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The Washington times., 1929-03-20
BUSINESS GOOD,
SAYS W|LLYS

TOLEDO, Ohio, MARCH 2O-7John
N. willys, president Of the WilIys.
Overland Company, on, his return
here from California, where he
spent a month on BUSINESS. de.
clared that never. before In the
entire history Of the company has
1t faced such a healthy business
condition as exists at present.
WHY'S was enthusiastic over the
reception accorded the new lines of
Whippet fours and skies and WHY'S.
knight skies, both on the part of
the dealer organization and the
buying public.
"Our new lines" he said, "are
by far the most popular ever intro
duced by us. This Is reflected In
the record shipments of 64,818 cars
In January and February which
are more than double the ships
n1ents In the same two months OF
last year. This has been in the
face of severe winter In all parts
of the country and may be taken
ais a barometer Of the increased
business that lies ahead when fair
weather breaks.
I'VE are now employing % 900
workers at our Toledo plant which
Of course means a great daily out.
put Of both Whippets and Willys.
Knights"
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
RECORDS HELD
RESTUDEBAKER

when Major III. o. d. segrave re-
turns to England with the monster
racing car in which he Travelled
2s1 80 miles per hour on the sands
Of Daytorla Beach, lic will take with
him two of Americas former total
of is world records for automobiles.
But though America has lost two
of its former records, It still retains
not only q, large share of world speed
honors. but numbers among them
achievements which have practical
meaning and value for the average
motorist.
This is pointed out by Joe Nc
Reynolds, Studebaker.E Erskine dealer
here, who says: American engineer
ing is still responsible for IA world
speed marks. three made by Harry
Miller's tiny racing cars, and il by
strictly stock models of Studebaker's
President Eight.
"These IL world records held by
the President Eight in many respects
mark the most important achieve
ments Of motor cars. Two President
roadsters Travelled 10000 miles on the
Atlantic City speedway at sustained
average speeds Of more than SO miles
an hour. One roadster finished in
26,326 minutes, and the other fin.
ished three minutes later. Both
were strictly stock cars, alike IN
every respect to those any motorist
can buy from his Studebaker dealer"
The Washington times., 1929-03-20

When Mr.. Meisel put this idea
into effect in his one little store
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, six years
ago, he could hardly forsee that
this scheme was to become one
OF the most widely-imitated busi-
ness plans in the country. His %
stores, reaching from coast to coast
form the largest chain Of the
kind in the world.
No Red Tape
There is no red tape when you
purchase your tires from US, stated
Mr.. Sparks, mo extra charge and
we let you arrange the terms TO
suit. Meisel stores specialize in
tires which may be bought and
paid for as one rides. Only high grade
merchandise Is carried, no tires
are carried in stock over so days.
1--WE guarantee our tires for a
year Internationally, but If they
are stolen they will be replaced
under the company's unusual in.
surence plan after a Today in.
vestigation. For one year the up
keep is free, this means that the
motorist is safeguarded against
any possibility of defects in manu-
facture Of the products, a new tire
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
Coolidge Buys Auto
He Used While in
White House

Former President Calvin Cool-
idge has purchased the Lincoln
limousine that was used during
his reign at the White House as
one of the official cars.
The car while in service at the
White House, it was learned, was
on a contract basis and was re-
placed with new model March
for President Hoover's use.
Coolidge has been negotiating
since leaving the White House
for the purchase of the ca- from
the Ford Motor Company ana
the information that the former
President has purchased a used
car comes through a very reliable.
source.
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
Professor Calls Iowa
WOrkmen Conservative

IOWA CITY. Iowa. March 90
The Iowa workingman is a con.
servative soul. :
So Theodore D. Yoder. associate
professor in the College of Com.
merce at the University Of Iowa,
has decided after an extensive study
OF the attitude" of the States
laborers.
Little political radicalism exists
among them, Yoder has discovered.
They are. he says, 'distrustful Of
progressives." Consequently, the
average working man of the State
is afraid of purely Labor or
Farmer-L Labor party.
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
PR0V|NG FIELD
'BUNPY"

ride em, cowboy" That famous
cry of the western rodeos Is
decidedly appropriate when a test
driver is taking an Oldsmobile over
the bumps at the General Motors
proving ground to show just how
good the spring design and con-
struction is and how well the
hydraulic shock absorbers operate.
The bumps" are no accident nor
are they just a. rough piece of cor
duroy formed by weather and soil
conditions. Instead they are the
bumpiest bumps skilled engineers
could devise and expert workmen
construct. There is substantial
reason why time, care and money
have been spent in building what
might be termed the worst piece
OF road in the world.
Pledged to a. policy of getting
the facts, Oldsmobile5 engineers test
every detail of their automobiles by
putting them through actual driving
under conditions far more rigorous
than any owner would attempt.
The engineers can conceive of no
better way to learn how car
springs, hydraulic shock absorbers,
frame and body will withstand hard
usage over bad roads than to have
an Oldsmobile driven over the worst
roads imaginable. SO the worst
road was constructed at the prov
ing ground for, the purpose of these
tests.
A seried succession of bumps was
constructed in sucn a manner tnat
an automobile travelling over them
would be put to maximum strains
and stresses. It Is doubtful II an
equally bad stretch Of roadway evsr
existed before.
In making the tests, the privers
are instructed to take these bumps
at varying rates of speed, from slow
to comparatively fast. As the 0lds.
mobiles are driven over the BUMPS
every part of the Ger is subjected
to- the equivalent of trip-hammer
blows. If there was the slightest
weakness in any part of their run
| ming gears 1t would at orce become
| apparent during these tests.
This road Of bumps is but one ri
| the many features at the General
Motors proving ground designed tc
test the stamina OF an automob ,ie
Roads of every description, hills aid
speedways permit engineers to learn
without question OF doubt just how
well they have built and designed
their car.
Every day fleets OF Oldmobiles
taken from the pro o1urcion line, are
being put through these tests as as
surance that the cars sold to the
maximum of service desired.
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
New York Fashion Model
To Be Chosen at Dance

NEW YORK. March 20 d.N.Sl.-
New York's foremost artist and
fashion model will be chosen April
I'17 at the annual artists and fashion
models ball.
About $4,000 girls are\ employed
as models in studios of artists and
| in fashion salons.
A committee of artists, stage pro-
ducers and fashion designers will
select the foremost models.
The Washington times., 1929-03-20

replacing an old one in the. case
of injuries which are beyond re.
pair and punctures mended without
any costs.
I'm guarantee like this it is
necessary for us to sell tiaes that
will keep such promises. Every.
where our stores attract business
Of discriminating buyers, for they
realize the advantages of deferred
payments and especially of the
insurance policy which protects
them against theft.
Our radio battery business has
grown with leaps and bounds,
during 1928 and the line has been
successful beyond our fondest ex.
pectations,"
The Washington times., 1929-03-20

ual end of this situation. The
efficiency of the production line,
whereby the raw material moves
smoothly and straight ahead until
it becomes finished car, Is being
copied in the service station and In
the general repair shop.
To say that 1t has been generally
attained, qualified observers de-
clare, is to oVerstate the case some
what. But many shops have
achieved 1t, and others are aiming
at the same degree of success.
Many heads of such establishments
are convinced that there Is no
reason why their places should not
attain efficiency comparable to that
of the factory.
New Service Era
Wider recognition OF this fact is
one of the motor car owners most
optimistic reasons for assuming that
new service era is at. hand.
The maker Of equipment for the
service station must come in for
his need of praise in any estimate
of improved and less costly service.
Redesigned and constantly refined
tools with which work may be done
quickly and accurately are his chief
contributions. Into. these tools, too,
he has built longer life with OBJ
,viously beneficial effect upon repair
work costs.
Service for motor cars, like every
other commodity for sale today, has
found out the advantage and dis
advantages of location and char.
acter and size Of building. To a very
large extent, it has come out of the
alleys and found a resting place on
streets that command a wholesome
respect. Dinginess and darkness
have given place to daylight and
are constantly yielding more ground.
Spick, span and orderly-that Is the
program that is laid down not as a
fetish, one service man explains, but
as a. sound business.
{. Service Improves
Another respect in. which the
service man. IS improving his tech.
nique and one in which he is being
helped by the thing ephemerally
spoken, of as "the factory" relates
to cost analysis. Underestimation
Of the cost OF B. job, IN Wh1ch Keen
competition has been a. factor, has
led in the past to a tendency to
trim on time and material used in
an effort to avoid too much loss,
it is pointed out. The result. often,
has been piece of work poorly
done and disappointing to both the
service establishment and its
patron. 80
Rapidly. the service establish
ment is surmounting this obstacle.
Contrary to the opinion of many,
service experts are finding that it
reduces the cost of the average re-
pair because it eliminates an ele-
ment of hazard for which the shop
previously had. to allow.
Thus, service improves in respect
to its personnel, methods, equip
ment, plants and costs. Behind 1t
is the growing view that. properly
managed, it can be made to pay
dividends in itself. The car owner,
harassed by a bogey of inefficient
service, is more than willing to
help it along. -.
Copyright 1920
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
WILD DUCKS LINGER

ELKTON, Nd. March 20.-Wild
ducks are reported more plentiful
on the Susquehanna Flats, Mary.
lands renowned ducking grounds,
at the mouth of the Susquehanna
River, than propably eyer before
this late in the winter. The sea-
son for duck shooting closed Feb
rllary l.
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
MeiseL Tire Payment
Plan Praised

When Edward j. Meisel originated the 12-payment plan
for the retail purchase of tires he probably ddn realize that
he was nstitutng what is recognized the faest,
squares and most accommodating method devised said
Ed Sparks manager of the local Mese the northeast
corner of Fourteenth and Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
Woman Will Try for
Endurance Flight Record

NEW YORK, March 20 U.N.s9.
Miss Viola Gentry plans to go
after the women's endurance
flight record on Saturday, she an.
noUnced today. She will fly from
Holes Airport, within the city
The Washington times., 1929-03-20
SERVICE. FOR AUTOMOBILES
MOVES TOWARD HIGHER PLANE
BY J. LEO SUGRUE
Times Automobile Editor

Service for motor moving toward higher plane.
Behind it ALL many authorities explain it, is the wide
spread disposition of such establishments to look
upon service in a new light
The Washington times., 1929-03-20

Births. engagements. Marriages..
Deaths and In Memoriam appear daily
ON the last inside page, last two columns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-18

aviation centers in the state, Cha
mute field, recently has added an
other exploit to its credit with the
assistance of local aviators and
members of the local unit of the
Isaak Walton League.
The transfer of the largest num-
Der of fish ever to be made from
state hatchery was completed with
an airplane as the means Of trans
portation.
The shipment which consisted Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-18
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

homework. This is the testimony
of a merchant here, Ha1id ben Bouj-
ma, who has ransoned his son after
four years captivity in southern Mo-
rocco.
Two camels and a sum of money
were paid as ransom.
Following the testimony of the
merchant, the police arrested BOUT
nah ben Bouazza, alleged to be the
leader of the slave ring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-18

$4,000 bass. $50 large bass and 500
large crappie, was made from a
hatchery at Paradise Lake. MAJ
toon, to Rantoul, without a mishap.
A small number of fish died en-
route. but the amount was not com
parable with the number that die
when shipped by truck, Waltonites
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-18

About half million dollars of the
Civil war debt is still unpaid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-18
KIDNAPPED YOUTHS ARE
SOLD INTO SLAVERY

Morocco Servant Shortage Aids
Rings to Sell Children.
BIZ United Press
MARRAKECH, Morocco, Oct. 49,
The servant problem is so acute
in Morocco that boys and girls are
kidnaned and sold as slaves to do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-18

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of real quality and beauty {.
tailored in all desirable mater
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Evening star., 1929-10-13
HIGBIE & RICHARDSON,
6l6 18th st. NV.

WHITE.
BERKELEY HALL, l440 Col Rd. NV
Electric Refrigerati0n.
APIS; OF rooms and bath. $50. so to s62 so
HUNTINGTON, 27l5 l4th st. NV
ADJ. l&-J rooms and bath. ......... .$42. SO
AptS. OF rooms and bath. $50. 90 to S65 90
apis. OF rooms and bath. ............ 65. 90
SARANAC. 1909 N. Cap. st.
1744 LANIER PL. NV
Apt. OF rooms, bath and porch S66 90
THE SALUDA, 11Ol Euclid St NV
Electric Refrigeration
Apts. of s rooms and bath. S45 90 to SAL so
THE CLAIBORNE, 5lS II ST. NV
Apts. OF 4 rooms and bath. .$45 90
Apts. OF rooms and bath.......... $500
Apts OF rooms and bath. ......... S. 90
THE BERKSHIRE, 1412 Chaplin ST. NV
No "A rooms and bath. h............... $50 90
Apt. OF rooms and bath. .,......, $3.50
Apt. OF 5 rooms and bath $50 90 To az so
THE NAVARRO, ait St NV
Apis of rooms and bath ...,,.,.. S32 so
THE HUDSON, l4O7 ST. NV
Apt. 32-5 rooms and bath. ...,.... $6S. 90
THE REGINA, 1914 Eye st. NV
Apt. 3--6 rooms and bath $6T 50
THE STERLING, 1918 Calvert st. NV.
Apt. 40-5 rooms and bath ............ $50. 90
Apt. 22-4 rooms and bath. ........... $3.50
The Washington Loan Il
Trust Co.,
900 r 81. NV. Phone National s4Go.
Evening star., 1929-10-13
WANTED-ROOMS AND BOARD.

MOTHER and daughter. room and board.
NV. section; private family preferred: eiVe
particulars. Address Box 43-Z. Star once .
BY YOUNG wOMAN-Room in comfortable,
well kept home, vicinity Dupont Circle pre-
ROOM AND BOARD. by man; dining room
same floor. Address Box 58-z, Star ONCE.
Evening star., 1929-10-13
ROONfS-SUBURBAN.

CLARENDON. VA, Spruce st.-One or
two furnished rooms, with or without board
ami. Clar. 765.
3300 ASH ST., Mount Rainier-Well heated
apartment, three large, bright rooms, bath,
ami; garage; very reasonable.
ARLINGTON, VA-FUR.. NEWLY DECO
rated sunny rooms, suitable for two; reason
able; close to Transportation. Call Monday.
Ciar. 599-J-1.
Evening star., 1929-10-13
SUBURBAN BOARD

WOODSIDE, MD.-Attractive room an
board, home cooking; city conveniences;
block from bus. Phone Silver Spring 4S-W
Evening star., 1929-10-13
WANTED-SUBURBAN BOARD.

YOUNG MAN of scholarly tastes, in poor
health desires board with congenial family
in country near Washington. Address Boz
li2-Z. Star ONCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04

Two women Of Edinburgh, Scotland,
have sued the city for damages TO
dresses through sitting on a freshly
painted seat In public park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04
BISHOP
SUCCUMBS At Is
Was 80 Years in Charge of
Photographic Section of
Army War College.

Joseph e. Bishop, rs years old, who
was for 80 years in charge of the pho
tographic section of the Army War Col
lege and widely known in this city, died
at his home, 3433 Mount Pleasant street,
Saturday after long illness. He retired
in 1926.
Funeral services will be conducted at
the residence tomorrow morning at II
o'clock, with Rev. j. J. Rives Of the
Mount Pleasant M. E. Church, ofdciat-
ing. Interment will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Mr.. Bishop came to Washington in
1875 to engage in the photograph BUSH
ness with the National Photograph CAL
leries, Pennsylvania avenue between
Four and-a-half and Sixth streets. He
afterwards opened studio uud"r his
own name In the 800 block Of Market
Space, and later moved to 905 PennsyI-
vania avenue, where he became known
as one Of the leading photographers In
the Capital.
He entered the Government service
during the Spanish War and was after
ward placed In charge Of the Army War
College Photographic section when that
institution was founded During this
period Mr.. Bishop had the custody Of
the famous Brady collection Of Civil
War photographs. He also had COL
lection of historic photographs of WASH
ington, considered one Of the finest in
existence, many of which have been
published In magazines and newspapers
throughout the country.
He was for about IS years o member
Of Washington Lodge. No. IS, B. P. o.
Elks. and for years had been q member
Of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Of the District of Columbia and the Co
lumbia Historical Society.
In addition to his widow, who was
Miss Mary G. Cook Of this city, he Is
survived by two sons, Howard Of Can
ton, Ohio, and Adolph Of this city; two
daughters, Mrs. D. z. Keyhoe Of Chevy
Chase, Md, and Miss Emile Of this
city, and sister, Miss Zoe Bishop Of
Westfeld, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04

and Mrs. Kari e. Krumke, Mr.. and Mrs.
william L. White and daughters, r.
Bruce Lamond and Robert Coffman.
At a recent meeting of the Takoma
Park Citizens Association, perma-
nent memorial committee was named
in honor of Mr.. Gilbert, with Wilmer
G. Plat, honorary chairman; former
Mayors J. B. Kinner and H. r. Taff
and Ben G. Davis, present mayor, and
Mrs. Alenca Lamond. honorary vice
chairman, and L. M. Mooers, historian.
The committee representing the Takoma
Park Citizens Association was COM
posed of DR.. w. A. Hooker. president
of the association; Mrs. william l..
White, Herbert Walton Rutledge, Wal
ter Trey, John w. Coffman and Secre-
tary Daniel M. Goodacre. At future
date a permanent memorial will be
established
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04
RADIO.PHONE TALK
HELD WITH GERMANY
Secretary Whiting Compliments
Labor Minister on Showing
Of Leipzig Trade Fair.

A radio-telephone conversation yes
terday between Secretary of Commerce
Whiting and Rudolf Wissel, German
minister of labor. markd the opening
Of the Leipzig trade fair. The Amer
lean ofilcial was introduced by DR.. Won
Prittwitz, German Ambassador.
Secretary Whiting pointed out that
although keen commercial rivalry exists
between the countries, it is on FRIEND
" basis, and there is mutual interest
in the industrial and commercial de-
velopment Of either nation. He COM
plimented the Germans on their show
ing, and ended with wish for the sue
cess of the fair.
The German minister thanked Mr..
Whiting for his interest and expressed
the hope that the Leipzig fair would
promote commercial relations between
the two countries.
Mr.. Whiting spoke from the May
flower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04

and referred to his love for natures
beauty and young children. It was
these that caused him to lay out the
suburb of Takoma Park, along the
banks of the Sligo stream. Prayer
was offered by Rev. Thomas G. Clark,
pastor emeritus of Takona Park Presby-
terrain Church, who officiated at Mr..
Gilbert's funeral In 1907. Yesterday
was the eighty-eighth anniversary of
MIR. Gilberts birth.
The delegation was accompanied by
Boy Scout Troop No. 80 of Takoma
Park, and at the conclusion of the
services taps" were sounded by Bugler
Karl E. TRUNKS, jr. of the troop.
Those comprising the delegation. In
addition to the Boy Scout troop, headed
by Scoutmaster DR.. w. A. Hooker, in
Guided Wilmer @. Plat, Mr.. and Mrs.
John W. Coffman, Walter Trey, Rich
ard B. Trey, Mrs. Annie Adams, Mr..
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Mr.. Fiske was pioneer in the de-
velopment of a health program among
holders of industrial insurance policies.
He; saw life insurance as 1.-The solvent
fork most of the economic ills Of society"
He was responsible for instituting a
visiting nurse service among industrial
holders of the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Co. To this service he attributed
a computed average extension OF LIE
among them of 8.83 years from 1911 to
1925. ............. .....-..
Coincident With his stressing of the
importance Of health among industrial
policy holders was his belief that the
company should be owned by those who
paid the premiums. Naturalization
brought this about in 1915. Previously,
aowever. Haley Fiske had made 1t pos
s1ble for policy holders to share in
profits of the company. The stockhold.
ers were limited by law to z per cent
dividends. There was therefore large
surplus undistributed. Reasoning there
was no law against bonuses, he caused
$40 100000 to be distributed as such
among policy holders in 10 years.
Haley Fishes service to the Metro
politan was two-fold, executive and
legal. From 1873 to 1891, he was
associated with the law firm of Arnoux.
Rich & Woodford. counselors for the
Metropolitan. He became member
of the firm in 1887 and was appointed
vice president of the Metropolitan in
1891.
He was trial lawyer for the company.
So skillful and eloquent was he that he
defeated the famous agnostic, Col.
Robert Ingersoll, at the bar: In the case
of Fuller VS.. Metropolitan he saved the
company from a demand for payment
which would have wiped out its capital.
Prided Self on Health.
Haley Fiske was man Of extraordi-
nary vigor. An admirer of big, healthy
being able to touch the ground with the
palms of his hands without bending his
knees. At that age he played an occa-
sioanl set of tennis-aS often as twice a
week. Shortly before his seventh-fifth
birthday he delivered four hour adj
dress to his managers, reviewing the en-
tire work of the Metropolitan.
He once said that there were three
things that interested him most in life:
his work, his family and his church.
He was twice married. On January 10,
1878, he welded Mary G. milford. She
died In 1886. They had one child, Helen.
On April 81, 1887, he married Marione
Cowles Cushman, by whom he had five
children, Archibald r. c., Marione Viz
gtnia, Haley, jr.; Katherine Cushman
and Margaret Lois.
Born March 10, 1882, at New Bruns-
wick. N. j.. the son of an ironmaster,
Haley Fiske was educated at local pri-
vate school and Rutgers College, from
which he received degree of A. B. in
1871, A. M. in 1874 and LII. D. in 1921.
On leaving college, he was reporter for
the New Brunswick Times and the Eliza
beth IN. j. Journal, and correspondent
for the New York Tribune. He studied
law while doing this newspaper work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04
TAKOMA PARK CITIZENS
PAY HONOR TO GILBERT
Wreath Placed on Grave of Foun-
der of Suburb-Platt Eulo-
gizes Memory.

A wreath was placed on the grave Of
Benjamin F. Gilbert. founder Of Tako-
ma Park. at Cedar. Hill Cemetery, yes
terday afternoon at o'clock by COM
mittee representing the citizens Of
Takoma Park.
At the grave Wilmer G. Plat, for
long friend of Mr.. Gilbert, made a
Grief address paying tribute to his
friend and civic worker for many years