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Evening star., 1935-11-03
Star Safe-Driuing Campaign
Enlists Widespread Support
Movement Spreads to Many Cities as
Results Are N0ted-District C0W,-
ellis Rally Forces.

The Evening Stars campaign to
promote safe driving on the streets
Of the National Capital now has been
nearly two months under way, with
interest unabated and conditions un-
questionably improved. Safety con-
sciousness has been brought into being,
which Is having its effect upon drivers
throughout the city.
Cooperation with The Stars safety
drive is widespread Hearty support
has been rendered by police and
traffic officials. Theaters and broad
casting managers have lent their aid.
The Federal Government and the
District government have given great
assistance. Public utilities have
joined in the drive with enthusiastic
Endorsement. In this group is repre-
sented the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., the Potomac Electric
Power Co., the Washington Gas Light
Co.. the Capital Transit Co. and
many taxicab companies.
Support of the drive has been given
by every branch Of the Federal Gov
ernmept and District, including the
heads Of many departments who are
cabinet members, and the District
Commissioners. President Roosevelt
himself is q pledged safe driver in
The Stars campaign. Both the
United States and District OF Co.
lumbia post offices have Joined the
campaign.
Citizens associations unanimously
have indorsed the drive, as well as
Evening star., 1935-11-03

in its five body models. Is priced to
appeal to the public. chief interest will
center on the 150-horsepower super
charged eight, which is available IN
six body models. including the style
leader-the speedster model. Tenders
of this creation are torpedo type with
chrome-plated protection plates. Run
ming boards have been eliminated,
while four exposed exhaust pipes. COW
cred with flexible polished stainless
steel tubing, add q touch long missing
in the motor world.
Auburn's conventional six Is built
ON q l20.inch wheelbase, the eight be-
ing on q wheelbase. of LIT inches. The
conventional eight develops lis horse
power which, In the model with the
centrifugal friction-drive supercharg-
er, Is boosted to $50 horsepower.
AL Auburn models carry four-wheel
hydraulic brakes. frames with x-plus-
Evening star., 1935-11-03
1885 to Break Au Precious :
Records for Motor Travelling

the entire IL months Of 1884 and was
even substantially greater than the
previous high record registered in
1880.
/. The A. A. AS foreign travel die
vision, which handles the major por.
ton of all cars shipped abroad. res
ported that motorists from a. States
of the Union shipped their cars abroad
for vacationing. while automobiles
from numerous foreign countries and
outlying possessions, including the
Philippine Islands, Haiti, China and
Puerto Rico, were cleared through
New York for foreign touring.
New York led the list OF States from
the standpoint of foreign motor travel.
being followed by Illinois, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, while the District
Of Columbia. although in thirty-sev-
enth place In respect to total regis-
trations, took tenth place as to the
number of cars shipped abroad.
The increase in motor vacationing
abroad is more than q reflection Of
the general gain In travel of all types.
rather it represents growing reali-
zation on the part Of the motoring
public of the many advantages offered
by this type Of touring. With reduced
ocean rates, the motorist now may
(see TRAVELLING, Page ls)
Evening star., 1935-11-03

With the cauldron of rumor and
prophecy reaching the end of its an
nual seething, the automobile en-
thusiast now. faces the actual facts
regarding the years latest offerings
from the motor worlds assembly line.
These facts are both pleasing and
surprising, revealing some OF the ru-
mors come true in Q large way, with
others completely punctured. But
whether sensational or merely . log
ical outgrowth of manufacturing skill,
the improvements and innovations are
such as to keep the motorist definitely
committed to the business OF trying
to follow the automobile in its latest
trip along the road to progress.
In all fairness to the various makes
that will be exhibited at the automo-
bile show, the salient facts have been
assembled and grouped in the para
graphs which foAev. Each car v re-
Evening star., 1935-11-03

business, church and fraternal or
ganizations. Business houses galore
have entered the campaign, repre-
senting practically all lines of sales
in the District of Columbia. Many
of these concerns which have signed
up individually are represented by the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation, the Board of Trade and the
Washington Automotive Trade Asso-
citation, who have led the way.
Medical and dental societies have
indorsed the campaign. Universities
and colleges in the District have
signed up 100 per cent, and high
schools and private schools as well.
Gasoline companies have added
their bit, and also filling stations. In
fact, the only reason to say that the
entire city has been combed is that
the city has combed itself in the in
terests of safety.
Several thousands have clipped the
coupons from The Star and sent them
in signed and requesting stickers fol
their windshields. Hundreds OF let.
tiers have accompanied these pledges
many making worthwhile trafic sug-
gestions or calling attention to bad
conditions In various parts Of the city
Nearby Groups Join.
Interest IN the campaign is not con.
fined only to the District. Nearby
Maryland and Virginia residents have
been active in their support. Volun.
teer fire departments. women's club:
(see SAFETY, Page ID
Evening star., 1935-11-03

issued. There are $4,000 cars reg
istered here, and 10000 cars entering
the city daily on an average. Two out
of every three people in the city who
are over 16 years of age have permit
to drive. The density of population
here is 1928 to a square mile. Rhode
Island next approaches the District
of Columbia. with 566 to a square mile.
Montana is lowest, with 3.8 to the
square mile. This would show why
Washington is very congested.
Inasmuch as safety has been
stressed in the cars for 1886, an in
teresting test might be published here.
A direct relationship between auto
fatigue and accident occurrence has
been definitely established by tests
made under the direction Of DR..
Andrew H. Ryan, noted physiologist
of Chicago.
Another fact demonstrated by more
than a year of scientifically checked
travel in five cars of the medium and
low-priced fields, covering more than
10000 miles, and laboratory examina-
ton of the five drivers at the start
and finish Of each days run is that
automobiles Of different makes vary
widely in their fatigue indices"-in
other words. in the degrees Of tiredness
caused by the exertion of muscular and
nervous energy in driving.
In announcing results Of his road
and laboratory tests DR.. Ryan states
that his findings are being made avail
able to safety councils and other
bodies that are actively campaigning
for safer driving and highway accident
prevention.
The Ryan tests indicated that road
accidents are more apt to happen
| after the onset of fatigue-however 1t
may be caused. Also that it is partly
for this reason that the accident rate
increases in the late hours of the day.
The most hazardous period for drivers
who start out on the road at in the
morning is between 4:45 pm. and
6:15 pm. and after continuous driving
of from $50 to 300 miles, which. it is
stated, checks with statistics compiled
from police records.
This means that the early evening
hours and the period after some $50
miles of driving can be regarded as
the danger periods'-when the high
way perils are greater and when
greater caution should be exercised
in driving" says DR.. Ryan in COM
menting on his findings.
Elements that contribute to "auto
fatigue" according to Dr. Ryan, are
muscular and nervous reactions set up
in handling the car, the making of
decisions. peculiarities of body posture.
the task of seeing" the driving re-
actions due to the mechanical be-
havior of the car and the nature Of
the road.
Differences in individual character
istics of DR.. Ryan's test drivers were
averaged by giving them a car of diff
ferent make each day. All the cars
Travelled the same route, they led and
followed alternately, thus encounter
ing identical weather and traffic con.
ditions and covered the same dis
! tances.
Through the test drives and through
physiological laboratory tests made at
the start and finish of each drive DR..
Ryan obtained definite records of the
degree of fatigue caused by each car.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Capital Strengthens Position
. As Mecca of Nations Tourists

here. Citizens everywhere have been
quickened in their desire to visitor
revisit-their National Capital.
These visitors have seen a city in the
midst Of transition; in the throes Of
the greatest change which ever has
taken place in a similar space of time.
And they have returned to their homes
filled with enthusiasm for the amaz-
ing structural accomplishments here
and an enhanced appreciation Of the
majesty of our country as reflected in
its Capital City.
AS an integral part of the civic
life of washington, it has been a
matter of genuine satisfaction to the
Keystone Automobile Club to be in a
position to make more pleasant the
stay Of many Of these thousands Of
visitors. BY providing them with de-
tailed information concerning roads
leading into and out of the city, and
by providing special maps setting forth
local motor tours it has smoothed
many a pathway and made Thousands
Of vacation tours not only happier
but more worth while.
There Is every sound reason to
believe that during the coming year
Washington will attract an even
(see TOURISTS. Page 81
Evening star., 1935-11-03
BY GEORGE E. KENEIPP,

Manager Keystone Automonlle CluD.
While Washington has been the Ma
tion's outstanding Mecca for tourists
for many years, its position in this
regard was remarkably strengthened
during the past twelvemonth.
Records of the Touring Bureau Of
the Keystone Automobile Club-facili-
ties Of which are available without
charge to visitors-amply prove this
point. In the year now drawing to a
close washington was host to the
greatest number of tourists in the an
mails Of the city.
There are many reasons, of course,
why washington should enjoy this sub
stantial distinction.
As the National Capital this city al
ways has oeen a center Of interest to
all Americans. But Of recent years
that interest has been broadened and
deepened.
Within the past few years q new
Washington has grown up on the banks
of the storied Potomac. Newspapers
and periodicals of national circulation
have carried numerous articles descrip-
tive Of the great Mall project, Of the
magnificent new buildings which have
arison on Capitol Hill, and Of the many
other changes which have taken place
Evening star., 1935-11-03
AUTOMOBILE BODY
MORE APPEALING
Greater DependabiIity and
Safety Are Fabricated
Into Construction.
BY Sudduth.
That the automobile body has gone

That the automobile body has gone
mechanical is putting the matter
mildly. Yet in spite of engineering
developments that have made it me-
chanical unit of the car the body Is
more appealing than ever and is de-
signed for a maximum of comforts
and luxuries. Where once any attempt
to make the cars body home-like
seemed to be a frill, comparable to the
once popular flower vase, efforts in
the direction of comfort today are
entirely justified by the greater de-
pendability and safety that have been
woven into its construction.
Many of the recent changes In bodies
are not at once apparent to the casual
observer, and it is quite possible that
even those who have already taken de-
livery Of the latest cars are not fully
aware of the newer advantages in
corporated in body design. For ex-
ample, most of the sedans are vir.
tually six-passenger cars. due either
to the elimination Of the gear shift
lever or to moving the motor sufh-
ciently far forward to keep the shift
lever away from the third passengers
feet. In the styling Of the new stream
lined bodies there are certain advan-
tages which do not make themselves
evident until the owner has an oppor-
tunity to get out on the road in all
kinds Of weather. A properly stream
Evening star., 1935-11-03
CONTROL SIMPLER
ON LATEST AUTOS
AcceIerator Pedal Star Per-
former-PhysicaI Effort
LeSsened.
The automobiles control room"
has gone modern.

The automobiles control room"
has gone modern.
From the bridge" Of the modern
car beginner and experienced. alike
find it easier than ever to obtain all
needed driving effects. even though
more intelligence and less physical
effort Is required in the process.
Changes in car control are sensa-
tional even though they tend toward
simplicity in effect.
Actually many Of the new controls
are highly complicated. But that Is
something for the service department
to handle Remote controls for shock
absorbers, brake power and octate
selection are among the newcomers
Gone in some cases Is the gear shift
lever, replaced on some cars with
electric button control and on others
with automatic gear changing mech
anism in the transmission istelf
Conspicuous by its absence is the con-
ventional choke button. Many cars
do not ever have q starter button
while the lever part of the hand brake
is done away with.
In place of the free wheeling
selector previously found on a number
of cars one now finds a special button
to cut in or cut out the "overdrive,
an automatic fourth gear that comes
into the picture when the car reaches
a speed where engine revolution can
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Evening star., 1935-11-03
BY ERNEST N. SMITH,
Executive Vice President. American

Although the 1885 travel season is
by no means over-for the tide OF
motor touring is just beginning to turn
Southward-it is not zoo early to see
that all previous travel records In
history will be shattered when the
final story of this years stream OF
travel is compiled.
Many months must elapse before
ofIicial figures used as barometers in
computing travel volume are compiled,
but preliminary reports from many
sources-including estimates Of gaso-
line consumption, the number OF Wis
itors at the national parks. the ma
tional forests. and other great tourist
centers, requests for touring and route
information at motor clubs throughou
the country. and so on-are suficient
to show definitely that this year there
has been an unprecedented upsurge In
the tide Of travel.
It Is in motor vacationing In foreign
countries that the most spectacular
increase has occurred. The number
of motorists who shipped their cars
across the ocean for foreign touring
in the first eight months Of this year
was IS per cent higher than during
Evening star., 1935-11-03

with the increase in speed, for a car
[ t won't stop fast is no better than
one which won't run fast. One Of the
major notes in mechanical design this
year is the fact that hydraulic brakine
systems have become vastly mora
mechanical brakes for years have
shifted over to the hydraulic kind,
and some of the cars for 1885 will use
a combination of hydraulic and me-
chanical braking systems. with the
mechanical brakes lsed to back up
hydraulic, even though brake-lins
failures in hydraulic systems have
been few and manufacturers vino
have stuck to mechanical systems now
are becoming more than ever con>
vinced that the hydraulic method Is
good. The 1886 cars. with more
weight shifted back of the front axle,
also are utilizing more braking foIca
on the front wheels. where it rightly
, belongs.
Softer Front Springs.
On the front ends of the cars finef
reliability and cushioning from road
shocks has been obtained by use OF
softer front springs, and one manu-,
facturer has even gone toward free-
dom from road shocks being trans-
mitted to the steering wheel by use
Of q double universal joint in the
steering line. Modern automotive en-
rir cif
in a cradle. with the engine and pas.
Sengers back of the front axle. and
forward of the rear axle, instead Of
sitting over the rear axle and thus alb.
sorbing road shocks. In one car
straight-line steering has been
achieved by use Of a high spot on
the quadrant. which automatically
keeps the car on a straight line when
the wheels are pointed in that direc.
ton. Steering wheel play also is taken
out in this car when the wheels are
pointed straight forward and the
wheel sits like rock in the straight.
ahead position.
Greater economy Of operation has
become more universal in the l93d
cars through increased use of the
"overdrive. device which slides the
gears into a lower ratio when a car
speed around As miles an hour has
been achieved. and permits the ens
gine to loaf" instead of turning up
at very high engine speed with rela.
ton to car speed. Everything me.
chanical has been done to make the
1886 car a self-starter and self-cper-
ator. Truly, it may almost be said
that the car drives itself.
But the big trend is toward safety,
in operation and design. Without any
question, the 1886 cars are the safest
cars ever put on the road, in year
when there promises to be greater
traffic than ever before. Automotiva
engineers realize perfectly we'll that
with all the safeguards thrown around
vehictllar operation. the human fac
tor must be reckoned with. The fool.
hardy driver, the reckless driver, and
the careless driver will exist and kill
as long as driving permits are seats
tered around with superficial exam.
ination. So the industry it elf has
gone further than ever before to make
the modern automobile a safety car,
Evening star., 1935-11-03


travel. Mechanically they are vastly
improved over their predecessors of
five years back and even over the
highly engineered products Of last
year. From their slanting, chromium
inclosed windshields, their fan-shaped
rear quarters down to their artillery
type wheels, the new cars are smart
in eye appeal and silky smooth in
power response. Not since man first
utilized the principle of the wheel to
get places in hurry has any means
of locomotion been so modernly styled
and so generously powered as are the
1886 models of motordom. Their
sleek. cleaning hoods. in new colors
and shades, hide the latest mechanical
improvements, but outstanding among
these Is the smoothness in operation
Of the 1886 automobile. And the price
angle Is adequately handled, too. Every
purse, from the bulky pocketbook of
the millionaire, down to the thin
sized change carrier of the hum5leat
clerk, can be fitted TO the new cars.
New Price Zones.
New and lower price zones have
been established for those who cannot
spend much money on transportation,
while the more luxurious cars with
price tags stretching well into the
thousands of dollars are flt for King.
in any language.
A glance at the new models dis
closes no radical changes in body de-
sign, but a further suavity in stream
lining, achieved in most cases by
rounded curves in place OF the straight
lines and angles of the prehistoric age
of automobile craftsmanship. and by
the generous use Of chromium ana
louvres. This same body design not
only has brought about better-look-
ing automobile. but also has resulted
in more body room as well as greater
riding comfort. The 1896 automobile
is the smoothest thing on wheels. a
yeritable Pullman car of the high
ways.
But over and above the speed, the
riding comfort. the smoothness and
suavity of the new car manufac-
turer: are going in more and more
for safety. Indeed. one manufacturer
actually has incorporated the word
| safety in his trade name and backs
it up by providing side bumpers on
his product. Safety glass has become
standardized in the modern automo-
bile, along with eficient bumpers
steel bodies. turret tops. steel frames
and generous use of anti-crash ma
terial throughout the car. Convinced
that accidents will come regardless
of modern engineering. the manufac-
turers apparently are doing everything
within human power to save the pas
sengers within.
Next year finds a return Of the old
front drive car which was the sensa-
ton of the show few years back,
but a front-drive car which brings
many improvements In ease of ham
ding, in body style and in mechani.
cal achievement Supercharging Is
finding favor with more manufac-
turers. Where one or two manufac-
turers used the supercharger last year
several lines of cars are using a car
buretor booster this year. carrying
increased speed even into the low
pric' field.
Improvement in braking has be-
come marked and has gone along
Evening star., 1935-11-03

viewed briefly, but searchingly, in or
der that these paragraphs will serve
not merely as q guide to actual in
spection of the 1885 models, but also
as handy reference after the show
has been visited. The complete pic
ture Of the new models is an intrigu-
ing one, but If it Is studied In detail
first, much Of the usual confusion Is
obviated. More literal than ever be-
fore is the hackneyed statement that
the new creations. are the last word.
But here Is the evidence:
Evening star., 1935-11-03
BUICK

A four-star group Of completely re-
designed cars represents Bucks con-
tribution to the 1896 automobile arena,
The Special, Century, Roadmaster and
Limited are numerically known as the
series 40, 60, 80 and 90, and are
mounted, respectively. on wheelbases
of 1l8. l22, 13t and 1873 inches. The
Special carries an engine Of % horse
power. while the. other three types
feature the 120-horsepower engine. In
(See NEW CARS, Page 49, Col. IL
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Greater Volume Than 1929 and
1880 Expected-Display at
Calvert Exhibition Hall.
NEW DESIGNS MOVE FURTHER
ALONG ROAD OF STREAMLININC
Smoothness in Operation Is Outstand-
ing Feature of Machines-Lower
Price Zones Are Established.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

Convinced that the light prosperity stay the autooons
industry today clear road ahead and with the that hides
senng hoods the 1896 models onward toward
mechanical achievement
far that elusive prosperity that their gh
dscerned models earlier this than befo
the worlds greatest manufacturing enterprises and certain thai
will a heights from the sales than did
of 1929 and 1880 when the late depression first began
TO make itself felt
differing greatly mechanically
further along the
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Main Exhibit at Calvert Hall,
With General Motors Show
at Mayflower.
EARLIER DISPLAY COMEDIES
WITH DATES OF NEW YORK SHOW
Advance Reports Indicate More Marked
Advance in Design and Improve
ment in Models Offered.
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD,


expectancy automotve industry
Washington yesterday before
enthusiastic audiences
sixteenth annual Of
Association Exhibit Hail.
at both places While the May
w. A. T.. AS open m. The
will daily until II The