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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Brazilian Navy Officer
And Son Visit Capital

Comdr Ernani Pivatelli of the Bra
lillian navy, with his son Ibsen are
spending a short time at the Hotel
Martinique in Washington, having come
here to complete arrangements for
young Mr. PiVatelli's entrance in the
Tomb School in Maryland, where he
will be a student next Winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Ragland
Return From johannesburg

Mr.. and Mrs. Rene c. Ragland
with their son, Rene c. Ragland, 1r.,
and daughter, Betty Ragland, have re-
turned TO this country from a four
years stay in Johannesburg, South
Africa, and are passing the week end
at the Mayflower They will visit their
former home in Norfolk, Va, before
leaving for California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
Alpha Omicron Pi Group
Pleasinsly Entertained

After the return of several members
who attended the Alpha Omicron ri
district convention in Maine, Miss Ruth
Miles and Miss Dorothy Simpson en-
tertained the sorority at Summer meet
ings Another meeting was held last
week In the chapter house, when plans
for chaperone for the next season
were discussed.
Several farewell parties were arranged
last week in honor of Miss May DeZen-
dorf, who has left to make her home IN
California. A farewell dance was given
previous to this by Miss Gethine Will
liams in honor of Miss Katherine VIII
lians. who recently moved to California.
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Capital Cordially
Welcomes New Chiefs
In Military Service

Continued From First pase.)
Evening star., 1930-06-15
AUTO INDUSTRY SEEN
ON PAYING BASIS
May Output Expected to Show
Little Gain Over April, but
Manufacturers Satisfied.

DETROIT, Mich, June 15-With
total May output expected to show lit
tie If any gain over that of April, cur
rent operations continue on the same
conservative basis as have been in eff
feet for nearly 80 days, according to
B. H. Cram, industry authority.
Production for this week is 27 per
cent below that for the corresponding
period of a year ago and 1913 per cent
under that for the corresponding week
in 1923. It is highly doubtful if out
put will show any further gain ovef
present levels for the remainder of
June, and the probability that the
current output represents the season s
peak is being reconflrmed each week
as manufacturers continue to be salts
fed with the cautious policy that they
have so strictly adhered to since the
first of the year.
Retail sales show only very slight
tendency to decline and are for all
practical purposes on a par with those
of the past four or hve weeks Low
priced cars, as in the past, continue
most active, and in this group the sales
volume is not far from normal for sew
eral producers. The medium priced
group is by far the weakest and will
probably show little improvement, al
though used car stocks are on the in
crease. New car stocks are about nor
NAL and are not changing to any out
standing degree.
Evening star., 1930-06-15

July like prophetic thread early American history
In that month and that day in 1854 and at this pace-Great
Medows-Geo Washington then Scarcely out Of his booOd faced the
enemy fire with srimness that ed other grim duties that TO
begin wen two gears later This the Of his first and last sur
render:
H E1AoM suaAO
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Coasting down grade in neutral Is an
other practice severely dealt with under
the laws of % States. In 20 States the
passing of a street car on the left Is
strictly prohibited. And the passing of a
street car diScharging or taking on
passengers also is frowned on, with the
result that even where safety zones are
established the motoriSt must exercise
the utmost caution.
Ten States-namely, Alabama, Della
ware. Florida, Georgia, Illinois. Louis
lana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, PennSyl-
vania and Tennessee-require full stop
before crossing railroad tracks at grade
while seven additional States require
a full stop at grade crossings where
special stops are erected.
Parking on the main travelled por-
tion Of the highway is violation of the
State code in the majority of cases
while in States where such parking Is
not definitely prohibited it is required
that is feet of roadway be left clear.
"As regards lighting, the law of Il
States-namely, Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana
Michigan. Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota
Ohio and Oregon-require that lights be
dimmed when passing approaching ve-
hicles. Oregan requires diTnming OF
lights on wet pavements. Spotlights
are prohibited in North Carolina, Okla
hona and Wisconsin and in the cities
of Missouri.
"Twenty-one States and the District
OF Columbia ban windshield stickers
except such as are required to show
brake inspections, and so forth.
Seven StateS-namely, Arizona, Cali
fornia, Nevada, Oregon, WASHINGTON
Idaho and South Dakota-have a law
against throwing of lighted matches
cigars or cigarettes from cars"
Evening star., 1930-06-15
KENT COUNTY, MD,
BUILDS GOOD ROADS
Rural Community Takes Ad-
vantage of State Tax
Refund Plan.

How q small rural community may
make the most Of its highway funds is
admirably illustrated by Kent County,
Md, where recently 81 miles of single
track, hard-surfaced roads we're dedi-
Gated. These pavements were built
within one year and without increase
in taxes. Kent County claims that 1t
has solved its road problem; and any
one who has iourneyed through the
fertile Del-Mar-Va country knows that
the mud and dust there made it a real
problem. The solution of the road prob
lem is all the more remarkable because
of Kent County's small population of
20, 900.
Kent County crammed l5-year road
job into one year At first It seemed
that this would be a gigantic task, one
beyond the ability of the little COM
munity. But, strangely, the only effort
involved on the part of taxpayers, aside
from arduous planning and educational
work on the part of the Kent County
Chamber of Commerce, was marking an
x on q ballot. Taxpayers won't even
be required to pay cent of additional
taxes for the pavements. except that
they will do more travelling and, conse-
quently, their contribution to the State
gasoline tex fund will be somewhat en-
| larged.
At first glance this seems like a bit
of Utopia, but in reality it's nothing
more than common-sense financing In
Maryland, as in most States, a portion
of the gasoline tax money is refunded
! to counties by the State. Kent County
simply capitalized on this assured in
come and issued 100000 in road bonds
for pavements. The pavements were
then laid, under supervision OF the
State highway department. These 81
miles of roads are now to be mann
tanned by the State, for they are per-
manently surfaced in accordance with
State specifications. In Maryland, as
in several other States, the State high
way department maintains all main
county roads that have been properly
| improved. In effect Kent County has
shortened its road problem by 81 miles.
Narrow pavements, according to road
records, are gaining in popularity
throughout the country, with something
like 5000 miles In service. They are
held economical and completely salts
factory where traf1c is light, finances
! limited and year-round travel desirable.
| Gov. Albert G. Ritchie of Maryland
| declared at the dedication, This is a
! historic occasion, in that Kent County
Is pointing the way, as a pioneer, in the
solution OF the local road problem"
Evening star., 1930-06-15
Popularity of Open and Closed Cars
Reversed, ''Open Air" Type Losing Out

How the riding habits Of the Nation
have changed in 10 years is shown by
the reversal of popularity as between
open and closed cars. Amos n Andy
to the contrary notwithstanding, the
'fresh-air" type of automobile has
steadily lost ground. In 1919, accord
ing to statistics in Facts and Figures
of the Automobile Industry, a publi-
cation recently issued by the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
only 10 per cent of the passenger cars
produced were closed types, while in
1929 all but 10 per cent were closed.
In sense this Is triumph of utility
over beauty for, while all cars
have steadily grown better looking, 1t is
generally conceded to be impossible to
put as much grace of line into closed
car bodies as into the open types That
still holds true, for the latest open jobs
are the smartest that have ever been
seen on the highways.
AS between the two contenders in the
open class, the touring type has gener-
ally been preferred to the roadster type
but in 1928 they reached an equal foot
ing, each representing 5l2 per cent of
the total production. In 1929, however,
the roadster forged ahead, for per
cent of the cars produced were in that
type and per cent touring.
The coupe has gained some ground
but that happens to have been Just
about what the open car has lost, for all
other types of closed cars have held
pretty close to two-thirds of the produc-
ton during the past three years
Among these the 4-door sedan Is the
outstanding favorite. The 2-door sedan
comes next and for the past two years
has represented just slightly more than
a quarter of the production.
While figures are not available to
Evening star., 1930-06-15
old Dobbin" Is Passing As Farms
OF Nation Are Becoming Motorized

"Old Dobbin" is gradually passing
from the picture on the Nations farms,
and with nearly one-fourth of the
motor vehicles of the country owned
by farmers, rural life is now thoroughly
motorized" according to the District
of Columbia division of the American
Automobile Association
The A. A. A. division pointed out
that while the number of motor
vehicles on farms has increased 1885,
018 within the past five years, the num-
Der of horses has decreased 3,044, ,00O
A total of 5,677,500 motor vehicles
are now farm owned of which 4,910 800
are passenger cars, 767,200 are trucks,
and in addition there are a total of
846,162 tractors.
"Motorizing of rural life" says the
statement, has brought the farmer in
closer touch with civic affairs and given
him a freedom undreamed of a quarter
Evening star., 1930-06-15

of a century ago. Efficient motoring
services are now provided in the rural
areas through branches of motor clubs
and the farmer now joins the annual
caravan of motor vacationistS and
learns of efficiency in farm operation
in various sections of the country.
Texas leads in farm-owned motor
vehicles, with Ohio second, Illinois
third and Iowa fourth"
The A. A. A. declared that the use
of the automobile on the farm has
had an important effect on the politi-
cal life of the Nation.
THE farmer is no longer content
to consider national and local affairs
from the standpoint of Others" the
statement continued, but gets In the
car and rides so or 100 miles to hear
candidates for Office discuss the issues
in which he is interested, and then
makes his own decision"
Evening star., 1930-06-15

One Of every eight men in mechani-
cal and manufacturing industries is en-
ployed in the manufacture of cars.
Evening star., 1930-06-15

Investment in filling stations, $780,
100000. Hundreds of thousands of men
and women are employed.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
AUTOS CROWD CAMEAS
IN THE AFRICAN SUDAN
Motors in Competition Also With
the Nile as Medium of
Transportation.

BERLIN P)-Automobiles in the
African Sudan are competing with the
camel and the Nile as means of trans
portation, according TO the overseas
periodical Uebersee and Kolonial-
zeitung.
Motor cars, thanks to improved roads
over long distances have penetrated far
inland, even beyond the Sudan and the
Belgian Kongo
AS late as 1926 there were only s1e
motors and motor trucks in the whole
of Sudan, whereas there were 2,12s two
years later.
Automobile roads laid out during the
last two years connect in the east with
the new railway at its junction in
Kasala and continue from there SOUTH
ward into Abyssinia. Here other new
roads connect with the traffic on the
Sudanese Nile.
Owners Of cars pay about 90 per cent
OF all taxation.
Evening star., 1930-06-15

show the extent of it, increased interest
is evident in the convertible types of
bodies combining the advantages of
both open and closed cars, which sug-
gests that the competition between the
two older types may end In a compro-
mise.
Evening star., 1930-06-15

"Overtaking on hills or curves where
view is obstructed is specifically pro-
hibited In 33 States and the District of
Columbia. In many States no other
sct Of carelessneSS brings more prompt
action from State highway police.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
TIRE MAKING DIFFICULT.
Many Ingredients Besides Rubber
Are Used by Manufacturers.

Many persons are inclined to believe
that an automobile tire is just so much
rubber thrown into some sort of a mold
and with a little cotton mixed in sone-
where or other On the contrary
numerous raw materials are employed
In the manufacture of the modern au-
tomobile tire.
Automobile tires contain such ele-
ments as rubber. cotton, carbon black,
zinc oxide, sulphur and various essen
tial oils. To see that these ingredients
are properly mixed and handled in such
a way that they are not too dry, too
sticky, too stiff or too Timber, it is
necessary to maintain a mill room lab
oratory and staff of trained tech
nicians.
These facts may serve to acquaint
the automobile owner with some of the
reasons why his tires today give him
such tremendous mileage as compared
with the mileage obtained several years
ago.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
SPARK PLUG IMPORTANT
Responsible for Many Faults of
Auto Engines.

More depends upon the use of the
spark plug than many motorists i'm
agine. Erratic running, loss of power,
oiling up, sooting up and premature
firing can all be often attributed to
plugs.
When new spark plugs are installed,
recommendation charts, which are in
every service station and garage, should
be followed strictly, in the interest of
maximum spark-plug performance.
Evening star., 1930-06-15
ID KILLED DURING WEEK
IN MARYLAND CRASHES
Speeders and Road Hogs Blamed for
High Toll by Vehicle
Commissioner.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

0pCCidA DlspdtCn 10 Inc SIdT.
BALTIMORE, June IA. Speeding
and failure to keep to ones own side
OF the highway are the main causes of
the soaring automobile accident toll in
Maryland, which last week reached a
peak of IA deaths, according to E.
Austin Baughman, motor vehicle COM
missioner.
Speed, coupled with careless disre-
gard of even the fundamental require
mentS Of safe driving is, in my opinion,
responsible for the mounting number
OF fatal automobile accidents he said.
Disregard of the requirement to
stay on ones own side of the highway
Is another, and probably one of the
commonest causes of accidents, so many
OF which result in deaths"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
.FELLED BY A CYCLE,
BUT W|NSLONG RUN
98-Pounder, az, Takes
Marathon After Motor Of.
ficer Knocks Him Down.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ETROIT, June 2s.-rercy Wyer
Of the Monarch Athletic Club
Of Toronto, despite his a.
years and a mishap In which
he was knocked down by motor cycle,
logged his 90 pounds to victory in the
annual marathon of the Cadillac Ath-
letic Club here today to win the event
for the third time and gain permanent
possession Of the marathon trophy.
He covered the 26 miles and 385 yards
in 2 hours and SO minutes.
Alec Burnside and Ezra Lee, also Of
the Monarch Club, finished fourth and
seventh, respectively to give the To.
ronto organization first place In points
for the day.
Albert Michaelson Of the Millrose
A. c., New York. finished z minutes be-
hind Wyer to take second place.
Wyer was almost eliminated from
the race at the end of the is miles,
when an escort Of motor cycle police
men, who were clearing the way for
the runners, swerved into the path of
the marathoners to avoid striking an
automobile and one of the machines
hit him. He was knocked to the
ground but was uninjured
Eddie/White, running under the colors
Of Staten Island Club, New York,
came in third in the time of hours
and Is minutes.
Wyer first won the marathon In 1926.
He also took the event last year.
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lowest scorers over the two courses will
qualify.
The longest hole in onea about Wash
ington this year has just been made by
John E. Mcclure, one of COMPRESSION
ais enthusiastic golfers. McClure's ace
came on the eighteenth hole and was
made with spoon from the front tee
on this par affair Of about 240 yards.
From the back tee the hole measures
ass yards and Is uphill all the way.
Mcclure was playing in a match with
]. H. Shepherd in the monthly tourney
at Congressional. The ball struck on
the short edge Of the green and trickled
into the cup. It marked the first time
the eighteenth at Congressional ever
has been made in one. Mcclure and
shepherd played their first 10 holes in
the tournament to a tie, and Mcclure
won the extra match on the sixteenth,
8 and 2.
Indian Spring golfers are looking for
ward with considerable expectancy to
the stag party planned at the club on
July 2. There will be no regular golf
tournament, but the members are ex-
pecteo TO play during the day. A bar
oecue dinner will be followed in the
evening by number of boxing bouts.
and George w. McCarter, chairman of
the golf committee, hopes several hum
dred members and guests will turn out
Tor the party. McCarter is planning to
go to Minneapolis to watch the national
open golf championship.
The exhibition match planned for the
beneht Of Bobby McWatt, Richmond
professional golfer, will not be PLAYED
until September, probably just before
the national amateur championship. It
Will be impossible to secure Bobby Jones
Tor the match before he goes to Minne-
apoilS, according to those in charge OF
the affair, and they hope to put the
match on while Jones is on his way
north for the amateur championship AZ
Fnlladelphia in September.
Women golfers of the city are To
play at the Annapolis Roads Golf Club
on July 8, The tourney originally
scheduled for July at the Bannock-
burn Golf Club has been Cancelled.
Tommy Webb of Washington planted
ms tee shot squarely III the middle of
the nrst green at the Washington club
last Thursday, and playing the follow.
ing day with Erwin p. Hair, watched
Hair knock his tee shot clean over the
green into the trap.
Both Webb and Hare are knocking
the ball tremendous distances these
days on the hard turf.
Out at Columbia, where Fred Mel cod
keeps on showing the golfers of the
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club how to play chip shots out Of
bunkers dead to the pin, plans are in
the making for changing the twelfth
and ninth green's later in the year. AL
though the ninth Is regarded as one Of
the hardest par affairs on the course,
the green's committee Is represented as
not being satisfied with the green.
Arthur B. Thorn of Woodmont, Mel
Shorey Of East Potomac Park and AL
Houghton of the Harper club plan to
leave Washington about July 6 for Min
neapolis, where they are scheduled to
play IN the national open champion
ship starting July 10. Roland Mac
Kenzie will leave from Wilmington,
where he is employed. and George Voigt
will go from New York.
A number Of local amateur golfers
are planning to 60 to Sherwood Forest
for the invitation tourney on July IL, IL
and Is. Entries will close July o and
must be sent TO the tournament COM
mittee at ALL North Charles street. Bal
timore. An 19-hole qualification round
on July IL will be followed by twin
match play rounds.
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LOSES ONLY ONCE
WHEN ENGINE FAILS
A. B. Clarke Takes Special
Inhoard Race From Sole
Woman Entrant.

A HUSKY, bronze-faced, 15-year-
~ old kid from Westover, Va, Bob
n Snadecki, just about hogsed
the spotlight In the speed-boat
regatta, held yesterday by the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Power Boat Asso-
citation on the Tidal Basin. This boy,
who handled his craft with the polish Of
a veteran, despite that this is his first
year of competition, reared home
ahead of the field in three Of the ten
events. In another he was making q
bid for victory when engine trouble
forced him to retire. Incidentally, this
defeat, which came In the first race of
the program, the class B contest for
outboards, was the first of the cam
paign to be suffered by Snadecki, who
previously had won IL straight VIC
tories in various parts Of the country.
some OF them against outstanding COM
petition.
It was in the trim little craft Blue
Pigeon, that the Virginia boy streaked
to victory yesterday in the class D out
boards, the free-for-all outboards and
the free-for-all outboards and inboards.
Penna Beats Him.
u
Of the regatta his proud father. Capt.
John H. Snadecki, himself a skilled
speed-boat pilot, was proudly looking on.
Bob Penna Of this city, driving Julia,
was the pilot who broke young Sna-
deckis winning streak in the class B
outboards.
snadech did not win all his races
in easy style. In the free-for-all, out
boards, particularly, he was given q
Ao& kSy Olr
driving the Kapitol Kid.
A surprise was furnished in a spe-
cially arranged race for inboards when
A. B. Clarke of this city, driving a TT
horsepower Chase Emerson, conquered
Mrs. Katherine Scott, plotting a 150-
horsepower Baby Gar. Mrs. Scott was
the lone woman entrant in the re-
gatta.
Spills Give Thrills.
A good sized crowd brought out by
the fine weather enjoyed the races,
which were enlivened by several spills.
s STnmSs iSsoAnp RACE G IArs,-wen
Scott; third, Eddie zimmerman: Time. SAT.
BOB Glass B. .sa6na I. Fsnss
greiass eo:I s:sons BOB Penna; sSir a.
RgE EEo seSIs' R TINA ST. LAPs,-won
by Andrew Duffy; second. Lawrence Miller;
thEa Mr.; KathsSlne Ssott Tips sS
Bob Snadeeki: second, wesley W. Wurback
thira EcSer R sfSts Tine SSiSI in "a
LAPS1-Won BY Dan Miller; second. Fred
Clarke; third; Clarke Allison; Time 1o:AS:
BY, Frank Oswald and Roger Scott; second,
Ef FREs-FoR sEITn oT TITO GfS
Won, by Bob snadecki; second; Wesley. W..
Wurback; third. Roger Scott. Time, Sis.
FREE-FOR-ALL, OUTBOARDS AND. n.
BOARDS a LAPs)-Won by Bob Snadeekt
second; Wesley W, wurback; third, Frank
WAsHINGTON CANOE CLUB FoURs
CANOE RACE-Won by senior four Harry
r knight, J. Q. Mawson. H. G. Vollmer.
Karl NJ. Knightl; second, junior four Oh 4
Huber. c. W. Mayer, Bowie Johnson Lloyd