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AAA AUTO RACES TO BE SATURDAY Raleigh, Oct. 10 North Car olina’s great State Fair will co me to a close with a bombard ment of speed on Saturday, when the annual AAA sanctioned auto races will be held on the fast half-mile oval as a score of speed demons from the speedway and dirt tracks of America compete in a six-event program. The trials to determine start ing positions will begin at 12:30 p.m. with the first competitive event scheduled at 2:30 o’clock. Included in the list of stellar entries arc- Buddy Rusch, the Texas riding demon, who won the feature race in 1939 after bump ing into Ted Horn, Indianapolis speedway star; Bob Sail, 1936 eastern AAA and southern AAA champion, who is a great favorite in North Carolina; Joie Chit wood, famous Indian driver who has hung up ten victores so far this season most recently at Shel by and Winston-Salem; Walt Brown, Bert Ross, the racing Tad lock brothers from Norfolk; Ea be and Frank Moort, another set of brothers; A1 Fleming, Fred Reid, Jimmy Gibbons, Hank Weavil, Speed Morelock, Lew Wallace, Bob Baker and Fred Bailes. Horn, fourth place winner at Indianapolis and Hankinson cir cuit point leader this year; Chit wood who finished in the money at the Hoosier classic, in addition to winning the 1939 eastern Tri ple-A title and the Hankinson 1939 award; and Brown, an en trant in the “500”, give the big speedway slaver to the card. Chit wood by a victory at Raleigh can clinch the current year eastern title and is confident that he can trim Rusch, Horn, Sail and Brown on the State Fair course. Harness racing will be conclu ded on Friday and overnight the track will be conditioned into a veritable speedway by application of water and calcium chloride, dust allaying chemical. o Drivorama Tests , Drivers’ Skill New York, Oct. 10 A com plete Vest pocket’ course in care ful driving will be given visitors at the National Automobile show which opens in New York’s Grand Central Palace, October 12. The device which makes it pos sible to take this capsule driving course in exactly 1 Vi minutes and yet actually learn valuable driv ing points is known as the Aetna Drivorama. It was developed by the Safety Education Department of the Aetna Life Affiliated com panies, and is being given its first public presentation at the Automobile Show. Anyone preparing to operate this new driver educational de vice first seats himself at a re gulation automobile control pan el, with standard steering wheel, accelerator, brake and clutch pe dals, etc. Spread out before the driver on a flat surface measur ing 7xß feet is a complete futur Monday’s Sale On The Big Danville Market 1,497,592 lbs. Sold For $357,218.02 AVERAGE $23.86 INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES OVER 35 CENTS. SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN DANVILLE. “World’s Best Tobacco Market” Danville Tobacco Association J. P. Penn, President V. P. Paulett, Secty-Treas. Hull and Trujillo Sign Treaty ■■if »v^ Ml . Wmm * £ x The United States’ 35-year role over the finances of the Dominican Republic was ended by a treaty signed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Gen. Rafael L. Trujillo, political chief of the West Indian state. The treaty, negotiated by Hugh Wilson, former ambassador to Germany, is expected to improve Latin-American relations. istic maze of arterial highway, streets and intersections, all laid out in miniature and done exact ly to scale. Miniature landscaping gives the illusion of looking down from a mountain top upon a teem ing traffic center of the future. Scale model automobiles travel up and down the Liliputian high ways, actuated by an intricate system of motors and gearing. Standing at the roadside direct ly in front of the operator is a snappy little ‘1945’ streamlined model, which, by means of the regulation steering apparatus, he must drive around the miniature course. From the moment that his car starts down the roadway he I is faced with a complete assort ment of traffic obstacles, includ ing “drunken drivers’, ‘road hogs’, ‘speedsters’, pedestrians, and quick-changing traffic lights. By adroit handling of the wheel, by deft breaking and acceleration, the driver is supposed to avoid each of these obstacles as they a rise. The extent to which he suc ceeds or fails is indicated on an illuminted scoreboard. When he does a particularly good job of driving, the scoreboard ‘pats him on the back’ by pointing out ex actly what he did properly, or a voided doing wrong. By the time that his miniature car returns to its starting point, the operator has received a com plete one and one-half minute test of his ability to drive. A large mirror mounted above the driving f TELL 'EM SEND rßKr^ PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORQ, N. C. surface enables crowds standing in back to observe every move ment by the driver’s miniature car, at the same time revealing the manner In which he handles the steering apparatus. In addi tion to expert driving practice, the Drivorama also provides a check-up on the driver’s reaction time, speed estimation, hand and eye coordination, peripheral vis ion, and ability to distinguish col ors. Safety authorities who have privately witnessed the Drivoro ma in operation agree that it will serve a valuable instructive pur pose by illustrating in graphic, ‘abridged’ form just about every driving mistake that can be made. After these mistakes are pointed out by the device, the sa lty men believe, they will be eas ier to remember and avoid when actually operating a car. MENACED Germany’s potato Crop, by far the world’s largest, is now being menaced seriously by the potato beetle, and the fight against this insect has taken on the aspect of a national crusade. NEW One of the newest wrinkles in the poultry industry is a recently patented device that marks the date automatically on an egg as it is being candled. Bain And Others To Go To St. Louis Raleigh, Oct. 10 Results of the beer industry’s "clean up or close up” campaign in North Carolina will be reviewed at the annual meeting of the United Brewers Industrial Foundation in St. Louis, October 24-25. Edgar H. Bain of Goldsboro, state director of the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors committee, will report on the com mittee’s activities during the past 12 months. He will be accompan ied by Public Relations Director Claude S. Ramsey of Asheville and Raleigh. The beer industry’s self-regu lation campaign in North Carolina, Colonel Bain announced, has re sulted in disciplinary action ag ■ ainst 327 retail dealers in various parts of the state. The commit , tee, cooperating with law enforce ■ ment agencies, secured the revo cation of the retail beer licenses of 103 dealers in 38 counties. Five dealers in four counties were plac ed on probation, one dealer sur rendered his license, 23 dealers re fused renewal of their licenses, and 157 dealers were warned to correct unsatisfactory eondtions. More than 1,100 retail outlets in the state have been investigat ed by the committee, and others ar being checked daily by the committee in its fight to rid North Carolina communities of undesir able beer outlets. The “clean up or close up” campaign has won widespread acclaim from public officials, law enforcement agen cies and civic leaders over the state. Tike American Way The American people are blessed with many priceless privi leges— freedom of speech .. . freedom of press .. . freedom of religion. » And second to none, there is another privilege they enjoy, as do the people of no other nation on earth. That is the right to fight for. and contribute to. the human needs of their fellow citizens. This month and next, a great army of tens of thousands of men. women and children, in hundreds of communities through out the land, will exercise that privilege in their local Community Fund or Community Chest campaigns. The Community Fund is a typical American institution. It represents the collective effort of a free people. It is the con structive, logical plan of a sympathetic people, who recognize their civic responsibility. By giving their money and time to their Community Funds they help the sick, the destitute, the handi capped and the aged. They prevent child delinquency by build ing character and making good citizens of their boys and girls. In short, in the true American way they make the people of their communities happier, healthier and more successful. The Norfolk and Western Railway takes pride in the fact that in many Community Fund campaigns along the railroad, the Norfolk and Western Family has been placed on the Roll of Honor for contributing a full quota. Community Fund workers in many towns and cities on the railway are swinging into action for their annual drives. They seek your support in this vital, worthy cause. Let's meet the chal lenge. and give as generously as our means will permit. Norfolk™* Wester6/s£ al , Reports to F. D. R. ns f' K?" < * ■■&> Rr L ~ . V .v * Mrs. F. J. Karr-man, U. S. min ister to Norway, as she arrives at the White House. Mrs. Harriman made a report to the President onj foreign affairs. She recently re- ; turned to this country on the trans-1 port, American Legion. 1 Eight Causes Listed For Costly Farm Fires Raleigh, Oct. 8 The vast ma jority of the fires which damage thousands of dollars worth of farm property at this season of the year are due to carelessness and the use of defective equip ment, says D. S. Weaver, head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering at State College There are eight principal causes for farm fires: Weaver lists them as follows: (l)Poorly constructed or defect ive flues and chimneys; (2) in flamable roofing material which ignites when sparks settle on it; (3) lightning; (4) spontaneous combustion; (5) careless use of smoking materials; (6) improper handling of kerosene and gaso line; (7) defective stoves -and fur naces; and (8) lack of safe and adequate wiring for electricity, or the wrong use of electric appli ances. To make an analysis of the fire hazards in the home, the State college engineer suggests that members of the family go from room to room with pencil and paper, asking and answering the follownig questions: Does the stove pipe fit into the chimney flue snugly? It is ne cessary son the stove pipe to pass through a partition, and if so, is the partition protected by a metal thimble? How close does the stove pipe come to the walls and ceilings, and could this dis tance be increased? Is the can of kerosene or gasoline in the saf est storage place, away from the stove? Is the attic and cellar free of rubbish and combustable mater ials? If there are smokers in the family, are all ash trays metal and are they placed where they will not be knocked on the floor? Is all wiring properly insulated, and are the fuses of the right size to protect the electric sys tem? LET US Sift ywy show ycu tfr ’ X THE NEW p4= , I*l ■ ® LEGGETT’S DEPARTMENT STORE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 194® DISPROVED Experiments carried on at the Illinois Experiment Station hav* disproved an old belief among farmers that soybean oil is to* laxative for fattening cattle. HANES PEEBLES Dc,PT. STORE “Yes, sir . . . wearing I %. / Hanes middleweight I 'l/ Winter Sets you hardly I Y know you’ve got them I l\ on! You’re warm out- / / V doors without sweltering I / \ indoors. Easy to pull on I I I 1 and take off. All-round I / 11 Lastex waistband. And U I like the gentle athletic J| support of the ft knit Crotch-Guard.” Your Hanes Dealer will be glad to show these garments to you. HANES WINTER SETS t 50 c ,o s l jL THE GARMENT ]\ I7° Wear a sleeveless (/ or short-sleeve ■ shirt with one of \ the WINTER l'\ SET styles. All 1 \ cotton (combed) l l or cotton-wool l \ mixtures. HANES / I HEAVYWEIGHT | , Croteh- Guard CHAMPION, Heavyweipht Shorts Others, 89c to $2. Champion P. H. HANES KNITTING COMPANY Wlniton-Salom, North Carolina
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