davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

ayavaAia and n other states that with
drAwl Of the driving privilege T. the
most successful deterrent Of reckless
driving. To many people the imposition
Of fnes means nothing. They pay the
nnes, and sometimes they are even
proud 70 be known 80 habitual violators
Of the law,
On the question Of whether q drivers
license issued upon examination and
test has the tendency TO reduce acci-
dents ! think the experience Of Penn
aylvania 10 representative. because the
average motor car driver IL the same
the country over.
In Pennsylvania as Per cent Of the
applicants for licenses fail ON the first
test and on subsequent examinations 8
per cent wholly fail
When IL IL realized that In Pennsyl-
vania about 100000 new drivers are
examined each year, and that last year
$1,000 Of those who thought they could
drive q car failed TO pass the first test
or answer questions concerning ordinary
rules Of the road, some idea Is gained
OF the tragedy that would have been or
Of the tragedies that might have re-
suited II these unframed and mani
testify incompetent drivers had been
turned loose on the public highways.
The 3 per cent who were unable 10
learn how 10 drive indicates that last
year In Pennsylvania alone almost
5000 persons were prevented from driv-
ing because they were fundamentally
incompetent, and their presence on the
highways would have constituted o
menace and danger 70 every other per-
son In o vehicle or on foot
What should Q drivers license law
do. and what - 1t intended 10 doP
First. 70 provide q record Of drivers,
and e. Q corollary, of violations and
Academia e Is important % the outaat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
81, 600, 900 DRIVERS
IN U. S., SURVEY SAYS
This Number Compares With Motor
Vehicle Registration Of
2e,50O, 900.

There were S2,OOO,0OO drivers In the
United States IS compared with motor
venice registration Of 26,600,O on
January ], 1880, according 70 q state
m1ent issued from the national head
quarters OF the American Automobile
Association today.
This was the highlight Of a survey
conducted BY the national motoring BODY
20 determine the ratio of drivers to
cars throughout the country. Among
the things disclosed by the survey are:
/. That drivers exceed motor Vehicle
registration by 5,500.000.
q Tnat there are Ia drivers to every
registered motor vehicle.
.. That OF the people eligible 20 drive.
mat -. persons is years Of are and over.
numbering $4,000. 900, one out OF every
III persons drives O car.
=. That OF the 81 900 900 operators
On the streets today. $4,000 900 are in
states where 1t Is not mandatory that
all motorists take an examination as TO
their ability, mental and physical, to
drive an automobile.
Commenting on the survey, Thomas
W. Henry, president OF the A. A. A., said:
The mere fact that there are $780,
200 more drivers than cars impresses me
as showing In q convincing manner the
greas reservoir Of automobile buyers that
stan exists In this country. The
eaturation point that we have so often
heard OF IL very far away.
In 30 far as our survey points to an
enormous increase In the number Of
motor vehicles on the streets in the
years Immediately ahead Of US. It ought
70 confirm us more than ever in the
Belief that caring for highway trans
port from the standpoint of safety and
smooth now Is an urgent national prob
lem.
II am particularly impressed with the
revelation that there are az. 900 900 driv.
ers OF powerful vehicles on our streets
ana highways today in States where It Is
not mandatory requirement that all
applicants give proof Of their fitness
or qualifications for the exercise Of the
driving privilege. Here Is condition
deserving Of immediate attention of
those ~ States that DO not have a
drivers license law and also of the
5tlaer 10 states where the drivers license
law does not make an examination
mandatory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Second Place Held
By Canada i'm Motor
Car Ownership.

Automobile manufacturing has de-
veloped into such an important indus
try in Canada that the Dominion now
holds second place among the nations
in the per capita ownership Of motor
cars and third place in the production
OF automobiles, according to . survey
OF the industry compiled by the depart
msnt Of immigration and colonization
Of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Canada Is exceeded only BY the
United States in the per capita owner
ship Of motor cara" . bulletin sum-
marizing the survey sets forth. Uncle
Sans record u one automobile to every
&c persons, whereas that Of the Do
minion is one to every 80 people.
I'm the production of automobiles
the United States leads with q produc-
ton in 1929 of $685. Ala. France is Sec
ond. with an output last year of 263 $50
and Canada third with 262, 625. Fourth
position is held by England with an
output of 238. 805 to its credit last year,
and NTH by Germany with 70,5O0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
ILLINOIS ACHIEVES
NEW HIGHWAY MARK
State Will Have More Than 5000
Miles Completed Before
Season Ends.

BY reason Of her excellent financing
methods and comprehensive planning,
Illinois viii this year complete the
equivalent Of her nine-thousandth mile
of 1e-foot hard surfaced rural roads, ac-
cording to e. =. Duffy, highway educa-
tional writer.
Back in 1924, Illinois set o years
construction record Of 1,113.5 miles Of
concrete which still stands. BY No
vember ! Of this year Illinois awarded
contracts for the building OF the equiya-
lent of 1,044 miles of 18-foot pavement,
and viii complete $50 miles this year.
The differential Is explained by the
fact that contracts for lengthy milages
to be built next year have been awarded
this FAN so that work can start i'm
mediately in the Spring.
This latter circumstance Is indicative
Of the progressive attitude contantly
followed by Illinois. Plans for highway
construction are always laid well In
advance, so that construction proceeds
without hitch. Illinois hopes to great
~ alleviate the unemployment situation
by removing all legal difficulties at
once so that men may be placed at
work on roads as weather permits.
The impetus given roadbuilding in
Illinois By the two State highway bond
issueS totaling $3.50, O0O, 900 has made it
possible for that State to make re-
markable Roadway in paving her State
highway system. Now that Illinois has
q scent gasoline tax, noteworthy sums
are being devoted to extending the bond
issue pavements and to widening.
The smaller communities of Illinois
the counties and townships
caught the bodybuilding spirit from the
state, and Is q consequence Illinois Is
forging rapidly ahead in building paved
local roads.
Bond issues also have played an i'm
portant part in local road construction.
Vermilion County, for example, issued
county bonds for 81 100000 In 1914 and
built several score miles of single lane
concrete. shortly, townships began
passing bond issues for the extension Of
these narrow pavements 70 connect up
with the county and State highway
systems. As q consequence, vernilion
County has IT'S miles Of paved local
roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

8y BENJAMIN. q. EYNON,
Cosnmfssioner Of Meter Vehicles, state Of
Pennsylvania.
TIA licensing u motor vehicle opera
toEs 10 closely interviewer with the en-
forcsmsnt q frame laws and regula-
lions. Unless the matter IL hooked upon
In this light, some Of its most impor-
tant aspects may be lost sight of.
IN some States the licensing of drivers
Is simply matter of collecting revenue
through the Motor Vehicle Department.
The increasing toll Of lives annually on
the streets and roads, to say nothing
Of the economic loss. has created q
Nation wide demand for the conserva-
ton Of human life, and happily the
question Of raising revenue through this
means Is becoming secondary In a grow
ing number Of States.
The licensing Of drivers is being
based, as 1t should be. upon the demon-
strated ability and fitness of the indi-
vidual to operate q motor vehicle under
the traf1c conditions that confront him.
The question is still frequently asked,
however, why drivers should be licensed
by examination and road tests, rather
than through the collection of the price
OF license card. This question IL
raised both in States that license drivers
by examination and test, of which
Pennsylvania Is one, and In States
where no license Is required or where
they are sold for revenue raising pur-
poses. The question Is also asked
whether this action has the tendency to
reduce accidents.
An elaborate study by one Of the
committees Of the NATIONAL Conference
on Street and Highway Safety at WASH
tngton, which Is sponsoring uniform
drivers license act, with mandatory exc
animation and test, for enactment by
all Of the States, shows that In the
group Of Eastern States which have
drivers license systems with mandatory
examination the increase In motor
trafilc fatalities from 1920 TO 1928 was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
DRIVING LICENSES INTERVIEWER
WITH TRAFFIC ENFORC CEMENT
Experiences in Pennsylvania and
Other States Are Cited by Keystone
Motor Commissioner Eynon.

81 per cent The increase In motor
vehicle registration In these States IN
the same period was 1s2 per cent.
In nine Midwestern States which do
not have mandatory examination and
test IN licensing drivers the increase IA
automobile fatalities from 1890 70 1e2a
was l61 per cent and the increase IN
automobile registration was 1Ae Per
cent.
In eight Southern States which do
not have the drivers license act with
mandatory examination the increase in
automobile fatalities from 1920 to 1929
was 266 per cent. while vehicle registra-
ton increased In the same period by
a.. per cent
In the Pacific Coast States, including
California, which requires examination
and test OF drivers, the death rate tn-
crease in this period was lA2 per cent.
while automobile registration increased
le4 per cent.
In other words, while the increase in
motor vehicle registration for this Pc
Rod was fairly comparable between the
first three groups Of States, and also
with the Pacific Coast, the increase In
traffic fatalities In the less densely pop
ulated Midwestern States was almost
twice that Of the densely populat ID
Eastern States where mandatory ex-
arninations and tests are required.
In the agricultural South, with very
few densely populated areas, but with
out mandatory examination of drivers,
the accident rate increase was three
times that Of the Eastern States.
Both Of these questions can ke an
swered also by the counter question
that II operators are not licensed, what
control can be exercised over their &C.
tons? Under the licensing system the
State trafic authorities grant the privi-
designated, and not an inherent
right-of driving upon the streets and
highways. BY virtue Of the authority
TO grant the privilege. they can also
withdraw or, withhold II.
:. has been the experience In Penn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Road to Be Widened.

Authorization has been granted for
widening Of the road between Burnt
Mills and White Oak. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
q. 8. Lads In Roads.

There are 1890 900 miles Of highway
a the world, OF which 2,Oie,2o1 are
heated II the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
SHORT MEASURED

Purchasers Of Iubricating oils In
North Carolina last year were short
changed to the extent Of 92i0 SAB
through short-meaaring dov'-~- 80.
cording TO . recent estimate Of O. d.
Baucom, State inspector of weights aIo
measures.
After completing his tabulations. Mr..
Baucom stated that 81 per cent of the
pumps and measures checked were
found to give approximately two cubic
inches per quart less oil than the Gus
toners paid for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

Wilbur d. osgood, branch manager
for Peerless Motor Co., announces the
appointment of Brook Nyce as sales
manager.
Mr.. Osgood has also appointed James
/. Harris, George M. Rankin and Jack
Moss 70 his sales force. AL are well
known TO washington, having been con-
nected here for some time. esn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

TO know the mental and physical
privilege Of driving an intricate piece
Of machinery on the roads.
Records Of violations are important,
because In an analysis Of 43,776 acci-
dents In Pennsylvania in 1929, Of which
1856 resulted in the death Of 1892 per-
sons, there were found 38,186 violations
Of the vehicle code.
Figures available from some Of the
insurance companies indicate that about
10 per cent Of the motorists in America
are unit, physically, mentally or NOR
ally, to drive an automobile. These fig-
ures are based on the records Of II
States, having at the close Of 1929
nearly one-third Of the total automobile
registration.
In these States gT,704 motorists had
their licenses revoked, against q total
Of 7,lTe.lll vehicle registrations. The
principal causes were driving while in-
toxicated, reckless driving, failure 70
report accidents and fleeing from the
scene Of accidents.
Conditional Licenses.
The efIicacy Of drivers license acts
and the Importance Of inquiry into pos
sifle physical defects In prospective OPP
SNe-FSAS AAAAo St4AhAA9oAc al OtiC ldCt lflAk
last year IN one State more than 10 900
conditional licenses were issued, against
almost 30 times that number Of regular
Licenses.
II II d true that one in every 50
motorists suffers froE1 some physical
impairment that interferes with his
ability TO avoid an accident, such as
eyestght In need Of proper correction by
glasses, 1t is clear that care should be
exercised as TO the type Of persons who
ar! trusted TO operate automobiles.
In pennsylvania We believe that the
examination Of new drivers has mate
rally reduced the accident hazard. and
while the State has not shown mate
rial reduction In ccidenta--whieh, in
ctdentally, u not shown throughout the
eountry--it has at least kept pace with
the increase In operators.
To sum up, the eject Of Q good
drivers license law II to provide Q record
Of operators. It will by examination
and test eliminate the physically and
mentally UNIT. and will give further
training TO inexperienced drivers.
Such q law will provide for drastic
punishment by withdrawal or yevoca-
tion Of the driving privilege from habit
uAl violat0rs and chronically reckless
drivers. It will assist In the mainte-
nance of proper and adequate violation
records and accident statistics. II will
aid In the enforcement o. trafac laws
and regulations, and viii. II necessary.
provide means for additional revenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Al Iahnr,v Addition.

A valuable addition to the oil mans
library d THE Function Of Natural
Gas IN the Production of OIL" PUBLISH
81 BY the American Petroleum Institute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Highest Mountain
In United States
Views Lowest Area

Trail blazers on Mount Whitney are
encamped at an elevation Of $4,000 feet.
according to the Automobile Club Of
Southern California. This is 5000 feet
above the highest incorporated town.
An interesting contrast Is the fact
that the mountain overlooks the lowest
point on the continent, which q near
Furnace Creek Ranch, IN Death Valley,
IN the same county, .27e feet below sea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Three Honor Cities.

Three cities, all in Michigan, Chico
pee. Fitchburg and Woburn, have gone
seven months without a single automo-
bile fatality.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09
HUNTING, FISHING AND
MARRYING RUSH CLERKS
Perusal of Records Shows Mar
riages Lowest of 3 in Number

When it came to getting licenses at
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court last year the number of mar
riage licenses obtained was the lowest
of the three principal pastimes, mar
rying, hunting, and fishing, a perusal
of the records shows.
While 1858 marriage licenses were
being issued, 1894 applied for fishing
permits, and 1913 tried their luck at
hunting. The figure for hunting licen-
ses was slightly higher than last year,
due, it is said, to the open season on
deer on December 2 and 8. The num-
Der of marriage permits also in
creased, while fishing seemed to de-
crease in favor. A total of ALTO
licenses were issued.
One thousand fifty-one of the fish
ing licenses issued were granted to
county residents, 6S to non-residents;
113 to Deep Creek Lake, non-resi-
dents; so to Deep Creek Lake, state
residents.
Fifteen hundred sixty-eight of the
number of hunting licenses were is
sued to county residents, IL state
wide, and SO non-residents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09
X. OF P. LODGE VETERAN
is HONORED AT NEWBURG
John McCue, Oakland, Presented
with 50-Year Membership Jewel

On Monday evening, January 6, Mr..
John McCue, a resident of Oakland.
was the guest of honor at the regular
meeting Of Damon Lodge, No. 5, K.
of p, at Newburg, West Va, where
on this occasion he was presented
with a fifty-year veterans jewel rep
resenting a continuous membership of
the organization for half a century.
The presentation of the jewel was
made by Mr.. Vernon Fortney, Past
Grand Chancellor Commander of the
State of West Virginia.
Following the presentation of the
jewel the membership and the Pythian
Sisters connected with the lodge were
seated at a~banquet in the recreation
room of the Newburg M. E. church.
Mr.. McCue was warmly congratu-
lated by a large number of those in
attendance upon attainment of the
highly priced jewel and mark that
few live to receive.
AS mark of honor Mr.. McCue was
accompanied to Newburg by the fol-
lowing members of Garrett Lodge No.
113, Knights of Pythias: Henry
Lauer, A. G. Gortner, D. W. Walter,
Arthur Lawton, E. Townshend, J. H.
Loar, Singleton Townshend and P. M.
Ramsey.
Mr.. McCue became member of the
Newburg lodge when he was quite a
young man and engaged as stone
mason by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company. The occasion was one
enjoyed by all present, more especi-
ally by the recipient of the jewel. A
number of lodges in various sections
of West Virginia were represented at
the meeting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09
Louisiana Ministries of Crellin to
Show at Friendsville.

The Louisiana Minstrels of Crellin,
will present their show in McCul-
lough's Hall, Friendsville, on Satur-
day evening, January IL. The show
will start at eight o'clock and will be
given under the auspices of the Odd
Fellows Lodge of Friendsville.
This performance has been success
fully presented at Crellin, Mountain
Lake Park and at Sunnyside Grange
Hall during the past two months, and
it is said that the people of Friends
vile have a treat in store for them
when the minstrel boys of the Black
Diamond town start their fun.
The regular Saturday night dance
at the hall will be held as soon as the
show is over. Music for the dance
will be furnished by the minstrel show
orchestra.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09
JACQUELINE LOCKYER is
NAMED EDITOR OF COAX
Positions on HI. S. Year Book
Filled at Mondays Meeting

Jacqueline Lockyer was elected
editor-in-chief of "The Oak" official
yearbook publication of Oakland
High school, at meeting of the SEN
ior class, held on Monday afternoon.
Helen Sollars and Vida Ashby
were named assistant editors, Thomas
Gender, Jr., business manager; Rosel-
la Hinebaugh, advertising manager;
Bernard Gender, literary editor; How
ard Rathbun, joke editor. Miss
Margaret Kockenderfer is sponsor
for the publication and Miss Rose
Rice, the class adviser.
The seventh edition of "The Oak"
will be similar in some respects to
last years publication, but will have
new features added The staff will
begin work Immediately on the
project.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09
Eastern Star Installs Officers
For Ensuing Term

Oakland chapter, No. CT, Order Of
Eastern Star, installed the following
officers for the ensuing term at a
meeting held January Z: Mrs. Hat
tie Hammond, worthy matron; Chas.
Hammond, worthy patron; Beryl
Davis, associate matron; Harold Har-
ned, associate patron; Mrs. Georgia
Whipkey, conductress; Mrs. Naomi
Harmed, associate conductress; Mrs.
Alma Rathbun, treasurer; Mrs.
Esther Davis, secretary; Mrs. Elsie
Sincell, organist; Mrs. Emma Harmed,
marshal; Mrs. Clara Stuck, chaplain;
Mrs. Besse Smith, Adah; Mrs. Mary
R. Martin, Ruth; Mrs. Edna Ashby,
Esther; Mrs. Byron Besse, Martha;
Mrs. Nina Dixon, Electa, Mrs. Louise
Selby, warden; Mrs. Mary Mann,
sentinel.
Mrs. Clara Stuck, retiring matron,
was presented with past matron's
jewel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-09
MUST SETTLE DISPUTE in
THE RED CROSS ROLL CALL
KemptOn's Membership Wanted
By Both Garrett County and
Tucker County, West Va.

A peace-time fight is being waged
between Tucker county, West Va, and
Garrett county, Md, to decide which
chapter-that of Garrett county or
that of Tucker county-of the Ameri-
can Red Cross is entitled to an ap-
proximate subscription membership
of $50, solicited in and around Kemp
ton during the annual Red Cross Roll
Call of last year.
1t happens that Kempton postoffice
and the general store owned and OPP
Grated by the coal company owning
that section of Garrett county and
West Virginia, are across the line in
West Virginia, while the town proper
is in Maryland. The residents vote in
Maryland and the children attend the
Maryland school. Practically all the
males of the community are employed
by the West Virginia coal company
operating its mines there.
Mrs. E. z. Tower, Garrett county
chairman, and other Red Cross work
ers feel that the money collected from
people in Garrett county should be
turned in to the Garrett county chap
ter and has insisted that the manager
of the Eastern Area, National Red
Cross, decide in favor of her conten-
ton.
Provided possession is nine points
of the law" West Virginia has an adj
vantage over Garrett county because
the money has been collected and is
now in possession of the Tucker coun-
ty Red Cross workers.
KemptOn Included in Quota
But in making out Garrett county's
quota before. the drive began, Kemp
tons population was included in the
Garrett county list, and the approx
innate $50 members are needed to put
Garrett county over the top in the
drive for 500 members. Three hum
bred and sixty-one members have
been reported to date and the men,
bership which hangs in the balance
would more than fill the local quota.
During the war and for sometime
thereafter, all Red Cross subscrip-
lions from Kempton were given to
Garrett county.
One hundred and fifty-eight of the
361 members reported to date are
from Oakland, Mrs. Tower has an
nounced. Mrs. Julia Yokum, chair
man at Vindex, reports eight men,
bers as follows: William Critchon,
Jr., Helen Ashby, Jask Tasker, Riley
H. Yokum, T. A. Arnold, C. ]. En-
inert.
Additional members in the Oakland
list are Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Burruss,
B. H. Sincell, DR.. Ralph Kercheval,
George Hanst, Nina Winters, Emma
F. Hamill, Ann E. Hamill, Mrs. Tru-
man w. Casteel.