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The Washington times., 1930-12-22
MARKET RALLY
To CONTINUE,
SAYS EXPERT
Further Advance In Bond
Prices Declared Favorable
For UpsWing in Securities
BY THE SPECTATOR

The stock market gave q
distinctly encouraging per.
Torrance in Saturdays alb
breviated session. After three
consecutive days Of advance,
it was to be expected that
profit-taking and a resump-
ton Of short selling would
be encountered, but the man.
ner in which the list alb
sorbed the recurrent dribble
of weekend offerings pointed
to possibility of continued
improvement through the
balance of the year.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
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Examiners Value
Road at S2,9OO.OOO

Examiners of the Interstate
Commerce Commission today rec
commended that the commission
find that the commercial value of
the railroad properties Of the Ul-
ster g. Delaware is $2,900,000 and
that acquisition Of the road by
the New York Central at that fig
ure would be in the public inter
est.
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The Bond Advance

Another favorable sign was the
further advance in bond prices,
which has now been in evidence
for three successive sessions. It
has been the persistent weakness
of the bond market of late which
has influenced so general a bear
ish attitude toward equity values,
and should the undertone Of
senior obligations be maintained,
the stock market should enjoy
clearer sailing for q time.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
INADEQUATE ROAD
PLANNING SCORED
Highway Expert Stresses
Economic Losses Suffered
in Metropolitan Areas.

Although $4,000, OOo, 900 will be spent
for streets and highways throughout the
country in 1890, the economic IS from
congestion and accidents will equal this
amount, due to inadequate planning In
metropolitan areas.
This statement was issued by Charles
M. Hayes, chairman OF the highway
widening and planning committee OF the
American Automobile Association, which
met here today prior to the annual con-
ference of A. A. A. motor club eXecu-
tives.
Mr.. Hayes, who is president OF the
Chicago Motor Club and one of the
leaders In the National Conference on
Street and Highway Safety, drew on the
experience of Chicago in the effort to
solve the problem of congestion.
AT a time when the country Is en-
deavoring to speed up business" Mr..
Hayes told the committee, there is
nothing as vital as the elimination Of
waste. There is no greater example OF
this in the country than in handling
the flow of traflc on streets and high
ways. Aside from the economic loss,
there is the important angle of death
and human suffering.
while the problem Of widening high
ways, segregation of grades. and chang
ing streets on a national basis is neceS-
sarily slow and expensive, there are inn
portant things that can be done imrne-
diately with great benefits"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
HAND SIGNAL CODE
CHANGE is URGED
Motor Vehicle Commissioner De-
clares Present System in Gen.
eral Use Is Meaningless.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 22.-Advocacy
of more intelligent and ineligible sig
mails for indicating change OF direc-
ton or other traflc maneuver was
voiced by z. Austin Baughman, motor
vehicle commissioner, this week.
The present haphazard and Oft
timessslovenly executed system followed
by literally thousands of Maryland mo-
florists is really a travesty and gives
other drivers absolutely no real in
formation as to the intent Of the driver
using it," the commissioner said.
THE left arm stuck a little way
and most of the time 1t Is very little
way-out, with the fingers. all extended
or spread out, as at present reSorted TO-
means absolutely nothing because it can
mean so much. 1t may indicate a
right-hand turn, left-hand turn, an
intention to stop, or it may be that
the driver is simply pointing to some
thing that interests him.
When a driver intends to make a
right-hand turn, the intelligent policy to
pursue is to draw as closely over to the
right side of the highway as possible
while approaching the intersection, at
the same time putting the left arm
straight out and making a forward
circling arc with the hand from the
wrist.
When the left-hand turn is con-
templated the car should, before get
ting to the intersection, be Unanswered
to the center of the highway-but not
to the left of the center-and the arm
extended straight out to the left with
the index finger pointed and the other
fingers folded"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
PAINT TECHNIQUE
CHANGED IN DECADE
Better and More Beautiful Finishes
Are Put on Modern
Autos.

Changes in automobile finishes in
the last decade have sayored more Of
revolution than Of evolution. In that
brief space the basic ingredient of body
finishes has been changed to one Of
radically different chemical nature, en-
tirely new chemical substances have
been Synthesized for use in these
finishes, and an altogether different
technique Of application has developed,
resulting In great economies to the
automotive manufacturer, chiefly in
time, in labor and in plant space.
Because they can be applied more
advantageously and because they set
and dry quickly, the new finishes have
favorably influenced body design by
making 1t possible to finish one kind
of body about as economically as an
other Perhaps most important of all,
the new materials have given the car
owner a more beautiful finish. as well
rs a more durable one, and at a re-
duced cost.
In mentioning the probable further
evolution of automobile finishes, it Is
predicted that improvements in ma
terials for finishing tenders will likely
result shortly. Although the present
lacquer finish for automobile bodies APP
pears to be thoroughly practical, it may
be that the immense amount OF in
tensive research now being done in the
field of synthetic colloids will result at
some future time in product having
properties equivalent to present-da
cellulose nitrate lacquers, but based on
some other type of colloid. If an
economic advantage can be obtained
thereby, such substitution will occur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

The United States has four times as
many automobiles as all the rest Of the
world combined, according to E. E.
Duffey, highway educational writer.
The United States has nearly half of
the worlds road mileage.
These two facts give what is COM
monty known as the highway problem.
Repairing 10 Be Done.
Spring is approaching and all over
the country road builders are oiling up
machinery. Many of these machines
are to build new pavementS; all too
many will necessarily be used for re-
pairing the havoc of freezing thawing
and rain. All too many machines will
devote their energy to the construction
Of roads which is a short time will also
require the never ending attention of
patching crews.
In point of money expenditures a
normal road construction season is ex-
pected. A survey shows that State gov
ernments will make good progress in
pavement laying, but the character Of
local road building activities is still in
doubt. One-half of all road money is
expended by local communities, and I'M
fortunately it is the local communities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
STATES TO SPEND
MORE.FOR ROADS
Huge Programs Laid Out in
Cooperation With Presi-
dent Hoover.

Cooperating with President Hoover
in his plea to enlarge all construction
programs as much as is practicable to
ameliorate the unemployment situation,
the States and their counties will spend
in their bodybuilding programs for 1880
at least $25o00o,000 more than they
spent in 1929.
Reports received from State highway
departments and compiled by the Blu
reau Of Public Roads, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, show that
State and local authorities plan to spend
81 sol, 1877. ASS for highway improvement
in 1880.
The planned expenditure for State
highway departments for construction
and maintenance OF State highways wa o6 Is
1887. soc. ass. The balance, $685., 667 900.
will be spent, according to the estimates,
on local roads and bridges. The State
highway officials of as States estimate
the total length of roads to be i'm
proved by them in 1880 as 1882 miles.
an increase of 3,l26 miles over the eSti-
mate in the 1929 programs. Three
States failed to report contemplated
mileageS for 1880.
The highway departments of all
States will control the maintenance of
28l 1893 miles of highways this year, an
increase of 32,381 over the mileage I'M
der State maintenance in 1929. Gradu-
ally the States are taking over into
their systems for maintenance the more
important county and local roads of the
country
The States of greatest population and
industrialiZation, in which unemploy-
ment naturally is greatest, show the
highest contemplated expenditures. The
Middle Atlantic States comprising New
York New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
plan to spend 1914, 1851 on improve
ment of State and local roads; the
East North Central States of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin
plan to spend $303 $4,000.
The West North Central States, in
GLIDING Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska
and Kansas, rank third in their con-
templated expenditure of 1926, 461 ,727,
and the South Atlantic States of Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida, with an expenditure of
$lS2.S72,4l8, rank fourth; the West
South Central States of Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas rank
fifth, with an expenditure of $154, 100,-
600, and the Pacific States, comprising
Washington, oregon and California,
rank sixth, with an expenditure OF
$121 $50, 600.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi, making up the East South
Central group, plan to spend $l0l ,992,-
900 on State and local road improves
ment; Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut. in the New England group,
plan to spend SIS ,433, 900, and the
Mountain States of Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arr
IONA, Utah and Nevada, $50, 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
TREND MORE EVEN
IN AUTO INDUSTRY
Weeks Sales SIacken With
Output Continuing Close
to Same Levels.

Following the noticeable increase in
production and sales of the previous
period, the automotive industry this
week steadied to a comparatively even
trend, according to B. H. Cram, presi-
dent of Grams Automotive Reports, Inc.
Output continued close to the same
levels, revealing but moderate gain,
while the sales volume slackened some
what and was slightly lower. With
dealer stocks in many cases abnormally
low as compared with the levels Of 1929,
manufacturers are hoping for increased
ordering in the immediate future. They
do not wish the dealers to find them
selves with an inadequate supply on
hand when increased buying does begin.
Trend Not Encouraging.
However, they received no encourage
ment from the trend of the past week,
for there were no signs Of dealers or
dering in any noticeably heavier vol
unle. Since the production and sales
trends are likely to continue at present
levels for the remainder Of the month,
this policy will have no material effect
upon the industry. But manufacturers
feel that with the first of April the
trends may turn sharply upward, and
they are genuinely anxious that dealer
ordering take corresponding shift up
ward to accommodate the markets re-
quirementS without forcing undue hard
ships upon the producers few weeks
later.
One important reason for the low
stock condition of the industry at pres
ent is that 1929 dor-estic sales, in pro-
portion to domestic production, were
unusually high and consumed a sur
prisingly large majority of the actual
output. In fact, final figures disclose
that as regards the situation in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
Automobiles In America Outnumber
Those of Rest of World Four to One

that are faced with the great main
tenance burdens.
Local governments in general try to
please everybody by distributing road
activities over the entire local area.
But, as highway authorities have been
pointing out for years. the attempt to
distribute local road funds evenly has
resulted in the widespread construction
Of inferior roads which must be repair
ed or rebuilt year after year.
On the other hand, number Of
counties including Dyer County, Tenn;
Chautauqua County. N. Y; Vermilion
and Champaign Counties, Ill. and Mis-
sissippi County, Mo-, have progressed
satisfactorily on hard surfacing pro-
grams without burdensome taxation.
This was done by the simple expedient
OF building nine or ten foot hard Sur
faced pavements at a cost no greater
than Is paid for full width inferior
roads. These narrow pavementS, where
trafic Is not very heavy, have been
found entirely practicable, capable Of
year round service, and Of low upkeep
cost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

United Safes alone the industry was
not nearly so overproduced as had been
supposed. The result was that dealers
held a smaller number of cars on hand
at the beginning of the current year
than was generally known.
Truck Division COasting.
The truck division coasted along dur
ing the week without much change in
production. However, 1t is known that
the majority of manufacturers are pre-
pairing to step up schedules sharply
within the next few weeks, when Spring
comes to stimulate construction and
transportation activities. AS regards
the latter field, which involves bus
production, great deal Of interest Is
conferred around the Parker bill pend
ing in Congress, passage of which may
ultimately mean actual control of bus
transportation by the railroads and
their subsidiaries. Such q development
could very well produce a situation
whereby bus demand would be reduced
to a minimum, with serious results on
this division of the industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
AUTO OWNER HELD
FOR DRIVERS SPEED
Regarded by Alabama Court
as Equally Responsible
With Chauffeur.

An automobile owner, although he Is
not at the steering wheel, and who is
sitting in the back seat Of his automo-
bile, which is being operated by q chauf-
feur, may nevertheless be convicted of
reckless driving, according to decision
Just rendered by the Alabama Court of
Appeals and reported by the legal de-
partment of the American Motorists
Association.
The automobile at the time of the
accident was being driven by the chauf-
feur at an excessive rate of speed over
q public highway, according to the evil
dence. The owner made no protest
against the excessive speed, nor sought
in any way to admonish his driver.
Both were charged with reckless driving
and were convicted.
The Court of Appeals in affirming the
conviction of the owner held him guilty
Of reckless driving. despite the fact that
he was not at the wheel. The court
pointed out that the owner during the
trial did not prove that he did any
thing to prevent the driver of his car
from driving at an excessive speed.
One-Way Street Ruling Given.
Another novel and unique decision,
involving the liability of motorists, has
also just Deen rendered Dy the MaSSd=
chuSettS Supreme Court, holding that q
motoriSt who drives in the wrong direc-
ton in one-way street Is a treSSpaSser.
While going in the wrong direction
the trespaSser collided with another au-
tomobile. During the trial he proved
that the defendant was guilty of negli-
gence in the operation of his machine.
The Supreme Court held however, that
the plaintiff, being trespaSser, could
not recover damages. notwithstanding
the proven fact that the defendant was
negligent In the operation Of his car.
Chased as TrespaSser.
"a motorist driving in the wrong di-
rection Of a one-way street is a tres
pasSer, and as such is not entitled to
the protection of the law which pro-
vides that any driver of a vehicle ap-
preaching an interesting way shall
grant the right of way to vehicles APP
preaching from his right" the court
stated in its opinion
Each of the decisions" declares
Thomas j. Keefe, general manager of
the A. M. A., sis novel and of impor-
lance to every motorist in the daily
operation of his automobile"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
Hot Air Sprayed
By Auto Exhaust
Helps Clear Fog

Hot air sprayed out in front OF, an
automobile by an attachment on the
exhaust of the car has been found
effective in clearing away London's
e-honored fog, the American Auto
mobile Association reports.
The rising current of heated air
created by the device, a recent inven-
ton. literally lifts the fog for about
10 feet before the front wheels and
does it quickly enough to permit a
forward speed of about is miles an
hour in the denSest fog.
The fog litter can be attached to any
cars exhaust and is much simpler than
the average windshield wiper. 1t has
been tried out in London and Is being
adopted by motorists there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
GAS-POWERED SHoVELS
BOUGHT BY MARYLAND
Road Department Gets $4,000
Equipment to Speed Summer
Work on Highways.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 22.-Two gaso-
line owered-shovels costing $4,000
have been purchased by the State roads
commission to facilitate the work of i'm
proving the existing highways during
the Summer, working season, which
starts next month.
One of the shovels will be stationed in
Southern Maryland and will be used
principally to dig gravel to be used as
surfacing in connection with the oiling
program of the commission. A large per-
centage Of the more than 400 miles Of
roads to be oiled will be spread with
gravel.
The other shovel will be stationed in
the Western section Of the State and
will be used at curves in removing en-
bankments which obscure the vision Of
motorists. It will also be used, members
of the commission said, to make the
necessary excavations TO straighten out
curves on the various highways which
are considered as hazards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
new TRIM FOR CAR
DEMANDS ATTENTION
Nickel-plated Steel Requires Ere
quent Washing to Remove
SCOT Deposits.

Steel nickel plated all the way
through-that Is. the rickel-chromiuTn
iron alloy Just coming into use for au-
tomobile bright trim. All such q metal
needs to keep 1t perpetually bright is to
have its face washed once in o while,
by occasional wiping or rubbing with a
clean cloth. But it is important that
this be done, because deposits OF SCOT
contain ubstanceS-sulfates and chlo-
rides-which act slowly, even upon
these highly corrosion resistant steels
Steels possessing high heat-resisting
qualities are the straight chromium
steels, the silicon-chromium steeIs and
pre-eminently the chromium silicon
nickel steels. These alloys find their
principal application in valves and
valve seats.
Taking a look into the future, q rap
idly growing utilization Of these new
alloys is predicted. 1t is suggested that
we are on the threshold Of a more
nearly rustless age, when the worlds
supply of iron will be conserved by al
loving it with chromium. nickel and
silicon. From the viewpoint of value
in preserving iron and steel. the most
important metals in the world today are
said to be: First, chromium; second,
nickel, and third, silicon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
Chauffeurs Used
Mainly by Women
3-A's Survey Shows

The fact that there are $780,
private chauffeurs in the United
States and that 1t costs $104,0o0, 900
annually to provide them with uni
forms gives rise to the question of
who employs chauffeurs most, men
or women.
Despite the fact that the num-
Der of woman automobile drivers
increases daily and that women are
more proficient in the handling of n
car, women use chauffeurs more
than men do" says the American
Automobile Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

Touring seasons vary in Europe and
tourists should consider weather condi-
lions in planning trips to various parts
of the Old World, according to the
foreign travel division of the American
Automobile Association.
The A. A. A. international travel
agency has made a survey of various
countries and obtained from leading
authorities suggestions as to the best
time to tour. This information follows:
'rBritish Isles-April to october,
France. Germany, Holland and Bel
GUM have practically the same touring
seasons. with splendid weather along the
French Riviera during the Winter
months
In Switzerland, Italy and Austria the
passes are not open until well into June.
Outside of the mountain regions very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
u. S. Tourists Planning Trips Abroad
Advised of Varying Weather Conditions

good weather prevails from the middle
Of April well into November, with
Winter touring in Southern Italy being
very popular,
Czechoslovkia and Hungary are best
during the Summer months and this is
also true of Rumania, Bulgaria, Poland.
and Jugoslavia. Along the Dalmatian
coast one can tour earlier but in the
interior the roads do lot become good
until early Summer.
In Southern Spain the Spring comes
early. The Winter in the North Is not
pleasant until the end Of April. al
though on the Cantabrian coast one
can motor all year.
Norway. Sweden. Denmark and Fin
land are pleasant principally from May
until Fall.
In North Africa the touring season is
from october to May"