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ing their old files for the original
basic patents" on the motor car and
its accessories, together with those on
some of their most notable improve
ments.
Some of the most notable ideas in
corporated in the modern car, Of
course, antedate the automobile itself.
Essential principles were derived from
the bicycle, which, during the last
two decades of the nineteenth century,
occupied almost the status of the auto
mobile of today for pleasure riding.
Ideas for making bicycling more COM
Portable could be applied to make
motoring more comfortable. At one
time the examination Of bicycle pat
ents was one of the big jobs of the
Patent Office; automobile patents were
merely a subsidiary job of the exam
liners in this section.
For example, consider one Of the
newest auto improvements-knee-ac-
tion wheel mounting. Probably the
basic American patent Is one for q
4ol fClAIlCos dllOCd W
James and John McTurk of Crystal,
Iowa, in 1897. 1t contains a clear
statement of the knee-action principle,
but was intended for horse drawn
vehicles. AS long ago as 1888 a patent
on a somewhat similar principle was
granted in England to William John
Brewer.
The first American patent for
demountable wheel was granted in
1877 to Charles w. Helden of Flor
ence, Ala. 1t was intended for ap-
plication to horse-drawn vehicles, but
was an important factor in making
the automobile practicable.
The basic ideas for the steering
wheel and its attachments 60 back to
Evening star., 1936-11-15
GAS TAX AVERAGE
1860 PER GALLON
World Cost to Consumer
36.6c-Price in U. S.
Reported Lowest.

The worlds average retail price of
gasoline Is only 20 cents gallon, but
the consumer must pay an average of
1876 cents per gallon in taxes and
tariffs, making the total average cost
36.6 cents, according to a survey made
by the United States Department Of
the Interior.
On the basis of these figures,
study made by the American Petro-
luem Institutes Department Of Statis-
tics and published in the institutes
October Quarterly, reveals the re-
straining influence exerted upon ex-
tension of the use of motor vehicles,
highway development, and individual
and national welfare by high taxes
and tariffs on motor fuel.
The study indicates that those con-
tinents having, as a whole, the highest
standards of living, also have the low
est gasoline prices and total costs.
North America has the lowest average
cost per gallon, 81 cents, which in
NlutCo ldhNo uliN lhll AiA 1OaOAA
America the average is 22.5 cents; in
Oceania, 29.3 cents, in Europe, AZ
cents; in Asia, 44.3 cents, and in Af-
rica, ass cents.
In the United States the average
price of gasoline on April 10, 1886, was
found to be 1873 cents per gallon, plus
an average of 5.4 cents for taxes. Gas
oline costs elsewhere ranged as high
as $1l9 per gallon in Italy, a war
time charge; 80 cents in Ethiopia; IT'S
cents in Turkey; 593 cents in Neither
lands India; Sc cents in Germany;
and 52.4 cents in France.
National and individual welfare are
definitely reflected in automobile own
ership, the survey reveals. Standards
of living are indicated by per capita
ownership of motor vehicles, owner
ship Of proximity to sources Of crude
petroleum, and gasoline taxes. Tar
ifs are more important factors in gas
oline prices than total volume of mo-
tor vehicles in operation in a coun-
try importing gasoline.
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series Of English patents, intended
for application to horse-drawn ve-
hicles, early in the nineteenth CEN
tury.
Faced Many Difficulties.
The middle Of the nineteenth cen.
tury found America and Europe hun
cry for power and speed. Many keen
minds in England, France, Austria.
Germany and the United States were
playing with the idea of an automo-
tive vehicle. The most obvious line
Of thought was toward an improve
ment Of the steam engine so that it
might be adapted to propelling a car
riage on ordinary roads. There were
major difficulties in the way, the
greatest of which was that of weight.
Roads could not stand up under the
weight Of steam locomotives.
1t was obvious that the successful
automobile must have q lighter power
system. AS early as 1865, according
to recent findings, Sigfried Marcus, an
Austrian inventor, drove carriage
propelled by q benzine engine in
Vienna. In 1879 Gottlieb Daimler Of
Germany ran the first successful
gasoline-propelled vehicle. But little
or nothing was known Of such de-
velopments in the United States. The
American inventors pondered inde-
pendently over the problem and out
of their fertile brains were born some
fantastic ideas. Such was the pro-
posal Of one F. H. C. Mey of Buffalo,
N. Y, who on September II, 1870, OBJ
tanned a patent on q "two-dog- power
velocipede," the power for the three
wheeled vehicle being provided by
two dogs walking in q treadmill.
Nine years later remarkable ap-
plication was filed by George B. Selden
of Rochester, N. Y. Six years later
it was granted.
Selden's patent was very broad. 1t
was, in brief, the combination of
"liquid hydro-carbon engine of the
compression type" with a carriage.
1t covered the basic concept of the
automobile. The weakness lay in the
fact that the inventor was quite
vague in his specifications for his
liquid hydro-carbon engine" stating
naively that "any form may be en-
ployed in my improved -locomo-
tive"
Left Glory to Others.
Upon this basic patent might well
have been raised the whole structure
of the American automotive industry.
Selden very likely could have built
workable road carriage according to
his own specifications. II he had tried.
The fact remains that he did not,
and left to others the glory Of actual
accomplishment. Nevertheless the
Selden patent is an important land
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Two.Wheel Brakes Approved.

Contrary to general opinion, two
wheel brakes are not barred by States
requiring periodic inspection of motor
vehicles. So long as these brakes are
capable of bringing the car to a halt
within the required distance, and are
equalized, they will pass muster. All
the regulations, however, require that
cars have two separate braking sys-
TENS, each capable of stopping the
car within the required distance.
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j. s. ROAD FUNDS
DEMANDED Ind. c.
Federal Tax Paid Here Is
Cited as Reason for
Inclusion.
BY THOMAS ]. KEEFE,


General Manager American Motorists
Association.
After extensive examination of the
subject the Keystone Automobile Club
of Washington, which is an affiliate
of the American Motorists Association
and represents large portion of the
public minded motor vehicle owners
of the District of Columbia, Is per-
suaded there is full Justification for
the inclusion of the District in future
Federal aid highway legislation.
BY reason Of the Federal tax on au-
tomobiles, gasoline. tires, tubes, lubri-
eating oils, accessories, etc, District
motorists paid into the Federal Treas
ury s2.117,544 for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1886.
The actual receipts to the Treasury
from the 1-cent-per- gallon gasoline
tax in the District for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1886, were $1,l7S,934.
The Federal excise taxes for the same
fiscal year of 1886 amounted to $685.
610.
The Bureau of Public Roads, United
States Department of Agriculture, re-
ports that the District has 73 miles of
Federal aid highway routes. The
majority of these connect with or lead
to Federal and State routes of Mary
land and Virginia. The District occu-
pies an area serving as the main
connecting link between the Northern
and Southern States. 1t has approx
mately 1000 miles of opened and
Travelled thoroughfares. In addition
thereto about 400 miles of streets and
highways remain to be opened.
The District Is the only political sub
division within the continental United
States not participating in the appor-
tionment of highway funds to be
matched as provided for under the
permanent legislation of the Federal
Government. On the other hand, we
find that two political subdivisions
without the continental United States
are participating in these funds-the
Territory Of Hawaii and the island of
Puerto Rico.
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COLD HELP TO CARS
Cultch Drag Is Remedied by
Weather Conditions, Is Report.

Believe 1t or not, cold weather Is q
help to cars suffering from clutch
drag. The drop in temperature has
the effect Of drawing the plates away
from each other and of contracting
their facings. II the gears have been
a little hard to get into during the
Summer, the chances are that this
will be less noticeable in Winter. But
cold weather Is not a cure for this
trouble. Have the clutch attended to
at the first opportunity.
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10 Nash-Lafayette
David S. Hendrick, Inc.
Williams & Baker, Inc.
IL Chrysler
Bell-Wirgman Motor Co.
Coast fn-Auto Sales, Inc.
District Motor Co., Inc.
Gardner Stuart Motors, Inc.
Hicks-Paul, Inc.
H. B. Leary, Jr., & Bros.
Skinker Motor Co.
Smoot Motor Co.
Toms Auto Service.
12&13 Lincoln-Lincoln Zephyr.
Anacostia Motor Co.
Capitol Motors, Inc.
Cherner Motor Co.
Handley Motor Co.. Inc.
Hill & Tibbitts, Inc.
Logan Motor Co.
Nolan Motor Co.
Northeast Motor Co.. Inc.
Parkway Motor Co.. Inc.
Steuart Motor Co., Inc.
Triangle Motor Co.
Warfield Motor Co.
IA Cadillac-La Sale
Capitol Cadillac Co.
Is OldsmobiIe
Capitol Cadillac Co.
Lustine Nicholson Motor Co.
Pohanka Service
L. p. Steuart, Inc.
Wisconsin Motors, Inc.
Is Pierce-Arrow
Lee D. Butler, Inc.
II Studebaker
Alber & Mcneil, Inc.
Lee D. Butler, Inc.
Norris, Inc.
1919 Hudson-Terrapiane
Columbia Motor Sales, Inc.
Fleming Motor Corp.
Hudson g. Terraplane Sales Corp.
New York Avenue Motor Co.
Potomac Motor Sales, Inc.
Rice Motor Co.
Washington Motor Sales. Inc.
20 Covered Wagon Trailers
w. S. Domer Co.
81 Electrical Refrigeration & Oil
Burners
National Electrical Supply Co.
% Radio Broadcasting
% Automotive Equipment
Standard Automotive Supply Co.
"a Silent May Oil Burners
Columbia Specially Co.. Inc.
Is Batteries g. AutomOtive
Equipment
L. S. Julian, Inc.
26 Delco Heat Oil Burners
A. P. Woodson Co.
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Gunpowder Ran Engine.

Gunpowder was one of the earliest
fuels used for propelling the internal
combustion engine. A patent cover
ing the use Of such fuel for this pur.
pose was granted to George Medhurst
in 1900 at London.
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Chevrolet
Addison Chevrolet Sales, Inc.
Barry Pate Motor Co.
Donohoe Chevrolet. Inc.
Lustine Nicholson Motor Co.
Mandell Chevrolet Sales Co.
Ourisman Chevrolet Sales Co., Inc.
Owens Motor Co., Inc.
Stohlman Chevrolet Sales Co.
Sullivan Chevrolet Sales Co.
Dodge
Adams Brooks, Inc.
Duke 6s Otey Motor Co.
Kaplan g. Crawford, Inc.
Leo Rocca, Inc.
The Trew Motor Co.
Plymouth
Adams Brooks, Inc.
Bell-Wirgman Motor Co.
Coast-In-Auto Sales, Inc.
District Motor Co., Inc.
Duke & Otey Motor Co.
Evans-Palmer, Inc.
Gardner-Stuart Motors, Inc.
Hicks-Paul, Inc.
H. B. Leary, Jr., & Bros.
Kaplan g. Crawford, Inc.
Leo Rocca, Inc.
Mid-City Auto Co.
Nick Bombard. Inc.
Rosen Motor Co.
Semmes Sales, Inc.
Skinker Motor Co.
Smoot Motor Co.
Toms Auto Service.
The Trew Motor Co.
De Soto
Evans-Palmer, Inc.
Mid-City Auto Co.
Nick Bombard. Inc.
Rosen Motor Co.
Semmes Sales, Inc.
5 Motorola
Simon Distributing Co.
6 Packard
Packard Washington Motor Car Co.
Pontiac
Arcade Pontiac Co.
Flood Motor Co.
L. P. Steuart, Inc.
3 Buick
Emerson & Orme.
Stanley H. Horner, Inc.
Ford
Anacostia Motor Co.
Capitol Motors, Inc.
Cherner Motor Co.
Handley Motor Co., Inc.
Hill e. Tibbitts, Inc.
Logan Motor Co.
Nolan Motor Co.
Northeast Motor Co.. Inc.
Parkway Motor Co., Inc.
Steuart Motor Co.
Triangle Motor Co.
Warfield Motor Co.
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List of Exhibitors and Spaces
ASSIGNED at Automobile ShOW

List of exhibitors products and designated at the Seven
teenth this entire week Calvert
Hall alverts opposite Shoreham
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DE SOTO SAVES
YOU e =! MONEY 81.
DEALERS
INC-14th and L StS-NAtOnal 3474

sEMMES SALES, NC.
4121 18th 81. NV. Adams $500
MACK's SERVICE STATION
Hyattsville. Md. Hyatts. 1905
THURMONT GARAGE
Thurmont, Nd. Thur. o.
WATKINS MOTOR CO.
Fairfax, Va.
GOOD MOTOR CO.
ROYAL MoToR Co.
Front Royal. Va. 62-J.
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| TUNE IN MAJOR BoWEs' AMATEUR
HOUR 80. Columbia nstWoFk,
Thursdays, . to 40 p. M, Z. ST.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

and broad, big in the middle, with oily hair and fine, pointed whiskers. The rats fed on polished rice and fish, like the Japanese people, were tough, active and energetic, but short and slender. Rats fed on the vegetarian diet of Madras in southern India were healthy, but hardly bigger or stronger or bolder than mice.
 Along with these facts, related in Golfers Weekly, is the story of Japanese dietitian who, finding that a certain species of fish was rich in vitamins and mineral salts, dried it and ground it into powder, and for four years Sprinkled the powder over the noon meal of a selected group of Japanese children. There was no other change attempted. The chil- dren so treated weighed several pounds more apiece, were inches taller and much freer from childhood ailments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
What Food Can Do

People are getting used to the idea of food having a good deal to do with health and growth, but few yet seem to realize what great effects diet may pro- dllce. Sir Robert McCarrison has been carrying on some interesting experiments in England with white rats, which are pretty good laboratory substitutes for human beings. They were all of the same stock and heritage. He treated them all alike from their birth, except for food. As a result, they differed in appearance, size and behavior very much as do English men, Frenchmen, Japanese and the people of India. They had received the same food eaten by those various human groups.
 one group of rats were heavy and stocky, with rough and bristling hair, always energetic and ready for a fight They had been fed with bread and jam, boiled beef, mutton and fish and vege- tables and tea, like British workmen. A group brought up on the Pathan diet of northern India were large, but with sleek, tnaooth fur, and while strong, they were FeNtly disposed, like the Pathans. Rats fsa en rich French food, with much fat sesi rms aauces and drapllnRs. Were short
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

The flight of H. R. Ekins, New York World Telegram and Scripps-Howard reporter, around the world in commer- cial airplanes is something that will be recorded in history books. Only one other air flight around the world sur passed that of this energetic reporter and that was Wiley Posts epic solo flight. However, Ekins' trip was all the more re- markable because he used only regular commercial airlines, which did not deviate from their fixed course or schedule to carry him to his destination. Following his mapped course after leaving the Hindenburg, Ekins skipped merrily along his route, leaving two rival reporters far behind and was fortunate enough to catch a Clipper ship across the Pacific that lessened his trip considerably. Ekins adventure will surely open the way to more general use of the airplane by tour ists. More than that it will enable this gentleman to give to the newspaper reading public kaleidoscope account of an 18-day trip around the globe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

Juvenile delinquency causes, hitherto held impeachable, have been cast to the winds by recent findings of study con- ducted by the Institute of Humane Rela- tions at Yale University. Emotional dis our present-day delinquency the authors of the survey = Dr. William Healy and pr. Augusta F. Bronner - conclude. In- telligence, they claim, does not enter into the question at all. They also maintain that delinquency can be corrected with proper treatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
Republican Die-Hards

It only remained for two of Connecti- cuts leading republican newspapers, after having exhausted everything from their bags of moth-eaten political tricks, to try and dim the radiance of President Roosevelt's triumphal trip through this state yesterday, by reminding their readers to remember he was here only as a candidate for reelection, not the presl- dent Yet, MT. Jackson of the New Haven Register and MT. Conland of the Hartford Courant, he was and is still the president and was accepted, honored and cheered as such by hundreds of thousands of Connecticut citizens despite your un- American warnings.
 That some stock may have been given to such partisan advice was evidenced here and there by the refusal of concerns and individuals to display the flag before their homes or places of business. Their numbers, however, were few and were scarcely missed. Yet the spirit of such actions was anything but commendatory to their patriotism.
 We think, however, the great spontan- eous response of the masses of Connecti- cuts citizenry far overshadowed the sullen reception of the few republican die-hards who let partisan prejudice get the better of their judgment. Even republicans TOT the most part joined in the general wei come to the nations chief executive, at least in Waterbury. They may not give Franklin Roosevelt their vote on Novem- Der 3rd, but they at least gave him the respect, honor and welcome due his posi- tion yesterday. Only the die-hards re- fused, but fortunately were never missed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
Waterbury's Day

Waterbury made the most of it yester- day when President Franklin D. Roose- welt came to town for noon hour visit and short talk. Where the people came from many downtown merchants and busi- nessmen wondered. We doubt if any oc casion in recent years has called out the crowds as did this visit of yesterday. The local police are to be congratulated on the fine work they did in maintaining order and preventing wild demonstrations approaching the riot status.
 There were some unkind enough to bring out the fact that the Roosevelt visit to Waterbury was solely in the interests of politics. That is probably true, but, nevertheless, the size of the crowd that tried to storm around the ramp in the rear of the Bronson Library attested to the fact that his coming here, political or otherwise, was sufficiently strong to attract more people within hailing dis tance of his vote than probably will vote in the coming election of November 3.
 So far as we could see everything ran off smoothly and we'll once the President had crossed the city line. His progress was naturally slow, but it was hailed on all sides as befits the chief executive of this great nation and as befits man who Shouldered so many responsibilities and more than met the occasion. Waterbury has seen the President of the U. s. A. in flesh It has heard his voice echoing across Library Park It knows now whether or not it should endorse this sterling official who has proved himself real man of the hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
Who Said, 'Dirty Campaign"

We never thought that an ex-mayor of Hartford would resort to the tactics adopted by Walter E.. Patterson in a recent campaign address. MT. Patterson Is the g.op. candidate for congress in the first district. He opposes Congress man Herman P. Kopplemann. In bril- liant burst of oratory this week Candidate Patterson attempted some sort of weird pun. It may have sounded good at rally, but when you see it in print, it's just bit far-fetched and unbecoming.
 When plans for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit to Hartford yesterday were announced, among them was in- cluded speech in Bushnell Park in the "Shell" that the city erected there for public addresses and concerts. This melted young MT. Patterson to the fol- lowing exclamation: "It is appropriate because you cannot play shell game on the American people without shell. Barnum discovered that long years be- fore the present administration gave Bridgeport, in his name, its tercentenary coin. -
 It's probably all right to call the Presi- dent names and to assign to him all sorts of diabolical actions. That's the way political campaigns are run in this coun- try. Democrats are just as prone to attack candidate as are republicans. But we recall some weeks back that prominent clergyman used four-letter word to describe the President. It did this clergy man no good; it won him much criticism. In fact, he made half apology for it. To the ex-mayor of Hartford linking Presi- dent Roosevelt's speech in his home towns shell to the "shell-game" may be funny and clever, but it offends a good many of people whose political beliefs are not too strongly linked with any major political party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

'Now, go ahead with your dis cussiOn, boys. What were you saying about my chances of carrying Wisconsin,"
 NOTE-After his speech in Mill waukee, Landon turned up at 8 party given by The Milwaukee Journal for visiting reporters and joined bridge game, playing for more than an hour.
 Bill Nye
 There is one member of Cover nor Landon,s encourage whose name and picture have not ape peared in the press = but whose opinions, apparently, seem to carry great weight with the g. o. D. standard-bearer. He is Joseph M. Nye, better known as "BilI'' Nye.
 Bills background is as colorful as his influence with Landon is mysterious.
 An ex-Secret Service opera tive, he guarded Woodrow Will son during the Versailles con- ference, and had numerous other exciting assignments. His present connection is with a New York bank protecting firm. Following Landon's nomination, |. Nye appeared in Topeka in the role of personal guard of the governor.
 Nominally, that still is his position, but actually he has be- come one of Landon's closest counselors. The following is an example of his influence:
 During Landon,s visit to Omaha a prominent local business man, who contributed heavily to the governors campaign and was rid- ing with him. urged him to stop for a few minutes at a Catholic institution where several thousand children and their parents were assembled. But Nye flatly turned down the suggestion. 'The governor will not get out" he announced.
 "And \ say he wilI," hotly de- clared the business man.
 Landon, sitting between the two pickering men, listened to them in silence. Finally, Nye with drew his objections and Landon made a brief halt.
 Again during the governors foray through Michigan, Nye en- gagged in a verbal alteration with Governor Frank Fitzgerald.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

Many states divert funds from taxes contributed by owners and drivers of motor cars and trucks, check-up by the Bureau of Public Roads shows. In 1885 the sum was SAG, 6,000,000. This certainly proves the fact that the motor car is grad ually assuming the burden of running all government. The property owner should sigh with relief at this unfortu- nately his burden remains the same, despite the motorists increased one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, Cleanliness is . preventative of disease; say,
 preventive"

A. 1140 North Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill.
 c. Who acted the role of Cap- tain Levasseur in the motion pie ture Captain Blood?"
 A. Basil Rathbone.
 e. When the airships Akron and Macon" crashed were they in charge of the same naval officer?
 A. Yes, both were commanded by It. Commander Herbert V. Wiley.
 e. What Is the shortest verse in the Bible?
 A. Jesus wept"-John 1i:35.
 If you want . copy of our book let The Bulb Book, write The Wa terbury D m ocra t's Washington Bureau, l0l2 Thirteenth Street Northwest Washington, D. 0. En- close 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-23

l. What is monasticisYn?
 2. Name the second largest coun- try of Central America.
 3. What is 8 fife?
 4. In Roman mythology, who was the god of sleep?
 5. Name the capital of Ceylon. 6. What is quatrain2
 '. Who was Robert Ferguson? 8. Name the first code of the French civil law.
 g. Do foreign born minor chil- dren become American citizens when their father becomes natur- alized in the United States?
 10. What price did the U. 8. pay to Russia for Alaska?