Chevrolet Leader News Vol 5 No 2 (1939)

[Music] one a jitterbug always a jitterbug but here's Trucking that isn't a dance it's a new kind of fencing out in California they're trying it out in several inches of water but down in Florida they prefer the sand tootsies get a real workout in this kind of fencing and it certainly does things to that a too ah what a pretty Miss right past the shoulder this is a sport that demands a good eye Nimble feet and Speedy flips of a strong wrist here's a carload of prospective students come on girls let the Florida state women wom's champ show you how to become a good dualist in one easy lesson maybe it's a lot of fun and besides it's a swell way to keep your figure SLP that ought to get them there's really nothing to it just Parry thrust repost and counter repost and if that doesn't work use a Time thrust in the redoubling if that doesn't work just duck and pre she cuts a pretty figure all right but not with a blade there are kibitzers in every crowd and there are ways to fix them come on you gals give suie the works this isn't fencing but it's fun this young lady is all wet or will be in just a minute I why dry that's not ducking that's dunking careful of Susie's new finger wave and this started out to be a simple lesson on how to reduce so long Susie got your roller skates this is one fencing lesson where somebody really got stuck [Music] rice today but puddings Plastics and concrete tomorrow and rice makes good glue excellent Cosmetics swell horse collars and some folks even eat the stuff powerful Val and head engine runs machine machine thrashes the biggest harvest in years A lot of it will go to make good bricks and buttons superb sauces and soap in one end round and round and out the other end grain pours into sacks the rest just one big pile of hay well hay to you maybe but somebody's going to make gravy brooms and fertilizer out of that mountain of stuff man makes automobile man saws off parts of automobile pushes both ends together Presto man has mighty good Doodlebug tractor rice needs a lot of water Arkansas has little rainfall the same engine that helps to thrash rice helps to grow rice water is pumped from rivers from canals from Deep Wells at the rate of 96,000 Gall an hour a centuries old oriental underwater grain raised in the hot state of Arkansas all with the yearr round help of the modern automobile [Music] engine who hasn't been at least a Saturday night sailor and chasing to bar of soap around the bathtub but this is a new kind of sailing racing with all the Finesse of its big sister sport no deep sea needed in a small lake or Pond will do a graceful bit of streamlined Beauty never mind the nose that won't help your boat win no small boy hobby model yachting but a booming international sport interest has suddenly sprung up even in remote parts of India and South Africa scientifically shaped for Speed and efficiency model yacht hulls reach a length of 80 in weigh as much as 60 lb hundreds of parts go into a racing yacht accuracy is important Mast and turnbuckles must be just so this boat is to be a winner new ideas new features are incorporated into this latest model it looks like as a whistle but how will it act on the water so busy with his business during the day he's forced to try out his new boat at night her maiden voyage uh-oh it's sailed out of range of the lights but that can be fixed in just a jiffy an easy Twist of this Rudder A Bit of skippering about with this four-wheeled land yacht a quick flip of the tow on a convenient light switch yes sir right back in the spotlight and we'll be again tomorrow at the [Music] [Applause] [Music] races peanuts popcorn chewing gum and Cracker Jack a priz in each and every pack hey skinny circus is in town and the balloons [Music] loose how's a fell going to know they go around the streets playing with balloons looks like everybody is going to have some fun one of the busiest Corners in Miami Beach 40,000 cars go whizzing by this intersection every 12 hours what a place to pick for sailing a balloon and and there it goes with a small movie camera tagging along behind taking pictures usually isn't anything to get up in the air about but tomorrow is school day for this officer that makes a difference high above the busy Street intersection this camera never fails to bring back all the lessons that are needed for dear old alma mater a pull on the string starts the camera another jerk on the string stops IT the school bell rings for these traffic officers it's an odd school with a new kind of geography lesson but it's all part of a program to improve traffic conditions here's what the officers see on the screen at this novel safety school police and Traffic Engineers are able to study actual driving conditions at busy [Music] Corners here's a truck that has a habit of chasing planes in fact it's a business all aboard Fort KML tapachula guatemal toala and or come on and get in with a Clipper ship in between it's just two steps from the United States to any country South of the Border this structure is traveling and so are its occupants if it gets there in time 6 minutes to go then off to South America step on a driver that airport is still a mile away uh-oh and this plane waits for nobody right in the nick of time these passengers just won't get ready until the last minute and and there's nothing that can be done about it in traveling dogs before they know what it's all about loaded into a speedy truck and rush to the airport across the gang Plank and into the rumble seat a lot of fuss over a bunch of small fry but not a peep out of them what a passenger list over 800 this trip takeoff time for the Caribbean West Coast flyer Motors Roar and the Clipper ship Express trains down the choppy water of the bay a sweep up into the air and its nose points South flying down to Rio at a lot of miles hour next plane leaves in 45 minutes so back again for another load thousands pass through this unusual Air Terminal daily Jeepers Jeepers over 10,000 of these animated powder Puffs are rushed to Central and South American markets every week all because the American chicken is a better egg producer is better tasty come on out fella and have a look around try gruning that helps sometimes stand up you right after hatching one of these little fuzzers weighs only half as much as an egg so rides for half Fair he doesn't begin to get hungry until he's 72 hours old so he's as snug as the bug in the rug was during the entire trip in specially designed flying Pullmans and arrives long before he has a chance to work up his first appetite American chicks bring home South American chicks this is one time when a dozen chickens are cheaper than a dozen eggs happy Landings you Birds [Music]