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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23

made up Of the TOP big company
stocks. % that banks and trust
ees perhaps partly to protect
themselves against later suits -
prefer to buy, for trust and pen
sion funds. the stock of these top
companies 81 that this concen-
trated buying. with little selling.
sends these 30 stocks up above the
true market average. an d "a
that the buying of Mutual Funds
is great factor IN boosting the
the Dow Industrial Average
Let me say somcaning about
these Mutual Funds They are
worthy OF careful consideration
for small investors They give
wide Investigation and honest
management. T h e funds are
being sold today by thousand OF
salesman who get a commission
OF about Sc. When YOU buy the
stock OF Mutual Fund, your
money is probably used TO buy the
stocks Of top induStllals. Hence,
thousands Of SaleSmen are on the
road indirectly selling the stocks
Of these 30 IndustrialS for which
selling they get Sc while the
rest OF the 800 stoc Ks are neg
lected for the selling Df which
they would get only 18th Of 10.
1t is unjust to say that the
stock market should be a fair ba-
lometer of general business
which determines your employ
ment The stock market as
whole does represent the Com
posite opinion of the business
leaders Of the nation Although
this composite opinion may be
wrong. it is worthy of careful
consideration by every reader of
this newspaper.
But the DoW-JoneS Industrial
Average does not necessarily re-
present the opinion of leading
as to employment
Hence, it may be very
mfair TO you for any manufact-
lrer. or his employment manger
o base his opinion and hence his
firing and hiring" program on
he Dow-JoneS Average. Manu- .
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23
By STANLEY

are glad 0 know that he was able
to leave the hospital last We'd
nesday He is visiting his brother
in-law and sister. Mn and Mrs.
Kenneth McClenny. in Farmyille
at the present time.
Announcement has been recelv-
ed Of the marriage OF Miss Mary
Beth McGehee, daughter of MrS
Grace B McGehee. of SanDiego
Calf, and Verne Fl Irving. son
Of Courtney Fl Irylng Of Char
lo.te. N c. The wedding toow
place in San Dieago on March 20
MI. Irving Is the nephew Of G l.
Irving and Mrs. T. S. Baskerville
5 a boy he made his home here
for several years with Mi anc
Mrs. c l.. Irving
Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Irving were
overnight guests on Friday OF
Mrs Irving mother, Mrs. George
Brough, and her brother in-laW
and sister, Mr. and Mrs Boshel
Coleman in McKenny.
MI and Mrs. James L. BaskeI'-
1 vile and daughters, Of Stoney
Greek, spent Sunday before last
with M and Mrs. T, S. Basker-
vile.
Miss Mary Dupuy attended :
ocial Workers Meeting in Char
lotte Court House week before
last
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23

THE National Society for Crippled Chill
4 dren and Adults, incorporated, is spon-
soring another Easter Seal campaign. The
Society Is asking millions Of Americans to
support programs designated to provide
care and treatment education and research
t. benefit crippled citizens.
Last year, the Society treated more
tnan 100000 crippled children and adults
and il is hoped to expand its services to
reach an aven greater number this year.
The 1854 campaign closes April 18th.
Z, that time more than 1000 Easter Seal
aIillateS II each Of the forty-eieht states
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23
Babson Discusses
Market and Employment
Truth About Stock

Babson Park. Fla March ID
You have seen recent newspaper
headlines: STOCK MARKET
TOUCHES HIGH EST IN %
YEARS. Yet. when many OF you
check your list OF good stocks
owned. you find this is not true
a I to your portfolio. Now iet me
tel you the trouble
There are about $500 stocks
isted on the New York Stock
Exchange OF these 1900. only
69 ale taken to prepare the Dow
jones Averages 50 called.
Furthermore, these are divided
INTO three groups tll The IN
dustlial Group con taining 30
stocks. - The Railroad Group
CONTAINING 20 stocks. and 80
IAe Utilities Group containing
) stocks
AS a practical matter, most in
yestors DO not bother with the
seeond and third groups They
look at only the Industrial Group
Wnen the Industrial Group of 30
stocks goes UP, they think the
entire market Of 500 stock goes
up When this Industrial Group
goaS down, they think all the
500 have gone down Hence
the newspaper headlines men
toned above. reporting the mar
key at its "25-year high" really
applied only to the Industrial
Group of 80 stocks not TO the
real average OF the entire mar
ket-or probably not to the stocks
wh4ch you own.
Is fhe Dow Jones Barometer Fair
+ answer this very frankly by
that it is unfair TO act
on these averages. The truth is:
Il &that this Industrial Group IS
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23
Double Check

Onions proutihg and taters. too
coffee going up and butter
cong down Springs accom-
inF Somewhere down South
panther GOT loose running Is
stylish IN an these parts
And even the Republicans have
troubles all thch own I'm plumb
again doWuing the AdrniniStra-
ton LIS what's cause more de-
preSsionS ana pAnics than any one
thing We got and We don't want
none of them Even the Demo-
Gratis don't want them. SO let's try
and help this Administration get
through and not have such a load
for the next one. It's most likely
TO be Democrat one anyhow.
Everyone of EN- 80 on some kind
Of extreme tins one is putting
everything iii The air They got
Jets and super pets blowing smoke
rings 50 thick you see rainbowS
at sunrise,
Thar amt SONG to be no flood.
not III this administration. With
the pulpWOod market WiukIng and
farmers grumblng, we may decide
TO put shoulder to the wheel and
push out Of this rut Anyway we
got our Congressman Watt Abbitt
,1tlt h TIC IN ,-n inst L-aan hpDipU
and q hopping
| met Up with James p Berry.
the Ohio journalist, who has Just
Joined the Herald staff proud we
are to have him And John Steck
he's san with us, llkeable and de-
pendable And Bill Read, Of the
Bill and May program on WFLO,
/ fine team not mentioning Uncle
( George he plays piano
Thanks l0r reading
YouGS J MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23

facturers should study the aver
age prices Of all the 800 stocks.
properly adjusted as to volume.
and not depend soly on what 30
stocks indicate.
The truth is That the stock
market is very confusing to any
honest employment manger to-
day The Dow Jones Industrial
a vera 6 e indicates one thing
while the entire stock market
indicates an opposite thing Ger
tain good stocks are now abnor-
mally high while other 600 d
stocks are abnormally low Be
fore you are fired by any employ
ment manager, he should study
other factors, rather than look
solaly at the stock market.
General business fell off dur
inc January and February 1854,
compared with 1858, but the stock
m TX et did not forecast this
S ON stocks went up; while
others went down Many stock
prices have changed very little
in the past SIX months or even
longer Hence we all hould
watch carefully the business of
March and April without refer
ence TO the stock market. Ger
tanly except for customary
seasonal: rea sons-I forecast that
managers Will be
big mistake by firing
people at this time.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23


asked polh taxes TO De continue" i"' an
"'heT year ~ 'eaS'
hM most people q" ho' f'"ii1e = ''''''
YAK eNuclloIS "lreAoE III lo'ce Si'''e '''''
AIRY l'o pe re- lecleu '''iS Year. "le T. ="
AMY tfe largest reductions ill""e III " io"'
year pTesloeh'iaI Velii' ne itu0o 'loi,9 -
taxes VIII amount 70 q'''o9 plI'lo'' ii'i'
Is a ofeakoo"h: J-'lu@lE ! r'A'''e 'o'''''
AK eNplr"''oh' - oiiiion '"i'""i =
come lax reauetLqiS' % oi''ioi' NV ~
proSpecl EXCISE - rt"uo tio''S ~ ~ =,
non ana ny Revenue heNlSio'i ql,''' ~
non ms gives NOM uu"'S p,'' :" D''''o''
ana business % ~ ,iliioi'' 'ie P'i- ~
non IN EXCISE ak feoU'''ohS 'o"'0 Oo eo''-
Siotlto ei''e' - 7 'eou1 ION - '''oll'e9'
or ~ '0"IS'' - any ave y - " e'i9i ~
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23
Dillwyn Soldier On
Exercise Ski jump

PVT. James F. Hardiman, son
OF Mr. and Mrs H Hardiman
Route ?. Dillwyn, is at Camp Hale
Colo. taking part IN Exercise Ski
Jump, the army 1854 mountain
and cold-weather training man
euver
He is a computer IN Battery A
of the 5llth Airborne Regimental
Cofnoat, teams 675th Field Ar
tillery Battalion which is learn
ing techniques of winter warfare
and survival under sub-zero con-
dltions III the Colorado Rockies
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23

nY a small majority, an increase III IN
~ dividua exemptions for income taxes
from $500 to 500 was defeated last week.
The increase would have cost the govern
nkent $23 billion in revenue and many
people now paying income tax would have
been exempt Higher exemptions were
recommended by Democratic Senat OF
George and were widely supported by Dem
ocrats Senator George advocated an even
higher exemption Of $500, which would
have reduced the revenue by SAD billion.
and next year an exemption Of $1,000 which
would have reduced the revenue bX $50
billion
Congress was wise in not reducing fur
tker the exemption until the budget is bal
anced. High income taxes can be traced to
tie narrow base during the Roosevelt ad-
n}inistration when excessive income taxes
Mere assessed against the higher incomes.
l.ower incomes were not then affected BY
tie higher taxes and extraVagancles IN gov
eminent We're Winked upon for time. The
gfadual encroachment Of high income taxes
has enveloped everyone since that time, to
point where they really hurt The income
tax base should be kept broad so that every
citizen will pay some tax Otherwise if the
lever incomes would be exempted there
would be little hope of ever reducing the
overall tax. We believe that income taxes
should be reduced as rapidly as possible,
AID certainly those with modest incomes
should be relieved but it should be more Of
an Switchboard reduction, keeping a
broad income tax base.
Two more tax reductions are under con
,deration, and viii be enacted automatic
ABLY unless Congress acts before April l.
namely the 81 per cent tax on corporations
drops to AZ per cent and the post-korean
excise tax on alcohol. tobacco, automotive
vehicles and parts, automotive fuel and
sporting goods President Eisenhower has
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23
cor USES CAMERA

Denyel, Col Louis Z. Spohn,
SO, lost his case in traffic court
recently although he argued that
the hght.W green when he drove
into the Iaterection PatroIman
George Ebelie produced a photo
graph which he had made at the
time with eoLol ed film The pic
ture showed the heht-brieht red.
Spohn paid SIS fine
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23
In An Old Country House

Within O log fire burning bright
Outside, the darkness Of the NIGHT
With stors that twinkle for away.
Inside wos Joy and laughter ooy,
NgIow with happiness that lies
Reflected in the ChiIdfens eyes
The night winds mooned os # IN pain
And song qhosty sod retroin,
In woods near by where pine treesAerow
It waved their branches to and fro
And brought to Us through shaking blinds
The spicy odor of the pines
And shadows from the dusky night
Ployed on the wolls in the tirelight,
And os they softly came and went
In with the freight fIomes they blent
The little flames which CLEAN ond dort
Brought wofmth ond ple0sute to each hedh
When summer left on shiny wings
And there came days thot winter brings
With bite Of cold and Wind and SNOW,
How good it wos for US to know
The old house roof wos tight ond stout
To keep the cold Of winter out
The chorms of summer well know.
But when outdoors was drifted SNOW,
There came peace without compare
Beside log fires with loved ones there
Thot brought to me delicious Joy
When lived there O little boy
About this house we'll should know
It wos~my home long years oqo
l. DI Whitoker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23

minimum. Tax reductions then
could and should be financed
through retrenchment in nones-
sential expenditures
Any other course would be fool
hardy, leading to ultimate disas-
ter.
HARRY F. BYRD
y S. Senator
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-23

KEEP VIRGINIA GREEN
Evening star., 1954-05-03

Omaha at Colorado Springs t2l post
poned
Pueblo Z, Sioux CITY I tsecond game
postponedl
Des Moines at Wichita t2, postponed.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Auto Race Summaries

FIRST RACE. 10 LAPS, 43 NILES
For production cars under 5000. &C"
j ;y1 Austin Healeg, W P Kineheloe. IL;
m.p,h.: :, Porsche Dr.. r. k. Thompson,
jr. Washington, D. c., average 67.75
m.,ph. ). Triumph. Roland McConkey
Austin Healey, Fred F. Allen tPittsford.
Healey, Emil Buick tOyster Bay. N.
RoeS s. d Hsaes sveraFe r. B.
RHYca R!I, 5AllsxandTia;, va l0, Porsches
~ F1emRs W. "ss1RIh5si kineheios eO1n r cfHsd Frsd
i; pri r. K. Thompson, IT,. 2 william
~ RACE TWO. 10 LAPS. 4s MILES
der de5,ds LOO fc" l. oscA' Ress T. Makins
Porsehes .' b. fSeFfse r. 'rSs TSomps6n m1n
@ph MsfhnEs0f s tBE sD candy aSfTafs Pools &
e. Pcrsess iSnn Bin fsmns %ss SSss
Po1s Porsche. eona kostef ssteFe saSie sS r. Y
eSeTags cooper ea9S A4nroDD %Dh vs. g. P0Efehs ass p
Fleming: 8. Al T. Roster K; iOcfOai; CLASS " "G' Si''
MOD-1. OsCA, Rees T, Makins. CLASS
RAGS AceR9P PHREE pf4 y EAPs. sR canqx a M1Lfs fS9le:
For modified and production cars over
LOO &C" ]. 40 Ferrari Jim Kimberly
lChicaso) ISL: . Jaeuar c. Ernie
Erickson tChicago>. 16.4j; 8 81 Fer
rari. Bill LLOYD Green's Farms Conn.,.
16.4i: 4. 80 Ferrari. j. M. r. Lyeth
lG1osse Point. Michb. 76.:;11: ). Aston
Mai til. Walter Hansecn tWestfield N.
-. 14.91. tOHy engine, CLASS "B"
MOD. WINNEE--44 Allard ir, Dave
Schilling. CLASS &C. MOD. WINNER
]. ). 4.5 Ferrari. Jim Kimberly. CLASS
ID" MOD. WINNER, . 2.7 Ferrari,
i, 46. MasSerati. Donald McKnought
Evening star., 1954-05-03
CLASS IF" MOD. WINNER. 90
Osca. Bill Brewster lEssex Conn.,.

CLASS IF" MOD. WINNER. 63.
osca, Bill Brewster Essex, Conn.,.
RACE FOUR. 10 LAPS, 43 MILES
For production Jasuars and production
soc tGreenwood. r. f., 7O.63: 3. Jasuar.
John Bird lDaytona Beach. FlaD. Gas:
g.. Jaguar Russ Boss providence. r. H.,
sprinsr, sa.3S. PRoDUcT1oN poRscHE
cLAsS-Winner Dr. R x. Thompson.
ir. washington. D. O..
RACE FIVE: 70 LAPS. a M MILES;
Fergus columbus, Ohio), 60.15; 5, MG-
Ipi Dr. r ,c7n K nThfompspen: fnn p1 ir % ,,ta' e.
%. 6 5e.43; 8. Md-Tp. Howard Hanna.
{Ws4TsDso1 {Nss5oTS pa; YdTR HS6 HSISs5t onsat
I'd. Jimmy schields (Bethesda).
RACE SIX. ~ LAPS. 2O1 MILES
For Sports Car Glasses B. C, D and 3.
Conn 4 45 serssri BIZ rs- Spear (sSHthpoTt ' Ior
1Green's Farm, Conn.,. ~. .63; osca.
Conn.,. 1877: 4, Jaguar c.. NJ. r. J.
Wyllie tAllison Park, Pa; 5. 20 Fer
Michl, Chuck HaSsan (Cincinnati]; ]. 8,
Martin. Walt HanSgen CWeSt-
field N. -. s. Maserati, Donald Nc
Bristol. Bll Carpenter tMontchadin.
Dell: 10, KurtiS. Jack Ensley tIndian-
apolisl CLASS "B" MOD WINNER
kuItiS. Jack Ensley. CLASS &C. MOD.
WINNIE Ri. >. FGrrari. Bill Spear. CLASS
ID" MOD WINNFR-27 Ferrari Bill
Lloyd. CLASS ID" PROD. WINNER
Austin -Healy. w P Kincheoe WASHING =
NER - Maserti. Donald McKnought.
CLASS "F'' MOD. WINNER - Osca,
Briggs CUNNINGHAM
Evening star., 1954-05-03
By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, May s.
Shelley Mayfield long will re-
member the 1854 San Francisco
Open invitational tournament.
So will Cary Middlecoff.
Blond Mayfield, a transp1anted
Texan playing out of Chicopee,
Mass, backed into the winners
circle yesterday. Middlecoff, the
favorite and leader on the 54th
and final hole, saw his hopes
buried in a sandtrap bordering
the last green of the Lake Merced
course.
Middlecof took a 6 when a
par would have meant victory.
Mayfeld won the tournament,
revived after eight years, with
scores of 72-70-70-212. 1t was
worth $1.400 to him.
Middlecoff had rounds of
69-70-74-213. His payof was
81 900. but the way he lost prob
ably hurt more than the loss of
$400.
Jimmy Clark, Los Angeles, got
$3.50 for a third-place score of
75.- SO : 70 -216. Gene Littler,
1858 National Amateur cham
pion, and now a Palm Springs.
Calf, pro. and Smiley Quick,
Los Angeles, each won $500
fourth money with 217.
Marvin Bud" Ward, former
National Amateur champion,
now a pro at San Mateo. and
Dick McElyea, Palo Alto, won
Evening star., 1954-05-03
MiddIecoffs S Six on Last Hole
Hands Top Prize to MoyfieId

the pro amateur competition
with best-ball rounds of $685.
Ct, worth $3.50 to Ward.
A crowd estimated at 5000
followed Middlecoff up the last
fairway. He hooked his second
shot and the ball buried COM
pletely in the sand. The Ma
tional Open champion of 1949
dug in his feet and blasted with
his wedgie. The ball popped
out but was still in sand a
couple of feet away.
His next landed just off the
green but 35 feet from the cup.
Middlecoff had lost his chance
to bag first place by himself.
He now needed this long putt
to tie Mayfield. The ball rolled
past the cup and it was all over.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Two Davis Cup Stars
Suspended by Italy
BY the Assoe,ated Press

ROME, May 3.-Italy's two
top Davis Cup players. Fausto
Gardini and Giuseppe Merlo.
have been suspended on the eve
of the second round of the Eu-
ropean zone tennis competition.
The Italian Tennis Federation
made the announcement yester-
day. declaring the two stars
asked for money to compete in
the Davis Cup tournament"
The suspensions rule both
players out of all cup competi-
ton for this year. Enrico Pic
cardo, secretary of the fedora
ton. said.
The Italians are scheduled to
meet Spain in the Davis Cup
second round before May 18 and
the loss of Gardini and Merlo
means they will go into the
match distinct underdogs.
Most of the first round
matches in the European compe-
tition were completed over the
week end, with Brazil, Yugo-
slavia, Spain, Egypt and Austria
advancing.
Evening star., 1954-05-03
CIV Dinghy Sailors Win
Middle Atlantic REGATTA
BY the Asseeiated Press

ANNAPOLIS. May 3.-George
Washington emerges as the
winner Of another sailing re-
gatta. this one the Middle Allan
tic Dinghy elimination event
over the week end on the Severn
River.
The Colonials yesterday re-
mained in the first place spot
they captured in Saturdays sail
ing. They finished with 174
points in the l0-race series, with
Navy second at 163. .a
Other team scores were
Georgetown. 1855; Catholic u.
144; Lehigh, 1879; Princeton, 1873,
Haverford. 100; Drexel, 80; La.
fayette. 80, and Pennsylvania. 76
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Dykes Benches
Himself in Effort
To Break Slump
By the Assoeioted Press

BOSTON, May 3.-Manager
Jimmy Dykes of the Orioles has
tried just about everything to
snap his team out of an EXTEND
ed batting slump which has pro-
duced just 80 runs in ID games.
But the skipper has one more
gimmick up his sleeve. While
sitting out the postponement sof
double header here yesterday.
Dykes said he intends to bench"
himself when the Orioles play
the Yankees in New York to-
morrow.
He told Coach Tom Oliver to
take over the third-base coach
ing duties. Nobody seems to
want to talk to me over there
any more" Dykes said. II just
want to see If the clubs mad at
me-"
Then he added seriously:
Maybe it'll change our luck II
I sit in the dugout."
Evening star., 1954-05-03
Beat Champ Golf Events Led
By lanes Pupil and O'ConneII

Of the Washington Suburban
Golf Associations four-ba tour
nament, where Billy Bryan and
Jim Grim defeated Bill Aud and
George Takane. 4 and 3. with
a one-under par best ball.
The title match will be played
next Saturday morning between
the defending champions, Keith
Kallio and Gil Willett, and Len
ME Bridget and Fred Lukat.
]. E. McElvain made a hole
in-one for the second time in
three years on the same hole, the
215-yard 18th at Kenwood, using
a spoon for the shot. George Le
Brun. Chester Hennigan and w.
A. Thomas were in the foursonae.
L. K. Fontaine scored an ace
on the 154-yard third at White
Flint. using seven iron.
Other weekend golf winners:
WASHINGTON G&cC tSweepstakes)
IlSsS ioS AaGEbSss-Hsnry hetGboS lien keT,oot IT,
E5oyhl H5ds aScls5 class Sow u fessasSs.sSs stSss;
f4mosfe 4s Tom FL ssir ssri.' sd!lSg T. shssISa1 "a
Wilson, ,T6-1l--65.. Glass. C-Gross--
EsuSs NJ IT Thompson: ,SI 81 ineipd,ng an sass
ao-fa 81 E Ei@eTa H. n S-aassi aomsn. 4 sspsoss f ossw
,KENWoop, tsweepstakes) A q, LANG.
e. S34es R MccSo.ch y: T. soioS A!fD sslfMMaS; M.aS;;
BETHEsDH toualiiyinr rouna of mid
ciuded in pss %eefs Beans 70 B seSan SGn
Reaass wtH iG Hcvafd Pe Be%sn ~
jack FiMGE MGFray os9fdEs sYesPstsss Nearsth
asoa55G iso i-oa,C Bob Bel Jones SS3-l&w1I wi Pr
fso Is sI?d'G Joe soF Tracy Efy woNd Low sS
MANOR Deswood Blossom togrns-
sn asnion, eieA4S; 9S?Nfi Dr. 7. 'e ]. connolS: n r.
% iNbIAA Siy SPRING Chrst-round matches.
liam Wolf trophy. no handicapl-In the
Shaw end Sidney seidenman defeated
Jacobs defeated Myron Gerber and STAN
ley Hsyman; I up in 90 holes. -.
the team Of Nat Lubar and Sam cold
ARMY NAVY tsweepstakes)-Comdr
D. J. Garrison. S2-12-70; Capt. H p.
Van Blsrcom. USN, 9O-l ls-72; Capt.
L. D. Davis, uSN ss-l5-73.
ARGYLE t36-hole buffers champion
handicap for 137. and Hank Finch, 16e
minus 3: for 1877; low gross. Randall
ROCK CREEK linked scotch foursome)
Low ret, Martha zanner and Buck
Sacrey. 42-12-3n; low gross, ArneS
Hornick and Ray Meyer. A..
CONGRE breakfast four
somes - Winning foursome George Vass,
Donald Mccormick. Jim Shinkof and
Ray Lochiel with a best-ball 61; Hal
Roddy and H. p. Bergmann won the
two-rlan team prize with a -3o-6i
Bill Ritter was low gross with - and
Z. v. Brumfel and Col. J. L. Strauss
had S1-l1-10 for low net
Evening star., 1954-05-03
He Made the Deudline
By Steed Evons

A man shouted out the passing
seconds. chopping the air with
his hands as they passed.
Three, two, one ZERO!"
and % sports cars leaped away
at the starters flag for the first
race in the National Capital
Sports Car Races at Andrews Air
Force Base.
Before the final checkered flag
fell. an estimated $4,000 sun
burned spectators saw 146 sports
oar drivers wheel several hun
dred thousand dollars worth of
cars around the 4.3-mile track.
Among them were 80 drivers
from the Washington area. All
were members of the fast-grow-
ing Sports Car Club of America.
Before racing started at 8 am.
the pit area churned with last
minute activity. Mechanics in
bright overalls gave the last
feather touch to carburetors.
hite-helmeted drivers and their
wives stood around, some hold
ing hands. others lingering lucky
pieces.
Altogether, there were 100 pits.
Beside each were Strewn parts
and tools, oil and gas cans.
Clean chalk boards lay ready for
crew members to signal drivers.
Some drivers had just made
the deadline. One of them was
Fred G. Wacker. jr., of Lake
Forest. Ill. Wacker. twice presi-
dent of the Sports Car Club,
had blown up the Cadillac
engine in his car at trials Satur-
day. The damage was too great
to repair quickly.
So, working all night. Wacker
and his crew removed another
Cadillac engine from his Ford
tow truck and installed it in the
race car. The job was COM
pleted just in time.
Why should any one have a
Cadillac engine in a tow truck2
"GiveS better performance" "
Wacker was heard to remark.
Rees T. Makins. 80, Of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, and Chicago,
won the Congressional Trophy
race, tse second Of the day. He
drove a peppery red Osca, an
Italian import worth about
$4,000. Mr.. Makins. an electro
chemist, said his car probably
is the most successful car in
America today. 1t has won every
race it has completed against
cars in its class and we only
failed to finish three times.
LAS a matter of fact" Makins
continued, this was the first
Osca to be brought to this
country. I bought it two years
ago this month"
The Osca Makins used yester-
day has an engine less than half
the size of the family Chevrolet.
Still, Makins posted a top speed
in the straightaways of about
10 miles an hour.
Makins won the race "like a
gift" to hear him tell it. II was
trailing Doc Thompson's Porsche
in the last lap and knew I
couldn't catch him. But then, as