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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
MORE CARS TO THE FAMILY
BECOMES MODERN REQUIREMENT
Every Member of Household Drives Now.
With Few Exceptions, Contrasting Old
Idea of One Automobile.

feel indisposed to bother with. The
automobile has become so much part
of the veryday life of women that they
are finding it impossible to dispense
with this vehicle.
School Transportation.
In the case of children, it might be a
question of taking them to school; in
many cases enabling them to attend bet
ter institutions, which they otherwise
would not be able to do; such schools
being too far from home or too hard
to get to with other transportation ia
cilities.
The young adult daughter in city or
county finds manifold uses for the au-
tomobile, as does her grown brother, in
keeping engagements, in driving to
town or to school, to the shops, to the
theater, in getting to week end parties,
in entertaining guests, in performing
errandS and enjoying themselves in
general. Not having to bother with
train schedules or the crowded sub
ways is a cause for elation that well
warrants an automobile.
Of course, it is not advocated that
children operate automobiles. But boys
and girls 10 years of age and over in
most States can secure a Junior opera
tors license and in the main drive care
fully. Those 10 years or age and over
are really adults and are usually per-
fectly competent as operators of an au-
tomobile They have needs for using
cars which, as long as they are legtti-
mate, should be recognized and some
provision should be made for meeting
such needs.
PrepOsterOus Idea Before.
To sell a car to every member or to
several members of a family would have
been quite preposterouS idea a few
today. When the family visits the au-
tomobile show or views the cars dis
played in automobile showrooms or the
windows of such concerns, the statesmen
we'll know that mother is considering
car that will be of most use to her, and
son and daughter are making their pick,
even though father might decide (to
himself only that one family car will
do.
Life without an automobile would In
deed be an empty" round Of routine.
The narrowed and limited life and OPP
portunity which made up part of life
in suburbs and rural communities in
pre-car days would be intolerable today.
And women and older boys and girls as
well as adult sons and daughters are as
appreciative and conscious of this as
are men, who for many years have made
use of motor cars. Automobile manu-
facturers. knowing well the need and
desires of women, are catering increas-
ingly to their tastes and desires in the
way of automobile design and utility.
These makers of cars are wise in pro-
viding vehicles which appeal to people
of both sexes, all ages and wide range
of pocketbooks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
Protection of Pedestrians Is Urged
By Building Walks Along Rural Roads

1.-TWO million motor cars are being
added each year to the automobile reg
lStratlon list, yet pedestrianiSm is still
with us, according to E. e. Duffy, high
way educational writer. This fact
seems to have been lost sight of, al
though few cities and other COM
munitles are giving the pedestrian the
consideration he deserves. Los Angeles,
Tor instance, has built some 40 pedes-
TRAN tunnels which permit foot traffic
TO pass under the damned arteries. Such
thoughtfulness, however, is rare.
In large cities many streets have
been widened for motor traffic simply
by cutting back the sidewalks. In some
instances this has been a sacrifice on
the part OF foot traffic, and right here
1t might be mentioned that more than
half Of the thousands of automobile
casualties are perpetrated among the
ranks of pedestrians. 1t is no more
than logical, therefore, that the grow
ing demand for sidewalks along rural
highways be given immediate and con-
structive attention.
supporters of rural sidewalks along
highways, the most active being the
American Society for Municipal I'M
provements, contend that sidewalks
should be provided near rural schools
and near cities, towns and villages along
the way. So far only few communi-
ties have given this matter any atten-
ton at all. Among the notables are
Allegheny County, Pa, and Wayne
County, Mich.
Unfortunately, few State highway
departments are authorized to build
rural sidewalks; the provision of this
facility now rests for the most part with
the local community. However, 1t is
likely that when various States adopt
indicated pavement programs some
provision may be made for the installa-
ton of country sidewalks, which add
but little to the total cost.
1.-THE first question that arises is the
practicability of spending money for
such construction when SO many miles
81 roads need paving. That, Of course,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
PRICED CAR
PRODUCTION GAINS
Other Classes of Passenger
Cars Promised Upward
Trend Before Long.

Passenger car production assumed a
decidedly stronger trend during the
past week, with the largest share Of the
gain occurring in the low-priced field,
according to B. H. Cram, president Of
Grams Automotive Reports.
While no great increases are expected
to occur in the other price classes be-
fore the LIST of April, incoming orders
received by number of companies In
these fields are gaining steadily and
support the conviction that output will
be stepped up considerably within a few
weeks.
This week the two largest low-priced
car producers instituted heavy increases
in their daily operating schedules, one
elevating its weekly total some $3.50
cars and the other stepping up its pro-
duction about 900 units for the period.
Slight gains occurred in the medium
priced field. One increase of consider
able proportions was not particularly
significant, however, since the gain
merely represented the company's re-
turn to its previous levels following a
reduction two weeks ago. Production
in the high-priced field moved along at
unchanged levels, but most of the COM
panies reported that sales were gaining
steadily and will warrant output gains
soon.
Several instances Of increases in
working forces were noted during the
week, serving to elevate slightly the
employment level. The automotive en-
ployment situation Is improving rap
idly and now is the source of little dis
satisfaction.
In the truck division several COM
panies reported increasing sales and one
concern instituted a 10 per cent in
crease in daily output Production at
the remaining plants continued without
change, with the light delivery units
claiming their customary majority of
the volume. There was little to indi-
cate any immediate heavy increases, but
= l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
BY H. CLIFFORD BROKAW,
Automobile Technical Adviser.

It used to be, not so long ago, quite
an event If the family owned a car.
One automobile seemed sufficient to
take care of it's needs, and usually only
one member of the family could drive,
that member being the father of the
household. Those were the days when
women were accepted with humor and
patience if they expressed a desire to
drive, and with exaggerated annoyance
should there be any trouble or delay
in progress through traffic when women
were driving.
Gradually a change came. -Four or five
years ago the idea evolved that the
average family could use two cars to
good advantage, town car and a coun-
try car: or a closed body model and
the open touring; or big family car
and smaller runabout. Two cars to
a family began to be considered the
thing. Today, with lower prices and
more exacting demands on life, a one
family car won't do. The modern Ameri-
can family is arriving at a point where
every member needs a car to fit in with
his or her own particular purpose. In
cases where only one member makes
exclusive use of the car, when he is
away on business or otherwise. the rest
of the folks find themselves at a loss.
When one has enjoyed the advantages
as hard to live without one as to forego
warm and running water in the modern
home.
Essential to Own Car.
So then we find the family arriving
at stage-in city life, but particularly
in rural communities-where it is es-
sential that mother as we'll as father
own a car, and the children and the
grown-up sons and daughters have
theirs.
It was an easy matter for women to
learn to manipulate car. They are
known to be as careful in driving and
as quick thinking in an emergency as
most men; perhaps they are more so,
for they have had to overcome the
prejudice against their automotive ac-
tivity. Women, as well as men, have
come to appreciate the many advan-
tageS in owning an automobile to use
at will, and in having car for chill
dren to use without interference with
the parents own particular purposes.
The duties and obligations of modern
women in which they can make excel
lent use of a car are countless. To
enumerate few we find her using the
car in fulfilling social engagements, in
visiting friends and relatives, in driving
to town during the day. She finds dis
lance no barrier in the matter of look
ing for better prices or better material
when shopping. She entertains guests
with it, she tours the countryside and
enjoys the out-of-doorS; she can also
relieve friend husband of matters that
he might be too busy to attend to, or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
MILADY'S MOTORING
BIZ FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

When the officer says she can't turn
around in a certain street the wise wom-
an will not tell him that she's better
driver than he thinks.
Sometimes these cool, calculating
methods Of driving do not always pay; 1
was reminded of this the other day
when a woman ahead came up slowly
behind several cars stopped by traf-
flc signal and started to shoot around
to the left of them just as the lights
changed to go" 1t looked like neat
way to get ahead of the procession
without bothering to touch the brake
or shift the gears, but just as her trick
seemed to be scoring another car max
ing a left turn from the interesting
street collided Squarely with her.
1t may seem to be little more diff
cult to back into a garage instead OF
driving straight into it, but the process
is safer from several standpointS. In
the first place you are sure there is
nothing behind you as you back in,
whereas in backing out you may be run
ming into danger. Another advantage
is that the motor is warm while back
ing In so that the exhaust fumes are
less dangerous than wnen the power
plant is cold.
Just to top it off the backing in way
of doing things saves a lot Of twisting
and turning around the driveway when
the car is stiff and not quite up to
operating par.
A checkup of the complaint of one
woman that the clutch pedal was din
cult to press out revealed the fact that
the front seat was adjusted too far for
ward. She was pressing down on the
pedal more than out.
Generally speaking. at the wheel
women are apt to be guilty Of exceeding
the conversation limit, but there is
something to be said for chatter. I do
not subscribe to the idea that chauffeurs
make safer drivers because they do not
talk. One of them confessed to me
that he nearly fell asleep at the wheel
while taking a couple of elderly people
for ride.
A little conversation quickens the
wits, and, If not too thought provoking,
is more likely to be help to the driver
than handicap.
One of the most risky things in driv-
ing Is to leave the car doors open when
the machine has been garaged for the
night. A lot of owners think this doesn't
matter. The test comes in the morning
when they are in a hurry and forgetful.
- AAoA4 SouSAE OOOA CAIdO AllSo Opetl "IIcn
the car lurches backward may cause
considerable damage.
Recently talked with woman who
volunteered to confess her ideas as to
how an engine fabricated itself. She
pictured the crank case filled with oil
and the moving mechanism of the en-
CINE splashing around in it,
But that of course is not the situa-
ton.
In the best designed cars the oil Is
stored in stump, or reservoir. at the
b. tom of the crankcaSe and is never
| disturbed by the crankShaft and con-
| Meeting rods of the engine. pump lifts
this oil, forces it straight through the
hollow crankshaft to all bearings and
up through the rifle-drilled connecting
rods to the piston pins. Since the excess
oil flies of there is constant mist of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

ing-such advantages as weather
proof internal-expanding 4-wheel
hydraulic brakes; a 62-horsePower
high-compression engine mounted on
rubber; Iso- Therm pistons; low-swung
perfectly-balanced chassis;special-Vpe
spring shackles and shock absorbers;
small base wheels with large balloon
tires; and typically Chrysler-styled
bodies ofnew design and construction.
Such car at such a price is hardly
believable, yet here it is. We repeat:
There is no reason-nOw-why any
body should be denied the thrill and
pride of owning a Chrysler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

is question for the community itself
to answer. Automobile accident figures
are not growing any less; in fact, they
are slightly increasing. Obviously, if
money can be made available, where
pedestrian protection is needed there
should be no hesitancy as to the course
of action.
THE ideal situation would be, of
course, for State laws to be passed re-
quiring the construction of a sidewalk
along the pavement passing a school
house or approaching a town, city or
village. If it is felt that the State it.
self cannot do this, provision should be
made permitting the local community
to provide such a facility. Missouri
passed law as long ago as 1919 max
ing it legally possible for sidewalks to
be constructed as adjunctS to paved
highways with the cost prorated to the
property abU&ing on the road. Strange
ly, this law was not taken advantage of
until 1928, when Jackson County let
contracts for sidewalk"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

system used it is apparent that a little
time is required to start the oil going
to those places where it Is urgently
needed. That is why the engine should
never be raced when just started. Some
times the oil will move so slowly at the
start that the oil pump will go dry and
make a peculiar humming noise. Oil
mist cannot form until the moving part
are overlubricated, and this combines
with the fact that oil drains off the
cylinders during the night to empha-
size the need for still greater caution
in starting.
Clothing has a way of making trouble
for the driver. This was illustrated in
one recent instance, where, in getting
out of the car, milady's coat caught in
the lighting switch on the steering post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
In the Motor World
BY q. ADAMS HOWARD.

But because it is not necessary
to report the accident to the
police it does not mean that it is
not wise thing to do. A man
might make his identity known,
and later have the owner or
operator of the other vehicle in
the collision deny it. If the re-
port is made at the police pre-
cinct, it is down in black and
white, and no possibility of the
charge of leaving after colliding
is possible.
A pamphlet recently issued con-
tanning the laws and regulations
pertaining to Government public
vehicles for hire and location of
stands for public vehicles has an
interesting heading. In a long
paragraph on the first page is the
headline, Law Prohibiting Crab
bling"
Now, grabbing in this sense is
pure, or rather impure, slang It
means a regulation prohibiting
lettering of taxi cabs and other
public vehicles. However, it is
interesting to note just what the
dictionary gives as a definition.
Two are given as follows: l. The
act or business of catching crabs"
2. I'm finishing wooden fabrics; a
process that prevents them from
becoming cockled and imparts a
lasting luSter."
Too Many Cabs.
Speaking of taxi cabs, it would
seem that there are far too many
of them in our fair city. It is just
a big parade with them every day,
both on Connecticut avenue south
of Dupont Circle, and on F street
between Fifteenth and Tenth
streets.
Seven reasons for the renewed
activity in the automobile trade
were cited by Alfred Reeves, gen.
eral manager of the National
Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce, at the March meeting of
the sales managers of the motor
companies, held in Detroit last
week. The factors given were:
l. Good Spring weather.
2. Moderate prices Of 1880
models.
3. Style and beauty features of
current cars.
4. Many mechanical improve
ments.
5. Dealers rapidly clearing
stocks of old cars.
6. Replacement market, which
will approach 100000 cars this
year.
7. Rising curve of general bust
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

oil to such parts as the timing gears,
the camshaft and in some cars the
valve mechanism.
Some engines are not so positively lu-
bricated, but are efficiently oiled by a
splash system. The connecting rods
have little tips on the lower ends which
dip into oil troughs. These troughs,
however, are kept filled with oil pumped
up from the reservoir below.
No matter what the type of lubricating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30
A. A. A. FOREIGN TRAVEL.
Motoring Body Issues Booklet for
Touring Overseas.

The American Automobile Association
which handled rs per cent of the cars
for Americans travelling in Europe dur
ing 1929, has just published the annual
edition of Motoring Abroad" an au-
thoritative handbook on touring over
seas.
Touching on all phases of travel, the
publication of the A. A. A. foreign
travel division is replete with informa-
tive details as to arrangements for
going abroad, shipment of the car and
customs requirements, information on
outstanding objectiveS, cost of touring
In the various countries, hotel facili-
ties. etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

Being daylight at the time she did not
notice that all the lights we're turned on
by this unobserved act Returning to
the car several days later she found the
battery dead.
Whether you win the prize at bridge
is of little consequence so long as you
remember that the business of driving
home is also a game. 1t is surprising
how many people trump their driving
partners aces.
If you are having one of the front tires
changed be sure to ask the service man
to match its pressure with the one on
the other wheel, even If you have to de-
fate the tire with the higher pressure.
Unequal pressures may cause the front
wheels to Shimmy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-30

4-Door Sedan g srindotv),
$62S; Coupe, $3.50; Road
Ster. $50; 2-DOOr Sedan,
500; Touring. $685. De
Luxe Coupe, 462S, De
LUxs Sedan, o67S. All
prices {. o. b. factory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
REASON =, Tf LI .IG:SN

THESE Russian officials sink to the level of political
J. mongrels when they make the chareg that the
United States controls Mexico and induced relations
with her to Moscow to get with Russia for
her hot reply to Secretary StimSonS suggestion that
she cease making war on China.
With plasure note that Mayor Mellett OF An
derson, Ind agrees with this column and informs the
Indiana crime commission that much awleSsness is
due to the example set by public officials who go
wrong.
beating the drums and smaller political fry
playing the other instruments it little that
ordinary men join the criminal parade
The mayor might have added that hundreds of out
laws are Matched by the stealing of elections and the
white washing there of other hundreds by the annual
school book robbery and still other hundreds by those
powerful interests which plumber the people through
their control Of the agencies OF government.
D REPRESENTATIVE DYER OF Missouri, spokesman
N for the vets in congress- urges President Hoover
get behind per cent beer but the desire OF Dyers
followers is to get in front OF it.
Mr.. Barros head of Barcelona University library,
offers documents which tend to prove that Columbus
was not an Italian but Spaniard.
Now wait for Mussolin to blow the lid of.
The census bureau announces that every thirteen
seconds child is born in the United States.
If the stork only received the mileage allowed
member of congress, he would make Rockefel-
Ter look like 80 cents.
President Hoover picked real go-getter when he
appointed Alexander P Moore of Pennsylvania to be
ambassador to Poland and within six weeks he will
have everybody in Warsaw on his staff
Inside of forty-eght hours after he appointed
minister to SPAIN Moore was on garlic terms with
King Alphonso.
DREsDENT- ELECT ORTIZ RUBIo of Mexico
l. a
by his friends and told them to take the money and
build poorhouSe ind in due time all the MexicanS
who have automobiles will go there.
The National Beauty and BARRIERS Supply Associa-
ton tells the world that the Of America spent
$4,000 last year to oeautify themselves but after
looking them over would say 1t a total loss.
The Social Science Researcl Council OF New York.
whatever that is plans to .onuct investigation TO
find out how the American people spend their money.
Well tell them thing: fellow is the head Of q
family Of eight. he spends it with both hands
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
A Test for Congress

You might keep your eyes open for a little while
and see just how your congressman votes on the
senate bill to abolish the courtesy of the port priv-
lege for congressman and senators.
This privilege, you know, enables congressman or
senator, returning to this country from abroad to
bring his baggage without customs inspection. IN
der it various congressman in recent months have
brought liquor into the country, thereby causing a
rather disgusting scandal
The bill to abolish this privilege passed the senate
and is up to the house 1t is hard to see any
valid reason for voting against it. Even aside from
the question OF smugged liquor why on earth should
a congressman be exempt from the customs regu-
lations? The privilege was originally intended only
mark Of courtesy to foreign diplomats, and it
should be limited to that class very strictly
Your congressnlan's vote on this bill will give you
a pretty good line on his stature
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

IMPROVEMENTS In the oil indus
L try are forecast for 1880 in sur
vey made by DR.. Thomas Thornton
Read, professor OF mining in CO.
lumbia university.
DR.. Read says that a big ad-
vance in avoiding over-production
was made by the oil industry in
1929.
Improved pool operation to elm
mate waste and the adoption OF
improved technical methods prom
Use constructive results in 1880, he
believes.
Overproduction, according to the
Columbia professor, has been a dis
concerting influence in many fields
of mineral industry as well as the
oil industry.
"Overproduction, with its atten-
dant price-cutting, improbable and
uninterrupted operation, expense for
the maintenance of idle plants. and
the disorganization of operating
forces, with its unfavorable effect
on general business through the
curtailment of buying power, long
has been a drawback to many
branches of the mineral industry"
he states. 1T is in process. how
aver. of being brought under bet
Ter control.
The oil industry, which has the
greatest disadvantage to contend
With in this respect, has made the
most remarkable progress in the
last year"