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Evening star., 1953-02-23

ing especially Of such simple de-
vices as the one which, attached
to the wheels, starts clicking If
a tire is starting to go fat. 1t
can easily save lives.
The car road sander is another
development that will make any
car a rule unto itself. and safer.
New. too, is an air circulator
designed to keep the rear win
dow from Jogging in damp
weather.
Latest in rear-view mirrors is
the outside mirror with a control
from the inside of the car.
Special RehectOrs.
BY the attachment of special
plastic def1ectors at the rear OF
the cars front doors it is now
possible to drive with the front
windows open without annoying
rear-seat passengers. It should
result in less drowsineSs from
carbon monoxide.
The new device to check
skidding by a counterbalancing
weight is among the special
equipment that changes a cars
characteristics. Available, too
is a hydraulic device to prevent
creeping with automatic trans
missions and roll-back on hills
with any type drive.
Transparent carburetor float,
Evening star., 1953-02-23
.9.5 Million 7rucksNowinU. S.,
More Than Rest of World

Nearly 912 million motor
trucks are now owned and op-
Grated in the United States
more than all that are in the
rest Of the world combined
according to the Automobile
Manufacturers Association.
| This huge feet piles up a total
Of about 2.5 billion truck work
days q year, which Is equivalent
to Is days Of truck service for
every person in the country, or
Sc truck work days per family.
the association estimates.
The Importance Of truck serv-
ice to the individual stems from
the fact that transportation is
so vital an element in today's
complex economy.
It is provided by various
types Of carriers working to-
gether. But trucks serve to
supplement them all as gap
filing links in the transporta-
ton system. They reach other
wise inaccessible places. They
perform the service of local pick
up and delivery, and they fill
in where needed on heavy long
haul jobs.
Thus, practically everything
the modern American buys
from food to Shelters brought
to him at least part of the way
by truck.
Move 8 Billion Tons.
Motor carriers move about
8 billion tons of freight a
year in the United States, or
about go tons per person. This
is approximately IS per cent Of
the total freight tonnage carried
by all forms of transportation in
the country, including pipelines.
But trucks perform variety
of jobs and services in addition
to hauling freight. They are
used, for instance. in mining and
construction operations, in fire
fighting in street cleaning and
refuse removal, in maintenance
work Of all kinds, and in farm
ing.
The total effect that trucks
can have on the living standards
Of a country depends on many
things, and perhaps is inesti-
mable. It Is apparent, however,
that high living standards and
wcll-developed truck transporta-
ton go together.
The United States not only
has the greatest total number
Evening star., 1953-02-23

Bucks new power brakes, Of
fered as optional equipment on
the Roadmaster, are said to take
IS per cent Of the effort out of
braking.
A vacuum booster couples the
engine suction with atmospheric
pressure to do the job. The
brake pedal is set closer to the
floor enabling the driver to pivot
his foot from gas to brake more
quickly. 4
The design of the system is
such that should vacuum be
lost, normal operation would
suffice. Also, a new brake lin
ing is used on cars with power
brakes.
A luxury extra" available on
Roadmasters and super models
is Bucks "draftproof" air con-
ditioning unit. It is reported to
have capacity equal to 80 house
hold refrigerators.
The evaporator is housed on
shelf in the trunk and filters
cool air into the passenger COM
Evening star., 1953-02-23
Current Accessories
Give Cars Both
Value and Glamour
By GiIIond Mason

Something new is in the wind
in the world Of automobile ac-
cessories.
Whereas the accessory was
once used to dress up" the car
or help keep 1t modern. it now
is more likely to serve to change
its appearance as we'll as its
operation.
Rapidly the accessory is be-
coming magic wand rather
than something that merely as
sists toward a desired effect.
Those who are watching the
automotive scene carefully be-
lieve that this will open up a
new market for the trade and at
the same time enable the car
owner to make his automobile
more of a reflection of his own
ideas and preferences.
The trend is particularly evi-
dent in the field of custom tailor
ing where special equipment is
making new cars better and old
cars new.
While economy and efficiency
still play big role in the equip
ment field. the trend definitely
is toward gadgets which give the
car a new flair.
1t may be a set of special wheel
covers which have the appear
ance of wire, or some unseen
fitments like steel cylinder head
gasket or special manifold
which steps up engine output.
Robot Starter.
One of the interesting de-
velopments is an automatic
starter which keeps an outside
parked engine running every so
often on a cold night.
While it continues to be prac-
tical for the industry to produce
a comparatively few makes of
cars. the accessory field permits
endless variation.
Within few years the used
car market will begin to reflect
the wide differences in cars be-
cause Of their being specially
equipped for varying appearance
or performance.
Special additions to automatic
transmissions have introduced
some interesting effects, and it
is expected that this year many
motorists will begin to expert
ment with the more complicated
carburetors which have become
standard equipment on some of
the glamour cars.
Won't Spin in Snow.
Something that intrigues driv-
ers is the system for preventing
one of the rear wheels from
spinning when the car is caught
in the snow.
In the field of safety it will
soon be a fact that some cars
will be decidedly safer than
others. merely because of their
special equipment. I am think
Evening star., 1953-02-23
Engines and Rokish Lines Top Changes in 1853 Bucks

The 1853 Buick looks like the
most changed Buick in years. A
new engine, a reworked trans
mission. power steering and
power brakes mark the series.
Heart Of the new Bucks is
the valve-in- head Weight engine
used in the Roadmaster and
super series. In the Roadmaster.
the engine delivers 188 horse
power using a 4-barreled carbu-
rotor and an 8.5-1 compression
ratio. The super turns out ITO
horsepower using o 2-barrel car
buretor and a compression ratio
of 81.
Both engines displace 800 cubic
inches and have hydraulic valve
lifters actuating vertically
mounted valves. A conical COM
bustion chamber with centrally
located spark plugs and valves
located side-by-side aids COM
bustion.
The . twin-turbine Dynafiow
transmission is standard on the
Roadmaster and optional on the
Super and Special models. It
consists mainly of an auxiliary
turbine wheel and planetary gear
set which increases torque out
put 10 per cent. The result is
reduced engine speed but fast
er acceleration
The special series uses the
familiar straight-eight engine
Horsepower on Specials with
Dynaflow has been upped to 100
due to the higher-7.6-1-com-
preston ratio. Those with stand
ard Syncromesh transmissions
develop 125 horsepower with a
I'll compression ratio.
A 12-volt electrical system has
been developed to meet the igni-
tion needs of higher compress
sions in the Weights.
Power steering is standard on
the RoadmaSter and optional
on the super and special series
this year.
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able for all models. The familiar
bomb and ring hood ornament
has been recessed into the hood
and now bears a "V" addition.
Bulletlike tail and stop lights
project from the trailing edges of
rear tenders and are set one
above the other with a reflector
between.
All Bucks have new steering
wheels, dashboardS and instru-
ment panels.
Front seats on specials are
three inches wider than last year.
The back of the front seats in
all two-door models have tilt
away feature that permits more
room for entrance and exit.
In addition to the tilt-away
device. all Roadmasters and
super two-door models feature
front seats that slide forward
four and a half inches.
Thirty-two colorful trim COM
binations are offered as options
on all IL Bucks. Convertibles
have genuine leather upholstery.
Evening star., 1953-02-23

partment via ducts along the
roof above the windows.
The compressor is located in
the engine compartment and
the condenser between the grill
and the radiator.
Air from inside the car is
drawn into the evaporation
through two vents located on
the shelf behind the back seat
Outside air enters the condition
ing unit through ducts on the
forward part of the rear deck
just above the tenders.
Air is changed completely
every 20 seconds, cigarette smoke
being eliminated.
Influence of Bucks XP-3O0
an experimental car, can be
seen in the fender treatment
and headlights. Other styling
touches include new fender or
naments and new trim mold
ings. New portfolio vents ir
the front tenders have been
designed.
Wire wheel covers are avail.
Evening star., 1953-02-23

make it easy to test for float
troubles.
Spark plugs covered with spe-
cial connectors prevent damp
weather starting delay. Hoods
can be lined with special vibra-
ton dampening material which
can be cut and fitted to suit.
For the cooling system there
are filters with a visible sedi-
ment trap bowl. also electric en-
gine heaters which can be wired
into water hose connections
(The Russell service)
Evening star., 1953-02-23

Of trucks but also the highest
ratio of trucks per capita. There
now is one truck for about every
Is persons in the country. For
comparison. the ratio in Great
Britain is / to 81; in Russia, ap-
proximately ! to 100.
Growth Traced.
Truck transportation's growth
in America, which became rapid
following World War I, has been
meteoric in the present postwar
period.
BY 1925. the Nation boasted
a truck fleet of 2,5 million units
twice the number in the rest
OF the world. During the next
Is years that figure nearly
doubled and remained about 4.8
million at the end of World War
II. But, within the past seven
years, it has grown almost twice
again as large.
This spectacular postwar
growth was direct response to
accelerating economic forces re-
leased by the wars end. A sud-
denly increased flow of goods
between producers and consum-
ers created heavy demands upon
all transportation services.
AS one indication of the in
dustry's dynamic growth in re-
cent years, the annual tonnage
handled by for-hire interstate
motor carriers rose more than
125 per cent from 1945 to 1851.
IS Billion Miles.
During the same period, total
annual mileage travelled by all
trucks in the country climbed
from As billion to 95 billion. The
number of truck drivers doubled
from about 2Aa million to 5 mil
lion.
Special truck taxes collected
by Federal, State and local
agencies increased from $625
million to $1.4 billion.
United States automotive
companies have turned out
more than 8.5 million trucks in
seven years. It Is estimated
that the trucking industry has
invested 50 billion in new equip
ment this year.
Evening star., 1953-02-23
Some Suggestions On Engine Starting

In the days before the starter
motor was unable to operate
without the ignition switch being
on motorists used to timber up q
cold motor by giving it a few
spins with the starter before
turning on the ignition.
This served to puild up COM
preston and get some fuel into
the cylinders before there was
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spark. The same trick can be
done today, but with a little more
effort in spite of our much
vaunted progress.
Today you can lift the hood
and disconnect the high-tension
wire at the top Of the distributor
Then after a few spins Of the
starter you can replace the wire
and start in the usual manner.
Evening star., 1953-02-23
Trailing Big Trucks
Closely Is Huzurdous

These days unless you are
aware Of changing conditions
you are apt to be trapped into
trouble. Plenty Of people trail
ing highway trucks have failed
to note that these giants are
travelling faster.
They are designed to be able
TO stop faster. too, and the COM
bination isn't q good one for
the unsuspecting fellow who tags
along IN his vulnerable jallopy.
Evening star., 1953-02-23

Sult Means Cor Woshine
Car washing, often neglected
in the winter. is important when
metal-corroding salt Is being
used on icy streets and roads.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Stoq Lines: A Column for Men

type of shops you find on Rue
du Faubourg street, Honors;
and Bourbon street, at night,
is much like Place Pigalle.
TRAVEL NOTES: New Or
leans is a mecca for tourists
through most of the year and
it's unwise to come without a
confirmed reservation i.
The Sugar Bowl committee, a
group of New Orleans resi-
dents, donated the fabulous
Sugar Bowl Stadium to Tulane
University in exchange for the
privilege of using it once a
year-on New Years Day.
PASS THE CIGARS: This
week to-David Stern Sd, who
is publisher president of the
"New Orleans Item" The ver-
satile Stern has been able to
spread a whole lot of happi-
ness and laughs with his won-
derful stories of Francis" the
talking mule.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Stocking
For Brides
By EIeni

Let the something new" a
bride traditionally wears on her
wedding day include a bit of
feminine whimsy in her stock
ings.
If you are stumped for a nice
and different" shower gift or if
you are a bride and want some
thing extra special in the way of
a feminine and pretty accessory
you might look into two of the
newest stocking designs.
Definitely with the bride in
mind, are Bryan's latest ideas
for spring and summer. One is
a stocking that combines some
thing blue with the something
new. It's a crisp white nylon
eyelet ruff1e adding top interest
on one stocking. This style, called
bridal pantalette," has the ruffle
appliqued below the welt and has
a thread Of pale blue nylon satin
ribbon on it. A true bridal color.
white heather" carries out the
theme.
The other style Is almost in
the heirloom class because of its
beauty. A shower of flowers,
drifting roses or blue forget-me-
nots sparkling with rhinestones
are scattered down the front of
the stockings to make these
Snowflake sheer" stockings
bridal hits.
Call Sterling $4,000, Extension
395, between $50 and 4:30,
Monday, for shopping informa-
ton.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
By Bert Bochoroch
NEW ORLEANS

NE w O1OLIJf11N0.-
FASHION: This week we're
visiting the hub of Louisiana,
where the temperature is al
ready consistently in the sos
and next summers mems wear
is getting a full-dress preview
before heading north. From
here it looks as if one of the
most popular new lightweight
suits will be the Orion Cord
model. It keeps it's creases and
resists wrinkles through many
wearings, and is light and
cool, even on hot days.
FOOD NOTES: At dinner
hour you'll see long lines of
customers waiting in front of
Antoine's, Galatoire's, Vieux
Carre and Arnaud's. And the
food is worth the wait! {.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

These restaurants douse their
lights each time an order of
Crepes Suzette is ignited
A speciality in these parts is
the Poor Boy Sandwich"
huge meal between two slices
of bread A seasonal deli
cacy is Buster crabs (no rela-
tion to the swimmer of similar
name). They're like the soft
shell type but smaller and
taStier.
TOURIST TIPS: Best but
ton shop I've seen since Eu-
rope-Zula Fricks, Alb Royal,
New Orleans g. Fine hotel in
French Quarter-the Monte
leone The best send-home
souvenirs-pralines.
OBSERVATION: This city
Is like Paris-with a Southern
accent. Royal street has the
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Anniversary Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Benson Of
Gaithersburg were guests of
honor on Sunday at surprise
buffet supper in honor of their
25th wedding anniversary. The
party which was given by their
son and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon Benson, and their
daughters, Mrs. James Money
maker and Mrs. Jack Simmons,
was held at the Bensons' home
near Rockville. Fifty guests were
present.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Oden Baden
of Washington announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Elizabeth Anne, to Mr.. George
H. L'Heureux. He is the son
of Mr.. Herve j. L'Heureux,
Supervisory Consul General of
the United States Foreign Ser
vice and Mrs. L'Heureux Of
Washington now residing in
Bonn, Germany.
The bride-elect is a graduate
Of Immaculate Seminary and
now is attending Georgetown
Visitation Junior College. Mr..
L'Heureux is a graduate Of st.
Johns College and served in the
Marine Corps in Korea. He Is
now attending the University Of
Maryland.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert M. White of
the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Ellen Louise, to Mr. Roy Erl-
ing Esiason, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fritz Erling Esiason of Philadel-
phia.
Miss White was graduated
from Maryland University and
her f1ance is a graduate of State
Teachers College in Salisbury,
Md. They wedding will take place
in June.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Miss Doris Elizabeth Patter-
son, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
George w. Patterson, was mar
ried on April Is to Mr.. Erwin T.
Koch, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Koch of st. Louis. The cere-
mony was held at the Sacred
Heart Church with the Rev. r.
Paul Repetti officiating. A recep-
tion followed at the Chief Petty
Officers Club at the Naval Air
Station in AnacoStia.
After a st. Louis wedding trip,
the couple will live in this city.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Here From Georqiu

Mrs. Joseph MCGEE of Chip
ley, Ca, is spending two weeks
in Indian Head with her mother
Mrs. Edward Land and Mr.
Land.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Miss Mary Corder, daughter
of Mrs. Nick c. Corder of WASH
ington and the late Mr.. Corder,
became the bride on April "a of
Mr.. Edwin Eugene Riggs. jr. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Riggs
Of Greenbelt. Md.
The ceremony took place at
the Navy Chapel with Chaplain
John H. Craven officiating.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Afehunistun Plans
KubuI River Dums

Not one but several dams are
going to be built by Afghanistan
across the Kabul River to har-
ness it's waters for irrigation and
industry, Kabul reports.
This was announced after
Karachi had published charges
that the Afghan government
would build a dam over the
Kabul by 1856, thus depriving
Pakistan of lthe waters of yet
another river.
There is no such intent, At
CHAN officials say. but it is that
governments policy and indiS-
putable right to make full use of
its rivers.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Eisenhower Appoints
Eleven 10 Revived
Foreign Aid Board

President Eisenhower yester-
day reconstructed the board
which advises him and the For
eign Operations Administration
on the Governments Point-4
program of technical aid to un-
developed countries.
Gen. Eisenhower appointed
seven new members and reap
pointed four others, all to two
year terms. Another member
will be added later.
Johnston Renamed.
Eric A. Johnston, president of
the Motion Picture Association,
was renamed chairman, a posi-
ton he has held since January
1852. The new members are:
Gardner Cowles of New York,
president of Cowles Magazines,
Inc; Joseph P. Grace, jr., of
New York. president of the
Grace Lines; William I. Myers of
Cornell University; Herschel D.
Newsom, master of the National
Grange; Mrs. Jessie Vann. pub
Usher of the Pittsburgh Courier:
Laurence F. Whittemore, former
head of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad; :;
and Maurice A. Hutcheson, pres
ident of the Carpenters Union.
Three former members whose
terms expired last November
were reappointed. They are:
DR.. Robert P. Daniel, presi-
dent of Virginia State College;
Harvey S. Firestone, jr., chair
man of the Firestone Rubber
Co., and DR.. Thomas Parran of
the University of Pittsburgh.
DR.. William R. White, president
of Baylor University, will con-
tinue to serve on the board
through a previous appointment.
All of the members will be
sworn in at the White House to-
morrow.
Other Appointments.
The President also named La
mar Fleming, jr., of Houston,
Tex, as vice chairman of his
new commission on Foreign Eco
nomic Policy. The commission
was set up earlier in the week
under the Craftsmanship of Clar-
ence Randall, chairman of In
land Steel Corp.
In another appointment, Gen.
Eisenhower named Walter KLEIN,
Mountain Lakes, N. j., to the
Board of ActuarieS which will
be set up November l to work
out compensation rules for wild
ows of retired personnel of the
armed services. Mr.. KLEIN is vice
president of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
West Bengal Conviets
MAY Go to College

If Calcutta University agrees,
ordinary convicts in West Bengal
may take university eXamina-
tions as non-collegiate candi-
dates.
1t is part of the West Bengal
governments prison reform pro-
gram. ConvictS now study in
prisons and a university degree
of some kind would help them
rehabilitate themselves in So
ciety on the outside, prison re-
formers declare.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Coop Officers Face Life Job
Unless Quorum Can Be Found

appear despite an elaborate pro-
gram, a variety of expensive
gifts and through bush-beating
in Calvert. Charles, Prince
Georges and st. Marys Counties.
In fact, the Coop has been
able to attract quorum only
once in the last few years, all
though it has enlisted lacionally-
known speakers, ,artool1iStS.
bands and celebrity entertainers
This time there will be no
special inducements.
Unless someone can shock the
farmers into action, it looks like
the present officers and directors
have lifetime jobs.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Special Dispatch 10 The St1r

HUGHESVILLE, Md, Sept.
26.-If there is way to get a
quorum of subscribers without a
rumpus that would short-circuit
the works, the Southern Mary
land Electric Cooperative would
like to know about it.
The Coop wants to elect Is
directors and transact other i'm
portant business, but at least 3
per cent of It's 1900 patrons
must be present before that can
be done.
A meeting .laS been set for 8
pm. Monday at the Charlotte
Hill Military Academy.
The date was scheduled on
July 13 when a quorum failed to
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Moonshine Still Raiders
Find Auto DESTROYED
SBy the As.oe,ated Press

BOLIVAR, Tenn. Sept. 26.-
Deputies found, and destroyed
250-gallon moonshine still near
here yesterday.
The officers scrambled back
through the woods to find that
someone had Sloshed gasoline
over their parked car and set
it afire. It was DESTROYED.