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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-14

Among those prominent sportsmen
and s~portswonaen wintering In the
Florida surf and sunshine is Helen
Meany. above. who takes her daily
dip in Breakers Beach at Palm Beach.
Miss Mesny, you know, is widely &C.
claimed Is the greatest woman diver.
She won Olympic honors In the low
springboard diving event and last
year was champion diver in both In
door and outdoor competition for
women.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03

Although It is estimated at the
License Bureau that 1000 auto
mobile owners in the District
failed to obtain their 1929 license
tags on time. only 26 arrests have
been made for operating car on
old tags.
At the close Of business hours
Saturday 95,987 tags had been is
sued. This is the largest number
of tags ever issued in the first
month Of the year.
Sixteen motorists were arrested
Saturday for operating on 1929
tags, and ten more were arrested
yesterday. All were required to
post bond of $40 for appearance
today at Police Court. They we're
permitted to let their cars remain
in parking places.
Charles M. Towers, collector,
said, that 50 for this year personal
property taxes on automobiles
have increased District funds by
$196,699. This tax, which is for
the first half of the year, is the
largest automobile tax collected
in the District, and is the result
Of the new law requiring motor.
lists to show that they have paid
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
Pistol -TOting Bill Due
For Hearing Wednesday

The pistoltoting bill, proposing
drastic restrictions in the sale,
possession and carrying Of fire
arms in the District of Columbia
is to come before the House Dis
trict Committee again at its
meeting Wednesday.
When the bill was first called
up in committee q few days ago
several perfecting amendments
were suggested. Subsequently it
was referred to W. W. Bride, Cor
poration Counsel. and Major
Henry G. Pratt, Chief Of Metro
politan Police. with request that
they examine and redraft the
bill. Their suggestions are ex-
pected to be ready by Wednesday
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
BURGLARS LOOT
THREE HOMES

Clothing. jewelry and money
in excess OF $3.50 was reporte.:
stolen to police over the week
end. Mrs. Jane M. Beck, of the
1000 block Q st. N. W., told police
of the Third precinct that $50 in
bills was taken from her boudoir
while her maid, Hazel Barker,
reported the theft of $40.
Two rings, valued at $50. were
taken from the home of Louise
Stevenson in the first block N
st. N. w.
About s135 worth of clothing
was taken from the home of
JeJsse Palmer in the 100 block
r st. N. w.
Forced against a wall at the
point of a knife in the hands of
one of two colored men, James
McRae was forced to give the
pair his wallet, containing SIS.
The holdup occurred near Nc
Rae's home in the 100 block
Winds Court N. w.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
REP. SCHAFER WATCHES
RUM RAIDS MADE HERE
COLLECTS DA 7 A
FOR At TTACK ON
DRY REGIME

Representative John c. Shafer
(Ro Of Wisconsin, spectacular
arch-enemy Of prohibition, has
been revealed as 'The Saturday
Night Kid" around Washington'S
various police precinct station
houses.
Every Saturday night possible.
Schafer declares he spends at
the police stations ascertaininR
how prohibition works first
hand" The Congressman is said
to be gathering much data for
another onslaught on prohibition
and to be much impressed with
the "crazed antics" Of Washing.
tons liquor drinkers.
Backs Borah
Schafer also is known to be
quietly gathering data for an on
slaught on incompetency and cor.
ruption in the prohibition urit.
He thoroughly agrees with Sen
atorS Borah (R) Of Idaho and
Wheeler (D0 Of Montana that
the prohibition unit needs a thor.
ough cleaning out in its admin
istratiVe offices If its work is
ever to become in any way e.
fectiVe.
Schafer has a mass of data in
his office, some Of which he says
will create the worst scandal
since the Harding Administra.
tion" and which involves a high
official of the prohibition whose
name has not heretofore been
brought into the controversy
which ragged in the Senate last
week.
Schafer declares that he has
been on a number of Saturday
night liquor raids in the Second,
Fifth and Seventh precincts dur.
ing the last three months.
Likes "GumShOeing"
Sure, I've been doing consid-
cradle gumShoeing," he declared.
i want to see how prohibition
works at first hand, and one of
the best ways TO do it is to &C
company those police when they
go out for liquor violators. I'VE
been in houses with them. I've
seen them arrest men and
women with liquor; and I've fire.
quented these police stations TO
talk with these people after
they'd been put behind the bars.
i wish some of you people
could see the rawlings. the crazed
antics Of those liquor drinkers.
Yet in spite Of these facts, the
dry crusaders continued to rant
that Federal prohibition laws re-
suit in temperance. Those peo-
pie behind the bars are wilder
tnan ever and prohibition is not
curbing them.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
SLANT SON
CAP p0TAl-
pEO pl-E

REPRESENTATIVE PAUL
KVALE OF Minnesota does not
agree Nth critics of the Wash
ington police department and
has been Gctive in support OF a
bill to increase the pay of our
police and tiremen. Only 80
years of age, he WGS elected to
fulfill the unerpired term of his
father. o. J. KvGle, 1Oho died
September II, 1928.
KUGle is aUeU knOtUn and liked
In congressional circles. He
GUotds publicity eneOer
possible.
During the World War he
SerUed tho years NTH the
American ETpeditionGry Forces.
Several years after. in 1925, he
married a Southern girl, Rus.
sell Palmer Burcher, of NeU-
port NetOS, Va. Then are HUing
at the Cavalier Apartments.
Anything but a pacificist is
REPRESENTATIVE MELVIN
JOSEPH MAAS, of Minnesota.
Representative Mas believes
that the present agitation Of
disarmament advocates and
other pacificists in the Nation
are not tthe results Of world
wide coed will, or desire for
peace, but that they are the
results of Communist propa-
ganda, and are aimed at the
safety Of the country, rather
than its ultimite good.
Representative Mas backs up
his belief In National defense,
for he is an officer in the
Marine Corps Reserve. When
he speaks Of military defense
he knows whereof he speaks.
for he served in the aviation
branch oi the Marines for ten
months in France during the
World Wsr.
A recent issue of Neiuhber.
hood NeaDS, official paper of
the Rhode Island Avenue Citi.
Gems Association, describes r.
JOHN BOEHS, a member of
that association, as a capital
telIotD.
Doubtless Boehs tUeH describes
that term as usually applied,
but it might tDeH be added that
he comes of q capital tumily-
for he tCGS born in the CGpital
OF the United States, his mother
tCGS born in the capital of
France and he has a brother
tUho tUGS born in the c0pitnl of
Great Britain.
BoehS is a real booster for
his tdttUe city. too, and Is one
OF the most GCtiUe members the
citizens association has on ttS
0oll.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
BILL
HEARINGS SET

Further. hearings on the bill
to establish a code applying to
insurance companies doing bust.
ness in the District of Columbia
have been postponed until Feb
ruary 10 by the Reid Subcommit-
tee of the House District Com
mittee.
Chairman Frank r.. Reid said
that he had l.oeived requests for
a hearing from a number of in
surance men from the Middle
West but they desire to appear
a bit later on, and the February
10 date was set. .
The insurance code bill, accord
ing to T. M. Baldwin, jr., Super
intendent Of Insurance for the
District of Columbia, has been
before Congress 'in one form or
another about Is years." Repre-
sentative Reid announced his in
tention to hold extended hearings
and dispose of the measure,
whether it passes or fails, at the
present session.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
.S625,000 MORE ASKED
TO BUILD SANAT0RIUM
ORIGINAL BILL
!. PROVIDED FOR
HALF MILLION

Finding it impossible to buy a
site, erect the necessary buildings
and pay for the equipment to go
INTO them, the District Commits
Sioners today forwarded to Con-
gTeSS a proposed amendment to
q bill appropriating 100000 for
Sanatorium for the care. treat
ment and education of tubercular
children, which would raise the
appropriation to $625 900.
The proposed increase has been
sanctioned by the Bureau of the
Budget, which found that it did
not conflict with President
Hoover's financial program.
Among the sites suggested for
the sanatorium is Mt. Weather,
Va, about so miles from Wash.
ington, in the Blue Ridge Noun
tains.
The Government already owns
the land, having had a weather
station located there some years
ago.
The special board, consisting of
Major L. E. Atkins, Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner; DIR. Frank
w. Ballou, Superintendent of
Schools: DR.. George S. Wilson,
Director Of Public Welfare, and
AL. Harris, Municipal Architect,
has invited DR.. Henry D. Chad
wick, its conSultant and tubercu-
losis controller of the Herman
Kiefer Hospital. Detroit, to visit
Mt. Weather and give his opinion
Of the place as a site for the
sanatorium.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
ALLEGED KILLER
DIES IN JAIL
Times staff Photo

Less than a week before he was
to stand trial with three others
for murder of two police inform
ers, William Bradley. colored. 35.
of the 4400 block Dix st. N. E..
cheated justice in his cell in the
District Jail when he died yes
terday from pneumonia.
Bradley, along with Thomas
Smith, 10. of Forty-seventh Street
Northwest; Lawrence Bias, 26, of
Fairmont Heights, Md, and Theo.
dore Smith, "a, Annapolis. Md.
all cologed, were indicted by the
District Grand Jury for the mur-
der Of Walter Smith, colored, IS,
and Clarence Harvey, colored, q,
last March 10.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
4, ,OOOFaiLto Get Tags
rs Are Arrested

taxes on their machines before
they can obtain licenses.
District police are still recog-
nizing license tags from States in
which they have not yet expired.
These States are Oregon, Okla
homa, Utah. Missouri, Minnesota
and Nebraska.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03

Community Chests needs this
year are greater: therefore, give
more than you did last year!
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
COUNTY FIGHTS
D. c. TAGS

A campaign against Mont
gomery county residents who are
operating their cars on District
tags was inausurated today by
Sergeant Earl H. Burdine, in
charge Of the county police sub
station at Takor1a Park.
Burdine arres ed three TakOma
Park citizerT tc lay who will get
a hearing tonight before Judge
A. L. Wilson there. If found guilty
the minimum fine will be $40 and
costs, the maximum 500 and
costs.
Burdine declared the three
arrests are the beginning Of a
campaign in which he will arrest
all Of the estimated 200 automo-
bile owners in Takoma Park, who
ere operating on District tags.
He estimates there are approx.
mately 1000 similar cases in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
CARD PARTY PLANNED

A card party for the benefit of
the Eastern Star Home Board will
be given by the Good viii Chapter
No. SO, Order Of the Eastern Star,
on Wednesday at $50 p. m, at
the Chestnut Farms auditorium,
21O7 Rhode Island Avenue N. e.
The Washington times., 1930-02-03
Thomas Circle Citizens
Meet Tomorrow Night

The Iowa Thomas Circle Cit
izens' Association will meet to-
morrow night at o'clock a. the
residence of j. F. DuComb, 1918
Q st. N. w.
Members and friends of the
association are urged to attend
by the president, Mrs. Ella M.
Thompson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
1865
AND UP-F. o. b. FACTORY

WITH THESE FEATURES
Unis,eel* Construction of Chassis and Body
Down.Draft Carburetion
Impulse Neutralizer
Full-Pressuro Feed fabrication
Mechanical Fuel Pump-Fuel Filter-Air Cleaner
Thermostatie Heat Control
Hydraulic Brakes
Hydraulic Shock Absorbers
Rubber-Cushioned Spring Shackles
Double Cowl ventilators
Non.Clare Windshield
Rust-Proof Parts
Sin tho UnistesE type Of eonsfYuc-
zion, the body and chassis are de-
signed a unit, eliminating body
stills and all other tVooden parts The
body 10 boiled directly to the chassis,
% that the fsoO become mutually
supporting and mutually flexible.
cspyhshs 1850 By Dc Soto MOssr corporatsa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
SUMNER EXCURSION SEASON
OFFERS RARE INDUCEMENTS
Brokaw Believes Now l. the Time When
Every Motorist Should Plan Out
inss for His Family.

| bolts, runningboards, splash apron,
nufier and tail pipe, spring q bolts,
steering wheel, rear wheel axle nuts,
spring shackle and clips, clean and
tighten battery terminals.
II the automobile body needs q coat
Of finishing material to help it look like
q new vehicle, it Is we'll to have this
attended to before starting out. The
family will feel better to ride in o car
which Is at its best in looks as well
as in mechanical detail. If the top
needs finishing to avoid possible leaks,
this, too, should receive attention. Ger
tainly the tourists must have every pos
sible protection from bad weather.
Check over the upholstery Of the
cushions to see If this part Of the car
Is ok. Be sure that all essential ac--
cessories are in their proper places.
Then find out what will be needed In
the way Of camping paraphernalia and
get this supply in hand.
There are plenty of details for the
average motorist to handle when get
ting ready to go on long automobile
tour, so that 1t is more than likely he
will do well to have this work Of pre-
pairing his car done at a service station.
II he takes his car to a station where
experience has demonstrated that the
workers are thoroughly efficient and
understand their jobs, this fact makes
it all the more logical for the motortst
to have his car checked up in q service
station. However, II a motorist Is me-
chemically inclined and wishes to do
this himself, there is no reason why he
should not get all of the pleasure out
Of such Job one so inclined may get.
Mr.. Brokaw will be glad to write on
any subject pertaining to the automobile
that q reader may request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

cigar Llgnter question:
I'VE might Just about as we'll
forbid cigar lighters, on the pre-
text that lighting smoke of any
kind takes the drivers mind of
his business. We might almost
forbid headlights, on the ground
that many Of them, through i'm
proper adjustment or other causes,
daEz1e vehicle operators on the
highways. This business Of serv-
ing o very small purpose or cur
ing q very minor trouble by pass
ing q sweeping law, inconvenience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
BY II. CLIFFORD BROKAW,
Automobile Technical Adviser.

Now Is the time when all good mo-
florists are coming TO the aid OF their
| families by planning an automobile tour
OF some kind. Usually this Is arranged
in connection with the annual Summer
vacation. Often 1t includes the whole
family-man, woman and children
and is looked forward to for weeks In
anticipation of wonderful experience.
And usually It turns out to be an event
long to be remembered and furnishing
conversation for many weeks after its
completion.
In connection with q touring expert
ence, one Of the things most desired Is
that it shall not be marred in any way
by any mechanical deficiencies Of the
automobile. The best insurance which
one can have in respect to accomplish
Ing this ideal is to have the machine
thoroughly checked over before start
| ing out on any kind of an extended
trip. Ordinarily service-Station tech
nlc1an will be able to do this job in q
thoroughly satisfactory fashion If the
| automobile owner merely takes the car
to the service station and asks for o
general checking-up Of all possible
items.
Some Ponder Over Details.
Some motorists, however, like to be q
little sure of having everything in cor
rect shape before starting out, and con-
| sequently prefer to give more specific
directions to q servtce-station workman.
In order that such a person may
more easily include in any kind of q
list he makes all the items that would
at all be likely to need attention, q list
OF items Is given below. If the list Is
not complete, 1t will at least include
most of the items any automotive driver
could be interested to have inspected.
Here is the list:
Change oil in engine and grease en-
tire car, adjust timing and clean points,
tune up motor, check oil leaks, adjust
hot spot, test starter, test switch assem-
bly,, test throttle control, test choke
control, test and adjust headlights,
| check tail light, test dash light, test
dome light, fill water in battery, flush
radiator, check water leaks, fill all grease
cups, grease transmission grease diff
ferent1al, grease univerSals, grease front
wheel bearings, check cotter pins on
front wheels, check felt washers on rear
wheels, test transmission or ignition
lock, adjust steering gear, adjust foot
brakes, adjust hand brakes, test clutch
pedal play and lubricate thrust bear
ing, tighten radiator bolts, test door
lock on closed cars, test window regula-
tors. test Speedometer, test gas tank
gauge, check air in tires, align front
wheels grind valves, clean carbon, clean
generator, clean gas line, tighten all
hose connections, adjust valve tappets,
clean and adjust spark plugs.
The motorist should also see that the
mechanic tightens the following: Cylin-
der head bolts, floor boards, fender
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

terfere with the collapSing of the
roof. A flexible insulated wire
attached to piece of drill cloth
serves admirably for this purpose.
The wire is run back and forth
across the drill cloth in grid
fashion. The top is removed, and
the drill cloth is stretched over a
false head lining and tackled to
the end bows. When the top is
replaced the antenna Is entirely
concealed. The lead-in wire is
taken from the back, and is run
down underneath the chassis to
the position of the receiver in the
front Of the car.
Many different locations have
been suggested for the receiver It
self, but the preferred one seems
to be on the engine bulkhead, Just
below the cowl. There 1t Is out Of
the way and In convenient posi-
ton for adjustment by means Of
controls mounted on the instru-
ment panel.
Speaker Location Optional.
There Is no universal rule for
the location of the speaker. Some
installations are made with the
speaker In the back Of the car;
some with it suspended from the
roof bows Just above the back of
the drivers seat. In modern,
low-built cars, however, 1t seems
to be advisable to locate the re-
ceiver So that 1t is as inconspicu-
GUS and out of the way as possible.
In the installation the speaker is
carried on the receiver case, be-
meath the cowl.
Automobile receivers are oper-
ated by batteries. The car Stor-
age battery is used for the "a"
supply, but in addition there must
be dry batteries for the 'sB" and
&c" supply. A battery box, sunk
in the floor boards ut the rear of
the car, is ordinarily used for
carrying the batteries; although
they are frequently packed below
the drivers seat, In a rear COM
partment, or in some other out
of-the-way location.
Tuning is accomplished from q
panel easily attached to the in
strument board. Volume may also
be regulated at will by turning a
dial. The automatic volume con-
troll keeps the program at q con-
slant level while the car is being
driven from place to place.
Radio manufacturers have found
1t best to provide q switch of the
lock type, operated by q key. This
makes 1t impossible for the re-
ceiver to be turned on by passerby
when the car Is parked.
One Of the most important fac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

tors which must be considered in
the installation of automobile
radios is the elimination of inter-
ference from the ignition system
and other electrical circuits of the
car. This must be done in a thor
ought manner, so that reception
is quiet while the car is being
driven.
There are several methods of
eliminating interference. The
usual practice is to install an
eliminator unit on the generator
and on the starting motor. In ad-
dition, eliminatorS may be re-
quired at the starter switch, and
on other electrical devices, such
as horns or windshield wipers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

ported stolen. Fifty of the automo-
biles have not been recovered During
the four-month period Of 1929 there
were ss6 thefts reported and s67 re-
coveries.
According to the police. it is the "joy-
rider" and the bootlegger who are re-
sponsible for the stealing of large
percentage Of the cars left parked by
their owners on the street.
The machines are believed by the po-
lice TO have been used by bootleggers
in transporting liquor cargoes or by the
type of automobile thief who is bent
on seeing America first" by stealing a
car in every city he visits. In every
place this thief arrives he leaves behind
the automobile stolen in the city he
left and pliers another to proceed on
his journey, the detectives say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
TAXI MIRRORS REMOVED
Constantinople Drivers Must De
vote Attention to Driveway.

Mirrors attached to the windshields
Of taxicabs in Constantinople, Turkey,
have been removed by the police. This
move was due to drivers being so inter-
ested In watching their passengers
through these mirrors that they neg
lected the operation Of their cars, with
the result that they sometimes crashed
into other cabs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

A. D. Gardner and Eugene Stuart
have been appointed as authorized
dealers for Dodge and Plymouth cars
by the Washington Dodge distributors,
the Trew Motor Co. Both Gardner and
Stuart have been well known for years
along automobile row. They will main
tain showrooms and service station nc
1883 Florida avenue northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
AUTO THIEVERY SHOWING
INCREASE IN BALTIMORE

S0I Macn1nes Reported stolen since
January 1-Joy-rider and Boot
logger Chief Offenders.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 17.-Automobile
thievery in Baltimore during the first
four months of this year shows de-
cided increase in comparison with the
number of cars stolen during the cor
responding period of last year, accord
ing to the records of the police.
From January to Aprfl 80 of this
year there have been 951 machines re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18

%Door Sedan (3-<rindosg),
e625; Coupe, $780, Road
ster (rsssnbls seaf), $50;
Coupe (yucnbls seat. $62S;
Touring. seas; Convertible
Coupe, 969S. All prices
& Q. b. factory.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-11-13
Pine County Lads
AtLiUestOck ShOW

Six All Club boys from Pine county
have entries in the Junior Livestock
Show held at South st. Paul Nov. 10
to 10 inclusive according to an an
nouncement made by the Farm Blu
reau Federation. The young show
men, it is announced, will compete
with the strongest entries that have
ever marked a like event since more
are taking part than ever before in
the Is years the Junior Show has been
in existence.
Pine county youngsters who will at
tend the show are: Harold Dubbels,
Shirley Moore, Arthur Nolan, Verlin
White, in the sheep exhibit. James
Bell, swine, and Vernon Wright, poul-
try. In addition to the large prizes
offered the winners special bonuses
are paid the young showmen when
their animals are auctioned off at
the close of the exposition. A total
of 500 boys and girls will attend the
show with entries, there being 1868
Of the latter.
The show Is sponsored by the Min
nesota Livestock Breeders association.