Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1938 — Page 15

‘THE DIANAPOLIS TIMES ° .

"FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938 . PAGE 15.

E Loon of Uniform. Auto Laws Throughout U.S. a Eves)

~ Presents a Major Problem in Enforcement spre PROJECTS

1937 Hailed as Banner Year in Development Of Safer Headlights, Steering and Brakes. |

CHARGES OF VOTING ILLEGALLY DROPPED

BRAZIL, Ind. March 25 (U. P). —Charges of illegal voting against Orville Goshen, Carbon, were, dis--missed in Circuit Court yesterday on motion of Prosecutor Roy Tozer fol-| '} lowing acquittal last week of Mrs} Ethel Lehman, who swore in Goshen’s vote at the last election. Goshen had always resideck. at Carbon but he permitted: a +g cinct worker to register for at Terre Haute while he was ill in that city. hy ; Another id Jury indictment against les Brown, who also made’ an affadavit as to Goghen's right to vote, was dismisse d also.

FARM HEAD ATTACKS | DIFFERENTIAL RATES

WASHINGTON, Ma March 25, (. P.).—Fred Brenckman of the National Grange today told the Senate Interstate Commerce Commit- | tee that passage of the Pettengill Bill, permitting railroads to charge lower freight rates for long hauls than, for short ones, would “work irreparable ‘injury to agriculture.” “As the Grange views it,” Mr. Brenckman said, “the passage of

Regi stration Charges, Rate-fixing Basis and Times for Renewing \ Plates Vary.

Jennings and Aid Aid to Inspect: Works at Ft. Wayne and Michigan City.

14 Years Without an. Accident

John K Jennings, WPA state administrator, and Bruce Uthus, field S representative, were to inspect projects in. Ft. Wayne and Michigan "| city today. Both returned to, Indianapolis yesterday after an inspection of southern Indiana projects, including restoration: of to destroyed by the 1937 Ohio River flood. Mr. Jennings reported that a 100,-000-gallon water reservoir at Leavenworth is nearly completed. Eightyfive per cent of the water mains and sewers already have been laid, he said. Street construction is un~ der way. Gary, - Muncie and South Bend projects also are to be inspected.

FASCISTS TO BUILD

By E. R. R. said, would interest farmers, rural mail carriers, doctors and others Lack of uniformity characterizes who drive in pack roads and o the’ motor vehicle registration laws E ad proved highways. - of the United States. The pictu i EY | confused by variations in registra L |New Testing Device - |

tion charges, rate-fixing basis and | § . Lid time ‘or displaying new license |} ; ‘Sees Through’ Engines Times Special

plates zach year. . + So far as the time element is concerned. the problem of law enforce- DETROIT, March 25.—Anal Zing ment, especially as it relates to in- instruments that virtually see creasing interstate tourists, would be through” engines jhave ‘been |invastly simplified if all jurisdictions |! stalled by the De Soto division of required new license“plates to be dis- Chrysler. Corp... division engin 18 announced today: The new -instruments will up-

played on the same date each year. A majority of states<31—now replement previous dynamomoter tests - for engine power and er-

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"quire new license plates by Jan. 1, but 2¢ of these allow “periods” of

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grace up to three months. Eightden jurisdictions have “new plate dates” ranging from Oct. 1 to July 1.

Plates Urged in Spring

+ * Som jurisdictions have suggested

Thomas Goins, shown here with a cab-6ver-engine type of truck, has driven for the Indianapolis Plywood Co. for 14 years without an

accident. Indianapolis. S

The greater portion of his driving has been in metropolitan

that the registration date should be |

in the early spring, rather than on Jan. I, when automobile owners have keavy Christmas bills to meet. Among the 31 jurisdictions which require new tags on Jan. 1, the following do not allow periods of

- grace: Delaware, District of Colum-

bia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey. North Carolina, North Da_kota, Oregon,’ Pennsylvania and Washiagton. Indiana usw®ally grants no extension a‘ter Jan. 1, but this year Gov- > ernor Townsend granted a moratorjum until March 1. Arkznsas, Utah and Wyoming allow two months grace and Minnesota taree. = : Stafzs with registration dates other thaa Jan. 1 are Alabama, Oct. 1; South Carolina, Nov. 1; Florida, Jan. 15; Georgia, Feb. 1; Conhecticut, Kentucky, Maine and Michigan, March 1; Idaho, Maryland New._ ampshire, Ohio, South ‘Das kota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and “Virginia, April 1, and West Virgiria, July™1. Virginia is the only state’ with spring registration that a llows an extension,

1937 Banner Year In Safety Development

Times | Special NEW YORK, March 25. —Motor cars made greater strides toward safet’ last year than in any year since four-wheel brakes were in‘troduced, Alfred Reeves, Automobile Manufacturers Association general manager, declared last night at the annfial award dinner of the C. I. T. Safety Doundation Mr. Reeves described) advances in ghi’ay safety resulting from the

highway safety program, now going into its third year. The car maker’s prirhary consideration, ‘he said, is to produce the safes “pois vehicle. He called attention Yo the marked improve-

ment in brakes, steering, headlights, safet” .glass, elimination of sharp

tion head, has listed encouraging factors in the national outlook for highway safety. Addressing the . Massachusetts Safety Conference, Mr. Damon pointed to a 17 per cent reduction in auto fatalities during January and indications of substantial reductions in February.

“The present death rate of 15.9 deaths for each 100 million vehicle miles is the best ever recorded,” he said. “It indicates an improvement of 14 per cent over the 1934 toll.”

The reduction was attributed to:

national co-ordination, state and Federal highway planning, raising of driving requirements ind enforcement programs. {

lowa Acts to Reduce Gas Tax Refunds rr

Times Special DES MOINES, Ia. March 25 It a campaign to reduce the number of “unwarranted claims” for gasoline tax refunds in Iowa, State Treasurer + Leo Wegman today warned notaries that they must know personally all applicants for refunds. He said about one-seventh of the total . gasoline sold in JTowa goes tax-free. A.state law exempts motor fuel used by farmers ffr nonhighway purposes, but it is/believed

motor industry's integrated national |

that millions of gallons on which |

taxes are refunded are used unlawfully in automobiles, ;

Plymouth to Offer ‘Back Road’ Models

Times Special DETROIT, March 25 —A special line of high-wheeled models designed .for smoother travel over deep-rutted roads was announced today by the Plymouth division of Chrysler Corp.

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MODEL MURDER CASE

MAY BE TRIED SOON |:

NEW YORK, March 25 (U. P).— District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey studied today the report of a 1 commission, which found Rober win sane. The 29-year-old sculptor must stand trial for the Easter morning murders last year of Veronica Gedeon, pretty artist’s model, her mother and Frank Byrnes, a boarder in the Gedeon home, | Findings of the ‘commission fre indorsed by General Sessions Judge John J. Freschi, and Dewey was expectecl to start trial ocd soon as possible.

NEW HEADQUARTERS

ROME, March 25 ( 25 (U. P.) ~The Fascist Party will float a 25-year. 5 per cent loan of $3,280,000 for building new party headquarters, it was announced today. Bonds, guar-

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