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Evening star., 1932-01-31

Ride generally conceded
to be the most significant mechanical
Improvement Of the current motoring
season-may or may not win niche
in the hall of fame of engineering de-
velopments. In the opinion of those
who are watching the situation care
.ally, it all depends on how the public
Co-Operates.
The motorist has been given new
control to toy with. Will he use 1t
properly or will he tumble?
Engineers look upon the new method
OF controlling the adjustment OF shock
absorbers from the driving compart-
ment as an opportunity for a distinct
advance in riding comfort and control.
II is pictured as essential to the in
creasing variation in car performance
and as playing an important role in
safety. To temper their enthusiasm
there is, nevertheless, we'll founded
fear that the public will misuse or
neglect the new control and that mo-
tordom may be forced back into the
old rut or to automatic control.
When taking delivery Of car
equipped with ride regulation, Il is con-
aideiAd advisable to study the various
Evening star., 1932-01-31
INGENUITY SHARPENED
DURING DEPRESSIONS
Times of Bad Business Are Periods
of Mechanical and Industrial
Progress.

The ingenuity of men is sharpened
in times Of so-calIed business depres-
sion, with the result that much i'm
provement occurs in the processes OF
manufacture and better products are
made available to the public, thinks
Paul w LItchfeld president of the
Goodyear Tire g. Rubber Co.
Speaking in connection with the an
nouncement Of daJes for automobile
shows throughout the country, Litch-
field saw, in the progress made by au-
tomobile makers in 1882, an improve
ment in the work of craftsmen, me-
chanics and those upon whose taste
depends the lines of new model motor
cars.
II think it may we'll be true" said
LitChfielG, that in periods Of so-celled
business depression the ingenuity of
men is sharpened so that, in restro-
Spect. we can see that our periods Of
bad business have actually been Pc
riods of the best mechanical scientific
and industrial progress"
Evening star., 1932-01-31
MOTORIST OF 80 YEARS AGO
FOUND LIFE MOST INTERESTING
Irritated Vermont Woman Threw Potatoes
at Horseless Buggy-Frightened Calf
Pulled Down Wood pile.

7 family had a Duryea car, and then, sue
ceSsiyely Locomobile and Stanley
steamer, all of which actually were
driven from the back Seat-Whence to-
Gay comes so much SuperfluouS advice
as to how to operate modern cars. sgd
ney remembers that, as child, he used
to have to be strapped by the waist into
the front seat of the Stanley steamer,
while his father behind him, operated
the car by tiller
The 1902 throwing incident
occurred when the father drove the
jamily to Clarendon Springs Vt, to
visit his brother there. When the
senior Knott alighted and knocked at
farmhouse door to inquire his way
oht night. woman answered and,
Spotting t1e unwelcome automobile,
pelted it with potatoes until Knott
drove away.
Fear of Children.
Sydney recollects, too the fear of
children against touching the tires of
the machine The little ones felt the
rubber tires must be so hot as to burn
their fingers.
He also remembers that some water
for their boiler was once given them in
a country village, but the water was so
This tied the family up in a lonely back
woods road for several hours of repair
work-no joke in those days, when
every automobilist had to be his own
mechanician.
The senior Knott served for several
years as secretary Of the Massachusetts,
Automobile Club, which held annual
outings for five years beginning with
the turn of the century.
Starting out from Boston, the motor
cade of 80 or 10 cars would be filled
with men, women and children, wear
ing busters wells and goggles-essentials
to automobile riding in those dusty days
before the good roads movement got
we'll under way.
Sydney Knott himself started driving
an automobile in 1906 at the tender age
Of II. before the State imposed an age
minimum for drivers. In all these years
of driving he never has had an acci-
dent and never has been arrested for
speeding or other violation of the au-
tomobile laws. and his father before
him had as flaWleSs a record-some-
thing for the more careless operators
today to think about.
Busters and Goggles.
Mention of those busters and goggles,
so essential to automObiling in early
days made Sydney remember that
among family heirloomS at his Barn
stable Summer home are couple of
slender wicker baskets.
Their fiat sides were attached in up
right position to the bodies Of the fam
ilys earliest automobiles, and within
their mi-circular bulge those riding
in the car deposited their umbrellas or
parasols when they were not in use
as protection against the rain, wind or
dust.
Copyright. 1892. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, IncD
Evening star., 1932-01-31
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, January 3O.-A "horseless
carriage" was SO unpopular a means OF
transportation to one Vermont woman
in 1902, that she tossed potatoes at it.
And calf, tied to a WoOdpile there, was
so frightened at the approach OF one OF
the crude gasoline buggies' OF those
times that it pranced wildly and pulled
down the W0Odpile.
Sydney T, Knott. Boston lawyer.
whose infant memories began with the
automobile so teStifeS He and his
father Louis Z. Knott, have, between
them held automobile plate number 9
continuously since the State Highway
Commission first granted it to them in
1903.
Sport No. 9.
And for four years before the State
first assigned automobile numbers, the
Knott family sported plate on its cars.
They still hold today the receipts given
them by H. L. Ogden, of the Boston
Park Department. for 81 for an oper-
atOT'S permit, and for 81 for a permit
fer the automobile.
This latter permits assigned to them
originally the number plate 9. In those
pioneer days autOmg bilistS We're simply
assigned a number and made their own
plates. The Knott family plate was
made of leather, with a silver plated
figure 9 attached. They were informed
by park department authorities then
that plate was the first to be assigned
TO a private automobile the first eight
numbers being assigned for public
automobiles
More than this honor however the
Knott family still treasures a formal
document issued to them in 1898 by
Supt OF Streets NJ. DrisColl, of Brook
line which gave them carte blanche to
pass through the public highway of that
sedate town in their automobile.
Rare Document.
Supt, DrisooIrs letter, in his own
handwriting. dated September Z, 1898,
Is indeed a rare document. Perhaps
its chilly tone expresses practically
the universal attitude toward the be-
ginnings of the industry.
His letter, addressed to the senior
Knott, follows: Yours of yesterday
asking for a permit to run motor
carriage through our streets is at hand.
We do not Issue permits for such
purpose, and can see no reason for so
doing. If yOu use such a carriage, you
do so entierly at your own risk. The
men Of my department will not inter-
1ere WIN you at all, ana Ine CIllel oL
police says that his men take no notice
OF such things, unless the ordinary rules
Of the road are violated
The senior Knott was among the first
to have a superior garage for his au-
tOmObiIe, 50 that he could make use OF
it in open Winter weather.
First Garage.
He caused the rear cellar bulkheadS
OF the family residence to be removed
and an incline dug into the cellar floor
level Swinging doors protected the
family steam m-automObile from freezing
through the Winter months. Although
not used now. this earliest indoor gar
age exists in the residence. where Mrs.
Knott. herself an early auto enthusiast,
still lives.
Sydney Knott remembers that the
Evening star., 1932-01-31

of power and stamina, and Of these two
requisites, stamina is by far the rarer.
To the man who drives fast or the
man who drives slowly, high speed
capabilities mean ruggedness, stamina
and dependabillty.
A car capable of doing 100 miles per
hour laughs at 80 or 10. 1t delivers
a touring speed of 65 miles hour after
hour, without complaint, without strain
without effort
The stressed piece of machinery is
dangerous piece of machinery. Su-
perior performance capabilities in an
automobile constitute an effective fac
tor of safety.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
AUTO MADE SAFER
BY SPEED CAPABILITY
That a Car Can Make 100 Miles
Per Hour Is Not the
Point.

The fact that car is capable of
running 100 miles per hour does not
mean that it will necessarily be called
upon to attain that speed in the hands
Of the owner" says Col E. S. Gorrell,
president of the Stutz Motor Car Co.
Of America.
Speed, reasons Col. Gorrell is not
a quality by itself 1t is the product
Evening star., 1932-01-31

an hour in excess of the legal limit, TO
allow for error and specdometer eX-
aggeration. Speedometers almost in
variably show speed higher than the
actual fact.
Officers are cautioned to watch FOR
cars going so slowly as to block traffic,
and to draw them off to one side. The
proper approach to man stopped for
speeding is for the officer TO say, Il
am very sorry, but you were driving
AS miles an hour and I shall have to
give you a summons"
The book was edited by DR. Miller
McClintock. director of the Albert Rus
sci Erskine Bureau for Street Traffic
Research in Harvard University, of
which the author is a sometime fellow
Auto Retail Sales.
Twenty per cent of all retail sales
are autOmOtiVe products
Evening star., 1932-01-31

ne-fourth of all automobiles are
used by farmers in connection with
farm activities. according to George E.
Keneipp, manager of the District Of
Columbia division Of the American
Automobile Association.
Evening star., 1932-01-31
7,947,OOO Miles of Road.

There are 7,947,OOO miles Of high
ways in the world according to the
District of Columbia division of the
American Automobile Association.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
Women's-$l5 ss5"s'ls sss ,e $3.50

collars and cuf OF mar
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Rak BoucIe shawl collar and hare Guns
anin A
ssa so Black Black MAnchurian Wolf fur zes
to
Boucle Coatshuge shawl coar e
Sss Green and with pointed Mnchuan won
sMs2 Wolf Trimmed Coats green and black ooue
sss50 Little Womans with Kit Fox-sNe
4s3s Marmnk Trimmed Brown boucie co
sizes 90 70 ~; brown
Sports Coatsfor snort women SIZES OF
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Evening star., 1932-01-21

Here's a group to make you sit up
and take notice! Afternoon crepes
trimmed with lame, crepes with
beaded belts velvets with lace
dyed TO match in the sleeves, satins
for Sunday night, crepe and velvet
too. sometimes combined with metal
cloth, evening frocks in sheer crepe,
satin, and embroidered crepe. White,
black, brown, green, blue, and peach.
Sizes IA to 20.
Evening star., 1932-01-21

You'll find many lovely things here
wool and satin combined, CASH
mere crepe, canton crepe, sheer
crepe, and velvet for afternoon,
with new necklines, interesting de-
tails on the sleeves. little puffs...
turn-back cuffs of another color.
Jacket frocks. evening gowns in
sheer crepe, satin, and velvet.
stunning, sophisticated styles. Black,
tile, blue, brown, green, wine. Sizes
SO to A, also short sizes.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
Coats at Whatever Price You Wis]
Misses SIS fs;%s'is fss:yc .s ,4s.so

M dr. Formerly Fourth
MISSES % LID s295O to S40.5O Floor
woolen with shawl collar and elbow
Collars Spiral Guns of bright fitch on rough black
s5o Collars and Elbow Cuffs OF fox on these brown
Boue Coats with pouch collars and pntee
Of
s3s5o Coats black brown with square shawl collars aa
Sizes IA to
this aback dress
5~xs5 Your Choice Of the
collars these black blue brown wooen coats
Mixtures with collars Of lapin
-S3s50 tailored STYLE with
these brown monotone wooden
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
POLICE CENSOR
EXTRAS

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, March Is.
By. vote of the Annapolis City
Council last night, police are
made the censors for extras"
Acting upon complaints of resi-
dents who said that they had
been lured from their warm fire
sides by unintelligible shouts of
newSboys, the council unani-
mously passed a motion ordering
the police to read the extra edi.
tions and if the news is not, in
their opinion, of enough impor-
tance to warrant the extra, to
chase the newsboys from the
streets.
Alderman Jesse H. Fisher, who
introduced the measure. told the
council that the boys shouted
their wares "in foreign Ian
guages" and that it was necessary
to buy a paper to find out, what
it was all about.
Alderman Anthony Davis, who
said he was once a newsboy him.
self, came to the. aid of the
newsies with motion ordering
the boys to announce the latest
news in English. This motion
was not voted upon.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
D.C.SEEKS1,20O
Z. CONVENTIONS

Having secured SIS conventions
for Washington this year, the
Greater National Capital COM
mittee is now corresponding with
officials of 1000 organizations for
their 1888 gatherings, Curtis
Hodges, secretary. reported at a
meeting of the public order COM
mittee of the Board of Trade yes
terday.
Hodges said delegates and visi-
tors to the SIS 1882 conventions
will spend $3,500,000 here, &C
cording to estimates. He said
10000 motor tourists we're served
at the four information booths
operated last year and attend
ants made $500 hotel reservations
for visitors.
Thousands of maps and guides
of the District and other descrip-
tive articles were distributed
throughout the country, and pub
licity matter furnished by the
committee was published by news.
papers having total circulation of
more than 3O,000,000. Between
so and 100 letters are written
daily at the committee headquar.
ters, many of these answering
requests for information.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
LAUDS
SCHOOL BOARD
PAY ACTION
Refusal to Cut Teachers Sal
aries in County Seen
as Wise Move

R ay mond w. Bellamy,
Maryland director of employ,
ment under the U. S. Depart.
ment of Labor, has expressed
his approval of the action of
Nicholas Orem and the Prince
Georges county board of edu-
cation in refusing to ask
county public school teachers
to take a voluntary pay re-
duction during the current
year.
This, and other letters com
mending the action, follows an
answer to the Prince Georges
County Taxpayers Association
after that group had asked the
education authorities of the. COM
munity to reduce the teachers
pay.
In his letter, Mr.. Bellamy de-
clared:
81 believe people are giving
more attention to hard times
than they are to education. If
we take out of our educational
system exactly what we put
into it, unless possibly. in hir.
ing the best of teachers, they
are able to return to our school
children the greatest Of divi-
dendS-educatiOn.
81 contend that If the de-
partment of education is fet-
tered in its discretion to pay
decent and justifiable wages
to its teachers, we soon shall
see an exodus from the ranks
of the teaching profession and
those well qualified servants
will find avenues of service IN
+ other vocatiOns and in their
stead will come less competent
teachers who will be unable to
make the grade and command
living wages"
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
POOL PARLOR5.
RALLRO0NS
| AFFECTED
Council Determined to Abide
BY State Law Already
on Books

An ordinance reinforcing the
State Sunday "hiu. law" was
passed last nigh by the mayor
and town council of Hyatts-
vile.
Adopted on the request of
many citizens of the town, the
new ordinance allows dance halls,
poolrooms and other places Of
public entertainment to remain
open until l o'clock on week
nights, but requires that they be
closed promptly at midnight Sat-
urday.
The closing law will go into
effect as soon as it is drawn up
in final fern by Caesar L. Aiello,
corporation counsel
The Odd Fellows Lodge was
granted a permit to hold tent
show on Columbia Avenue, May
2, 3 and 4, subject to the consent
of adjacent property owners, and
the grades for Bailey Avenue,
west of Oakwood Road, accepted.
The latter will be subject to ap-
proval of the Suburban Sanitary
Commission and the Park and
, Planning Commission.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
STARS DUE
At BANQUET
MISS BARLOW

Trade problems are occupying
the delegates to the convention
of the Motion Picture Thc@ Ter
Owners Of America today. The
morning and afternoon sessions
at the Mayflower were concerned
with zoning plans, taxation, CEN
sorship and theater equipment,
but tonight the convention will
enjc. it's annual banquet, with a
host of movie stars as guests.
The convention has gone on
record as opposed to Government
regulation of film distribution,
and continuance of present poll
c:ss seem assured with the re-elec-
ton of M. A. Lightman, as presl-
dent; M. j, O'Toole as secretary,
and Jay Emanuel as treasurer.
A. Julian Brylawski, of this
city, was elected one of the five
vice presidents, the others being
M. A. Comerford, Love B. Harrell,
Walter Vincent, and John Dennis
ton.
Tonight's banquet will be the
climax of the convention, which
will close tomorrow. Guests from
the Hollywood studios who will
attend the banquet include Bebe
Daniels and Ben Lyon, Billie
Dove, Claudette Colbert, Lee
Morse, Ernst Lubitsch, Bert Ly-
tell Jacqueline Logan and Give
Brook. Eddie Bowling will have
charge of the program.
Sidney Kent, motion picture
executive, Conrad Nagel and Mr..
Lightman will speak at the
banquet, but most of the pro-
gram will be given over to enter
tainment, much of which will be
broadcast over the N &C. and
Columbia networks.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
BOULEVARD JOB
STARTS SOON

Identification of the Washing
ton Boulevard from Baltimore to
the District of Columbia line is
to start in a few days, Harry G,
Williar, jr., chief engineer of the
Maryland State Roads Commis,
sion, announced.
Contracts are to be awarded
today. The project has been di,
vided into two sections. one from
Baltimore to Laurel and the
other from Laurel to the District
line. The program is a part of
Maryland's celebration of the
George Washington Bicentennial
and is to be financed through
funds derived from the State bill.
board tax.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
c. j. TO SUPPLY
395 JOBS

Georgetown University will be.
gin work Immediately on a new
recitation hall, which, it is esti.
mated, will cost $500,000.
Three hundred and ninety-five
men vii be employed on the job,
DR.. w. Coleman Nevils, president
of the university, has advised
President Hoover and his general
committee on unemployment.
The university president wrote
in part:
II have taken the liberty of
sending this letter as a pledge
of GeOrgetOwn's confidence and
to assure you of our 100 per
cent cooperation in the efforts
of your Administration to meet
the present national emer.
gency."
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
SPRING DELAYS
AS COLD STAYS

Still shivering in sub-freezing
temperatures, Washingtonians to.
day hoped for the early arrival
of spring as the weather bureau
predicted fair and warmer
weather.
Although a 14-degree tempera-
ture was predicted for this morn
ing, the mercury fell to only 10.
This, the weather prognosticators
say, will be the lowest for some
days to come.
A trace of snow yesterday
afternoon, accompanied by a gale
of the proportions of the blizzard
of March 6, caused residents to
be apprehensive of a repetition,
but it was short-lived.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Arlington MOtOrist
Seeks $4,000 Balm

John R. Mossburg, of Arlington,
through his attorney, Emery N
Hosmer, has filed a motion for
judgment for $4,000 against
Charlie Brown, of Culpeper, in
Arlington Circuit Court.
The suit is the outgrowth OF
an accident January 4 in which
Mossburg claims to have suffered
permanent injuries when a truck
driven by Brown, collided with
his touring car, causing it tc
overturn.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
HOWARD GIVEN
S500,000

Voting increases of more than
half million dollars for Howard
University, this city, the Senate
resumed consideration of the In
terror Department appropriation
bill late yesterday.
Senate increases voted on the
motion of Senators Costigan CD,
of Colorado. and Hatfield tR),
of West Virginia, we're: Salaries
of $455, 900 instea' of. $450,000 as
proposed by the House; general
expenses, $275,C00 instead OF
1925, 900 as in the House bill; new
heating plant, $460,000 instead OF
100000 a. in the House bill, and
Library 100000 to be available
at once, instead of 100000 as III
the initial appropriation in the
House.
A separate bill authorizing al
appropriation of $4,000 for re
pairs and improvements at Cas-,
ualty Hospital, was passed by the
Senate after Senator McKellar
(D.l, of Tennessee, had held w.
action Dr. it last week.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Miner Is Slain
Over Cat He
Borrowed

LOGAN, W. Va, March Is
G.NS0 They blamed a cat
today for the murder of James
Horvath, 39-year-old miner.
Horvath, according to author
tiles, borrowed a cat from a
friend to catch mice. The
cat owner then traded the cat
to Elmer Thompson, another
miner, for a chicken.
Enraged when Horvath re-
fused to give up the cat,
Thompson shot him, police
said. Thompson was sought
today on a murder warrant.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Mortgage Firm Sues
For S11O Back Rent

The Mortgage Company of
Maryland, Inc, filed suit,4yester-
day in Arlington County Court
for recovery of $110 from Henry
Wynkoop, employe of an Arling,
ton transportation company. The
mortgage company alleges that
the amount is due for back rental
of premises at 800 Wilson Boule-
ward, Clarendon.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
County to Advertise
SI,OOO,OOO Bond Sale

The board of commissioners of
Montgomery county, according to
President Lacy Shaw, today will
authorize advertisement for sale
Of approximately $1,0O0,000 of
county bonds.
The bonds will be sold in part
or as a whole to the highest bid
ders.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Arlington Business
Women to Give Fete

The third annual public rela-
tions dinner of the Arlington
County Business and Professional
Women's Club will be held at the
George Mason Hotel in Alexan-
dria Thursday night.
Among the speakers will be
State Senator John w. Rust, Of
Fairfax; Delegate Hugh Reid, of
Arlington; Judge Walter T. Nc
Carthy, of the Arlington Circuit
Court; Roy S. Braden, Arlington
County Manager; and Harry K.
Green, Arlington Commissioner
of Revenue.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Trade Board to Hear
Barnes on Business

Business and political condi.
tions will be analyzed at the
monthly meeting of the Washing
ton Board of Trade at the Will
ard Hotel tonight by julius H.
Barnes, president of the board of
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce,
and David Lawrence, editor of
the United States Daily.
Entertainment will be furnished
by the Chevy Chase ChanterS.
George w. Offutt, president of
the Board of Trade, will preside.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Blaze in IncinerGtOr
Brinqs Out Firemen

Flames in an open incinerator
behind Bergman's Laundry, in
Hyattsville, yesterday brought the
towns volunteer fire department
on the run When they dis
covered the nature Of the blaze,
the firemen found it did not en-
danger nearby buildings.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
LICENSE TO WE'D

The clerk of the Arlington
Circuit Court yesterday issued a
marriage license to Frank I.
Loukes, 25, of Clarendon, Va,
and Dorothy Gilbert, %. also of
Clarendon.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Woman, SO, Overcome
Ru ErDOSure. Cold

Kate Hamilton, SO, of 918 D
st. S. W., who was found lying
on the pavement last night at
Tenth and G Streets Northwest,
is recovering at Emergency Hos
pital today. Physicians say she
was overcome by cold and ex-
posure.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
DEAF-Read This

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The Washington times., 1932-03-15
WILL PRESENT COMEDY

The Foot Light Club of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase high school
will present Honor Bright"
comedy. Friday at 8:15 p. m. IN
the high school auditorium.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
GLOVER PARK MEET

The Glover Park Citizens Asso-
citation will meet at the Indus
trial Home School Friday night.