Show ilJjc jiaU £akt Tribune Sunday Morning' December 21 1939 tl Mar SPjW lellveret 5 50( t CrlrM (caUkkI) oh 4" -- Jr wser Five zrA a "" &m r£ 1C motorways directly extremely abutting highfour- - to e ways motorways divided by a continuous barrier cloverleaf turns and grade separations bridges between buildings carrying fast traffic lower operating costs for private cars and heavier vehicles This rief outline suggests how metropolitan traffic of the future may be handled But it is not a theoretical ELEVATED six-lan- tma rani n Aboye Conditions Illustrated by These Crowded Parking Lots Indicate Why a Comprehensive Traffic Plan Is Necessary At Left This View in Sund to a morab I stipf elt strjets crossing existing ground-leve- l in the middle of blocks on upper-storlevels of motorway buildings These structures would be especially erected to piovide for the through roadways with lamps leading to parking floors and elcvatois to cairy motonsts to offices above or to stoies and streets hlc h a Building Model Has Been Lifted VV Shows Ramps Floors for Parking in Mo- torway Buildings and s y 3 spondu js of t the should be The buildings below ' Southern California Every and Lincoln Zephyis beday Ford longing to the Club’s fleet roamed the highways and byways that trained observers might consider conditions which lead to their final recommendations The Automobile Club of Southern California cars in its operauses many Ford-buitions W'hen at last the engineers proposed elevated downtown motorways Mr East drew for a represuiative of Ford News an interesting comparison indicating the plans to control necessity for well-laitraffic in the future "The city street traffic problem" he commented "although varying somewhat in intensity and chaiacter with population and mode of transportation is as old as cities There are two schools of thought among city planners and traffic experts One group holds to the idea that cities should be highly The other that cities should centralized studio-d-n V-- t ? 's — — Above - Study- ing a Model of a Divided Mosn IT torway ” Ex- from Ground Level to tending Right-Of-W- ay on Elevated Plane Through Parking Buildings At Left torways Plan for Metropol- w54t4 f X itan Areas Showing Wide Divided Ex- i 5 press Road- way on an Extended Right-of-W'- proposal Rather E E East chief engineer for the Automobile Club of Southern California has worked out the proposal especially for the Los Angeles metropolitan area Engineer East de Says Red Men t jr A tft ? ri - - Spanning a street fiom one building to anothei a single gi aceful bridge would not daikon or despoil the appearance of the thoroughfare as would an elevated road running lengthwise Busi-nes- s on existing streets would not be harmed by the exclusion of any light or air Instead the plan would greatly business and enhance property values by permitting rapid unrestricted transportations directly into business areas and decentralized “With each group tiansportation are the sanitation ' and convenience triple premises from which their conIn the United clusions are reached States today we have two outstanding and typical examples of these two opposite viewpoints one New York City the other Los Angeles “New York the most centralized city be ns to lust e ay y clares that with proper modifications the scheme will fit centralized New York City or decentralized Los Angeles For two years Mr East and his engineers made traffic and engineering left-tur- n of traffic conflicts down ing on all commercial streets and highparkways and development of parking ing facilities lestricting curb on piincipal residential streets and sepai ating grades of commeicial streets whatever practicable Such a plan means furthei accoiding to Mr East that when you drive over a motorway of future Los Angeles (for example) you will save a cent a mile in operating cost because the thoroughfare will be entirely free of tiaffic You will not have to stop or slow up for cioss streets appioach-in- g trav el cars pai ked stopping or pulling out from the curb or pedestrians This average saving is foreseen for the reason that a motorway will be divided full length to separate opposing tiaffic it will pass under or over cross-traffat separated intersections and of primary importance it will be free of all the transportation-chokin- g effects and hazards of abutting land use Traffic will flow evenly unhindeied by shoppers business delivery and park-er- s This ideal road will accomplish by design that which could never be permanently effected by zoning laws - A ij V hollow logs or stumps They could be heard for many miles Smoke made from dry wood plenty of green leaves or boughs was used in signaling by day The boughs or leaves were slow burning but made a lot of smoke The Indians would cover the fire with a robe or blanket for a few moments then lift it quickly towaid the sky This would make big Bmoke puffs attracting attention for miles Ceitain signals were adopted and messages were actually sent that way Picturegraphs had their place with the primitive Indian They were diawn on birch bark with a piece of burnt soft wood Being men of few words this explains the reason why the drawings were so simple and why only a stroke Extend on Elevated Structure Through an Industrial District and Into a Motorway Building in a Business District Motorways They would bridge IJy Needahbeh (Great Frieml) Penobscot Indian Tribe Penobscot Indians of Maine had forms of communication The word of mouth method was no doubt the most popular On the trail if the guide or leader was far ahead of his companions his one way of communn ating would be deep marks made by dragging the toe of his morea-sine- d foot heavily on the ground The freshly overturned leaves or fui rowed earth pointed the direction Long pieces of wood or butt ends of hranche's laid diiec-tio- n down the tiad also pointed the crosswise closed that trail or direction Bent or broken branches were the direetional signs in seiubby or heavily T1IE country Hunting from a Canoe on dink quiet nights the guide paddling in the stern the hunter in the bow to do the shooting no words are spoken liecause sound travels far on a quiet night If they hear a sound fierhaps a twig snapping or an animal quietly walking the signal “step is flashed bv Hhaking the canoe Tilting the canoe slowly to sideways the right or lett is the signal for right or left hand turn ioiwaid motion of the body ir b call to paddle on So it is possible to sit in the how of the canoe wooded ’ and bv using the motions of the body to transmit mi ssngi s of this kind and navigate thiough dink and wooded streams An old foim of cnmmununtion was by the use of drums 1 hi se drums weie made by sketching skins over ends of (o) - The Spirit Men had great supernatural power Some could by their singing charm certain animals reptiles and insects to become what we call Boohegan — "Helper in Time of Trouble” Others could inflict punishment on his enemy There were many other by thought types but one having the power to send his voice act oss many miles of darkness or space jind another possessing the power to receive were much like the radio of today Many messages were sent from one distant point to another by a poweiful pair of Spirit Men As I visited the International1 News Service recently and saw the many means of transmitting messages and pictures I said to myself “We primitive people did all of this long before the AAw AA powet nto r of inc existc tall ill na manif o 3n app tbunc of tl ties of obsc ir id th ig ed-c- a the bisho line f hi resic jse reat il na able of r k Ictir lesir gene £N evelt ratit C r e mi 7 md & priv loun e rc ap ton our i ¥ J- The new guns and masks were ntr(I by a Miami University student (htniult i Imore Spearing 50 pounds of in a half hour is no trick at all for an export in Florida waters The gun is rubber slung like a sling shot and with a rubber spear gun is the newest piscatorial sport in Miami It’s real sportsmanship for you have to hold our breath dive look around for a fish aim and fire all in less than a nunutp fish underwater in-- v i li'-- h deadly accurate The masks are faca fitting when submerged and water tight In the photograph at left Inventor Elmore is explaining to a novice how the spear gun is operated The photograph at right indicates that the young lady quickly became adept at the new sport New Flashlight Bulb Scarcely Bigger Than a Peanut h The Indian Sign Message (A) Means: "I am camping nearest to the mountain that has the mont trees and will be there three suns (or three dajs) " (B) The Summer Moon (or Month) (C) inter Moon Indicating W inter Snow or One Year (D) This Message Is Much Similar to the “A" Message but the Added Lines Indicate Three W inter Snows or T hre Years The Signs L F G and 11 Are Explained in the Text of the world’s photofiash lamp called the “nughjy midget” because of flash and designed for use its man-size shutw ith all eamei as f xcept ter tjpis has been annoumed at the Nela Talk I aboi atones Cleveland 0 This realization of a dream common to millions of photngraphei s conus on the in i asmn of the tenth anntvi rsai v of the photoflash lamp's di hut in Ami i ua or it was in lfi29 that the Mazda lamp manufactures introduced the rst flash bulbs in this country So small is the "mighty nmlgit" that mine than two dozen of the peiwee lamps can be earned in the pocki t of a suit coat rnoio than thrie dozen in an overcoat pocket or m a lady's handbag Potent is the aitinic wallop dilivered by the midget bulb A wide range of taken by its powerful flash pioveil to he as Vharp and ckar as shots of the same subjects taken with much larger flash lamps Besides hung the world's smallest flash bulb the "mighty midget” is also a much more efficient piodueer of light for photoflash photography I or its sin H is said to give mine light-ma- rly a million lumens at peak of flash-th- an anv other photnlamp (ommernally available Unlike all other flash bulbs which an (quipped with the nnivi ntional tjpe of ill l ex Ip ISC of atio for oum isevc the lor lei j Development A )the all l esse e focal-plan- White Men came to these shores We wrote messages drew pictuies mated designs and even talked to each other through the air ” We did not need the aid of eleclneitj With all of the inventions of todav no Indian namis are mintioned Peihaps it ir hr cause we had no publicity di pait-m- i nt or hr cause the White Man is beginning while the Indian lift off I do maivel at the wondeiful modem inventions affoidmg instantaneous communication between plates thousands of nules apart Machines that 1 had imaged would he as big as a mountain aie small and portable Imagine my surprise when I looked at a small machine tiiat artually breathed for I hiard a two tone "pci It contained a small cylinder revolving in a blight lighted loom No one was pajing any attention to the various dials and needles Y et heie was it picture in ptoeess of hi mg tiansmilted fiom a country 3000 miles awav I won iler what mv fmefathera would think if they too could see that photo transmitter of the Kand or an extia line diawn changed the time from day to ycais The lllusti ation (A) bungs out this point Another foim of communication was done with beads made from clam shills The thickest pait was rubbed smooth A hole was on a coarse and fine stone boied with a eoaise bustle and it took a day or moie to make one bead Colored beads weie made from the tye of the shell The beads were strung or woven into belts twenty to twrntv-cigimhes long and about nine inches wide Various patteins were woven to toll their story There were four tribes of the Wuhan Aki — "Dawn Land” — and each chief had a set of four belts The belt (E) indii ating four triangles with fireplace ih centre is a call of the confedeiacy to the ( ouncil hue If It was to be for a talk on war that was indicated by eiossid tomahawks (h) If for a peaceful mission a blue pcate-pip- e on white background would he dis ht plated (G) A hilt with ilaik bBikgtound and white fiuris (H) was the mourning hell T he dark beads we i e for mounting The white represented the good wishes for the m xt chit f to rule time ft "A p? the lend kr i $ $ '£ Ij Ulrt tp fn (it if y isi wh efu SOI jint e f h rn nta sr" jtf f? I v fy y inec re r ji ration aituullj flashing a rial photograph anoss on a ns mountains and deseits in less than one minute nf pit po Xtc 1 in opi P 1 misin AV-v-V B ilates st be olio ha ( Ch r s SPEARING sCZ- usade to res nam the Underwater Fishing with Goggles and a Spear Gun Needahbeh One of the Most Famous Guides in Maine W ho Sajs the Indians Used “Radio” Ages Before the White Man Invented It cand ic g b peac assatk llicit men Fuither recommendations in the re- poit include prohibiting of cuib park- six-lan- 1 the I of Ancient Days Conversed by “Radio ' c7- d Scale Model of Proposed Mo- ill lt in the United States has a population of 6930000 and an area of 191360 acres giving an average density per aore of 36 persons Los Angeles the most highly decentralized city in the United States has a population of 1238000 and an area of 287594 acies giving an average density of four persons per acre In both New York and Los Angeles the city traffic problem has reached an intensity where complete sti angulation is threatening and the solution of this pioblem of traffic challenges the imagination courage and financial ability of their citizens” The remedy? In residential districts extremely wide rights-o- f ways are recommended Motor-wav- s wouldbe banked bv landscaped parkways excluding all abutting residential or business development and eliminating parking congestion and accident perils as well as pedestrian hazards A continuous physical barrier motor-wav- s e would divide the four to preventing head on Clashes Cloveileaf strucand tures would provide connections with boulevaids and major highways There would be grade separations at all other streets under or over Through business districts the motorways would also be carried entnely free c presid Taylor to the help se evil S Bulb How the New pares in Ilashlight Nie with a Peanut Com- screw base the "mifihtv midget” embase like the ploys the bavonet-typ- e base of many a lamp used in automobile scivkc It is designed for rapid fiA' loading and unloading in i e(l etor equipments It links the h m p himly in its soi k( t - The bulb of the new lamp is pioteited both lnsidi and nut w ith a lncqui r safety liuket Theoutei jai ki t Is intent uinallv iiiitid with a dye which in no way in t( Providing a Powerful 'Time-Light- " Hash from a Midget Bulb terfeies with the photographic effectiveness of the light produced The purposo of the dye is twofold In the factory it permits inspectors to determine quickly and ac curately whe ther the lac qm r pi has been properly applied El the yellowish hue sc i ves as a quu k means of identification assuring both tiade and public (hat the bulb has been pcovided with an miter safety jacket ns will as an inner one v loly tin Still hh ere Sac e 1 n I 20 d rn I u te '2J |