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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15
WILCOX HERE AS AGENT OF
 ALASKA LINE
Will Take Over His Duties Next Monday-McKanna
 Returns to Interior

M. J. Wilcox, long in the service of the Alaska Steamship Company, and until his recent appointment as Juneau agent of the company, serving as Chief Clerk, to Vice. President and General Manager of the Company, T. B. Wilson, will actively assume the duties of his appointment here Monday, June IT, succeeding R. J. McKanna who has been, at his own request, transfer red to his former post with the Alaska Ste m hip Company at Fairbanks.
 Careful Selection
 The appointment of MT. Will COX, as Juneau agent for the com pany was made after careful con- sid3ration by the Company" L. w. Baker, Traffic Manager of the AL aska Steamship Company, said to- day. T am convinced the appoint ment will prove happy and sat- isfactory one. We naturally regard Juneau as a very important port, and following MT. McKanna's re- quest to return to Fairbanks, en- deavored to give to Juneau a man 1 who would continue, increase and improve our transportation serv- ices to the general public and ship pers, and help it work out its transportation problems.
 An announcement will be forth coming in few days from MT. Will cox, as to his assistant. Likewise, MT. Baker said that the announce ment of the promotion to a new post of Horace Adams. who has been assistant in Juneau for many years, will be announced in few days.
 Business Is Good In commenting on general condi- tions in Alaska, Traffic Manager Baker said that this season a great ly increased amount of mining ma chinery and development equip ment had been carried to Alaska ports by the ships of his line, which indicated healthy activity which would result in increasing prosper ity for the Territory. He reiterated his statements made at the Cham Der of Commerce Thursday, saying that the tourist business bookings thus far this year are greater than ever before.
 Glad To Be Here
 MT. Wilcox, who arrived on the Alaska yesterday has been renew ing old acquaintances today, and says that he is most happy to be- come a resident of Juneau. As soon as Mrs. Wilcox can close up their Seattle home, she and their five-year-old son, John, will join MT. Wilcox here and take up resi- 1 dence in the apartments above the Pacific Coast dock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15
AT HOSPITALS

John Cam of Lisianski was ad- mitted to St. Ann's Hospital to- day for medical treatment. He is suffering from an injured jaw Charles Hughes was able to return to his home today as was Mrs Tom Cashen and infant son. Mrs Steve Rusich and infant son also left the hospital today for home
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15
CLIPPER OFF

HONOLULU, T. H., June l5.- The PanAmerican Airways Clipper scared from Pearl Harbor for Mid way Islands, 1923 miles to the westward, at 5:57 o'clock this morn- ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15
POST IN AIR

LOS ANGELES. Cal, June 15.-- Wiley Post took off today in the Winnie Mae on a stratosphere flight to New York, hoping to travel $50 miles an hour, arriving there in 8 hours or less. The distance is 2,447 miles,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15
MISS ROBINSON RETURNING

Miss Margaret Robinson will re- turn to Juneau on the Yukon next Tuesday She has just completed a two year secretariaf course at the Washington State College, at Pull man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15

A Southern California inventor has. developed a machine which sits and cleans an acre and a half of beach sand to a depth of three inches in an hour and twenty min utes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15
CONDITION UNCHANGED

Condition of Mrs. James Wicker sham, who is seriously i'll in St Ann's Hospital, was reported un- changed today,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15
PAUL GOES SOUTH

J K. Paul. former owner of the Pioneer Cafe, left on the Prin- cess Louise for Seattle on a busi- ness trip,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15

A Ward County, Texas, rancher, Joe Hayter. went hunting for ducks and came upon big buck deer. He killed it with a charge of birdshot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-06-15
s2,o4s,000 . IS CONSIDERED FOR ALASKAN ROADS
Approval of l6 Proje ct $ for Territory Program
 May Be Approved
MCCARTHY ROAD PLAN
 IS NOT NOW INCLUDED
Most of Work Confined to Westward and Interior
 Under Present Proposal

WASHINGTON, June 15. = Pro- posals for additional Federal proj- ects were made public Friday by the Information and Applications Division of the works program and included the Interior Department for Alaska Road Commission con- struction of public roads and trails, including all work, materials and contingent expenses totaling $2,- 048000.
 Sixteen projects were listed, app plicaticn for eight of which PWA funds previously were allotted in amounts totaling $742,200.
 Requests
 The 16 projects, allotments for which are requested are: Olnes- Livingood, $215.0o0; Shelton-Dahl, $35,00O; Kantishna Park boundary, s50,000; Talkeetna Cache Creek, $15o,O0O; various small projects, $268, 900; Cantwell Valdez Creek, $345, 900; Hot Springs road system, $75,0 ,000; Willow Creek system, $80, GOO; Takotna- Nixon Fork, $150000; Foorman- Ruby, s2o0,0O0; Ferry Eva Greek, s5O,O00; 1liamna Bay and Iliamna Lake, $30,000; New halon Lak Clark, $40000; Gulkana- Nabesna, $245,OO0; Goodnews Bay Platinum Creek, $35,0oo; Christo- chena-Slate Creek, s40000. Con struction and equipment is set at s40,000.
 These applications will be acted upon later.
 MAY BE AUTHORIZED MONDAY The proposals announced by the Information and Applications Divi- sion now to go to the Allotment Board which is scheduled to meet Monday and approval may be giv- en at that time.
 Of the projects submitted by the Alaska Road Commission only one is left out in the report from Wash ington. the Mccarthy road system, $84,000, and it is possible that this may be inserted later.
 $40,000 fer Denali Less
 The previous PWA allotments were m ade on Olnes- -Livingood, Shelton-Dahl, Kantishna Park boundary. Cantwell-Valdez Creek, Hot Springs road system, Willow Creek and Iliamna Bay officials here stated.
 The $40,000 item for construc- ton and equipment is to cover the loss of equipment in the wrecking of the steamer Denali short time ago near Ketchikan.
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Evening star., 1935-01-13
Automobile Radio No,v Held
Beneficial to Good Driving

the muses. wl,sn he should b paying
attention to his tEa11c pgoblerns. TIA
views Of the pioneer aDez1 of CT radio
appear to Be due for ssnssal accepe-
ance.
Recently Eddie Cantor diuaaDad
from his fun making long enoaeh o
broadcast Z useful message to on
drivers on the subject Of saving lives
by being more generous with minutes
His talk reached thonsands Of dfiyae1
who were at the wheel, many driving
under difficulties that might have
been especially trying had It not 6een
for his friendly and pointed advice.
A few more instances Of such national
effectiveness In disseminating counsel
on driving and radio awheel = certain
to come into greater prominence " {
desirable unit Of the car.
Evening star., 1935-01-13
THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS on ITS WAY
Abnormal Eyesight Blamed
For Unexplained Accidents
@Tunnel Vision,'' Ocular Dominance
and Lack of Depth Perception Often
Mistaken for Wrong Judgment.

some drivers have been spared at the
wheel. they are unable to Judge within
safe limits. Unconsciously they may
suspect such . defect and make al
lowanees for 1t by being extra care
full, hut II this Is viewed as . mental
weaknesses one Is quite apt to view
it-there Is . marked tendency toward
increased nervousness. This after ef-
feet Is quite likely to prove to be the
more dangerous Of the two conditions
Ciose one eye and note how dimcult
it is to bring your two index fingers
together distance Of . couple Of feet
from your nose. This Is the problem
faced BY the driver who has lack Of
depth perception. II you have little
difaculty making this test you prob
ably have exceptionally good depth
perception. De sure to Try the same
test With the left eye - well - the
right since It II quite possible that
one eye win Be stronger than the
other.
Ocular dominance Il responsible for
Q great many unnece0aTy accidents.
Ordinary eye strain thA& tires both
eyes equally i far les troublesome,
not only because the driver 70 more
aware of IT, approach. but Invariably
he senses other types OF fatigue d.
nultspsosBly. His legs may become
weary before his eyes give out, with the
result that he decides to get some rest
THIS decision II made before he meets
q situation where his weary eyesaSht
trans him into Q mistake.
Unless eyes are equally strong, Of
classes are worn to effect correction,
the commence Of one eye over the
other results In . type Of eye strain
that = both unenAcing and iQsidious.
A. the weaker eye tires the driver un-
consciously tends TO DO most Of the
lookine With the stronger one. This
makes him, to Ill purposes, . one-eye
driver. Even worse u the feet that,
as the process continues the STRONGER
eye becomes overtaxed.
Added to these dimculties II lack Of
resistance TO glare. Various eye weak.
nesses ore often combined into odd
patterns Of danger.
Evening star., 1935-01-13

Fifty million Frenchmen can't be
wrong, but there can be no such GER
taintY when $1,000. 900 Americans step
into their automobiles for . plunge
down the highway Of thrills. The
human equation becomes something
that even an Einstein must contem-
plate In ave and trepidation. For
tunately there are certain reasons why
automobile drivers behave like human
beings. Science says that II We fail
10 understand the human being awheel
II u because We have not ~ yet gone
deeply enough into the processes Of
mind and body which govern an hu.
man behavior.
Science suggests mild changes In
human behavior patterned after the
theories being tried In San Quentin
Prison. California, where men ere
Evening star., 1935-01-13

Once feared as . likely stimulus to
Increased accidents swheeL automo-
bile radio has safely passed through
It's period Of trial and emerges as one
Of the most desirable Of the modern
adjuncts to motoring. So changed b
the attitude toward radio in motoring
that it Is now being advocated as .
means Of developing Q new type Of
resistance to collisions and fatalities.
Travelling men, the first to use car
radio extensively. early discovered
that music and speech while driving
serves to keep the mind alert. Their
views on the subject fell upon disin-
terested ears. Ofiicialdom very largely
held to the opinion that ether enter
tainment win be distracting to the
driver and cause him to cavort with
Evening star., 1935-01-13
Psychology No'o Is applied
To Driuers of Automobiles

being made honest by the startling
process Of being given healthy glands.
II criminals can be cured by the sur
geon's knife, possibly the UNIT can
be rendered safe operators of motor
vehicles by some sort of treatment.
Last year 80 per cent Of the drivers
involved In fatalities were driving too
fast. Believe 1t or not, 13 per cent
Of the drivers were on the wrong
side Of the road. "Unfit" we call
them. Perhaps they are Just plain
sick.
Opinions differ widely Is to how
to know when Q driver q unit. That
u because little effort II made TO
face the fact that the driver u both
physically and mentally sick. Even
the behaviorists minimize the posi-
biNties In Q character analysis.
Evening star., 1935-01-13

point Of public
benefit. In n o
other way could
people compare
motor cars, their
respective advan-
tsges and merits
70 easily or % m
terestingly. r Q
visit the show
rooms OF . few
cars Il . simple
m at ef; n o
trouble to carry
away In your
mind IN impress
don Of Zach car
Evening star., 1935-01-13

increase Of 4.e per cent for passenger
cars and per cent for trucks made
the proportion Of motors TO Yealdents
one out Of dve. -
Fewer Cars in Use.
There were 1.els,ls7 fewer carr n
use IN 1894 than ct the high point tn
1S7e, but the number Of trucks In
operation was only g. 81 smaller than
In the biggest commercial-vehicle year.
which Was 1880. At the low point
only 7SS, ,273 trucks had gone out Of
circulation. but there had been . fall.
Ing on Of 3,s7l ,046 In passenger cara
Hare are just . few .Agures ahoWtng
the trend In Washingtou, specincsify.
For the first II months Of 1883 there
were registered 1883 new automo.
biles Of different makes. In the same
period Of 1894, this past year, 1881
new cars ware registsred. This = IN
increase Of about 1000 cars, or Is
lCootinued On PaSe. u. Column o.
Evening star., 1935-01-13

tn0Se Wnlcn Qennltely deserved tnlS
classification in recent years have
disappeared.
The automobile show visitor will
discover at a glance that while
streamlining has developed beyond the
average expression Of last year. 1t has
been along conservative lines. Those
much-rumored tear-drop models with
engines at the rear have failed to
materialize. Instead, the manufac.
turers have retained the standard pat.
tern with enough cutting here. trim.
ming there. and refining at other
points to enhance eye-appeal and i'm.
prove efficiency. but without creating
anything freakish.
Increased Roominess.
A dispassionate appraisal of stream.
lining as practiced for 1888 indicates
that its most substantial benefits are
to be found in the increased roominess
Of the newest cars rather than the
Improvement Of their top speed.
Streamlining truly has done an i'm.
pressive job of making the automobile
more spacious.
It has brought the six-passenger
car, for instance. Because the better
expressions Of this design involve
greater width Of the body at the
center, front seats have been widened
sufficiently to make accommodation
Of the third passenger without dis
comfort very simple matter. That
Is one boon to be credited to stream
lining. It Is Just beginning, however.
Streamlining calls for O sharp
downward slope Of the car at the rear.
To avoid excess structure at the rear,
the engine has been moved forward to
position above the front axle. That
has resulted in an increase in room
which has brought the rear seat to
new location ahead Of the rear
axle-a much more comfortable posi-
ton than when 1t was subject to
every ripple of the rear springs and
the effects Of the inspiring load rep
resented by the heavy axle. Credit
streamlining with that, too.
And credit 1t also with providing
the world with an automobile that has
adequate luggage-carrying capacity.
Behind the rear seat and under the
sloping roof and rear body line there
Is considerable space. The engineer
has seized upon 1t for q compartment
in which there not only is room for
the spare tire, but for bags, golf clubs
and other paraphernalia. There Is
8h cubic feet Of such space In the
rear deck Of the low-medium- priced
car, and the built-in trunk, q feature
of at least one model in every line Of
cars this year, adds another 5la cubic
feet.
incidentally, where only three
manufacturers last year made pro-
vision for carrying the spare inside
the body Of the car, at least eight are
doing so this year. Others have sue
ceeded in getting it out of the air
stream to better advantage.
Radiator Narrower.
A narrow radiator, markedly mar.
rover than the average for 1894, gives
this years car racier appearance, an
effect that Is enhanced by . sharper
slope Of the windshield, more curving
roof line and the streamlined dip Of
the body at the rear. There is about
the vehicle at the same time an ap-
pearance Of greater sturdiness. Con-
tributing to this is the use Of deeper
fender valances, the adoption Of the
steel-spoke artillery wheel and the use
Of tires Of larger cross section. The
wire wheel, incidentally. has virtually
Continued on Page II, Column ID
Evening star., 1935-01-13

900 were passenger cars and $1,000
were motor trucks. The percentage
production increase over 1888 was
As per cent. OF the production, a.
$4,000 were closed cars, or o6.6 per
cent. The wholesale value Of the cars
was l,145.000. 900, and the wholesale
value Of the trucks was $30e. 500 900.
The average factory price Of the cars
was $665. and that Of the trucks $70o.
Tire shipments were 4s.l5o, 600. The
sories for replacement ana service
equipment, Sas t1l5. 900 yo00,. The
Wholesale value Of tires fof replace
ment was $24S. .000, 900. The cost II
motor vehicles, Accessories, service
equipment and replacement Of parts
and tires reached the sum total Of
50, ,730, ,000, 900.
24,S4e Vehicles Registered.
There were 24.sl0 900 motor vehicles
registered In the. United States during
the year Of which a, ,430, 900 were mo.
tor cars and $40, 900 were trucks. The
world registration Of motor vehicles
was placed at 34,600,0 900, Of which the
United States had - per cent. There
were registered 4,l34,675 passenger
cars on farms and o00,3 ,3S5 motor
trucks. Miles Of surfaced highways IN
the United States was 900 900 out Of
total Of 100000 highway miles.
Highway and street expenditures to-
tailed 81, 900, 900 900.
Total motor vehicle user taxes were
$l,214, ,000, 900 and gasoline taxes, Fed.
eral, State and municipal were $780,
100000. Percentage Of motor vehicle
user taxes to ali taxes from all sources,
Federal, State and local, was II per
cent.
In the automobile relation to other
business the automotive industry Is the
largest purchaser Of gasoline, rubber,
steel, nalleable iron, mohair, uphol-
stery leather. lubricating oil, plate
glass. nickel and lead: 1850, 900 car.
loads Of automotive freight was
shipped over the railroads tn 1894.
The following percentages were used
by the automobile industry: Rubber,
30; plate glass, 20; steel and iron, a.;
lumber, hardwood, .; copper, 10: lead,
80; aluminium, 23; nickel, 20, and eas.
oline, IS. Gasoline used last year was
345 ,000,0 900 barrels Of A gallons each.
Lubricants used were 10 SOC, 600 bar
rels Of ~ gallons each, or So per cent
Of its total use. 707,800. 900 pounds Of
crude rubber was used and 10000.
600 pounds Of cotton fabric for tires.
In regard to foreign sales l35 900
motor vehicles were sold outside the
United States Omitted States exports
and output In United States owned
Canadian plsnts). The percentage Of
increase in foreign sales over 1898 was
70 per cent. The vslue Of motor w.
hicles, parts and tires exported from
the United States and canada was
$231 100000
There were $500 car and truck
dealers in the retail business In the
United States last year. There were
98,293 garages, service stations and re.
pair shops. Total retail outlets, dupli.
cations eliminated, were 106, ,0l4.
There were 5,76e Wholesaler and ST.
600 retail gasoline outlets.
Dependence Of the Nations economic
welfare upon the gasoline and auto
motive industries Il revealed By latest
figures Of the United States Census
Bureau, which show that ons-sixth Of
CONTINUED on PFC ~, COlumn ~
Evening star., 1935-01-13

3 few, hut Just picture 10 yourself
how you would fed trying 70 keep In
Jour head the features a scores Of
cara. "a ...-,
1rmsing together under one root
many makes d cAxs and different
models Of eoeh manufactures 3 the
best solution eys1 offered to the public
70 The problem q buying motor ears.
The aslemhlinS q high-rade. popu-
lAr.pe1ced and low.pe1eed makes, rep
resented BY TIE kadine manufactures
cf each typs -. an placed ode By
side Tor purposes a exhibition and
comparison, gives the public an op-
portuntty to make selections leisurely
and f1tTN, whieh could not possibly
b a6oedsd any othsr way.
The selling Of motor cars must be
0eaT06p today TO modsrn, methods;
tinas was Whsn habit Vas the guiding
influence Ia the purchase Of auto
uanbiles: pbpple selected . new car
Of the same make - the one about
10 D. ea& aside simply because Il was
Evening star., 1935-01-13

It has taken years to develop the
fact, but what has passed for lack
Of Judgment among many thousands
Of drivers is nothing more nor less
than lack Of normal eyesisht. Liter
ally and fguratively, . sizable group
Of motorists have been unable to
see" safely. . q
aAcuity alone does not Indicate good
vision. Failure to recognize this fact
10 responsible for many dangerous
persons being at the wheel: II two
drivers can read the same sign at
the same distance, 1t Is erroneous to
assume that they have equally good
eyesight. One Of them u quite apt
to have tunnel vision or to be color
blind.
Repetition Likely.
Thousands Of accidents, II properly
analyzed, could be traced to some Of
the lesser-kuown errors Of vision. Re.
cause there u no concerted actaou
70 check these accident causes more
closely their involuntary perpetrators
do not come 10 know that repetition
of these aectdents u almost certain.
Nhhy fhOusauds Of motorists have
been made to feel that they are mem
tally deficient because they have made
what appeared to be the same mistake
several times. Their so-called mental
aims could have been prevented BY
suitable ocular treatment.
Where eye tests are given applicants
foe drivers license It d common to
confne the job to the acuity portion
Of the Job. The conventional chart q
hung On the wan while the applicant
reads the lettsrs from . certain dis
tance. II he or she makes . reason
ably good showing and sweaxs that
there = no color blindness the test =
considered satlsfactoey. Tn minutes
lateg Tho same driver may crash into
. truck because Of . woeful lack Of
depth perception. G..
,s Net Lack sf Judsnent.
Inability to Judge how near one is
70 another object b not always . mat.
ter Of lack Of good judgment nor Of
inexperisuce. No matter how loog