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FAL A HALÁL
Hungarian: Wall of Death. Hicks is apparently thinking "Fa La La La La ...". The Wall of Death is a motorcycle stunt in which riders on a steep circular track go horizontal on the vertical wall, held by centrifugal force.

(A Hungarian reader responded to the above:

"FAL A HALÁL" seems to be a mistranslation, since "Wall of Death" in Hungarian should be "A HALÁL FALA" or "HALÁLFAL" (the latter is more like a compound noun = "Death Wall"). It could be intentional, however, to make it sound similar to Fa La La La La, I guess. Still, the Wiki entry on this says "Hicks is apparently thinking "Fa La La La La ...", but isn't it Hop traveling in the Pullman seeing the sign?

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Smith Ballew
American actor and western music singer.

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Frommer STÖP
A Hungarian semiautomatic pistol.