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Dodge Classified One of Most Improved Oars
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Under the sleek, litht 1955
Dodge silhouette is a myraid of
automotive improvements which
mechanically and structurally
classify Dodge for '55 as one of
the industry's most improved
cars. They are on display at
Leever Motor Co., 315 East Fifth
St.
Calculated to earn the respect
of all drivers are the flashing
193 h.p. Super-powered Super
Red Ram V-8, the 183 h.p. Super
Red Ram V-8, the all - new 175
h.p. Red Ram V-8, and the 123
h.p. "Get-Away Six."
Riding and handling qualities
are improved due to wider rear
leaf springs and, relocated front
and read shock absorbers with
longer piston travel.
New coaxial Dodge Power
Steering performs 80 per cent of
the steering effort, providing in
stant response and excellent re
turnability. Other power assists
for brakes, seat controls and win
dow lifts are available.
Inside the roomy passenger
compartment many innovations
are evident. The gear selector
lever on cars equipped with auto
matic PowerFlite transmission
is located on the control panel
Also, an eight - in - inch - wide
"rudder bar" brake pedal is pro
vided on these models. Brake
and clutch pedals on models
with standard transmission are
suspended from under the con
trol panel, eliminating toeboard
holes and resultant dirt, mois
ture and drafts. y
Windshield wiper blades park
automatically off the glass. The
gas filler pipe is in its own com'
partment in the right rear fen
der, passing through the trunk
behind the spare tire.
Box-section roof rails and
sturdy windshield construction
strengthen the body shell. Addi
tional body-frame mounts and
floor panel stiffeners increase
body regidity, eliminate vibra
tion and lengthen car life.
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DODGE LANCER HARDTOP Three-tone paint combinations are Introduced for the first time
in the automotive industry to accent the new styling of the 1955 Dodge Lancer hardtop. New
color combinations are available on the Lancer models in all three series the Custom Royal,
the Royal, and the Coronet. Lower, wider and longer by 16 inches, the Custom Royal Lancer
hardtop shown here is powered, by a Red Ram V-8 engine developing 193 horsepower.
Around
Hollywood
Mr"!
By ALINE MOSBY
United Prcu Corrtspsadtiit
BoUywood (U.R) Holly
wood moves in on the A-bomb
next week with a TV "spectacu
lar starring
the bomb, a
pretty girl
poking around
the ruins and
comedian
D a v e Garro
way in the
trenches.
Both CBS
and NBC are
AUmMosbr televising an
atomic explosion near Las Vegas
April 26, one of the biggest
in history. An A-bomb blast was
special event programs in TV
shown by the networks two
years ago via a local station's
telecast. But this season, man
kind's most terrifying invention
is getting the super-colossal
treatment.
NBC is flying a make-up man
to Las Vegas to make, sure all
the NBC noses are powered be
fore the blast. Comedian Gar
roway, horn-rimmed glasses and
all, will conduct ' his "Today"
show from the Gl-filled trenches
two miles from the bomb blast,
Powder Room
And after the blast, pretty
Kit Kinne will tour the atom
ized model village to show view
ers of the "home" program the
effect of the explosion. A pow
der room had to be set up in the
Kinne.
Both networks are pooling
their resources to telecast the
explosion, which is akin to
Macy's telling Gimbels. The
"script" for the show has been
worked over for months by the
networks' special events direc
tors here, Sam Zelman of CBS
and Roy '.Jeal of NBC. '
"Two years ago when the
bomb went off the TV pictures
was twisted all over the place,
but this time proper facilities
will be used," explained Neal.
Four Cameras
Four cameras will telecast the
actual explosion 8Vi miles from
ihr. blast. Any closer, Neal and
Zelman explained, might blow
a fuse somewhere. Another
camera in the trenches will
show faces of the 800 soldiers
crouched there.
More than 1,500 civil defense
experts from around the coun
try will be part of the "back
stage" audience. The networks
are sending 85 men to the spot
to man the live cameras, color
cameras and the make-up kit.
One interested observer will be
a manufacturer whose radio
activity resisting paint will be
daubed on some of the dummy
houses as a test.
Even the GI's have gone into
television and will . have an
Array camera at the spot for the
networks to use.
AU the TV stars and workers
in the blast area had to be
cleared for loyalty by the gov
ernment. "They even cleared one traf
fic cop so he could tag speeders
in the blast area," says Zelman.
Corvallis (U.R) John Rice of
Corvallis has bee nelected stu
dent body president at Oregon
State College.
Truck Fleets
More Than Double
In Past 10 Years
Washington (U.R) Truck
fleets operating over U. S. high
ways have more than doubled in
the past 10 years.
In Trends, its annual publica
tion, the American Trucking As
sociation reports that U.S trucks
in operation increased from 4,-
513,340 in 1944 to 9,477,000 in
1954. This figure, not including
413,239 government - owned
trucks, is nearly half the world
total of 19,818,000.
The publication, said trucks
traveled 65,000,000,000 miles on
inter-city runs in 1953 compared
to 24,000,000,000 in 1943.
The report said that trucks,
representing 17 per cent of all
registered motor vehicles, paid
more than 33 per cent of the
total state highway user taxes
collected in 1953. Truck taxes
totalled $1,736,643,000 in 1953.
Chicago had the greatest
number of class one truck car
riers among the country's largest
cities with 144. New York was
second with 79; Los Angeles and
Detrojt were third and fourth
with 60 and 59 carriers. Total
carriers listed for 1953 were
2,576.
Big Wage Rise
In ranking . by geographical
regions, the Middle Atlantic
states were listed as having the
most carriers with 628. This
district includes Delaware, the
District of Columbia, Maryland,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl
vania and West Virginia. The
second largest section was the
Central region, with 620. This
area includes Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan (lower peninsula) and
Ohio. , ,
Other major increases in the
industry cited by Trends were
those in average wage per em
ployee and average number of
employees per carrier. Average
annual wages for all trucking
and warehousing employees rose
from $2,147 in 1943 to $4,709 in
1953. This compares with the
1953 average for all private in
dustry of $3,643, the publication
pointed out.
The number of employees per
class one carrier for, the 1942-
52 period increased from an
average of 108.8 in 1942 to 139.5
in 1952. The highest averages by
region were the Southern's 160.7
employees per carrier and the
Central's 159.0.
Congo Said Largest Area
Where Nobody Can Vote
Youngsters' Classified
Ad Section Patronized
St. Petersburg, Fla. (U.R)
The St. Petersburg Times re
cently set aside a page in its
classified ad section exclusively
for school children and teen
agers. It attracted such ads as
these:
"Will swap Girl Scout uniform
for parakeet cage."
"I would like to trade marbles
with someone."
"For 25 cents a day you can
practice on my piano."
"I want a boy's English racer,
good condition. Daddy will pay
up to $50."
Chicago Loop Pilot
Holds Hotel 117 Years
Chicago (U.R) There has
been a hotel on the same plot
of ground in Chicago's "Loop"
for 117 years, although the struc
ture has changed.
A plaque presented to the
Hotel Sherman by the Daughters
of the American Revolution ini
1929, set on an outside wall at
the intersection of Randolph and
Clark streets, reads: "This marks
the oldest site in Illinois .on
which a hotel has been contin
uously maintained."
EYES GOT WET
Dallas, Tex. (U.R) Mike
Corkill, 6, explained to his fath
er that he didn't cry while wait
ing for his shot of the new Salk
anti-polio vaccine. It was just
that, like some of the other boys,
ne said Wednesday, his eyes got
a little wet from standing in
line. - : -
By WILLIAM ANDERSON
United Press Correspondent
Brussels (U.R) The Congo,
Belgium's vast colony covering
an area 80 times the size of the
mother country, is the world's
largest geographical unit where
nobody can vote.
For in this huge belt of largely
unexplored territory, inherited
somewhat reluctantly by the
Belgians from King Leopold II
at the beginning of the century,
the emphasis is on economic and
not political development.
The no-vote rule applies equal
ly to the Congo's 70,000 Euro
peans as well as its 11,000,000
Congolese.
There are few native intel
lectuals. But there are thou
sands of black men whose
grandfathers had not even dis
covered the use of , the wheel,
who are doing skilled and semi
skilled labor. They enable Bel
gium to possess one of the rich
est colonies in Africa today.
The Belgians are not ashamed
of the word "colony" in spite of
the present trend toward less
direct descriptions such as "over
seas possessions" or "non-auto
nomous territories." .
It is still "our colony." And it
is ruled from Brussels as such
through a governor-general in
Leopoldville. He has an advisory
board on which several Africans
sit but the real decisions come
from the king, government and
governor-general..
No Intellectuals Wanted
As there is no vote, there are
no political -parties and no poli
tics.
The Congo is administered by
some 5,000 European civil ser
vants. They often have native
assistants, but f ew rise above the
rank of chief clerk.
Tribal law and custom are in
force throughout the 'bush and
are only infringed upon by white
law when they concern ritual
murder, polygamy or witchcraft.
Belgium's aim in the Congo is
to lift gradually the status and
living standards Of the Congo
lese until they can be integrated
on an equal basis and in a com
mon society with Europeans.
Somewhere along this upgrade
political responsibility will be
introduced and increased, but
not before the Belgions think the
Congolese are ready for it.
When will this take place?
Fifty years a century, perhaps
as the Belgians want no .small
group of intellectuals trying to
pack 2,000 years of European
thought and evolution into the
minds of natives whose grand
fathers were cannibals. As a
result no Congolese has ever at
tended a Belgian university.
Few advance beyond high
school standards and their edu
cation is centered mainly on arts
and crafts and no abstracts.
A university, however, was
opened in the Congo last year.
It is being administered by
Jesuits from Belgium's own Lou
vain university. It can be at
tended by both Europeans and
Congolese. Its curriculum is
short on humanities and long on
physical education and medical
degrees. .
Education In the Congo is
mainly in the hands of the mis
sions which receive government
subsidies. In the cities, how
ever, the government has opened
non-denominational schools.
At present there are about
4,000 Catholic missionaries and
1,200 Protestant missionaries in
the Congo. It is the intention of
Catholic authorities to set-up a
Congo church as soon as suffi
cient Congolese are ordained.
There are about 600 at present.
The Congo workman can be a
headache to his employer. Trade
unions are unknown in the Con
go because mainly it is the em
ployer who needs the protection.
The Congolese is only about
one-quarter as efficient as a
European workman. For this he
receives between 500 and 800
francs a month. The Congolese
is not lazy, but it is difficult to
get him to work for anything
beyond his immediate needs.
Once these are satisfied, he is
liable to disappear back to his
tribe. w " .. - -
Critics of the Belgian colonial
system are many. Of late many
Latin American nations have
policy, claiming repression and
18th century thinking.
To all this the Belgian colo
nials reply:
Our colony is happy, trouble
free. Education, health and civi
lization instilled by Christian
principles are advancing hand
in hand. Our administration
compares favorably with any
other in Africa and is better
than most.
Senators To Have
More Space in New
Office Building
Washington (U.R) United
States senators are unanimous
on at least one subject space.
; The seldom-changing skyline
of Capitol Hill is undergoing a
long-awaited addition. Ground
breaking ceremonies took place
recently for a new Senate office
building.
The $20,000,000 structure will
allow each senator a five-room
suite compared to two rooms at
present. There also will be two
underground garages.
The old Senate office build
ing erected in -1906 is badly
overcrowded. . Some corridors
even double as offices and em
ployees overflow into other
buildings. - - - -
Inadequacies of proper hear
ing rooms in the old building
became evident nation - wide
when the Senate crime investi
gations were televised in 1953
and again during . last year's
Army-McCarthy hearings.
The new structure will con
tain a 500-seat auditorium with
a sloping floor, small balcony
and a curved, upraised commit
tee table.
Broadcasting equipment will
operate through portholes in a
walled-off studio. This will re
move some of the Hollywood-set
atmosphere prevailing at hear
ings held in the present building.
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FLAIR STYLING FEATURED Flair styling featured in the 1955 . Dodge includes projected
headlight hoods, swept-around windshield, cut back doors, flared wheel openings, and stream
lined rear deck. This four-door sedan in the custom Royal series has a 183-horsepower V-8
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More working space for the
senators' daily routine was the
primary consideration. One sen
ator from a sparsely populated
state says he received "30 to 40
visitors a day" and on some days
"over 1,000 letters and tele
grams." An official said that
"at present five secretaries are
crowded in one small room."
When . completed, the new
BIRD COUNT .
Concord, N. H.flJ.R) Nearly
4,000 ducks and geese have been
wintering around New Hamp
shire's icy coastal waters. The
state fish and game department
reported a decline of 2,300 birds
from last winter's tally.
plans- will give the senators two
buildings,' equaling the two of
fice structures the representa
tives have had for over a decade.
But the senators will, retain
the distinction of having Wash
ington's only subway which
transports them from their of
fices to the Capitol. . Represen
tatives have to walk.
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