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the Legation of Ell Salvador; Senor
Don Alberto Vargas Narino, Secretary,
and Senor Don Jose Camacho, Com
rnercial Attache Of the Colombian
Legation; Senor Don Emilio Garcio
Godoy, Counselor of the Dominican
Legation; Senor DR.. Don Jacinto
Fombona- Counselor OF the
Venezuelan Legation; Senor Don Ar
turo Lares, Secretary, and Senor Don
Juan Lecuna, Attache; Senor Don
Miguel j. Moreno, jr., Attache OF the
Legation OF Panama, M. Jacques
Carmeleau-Antoine, Secretary OF the
legation of Haiti; Senor DR.. Don
Manuel Gonzalez y Gonzalez, Second
eecretary. and Senor Don Raimundo
Cuervo, Second Secretary Of the
Mexican Embassy; Mr.. Laurence Dug
gan, Chief of the Division of the
american Republics of the Depart
tnetn of State; Mr.. Edward L. Reed,
Chief of the Mexican Division Of the
Department of State; Mr.. Willard l..
Beaulac and Mr.. Donald r. Heath
also of the Department of State; Mr..
Drew Pearson, Mr.. Louis Jay Heath,
Mr.. Nelson j. Riley. Mr.. Harold B.
Hinton and the Counselor of the Pan
American Union, DR.. William Manger.
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Sui n
ReSide en- t S
In the News
Mrs. Stevens Arriv-
ing Today in Falls
Church.

a IRIS. NEIL STEVENS, formerly
M OF Falls Church and now liv-
/ ' j ing in Urbana, Ill. will ar
rive in Falls Church today to
be the guest Of Miss Elizabeth Barnes.
Mrs. Stevens will be accompanied by
Miss Susan Pittman to Charlottesville
to attend the graduation Of her son,
Mr.. Russell Stevens, from the Uni
vers1ty Of Virginia. Upon her return
from Virginia she will attend the
graduation ceremonies Of the Ameri-
can University, where her son, Mr..
Carl Stevens, will receive his degree.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Eaton, their
daughter, Miss Virginia Eaton of Fair
fax, Va, and Mrs. Eaton's sister, Mrs.
j. w. Harwood Of Saluda, Va, will
leave today for week end motor trip
to Williamsburg. Yorktown and James,
town. Mrs. Harwood, who has spent
some time in Fairfax, will return to
her home following the trip.
Mrs. Donald Clark entertained at
luncheon Wednesday at her home in
Silver Spring, Md. The guests were
Mrs Robert Morgan, Mrs. Miller Cas-
sedy, Mrs. Richard Gott. Mrs. Frank
Clark, Mrs. Charles Clements, Mrs.
VIII Moreland, Mrs. George Mess,
Mrs. Neil Clark, Mrs. N D. Germane,
hrs. Samuel McCeney, Mrs. Clarence
J. Clements and Miss Anna Mary Cas-
eedy.
Mrs. Richardson Pierce entertained
At luncheon followed by contract at
her Vienna home Wednesday. Her
guests were Mrs. George Miles, DR..
Jessie Scott, Miss Richardetta Gibson,
Mrs. Edward Sanford Bethel, Mrs. Jo-
seph Berry, Mrs. Gilbert Berry, Mrs.
Eubanks Rucker, Mrs. Paul K. STEM
ger, Mrs. Richard Dulaney Leith and
Mrs. Henry Shackleford, all Of Vien-
na; Miss Cecilia Blake OF Fairfax,
Mrs. Lawrence Brown. Mrs George
Hutchinson and Mrs. John Blake Of
Washington.
Mrs. Lewis Burdick entertained at
bridge Tuesday evening at her home
II Silver Spring, Md Among the
guests were Mrs. S. H. Meyer of Ber-
Wyn, Md; Mrs. John RidgeWay, Mrs
William Hardy. Mrs. ]. Eppley, Mrs.
Edward Rimbach, Mrs. Perrin, Mrs
Joseph Martin and Mrs Thelma Will
kinson of Takoma Park, Md, and
Mrs. j. P. Bergman and Mrs. J. c..
Let's, jr, of Washington.
Mrs. Harry Blake of Vienna is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs Ellis Middleton,
ct Stamford, Conn.
Miss Doris Beck entertained at
surprise party for Mr.. Richard Dud-
ley, son of DR.. and Mrs. F. E. Dudley
of Silver Spring, Md, Tuesday eve
ming at her home In Woodside, Md
Guests at the party. which was given
to celebrate Mr. Dudley's 21st BIRTH
day anniversary, were his mother,
MRS. Dudley, Miss Marjorie Dudley,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brandt, Miss Lu-
c:lle Hendrick, Mr.. Staten Alden, Mr..
John Cole, Miss Grace Joyce, Mr.
Windsor Miller, Miss Margaret john
son, Mr.. Wallace Alden and the hos
tess parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo A.
Beck.
Miss Mamie Wiley of Fairfax, Va,
has gone to Richmond, Va, to visit
hAr brother apd Sistar.in.1aU Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Wiley.
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Miss Myrabelle Kirkham
Wed to Mr., wlIett,

N1So MyfAbeIle k1fkhAm
Wed to Mr.. wlIett.
THE marriage OF Miss Myrabelle
Kirkham, daughter Of Mr.. Robert
F. Kirkham and the late Mrs. Kirk
ham Of Chicago, ILL.,, to MIR. Harrison
Tyler Hathaway Willett, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. E. Jean Willett Of Washing
ton. took place Wednesday at high
noon, In st. Luke's Episcopal Church
In Evanston, III.
The bride, who was given In mar
riage by her father, wore = beige
triple sheer afternoon gown with q
brown hat and accessories. She wore
shoulder corsage Of orchids and
lilies Of the valley.
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The annual Spring dance Of the
Tacomis Club, the social orHanisatiou
OF the United States Tariff Commits
sion, Will be held at the Congressional
Country Club this evening. Mr.. Nor.
rb 6. Kenny 10 chairman o. the com.
mistee arranging this dance.
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Continued From Third Page.)

has as her guest Mrs. L. G. Buckley
Of Shreveport, La.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Marsden and
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Stewart Bolton will
be hosts at a dinner party at the
Shoreham Terrace Saturday in honor
Of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Marsden,
DR.. Thomas B. Marsden and his
daughters, Miss Jean Marsden and
Miss Eleanor Marsden, all of Detroit,
Mich, and Mrs. Allan Parkes Of Win
ston Salem, N. C.
Mrs. J. T. Gibbons entertained at
luncheon at the Shoreham yesterday
for her daughter, Miss Jane Irma
Gibbons, and other members Of the
graduating class at Holton Arms.
The guests included Miss Margaret
Ann Martin, president Of the class:
Miss Betty Lloyd Hudson. Miss Bar
bara Boiling, Miss Adele Bunker. Miss
Mary Parker, Miss Ruth Dunlop, Miss
Marjorie Gusts, Miss Betty Lou Jones,
Miss Angela Adams, Miss Emily
Thornton, Miss Helen Nelson, Miss
Margaret Merry, Miss Merry Ruddell,
Miss Virginia Wisner, Miss Peggy
Golding, Miss Helen Marsh, Miss Ma
bel Mackall, Miss Dorothy Highfleld,
Miss Ann Heiney. Miss Evelyn Love-
less, Miss Elise Hill, Miss Marilee
Clas, Miss Merry lockwood, Miss Jane
Eustis, Miss Mary Schneider, Miss
Jane Costello, Miss Helen Coburn,
Miss Winifred Pickens, Miss Anne
Reeves, Miss Peggy Essary, Miss Mary
Betty Maxwell and Miss Jean Gibbons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l.. Streibeight
Of New York City are at the Carlton
Hotel while in Washington. With
them are Mr.. and Mrs S. A. Kirkman,
also of New York City.
A6rc r A n1opkarhov, Io~ op~;1,oS
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William Powell and Miss Helen Turn
bull Of Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Charles Nice Of Downingtown, Pa, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell higgins Of Okla
homa.
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Welles

Continued From Third Page.)
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William Wallace Lake Of Kansas
City, Mo.
MIR. and Mrs. Willett will arrive At
the 6horeham Hotel today.
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OIL REFINERY PAY
AT ALL-TlME HIGH
Figure of 96.6 Cents Per Hour Is
so Per Cent Above Boom
Year of 1929.

Wages in the petroleum industry
stood in July at 96.6 cents per hour, an
all-time record high, and so per cent
above the boom year of 1929. This
compares with an average hourly wage
of 65.7 per cent all other manufacture
ing industries in the United States.
Hours of labor in the petroleum
refining industry have been reduced.
The average refinery worker now puts
in only 35.6 hours a week. or nearly
five hours less than the average for
workers in other manufacturing in
dustries. Practical effects include the
spreading out of employment and in
creasing the number of workers in
the industry by IL per cent.
In 1929 the average work week in
the refining industry was 49 hours and
the average hourly wage was 64 cents,
or approximately the rate that workers
in other industries now are receiving.
Despite the fact that the refinery
workers week has been reduced from
49 hours in 1929 to the current 35.6
hours, he now receives per cent more
weekly wages.
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REPEAL OF u. S. TAX
ON GASOLINE URGED
End of Highway Fund Diversion
Also Asked in A. A. AS MO
florists Bill of Rights"

Repeal of the Federal gasoline tax,
reasonable taxation of gasoline by the
States, and elimination of diversion
of highway funds are advocated in
bill of rights for motorists" adopted
by the American Automobile Associa-
ton and published in booklet en-
titled Motor Vehicle Taxes"
Special motor taxes and fees should
be levied only by the State" says the
A. A. A. bill of rights" mo such
taxes or fees should be levied by the
Federal Government any county or
municipality.
The sum total of highway require
ments must be the only measure of
motor vehicle taxation. The rates for
such taxation must be related to the
average motorists ability to pay.
THE revenues from special motor
vehicle fees and taxes should be
dedicated exclusively to highway pur-
poses. There should be adopted in
every State appropriate provisions to
prevent the diversion of motor vehicle
revenue to other than highway pur-
poses," continues the bill of rights.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
CADILLAC
LA SALE

The 1888 lineup of the Cadillac Mo-
tor Car Co. begins with the 125-horse--
power La Sale in five body styles
mounted on 124-inch wheelbase. ex-
tends to the 125-horsepower Cadillac
va in three body models on the
132-inch wheelbase, touches new lux
ury in the 140-horsepower Cadillac
Fleetwood and climaxes with the Cad
lilac is, which has an unusually
compact and light engine that de-
velops 1875 horsepower. The IL Fleet
wood body styles are presented on
wheelbases of 141 inches. Cadillac
distinguishes these cars with three sd-
vances in mechanical design. one Of
which is entirely new to the industry.
All of the cars now carry . new
zear-shifting method known as the
"syncromatic." The shift Is con-
trolled by a large -krlobbed lever placed
beneath and parallel to the right side
of the steering wheel. No study is
required to operate the transmission.
The driver merely throws out the
clutch as usual. lifts the lever and
draws it toward him for low gear.
The range is then followed as in Gus
tomary practices.
Second comes the radically designed
engine of the Is, which shows a ratio
of one horsepower to each ST. pounds
of weight. Third is the "synchro-
f1ex" flywheel, which on Cadillac eights
introduces a way to prevent the
bending" action of the crankshaft.
A flexible disk injected near the hub
of the f1ywheel keeps the fywheel rim
rigid torsionally but flexible in bend
ing. Vibration, normally conducted
to the body of the car, is eliminated,
giving a new sense of effortless power
flow
Cadillac is using Hypoid axles and
-lubricating rear spring inserts.
Alligator-type hoods have been adopted
and body styling has been further ad-
vanced along Cadillac lines. Grilles
are more massive. Knee-action wheels.
solid steel tops and uni-steel body
construction is. continued.
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CHEVROLET

While retaining its distinctive speed
line along the front doors and cowl
sides. the 1888 Chevrolet has new hood
treatment which, combined with this
almost vertical flat-topped radiator
and grille, gives the car an entirely
new appearance. Both series of cars
for 1888 carry the 6-cylinder, 85-horse-
power, valve-in-head engine: feature
hydraulic brakes, all-silent Fisher
bodies with turret tops. and the hypoid
rear axle. Fully-inclosed knee action
is standard on the master de luxe
series.
There is new and lighter fywheel,
redesigned valves and valve springs.
improved cooling and change In the
carburetor's balancing vent system, so
that pressure variations in fuel are
vented into the air Gome instead Of
directly into the bowl. More. positive
clutch action, with greater operating
ease, is made available through the
new "tiptoe-matic" clutch.
An automatic detail in the cnoker
system results in the engines suction
pilling against the valve and opening
it when the engine starts. regardless
of whether the choke still is in the
full choke position. This affords bet
ter mileage through eliminating food
ing. Due to widening the cars rear
tread to a full SO inches greater body
space in provided, giving inches Of
extra width to the rear seat. Quieter
operation of the car over any type of
road is made possible through new
way of attaching the rear springs TO
the rear axle housing. Chevrolet lis
another of the 1888 cars to add a soft
cushion to the top of the front seat
back, so that passengers are protected
if thrown forward during a sudden
stop. There are five body types In
the master series: the master de luxs
(see RUSSELL. Page 1o)
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nearly per cent. A hump on one
side of the piston top forces the COM
pressed gas vapor over toward the
spark plug, resulting in turbulence
which gives greater performance with
out increasing gasoline consumption.
Buick is pioneering with what it calls
torque-free springing. 1t is accom-
plished by using coils for all four
wheels instead of merely for the knee
action front wheels. This eliminates
static friction which exists in all con-
ventional leaf springs, and makes pos
sible matching Of front and rear
springs. Radius rods take care Of the
drive and torque. leaving the springs
free to protect the car against road
shock. Unusually large shock absorb
ers. set at an angle of IS degrees,
serve several purposes and combine
with the other features in giving
these new Bucks what is said to be q
highly desirable ride.
At extra cost Bucks new self-shift-
ing transmission is available in all
1883 models. The conventional gear
shift lever is completely eliminated.
Ninety per cent of the driving can
be done in quiet fourth speed, which
increases gas economy nearly 8 per
cent.
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observer cannot escape Jne conclusion
that this years automobile is headed
toward a new era.
Semi-automatic and remote con-
troll transmissions are only part Of
the picture of tomorrow's automobile
available today Well to the fore in
the years offerings is the new type
OF ride made possible by radical
changes in rear-wheel suspension. A
significant step is the first appear
ance Of air conditioning for winter
motoring Close on the heels of this
innovation is the new style trend best
described as a leaning forward of
hood and tenders to typify motion.
With individual manufacturers
clinging to their convictions with re-
gard to number and arrangement of
cylinders. type Of brakes. body lines.
wheelbsse and engine types the only
way to obtain a true picture Of the
amazing lineup for 1888 is to re-
view all the offerings. With this
thought in mind I have prepared the
following digests:
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STUDY WILL TRIM
ADDED CAR COSTS
Careful Motorist Can Curtail Ex.
penses by Increasing 0per-
ating Efficiency.

How will rising prices affect your
motoring? Will you be able to pay
the bigger bill without curbing your
use of the car, or will you be able
to meet the problem of rising costs
with greater operating efficiency and
skillful economy?
Every motorist should ask himself
these questions. Not only are costs
on a steadily upward rise, but the
chances are that the trend has only
just started. The bugaboo of inf1a-
ton does not brighten the picture.
There ~areyways to meet the situa-
tion-hedges, as the economists call
them. These must be learned, some
times at the expense of considerable
time and initiative. Certain it is that
the man who is willing to spend some
of his spare moments learning how to
make the wheels 60 round more cheap
ly stands to benefit handsomely by
the era of higher cost level.
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23 DRIVERS ADDED
TO ROLL OF HONOR
District of Columbia Motorists
Among Those Recognized for
Safety Records.

Twenty-three drivers of Delaware,
Maryland and District of Columbia
were today added to the roll of honor
of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
for having achieved record of five
years of safe driving of company
equipment without an accident.
They are among the 234 drivers in
the company, which maintains one
of the largest truck fleets 7.in- stf1e
world who have achieved this unusual
record.
Among the drivers who have COM
pleted five years or more without an
accident are: C. L. Lauman, L. c.
Catterton, j. B. Glesner, R. E. Givans,
A. R. Ewell, o. M. Feaster, l. L..
Martin, e. T. Matthews, M. L. Willard,
T. F. Rohr, w. H. Elliott, J. B. Hanna,
c. B. Minner, o. c. Hoxter, B. w.
Hamblin. w. H. Gillis, G. B. Ewell,
G. D.. Carroll, j.. T. Wolfe, w e.
Totheroh, F. ]. Juras, Andrew Richards
and Leroy Padgett.
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a few times in the course of each
year with the professional accident
prevention workers and receive re-
ports, but they don't 90 much beyond
this point. The natural result is,
that fortnight industrial planning
not being applied to accident pre-
vention, the Job is not done success
fully. And this fact is covered all
too frequently in maze of statistics
which are not understood by the
public and surely are not understood
by the executives. Otherwise, they
would not accept them SO readily. =
~ The most encouraging present-day
feature of accident prevention is that
prominent men and women continue
to express interest in it. Regrettable
as it is that most of them do not
go far beyond this point, there still
is hope in the fact that they still ap-
parently want to help. However. the
mere killing of $4,000 persons on the
highways in 1886 was insufficient to
really awaken them. The time may
(see ROPER, Page g. .
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Executives Must Direct Safety
Jobs Personally, Roper Says
Com m cree Secretdr,
Hits Present PreUen.
ton Methods.
BY DANIEL G.. ROPER.
Secretary of Commerce.

While there are few situations in
the world absolutely without hope,
candor compels me to say that very
little cause for optimism can be
found in the field of accident preyen-
ton This is particularly true in that
segment relating to street and high
way fatalities.
The fact is the gross number of ma
tional fatalities is constantly on the
increase. Regardless of the repeated
efforts of special pleaders to prove by
statistics that the highways are be-
coming safer, our national death toll
goes up year by year. 1t may be, as
claimed, that fewer persons are killed
per tank of gasoline or millions Of
miles travelled from year to year, but
this fact, if it be fact, does not
cut down the total number of addi-
tions to the mortuary list. Hence,
the inevitable conclusion is the Ma
ton as a whole is not making sub
stantial progress with its accident
prevention efforts.
Something is radically wrong with
present and past accident prevention
methods. If this were untrue, the
number Of highway fatalities and in
juries wouit decrease.
My conviction is that accident pre-
vention never will be effective until
leading executives of the country, i'm
cluding those engaged in the manu-
facture and sale Of motor cars, take
over the safety job personally and
apply to it the same methods that
they use to stop losses in. their own
businesses. Up to the present, the
majority of these executives have
contented themselves with voting rel
atively small appropriations for ac-
cident prevention work and then
leaving the active carrying out of the
effort largely to so-called trained
safety men. These executives meet
Evening star., 1937-10-31
MOtorist Fixes Own
Odds For or Against
Safety of Driving

AS a motorist, you fix the odds
in favor of or against the safety
of your driving.
So says the Keystone Auto
mobile Club on the basis of an
analysis of the records of 100000
drivers who made the odds against
themselves sufficiently high that
they had accidents.
Out of these misllaps, club
statisticians have developed fig
ures which show how the driver
increases the odds against safety
by various types of traffic law
violations.
The apparently most dangerous
practice is that of cuttinr out of
line, which raises the odds in.
favor of an accident to so to /.
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BUICK

Beginning with the popular priced
Special Bucks 1888 line extends to
the Century and oadmaster, and is
topped by the Limited. For easy COM
parison the wheelbases are. respec-
lively, 122, l26. 1873 and 140 inches.
Series 40. the Special, has an engine
of 24S-cubic- Inch displacement devel-
oping LOT horsepower at 3,400 revolu-
tions per minute. with compression
ratio of Sis to l. Series so. 80 and
60 carry an engine 320.l8 cubic
inches, developing 14l horsepower at
$500 revolutions per minute, with
a compression ration of 6.35 to /. All
of the Buick valve-in-head straight
eight Dynafiash engines feature the
turbulator piston which boosts power
Evening star., 1937-10-31
DATED" SERVICE
New Designs Make It Vital to
Have servicing Keep Pace.

New design in cars constantly calls
for changes in service methods. There
was a time, for instance, when it was
entirely satisfactory to give little
thought to the engine when removing
the transmission, but with modern en-
gine mountings this would be bad
business in the case of some cars. If
the transmission support of the engine
is removed from one of the most mod
ern and fine built cars the front rub
Der mountings of the engine will be
damaged. The engine will sag TO the
rear and tilt upward at the front. To
remedy this it is necessary to provide
a temporary support for the rear of the
engine when removing the gear case.
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will also yield the Federal Government
another 100000, 900.
According to these figures. it is seen
that by 1910 close to 100000
families in modest or low income
groups will be owners Of motor vehicles
of the present trend continues. The
remarkable extension of auto owner
ship among these families in this
country is held unparalleled in any
other ma ton in the world The typical
motorist" in the United States rides an
average of 40 eight-hour days year,
a survey discloses. He must work from
one to two weeks to pay the taxes on
that travel. Therefore, those who are
becoming alarmed at the increased
taxes on motoring believe that most
operators of cars are carrying more
than their share of the tax burden.
The leadership of the United States
has little competition in motoring
lines. 1t ranks first in automobile
ownership with 26,2ll,o52 vehicles
for 127.521 600 population. This is an
average of one vehicle to every five
ptISDIiS. hOOuG bNU-bIllIu Us Vi oil tllC
automobiles in the entire world oper-
ate on American highways. All other
countries have general average of
one vehicle for 1863 persons New
Zealand ranks next to the United
States with one motor vehicle to eight
persons; Canada, to 9; Australia.
l to IL France, to 20; United
Kingdom, to %; Denmark, / to %;
Sweden. to 80; Uruguay, l to al,
and Norway, to as China has only
one vehicle to 1920 persons; India.
to 3,463; Turkey, l to 1924, and
Poland, to 1888
Out of a total estimated world
consumption of gasoline in 1885 of 26,-
190.936000 gallons, the United States
used 8,265,674.00O gallons. or 697
gallons per vehicle. This compares
with an average of 702 gallons for
each of the 37,329,209 AUTOMOBILES
in the entire world The high con-
(See HOWARD, Page So
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$169,1l4,OOO Auto
Taxes Diverted to
Non.Road Uses

The average cost of diversion
of highway funds in 80 States
in 1897 was s7.23 per motorist,
an amount equivalent to more
than / cent of the gasoline tax
rates in those States. The 80
States misappropriated to non
highway purposes a total OF
s169,114,0O0 of special taxes paid
by their motorists.
Diversion of highway funds is
showing an alarming increase,
the American Petroleum Indus
tries Committee reports, saying
that the amount of road funds
diverted to non-highway purposes
has shown a gain of 153 per cent
during the past five years.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
LIGHT CONTROL TIP
City Lamps often Enough When
Driving Slow at Night.

Perhaps you have discovered it for
yourself, but the city lights of some
cars offer sufficient lighting for mod
crate speed along the highway at
night. Keeping to this one set of
lights makes it unnecessary to bother
with the foot switch for the depressed
beam when other cars approach.
When driving faster many operators
use the passing beam exclusively. 1t
gives almost as good lighting as the
driving beam and relieves the driver
of the annoyance of changing the
lights for each approaching car.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
REVEALS
l038AUTOISHEADED
TOWARD NEW ERA
Automatic Shifting, Air Condi-
tioning and New Wheel Sus-
pension Are Innovations.
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

WEPT into motordom of renewed confidence in the atomo
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pity, automobile
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