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WCBSDA*, APRIL lj Ml .'iLZ ' .. L V v V Free Wheeling t MIX UP —Late in 1945 I was living in North China and there I saw the biggest traffic snafu I 'ever hope to see. And curiously enough it all stemmed largely from what we preach" so ever lastingly Jhard in this column motoring courtesy and considera tion. Chiangx Kai-shek’s forces were still in charge of North China when the territory was occupied by the First Marine Division, an outfit I called home for three years. Anyhow enrout e ' to China the powers-that-be promulgated orders that to conform with, the customs of the * country all military traffic would drive to the left, a most commendable gesture we all agreed. , « I suppose at the time Old One had on hand several thousand assorted wheeled and tracked ve hicles ranging from motorcycles to ten-wheeled tank retrievers. To have this traffic, once disem barked, flowing smoothly along/ the ancient streets of Peiping was indeed a s stroke of planning genius. Or so it would seem. The kicker came thqugh as the first string of Jeeps timidly into the main thoroughfare; bear ng obediently- to the left side of ' the street. AH went well for awhile, then a -blast from the pol ice whistle brought the column up short. In a torrent of pidgin English, the Chinese cop' demanded to know “what the dickens we were doing.” .A Patiently we started to ekplatn, seizing on the opportunity to show the Chinese we all were obliging joes. We were guests; we would drive as the Chinese drive. So we thought. Meanwhile an uninterrupted stream of cars, trucks and tanks had begun to pour in from the anchored ships off Taltu, Bar. At th e gates to the city-, drivers be gan swinging their, vehicles to the left as ordered. Traffic began to thicken up. Still we wer£ stalled by the outraged policeman who by now had been joined by a num ber of his countrymen. Then several more carloads of Chinese bigshots pulled up—on the RIGHT side of the avenue, 1 mind yoij, entirely co ntrary to the Chinese traffic code. A couple of Chinese lumper trucks appeared on- the confused | scene—also on the right. Then hundreds of curious cool ies, tugging at rickshas, joined our growing number. They packed You’ll never Know how good ' -T I—. can be...... J H * ' •• | • r W^r - * ''tllill —^"T^n^sjfk V;.-M V a^jj ; ■*" ••/ /’“TVs distinctive flavor-and rich, rich aroma- „ «- if the world’s choicest coflees ... give ,u a hearty goodness in cup after cup! Taste JFG and you’ll know how good Cofiee can be. \ • j -••• t -- —, - * the right side of the how choked thoroughfare even tighter. Finally, like Zorro to the res cue, a Marine colonel made an en trance, bustling with authority. “What’s ah the flap?” he de manded, An ear-shattering horn dbwn tpe line somewhere*answer ed him. He looked around dazed. The Chinese cops, meanwhile, s had gon e into a huddle with our division Interpreter who, at first, was as confused as the rest of us. Suddenly a light d&wned on his face; he smiled and a moment later laughed ttloud. The colonel was incessed. "And what’s so confounded funny, Cap tain?” he shot out. The colonel’s patience .was showing signs of wear. “‘Well,’ began our language man, “it seems that before our arrival the Chinese government published an order regarding traffic—” “You don’t mean—,” exploded the colonel. ' __ • _ “Yes sir, that’s it. The» Chinese decided in honor of the Americah troops to direct all traffic - tem porarily to the right—to conform with our way of driving.” SUDDEN THAWT—It’s better to drive so that your license will expire befor e you do! IDIOCY—CaII me a fuss-budget if you will, I’m still saying baby shoes belong irThthe nursery—not dangling from a rear view mirror. A western state police command er found the problem of motorists addicted to hanging baby shoes,, dice and other trivia from their mirrors seriouß enough to get out a press release condemning the practice. ’ 1 * Not to be 'outdone, our own highway patrol chief, Col. James R. Smith claims the fad is “not only silly but could easily lead to an accident.” The lawbooks say that no vehi cle may be operated unless the driber’s vision through any re quired glass is normal. Or wdrds to that effect Col. Smith, and myself for that matter, can find no logical explanation for such idiocy. Clear, normal vision is a prime requisite for safe driving. Any thing that tends to obscure it, however remotely, is an inexcus able, dangerous practice. Col. Smith says the same thing and he’s been a policeman 30 years. SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD Lfapttin Bailey .Flies New,' A Speedy F-104A£Starfighter Captain Jack E. Bailey, Flight, Commander of the 83rd Fighter) Interceptor Squadron at Hamil ton Air Force Base, is now fly- j ing the new ultrasonic F-104AI Starfighter with the 83rd Fighter' Interceptor Squadron, the first ultrasonic Fighter Squadron in the world. Hamilton Air Force Bas e is a midway point of our nation’s Pacific coast line. The first Operational F-104A Starfight er squadron will provide day-and night protection for a vast area in_ which there are a million hom es, exclusive of industrial areas. Captain Bailey and his F-104A ultrasonic Starfighter can outrace the sun from New York to San Francisco. It can outclimb any aircraft now in operational use, and zoom into the upper starto sphere when, the mission demands. The Starfighter packs awesome firepower, and carries ' the side winder missle with an infrared tracking device that feels the pre sence of alien aircraft by heat radiation. Th e F-104A Starfighter is the highest flying and highest climb ing fighter the Air Force has or dered into fectical utilization. The Starfighter will fly tw.ice the speed of sound climbing straight up. They call the Starfighter a “missile with a man in it.” Captain Bailey is one of the men in the missile. Captain Bailey, son of Mrs. 1 Myrtle Bailey of Burnsville, Nor- j th Carolina, was born in 1923 in Jonesboro, Tennessee. He grad uated the Clearmont High School of Day Book, North Caro lina, and attended the New Mexi- v ! n . : ' ,-.«, r j *#■ 'A. "A.. ' A; 3 big reasons *’’? you rra’t was! to miss... APRIL 5 SPECTACULAR I . s '■ T' f' • - ! * ' . >v * Ja / The Bel Air Impale Sport Coup* with Body by Fitktr, , ini m I Every window of every Chevrolet it Saltty Plot* O/oee. vlfM fly 1 r^rirpsaiaass^ TOP ENTERTAINMENT-Th* Dinah Shore* Chevy Show-Sunday | ' N»C-TV and the Pot Boon* Ch*vy Showroom-weekly on ABC-TV Air Condltioninf y l«*p*raturei made to order-for all-weather comfort. 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