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The Washington times., 1936-11-14

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recognized public responsibility.
The industry's part in throw
ing off the effects Of the de.
preston and spreading activity
to many industries from which
it buys materials, is well known
and generally acclaimed. There
are many achievements Of large
economic and social Importance
behind this years "auto show
scenery"
For a week in the Nations Cap
ital and during the periods Of sue
ceeding shows in various parts of
the country, the public spotlight
will be turned on the automobile
as never before. Today there are
more motor vehicles in operation
in the United States and through
out the world than at any other
time in the history OF the IN
duStry.
Big Year Seen
Moreover, accepting gasoline
consumption records as as index
of highway use, the current year
will show a new record in the
travel activity Of the motoring
public. That the American motor
vehicle manufacturers will finish
this year with the second largest
output in history is indicated by
available figures.
Stability and continuity Of fac
tory employment in the industry
is the best experienced in any
year. It is conServatively esti-
mated that at least 10000 per-
sons were kept employed last win
ter in the automobile and allied
plants who normally would have
been laid off awaiting later start
of production.
The total pay roll in the auto
mobile and allied plants rose from
$216,O0O,0OO for the IL months
ending August, 1888, to $627,O0O.-
900 for the corresponding IL
months period ending with Au-
gust, 1886. In it's own factories
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
AUSTIN SHOWS
TW0-SEATER

Details Of the new Austin, a
British-made small car imported
into the United States, discloses a
two-seater, four-passenger tourer
and what makers designate as the
"Nippy Sports" model.
This car is not being exhibited
in Washington, but is making its
bow this week at the New York
Auto Show.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
Small Plug Feature
Causes Less Carbon

The smallest spark plug ever
used on a passenger car makes
it's appearance this year as stand
ard equipment on some Of the
1887 automobiles. The new plug
is only 10 millimetres in size.
It's claimed the new plug min
imizes carbon formation on the
insulator and has improved ther-
NAL action during acceleration,
deceleration and at constant
speeds.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14

give visual evil
dence to mil
lions Of the
strides h a t
h a v e be e n
made by the
automobile in
dustry in pro-
ducing better
produc c t S, in
making techni-
cal and manu-
featuring adj
v a. n ceS and
give the indus
try the stamp
of b u S / n e S S
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
WHAT PLYMOUTH HAS DONE!

I. Eliminated all projections on the in
strument panel.
Iallgnition key recesses into panel.
IbIControls for lights, choke and throt.
tie are a new Slide" type fitted
flush with panel.
lcDoor handles inside and outside
designed for safety to prevent
hooking clothing.
ldJWindshield opened by a crank
that folds out of the way.
z. Rear edge Of front seat heavilypadded
"a safeguard in case of sudden stops.
3.Wider body three extra inches of
windshield visibility for the driver.
4. New, built-in windshield defrosting
system for operation with heater.
S. Low floor in rear compartment, with
no hump; seats are "chair. height!
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
NEW FEATURES
SHOWN BY
BUICK

Four new lines Of cars for 1887
announced by the Buick Motor
Company are now on exhibit at the
Automobile Show. Horsepower has
been increased in all models with
a resulting increase in acceleration
and general performance.
The lines include the Series 40
Special, consisting Of eight body
types on a 122-inch wheelbase pow
cred by a 100-horsepower valve-in-
head straight eight engine; Series
60 Century, six body types on a
126inch wheelbase; Series 80 Road
master, three body types on 131-
inch wheelbase, and Series 80 Lin
tied, four body types on 138-inch
wheelbase. The last three series are
all powered with a 130-horsepower
engine Of the same valve-in-head
type.
Six New Bodies Added
Six new bodies have been added
for 1887. These include two and
four-door five-passenger plain back
sedans in the Special and Century
series: a convertible phaeton in the
Special series and q formal sedan
in the Roadmaster series.
Features include Unisteel bodies
on the first two series, custom-bu1lt
bodies on the Roadmaster and Linn
tied cars and Fisher "turret tops"
on all series. Other features COM
mon to the line are hydraulic
brakes, double sway stabilizers,
knee-action front wheel suspension,
double action shock absorbers,
sealed chassis, torque-tube drive,
automatic engine control, new
Acrobat carburation, new sllenC
overhead valve mechanism and
streamlined intake valves.
In the new cars the radiator
grille is die cast in two pieces with
horizontal bars rising to the hood
line. The hood top line and color
is carried down to the middle OF
the grille. Long bullet-shaped
headlamps are nodded directly
into the deep radiator shell, while
parking lamps mounted on the
tenders are of the same design.
DefrOsters Included
Automatic windshield defroSters
have been designed as an acces-
sorry, while overall height Of the
cars has been reduced one inch;
the floor has been dropped two
and one-half inches providing In
creased headroom. Other major
dimensions have been increased
similarly.
A new type of floating oil pump
and inlet pipe has eliminated, it
is said, the necessity for an oil
filter.
The new carburetor called Aero
bat is introduced on all models.
This is a double float, single bowl
carburetor of dual down-draft
type. Improved operating condi.
tionS claimed for it are that it will
not flood when parked on steep
grades, reducing hot starting diff
ficulty, that the .netering system
will function at any grade, that
it prevents the motor from missing
or stalling on sharp turns or fast
stops and provides smoother &C
celeration at low speeds.
Hypoid rear axle gears are pro-
vided on the Special and Century
series. Prices on these cars have
been reduced from $25 to $55 a
model.
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Instrument panel has
every control recessed out
Ofharm'sway. LOweredge
isrOunded. Soft rubber
Windshield wiper knobs.
Sponge rubber arm-rests.
More arm.clearanee at
steering-wheel. No barked
knuekleS OF bruises herel
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
Auto Industry Leads
Nation i'm Recovery

the motor industry several times
raised the hourly wage rates with
which it has long made industrial
history. These rates are the high
est ever recorded, exceeding even
those when the cost Of living was
as much as 20 per cent higher.
The Washington times., 1936-11-14
By ALVIN McCAULEY

President Auto Manufacturers Association
With a slogan "The Automobile
Industry-Pacemaker for Ameri-
can Industry" the auto show will
The Washington times., 1936-11-14

drau1ic Brakes stop you smoothly, safely.
Words will never give you the whole
story. You must see and drive this Plymouth!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has always had
lowest upkeep cost-in gas, oil and tires
and the highest resale value of "All Three"
1ow-priced cars! Visit any Chrysler, DeSoto
or Dodge dealer. see Plymouth today
PLYMOUTH DIVISION OF CE1RYsLER Corp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
INQUIRY. FACES
|. 3N0RE BANKS

The Senate Munitions Commit
tee yesterday marked three more
New York finan ial houses for
scrutiny in its investigation Of
World War financing, beginning
Tuesday with partners of J. P.
Morgan & Co. on the stand.
Stephen Rauschenbush, com
mittee investigator, said officials
of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the National
City Bank, and Bonbright & Co.,
would be subpoenaed to relate the
participation of those institutions
in American credits to the allied
nations.
In addition to j. Pierpont Nor,
gan and Thomas w. Lamont,
Rauschenbush revealed the com
mittee has summoned two other
Morgan partners, George Whitney
and RuSswell Leffingwell. Whit
ney is a brother of Richard Whit
ney, former head Of the New York
Stock Exchange.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
SaturdtiOn Point
Feared in Auto
Industry in 1911

Business men were talking
about the Saturation point in the
automobile industry "a years ago
when M. e. Coyle, president and
general manager of the Chevrolet
Motor Company, started to work
for the General Motors Corpora.
ton.
Last week when he began his
twenty-fifth year with that organ.
ization, Mr.. Coyle said that he
didn't feel a bit different in his
mind than he felt when starting
his first year in the industry.
There were 619,500 cars regis
tered in the United States that
year, according to the record
book, and the production for 1911
was 1876, 319 cars. In 1885, Chevro-
let alone. produced more than
1000, 900 cars in a year that saw
the industry total 4,000,000 pro-
duction. The United States now
has nearly 100000 motor We
hicles in operation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
WHITE COLLAR
J0BSSTART

Fifteen works projects approved
by Comptroller General j. r. Nc
Carl will be started next week by
the District Works Progress
Board. The projects, IA of which
are for white collar workers, will
be financed with $665,618 until
March 80. They are slated to
give employment to 800 relief
clients.
One project will employ 311
persons in setting up a new sys-
tenn Of filing at the recorder of
deeds office. Another Is to en-
ploy 800 persons in codifying rec
ordS Of the Board Of Education.
Others call for research and fill
ing programs in various District
departments.
AS o result Of the approval by
Comptroller General McCarl, the
Districts list Of white collar work
ers awaiting employment will be
cut from 1880 to $500.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Sec. Perkins
Comes Late
To Capitol
International News Service

Frances Perkins, Secretary of
Labor, was half an hour late at
the joint session Of Congress be-
fore which President Roosevelt
spoke last night.
She came in at IL minutes after
8, some 10 minutes after the
President started speaking. The
rest Of the Cabinet filed in at
quarter to 9, all of them in frock
coats except Postmaster General
James A. Farley.
The Secretary of Labor came in
quietly and did not attempt to
Join her Cabinet colleagues in
their semicircle before the Speak
er'S rostrum. She sat beside Rep
reSentative Kramer CD Of Cali
fornia during the session, never
removing her black coat.
Charles West, formerly a Repre-
sentative from Ohio, now the Ad-
ministration'S contact man" for
the House, represented Secretary
Of the Interior 1ckes, who was un-
able to attend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
HAS
HEAVGUARD
international News Service


The greatest precautions since
World War days were taken to
protect President Roosevelt on his
visit to the Capitol to deliver his
opening message to Congress.
Two hundred policemen, detec.
tives and Secret Service operators
guarded him at the Capitol,
Several unprecedented acts OF
precaution were taken. One was
the stationing of William H,
Moran, chief of the Secret Serv'
ice, in a front-row aisle seat on
the floor of the House, beside a
Senator, where he commanded a
full view of the galleries behind
the President. He carried an auto
matte pistol in his hand, which
he adroitly hid under his crossed
legs.
Another Secret Service man
was seated in the front row of
the press gallery, directly above
the President. He commanded a
view of all other galleries. He
too was armed, pistol bullying
in his coat pocket.
Sixty-five city policemen and
30 Capitol policemen guarded
every approach to the building.
They admitted to the Capitol
grounds only those persons bear
ing tickets of admission to the
House.
Twenty-Five city policemen and
80 Capitol policemen guarded
every corridor in the House wing
Of the Capitol. They admitted to
this wing only persons carrying
tickets to the House.
On top of this, Is city detec-
tives and IS secret service men
were scattered through the gal.
leries, all armed and charged with
the task Of killing at sight" any
person making a threatening
move against the President.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
NEW GEBHARD7
GRILL NEAR

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 G.N.SO'
Preparations were being made
today by the district attorneys
office to substantiate a charge
that Vera Stretz, champagne
blonde" slayer of DR.. Fritz Geb'
hardt, German industrialiSt, was
involved in a romance prior to
meeting Gebhardt. Subpoenaes
are to be issued for several wit
nesSes, it was said.
This story was revealed by
Veras' rival in the pre- ebhardt
romance, alsa a blonde Vera,
whose surname is Gray. She is
% and lives with her mother,
Mrs. Robert Gray, in Jersey City
Informed by a reporter OF the
charge, Frank Stretz, father OF
the slayer, said:
"AnybOdy can come forward
with o story like that. There's
nobody to stop them.
II had met the boy she says
was my daughters lover. I met
him through his parents, whom
I have known for six. years.
'T've had thousands Of letters
taking my daughters side. This
Is the first to condemn her."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
COURTS CURB
SEEN ON HILL

Congress today believed the
Presidents message contained o
strong suggestion for legislation
prohibiting lower Federal courts
from enjoining legislation before
it is passed upon by the Supreme
Court. This assumption was
termed a fair guess" by Attor-
ney General Cummings.
The recommendation was be-
lieved put forward in the fol-
lowing paragraph Of his message:
"The carrying out Of the laws
of the land as enacted by the
Congress requires protection
until final adjudication by the
highest tribunal Of the land.
The Congress has the right and
can find the means to protect
its own perOgativeS."
Mr.. Cummings, filing out of
the House chamber, with other
members Of the Cabinet after the
message had been read, was
asked if the Presidents words
meant the White House would
soon suggest legislation to this
effect. He replied:
That's q fair guess. Draw
your own conclusions"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Duce Plans Counter
Blast AT President

ing mouthpiece, Der Angriff, in
a Scathing front-page blast
against President Roosevelt today
set the pace for an expected
nationwide excoriation against
the Presidents wholesale indict-
ment of autocracy.
The worlds assumption that
men like Stain, Hitler. and Mus
solini" are the blackguards
threatening world peace was
sharply ridiculed by Der Angriff.
Shocked But Pleased
GENEVA.-Unused to straight
forward speaking, League Of Ma
lions officials who sat up until
4 o'clock this morning to read
President Roosevelt's message
were shocked. but generally
pleased by its tone.
Authorities expressed the hope
that Congress will rush through
neutrality legislation for, despite
Mr.. Roosevelt's implications of
incorporation with the League,
the embargoes called for by the
bill will help the League to cut
off Italy's oil supply.
MOSCOW-The Soviet press
was silent and the government
refrained from commenting Of
ficially on the Roosevelt address.
But neutral observers believed the
government-controlled press would
not overlook it as an opportunity
for another attack upon capital
ism and a contrasting defense of
communism. Soviet editorial writ
erS habitually allow several days
to elapse before commenting upon
world events. No effort is made
to hurry editorial opinions into
print.
TOKYO-Japanese government
leaders today declined to make
imm >diate official comment on
President Roosevelt's indictment
of nations seeking expansion,
seeking the rectification Of injus-
tees Springing from former wars,
or seeking outlets for trade, for
population, or even for their own
peaceful contributions to the prog
reSs of civilization"
It was apparent in Semiofficial
circles, however, that the Japanese
were not pleased with the remarks
Of the Presidential address. and
that they felt again they had been
misunderstood" in the West.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Senators Score

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. Aleu-
rich Senators galloped to a 31-21
victory over Columbia Firemen
No. 4 here tonight. Cavanaugh and
Latona led the Brewers. In the
preliminary, the Coca Cola Bud.
dies, Maryland Girl champion sex
tet, of Frederick, trounced Alex
andria Palace girls, 800.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Times
Table
TODAY

TOO P.M.-Dinner, Association
of Worshipful Masters Of 1885.
Mayflower Hotel.
$3.50 P.M.-Dinner, Shorthand
Reporters, Hamilton Hotel.
TOO P.M.-Dinner, New York
Life Insurance Company, Hamil-
ton Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Washing.
ton Story League, Y. w. c. A.
Seventeenth and K SITS. N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
President to Open Show
international News Service

President Roosevelt will press
a button in the White House
study at 8 o'clock tonight which
will formally open the national
homes show in Baltimore, first OF
a series of better housing exhibits
being arranged by the Federal
Housing Administration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Ferry Skipper Dies
OfMonoxide Poison

CRESSKILL, N. J.-Ralph Hall
40, captain Of a ferryboat operat'
ing between New York and Edge
water, N. j., was found dead OF
carbon monoxide poisoning in his
parked automobile near the CreSS
kill Soldiers Monument. In his
mouth, according to police, was q
rubber hose, the other end Of
which was attached to the ex'
haust pipe Of the car. Police re-
corded his death as q suicide.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
ANTI-RED BILLS
TO Be PUSHED
IN HOUSE

Already flooded by q massive
program Of pending legislation.
the second session Of the Seventy.
fourth Congress will be confronted
by demands to purge the nation
Of crime, communism and the
spread Of subversive propaganda
in the Army and Navy.
The demand for "a patriotic
drive against the dangerous ele-
ments which are seeking to dis
rupt American harmony" was
made last night in a statement by
Representative John w. McCor-
mack CD, Of Massachusetts. He
was chairman Of the Congress
Sional Committee to Investigate
un,American Activities.
Prison Sentence
Mccormack said Congress will
be urged to pass two measures
which have been recommended by
his committee. These are:
/. Punish by imprisonment per-
sons who advocate the overthrow
Of Government by force.
2. Make it criminal offense to
spread subverSive and reasonable
propaganda among the soldiers
and sailors.
Representative Treadway (R0,
Of Massachusetts,, filed a reSolu-
ton calling upon the Treasury De-
partment to reveal what 1t has
done with the 2,000-million-dollar
fund given the President for sta
bilization Of foreign exchange.
Curb on High Court
A bill to take from courts be-
low the Supreme Court their
power to declare acts of Congress
unconstitutional was filed by Rep
resentative Cross Cd, of Texas.
Forty bills were filed in the
House. Only one went into the
Senate hopper and that was the
Administrators neutrality bill
which Senator Key Pittman CD,
of Nevada, filed. A similar bill
was filed in the House by Chair.
man McReynolds, Tennessee, Of
the Foreign Affairs Committee. A
batch of other measures will be
introduced in the Senate Monday.
Other bills already before Con-
gress and backed by stable
groups included:
Soldiers bonus bill supported by
all Of the World War Veterans
organizations.
Echo Of NRA
Walsh bill to require all per
sons or firms having contracts
with the. Government to provide
for their employees the wages and
other working conditions called
for under the defunct MIRA.
O'Mahoney bill requiring all
firms doing interstate business to
obtain a Federal license.
Black-Connery 30-h our work
week bill.
Frazier-Lemke billion-dollar farm
refinancing bill.
Bankhead bill to enable share
choppers to obtain Federal financ-
ing.
Copeland ship subsidy bill.
CoStigan anti-lynching bill.
Senator wagner Cd, of New
York, announced he would intro
duce a bill appropriating one bill.
lion dollars for Slum clearance.
A five-billion-dollar public works
bill will be filed by Seaator Fra
zier (R). Of North Dakota. Sen.
ator Norris (RO, Of Nebraska,
said he would introduce a meas.
ure for numerous Government
owned hydroelectric plants. A
bill for a vast network Of flood
control works in the lower MisSis-
sippi Valley was urged by Senator
Robinson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04

Speech Anglers NaxiS
BERLIN-The NaziS' fire-eat-
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Continued from Page 81

Presidential message said, Git
this shoe" to their feet.
In Rome, Berlin, Tokyo, and
Moscow there appeared to be lit
tie doubt among unofficial OBJ
servers about the identity Of Mr..
Roosevelt's Cinderellas, whose No.
lis are slipping easily not into
glass slippers. but into military
boots.
Chief interest conferred in the
speech as coupled with new neu-
trality bills. In London the press
hailed this as the greatest
development in the interna-
tional situation in weeks" and
both London and Geneva saw the
Pitmann- McReynoldS measures as
positive aids to the application of
further sanctions against Italy.
The controlled press in dicta-
torship-ruled countries skipped the
Presidents biting remarks on that
subject, but it was evident in semi
official quarters that his words
did mot prove popular"
Aid Seen for League
LONDON-President RooSevelt'S
speech will have immense weight
at the meeting of the League Of
Nations Council in Geneva Janu-
rary 20, 1t was felt in Whitehall
today, and neutrality legislation
will make possible not only impoSi.
ton of an oil embargo against
Italy, but still other sanctions on
key products later.
In spite of the apparently IRON
clad provisions Of the neutrality
bill, Britain still hopes that loop
holes, in the event Of the general
conflict that the President warned
against, will be found to make
possible discriminatory embargoeS.
His statement that Americas
neutrality policy applied to ma
lions in wars mot Of immediate
concern to the Americas" was
eagerly seized upon. What. it
was asked, will be the definition
Of that phrase? Senator Pittman's
reference to the "flexibility" of
determining normal commerce"
and section five Of the bill. saying
Congress may approve Of Unequal
application Of embargoeS, also
brought satisfaction to British
and League circles.
Speech Anglers NaxiS
BERLIN-The NaziS' fire-eat-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-04
Greenkespers Meet

The Middle Atlantic AsSocia-
ton of GreenkeeperS will hold a
banquet and meeting Monday in
the New Howard Hotel, Balti'
more, at $50 p. m, it has been
announced by J. s. Connolly. sec
retary.treasurer.
Evening star., 1936-11-27

plays In the administrators program.
Commerce Department officials said
they had taken no part In arrange
ments for the conference, and noted
q statement by Secretary Roper that
he knew nothing Of plans for the Berry
meeting.
Asked at press conference whether
the Commerce Departments Business
Advisory Council would participate In
the meeting. Roper replied he did not
know, adding that was "the councils
business"
The council Is composed Of business
men who make suggestions on govern
nent-business relationships to the de-
partment.
Maj. Berry, active in forming La
boris Non-Partisan League in behalf
of President Roosevelt during the last
campaign, is the administrator Co
ordinator for industrial cooperation. I"
He has called the conference to frame