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Evening star., 1932-01-24
"BIG PUSH" STARTED
BY AUTO MAKERS
Trade Promotion Broadside Deliy.
cred by Industry
for 1882.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, January % (N.ANA).-
After months of preparation, the au-
tomobile manufacturers have delivered
the big trade promotion broadside for
1882. Its reVerberations are being
heard and felt in many sections of the
country
They are in the form of encouraging
reports backed by sales figures from
centerS of the Nation where automobile
shows have been or are being held.
The first national show of the year, in
New York one week ago, was the start
OF the big push" that the automobile
makers have set in motion
Following the lead of New York,
| close to score of auto shows have
been held in the centers of population
| during the last seven days. The re-
suits signalize the beginning of buying
| reaction. 1t Is certain to gain volume
with the Detroit show, which was
opened on Saturday, with the Wash
ington and Chicago shows starting one
week hence, and with an even greater
number of smaller cities joining In with
still more shows during that week.
Never before has the country been
blanketed in this manner by trade
promotion effort on such a scale for
dlly ulduStry. lue EOtlCeTteu dutOIIlU~
bile drive publicly proclaiming new
models, greater values and lower
prices all over the map, comedies with
the plan formulated one year ago by
the factories to withhold 1882 show
ings until this time and thereby cre-
ate an unprecedented wave Of inter-
est as foundation for fair cosnpeti-
tion
Tens of thousands of show rooms
from coast to coast have been pro-
vided with new model cars for display
and demonstration, the volume Of which
alone has started the wheels rolling
in the plants.
The net result Of the New York
show as indicating renewed public in
terest was an increase of IL per cent
in paid admissions as compared with
the show of one year ago. Last Mon
day, following the close of the
Grand Central Palace, the sales re-
ports showed large percentages over the
previous year and In certain instances
topped the totals of all former years.
(Copyrjghtr 1889. by the North AmsstaaA
Newspaper Alliance, kns1
Evening star., 1932-01-24

From the above figures 1t will be
readily seen that at the present rate of
construction 10 to Is years will elapse
before completion of the Federal-aid
system. Were the system completed to-
day, its mileage would be inadequate
to handle the transportation needs of
the 100000 registered automobiles.
The transportation which Is used by
the greatest number of people Is the
motor vehicle. That form Of trans
portation is the most efficient, the most
flexible and the cheapest form of trans
portation ever devised by man. But no
matter how efficient the Nation may be
in developing its form Of transporta-
ton, they are of no value whatsoever
unless 1t has highways upon which to
operate its automobiles. The most
highly developed steam engines must
have rails; vessels must have channels.
The motor vehicle, as efficient as 1t Is,
is absolutely of no value unless 1t has
adequate roads upon which to run.
Congress in its conception of the
Federal-aid program, the purpose of
which was to coordinate the loose ends
of the forty-eight States, has begun
a splendid work. The work, we believe,
being administered by the Bureau of
Public Roads has been consummated
thus far In most scientific and eff
cient manner. AS the years have gone
by, the money that has been appro-
priated has been expended in an eff
ficient manner with minimum Of
overhead. Suspension Of the Federal
aid program at this time, or curtailment
of the program, we believe, would be a
colossal blunder on the part Of Con-
gress, comparable 10 man building a
work when approximately half through
in the construction Of his building
which would represent financial loss
and also throw large numbers out OF
employment.
Evening star., 1932-01-24

Continuation Of the Federal Gov
ernments participation in Federal aid
was urged his week in a brief filed by
the legal department of the American
Motorists Association in connection
with hearings before the Senate Com
mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
The committee has under considera-
ton the so-called Oddie bill, providing
s125, 100000 Federal aid for the fiscal
years of 1884 and 1885.
The need for continuation Of the
Federal-aid program, the American
Motorists Association declares in its
brief, is greater today than it has ever
been, due largely to the unemployment
situation and the increased automobile
registration in comparison with the in
crease in highway construction.
Many Benefits Seen.
There Is nothing paternalistic in the
Federal Governments financial support
Of the Federal-aid program, the brief
declares. The Federal Governments s
contribution toward the financing OF
the construction and maintenance OF
the highway system of the United
States during 1881 was approximately
7 per cent Of the total construction
cost.
The Federal Government, through
its use of the highways for military
purposes, the transportation OF mail
and parcel post and other govern
mental activities, has been one Of the
principal beneficiaries of improved
highways. 1t has received maximum
benefits at minimum expense. The
Federal Government, in our opinion, II
for no other reason than this, should
continue to assume a fair proportion OF
the annual construction expense. We
believe that $125,000,000 a year for the
next two fiscal years to be fear pro-
portion of the Federal Governments
contribution.
A secondary and major justification
for the Federal Government continu-
ance of its Federal-aid program, we be-
lieve, can be found in the unemploy-
ment situation prevalent today, and
which will, in all probability, continue
over q period of the next two years.
The rapid increase In automobile reg
istration makes imperative q speeding
up of the Federal, State and county
highway construction program. Dis
continuance of the Federal Govern
m0W annual appropriation or curtat-
me0 ~ the annual appropriation will
mean a corresponding curtailment in
Evening star., 1932-01-24
j. s. TAX HARMFUL
TO AUTO INDUSTRY
A. A. A. Holds Sales Levy
Will CurtaiI New Car
Demand.

With at least a dozen basic industries
dependent upon the automobile in
dustry as a major outlet for their
products, the American Automobile
Association declared today that a
Federal sales tax on automobiles will
inevitably curtan the demand for new
cars and thereby further contribute to
unemployment by slowing-up produc-
tion in these other fields.
100000 Employed.
Pointing out that on January l there
were approximately 100000 people
employed by the motor vehicle and al
lied industries, million less than a
year ago, the national motoring body
said that the proposed Federal levy
would not only threaten the jobs of
thousands now at work, but would
further postpone the time when other
thousands now unemployed would be
put back on the pay roll.
THE most severe blow to allied in
terests from the slackening OF the
motor industry" said the A. A. A,
would be the railroads which during
1881 handled more than 100000 car
loads of automotive freight, or about 10
per cent of all carload traffic. 1t is
needless to point out that the loss OF
freight made up of motor vehicles and
parts has already figured in two i'm
portant financial disasters in the field
of rail transportation.
Those who have singled out new car
buyers as a class for sales tax, and
it Is evident that any such tax will
promptly be passed on to the purchaser
of an automobile, have apparently not
considered that they would retard the
progress of industries other than the
motor industry. The latter industry Is
today the largest purchaser OF rubber,
steel, plate glass, nickel, lead and the
products of other industries.
The A. A. A. statement continues:
Industry Statistics.
During 1881, the automotive in
dustry consumed SO per cent OF the
rubber used in the United States, a
large portion of which went into frame
mountings of new cars. 1t utilized go
per cent of the plate glass, Is per cent
of the iron and steel, IT per cent OF the
hardwood lumber, IT per cent OF the
copper. 26 per cent OF the lead, IT per
cent of the aluminium, 80 per cent OF
the nickel, IL per cent Of the tin and 9
per cent Of the zinc.
1T is, therefore, apparent that a re-
duction In the demand for these prod
ucts will be felt in every walk OF life
and particularly by the millions OF
workers who are dependent upon the
various industries for means Of max
ing living. At the close of 1880 there
Evening star., 1932-01-24

words, Why the automobile show
should be held annually in Washing
ton," to the Washington Automotive
Trade Association, suite 1902 Chandler
Building, 1927 street.
No reply received after 10 am, Tues
day, February q, will be considered.
Members Of The Star and the Wash
ington Automotive Trade Association
and their families will not be eligible
to enter the contest.
Evening star., 1932-01-24

that the more gently the car is handled
the longer it will last and the better
service it will give, have verified this
by checking up with a number of driv-
ers who say they actually 60 so far a.
to baby" their cars. After all, car
Is like a package of transportation. 1t
contains just so much comfort, speed,
economy and pleasure, and no more.
Every unnecessary squirt of speed, clash
of gears or abrupt stop brings the pack
age to a point where 1t must be dis
carded.
Did you guess them? If not, here are
the secrets:
l. To prevent water from getting
into the lines. In Winter more water
condenses in the bottom of the tank
and your engine consumes fuel at
faster rate.
2. Hair of the Angora goat
3. 1t makes the other wheel spin and
slide and damages the differential.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
In the Motor World
BY G.. ADAMS HOWARD.

place of accident, the lowest total
(472) appears for the four-week
period ending February %, 1929,
and the highest 1850 for the
four-week period ending Novem-
Der 2, 1929.
According to the Census Bu-
reau Boston still leads the largest
cities in percentages based on
100000 population. The Hubs
ratio is 40. Baltimore is second
with 176 and Washington in the
running with 178.
That Old Tariff Again.
One hope for better times in
the automobile industry is pick
up in foreign trade. The tariff
comes in under such discussion.
Give people of foreign coun-
tries an opportunity to exchange
their products in payment for
purchases from the United States
and you will restore work oppor-
tunity for American labor"
George F. Bauer, export manager
of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce, recently
declared.
Gold" in his opinion, "was not
meant to serve as a medium OF
actual payment, but rather as a
symbol of comparison between
values of different commodities
entering world trade.
In the final analysis, human
energy as represented in goods or
services is the only thing really
exchanged between people Of diff
ferent countries.
with the prevailing scarcity of
gold in most foreign countries,
industry and agriculture in this
country cannot expect to find
markets for their products abroad
unless the Nation as a whole is
prepared to accept commodities
and manufactured products In
payment instead Of precious
metal, of which the United States
already has the predominating
share"
Mr.. Bauer recommends revision
of laws in order that the United
States might follow a policy of
tariff reciprocity, thus assuring
American manufacturers equality
in the worlds markets and en-
abling them to put workers again
into jobs. There is no reason, he
believes, why parts and material
for a million cars for foreign con-
sumption cannot be made again
by American workmen and help
domestic prosperity if our ma
tional laws are adjusted to per-
nit payment for American COM
modities by foreign products.
Mr.. Bauer, who has recently re-
turned from an eight months
lecture tour in the Far East, re-
ported that he had found many
reasons to justify his belief that
revision of these national policies
would enable America again to
expand it's foreign trade.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
Name OF car

Above are the seventeenth and eight
eenth puzzles now being conducted by
the Washington Automotive Trade As
sociation in cooperation with The Star.
Solve them and fill In the correct name
Of the automobile in the line provided
under the drawing. Keep them until
the other seven appear. When you
have satisfied yourself that you have
the correct answers mail them in all to-
Evening star., 1932-01-24
REGISTRATIONS OFF
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 23-Automo-
bile registrations in Maryland decreased
3,723 in 1891 as compared with regis
trations in 1880, according TO Col. E.
Austin Baughman, motor vehicles COM
missioner.
The 1881 total registrations were
33l, ,648. while 335,371 machines and
trucks were registered In 1880, the COM
missioner explained.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
A UTOMOBILE show time In
Y the National Capital has

A UTOMOBILE show time In
n the National Capital has
u rolled around again. To
:. many it seems that it was
just a little while ago that the
1891 motor car was reigning in
all it glory at the Auditorium
here. At that time it was stated
that the new machine was the
finest ever built and of the great
est value. That was true g
months ago, and it is true again
today. The 1882 automobile is
great bargain.
Getting Ready.
This week the automotive deal
erS, members of the Washington
Automotive Trade Association,
will be assembling their newest
products, shining them up In
readiness to be rolled IN the eX-
hibition hall for the opening Of
the show next Saturday. Spick-
and-span they must be, and so
each member of the trade body
will make them. The visiting
public is assured of seeing a
splendid array. No particular
make or model will be confined to
this category. All Of them will
be done up in their "beSt-Sunday-
go-to-meeting" dress ready for
the most thorough inspection.
Spectators will be able to do al
most everything to satisfy their
interest, except driving around
the show room floors at 100 miles
per hour.
The puzzle contest is on in full
blast now. This effort to stim-
ulate further interest in the
coming show is being heard from
on all sides. Residents Of Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia
have given evidences of their en-
thuSiaSm.
For the benefit of some who are
asking when the puzzle contest
will close the following appear
ances Of the puzzles are given:
Puzzle List.
Today puzzles Nos. II and 18,
tomorrow No. 10, Tuesday No. 20,
wednesday No. 81, Thursday No.
%, Friday No. % and Saturday
Nos. "a and 25, the final. Mail
your solutions in Saturday night
or Sunday. All replies must be
received at the Offices of the
Washington Automotive Trade
Association, suite 1902, Chandler
Building, 1927 1 street, not later
than 10 o'clock Tuesday morning,
February 2. Do not forget that
a slogan of Is words or less must
accompany the solutions, stating:
"Why the automobile show should
be held in Washington every
YEAR" It is not necessary TO
have the answers accompany the
puzzles. A contestant may write
the answers down on any sheet
of ordinary writing paper. The
correct number of each puzzle
must be given with each answer.
Those who have not started the
contest even now may compete
by examining The Star files in
the business Office, which will be
open each evening until 1O:3O
O'Clock. Should there be any ties
duplicate prizes will be awarded
each tying contestant. Names
and addresses of contestants, OF
course, must accompany the an
swers, written in legible form.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
A. NJ. A. SUBMITS BRIEF ASKING
FOR ROAD AID CONTINUANCE
Legal Department of Motoring Body Files
Statement Before Senate Committee
Hearing at Capitol.

completion of the Federal-aid so-called
7 per cent system, comprising approx
naately 100, 900 miles, of which approx
imately one-half has been completed
since the Inauguration Of the Federal
aid program in 1915.
We epitomize the Federal-aid prog
ress from its inception, as follows:
Evening star., 1932-01-24

were 4,152,124 people directly employed
600 indirectly employed through their
work in allied industries, or grand
total OF 5,056,124. This total has al
ready dropped to 100000, largely
due to the reduced demand for new
automobiles.
Evening star., 1932-01-24

Remember the first prize Is $50 and
six tickets to the show. Altogether Sloo
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 AutomotlVe
Trade Association, and @. Adams HOW
ard, automobile editor of The Star
Following Is the list Of cars to be In
Evening star., 1932-01-24
Fatalities Drop.

"A drop in urban fatalities has
been reported.
The Department of Commerce
announces that during the four
weeks ending December 26. 1881,
80 large cities in the United States
reported 1888 deaths from automo-
bile accidents. This number C768)
compares with 827 deaths during
the four weeks ending December
81, 1880. Most of these deaths
were the result of accidents which
occurred within the corporate
limits of the city, although some
accidents occurred outside OF the
city limits.
For comparison, the number OF
deaths due to automobile accl-
dents within city limits is deslr
able. Such figures are available
for the four-week period ending
December 26. 1881, and for the
corresponding four-Week period
of 1880 for all Of the 81 ciLies, the
four-week figure in 1881 being
6l8, as contrasted with 682 fo1
the corresponding four weeks In
1890.
Considering by four week pc
RODS since January, 1929, total
deaths from automobile acci-
dents for 80 cities, regardless OF
Evening star., 1932-01-24
Autos Future.

The autos future is always an
interesting topic.
The automobile is on the thres-
hold of a new era and Is destined
to reach new heights in the next
few decades with its effects on
the country's economic life be-
coming even more far reaching
and important than it is today,
according to Joseph Ledwinka,
writing in the current (January)
issue of the North American Re-
view. Mr.. Ledwinka sees the
streamlined automobile as the
next great impetus to accelerated
automobile sales and production.
"As a piece of machinery the
motor car will be more efficient
than ever before" points out this
authority, who is a chief engineer
of large manufacturing COM
pany. "AS a thing of beauty it
will rival any vehicle ever built"
Countless engineering and tech
nical experiments are being car
ried on today to improve auto
mobiles, Mr.. LedWinka says. He
believes the Diesel-powered motor
car will make its public appear
ance sooner than most persons
expect. Multi-laned highways,
parking spaces beneath city parks
and squares, vertical parking ma
chimes, the greater facility with
which motor traffic moves and
the increased speed of automo-
biles, all serve to make the "satu-
ration point" for automobiles
more distant than ever before.
Hazardous Age.
What is the most hazardous
age for automobile driving? The
answer is, under 90"
This age of indiscretion in the
operation of a motor vehicle is
disclosed in an analysis by the
Travellers Insurance Co. of the
records of around 100000 opera
tors in States requiring the
licensing of drivers. The study
shows that the percentage of
operators under the age of 20 who
are involved In personal injury
accidents is 80 per cent more than
the average for all ages combined.
The period of discretion in oper-
ating an automobile apparently
does not begin until the age of
80 because the records show that
operators do not show a better
accident experience than the
average of all drivers until they
reach that age. The inyestiga-
ton further discloseS that the ac-
cident experience of drivers i'm
proves as they become older.
Operators of cars under 80 years
! of age, according to the analysis,
while comprising 36.4 per cent of
! the 100000 persons licensed to
operate vehicles, were involved in
48.6 per cent of all the personal
injury accidents reported in a
year. Although drivers 80 years
of age and over comprised 63.e
per cent of the operators licensed
the number Of personal injury
accidents in which they were in
volved accounted for only 51.4 per
cent of the total.
Taking the drivers by age groups
the study diScloses that out OF
every thousand drivers licensed
under 20 years Of age, 80 are in
volved in personal injury acci-
dents annually, as against SO out
of every thousand between the
ages Of 20 and 29, inclusively
Twenty-seven drivers out OF a
thousand licensed to operate In
the ages 80 to SO are involved In
accidents annually and 20 out OF
thousand in the ages 40 to As
and 18 out Of a thousand in ages
of so and over.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
pITZZIE NO. Is.

NO. 18
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Of
the
Nameo Of
Evening star., 1932-01-24
Fight Excise Tax.

Automotive representatives, as
well as heads of various motor
clubs, are organized to fight the
proposed Federal excise tax on
automobiles. What the automo-
bile means to business through
out the country will be graphic
ally pictured by these representa-
tives. It is felt that it is unfair
to discriminate against any par
ticular group, and that an unfair
tax burden will hurt revival IN
the automobile industry and by
its large scope injure business re-
covery throughout the entire
Nation.
Appreciation Of the new memo
rial bridge and the Mount Vernon
Highway was evidenced last Sun
day, when more than 10000 cars
were driven on an inspection
tour. The highway is expected to
be open again today, and con-
tinuously SO after the first of next
month. It is a wonderful road
way and provides an added
charm and attraction to the
many now existent around the
Nations Capital. It's modernness
is especially a great feature.
The border vidette., 1932-08-06
Order to Show Cause on Application
Of Administrative for order to
MORTGAGE Real Estate

In the Superior Court of the
State of Arizona in and for the
County of Santa Cruz.
In the Matter uf the Estate OF
Noises Valdes, Deceased.
On reading and fling the peti,
tion OF Carmen V. de Valdes, ad-
ministratrix of the estate of Noises
Valdes, deceased, praying for an
order to remortgage certain real
estate belonging to the estate Of
said Noises Valdes, deceased, for
the uses and purposes therein
set forth:
IT Is HEREBY ORDERED, that all
persons in Interested in the said estate,
appear before this Court on the Sth
day of Augurt, 1892, at IL O'Clock
A. NJ at the Court Room of this
Court, at the City of Nogales, in
the county Of Santa Cruz, Arizona,
then and there to show cause why
an order should not be granted for
the remortgaging of all the real
property Of said estate which is de-
scribed as follows:
"a portion of Lot Number Thir-
teen, Block Number Four of the
Ellis Ranch Tract OF Nogales, San
ia Cruz county, Arizona".
AND IT is FURTHER ORDERED,
that copy of this order be pub
lised at least four (4) successive
weeks before the said day OF hear
ing in The Border Vidette", a
newspaper printed and published
in said City of Nogales, county o.!
Santa Cruz, State Of Arizona.
Dated July 18th, 1882.
w. A. O'CONNoR,
7-l6-4t. Judge.