. navy submarine expert at Washington. Monsen de- clared that q normal discharge of carbon dioyide from the imprisoned six would bring death in S7.7 hours from the time of the crash. B. o'clock Saturday afternoon. If tho torpedo men knew how to get air out of the torpodoes the men might live l50 hours. If they did rot succeed in doing that, the pres ence of an officer who would force his crew 10 lie quiet on the floor of the chamber might materially pro long their chances of surviving. Monsen made his calculation be- fore it was ascertained that Fitch was among the six. Sea Even More Rough
 All was in readiness today to re- rew the heretofore ahortive attempts to reach the compartment. But with the sea rougher than at any time since the rescue fleet assembled and with a forecast of continued gales, naval men admitted that pros poets of an early resumption Of work were doubtful.
 New difficulties have arisen 10 be- set the work of divers who had hoped they might be able to lntro- duce oxygen and food through the. torpedo tubes in the bow where is located the long narrow room which has become a veritable torture chamber for the immured sailors. A survey by divers yesterday re- veal ! the new hazard in the form of hid piled deep around the prov of the boat and it was feared that with the action of strong current the tubes may not remain exposed. Divers who sought more definite in- formation were forced to safety when they sank to their hips In bot tom ooze.
 Should it be ascertained that tho tubes are buried serious situation will confront the rescuers
 The last attempt to bring air to the suffocating men nearly ended
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
LOCOMOTIVE EXPL0DES
Two Men Killed in Explosion Which Follows Derailing Near Warren, Pennsylvania.

Warren. Pa. Dec. 20 R-Two trainmen were killed instantly at the west city limits of Warren today when local Pennsylvania passenger train jumped the tracks and the boiler of the locomotive exploded.
 NJ. G. kernck. fireman. of Erie. and Edward Metzgar. engineer, of Warren were killed.
 The train. running from Erie to Emporium Junction. was behind time because of heavy snow. AS the train passed the city limits the loco- motive jumped the tracks, rolled down down 30 foot embankmcnt. and blew up. A postal storage car, baggage and mail car and q com bination car were derailed. The last coach. carrying about 20 passengers, remained on the tracks and the pas sengers escaped injury.
 The baggage man, o. R. Rickard, was injured slightly.
 Aletzgar was taken to Warren General hospital, where he died an hour later,
 Railroad officials said the locomo- tive boiler blew lip after the engine rolled down the bank. Nearby resi- dents, however, said they believed the boiler blew up first, causing the engine to jump the tracks.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20

1 fatally for l.. C. Michaels. navy diver. Michaels was endeavoring to connect an air line near the coming ! tower from which it was hoped fresh air might be pumped into the tor pedo room.
 His own lines became fouled, how ever. and Thomas Eady. q compan- ion diver who was first 10 discover that life existed on the sunken craft made nasty trip to the bottom to cut Michaels lose with a hack saw In Serious Condition By that time Michaels was in q serious condition and for a time his life was feared for. Rear Admiral Frank II. Brumhy. commander Of the rescue operations, ordered the mine Sweeper Falcon to make 8 quick run to Boston where Michaels was taken to the Chelsea marin" hospital.
 The departure of the Falcon ne cessitated suspension of operations which increasing gales prevented being resumed on her return here later.
 Preparations aboard the fleet went forward with grim determinations for despite the comparative op''- mism of the Monsen calculation there arose before the officers and men the possibility that the zero hour fixed by the survivors them selves might be nearer the truth.
 The dead line vas o'clock last night and it came 10 the world through the same medium that has brought the other details of the dramatic fight of the imprisoned siH the dot and dash of an iron ham mer against steel plates.
 How much longer the slowly suf- locating men could live no one would venture to say though all hoped that Monsen was right and Fitch and his band in error.
 For the rest of the crew hope had been abandoned. Naval officers re- fused to concede the possibility that all were dead but it was plain that the dim belief that any of the 70
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
TRAPPED OFFICER
 HEARS 0F PRAYERS
(Continued From First PaGe)

Ada, Minn.
 Aaron A. Hodges, chief machinist's s mate, Riverside. Cal.
 Arthur F. Hodges, machinists mate. New London. Conn
 Paul R. Kemrfer. electricians mate. Nanty Glo. Pa.
 J. II. Long. fireman, Gainesville. Texas.
 George Polner. seaman, South Omaha. Neh,
 John J. Power, coxswain, worces- ter. Mass.
 Fred IT. O'shields, engineman. At- lan'a, Ga.
 Rdulph Ames Rose. electricians s mate, Alberta. Can.
 Roger L, Short torpedoman, Boonville. Mo.
 J, w. S'ernman, engineer. River sire, R. |
 Joseph L, Stevens, seaman, Provi- dnnce, K. I.
 A. L. sea,on. quartermaster first class.
 Frank Snizek. torpeGoman. Ridge field. x. J.
 (. B. Strange. seaman. Chattanooga. Tenn.
 Mariana Tedar, mess attendant, Philippine Islands.
 Carl II. Thompson. San Francisco. Walter F. Tolson. Fountain City, Tenn.
 James J. White, fireman, Rock mart. Ga Washington. ', C.
 A boat recently arriving at Manila carried 2.o00 bags of United States mail for the Philippines.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20

Provincetown, Mass, Dec % tPt- One hundred and five feet below the storm and gale dashed waters of this harbor. six plucky members of the crew of the sunken submarine S-4 were literally at grips with death to- day as the hour neared when navy experts said continued life would be impossible.
 On the surface a rescue fleet rode out the storm or hugged port, help less to intervene,
 It was hours since Lieut.. Graham Newell Fitch, leader of that desper- ate band, had tapped out the last message to the outside world, mes sage that naval officers feared to answer.
 "Is there any hope?"
 That was at 4:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
SOUND IS HEARD
 FROM SUBMARINE
(Contlnued from First PaKe)

Fitch. who has been keeping up a communication by his knowledge of the Morse and international code. was almost overcome when he ac- knowledged receipt of the message from his mother and wife telling him that they were praying for him.
 It required seven hours of con- stant sending of the message through the powerful electrical oscillating signal system and when Fitch final ly received it. he replied only timjd- ly. Sounds of the oscilator. naval officers said. would be extremely loud in the submarine and the men must have been groggy and stupe- fled or they undoubtedly would have answered sooner.
 Up until today. navy men had ex- pected at least one of the impris- oned men to make a last desperate attempt at escape by crawling through the torpedo tube. Now they regard such an attempt as unlikely since the men probably realize that such a method would De suicidal in their weakened condition and with the tube jammed in mud.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
HOLIDAY ALCOHOL SEIZED

New Haven. Dec. 2o (P-Alcohol destined 10 be put into some one beverage for the holidays, and val ued at s6.ooo was seized by police today who had noticed activity in a garage in Mechanic street. Three men arrested were held in bonds for the court session of December 2S.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Aviator Has Hard Fight
 In Terrific Wind Storm

Webster Mass. Dec. 20 (CP)- After q half-hour battle in terrific gale which at times forced him 10 fly upside down. Pilot Charles P. Oieson succeeded in landing his BostonNew York air mail plane here,
 wind caught under the wings of the plane and turned it over, The left wing, the propeller and some of the landing gear was wrecked.
 Oleson was uninjured. His cargo of Christmas mail was sent by train to New York.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Beecher Falls, Vermont,
 Threatened by Fire

Beecher Falls. Vt, Dec. 20 (CP) A section of this village. which has no fire department, was threat ened today by fire which destroyed two buildings.
 The Red Mems building. including Red Mems hall and Hamcrs store, cd.
 Aid came from Colcbrook, N. IT., II miles away, and from Pittsburgh, N. H., seven miles distant
 Several occupants of apartments over the garage were driven out,
 Cause of the fire has not been determined. Loss was estimated at S5h.n0n,