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trolled from sunset to nearly 8 pm.
A party of Washingtonians, headed
by Or. Charles w. Cuthertson visited
the lower Potomac last week end. They
found the hotel at Swans closed for
the year and returned to LeonardtoWn
and spent the night. The next day
they engaged Capt. Deigle and landed
a good string of rockfish, some weigh
ing from 5 to 7 pounds, and two trout,
Weighing about 212 pounds each. They
fished off st. Georges Island. DR..
Cuthertson told us that he got one
strike that Strengthened out the hook
on a No. 3 Hunting Drove.
Capt. Thomas TTott, trolling last
week over his beaten course in the
lower Potomac, landed nine large rock,
running from IL to IA pounds.
l.. B. Huntington, trolling up the
Potomac as far as Morgantown and
across from Colonial Beach on the
Virginia side of the river, also made a
good catch of rock. The rockflSh are
being caught around shutdown. 1t is
at this time in the afternoon that they
commence to feed.
A REPORT also reaches us from the
n lower Potomac about new kind
of fish landed last week. The ma
tives down there say 1t is fish never
before caught in a trap net nor seen
by any fishermen thereabout, and 1t is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
WANTS sTEFFEN TO STAY.

PITTSBURGH, November II tPJ.-
Carnegie Tech is going to ask Judge
Walter p. Steffen of Chicago to recon-
slider his resignation as advisory foot
ball coach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
MARINER BOXES AGAIN
Ex-College Star, Now Altman, Will
Tackle Biff Bennett.

CHICAGO, November II R)-Les
Mariner, former University of Illinois
gridirQIr- star and heavyweight boxer,
will return to the ring, after long
absence, next Monday night at White
City.
During his absence from fistic af-
fairs he Joined the United States Army
Aviation Service and now is Lieut..
Mariner
He will meet Bif Bennett of Fort
Sheridan in a l0-rollnd bout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
FRANKLIN FIVE WINS
Upsets Wilson Mems Team, Max
ing First Appearance on Court.

With Hurley and Understein heading
their attack. BENJAMIN Franklin Uni
versity basketers drubbed Wilson Teach
ers' College, AZ to Is, last night on the
and the first appearance of a mems
Wilson quint in the schools history.
The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
CAREY HAS DISTINCTION.

Only one college coach in the coun-
try is a product of Harvard. He Is
Eddie Casey, who coaches the Crimson.
Evening star., 1931-12-06
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

Extension Of the Sterrett Operating
Service to Baltimore has just been an
nounced by the General Motors Truck
Company, at Pontiac, Mich. Under the
new plan, the Sterrett Operating Serv-
ice, subsidiary Of the General Motor
Truck Co., will operate the Balti-
more branch of the company with Fred
Fisher, well-knoWn in truck circles of
Sterrett is president and Everett c.
Scott is vice president. Paul w. Seller,
president of the General Motors Truck
Co., Is chairman Of the board.
Continuing its operations as factory
branch, handling the sale Of all GMC
units in the Baltimore district, the
extension of the business to include
Sterrett Operating Service marks step
forward In the development Of the
trucking business, and meets a distinc-
tive need on the part of business firms
making use of trucks. Mr.. Sterrett,
with the Sterrett Operating Service
not only In Washington but In Rich
mond, Va, as well, will be in general
charge OF operations in Baltimore as
well as here and Richmond.
The Nash Orr Co., Nash car distrib-
utors Of this territory, announces the
appointment of Nash Rohr Barksy,
Inc, as Nash dealers at 1365-69 II
street northeast. Clarence r. Rohr,
Identified in automotive circles for
many years, will be president and sales
manager. He will be assisted by Ben
Barksy, also long known In the motor
world, as Wee president and service
manager OF she new firm.
Evening star., 1931-12-06
Milady's S Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

run during short parking Just glance at
the ammeter and note how the indi-
Gator shows discharge during this pro-
cess. When the engine idleS the bat
terry runs down. not up. Obviously
when you're delayed in traffic it is well
to run the engine fast enough to keep
that ammeter pointer over to the charge
side.
1t has taken the man folk a long
time to realize that a car can be
broken in more efficiently In Winter
than in Summer, and it isn't anv
wonder that some women still hesitate
to sign on the dotted line at this sea-
son. With modern equipment and anti
freeze the new car can be worked In
nicely even in the coolest weather,
whereas in Summer hot day may send
the engines temperature to the fever
point. There Is no refrigeration pro-
lection for engines-yet.
Talking with an electrical engineer
made me wonder why the car makers
don't greatly increase the size of the
storage battery and save all that gene
rator juice that now goes to waste. He
listed all the electrical conveniences we
could have with our cars as result of
such a logical change. Use YOUR
cigarette lighters. girls. Burn the mid
night watts. They'll give us bigger
batteries If we create the demand.
Sweet sixteen may be all right for,
romance, but if girl these days wants
TO oorrow the boy friends car she will
find him more willing if she admits
being nearer the driving age of discre-
tlon-3O-than under 20. If he has
oeen reading up on his statistics he
VIII know that according to careful
checkup of some 1000 600 drivers he
stands less chance of having his pre-.
clouS chariot involved in an accident If
the girl at the wheel is over the 80 line.
Evening star., 1931-12-06
WHlTEHURST DISCUSSES
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Local Highway Engineer Says
Property Should Bear Share
of Costs.

Assessment of abutting property is
the generally accepted method of build
ing city pavements according to a
study made by the city officials division
Of the American Road Builders As
sociation.
Assessment practice in IT cities in all
parts of the country show the following
points of similarity: Street railway paw
ing costs are paid by the utility COM
pany; heavy grading is usually paid for
by the city; sidewalks and alleys are
paid for by the abutting property
owner; street intersections are paid for
by the city in about so per cent of the
cities canvassed; the city retains dis
cretionary powers in the selection of
the type of pavement to be used.
while there seems to be no such
thing as precise equity in any of the
methods of assessment" stated Capt,
H. C. Whitehurst, engineer of high
ways, Washington, D. c., where pri-
vate property is enhanced IN value, it
seems fair that the property should
bear its share of the cost of a public
Improvement"
Evening star., 1931-12-06
STUDY Of REVISED
REGULATION URGED
A. M. A. Asks Motorists to
Secure Copies of
Changes.

In registering their cars for 1882,
motorists the country over will have
personal or written contact with their
motor vehicle departments which may
protitably be used to obtain a CODY of
the latest, revised version of the State
motor vehicle laws, the American Mo-
torists' Association points out in
statement issued today. The opportu-
nifty should be utilized to make a re-
quest for the new edition of the regu-
lations, in which, the American Mo-
torists Association declares, the major
ity OF motorists will find many changes
With which they are not familiar.
Officials Convinced.
Most motor vehicle officials are
thoroughly Convinced that the average
driver does not keep properly abreast
Of the motor vehicle and traffic regula-
ttons, says Thomas j. Keefe, general
manager of the American Motorists
Association. Many think that periodic
examination of all drivers would be
wise safety precaution. The pre-
dominant reason why this has not been
tried Is its expense.
That the need exists, however, is
realized in official quarters and 1t
should be recognized among motorists
lileinStlSeS dS we'll. WIN tne period
of re-registration Of vehicles at hand
the average car owner is in a position
to take an important step in thorough
ly acquainttng himself with the rules
of driving. That step is the one of
asking for a copy of the regulations
during the interval when he Is in con-
tact, personal or written, with the mo-
tor vehicle agency which issues his new
license plates"
Rapid Changes.
Pointing out that there Is no body of
law which has so great need for uni
versal understanding, the general man
ager of the American Motorists Associ-
alton declares that there is. likewise.
none which Is subject to such rapid
change
Every rule Of reason which can be
applied to the situation Of modern
traffic demands that those who are part
of it be familiar with the rules of driv-
ing and walking" Mr.. Keefe asserts
Such familiarity can be attained only
by periodic study of the regulations
much in the same fashion as when the
individual was beginning his driving
experience"
Evening star., 1931-12-06

formerly used for Studebaker manufac-
ture; the Pierce-ArroW factory in Buff
falO and also the operations of the S.
P. A. Truck Corporation, formed in 1880.
Formidable Competitors.
This makes Albert Russell Erskine and
his associates formidable competitors of
General Motors and the Chrysler cor
poration. Beginning with the Rockne
in the low-priced classification and con-
tinuing on through the Studebaker and
Pierce Arrow in the middle and high
priced divisions, they will present a
passenger car range from $585 to
$4,250.
This will comprise two skies (Rock-
ne), one six and two eightS (Stude-
baker,, one eight and two 12-cylinder
cars (Pierce-Arrow
The Studebaker proving ground ada
cent to South Bend has been used for
the testing and outdoor engineering
work on all the models.
New additions to the executive line
up include George M. Graham, veteran
of Pierce-ArroW under its early manage
ment and later heading the sales divi-
sions Of Chandler and WHY'S Overland
IntruSted with the task of organizing
Rockne distribution before the car was
brought out or even pre-viewed by the
trade, Mr. Graham already has assem-
bled more than 200 dealers for the new
company. This number is likely to be
increased materially between now and
December IS, when shipments of the car
are to start from Detroit
The Rockne production end is headed
by r. A. Vail, who built Dodge cars for
years and later served with the Durant
forces in similar capacity.
Ford Speculations.
Without advance trumpeting, the
Ford Co. put the new Lincoln 12-cylin-
der jobs in the New York salon. Three
days later the cars were shown pub
licly in Detroit, and many are wonder
ing as TO whether the new styles in the
body lines and the front end anticipates
similar motif in new Eords, in regard
to which there is nothing of official
record as yet.
With "V" rediators and lamps COM
bined with smooth streamlining the
Lincoln style represents a departure
from the former models.
When 1t is recalled that Henry Ford
himself referred to the model A before
it was brought out as Baby Lincoln"
1t may be possible that the similarity
will be preserved in whatever is forth
coming.
Copyright. 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1931-12-06

You are beginning to master the art
OF driving when the road starts to turn
as you do.
"I'l give you week in which to
teach my wife to drive. If YOU sue
ceed, you can have my order for a car"
With these words still ringing in his
ears, an ambitious salesman undertook
to instruct one of his most difficult
students in the art of plotting an auto
mobile. The first day was hopeless.
The second equally as bad BY Friday
there didn't seem to be a ghost of a
chance, but Saturday milady gained as
surance and saved the day by winning
her operators license. Papa signed on
the dotted line.
A year later the new driver found
herself widow. Two years later she
traded in the car for a small roadster.
Today she drives one of the smartest
roadsters in town. Motoring Is her
only real recreation.
Knowing how to drive has its prac-
tical angles, too. It is common knowl-
edge that If woman owns her own
home she has means of support
through renting rooms, should she be-
come dependent, but somehow the abil-
tty to drive a car does not seem to be
fully priced. I know widow who has
found the going considerably smoother
because of her skill at the wheel. She
Is invited to many events because she
can be counted on to do the chaufer-
ing, and not infrequently the man folk
willingly take a bach; seat in her favor
The woman I saw tugging at the
steering wheel the other day in a fit
Of parking would have fewer sore mus
cleS If she knew little more of the
theory of steering. Like lot of people
who worry their way through the park
ing problem, she did not know that in
the extreme positions of the front
wheels the car actually is lifted little.
Picture the woman who wouldn't use
tire jack on bet, actually using the
leverage of the steering gear to perform
the car lifting act for the benefit of
the public at large!
p Because of street illumination your
car won't attract much attention from
pedestrians unless you have the head
lights on. DINNERS or parking lights
are not safe in city driving.
Service? Women at least know 1t
and demand it. Witness the case of
the member of Massachusetts, motor
club who called up to ask information
about sending her boy to college. Or
the case of the Missouri woman who
phoned for emergency aid. When the
service man arrived he found he was
being engaged to extract field mouse
from the rear seat.
Did you know that you can obtain a
special type of electric switch that will
make 1t unnecessary to turn off the
garage light and walk back to the house
in the dark? Or that. you can have
the light on the back porch go off
several minutes after you have reached
the garage?
A new invention seems specially
adapted to the needs Of the woman who
is naturally timid about making that
jaunt from house to garage, or vice
versa, In pitch darkness 1t saves more
expensive wiring between house and
garage.
These gentlemen who whisper piausi-
BILE tips on the care of the car may
mean well, but check their suggestions
carefully Many tip can be exploded
by any woman who will take moment
out to think over the matter.
II the wiseacre says that the battery
can be saved by letting the engine
Evening star., 1931-12-06
i. s. ROAD FUNDS
HELD STAB|L|Z|NC
Employment and Highway
Needs Held of Utmost
Importance.

Federal funds for road building Is
one of the greatest stablizing factors
in the current business period" w. c.
Markham, executive secretary Of Amer
ican Association of State Highway Of
ficials, recently declared.
Attention was called by Mr. Markham
to the employment of over $500 men
in building roads on the State high
way systems, in 1881, remarking that
although Federal aid embraces only
about one-tentn of the money actually
spent in State road betterment the eff
feet of this Federal assistance was to
stimulate the States to much greater
activity than If little or no Federal aid
had been granted"
Need Held Acute
The need for improved highways in
the United States is so acute that
every one should be in favor of the
method that will bring the most roads"
said Mr.. Markham. ITO those who
have studied road building it is quite
apparent that there is no better way
than through Federal Government guild
ance as pronounced through Federal
aid. Federal aid. therefore, is doubly
valuable at time like this when men
need work.
1T is indeed fortunate that Federal
monies will be extended on a fairly
large scale during coming years. Thou
sands and thousands of the men en-
ployed in road work this year would
have been out of jobs if these funds
had been curtailed. The $4,000 road
men at work in 1881 represented, con-
sidering their families. some 1,5OO 900
individuals Federal participation was
responsible for the we'll being of at least
third Of these people
Amy Reduction Unfortunate.
"On the other hand it would be dis
tinctly unfortunate If Federal Cooper
alton were to be reduced in any de-
gree, for the history Of State road build
ing shows that not only has Federal aid
led the States to think in progressive
terms, but also to throw more energy
and devote more money to road build
ing than they would otherwise have
done. Business conditions are such
that public construction as a bulwark
against unemployment is wildly re-
vealed. To reduce Federal funds would
be to add materially to the Nations
jobless.
1T would be a different matter II
the need for smooth travelways were
not so great. But as it is, the cost
and inconvenience Of motoring must be
reduced. Money properly spent on
road improvement, as is every nickel
that comes under the supervision of
the Federal Government, saves as much
or more for motorists. Further, bargain
prices in construction work now pre-
vail. Today's dollar is buying more
roads.
Magnificent Importance.
All things considered, particularly
from the standpoint of providing work
for large numbers of men, the Federal
Government participation assumes a
magnificent Importance and the coun-
try can be thankful that this plan is
in operation" concluded Mr.. Markham
Evening star., 1931-12-06
POOR HIGHWAYS ADD
TO COSTS OF TRAVEL
Enthusiasm of Motoring Might Be
Lost if Driver Calculated
Expense.

Motorists as q rule do not know how
much it costs to operate their cars per
mile of travel. To do this would re-
quire an extensive amount of book
keeping, with tabluationS of gasoline
and oil purchases, insurance, motor We
hicle tax and repair cost. If the aver
age motorist took time to calculate the
cost of motoring he might lose some OF
his enthusiasm in case his driving were
done over poor roads and streets.
If more motorists knew something OF
the increased costs that go with In
ferior travel surfaces quite likely there
would be a pronounced tendency to re-
place the pavement practices OF many
cities and towns with programs calling
for construction that really brings low
cost motoring.
Scientific research and observation of
cars in operation have brought to light
that it costs l cent mile less to op-
crate a car over mile of intermediate
type road than over low-type roads, and
2 cents q mile less over high-type pave
ment than over loW-type surfaces. Ger
tainly, If 1t costs cents mile more
to operate car over poor country roads
than 1t does over concrete surfaces, 1t
SOSIo GU lCuoI IlAdO AAlStSAA AAAN-S W.
a car over the countless miles OF In
ferior streets. than 1t does over the
country's high-type streets. Poor
streets, replete with jagged holes and
sharp bumps, exact many charges from
the motor owner-broken springs, rap
idly worn-out tires, short circuits and
what not.
Five miles Of high-cost streets over
which 1000 cars travel daily, nominal
traffic flow, will exact toll directly
from motorists totaling 5000 a day.
This amounts to $4,000 year. This
$4,000 is, at 4 per cent, equal TO the
interest on $l,825,0 900, sum that would
be more than five times large enough 10
repave or resurface the miles OF
streets. This is from the STANDPOINT OF
savings in motor car operation only.
Savings in street maintenance ana IN
the avoidance Of accidents would give
a still wider investment margin.
OF the hundreds of thousands OF miles
OF streets in the villages. towns ana
Evening star., 1931-12-06
NEW MODELS BEING EASED IN BID
FOR REDOUBLED SELLING EFFORTS
1882 Offerings Have Been Supplemented
With Five New Lines Since Middle
of Last Month.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, December 5.-Cautiously
but steadily the automobile factories
are easing in the new models in pre-
paration for redoubled selling effort
and re-intensif1ed competition that will
start with the national shows in jan
uary.
Since November IS, 1881. offerings
have been supplemented by five new
lines, starting with Buick and Pierce
Arrow and adding during the last week
Rockne, Chevrolet and the Lincoln 12-
cylinder car Numerous others are in
immediate prospect.
Demonstration for Dealers.
The immediate production effort in
the plants will be to provide dealers
with demonstrator and showroom cars
and for that reason output is to stay
within the bounds of present require
ments. Increases in the number of cars
per day or per week that are being
made now are preliminary to what the
magnates expect will be a real public
purse reaction that will bring assem-
bly, lines up to normal rate once more
The conservative attitude is reflected
in General Motors operations for De-
cember on the new Chevrolet models.
On these the manufacturing schedule
for December, as given Sut by H. J.
Klingler, vice president, is $1,000 cars
and trucks. This is tentative and sub
ject to revision upward, should condi-
tions justify it.
Ultimate Figure Seen.
The ultimate figure reached at the
end Of the month is more likely to be
around 47,000, because the $1,000 will
be sufficient only to supply $500 direct
dealers with stocks of cars needed i'm
mediately Chevrolet at present has
10000 dealers in all, counting the rep
resentation in the sraller centers,
which accounts for the other 4,700.
AS the big sales push of the largest
Of the General Motors units gains head
way that is planned for it after January
l, December's volume will be more than
doubled
Advent of the Rockne six-cylinder
series discloseS the real extent of Stude-
bakers projected operations for 1882.
Formation of the new motors corpora
ton bearing the late lamented gridiron
mentors name gives the Studebaker
group four main divisions producing
three lines of cars and one line of COM
mercial vehicles
The center of operations is in South
Bend Ind, at the main Studebaker
plants there. With them will be linked
the Rockne factory in Detroit, a unit
Evening star., 1931-12-06
BUS DESIGNERS ACTIVE

Designers OF motor buses have kept
pace with the automobile industry gen
orally in meeting the demands for
comfort and safety, and while bus.
patrons see the advances being made
the public as whole does not realize
the extent of these improvements, ac-
cording to the National Association of
Motor Bus Operators.
The association pointed out that in
some respects the designers of motor
ousses have proceeded in advance of the
automotive industry in their efforts to
assure comfort and safety for the two.
billion passengers that are using motor
coach lines night and day.
Evening star., 1931-12-06
MOTOR INDUSTRY FILMED
Comprehensive Series Produced by
Bureau of Mines.

The most comprehensive series Of edu-
cational motion picture films depicting
the automotive and allied industries
ever assembled has been prepared by the
United States Bureau of Mines, Depart
ment Of Commerce, in cooperation with
various manufacturing concerns. The
films picturize the production of crude
petroleum and the refining and treat
ment of the gasoline derived therefrom.
They show In greatest detail the oper-
alton and care of the gasoline motor;
the workings of the electrical storage
battery the manufacture and care of
spark plugs, and the making of lubri-
cants and fabrication of the automobile.
One film emphasizes the hazard of the
deadly carbon monoxide emitted in ex-
haust gasses: another tells the story of
the wonderful alloy steels so extensively
used In the manufacture of motor We
hicles.
Evening star., 1931-12-06
BAD WEATHER HELPFUL
Daily Earnings of Taxicab Drivers
Materially Increased.

1t is well known that q snowstorm
in Winter in New York City costs
many thousands of dollars and gives
employment to thousands. A heavy
rainstorm, or continuous rain for most
of the twenty-four hours, it is pointed
out by E. S. Higgins; vice president
of a taxicab system, means as much
as $4,000 a day more in wages for the
cab drivers Of one company through
their share Of the increased earnings
Of the cab business for the day. This
was Illustrated during heavy RAIN
fall several days ago.