Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1939 — Page 19

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Hoosier Motor Club Takes Stand Against Fixing Specific Speed Limit

Tinkering With Present,

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Law May Do Serious Harm, Manager Says.

The Hoosier Motor Club will fight| :

any effort of the Legislature to pass ‘a law setting a specific mile-per-“hour speed limit for any section of highway at any time of day or night, Todd -Stoops, secretary-man-ager, said today. -. One bill that would set a 50-mile-an-hour limit on state highways at night has been introduced by Senator Walter Vermillion (D. Anderson). : Mr. Stoops," who says the present speed law, passed in 1929, has more certain speed limitations than any yet devised, said “tinkering with it will serve no good purpose and may “do serious harm.” : » The present law provides that it _,shall be unlawful for a person to ‘drive on any public highway at a speed grehter ‘or less than is reason‘able or prudent and persons accused of violating it are charged with reckless driving.

Safety Factors Vary

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ROAD WORK IN

MANY SECTIONS WAITS ON SNOW

Highway Commission Asks Motorists to Drive With. Caution.

Snow packed on many sections

‘lof the State highways, halted all

construction activities this week, the

ed today. Motorists were warned to drive with caution on U. S. 40 at Stilesville, Road 47 east of Thorntown, U. S. 50 at Lawrenceburg, Road 55 south of Gary and Road 69 four miles southeast of Mt. Vernon where bridge run-arounds are in operation during construction work.

Traffic Maintained

Traffic has been maintained at construction points on State Road 13, Indiankpolis to Noblesville; U. S. 30, six to nine miles west of Valparaiso; U. S. 31 in Scottsburg; U. S. 40, five miles east and west of Stilesville; Road 46 from Bates-

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- WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (U. P.).— State Department records disclosad today that more than 165,000 persons in Germany and Poland were on waiting lists for visas permitting them to immigrate to the United|human beings but they sure are States. tough on dogs, according to . the|. The State Department sald that! home economics department of the)’ prospective German and Polish emi- University of California. Five dogs'"

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VITAMIN D UPSETS DOGS. | BERKELEY, Cal, Jan. 20 (U. P.). —Vitamins—especially the celebrated Vitamin D—may be great for

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ville to Penntown; Road 47, from Road 29 to the Boone-Hamilton

County. line, and Road 107 thom State Roads 56 to 7. Detours still in effect are on U. S. 35, from U. S. 6 west and norih one-half mile over Roads 6 ahd 13, and on Road 145 from a mile north

ROCKEFELLER FUNDS AID PRIMROSE STUDY of New Bston to Fulda, six and a half miles over county gravel.

x The Commission invited motorists to call for last minute information on the condition of highways during periods of heavy snow or ice.

The Motor Club head pointed out that 50 miles an hour in an open _improved road on a moonlit dry _night probably would not be a violation of the present law, but that violation could be charged for 50-mile-an-hour speeds at night far more often than it could not. Mr. Stcops said it was unfortunate that the present law had been dubbed “a no-limit speed law,” and insisted that the present law pro‘vides more certain speed limitations ‘than any law can provide which sets up a series of speed limitations under certain conditions. “The law provides that no person shall drive on any public highway at a speed greater or less than is Teagonsble or prudent, having vregard to the width of the highway, ‘the density of traffic, the condition of the weather and the use of the

highway, and the danger to. life or Driving Made Easier limb or property of all persons,” Mz. : : For Chrysler Owners

Stoops said. “In other words the legal speed of | ,.. Special : DETROIT, Jan. 20.—The new

"a car is only what road conditions «cruise and climb” transmission

jill permit, providing that the car ay be stopped within the assured clear distance ahead. special equipment on all Chrysler models, is so designed that in ordinary driving the clutch and gear

“Clearly our law is not a ‘no speed limit law. Its conditions ‘are more shift lever are virtually ignored and all speed ranges can be had in

«drastic than any set of speed zone regulations which may be arbitrarhigh gear. This new style transmission is de-

ily set such as 20, 30 or 40 miles an hour zones. Where these zones are scribed by Chrysler officials as an improvement over the automatic

established most motorists think ‘they are entitled to drive that fast overdrive in that the new transmis sion allows a cut-in at from 23 t

under all conditions where under sour present law they have no such 28 miles an hour while the old style} had to reach a speed in excess of

right. Under our present law 30 miles an hour in a 30-mile speed 40 miles an hour before the cut-in operated.

zone might be an unreasonable rate In the custom line, an oil drive

of speed. “And on the other hand speed now is available wherein oil is thrown from a driving disc to a

limits bring about disrespect of the law with consequential violations. driven disc to furnish the propelling power.

A motorist in a 20-mile speed zone on a good.road where there is no traffic is sure to violate the law ; Buick and Pontiac Retail Sales Rise DETROIT, Jan. 20 (U. P.). —

unless followed by a traffic officer. Buick and Pontiac divisions of Gen-

Club Had Long Fight “The Hoosier Motor Club had a eral Motors today reported ‘that retail sales in® the first 10 days of

Tong fight to get a proper speed law | for Indiana. The speed law of 1913 was on the statute. books for 12 years, until 1925, before the club January were far greater than in the corresponding period a year ago. : Buick sales were up 40 per cent

department (left), and. Robert H. Scrogin, of the club staff, look over the results. Among other things, voters wanted weeds along the highways cut early in the summer. :

More than 300 votes from Indiana drivers were returned in the Hoosier Motor Club poll of sentiment on proposed traffic law changes and innova- | tions. Miss Louann Myers, manager of the travel

Close Link May Remain Into Death

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (U.P). —Anna French, 83, and Minnie Brown, 70, became friends when they were little girls in an orphan asylum. They were separated when asylum authorities placed them with private families, but 40 years ago they met again. The two spinsters set up housekeeping together. Neither would go out without the other. ’ Several days ago Miss Brown was stricken with pneumonia. Early today Miss French made some coffee for the sick woman on a burner connected to a wall fixture. She disconnected the hose but forgot to close the jet. Neighbors smelled gas’ this afternoon and:broke into the apartment. They found Miss Brown dead. Miss French was revived and taken to the hospital where physicians said she probably would die. The two women had lived * in Brooklyn for 16 years, subsisting on Miss French's old age pension and $5 a week which Miss Brown received from a former employer.

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oil are removed from both tread and sidewalls. Oil and grease are two natural enemies of rubber, making it spongy and porous, and unable to resist moisture which will weaken the cotton cords of the tire plies. Garage floors also should be kept clean, the company advised, for an oil puddle can sap more strength from a tire than it would lose in a month of normal driving. Additional strain is placed on the tires of a stored car because of failure to keep them properly inflated.

Timés Special BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 20.—Two thousand Rockefeller dollars and four acres of Indiana University land have been placed at the disposal of Prof. Ralph E. Cleland for research into the evening primrose. I. U. professor of botany, Mr. Cleland has for years studied the

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DETROIT, Jan. 20.—The new

_could have its silly provisions modified. If you don’t think the speed laws were silly until 1925 just read ..them. Speed at intersections 6 m. p. h.; business sections, 10 m. .p. .h.; residence sections, 15

.m. p. h; outskirts of towns, 20 m. p. h.; open road, 25 m. p. h. Of

course this law was not enforced and could not be enforced although

the first period this month and Pontiac showed an increase of 84 per cent, the companies reported.

Plymouth convertible coupe, now in regular production at the factory, is equipped with a power mechanism for raising and lowering the top. A heavier fabric for the top was neces-

it did provide big revenue for oper-

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.& ridiculous speed. law, relief came fairly fast. In 1925 the speed limit onthe open road was raised to 35 m. p. h.; in 1927 to 40 m. p. h,, and in 1929 to reasonable and prudent. “There are probably a million and ‘a half amateur safety experts who are trying to tinker with laws which -have been approved by organizations long engaged in safety and with laws whith have proven their sworth throughl practical experience. i “At the prgsent time some are 9 segking to ‘set|speed limits for day ‘time and another speed limit for night driving. | Our present law will take care of |all speed conditions. All we need is common sense laws ® with common [sense enforcement.”

“Chalmers ‘|$ “Appointed ‘Firestone Store Head " Andrew M.| Chalmers has been appointed manager of the Fire_stone Service |Store, Delaware and Michigan Sts|, it was announced

today by the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

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Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—The American Automobile Association today urged corrective legislation in the interest of the American motorist in the southeastern states.

The A. A. A. urged adoption of legislation to correct the practice, in some states, of allowing cattle and livestock to grazs near the highways. Thomas P. Henry of Detroit, A. A. A. president, declared that in the days of horse and buggy this situation presented nothing move than a nuisance. Today, however, with high speed traffic on every highway, the nuisance has becom? an ever present menace to the safety of the American motorist.

Two Ford Trucks Used More Than Million Miles

Times Specic DETROIT, Jan. 20.—Two Ford V-8 trucks, one in Charleston, S. C., and the other in Los Angeles, have rolled up a total of more than a million miles of service, the Ford Motor Co. reports. 4 The one in Charleston is a 1934 tractor-truck that pulls a gasoline trailer. It has traveled more than 600,000 miles, and has averaged 9.76 miles to the gallon, according to records kept by the owner, the Petroleum Carrier Corp. The unit in Los Angeles has been used as a sand and gravel truck. It has traveled 400,000 miles since it was purchased in January, 1935. Both trucks, according to owners’ reports, are operating at new-truck efficiency, the company reported. The engine of the Los Angeles unit

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Dodge Truck to Carry “Inca Relicg to Fair

Times Special . ‘i DETROIT, Jan. 20.—A Dodge one and one-ha'f [ton truck will carry a collection of Inca relics from South America to the New York World's Fair, it was| announced by the Dodge Truck |Division. Besides- bripging the treasures which have been loaned by the Peruvian Government to the Fair, ‘the 14,000-mile trip is designed to . ‘call attention fo the need for a Pan-Americay highway to join the * Americas in ‘dommercial transportation. | The truck will leave Jan. 27 from :the New York City Hall, and after ‘ touching most of the large cities on its route to Mexico City, will continue south t@ Lima, Peru, and then back to the United States.

Cleaned Tires Urged f Car Is|Put Away

Times Special . SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 20.— | Automobiles which are to stand un'lused in garages for long periods, as during the winter months, should have thoroughly cleaned tires, ac|cording to the Fisk Tire Co.

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