Evening star., 1955-06-29
BY DONALD B. HADLEY

Vehicular traffic at 20 ke
points in the District Of Colum
bia in May was the heaviest 70
that month on record. data from
the District Highway Depart
ment disclosed today.
Weekday checks on a 24-hou
basis showed traffic was 81 pc
cent above May, 1854. Witt
194l figures missing for five o
the stations, q 15-station tota
in May was 1875 per cent ahea.
Of the same month In that pre-
war year.
Traffic over four Potoma
River bridges in May was g.
per cent above a year earle
and 90.3 per cent ahead Of 1941
The load carried by four Ana
costa River bridges was 81 pc,
cent above a year ago and 1876,
per cent ahead of the total fol
three bridges existing in May
1941.
"A check of Saturday traffic fol
20 stations in May showed a gair
OF IL per cent from a year ago
Sunday traffic was only 0.8 pei
cent greater.
Record traffic congestion con
tinues to be a major problem af.
fecting downtown business.
Thorough Service Proposed
Eastern Air Lines and Branifl
International Always today
jointly filed for approval of thu
Civil Aeronautics Board al
agreement for interchangint
equipment and linking the route'
Of the two airlines at Miami IL
order to provide through cne'
plane service between New York
Washington, Cuba, Panama anc
both coasts of Gouth America.
The agreement would put late
effect a decision of the CAB, ap.
proved by President Eisenhower
in April, to team Eastern. tht
pioneer north ano south trunl
airline operator, with 3laniff
whose international routes ex'
tend from Miami to Cuba, Pan
anna. the west coast republics
and across the Andes to brazi
and Argentina.
Plan Meeting in Capital
The american Institute Of
Accountants will hold its annua
convention here for the frs
time October 1927, with a rec.
ord attendance of more than g.
600 expected.
Members and their wives will
be housed at both Hotel Statlel
and the Mayfiower Hotel, re-
ports John M. Stoy, chairman
of the Convention Committee
All States and territories will be
represented. along with a num-
Der of foreign countries.
Mr.. Stoy has been an active
member of the institute for many
years and serves on its Executive
Council. He also is a past pres
ident of the District Institute OF
Certified Public Accountants.
Maryland Bonds Awarded
The Maryland State Roads
Commission has sold $25 millior
more of Series G highway con-
struction bonds to a banking
group managed by Union Secur-
tiles Corp.
The bonds were sold yesterday
at a net interest cost of 2.510s
per cent for a combination o1
coupon rates ranging from l.sC
to S per cent.
The only other bid submitted
on the issue was for a net in
terest cost of 2.539 per cent by q
syndicate headed by Smith
Barney g. Co.; Alex Brown &
Sons and Hartman Ripley g. Co
The bonds were reoffered al
prices to yield 1.30 per cent to
$50 per cent for final maturity
Dated July /. they are due
1956-70.
Frowns On Superlatives
Advertisers should shy away
from extravagant claims and
superlatives in order to make
their presentations more believ-
able and keep the respect OF the
public, declared Ralph w. Hardy
guest speaker at the annual
meeting of the Better Business
Bureau yesterday.
Mr.. Hardy, who is vice presi-
dent of the National Association
of Radio and Television Broad
casters, but will become vice
president Of Columbia Broad
casting System in charge of the
Washington Office on September
!, declared that advertisers
should learn to police themselves
rather than wait for an outside
force to do the job.
"As advertisers we should re-
member that people we are talk
ing to will be back tomorrow to
check the veracity of our state
ments about our business" he