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the Graf Zeppelin was in charge Of
a staff Of officers every one Of whom
had been wartime dirigible COM
mander. They are specialists of a
high order and they work uninterrupt-
edly at their jobs. building up an e8-
perience and training which cannot be
approached in any other nation.
Amid the countless columns of news
concerning the first American trip Of :
the Hindenburg, there are some inter-
esting items which have escaped gen.
eral attention. .-
One is the fact that this airship
has a sonic altimeter which indicates
true altitude above ground or water.
There is a device which, by means Of
compressed air, generates a high
pitched whistle or squeak. The sound
is directed downward and the echo
from the earth's surface Is caught by
a microphone, recorded and translated
into true altitude reading automati--
cally in the control car. 1t is said
that, owing to construction of the
sound source. the original sound Is
scarcely audible to passengers in their
quarters, but the echo is quite dis
tinct. The principle of the Hinden.
burg's sonic altimeter is nothing new.
Similar devices are used regularly for
ocean soundings and have been enl-
ployed in this country for aircraft, ex-
perimentally. Although many lives
have been lost as a result of airplanes
running into rising ground or noun
tains in thick weather, however, such
devices are not yet applied in general
practice. .4
Despite the fact that the Hinden-
burg is hydrogen-inflated, there is a
smoking room aboard for passengers.
1t is entered through air-tight double
doors. The air pressure in this COM
partment is kept higher than that
outside so that In case a leak de-
velops in the room, the flow will be
outward and no hydrogen can be
sucked in to create an explosive mix
ture.
The propellers on the four 1900
horsepower oil-burning Diesel engines
are reversible and may be used as air.
brakes when landing.
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dCtlFc OuLy LOT large NUMBER Oh
Reserve pilots, authorize flying pay for
Reserve officers while training and
for disqualification of Reserve officers
injured in line Of duty and for support
Of their families in event Of death.
The pending legislation, If enacted,
would put the Army Reserve on much
the same status as the Navy and
Marine Corps Aviation Reserves. both
Of which have had the benefit Of bet
ter congressional support in the past
than the Army Air Reserve.
Boiling Field is scheduled to receive
three of the 80 BT-9 North American
basic training airplanes now on order
for the Air Corps. Forty-f1ve of these
airplanes are to go to the Air Corps
Training Center at Randolph Field,
Texas, and the other As will be used
for Reserve training throughout the
country.
The BT-9 now Is undergoing tests
at the Materiel Division, Wright Field,
Ohio, and local Reserve officers re-
port that it Is shaping up as the best
airplane of the kind yet produced. As
delivered here, it is understood, the
BT-9 will have the rear cockpit
equipped with machine-gun mount so
that it may be used either for free
gunnery or for aerial photography,
Evening star., 1936-05-17

gliding and soaring pilots and others
interested in the sport at pm. Tues
day In the headquarters of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association, Riggs
Bank Building, Dupont circle.
The meeting follows a preliminary
session last month, at which some 20
local enthusiasts were present, among
them the owners Of four gliders or
soaring planes. the nucleus for q
really active organization. Don M.
Hamilton Of Washington and Gus
Haller Of Pittsburgh, both directors
Of the Soaring Society of America,
participated in the meeting and Ham
ilton Is expected to take an active
part in the work of the new club.
The club will receive and act upon
reports from Committees on Con-
stitution and Nominations at Tues
day evenings session. Ed H. Young,
pioneer local aviation enthusiast, who
acted as chairman at the preliminary
meeting, Is serving as chairman ex-
oficio Of both committees. Members
of the Nominating Committee are
AlOyu Z AoiI, 4dWlC4ASN AlOilipoOll dllu
Miss Beatrice Rau. Members of the
Constitutional Committee are Arthur
Eisele, Herbert Gookins, Lloyd Fish,
Beatrice Rau and De Witt Thorne.
WHILE the United States, with some
w s25,000,000 worth Of airship ia
cilities standing idle, weighs the pros
and cons of the dirigible, Germany,
with two giant airships in regular
transatlantic service, has begun work
on third, the LZ-130 and is reported
to have raised funds for a fourth, the
LIB.
Harrassed by debt, embarrassed by
foreign embargoes and peace-pact
barricades. struggling with internal
difficulties, Germany, nevertheless, is
able to continue the airship progress
which she began long before the World
War and to blaze commercial air
transport trails across the North and
South Atlantic, while every other ma
ton stands helpless.
For the operation Of her ships she
has splendid group of airship officers
who have beep in the airship game,
for the most part, since World War
days. At one time, it was reported,
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PEDESTRIANS ARE GIVEN CHANCE =: AVIATION NEW

were checked out last year on the old
type Keystone bombardment airplanes
at Langley Field will be permitted
this year to check out on the new
high-speed Douglas bombardment
ships. making another high light for
the 1896 training season.
AN INTERESTING luncheon meet
- ing of the Aero Club Of Washing
ton has been arranged for Tuesday
as a preliminary to the departure of
national aviation leaders from Wash
ington late Tuesday afternoon by
steamboat for Langley Field, Va, for
the annual engineering conference Of
the National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics.
The luncheon. at 1890 pm, in the
Mayflower Hotel, is expected to bring
together most of the conference dele
gates who will attend the first Lang
ley Field session Wednesday. The
speaker will be Igor Sikorsky, de-
signer and builder of the famous fly
ing boats and amphibians bearing his
name. Sikorsky will speak on Trans
Atlantic Flying" He is equipped to
discuss the topic as an authority.
1t is on his drafting boards and in
his plant that the giant flying boats
necessary for the ocean service are
being formed.
Presentation of official Federation
Aeronautique Lnternationale certifi-
Gates for breaking international rec
ords will be made to Benjamin King,
local sportsman pilot who during the
past year has brought eight world
records to the United States: Capt.
Albert w. Stevens and Capt. Orvil
A. Anderson, Army Air Corps, COM
mander and pilot Of the Army Air
Corps Geographic Society
stratosphere balloon, Explorer II;
Lieut.. Comdr. Knefler McGinnis,
commander of the Navy flying boat
which established a world seaplane
distance record, and Daniel Brimm
Of Long Island, who flew with Ben
King on one of his record trials.
PERMANENT organization of local
glider group to replace the de-
funct Washington Glider Club is to
be undertaken at meeting Of local
Evening star., 1936-05-17


Some of the used cars may not
have been in the food, but they GER
tainiy look as if they had been on
the Ark.
It was to be expected that motor
dom would 90 to extremes with light
lubricating OIL Due to the closer fit
ting of parts in modern engines,
lighter oils are needed to reach vital
parts in sufficient quantities to be ef-
fective, but the tendency lately has
been to use Oil that is too light either
for the climate in which the car is
used or for the speed at which 1t is
operated. The result is tina. oil con-
sumption is going up and too many
motorists are having carbon trouble.
1t is significant that the latest in
structions from the car makers call
in warm weather for a number Of en-
gines. Oil of 20 s. A. E. grade is
being used only for breaking in and
for lower temperatures. Some of the
engines should be broken in with 80
S. A. E grade OIL The manufac-
turers obviously are urging a trend
back to normal in fabrication. 1t is
an important point to watch this
coming Summer.
All is not economical that looks
cheap, according to those who are
pointing out fallacy in the present
wave of offering cars on a surprising
~ low monthly paying basis. The
truth of the matter is that the less
a motorist pays for her car per month
the more the car costs her eventually.
This is matter of simple arithmetic.
Spreading out the balance due on .
car simply increases the carrying
charges. 1t seems like bargain, but
the low monthly charge is the most
expensive way to buy.
Putting it another way, the most
economical plan of buying is to pay
as much as possible as the down
payment and to make the monthly
payments as high as possible. That
cleans up the matter in shorter time,
saves interest.
That Unsuitable desire-trying to
find out how fast the car will go
can be reduced to far safer levels if
the motorist will work it out by q
reliable formula instead of wasting
gasoline, oil and tires in proving
something that is relatively unimpor-
tant. 1t is an easy matter to find out
how fast the car can 60 mathematic-
ally. Here is the formula:
First determine from the specifca-
tions of the car the top speed of the
engine. Multiply this engine speed
per minute by the diameter In inches
of the rear wheel. Then multiply
this total by .o02974. Divide this
final figure by the rear axle reduc-
ton ratio. That Is, If the ratio Is
4 to 1, divide the total by 4.
Discarding a spark plug that Is fir.
ing properly may seem like wasting
money, but it often saves the owner
in improved efficiency. A plug can
be of the wrong heat type, thus pre-
igniting the fuel and causing con-
tinuous detonation on acceleration
and in hill climbing. Or the plug
may leak. Plugs frequently allow gas
to escape. especially between the in
sulator and the steel shell. This low
ers compression and makes for un-
even firing.
Evening star., 1936-05-17
Driver
Can You .
Ansiuer This .
A. A. A. TRAFFIoUIZ.

(Check In right space.)
I. Given good roads and good
brakes. what Is the distance required
to bring your car to q stop from 10
miles an hour after the brakes have
been applied:
az } 20 feet
Be 40 feet
&C } so feet
2. Where are most pedestrians killed
while crossing the street?
az } In the middle of the
street
be } During the first few
steps from the curb
&C } When the person Is al
most across the street
8. What is the principal function of
schoolboy safety patrols?
at To direct vehicular traf-
BE } To train future traffic
officers
} To protect schoolmates
crossing streets
4. When walking along rural high
way with no sidepath, what should
you do?
az } Walk to the right.
BE } Walk to the left, facing
traffic
C } Walk in the middle Of
the road in a position to dodge
either way
5. On what day Of the week do most
automobile fatalities occur?
az } Friday
b( } Saturday
&C Sunday
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New Walk Light Believed
Aid for Safe Crossing
Success of Latest Traffic Device, However
Depends Upon Individual Cooperation.
Auto Industry Keeping Active.
BvG. adams HOward.

DEsTRANs at last have been given chance That they have
opportunity intersection safety
to do wish
with the installation of the walk light nothing much
Subsequent arrests may follow do little to make the jay
Evening star., 1936-05-17
Army Air Corps Reserve
Encouraged by Congress
Activities to Obtain Benefits for Unit Hailed.
Fine New Training Planes Are
to Be Available.
By Joseph S. Edgerton.

OCAL Officers congressional
activity behalf of the
Summer of generalpurpose training apanes described the
- finest built for the looking
active days for the 4osh Attack unit
Boiling Field.
Legislation provides
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Answers to Trafiquiz.
!. (c) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c)
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USEFUL AUTO TIPS
G|VENF FOR WOMEN
Using Too Light Motor Oil
Will Make Consumption
Unnecessarily High.
nv ERFDERIcK r Russ

BY FREDERICK G. RUSSELL.
Some of the used cars may not
have been in the food, but they GER
tainiy look as if they had been on
the Ark
Evening star., 1936-05-17

Skies S665 and up Fights $50 and 10,
list At Lansing. Safety Glass standard equip
nnent all around. Special accessory eroups
extra. The car illustrated is the Six Cylinder
Touring Sedan, $500 List. A General Motors
Value. Monthly Payments to suit your purse.
GENERAL MOTORS INsTALMENT PLAN
Evening star., 1936-05-17

CHEcK Oldsmobile in action
~ through thrilling trial drive!
Check Oldsmobile against other cars
by the simple Compar-o-graph
method! Make this two-way test
of value and you will get double
proof of this fact: Oldsmobile, at
its definitely low price, is an extra
value car! Your trial drive will
convince you of Oldsmobile's
smoother, livelier power -. Olds-
mobiles superior riding comfort -.
Oldsmoble's extraordinary handling
ease O1dsmobile's complete
provisions for safety. Your Compar-
o-graph test will show you that
Oldsmobile with its Knee-Action
Wheels, Super Hydraulic Brakes,
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Fredericksburg Plans
Washington Fete

'nese embassy and historic and
civic organizations in many parts
of the country, which are send
ing trees to plant in the memorial
rows along the road.
The Washington farm at Fred
ericksburg was the home of the
Washington family for a number
of years after it moved from the
Wakefield estate, where George
Washington was born. The infant
sister of George Washington was
born and died here. Washington's
father also died at Ferry Farm.
Features of the Fredericksburg
visit will include tours of the bat
tlefields in the Fredericksburg and
Spottsylvania County National
Memorials Battlefield Park, visits
to the last home of Mary, mother
of Washington, to Kenmore, re-
stored home of Fielding Lewis,
gunmaker of the Revolution and
husband of WaShington's sister
Betty, and to the grave of Mary
Washington and to the other
shrines in the city.
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RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 49,
Many States, some foreign coun-
tries and the Federal Government
will unite at Fredericksburg on
February % to pay homage to
George Washington and take the
first step toward establishing a
shrine at his boyhood home on
the outskirts of Fredericksburg.
Gov. George C. Peery and the
entire Virginia general assembly
will attend the celebration and
aid in the planting of 400 cherry
trees along the road from Fred
ericksburg to the boyhood home.
Dignitaries will be guests of the
city at a banquet on the evening
of February 81 and stay at Fred.
ericksburg State Teachers College
overnight.
Cooperating in the celebration
are the Fredericksburg and Vir-
ginia State chambers of COM
merce. the National Cherry Week
Committee, the Virginia State
highway department. the George
Washington Foundation, the Japa-
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CHARTER FIGHT
SPEEDED UP

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Jan. %.
Proponents of a movement to SUR
render the charter of the town Of
Falls Church and dissolve the cor
poration today expressed satisfac-
ton with the speed with which a
dozen copies Of petition seeking
such legislative action were being
signed.
Seeking signatures of Is per cent
of the qualified voters of the town.
the petitions will be sent to the
Northern Virginia delegation in
the general assembly in Richmond
as soon as the required number of
signatures have been affixed.
j. v. Turner, one of the chief
sponsors of the movement, de-
clared today the petitions should
be ready for presentation to the
legislature early next week. Zero
weather has greatly handicapped
circulation of the petitions, Mr.
Turner explained.
Opponents of the move, which
would revert the town back to the
supervision of Fairfax and Airing.
ton counties, have remained silent
upon the advocated change. They
brought out, however, that some
arrangement would have to be
made for the assumption of town
debts.
Those advocating the dissolution
declared that under the statute a
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TEACHERS RESERVATIONS CRIPPLE PRINCE GEORGES SCHOOLS
OuSted for Smoking,
Student, l6, Missing

BERWYN, Md, Jan. 2s.-Sent'
home from school last Friday
for smoking a cigarette, Joseph
Thomas, 16, has been missing ever
since, it was revealed today as
Prince Georges County police were
asked to join in a search for him.
Young Thomas, son Of John
Thomas, construction engineer on
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission, was found smok-
ing on the school grounds With
three other boys and sent home
by the principal, Mrs. Mary Stab
Ter.
He failed to arrive there, and 1t
was reported he was seen on the
Baltimore Boulevard thumbing a
ride toward Washington. His
father expressed apprehension,
since the youth has no overcoat
and no money.
The boy is described as 8 feet
l inch tall, weighs 1876 pounds, has
blue eyes and light hair. He was
wearing a gray coat. striped shirt,
blue corduroy trousers and black
shoes
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AUTO DEALER
RE|ND|CTED
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an opened knife, the reports say,
and while Ernest Goodwin, phar-
macist, was opening the cash reg
lister, the latter managed to divert
the alleged robbers attention.
Jumping to the counter Goodwin
leaped at the robber and struck
him with both feet. telling him,
and then held him for police.
Fooled by Clerk
Two indictments charging rob-
berry are reported against william
F. Gray, colored, 81, because of
the unusual acumen of Miss Ber-
nice E. Vogt, clerk in an ice cream
store at 1888 North Capitol St.,
where both alleged robberies &C.
Cured.
The store was robbed of small
sum of money on December and
was again visited by the same
bandit on January 6. Several days
after the last robbery Miss Vogt
saw Gray on the street and, be-
lieving him to be the perpetrator
of the two robberies, trailed him
to his home and notified police.
The full list of 1O3 indictments
returned today follows:
Receiving stolen property: Samuel
'rhompkins, Gertrude Coats.
House breaking and larceny: James
Varies, Wiley Wasban, Willie Davis,
clarence NJ. Miller, James King, Alonzo
FIemning Houston Q. Coulter, Lewis
Coleman, George Witherspoon. Harvey
witherspoon. Lewis Coleman, John
Graham, Acie Cockrell, Morris L. Van
Zandt, Robert Lee Franklin, James L..
Young, Nathaniel R. Green, Jack W.
Chapman Nicholas Hoffman, Philip
Macabee, John H. Isaac, James F. Ford,
Alvin Brooks, Lewis Thigpen; Daniel
r. williams.
Grand Larceny: James Harris, Wiley
wasban, McKonest Dixon, william
Mayes, Trusty Young. Catherine "A.
washington, James w. Collins.
ASA ult to rob: Willie Davis. Micha Ell
A. Bollettieri. Frank Bellosi, Robert
Brown.
House breaking: Jack E. Chapman.
David A. Norman. James H. Ford.
JOY riding: Philip Macabee, John H,
Isaac, James F. Rothenberg, Albert H.
Carter, Leonard S. Brooks, Harry l..
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VIRGINIA PLANS
GARDEN

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 28.-The
Garden Club of Virginia today
made public a list of l04 historic
old Virginia homes and gardens
which will be open to the public
during the annual Garden Week
in Virginia, set for April 81 to
May 2, inclusive. Many of these
are not open to the public at any
other time during the year. Re
ceiptS from the tour are used for
the restoration of publicly owned
historic old gardens in the State.
The announcement was in the
form of a list of places to be
opened, with short historic
sketches of many of them. Maps
prepared by the Virginia State
Chamber of Commerce show the
locations Of the gardens so that
visitors may reach them easily
and in order to expedite travel
the Garden Club will open a num-
Der of headquarters throughout
the State during Garden Week.
Annually Garden Week at
tracts as many visitors to Vir.
GINA as the hotel facilities in the
area in which historic gardens
are located are able to care for
in satisfactory manner.
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13 AT BALLST0N
TO GRADUATE

BALLSTON, Jan. 2S.-Headed
by comely Mildred Virginia Iden,
Is members of the February
graduating class Of Washington
Lee High School, of Ballston, will
receive their diplomas Friday
night when commencement exer-
cises are held in the school audi
forum.
Frank Bane, director of the So
cial Security Board, will deliver
the commencement address. In
vocation will be by the Rev. Wal
ter Wolfe, of the Arlington Pres
byterian Church.
Following an address by John
M. Stewart, chairman of the Ar
lington county school board, diplo-
mas will be presented by Fletcher
Kemp, superintendent of schools.
Glass officers are, Miss Iden,
president, Leonard Hippler, vice
president; Dorothy Plougher, sec
rotary; Betty Ward, treasurer,
and Paul Moran, sergeant at arms.
Others who will be graduated
are: Claribel Day, Harriet Don
aldson, Jean Goodrich, Vernon
Hager, Stephen Richards. Con-
stance Rollins, Hazel Spates. and
Albert Toone.
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81 HAVE LEFT
POSTS SINCE
LAST FALL

UPPER MARLBORO, Jan. 81.
Three Prince Georges county
school teachers, two Of them
from high school, yesterday an
nounced their resignation, effec-
tive February /, according to
Nicholas Orem, superintendent Of
county schools. These resigna-
tions will bring the total vacan-
cies in the county teaching staff
UP to 81 for the school year.
At the beginning of the school
term, Superintendent Orem ex-
pressed a fear that the low sala-
ries paid teachers in the county
would bring about a large num-
Der of designations.
May Be Higher
At that time he predicted that
there would be rs vacancies be-
fore school ends in June. He
stated yesterday that if the pres
ent rate of designations continue,
the figure will be much higher.
Orem said:
"The designations to date
amount to IL per cent of the en-
tire teaching staff. If we can
not devise some means of rails
ing teachers pay, or at least of
restoring the salary, l fear that
our educational standards will
suffer greatly. Because of the
low salaries we now pay, the
bulk of the good teachers in the
county seek positions elsewhere
and we have to take what Is
left"
PLANS PAY APPEAL
rs He also indicated that the stu
alton is likely to be worse next
year. The State normal schools
have only recently been converted
into colleges giving a full four
year course and most of the pros
pective teachers who would have
graduated this June have decided
to stay for the additional two
years. AS a consequence, less than
half the usual number of new
teachers will be available.
At the weekly meeting of the
board Of county commissioners
today, Superintendent Orem is
expected to mako another appeal
for a restoration Of the teachers
salary cut.
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JUR|ST TELLS
CRIME causes

LURAY, Va, Jan. ga move
ment to secure a detention room
for Page county was inaugurated
with an address by Judge John
H. Booton, of the juvenile court,
before the Episcopal congregation
on Crime Conditions in Page
County and How the Christian
Can Help He was introduced by
Rev. Paul Schultz.
The house of correction starts
many child on the road to de-
struction and hell, Judge Booton
told his audience as he advocated
better environment and training
for the juvenile delinquent. Hun
ger causes much crime, he said.
Peculiar mountain conditions
where there are no church con-
nections and where there is pow
erty also cause much crime, he
said, citing a crime that recently
had come to his notice and in
which evidence showed there was
one bed and one room for IL
persons.
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Admits Store Robbery.
And Telephones Police
To Come After Him

HMOND, Va, Jan. %.
West Virginia State Trooper T. K.
Long heard a voice over the tele-
phone:
do you still want the fell
lows who robbed the store at
Hughes mine in December,
1892"
1--WE certainly do"
"WeIl, I'm one of them.
Come down to the interurban
station and get me-"
Officers went to the station
and arrested Jack Vanover, 81.
year-old coal miner, on a charge
of helping to loot the store at
Arnettsville of about 5000 worth
of clothing Is months ago.