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Evening star., 1934-05-06

officers Of the division undergoing in
spection, comparison can be made.
The questions asked by the Inspec-
tion Board, 1t was explained, are in
most cases ordinary questions which
any man going up for the respec-
tive ratings should be able to answer,
but the percentage of those exam
ined so far who have been able to
pass these tests is very low. It is ap-
preciated, the bureau added, that con-
ditions under which the Inspection
Board examinations are held are not
always the best, but in making up the
questions the board took that into
consideration and made them short
and of a nature that if the subjects
were known they could be answered
quickly and in few words.
The comparison of the marks as
signed by the officers on the Exam
lining Board and those assigned by the
Inspection Board are said to be in
practically all cases at great variance.
If the men have studied the Bureau
of Navigation training course for their
rating, they should be able to salts
factorily pass the Inspection Boards
short examination, the bureau says.
The bureau announced that it ex-
poets in the future that examining
boards will examine the men thor
oughly and assign marks in accord
ance with the way questions are an
swered. and that more attention will
be paid to this important factor of
examinations for advancement of en-
listed men, and that they not be rated
until such time as they are actually
qualified.
The bureau also said that it wanted
these conditions brought to the at
tention of all commanding officers
and officers assigned to duty on ex-
amining boards.
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HERMIT BY PROFESSION

MINERAL. Calf. P.-Being a
hermit is a passion as well as a pro-
fession with John Gransbury. look
out fire observer on Brokeoh noun
tain, In Lassen National Park. Dur
ing the Summer months he lives in
a cabin six feet from the rim Of a
1,200-ft. deep extinct volcanic crater
and surveys the surrounding landscape
for fires
When the Summer task is finished
he moves to a little closed-up resort
known as Viola. to become caretaker,
and is showed in all Winter.
When the wind blows, sometimes
at terrific rate. there Is always the
possibility of the little single-room
cabins being blown of into space.
Gransbury has held down the lookout
job since 1924. He has hundreds of
thousands of acres of valuable timber
land, dotted with farms, ranches and
small towns, under his surveillance.
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LECTURE SUBJECT
TO BE JERUSALEM
Y. M. c. A. Religious Work Di.
rector to Be Heard at West.
minister Church.

Jerusalem, the Holy City" will be
the subject of an illustrated lecture
by Page NICK. Etchison, religious
work director of the Y. M. c. A., at
the Westminster Presbyterian Church
today at 7:3o pm.
The Sigma Delta Fraternity of the
Washington Preparatory School will
hold a meeting at $50 pm. tomor-
row in the Y. M. c. A. Assembly Hall.
There will be a joint rehearsal of
the Business and Professional Wo-
mems Glee Club of the Y. w. C. A.
and the Y. M. C. A. Glee Club on
Tuesday at 7:3o pm. in Room 21s
of the Y. NJ c. A. The Dramatic
Club will meet for rehearsal in the
Y. M. c. A. Assembly Hall at 8:15
pm
The student assembly at Roosevelt
High School will be addressed by Wes-
ton Clark in a vocational guidance
discussion of occupations" wednes-
day at am. Athletic night for
the American Automobile Association
will be held at pm. in the Y. M.
C. A. gymnasium. Mr. Etchison will
lecture before Toe H at 8 pm. on
the Passion Play Of Oberammergau.
The Sigmu Nu Delta Fraternity of
the School of Law Of Southeastern
University will meet at pm. in
Room 219. Central Y. M. c. A.
The Y's Mems Club will hold its
weekly luncheon at Sholl's Cafe.
1919 G street, on Thursday at 1890
pm.
The Y. w. G. A.-Y. M. c. A. Recrea-
ton Committee will hold a dance in
Barker Hall of the Y. w. G. A., Sew
enteenth and K streets, Friday at
$50 pm.
The annual Y NJ c. A. Mothers day
talk will be given over Station WMAL
at 4:3o pm. Saturday, by DR..
Charles B. Campbell. The Dormitory
Council of the Central Y. M. C. A.
Branch will hold an "All States"
dance in the gymnasium at pm.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Helpful Hints Cleaned
for Milady's Motoring
Much Valuable Time and Effort Lost in Bluhne
knowledge of What Ais Motor
Cars.

is still going along with Winter
mixture, which will mean excessive
crankcase dilution on warmer days II
the valves have been ground the oil
may need to be changed as pro-
lection against abrasive or other
foreign matter getting into the oil
stream. If the rings have been re.
placed 1t is customary to use a richer
mixture until the work is broken in.
This again is hard for the oil.
wish that before they sit down
and write me a letter about it some
women would just remember to tap
the glass over any gauge on the in
strument panel that doesn't seem to
want to work. These delicate little
devices often stick. They respond to
tapping very much as do the pointers
of fine barometers.
Three women are involved in this
little story, but there apparently
wasn't a single thought, otherwise
the thing would not have been so
close to a fatality. One was turning
out from the curb without looking
to see If another car might be coming
The second driver was at the wheel
Of the car comi~~ from behind. The
third piloted the car approaching
from the opposite direction. Driver
number two was travelling much too
fast and gave no though to the fact
that If necessary to turn out there
was little chance Of avoiding the car
approaching. Driver number three
went ahead blissfully ignoring the
fact that If the other drivers got into
a mixup it would probably involve
all three.
Driver number one should have
looked behind before starting out.
The second and third drivers should
have anticipated what driver number
one might have done, and remembered
that when there is doubt the best
policy is use the brakes.
Instead of standing around while
the service man is changing a tire it
Is a good idea to go through some
of the preparations for removing the
spare. You may merely remove the
tire cover or loosen the lock, but it
will be enough to remind him to lift
the spare off the car before jacking
up the latter. Often it is necessary
to tug on the spare to a point where
the car may topple of the jack.
This is particularly necessary where
the front end of knee action" car
is lacked up. since this is usually
done with the lack at the center of
the front and the car rather delicately
balanced.
The instruction book for one of the
most powerful of the modern cars
specifically stated that the car
should not be started in second
speed" Engineers for this company
still maintain that starting in second
imposes unnecessary wear on the
clutch and does not provide as easy
and as rapid acceleration as when
first gear Is used.
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Concerts to Be Heard.

The Columbia network will broad
cast the Summer concerts by musi-
clans of the Philadelphia Orchestra
from Robin Hood Dell In Fairmont
Park. Philadelphia. beginning early
in July and continuing through
August. The exact schedule of broad
casts has not been determined, but it
is expected they will be presented at
least twice weekly during the eight
week season. including both operas
and symphonies.
Evening star., 1934-05-06

speeds. This will be an easy matter
If the new indicator proves successful
in service"
Operators Announce Program.
Federal loans to aircraft operators,
through the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation; time payment plan for
retail airplane sales, and full insur-
ance coverage at approximately SO per
cent of the present rates are goals of
the recently organized Independent
Aircraft Operators of the United
States.
Though it was formed only two
months ago, the association has more
than 1000 members, chiefly airport
and flying school operators, airplane
dealers and distributors, accessory
manufacturers and other independent
companies.
The association plans have been an
nounced following a recent meeting
OF regional directors of the organiza-
ton, representatives of the IL aviation
districts Of the United States and
omclals of the Commerce Department
aeronautics branch at st. Louis.
Oliver L. Parks. president of the
group, announced that an Independent
Aviation Operators Mortgage Loan
Corporation has been formed to make
loans TO aviation companies on land,
buildings and equipment; to finance
retail alrplane sales on a 12-month
basis at per cent simple interest. a
rate said to be lower than automobile
finance contracts.
The organization also is considering
the formation of a cooperative ma
tional used airplane distributing serv-
ice and the establishment of numer-
GUS airplane salvage stations.
Department of Commerce officials
estimate" Parks said. that compile
ton OF the associations plans will
mean the production of 5000 air
planes for commercial and private
flying this year, as compared with
667 last year, and the creation of
$4,000 additional jobs for experienced
aviation workers"
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Community Chest
Workers to Hear
Head of Hospital
Req. CdIUert E. Buck
Viii address Staff OF,
''HOspital Day.

Rev. Calvert E. Buck, superintend-
ent of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital. will speak on Ma
tional Hospital Day" before the Com
munity Chest staff next Friday at 9
am. May IL is National Hospital
day, during which hospitals all over
the country will hold open house and
welcome visitors.
Council of Social Agencies.
The Board Members Council will
meet tomorrow.
Juanita X. Nye Council House.
Mrs. Milton Deiner, Mrs. Mark
Lansburgh, Miss Bertha Israel and
Mrs. Leroy King have been added to
the board Miss Gertrude Cone, ex-
ecutive secretary, took five children
to the dental clinic of the Christ
Child Society during the week, where
they received treatment.
Friendship House.
The Mems Club will sponsor bingo
party Tuesday from to 10 o'clock.
The proceeds will be to help furnish
base ball uniforms. This club will
also furnish entertainment for the
Family night program Wednesday
night. with Henry L. Reh in charge
Of arrangements.
The Brownie Scouts presented their
play, "The Brownie Bush" at the May
party given on the Speedway yester-
day by the Happy Time Club.
A recently organized harmonica
class, under the direction of John
Swanson, director Of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church Har-
monica Club, will meet tomorrow night
and every Monday night thereafter at
o'clock at Friendship House, 326
Virginia avenue southeast.
Miss Dorothy Joe" Wimbish has
organized a stamp club, which will
meet at the settlement every Monday
evening at Z o'clock.
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. C. A.
Mrs Julia West Hamilton. president;
Mrs. Martha A. McAdoo, general Sec
retary; Mrs. Kelly Miller, chairman OF
the Personnel Committee: Miss Hattie
E. King, industrial secretary. and Mrs.
Lillian Alexander, chairman Of the
Industrial Committee, are represent
ing the Phyllis Wheatley at the thir-
teenth national convention Of the Y.
w. C. A., now in session In Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. J. Hayden johnson has been
named chairman and Mrs. Sue Bailey
Thurman secretary Of the Program
Committee for the Phyllis Wheatley
celebration Of the Y. w. c. A. ami
versary, May 20.
The Membership and Emergency
Committees have arranged a junior
popularity contest to be held at 7:30
O'Clock on Friday, May Is.
The annual mother daughter ban
quet Of the Girl Reserve Department
will be held May Is at 7:30 O'Clock.
Boys Club Of Washington.
Charles M. Fyfe, director, and
Charles Reynolds, athletic director,
will represent the club at the national
convention to be held in Pittsburgh
starting tomorrow. The club will have
exhibits in the arts, printing and
woodworking displays.
Neighborhood House.
Plans for an elaborate program of
Summer activities will be launched
Immediately following the success of
the May festival held Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday Of last week. Pic
MICS, hikes and other forms Of out
door amusements are included In the
program.
Evening star., 1934-05-06

| mitS commercial adoption to the ad-
vantage Of the standard automobile.
In order to obtain the required
horsepower and durability for speed
engines, high compression ratios are
7esorted to together with the use of
aluminium heads, pistons, unusual but
capable bearing materials and new
but satisfactory fabrication methods.
Racing has taught us many things
about obtaining horsepower from a
small engine which formerly was only
Obtalnable from engines of much
larger proportions. These smaller en-
gines do effect considerable economies
in gasoline and oil which are vitality
imperative to racing and the goal Of
stock car manufacturers.
The high speed of racing has con-
tributed to better brakes, proper
spring suspension, more capable
steering apparatus, more dependable
tires, spark plugs and new high speed
fuel mixtures. Each of these features
is an important component used in
automotive vehicles and the expert
ence acquired through running in the
500-mile race furnishes valuable data
for the improvement in the manufac-
turing of these products.
The records of the Technical Com
mittee at Indianapolis. giving COM
plete data on all entries and a record
of pit stops with reports on mechan-
ical difficulties, in addition to being OF
great service to the industry as a
whole. are often used in deciding
protests from drivers and car owners
as to incidents of the race.
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Private Flying Boost.
Is Aim of Meet Today
Events at College Park Airport Are Expected te
Stimulate General and Sports
Interest In Aviation.
BY JOSEPH s. EDGERTON.

ELIEF Washington Air Derby Association
Of immediate future of aviation rests
development of private and sports flying the motive
behind the Langley day air meet today at College Park
Airport, College Park Md: .
ownership the American family
of family airpane for functions by
family automobile.
Series of Meets Planned.
To arplanes the ci
sport recreation the associations
program calls for OF regular flying meets cruises
Hhuns" and which will provide pleasant
professional type of competition among sportsmen flyers
meet the most ambitious annual air
associations calendar Unlike others of the regular
monthly competitive flying events held by the association
during Winter months Langley
day meet is bring together sposmen pilots
Evening star., 1934-05-06
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.


ONE trouble with fostering safety
~ is the fact that most Of the
drivers who are said to be acting the
fool aren't acting.
One of the curious things about
the business of making and servicing
automobiles is the general belief that
there should be an answer to every
possible problem in the way these
cars behave. I'm still looking for the
car owner who won't be surprised
when a service man admits that he
would fix the car If he know how
A lot of valuable time and effort is
expended just bluffing a knowledge
of what ails cars. There must be a
lot of current troubles with cars that
remain unsolved-things for which
even factory engineers have no an
swer. A doctor doesn't pretend to
have a cure for ailments which are
not yet clearly understood. Why
should We expect service men to
know all?
1t has taken a few years to get
around to the fact that the smell
of gasoline in the modern car is not
a cheap dry cleaning job on your
dress but a leaky carburetor gasket.
When you lift your foot abruptly from
the accelerator pedal the fuel pump
keeps on sending an unwanted supply
of fuel to the carburetor. Unless
the needle valve Of the carburetor
he cGrot Of he
capable of preventing escape Of fuel
there will be overhowing. l under
stand there have been developed spe-
cial gaskets to make the carburetor
a better actor in the drama Of fuel
ing the motor.
II you have not had much expert
ence in fog may I pause to pass
along the tip that the secret lies in
throwing the light rays down and
TO the sides of the road Never use
the far focus of the headlights as
this will make the fog like a wall
it ought to be comforting to know
that fog seldom is dangerous Every
one has to go cautiously and it is
easy to stop II In doubt. One useful
rule is to follow behind another car
You can see the road better and the
other driver does the bulk of the
worrying.
It's no wonder some manufacturers
can't afford to be too radical with
body designs. I am told that If one
company moves two inches the toegle
grips. or assist cords, letters of COM
plant Immediately pour in. A large
glove compartment on the dash sold
more cars than one of the cleverest
mechanical devices. Come car makers
know their public!
Believe it or not, the Spring of
the year is a season when it pays
to change the oil more frequently.
Figure it out. The engine probably
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animation questions accompanying
these courses

In connection with the plans for the
annual cruises, the department has
pointed out that it is desired that, SO
far as practicable, the examinations
of enlisted men for advancements in
rating be conducted during the last
few days of each cruise. Only those
men should be examined who are due
for Advancement, or who will become
due during the next six months and
for whom there are vacancies in the
pay-grade quotas of the divisions,
and who have completed the pre-
scribed rating course.
The bureau also said that for its in
formation and to aid the Naval Re-
serve Inspection Board in determining
the efficiency of the various fleet units,
each vessel will be required to sub
init a comprehensive report on each
unit. In order that the information
may be available to the Inspection
Board before the annual inspections
are started, these reports are to be
made out as soon as practicable after
the completion of the Summer cruise.
Commanding officers of ships or in
spectors instructors making these re-
ports are enjoined by the Bureau Of
Navigation to remember that fleet di-
visions are assigned standings by the
Naval Reserve Inspection Board sepa-
rately It is therefore declared that
1t is not sufficient to submit remarks
covering an entire battalion which
cruises as a ships company. Remarks
concerning the drill attendance dur
ing the previous year, and the ability
of the various units to perform mill
tary and other drills in the armory
are not desired in the reports. The
bureau adds that it is realized that in
cases where reservistS on the Summer
cruise are stationed merely as observ-
ers to watch the members of the regu-
lar crew perform their duties. 1t Is
not practicable to assign marks to
these reservists as to their ability to
perform these duties. It is desired
that in so far as practicable, members
Of the Reserve divisions on the cruise
be detailed to actually perform the
duties of their ratings.
Calling attention to unusually high
marks assigned to enlisted reservtsts
ON examinations, the Bureau Of Navi-
cation said that it has never before
had anything to compare these
marks with, but now that the Inspec-
ton Board has instituted the practice
Of giving short examinations to petty
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Auto Production and Sales|
Continue tOShOw Increases
Estimated Output for April Placed at 100000
Units, Which Nearly Doubles Figures
of Year Ago.
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

~OOD continues in from the automobile in
I dustry.
According to the Automoive Daily News production
in auto plants for last month was approximately 800 900
units almost twice the number of turned in
April 1888 and well twice April 1882 1t is also in of
April Factory opne that Mays production will equal
If exceed last months figures.
Mac factory sales according the Bureau of Census of the
Commerce. otaled 35923 vehicles
February and 002 in March, 1888 Sales for the
first quarter of the total 732463 compared with 377
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Cops Get Stung.

VENTURA, Calf. R.-Bees of a
poisonous Italian species are the bane
of State motor cycle police. Several
officers have reported being stung. and
one, after being stung on the cheek,
tainted while riding his motor cycle.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
"Sardine. Pursuit" Planes.

MONTEREY. Calf. PD.-Use Of
airplanes equipped with short-wave
radio sets to locate schools of sardines
Is planned by fishermen. The aerial
scouting trips are counted on to lower
the cost Of fishing.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Service Band Concerts.

THE United States Navy Band. Lieut.
Charles Benter, conducting, will
play the Hour of Memories" program
at the Sail Loft, Navy Yard. Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock Thursday
morning. at the same hour, the band
will play a National Music week
program. featuring compositions of
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, one of the
earliest American composers to attain
distinction.
Announcement of concert dates in
cluded in the schedule of United
States Marine Band and Orchestra
for the coming week:
Monday, at 2 pm, band concert
at the Marine Barracks.
Tuesday. at a m, the orchestra
will play at the opening meeting of
the American Woman's Legion in the
Red Cross Building.
Tuesday, at l0:30 am, band con.
cert at the Marine Barracks, Patriotic
Shut-Ins' Dream Hour.
Wednesday, at 8 pm, orchestral
concert at the Marine Barracks.
OdCul udy, dI p.ul., UdIlQ COIl-
cert at the Marine Barracks. Evening
Dream Hour.
Sunday, at 2 pm, the band will
participate in the Mothers day serv-
ice in the Amphitheater in Arlington
National Cemetery. under the auspices
American War Mothers.
The weeks schedule of the United
States Army Band, Capt. William j
Stannard, leader; Thomas F. Darcy
associate leader, includes the follow
ing concerts
Monday, Family Hour of Music,
program in the Band Auditorium al
the Army War College, Sis pm.
Tuesday, garden party at the Wal
ter Reed General Hospital, Army
Medical Center, to Z pm.
Wednesday. concert in the Bano
Auditorium at the Army War College
1890 am.
Friday, concert in the Band Audi.
torium at the Army War College,
$3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-05-06

There are now available for dis
tribution the new Navy training
courses, instructions for use in prepa-
ration for the rating Of gunner's mate,
third class, and torpedoman, third
class" There are also available
pamphlets with progress tests and ex-
Evening star., 1934-05-06

ONE trouble with fostering safety
~ is the fact that most Of the
drivers who are said to be acting the
fool aren't acting.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Durability Needed.

OF course, durability must be char
acteristic of every part of racing car
to stand a test which is often esti-
mated to be equivalent to $4,000 miles
of ordinary travel. When methods OF
building each part of a racing car
with the necessary durability are de-
vised, the stock car manufacturer usu-
ally sets about manner of duplicat-
ing these features at cost that per-