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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
HIGH.SPEED ROADS
ADVOCATED IN U. S.
One Way Express Highways Held
Important to Development
Of Motor Travel.

Increasing use of automobiles for
long-distance fast travel has stirred up
demand among business men for q
new type road, according to H. H.
Franklin, president, Franklin Automo-
bile Co. The business man has found
his automobile more convenient and
comfortable than either train or air
plane, and he wants to use 1t to. its full
capacity.
That capacity includes making jour-
neys in the late afternoon and evening,
! which would ordinarily require an over
night train trip. Today's automobile,
with its high power, speed and softly
flowing motion can easily cover from
$50 to 800 miles in few hours.
Leaving his ONCE at 4 o'clock In the
afternoon, today's automobile driver
can roll quietly out Of the city, undis-
turbed by crowds and hustle or the
necessity for matching his time to that
Of train schedules, and within O very
few minutes can be speeding past the
same surroundings that he would select
for . Sunday afternoon drive. That
evening he can draw up before the door
Of his favorite hostelery, In q city per-
haps 800 miles away. and In . homelike
room, instead Of a Pullman car, get a
rcSCIul nlgnIS steep, dTlSlIlB next MORN
ing and ut to go about his days BUSH
ness.
This is not a fantastic idea It is
possible now in many sections Of the
country. Automobile manufacturers are
building cars with more efficient pro-
portioning of power, weight and speed.
capable Of travelling comfortably and
safely ut the ranges from so to 80 miles
an hour. Our own new models, with
their airplane engines, can maintain
an average OF so miles an hour for hour
on end, without firing the driver or
even making him conscious that he is
moving rapidly.
And confidently look forward to q
day not far distant when there will be
wide, smooth one-way highways be-
tween all cities. Improved trans
continental express highways will span
the Nation. These will have mini
mum Of turns and will be so con-
structed that travel at great speeds will
be IS safe as travel at 80 miles an hour
Is today. When that day arrives the
business man viii md many additional
uses for his car and will enjoy even
| greater independence and pleasure in
his journeyings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
MODERN ENGINEERING
HELPS USED AUTOS
Improvements Make for Confidence
on Part of Buyers-Industry
Builds Better.

1.-THE many automotive engineering
achievements Of the LAST few years,
which have refined and made more re-
liable the modern motor car, have had
q decided influence on the growth of
used car sales" declares z. j. Poag,
assistant sales manager Of the Buick
Motor Co.
These numerous improvements in
performance, riding comfort and APP
pearance have made the used car Of to-
day an entirely different commodity
from the car which went under that
name comparatively short time ago."
says Mr.. Poag. THE fact that the car
which leaves the factory today is a
vastly improved product over its prede-
cessorS is the greatest single factor in
the rising popularity of the used car.
There is a growing tendency on the
part Of the motoring public to buy used
cars with confidence. The industry's
effort to build better is steadily increas-
ing the amount of dependable trans
portation in each car"
Mr.. Poag, in illustrating the vast
proportions Of the used car business,
cites the fact that while there are in
the neighborhood of 22,50O, 900 pas
senger cars registered In the United
States, only about 100000 new cars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
MAKERS UNDAUNTED
BY MARKET COLLAPSE
Car Manufacturers Kept on With
Plans to Improve Their
Products.

Take q look at the new products Of
Sthe automobile industry at this years
show and you will soon realize that
American motor makers have not let
stocks and tickers interfere with their
desire to give the public automobiles
that are better in every respect.
Suppose last Fall, says an automobile
sales director, that the industry had
stopped in its tracks when the news
papers were filled with reports of heavy
declines and huge losses? Suppose
each manufacturer had discarded his
plans for 1880 by deciding the old line
was good enough, particularly when
conditions are SO unsettled? The au-
tomobile show this week would look
entirely different; in fact, there would
be little excuse for q show at all.
Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
have been spent in the development
of the cars that are being offered for
the approval and inspection Of Mr..
and Mrs. Public this week. Surely, this
fact alone Is ample evidence of the
confidence of the motor industry in
the soundness Of conditions as they
are now and as they will be In the
future.
In looking ahead into 1880 too many
have discarded common sense and over
looked fundamentals IN the mad scrAm-
bic to theorize, predict and prophesy.
Not 50 American motor makers, who
have viewed the future clearly and con-
cisely, without overlooking q single
phase Of the situation, good or bad, and
who have come to the conclusion that
there will be q continued healthy de-
Inand for automobiles this Winter,
next Spring and next Summer. Proof
Of this confidence is on display in
tangible, concrete form and shape at
the automobile show this week.
Instead of entering 1880 with re-
stricted programs and policies, auto
mobile makers have increased the scope
of their plans, not with the goal OF
breaking new records in production or
sales, but with the idea of better Serv-
ing the automobile owner and buyer
The cars on display are better per-
formers, better looking, more service
able than ever before. And the pro-
spective purchaser has a greater variety
from which to choose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
NOISES COME ON TURNS.
Circumstances Throw Universals
Out Of Line, Developing Knocks.

As q general rule, noises that are
heard when the car goes around a cor
ner are due to looSeness in the univer-
sal joints. It Is under such circum-
stances that their looseneSs causes them
to run out Of line, thus developing the
special chassis knocks.
Something on the same order devel-
ops when the car Is going over q rough
road, but under such conditions there
Is considerable other noise created by
the wheels, shock absorbers, springs and
parts Of the chassis or body that are
loose.
Fabric type universalS may show no
evidence of wear, yet be In need Of re-
placement. This occurs when they be-
come too flexible, so that the essential
parts Of the drive line do not remain
in proper alignment With either me-
chanical or fabric joints, the actual
noises created by wear may occur in
the transmission or pinion gear rather
than in the joints themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
It Seems That Way.

From the Wheel.
A bricklayer said to foreman on q
new lob, I'D like to work here, but ]
can't md q place to park my car"
The foreman replied: 81 guess you
won't do. This Is Q high-class Job and
I've want only bricklayers who have
ehauffeurs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
EUROPEANS GAUGE
PROSPERITY ON CARS
Widespread Use Of Autos Here Is
Held Aid to Nations
Life.

Europeans have q stock reply when
any one mentions that $4,000, 900 auto
mobiles are in use in the United States,
according to Robert C. Graham, vice
president, Graham Paige Corporation.
Americans are so prosperous" they say.
The fact Is, Americans are prosperous
because they are the worlds greatest
users of motor cars. The automobile is
more the cause Of our prosperity than
the effect.
The economic history of the United
States is virtually the history of its
transportation. The country grew as
its transportation facilities increased.
Every road, every canal, every railroad,
added to the progress of the country
and to prosperity of its people. Another
chapter is added to this history by the
automobile, for 1t has as great an effect
on the economy of the country as the
transcontinental railroads had. The
motor car is creating prosperity.
Every one is so vitality affected by
motor transportation that it is easy
to pick SPECIFIC examples Of its benefits.
The skilled worker in the city, who
formerly had to live In congeSted
quarters near his job, and who was
limited in his choice Of work by its
proximity to his home, now has his
own modern house in the open out
SklrCS Oh the ClJy. he pays 1nSJalnenCe
on its purchase instead of paying rent
to landlord. His family and children
are weather. and happier, and he can
work wherever the wages are best or
the opportunity greater, because his
automobile makes him free to pick and
choose.
Equally important is the Improvement
worked in the rural districts. Great
areas of fertile land, whose resources
were untapped because transportation
was lacking, are now operating profit
ably, thanks to the automobile.
Good roads followed the motor car
and give the farmer transportation that
suits his peculiar needs even better
than does the railroad. The farmer
can now get his produce to the market
in quicker time, display it in better
condition and obtain better prices for
it. Moreover, he. can obtain his supplies
more economically.
The automobile Is used by the millions
in the United States, not because there
are so many people who can afford TO
own them, but because people can no
longer afford to be without them. 1t is the
happy fortune Of the motor car manu-
facturer, therefore, to contribute largely
to the Nations health, and happiness,
and prosperity, by designing and build
ing transportation units that will
operate effectively and economically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
When You Pass.

From the Wheel.
The latest motor cars, they say, have
two horns attached-the FIRST sounds q
grun warning and the second parting
Sneer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

are manufactured each year. Therefore
he declares, less than one-fifth Of the
motor cars which are seen every day On
the streets and highways Of America are
being driven by their original owners.
THE improved design, better ma
terials and workmanship which are In
corporated in the construction of the
present-day automobile insures great
er reserve of service left when the orig
inal owner yields TO the lure Of q new
car" says the Buick executive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
Those Who Throw
Away Valve Caps
Cut Tire Mileage

The motorist who swallowed the
valve cap-and survived. very little the
worse for wear-at least had the right
idea. He was determined not to lose 1t.
who blandly throw away the valve caps
of their tires are throwing away a lot
Of good tire mileage at the same time.
It's the SLOW leak" which kills good
rubber, because an underinflated tire
wears twice as fast as one which is kept
precisely at the pressure recommended
by the manufacturer. And the valve
mechanism unprotected by its cap is
almost certain in time to develop such
a leak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

one motor vehicle for each 11s persons,
and In Hungary the ratio Is one car to
every $40.
I'm road building these countries
across the Atlantic have been equally
backward. in fact comparable to condi-
lions in this country before the auto
mobile was popularized. In all of
Europe there are but l,976.037 miles of
highway. as compared to 3.005,615 miles
In the United States figure which
Is nearly one-half of the entire road
mileage in the world"
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
Army Orders

Leave Of absence is granted to
each OF the following officers:
Major Daniel G. Hutton, Medical
Corps, extension 40 days. on &C.
count Of sickness: Major Thomas
l.. Coley, Medical Corps, extension
one month, on account OF sick
ness; First Lieutenant Eyrle g,
johnson, Air Corps, two months
and is days; First Lieutenant Roy
T. McL.amore, Infantry, one month
and 16 days; Second Lieutenant
william L. Bayer, Signal Corps
two months and 26 days.
The appointment on December
10. 1880, Of Col. James K. Parsons,
Infantry, as brigadier general
with rank from December !. Is
announced.
First Lieutenant James E. Poore,
jr., Signal Corps, to First Division
Fort Monmouth, N. j.
Can't. Frank E. Brokaw, n1antry,
to Seventeenth Infantry, Fort
Crook, Nebraska.
First Lieutenant Lawrence B,
Bixby, Field Artillery, to Hawaiian
Department.
Second Lieutenant Stanhope B.
Mason, infantry, to Hawaiian De
Y1artnent.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
DEBUT Of GIRL
HALTS TRIAL

CHICAGO. Dec. II uNsO,
Because Miss Marion Wright. 10
year-old society girl, made hel
debut Wednesday night and
wanted to rest yesterday morning'
william Kuhn, author Of an a.
legged extortion plot against her
yesterday won q continuance until
January IA. I
Miss Wright was much too
sleepy to appear against Kuhn ~
Felony Court, so Judge John n
Lyle agreed to defer Kuhn's ar
raignment.
Kuhn, who is % and son Of 9
wealthy retired Californian, e
said to have written letters inh
mating Miss Wright would be
killed by poisoned darts unless
$25, 900 was forthcoming. The
letters also profesSed love.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
COLLEGE PRESS
BODY To MEET

Staff members Of student pub
lications embracing the District
Of Columbia Collegiate Press As.
sociation viii hold their annual
meeting tomorrow at George
town University with Lawrence
j. Mehren, editor Of the George
town Hoya presiding.
DR.. w. Coleman Nevis, 8. j.,
president Of Georgetown, viii de-
liver the address Of welcome at
the opening session at 1918 q.
M, The press body represents
the publications Of American,
George washington, Catholic and
Georgetown universities, Trinity
College and the University Of
Maryland.
The sessions will close with the
election of officers and q lunch
con meeting at which william
Rufus Scott. editorial writer and
lecturer, will be the speaker.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
TYPICAL c | R |
SAILS TONIGHT

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Miss
kathryn McCaffrey. chosen by
The washington Times and
Gloria swanson, famous film
actress. as the Typical Washing
ton Girl, was ready to sail to-
niaht on the lille de France for
Havre, France, to spend 10 Gays
since her arrival in New York,
Miss McCaffrey and II other
tvnical girls have been. having
the thrills of their lives with
rounds Of lavish entertainments.
After talking with Gloria swan
son over telephone from the
actress Beverly Hills hom e
through a special connection to
the main dining room OF the
liner. Miss McCaffrey was one Of
the honor guests at the Blue
Horse restaurant in Greenwich
Village last night and was TO
lunch with Nancy Carroll and
other film stars today at the
Paramount studio.
Tonight a formal bon voyage
dinner will be given Miss Nc
Caffrey and the other girls in
the Roosevelt Hotel grill after
which they will board the great
liner.
Miss McCaffrey was highly
excited in talking over the tele-
phone with Miss Swanson. The
Washington girl told the actress
she was her favorite motion pic
ture star and then Miss Swanson
asked whether this, was Miss
McCaffrey's first trip abroad.
When she heard it was, she said:
''WeII, Miss McCaffrey there
are great surprises in store for
yOu."
Miss McCaffrey, who lives at
4O3 Twelfth st. N. E., Is a steno-
grapher at the Government Print
ing Office.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
Navy Orders

Lieut.. Comdr. Alexander D,
Douglas to Asiatic Fleet.
Lieut.. Marcus l.. Kurtz to
Asiatic Station.
Lieut.. Forrest A. Rhoads det,
naval station, Tutuila, Samoa; to
receiving ship San Francisco.
Lieut.. Clifford B. Schiano to
naval torpedo station, Newport
r. I.
Lieut.. q. g. John T. Brown,
jr., to VS. sgd: 9S, Carrier Divi'
sion /, U. s. Fleet.
Lieut.. (jg) Warren r. Simren
jr., to home.
Ensign John M. Bristol, to
c. I. o. U. s. s. Augusta.
Ensign James M. Hezlep to
home.
Ensign Richard D. McGlathery
to u. S. s. Arizona.
Ensign Robert L. Moore, jr., To
y. S. s. Pennsylvania.
Ensign Donald j. Sass to q. s.
s.. Arizona.
The following officers have been
detached from the Naval Air sta.
ton, Pensacola, Fla, about De
cember l3, 1880, with authority
to delay in reporting for a period
Of one month.
Lieut.. (j.g0 Harry r. Horney,
to VT Squadron 2 B, Carrier Di'
vision, No. 2, United States fleet;
Lieut.. j.g.) BENJAMIN B. c.
Lovett. to VO Squadron 4 B, Car
rier Division, No. 2, United States
fleet: Lieut.. U.g.) Carl II. b
Morrison to VO Squadron 5 B.
Carrier Division, No. Q, United
States fleet. Lieut.. (j.g) Jacob C.
Schwab to vi Squadron lB, Car
rier Division, No. 2, United States
fleet: Lieut.. (jg.) Wendell r. Kline
to VO Squadron 4B, Carrier Di
vision. No. 2, United States fleet;
Ensign George w. Ashford, tc
VT Squadron, 3B, Carrier Di
vision, No. 2, United States fl'et;
Ensign Lex l.. Black to VIC
Squadron 4B, Carrier Division
No. 2. United States fleet; In
sign Thomas w. Jones, to We
Squadron 6S, Carrier Division
No. !. United States fleet: En-
sign James r. Lee, to VS. Squad
ron 6S. Carrier Division No. !,
United States fleet: Ensign 81
wood c. Madsen, to VO Squadron
3B, Carrier Division, No. 2,
United States fleet; Ensign
Joseph r. Quilter, to VS. Squad
ron los. Carrier Division, No. J.
United States fleet: Ensign Harry
w. Richardson. to VO Squadron
5B. Carrier Division, No. 2, United
States fleet; Ensign william A,
Schoech, to VO Squadron BIB
Carrier Division. No. 2, United
States fleet.
Medical Corps
Capt. Paul r. Stalnaker to
home.
Lieut.. Comdr. Grover C.. vii
son to q. s. 8. Langley.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
CURTISTOL|GHT
" XMAS TREE

SILVER SPRING, Md, Dec. IL,
vice President Curtis has been
invited by the Lions Club here
to press q button lighting 9 giant
Christmas tree in a community
celebration.
The invitation was m q d e
through Senator Phillips Lee
Goldsborough Of Maryland.
The celebration will be held on
Georgia Avenue, opposite the
silver Spring National Bank, and
approximately 5000 persons are
expected to attend. The date is
contingent on Mr.. Curtis ac-
ceptance.
Frank L.. Hewitt is president
OF the club.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
De Lqwd' Will Speak
And Angels Sing at
GGbriel's Funeral

NEW YORK, Dec. 12-"De
Lawd" is going to speak ct
"Gabriel's" funeral.
Angelic voices-those Of the
choir from THE Green Pas
tures," under direction Of Hail
Johnson-will be heard when
services are conducted Sunday
at ! p. m. for Wesley Hill, the
Gabriel Of the show, victim Of q
taxicab which struck him We'd
nesday morning.
The funeral win be held at
st, Marks Methodist Episcopal
Church. Besides Richard B.
Harrison, who plays "de Lawd"
In "The Green Pastures" Dan.
lei Haynes, who is cast as Adam,
will eulogize the colored actor.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
FISCAL HEARING
TOMORROW

Representatives Carl e. Mapes.
chairman Of the special House
committee appointed to investi-
gate fiscal relations between the
Federal and District Govern
ments, announced this afternoon
that two members Of Congress
and q representative Of the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations
will be heard tomorrow.
The Congress members who
have requested opportunity to
expound their views are Repre-
sentatives Thomas L. Blanton Of
Texas, and Anthony J. Griffin,
of New York. The spokesman
for the citizens body Is L. A.
Caruthers.
Mr.. Caruthers is expected to
urge q Federal contribution Of at
least $1O,OOO,OO0 q year.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
+! H. Lease, 81, Dies
At LOnacOninu. Md,

LoNACoNING, Md, Dec. 70.
James Henry Lease, 90, retired
farmer, died at his home here.
He was a native Of Newburg, w.
Va, coming to Lonaconing when
Q young man.
His wife. who was Jane Cald'
well, and seven children survive.
They are John william Lease,
WellSburg, Pa: Mrs. Noah Hines
Beeman, Morgantown, w. Va:
Leonard Lease, Morgantown;
James Franklin Lease, Lonacon-
ing; Mrs. Andrew David Wolford,
Cumberland; Mrs. Charles Sisler,
Akron, Ohio, and Harry Earl
Lease, near Homecoming.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
Mystery Cleared, 5
Bodies Are Located

WATFORD CITY. n. D., Dec.
IL i2uNSJ-with the finding of
five bodies, authorities here today
were satisfied they had cleared
up the mystery surrounding the
disappearance Of the A. =. Haven
family Of six from near schafer
last February.
Charles Bannon led investiga-
tors to the bodies. He said Mrs.
Haven beat her husband and
children to death with q hammer
and then paid Bannon to bury
them.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
Art SEaires to Take
Lead in Stage Play

LOS ANGELES, Dec. II Q.N.S0,
Art Shires, major league baseball
player and erStwhile pugilist, to.
day admitted he was following
with big strideS-the path fol
lowed by Booth and Mansfield.
Shires announced he had been
signed as leading man in Roland
Browns latest play Punch
Drunk" a satire on professional
boxing, which opens in Santa
Barbara in January. ShireS
threatened to withdraw from pro
fessional baseball in favor Of the
stage-in the event that his play
gets over in big way.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
Army EnListn1eIIts
,TObLesS Relief Plans

Immediate enlistment Of 250,
900 men in a special army reserve
for one year, as a means Of
relieving unemployment, was pro
posed in a bill introduced in the
House today by Representative
Celler CD Of New York.
Enlistment would be limited to
men between 18 and 46, who are
not gainfully employed or who
are not skilled in any trade or
occIIpation.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
Va. Auto Tag Sales
Hours Announced

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. IL.
Claude w. Fletcher who has
charge Of issuing the State auto
mobile tags announced today
that his office will be open from
9 to IL in the morning and from
1880 to $50 In the afternoon
each day.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
WOLFE Is E-aErTD

~ wani1o8 Vs.R 60
Violin. jr- flEs ehf q ~
Arlington. Va w8 e3w1 -
the sixth tine % onza O. ~
post at q mssflng hEl1 wu4-nT
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
BerryUiLLe Forms
Relief Committee

BERRYVILLE, Va, Dec. 12.- =
Ralph Dorsey, chairman Of the
drought relief committee for
Clarke county, called the follow
ing members Of the different re.
lief organizations and organized
q committee to be known as the
Red Cross committee of the
drought relief: Mrs. r. G.
Mitchell, Mrs. w. r. Lewis. Mrs.
John B. Neill, the Rev. B. Duvall
Chambers, j.. T. l.. Jones, Or
Frank Tappan. Clifton Price. },
.. Griffing and Miss Mamie
Thomas. The Rev. Carter Page
was elected chairman.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
Woman Killed, Score
Hurt in Hunger Riot

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. IL
QN.SD "A woman was killed,
score of persons wounded and
many others we're under arr EST
today after police quelled hunger
riots in the city Of Dorozsma.
Southern Hungary.
The disorders were provoked
by unemployed farmhands who
paraded the streets shouting de-
3nands for food and work.
The Washington times., 1930-12-12
IDLE FUND SIX MILLION

NEW YORK, Dec. IL uN.SJ. .
New York's fund for the jobleSs
today totaled $6.275,00 In the
next six days the employment
committee hopes to have sub
scribed the remainder Of the
$4,000, 900 set as q goal.