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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08
FEWER AUTO FATALITIES
REPORTED IN BALTIMORE
Decrease of Is Shown by Coroner
in 1882 Over Preceding
Year.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January Fewer
fatal automobile accidents have occurred
in Baltimore in 1882 than were recorded
for 1881, according to statistics fur
nished by DR.. Joseph Pokorny, automo-
bile coroner.
The records compiled by Frederick
CreutZer, secretary to the coroner, show
206 automobile fatalities since January
l, as compared with 224 the preceding
year. There have been eight fatal hit
and-run accidents, in six of which the
drivers have not yet been apprehended.
According to the statistics. the great
est number Of fatalities has occurred
among persons between the ages of 60
and rs.
OF total of SIS aged persons killed
by automobiles, Dr. Pokorny said, the
majority have been pedestrians who
have walked heedlessly into the paths
of oncoming machines. There have
been % fatalities among children under
l6 years of age. In this class likewise
the coroner said, the victims have
been for the most part pedestrians.
CLASSIFIED according to ages, the
records show that there have been AZ
automobile victims between the ages
OF Is and 80, 38 between the ages of
80 and IS and AZ between the ages of
As and so.
OF the automobile drivers detained
10 involved in fatal accidents have
been held by the coroner for the
action Of the grand jury, while 81
other drivers have been referred to the
traftlc court after being cleared of
homicide charges. In all the other
cases heard by the coroner the drivers
have been exonerated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

gasoline when it has not turned more
than 5000 miles. It looks like Just one
OF those questions, but I think 1t goes
little deeper. Quite number of cars
use fuel excessively during their early
life, and there's a good reason for this
They are equally wasteful Of oil. That
also is easily explained.
Usually a new car is delivered with
the carburetor mixture bit rich. This
makes starting easier and prevents
staling. Motor and chassis parts are
stiff and require more fuel to drive
them. Later this is corrected by means
of a carburetor adjustment
With regard to oil consumption the
explanation is that until a motor has
been operated for the equivalent of sew
eral thousand miles of car travel the
piston rings do not seal properly. Once
this seal is built up oil consumption
improves.
This is the season of year to watch
out for that drowsy feeling when at the
wheel. 1t often means that you are
being slowly gasSed with carbon mo-
noxlde. This may leak into the car
through defective hot-air heater. a
loose union between the exhaust mani
fold and pipe or through the oil filler
pipe which has not been capped.
Because she does not care to drive on
cold days or when there is snow on the
ground reader Of these weekly talks is
wondering whether she should Law up
the car for the Winter or keep it in
running condition. Last year when she
took the car out of dead storage she
had to buy new needle valve to re-
place the rusted one in the carburetor.
BY all means keep the car in run
ming order. Until we have a market for
antique automobiles there will never be
any economy in keeping a car without
using 1t. 1dleness has worn out many a
good car
A woman ahead did not start her car
When the signals flashed green. Smoke
from the exhaust showed that the mo-
tor had not stalled. I saw that she OBJ
served the signal Yet she did not
start.
Should have footed my horn and
trled to hurry her? I think not. NV
guess was that she was having trouble
getting into low because of a dragging
clutch. She should have held the clutch
pedal to the floor while waiting for the
signal TO change, shifting to low in that
period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08

Life begins at 40, according to the
: author of q current book, but many
driver has found that it ended When
the speedometer hit so.
A reader suggests that I mention the
growing custom of far-sighted drivers
sos having the ignition key attached to
q special case that carries the car reg
dstration card. The advantage, as she
points out. is the fact that when the
car Is locked the information as to its
registration Is in her pocketbook. Where
the card is left in the car. there is con-
fusion should the latter be stolen. The
possibility of leaving the key and card
holder in the car when parking is too
exceptional to be considered as serious
objection to the plan.
Two women were riding on the front
seat of car that IVES rammed In the
rear by another machine with defective
brakes. The driver of the offending
car was only 10 years of age, but ex-
planned that he did not own the car. 1t
Hooked like a good case for suing his
father, the owner Of the car, especially
as one of the women suffered severe in
iuries to her foot.
But there are tricks in all human
procedure. The father claimed that
the boy owned the car, apparently hav-
ing given it to him after the need for
this switch developed. The boy had no
insurance and no money with which
TO meet a Judgment.
While driving examinations are re-
ouired, women often fail because they
make some simple blunder even before
they set the car into motion. Con-
iversely, many get by with little or no
I'D 70 1axy%
liminary handling of the car that they
are proficient. Here are a few little
things to be sure to watch when you
start to demonstrate what fine teacher
friend husband was:
Switch on the ignition before you
start cranking. Don't pull out the
choke If the engine is warm. See that
the gears are in neutral before crank
ing. Don't race the motor. Before you
start of, poke your head out the WIN
5dows and look to see If any one is COM
ing along from behind. Engage the
clutch gently and feed gas smoothly.
With a perfect start you'll invariably
find that the inspector will have his
mind half made up about your ability
before the car has moved 10 feet.
1t is always easy to go back over an
accident to say what you would have
done in a similar fix, but it does seem
to me that the girl at the wheel Of the
car that recently struck child should
have been on her guard when the motor
man of street car running abreast of
her started clanking his bell frantically.
He saw the child dart across the street
and was trying to warn the driver Of
the car to keep back.
When you have the car in the shop
for a general tightening don't allow the
mechanic to apply too much elbow
grease to the spring shackles, otherwise
the car will not ride easily. Many re-
pair men are obsessed with the idea of
Tightening shackles until there isn't a
chance for the springs to operate prop
erly.
A reader Of this column asks what
would cause. car TO be a glutton for
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to the reductions in noise energy re-
Quired that results are not worth the
effort. But it must be remembered
that even though these small reduc-
tons are not sufficient to decrease ma"
terially the discomfort of passengers
OF aircraft they are of great value for
military purposes, due to the fact that
noise energy varies inversely as the
square of the distance from noise
source. That Is, if a sound that could
be heard 10 miles away were reduced
by six decibels, it would be heard only
| f1ve miles away. For this reason any
| reduction whatever, even OF few de-
cibels, is valuable from military
standpoint
Maj. Coleman, in closing his report,
voiced the opinion that the reduc-
ton of useless, unwholesome noises Is
a subject that will receive ever In
| creasing attention of engineers, not
only in the field of aeronautics, but in
every line Of human endeavor."
New Pursuit Plane Tested.
There now is undergoing the custo-
mary tests at Wright Field, Dayton,
Ohio, a new Army two-Seater pursuit
plane which is, in many respects, a de-
parture from standard practice. The
plane Is an all-metal low-wing mono
plane, engineered by the now defunct
Lockheed organization and built by the
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Buff
falo, N Y.
Known technically as the Y1P-25,
this airplane is powered with a fluid
cooled Curtiss V-1570 engine, the radi-
ator being Of tunnel type. The fusel-
age is of monocoque or Skin type" con-
struction, without internal croSs-brac-
ing, and the retractable landing gear
| folds flush into the wing. Cockpits are
| inclosed so that the entire plane is
cleanly streamlined, adding to a speed
which, admittedly very high, is safe
Guarded as a military secret.
The Y1P-25 is being put through
full performance tests at the materiel
division base, and, as a result of these
tests, either will soe accepted for further
service testing in pursuit Squadrons,
modified to meet demands suggested BY
its performance tests, or Abandoned for
Army use.
The two-seater idea is new in the his
tory Of the Army Air Corps. Since the
! World War, all Army pursuit planes
have been single seaters up to a few
months ago, when the first two seater
squadron was organized at Selfridge
Field, Mich. This squadron, the cath,
Is equipped with the Berliner Joyce
/ Pie, a biplane Of high performances
which rather closely resembles in ap-
pearance the two-seater observation
types.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08
Department.

department.
Department Comdr. Patrick j. CAL
Ian announces the official visitations by
the department commander and staff
will be as follows: To Gen. M. Emmett
Urel Camp, No. 9, January 10, third
wednesday; Richard J. Harden Camp,
| No. 2, January 19, third Thursday;
Col. James S. Petit Camp No. 8, jan
uary "a, fourth Tuesday; Henry W.
! Lawton Camp, No. 4. February 6, first
Monday; Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp,
No. l, February "a, fourth Friday; Col.
John Jacob Aston Camp, No 6, third
Monday, and Admiral George Dewey
Naval Camp, No. Z, March 10, second
Friday Officers and members of the
staff will report to chief of staff, John
A. Gallagher, at 7:45 pm. sharp at
meeting place OF camp, with exception
OF Aston Camp, when formation will be
at 6:45 pm. Uniforms viii be worn
at all visitations.
Urell Camp.
At the December meeting of Gen. M
Emmett Urell Camp, No. 9, with Comdr.
William l. jenkins presiding, the fol-
lowing were elected for the year of
1888: Commander, Anton Holman:
senior vice commander, Lester L. Frid-
niger; junior vice commander, Gary z.
Powell; trustee for three years, William
l. jenkins; trustee for two years, Harry
patterson; officer of the day, Lawrence
l.. Dunnlng, and officer of the guard.
charles Bohrer The camp voted a
sum Of money for relief of hungry
children in Puerto Rico, this being the
third of such donations; also a sum of
money was given to the chairman of
the Sick and Relief Committee to BE-
expended at his discretion for the relief
of needy comrades and for something
to cheer sick comrades in hospitals
An honorable discharge was granted to
Lem Turner, charter member of the
camp. The Sick Committee report
showed Joseph Miller i'll, at home:
w. H Northrop. in Ward c, Naval
Hospital, and Theodore c. Reece in
Ward 81, Walter Reed General Hos
pital. William H. Santlemann, formerly
leader of the United States Marine
Band and charter member of Uren
Camp, died December IL. This meet
ing being visitation night for the camps
in the District to Urell Camp, repre-
sentatives from Miles, Harden and
Petit Camps were present, and remarks
were made by Department Comdr. Pat
rick ]. Callan, Senior Vice Department
Comdr. Charles A. Strobel, Junior Vice
Department Comdr Tom Buckley, Past
Comdr. Dennis F. Cooney of Miles
Camp and Commander elect William
o. Ohm of Harden Camp. UrelI Camp
wishes it to be understood that the
charity ball to be held at one of the
city hotels, for which tickets are being
sold as under auspices of No. 8, Spanish
War Veterans, is not sponsored by UreII
Camp.
Dewey Naval Camp.
Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp.
No. Z, will convene in regular session
Friday evening at 7:30 O'Clock for The
installation of officers.
Miles Camp and Auxiliary.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Cann M
and Auxiliary, No. 8. will hold a ioint
meeting in the auditorium of Pythian
Temple Friday at 8 pm. Ofncers of
both will be installed.
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AVIATION
BY JOSEPH s. EDGERTON.

NROWTH of private flying into the status OF an amateur sport
of good sporSmanshp as those
~ which amateur golf and other competitive sports
which open regulation demonstrated oy the cruise
of the United states Amateur
Air Pilots Association
sportsmen pilots engaged in the cruise and in the
subsequent competitions for amateur flyers at the All Ar
themselves the type of regulations which the conduct OF
amateurs in other recognized branches of sports.
The movement to build of amateur pilots
United flying
petition
has gained considerable impetus during the two years The
yet made by organized amateur aviators.
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insultingly. ANY more than I am. He
got the car just as I did-through a
woman!" In two steps Armand had
strobe to the door and held it open.
Get out" he said. briefly, before I
throw you outl" Santini got to his feet
in an Nnhurried manner and picked ND
his soft gray hat.
(To be caninued.)
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turning or stopping. This fault is par
ticularly true in cold weather when so
many motorists drive with their windows
tightly shut.
Contest Week Old.
The Washington Automotive Trade
Association and The Star automobile
show puzzle contest is now week old.
1t was first believed that there would
be "a cars at the annual exhibition
which starts January %. Now, accord
ing to reports three other dealers have
signified their intent of being present.
This will necessitate three additional
puzzles, as there is to be puzzle for
each car in the show
It would be easy for some poor sports
men to send all the correct answers IN
without attempting to solve the puZ-
zles by merely sending in a list Of all
the cars to be at the show. This, how
ever, won't do, for although the puzzles
themselves do not have to be sent in, the
numbers must be indicated. This can
easily be done, as each puzzle bears
a number, and through chance this
year it corresponds with the day of the
month. The puzzle today is No. 8 and
the day of the month is 8 as we'll
Don't forget that slogan, not to be
more than 20 words, on why the
automobile show should be held here
every year. must accompany the an
swers. By this means the judges will
have greater ease in determining the
winners, for lot of people are eX
pected to have the correct answers.
New York's Show.
New York's automobile show was
scheduled to start last night. Nothing
5Soc Writ hhpIl m T1iPt1Irn the in
a most attractive manner at the Grand
Central Palace.
Many dealers and interested residents
cf this city are expected to be on hand.
The W. A. T. A., headed by Fred Hal
Ter leaves today.
An appropriate setting has been ar
ranged for the debutante cars. This
season a sale moderne" effect gives
the interior of the palace a different
appearance from other years. Upon
entering, the visitor can note a foyer
ceiling mural upon which Is picturiZed
the story of transportation through the
ages. Mans early struggle-the camel
caravan-the covered wagon-the early
horseless carriage-and finally the car
OF 1888. The large marble columns in
the palace have been covered with
silk fabric dyed a soft Babylonian green
tone, and the bases of these columns
are black oynx embellished with silver
LACQUER. Mirrored pillars will cause
reflection effect, which should be cheer
fully pleasing.
The ornamental stairway from the
main promenade to the mezzanine will
have at its first landing large stained
glass acknowledgements" A large
female figure of heroic size symbolizes
the strength and power Of the auto
tive industry. Instead of hand rail on
the outside of the stairs, there are ter
races set with flower boxes and hedges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08
Spanish War Veterans
MEETINGS FOR THIS WEEK.
Camps.

Camps.
Tuesday, 8 p.m.-Col. James
S. Petit, 921 Pennsylvania ave.
nue. southeast.
Friday, 8 p.m.-Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, Pythian Temple.
Friday, 7:30 p.m.-Admiral
George Dewey Naval, Northeast
Masonic Temple, Eighth and F
streets.
Auziliaries.
Monday, 8 p.m.-CoI. James s.
Petit, Naval Lodge Hall, Fourth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
Tuesday, 8 p.m.-Henry w.
Lawton, Pythian Temple.
Friday, 8 p.m.-Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, Pythian Temple.
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The increased number of Diesel mo-
tors was feature Of the recent Paris
nautical salon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08
T is NOT sufficient Just to be able
to drive without hitting anything.
One should also be able to drive so
as not to be hit bY ANYTHING. Car

rylng out OF THESE TWO propOSIIIonS
would make for real safe driving.
One of the chief causes Of accidents
IS the failure to give a signal when
turning or stopping. This fault is par
ticularly true in cold weather when so
many motorists drive with their windows
tightly shut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-08

A reader Of this column asks what
would cause car to be a glutton for
The Washington times., 1933-02-18
SIipsonGreens
Spell Many
Defeats
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON
There's many a slip between
putt and cup.
In golf, victory or defeat often
hangs on a putt, and the value
of putting can never be over
stressed.
The fellow who manages to use
the least number of puts is gen.
orally the winner. He whose work
on the green's is ragged usually
takes the losers end.
Striking Incident
A most striking incident OF
what one putt means was shown
in the quarter finals match be-
tween Johnny Goodman and
Maurice j. Mccarthy, jr, in the
national amateur championships
at Five Farms course last Sep
tember.
The pair had come to the
thirty-fifth hole with Goodman
holding a hole lead, having cap
tured the preceding hole to break
their deadlock.
Goodman opened the door to
Mccarthy by hooking his tee shot
into the shallow trap, while Nc,
Carthy drove hole high, seven
feet from the pin and leaving him
in position for birdie two. Good,
man was facing a green that
sloped away and his recovery shot
rolled II feet past the cup.
Depended on Putt
He was still away" and he
knew all depended on whether he
could sink the putt for a three,
A miss would give Mccarthy the
hole and again even the match
The Omaha youngster, cool as an
Arctic blast, studied the lie care
fully and plunked that ball right
into the cup.
Mccarthy, however. still had a
chance to win the hole, but weak
ly tapped his putt and the ball
stopped a foot short Of the cup
and he obtained only q halved
hole. -
The Washington times., 1933-02-18
PAC|N| REPEATS
OLD TRICKS

Ollie Pacini looked at the calen-
dar yesterday and noted that it
was after the fifteenth of Febru-
ary.
For the past four. years Pacini
has been doing his best work
after the middle of February, so
yesterday he decided that he had
better start.
That is how he chalked a 480
set in the National Capital League,
the second highest on record and
IS pins under the world mark.
Ollie compiled the huge set
with games of 154, ITS and ISL.
He had % spares and seven
strikes, including a triple and a
doubleheader.
This brilliant performance gave
Rinaldi Tailors a 2-1 victory
over the leading Kings Palace
and a 1885 set, with games of
637, 695 and 603. Kings Palace
won the last by one pin.
1ulI11SuIdGC4J dACCA OAAS ANAAAcSAAk
Tailors took Colonial Ice Cream
over the jumps twice to further
improve their standings. Pacini
handed in 1865 set.
Eddie Espey was also in top
form, pounding out a 428 set,
with games of 1913, 174 and 131
to lead Colonial Ice Cream to a
sweep over Fountain Hams.
Howard CampbelPs Lucky
Strikes will clash with the Lexing-
tons, of Baltimore, in a special
match at Lucky Strike at 8
o'clock tonight.
Standout scores elsewhere were
Baum's 383 in the Gas Light
loop, McDonald's 388 set and
Bachman's 152 game in the
Building Contractors League,
Winn's 348 in the Federal Trade
circuit, B. Boss 366 in the Inter
state Commerce wheel and
Haines' 332 in the Arcade-Sun-
shine League, and Groff's $40 in
the Odd Fellows loop.
The Washington times., 1933-02-18
Schacht in Person

Schacht was observed sinking
into his hotel in the wee hours
of the morning after the secret
conference with Griff. His top
coat collar was turned up
around his neck and his snap
brimmed hat was pulled down
over his eyes, apparently to
avoid recognition.
But you can't fool a hotel
doornan, who knows every
guest that goes in or out Of a
hostelry.
Hey, captain! Wasn't that
Schacht that just ducked into
the hotel?" the guardian of the
portals was asked, and he
broke down and confessed it
was.
Fastening out to the curb to
interview the taxi driver who
had delivered Schacht to the
hotel and who was still flaber'
gasted at the generous tip he
had received, the information
was elected, that the fare had
been picked up at a house near
the corner of Sixteenth and
Decatur Streets, about l a. m.
and when taken aboard was ap-
parently tNlking to his self and
gesticulating no little from the
hands.
Too, the cabman noticed that
all the way in town. his pas
senger used strong explatives,
not toward the chauffeur, but
to an imaginary fellow pas
Senger.
The Washington times., 1933-02-18
I'm the Guy Who!

In fact, the driver admitted
his customer had acted so ex.
citable,' he was glad when he
discharged him in front of the
hotel.
Why, it seems the fare acted
so queerly that when he was
told the cost of his ride was 40
cents, he tossed the driver six
bits and said:
keep the change"
Pressed for the trend of the
monologue, the cabbie declared
he could catch but shreds of
it, but it ran something like
this:
Pm the maker of managers,
I am! / room with Harris,
and he gets manager. 1 room
with Johnson, and he gets
manager. I room with CrOnin,
and what does he get-man.
0ger-that'S what-manager!
"Third-base coach is the most
important blankety-blank job on
the team. They can't score
until they go past third. Pm
the guy that sends 'em past
third or holds them there.
"Cut-why, blankety- -blankety-
blankety-blank, I'm the last
guy on the club you should
cut, cause / control the runs"
The Washington times., 1933-02-18
KENNEDY owns
MEAN RIGHT

Donald CReds'D Barry. south
east Washington's nomination for
the worlds heavyweight boxing
title, comes home Tuesday night
to face Les Kennedy.
Possessed of a terrific right
hand and thorough knowledge
of the boxing game, Kennedy is
scheduled 10 heats against the
redhead.
Oddly enough the redhead
waged his most spectacular bat
tie against Hans Birkie, a near
riot resulting when Hans was
awarded the verdict after ring
side experts had conceded Barry
seven of the 10 rounds.
Buster Brown semifinals in
eight against Ray Bowen, while
fours bring together Carey Wright
and Benny Toothman. and Jimmy
DeCapua and young" Fundulin,