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REVISE AUTO STANDARDS.
40 New Specifications Made Car
and Plane Parts.

Forty new and revised standards for
aircraft and motor vehicle parts and
fittings are covered in reports to be
submitted by divisions and subdivisions
OF the standards committee Of the
Society Of AutomOtiVe Engineers. To be
acted upon at the Summer meetinR
OF the Society In Quebec the last week
In June. Eighteen Of these relate to
aer0nautic standards, such as dimef~
sions, weight and the like OF aircraft
storage batteries. propeller hubs. tail
skid shoe mountingE, engine starter
mountings and instrument nountings
and aircraft hardware.
OF the recommended new standards,
II are new specifications and II are re-
visions of existing standards as printed
IN the s. A. ". Handbook.
OF most popular interest IN con-
nection with motor vehicle standards
are the proposed Standardization OF ID
bailon tire and rim sizes 10 greatly re-
duced the existing number, visc0sity
numbers for prediluted cTankcase iuhri-
eating oils as well as undiluted oils,
sizes OF incandegcenL lamp bases and
sockets 10 avoid too tight or too lose
fits. air-cleaner mounting dimensions,
spark plug tolerances. and plate glass
specifications covering the quality Of
the glass supplied to the car nlanufafr
tureT.
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Eailnrs 10 Maintain Roads.

If any State fails 10 maintain its
roads the Secretary Of Agriculture Is
authorized 10 serve notice upon the
State highway department, II within
so days OF notification repairs are not
made, the repairs are made by the Fed
erai Government and the cost charged
10 whatever balance OF Federal funds
there may be remaining 10 the credit OF
the state All State alIotments are
withheld until this money Is refunded.
when the cost is refunded II Ii reap
portioned among all the States In ac-
cordance with the formula described
above, 50 that the State loses all but q
small portion,
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make a better quality of rubber, and
more of 1t, is gain all around.
Singapore, the greatest rubber
market, by the way, is good customer
of the United States. There are more
than 10000 AUTOMOBILES in this rubber
center near the Equator and the cars
and tires are bought in big num-
hers in the United States although the
raw rubber is shipped largely from
Singapore.
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May ..,.......... 1osooo 4S,o1S
It will be noted that at the start
of this program there were nearly
three times as many arrests in
January, 1928, as in 1927. The
figures for February and March
were also much higher than the
totals for the same months in the
preceding year. But in April
there was coming a general reali-
cation that the police laws were
TO be enforced and more serious
attitude on the part of the public
toward literal observance OF the
rules. Accordingly the arrests in
April and May were smaller than
those for the same months in
1927. The fatality figures contin-
ued to show a reduction,
IT is recognized by the Detroit
Police Department that laws could
not be enforced without public
support and that strenuous effort
must be made for the continuous
Improvement of facilities. Pro-
greSsive signal lights, for example.
have been placed on certain
boulevardS permitting an average
speed of % miles an hour. as COM
pared to the theoretical 20-miles
an hour limit.
Commissioner Rutledge has
urged the increasing of the speed
limit in the city of Detroit to IS
miles an hour. in order that the
law may be literally enforced on
a reasonable basis. This would
not warrant travelling at that
speed at congested centerS or
around corners where such speed
would be hazardous.
Violations Bureau.
Another Detroit feature which
has made possible the handling CT
these cases in volume has been
the existence of a violations bu-
reau, where the alleged violator
may 60 and pay his fine for minor
attractions without being subject
ed to delays in court procedure
and without clogging the courts
with relatively minor cases.
The utility of this bureau is in
dicated by the following table of
the Detroit traffic cases for 1927
i54,758 cases handled by viola
tons bureau.
112,902 cases settled at bureau.
1A625 cases sent to court.
27,23l cases pending.
An analysis of traffic violations
in May. 1923, indicates that with
the exception of parking the most
frequent attractions were pro-
eeeding against signal light,
speeding, entering through-streets
without stopping and making
prohibited or improper turns. The
tabulation of these violations is as
follows:
speeding ....,,-......... III
Against signal .........1, 1858
Nonstop through street. -. 1895
Parking .2,0l9
Poor lights. ............ 4O6
Passing stopped street car. /. 279
ObStructing walk and traffic 133
Excessive noise .... 303
Prohibited and improper turns o7S
Detroit has 10 motor cycle off,
GERS and 100 traffic officers. The
total force numbers approximate
~ $500. Not more than one
fourth of the force is available for
traffic duty at any one time. how
ever. because the force is working
on different shifts and carrying
IN additional duties.
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According to the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, of the De-
partment of Commerce, the total world
registration Of automobiles on January
1929 was %, SGT 300
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In the Motor World
BY q. ADAMS HOWARD.

Dictated by the summonses for the
first Ave months of 1927 and the
first Ave months of 1928, as fol-
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Faetors In I'rodnellon.

Variations In soil and climate are inn
poftant IN rubber production, Singa~
pore Is not exactly like Ceylon, nor are
climate with the other two places, or
with Brazil or Africa. Competition now
Is making II imperative for each locality
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We Now Have the New
INTERNATIONAL" SIX SPEED Special
on Display-COme and See Il!

NOME in and see this new, different
~ International truck. See the new, trim
lines, the powerful 4-cylinder engine, the
roomy enclosed cab, the convertible body,
the long flexible springs, and the heavy-duty
International construction.
Sit at the wheel and drive 1t yourseif-feel
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Detroit has 10 motor cycle off,
GERS and 199 traffic officers. The
total force numbers approximate
ly 5000 Not more than one
fourth of the force is available for
traffic duty at any one time. how
ever. because the force is working
on different shifts and carrying
IN additional duties.
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Number Of Arrests.

Due 10 a large degree Of public
response stricter regulation has
led 10 q decline In arrests, as In
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the riding smoothness that distinguishes this
new Six-Speed international. Steer il and
learn what easy truck steering really is. Throw
it into high high" and the swift. smooth,
steady 35-mile speed will surprise you. And
when you get into tough going, mud, hills,
holes, or bumps, shift into low range and
know what 1t means to have six speeds-ten
times as much pulling powers your COM
mand when needed
This new truck for hauling in town and
around the farm is here -on display ready
for demonstration. Come in and see the new
Six-Speed Special and find out what this
fast, powerful truck looks like and what il
will do for you. Nothing like it has ever been
offered beforel
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lie pDtlCE UbpdT LIHEHL has also
been industrious in enlisting the
cooperation Of women and chill
dren. II has had 1888 showin2s
Of reefs Of motion pictures. and
has held 1850 meetings with at
tendance Of approximately 1000
900 persons. 1t has sent out 500
900 safety bulletins. IN spite of
these activities the accident rec
ord. until the first Of this year.
had been steadily increasing
While it was true that the motor
registration Of the city had been
growing, the city government felt
that In view Of all the educational
work. sinaplified traffic rules and
other efforts that were being
made 10 improve the situation.
some result should be more clear
~ apparent.
Police Commissioner Rutledge
instructed the patrolmen, as well
as the regular traffic force, that
II was their duty TO enforce the
traffic law as much as any other
law. Certain patrolmen custO~
marty assigned 10 walk within a
beat were instead placed at cor
ners on the beat, near signal
boxes. where they could be called
when needed on other duty.
Reports OF summonges and ac~
eidents are kept by police dis
trictg, which enables the commits
sloner 10 keep a check on the eff
cheney and activity Of respective
precinct captains.
Number Of Arrests.
T)ue 10 a large degree Of public
response stricter regulation has
led 10 decline In arrests, as in
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Nou Go On With The Story.

and thrilled her as no other per.
sons touch ever hador ever
would again.
I'm going with you, she said
to him. Down to your house.
She could barely sec him In
the darkness. and she felt rather
than saw him shake his head.
You can't, he said. 81 don't
want you to. :
Please. Pat want to meet
your mother and your father"
the girl whispered. She was In
his arms now, holding them tight
around her. and her mouth was
almost on his as she spoke.
please take me- Please
They argued in undertones for
a moment or two longer. But in
the end Lily got her way. She
always did get her own way.
somehow or other.
The France family was at sup
per, in the kitchen of their little
house.
They always ate In the kitchen.
except on Sundays.
1t was big room and wonder
fully cheerful, with its white
paint its shelves of blue-and-
white dishes. its pots of flowers
on the window sills, and its spot
less curtains.
The table stood at one end Of
the room, drawn up beside the
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By ElenOre Meherin

''Oh, I sent it already. You see,
this is a night message. 1t came
this morning just after you left.
So / answered this: so pleased
YOU have missed my letters. l will
resume writing Immediately and
copiously. I'm not i'll. but very
busy being wild and wicked. 1t
was more fun being good with
you. Love. Stephanie.'
"a pity he's so lonely, isn't it?"
81 don't know about that. Moth
ing like long foggy days to make
body yearn for the sum-
"Then l should have made 1t
twenty days without letter in
stead of ten."
The ten were enough. In the
middle of the next morning a
deliriously excited Stephanie called
Jerry to the phone.
'Heinie's here. He didn't wait
for an answer to the telegram.
He thought / might be dying! He
took the fastest train and came"
rs he going to stay?"
A bright elfin laugh: HE says
it all depends. Whatever that
may mean"
That he was lonely enough to
know what he was lonely for.
thought Jerry happily.
And she began to count up the
difference between Heinie's age
and Stephanie's - about seven
years. Not too much.
And she began imagining
Stephanie in bridal lace and veil.
How lovely that red brown hair
under the white and waxy bios
SONS!
OF course, she, Jerry. wouldn't
dream of wedding veil. But
men like Heinie-romantic. old
fashioned, good to the bone. a
man who could get real tears in
his eyes listening to John Nc
Cormack sing 'Mavis'-shy such
one as this was Heinie, and he
should have his bride come to
him in raiment like an angel.
I'm running ahead of myself"
she thought gaily, but how thrill
ing each and all of us would
look"
Late that Saturday afternoon
her first free moment in the week
Of her return-Jerry went to
Saxon's office.
He was alone. The moment she
opened the door, she felt flash
and tension.
He swung about with tearing
Impotence, jaw set.
oh, your A young. half sheep.
ish grin stole with relief over his
tired face He wa5 haggard, al.
most gaunt, the ian hair slicked
back so that his eyes looked
feVerish and his features sharp.
Go Be Continued TomOrrOw)
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Yes" said Jerry. What of
Heinie? You've not written to
him since l returned. Is your
gratitude so short-lived?"
"In five weeks that he's been
away I've written about thirty
letters. Is that ungrateful?"
''Have you stopped writing,
Stephanie?"
"Well---I don't get answers
regularly and j thought l might
be bothering him. so l just
stopped for a while. / guess he
won't notice."
Stephanie was now turned to
the fire and shading her face
from it's glow. What Jerry could
see of her cheek was very pale
made more so by the dusky
red Of her hair.
II wonder if he doesn't carer'
she thought with panic.
Late the next afternoon as she
arrived home, Stephanie was
reading a telegram. 1t was from
Heinie.
CHAPTER 50
"Hes worried because I've not
written" said Stephanie with a
delighted smile and blushing TO
her temples. Look"
She handed the telegram to
Jerry and, standing on her toes,
read it again over Jerry's Shout
der.
mo letter for 10 days. Are
YOU i'll? Please write immedi.
ately. Worried by your silence.
Also very lonesome. Miss your
letters greatly"
Jerry turned suddenly and
glanced into the young, glowing
eyes that told so openly their
Joy.
mo kick against the men of
today, have you. old dear? You
could go out and give them all
one large, jovial kiss?"
Stephanie smiled absently. She
was thinking how very dramatic
and appealing If she were only ill
and they could wire to Heinie:
Come at once or you will never
see her alive again. And if
Heinie would then come flying
down and implore her, for his
sake, to live!
What will you wire back?"
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wasting attraction that could pos
sibly be thought Of.
Why do girls go in for it?"
You mean girls who are not
natively of the crimson tint?
Well, they go in for it BECAUSE
they're conceited. They think it's
their terrific appeal that arouses
men. They think they're irresist-
lble, and that it's proof of their
Knockout charms when the man
seeks to pet them. Each sirl
thinks she's the little vamp that
gets attention that another wants
but can't achieve.
THE man thinks it a great per-
sonal victory to make a girl
his pride in his Casanova-llke
technique blinds him to the fact
that any man can win.
THE girls conceit in her Helen
like appeal fools her into think.
ing she has some unique attrac-
ton. But she HASN'T"
We'll, is there any graceful
way without being snooty to
evade?"
yes! When in doubt-laugh!
1t tells nothing and saves all.
Now that's my own particular dis
covery and don't give it away.
But when not in the mood Or
when not with the man and you
find arms and lips where you
don't want them, give an init
mate, knowing. family mocking
laugh.
THAT tells the man you know
the score. You're not taking him
seriously. You're not putty in his
hands, for the simple reason that
you're not COnceited. You know
perfectly we'll that he was saying
the same words, giving the same
caresses TO Alpha last night and
that he'll repeat them to Omega
tomorrow
1T tells him good naturedly
that you know he's a liar and
not at all made for you.
And that Anabella in the
alley would do just as we'll as
winsome little Steve King. And
such being the case, you don't
wish to be bothered.
TRY it out, but don't get
melancholy"
You're quite a dictionary of
phrase and fable, aren't your
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JERRY

II think you're right, Jerry
we couldn't have chosen harder
time to be born than this In
between epoch. The romance Of
yesterday il gone; it was beauti-
full. The honesty of tomorrow is
not yet achieved. It, too, will be
lovely. But what for us who
are caught at the end of one era
and before the commencement Of
the next?"
Temple shattering, ole dear.
We're the generation of wreckers
Ian unioyely but necessary crew.
We're smashing UP the old, musty
temples. We're doing it noisily
and without much reverence for
the beauty they once enshrined.
We're knocking down old idols,
jumping on them, kicking them
in the face to show our disdain.
We're unpleasant from start to
finish, but we're clearing the
ground for new social structures
such as the partnership marriage.
Yesterday We had the chatteI
marriage, with the wife doing 80
per cent of the work, bearing the
children and running a home that
was a small sized facory.
To-day we have the parasite
relation, with the girl taking all
and giving nothing, the apartment
house iiaison, which the quaint
courtesy of the dav cal liz a mar.
riage.
Tomorrow Wen really achieve
the fifty.fifty arrangement.
And" interrupted Stephanie,
on fire with her own problems
and in no mood for this heavy
talk. do you mean to say that
all this petting and ginning and
promiscuous kissing and mauling
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she told her, "and I'll fix an.
other place for him right away
next to you. Pat. what made
you so late? We thought you'd
be here at half past six
Pat grinned broadly and engag-
ingly at Lily. Il had to clean
up the car" he answered. This
Miss Lexington work for used
the car for a picnic today and it
was full of mud and crumbs
Lily laughed aloud, and he
Frances face grew sober. Are
working for?" she asked, without
q shadow Of a smile, and Lily said
that she was, as she Lit cigarette
from her little gold case.
Mrs. Lexington watched her
smoke 1t with startled eyes. After
ward Lily found out that it was
the first time she ever had seen
9 woman smoke a cigarette. But
at the time she wondered why
the little cheerful woman stared
at her SO, through steel-rimmed
spectacles.
From the other side OF the
table. Florence stared, too.
She seemed to be won
dering what Lily was doing in
: her mothers kitchen.
But IL Lily seemed out Of place
In the clean, humble home, she
did not feel the least bit out Of
place. She felt thoroughly at
home, however, eating the corned
beef that Pats silent, good. look
ing father sliced for her. She
ate every mouthful of it, too,
although she had had no appetite
for veal and coconut custard pie
at home.
At twenty minutes to eight Flor.
ence's sweetheart rang the door
bell. and Florence, who had
barely spoken, excused herself
to go to the movies with him.
Then Pat and his father vanished
into the basement to have a look
at the famous piston ring that
Pat said would make his fortune.
and Lily was left alone with his
mother.
They talked while Mrs. France
did the dishes and Lily sat, smok-
ing cigarette, after cigarette, with
out offering to wipe a dish or put
a kettle away, 1t never occurred to
her to help. She was having a
beautiful time, listening to Pats
mother tell her all about Pat
from the time he was a little
boy and played all day and every
day with a cheap red tin auto
mobile.
He's cracked on automobile
machinery and that's the truth, :
she said. 1--WE didn't want him
to be a chauffeur for you or any
body else. We wanted him to go
into the grocery with his father
but he said he knew more about
carburetors than cabbages.
He has a cut way of
saying things, has Pat. He's a
great boy"
Lily agreed with her. in her
heart. She went home that night
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and there was a big diamond
brooch fastened to the front Of
her black chiffon dress.
Mrs. France knew almost moth
ing about furs, but F'lorence's
quick, clever eyes took in the two
silver fox skins around her neck.
They must have cost six or
seven hundred dollars apiece. .
said Florence to herself, even be
fore she began to wonder who
this girl with Pat was.
From the furs came the familiar
fragrance of perfume that
Florence knew cost $40 an ounce
IA spicy fragance called Ara
bian Nights" And from her
fingers dangled a gold mesh bag,
g gold vanity case with a little
gold cigarette case attached to it
by a red cord.
Everything about her was the
best of its kind, and very. very
smart. as Florence France saw at
a glance. She looked like money
with capital M!
Now. where on earth do you
suppose Pat picked up girl like
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In This Story of Girl Torn Betwx Two Great DESIRES
Beatrice Burton Has Woven Vibrant Serial
Pusating With Romance

not going to carry soup ana nsh
around a table"
Mrs. Lexington's chin, that she
always carried up lest she get .
double chin, went UP fraction
of an inch higher. 1T would be
only for a couple or days tat
she said to him, coldly. JUST
until / get someone 10 take
Carries place.
He shook his head once again.
"I can't take Carries place even
for two days. I'm no woman r.
be working around the Kitchen
want to work around anything but
AUTOMOBILES anyway. If it was
lust work wanted could have
gone into my own Dads grocery
store
"I'm not interested in your
history, Pat!'' Mrs. Lexington
cut in. sharply. You'll either
learn to wait on table tonight
or go right now"
To Lily's amazement, Pat did
not answer. She saw dark req
flush 60 over his face and neck.
ana llG gave a AtSAC Ae~0e9AA 1870
walked out of the house. The
front door closed gently behind
him.
She ran down the stairs
Mother she cried. That's q
terrible thing TO do--to make Pat
wait on table! It's a dreadful
thing for you to dor'
TITS nothing to be ashamed Of
Ito wait on table. It's good,
honest work, said Mrs. Lexing
ton, as il she were making
speech on capital and labor.
When a man takes a job be
ought to be willing to do any.
thing he can to hold that job.
She sailed into the little writing
room at the end Of the hall with
a crisp rustling of her linen
skirts, and sat down at the tele-
phone.
Lily followed her. furiously In
dignant.
TO be Continued Tomorrow
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Remember how love-sick you
were just before we. were mar
ried, Filler" he asked his wife.
with some more Of his heavy
humor.
Mrs. Lexington shifted scorn-
fully. She never had been love
sick ii her life, and she said SO.
TIL can remember how
worked right up until the night
was married on my wedding dress,
making every stitch OF it myself. z
she said with force and vigor Il
couldn't find q dressmaker in our
little town who could make It
with any style, 50 did it myself.
And hemstitched all my hand
kerchiefs and undertakings, too.
There never was anything love
sick about me. Cy lexington"
Lily could easily believe her, as
she sat there with her Lig com.
manding nose In the air and her
chin lifted haughtily. There was
nothing soft and yielding and
6eautffuI about her. And she
never had had any Of the fem
mime charms Of Lily, who looked
As II she were made for love.
with her petal-liks skin. here
delicately-rounded contours, her
mouth that was like a perfumed
velyety flower.
Lily went into the hall. slipped
into her coat, and quietly let her.
self out by the front door.
The night was black and warm.
and filled with the scent of lilacs
on the lawn under the lighted
windows of the big house. The
sky was powdered with STARS, but
there was no moon. 1t was
lovers night. and no mistake.
Lily tiptoed down the drive
way to the back OF the house.
There was a light in the room
over the garage. but as she
looked up at the windows it
went out. Pat was com
ing down the stairs! She could
hear the quick tread of his feet,
and then he was close to her in
the soft darkness.
''Patv' she whispered, and slip
ped her hand into his. His
palm was hard and calloused.
but for Lily 1t tingled with magic