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Evening star., 1932-03-13
AUTOMOBILE AGAIN MENACED
BY CONFEDERATION HAZARD
More Volatile Fuel, Higher Operating
Temperatures and Speed Add to
Dangers of Fire.

to offer the leakage hazard, the situa-
ton was not so serious when that type
Of fuel feed was universally used be-
cause gasoline was not nearly 50 vola-
tile as 1t Is today. This Is clearly DEM
onstrated by the fact that whereas the
vacuum tank often became quite hot
without causing the fuel to give any
trouble, todays fuel system has to be
air cooled In order to prevent vapor
lock.
Batteries are becoming more power
full in order to meet the demands for
quick starting of multi-cylinder, high
numerous new wiring leads. Some Of
the cars have increased the generator
output. In one case this has reached
the point where it has been necessary
to air-cool the generator itself. The
electrical system. therefore. bears close
watching.
External Damages.
External damage to the electrical
system Is not uncommon today. Under
the hood temperatures have been boost
ed considerably and the limit Is no
where in sight. Cases have been found
where ignition wiring has charred SIM
ply through engine heat. One popular
make Of car, in recent model, required
Ignition wiring change about every
1000 miles.
The fire equipment companies have
tried 10 interest the public in being pre-
pared for the new emergencies by Of
fering extinguishers In new dress and
In much more compact form. Progress
has been slow. The average motorist
still thinks he can get by with the idea
his automobile isn't going to be the one
that catches fire. He does not seem to
be able to picture the rapidity at which
fire would spread under the hood
when the car IS travelling mile min
ute or more.
New Extinguishers.
The time Is coming when 1t viii be
necessary to carry under the hood q
type of extinguisher that will automat-
lcally release a f1ame-killing gas If the
environment around the motor reaches
too high O point. There will also be
an automatic shut-off to close the ra-
dtator front and check the draft. The
hood ventilators will close automatic
ally, just as they open by means Of q
thermostat on one Of the newest cars.
Because modern muff1ers permit freer
escape Of the exhaust gases there Is
greater danger Of fire when leaving the
motor running while gas is being added
to the rear tank. Static electricity still
Is constant risk in the tank-filling
process and should be guarded against.
There's q danger flag ahead IN the
form Of fire and flame. Don't fan 1t
with indifference.
Copyright. 1889. the Russell servise)
Evening star., 1932-03-13
INCREASED AUTO
TRADE REVEALED
Figures for January and Feb.
ruary Show Improve
ment.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
DETROIT. Mich, March lex
pectancy that 1882 may prove a better
year for the automobile trade than 1881
has been built up by January and Feb
ruary merchandising results.
Taking the highly competitive Detroit
area as an example, figures for January
and February testify to gains In sales
for Is makes Of passenger cars.
Detroit's Response.
The volume, which may be con-
sidered Detroit's response to intensive
selling effort following the automobile
show period, representing turnover OF
1895 cars registered during the 60-day
period, as compared with 3,679 in Janu-
airy and February q year ago. The to-
tails are exclusive of Ford, which has
been completing its changeover to new
models.
The gains for the two months are
dlstr1outed In varying proportion among
the following makes, listed alphabet
cally:
Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, De Soto
Essex, Graham, Hudson, Hupp, Lincoln
Pierce-Arrow, Plymouth, REQ and
Studebaker.
That February alone contributed sub
stantially to the bulge above last year i:
shown in the total for that month
which was 1850 for all makes excepting
Ford, against 2,254 In the same month
Of 1881.
Under prevailing conditions the
showing is regarded as q demonstra.
ton that there is an ever-present de-
mand for new cars and that improved
restyled models stimulate it.
Canada Organized.
Canada has organized its own Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce, repre-
senting the manufacturing interests of
the Dominion. Toronto, oficially desio-
mated as the city where the Canadian
national show is to be held arnually.
staged its mass presentation of new
models this week. In connection with
1t Alfred Reeves, general manager of
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, representing United States
makers, talked before a House banolIet
at which heads of the Canadian In
dustry were assembled.
Mr.. Reeves described the role that
Canada has played in the DEVELOPMENT
Of the automobile. He predicted that
Evening star., 1932-03-13

Opportunities for the employment of
many workers on needed traffic i'm
provements are pointed out by the
Executive Committee Of the National
Conference on Street and Highway
Safety in a statement based upon ex-
periences of the past two years.
in practically every community Of the
country, the committee states, work Of
this kind can be done profltably as a
means of reducing the heavy losses oc-
casioned by traffic accidents and con-
gestion. The improvements can be
made. in many instances, without ex-
tended planning and study and with
relatively small expense. Many COM
munities already have adopted such
programs.
Experience has shown, the committee
adds, that driving safety is seriously
menced by obstructions to view at high
way intersections, the lack Of suitable
guard rails or fencing at dangerous
embankments, roadside bitches and soft
narrow shoulders, narrow bridges and
culvert tops. The removal of these and
other dangers will aid materially. in
checking the rising toll of deaths and
injuries. The statement continues:
View Distinctions.
Among the effective traffic improve
ment measures that may readily be
undertaken In most communities is the
removal of distractions to view at high
way intersections, railway grade cross
ings and on the inside of highway
curves. This would eliminate at once
what are now in many instances serious
hazards to the travelling public. These
distractions include low hanging limbs,
brush, shrubbery, steep banks, fences,
billboards ard small buildings. Decided
improvements If not entire correction of
visibility conditions at many points
could be made at the relatively small
cost Of the labor necessary to bring 1t
about.
The installation, repair and replace
ment, when necessary, Of suitable guard
rails or fencing at dangerous embank-
ments, bitches, or curves, and painting
or otherwise treating them to make
them plainly visible at night or in fog,
when failure to note the hazards safe
guarded by them would be specially dis
astrous, is exceedingly important. The
work involved is chiefly manual labor.
Campaigns have been directed in
many sections for correction of danger
GUS roadside bitches and soft narrow
shoulders. In regard to such improve
ments, Mr.. Thomas H. Macdonald,
chief OF the Federal Bureau Of Public
Roads, recently said:
"The bureau will approve the reopen
ing Of projects to place large sized
drain pipe in roadside bitches which
are eroding, the trenches to be back
filled with porous materials and the
bitches obliterated to the extent
possible, and other betterments which
are advisable construction and which
improve the safety of the roads"
Road laborers may thus be employed
on work which should lessen the
Evening star., 1932-03-13

even II they do have a tendency
to drive too fast" says Mr.. Palm
er, who has made a two-year
study of the automobile accident
situation. "A mans muscles, how
ever, are stronger than those of
a woman and generally his
knowledge of the operating parts
of q car Is greater. AS a rule
women place utmost confidence
in the cars they drive. When
they put pressure on the brake
pedal, for example, they expect
the car to stop quickly and eff
ciently. II the brakes are worn
or out OF adjustment they do not
produce this result or they re-
quire a strength Of pressure of
which the average woman is not
capable. If this happens in a
traff1c emergency, there is likely
TO be a deadly smash-up, for
which the wife may be blamed,
but for which the fault lies en-
tirely with the absent husband.
Those parts of the car which
woman drivers are entitled to
have kept in perfect condition for
the safety Of themselves, their
passengers and other drivers are
brakes, headlampS, steering gears,
windshield wiperS, tires and
wheels. 1t costs practically moth
ing to have these parts inspected
regularly by service station ex-
perts and but little to have neces-
sary adjustments and replace
ments made. Neglect produces
big repairs, big expenses and big
dangers. One accident, caused
by such neglect, may cost an
otherwise good husband his be-
loved family, his fortune and o
lifetime Of self-recrimiT Tation."
Evening star., 1932-03-13

ITO illustrate the problem, glance at
what needs to be done on the Federal
Aid road system. OF the 1893 900 miles
Of highways on the system, i09, 900 have
been benefited by Federal expenditures.
oart s s rsed es ef very esedae aase
type Of surface to meet the traffic re-
quirements, and In terms Of car opera
ting costs and surface upkeep costs,
expenditures for further improvement
are justified. A Federal reduction
means a breakdown all along the line.
"A nation equipped with 26,000,000
motor cars, O nation that travels 150,-
000, 100000 miles q year over rural
roads and nation possessed Of right
full desire for motor travel, should not
falter in road construction" concluded
Mr. Everett.
Evening star., 1932-03-13
TRIPLES 1881 OUTPUT
Russia Calls for Large Auto Pro
duction This Year.

That part Of the Soviet 5-Year Plan
which concerns itself with automotive
manufacture calls for the production Of
$4,000 automobiles and $4,000 tractors
in 1882. according to official Russian
government reports analyzsd in the
current American Automobile (Over-
seas Edition)." The schedule triples the
motor car output Of 1881 and doubles
tractor production for that year.
A total Of 63,926 motor cars, trucks
and buses, principally trucks, were In
service in Soviet Russia on January /,
1882. according to the magazine. The
total compares with $4,000 automobiles
In operation on the first day of Janu-
ary last year. Last years production of
automobiles In Russian plants is
recorded as having been 23,4O0 units.
by far the largest output yet recorded
BY the Soviet plants. Tractor produc-
ton was 4o,7o0 units.
Evening star., 1932-03-13
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

Announcement Is made Of the ap-
pointment Of the Oliver Chevrolet Co,
Inc, as Chevrolet dealers In nearby
Maryland. william G.. Oliver, presi-
dent Of the new company was for q
number Of years associated with the
Chevrolet Motor Co. none once In Balti-
more and Is well known IN Washington.
Sales and service will be maintained at
6700 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda, Md.
Evening star., 1932-03-13
Gas B0otlegging.

without the flies and drums or
the blatancy that goes with liq-
uor bootlegging, another form of
bootlegging has eaten its way into
the public pocketbook. That is
the bootlegging Of gasoline which,
claim the most conservative es-
timators, steals $40, 900 900 yearly
from highway funds, enough to
build, at present low prices. of
labor ID materials, some 1,504 or
Evening star., 1932-03-13

Once again motordom Is hearing the
cry, Fireman, save my carl" Auto
mobiles are facing number of new
fire hazards which are taking thou
sands Of motorists by surprise. accord
ing to those who are responding to
the daily alarms with extinguishing
equipment and insurance funds.
Larger, hotter engines are one rea-
son. More volatile gas in greater
quantity is another. Higher speed a
third It Is not generally realized what
hazard the increased electrical wiring
Of the modern car presents.
Public's Apathy.
Aggravating the situation Is the pub
lies apathy to the car fire hazard and
the almost complete lack Of knowledge
of fire control. The car makers have
done much to prevent fire, but in the
face of greatly increased hazards and
the public's belief the danger does not
exist to any marked degree there Is
little opportunity for natural progress
in successfully combating this problem.
Surprisingly few motorists even take
the precaution to carry fire extin-
guisher.
Speed Is one of the most serious Of
the new fire hazards. When a racing
Cal CdLC1ICb IlI6, D. SuQUcIl, bptCJdCulhI
blaze invariably results. The pilot Is
lucky is he gets out Of the driving COM
partment alive. TodayS motorist does
not realize what draft Is created even
at normal road speeds nor how quickly
this air current will fan o small blaze
into serious proportions.
The fact that the driver Is protected
with considerable insulation between
the driving compartment and the en-
gine may save his life should fire occur
at higher speed, but serious and per-
haps irreparable damage may be done
to the whole car in a very few min
utes. Even destruction Of the wiring
of q modern multi-cylinder engine is
an expensive proposition. Invariably a
fire under the hood calls for refinishing
the car.
Backfiring Evils.
Backfiring Is still serious matter. It
is even more hazardous during today'S
cranking because any excess fuel from
overlooking is certain to provide COM
b''stible mixture under the hood In
on, -ccent case an inexperienced driver
choked so much that the intake silencer
filled up with gas A backfire ignited
the vapor of this and wrecked the car.
Little choking Is required to start a car
with doWndraft carburetion, but the
human element ignores this fact and
courts trouble.
With the fuel pump and the filter in
general use there are some new oppor-
tunities for leakage. While 1t Is true
that the vacuum tank was equally likely
Evening star., 1932-03-13
PHON0GRAPHS AND AUTOS
New Developments Prove Their Re-
1ationships.

What have monographs to do with
automobiles?
One answer is that the newest model
electric monographs are being equipped
with gear shift" a device that per-
mits running the turn-table at 3312
rpm or 10 rpm to accommodate either
the new electrical transcriptions or the
old. shorter-playing records. In addi-
ton to this similarity in speed control,
the new type monographs are said to
be slated for combination with de luxe
car radios Of the near future, so that
when radio Transmission is not good the
motoriSt still will be able to enjoy good
entertainment while motoring.
Evening star., 1932-03-13
A Good Husband,

II a man would be a good hus-
band he must see that the car
his wife drives is kept in perfect
mechanical condition. Otherwise.
according to w. T. Palmer, an
official Of a company making
brake lining, he is deliberately ex-
posing her and her friends and
children to deadly dangers which
she has no way Of avoiding and
may not even realize,
Women make skillful drivers,
Evening star., 1932-03-13
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

1000 miles Of concrete highway.
That bootlegging Of gasoline
has existed for some little time
has been known, but not until
quite recently was 1t discovered
that it has become so widespread
that about one-fifteenth of all
gasoline used in automobiles is
sold in such a way that the pre-
scribed gasoline taxes are not
paid to the States.
Several States, when they be-
come aware that many an unsus-
pecting motorists dollar was max
Ing successful business men out
of crooks, launched campaigns
that have a two-fold purpose; the
placement of bootleggers behind
the bars and Of gasoline tax
money in the proper receptacle,
the State treasury.
Evening star., 1932-03-13
Y UST as comment over Spring
CLEANING for automobiles

cleaning for automobiles
and warm day motor tours
~ seemed propitious along
comes real Winter weather with
freezing temperatures to drive all
such thoughts out of ones mind:
Anti-freeze for radiators and skid
chains appear to be more appro-
pirate suggestions.
However, the calendar Spring
is about a week away, and soon
enous.a the climate will become
moderate to stay. Cold waves
will be forgotten and April show
ers will be the order Of the day.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
TnnAY,S ADJUSTMENTS

NationaI-"The Chocolate Soldier" Mt
500 pm.
BeIasco-"Olivia Bows to Mrs. Grun-
dy," at $50 pm.
Gayety-"Dainty Dolls" at 2:I5 and
els pm.
Palace-"Are You Listening?" at IL
m. I:O5, Sis, $40, 7:35 and GAS pm.
Stage shows at 1920, 2:30, 4:40, $50
and pm.
Fox-"Careless Lady" at 11:3O am,
1:55 4:4O. 7:25 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows at 1907, 1852, 6:37 and 9:22 pm.
CoIumbia-"Tarzan, the Ape Man."
at 10 am, 1850. 1:50, 3:45, $40, 7:35
and 9:35 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Girl Crazy" at 1910
am. 1927, 2:44. SOL, 1882 and 9:56
pm. Stage shows at 1871 am, l :48,
4:05, 6:36 and pm.
Metropolitan - Explorers of the
World" at 11:30 am, 1888, 1886, 5:28,
7:31 and 9:35 pm. Harold Noice In
person at 1892, 2:35, $50 and 1888 pm
Rialto-"Cohens and Kellys in Holly
wood" at 11:40 am, lao, $40, $40,
TAO and $40 pm.
EarIe-"Alias the Doctor" at 11:30
am, 1:55, 4:45, 7:30 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows at 1888, 1922, Gil and 8
pm.
TiyolL"The Man Who Played God"
at 2:30, AIS, 6, 7:50 and 9:35 pm.
CentraI-"Hell Divers" from IL am.
to ii pm.
Ambassador-"Alias the Doctor" at
6:15, 8:O5 and 9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
LEGAL NOTICES.
WILLIAM W. BRIDE and THOMAS F.
CAMERON, Attorneys.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
trict of Columbia, holding a District Court
in re: Condemnation of land for q minor
street in Square 1858. from Elliott Place to
Brewer, Place, in the DISTRICT Of Columbia ia
District Court No 2099.-Notice and order
of publication to property owners assessed
for benefits.-Notice is hereby given that the
Jury in the above entitled cause returned its
verdict on the 25th day of January, 1882, and
by said verdict assessed benefits against the
following lands or parcels of land, in the fol-
sl26 a; 81, s72 48; So S72 4S, SO, $50. so; go,
$50. SO; 7. $l28 To- 8, 1928 10; g., $ll3.60; 10,
Sl28 10; II. Sl28 10; H. Sl28 10: 49, $l28 10; u,
t128 TO- IS, $l28 10; l6, Sl28l0; 804,S 64 80S,
s34.l6 s06 $34 10: 10. Sl02.4S; 20 sl02 4s;
81, S76.s6; %. s74.55; 81. $4,000 Therefore
Il is by the court this 22nd day of March,
1882, ordered that objections or exceptions
TO said verdict of property owners assessed
for benefits (no part of whose land was
condemned in this proceeding) be filed in
said cause on or before the goth day of
April. 1892: otherwise said verdict will be
plication therefor by the petitioners in said
cause; provided however, that copy Of
this notice and order be published once in
each the Washington Post, the Washington
Herald and The Washington Evening Star.
newspapers published in the District of CO.
lumbia, at least ten days before the said
both day of April, 1882. BY the court:
JOSEPH w. COX, Justice. true copy.
tSeal) Test: FRANK E. CUNNINGHAM,
Clerk. By GEORGE A. WATTS. Asst. Clerk.
Evening star., 1932-03-28

A complete fishery exhibition will be
part of this years agricultural show at
Grimsby, England.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
AMERICAN APRIL FOOL JOKES
NOT ALL THAT MAKES THE DAY
Pursuit of Gowks Old Scottish Custom, and 1nda France
and Other Nations Have Merry Times.

vernal equinox, and was a combined
expression of religious spirit and drou
doings.
A counterpart is found in India in
the Feast of Hull on March 81, In
which merriment plays the major role
and jokes are the order Of the cere-
monies.
Middle Ages Miracle Plays.
The religious factor expressed in the
ancient observance of the British tribes
was carried through the Middle Ages
in the miracle plays. Christ was rep
resented as having been sent from
Annas to Caiphas and from Plate to
Herod.
But the present-day observance,
spread over Europe and the Western
Hemisphere, centers only upon pranks
and the search for victims to provide
laughs.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
PROPOSALS.
OF INTERIOR-

Washington March 23. 1882
Sealed bids in duplicate, subject to plans
and specifications therefor. will be received
D. C.. until 2 pm. Tuesday. April 10, 1892.
for the construction and completion Of
clinics building at FreedmanS Hospital,
Washington, d. C.
praE.Ilgs and specifications may be OBJ
tanned upon application 70 the department
A certified check for $50 payable to the
Secretary Of the Interior will be required as
security for the safe return OF plans within
ten days after. date Of opening proposals
Guaranty will be required with each bid to
will be considered unless SO guaranteed. The
bidders may at their option furnish guar
Snty bond, certified check or United States
bonds for not less than 10 per cent of the
total bid The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids, waive any informality in
bids received and accept reject any item
of bid. unless such bid is qualified by
specific Limitation
EnveIopes containing bids must be sealed,
addressed to Secretary Of the Interior. Room
eiie, Interior Department Building. Wash
ington. d. c., and marked Bid for con-
struction of clinics building, Freedmen's Hos
pital, washington, d. C., to be opened April
JOHN H. EDWARDS,
Assistant SECRETARY.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
School Play April 22.

HYATTSVILLE, Md, March % (Spe-
ciaD Friday evening. April %, has
been set for the annual Spring play by
students of Hyattsville High School
for the presentation will
start tomorrow, when school reopens
following the holidays. Miss Mona Mil
iner of the faculty will direct the offer
ing, assisted by other faculty members
Evening star., 1932-03-28
THOS, J. OWEN & SON, AUCTIONEERS,
1881 EYE ST NV,

BASEMENT BRICK BUSINESS PROP
ERTY KNOWN AS PREMISES 1881
BY virtue of certain deed of trust. dated
April %, 1880. being instrument No. ,134;
recorded April 90. 1880, among the land
records of the District of Columbia, and at
the request Of the party secured thereby, the
undersigned trustees will sell at PUBLIC auo- e,
tion, in front of the premises. on MONDAY.
THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL, 1882, AT
TWO-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM, the following
described land and premises, situate in the
District of Columbia. and DESIGNATED as and
being the south 20.l9 feet front by the full
depth thereof Of lot 6 in Anton Heitmuller
and Alfred Heitmuller's subdivision OF square
2z2, as per plat recorded in the once Of the
surveyor for Eth the District Of Columbia IN
Terms: Sold subject to a prior. building nI1
association deed of trust for about $4,000,
further particulars of which will be an
nounced at time of sale; the purchase price
above SAID trust to be paid in cash de de-
cording etc. at the purchasers cost. Terms
to be complied with within. thirty days,
otherwise deposit forfeited and the property
may be advertised and resold at the discre-
ton Of the trustees. $1,000 -1,,-,
HUGH A. THRIFT,
nh22,2426.28s0.ap2 Trustees.
Evening star., 1932-03-28
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Joy-seeking America, along with most
of the world, Friday will indulge in
April fool foolishness by declaring an
open season on gowks.
It's an old Scottish custom, this
pursuit of the gowk, which was the
Highlanders' name for cuckoos and was
applied to those who bit on All Fools
day pranks and went wildly in chase
Of nothing.
The French had a name for him who
fell-"poisson d'avril"-Which instead
of meaning an April person or April
sprite. more nearly translates into the
English possibility of April poison" by
meaning IAN April fish"
Eighteenth Century Custom.
Myriads of adaptations of this days
customs-the pocketbook and string,
64rby and brick gags included-are
largely the handiwork of moderns, but
even so early as the eighteenth century,
encyclopedias point out, 1.-The making
of April fools was a common custom. ="
Then the day was turned over to
merriment and jokes, practical and
otherwise. upon friends and strangers.
with parties and other gatherings. so
all could enjoy the forlorn plight of
those who were the victims.
Lost in antiquity the origin of All
Fools day is traced by most encyclo-
pedia compilers to the festivities of the
early Druids and Celts observing the