The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

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 Automobiles are prettled up with rouge, just like girls. (The auto industry uses enough rouge, for polishing purposes, to paint a town red9 The safest city in the U. 5. 6 Memphis, Tenn, which has the lowest death rate from traffic accidents All automobiles are pigeon-toedI CThe front wheels are made, to toe in slightly to make steering easier.) You can't own . roon-colored auto in Cairo, (Because that color Is reserved for King Farouk and the royal familyJ Actors, as a class, are the most reckless drivers in the world. (1nsuranCe companies rate ttem as greater risks than ambulance drive erS.) Another reason for being thankful you're in America: Tn England, the gasoline tax Is eighteen cents on Q gallon--aTd in Italy, it's sixty cents on Q gallonI
 Tip to Motorists: The best time to buy gas is before the, sun comes ur in the morning, because later in the day the sun expands the gas. (By buying 1t before dawn, you can get five more gallons on iO0) { There is more cotton than rubber in a rubber tire There's 6 bill near Hollywood (the Magnetic Hill) which autos can climb with the power off. (It's really an optical illusion. While 1t appears to be an upgrade, actually it's . 2 per cent downgrade.) In Wales, they test the sobriety of drivers by mak- ing them repeat, "A handsome hip- popotarnus in . petrol perambula- tor"
 There are more autos than bath tubs in the U. s. (There's an auto for every four persons, but only one bathtub for every six) There isn't Q single gas station on the entire White Way. (Broadway, to you.) Green autos are taboo in Arabia. (That color is reserved for the turbans of Mohammedafis who have journeyed to the prophets tomb in Medina.) .. The Holly wood Influence: A garage has a sign saying, "Let Us Give Your Car Q Daily Beauty treatment"
 There are said to be 2O00 of- lenses which inotorist can commit Mae West has her name print cd on the cushions of her car Green autos are considered unlucky in England One of the major accessories of autos back in 1900 was an ammonia squirt gun. (It was used to discourage dogs who ran alongside and disturbed the driv. CTS by barking or fiipping the tires) The fastest bus service in the world isn't in New York or London but in the Arabian Desert. The route, from Damascus to Bagdad. is six hundred miles long, and the drlv. CTS average more than sixty miles q, hour. Before the buses came, caf11els took 8 month to make the trip now it's made in less than IS hours (The drivers use compasses instead of road maps)
 If an auto was built the way the average house is assembled, the low. est-priced car would cost Sl6,00C At dangerous spots on Vene- zuela roads wrecked cars are placed on pedestals as warning .. Auto racers hop up the power of their cars by putting ether into their gas (But if they're caught, they're dis uualified) VT. In 1908, the Bar- oness Hengelmuller startled Wasn- ington by driving around in san automobile that elected perfume from the exhaust
 The most economical speed at which to drive an auto is 26 miles an hour. CThe faster an auto runs, the more gas 1t uses) Luis Firpo, who knocked Dempsey out of the ring, is now successful automobile dealer in Argentina. |. The cotton used in the manufacture of autos would provide five dresses for every sweetie-pie in the Q. & Anna May Wong has her name in Chinese letters in gold on her car If it's 6 cream colored machine it's Harry Richman'sl
 Dusenbergs have speedometers in the back, as well as in front, for Al,n anv.va,Sint1n nf ha elx .sAat drivers