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New Laws Now Govern Child Labor Here

T. N. Hutchinson, Chil dLabor Inspector, today called the attention of Florida employers to two Federal regulations, effective August 1, governing the employment of minors under 18 years of age. These regulations are Child Labor Orders No. 4 and No. 5, issued by the U. S. Children's Bureau under the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Order No. 4, Mr. Hutchinson said, has the effect of setting a minimum age of 18 years in all occupations in logging and all occupations in any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stock mill, with certain exceptions. Logging of pulpwood is covered when done in connection with the logging of timber for other uses, but not where pulpwood only is logged. Excepted from the order are: Work in offices and repair maintenance work; work in the operation and maintenance of living quarters; work in timber cruising, surveying and logging engineering parties; work in forest protection, and work in the feeding or care of animals used in logging. Order No. 5, Mr. Hutchinson stated, has the effect of establishing 18 years as the minimum age for employment in occupations involved in the operation of power-driven woodworking machines at these occupations have been declared particularly hazardous for young workers. The following types of employment in connection with woodworking machines are covered by the order: Operating power-driven woodworking machines; feeding material into such machines; helping an operator to feed materials into them; having direct control or supervision over such machines; and setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling and cleaning them. The occupations of off-bearing from circular saws or guillotine-action veneer clippers where such off-bearing is done directly from a saw table or from the point of operation are also covered by the order. "I wish especially to call attention of employers that a violation of these orders is a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act which applies to producers, manufacturers or deal. ers who ship goods in interstate commerce or deliver such goods for shipment, and heavy penalties are prescribed in such violations," Mr. Hutchinson said. "Florida employers can protect themselves from unintentional violations of the child-labor provisions of the Federal Act by keeping on file certificates of age for all minors claiming to be 18 or 19 years old employed in occupations declared hazardous, as well as certificates for all 16 and 17-year-old minors in occupations not declared hazardous. Through a co-operative arrangement with the U. S. Children's Bureau State employment and age certificates are acceptable as proof of age under the Federal Act. Such certificates are issued by the county superintendent of schools. "Furthermore," Mr. Hutchinson continued, "the new Florida child-labor law, effective July 1, also forbids the employment of minors under 18 years in or about power-driven logging operations. That statute also provides that no worker under 18 shall be engaged in operating, assisting in operating or off-bearing from power-driven woodworking machines.

★ SCOUT NEWS ★

Troop No. 7 Troop No. 7 opened meeting with pledge of allegiance to the flag and Scout oath and laws. Patrols were dismissed for five-minute patrol meeting in which patrol scribes finished reports. A short patrol-leader was held. Business was discussed. Games were played until time to close meeting with Scoutmasters' benediction. There were 13 boys present and all the others were out of town except one and he was sick. JOHN PEACOCK, Scribe. ★ ★ ★ Troop No. 38 It seems that half the Scout troop was off on vacation last meeting. The Scoutmaster, scribe, two patrol leaders and about 10 boys were absent from the meeting. (We are wondering if they are all on vacation.) In a wild game of capture the flag, Wylly Keck's team won by a landslide over Robert Long's team. Theodore Fossum's Flaming Arrow Patrol is leading in the paper drive. I want to thank Theodore Fossum for taking over the scribe's post last Thursday night. GORDON CRAIG, JR. Scribe.

Truckers Evolve Language With Horns and Blinking Headlights

Although no word is uttered, truck drivers have a language all their own for communicating with each other as they meet and pass on the road. There is no magic about it. It isn't done with mirrors, but with lights and horns. And the language these drivers talk is safety, R. G. Jasper, fleet engineer for the National Safety Council, explained today. The truck drivers also will talk to you, Mr. Private Motorist--if you understand the realistic language they speak. Speed, traffic jams, weather and other variable conditions, plus tremendously increased volume of highway traffic during the past few years, have made necessity the mother of invention for truck drivers. The usual roadside warning signs--not numerous enough in some states and not always standard from state to state--are not sufficient for all potential accident situations. So the truck drivers of the country have built a highway lexicon all their own. Judgment Respected "There is, of course, no standard code for flashing or tooting safety messages from truck to truck," Mr. Jasper said. "Rather, these coded signals are based on one man's respect for another man's judgment. "Through the years, at roadside diners, the truck from Seattle, the fellow hauling cars from Detroit meets up with the driver carrying household goods from Georgia. And the driver out of New York chins with a raw-boned Texan pulling refrigerated fruit from the Southwest. "Out of these round-shop talks have come a set of hand, horn and light safety signals. Give one suggestion a few more years to spread the word around, and the 'signals will be standard among commercial drivers from coast to coast. Signals Spread Rapidly "The growth of this system for safety talk between one moving vehicle and another and its rapid spread throughout the country is an outstanding example of the interest drivers have taken in the safe driving programs which have been adopted and promoted by their employers." At the National Institute for Safety Training to be held at the University of California in Berkeley August 4-16, Mr. Jasper will conduct a week's course on all phases of commercial vehicle fleet safety, from which such things as this signal system are important but unplanned outgrowths. And just what are some of these signals Well, here are a few: 1. When one truck driver rolls up behind another truck and wants to pass, he gives a couple of short toots on his horn, or flashes his lights, meaning "I'm ready to pass you." Then he waits for an answering signal. 2. When the truck driver ahead gets these two short toots, or a flash of lights from behind, he sizes up the road ahead. If the way is clear and safe for the fellow behind to pass, he flashes his tall lights and marker lights, meaning, "Okay to pass! Come ahead." 3. If the driver ahead feels it would be unsafe for the driver behind to pass, at an intersection, child near the road, approaching car or other potential hazard, he makes no response to the signal until the way is clear. The driver behind accepts this as a safety warning to stay behind. 4. If a truck driver has left a serious emergency hazard behind him--a wreck partly blocking a road, a tree down, a farm animal which had strayed onto the road and been killed, etc.--he will flash a warning to traffic coming toward him with continuous "frantic" blinking of his headlights at night or a "wavedown" motion with his hand in daytime, either of which means to the oncoming driver, "There's danger ahead! Scan the road a ways. Look sharp!" Every truck driver hasn't learned this safety language yet, and the private driver who starts such a conversation with some truck drivers may get no response. Driver Will Answer But if the truck ahead is a clean, well-kept vehicle, the chances are it is a unit in a fleet of trucks and that caution and safety have been drilled into the drivers as of paramount importance. And it is an even chance that the driver will be glad to engage in such safety talk with you. Remember, however, if you accept the signal of a driver to pass him, you do it at your own risk. But in any event it is well to let the driver ahead know that you plan to pass him. From his location up ahead and from his seat high above the ground, he can see approaching cars or pedestrians that you are unable to see. There are two things in particular that you as a passenger car driver can do to aid the truck driver and at the same time make for greater safety. They are: Use the proper headlight beam, and pay attention to the flares and signals that truckers set out when their trucks are stopped along the roadway. "Let the truck driver help you drive safely," is Mr. Jasper's suggestion. "You'll usually find him courteous, highly trained in safe driving and a friendly partner in the traffic." In addition to Mr. Jasper's course on Vehicle Fleet Safety, the Institute at Berkeley will offer eight other courses on basic techniques and problems in the field of traffic safety, each conducted by a nationally prominent authority in his field.

"Other Americas" Supply Many Of Our Daily Vitamins

We are indebted, in a large measure, to the "other Americas"--for our daily vitamins. Here are samples of some of the fruits and vegetables which our southern neighbors have given to us and to the world. The bananas by right do not belong in the basket, for they originated in southern Asia several centuries B. C.; yet South America is the main source of our supply. Peru gave the world potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, peppers, yams and such exotic fruits as the cherimoya and sikana. Paraguay is believed to be the original donor of the pineapple. Brazil brought peanuts into the world. The ranchlands of the east coast of South America gave us yerba mate, which makes such refreshing, stimulating tea. South and Central America introduced the orchid family whence comes our vanila. As for meat--the cattle ranch and the cattle industry were introduced to us by Mexico. She also contributed the very important item--chocolate. Various countries in the American tropics gave us the cocoanut, cassave, papaya, avocado and other luscious fruits--to say nothing of chicle, without which there would be no chewing gum. South America also introduced the naval orange, the strawberry--and tobacco, which many people nowadays find almost as important as food. Such are only a few of the items on our daily fare which originated in the "Other Americas." In winter especially, the holds of ships arriving from fortnightly cruises to Peru and Chili bring up a plenteous supply of fruits and vegetables from the lands below the Equator, where seasons are the reverse of ours.

Tampa Benefits Most From Military Posts

TAMPA, August 14 (FNS)--Florida has received $125,247,000 for military establishments during the fiscal year ending June 30, according to the Tampa Chamber of Commerce, which also figures that 70 per cent of it went into the Tampa trade area. Included in the figures released by the Tampa Chamber of Commerce are the large government establishments at Venice, Lakeland, Arcadia, Avon Park and Sebring. Largest of these developments is at Sebring, where a $5,000,000 contract for a training school has been signed.

V. E. Abbott Is Promoted

JACKSONVILLE, August 14 (FNS)--The promotion of V. E. Abbott to the position of assistant to the president of Florida Motor Lines was announced last week by G. P. Howe, president of the company. Until recently Abbott was manager of the Tampa district for the company and is considered one of the outstanding transportation executives in Florida since 1920. In 1924 he started the bus transportation business in Tampa as an executive of the White Stage Lines, which was later incorporated in the Florida Motor Lines System.

One-Pole Limit For Anglers Here

TALLAHASSEE, August 14 (FNS)--Fresh water anglers are limited to the use of one pole and line at a time, regardless of how many fishing licenses they buy, according to a ruling made by Attorney General Tom Watson at the request of I. N. Kennedy, secretary of the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. "The granting of a license," Attorney General Watson ruled, "permits the licensee to fish only with a single pole and line or rod and reel or plug, bob, spinner, spoon, fly, troll, or other artificial bait or lue, and prohibits fishing with more than one such device."

Firing Center Contract Let

WASHINGTON, D. C., August 14 (FNS)--The first contract in the contemplated construction of an $11,400,000 antiaircraft firing center at Venice, Florida, was announced last week by Congressman J. Hardin Peterson. Provisions will be made for an estimated 15,000 men, when and if the army is enlarged, the announcement said. The contract was awarded a part of the army's pre-planning program, Congressman Peterson said, and the project includes around 3,500 acres of land.

Antique Shop Makes Bow Next Week

A new business opening in Coral Gables next week will be the antique shop of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Houston in the Delgaard Building on Giralda. The new shop, to be known as "The Tennessean," will be the first handling genuine antiques in the Gables. Mr. and Mrs. Houston and their attractive daughter, Miss Jane Houston, who did feature and society writing for the Johnston City Press, in Johnston City, Tenn., their former home, are residing on Avenue Giralda. The "antique" part of the shop will be in charge of Mrs. Houston, who has dealt in antiques for many years. Mr. Houston was in merchandising business in Tennessee.