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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
REPAIR WORK NOW
IS AID TO BUSINESS
Car Owners Will Get Better Re-
suits During Slack.0f
Period.

For the naeterist to run his car iAto
a repair shop and have work done now
that otherwise he may postpone until
the maintenance establishments are
overcrowded with work has been given
a new significance, according to Oscar
Coolican, local automobile dealer.
Mr.. Coolican points to the resolution
adopted at . recent meeting Of the
committee on maintenance of the motor
vehicle Of the National Conference on
Street and Highway Safety. After en-
phasiSing the need for cultivating O.
deeper conception of safety on the
highways, the committee before ad-
1ournment went on record as favoring
the repairing and overhauling of auto.
mobiles during the slack Winter months
for the additional purpose Of stabilizing
employment in accordance with the
campaign sponsored by President Hoo
YER TO distribute business activities
throughout the year,
1.-THE car owner who will heed this
suggestion" Mr.. Coolican says, mot
only will benefit himself by having q
necessary job done at his convenience,
but he Will be doing something that
will have . definite advantage to the
wage Garner who Is anxious to have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
SAYS DRIVERS IGNORE
WEATHER HAZARDS
Maryland 0ficial Calls Attention Of
Motorists to Dangers Incurred
in Highway Speeding.

Special Dispateh to The star.
BALTIMORE. February s.--Trafno
observations show that operators Of
motor vehicles fail 10 take into proper
confederation the hAzards imposed BY
weather conditions, according TO y. Aus
tin Baughman, commissioner OF motor
vehicles. In general, he sid, operators
are prone to proceed ct too great rates
Of speed to be able to stop w1Chin the
distance they can actually see along
the highway. Pedestrians are apt TO
fail TO make allowance for their re-
or high. turned-up coat collars, thus
entering the highways more or less
hlindly. 500
Even when q vehicle 10 equipped
with windshield wiper" the commits
sioner said, operators should realize
that their field OF vision Ii limited 10
a comparatively small area. In addi-
ton to the dangerous restriction Of
vision, every operator must also realize
that the pavement Is slippery and
brakes are reduced in efficiency due to
the tires and the road surface.
Every operator should be prepared
to cope with these hazards caused by
weather conditions. Rain, snow OF fog
requires greater caution and alertness
because the vision is limited, effective
ness Of brakes retarded and vehicles
harder to control owing to slippery
conditions.
THE glass parts Of vehicles become
coated with snow or water which OBJ
scures the vision of the operator. Rain
drops refraet the light rays and pre-
vent clear vision. Snow or ice may
accumulate and form an irnpenetrable
blanket, The area surrounding any
object Is filled with particles which se-
rtously limit ones vision.
The highway on rainy night be-
comes an area Of blackness full Of siis-
tening light streaks and deceptive
shadows where danger to life and limb
may Turk unless one is constantly on
| the alert
1T should be clearly evident to any
thoughtful persons that weather con-
ditions are not the cause Of highway
accidents, but rather that such acei-
dents occur because and through the
carelessness Of the users of the high
ways. not displaying the caution de-
manded and necessary by such condi.
tons"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
u. S. CAR ENGINEERS
ARE HELD SUPREME
American Genius Dictates Pattern
for Motor Improvements
Throughout Europe.

One Significant fact Of international
importance which may easily be over
looked by thousands In the vast auto
mobile show crowds this year Is Amefi-
can engineering supremacy in the au.
tomotive field, according to ]. T. Wilson,
vice president in the automotive in
dustry.
European builders may wear the air
speed crown as the result Of the recent
competition which gave the British
army its enviable speed trophy, but our
own engineering genius Is acknowledged
as the authority which has created the
pattern for motor car Improvement
throughout continental Europe, and the
1880 cars, which make up this years
greatest industrial showing, are striking
examples of the American spirit, which
Is determined to remain far in advance
or commercial competition overseas,
Two outstanding features marked the
latest and best foreign cars exhibited at
the London and Paris shows, according
TO Nash engineers who were assigned to
study overseas developments The first
was improved motor performance,
brought about by the refinement of
various mechanical units in engines and
equipment. The second was increased
passenger comfort, secured by lowering
the body suspension of the finer for
eign cars and by increasing the rooraai-
ness Of their interiors.
This general trend of Improvement
or rather the lack of improvements over
current Anerican-made automobiles
indicates to manufacturing leaders here
that there can be no possibility Of any
foreign invasion of the automobile field
In the United States and that we stiil
retain our comfortable lead in values
offered to the public, both at home and
abroad.
A comparative study Of the new fea-
lures revealed by European manufac-
turers In their salon and show exhibits
indicates that they follow the engi-
neering Announcements which have
marked the Nash line OF cars for a wear
or more, the engineers reported. They
found that the changes in models ex-
hibited in Paris, while they were not
considered revolutionary in any respect.
showed plainly the efforts of overseas
makers to match the refined power, re-
sponsiveness and silence which charae-
ter1zes our own engines and to supply
the type Of increased owner comfort
and convenienee held In the famous
Salon bodies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
SERVICE CHARGES VARY.
Estimates Differ Because Construc-
ton Makes Repairing Difficult.

Motorists who check up with each
other on the cost Of repair work fire.
quently wonder why it is that one pays
so much more than the other for what
appears to be the same type Of service.
The same repair shop win offer quite
different estimates on the same kind of
job.
The diff1culty lies In overlooking the
difference In construction of cars. On
some motors it is possible to replace
piston rings by removing the pistons
through the crankcase. In others it is
necessary to drop the case to remove
the connecting bearings and then
remove the cylinder head to pull out
the pistons. Even for engines Of equal
size there may be considerable differ
ence in the labor involved,
On one small car it was necessary
to remove the entire rear end to replace
felt washer in back Of the TRANSMITS
sion. On some cars the engine must be
lifted at the front in order to replace
the timing chain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
BIZ n. CLIFFORD BRoKAW,
Automobile Technical Adviser.

Since the automobile industry has
become so extensive as to have an i'm
portant bearing upon the general pros
perity in the United States, it is of
interest to note the prospects for nor
NAL activity in this industry during the
present year. Reports are not avail
able to give the annual production flg-
ures for 1929, but it is estimated that
the figure will not be far from 5000, 600
units.
1t Is quite certain to be at least
5,o0l ,S21, which would be an even mil
lion more automotive units than were
produced in 1928. and would represent
an increase Of about "a per cent. Due
to the fact that in December a number
Of factories are busily engaged In bring
ing out new models, which is an annua,
occurrence, the number of units pro-
duced in December is coming to be
more or less stabilized.
Called Mushroom Growth.
On account Of what might be termed
the mushroom growth of the auto
mobile industry within the compare
lively short period of a quarter of a
century, when 1t has developed from
q very minor project to one of greatest
magnitude, some economists may be
concerned as to its stability The fact
Is that SO definitely does the automo-
bile industry appear to meet an essen
tial need in human experience, and
added to this that this industry seems
TO be N the main in the hands of
capable leadership, it has always some
how seemed to solve its own problems
as they come along.
Even when the big break In the stock
market forced down, along with other
leading industries, the price Of shares
In important automobile concerns. there
has been no conspicuous effect from
the standpoint Of the automobile in
dustry's strong financial position. As Q
matter OF fact. the statement Of the
assets OF the principal automobile com.
panies, especially items showing the
amount OF cash and other assets In
reserve, made very commendable i'm
preston.
Great Assets at Hand,
In fact, In the latter part of 1929.
Following the period when the stock
market was at its lowest, some Al au-
torneelle companies were reported to
have on hand cash, call loans and
marketable securities aggreRatine in
value $7l6, 100000, or in the neirhbor-
hood OF % per cent Of their total
assets.
Anis snoulo convince any thinking
person that the automobile industry as
it geS under way for its 1880 business
Is In a very strong financial position.
; Inc net pronts for 1929 we're good. In
Is28 the net profits amounted to over
$685.. 100000 and represented a return
OF IA per cent on the capital and sur
plus at the close Of the year. II is
estimated that the profits for 1929 will
net DE much, II any, below this figure.
another encouraging aspect of the
automotive picture for 1880 has to do
Win reports of financing companies,
Whlcn report no serious increase In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
RUST HAMPERS ACTION
OF BRAKING SYSTEM
Causes skids, Dragging and Need
less Expense in Operation
of Car.

It is little difficult for some mo-
florists to digest the idea that rust can
cause a car to skid, but inspection of
some braking systems shows that rust
throws many set Of brakes out of adj
justment.
This occurs In an unexpected man
ner. If brake levers. shafts and other
connections are rusted the driver usu-
ally Is able to overcome this through
main force when applying the brakes,
but rust will prevent the brakes from
returning to the OF position. He can
do nothing to overcome this while sit
ting at the wheel.
Often the rust will cause a brake or
two to drag. This wears down the lin
ing so that when the rusty parts are
oiled up and set into normal action
again the whole system Is likely to re.
main unqualified. It will save a lot Of
trouble and expense TO keep the cross
shaft we'll fabricated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

ne mass production of pavements. He
determined that a small night shift
that would take care Of the details for
tne following days run would be a
stroke Of good business.
With everything in readiness, and de-
spite an extremely heavy rainfall, this
one paving mixer marched down the
Loaaoeo, leaving hshind In q single
tshed concrete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
SHOULD CHECK LIGHTS.

For some of the longer trips you viii
take next Spring q check-up e sur-
gested on the efficiency OF light bulls
IN both the head and tail lamps. Very
likely they have been used fer a LONGER
number of hours during the Winter
imam you may realize, with the result
tnat they may have become dim and
Wll eventually burn out. At the first
S " OF dimness they should be replaced.
case OF extra bulbs. This precautien
may save you many Inconvenience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
Forgetting the License,

It is perhaps unfortunate that the
date for the renewal Of driving licenses
in most States does not coincide with
the date for the renewal of car regis
ENTHUSIASTICALLY January /. Have q
look at your driving license, note the
expiration date on your desk calendar
Forgetting 1t is likely to cause you more
trouble than forgetting your wife's
birthday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

ANUs 70 1NU8W Utius
This special aid is in addition to the
s125 900 900 Federal aid already author
In addition to the $500, 600 forest aid,
which will be considered by the House
committee on roads on February "a"
the A. M. A. points out.
THE speeding UP of the Federal Gov
eEnnent's highway program, through
the aid Of this special legislation, viii
meet with the hearty approval Of not
emily motorists of the Central and
viii mean the linking up Of the East
with the West with an ungapped high
way. thus permitting comfortable. clean
and more economical motor travel from
coast to coast"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

enough work to insure him a livelihood
throughout the year"
The commuters resolution called nc.
tention to the Importance Of maintain
ting brakes, lighting equipment, steering
gear and other safety appliances on an
automobile at high level Of efficiency.
It favored owners taking advantage Of
the usual period Of lessened activity
during the Winter TO have this equip
II any defect from hard service q dis
covered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

jailed in default Of fine, Q released on
costs, 203 dismissed
Passing an automatic trafdc signal
2,756 arrested, IS fined, Ill released on
costs, 206 dismissed.
Contempt Of court-21 arrested, 10
fined, released on cost, 2 dismissed
Driving after license has been sus.
pended or revoked-34 arrested, IL
flned, Jailed in default of fine, is
sentenced to jail, dismissed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
Spark Plug Trouble.

Missing spark plugs can cause six
different kinds CT trouhle-sluggish en-
gtne, slow pickup, loss Of power, hard
starting, even speed, incomplete com
cylinders 70 dilute the oil and cause
carbon.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
Student Recital
Mrs. G. Richard Trott, Soprano. Will
Sing Monday Night

The last of the student recitals
of this college year to be given
by the University department of
music will be given Monday eve
ming at $50 in the Methodist
church auditorium. Mrs. G.. Rich
ard Trott, soprano, accompanied
by Mrs. Ruth Sissom Bynum,
will give the recital.
Mrs. Trott came to Chapel
Hill last September, and has
been a student of voice through
out the year with Harold S. Dy-
er. Mrs. Trott has had two
years training in the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music as a voice
major. She has appeared dur
ing the past year as Soloist with
the University symphony or
chestra. Her program consists
of two operate arias, group in
French, and two groups of we'll
chosen songs in English. The
public is invited, and there is no
admission charge.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
Peters New Accordion
Young Steele, with Fine Instrument,
Entrances the NeighborhoOd

A new and splendid accordion
accompanied by an author,
who put up the money for it
arrived in Chapel Hill one day
this week. The author, Wilbur
Daniel Steele, received a hearty
enough welcome, but the eastern
end Cf the village was not nearly
so excited about him as about
the musical instrument he
brought along.
1t was gift to Peter Steele,
the younger son of the family,
who is an expert accordion play
err, and Peter lost no time in try
ing it out. The strains of the
music flcated over the neighbor-
hood, and the children came rum
ming as the children of Hame-
lin town ran after the Pied
Piper. The grown people, more
dignified, stayed at home and
listened from distance. DR..
William MacNider, engaged in
gardening, stood still, hoe in
hand, and his rapt and reverent
attitude resembled that of Mil
let's celebrated figures in "The
Angelus."
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
Howell Revising Code
He is a Member Of the Committee Pre-
pairing the 1910 Pharmacopoeia

At the recent Pharmacopoeial
Convention in Washington Ver-
non Howell, dean of the Univer-
sity's school of pharmacy, was
appointed a member Of the com
mittee of fifty that is to revise
the Pharmacopoeia, the official
drug code of the United States.
He is one of thirty-three of the
nations leading pharmaceutical
scientists assigned to the task;
the other seventeen members of
the committee are physicians.
The Pharmaccpoeia is repub
lished every ten years, and the
revision is a long and tedious en-
terprise. The volume on which
Mr.. Howell is working will bear
the date 1910. The preparation
is divided among sub-commit-
tees, each being entrusted with
a certain department of the
study of drugs, and Mr.. Howell
has been appointed to several Of
these subcommittee.
While he was at the meeting
of the Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton in Baltimore, which pre-
ceded the Washington conven-
ton, he was guest of Colonel
Isaac Emerson at the celebrated
Preakness horse race.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
Crowds at Pool
Warm Days Here at Last, and Swim
mers Are Having a Good Time

Persistent GOODNESS discouraged
swimming enthusiasts through
the greater part of the spring,
but the warm days have come at
last and Sparrow's pool is now
attracting crowds. Many visit
ors come over from Durham.
Mrs. Sparrow has made sew
eral improvements for this sea-
son. One of these is the Install
alton of a new springboard. She
still has tables, down along the
stream below the pool, for the
convenience of picnic parties.
There is refreshment stand
where sandwiches, cakes, aid
soft drinks may be purchased.
Bathing suits are available for
rent to all who come without
their own.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
GREENS TO TAKE
OVER LANTERN
Jones Gives 1t Up because He
Is Going to the University
of Michigan
ESTABLISHED BY HIBBARD

Howard Mumford Jones must
give up THE Literary Lantern"
the book-review column publish
ed in leading Southern newspa-
perS. because he is to leave the
faculty here and go to the Uni
versity of Michigan. He is turn
ing it over to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Green, and their first column
will appear Sunday, June 8.
The Lantern" which deals
with books by Southerners and
about the South, is now appear
ing every Sunday in papers hav-
ing a total circulation of about
100000. They are the Durham
Herald, the Raleigh NeWs and
Observer, the Greensboro NeUs,
the Charlotte Observer, the
Asheville Citizen, the Whining
ton Star, the Norfolk Virgi,,ian-
Pilot, the Columbia State, the
Charleston Erening Post. the
Montgomery Advertiser, the Sa-
vannah Press, and the Wichita
Falls (Tex.) Times.
Addison Hibbard established
the Lantern" in 1924. Like all
syndicated features it had a mod
est beginning, being published
for several months only in four
or five papers. Among the first
to take it were the Greensboro
News, the Norfolk Virgininn-
Pilot, the Columbia State, and
the Charlotte Observer. 1t grew
steadily in the esteem of editors,
and gradually other papers were
added to the list. The pressure
Of other duties compelled Mr..
Hibbard to give it up after about
three years. Raymond Adams
ran it for a few months, and
then it passed on to Mr.. Jones.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
Playmakers' Caper
Burlesques, Puns, Short Acts, Dane
ing Will Feature Annual Frolic

The Carolina Playmakers will
cut their annual Caper at the
Playmakers theatre Saturday
night from eight o'clock on.
These Capers have become year
ly events at which the theatri-
cal folk Of the village and Uni
versity entertain themselves
with play, dance and song.
Milt Wood, chairman Of the
Caper committee, has arranged
a program intended to surpass
in gayety and fun those of pre-
vious years. Ten or fifteen
short acts will be presented,
ranging from burlesques of
happenings during the past
Playmaker season to song and
eccentric dancing. Immediate
ly after these presentations there
will be informal dancing on the
stage, and cakes and ale will be
served in the Green Room. At
this occasion r. II. Koch will
present the Playmaker Mask a.
wards to those who have done
outstanding work during the
year.
Last year a program OF six
teen acts, ranging in title from
Here Comes the Show Bus" to
(ContimMed on last pn0e)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
Mrs. Browns Good Golf
She Gets into Championship Flight
and Plays Atlanta. Star

Mrs. Kent Brown of Chapel
Hill did we'll in the Southern
Championship golf tournament
on the Sedgefield links, Green's
toro, last week.
Her score in the qualifying
round was SO, and this put her
in the last sixteen-the cham
pionship flight. Here she met
Miss Margaret Maddox of At
lanta, last years title-holder.
The holes were closely contested,
but Miss Maddox forged ahead
and finally won, S up and 4 to
play.
The championship was won by
Mrs. Gait of Memphis.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
School Commencement
Exercises Begin with Baccalaureatc
Sermon Sunday Night. June /

Commencement exercises of
the Chapel Hill high school will
begin Sunday night, June l,
when Rev. Eugene Olive
breaches the baccalaureate SER
mon to the graduating class, in
the Baptist church.
On Monday night at half-past
eight the seniors will have a
party in the Methodist church
social rooms. Tuesday night,
June 3, is the time of the senior
play and the annual class day
exercises. The play this year is
a one-act presentation, entitled
"Grandma Pulls the String"
Diplomas will be presented to
the graduates Wednesday night,
after an address by Rev. c. Ex-
cell Rozzelle.
The seniors this year are
Margaret Bennett, Mildred Ben
nett, Margaret Beam, Betty
Durham, Annie Fowler, Pauline
Freeland, Mamie Harwood,
Marina Henry, Nancy Leigh,
Elizabeth Raney, Maria Strowd,
Penelope Wilson, Nancy Woods,
Elizabeth Remsen, Eleanor Will
liams, and George Koch, Grady
Durham, Eugene Odum, Ledford
Simmons, Andy Williams, and
Claude Council.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
Chapel Hill Chaf

When l passed his home day
before yesterday afternoon l
saw M. r. Trabue busily engag-
ed in setting cut flowers while
Mrs. Trabue sat on the porch
and read book. Now and then
She looked up from her reading.
| could not hear what she said,
but | guessed she was giving
him instructions about the work !;
he would straighten up from his
bending position, listen to her
attentively, and go to digging
again. How different this was,
| reflected, from the matri-
monial division Of labor on my
place. Here it is the male who
sits by and looks on, and not
seldom his inactivity draws upon
him the ridicule and reproaches
of the neighbors. Mr.. Branson
comes by our yard often, and he
told me not long ago that he had
never seen me doing a lick of
work. This accusation panied
me, and | replied that it was be-
cause he had not come by at the
right time. I remember dis
tinctly that one day in the sum-
mer of 1927 | moved half the
lawn, and the next summer l
pruned several privet bushes
and re-laid half a dozen flag
stones that had become loose in
the path. And from hammock
or chair | always give the hearth
est moral support to all the work
about the yard and in the flower
garden. so my performance is
not to be entirely despised, and
| counsel my neighbors to take
thought and hesitate before they
indulge. in loose talk about my
Incidence.
Tomorrow is to be a red-letter
day in my career of reconstruct
ton, for then | get set of
bright new teeth-made in Balti-
more. That is the schedule. If
the teeth have not arrived when
Continued on last page)
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1930-05-23
Gift to Gimgh0uls
italian Presents HickersOn With Fix
ture for Castle

A we'll dressed and smiling
stranger halted his car at T. F.
Hickerson's gate one day last
week, walked up the path, and
knocked at the door. Mr. Hick-
erson, responding to the knock,
saw that the man held in his
hands an object made of iron.
Il have brought this to YOU
for a gift" said the stranger.
He was A. Germino, an 1tal-
ian craftsman who lives in Dur
ham.
Il came over here and saw
your Gimghoul CASTLE" he ex-
planned. ut reminded me of
buildings in my own land, Italy,
and | want to give you this for
your big door" -
The object was cleverly
fashioned wrought-iron fixture
constituting a frame for a lock.
The Gimghouls had been want
ing just such thing for a long
time, and it was gratefully ac-
cepted by Mr.. Hickerson.
Mr.. Germino came to this
country thirty-fve years ago
and has been living in Durham
about three years. He Is inter-
ested in art and literature as
well as in his craft. One of his
sons is named Romeo and the
other Dante.