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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY It J Brewton formerly a tratlic man of Fort Worth Texas is enjoying the pleasant sensation of being made a millionaire over night It only re ¬ mained for the good fairies to wave their magic wands to transfer the former truck driver from meager circumstances to the class of financial pluto ¬ crats and he rather enjoys the situation Brow tons relatives some years ago left him what lie thought was worthless lands in Oklahoma Several times he las thought of refusing to pay the taxes on tlio tcirain but lie kept it up and now lies happy Last week he decided to make an investiga ¬ tion of the land An abstract company in Oklahoma wrote him that about onehalf of the tract was worth fully 00000 The figures were staggering and Brewton said they made his head ache a pleas ¬ ant aching He made further investigations and learned that he could secure a cool million for the property propertyPlans Plans are under way if a suitable track can be se ¬ cured to hold a 100mile American championship automobile race in Montreal Labor day the race be ¬ ing the first of its kind ever held in the Dominion Leon Friedman of the International Moto Contest Association who acted as starter and track man ¬ ager in the twodayweekend meeting staked at Delorimier under the auspices of the War Veterans is the organizer of the new project He believes there is a splendid future for automobile racing iu Montreal and believes that if a onemile track can be secured lie can get the entries of at least ten of Americas crack drivers for a big Labor day ract for which substantial purses elll be given givenLieut Lieut Kiiigdou Gould who enlisted from Lake wood N J last September and went overseas with the 78th Division is now censor officer Hundreds of letters and uostcanls received within the last few national army are marked Censored Kiugdon Gould First Lieutenant National Army The mil ¬ lionaire soldier twice refused while at Camp Dix to go up for commissions but his efficient handling of work at the Intelligence Office because of his knowledge of half a dozen languages won him his first promotion in the ranks Later lie became ser ¬ geant and shortly before the division left Camp Dix he accepted a commission commissionA A deep sea diving machine which its inventor hopes may be used in attempts to raise the Lusi tunia and other torpedoed vessels was tested Tues ¬ day in Long Island Sound off New York The ma ¬ chine went down ninetyeight feet under propulsion of electricity driven propellers for which current was supplied by a generator on board a barge bored holes iu a steel plate inserted rivets and brought the plate to the surface It was manipulated by two men inside
