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Evening star., 1936-11-15
TOOL KIT REVEALS
CAR DEPENDABILITY
Modern Automobiles Tool Box
Tells Graphic Story
of Progress,

The least noticed part of the new
cars at the auto show reveals IN a
nutshell the entire story of automo-
tive engineering progress since the
days of the first "gas buggies."
That part is the tool kit, and its
present size, compared with the old
fashioned tool box-shows up the diff
ference between the old, unreliable
''one-lungers" and the efficient, de-
pendable cars of today.
The modern cars small tool kit tells
o graphic story of the progress toward
a self f-servicing" automobile. Not
many years ago the tool box was one
of the most important parts Of the
car. Motorists setting out on a trip
would carry almost as many tools as
the average garage kept on its bench.
New cars were factory equipped with
an alarming supply, and the owner.
usually added his own pet devices de-
veloped through years Of amateur
''tinkering" The result was a me-
chanical layout which took up almost
as much room as the passengers.
Grease guns, starting cranks, tire
pumps, a dozen wrenches, nuts, bolts.
pieces of wire, tow ropes, special
pliers, tire patches, extra fan belts,
cement and rubber tire boots were
carried around as standard equipment
for emergencies.
Today, these ''emergencies" have
been almost entirely eliminated, with
q corresponding reduction in the tool
kit.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
TIPS ON CAR CARE
FOR WINTER LISTED
Motorists Warned to Prepare in
Time for Cold and Avoid
Complications.

It is no fun on a cold Winter
morning to find upon trying to start
your car that it responds with q
laboriously slow, grinding sound.
Undoubtedly a goodly number Of
motorists have guarded against this
eventuality and prepared their car
for Winter. But for those who
haven't already done this, the A. c,
Spark Plug Co. gives an authoritative
list of the things to do in order to
enjoy a Winter of trouble-free driv-
ing in so far as the cars mechanical
operation is concerned.
Safety-Adjust brakes; adjust steer
ing; examine tires; check windshield
wiper.
Lubrication-Drain crankcase and
refill with Winter oil; drain transmits
sion and differential and refill with
Winter lubricant: lubricate chassis.
Cooling system-Clean and flush
radiator and block; repair radiator
leaks; install new hose connections;
install anti-freeze.
Quick starting and efficient opera
and adjust spark plugs:
clean and adjust distributor points;
adjust valves; set ignition timing;
check generator charging rate; check
battery Specific gravity and VOLTAGE;
clean battery terminals; check bat
terry cables and ground connection.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
SAFETY, COMFORT
AND EASE STRESSED
Three characteristics Must Be
Built Into Automobile
of Today.
BY STUART G. BATS,
Vice President and Assistant Gener
Mapaoer Hudson Mntnr Car Co

Vice President and Assistant General
Manager, Hudson Motor Car co. j.,
Three major characteristics must
be built into the automobile Of today
in order to satisfy the exacting re-
quirements Of modern conditions.
These three requirements are safe
ty, comfort and ease Of control. Many
other qualities are desirable beyond
these three, but without them they
are meaningless.
When a car is designed for safety.
it entails a tremendous number Of
factors. All Of us are aware that
every part must have sufficient
strength to do its appointed task
without being stressed to a degree
which in any way approaches the
danger point. Generous factors OF
safety must be allowed in parts sub
jected to the shock of rough roads
and high-speed driving, but even
though every part were 10 times the
required size and made of the finest
alloy steels that money can buy they
would be useless unless q balanced
design is employed which gives all Of
the elements Of stability to the car
under any circumstances.
1t Is Just as important to have
low center Of gravity. for instance, as
it Is to have adequate strength in the
wheels and axle. A car which Is safe
has that inbuilt road sense which
every experienced driver feels from
the moment he takes the car out on
the open road. Proper synchronization
Of front and rear springs, absence Of
body roll, accurate steering, plenty
Of acceleration and the proper dis
tribution Of weight are all elements of
this road-feel which Is made up Of
such q tremendous number Of factors.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
Many Telltole Signs Reveal
FIa,vs in Auto to Mechanic

He may seem to be clairvoyant in
his ability to diagnose the trouble with
your car, but the truth Is he is merely
taking knowing glance at those
telltales of the cars condition-the
radiator. the tires and the springs.
The condition of each or any Of these
familiar parts tell him volumes about
the way you have treated your car
and what needs to be done to COM
pensate for abuse or neglect.
Testing equipment aids the service
profession in finding out Just how the
car rates on the efficiency scale, but
even without such aid an experienced
mechanic can read between the wrin-
kles of any car just by checking over
these three general parts. They do
this very much in the same way that
q physician can Judge the condition Of
his patient by glance at the tongue.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
UNIFORM TRAFFIC
LAWS ARE URGED
Nation Wide Regulations
Held Necessary to Reduce
Accident Toll.

Uniform State laws governing high
way travel. the replacement Of vehicles
built before the development Of mod.
ern safety features and continued ef-
forts to impress on the driving pub.
lie that "it's smart to drive safely"
are the three chief ways by which
Americas appalling highway accident
toll can be reduced, in the opinion
of leading spokesman for the truck
and bus industry, Robert F. Black.
president of the White Motor Co, and
director of the Automobile Manu-
facturers' Association.
Ever since United States route
markers first began to line important
highways the length and breadth Of
the Nation, there has been an obvious
need for traffic code uniform for all
States. Federal enforcement would
not be necessary or desirable, but GER
tainly what constitutes safe driving
in one State Is safe in another and
from the 48 widely different States
codes now in effect a uniform system
embodying the best Of each should be
drawn" Black said.
Highway transportation has de-
veloped so rapidly that modern traf-
fic problems are of comparatively re-
cent origin. We are just beginning
to have sufficient experience with
them to control dense traffic properly.
Heretofore it has been necessary to
experiment with regulations and many
that looked well on paper proved an
actual hindrance in practice.
"The regulations recently proposed
BY the Motor Carrier Bureau of the
Interstate Commerce Commission are
likely to prove the opening wedge to
a traffic code uniform in all the
States. While they affect only trucks
and buses used in interstate COM
merce, they are the first step taken
to set up a national highway safety
code and may be the forerunner to a
program affecting all motor vehicles.
'In too many States, regulation Is
| still in the 'two-wheel brake stage.
Where attempts at modernization
have been made, these have sometimes
consisted Of merely tacking confusing
legislation onto an obsolete code. A
truck or bus built of as many con-
ficting elements as are found in the
traffic laws of our 48 States wouldn't
work. 1t is not surprising that the
laws do not work, either. in promoting
the one thing they are chiefly intended
to promote-highway safety"
Evening star., 1936-11-15

"3. Always try to coast to a gradual
stop. 1t costs money in gasoline to
rush up to a stop light and then jam
on the brakes.
a. Keep tires properly inflated
Under-inflated tires mean extra work
for the engine, which means more gas
consumed.
IS. Letting the engine idle for long
periods while parked or waiting for a
train to pass hastens the return for
gasoline.
"6 Faulty spark plugs may waste
as much as 10 per cent Of the gaso-
line. It's good idea to have them
tested occasionally.
81. Keep the car properly fabricated
at all times. It's important to take
care Of crankcase fabrication properly,
too.
g. For constant engine temperature,
keep the radiator filled to the proper
level. An overheated engine uses
more gas.
g. And, finally, gas can be saved by
having your motor tuned up at least
every 5000 miles of driving"
Evening star., 1936-11-15
GASOLINE SAVING
RULES SUGGESTED
Service Manager of Motor Concern
Cites Nine Guides for Motor
ist to Observe.

Nine simple rules for turning 100
per cent Of the gasoline used in a
motor car into comfortable and eco
nomical transportation have been
worked out by L. K. Marshall, gen.
eral service manager Of Pontiac Mo-
tor Co.
Science and engineering have made
II possible for modern automobiles to
use twice as much OF the energy con-
tanned in gasoline as did the cars Of
80 years ago." says. Marshall.
"It is up to the motorist to do the
few things that will enable him to take
full advantage Of these developments
of science and engineering. Expressed
in simple terms they are:
Il. Accelerate gently. Tramping on
the accelerator pumps more gas into
the cylinders than can be used. Keep
the foot steady.
%. Holding the car in second gear
until it gets up to high speed may
easily double the gas used in getting
under way.
Evening star., 1936-11-15

the complexion and the look in the
eyes.
Tires quickly give up facts concerning
wheel alignment, brake adjustment
and the way the car has been han
died. The radiator reveals much that
needs to be known about the engine
Springs give up many secrets regard
ing the way the car has been lubri-
Gated or neglected and lead to de-
ductions concerning other parts In
the shock absorption system.
There are other telltales which any
experienced mechanic uses to arrive. at
his conclusions, but often these are
but variations of the three general
indices of car condition. There are
some, for instance, who invariably
take a look at the spring shackles
when they are trying to help an owner
find out why the car is noisy or rides
hard. But an inspection Of the
springs leads to the same conclusion.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
s. H. WALTER WINS
PRIZE IN CONTEST
Receives $50 Award in
w. A. 7. A. and Star
Puzzle Series.

Winners of prizes totaling 500 and
100 tickets to the Washington Auto
mobile Show, which opens tomorrow
at the Calvert Exhibition Hall, were
announced today by the washington
Automotive Trade Association, Spon-
sors Of the show and puzzle contest
that has been running in the Auto
mobile Section of The Star.
The awards were divided as fol-
lows: First prize, $50 and II tickets;
second prize, S25 and tickets; third
prize, $40 and tickets; fourth prize,
SIS and 4 tickets; 10 prizes Of 81 each
and 2 tickets, and Is prizes Of 2
tickets.
The winners are:
First four prizes-1. Sylvester II.
Walter. l0l4 Perry street ne; 2. Ira
MacFadden, 17O5 Lanier place; 3.
Jean Allen, 5812 Thirty-second street;
4. Mrs. Norma Nelson, 642 D street ne.
Ten 81 prizes - Mrs. Pearl Nc
Pherson, 104 w. Thornapple street,
Chevy Chase, Md; Norma Carlson,
39l7 Thirteenth street NV; zella
Boteler, 6805 Forty-sixth street,
Chevy Chase, Md; Mrs. Elizabeth
O'Brien, 1851 Irving street NV, apt.
%; Miss Agnes Weschler, 1885 New
ton street me-; Sergt. T. Jordan, Head
quarters Troop, Fort Myer. Va; John
Schaefer, 112 Madison avenue, River
dale, Md; Alfred Ellis Powers, 302
Longfellow street NV; A. A. Gulick,
Manassas, Va; Paul ]. Ketrick 5310
Fourth street NV.
Tickets-Mrs. H. 3. Stone, 3217 F
street NV; Hazel w. Jones, 2ll5 F
street NV; Frederick Lehnert, Fort
Myer, Va; Miss Bertha Zoller. 4008
Marlboro place NV; Mrs. Carrie
Rogers, 1912 Sixteenth street. Arling-
ton, Va; MES. Jason Waterman, 1903
Evarts street me-; H. r. Sloessel, 1913
Arlington Ridge road, Arlington, Va;
Coleridge Vickery, $3.50 Highland
place, NV; c. M. Yeakey, 322 John
Marshall place; Miss Kathryn Ridge,
272l Adams Mill road; w. j. Sando,
1921 South Dakota avenue ne; Ar
thur w. Dew, 1701 Sixteenth street
NV; c. A. Zimmerill, 6317 Brookville
road, Chevy Chase. Md; Miss K. p.
ODonnell, 20l1 Wyoming avenue
NV; Miss Gertrude Lutz, 2219 Cali
fornia street NV; w. Schiebel, 621 Il
Park road NV; Miss Jane Maltby
s43 Massachusetts, avenue NV; F.
M. Holmes, s02 Fern place NV; Paul
Burket, 612 Thirteenth street NV;
Dorothy Honsberber, 1850 Sixteenth
street NV; Miss e. c. Kefauver. %
Connecticut avenue, Kensington, Md;
Margaret Rucker, Portland Hotel; L.
Vancher, 1852 Irving street NV; An
tionette Bensberg, 3l4S Sixteenth
street NV; Charles Ward, 32lS OIL
yer street NV.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
5000 Is Annual Mileage.

According to a survey made by one
of the leading car makers, the average
car mileage per year is 5000 miles.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
R0AD.FUND DIVERSION
LINKED TO FATALITIES
Survey Shows Practice in II
States Which Have High
Death Rates.

Death and diversion of highway
funds go together, it is indicated by a
study recently completed by the Amer
lean Petroleum Industries Committee.
Based on the death rate compared
with the gasoline consumed In 1884, it
was found that the "a States which
had higher than average rate in
cluded 16 which practiced diversion.
Under the number of registered cars
as q basis. it was found that the "a
States which had higher than ave-
rage death rate included II which
practiced diversion; while a third
method of comparison based on the
death rate per 100000 population
showed that 13 of the "A States with
the highest death rates practiced di-
versions in some form.
Evening star., 1936-11-15

will not give, to you, the per-
formance built into them.
That is why a great majority
dealers use and recommend
Quaker State Motor Oils and
Superfine lubricants. They
know these world-famous
products provide the safest
and most economical lubri-
cation for your car.
So let's 60 see the new
cars! Enjoy the thrill of
1887 performance. Buy
with assurance of getting
your moneys worth +. in
cars and fabrication.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
Monoxide Danger.

Don't warm up your automobile
engine in closed garage" This
timely warning is given by the Key
stone Automobile Club, whose safety
and service experts point out the ex-
treme dangers Of this practice. To
avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. they
emphasize, the motoriSt should drive
the car completely out Of the garage.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
Autos Lead Recovery.

The motor industry continues to
lead industrial recovery. In 1885
factory sales increased A per cent,
retail sales in the United States IS per
cent and foreign sales 10 per cent over
1884. Domestic and foreign sales in
1886 reflect additional progress.
Evening star., 1936-11-15

! $322,776,000 in Fees.
In 1885 State motor vehicle registra-
ton fees totaled 1922, tie, 900.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
60 See !

The time for unveiling the
new cars is now at hand.
What will be your verdict?
Upon it depends to some ex.
tent the prosperity of every
community.
Your dealer shares in the
risk and fortune of your
favor. His actual problem is
convincing you that his car is
better suited to your needs of
today. He takes a sincere in.
terest in that car as long as
you have it. He knows that
without fabrication even the
most marvellous automobiles
Evening star., 1936-11-15
School Has Grown.

General Motors Institute of Tech
nolosy opened in 1919 with 800 stu
dents. Attendance has grown since
to 1000.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
CITIZENS DEMAND
DISTRICT BALLOT
Sixteenth Street Highlands
Opposes Compromise
Movements.

Amendment Of the Constitution to
give voteless citizens Of the District
representation In Congress was advo-
Gated by the Sixteenth Street High
lands Citizens Association in . reso-
luton adopted at the monthly meet
ing last night in Brightwood School.
The resolution was adopted unani-
mously after o long discussion. during
which the association voted its oppo-
sition to referenda, as proposed by
Commissioner Allen. on the ground 1t
would be meaningless" Seating OF
one of the Commissioner in 0ongress
Is q voteless delegate also was opposed.
The attack on the voteless delegate
proposal was opened by Edgar G.
Snyder, former United States marshal
for the District, who declared it was
merely o stop-gap plan and would re-
suit in delaying fnal decision on full
representation for the District.
This is no new problem" he said.
"It has agitated the city for many
years. This association Is on record
for full representation Of the District
citizenship in Congress. Whether 1t
would be wise to have q representa-
tive without q vote, as q preliminary
to representation with full voting
power, is q problem which should be
carefully considered.
I'VE are still community without
representation, though We are taxed
more than are the citizens Of II
States. We must do something about
this situation. 1t is becoming q very
serious problem, in view Of the chaotic
condition In which we are living and
the transitions which are coming. In
view OF the likelihood Of increased
taxes as o result Of o multiplicity
of national and local expenditures,
and activities which we cannot regu-
late, we must consider our right to q
voice In national and local affairs"
A referendum, Snyder said. would
"mean nothing" If its results were
not binding on the Commissioners. /"
THE type Of referendum which has
been proposed" he said, would have
no more effect than the expression
we already have through our citizens
associations and the Federation Of
Citizens Associations. unless the re-
suits Of the referendum were made
mandatory by law upon the Commis-
sioners."
J. T. Guilfoyle said he was thor
oughly in accord with the idea Of
District representation in Congress.
but that, in itself, was not sufficient.
why stop there? Why not 60 on
| to the logical end?" Guilfoyle asked.
1T is an insult the way We are treated
In the District. The idea Of putting
O Commissioner In Congress without
o vote Is disgraceful. We might as
well have o dummy there.
Against Compromise.
I'VE should 60 to Congress 10000
strong and insist on the ballot and the
full rights Of citizenship. I don't
believe In any compromise. We should
have full citizenship. Why not7 We
are the only group Of people from
Alaska to Patagonia who are dis
franchised."
DR.. G. H. Butler offered the resolu-
ton opposing the voteless delegate
scheme, declaring such representation
would be useless" and the District
Evening star., 1936-01-16
KIPLING WEAkENS
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
Famous Bard Loses Ground After
Rallying at First From
Ulcer Operation.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 16.-Rudyard
Kipling lost today some Of the ground
he had gained toward recovery from
the emergency operation he underwent
Monday for a perforated stomach
ulcer.
"Kipling's condition Is not quite 30
satisfactory this morning and still
gives rise to great anxiety" said o
bulletin issued by the Middlesex Hos
pital.
The condition of the noted author
had taken a turn for the better yes.
terday. and the hospital had an
nounced that he maintained improve
ment after fairly quiet night. Sleep
ing peacefully throughout short in
tervals."
Evening star., 1936-01-16

question DR.. John F. Condon-the
"Jafsie" of the Lindbergh ransom
negotiations-who is on South
American cruise. He and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Myra Hacker, will land TO-
morrow afternoon at Cristobal, Canal
Zone.
Condor Return Discussed.
A 30-day reprievs would make 1t
possible for DR.. Condor to return
and answer Hoffmans expressed
doubts about details in magazine ar
ticles he has written on the crime,
which occurred March !, 1882.
"Jafsie" identified Hauptmann dur
ing the trial as the man to whom he
paid $50, 900 ransom in q Bronx cem-
etery the April after the kidnapping.
The next month the baby's body was
found near the isolated Lindbergh
home in the Sourland Mountains near
Hopewell.
Col and Mrs. Lindbergh and their
3-year-old son Jon, born the Summer
after the tragedy, are now in Wales.
They sailed Just before Christmas
amid reports that they either would
settle permanently in England or re-
main there until Hauptmann had
been electrocuted.
Ellis Parker, Burlington County de-
tective and friend Of the Governor.
was asked about published reports
that he had inquired into the possi-
bility q Jersey antiquarian had built
the kidnap ladder.
."I never heard tell Of it." he said,
Evening star., 1936-01-16
HORNER CHECKING
new WRANSOMgLU!E. .|'
Prisoner Says Pair Tried
to Sell Him Cash !
in 1884. :,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 16.--A Chicago
Bridewell prisoners story that an
"Adolph Blaustein" and Fred
Menk," whom be met in 1884 claimed
they had $4,000 Of the Lindbergh
baby. ransom money was investigated
today by representatives of Gov. Hor-
ner, who indicated the questioning
was asked by New Jersey officials.
Attorney Bernard Finnigan, repre-
senting the prisoner, Stephen Spitz,
then tannounced he would commui,i-
cate Immediately with Gov. Hoffman
of New jersey. asking him to have
Gov. sHorner free Spitz to go to Tren-
ton. N. j. 49, .-..., ,
Sptz, So years old, was sentenced
for obtaining money under false pre-
tensek and his term expires at IL am.
tomorrow. =
Questioned by T. P. Sullivan, State
Bureau of identification chief; John
Landeso. State Pardon and Parole
Board member, and Assistant Attorney
General Emery Smith, Spitz said that
in August, 1894, he met "Blaustein"
and +Menk" in New York. He said
he arranged to meet them the next
day In Newark.
II anet them as planned" he said,
"andythey stated they had some hot
money they wanted to dispose of. We
drove so miles to farm house on New
Jersey State route No. SO, near Asbury
Park
They went into the farm house
and came out with two IS Federal
Reserve banknotes. They told me this
was part of the Lindbergh ransom
money,"
Evening star., 1936-01-16
still would be clicked around like a

still would be kicked around ike q
foot ball" The resolution advocating
o constitutional amendment providing
full citizenship rights for District resi-
dents then was introduced by Gull
foyle. Snyder introduced the resolu-
ton opposing the proposed referenda.
The association, In view Of o report
that renewed efforts are being made
for double-tracking Of the Takoma
Park street car line along Kennedy
street between Georgia avenue and
Fourteenth street, voted to reiterate
its stand Of last year for abandon
ment Of this portion Of the line. At
the same time the association called
for removal Of the Colorado avenue
loop.
Work Of the Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation was explained to the as
sociation by L. c. Schilder, chief Of
the fingerprint section of the Identi-
tication Division Of the bureau.
Evening star., 1936-01-16

Gooley at the New Jersey State Prison
will Haupmnn his last walk to
electric chair Friday If efforts to the execution fail
2rs Hauptmann shown buying doll store at Trenton
Grazano. Mrs Haupmann
the death CELL
spiritual adviser auptmann He
belief condemned
and reported him cheerful and hopeful"
Howard Wleer resident physician at the prison. who
be one O official witnesses the execution.
No. 5-Dr Connolly prison.
witness.
Robert medical director Of the State
Hospital also witness "A. P. Photos and Wrephotos
Evening star., 1936-01-16


and financial decree laws have ac-
complished little in conquering the
French depression.
Chamber observers also believed the
desire of the Radical-Socialists, along
with the Socialist Communist mem
bers Of the Popular Front, to get full
control Of the government and its
election machinery for the coming
legislative elections was largely re-
sponsible for the attempt to overthrow
Laval.
The motion of defiance which the
Radical-Socialists adopted attacked
the premier's domestic, foreign, finan-
cial and agricultural policies"
Followers Of M. Herriot, who re.
signed the post with the express pur-
pose of supporting the premier, are
working to overthrow Laval so Her
riot, freed from obligations, can re-
sumo the presidency.
Evening star., 1936-01-16

adding that he was aware Of no new
developments in the case.
AS Hauptmann's lawyers fought to
save his life, the prisoner faced the
ordeal of saying good-by to his wife.
Barring a reprieve, her visit today
to he exc death cell would be her
last. Prison rules prohibit visits on the
day of execution of the sentence.