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LEET FLASHES, the news ness of treinsporting goods by truck. letter issued by the Com­ Copies of the original draft of the mercial Vehicle section of article were referred to a number of INTHIS ISSUE the National Safety Coun­ prominent trucking executives for cil, carried this notice in a suggestions and comment. Among recent issue: them was L. W. Childress, chair­ "Firms wishing to secure the man of the board, Columbia Ter­ serviceFs of qualified safety engi­ minals Company, who remarked: neers should contact the Employ­ "In my judgment the article is well ment Bureau, National Safety prepared and the subject should Council, 20 Wacker Drive, Chi­ attract the attention and earnest cago. There is no charge for this consideration of those engaged in service. The Bureau has on file a the trucking business as well as the select list of safety men in all young men who expect to identify salary ranges, from drivers and themselves with the industry." young college graduates to experi­ Mobile Mooring Mast for Blimp, Trucking executives have real­ an article describing one of the enced persons who have been in ized for some time that there is the field for years." need for more trained men in the latest developments in aviation, a While this brief item will doubt­ business—young men who are mooring mast on a truck .... Auto­ less be of interest to many fleet schooled in the numerous phases motive Admirals, another group of operators it calls to mind the fact of the work, including automotive fleet executives .... Mistletoe Ex­ that meiny college and university engineering, treinsportation engi­ press, A Well-Ordered Service, an graduates, who have majored in neering, traffic control and safety, article describing a rapidly growing truck transportation, are ready to maintenance, cost accounting, rates express service in Oklahoma .... roll up their sleeves and go to work and tariffs, insurance and valuation, Mobile Salesroom for Wholesalers, at anything that will enable their regulations and taxes, motor car­ a new method of merchandising that learning the business and advanc­ rier and railroad coordination, boosts sales to retailers .... I Drive ing to positions of responsibility in legislation pertaining to operation it. One example that illustrates of private and common carriers, and Safely, another page of drivers with the point came to our attention a many other specialized branches outstanding safety records .... Learn short time ago. of the work. and Live, an interesting discussion International Trail for July car­ As truck transportation continues on safety .... Speedway Photos, ried an article entitled "Transpor­ to grow the need for specially news photographs of the Indian­ tation Engineering for Future schooled men undoubtedly will apolis SOO-Mile Speedway Classic Trucking Executives," describing also grow. Colleges and universi­ .... Overseas, news photographs the courses in highway transporta­ ties, anticipating a greater need for from abroad .... Cab-Over-Engine tion offered by the University of trained men, are working to provide Truck Speeds Furniture Delivery, a Michigan. The purpose of the ar­ a curriculum that offers a complete story of an Akron, Ohio, fleet opera­ ticle was to inform trucking execu­ course of study in the whole field tion in vrhich the cab-over-engine tives of the work being done at of truck transportation. With such that university. Incidentally the cooperation on the part of the unit meets a special condition .... article pointed out that young men schools and with more fleet opera­ Canada, interesting news photo­ of unusual ability aind promise now tors turning to the schools for graphs .... Poultry Production for affiliated with truck transportation young recruits, there probably will Big-City Markets, an article describ­ may turn to colleges and universi­ be many young men who, after the ing a large poultry production project ties offering courses for specialized requisite term of years of practical .... International Power in Indus­ training to prepare them for key experience, will fill the key posi­ try, illustrating industrial tractors and positions in the ever-growing busi­ tions in the trucking business. power units in many types of work.

INTERNATIONAL TRAIL Dedicated to the Wider Development of Transportation Throughout the World Published by the International Harvester Organization 180 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois S. E. Houston, Editor G. V. Johnson, Art Director Vol. IS September. 1938 No. 4 MOBILE MOORING MAST rOR BLIMP

AMILIAR sight to most Ameri­ steadily. During the World War the company built cans are the Goodyear blimps, more than 1,000 free and kite balloons for the Allies, which for the past 13 years has since built many more balloons, including three in have been carrying the message which stratosphere flights were made. One of these, of lighter-than-air craft to the the Explorer II, carried two Army Air Corps officers public. These ships have been used in training pilot to an altitude of 72,395 feet, higher than man had ever personnel and have been extremely valuable in the gone before. Since 1911 the company has constructed development of new methods of construction, opera­ more than 130 nonrigid airships for the military tion, and ground handling. They have operated in a services and for its own purposes, has also built the majority of the states of the United States, as well as U. S. S. Akron and U. S. S. Macon, largest Zeppelins in Cuba, Mexico, and Canada. Literally millions of ever constructed for military use. persons have seen the ships in flight at the Chicago and Cleveland expositions, in New York and New Though technically known as nonrigid airships, the England, in Washington and in Florida. public refers to this type craft as "blimps," a nickname

Interesting indeed is the story of the sponsorship of lighter-than-air development by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, world's largest rubber company. First machinery for spreading rubber on fabric was installed in the company's Akron factories in 1911. The following year Goodyear entered a free balloon in the James Gordon Rennett International Race from Paris and won the contest.

From that time on Goodyear's interest in develop­ ment of lighter-than-air craft of all kinds has increased

(At top of page) Mooring mast and outriggers are folded up and carried on top of the bus when not in use. One outrigger wheel is carried on each side of the body, as shown. (Right) Mast and outriggers give the mobile mooring mast stability and balance when the big ship is resting at anchor. The mobile mooring mast is of great assistance in getting ships in and out of dock and provides mooring facilities when they are operating away from the base. acquired during war days when the British designated radio for communication with the ship overhead, has nonrigids as "B-limp type" airships. The "B-limp" sleeping facilities for the men who stand watch during was contracted to "blimp," and the name stuck. the night while the ship swings at the mast. Nonrigids are the smallest of the three types of airships. They maintain their shape entirely through On top of the bus is the strong mast, which may be pressure of the gas within the envelope, have no folded down out of the way when not in use. On each framework inside. (Goodyear ships use nothing but side is an outrigger, which gives the bus additional helium, the nonexplosive, noninflammable lifting gas.) ability to withstand the pull of any side gusts which Semi-rigids, of which there are none in the U. S. at may strike the ship while it is being docked or undocked, present, have a single metal keel running from nose or while it is moored for the night. to tail along the bottom center line of the envelope, may therefore be built larger, carry heavier loads. In addition to being invaluable in getting ships in Full rigid ships, such as the Los Angeles, the Akron, and out of their docks, the portable mooring buses have the Macon, and Graf Zeppelin, have a complete metal enabled them to go far afield, one ship having used framework inside the cover, carry their gas in separate its bus mooring mast every night for more than six balloons, may be built to great size. weeks while operating in the Southwest, far from the Principle of operation of the three types of ships is nearest dock. the same. Every airship pilot must first become a (Below) The International which serves as mobile mooring mast for the Goodyear Airship Volunteer licensed free balloon pilot, is fully equipped for its job. It carries masts and for an airship whose motors outriggers, provides transportation for the ground crew, and two-way radio communication with the fail is handled as a free blimp while it is in flight. balloon, gas being valved to descend, ballast being thrown overboard to ascend. Comparatively long and slender, airships require the services of a ground crew while being maneuvered on the ground, particularly when being moved in or out of their docks. Long handling lines are attached to the ship at various points and are used by the ground crew to keep the ship in a straight line until it has cleared the View of the seating arrangement of doors of the dock. After the driver and passenger compart­ getting clear of the doors ment of the specially fitted body. There is room for seven passengers when being undocked, the and the driver. The right front ship is allowed to swing into seat tilts forward to facilitate use of rear seats. the wind. If wind is blow­ ing across the doors of the dock, the crew must be exceptionally careful to see that First Goodyear airship to be operated commercially the ship is kept absolutely in a straight line, in order was the Pilgrim, a small ship, the cabin of which is that it may not swing into the building, causing damage now in Smithsonian Institute in Washington. It was to the envelope. followed by a succession of larger and better ships, each named after one of the yachts which have defended Experimenting with better methods of ground the American cup in international competition. Dimen­ handling, Goodyear experts devised a mooring bus sions of a typical Goodyear airship: 140 feet long; that is not only of great assistance in getting the ships 10 feet in diameter; 112,000 cubic feet gas capacity. in and out of their docks, but also provides mooring Top speed is 60 miles per hour; cruising range, 450 facilities when they are operating away from the base. miles; all carry six passengers. When a ship is traveling from town to town its crew Proud of its airship operations record is Goodyear. (much smaller than in the days before mooring buses From 1925. when the Pilgrim first went into com- were used) rides in the bus, which is equipped with (Please turn to page 12) INTERN ATIONAL TRAIL (Right) Since its organiza­ tion in 1882, the Mani­ toba Cartage and Ware­ housing Company, Ltd., Winnipeg, has used the most efficient delivery equipment available. For many years Manitoba Car­ tage prize-vrinning teams were famous vrherever horses were shown. Now officers of the company, including Colonel G. F. O'Grady (left), manager, and George H. Chadvrick (right), secretary, are as proud of their motor truck fleet, predominantly • International• . •

H. S. Lawson, superintendent of deliveries, Dairyland, Inc., San Antonio, Tex. A fleet of more than sixty trucks ranging in capacity from y^ to 21/2 tons is under Mr. Lawson's super­ vision. Mr. Lawson, whose experience in dairy fleet and delivery operations dates back to 1929, is shown here talking to the driver of one of his company's many Internationals.

(Below) B. L. Hartz (right), president of the Colonial & Wadrex Ice Cream Company, Washington, D. C, operator of a large fleet of International cab-over-engine ice cream de­ livery trucks, shown conferring with W. B. Lavrson, his company's sales manager.

i r ( Tack Cole, head of Jack Cole Company, Inc., Bir­ mingham, Ala., fleet oper­ ator whose trucks cover practically every state east of the Mississippi River.

(Above) H. L. (Bill) Williams, Kermit, Tex., operator of one of the largest oil - field truck­ ing fleets in Texas.

^^'^^'^'^^ At the Mistletoe terminal express shipments are sorted, routed, and loaded carefully and quickly for prompt delivery to 288 communities in Oklahoma. All route trucks, most of which are Internationals, are equipped with insulated bodies to assure protection to goods in bad weather and unfavorable driving conditions.

ISTLETOE EJVPRBSS

ERVING 285 Oklahoma com­ Much of the dependability of Mistletoe's delivery munities with dependable, on- service results from the flexibility and dependability schedule express service has of the fleet and the skill of the men who operate the become for Mistletoe Express, equipment on the 30 routes. When other forms of Oklahoma City, an ever­ transportation have been impeded and, in some cases, growing business.s Founde d as a newspaper delivery paralyzed by floods and blizzards. Mistletoe's promise service for the Oklahoma Publishing Company in 1931, "to get through" has been kept by "rerouting runs, Mistletoe Express Service has since its inauguration in some cases, hundreds of miles." Such service, year met the exacting transportation needs of the Oklaho- in and year out, necessitates the use of equipment which man and Times, daily morning and evening papers, is able to "go through" economically when the going respectively. But more than that, the service has is tough as well as when the going is good. grown to include pick-up and delivery for numerous types of business, until commercial tonnage far exceeds In that type of service the company's drivers have the newspaper volume. Throughout every section of established an outstanding safe - driving record, Oklahoma, Mistletoe Express is winning new mar­ 26,000,000 miles without a fatal accident. And, for kets and is rapidly becoming a vital part of the the men who have followed safe driving practices— merchandising program of various types of business regarding seriously the instructions to safeguard lives on the routes. and property—there is, as there should be, a reward. Drivers who complete the year without a chargeable The service is founded upon the work of 167 trained accident receive an engraved Mistletoe safety award employes, 285 bonded agents, 83 efficient drivers, and and a cash bonus. The company accredits the remark­ a fleet of 76 economical and dependable modern trucks, able safety record to careful selection and schooling 54 of which are Internationals. All route trucks are of skillful drivers, their constant vigilance and adherence equipped with insulated bodies to assure protection to all common-sense rules of safe driving, and a program for all kinds of goods in all kinds of weather and of preventive maintenance that has kept truck equip­ driving conditions. ment in safe operating condition. INTERNATIONAL TRAIL (Left) When other means of transporta­ tion are impeded and in some cases paralyzed by blizzards and floods, the Mistletoe promise to "get through" still holds good. Performance ability of all units of the fleet is carefully guarded by skillful driving and an efficient program of preventive maintenance.

(Below) Mistletoe express trucks operate over thirty routes daily in a service that links 285 points in the State of Oklahoma. Both the num­ ber of routes and the volume of shipments have steadily increased since the success­ ful business was founded in 1931

After a quick check of the pulse of one of the latest addi­ tions to the Mistletoe fleet of 62 route trucks, a two to three-ton International, the mechanic's ready smile tells the story^"I say she'll go through!"

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qualify as a driver each approved applicant must pass rigid physical examinations. Mistletoe mechanics handle routine preventive maintenance, which includes complete check-up of route trucks prior to each run. Maintenance work is completed in the company storage and service garage. This check-up includes engine timing, ignition, and lubrication; brakes; headlights; tires; and emergency liglits. By means of skiUful driving and efficient routine maintenance the performance ability of each unit of the fleet is carefully guarded. This virtually eliminates equipment failure and costly overhauls and promotes safe, low-cost operation. Driver education and preventive maintenance are based on the assump.- tion that accidents are caused and that therefore they can be prevented. The company's seven-year record of safe and economical operation proves the truth of that assumption.

All route trucks are of the latest 2 to 4-ton capacity type, while 11 units of J/^ and %-ton capacity are being Fred Ward, Mistletoe's efficient garage superintendent, makes sure, before leaving the job, that trucks are ready to go out and used in pick-up service for certain types of shipments work. By safeguarding the performance ability of all units in in Oklahoma City. The Mistletoe reputation for that manner vehicle dependability is assured. prompt, dependable pick-up and delivery has served as an effective recommendation of its use by an ever- Safety meetings for drivers are held regularly. increasing number of Oklahoma wholesale and retail Drivers are given instruction and accident-prevention establishments. Since the inauguration of the service measures are discussed. The collective experience of there has been consistent growth in the number of all drivers is studied and talks are made by safety shippers and in the variety and volume of goods experts. Drivers are trained in administering first aid, transported. The company moves in an average year and each truck is supplied with a iirst-aid kit. To (Please turn to page 12) SEPTEMBER. 1938 S OBILE SALESROO FOR l/WHOLESALE •

Interior view of the Zork Hard­ ware Company's all-steel demon­ strator bus looking toward the front. The body incorporates modern safety, comfort, and con­ venient features, including curb- side entrance and exit at the front of the spacious display "room" which is separated from the driver's compartment.

Wholesale merchandising has discovered a new selling device that steps up sales to dealers—the traveling showroom which, as one sales manager puts it, takes the "mountain to Mahomet." Zork Hardvrare Company, vrholesaler of hardware supplies and appliances, does the job effectively by means of this new, luxuriously fitted bus, an International cab-over-engine type chassis with special body. T I RAVELING showrooms are a I recent significant development in I wholesale selling because they per­ mit taking selected exhibits of current merchandise to (Below) When Zork Hardware Company's dealers and their dealers for inspection and demonstration. In that customers stepped into the new mobile showroom, this is what manner they create interest in a wide range of products they saw. Electrical appliances of various kinds were success­ fully demonstrated. Results obtained on the initial 1,100-mile and help to increase sales. test run constituted a complete endorsement of the unit. Two recent converts to this new method of merchan­ dising are Zork Hardware Co., El Paso, Tex., dis­ tributor of hardware supplies, and Union Fork and Hoe Co., Columbus, Ohio, distributor of farm and garden tools. In both instances the mobile showrooms are applications of International trucks specially equipped for the purpose.

The Zork Hardware unit is an International Model DS-300 cab-over-engine chassis with special bus-type body, luxuriously fitted for the display and demon­ stration of electrical appliances and hardware supplies. Use of the cab-over-engine type chassis with a body of integral design provides maximum space for display— the display compartment is 19 feet long at the floor, while the total overall length is 25 feet 10 inches. INTERNATIONAL TRAIL In addition to maximum display space with minimum overall length the Model DS-300 affords also many other advantages, including easy handling, driver com­ fort, improved visibility, and dependably economical performance.

Appointments of the bus include wiring for 110-volt current, a studio couch, tables and chairs, air- conditioning equipment, and a radio, all of which aid to provide a finished touch to bringing the "mountain

Sales tripled when two Union Fork and Hoe Co. repre­ sentatives began calling on dealers with a complete line of seasonal samples neatly arranged in special traveling salesrooms powered by International trucks. Mobile display and demonstration units are taking precedence over "catalog selling" among wholesale distributors.

Neatness, orderliness, systematized arrangement, and maximum conservation of space are noteworthy in Union's mobile display of farm and garden tools. Cabinets, drawers, and racks on either side of the wide center isle are practical means of showing the company's products. to Mahomet" as John G. Comer, manager of Zork Hardware specialty sales, puts it in his report of a successful 1,100-mile West Texas demonstration tour just completed. The Union Fork and Hoe Co. units are Model D-15 Internationals with special bodies. They contain a The bus handled very well and created considerable complete assortment of current items in the line of farm interest among dealers in the territory, Mr. Comer said. and garden tools neatly and systematically arranged There was also a great deal of interest evidenced by the for exhibiting. The bodies of the two units recently general public. Demonstrations included operation of purchased are identical, and they were built by Bowne a complete line of electrical fans, an air-conditioning & Bowne of Utica, N. Y. unit, and other appliances. Exhibits are contained in cabinets, drawers, and racks on both sides of a wide center isle. The inner Sales representatives of the Union Fork and Hoe Co. surfaces of the rear doors are also utilized for display also are spending less time in thumbing the catalog purposes. Glass-covered doors and display cabinets and more in showing dealers the actual products with contain exhibits that come into view when the doors the result that sales have been tripled by men equipped are opened. Drawers below the cabinets are used for with these traveling showrooms. (Please tarn to page 12) SEPTEMBER, 1938 m'9>^t

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Scherer Bros. Transfer & Storage Co., Ottawa, 111., are ardent who have passed the half-million mark in driving. Mayor F. N. advocates of safe driving. At a recent meeting Alex Scherer Spurgin of Ottawa complimented the men upon the record they (extreme left, front row), manager in charge of operations, have made and urged their cooperation vrith the city and complimented the company's drivers on their splendid record safety authorities. Frank Patterson, insurance safety engineer, during the past year. Scherer revealed that the men have explained the code of safety from an insurance viewpoint. driven over 10,000,000 miles during recent years with a Another guest speaker was A. L. Dierstein, safety director of the splendid safety record. Illinois State Division of Highways, vrho enlightened the men Amazing is the record of Louis Groesbeck, veteran driver on the reaction of the public to safety campaigns and safe of the company for 32 years, who has driven close to 1,000,000 driving. He complimented the Scherer men upon their safe con­ miles -without an accident of any kind. Special mention vras duct upon the highways and said that he considered the truck given to Millard Hume, Maynard Seward, and Alvin Hackler, driver to be a professional driver and a leader in safe driving.

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(Below) C. V. Bucholz (right), superintendent of country de­ livery. Armour & Co., Indianapolis, Ind., branch, presenting two-year safe driving award certificate to Emory Beeler, Armour driver who covered 125,000 miles in 2 years and 4 months without so much as a scratched fender.

Jennings Wilder's first job was driving a truck for a transfer company in 1913 and he has been driving trucks ever since. Mr. Wilder has covered well over 1,000,000 miles without an acci­ dent. He now drives a cross-country haul for Chattanooga Beer Distributors, Chattanooga, Tenn. INTERNATIONAL TRAIL AFETY can be an accomplished fact—not a vaunted ideal. The experiences of thou­ sands of American business and industrial organiza­ tions in recent years have proved beyond a doubt that human suffering and economic waste due to accidents EDITOR'S NOTE: This interesting and can be minimized through proper measures. Factories instructive safety article is reproduced from and mills have accomplished surprising results in a copyrighted booklet recently issued by the promoting the safety of the worker. Railroads and Superior Transfer Company, operators of air lines have achieved record-breaking performances contract delivery service for many Cleveland in accident-free travel service. Bus lines and motor retail establishments. In the foreword to his transportation companies have established records for booklet Mr. McGunagle (above) said: "The Greater Cleveland community has, safety that have merited nation-wide recognition. All over a number of years, experienced a rising of this has occurred in the face of a growing traffic traffic toll that has now reached alarming toll among autoists and pedestrians. proportions. City and suburban officials have launched an intensive campaign to stem the tide of accidents resulting in such needless and A number of years ago, officials of The Superior widespread suffering and loss of life. Today, Transfer Company realized that accident-prevention it truthfully can be said that the Specter of was a major problem in the operation of their business. Death hovers over every person who -walks A great deal of time, effort, and money was spent in the streets or rides in an automobile. educating and training drivers, enforcing traffic rules "The famous 'three E's' of safety in any line and regulations, and in employing the use of only safe of endeavor are Engineering, Enforcement, and Education^and the greatest of these is and dependable equipment. This investment in safety Education. promotion has unquestionably paid ample dividends, "In the interests of public safety, we ask you besides contributing to the safety of the community. to read this booklet and gain from it a kncwl- Recently, the drivers of The Superior Transfer Com­ edge of accident factors that will serve to enlist your cooperation in your community's pany crowned their efforts by winning a large trophy war on traffic accidents." awarded by the president of U. S. Truck Lines, througla the U. S. Truck Lines Safety League, to the division with the best safe driving record. Competing among a large group of companies, many of whom were operating in other cities, where traffic conditions are more favor­ power for the purpose of accomplishing proper engi­ able, Superior's drivers achieved a record of nearly neering and enforcement activities. Each year, how­ 40,000 miles per accident, including all such accidents as ever, automotive manufacturers are engineering greater scraped fenders and bent bumpers. The drivers them­ safety features into their products. Problems of streets selves are confident that tliis record is but a start and highways that have become outmoded by modern toward a much higher goal of safety, and the company traffic requirements are being attacked by engineers is justifiably proud of its employes' contribution to the wherever and whenever resources are available. The civic welfare of their community. physical aids to traffic safety are slow in coming, but The same principles that have resulted in such the problems they present have been recognized and remarkable success in promoting safety among business studied, and time will eventually bring and industrial concerns, can readily be applied to about much more widespread improve­ municipal and highway safety problems. Unfortu­ ment in this regard than has already nately, there are certain handicaps and limitations that been accomplished. Likewise, exist in a much greater degree among states and economic conditions have restricted municipalities, such as inadequate resources and man- (Ptease turn to page 18) SEPTEMBER, 1938 ; HIS year's "Five-Hundred Mile TRace" at the Indianapolis Speed­ way, May 30, was not orUy a battle

^^BaBWaWnBill^"' of drivers and machines but of several The 33 qualified cars get set at 9:45 in their proper positions for the schools of automobile and engine 10-o'clock starting bomb. Last-minute preparations fill the fleeting design and types of fuels. The new moments with tense activity. International rules permitted the use of any type ox quantity of fuel and also (Below) Just before the start drivers, mechanics, and pit crews permitted superchargers on engines get final instructions from Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker, president, Indianapolis Motor Speedway. having less than 183 cubic inches of displacement. Entered were cars with fouur, six, eight cylinders and even one twelve. All were of the valve-in-head type. Front and rear drives strove for leadership, as did alcohol-berusol fuel vs. ethyl gasoline - castor vs. petroleum lubricating oils. The vrinning piloted by Floyd Roberts, set a new record for the classic, finishing the 500 mile test in 4 hours, 15 minutes and 58.4 seconds, at an average speed of 117.2 miles an hour. This was 3.52 m.p.h. faster than last year's record.

(Right) An International Model D-300 carried F. M. Kirkpatrick, official track photographer, to many points throughout the grounds during the day. Here Mr. Kirkpatrick is shown as he makes ready to take the official picture of drivers, mechanics, and pit crews in front of the main grandstand just before the start of the race. i>«-»E oo ^t^5^ ^i^33n x/'N/>-; 7'7-\/-\/ V (Left) Left to right: Bowman Elder, ^"mmM Indiana Railroad Company official and member of the Speedway Board of Judges; Col. Monroe Johnson, assistant secretary. Bureau of Air Commerce; Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker, president, Indianapolis Motor Speed­ n—SI] way; and B. H. Griffin, of the Bureau *i3i ^' J •' I- of Air Commerce, visit the pits and interview drivers. •»VTi.

Preliminary ceremonies, flags waving and bands playing, provide color and help start the annual Speedway Classic off with a bang. For 35 minutes, the world's largest as­ sembled band, with strutting drum majors, cut capers for 175,000 people packing grandstands and infield.

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Jimmy Snyder tunes up his Sparks-Thorne j&r- Special before the race. Snyder was forced out by a broken blower hose after he had completed 375 miles.

(Left) Floyd Roberts, winner of the 1938 w Indianapolis Motor Speedway Classic, drives into the victor's "bull pen."

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Cause of Lais T3 ft Driver Car Withdrawal goo M» b^a* 2:0 Roberts.... Burd Piston Ring.... 117.200 Shaw Shaw Special 115.580 C. Miller... I.B.E.W. Special 114.946 Horn MilJer-Hartz 112.203 Gardner Burd Piston Ring. . .. 110.311 Ardinger. . . OfTenbauser Special . . 109.843 McQuiun . . Marchese Special 108.694 DeVore P.R. & W. Special . . . 102.080 Thome Thorne Kng. Special., 102.009 Wearne. . . . Ind. Fur Co. Special . 99.543 Nalon Kohlert Special Run. at finish.... Meyer Bowes Seal Fast Oil pump failure.. Snyder Sparks-Thorne Bkn. blower hose. Cummings . I.B.K.W. Special Bad. tank leaking Mays Alfa-Romeo Frozen blower.... Bergere. . . . Kraft's Real Rye Broken piston.... WUlman .. . Belanger Special Broken valve (Right) The Wilbur Bailey Barbasol Special Clutch failure.... Snowberger D-X Special Con. rod broken. . Shaw Special, ¥, Connors.... Marks-Miller Special. Engine trouble. . . which finished in | . Householder Sparks-Thorne Special Bkn. blower hose . second place at 1 Gulotta. , Hamiltxin-Harris. . .. Bkn. con. rod.... 4**'"*\ Tomei. . . P.O.B. Perfect SeaL. Bkn. con. rod. . . . 115.58 m.p.h., » Brisko. . . Sure Stop Broken oil line. . . 1 I 39 undergoes a last- ^, Rose..... I.B.E.W. Special ... Blower frozen.... 4 i 16S minute check-up Banks... Kimmel Special Burned rod bear. . Stapp,.. , McCoy Auto Special Broken valve in the pit just be­ PetUlo.. Pietillo S|>ecial . ... . Camshaft seized. . fore the start.. Putnam.. Troy-Tydol Special.. Bkn. crankshaft. . Hall Greenfield S. S Eng. seized, wrkd. Andres.. Elgin Piston Pin.... Bkn. wheel, wrkd. ••i,'^ - Cantlon. Kamm Special._ Blower loose A. Miller Domont's Special. . . Clutch failure. ... Reprinted from Automotive Industries. 12 INTERNATIONAL TRAIL Emergency shipments comprise a substantial portion MOORING ilAST of the business. Parts for emergency repair of public (Continued from page 2) utility lines, parts for farm operating equipment engaged in harvest, consignments of perishable goods— mission, until the latter part of March, 1938, when drugs, cut flowers, motion picture films, dairy products, ships were in operation in Washington, D. C, Florida, and, in season, thousands of live chicks—are but a few and California, the ships have covered more than of the many types of items which go swiftly and safely 3,000,000 miles, have made 114,766 separate flights, to their destinations by Mistletoe's service. Upon have spent 68,845 hours in the air, and have carried the prompt delivery of those and hundreds of other 307,548 passengers without a single accident or fatality. types of items depend the lives of patients and the sales and efficient service of Oklahoma City's news­ Goodyear's newest mooring bus is an International, papers, hundreds of progressive merchants, theater which, fitted with the necessary mast and outriggers, operators, and several utility companies. radio and living quarters, is in daily service with the Viewed from the standpoint of the requirements of Goodyear Airship Volunteer in Los Angeles. modern business, the service is designed and conducted The new International unit recently accompanied to fill a definite need. Flexible, dependable, scheduled the Volunteer on an interesting trip to Litchfield Park, express service to provide daily coverage of a state-wide Goodyear's big farm in the Salt River Valley near trading area has been made possible in this instance Phoenix. Due to a new radio installation on the by modern, economical trucks. That their utility to bus, it was able to engage in two-way communication commerce is only in its beginning is illustrated by the with the Volunteer during the entire trip each way. consistent growth of well-ordered Mistletoe service. Round trip covered nearly 1,000 miles, with the bus handling its part of the operation perfectly in every respect. 11 O D I L E SALESROOll (Continued from page 7) Ml I EMPRESS (Continued from paje 5) displaying small items. Twenty-four electric lights, roof ventilators, and a more than 30,000,000 pounds of merchandise over large heater are included in the equipment which approximately 3,500,000 miles to 285 localities in the enhances the utility of the display units in all seasons. state. Dependability, economy, easy handling, and unusual performance combine to make the Model D-15 Inter­ Officials of the company, under whose efficient national an ideal choice for this purpose. direction the service has been constantly improved and expanded, are: L. S. Vance, general manager; Fred As the trend to International-powered traveling Ward, garage superintendent; George E. Williams, showrooms continues to grow, operators will find that traffic manager; Rick Christensen, sales manager; and the International line offers chassis sizes and models Clarence Page, shipping room foreman. As garage to meet all requirements. superintendent Mr. Ward is responsible for the successful operation of all vehicle equipment, and his The effectiveness of the traveling showroom as a experience, knowledge of trucks, and his ability to sales device, having been already definitely established, handle men and equipment are in no small measure the dependable, safe, and low-cost way of taking the responsible for efficient, low-cost operation of the "mountain to Mahomet" is, as many experienced Mistletoe fleet. operators know, via International trucks. (Right) The Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., ' Fez, Morocco, North Africa, trans­ ports gasoline in cans, drums, and tank in this attractive International with semi-trailer. t

(Right) One of many Interna­ tionals -with streamlined bus bodies operating in Argentina. This attractive Model D-30 with 16-passenger body is in service in and around Bahia Blanca.

(Left) International hearse on a 125-inch wheelbase chassis owned by Lauri Viitasen Hautaustoimisto, Tammerfors, Finland.

(Right) Modern in every respect, this streamlined International de luxe 10-passenger bus, owned by Webbs Motors Ltd., Raetihi, in the north island of New Zealand, pro­ vides comfortable travel. (Left) Large loads of quality furniture go to many discriminating patrons in Akron, Ohio, by the A. Polsky Company's beautiful neiv International cab-over-engine van. In addition to provid­ ing all of the widely recognized advantages of cab-over-engine design, the new unit meets a unique operating condition.

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NUSUAL operating y conditions frequently govern the choice of trucks. An excellent example is the selection of an Interna­ tional Model D-300 cab-over- engine unit with special van body owned by the A. Polsky Company, leading Akron, Ohio, department store. The unit was purchased for making local, suburban, and occasional long­ distance deliveries of household goods to the store's customers.

Trucks employed in the de­ With vehicle overall length livery of furniture, rugs, and other bulky loads must limited by an "S" ramp leading have bodies of large cubic capacity although loads as to and from the loading dock, a rule are comparatively light. One of the important the International cab-over-engine van fulfills a special purpose. By problems in the selection of a furniture truck for this virtue of its design the cab-over- particular operation was the fact that the vehicle engine unit enables the use of a long body with large load space, overall length was definitely determined by the sharp w^hile overall vehicle length is "S" ramp leading to the Polsky Company's loading reduced to a minimum. dock. Short turning radius was another important factor as will be seen by the accompanying diagram of the dock. It was necessary that the body be just iir as long as possible; thus the problem clearly pointed to a unit of the cab-over-engine type. curves at the top and bottom of the ramp are very sharp. The special van, designed and built to the Polsky The operation of this van over a period of more than Company's specifications and mounted on the D-300 a year has substantiated the wisdom of the selection chassis, provides maximum load space with the same because, in addition to meeting this very special oper­ overall length that would have been possible with the ating condition, the cab-over-engine unit provides conventional chassis and a body approximately three feet unusual economy of operation, maneuverability in shorter. The short turning radius enables the driver to traffic, driver comfort and convenience. easily maneuver the truck in and out of the basement of the store where the loading dock is located, although the The ability to move bulky furnishings for many 14 INTERNATIONAL TRAIL (Right) Three members of the A. Polsky Company's furniture delivery personnel, who are well acquainted with the many advantages of the nevr International cab-over-engine van recently placed in service, are (left to right): N. S. Kleindeinst, in charge of fleet mainte­ nance; Dan McGuckin, driver; and L. Jenkins, delivery superintendent.

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(Left) Diagram of the difficult "S" customers, as in the case of the Polsky Company and ^ ramp whose narrow, sharp turns ^ make approaching and leaving the other leading furniture retailers, or to move furnishings loading dock a difficult operating of a complete household quickly, safely, conveniently, condition. One of the many advan­ tages of cab - over - engine design-^ and at low cost, is for hundreds of operators in the maximum load space vrith minimum furniture or moving business a vital economy and overall length—enables the introduc­ s" tion of bodies w^ith large load space efficiency factor. Hundreds of International trucks of rAMP TO to this delivery program. various types and sizes are to be found serving the country's leading furniture retailers and household FADING moving organizations in both local delivery and long­ DOCK distance hauls. The Polsky Company operates a fleet of sixteen trucks, nine of which are Internationals. Polsky Co. Some of these are panel trucks for [I AKRON,OHIO. PHHHI^HB regular department store delivery 1 B 13 VFtt HlV routes, the others are the large •"—" B^PiP van type for hauling furniture and - A.POLSK Y. ro~* ^^ HFOSTS other bulky loads. The truck fleet •) »gt - - - . ^^, . , "" comes under the direction of L. Jenkins, delivery superintendent, R B ^ • BVflMI ' il who has developed a high degree of ^ ^P «. . •'^." v IRADE (Please turn to page 20) 1' 1

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One of the sharp, narrow turns of the "S" ramp leading to the loading dock. This and other similar turns definitely limit overall vehicle length of the Polsky Company's delivery equipment. Prior to the purchase of an International cab-over-engine truck all units of the fleet were conventional models whose bodies provided limited load space. (Right) For city delivery the firm uses panel trucks. This new Model D-15 Y4 to 1-ton unit is one of the latest additions to the fleet which includes nine Internationals. Appearance factors are closely guarded, as is evidenced by this illustration. SEPTEMBER, 1938 i }

Philippe Beaubien & Cie., Montreal, Que., found the solution to its delivery problems in this 130-inch wheelbase Model D-15.

(Right) Unusual pulling power, unfailing economy and dependability under all operating conditions are qualities of the Model DS-35 International that resulted in the selection of this equipment by Barber & Son, Kerrobert, Sask.

(Below) Union Oil Com­ pany services retail outlets in Edmonton, Alta., with this Model DS-35 International.

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Large loads of thirst-quenching Orange Crush are quickly delivered by this Model D-35 International, owned by Orange Crush (Western) Limited, Winnipeg, Man.

(Right) Five Model D-300 cab-over-engine Interna­ tionals handle heavy cartage work for the Canadian Pacific Railway, London, Ont. x6 POULTRY (, '^ PRODUCTION ''^ FOR DIG CITY ARRETS

R. A. STEWART

ODERN factory assembly line old Schuylkill Seminary attended classes, has been methods have been adopted for revamped to house 45,000 chickens. poultry production at the Coble ]']. Grimes plant at Fredericksburg, Pa., where a million Motor trucks have been an important factor in the chickens are raised, fattened, dressed, and packed in development of this enterprise, and Mr. Grimes knows iced barrels annually for 23 big-city markets in the East. the need for economical, dependable transportation. From this modern, efficient "factory" dressed poultry He is well pleased with his Internationals. and eggs are dispatched in six new IJ^-ton Interna­ A typical truck schedule follows: A truck leaves the tional trucks. Deliveries are made in seven states, with plant Monday evening with a load of dressed chickens, markets at Washington, New York City, Brooklyn, packed in ice, 100 to a barrel. By 3:00 a.m. the next Newark, Jersey City, Long Island, and other points. morning the Jersey City market has its supply . . . then The Grimes plant has grown from a small beginning on to retail outlets along the way from Newark to 18 years ago. Mr. Grimes started his chicken business Jamaica, Long Island. The driver returns to Fred­ in a one-story weatherboard shack. He purchased a ericksburg by Wednesday noon, where the truck is small truck, rigged up a canopy body, and began loaded again. This truck averages more than 1,000 selling dressed chickens al a stand at the Reading, Pa., miles a week. Each truck has its own route, one for five market, 30 miles from Fredericksburg. Now the plant retail outlets in Washington, D. C, another for the includes more than 15 buildings; employs 92 persons. York, Pa., territory. Two trucks haul live chickens back to the plant and one stays "at home" for local The production cycle moves systematically. From and short-haul deliveries. "5,000 to 10,000 day-old chicks are brought in weekly In addition to the chicken business, turkey raising from Connecticut. From 18,000 to 20,000 more chick­ has been developed on the same mass production basis, ens are purchased each week from near-by farmers. with an annual output of 20,000. A large number of Thus a constant supply of birds—an average of 25,000 a eggs are also marketed. Mr. Grimes also has a sizable week—is always ready for market. On a record day, dairy business on his near-by farm. Waste from these 6,000 chickens were slaughtered, dressed, and packed enterprises is fed to hogs. —an average of 600 an hour. Amid all this hub-bub of industry, Mr. Grimes has retained an atmosphere of farm life about the plant. One of the buildings has a college background. It is To the rear of his home is a dining room with a long a four-story brick structure, formerly one of the dining table where the "boss" sits down to three meals Albright College buildings before the college was moved a day with his employes. Although a busy man, he to Reading. The building, where once students of the finds time to visit his widely scattered markets, and every Saturday finds him at one of these outlets working An average of 25,000 dressed chickens goes by truck every week to 23 big-city markets in the East from the C. E. Grimes with his men. poultry plant. This is the Grimes fleet of IVz'ton Internationals. D u u y ii Mi •• ••• !^ I 9 EO Ij •rqra

1 < :»5 J^ f-^ j^aL^ BB 18 INTERNATIONAL TRAIL The following percentages of all traffic fatalities and LEAR N injuries, taken from a National survey, are a warning to the motorist and a challenge to the pedestrian—an accusation that he or she is a contributing factor in two D LIVE out of every five fatalities. ((Continued from page 9) Fatal Nonfatal Accidents Accidents 40% Motor vehicles hitting pedestrians 23% proper enforcement of traffic rules and regulations 25% Motor veliicles hitting other motor vehicles 55% 9% Motor vehicles hitting fixed objects 5% among the motoring public, but a return to city and 7% Motor vehicles hitting other types of vehicles 5% state government prosperity will remedy this deficiency. 19% Skidding, running off road, etc. 12% Meanwhile, however, the problem remains acute and must be attacked largely through widespread education. As to the time when traffic accidents occur, we quote the 1936 report of the Cleveland Police Department: In Cleveland, the efficiency of safety education has Persons been forcefully demonstrated and splendid Time Accidents Killed results have been accomplished by the 12:00 Mid. to 1:00 a.m. 888 8 Cleveland Police Department, Division 1:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. 533 8 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. 400 11 of Child Safety, under the guidance of 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. 265 8 Capt. Arthur Roth. With the co 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. 190 8 operation of school officials and 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. 168 2 teachers a thoroughgoing program 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. 124 11 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. 423 5 of safety education, conducted by 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 461 1 this Division, resulted in a record 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. 429 3 of but one fatal injury among 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 514 3 children leaving or going to school 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon 654 4 12:00 Noon to 1:00 p.m. 693 4 during the entire year of 1936. 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 660 4 Many citizens are aware that an 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 810 1 accident problem does exist and are, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 946 8 in general, willing to lend their co­ 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 1,152 11 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 1,297 13 operation. Few, however, have actu­ 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 1,060 23 ally studied the causes of accidents and 7:00 p.m. lo 8:00 p.m. 1,131 17 the rules for safe driving, with view to 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 1,084 18 doing their particular share in contribut­ 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 929 9 10.00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. 866 17 ing to traffic safety. For this reason we are 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 Mid. 842 19 attempting to point out through the medium of actual figures. Where, When, and Why accidents We note from these figures that from 4 o'clock in the occur. In considering the first question, "Where do afternoon until 9 o'clock in the evening the frequency of traffic accidents occur.t>" we turn to statistics compiled traffic accidents and deaths is greatest. by the National Safety Council, indicating where pedestrians were killed throughout the United States The Cleveland Police Department has compiled during 1936. figures indicating the injuries and deaths resulting from Cities Rural automobile collisions, and the types of vehicles involved 3% Walking in roadways 34% in pedestrian accidents, during the year 1936, as follows: 43% Crossing at intersections 3% Fatal Serious Slight 42% Crossing NOT at intersections 35% Persons involved in— 12% Result of other actions 28% Automobile collisions 57 104 2,399 Pedestrians struck by— Obviously the greatest danger to the pedestrian in Passenger automobiles 140 268 2,161 the city lies in crossing streets. This danger threatens: Automobile trucks 15 25 210 1. Persons who habitually use only properly designated Taxicabs 3 3 47 Automobile buses 0 0 12 cross walks, and 2. The so-called "Jaywalker" who Motorcycles 1 5 17 attempts to cross at points other than a properly Total number persons killed or designated cross walk. injured 216 405 4,846 Because the great majority of all pedestrians DO use Total accidents 208 392 4,257 the cross walks, it can readily be seen, in view of the Of these totals, 2 persons were killed in safety zones; almost identical number of fatalities, that the element 8 pedestrians were killed, 11 seriously injured, and 74 of risk is much greater in "Jaywalking" than in crossing slightly injured by cars driven by INTOXICATED at regular cross walks. DRIVERS; 7 persons were killed, 13 seriously injured, Even at cross walks, however—particularly inter­ and 44 slightly injured as a result of riding in vehicles sections not properly protected by STOP and GO driven by INTOXICATED PERSONS; 12 persons signals—the pedestrian actually takes his life in his were killed, 16 seriously injured, and 127 sustained slight hands. We cannot emphasize too strongly the need for injuries as a result of autos striking PERMANENT caution among persons of all ages when crossing streets. SAFETY ZONES. SEPTEMBER 1938 19 The fact that speed is an important factor in traffic persons have not kept pace with modern traffic condi­ fatafities is apparent from the following table, based on tions and some of them should be discouraged from national averages for the year 1936: attempting to operate a motor vehicle or traverse city At 0 to 20 miles per hour, 1 accident in every 61 streets on foot without a younger and capable escort. proved fatal. However, children and elderly persons are not the At 20 to 29 miles per hour, 1 accident in every 42 only victims or offenders involved in the daily toll of proved fatal. traffic accidents. By far the greater number are the At 30 to 39 miles per hour, 1 accident in every 35 result of negligence on the part of persons of mature proved fatal. age who are physically and mentally normal. At 40 to 49 miles per hour, 1 accident, in every 25 proved fatal. M^ot so many years ago the automobile was regarded At 50 or more miles per hour, 1 accident in every 11 as a sporting vehicle rather than a medium of trans­ proved fatal. portation. In recent years, however, people have As you increase your speed, you are increasing your begun to realize that our extremely powerful modern chances of being killed, in event of accident, in the motor vehicles can be frightful instruments of destruc­ above proportion. tion unless used with careful judgment. Today, the driver who races his car in traffic or attempts to pass all Traffic accidents play no particular favorites, but others on a hill, is no longer demonstrating his car's age does influence circumstances contributing to in­ superiority, but rather his own ignorance and stupidity. juries and fatalities. The following table indicates the Today it is smart to be a SAFE driver. percentage of fatal accidents of all kinds which were caused by motor vehicles throughout the United States It is exceedingly difficult to make people reafize during 1936, among various age groups. sufficiently the need for safe driving and safe conduct on the streets, until they themselves have experienced 0 to 4 years of age 18% 5 to 14 years of age 38% the shock or grief of an injury or death in their circle 15 to 24 years of age 52% of friends or family. The all-too-prevalent viewpoint 25 to 64 years of age 43% of "It Can't Happen to Me" is being disproved every 65 years and over 22% year to the tune of about 37,000 lives as the result of traffic accidents. With this thought in mind, we Figures compiled by the Cleveland Police Department firmly believe the old adage of "Live and Learn" must for 1936 concerning traffic fatalities and injuries to today be clianged to "Learn and Live." If you learn several age groups and the responsibility involved, are the rules of safe driving and the dangers of traffic and as follows: put them into effect, so will you lessen the chances of Serious Slight your becoming one of the endless list of traffic victims. Killed Injury Injury At the present time, widespread education of the people Children under 6 years of age 7 20 242 is the greatest weapon available in combating this Children's own fault (under 6 years) 6 16 192 Children 6 to 16 years of age 18 79 774 national menace. Children's own fault (6 to 16 years) 11 66 614 There are a thousand rules for traffic safety which Children leaving or going to school 1 13 96 may be read by everyone and soon forgotten. Com­ Persons 60 years or over 46 54 210 _^ Persons' own fault (60 years or over) 38 42 169 paratively few rules, well absorbed and remembered, Adults' own fault 120 172 2,306 are most effective. Children's own fault 17 82 800 Men killed or injured 154 225 2,398 Perhaps no rules or regulations promulgated within Women killed or injured 37 81 1,432 Boys killed or injured 16 68 649 recent months to help prevent traffic accidents have Girls killed or injured 9 31 367 been more simple and to the point than those compiled by Safety Director Elliott Ness, of the City of Cleve­ It is apparent from this table that the majority of land. His rules, which he calls the "Ten Command­ accidents involving injuries or death to children under ments of Safe Driving," are reprinted herewith and six years of age are the fault of these children, and not should be learned and followed conscientiously by every of the drivers. Very young children, who are not motorist and pedestrian as a matter of civic duty and capable of realizing the dangers, should, obviously, be moral obligation. kept off the streets and guarded carefully against the hazards of traffic. Even among children of school age, !• Drive courteously. Your own safety and who have received careful safety instruction, there is freedom from accidents depend upon your considera­ ample evidence of carelessness during vacation periods tion for the other fellow. Observe the rules as you and after school hours. The very low rate of death expect him to observe them. Apply the Golden Rule and injury among children leaving or going to school, in traffic and help save dozens of lives every year in when they are largely under the supervision of teachers Cleveland. and poHce, indicates the need for home supervision outside of school hours. II. Slow down in crowded streets. Regulate your The infirmaties of advanced age are apparent in the figures relating to the responsibility for accidents among persons 60 years of age and older. Many elderly 20 INTERNATIONAL TRAIL speed according to traffic conditions. Be alert for brakes and headlights in perfect order will pay dividends pedestrians, for children playing in the streets, for in freedom from accidents. cross traffic at intersections. Always slow down when streets are wet, icy, or not well lighted. VII. Don't gamble with death. A chance-taker in traffic does not last very long. You are playing with death Ill* Use caution signals. The best drivers are when you cross the center line, steal the right-of-way, those who observe all the laws. Don't make an outside crowd in, pass standing street cars. For the chance of gain­ left turn except with the green light at intersections ing a minute or so, you risk bringing sorrow and expense controlled by traffic lights. Don't pull away from curb to yourself or some innocent victim of a traffic mishap. or come to a stop without giving warning signal. VIII. Walk safely. Nearly a third of the pedestrians IV. Be doubly careful in night driving. Two- killed in Cleveland traffic last year were crossing streets thirds of all automobile accidents occur after dark, when in the middle of the block. Use the cross walk, and there is only one-third the volume of traffic. Remem­ obey traffic lights. Don't rush into heavy traffic to ber, darkness cuts down the range of your vision. catch a street car. The few minutes you save aren't Keep headlights in perfect condition. You need all the worth your life. light you can get. IX. If you drink, stay out of traffic. Drinking is V. Don't "jump" the traffic lights. The wise just as hazardous for the pedestrian as for the driver. driver uses extra caution at intersections. Trying to Records of Coroner S. R. Gerber show that 45 percent beat the light is a foolish, unnecessary risk. Speeding of all drivers and pedestrians killed in traffic were under through intersections without regard for stop signs has the influence of alcohol. caused hundreds of accidents. That is careless driving at its worst. The middle red means "stop." X. Watch yourself. Whether you drive or walkP be constantly alert to the complex problems of traffic VI. Keep your car in safe condition mechanically. accidents. Remember they are caused by carelessness Defective brakes and defective headlights are invitations and take a tremendous toll of life and property. Think to the undertaker. A few dollars spent in keeping safely and you will act safely.

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(Continued from page 15) Routine maintenance is handled in the store's own efficiency in the handling of hundreds of individual shop headed by N. S. Kleindeinst, superintendent of deliveries to the store's customers. New Internation­ maintenance. Mr. Kleindeinst is also in charge of als have been added to the fleet as the need for new refinishing the trucks which is done at two-year intervals. trucks arose, the first having been purchased in 1933. All units in the Polsky fleet are finished in an attractive Recent additions include the cab-over-engine furniture combination of light and dark green with lettering in van, and two ^ to 1-ton trucks, one with body pre­ gold, which is held to a minimum. There is a note of viously mentioned, and the other a package delivery simplicity and dignity in the decorative effect of the unit. delivery equipment, the firm's coat-of-arms being the Trucks owned by department stores are not often only adornment other than the company signature called upon to make especially long-distance deliveries, neatly lettered in the belt line panels. but about a year ago one of the Polsky Company's good customers of long standing purchased furniture and The A. Polsky Company employs more than 700 other household goods to completely outfit a new home persons. The firm will celebrate its 53rd yeeur in business at Medina, N. Y. The delivery, necessitating a 493-mile on Saturday, September 24. Since the establishment round trip, was made speedily and at an unusually of the Polsky store it has catered to Akron's most low cost. discriminating people.

44i|i4^ The International line of P industrial power comprises five wheel tractors ranging up to 58 H maximum engine horsepower, includ­ ing one Diesel; five crawler tractors rang­ ing up to 47 maximum drawbar horse­ power, including two Diesels; and eleven stationary power units ranging up to 110 maximum horsepower, including two Diesels. These mobile and stationary This International PD-80 Diesel power unit, V-belted power plants are available with special to an 8 X 8-inch compressor, is supplying refrigeration sufficient to maintain production of 30 tons of ice per equipment for more than thirty day for an Illinois railroad. Fuel consumption aver­ ages less than 2 gallons per ton of ice produced. major industrial vocations and scores of subsidiary applications. 4

At Miami, Fla. (left), at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (above), and at other ports in North, Central, and South Amer­ ica International tractors, both wheel and crawler type, speed the handling of Pan American Airways System's world-famous "Flying Clipper Ships."

(Below) Seventeen International tractors were used by the partnership of Jones & Hanrahan in construction of an 8-inch gasoline pipe line between Williamsport, Pa., and Buffalo and Rochester, N. Y.

Branch county, Michigan, keeps down roadside yiowth with tiPTO International 1-12 tractors and tractor-mounted International Harvester mowers.