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Evening star., 1937-10-31

right of way and public space is avail
able for roadway widening and for
the construction Of necessary and
modern traffic facilities without ac-
quiring additional land as is neces-
sary in nearly all of the other metro
politan cities.
The 1888 Appropriation Act directs
and provides the necessary funds for
preparation of studies, preliminary
plans and estimates for:
/. A redesign and changes in Du-
pont, Scott and Thomas Circles, to
meet present and future traffic and
transportation needs.
2. A through or bypass express high
way in Georgetown with grade separa-
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OFFICIALS PLAN
TRIO OF ROAD Jobs
Redesign OF Three Circles
and Georgetown Express
Highway Studied.
BY HERBERT c. WHITEHURST,
District Highway Director.

Three main factors enter into high
way safety-the highway, the human
element (driver and pedestrian), and
the vehicle. The three factors of this
triangle must be brought into proper
relationship If we are to provide safety
and the free flow of traffic for our
highways. The highway side Of this
triangle, including traffic appurten-
ances and special facilities can and
should be solved through sound engi-
neering with the aid of adequate f.
nancing. The human element factor
must be reached through education
and enforcement, the vehicle through
inspection with control of its use.
The existing highway and traffic
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PONTIAC

Stressing safety, Pontiac appears
in restyled 1888 form as both a six
and an eight in eight-body styles,
including that increasingly popular
type-the convertible phaeton. The
six has wheelbase of 1T inches,
while the eight is 122 inches. Out
puts of the engines are IS and 100
horsepower, respectively. with piston
displacements of 223 and 249 cubic
inches. On the new bodies the Silver
streak" serves as the focal point for
a new hood side grill Power is
suggested by the heavier horizontal
grill design.
Pontiac's new transmission, op-
tional on both six and eight. is a
remote control arrangement, manual
ly and mechanically operated. 1t is
known as the safety shift gear con-
troll" because the driver has nothing
new to learn and the control is direct
and positive The short shift lever
swings about shaft held parallel
with the steering column, thus nesting
under the wheel and out of the way
of passengers. Shift positions are the
same as if the conventional shift lever
were bent over to the right or the
gearbox set on its right side.
Interiors of the new Pontiacs show
many new touches in colors and their
combinations. This has been ingen-
iously combined with safety. best illus
trated by the roll on the front seats
back, which is a cushion to protect
any passenger who might be hurled
forward during an emergency stop.
Through use of clutch helper
spring" the driver finds it easier to
disengage the clutch. Further con-
venience is had by placing the bat
terry under the hood at the left side
of the engine. A 80 per cent step up
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ways is 25 years behind the road needs
of today. Additional funds for suffi-
cient highway construction should be
provided by legislation, and precau-
tions should be taken to eliminate the
spending of that money on non-high-
way projects.
We need more good and safe roads,
not only to protect our lives and
the lives of others, which is by far
most important, but to protect the
investment that many of us will make
when we buy our copies of the 1888
automobile models that are on display
at the automobile show.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
WHEEL 'SHIMMY CAUSES
Excessive Caster of Front Axle
Frequently Reason for Defect.

Locating causes Of front wheel
shimmy is difficult enough job with
out complicating it with failure to
differentiste between low and high
speed shimmy. If the front wheels
go into their dance at speeds below
80 miles per hour the chances are
that this is due to just one condi-
tion-excessive caster of the front axle
Above this speed number of other
conditions enter the picture. These
include unbalanced wheels. low-tirf
pressure. too flexible springs and fault,
shock ahsorbers 1t requires Ger
tain amount of speed to bring II
unbalanced forces into action.
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ROADS LAG BEHIND
AUTOS IN SAFETY
Highways Will Be Even
Worse When Crowded With
NeWly-Bought Cars.
BY CHARLES M. UPHAM,.
Engineer Director. American Road
Builders Association.

Built-in added safety is the most
important feature of the twenty-five
1888 automobile models that will be
displayed at the Eighteenth Annual
Automobile Show of Washington
Factory previews stressed the safety
factor and the new creations of the
automotive industry do not disap-
point in this respect. The majority
of the cars on exhibit have hy-
draulic brakes. Steering systems
have been revised to provide safer
driving. The banjo-shaped steering
wheel has supplanted the older
type, eliminating the possibility of
tiring vibration reaching the hands
Evening star., 1937-10-31

SitudIlOl III tIlt
District of Co
lumbia is not un-
common to prac-
tically all other
large cities of the
country. Several
cities have spent
millions Of dol
lars annually to
/ m prove the
highway side Of
the safety tri-
angle. Washing
ton is unusually
for t u n a t e, in
that. in nearly all
"a soc additional
Evening star., 1937-10-31

and arms of the
driver. A con-
siderable number
of the new cars
have a novel rear
spring suspension
that provi d e S
added comfort.
Some are equip
ped with a new
safety arm ad-
justment t h a t
prevents the mis-
a i g n m e n t of
wheels. Many of
the new cars will
befound to be
Evening star., 1937-10-31

in generator charging capacity takes
care of the greater current load, and
ventilating slots are found in the
wheels to provide 80 per cent more air
for rapid brake-drum cooling.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

HOWARD KEARNEY MOTORS. INC.
1882 Conn. Ave. NV. CLev. SsSS
GLADNEY MOTORS
1SO1 King st., Alex. Va. Alex. $3.50
LoY's SERVICE STATION
winchester, Va. Win. 1881
WEST END GARAGE
Upueryille. Va. Upper 81
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IT'S AMERICAS SMARTEST
LOW-PRICED CAR
DEsoTo AND PLYMOUTH DEALERS

INDIAN HEAD MOTOR CORP.
1919 wisconsin Ave. WE. O081
CAsHELL MOTOR CO.
Rockville. Md. Rock. lS3
THURMONT GARAGE
Thurmont, Md. Thur. 82
WATKINS MOTOR CO,
Fairfax, Va.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

MID CITY AUTO co.
1s11 f4fh st. NV. DE. $3.50
INCHES MOTOR CO.
D21 ThAyer Ave, s. S., Md. Shep. 4448
MYERSvILLE MOTOR CO.
Myersville. Md. Myers 38
Front ROYAL. Va. Frt. Roy. g2-l
ROWLAND MOTOR COMPANY
Laurel, Nd.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
FARM
NEWS

Inferior grade spuds can be fec
to hogs profitably, he continued
and this will help reduce the sur
plus that demoralized the market.
But be careful not to feed raw
Irish potatoes, he continued, as they
may injure the porkers.
Cooked spuds are nutritious and
harmless if fed with corn, fish meal
or tankage, and pasturage, Taylor
explained. Three to four pounds OF
potatoes have about the same feed
value as a pound of corn.
With each three to four pounds OF
spuds, he said, feed at least pound
of corn. Too many spuds will throw
the ration out of balance.
If the potatoes are boiled in salt
water they will be more palatable
and will furnish part of the salt the
animals need. The salt water, how
ever, should be thrown away, as il
is harmful to hogs.
When thoroughly cooked, the
spuds are easily digested and are g
good source of minerals, carbohy-
drates, and vitamins. The skins also
provide roughage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
HOLLWOOD'S FUNNY MAN
MEETS DEATH LAUGHING

Al Boasberg, called "the funniest
guy in Hollywood" died laughing
Friday.
A heart attack ended the life of
the ace gag writer while he still was
chuckllng over the startled look
friends gave him last night when he
told them he was going to one of
Hollywood's colossal film epics Ito
get some Sleep"
Boasberg was As, writer who for
more than Is years had been writing
jokes for top-rankign comedians on
the stage, in pictures and on the ra-
dio. He signed a new contract for
the Jack Benny program yesterday.
His most recent picture was the
Marx Brothers "A Day at the
Races"
''My father wanted me to be a
jeweler," he said. "And he got me a
job in little shop. I complained
about being lonesome, so the boss
told me could hire a helper.
Il hired 200 guys, and we all got
fired"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
CONVENTION TO STRESS
RICHER LIFE ON FARMS

Farm and Home Week at State
College, August 2-6, will focus at
tention on the theme, Building q
richer farm life"
The program will cover most OF
the things that make agriculture and
rural life more fruitful and satisfy
ing, said John w. Goodman, assist
ant director of the State College ex-
tension service.
"Since the farmstead is cooper
ative enterprise in which both hus-
band and wife share the RESPONSE
bilities and the benefits" he con-
tinued, 1--WE are arranging program
that will appeal to farm men and to
farm women.
eve are also DESTROYS of having a
large number of husbands and wives
come to spend the entire week, as
every day there will be something
worth while on the program"
Rooms will be furnished free in
the college dormitories. Other rooms
close by will be available at very
low price, Goodman added. mex
pensive meals will be provided in
the college cafeteria, and no charge
will be made for the classes, demon
strations, and lectures.
Rural ministers of the State have
been invited to meet with the farm
people, and to hold meetings of their
own during the week.
1--WE are particularly interested in
cooperating with ministers to help
the church reach more country peo-
pie and to help them render a
boader service in the rural commun-
ity," Goodman stated.
The various agricultural organiza-
tons of the State have been invited
to meet at the conference. The Jun
ior Orphanage at Lexington will
send 25-piece band.
Recreation, band music, and other
entertainment will be offered to
help make the week "a real vaca-
ton as we'll as an educational
event." Goodman pointed out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24

ductive pastures, and of the import
ance of soil-conserving crops to
check erosion, conserve moisture,
and build up soil fertility.
Pasturage is the cheapest form of
dairy and beef cattle feed to be found
in the State, he continued. Yet many
farmers fail to take advantage Of the
possibilities they have for making
good, permanent pastures. AS a re-
suit, livestock production costs are
higher in North Carolina than in
most of the other States.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
SAYS MEADOW IS HIS
MOST FERTILE FIELD

One of the most productive fields
on the farm of Joe Brown in Madi-
son county has not been plowed in
So years.
It has been reseeded only once
and that was just after flood some
years ago had covered the field
with several inches of silt.
This two-acre meadow along g
creek running through his farm pro-
duces four to five tons of high quail
ty hay every year, and occasionally
it is used to pasture cattle over the
winter.
Brown told George w. Miller
farm agent of the State College ex-
tension service in Madison County
that the sod of perennial grasses
and legumes is so thick that none Of
/ the soil has been lost in the past 6;
years.
But from time to time when the
creek rises, deposits of silt are left
on the meadow, and today it has
fertile topsoil several feet deep.
The spongy, porous topsoil will
soak up large quantities of rain wa.
ter and hold it long after the rair
has stopped falling, Brown said
Thus the meadow is little effected
by long, dry spells.
Miller commented that this one
field is a good demonstration of the
value of good land in making pro
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
Comedian Must Paw
$4,000 Doctor Bill
w. c. Fields Refuses to Pay Out
$12,O0O for Is Days Treatment
Unless Forced by Law

w. C. Fields, big-nosed screen
comedian, must pay DR.. Jesse Citron,
small town physician, $4,000 for
medical services, Superior Court
Judge o. K Morton ruled this week
in Riverside, Calf.
Judge Morton held that DR.. Cit
ron's fee of $1,000 for Is days treat
ment when Fields was critically i'll
in Riverside hospital last year was
reasonable.
He also denied the actors demand
for $4,000 damages on the claim
the physician administered mar
cotic that impeded recovery.
II never have felt that a doctor
or lawyer in small community is
entitled to less compensation than
one in a large city," Judge Morton
said in his verdict.
did you have any stocks and
bonds?" Fields was asked on the
witness stand.
'Stocks. Did I have stocks? Yes,
indeed, and they were terrible. They
jumped up and down. You pay $500
for some of them and they jump
down to $50. I didn't get any divi-
dends. They were terrible.
"Can you estimate your total
wealth." Fields was asked.
NAV, I don't know. The only guy
that can tell is the income tax col
lector. I worry about thinking up
gags for my pictures. let other peo-
pie worry about how much money
I have"
Fields said his contract with Para
mount studio called for 100000 a
picture, and three pictures year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
ABOUT FARMING

Cooperating with Federal agen-
cies, the Extension Service of State
College has organized the buying OF
surplus Irish potatoes in eastern
North Carolina to improve market
prices.
Flea beetles causing costly destruc
ton of tobacco plants in the north
western tobacco belt of North Caro-
lima may be controlled by spraying
the plants with a poison mixture,
recommends extension entomologists
at State College.
Top dressing oats with 100 pounds
per acre of nitrate of soda gave 20
percent increased yield and top
dressing with 200 pounds Of the soda
gave 80 percent increased yield in
demonstrations recently completed
in Beaufort county.
Applications of ground limestone
and phosphate has meant greener
pastures in Madison county this
spring than in many years past.
More livestock is being grazed on
the same acreage with better results.
+
Thirty-three Yancey county sheep
growers cooperated to sell $500
pounds of wool for 80 1-2 cents a
pound last week. These same men
will also pool their lambs in a CO.
operative sale later.
The May pea crop in Pasquotank
county left a lot of headaches and
empty pockets, reports county agent
C. w. Falls, who says growers want
some kind of farm program to aid
truck growers in that section.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
SAYS POTATOES MAKE
EXCELLENT HOG FEED

Irish potatoes boiled in salt water
make a good, inexpensive hog feed,
said H. w. Taylor, extension swine
specialist at State College.
The bumper crop of potatoes pro-
duced in Eastern North Carolina
this spring have driven prices to a
low point and made second grade
and Gull potatoes available at an
unusually low cost, he added.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
State Will Start on
Big Spending July l
Salary Increases for N. Carolina
School Teachers; Other State
Employees Are Included

North Cardinals state government
starts its biggest" year and bien-
mum July /.
R. G. Deyton, assistant director OF
the budget, reported a close study
indicated that the 1887 legislature
finally directed budget to require
$68, 434, 1858 in state tax revenue for
1878 and 6S,3S2,972 for 1938-39
or $136,817, $40 for the biennium.
The funds appropriated included
an estimated surplus of $3,OOO,OOO or
more June 80, which will be ex-
ceeded.
In 1886, last fiscal year, actual
expenditures were $55,950,O38 but
for this year they are estimated at
$72,341, 625, with most of the differ
ence between the two years taken
up in increased highway funds.
Disbursement Higher
The total state disbursement will
soar much higher than the appro-
priations to be raised by tax reve-
nue.. Many state institutions under
law spend their fee receipts them
selves in addition to the funds ap-
propriated for them.
In Guiding federal aid for roads
and social security and county funds
to match the state and federal social
program, the budget will approx
mate $78,48O, 1859 for 1878 and
SIS, 428, 473 for 1938.39.
- Salaries Raised
The increased appropriations in
clude salary increases for some 49,
900 state employes-school teachers,
school employees, office workers,
professors and workers at state-sup-
ported colleges, and workers and
staff members at each state-sup-
ported institution.
Expansion also was authorized in
many state agencies, and provision
for the first time was made for So
cial security programs.
In addition to the appropriated
funds for operation and maintenance
of the many state agencies, the leg
islature also authorized bonds to be
sold to provide money for new
$675,OOO state office building here
and $2,344,000 for permanent i'm
provements at many state institu-
lions.
S125,OOO for Advertising
A brand new field being entered
July l is that of advertising the
state, with $125,OOO made available
for each year of the biennium.
Funds were set aside to operate
and maintain the new western North
Carolina tubercular sanatorium at
Black Mountain and $3.50 was
directly appropriated for improve
ments there. The institution has not
opened yet.
A fund of $4,000 was authorized
for use by commission to handle
the states participation in the New
York world fair of 1889 and $4,000
was set aside to be used when
matched by the state of Tennessee
for memorial in the Great Smoky
Mountains national park to Laura
Spelman Rockefeller.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
12-YEAR-OLD WASHINGTON
GIRL WOULD-BE KIDNAPER

o. K. Bodia, chief criminal deputy
sheriff, in Seattle, Wash, reported
Monday that a 12-year-old girl and
not a gang of criminals made tele-
phone attempts Monday to extort
$4,000 from P. T. Lee, operating SUI
perintendent of the North Coast Bus
lines, on threat to kidnap one of
Lees three children. He said the
girl, neighbours child, will not be
arrested.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24

The ibis devours grasshoppers. An
farmer killed one of the
birds and found 800 grasshopper in
its craW.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24
CAROLYN Finch DonneIIy

A daughter was born to DR.. and
Mrs. C. L. Donnelly Sunday, June
Is, in Watts hospital. She is named
Carolyn Finch Chapel Hill Weekly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24

There are nearly 100000 railroad
bridges in the U. S. and Canada.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24

The BOBBY is a fish-eating bird
found in most tropical seas.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-24

Mark Twain's book, Tom Sawyer,
was first published in England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-06
Watch Out For Panics

The fact that Waterbury has had four hit-and-run cases, involving persons, III less than four weeks is sufficient to cause the local police to redouble their actlV- ities to preserve law and order on the highways. But the fact that three or them resulted in fatalities need not cause the town to become so needlessly Wor- ried that everyone will be afraid to drlVe a car after dark. After all the string of tragic events is more or less colncldence and not some design of man.
 We feel sure that the local police will unravel the two remaining cases tnaC now face it. The drivers of the cars will either come forward voluntarily and en- deavor to make amends, both for the tragedies and for the evasion of respon- sibility, But if they don't, it is almost obvious that sooner or later the law VIII catch up with those to blame. The clues are not so negligible that the case can not be traced down to the person or per- sons responsible for the death of Thomas Maxwell and the injury of John Schus- ter.
 We are wondering, though, if the hull labaloo that was created after the two successive Saturday night fatalities might not have been responsible in part Tor the fOllOWlng two. by Cndt we A!ecA so much was said and done that the drlV- CTS were scared. That is no excuse for hit-and-run incident, to be sure, ana we're not trying to make excuses. But we're wondering if perhaps we had con sidered the first two cases less excitedly would the next ones have turned into hit and-run cases. They might simply have become unavoidable accidents.
 All of which is probably regarded as mere mouth-wash alongside of the i'm perative need of experiencing the cul- prits still at large. Too true, no doubt. Still we don't want any more hit-and-run cases if they can be avoided. Perhaps one way is to calm down the motoring public so that those unfortunate to be 1ll- volved in any accidents will think sanely at the moment and not become panic stricken individuals only anxious to run and hide
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-06
Food For Thought

Some interesting remarks were cred tied to the recent discussion held 1n this city under the auspices of the Connecti- cut Association of Personal Finance Companies. Various representatives of local organizations voiced their opinions on a chosen subject-"The Industrial Worker and Consumer Credit" In the main they struck this observer as just bit too pessimistic for this time Of the year. Perhaps the various speakers nave facts before them that cause them to speak as they did, but the outlook would be extremely dismal if everybody sub- Scribed to the same theories
 We all don't for many of us feel that the present-day situation is not one to cause alarm, but merely, say, caution. We aren't face to face with the same con- ditions that prevailed seven years ago when we started to enter the depression. There isn't anything in the industrial, financial or business worlds to cause any body to believe that depression is about to put us back where we were in 1853. The more we believe that something un- foreseen does loom around the corner, though, the harder it's going to be to keep an even balance in the business world.
 It has always been our personal pellet that warnings for people to go into vir- ttlal retirement when seasonal disturb ances upset the equilibrium of the busi- ness world are wrong. We still think that much better advice could be uttered or given out than to tell people, particular ly in an industrial center like Waterbury, that they must stop buying. What prac- tical results can be secured were this to happen? It would merely dry up the whole city. Were man or group of men advised to buy within their means, that's sound and sensible. Even in the drear- fest months in Waterbury best results were obtained when money was put into circulation and not hoarded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-06
Bird Treaty

It is pleasant to learn that treaty is being negotiated between the United States and Mexico for the protection of migratory birds which are seasonal resi- dents of both countries. There are more than 14O species that spend their sum- mers in the northeastern part of the States and move south across the Rio Grande as winter approaches.
 Mexicans have not shown the interest in conserving bird life, either for game or as friends of man, that has been stead- fly growing in this country. Millions of birds have been slaughtered there every year, resulting almost in the extinction of some varieties. The United States has already put the terms of the new treaty into effect, and the Mexican Senate is ex- pected to ratify it within few weeks.
 It should have a wholesome effect there, not merely for the bird population but as the beginning of new attitude toward wild life in general. Nations with a Latin tradition, for some reason or other, usually seem to lack the sympa- thetic attitude toward birds and animals that is found in English-speaking coun- tries