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Evening star., 1932-01-10
BIC PROGRAM SET
FOR ROAD BUILDERS
Variegated Subjects to Come
Up at Detroit Meeting
Tomorrow.

Recent practical developments In the
design and construction of reinforced
concrete pavements and bases are
being studied by committee of the
American Road Builders Association
Results of the investigation will be
presented at the Twenty ninth Annual
Convention and Road Show in De-
troit, January Ills. The committee
work is in charge of G. E. Foster, chief
engineer, Michigan State Highway De-
partment, Lansing, Mich, as chairman
Steel reinforcement, when properly
designed and placed in concrete pave
ments and bases, increases their use
full life and reduces their maintenance
cost, according to most recent research
conclusions.
More Engineers Engaged.
Each year more engineers engaged
in constructing and maintaining large
mileages of concrete in severe climates
are turning to reinforcement as an aid
in combating the usual effects of
moisture and temperature changes.
Simple designs and practical meth
ods of constructing reinforced pave
ments and bases are discussed in this
report.
other members of the committee are:
r. D. Bradbury, director, Wire Re-
enforcement Institute, Washington; H.
F. Clemmer, engineer of tests and ma
terials, Engineer Department, District
of Columbia, Washington; A. T. Gold
beck, director, Bureau of Engineering,
National Crushed Stone Association,
Washington; D. B. Levi, construction
engineer. Missouri State Highway De-
partment, Jefferson City, Mo; E. E.
Parker, city engineer, Madison, Wis. i;
P. M. Tebbs, assistant chief engineer,
Pennsylvania Department OF Highways,
Harrisburg, Pa.
List of Studies.
A manual, outlining county planning
procedure, standard legislative enabling
acts and aerial photographs also are
studies to be reported by committee
of the county highway officials di-
vision. E. A. Griffith, chief engineer
of roads, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh,
is chairman of the committee.
Planning is intimately connected
with finance and should be considered
first because, whether funds are large
or small, planning is necessary for
economical expenditure. The planning
manual will show the development of
a complete county highway system
through it's successive stages based on
comprehensive studies.
Such details as surveys and maps,
local materials, traffic, credit conditions,
CONTINUED on Fourth Page)
Evening star., 1932-01-10
AUTO SURPRISES
FOR 1882 JUMPED
Exhibiting Companies Make
Announcement of II
New Lines.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, January 9.-Coinciden
with the opening of the thirty-seconc
annual National Automobile Show. II
New York q pm. Saturday., exhibiting
companies have let loose announce
ments Of no less than IL new lines o.
cars for 1882.
This is the last-minute group Of new
stuff, which has been held back unit
now. In 1t the surprises" or most oi
them, have been Jumped.
Lineup in Brief.
In brief, they line up like this:
Packard has brought out a new light
straight eight and has modernized twir
six design, thereby supplemer1ting its
present straight eight models with two
new jobs. 2
An eight-cylinder Pontiac supple
ments the Pontiac six from the Oak
land Motor Car Co.'S factory.
Auburn is adding 12-cylinder model
Chrysler, Dodge and De Soto models
now utilize the floating power principle
developed for six and eight cylinder
operation from the Plymouth four.
Hudson Essex models appear in dis
tinctive new form in which style pre-
dominates.
Hupmobile has two skies and five
eights, the feature Of which is chassis
stabilizer of original design.
These are the newest high spots tc
show up in the great parade of advances
that pressure has brought from the
engineering fraternity. In addition
have come new Oldsmobile eight anc
an improved Lincoln eight which viii
vie with the others for attention.
Free Wheeling Variations.
Aside from the new power plants
with chassis and body improvements
the craze is for free-wheeling and there
are almost as many varied forms OF
it as there are makers, the differences
being in the way it is controlled. lr
certain makes, there Is no lever tc
press, knob to pull or button to put
the foot on. The free-wheeling comes
into play as part of regular shifting
by means of hooking the over-runnine
clutch unit to the accelerator, to whicf
vacuum clutch control is linked.
Another school of engineering prac'
tice favors vacuum control with but
ton on the floorboard for foot pressure
In some other cars, the operation is
"push-pull" rod from the dash, and II
others again the button. is in the enc
OF the gearShift lever. On one poin
the engineers are in agreement and tha1
Continued on Fourth Page)
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Tx PUBLICATION ASKED
Institute

American Petroleum Institute
Seeks Way to End Evasion.
Special raspatch 70 The Sta,
BALTIMORE, January e--An afforS
will be made by the American Pc
troleum Institute representative In
Maryland to have the gasoline tax re.
turns of oil companies published by the
office of the State controller.
Asserting that the publication of the
returns would be the greatest safeguard
against tax evasion, and unfair COM.
petition as a result of this, Peyton S.
Cochran, section chairman OF the Amer
ican Petroleum Institute, said the or
ganization would foster move for re-
peal of the section of the law prohibit
ing the State controller from revealing
the figures. The repeater will be sought
at the 1888 session of the Legislature.
Evening star., 1932-01-10
A. NJ. A. OUTLINES GAS
CONSUMPTION IN 1881
Approximately $4,000, 100000 Gal,
Ions Used by Motorists
Last Year.

Motor car owners Of the United
States consumed approximately 15,0Oo,-
900 900 gallons of gasoline during 1881,
on which they paid more than hall
billion dollars in gasoline taxes, accord
ing to data compiled by the American
Motorists Association.
The association points out that last
year was the first year in which gaSo-
line tax revenues exceeded the nan
billion mark. other interesting hgures
in the A, M. A. tabulation are those
which show that the average motorlSt
paid close to $40 in taxes on 300 gal
Ions of fuel which carried him last year
a distance Of approximately 6,800 miles.
Government figures on gasoline tax
consumption for the first six months OF
1881 provide the basis OF some interest
| ing calculations" says Thomas j. keele,
| general manager Of the ASSOCIATION.
"For one thing they bespeak a Strlking
! gain in consumption which Will carry
! the total for the year very close to the
! $4,000, 900 000-gallon mark II, indeed, II
! is not actually exceeded.
with the average tax on such rue
3.44 cents per gallon IN the various
States, that means gasoline tax reVe-
nues will exceed the $500, 100000 marx
which was approached last year, when
the average rate was only 3.35 cents
and when the total earnings OF this levy
were $493, 1851
Asserting that it is doubtful If more
positive evidence of the meaning OF the
motor car Is available than that repre-
sented in gasoline consumption hgures
Mr.. Keefe continues:
"A gasoline consumption of 15,o00,-
oOO. 600 gallons means that the average
vehicle will use 565 gallons this year
At the average tax rate of 3.44 cents O
gallon, each car owner will contribute
approximately sle.45 under this levy
alone. At the same time, at the average
rate of IL miles to the gallon, this de.
gree of fuel use means an average trave
of 6,792 miles for each motor vehicle
this year. That also will establish 9
new and significant record"
Evening star., 1932-01-10

It's a new world for the American
motor tourist.
New roads are making over America
in a way that leaves no room for ques-
tioning the fact that it is necessary to
see America all the time in order to
see it as 1t develops Western mo-
torists who toured New England 10
years ago would hardly recall many Of
the routes today. New Workers jour-
neying to California, the South or the
Northwest would be able to recognize
many previously visited places only by
name.
Scenes Shifting.
Roadbuilding has become scene
shifting. The country actually looks
different because of improved high
ways, and particularly because Of the
routes taken by these newer roads.
Motorists not only see the country from
different angles, but also find that the
roads themselves have made over much
Of the topography.
In another few years there will be
new scenes resulting from the present
developments in highway landscaping
Places which now are Uttered with
cast-off road materials will shortly
blossom out as impromptu parks with
Towering laurel and evergreenS. Un-
slightly embankments which now OBJ
struct the view are being cut down and
will open up new vistas for the scene
thirsty tourist. America Is putting on
new dress.
Hard-boiled tourists who find no en-
joyment in the esthetic features of the
new scene are surprised to find that
merely having driven somewhere pre-
viously does not mean that they know
the route or would find any part of it
familiar. The changes affect running
time, car performance, safety and many
other factors In touring.
Parts Of the journey which formerly
we're hazardous now become straight
away. New hazards have taken their
place, usually at points where they are
least expected. There is a law of COM
pensation in safety as in anything
else, and the tourist who doesn't OBJ
serve 1t is apt to collide unnecessarily
with trouble.
A Changed Country.
Any one starting on a tour these DAYS
should bear in mind the changed coun-
try over which he will travel Previous
conceptions of the route should be
ruled out and the trip taken as If il
had never been tried before. This point
was illustrated in the case of motorist
who had not travelled to a New Jersey
resort in number Of years. He recalled
however, that the route was straight
as an arrow and when he found that
the new road was as smooth as a table
top he opened up and felt quite at
home. He nearly took bad spill at
certain point where the new road
curved to detour town. The old road
had kept straight.
There Is a new route in the Pocono
Mountains of Pennsylvania where it i;
possible to drive 10 miles per hour for
short stretches with safety, assuming
the driver Is competent and that his cal
Is built for this sort Of travel 1t isn't
many years ago that early motorists
were going through this same country
thinking they were speeding at any
thing over 25. Because of the higher
speeds which these newer, inherently
safer roads invite, there are introduced
new hazards for those who do not aim
to keep abreast of the changes
On the Pennsylvania highway re-
ferred to, for instance, q slight bend ir
Evening star., 1932-01-10
AUTO THIEVES ACTIVE

s65 More Cars Stolen in Baltimo ore
Last Year.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 9-Automo-
bile thieves in Baltimore were more
active and little smarter in 1881 than
those who operated in 1880, it was
shown in the report of the Police De-
partment
In the year just ended, 3,789 cars
we're stolen. OF these 1851 were re-
covered, leaving 228 still missing.
During the previous year 1924 were
stolen and 1856 were recovered, leaving
balance Of 68 in favor of the thieves
Most of the machines found, after
having been reported stolen, were out
Of gas or afflicted with fiat tires OF
some minor mechanical defect, indicat-
ing, police say, that most of them were
taken by joy riders.
Evening star., 1932-01-10

Is words, "why the automobile show
should be held annually in Washing
ton" to the Washington AutomotiVe
Trade Association, suite 1907 Chanoler
Building, 1427 I street.
No reply received after 10 am, tues
day, February 2, will be consloereo'
Members of The Star and the WASH
ington Automotive Trade Assoclation
and their families will not pc ensloae
to enter the contest.
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Name of Car

Above are the first and second puz-
ales no" neng conducted by the Wash
lngton Automotive Trade Association
IN Co-operaIlon with The Star. Solve
tnem ana MI IN the correct name Of
tne automoolle in the line provided
unoer tne drawing Keep them
unIn tne other % appear. When you
the correct answers mail them In ali
together with a reason. not TO exceed
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Reckless Youth.

Drivers between the ages Of Is and "a
last year figured In more than 80 per
cent of the motor vehicle accidents In
which persons were killed and in about
fourth of the mishaps resulting In
injuries, according to the District of CO.
lunbta division Of the American Auto
mobile Association.
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Experienced Drivers.

Nine out of ten persons killed In au-
tomobile accidents in 1880 were the VIC
Tins Of accidents in which the drivers
had more than years experience be-
hind the wheel, according TO the Dis
tr1ct Of Columbia division of the Amer
ican Automobile Association.
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Name of Car ar......................

Remember the first prize is $50 and
six tickets to the show. Altogether 500
in cash will be awarded and 100 tickets.
You may be the lucky one. The judges
are Fred L. Haller and Joe B. Trew,
president and vice president, respec-
lively, Of the Washington Automotive
Trade Association, and G. Adams How
ard, automobile editor of The Star.
Following Is the list Of cars to be
Evening star., 1932-01-10


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Evening star., 1932-01-10
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

Operating control not only has
been greatly improved, but simpli-
fed, as we'll. Several manufactur-
ers have eliminated the starter
button or pedal. Turning the
ignition key starts the engine and
automatically restarts, should 1t
stall under any condition. This
new control offers real safety fea-
lures, particularly for the new
driver.
Evening star., 1932-01-10

Continued on Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1932-01-22
KLEIN EXPECTS US.
TO LEAD RECOVERY
Declares Ardor of American
People viii Manifest
Itself.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 22.-The belief
that America, of all the nations hit
in this worldwide catastrophe is
likely to be the first to recover was
expressed by DR.. Julius Klein. Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, in an address
last night at the sixtieth annual dinner
of the Silk Association of America.
He asserted the zeal of the youthful
pioneer, the venturesome promoter, the
daring enterpriser," still remained in
the United States.
This same ardor," he said, (which
has so often had not little to do with
our boom-tide eXceSses. may. through
some lmmutaoie law Of cOmpensa tions.
be likewise, in part at least, responsible
Tor the hoped-for acceleration Of our
recovery"
Aftermath of War.
DR.. Klein quoted Paul NJ Warburg,
prominent banker, as saying the only
way TO control boomS ana their suisse
quent depressions was to sit on the
bulge"
This raises the obvious question"
he continued. "as 10 Just how that
acrobatlc feat can be ACCOMPLISHED
when the bulge is the embodiment Of
an amazing Nationwide exuberance-a
consuming desire to live too fast
such as that which manifested itself
in this country after the Civil War and
again after the World War. In fact,
this would seem to be an inevitable
aftermath of the distorted wartime
psychology, an evidence of the unspent
momentum CT the conflict with ali its
fantastic abnormalities, mental as well
as physical"
In discussing the period following the
ClVlI War and the panic of 1873 DR..
Klein recalled that "at one time dur
ing these hectic years 200 railroads
were bankrupt and a third of the
country's railway mileage was in the
hands of receivers"
Proceed With Caution.
TN the light of this experience" he
said. ''it would seem indeed to be
prudent to explore very carefully every
remedial proposal Of large-scale capital
investments especially those pledging
the public credit, as did the vast rail-
way promotions two generations ago)
which might be too fixed and of re-
tarded productive capacity.
II such undertakings are to yield
revenues fairly promptly, they would
certainly seem to be worthy of serious
consideration. But having in mind our
present grave fiscal problems in strug-
CLING with formidable amounts Of
solldy frozen assets, it certainly is the
better part of wisdom to proceed with
all possible caution in considering any
abnormal fixed-capital commitments
Evening star., 1932-01-22
SUSPECT FACES INQUIRY.
FOntaine, Linked With Leavenworth
Break Claims TO Be Canadian.

OTTAWA, Ontario, January % [P).-
The Department of immigration has
issued an order for a board Of inquiry
to sit at Windsor, Ontario, to :nvesti-
gate the citizenship of Harold Fon-
taine, a resident of the border city
whose deportation to the United States
has been sought by the immigration
officers of the country.
Fontaine gave himself up to Windsor
police early this week to answer six
year -old charge of assault. But he is
wanted by United States authorities
for alleged participation in an escape
from Leavenworth Penitentiary in
which three convicts were killed. Fon-
taine is suspected of having aided in
the prison break from the outside. He
had been released from the peniten-
tlary a short time before.
Although born in Chicago. Fontaine
claims Canadian citizenship having
served In the Canadian army during
the war. a.
Evening star., 1932-01-22
POLICE VETERAN
SLAIN IN H0LD-UP
Friend of Commissioner Mulrooney
Victim of Bandit While At
tempting to Draw.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 22-John
Walsh member of the New York police
force 27 years and a personal friend
of Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney,
was shot and killed in a speakeaSy
holdup last night.
Walsh was slain as he attempted to
draw his service revolver instead of
complying with the hands up order Of
two youthful robbers. The holdup men
escaped in an automobile driven by
third youth.
Commissioner Mulrooney went to the
scene and took personal charge of the
investigation. He learned blonde
Young woman, seated in rear room,
had fled from the place Immediately
after the shooting. Walsh, dressed in
civilian clothes except for his uniform
trousers. was standing at the bar when
the robbers entered. AS he reached
for his revolver one of them fired at
close range, shooting him in the heart
and abdomen.
Evening star., 1932-01-22
SURGERY MAY SAVE.
BRAIN Of GIRL BABY.
Doctors Ponder Operation to
Keep Child From Death or
Life of Idiocy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 22.-Four phy-
sicians were faced today with the prob
lem of deciding whether to attempt a
major operation on tWo-year-olo
BROOKLYN baby, whose head cavity IS
two small for normal growth OF the
brain.
Without an operation, they said, the
child probably will die, or If he survives,
grow up crippled and idiotic. On the
other hand, an operation might save
the child only for life of misery
The third chance is that the opera
tion.s which entails opening the rear
part of the skull might be successful
and restore the child to normally.
The physicians, who met in con-
sultation, were Drs Oscar AgneW Spier
Felix Hoffman Lester C. Spier and
Mortimer H Lewis. The babyS name Is
revealed only as Diana"
Permitted Similar Child to Die.
In Chicago II years ago. DR.. Harry
j. Haiselden was faced with a similar
problem. With the parents consent he
permitted the child to die, saying it
was the most merciful thing to do"
and aroused a storm of criticism.
The Brooklyn girls mother, 20, said
her husband left her after the child'S
birth because he had wanted boy.
The physicians, terming the girl a
cerebro spastic, said her skull had be-
come permanently hardened or ossified,
with one part overlapping the other.
Normally, they said, child's skull re-
mains soft until the age of IL.
They said they believed there was a
chance-only a chance, they empha-
sized-of a successful ventriculogran
operation That would involve delicate
surgical feat, opening the Ventricle, or
rear part of the skull, permitting air to
enter and giving the brain chance to
expand
May Operate in Few Days.
1t was not until the baby was ex-
amined by the four physicians that the
cause of her Subnormal behavior was
learned by the distraught mother and
grandmother, who have been struggling
alone since the father left.
AS little Diana grew from to l u and
finally to years, her mother became
perturbed at her inability to sit up and
to move her head more than a little.
Lacking the money for expert medi-
cal attention, Diana mother took the
child to a clinic. One inferno said
nothing was wrong and counSeled the
mother not to worry. Another thought
her skull might be fractured.
Finally they went to Dr. o. A. Spier,
who said today the case would be re-
ferred to Dr. Thomas BamfOrC at the
Neurological Institute, and if an opera
ton is decided upon, 1T will be per-
formed there within a few days.
Diana's grandmother was quoted as
saying:
WED like to see it over with, one
way or the other"
Evening star., 1932-01-22
.W|EMRSON'SPAST
RULINGS DEBATED
Blaine Charges Judge Is Hold
ing Up Decision in Which
: GIenn's Firm Is involved.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Issuance of an injunction by Judge
James H. Wilkerson of Chicago in the
railway shop case of 1922 was criticized
and defended today in hearings before
a Senate committee on his nomination
as Circuit judge.
The Injunction was brought to the
fore after Senator Blaine of Wisconsin
had charged WilkerSon, now a Federal
district Judge, with holding up de-
cision in a case in which the law firm
of Senator Glenn of Illinois is engaged
until his nomination is acted upon
Glenn. who favors the Wilkerson ap-
pointment, said he was advised the
Judge already had acted in the case.
Independents Study Records.
Republican independents have said
they were scanning WilkersonS record
in the shopmen case to determine
whether to approve his nomination. 1t
was brought up today by Senators
Borah Of Idaho and Walsh Of Montana.
Senator Walsh said the temporary
injunction was based on reports from
United States marShalS and not evi-
dence,. and that no notice had been
given the workmen.
Even If notice should have been
given" Glenn replied, notice was given
on the permanent injunction and no
evidence was presented in opposition"
Walsh said that did not explain why
Judge Wilkerson issued the temporary
Injunction without notice.
1T was a great national emergency
Glenn said. Officers of the Federal
Government may have made mistake,
but the whole country was paralyzed,
wrecks we're occurring daily
Even a fiye-day notice, Glenn added,
might have resulted in many deaths.
Pending Demurrer Cited.
"I have reliable information" Blaine
told Senator Glenn earlier in today's
hearing, "a demurrer was filed by the
firm which you are a member before
Judge Wilkerson and that Judge
Wilkerson has deferred judgment until
after his nomination for judge has been
acted upon"
Blaine said the demurrer was filed in
q civil suit growing out of the extradl-
tion proceedings against Jacob Factor,
a British subject.
Glenn replied that he was advised
the demurrer had been overruleo.
He added that WilkerSon had been in
dorsed by former Senator Deneen OF
Illinois, who was appearing on the
other side of the case.
Later Glenn explained that he had
studied the case more thoroughly and
that a motion to dismiss is now pending
before the judge.
The motion which Wilkerson ruled
against was an earlier procedure, Glenn
said.