ROARING UP MOUNTAINSIDE . . . Racer In the annual Labor Day
classic Is shown negotiating one of the breath-taking hairpin curves,
bordered by rock walls, which mark the treacherous ascent to 14,110
foot Pikes Peak. In the background can be glimpsed a panorama of
the mighty Rockies.
‘DADDY OF ’EM ALL’
Spectacular Pikes Peak
Speed Classic Revived
By WNU Features
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.—Nature and man have
contrived to provide the world’s most spectacular and gruel
ing testing grounds for an automobile on Pikes Peak, one of
America’s most famous mountains, where the annual Labor
Day auto races will be revived this year after a wartime lapse.
A record field of big-time drivers is expected to vie for $7,500
In prize money posted for the race ■
against time up the famous Pikes
Peak highway, William H. Geisler
of the Pikes Peak information bu
reau reports.
Rise of 6,000 Feet.
The highway, known as the
"world’s most wonderful motor
road," is a double track boulevard,
20 to 50 feet wide for the entire
distance, and as smooth and even
as pavement. Breath-taking hair
pin curves mark the entire course,
which is noted for the sensational
rise of more than 6,000 feet in ap
proximately 12V4 miles.
From many points on the
coarse, visitors may look down
ward thousands of feet to the
starting point and watch the
speed demons climb the rock
walled sides of the giant peak
to the snow-clad summit above
the clouds.
Equally thrilling is the magnifi
cent view, heralded as the most
spectacular ever beheld from an
automobile. A vast, 300-mile pan
orama of the mighty Rockies can
be viewed from the New Mexico
border line on the south, through
the entire state of Colorado, to
Wyoming on the north. Eastward,
the billowy ocean of plains rolls
far into Kansas while spread out
below like- a huge black carpet is
the Pike national forest.
Started in 1916.
This year’s renewal of the race,
the first since 1941, will be on the
30th anniversary of the first race.
The Pikes Peak auto hill climb was
Inaugurated in 1916 by the late
Spencer Penrose, millionaire phil
anthropist of Colorado Springs and
the Pikes Peak region.
Since that time, every famous
race driver has competed on the
famous serpentine course. The
annual race classic has grown in
popularity and importance until to
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day it ranks with the Memorial
Day race at Indianapolis.
Sften dubbed the "daddy of ’em
all” in the realm of hill climbs,
the Pikes Peak race assumes pro
portions of an international event
with cars and drivers entered from
foreign countries as well as the
United States.
Undergo Severe Strain.
As the racers roar up the steep
slopes of Pikes Peak, their vehi
cles undergo terrific tests which
are used by manufacturers as the
basis for new car improvements.
From the tires to the spark plugs,
the test of strength and stamina
is more intensive than any required
of a regular passenger car.
The graveled roadbed with its
hairpin curves and steep grades
is a severe test for tires. The climb
of 0,000 feet in a short distance
demands expert performance for
carburetion, cooling, ignition, spark
plugs, wiring and other parts of
the motor, as well as a real test
of oil and gas.
Thorne to Compete.
Among the big-time drivers
scheduled to compete in this year’s
classic are Joel Thorne, wealthy
California racing enthusiast whose
car won the Indianapolis Me
morial day race; George Berrin
ger, famous Indianapolis racer;
Louis Unser, six times winner of
the Pikes Peak race, who set the
race record of 15 minutes, 34%
seconds in 1941; Rene LeBeque and
Jean Treveaux, well-known French
racers; A1 Rogers and Johnny
Morrow.
Of the total prize money of
$7,500, first place winner will re
ceive $3,000. Six prizes are posted,
$2,000 going to second, $1,000 to
third, $750 to fourth, $500 to fifth
and $250 to sixth.
ISLANDER TENDS U. S. GRAVES ... A Solomon islander, wearing
the traditional ceremonial hibiscus in his hair, cuts the tropical greens
and weeds in the U. S. cemetery on Guadalcanal. Now it is a quiet
scene, with stately palms and tbcir fronds rustling in the breeze over
looking the same terrain where the marines pushed forward on their
historic landing four years ago.
Ceremony Marks Centennial of Flag-raising
MONTEREY, CALIF. — To com
memorate the 100th anniversary of
first hoisting of the United States
hag over California soil, an his
toric flag-raising ceremony was
held here. The Stars and Stripes
were first flown by Com. John D.
Sloat at Monterey 100 years ago.
The flag was broken out on an
exact replica of the pole of Mon
terey pine put up by Sloat’s forces,
and it was erected in the same rock
cairn that supported the original
one. Remains of that staff and
cairn recently were discovered in
excavations at the old Customs
House.
A 40-year-old tree from the Del
Monte forest was selected to cor
respond with the measurements
provided by Col. Roger S. Fitch,
president of Monterey History and
Art association, and Dr. D. T. Mac
Dougal of Carmel, retired director
of Carnegie Institution and author
ity on history.
IN THESE UNITED STATES
‘Ham’ Show Is Instrumental
In Revamping Georgia Town
By E. L. KIRKPATRICK
WNU Feature*
Thirty years amidst hams and eggs is the reward of Otis
S. Oneal, Negro extension worker at Fort Valley, Ga. Annu
ally, Oneal guides the farmers around Fort Valley, county
seat town of 5,000, in staging a food show at which 500 to 600
cured hams are exhibited. This is in addition to more than 300
pieces of other cured meats and 250 dozen eggs packed in
fancy cartons.
These topnotch hams come from
hind quarters of peanut-fed or oth
er well-nurtured hogs. They are the
products of thrifty farm families
in central Georgia who started out
to lick the boll weevil through in
creased emphasis on diversified
farming. Festooned around the
stage, they make a show that
smells as good as it looks; in
fact, the aroma permeates the en
tire school auditorium where the
exhibit is held, while visitors look
and talk and smell.
Present Program.
Among main events of Ham and
Egg Show week, usually held in
the spring, are a demonstration
program on foods for housewives,
roundtable discussion on ham and
egg production, home-written and
produced pageant in which "The
Hog, Hen and Mule Speak," and
joint barbecue and folk music
festival. Each number draws its
share of the 1,000 or more visitors
but laurels go to the afternoon
and evening festival of secular mu
sic where players of banjoes,
guitars, mouth harps and many
improvised instruments attract the
attention of regional and national
musicians. W. H. Handy, com
poser of "St. Louis Blues,” has be
come a constant attendant at the
show.
Interspersed between the various
major events are quartet and choir
selections of old spirituals and secu
lar folk ballads. All ara preceded
by a curtain riser of Negro folk
songs by the school children,
"Chula-hu," "Just From the Coun
try” or "Old Dinah’s Dad.”
Boosts Community.
In fostering this show during the
past 30 years, Oneal and his co
workers practically have remade
the town and its trade area.
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There’s a Community Fair on the
downtown streets each fall. Fat
cattle, corn, vegetables and fruits
have taken on more significance on
farms and in gardens through the
entire community.
The idea grew out of Oneal’s ef
forts to improve living conditions
among Negro farmers. He had
found that some families raised
plenty of table food, others none.
He had asked some who had to let
him bring in those who had not
“to see how it’s done.” Refused
by one who didn’t “want to be
bothered with those triflin’ neigh
bors/’ he hit on the Ham show idea
and started in, taking three years
“to get going.” Since then, Fort
Valleyites and many visitors,
even from outside Georgia, have
seen, heard, smelled, tasted and
felt the Ham show.
LIFE BEGINS IN ‘BABY
TOWN’ . . . Located In the salt
bush country of Australia, Why
alla Is the No. 1 baby town of the
commonwealth. It has the high
est birth rate, with some 300
babies coming Into the world
there annually. For every death
in Whyalla in the past six years,
100 babies have been born. The
present population of 7,500 con
sists of 5,000 adults and 2,500
babies or children under 14.
Nurse Forrest is shown here giv
ing a brand new arrival his first
dunking.
Hospital Diagnoses
Patient's Ailment
As *Broken Heart9
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.—
Hospital treatment for a
broken heart was requested—
and received—by a sad patient
entering the accident ward of
Atlantic City hospital.
Wesley Mingo. 30, New York
railroad worker, at first com
plained only of acute “chest
pains.” After denying any pre
vious history of heart or lung
ailments, the patient said the
pain might emanate from a
broken heart.
He explained that he came to
the resort city to marry a girl,
but they quarreled and parted.
The physician prescribed a
mild sedative, and Mingo left
for the boardwalk, his broken
heart apparently improved.
Marine Insists War
‘Chow’ Is Appreciated
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH.—Two
inseparable marine buddies have
returned to Salt Lake City.
When William F. Simons, former
private first class, returned to civil
ian life, he was accompanied by
"McGregor,” combination chow
and police dog which was dubbed
a "sergeant” in the marines.
The dog served as a night sentry
at Bremerton, Wash., marine base.
His former master was killed.
'Aviation notes
MANY VETS FLYING
Representing nearly one-third of
total airline employment, more
than 25,000 employes of United
States scheduled airlines are vet
erans of World War II, figures com
piled by the Air Transport associ
ation reveal. The veterans are
working in a variety of jobs, rang
ing from flight and ground opera
tions to sales and administrative
positions.
While a considerable number of
the airlines’ war veteran employes
are men and women who left the
lines to serve with the armed forces
and have returned to their old jobs,
a much larger number are new
employes hired under the policy
adopted by the airlines to give
preference to servicemen and
women.
Several companies have inaugu
rated courses designed for re
habilitation of the physically handi
capped, one concern reporting that
it can use regularly as many as
1,000 veterans with amputations.
Courses of instruction also are
provided in flight and ground op
erations, communications, main
tenance and general administra
tive work.
In addition to veterans employed
by airlines in this country, ATA
member airlines operating in Alas
ka, Canada and the Caribbean area
employ an additional 1,900 World
War II veterans.
• • •
UP IN THE AIR
Mrs. Henrietta McGinnis, 72,
of Chicago, went “up in
the air” over the double wed
ding of her grandson and
granddaughter in Minneapolis.
She used the event as an ex
cuse for taking her first plane
ride, “something I've wanted
to do for years,” she added.
• • •
SOARING HIGH
Captured German gliders, includ
ing one reputed to be the only
“flying wing” model, attracted
widespread interest at the 13th
annual national soaring contest at
Elmira, N. Y. Some of the cap
tured gliders were flown at the
meet while others were only on
display.
Army gliders of the type used
in airborne operations during the
war were towed by gallant old Boe
ing B-17 flying fortresses and
tough little Douglas C-47s.
SKY GIANTS ... A fleet of
four-engined double-deck Boeing
stratocruisers of the type shown
here has been ordered by United
Airlines for use on its nation
wide system and newly-author
ized route to Hawaii.
• • •
FLYING HAZARD
Add to your list of flying haz
ards—birds. They ore considered
a definite danger even with bullet
proof windshields. Airlines pilots
reported collisions with birds at
the rate of two a day during 1944.
Planes frequently encounter flocks
of waterfowl, especially in migra
tory seasons, resulting in consid
erable damage to equipment. Most
feared by pilots is the eagle.
Weighing up to 15 pounds, the eagle
will swoop down and dive smack
through a steel wing.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
By VIRGINIA VALE
SIX top cinema stars will
s’ine on the Hollywood
Players programs, beginning
September 3 — Tuesdays at
9:30 p. m., EDST, and con
tinuing for 38 Tuesdays there
after. They are Claudette Col
aert, who’ll launch the series, Bette
Davis, Paulette Goddard, Joan
Fontaine, John Garfield and Greg
Dry Peck—radio’s greatest list ol
stars as program regulars. Each
will be heard several times during
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
the 39 weeks; they’ll select theli
own vehicles, choosing hit movies,
stage successes, best-seller novels
and short stories in which they’ve
appeared or wanted to appear.
They’ll be given the greatest pos
sible leeway in selecting their ma
terial. What a set-up!
—m—
With practically all movie stars
yearning to try their luck on the
stage, via summer theaters, Jeff
Donnell received a bid that others
longed for. The highly successful
Playhouse at Ogunquit, Me., asked
her to guest-star in a play of her
own choosing, with her husband,
Dialogue-Director Bill Anderson,
directing It. And she had to turn
It down because she’s playing the
second feminine lead in Columbia’s
“Mr. District Attorney,” now shoot
ing. She’s asked for a rain check
for next year.
__
Stuart Erwin (star of the CBS
"Phone Again Finnegan”) and his
wife, June Collyer, recently cele
brated their 16th wedding anniver
sary by entertaining Allan Jones
and Irene Hervey, whose 10th an
niversary came that same week.
-*
The scenic Roosevelt highway
along California's Malibu coast,
near Los Angeles, is the setting
for much of the action of RKO’s
forthcoming "Step by Step." Anne
Jeffreys and Lawrence Tierney
have the top roles.
-*
James Melton will replace Ray
mond Massey beginning October 6
as star and master of cere
monies of the "Harvest of Stars."
The program's format will change
with more emphasis placed on
music than formerly, though a
dramatic story of American con
temporary life or a historical high
light will be included in each broad
cast. Melton's contract is for five
years.
—#—
It sounds wonderful—Bob Hope
replacing Clayton Collyer as ra
dio's “Superman,” with Paulette
Goddard supporting him as “Lois
Lane,” the girl reporter. But the
general public won't hear it. It's
a burlesque program recorded for
"Command Performance”; the
show will be used for transmission
to our armed forces overseas and
for veterans in hospitals.
-*
Barbara Hale and Bill Williams,
RKO contract players who did so
well they were elevated to star
dom, are back in Hollywood after
a cross-country honeymoon during
which they travelled 7,400 miles—
6,000 by automobile, the rest by
air.
—*—
Harry Carey Jr., son of the vet
eran actor, has been assigned a
key role in "Pursued,” United
States Pictures’ drama of the early
southwest. It will be filmed in tech
nicolor near Gallup, N. M., with
Teresa Wright, Judith Anderson
and Robert Mitchum.
-*
Though Benny Goodman is ter
rifically popular, that new air show
will be called "The Victor Borge
Show, starring Benny Goodman,”
not the other way around. Well, no
matter who gets top billing, it's
bound to be a good program.
-*
ODDS AND ENDS—Eleanor Parker
did so well as “Mildred” in the re
make of “Of Human Bondage" that
Warner Bros, have given her the lead
ing role in “Love and Learn." . .. Irene
Dunne's figure hasn't changed more
than half an inch in all the years she's
been making pictures. . . . Business
women will hate their inning on the
air Labor Day, when one of them will
be chosen Business Girl ''Queen for a
Day.” . . . We’ve had “Whistling in
Brooklyn," “A Tree Grows in Brook
lyn" and “The Kid From Brooklyn”i
now Metro's starring Frank Sinatra,
Kathryn Grayson and Jimmy Durante
in “It Happened in Brooklyn"l
NEEDLEWORK PATTERNS
Fruit Designs to Cross-Stitch
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? OOKING for some simple
handsome pick-up work these
ararm days? Here are some col
orful fruit designs to do in cross
stitch—big pears, strawberries, ba
nanas, oranges, apples, plums and
cherries in lovely shaded effects
in natural looking fruit colors. Use
on tea towels, for kitchen break
fast and luncheon cloths, for place
mats.
«hT2„J?bAain 7r. transfer designs for th«
®“aded Cross Stitch Designs (Pattern No.
??,lor chart for working, amounts of
““ferent colored flosses, send 20 cents in
number°Ur name> address and pattern
Send your order to:
circle needlework
530 South Wells St Chicago 7, 111.
Enclose 20 cents for Pattern.
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