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DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
VIM. T.. Huntingdon, WelI-Known
Farmer Near MiddletOwn, Dies
in the Delaware Hospital,

William L. Huntingdon died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Corbit Vinyard, at the Delaware
Beach Hotel, Wednesday evening
at 9.25 o'clock, after an illness of
five weeks, of a complication of
diseases. Deceased was taken to
the Delaware Hospital for observ-
alton several weeks ago, but his
advanced age and weakened con-
dition prevented an operation, and
he returned home, and gradually
grew weaker until death relieved
his suffering. Mr.. Huntingdon was
aged Sc years and q veteran Of the
Civil War. He was born and rear
ed in Sussex County, and was the
last surviving member of a family
of eight children. In early man
hood he located in New Castle
County, and engaged in farming,
which occupation he continued for
raany years. He was well and fav-
orahly known by a large number
in Middletown, and his passing
away removes another of the few
Civil War veterans of that COM
rnunity. Deceased is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Corbit Vinyard
and three grandchildren. Funeral
services were held from the home
of his grandson, Mr.. w. Elmer
Vinyard, in Port Penn, Sunday af-
ternoon and interment was made
III st. PauPs M. f. cemetery, Odes-
Sa.
Ralph Adams of BridgevilIe, Dead
Ralph w. Adams, 38 years old,
of Bridgeville, died early Monday
morning at Bebee Hospital, Lewes.
Mr. Adams was taken i'll Saturday
evening at Rehoboth. Early Sun
day morning he was taken to Be
bee Hospital, Lewes. A specialist
was secured and an operation was
performed Sunday evening, from
which he never recovered. Mr.
Adams was a member of Ralph
and Paul Adams, sausage and
scrapple firm of Bridgeville, one of
the largest in the country, and was
also engaged in the brokerage bus
iness. He was also the owner OF
several fine race horses. He is
survived by three brothers, Paul
Adams, Elkton Adams, Norris
Adams, of Bridgevlile; one sister,
Miss Mary Adams, of Philadelphia
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday afternoon from the
home of Thomas C. Curry on Main
street. Interment was in Bridge
vile Cemetery.
Mrs. Alfred Jones, Near Warwick
Mrs. Josephine Jones, wife of
the late Alfred Jones, and daugh-
ter of Arthur and Sarah Sudler
born in Sudlersville, Md, died at
her late residence in Warwick, Md,
Sunday, August 18, at 6 p. m. Mrs.
Jones was one of the oldest resi-
dents of Warwick, and was loved
by all who knew her. Funeral was
held from her home, Wednesday,
with interment at Warwick Gene
terry. 1t was her request to have
her six grandsons act as pail bear
ers, and they were. Clarence Lips
comb, DR.. Leonard Lipscomb, Har-
ry Harris, John Garner, Jr., Ar
thur H. Jones and Howard Padley.
She leaves to mourn her death,
five daughters and one son, beside
a number of grandchildren and
at-grandchildren
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
DETROIT PRODUCES
NEW SIGNAL DEVICE
Michigan City Inaugurates Novel
Method to Protect Pedestrians
at Intersections.

DETROIT Officiating the amber"
long has been a hazard the motorist
has gambled with in traffic, and the
one suffer the consequences, either in
traffic court or in collision costs.
Not so with the pedestrian, however.
for the police, in their safety first
campaign, have given thought to those
afoot. A new signal device, designed
to save the pedestrian from being
caught in the center Of the street as
the traffic signal changes from green
to red, has been installed at Wood
ward avenue and State street, Detroit's
busiest intersection.
The device, developed by Inspector
William l.. Potts. head of the signal
division of the police department, warns
pedestrians that they cannot get across
the street before cross traffic will start
to W.
A round box. with a glass face on
which is lettered the warning in blaok
paint, constitutes the new device. Four
have been installed at the buSaoct CO.'S
ner, the warning varying sligNNks On
p~hraseology. One reads: Pedestrians:
STOP; Too Late to Start" Another
reads: Pedestrians: STOP; You Can
not Get Across"
The signals showing on State street
flash their warning nine seconds before
the light starts traffic across Wood
ward avenue. The lights on Woodward,
somewhat wider, are timed to give their
warning II seconds before cross trafdc
moves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

public" the report continues. 1--WE be-
lieve that reckless driving, which gen.
orally escapes the attention of the police
unless accompanied by an accident, is,
in fact, one of the greatest menace to
travel over the streets and highways
of this State. and We believe that the
police should be trained and educated
to apprehend the reckless driver before
he becomes involved in an accident.
LAS a certain percentage Of acci-
dents are caused by cars that are not
in safe operating condition. your COM
mission feels that q considerable num-
Der of accidents could be prevented by
requiring the testing of cars as to
lights, brakes and steering gear at regu-
lar periods, say semi-annually."
AS q step to safety, passage of the
boulevard bill" which would give traf-
fc on certain main arteries right of
way, is advocated.
Adequate Study Urged.
The bureau of statistics recommended
by the commission would be under the
supervision of the State motor vehicle
commissioner.
The report concludes:
"Only through the study and CLASH
fcation. Of the causes of traf1c acct
dents can knowledge be obtained for
the adoption of adequate and intelli-
gent corrective measures"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

lished parking areas at nominal fees on
unoccupied land. Frequently private
land owners use vacant property TO
good advantage by selling parking
privileges.
But all these steps. although helpful,
are inadequate. II full use of the auto
mobile in downtown areas Is to be
made in both large and small cities,
downtown garages must be built.
Typical of the garages that soon will
be found in great numbers in downtown
sections Is the Hill Garage of Los
Angeles. Ordinarily the 70 by 155-foot
building site would provide space fol
but six dozen or so cars. But with the
erection of a history garage this
ground area permits $50 motor owners
to store their machines.
The first two floors OF the Hill ga
rage are reached by ramps, slopine
runways, up which the cars are driven
The upper floors are attained by special
elevators equipped with turntables sc
that the r may be taken from the
elevators and shifted about in any OF
three directions without waste of space
Skyscraper garages are coming into
style also, with several In service ir
larger cities. The Chicago Tower
Building will have equipment for han
ding 1,100 cars. Fortunately, not ali
of the Is, 900 tenants of this building
will drive to work in cars.
One-third of all automobiles are In
towns and cities of over IS ,0n0 popula-
ton. On Saturday night there are
even more. At present there Ii
neither street nor garage space fol-
these cars near their destinations. Ca
RACES must supplement parking plazas
and wide streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
FRENCH AUT0ISTS IN WAR
ON INCREASED ROAD TAX
Unite Against Proposed Levy Of
all Highway Assessments on
Motor Drivers.

PARIS @.-The automobile as an
economic benefit to the whole country
IS being defended against the proposals
to saddle all road taxes on the million
people who drive.
Parliament Is still loath to adopt the
principle that cars are useful and nee
essary; there are many legislators who
think the rich alone should drive and
therefore they should pay.
More money is needed for roads, and
the present session of Parliament, seek
ing money, Is thinking of raising car
licenses again.
To meet this, road and automobile
experts are showing that cars aren't the
only vehicles that use the road, that
a large proportion of them run but
~infrequently, and that a great part
OF the population profits by cars, the
hotels, restaurants, factory workers and
all the producers of raw materials that
go to build the cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
FREIGHT RATES CUT
ON CARS TO FLORIDA
Coast transportation Company An
nounces Reduction to Port.
in Resort District.

The millions Of dollars which Florida
the past several years has spent on
good roads has resulted in one Of the
finest highway systems in the United
States. Practically all Of Forida's
cities and resorts are now accessible by
good roads from the ports Of Jackson
Vile and Miami.
In order to accommodate motorists
In the North and West who desire to
have use of their cars in Florida this
Winter, of the large coast transport
tation companies has made q drastic
reduction in its automobile rates. A
small car, for instance, weighing $500
pounds when accompanied by pas
senger, can be shipped from either
Philadelphia or Baltimore to Jackson
vile for approximately $31. rs. Charges
are based on weight.
Cars do not have to be Grated for
shipment. The owner merely drives to
the pier and the machine Is pushed
aboard the steamer into Its allotted
space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Capital Punishment
For Motor Thieves
Under Old Statute

Some genius down in Mexico has
dug up an old statute under the
terms OF which a thief who appro-
pirates another's motor vehicle can
be tried by court-martial, and if
found guilty, be shot by a firing
squad. according to the Automotive
Daily News. Stealing automobiles in
Mexico would appear to be almost
as dangerous as running for Presi-
dent. And the firing squad idea
would suit exactly the late owner of
a shiny new car the minute when
he discovers that 1t has been
stolen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
MARYLAND URGES
TRAFFIC PERIL CURB
Auto Accident Statistics b.
reau Proposed by Com
miSSionerS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO Ine Star.
BALTIMORE, January 12.-Creation
of an automobile accident statistics bu-
reau as a step in formulating plans to
curb the growing menace of the hit
and-run driver and other traffic perils,
is urged in a report to Gov. Richie by
the Maryland Motor Vehicles Accident
Commission.
with proper trial of cases and proper
punishment of offenders, the number
of hit-run accidents may be materially
reduced" is the opinion Of the COM
last legislature, comprising Louis A.
S~chillinger, chairman; A. H. Bishop.
w. G. Noting, John N. Mackall and
George L. Radcliffe.
I'VE believe that the traffic police,
In whatever jurisdiction. should be used
primarily for safety Of the travelling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
PARKING PROBLEM
THORN TO AUTO|S1
More Space Must Be Had,
Expert Says, Urging
Big Garages.

With automobiles at a high state of
perfection, improvement in motor
transportation must come about largely
through the betterment of car facilities.
OF the hindrances to motoring COM
fort, one Of the most irritating and
prevalent is the absence of parking
places, according to E.. E.. Duffy, high
way educational writer.
Seventeen American cities have curb
parking space for only six per cent of
the 1,425,00 automobiles that enter
the business districts daily, according
TO a recent survey of the National
Managers.
This proves what the forlorn motor
list has long suspected. Further, 1t calls
to mind that parking cannot be prop
erly banned unless some place Is pro-
vided for cars. Many cities have estab-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
With The New
~eeFinger-TiP COntrOl',

The greatest advance I'm driving con-
~venience since tho self-starter. A
single button I'm the center of the
steering wheel controls all functions
of starting the motor, sounding tho
horn and operating the lights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
PROGRAM TO BE PUSHED.
Six Dangerous Grade Crossings in
Maryland Eliminated.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 12.-With six
OF the most dangerous grade crossings
In the State eliminated during 1928,
plans are under way to push the pro-
gram during the present year, accord
ing to John N. Mackall, chief engineer
OF h State Roads Commission.
All overhead crossings will be con-
structed at Hyattsville on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and bids for the
Red Mill overhead crossing on the
Pennsylvania Railroad are expected
next week.
Mackall said negotiations with the
railroads have not reached a point
where he is able to announce which
crossing VIII be done first. A great
deal Of time is being spent TO Obtain
satisfactory locations where the riehts
OF way a be acquired at a fair price,
he pointed out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

WITH ALI ts many Improvements, with
w its greater beauty, longer wheelbase,
larger body, new ''Finger-Tip Control
and more powerful higher compression
engine, the Superior Whippet Four Sedan
is still the worlds lowest-priced four
door enclosed car.
four-door enclosed car to offer the i'm
portant advantages Of seven bearing
crankshaft, +'Finger-Tip CONTROL" silent
timing chain, full force-feed fabrication
and Nelson type aluminium alloy invar-
strut pistons.
Never have Fours and light Skies been
distinguished by such beauty and style
as are now winning nationwide praise
for the new Superior Whippet. Its grace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Michigan Auto Races.

Michigan will have from 10 to IL
auto race meetings this year. The two
most important are planned for June
9 and September Z over the fast mile
dirt track at the fair grounds in Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

of line, its harmony of color, its longer
bodies, it's higher radiator and hood, its
sweeping one-piece full crown Tenders,
make the new Superior Whippet the
style triumph of master designers.
The larger bodies give more spacious
interiors, with broader seats and extra
leg room. Other important factors in
riding comfort are the oversize balloon
tires, snubbers and longer springs both
front and rear.
In performance, the new Superior
Whippet is speedier, ~livelier and moro
powerful. Long service will prove its
dependability and economical operation.
See and examine the new Superior Whip
pet at your first opportunity! An inn
mediate order will aid In obtaining early
delivery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
LAST OF RADIATORS
ON AIRPLANES SEEN
Experiments Prove That Present
Type Cooling Systems May
Be Replaced.

Elimination of the aircraft engine
radiator as we know 1t is development
foreshadowed by j. H. Geisse, vice
president in charge Of engineering OF
Comet Engine Corporation, who dis
cussed the subject of high-temperatur
LIQUID cooling at the recent Cleveland
aeronautic meeting of the Society OF
Automotive Engineers.
Commenting on report Of tests
made with ethylene glycol at Wright
Field, Mr.. Geisse said that when CYL
inder Jacket walls are brought up to
temperature between 800 and $50 de-
grees fahrenheit they become excellent
radiators. It is doubtful if the average
surface temperature of the FMS of an
air-cooled cylinder, including the head,
is higher than this. If so, 1t Is only
necessary to provide an equivalent area
to make the radiator unnecessary.
"In fact" continued Mr.. Geisse. the
mean air velocity can undoubtedly be
made higher with the liquid-cooled en-
CINE In block ford, and less area viii
be required. We were able In our tests
to run the E-4 engine, with no modifl-
cations of the jacket wall and with the
v DISTRACTED by manifolds and carbu-
refers, without radiator in an air at
mosphere of about 40 degrees fahren-
neit I am confident that the engine
could be operated without radiator in
our warmest regions, after increasing
the jacket wall surface by means Of
corrugations or fms and cleaning up
the ""
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
RUTH NICHOLS ENDS
LONGEST SOLO HOP
Aviatrix Wins New Honors by
12,ooo-Mile Flight Across
46 States.

The longest solo airplane tour ever
made by a woman, starting from Boil
ing Field last Spring, has been COM
pleted by Ruth Nichols, flying sports
woman of Rye, N. Y. She has flown
$4,000 miles, with stops In 90 cities, lo-
Gated In as States. The entire trip was
made without forced landing or seri-
Gus nlishap of any kind.
Miss Nichols tour was made to foster
the establishment Of aviation country
clubs for sportsmen pilots and to pro-
mote private flying She made the trip
in a Curtiss Fledgling open cockpit
plane powered with a six-cylinder Chal-
lenger motor. She was escorted by
Robb C. Oertell, representing Aviation
Country Clubs, and G. o. Bedford, Cur
tiss engineer, In cabin monoplane.
Though still in her twenties, Miss
Nichols has been flying since 1921 and
was one of the first American women
to hold transport license. She is one
Of the few licensed woman airplane
mechanics.
The tour was interrupted at various
cities to enable Miss Nichols to particle
pate in air races and other events, In
Guiding the women's air derby from
Santa Monica to Cleveland during tie
National Air Races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
Plane
DUSTS BEAN FIELD
Distributes Sulphur Com.
pound in SWaths SO Feet
Wide by New Mechanism.

SAN FRANCISCO 6N.-Dusting of
bean plants with a sulphur compound
SO that the powder gets on the under
side Of leaves only a few inches from
the ground is accomplished by a new
airplane mechanism tried In Central
California this season.
The airplane, flying only few feet
above the plants, distributes the powder
in swarths SO feet wide. The powder
is carried in a hopper and is agitated
by wind-driven propeller. A shutter
is opened by the operator Of the plane
and the powder is thrown out by the
propeller in a swirling stream which
gets 1t TO the under side of the leaves.
The particular insect for which the
airplane mechanism was developed by
the Agricultural Aviation Activities Co.
Is the red spider known as Thrip It
infests pink, brown, pinto and other
varieties of beans, of which there are
vast acreages in the central valleys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDdERToN.

war has been the removal Of all
sighting apparatus from anti-air-
craft gun carriages. The robot or
mechanical gun control unit Is
connected by an automatic trans
mission system with the guns Of
the battery. So that the work OF
the mechanical pointer may be
made easier, tests have been made
Of guns mounted entirely upon
roller bearings.
Arches for Everybody.
Early production of the new
type or anti-aircraft gun, with au-
tomato control, is planned by the
Ordnance Department, Gen. VIII
liams has announced. Production
will be in sufficient quantity to
equip the Regular Army and Ma
tional Guard and to provide a rea-
sonable reserve.
At the request of the Coast Artil-
lery Corps, the Ordnance Depart
ment also has undertaken the de-
sign of .50-caliber multiple ma
chine gun mount, which, with its
fire control, will be mounted per-
manently on a large six-wheel
truck. This unit is designed pri-
marily for the defense of march
ing columns against enemy air.
craft and will be able to go into
action instantly, without any de-
lay due to leveling, orientation
or determination of firing data.
This, according to Gen. Williams,
is a radical departure from pre-
vious methods and introduces
many new and interesting features
of construction.
The Ordnance Department also
is planning a new type of field
mount for the standard field guns,
which will permit them to be used
either against ground targets or
hostile aircraft, a move which
probably will be considered by
military pilots as something in the
nature of dirty trick. Infantry,
in the opinion of the flyer, is the
only honest target for field guns
and if you are going it mix up the
functions of artillery in any such
fashion a highly undesirable prec-
edent will be set up which may
result in lot of good pilots get
ting hurt.
Although pursuit pilots freely
express their disdain for Archie
they are not all Indifferent to him
by any means.
"It would be nightly pleasant, ="
one of them was explaining some
what wiStfully, ito be able to lay
peacefully in bed when the bomb
erS come over and let Archie take
care of them. Think what it would
mean!
1T is 3 o'clock in the morning.
Outside tits bitter cold. Snow and
ice. Shivers, chillS and ague. You
are comfortably asleep under a
mound of blankets, all warm and
comfortable. There is a droning
in the air outside. Bombers! You
expect to be called out to climb
into a pursuit plane to beat of the
attackers. But, no! There is a
frightful din as the Arches come
TO life. The humming dies away;
the attack has been driven of.
You snuggle deeper and send up
a prayer of thanksgiving as you
doze. If this new Archie can work
like that, me for Archie!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
PLAN HUGE FLYING YACHT
WITH DECKS FOR DANCING
German Firms Project Also In
eludes Staterooms, Frigidaire
and Shower Baths.

Construction Of a huge flying yacht
with decks for dancing, stateroonls with
Frigtdaire equipment and shower baths
and an ONCE room for the owner has
been undertaken by the Dornier Co. Of
here. The yacht, to be known as the
Do-Car, will carry "a passengers and is
to be powered with four 100000 horse
power motors.
The plane is to have an after deck
8 feet, constructed on top of the hull.
These decks, of course, can be used only
when the plane is on the water. There
are to be four staterooms and complete
radio equipment. The big flying boat, it
Is understood, is being built for Gar
Wood, racing boat enthusiast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
LOSANCELES GETS
HUGE AIR PROGRAM
County Plans $20,000,0 900
Expenditure This Year
on Construction.

LOS ANGELES, october 13.-The
estimated aviation building program In
Los Angeles County for 1929 will APP
proxinlate $40, o00, 900, a report of A. w.
Poole, secretary for the aviation depart
ment for the Chamber Of Commerce,
reveals.
Other astonishing figures regarding
aircraft DEVELOPMENT in the county are
that there are II producing airplane
factories In Los Angeles, 10 aircraft
motor annd accessories factories ana D
experimental concerns. -.
"At this time there are seven air
transport companies operating from
Los Angeles" said Poole's report.
"Fifty-six airports and landing fields
Twenty-eight planes leave Los Angeles
daily on either express, passenger or
mail service, or all three.
Three transcontinent air-rail hook
ups are available. One of them, the
Western Air Express, has just COM
pleted model hexagon hangar on its
Valley boulevard terminal capable Of
servicing six huge tri-motored Fokker
planes at one time"
Poole said that the Chamber of Com
merce is negotiating with a number of
EASTERN aVlhLion CoIlCSiHS III LeSdto W
establishing factories here. The Navy
is said to be looking for a 1,000-acre
dirigiole base, and Poole said Los An
geles is pointing out its advantages.
Air transportation to the Hawaiian
Islands is a problem being wrestled
by several Pacific coast transport COM
panies. 1t is development that must
take time, says Poole.
County commissions are at work with
air problems continually. the report re-
veals. 1t said that these county activi-
ties will make the county an example
in scientifically planned airports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
FIND NO TRACE OF DOLE
PLANE IN BIG CRATER
Army Air Corps Flyers Take First
Pictures of Mouth of Hawaii
Volcano.

The first photographs ever made Of
the mouth of Mokuaweoneo Crater
Hawaii, situated In the midst Of an in
accessible wilderness, were obtained
recently by Lieut.. j. H. (Jimmy) Hicks,
Army Air Corps, and Technical Sergt.
Arthur Stolte. according to a report to
the War Department.
The flight was made to prove or dis
prove persistent rumors that one Of
the Inflated planes lost in the Dole
Derby had landed in the wild, rugged
crater. Lieut.. Hicks and Sergt Stolte
made the flight in an Army amphibian
plane.
No trace of the lost plane was found,
though Lieut.. Hicks was able to fly
close enough to the mouth of the crater
to search the area carefully, while the
sergeant operated an aerial camera.
The crater, Lieut.. Hicks reported, is In
the midst of the widest territory he has
seen during his IL years of Army flying