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Chevrolet Builds Its 900,000 th 1940 Car
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Here is the 900.000 th cur of Chevrolet’s 1940 model
production, as it left the assembly line at Flint, Mich.,
June 12, less than one month after No. 800,000 was
completed. Beside the car are M. K. Coyle, general
manager of the Chevrolet Motor Division (left), C. E.
Wetherald, general manufacturing manager (right), and
Arnold Lena, assistant manufacturing manager, who
were present in the plant when the car was produced.
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A THREE- RINGED CIRCUS of fun and farce, of
love and laughter, of roaring American
humbr. It’s the funniest, gayest tale you’ve
ever read—a typical, timely American comedy.
By ETHEL HUESTON
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1 Uncle loniy |
THE most talked about newspaper serial for
the past decade! It’s the political game as
we Americans see it —a box seat at the
national circus!
READ IT TODAY IN THIS PAPER
“Chevrolet has built 300,000 cars in less than three
months,” Mr. Coyle pointed out. “The 600,000 th of
these models was built on March 21, the 700,000 th on
April 16, the 800,000 th on May 13, and the 900,000 th
on June 12. This production rate closely parallels the
consistently heavy sales volume since the introduction
of the 1940 models last October, sales during March,
April and May alone totalling 307,345.” { *.
I Minute Make-lips!
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AXT'HEN your nail polish chip*,
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bing at the nail. The polish makes
humps and looks like a poor repair
! job. Use polish remover for the
entire nail. Then apply the polish.
It takes a second longer and gives »
well-groomed appearance.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
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Use of ‘Mahogany’
The earliest record of the use of
j the word “mahogany” yet discov
ered is in Ogilby’s “America,” pub
lished in 1671, where it was spelled
j “Mahogeney.”
Real Ocean ‘Bottom’
The deepest place in the ocean is
I off the island of Mindanao, in the
Philippines group, where a sound
ing of 35,400 feet has been reported.
Latin America Trade
Last year the United States sold
Latin America 36 per cent of the
latter’s imports; Germany was sec
ond with 17 per cent.
U. S. Share of Trade
The U. S. does 13 per cent of the
world’s export trade and 11.4 per
| cent of its import trade.
Prize Melon Vine
R, J. Foster, Vandalia, Mo., has
I exhibited a watermelon vine 60 feet
Long which produced 40 melons.
Increased Auto Horsepower
The average horsepower of tire
automobile engine has increased 300
per cent since 1920.
Similar Trend
Teacher pointed out that a sur
| name often indicated the trade of
the ancestors of those who bore th«
name. He gave as examples Smith,
Taylor, Baker, and others. Then
he questioned one of the boys.
“What were your ancestors,
Webb?”
“Spiders, sir.”
Tough Job
“Pat, didn’t you tell me that a
brother of yours is a lawyer?”
“Yis, sor,” replied Pat.
“And you a hod carrier! The
good things of life are not equally
divided, are they?”
“No, sor,” said Pat. “Poor fel
low-my brother couldn’t do this to
save his life!”
PROVISION
Life Insurance Agent—Have you
made any provision for those who
come after you?
Victim—Yes, I put a sign on the
door saying “No Agents” and I hava
' a dog in the cellar for those who
can’t read.
On the Fence
Small Son (to father)—You never
know where you are with women,
do you dad? Mummy says I’m too
big to cry and then she says I’m too
small to sit up late.
Knowledge
Willie—Please, Teacher, what did
I learn today?
Teacher —Why, Willie! What a pe
culiar question.
Willie—Well, that’s what they’ll
ask me when I get home.
Encouragement
Harriet—When Frank grumbled
that you did not give him any en
couragement, what did you say?
Mabel —Why, I told him I pre
ferred a man who didn’t need any.
Intelligent Fighting
Blim—Fighting is all right pro
viding you do it intelligently.
Slim—Yes, but you can’t always
find a smaller opponent.
Toothache Cure
Sufferer—Say, Old Man, can you
tell me something to cure tooth
ache?
Friend—Sure, I can—the sight of
my dentist.
•Better-Half’
Small Son—Dad, what does a
“better-half” mean?
Dad—Just what she says, son.
Properly Cautious
“Willie, don’t go too near that
lion’s cage. Can’t you see the
paint's wet?” __
Speed of Car Drivers
Is Analyzed by Expert
Automobile owners drive more
slowly than individuals driving bor
rowed cars, and drivers on short
trips go slower than those on long
trips, according to a study of the
speed of motorists, recently complet
ed under the direction of Dr. Harry
R. De Silva of Yale university. This
speed study was carried on in con
junction with Dr. De Silva’s study
of the human element in automobile
accidents.
The analysis proved rather con
clusively that new cars travel at
higher speeds than old cars. The
average age of the cars which trav
eled at 60 miles an hour and over
is 1.2 years. Those which traveled
at 40 miles and over an hour were
2.4 years old, while the cars that
went along from 30 to 39 miles an
hour averaged 3.3 years,
Male drivers from 33 to 39 years
old drove at an average speed of
45.3 miles an hour and ranged from
20.3 miles an hour to more than 72
miles an hour, according to the sur
vey. Male drivers from 60 to 69
year* old. averaged only 42.5 miles
nn hour and ranged from 24.9 miles
an hour to more than 72 miles an
hour.
Th* speed data which developed
this data was conducted in Connec
ticut through the co-operation of the
Connecticut Motor Vehicle depart
ment and the Connecticut state po
lice. More than 2,000 automobiles
and their drivers were checked. A
special device was used to clock
the speed of passing motorists with
out revealing to the motorists that
they were being checked. A mile
down the road state police stopped
the cars which had been clocked
and had their drivers fill out ques
tionnaires.
Insatiable Curiosity Aids
Scientific Investigators
Scientific investigators must pos
sess certain innate attributes that
j are not acquired by education alone,
writes Dr. M. L. Crossley in a paper
prepared for the American Chem
ical society. These fundamental
prerequisites for research are an in
satiable desire to know, disciplined
imagination and originality. With
out these no amount of education
will produce an investigator. This
is true in any field of investigation
and particularly important in chem
| ical research. An aptitude for
chemistry is not sufficient reason to
encourage a person to prepare him
self for research. Many persons un
dertaking research in chemistry are
capable only of doing “cookbook
chemistry.”
A research chemist should have
the ability to use his hands skill
fully. And it cannot be too strongly
i emphasized that the investigator
must have a high degree of tolera
tion for the view of others and that
he faithfully attempt to ascertain
the correct basis on which to judge
the results of the work of other in
vestigators. Intolerance distorts the
thought processes and leads to false
I pictures of what it is desired to ac
complish.
Snakes Guard Jewels
The boldest thief would hesitate
i defore putting his hand into a safe
where he had reason to think a
I deadly snake lurked. Thus the fol
lowing notice, appearing prominent-
I ly on a case of jewels owned by a
woman occupying a house in May
fair, England, is likely to be more
effective than either watchdog or
police:
TO BURGLARS AND HOUSE
BREAKERS
This case contains jewels.
Beware of the poisonous snakes!
The snakes are real; it is not a
case of “Beware of the dog” when
there is no dog. The snakes are
supplied by a well-known animal
' dealer, who sends to the woman who
owns the jewels a weekly supply of
j food for her guardian reptiles. The
snakes live in a glass case contain
ing another case in which the jew
els are kept. Though the latter are
worth thousands of pounds, no at
tempt has ever been made to steal
them.
Stone Age Wheat Cultivation
Discovery of a grain of wheat be
low the foundations of a prehistoric
settlement at Island McHugh in
Baroncourt lake, County Tyrone,
Ireland, throws an entirely new light
on the life of the first inhabitants of
Ireland. Two archeologists, Oliver
Davies of Queen’s university, Bel
, fast, and C. F. Mitchell, Trinity
college, Dublin, report that the grain
was found at the new Stone age level
dating about 2000 B. C. The settle
| ment is on an estate of the duke of
Abercorn. It has been thought that
I the earliest men in the country were
hunters and fishermen only, but the
wheat grain proves them to have
I been farmers, the archeologists
maintain. It is their opinion that
I cereals, and the knowledge of their
cultivation, were brought from the
Mediterranean to Ireland by the
tomb builders.
Infantile Paralysis
It is not definitely known whether
| poliomyelites is an ancient or a com
paratively new disease. Early Egyp
tian engravings and mummies re
, vealing deformities have been cited
as indications that infantile paraly
: sis may have existed two or three
thousand years before Christ. How
ever, the first unquestioned descrip
tion of this disease was written by
I Michael Underwood in London in
1 |784.
Model Five-Room Home
1» Erected for sUzo
An experimental five room ho
with bath, that is designed to c . *
as little as $1750, has been success!
fully built in Lebanon, N. J. **
This unique dwelling was con*
structed under the sponsorship of i
\ nonprofit research organization i n
terested in reducing construction
costs to provide better housing
more people.
High quality materials and prae
tical construction methods, witn
certain innovations, were employed
The main shell of the dwelling i B
so designed that it can be erected
by four men in an eight-hour day.
Special plywood construction was
used for exteriors and interiors, en
tire wall panels being fabricated in
a temporary workshop at the job
and erected as units.
Almost all furniture, including
beds, is built in. Another innova
tion was a patented wiring system
with electrical conduits embodied in
an ornamental molding, having out
lets every few feet. A fireplace and
efficient heating unit were combined
and hard sheet lead was used for
flashing.
Paint styling is relied on to a
great extent to produce individuality
and the effect of large size in this
minimum home. Since the outer
walls were formed in three horizon
tal panels separated by narrow
structural members, it was found
that by painting the middle panel
a slightly lighter shade of the same
color apparent height of the house
was increased. Still a lighter shade
on the trim and horizontal band*
seemed to give the house added
length.
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Angle Street Crossings
Present Traffic Hazards
Streets that intersect at sharp an
gles are not only hazards for motor
traffic but constitute a good exam
ple of land waste as well.
When streets are planned to cross
each other or form a “T” at ap
proximately right angles both of
these objections are overcome.
Square-cornered lots, which are bet
ter adapted as sites for residential
structures than irregularly shaped
lots with sharp-pointed corners, will
be assured by this type of street de
sign. The total length of a street
system within a subdivision will also
be reduced, thus effecting a saving
in construction costs.
Many traffic difficulties in sub
urban districts result from bad
street intersections. When a local
street enters a major street at an
acute angle, visibility is seriously
impaired, and traffic has a tendency
to move in and out of such streets
without reduction of speed.
These two factors are largely re
sponsible for the enormous loss of
life due to automobile accidents at
; street intersections in residential
1 areas. Traffic-control devices are
f poor substitutes for good street de
■ sign.
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Safety Gasoline Tank
To lessen the danger of explosion
and fire after highway accidents, a
safety gasoline tank has been de
veloped for trucks. Ruggedly built,
: I with electrically welded seams, it
is designed to resist battering in a
collision or rupture from internal
pressure, says Popffiar Mechanics.
Gasoline cannot escape if the truck
tips over, for the intake and air
“breather” pipes both extend across
the tank; tipped with the tank cap
down, the pipe ends are out of the
gasoline; tipped to the other side,
the tank cap is above the fuel; up
side down, a check ball in the air
vent prevents leakage. The tank
cannot be filled deeper than the lev
el of the “breather” pipe, and thus
there is always an air space pro
viding for expansion of 12 to 13
per cent. Explosion is prevented by
a fusible alloy plug in the cap. Be
cause of the length of the intake
pipe, theft of gasoline is exceedingly
difficult. The tank can be installed
on any truck.
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Hard Water Problems
The most universal of all water
problems is hardness—the presence
of lime and magnesium. Chemists
and persons who have made a study
of water content say that an insolu
ble curd is formed when soap unites
with the lime in hard water. This
curd, which appears as a sticky
scum in dishwater, causes consid
erable soap waste, as it eliminates
that much soap from the cleaning
process. It has been estimated that
in real hard water as much as 90
■ per cent of all soap used is wasted.
Hard water, in addition to being
wasteful of soap, makes drinking
water cloudy and discolored and
often affects its taste, discolors fix
tures, causes dull glassware, clogs
and enlarges skin pores and makes
fabrics brittle.
Cleaning Piano Keys
1 Yellow, discolored piano keys can
■ spoil the appearance of the most
beautiful instrument. If you keep
the keys exposed to sunlight, they
| are much less likely to turn yellow.
! If, however, the keys have already
i turned, clean them as follows:
Dampen a soft cloth with alcohol
and wipe off the keys, rubbing with
the grain. Dry with a soft linen
1 cloth. If the yellow persists, rub
the keys gently with fine sandpaper
or cover with a thick paste of lemon
juice and whitening. Leave the
paste on for a few minutes, then
wash off with a soft cloth wrung owt
i n warm water. Rub until all trace
j if oil has disappeared. __ ,
