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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21

And a cynic, Aloysius, is not
the place where you wash dishes,
but it is 4 girl who goes riding
in walking shoes.
-Aia- Rsmrey-Jsmrn<,.
III all the students who tell
strange girls this summer that
they play on the football team
are placed on the players bench
next Fall. the student cheering
section will be vacant.
-Nosys Dame JsSgley.
She: Chapel certainly has a
wonderful effect on the cadets,
hasn't it?
He: Howzat?
She: Why. Joe says that i'm
mediately after chapel entire
companies reform and march
to barracks.
Wei Poins POirser.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21

Percy; Fancy this, Archie.
Here's a girl that thought July
the Fourth was zone of our
kings.
Archie: Haw, haw. and what
country was he king of?
-AHHsfoiS Log.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21

Freshmen get dumber every
year"
DO you think sou
"Yeh. One OF them came up
to me the other day and said
how funny it was at this univer-
sity."
Why"
Cause so many OF the
Deans were named Emeritus"
-MEhIgsH Garggylr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21

Grab: ] say old fellow, why
on earth are you washing your
spoon In your fingerbowl?
Cod: DO YOU think ! want
to get egg all over my pocket?
-dnroP9lI Log.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21

I'm a screamer, aren't VIC
all" admitted Claude, the beau
tiful barcelona.
-Nfnn. SktU-N1h.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21
Miss Sylph, a Reducing Fanatic,
Feeds the Furnace
-kaaIaf S5zr OaL.

This" said the dean, writ
ing his advice 70 the freshman.
is going from the sublime to
the ridiculous"
-JfEE- SktU-Msh.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
CHURCH

X. 0. Macintosh. rector.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21
PUN

Is she opinionated? Say, she
has fallen arches from taking
stands on questionsl
-Ncyfh-prHrH Purple Parrot.
Speaking of love affairs.
claims Charlotte, there's many
a chap who believes in making
a fresh start with every girl he
meets.
-REr OuL
The Indianapolis times., 1931-10-09

Billings hearses that crossed the
continent will be there.
A procession Of labor, liberal and
fraternal organizations will precede
the meeting, at which prominent
men and women will talk through
loud speakers erected over the
square. Resolutions will be passed
and sent to Governor James Rolph
in California
Other Mooney pardon meetings
will be held in Detroit, Minneapolis
and Chicago.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-10-09
MOONEY PARDON
RALLIES To BE
| HELD over U. S.
Sunday Is Set Aside in
Nation as Day for
Protest Sessions.

BB Scripps-Hoca Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Sunday,
Oct. II, will be marked all over the
United States as Tom Mooney par
don day.
From San Francisco. where new
evidence of Moneys and Billings
innocence is promised at a Mooney
pardon convention. to Boston Com
mons, where Harvard professors and
others viii speak at an open-air
rally, meetings will r. held in the
larger cities to arouse the nation to
protest against continued imprison-
ment of the innocent men.
More than 10000 are expected to
attend the San Francisco mass
meeting at 2 Sunday afternoon IN
the civic auditorium. Charles M
Fickert, MONEYS prosecutor, has
been invited to appear and defend
himself against the "frame-up'
charge. Music has been donated by
Musicians Union band.
Pledge New Evidence
New evidence from at least two
new witnesses is promised. A radio
hookup over stations in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles will carry
the proceedings all over the
country. Frank P. Walsh, Moneys
New York attorney, and Lincoln
Steffens are expected as speakers.
Rena Mooney and Tom Moneys
mother will speak.
On Boston Commons speakers
will include Dr. Sheldon Guleck
and Professor Arthur Schlesinger of
Harvard faculty, Mrs. William z.
Ripley, Alice Stone Blackwell and
the Rev. George L. Paine, executive
secretary OF the Massachusetts Fed
Grafton Of Churches.
Hearses to Be There
The New York meeting will take
place at ! Saturday at Union
square. Large posters with the
legends Free Tom Mooney" and
Don't Buy California Goods" will
be displayed The two Mooney
The Indianapolis times., 1931-10-09

cuts the week before school started
for every boy and girl unable to pay.
They worked overtime several
nights to accommodate the young
sters.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-10-09
PULLMAN TO HIRE 700
Buffalo Plant to Take Back Work
ers in Next Few Weeks.
m Tnitcd Prcss

bW LWIItW 7 t68
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 9.-Seven
hundred men will be taken back to
work at the local Pullman plant dur
ing the next few weeks, Edward Van
Dyne, district superintendent, an
nounced today. The plant has been
operating with 500 men during the
summer.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-10-09
PUPILS HAIR CUT FREE

By United Press
PORTAGE, Wis, Oct. 9.-Portage
agreed to provide free hair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
DISTINCT GAIN SEEN
IN HIGHWAY WORK
Trend Toward Budgeting
Held Big Factor by
Road Builders.

A distinct gain in mileage Of pave
ments and surfaces for State highways,
as contrasted with earth and untreated
roads, is shown In the 1881 estimates Of
mileage constructed, as compiled by the
statistical department of the American
Road Builders Association.
1880 and 1891 Figures.
A comparison OF 1881 estimates with
1880 figures for mileage Of various types
of State highways shows: Graded roads,
1929 in 1881 and 1ll48 in 1880;
treated and untreated sand-clay. gravel
and macadam. 1926 in 1881 and 17,203
in 1880; asphalt. concrete and brick,
1l,735 in 1881 and 1888 in 1880. The
total mileage estimated for 1881 Is 49,
A10, as compared with e,484 in 1880.
Contracts awarded for the first three
months OF 1881 were $l8l ,637,138 for
State highway work, as compared with
STA 101 1913 for the same period in 1890.
In April State and Federal-aid con-
tracts were awarded amounting to $780,
879 468; May was around $4,000. 600
Reports from the New York State High
way Department show $4,000 men en-
ployed on highway construction in the
State, as compared with 1000 employed
at the same time last year. State high
way contracts amounting to around
$50 600, 900 were let in New York up to
June /, which is 5000 900 more than
were let up to the same time last year.
Trend Toward Budgeting.
1.-THE trend toward budgeting high
way expenditures over a period Of years,
shown in the financing plans of num-
Der of States, has made possible the
budgeting of paving work so that the
needs of different communities can be
met adequately" stated w. r. Smith,
president Of the association. The pub
lie in each section of the country likes
to know when each of its roads will be
improved. Such budgeting has been
made possible through motor vehicle
taxes. which supply an income that can
be predicted safely.
ANY diversion Of the motor vehicle
taxes from use on the public roads is
greatly to be deplored," he concluded,
and the public generally demands that
such funds be used for rosd DIS only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
ADDITIONAL GAS TAX
VIEWED WITH ALARM
No Justification for Increase in
Peace Times, Says Ameri-
can Motorists.

Imposition Of 1-cent Federal gaso-
line tax, proposed by the Treasury De-
partment as a means toward reducing
the public debt, would mean an added
burden of $157,6l4,000 annually to the
motorists Of the country, according to
data compiled by the American Motor
lists Association. An additional burden
Of $805, 900 would be added to the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
The association, representative of
af1lliated automobile clubs throughout
the country, views with alarm the sug-
gestion of the Federal Government of
imposing gasoline tax and reviving
the excise taxes on automobiles which
were repealed in May Of 1928"
las war revenue measure the Fed
eral Government in october, 1917, i'm
posed an excise tax on automobiles. It
remained in effoct until May, 1928,
during which time the motorists paid a
total OF $1,119,93l 1872 into the Federal
Government. There can be no possible
justification during peace times for the
Treasury Departments proposal that
this so-called nuisance tax should be
revived, in view of the fact that the
motorists Of today are paying approx
mately 81 900, 000, 900 annually in motor
vehicle taxes, or almost as much as was
raised during the 10 years when the
Federal Government collected the excise
tax" declares ]. Berton Weeks, presi-
dent of A. M. A.
The average gasoline tax in 1880 was
1856 cents per gallon. Ten States thus
far this year have increased their gaso-
line tax. Imposition Of q 1-cent Fed
eral tax would mean an average gaSo-
line tax Of nearly cents, and would
add a burden Of $157,614,000 annually
to the taxes already paid by motorists, -
the A. M. AS statement declares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
STRICTER LICENSE TESTS
FORESEEN FOR MARYLAND
Motor Vehicle Commissioner Places
Responsibility for Accidents
on Drivers.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

opeClhl DlSpALCn 10 Inc oJaT.
BALTIMORE, June 27.-Placing the
brunt of responsibility for the steadily
increasing toll of highway deaths and
injuries on the shoulders of the indi-
vidual behind the steering wheel, E.
Austin Baughman, motor vehicle COM
missioner, yesterday predicted that the
time is not far of when applicants
for automobile driving licenses will be
required to pass much more severe and
comprehensive tests than are generally
in effect at the present time.
"Of course, there are times when
accidents are caused by something 60
ing wrong with the mechanism of the
vehicle, but in most CT the instances
the fault is with the driver" Mr.
Baughman said.
Avoidance of accidents which are
daily taking many lives depends largely
upon the competence and conduct of
the individual doing the driving, and
it is to him and her that we must
look in our efforts to cut down this
terrible toll of slaughter. How to edu-
cate the rank and file Of the driving
public to exert care and caution at all
times is admittedly q big problem, but
/ am convinced that a general tight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
FOREIGN MOTOR TRAVEL
BOOK OFFERED TOURISTS
Automobile Club of America Has
Prepared Helpful Pamphlet
Free of Charge.

American motorists who are contem-
plating vacation motor trips abroad
either taking their cars with them or
hiring cars on the other side, will find
assistance in a 32-page booklet pub
lished by the Automobile club Of Amer
lea, on foreign motor travel.
The booklet is not a guide to foreign
lands, but clear description Of the
various requirements and formalities
necessary for taking car to Europe
for touring purposes.
Among the subjects in the booklet
are: Automobile Transportation, as
Baggage or Freight; Automobile In
surance, Foreign and Marine; THE
International Customs Pass; Euro
pean Car and Driving Licenses; THE
international Travelling Pass; United
States Customs Registration Certif1-
cate; Passport Visas"; Foreign
Rules of the Road; Foreign Motor
Clubs; American Consular Ofices in
Foreign Cities; and a double page map
of Europe showing motor routes and
distances.
Copies of the booklet will be mailed,
without cost, to motorists requesting it
of Foreign Department, The Automo-
bile Club of America, IL East Fifty
third street, New York, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
DISTRICTS GASOLINE
USAGE COMPARED
Oil Company's Statistician Shows
Enormous Consumption Of
Motor Lubricant.

II Niagara Falls ran gasoline instead
OF water, the amount of fuel burned up
in the District of Columbia's passenger
automobiles during 1880 would keep the
Falls flowing gaSoline-at its mean an
nual rate of 220, 900 gallons per second
just six minutes. This figure was ar
rived at by an oil company statiStician
In one Of his lighter moments.
At the same time he figured that the
lubricating oil poured into the District
Of Columbia's motor cars would be
whisked over the Falls in handful of
seconds. The 100000 gallons of lubri-
eating oil used in the District of Column
bia was about equal to the volume of ice
cream eaten here in 1880.
These figures seem slight compared
with the volume of gasoline burned up
by the same cars, because engineers,
having learned that a good oil is made,
not found, build motor oils at the re-
finery so that they stand up longer in
service. But the statistician prepared
further figures which show that the
Nations lubricating oil consumption has
become a really enormous quantity. and
that 1T Is increasing as motorists learn
the Importance of frequent renewals of
oil in prolonging the lives of their cars.
At present the cost of lubricating oil
represents only about 3 per cent OF the
total expense Of operating the average
passenger automobile, including running
expenses and allowance for depreciation.
This makes 1t inexcusable, automotive
experts point out, for the motorist to
buy "gyp" oils Of doubtful quality ex-
posing their cars to irreparable damage
to save a few cents
A bottle of motor oil about one and
one-half times the volume of the new
Empire State Building in New York
City would be required to hold the total
of 396,823, 1886 gallons Of lubricant poured
into the engines Of their automobiles by
motorists of the United States during
1880. Built on the proportions of an
ordinary quart bottle. this container
would be 500 feet high and 1913 feet in
diameter.
And the 1878, 952, 900 gallons of gaso-
line consumed by the Nations busy pas
senger cars during the year was equal
to the volume Of water displaced by a
feet of 1,10l ocean liners the size of
the steamship Leviathan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.
It's better to be grinding valves than

It's better to be grinding valves than
axes.
I have Just glanced at an advertise
ment picturing milady enjoying the
pleasure Of being able to start her car
in Summer as easily as in Winter. That
rather reverSes matters. What the lad
writer means is that the car automati-
cally prevents hot weather overlooking
Of the engine with gas mixture. You
can avoid such difficulties with your
car by remembering to try starting in
warmer weather without using the
choke. Don't choke first and then dis
cover you didn't need to.
The weeks safety hint stresses the
importance of avoiding turning out
when on the open road If you want to
be safer in traff1c. In traffic you must
stop in a straight line.
Doing as the natives do is not always
q good rule to follow when driving in
q strange city. To be on the safe side
in making your turns, better await q
definite signal from the trafac ofncer.
A considerable number Of motorists do
not know the regulations Of their home
town.
There's one family at least that needs
companion car. For weeks WHEY had
looked forward to the day when friend
husband would be out Of town and she
petition. brilliantly, she got aboard
and dashed for the shopping district.
Putting the car on a parking lot, she
proceeded to spend the afternoon buying
out the stores. All thrills over the pur-
chase Of q gay evening wrap, she walked
out Of shop, rushed to the corner and
boarded a street car for home. Nothing
hangs on like habit.
Last year S6016 persons were in
jured and 1912 killed by stepping out
from behind parked cars. Just gentle
warning to cultivate the habit of al
the right side To enter a parked car
on the left side from the right-hand
sidewalk you must necessarily join the
ranks of the careless. Other cars often
pass so close there isn't room for pass
ing between cars.
A critic says that women signal too
much" There were no qualifying re-
marks, and it looked just mans way
of taking q shot at the ladies of the
wheel. But 1t interested me and de-
I was surprised to md that he may
be right. The excessive signaling was
not Of the hand variety, but the too
frequent flashing Of the stop-light sig
nal, due to nervous and cratic use of
the brakes.
Watch the driver ahead when you are
swinging around a corner into side
street. He or she may be planning to
kyVv - kvar
into q sudden stop. But that isn't all.
was nearly caught in such a predica-
ment the other day, and when the
woman ahead changed her mind and
decided to move along figured all was
well. Suddenly, however, she swung
around for second attempt at turn
ing. Drivers bent upon turning are apt
TO be persistent, to the embarrassment
Of those who fail to take warning. --.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

A New York woman has instituted
the special luxury of pertaining her
car, not only for special occasions but
In keeping with the countryside. Even
an old f1ivver ahead can be turned into
a purveyor of scent of old lavender or
jasmine.
High-heel slippers and brake shoes
may seem to be far removed from each
other. but they have a story in common.
Ihere Is a certain amount of insta-
ollity about each that calls for special
attention
But first picture the operation of the
brakes on your car. If they are of the
now universally used internal expanding
type. the shoes are like sections of q
oand. or arcs Of the circle of the brake
drums, which carry lining. When the
brake mechanism is actuated the shoes
are pressed into contact with the drums,
and through friction stop the caM.
IneSe shoes naturally are hinged or
plvoted in such q way that they have a
certain amount of floating action. Like
your slippers, they may not be steady
at certain positions.
This is especially true Of what are
known as self-energizing shoes. This
type noat to an extent where they
are wedged against the inside Of the
drum by the action of the other shoes.
Brake shoes have heels and toes and
operate best when they are rather
frmiy applied, though not necessarily
hastily or erratically.
The method of actuating the shoes
may be by rods. cables or the pressure
transmitted through fluids. The former
are broadly grouped as mechanical, the
latter as hydraulic braking systems.
Now about that similarity between
brake shoes and slippers. II you tread
lightly and a bit careleSsly, you are apt
70 md one Of the slippers becoming I'M
ruly. Your ankle wabbles and finally
turns over. On the car the lightly actlI-
ated brake shoes are apt to vibrate, the
result being chattering action that is
reiayed to your ears in the form Of a
painful squeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

| courages motorists to have their
brakes inspected regularly is a
step in the right direction" one
commissioner replied. Il believe
your plan will reduce traffic acci-
dents if the motoring public gen.
orally adopts it,
Our record of accidents involv-
ing fatalities for the first nine
months of this year indicates that
approximately one-third of these
were the result of loss of control
on the part of the driver" another
commissioner reports. while we
have no definite means OF aScer-
tanning how many of these acct
dents were caused directly by in
adequate brakes, 1t is my opinion
that the majority of them could
have been avoided If the brakes
were adequate to control those
cars"
The survey also disclosed the
fact that legislation making it
compulsory for motorists to have
their brakes and headlights in
spected regularly Is under con-
Sideration in many States.
Almost every day the demand
for uniform traffic regulations is
heard. If the efficient brake Is an
important factor the need of uni
formity unquestionably is another.
Uniformity a Necessity.
Two billion dollars a year in
economic losses and sky
rocketing increase in automobile
fatalities are being caused by the
lack of uniform traffic regulations
in the United States!
That statement is made by Sid
ney J. Williams, director of the
public safety division of the Ma
tional Safety Council, in an article
appearing in an issue of state
Government" published by the
American Legislators Association.
Mr.. Williams points out that
automobile fatalities in the United
States jumped from 1880 in 1920
to 81 600 in 1929, and that Stats
tics for 1880 were even more tragic.
He writes:
"Our $4,000, 900 automobiles, with
their $4,000 900 drivers, have come
so swiftly into our national life
that they have brought vast
changes in traffic and created
many new problems. 1t is esti-
mated that our national economic
loss from traffic congestion and
from lack of uniform traffic regu-
lationS is not less than $4,000, 000,-
600. But more serious has been
the startling loss of life from
automobile accidents"
Outlining the uniform traffic
code devised as a result of a ma
tional conference called in 1924 by
the then Secretary of Commerce,
Herbert Hoover, Mr.. Williams calls
attention to the fact that %
States already have adopted one
or more features of the code, and
that if the remaining States will
follow suit automobile fatalities
will be reduced greatly and eco
nomic losses from traffic condi-
tionS will be decreased.
The most important section of
the code, according to MIR. Will
liamS, is the uniform law which
requires each automobile driver to
be carefully examined and to be
licensed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
UNIQUE PLAN CONSIDERED
FOR DETROIT TRAFFIC
Removal of Street Car Tracks From
Center of Thoroughfare Would
Allow Lanes

A unique plan for accelerating the
movement Of truck trafic on city boule-
wards Is under consideration by the De-
troit Common Council
This plan provides for the removal of
street car tracks from the center of the
street to give accommodation for high
speed express lanes running in both di-
rectionS.
According to the proposal, the three
outer lanes on each side of wide thor
oughfares would be reserved for slower
vehicular traflc, and street car tracks
would be placed in the fourth lanes
from the outside, reServing the center
Of the street for the use Of more rapid
trafflc.
Originators Of the plan point out that
one Of its advantages is that motorists
would not be compelled to halt when
street cars stopped to pick up and dis
charge passengers .-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
BALTIMORE FATALITIES
SHOW LARGE INCREASE
Sixteen Persons Killed by Auto
mobiles During Month
of May.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, June 27.-Sixteen per-
sons were killed in Baltimore by auto
mobiles during the month of May. an
increase of n per cent over the num-
Der killed during the same period of
last year, according to q report made
public yesterday by John r. Rostmeyer,
director Of the Baltimore Safety
Council.
The report also showed that 140 taxi
cabs were involved in automobile acct
dents during the past month, as COM
pared with 70 during May, 1880, an in
crease of II per cent.
The total number of accidents in the
city showed a decrease over last year,
there being 1908 reported to the police
during the month past and 1862 during
the same period in 1880.
One hundred and twenty-five street
cars were involved in accidents during
the past month, the report stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Costs of DELAYS.

An annual loss of $1,000, Ooo, 900 Is a
rough but thoroughly defensible esti-
mate Of what traffic delays cause the
American people. In addition to the
time actually lost in transportation of
both people and goods, it is stated, q
further but Unreasonable loss to retail
ers in towns and cities brought about
by the increased difnculty Of shopping
in central business districts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

ening up in driving requirements will
help materially"
Mr.. Baughman called attention to
the fact that while many persons COM
plain upon being rejected and COM
PEELED to undergo additional instruc-
ton before being able to satisfactorily
meet the requirements in Maryland
these requirements are comparatively
simple when compared to the demands
made upon the applicant in other
jurisdictions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Practice Makes Perfect.

why on earth are you building a
three-car garage for that bantam auto
of yours?"
II want to do little indoor driving
This Winter"