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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Mider Weather Tails Storm
That Gave D. C.. Inch of Snow

The weather station at Nation
al Airport reported IL inches of
snow between the time it began
falling at 1:06 am. and the last
officially recorded flakes at 11:05
am,
Heavier snow elsewhere closed
roads temporarily.
Up to 18 inches fell in the
higher reaches of Western Mary
land and 10 inches was reported
in some parts of Pennsylvania.
Baltimore had three inches of
snow. However, except in the
mountains, warm sun melted it
off the roads.
The snow carpeted portions of
Virginia with one to seven inches.
The deepest measurement was re-
corded in mountainous Highland
County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Two Die asCar
Hits Bridge
In Montgomery
Weekend Crashes
FutuI to ; Others;
a Bodily Injured

Two persons were killed and
three others seriously injured
early today in Montgomery
County when their auto skidded
on icy Boyds Station road and
struck a bridge and a tree.
The dead are Walter Herbert,
AZ, of Route 4, Frederick, Md.
and Grace Barker, "a, of Red
land, Md.
Injured and in undetermined
condition at Suburban Hospital
are Sadie Jackson. 20: Lilly Mae
Jackson, 46. and Robert Jackson.
jr.. %, all of Germantown. Md.
Howell Prather, of Laytonsville,
Md, the sixth occupant of the
car, had only a minor injury to
little finger. All six are colored.
The car ran into tree after
striking the bridge over Little
Seneca Creek, county police said.
The accident occurred about
1920 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
CIV to Offer Course
On Foreign Service

A course designed to prepare
candidates for the annual For
eign Service examinations will
be given this summer at George
Washington University.
Only those designated by the
State Department are eligible to
enroll in the course, which will
be offered from June IS to Au-
gust 81. The Government exam
nation will be held September
14-17,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
BY Froncis P. Douglas

Taxes on District employers to
provide money to administer the
unemployment compensation
program are making them pay
much more than the amount
necessary for the job.
This is in addition to the nil
lions piling up in the unemploy-
ment compensation fund, also
contributed by the employers.
At the end of last year the
balance in the fund to pay I'M
employment compensation stood
at $50, 795, 900. According to the
Unemployment Compensation
Boards report, the payments
from the fund in 1852 had
amounted to $1,738,000. For the
last Is years the payments have
totaled only $28,191,000.
Both funds-the administra-
ton fund and the compensation
fund-are raised through taxes
on payrolls. with only the first
$4,000 of a workers wage tax
able.
The maximum rate paid by
new employers for the compensa-
ton fund is 81 per cent IF the
taxable payroll. After the initial
period the rate is scaled down
as experience ratings are cb-
tanned for employers, the largest
percentage decreases being gwen
those who contribute least to
unemployment.
Average Is SO Per Cent.
These experience ratings per-
mitted an average tax rate for
1852 estimated at SO per cent.
For the administration fund
there is uniform tax rate Of
3 per cent. The taxes collected
go into the Federal Golfers.
Money to administer the pro-
gram in the States, the District.
Hawaii and Alaska are provided
through so-called grants in aid.
How much was collected from
District employers for the adj
ministration fund last year was
not specified in the District
Boards report. But the taxable
payroll was 1868, 493 900 and 3
per cent of that is 81, 500. 900.
If the collections were not that
much, it is believed they were
not far short of it.
The District got back 1892 1929
in fiscal 1852 for administration
expenses.
What happened to the rest
of more than 81 million? At
least part of it could be consid-
cred the Districts share in de-
fraying the cost of Federal adj
ministration of the compensa-
ton program. The rest might
have gone for anything. even
paying salaries Of Senators and
Representatives, none of whom
is elected by the District.
Urged for States.
The Council of the State
Chambers of Commerce has re-
commended that all Of this fund
be turned over to the States. the
District and the Territories-the
81 jurisdictions which participate
in the program. The council
said:
Federal revenues from this 3
per cent tax have coiiSiStentl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Boy, 2, Fatally Injured
In Heod-on Collision

Two-year-old Gary Wesley
Moore of Melwood. Md. died
yesterday at Casualty Hospital
of injuries he suffered in an auto
crash Saturday night.
He was the son of Roland
Moore, %, a cab driver. who was
injured in the accident. Mr..
Moore is in good condition at
Casualty.
Park Police said Mr.. Moore
was driving his cab toward Wash
ington on Suitland parkway at
Silver Hill road when it collided
head-on with another vehicle
operated by Harry Davies. %.
of Upper Marlboro, a George
town University student.
Mr.. Davies is in critical con-
dition at Sibley Memorial Hos
pital.
The Moore home is near An
drews Air Force Base. Gary died
at 1920 am. yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09

The fast-moving storm which
skipped in and out of the Dis
trict yesterday, dropping more
than an inch of snow, will be
followed by milder weather.
The forecast was for higher
temperatures tomorroW-after a
low of 80 tonight-and some rain
likely tomorrow night.
Yesterdays snow brought
traffic hazards for while. There
were more than 40 accidents,
most of them minor.
The storm moved 1900 miles
in "a hours to get to the Dis
trict, which weather observers
said was a pretty fast pace. It
moved rapidly after leaving here.
too, and was 800 miles to the
east early this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
CIV Holds Registration
For 6-Week Institute

George Washington University
is registering students for six
week institute of correctional
administration starting March
IL. Courses will be offered in
social pathology. clinical GRIMM
ology, treatment of offenders and
organization of criminal and
military justice.
Information may be obtained
from the College of General
Studies, 706 Twentieth street
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Senators Cast Eyes
AtCost|y New Radar
On Maryland Yacht
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 9.-Weary-
ing Senators. besieged on every
hand by demands for tax reduc-
ton and economy, were reported
casting questioning glances at
the State yacht Potomac, on
which a new radar antenna has
been installed.
Several indicated they planned
to ask Chairman Brice of the
Tidewater Fisheries Department,
operators of the yacht, where it
got the money for the naviga-
tional aid.
$4,000 Outlay Reported.
Unconfirmed reports had the
radar set itself costing $4,000
and installation charges running
another $4,000. And still an
other report said the set was not
effective more than 5 miles in
stead of the distance of the
horizon-15 to 20 miles-which
is the rated capacity.
Although the Tidewater Fish
cries Department has appeared
numerous times before the Sem
ate Finance and House Ways
and Means Committees-mone-
tary watchdog groups for the
notwithstanding has been
mentioned during the first two
thirds of the session about the
new accessory to the yacht.
The radar repeatedly is SIM
liar to the type in use on the big
liner United States. A yacht
type is quoted by radar statesmen
as running around $4,000.
A radar inferior to the present
one mounted on the Potomac
was installed on the ship when
the State took it over in 1916
but was dismantled.
Asks Bay Planting Data.
In other bay-front activity,
Senator Shehan. Democrat of
Talbot, sent a written request to
Mr.. Brice asking for a break
down on the amount of oyster
shells and seed planted in the
various county waters during
the past year.
Senator Shehan, chairman of
the Bay and Tributaries Com
mittee, said he was making the
request in behalf of several men,
bers of the committee who Won
dered how their counties Jared
in the distribution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Apartment House BIuze
Put Out in BIudensburo

Ten or fifteen persons left an
apartment house at 1852 Quincy
place, Bladensburg, Md, this
morning when oil from a leaking
boiler in the basement ignited.
The blaze was extinguished in
about 20 minutes. No one was
injured and damage was minor,
Bladensburg firemen said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Mount Vernon 6. O. P.

The newly formed Mount YER
non Republican Club will meet at
8 pm. tomorrow in the Mount
Vernon Firehouse on Fort Hunt
road, Alexandria. Harris T.
Richards, chairman of the Fair
fax County Republican Commit
; tee, will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
National Airport Worker
Killed in Auto Accident

A 31-year-old Coast Guards
man stationed at National Air
port was killed on the Pennsyl-
vania. turnpike yesterday after
his auto skidded on the icy high
way into the path of a truck, the
Associated Press reported.
Victim of the accident, which
occurred near Gibsonia, Pa, was
Thomas D. Dunno of Falls
Church, who worked in aviation
electronics. He had been sta
toned at the airport since last
November. A passenger in his
auto suffered minor injuries.
The Coast Guard reported that
Mr.. Dunno, who was away on a
five-day pass was returning here
from Chicago.
The family has requested that
Mr.. DUNES body be sent to Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery at
San Diego, Calf, for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Center to Heur Rubbi

Rabbi TZvi H. Porath will
preach on 1.-THE Sabbath of the
Month" at $3.50 pm. Friday at
the Montgomery County Jewish
Community Center. 8402 Frey
man drive, Chevy Chase, M6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Business Men to Meet

The Southeast Business Mems
Association will meet at 8:15 pm.
Wednesday in the Office of the
Donohoe Realty Co., 314 Penn
Sylvania avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1953-02-23

wheels are sprung by coil springs.
the rear wheels using splayed
leaf springs for better directional
stability.
The Firedome v-S, like its
big brother, the 180-horse-
power Chrysler Firepower engine.
has a hemispherical combustion
chamber.
It has overhead, laterally in
clined valves operated by push
rods. and operates on a I'LL
compression ratio. The engine
operates perfectly on regular gas.
The over square bore-stroke
ratio-35sx3 1882 inches-one
sixteenth of an inch larger bore
than stroke-means longer en-
gine life due to lower piston
speeds. The trend today of equal
or larger bore than stroke is di-
rectly opposed to old concepts Of
engine design. Years ago, it was
not uncommon to find piston
strokes more than a third larger
than the cylinder bore. Great low
speed torque was available but
high revolutions suffered.
The Powermaster Six-cylinder
De Soto engine is of familiar L.
head design with I'll compress
sion ratio, producing 116 brake
horsepower.
De Soto'S Full Power steering,
Evening star., 1953-02-23

Rangecroft Flotow Motors, Inc,
Chicago, is a Ford authorized
engine rebuilder whose products
engines and crankshafts-go
to Chicago-area Ford dealers.
More than SO per cent of his
engine go into trucks.
Mr. Flotow employs 40 work.
ers rebuilding 30 different Ford,
Mercury and Lincoln engines for
trucks and cars. Included in his
stock are power plants for vet
eran model A FordS and even
few for 1852 models. Output of
all types totals 25 engines a day.
Greasy, worn engines which
have given up the ghost start
their trip back to life with a
steam and chemical bath, then
go through a production line for
precision reboring and honing Of
cylinders. Connecting rods are
reconditioned. CrankShafts are
precision reground. New working
parts go in. Then comes inspec-
ton while operating and, finally,
a paint job.
More than half of Mr. Flotow's
rebuilt engines go for trucks.
"Rebuilding's fine for fleet own
ers," he says, because a dealer
can jerk a wornout engine and
install a new one overnight.
keeping a truck on the road and
earning money. And the engines
sell for 30 per cent less than new
ones, which makes engine re-
placement cheaper than over
hauling for large operators"
Evening star., 1953-02-23
Tinkering on Parts
May Add Trouble

Car manufacturers have a diff
ficult time of 1t preventing own
ers and tinkerers from spelling
engineering features designed to
save trouble and expense.
Typical is the case of the seal
ing provisions made by one of
the leading manufacturers with
regard to the rear engine bear
ing.
In this particular instance a
rope-type seal is used, and to
make this more effective, the
surface on the crankshaft in the
area under seal has been knurled.
This knurling is like a series of
scratches running in the one
direction at an angle to the edge
of the bearing. Purpose of the
knurls is to reverse the direction
oil is following around the
crankshaft. Oil is thus directed
back TO the crankcase. So far,
so good. But what happens?
In his effort to improve things
the owner may decide to polish
off the knurling. In some in
stances the knurling has actually
been ground off. All the "im-
provement" does is to increase
the risk of oil passing the bear
ing and getting into the clutch.
Evening star., 1953-02-23
Some Hints on Adjustinq Toppets

Motorists who bother to ad-
just tappets themselves often
are puzzled to know which are
for intakes and which for ex-
haustS.
In the old days it was rather
common to give all tappets the
same clearance, but in recent
years the exhaust tappets are
given more clearance than the
intake tappets. Hence it is i'm
portant not to mix them up.
A good rule is to follow the
manifolding. 1t will be seen that
in a conventional six-cylinder
engine the end valves are ex-
hausts while there are alter
nately pairs of intakes and ex-
hausts- respectively in between.
Since you never can have two
Evening star., 1953-02-23

available as optional equipment.
repeatedly reduces steering eff
fort by 80 per cent, even when
the car is stationary.
Full Power steering operates
at all times and retains road
feel.
De Soto's power brakes operate
on the vacuum booster principle,
multiplying foot pressure as
much as two-thirds. Action is
Evening star., 1953-02-23

It's new engine, new body, and
other mechanical features make
the 1858 De Soto one of the
most completely redesigned cars
on the road today.
Available in two series, the
Fire Dome V-8, powered by a
1907 horsepower engine, and the
Powermaster Six, De Soto offers
new performance.
Offered as optional equipment
tor both series are power steer
ing, power brakes, tip-toe shift
transmission with f1uid-torque
drive and electric-window lifts.
Eleven body styles are avail
able in the two De Soto lines.
They are in the Firedome Va
series, the four-door sedan, club
coupe, convertible coupe, Sports
man, all-steel station wagon and
eight-passenger sedan.
In the Powermaster Six series,
the four-door sedan, club coupe,
Sportsman, all steel station
wagon and the eight-passenger
sedan.
Exterior styling of the new De
Soto employs long flowing lines.
Tenders are longer and swept
back while the rear deck is wider
and lower.
Chrome fender holdings ac-
cent the flowing fender lines and
serve as rubbing strips.
The functional air vent on De
Soto's hood directs a blast of
cool air at the carburetor for
greater efficiency.
Both the windshield and the
rear window of the De Soto are
of curved one-piece glass, af-
fording greater visibility. Solex
glare-resistant glass is offered
as optional equipment on all
models.
All De Sotos have as standard
equipment Safety-Rim wheels,
a Water-proofed ignition, oual
back-up lights, two-speed elec-
trio windshield wiper motors and
Super Cushion tires.
Retained in this years interiors
are the comfortable chair-high
seats with both seats and seat
backs of the three-pillow type. A
reflection-free panel between the
windshield and instrument panel
serves as a safety feature.
The new De Soto has a heating
system, located behind a cowl
vent, which enables the heater to
take in fresh fume-free air. The
cowl opening is used to take in
cool air in the summer.
Passenger comfort is increased
by De Soto's Orif1ow shock abb
sorbers on all four wheels. Front
Evening star., 1953-02-23
Uneven Motors
Easy to Detect

Every experienced mechanic
uses the equipment he was born
with to make certain observa-
tions of car behavior.
This is clearly demonstrated
in the case of adjusting an en-
gine for smooth idling. His eyes
are very helpful here, for, if
there is roughness, the modern
engine will rock too much in it's
flexible mountings.
He will also watch the fan to
make sure it is rotating steadily.
To feel the engine he has only
to lean against one of the front
tenders.
Some Of the unevenness can
be heard, especially if he listens
at the exhaust pipe. Many listen
to the oil filler pipe.
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said to be quicker, too. Pedal
feel is retained to avoid the pos
Sibility Of lover control"
Air conditioning is available
as optional equipment on the
Firedome V-8 series.
The cooling system can reduce
the temperature inside a car
from over 100 degrees to 70 in
two minutes, according to the
builder.
Evening star., 1953-02-23
CoId-Weuther Sturtino

Cold weather starting strains
batteries already weakened tenn
porarily by low temperatures. It
is important therefore, that gen.
orators and voltage regulators
operate properly during winter
months. Batteries and battery
cables ought to be checked from
time to time. Spark plugs, dis
tributor points and carburetors
should be cleaned and adjusted,
If necessary, to assure quick
starting and smooth perform
ance.
Evening star., 1953-02-23
Do-It-Yourse|f Trend
Stimulating Paris
Rebuilding Industry
BY Thomas S. Volts

(RCprlnted Oy special PERMISSION from
The Wall Street Journal)
Growing thousands of auto
owners are turning once again
to rebuilt parts. whether they
need just few nuts and bolts
or a complete new engine.
This is a fact which the Ma
tion's 2,00O-odd auto parts re-
builders find most gratifying.
During World War II, when new
parts weren't available, they
enjoyed their biggest boom.
Business gradually slackened
through the early postwar years.
Topped over Is per cent from
1850 to 1851. Now. with the first
of the huge numbers of autos
built since the war reaching
middle age. their business is
again reviving.
Most QUITO dealers stock some
rebuilt parts and almost all inde-
pendent garages carry and in
stall them. But one of the
fastest-growing segments Of the
market appears to be the do
it-yourself" clan, which likes
not only the savings to be ef-
fected on parts but also the
even greater one which can be
made by dispensing with a
mechanics costly service.
Easy to Get.
Sears-Roebuck, Montgomery
Ward and most auto supply
stores retail rejuvenated parts.
Including complete engines, they
constitute the second largest
line carried in Sears auto supply
department, trailing only bat
teries in sales volume.
Parts rebuilders take particu-
lar pleasure from figures on the
numbers of cars reaching mid
die age over the next few years.
Generally they figure their big
gest market is among cars five
to 10 years old. Ones younger
than that, they think, either
don't need many parts or have
owners who buy new ones if they
do have an engine casualty.
Owners of cars more than 10
years old will be likely to junk
their cars rather than make any
major parts purchases.
The first generation Of post
war cars, the 1947s, are now
reaching middle age, the parts
builders note. About 3.6 million
autos were produced that year
With considerable licking of
chops, the sprucer-uppers are
looking forward to 1855 and
1856, when the 81 million cars
produced in record 1850 will be-
come five years old.
How Parts Are Gathered.
Gathering wornout parts is
one aspect of the rebuilding
business.
M C. Lesser of Lodi. N. j.. a
supplier of wornout parts for the
rebuilding industry, has 40 trucks
operating in q States, visiting
auto graveyards where drivers
collect usable bits and pieces
from the abandoned hulks.
Most rebuilders," he explains,
stake the old clutch housings,
the old carburetor castings and
fit new moving parts inside.
Sometimes they use renewed
moving parts. The result is a
clean, engineered part. attrac-
lively packaged and like new
part IN every way but price"
Another source of raw ma
terlal used by rebuilders is their
customers. When you get a part
installed you trade in or con
tribute" the old one, which in
turn goes back for rebuilding.
How Rebuilding Is Done.
What is a typical rebuilding
plant like?
F.. c. Flotow, president OF
Evening star., 1953-02-23

intake or two exhausts for any
one cylinder you have a handy
guide to go along.
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SEE The new 1858
ROCKET" ENGINE

See Oldsmobiles exciting new 1858
Rocket" Engine At the show. Its
the Rocket to top all ''Rockets''l
New l65 horsepower New 8 to !
compression ratio! New. revolu.
tionary l2.volt ignition systemI
Evening star., 1953-02-10
Vern Stephens Confident
Of Hitting Well at Chicooo

LONG BEACH, Calf, Feb. 10
(Pl. Vern Stephens appeared
happy today over the prospect
of changing his sox from red to
white.
Sounds good to me-" the
slugging inflelder commented
when notified of the Boston
Chicago trade. I've always hit
well in Comiskey Park. OF
course. I may not hit as many
homers, but I think I'll do all
right"
Stephens said he was in real
ly good shape" and trimmed
down to 18O pounds-five pounds
less than his normal playing
weight-after a winter of golf
ing and gymnasium workouts.
II think my knee is as strong
as it ever was and 1 hope I can
play l54 games or as many as
the White Sox need me-" he
added.
Stephens said he didn't an
ticipate any trouble in coming
to salary terms with the White
Sox. He said he had rejected
a Boston contract last week.
No figures were disclosed, but a
cut was indicated after his 1852
slump.
Evening star., 1953-02-10
Friendly Fence Era Passes
As Red Sox Trade Stephens

The Red Sox gave the Browns
$4,000 and seven players.
122 HOmers in Five Years.
Stephens smashed out 122
home runs in his five years with
the Red Sox and drove in 562
runs. Last season he was ham
pered by injuries and batted only
.254, drove in A runs and hit
seven homers.
Statistics point up the i'm
portance Of the good old left
field fence to a hitter like Ste
phens. In his five Boston cam
paignS he averaged .314 at Fen
way Park. On the road in that
time his mark was .252.
Pitching is the Red Sox's
sorest problem. Veteran AL
Benton was big help in relief
last year but he has gone back
to the coast league at his. own
request. Veteran Ellis Kinder
hurt his back last summer and
is a question mark.
Lefthanders Mel Parnell and
Maury McDermott and Right
handler Sid Hudson are the nu-
cleuS Of the staff.
Grissom, a right-hander, had
a 1910 record in 1852. Kennedy.
a southpaw, had a % mark in
relief. and Right-hander Brown
was "a