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Show European Nations Solve Automobile Problems Prrey Owen, the 1'nited States gOT-rnmnt's gOT-rnmnt's automobile expert, has just returned to Washington from an Inspection In-spection tour of Kurope. where he studied motor and traffic conditions. He is the chipf of the automotive division di-vision of the Department of Commerce and one of the pioneer automobile men of the country. "Several Kuropean countries," said Mr. Owen, "have much to teach America in the way of automobile auto-mobile regulation. The two great centers, cen-ters, London and Paris, for instance, have effectually settled the parking problem by having none. They adhere to the simple principle that streets and highways are for traffic and not for storrtre. In London there is no park- i n y a v J j M k - u Percy Owen. ing at all, except for taxis at fixed spots In the center of streets. Mr. Owen was the first automobile salesman sales-man on Broadway, 25 years ago. About that time he was an internationally famed auto racer and piloted an American car in one of the early James Gordon Bennett international cup races in Ireland. |