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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
SUGGESTS CHANGE
| IN TRAFFIC LAWS
Bureau Director Would Gre.
ate Special Court for Trial
OF Minor Violations.
spscial pi,tpatch 70 The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, March 8.-Motorists guilty
Of minor trafic law violations are not
criminal offenders and their cases
should be diverted from overcrowded
courts. which are already the weakest
link in the machinery of traf1c law en-
forcement, according to Miller McClin-
took, director of the Erskine Bureau for
Street Traffic Research.
In a report to the Massachusetts, De-
partment Of Public Works McClintock
advocates the establishment OF cafe
terra traf1c courts" or fines bureaus
which automatically AK penalties and
collect fines for minor offenses without
the usual court formalities. These bu-
reaus rapidly dispose of the bulk Of
cases which normally congest the
courts, leaving the latter free to take
more effective action on serious offenses
The cafeteria court" plan originated
| in Detroit and has been successfully
adopted in several other large cities. in
Guiding Chicago and San Francisco
The plan gives motorists the option of
waving trial and paying the standard
| fine for the offense or demanding court
trial. Unless the driver demands court
trial payment can be made to a court
| clerk without delay. If the offenSe IS
serious or if records shsw the driver to
be a habitual offender, formal court
| procedure is mandatory.
THE rapid increase in trafic volume
in the past decade has resulted In a
| tremendous number Of traf1c violations
In some cities cases arising from this
source are often more numerous than
all other ordinance violations COM
bined," McClintock states.
when cities attempt to handle all
traffic cases by the same complicated
machinery designed for criminal cases
1t is almost impossible for the courts to
perform their services with any degree
of ef1ciency. The result is q notable
lack of certainty and firmness in en-
forcing all traffic regulations.
1T Is well known principle in the
administration Of justice that the GER
tainty of punishment for an offense is
more Of a restraining influence than the
penalty itself. Overcrowded courts and
the general laxity characteristic Of
American city traffic law enforcement
are severe handicaps to cities which are
trying to improve their traf1c condi-
| tons"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
ARCHAIC STREETS
BLOCK MOTOR INFLUX
Communities Are Urged to Modern
lie Building Program and Replace
Obsolete Highways.

Street and road progress has been
rapid within the last few years, so rapid
that numberless communities are still
building pavements that are not at all
suited for the heavy influx Of automo-
biles, according to Z. e. Duffy, highway
educational writer.
Towns and cities the country over are
largely equipped with pavements that
were designed for the leisurely horse,
which reigned when loads and vehicles
were light and when bumps and rough
spots didn't matter.
Highway authorities are in accord on
the thought that every community
should modernize street designs and
have q rehabilitation program under
way with the purposeful replacement OF
antique highway surfaces by pavementS
that are both smooth and long wearing
Aside from the wear and tear that
poor pavements inflict on the motor
lists car and pocketbook, they also &C
count in a large measure for traffic
| congestion. Even small towns find that
the bulk Of the trafic is confined to q
few through streets which have beer
well paved, and that countless other
streets carry little traffic because Of
holey, jagged, bumpy surfaces.
Spring is in the offlng, and the havoc
of Winter is becoming more and more
| AIluCk III llIGTIOl
street surfaces are as much harbingerS
of Spring as game Of marbles on the
corner lot.
Year in and year out the coming Of
| Spring means the coming of the street
repair gang and the going of taxpay.
ers' money Most street repairs come
out of a community's general funds
| and the taxpayer doesn't worry much
| because he isn't levied directly for thi:
repair. But he foots the bill Just the
same. If street repairs were paid for BY
direct levies, taxpayers would insist or
better pavements.
Modern traffic demands smooth. hare
| surfaces, and where they are not sup
piled automobile operating costs arr
high, pavement upkeep is out of lint
and satisfaction Is conspicuous by 1T
4 non-presence. In the words of ont
prominent city of1cial, Keep repat
! gangs of the streets by building thu
repairs into the pavement when tn
pavement Is laid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
COURT DECISIONS
A|MEDAT MOTORING
One of Wide Application Re-
Iates to Insurance and Auto
Law Violations.

Two decisions Of major Importance to
motorists in the District Of Columbia
and throughout the country has just
been rendered by the United States
Supreme Court and reported by the
legal department of the American Mo-
florists Association.
OF the two the one having the wider
application to the motoring public es-
tablishes the principle that If a motor
car owner, having insurance, violates o
city ordinance, in contravention to the
provisions of the insurance policy, that
the insurance company cannot be held
liable in case of accident.
Decision Briefly Outlined.
The condensed facts are these: An
Ohio motorist had insurance, the policy
providing that the company would not
be liable for damage done by the mo-
torist's car If 1t was beng operated by
any person "under the age limit fixed
by law" The State law permitted per-
sons above Is to operate motor We
hicles. A municipal ordinance of Lake.
wood, Ohio, however, prescribed the age
minimum as 18 years. The driver al
the time of the accident was II years
of age. Judgment was obtained against
the car owner and he paid damages
He In turn sued the insurance company
obtaining Judgment in the lower court
The Judgment was affirmed by the Cir
cult Court of Appeals, but was reversed
by the United States Supreme Court
holding the insurance company was no.
liable.
THE liability of the insurer, by rea-
son Of the city ordinance, is precludec
under the terms Of the exclusion clause
the Supreme Court declared THE fact
that State law makes the minimum
age limit for automobile operators le
years would not. affect the situation
since the city had the authority, in the
exercise of its delegated power to regu-
late the use of its streets, to pro.
hibit the operation of automobiles
by minors under lS years Of age"
Decision Covers Revoked Permits.
The second decision held that reel
procity between the District of Column
bia and Virginia, or other States, doe!
not cover revoked permits. A motoris
in the District of Columbia had his
permit revoked; he moved to Virginia
obtained a drivers permit from tina
State and continued to operate his au
tomobile in the District of ColumbiI
with Virginia tags.
He was arrested and convicted. Or
appeal to higher court his conviction
was reversed. The District Court o.
Appeals took the view that under tn
reciprocity agreement with Virginia h
would be entitled to drive an automobil,
In the District while holding Virgins
| permit. The United States Suprem
Court again reversed the decision ant
held that reciprocity was not involve,
and that a motorist whose drivers per
nit had been revoked in the Distric
/ would be subject to prosecution for op
Grating an automobile in the Distric
under Virginia license.
Each of the decisions" Thomas J
! Keefe, general manager of the A. M. A
| points out, lis of importance because
| definitely fixes the liability of motorist
| under these circumstances and, havin
been decided by the Nations highes
law tribunal, becomes absolute and fina
law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
RETAIL AUTO SALES
REFORM HELD NEED
Overhead to Dealers, Seen
Out of Proportion in Eco
nomiC Scheme.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, MICH, March 8. One
effect of the readjustment which the
automobile industry is undergoing is
expected to be the reform of condt-
tions under which cars are handled at
retail. With the $15,o00,000 junking
plan to be operative this year and
wholesale push-out of secondhand cars
now in progress, there has developed a
general sentiment that conditions gov
erning retail selling of new cars must
be revised.
Factory executives. distributors and
dealers alike recognize the fact that
the cost of cars to the public has been
consistently lowered for the last 10
years. At the same time the materials
that 60 into them, the performance
that they give and their lifetime Of
service have been bettered. While this
has been going on, 1t likewise Is con-
coded that the cost Of marketing the
cars has increased
To put it briefly, the overhead has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
NEED SUMMER CARE.

The hundred or so horses which are
working for you under the hood Of your
car require some special attention dur
ing the Summer.
Make sure that you have good, clean
oil and plenty Of good, clean water
by changing the cartridge in your oil
filter every 5000 miles. To keep the
water cool see that the fan belt Is
properly adjusted. II should be reason
ably tight, but care should be taker
not to place excessive tension on it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
PLAN STATEWIDE DRIVE
ON "oBSCURE" AUTO TAGS
Maryland State Police in Campaign
to Weed Out Motorists Who
Violate Law.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. March 8-Maryland
State police will start another State
wide drive against obscure automobile
license tags on Monday, E. Austin
Baughman, commissioner of motor We
hicles, announces.
The campaign to have markers placed
so as to be readily visible will follow the
lines of the recent drive during which
Those whose tags were completely
obscured were summoned to court and
fined $40 each. Others were given a
week in which to have the position of
their tags changed.
Baltimore and police Of other cities In
the State are to cooperate In the cam
paign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
MILITARY ROAD OPENS
MOROCCO TO TOURISTS
Territory Beyond Atlas Mountains
Is Made Accessible to Motor Car
nv Freuch Program
by French Program.

Crossing the Atlas Mountains In
French Morocco by means Of q hne
military road is a new experience for
tourists in that country, the foreign
travel division Of the American Auto
mobile Association says.
THE new military road Is being built
by the soldiers of the French Legion"
the statement says, land its construc-
ton Is we'll under way. This highway
will eventually reach places never be-
fore accessible except by caravan. It Is
modern in every respect. France hopes
to achieve permanent pacihcat1on oy
the army of her possessions In Morocco
through this road.
''In the Spanish Moroccan zone south
Of Tangiers new military roads are also
being built. The Spanish government Is
constructing fine modern roads through
the mountain passes in this district
with high banked curves and easy
grades. The new roads replace mule
tracks used by the Spanish army since
the time Of Charles W
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

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Putnam patriot., 1930-12-18

Instruction in the building trades has been carried on by actual par tieipation in the building programs of the community. The usual policy is for the carpentry students to build one house each year. drafting, masonry, electrical. and plumbing students cooperating in the work. Machine instruction departments contract for the building Of special
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Federal Aid under several enact ments particularly the Smith Hughes Law of 1917.
 Highly Developed
 In state such as Connecticut where manufacturing is the basis of it's prosperity 1t Is not surprising to md a highly developed system of Trade Schools prominent in the scheme of educational opportunity.
 The immediate cause for the es- tablishment of Trade Schools, how ever. in this state seems to have been the need for adjusting a social as well as an economic condition. IL was found that large numbers of children between the ages of four. teen and eighteen were mal-adjust. ed to an educational program that offered only book learning oppor. tunities.
 The report of the State Board of Education to the Governor in 1908 presents the following conclusions:
 A large number evade the pres ent school courses and nowhere fins
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Vocational education as 8 part of the public education is perhaps no- where more definitely organized to practical ends than in Connecticut.
 Vocational education after all is not a new development It is rather probable that all forms of establish ed education had their origin more or less as a matter of vocational preparedness rather than that of culture. Even the monks of the Middle Ages secured their learning for the rather definite ends required by their calling. It is also probable that the factors determining the growth of trade and industrial edu- cation in Connecticut are mainly economic; yet without doubt the traditional belief in equality of educational opportunity" so marked in Connecticut character is the popu- lar channel through which the idea of public Trade and Vocational Schools finds ready expression.
 The rise of mechanical invention and the application of scientific dis eovery to modern industry constant
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years. This course is organized par ticularly for the benefit of and in cooperation with nearby high schools
 The Part Time Trade extension course is to promote interest In and provide training for apprentices who are regularly indentured in industry. In this way they receive their prac- teal trade experience in the plant and four to eight hours per week are spent in the Trade School where they receive English, Mathematics, and Drafting as related to their trade experience in industry. This type has not developed particularly in the Putnam school but has found partic- ular favor Tn some of the more high iv industrialized centers where the training of apprentices is carried on Co some extent
 Evening School
 Evening school groups receive train ing supplementary to their daily em- ployment thus providing the individ- ual with an opportunity for advance. ment 10 his own line and an improved tvpe Of tfadesman for industry.
 Due Co increasing demands Tor in- structi8n in the more important types of training Industrial Arts groups arc diminishing rather than increas- ing in the State Trade Schools. The industrial Arts groups are made np of students from the 7th and oth grades who spend a short period each week in the Trade School as part of their common school work. Thls work was originally organized in sOme of the smaller towns where Trade Schools were established as matter Of giving some instruction of the character in conjunction with the common school program. Experience indicates that this work does not fit into the Trade School plan with much success.
 h normal times graduates of the various courses find ready employment at good wages. the "aiI round train ing acquired at the school enabling many to advance to the supervisory positions in the trade.
 Trade education as free publicity | controlled form of secondary educa- I lion has taken it's place beside the high school, in no sense as q competi- I tor or a substitute but rather as an important segment Of the well round d and complete program of Connec- | sicut's educational opportunity.
 About every section Of the state ex- .ept New London county is now acrv-
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ly opens new fields of endeavor. These expanding avenues owing to their nature and social significance require a more definite system of training than that offered by the un- certain plan of indentured appren- ticeship. To this end there has been developed in varying degrees throughoue the United States certain types of publicly controlled voca- tional education such as Commercial Education. Home Economics and Agricultural Schools, Trade and In- dustrial Education, and some other forms representative of industry in particular sections. These form an important part of the educational programs of the country and are na- tionally recognized by plan of
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supplementary or equivalent educa- tion either in farther schooling or in apprenticeship in skilled occupations.
 "The condition is undeniably serious and concerns the state at large as well as the centers of popu- latson. Not more than 50F of the children of school age ever obtain a complete elementary education. The other half leave at the school ex- emption age without the three r's and never reappear; they enter at an early age upon unskilled and casual labor and few are thereafter diverted to skilled labor. They are not educated within the narrowest meaning of the word and they have not formed the habits which are necessary to a useful life. We are
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justified m the belief that part of this large number will welcome the opportunity to learn to do some thing well.
 Chance Determines
 1t may be true that children 14 to IS find work which Is fairly re- munerative at the time but much of it leads to nothing. Chance deter mines the choice and whether the oc- cupation is steady or not, skill is not acquired and in later years the man is without resource-subject to the vicisitudes of hard times and to other mischances. The children of such persons start in the baleful and narcotic circle, forced as soon as the school exemption age is reached to contribute to an insufficient family income. So the young laborer be- comes the man laborer, unskilled because his father was unskilled. The boy not only fails 10 become a skill led workman and to enter upon an occupation in which special skill Is required but during the very years in which he can be best taught he may be engaged in an occupation which produces stupidity. The state may offer trade education for the reason if no other that the constant additions to the ranks of uneducated and unskilled labor will by this means be checked.
 Not only the children described above need trade edueation; all children should be able to use thei, ] compulsory equipment legitimately and honorably for the benefit of the state. There should be healthy out lets for power acquired by school
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machinery. or perhaps in coopera. ,ion with the drafting department
 will contract to design and build a special machine for some manuiae' turing company.
 These work experiences provide training not only in the trade pro cesses but also in the matter of co- operation with other workers ana other departments within the school Row come to know from these expe- riences that the result of their CO., operation and handiwork IS largely representative of their character.
 Instructors are chosen from the trades and must show evidence or trade experience. general education, and character qualifications suitable for the leadership of youth. In con. junction with the instrueting stan there is carried on a plan of teacher training to insure that the instruc- tor has teaching technique as we'll as mastery.
 Related subject instructors must have full mastery of their subj Jcsts and be able to adapt theoretical prineiples to the concrete problems Of the tfAue anu VT A""A~S tion to this end.
 The courses are outlined on ba- sis of 800 hours, 40et of which Is spent in related work Instruction is given in some nineteen trades de- pending somewhat upon the pre- dominating industries in the section where the Trade Schools are located.
 Putnam First
 Putnam was the first town in the state to erect a building expressly for State Trade School purposes. When the school was first organized in 1914 it occupied rented quarters near the railroad depot. By 1916 these quarters proved inadequate and the town provided funds to build a Trade School building. This L,I;la;ns provided some 13,00O sauare feet of floor space for the various departments. In 1927 the town again appropriated funds Tor erecting an addition of l2,OOO square feet to meet growing de- mands for instruction. The building k Of brick, semi-hreproof eonstruc- ton exceIlently located near the High School. A wide spread lawn extends in front and splendid ath- letic field adjacent the grounds sers- ns both Trade and High School needs.
 The school now draws students from sixteen or seventeen towns h
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the section. At the present time the All Day Trade enrolment is ap- proxmately 150 coming from Put nam, Killingly. Thompson, Griswold Pomfret, Groton, Plainfield, Norwich Eastford, Brooklyn. Canterbury, Sterling, Woodstock, Lisbon. The electrical and machine departments have the largest enrolment.
 In addition to the All Day trade students there are enrolled High School Cooperatives, 56; evening school, i52; industrial arts. 14li making a total of 499 in seven de- partments under the guidance of eleven instructors
 Training k provided in the follow. in0 trades: machine shop practice, carpentry, electricity. masonry, draft ing. Home economies courses are carried on in conjunction with the High School and also in special elas- ses
 Aircraft Dept.
 A new department for the train ing of aircraft mechanics has recent lg been established for the approval of the State Board of Education and the State Department of Finance < Control. This department IS the first of it's kind under public super vision in the state and Is in keeping with the trend of recent aircraft de- velopments in Connecticut. This nes training opportunity viii Ss organ ized as soon as equipment and facilities can be organized.
 instruction in loom fixing and tex tile design Is provided in evening classes only.
 The general training progress IS set up under five major heads; The All Day Trade, High School Cooper atige. Part Time Trade Extension. Evening School. and Industrial Arts groups
 The All Day Trade Is the larger unit and is made up of graduates of the common school who are definitely preparing to enter em- ployment in a particular trade. This type spends all of their time in the Trade School and are graduated up- on the completion of $500 hours satisfactory trade and related eduea- tionaI subjects.
 The High School Cooperative course. is similar except that the boy spends k day in the High School thus learning a trade and securing a high school education m Tour
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ed by Trade School. IL would seem that school located in this section would supply a felt need for there is little doubt that the popularity and usefulness of the Trade Schools wil1 continue SO long as Connecticut in- dustriaIly keeps pace with the expsnr. sion of science and invention and maintains her established policy ef educational opportunity in keeping with social and civic needs
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-18

Diner Waiter, will you put c sample of this gravy in a small bot tie for mel
 Waiter-What for, sirl
 Diner--l want to get a vest s~ match it.-The Pathfinder.
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-18
State Trade Schools

Two Started Twenty Years Ago With Approprat;on of $50,00o-Now Eleven With Annual Budget Over Half Miilion.-Putnam First Town to Erect Buid;ng- Adds Aircraft Department.-Evening School
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-18
What a Grand Old Sinner He Was

George Arliss and John Calsworihyl The finest actor and inc most celebrated playwright combine to create n serecn masierpiccel
Putnam patriot., 1930-12-18
Thrilling!

Y ANGON Me C o R l. MICk'S smashing stage hit of two kinds of love made into a gigan- tic talking thriller with Paul Cavanaugh and William Boyd. Thrills to speed the pulse--DRA- MA to hit the heart