Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1934 — Page 1

116 MILES AN HOUR QUALIFIES BRISKO

MAYOR SULLIVAN WINS BACKING FOR SENATE POSITION Indianapolis Executive Held Ideal Candidate to Compose Factions in Event of Deadlock in Convention. FRIENDSHIP WITH VAN NUYS CITED Residence in Marion County Only ‘Weakness/ An Argument Also Used Against McCulloch, Another Prospect. BY JAMES DOSS Times Staff Writer With the Democratic senatorial nominee situation becoming more and more muddled by conflicting claims, the attention of Democratic leaders is being directed toward a hitherto unmentioned figure, Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, of Indianapolis. Mayor Sullivan, it is pointed out, is one of few outstanding Democrats who might be persuaded to run and one who might serve to cement warring factions of the party, if the convention June 12 develops into the predicted deadlock.

The mayor is not a candidate, but his friends say that such is his devotion to the party that he might be prevailed upon to take the nomination. if bitterness over a senatorial fight threatens a more serious rupture than now exists. It is no secret that his nomination would be very pleasing to Senator Frederick Van Nuys. the leader of the party in the state, and he would have a strong nucleus of votes from the big Marion county delegation. This latter fact—that he is from Marion county— probably is the one big objection to Mayor Sullivan, observers say. because the remainder of the state feels just a U tie bit resentful about anything that looks like hogging of the political spotlight bv the capital. McCulloch Is Available This argument also is voiced against Dr. Carleton B McCulloch, retiring Democratic state chairman. Dr. McCulloch, like Mayor Sullivan, ien’t after the nomination, but his friends feel that he. too. might be persuaded "for the good of the And this is about all that ran be said against two of the Marion county possibilities. A third Marion county potentialitv is Louis Ludlow. Twelfth district representative and renominated for that post. Ludlow has earned the appellation of "the errand boy of congress/* and it is conceded he has a large personal following. However, a strong bill of particulars can be filed against the candidacy of Mr. Ludlow, who is not announced. but whose name is almost sure to go before the convention. Ludlow Desertion Cited Mr Ludlow is charged with not having stood behind the Roosevelt program, and if the party wins in November it is pretty well agreed that the victory will be a tribute to the Roosevelt popularity and the demand for election of congressmen and senators who ha\c supported him. Mr. Ludlow’s vote to override the President's bonus bill veto is being used against him and it is recalled that he clung to his bone dry policy lone after it could not help but be obvious there was a general and overwhelming demand for repeal. There is a growing feeling that neither R. Earl Peters, former Democratic state chairman, and Phcrman Minton, the administra-tion-backed candidate, has as much strength as credited to them. Stump a Possibility However, it is agreed they will go into the convention the two leading candidates, and if neither can win in the early ballots, it will be necessary to look to some less touted candidate to develop strength to swing the convention. In this connection, the report persists that if Mr. Peters finds he can not win. he will release his delegates to Albert Stump, who withdrew from consideration some time ago to stand for Mr. Peters. If Mr. Minton, too. can not win. it is predicted the administration strength will be put behind Harvey Cole. Peru attorney, who was one of the first candidates in the race and some time ago was given the administration label. DEMAGORIANS TO TALK Technical High Group Will Present Scries Tomorrow. "In His Steps’ will be the subject of a series of talks to be presented by the Demagorians of Technical high school tomorrow night, a* the West Michigan Street Methodist church. The speakers include Doris Johnson. David Fowler. George Messmer. Fern Messmer, Jack Hyser, and George Curtis. Charles R. Parks, public speaking instructor, is in charge of the group.

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DEMOCRATS TO NAME JACKSON Committee to Meet Today in Peaceful Session, Is Forecast. Omer Jackson, Greenfield. Is scheduled to become the new Democratic state chairman at a committee organization this afternoon that will be vastly different from former organization meetings. Mr. Jackson will succeed Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch. Indianapolis. who is resigning to devote himself to private business. The state vice-chairman to suc- ! ceec * Mrs. A. P. Flynn. Logansport, is expected to be Mrs. Inez Montgomery Scholl, Connersville; Mrs. Alta Sembower. Bloomington or Mrs. Margaret Afflis, Delphi. William Storen. state treasurer is reported slated to displace Amos Woods as treasurer, and Keith Johns is scheduled to be retained as I secretary. Where former meetings have bppn distinguished by a bitter fight for contiol. today's meeting is expected to be a routine affair, because of the ease with which the state administration lieutenants of Governor Paul V. McNutt controlled the district chairmen and vice-chair-men elections Wednesday. FUGITIVE FROM STATE PENAL FARM NABBED Prisoner Eludes Police Once; Is Caught in Room. Russell Botts. escaped prisoner from the Indiana state farm, eluded capture last night by police in a chase, but today was caught in a room at 1514 East Market street. Botts was seen in an auto at Georgia and East streets last ni°ht He escaped police. Later police went to the Market street address I and arrested him. A larg£ quan- ; titv of clothing was found in his possession. He is held on charges of vacancy and as a fugitive from the penal farm.

JfiftTws. RACE TRACK Selections BT TOM XOONE

NOONE’S SELECTIONS FOR TODAY Day's Best—Equipoise. Best Longshot—Fredrick. Best Parlay—Angelic and Heiress.

At Belmont Park — One Best—Equipoise. 1. Golden Way, Gay Monarch Sunador. 2. Surf Board. Semaphore, Spinach. 3. Angelic, Peradventure. Pharahawk. 4. Equipoise. Chase Me. Faireno. 5. Ten Husing. Sailor Beware, Alanova. 6. Postscript, Uncle Donald. Jami- : son. At Churchill Downs — One Best—Sister Zoe. 1. Sister Zoe. Dancing Boy. Billie’s Orphan. ' 2. Ross. Elwawa. Ridge Star. 3. Ondott. Pantaloons. Black Fool. 4. Counsellor Crane. Roulade. Try j Fair. 5. Heiress. Squall. Just Buck. 6. Far Star. Sally? Gray. Miss Kentucky. 7. Fredrick, Pana Franka. Gibby’s i Choice. 8. Skirl. Stinger, Royal Sport, *

10 Homes and Factory Destroyed in $50,000 Fire; Arson Is Hinted

FIRE SWEEPS TOWN; LOSS IS $1,000,000 Pyromaniac Is Sought for Newburyport (Mass.) Conflagration. Bn United Press NEWBURYPORT. Mass., May 19. —Conflagration set by a pyromaniac raged through Newburyport today, destroying four entire blocks. For a time the entire city was threatened. Damage will amount to sl,000,000. At 9 a. m. the Are had been brought under control. Firemen and first equipment from fifteen cities and towns in two states jammed the streets. Extra detail of police guarded razed and partly destroyed buildings to prevent looting. The pyromaniac set seven separate fires soon after midnight. Within an hour all were beyond control. Fanned by a stiff wind, the city seemed doomed, but a quick organization of fire fighters drove the flames back. Not one person in Newburyport remained indoors. Hundreds crowded into the blazing districts while other hundreds carried furniture from blazing houses into the streets. In all parts of the city streets were piled high with family belongings. Police began an immediate hunt for the pyromaniac. Two high school boys found loitering near a building soon after it burst into flames were arrested for investigation. Their names will not be revealed until police have checked their stories. Four firemen w r ere injured. OFFICERS RENAMED BY INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAYS Rehabilitation Program 60 Per Cent Complete, Is Report. All officers, the executive commi> tee and three directors of the Indianapolis Railways were re-elected yesterday at the annual meeting. Officials predicted 60 per cent completion of the ten-year rehabilitation program in the first two years of the company’s life. Officers are Charles W. Chase, president; D. E. Wilson, vice-presi-dent and general counsel; George C. Forrey Jr., vice-president; L. T. Hixson, secretary-treasurer; Lillian R. Siegrist, assistant secretarytreasurer. Members of the executive committee are Mr. Forrey, Irving W. Lemaux and Roy C. Shaneberger. The re-elected directors, each to serve three years, are Mr. Forrey, Mr. Lemaux and Mr. Shaneberger. S. E. Test was elected to the board to serve two years. NEGRO YOUTH DROWNS 18-Hour Search of Gravel Pit Fails to Disclose Body. Eighteen hours of dragging a gravel pit in Fall creek near Indiana avenue had failed today to the body of John Edward Bennett, 17. Negro. 968 Colton street, who was drowned in the pit yesterday afternoon. Police are continuing the search. It was the first swimming casualty of the year.

At Aurora — One Best—Valley. 1. Montaris. Kissie, Tallulah. 2. Fairyman. Fountain. Maechute. 3. Valley, polyphote. Birthday. 4. Sister Mary, Gulfelano, Transbird. 5. Gaillardia. Ridgeview, Bov Valet. 6. Annan. Polly’s Folly, Papyograph. 7. Miss Bane. Alwin. Aunt Marie. 8. Sun O’Sweep, Balthasar, Abstain. At Detroit — One Best—Clotho. 1. Deadeye Dick. My Blonde. Beau Govans. 2. Screen. Off Duty, Scythe. 3. Don Vern, Kieva. Volwood. 4. Phildia, Skippy McGee. Scrambled eggs. 5. Vishnu. Inheritor. Some Knight. 6. Clotho, Plucky Play. Eseff. 7. Kings Minstrel, Piety, Tightwad. 8. Boy Crazy, Bun D, Dearborn.

Generally fair and continued warm tonight and tomorrow.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1934

Three-Alarm Blaze Routs Sleeping Families: Two Firemen Hurt. BULLETIN ' Chief Bernard Lynch flatly stated today that the fire early today which destroyed ten hoffies and a vacant factory at Thirteenth and Alvord streets was the work of a “crazed firebug,’ suspected of setting eleven fires in the neighborhood since April. State and local authorities started a hunt for the suspect today. Swift investigations were launched today into a threealarm fire of mysterious origin in which two firemen were injured and a vacant veneer plant and ten houses were destroyed early today. Investigators were believed working on the theory that the blaze may have been started by a “firebug" who has been active in the vicinity several months. A1 Feeney, state fire marshal, assigned several men to investigate the possibility of arson. The conflagration, which lighted the sky for miles around Indianapolis, drove a score of persons from their homes and caused damage estimated at more than $50,000. The area of the fire was bounded by Thirteenth street on the north, Alvord street on the east, Lewis street on the west and the Monon railroad yards on the south. Mahogany Plant Destroyed The injured are Fireman Guy Darling of No. 7 pumper company, burns on the right arm, and Fireman William Volmer, also of No. 7 pumper company, burns on the head. Both were treated at the scene and went home. In the costly blaze the plant and yard of the Talge Mahogany Company, Thirteenth street and Monon railroad, were destroyed. The flames leaped across Thirteenth street, firing the plant of the Indiana Junk Company yard, operated by Pete Granowsky, Lewis and Thirteenth streets. Spreading rapidly, the flames touched off a row of drab houses occupied by Negroes on Alvord street, and .spread from the junk yard to a row of four empty houses adjoining the Granowsky property on Thirteenth street. Frightened Families Routed In the fierce light of the flames, Negro families trapped by the blaze made miraculous escapes to safety. The frightened cries of men, women and children, suddenly awakened from sleep, mingled with the crash of huge steel girders as the industrial plants and houses were destroyed. A crowd, estimated at more than 20.000 persons, gathered swiftly as the sky around Indianapolis was lighted a brilliant red and yellow by the wood pyre. Extra police details had difficulty in controlling the crowd, which in many instances hindered the firemen in their work. George Phillips. Negro night watchman for the Cliff Meyer Coal Company, 1019 East Fifteenth street, was walking north on Lewis street after visiting with Lee Dickinson, a junk, yard employe when he discovered the fire. Phoned Fire Department Phillips said he first noticed a queer light to the east and suddenly saw a great tongue of flame rise and mount above the buildings. So swiftly did the conflagration spread. Phillips said, that he stood “dumbfounded" for several minutes. Gathering his wits, he ran to a nearby telephone and called the fire department. Hose Burned Crisp The first alarm was sounded at 12:53 a. m. Captain E. G. Hinchman. arriving with the first appartus, immediately turned in a second alarm. Battalion Chief Roscoe McKinney ordered a third alarm to be turned in shortly after 1 a. m. At 1:10 a. m. a call for extra companies was sent in. Firemen, arriving on the scene, found the heat of the fire so intense that at first they could not lay hose successfully. Five lengths of hose put down by No. 2 engine company, were burned to a crisp. The wind, sweeping in from the south, carried the flames over the roofs of the buildings on Thirtieth street where firemen were stationed to prevent the fire from spreading further north. Against a background of blazing homes, Negro occupants of the houses on Alvord street frantically raced from their homes assisting children, aged people and invalids in attempting to carry their poor possessions to safety. Bedridden Woman Saved In the house at 1113 East Thirteenth street. Millie Jackson. 33. Nefiro, bedridden with tuberculosis, screamed as the flames licked against her bedroom window. Elza Kenedy, Negro. 1116 East Thirteenth street, heard the woman’s cries and. batleing his way through the flames, carried her to safety at his own home. A few minuutes later his home caught fire. James Brown. 18 months, and Tillie. 10 years old. children of Jesse Brown. Negro, of 1235 Alvord street, were carried to safety by their father. Grover Chafin. Negro, 1233 Alford street, helped his wife and a boarder, James Miller, to the street and stood by to see his home and personal property destroyed.

RATE FIGHT IS LOST BY CITY WATER FIRM Property Valuation Found Too High by Master in Chancery. Efforts of the Indianapolis Water Company to obtain a higher ratemaking valuation of its property will be frustrated if federal court approval is given recommendations of Albert Ward, special master in chancery, submitted to federal court late yesterday. In his report, Mr. Ward held not only that the $22,500,000 valuation figure complained of by the company as confiscatory of its property, was not confiscatory, but, that the true valuation is only $20,282,143. The water company, in hearings conducted over a period of several months last year before Mr. Ward, contended its rates should be based on an 8 per cent return on a valuation of “more than $28,000,000." instead of a 6 per cent return on $22,500,000, as fixed by the commission. Returns Held Adequate Mr. Ward held that 6 per cent is a fair return, adding that on the basis of the present rates and valuation, the company is earning a return of 6.38 per cent. The report of Mr. Ward will be left on file twenty days for the fil* ing of exceptions, before it is considered by a three-judge federal court composed of Judges Robert C. Baltzell, Thomas W. Slick and Evan A. Evans. Appeal from the findings may be made to the United States supreme court. The master in chancery recommended that no injunctions be granted the company, that the company’s complaint be dismissed for want of equity, and the public service commission and the city of Indianapolis, the defendants, recover the costs of the case. Two Year Battle The company's complaint followed a battle of two years which began when the city and a group of consumers asked the commission to order a rate reduction. The group reached a compromise agreement, reducing the minimum domestic rate from $1.50 to SI.OB a month, and lowering the city’s hydrant rental. However, a group of larger users of water, whose rates had been increased by the agreement, reopened the case, and the commission issued anew order, reducing rates of large consumers but increasing the domestic minimum rate to the present Company’s Claims Pared Eight years ago, valution of the company was fixed by the supreme court at $19,000,000, and it was granted a return of 7 per cent. In arriving at his reduced valuation figure, Mr. Ward pared the company’s claim of $1,000,000 for "water right along White river, near Noblesville, and the Oaklandon dam site .to $385,605. Going value was reduced from the company’s figure of $2,697,500, to $1,564,241. Numerous other drastic reductions were made in valuations claimed by the company. That the company engineers failed to give proper consideration to declining prices in 1932, in pricing inventory of the property, was asserted in the report. STATE LUTHERANS TO MEET HERE MONDAY Brotherhood to Receive Thirty New Congregations. Thirty new congregations will be received into the Lutheran Brotherhood of the Indiana Synod which will convene Monday at St. Mark’s Lutheran church for the annual convention. Fred J. Niemeyer of Christ Lutheran church. Ft. Wayne, and Wilbur Milhous of Bethany Lutheran church, Indianapolis, will speak at the convention. Delegates from all parts of Indiana and Kentucky are expected for the event. RELIGIOUS FADS FLAYED Baptist Moderator Delivers Plea for Established Order. Striking at religious cults and fads. Dr. S. S. Reed, moderator of the Union District Baptist Association, advocated an established religious order before the association meeting at the Mt. Zion Baptist church yesterday. He said that the Baptist church stood for the New Testament ethical theories, the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of mankind.

HERE'S YOUR CHANCE Details of the MGM-Times-Palace theater movie and voice tests to be staged in Indianapolis. will be found today on Page 2.

CUMMINGS AND EVANS SET TO GO IN SPEED TESTS AT FAMED CITY TRACK

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BULGARIAN KING REPORTED DEAD Royal Family Is Rumored Victim of Bombing in Sofia. Bis United Press VIENNA, May 19.—Unconfirmed rumors from Sofia, by way of Belgrade and Budapest, were circulated here today that the entire royal family of Bulgaria had been killed in a bomb explosion. It was also reported that following the outrage, a military dictatorship had been declared. No official confirmation of the event was available. The royal family includes King Boris 111, Queen Joanna and a baby princess, born in 1933. Later reports, also lacking confirmation, were that King Boris was the only supposed victim. Reports of the bombing reached Vienna after news came out of Sofia via Belgrade that King Boris had appointed anew cabinet at the demand of army leaders. Responsible quarters here were inclined to discount the bombing reports, due to the fact that such wild rumors are fairly common in the Balkan states. Every effort was being made to gain either confirmation or denial. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 65 8 a. m 74 7 a. m 66 9 a. m 76 Times Index Page Bridge 4 Broun 7 Business News 9 Church Services 11 Classified 11, 12 Comics 13 Conservation 3 Crossword Puzzle 4 Curious World 13 Dickens’ Love Letters 3 Editorial 6 Financial 14 Hickman—Theaters ] 7 Pegler 7 Radio 4 Serial Story 13 Sports 10, 11 State News 3 Sunday Sermon 3 Vital Statistics 14 Wanted—Dead or Alive 7 Woman’s Pages 4, 5

Speed Time Chart

Lap time Miles M. S. per hr. 1:35 31.73 1:318-10 94.31 1:35 8-10 95.13 1:34 4-10 95.33 1:34 2-10 95.54 1:34 95.74 1:33 8-10 95.92 1:3.3 ....... 98.77 1:33 2-10 98.58 1:33 4-10 96.35 1:36 6-10 96.14 1:32 8-10 96.98 1:32 6-10 97.40 1:32 4-10 495.40 1:32 2-10 97.61 1:32 97.82 1:318-10 98.03 1:41 6-10 98.24 1:31 4-10 98.46 1:31 2-10 98 68 1:31 ' 98.90 1:30 8-10 99.11 1:30 6-10 99.32 1:30 4-10 99 44 1:30 2-10 99.67 1:30 100 1.29 8-10 100.22 1:29 6-10 100.4 4 1:29 4-10 100.67 1:29 2-10 100.89 1:29 101.12 1:28 8-10 101.35 1:28 6-10 101.58 1:28 4-10 101.81 1:28 2-10 102.04 -:28 102.27 1:27 8-10 102.50 I:2* 6-10 102.74

Entered 88 Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

Milwaukee Garage Owner Steers Car Around Track for 25 Miles; Clips Top Gait of 117.847 in His Trial. MACHINE IN PERFECT CONDITION Many Other Drivers Await Signal to Make Runs for 500-Mile Race Here Decoration Day. BY VERN BOXELL Times Staff Writer Driving his FWD Special at a steady pace, Frank Brisko, Milwaukee, this morning was the ,rst of the speed pilots to qualify for the annual 000-mile race when he ran the 25-mile sprint at an average of 116.894 miles an hour. His car ran like a sewing machine, as Brisko, a veteran of the Indianapolis oval, roared down the straightaways and slipped through the turns. The fastest of the ten laps for Brisko was his fifth when he clicked off 117.847 miles an hour.

Although the four-wheel drive car was the first to qualify several other pilots had their mounts in shape before 10 this morning. Wild Bill Cummings, the local boy who drives a Boyle Valve Special, was on the track immediately after Brisko completed his run and Dave Evans wheeled out his Diesel-mo-tored job while Cummings was warming up. Brisko ran thirty miles in all. with one warm-up lap and a final turn around the track after he had completed the required distance. Limited to three gallons of gasoline this year in qualifying. Brisko still had a quart and a pint of fuel left after the thirty miles. New Furl Tried Out The Milwaukee garage man was the first of the drivers to put the new Standard Oil Company’s “mystery fuel” to a test. The new gasoline was developed by the compam and is supposed to help the drivers “over the hump" this year in combatting the new gasoline restriction of forty-five gallons for the entire race. Brisco’s lap by lap time and speed follow: Laps Time. Speed. First 1:17:50 116.129 Second 1:17:85 115.607 Third 1:17:32 116.390 Fourth 1:16:42 117.770 Fifth 1:16:37 117.847 Sixth 1:17:00 116.883 Seventh 1:17:04 116.822 Eighth 1:17:14 116.671 Ninth 1:16:64 117.432 Tenth 1:16:65 117.417 The pole position for the 500-mile race goes to the fastest qualifier today. The two next. fastest qualifiers will line up with the No. 1 car in the front row, and others who pass the test will be placed three abrest back of the leaders, according to their speed averages. Today’s trials end at 6:57 tonight. Two 1934 ruling sby the A. A. A. contest board were expected to hold down the number of first day contestants and also may reduce the top speed from the mark of 118.5 j miles an hour turned in last year by Cummings. Drivers Are Worried For days drivers along “Gasoline Alley” have been fretting about the three-gallon fuel limit slapped cn the elimination tests. The drivers must make the thirty-mile run tineluding the warmup lap. twenty-five

Lap time Miles M. S. per hr. 1:27 4-10 102.97 1:27 2-10 103.20 I:2* 103.45 1:26 8-10 10.3.67 1:26 6-10 103.92 1:26 4-10 104.17 1:26 2-10 104.41 1:26 101.65 1:25 8-10 104.87 1:25 6-10 105.14 1:25 4-10 105.37 1:25 2-10 105.63 1:25 105.88 1:24 8-10 106 11 J:24 6-10 106.38 1:24 4-10 106.6.3 1:24 2-10 106.87 1:24 107.1 4 1:23 8-10 107.39 1:23 6-10 107.64 1:23 4-10 107.98 1:23 2-10 108.25 1:23 108.43 1:22 8-10 108.69 1:22 6-10 108.95 1:22 4-10 109.22 1:22 2-10 109.48 1:22 109.75 1:21 8-10 110.02 1:21 6-10 110.29 1:21 1-10 110 36 1:212-10 110.83 1:21 111.11 1:20 8-10 111.38 1:20 6-10 111.66 1:20 4-10 111.94 1:20 2-10 112.21 1:20 112.50

Capital EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marlon County, 3 Cents

Lap time Miles M. S. per hr. 1:19 8-10 112.78 1:19 6-10 11.3 1:19 4-10 113.3* 1:19 2-10 113.6.3 l:l 11.3.92 1:18 8-10 114.26 1:18 6-10 114.60 1:16 t-1 114.94 1:18 2-10 115.28 1:16 115.10 1:17 6-10 115.66 1:17 6-10 115.98 1:17 4-10 116.28 1:17 2-10 116.58 1:17 116.88 1:16 8-10 117.18 J :16 6-111 117.49 1:10 4-10 117.80 1:16 2-10 118.11 l:l 118.42 1:15 8-10 118.73 1:15 6-10 119 1:15 4-10 119.36 1:15 2-10 119.68 1:15 120 1:14 8-10 120.34 1:14 6-10 120.68 1:11 4-10 121 1:14 2-10 121.36 1:14 121.62 1:13 8-10 121.96 1:13 6-10 122.30 1:13 4-10 122.64 1:13 123.98 1:12 8-10 123.62 1:13 123.28 1:12 6-10 123.96 1:12 4-10 124.30 1:12 2-10 124.65 1:12 125

. 'mile trial, and another trip around the oval) on three gallons of gas. Aftpr the qualification runs, the j technical committee checks on the fuel consumption, and if a car ex- • i ceeds the limit, it will be forced to ’ ; try again, regardless of speed. r ; Another factor which may reduce ; the top speed is that all cars must _ I qualify with the same equipment with which they will start the race jon May 30. This decree already has i knocked out a pole contender, Louis • • Meyer. 1933 race winner. Meyer will be unable to run for 1 j about five days, he said, because t,hp • j new ring gear which he will use in • | the race will not be ready for in--5 sfallation in his new r machine un- • til that time. Drivers must average 100 or more miles an hour for ten laps <tw'ent,y- v five miles) to qualify. It is be- ; lieved that the lowest sped to gain ! admittance will be around the 110- ■ mile-an-hour mark. Tomorrow’’s tests will start at 11 la. m. and end at 6:59 p. m. There i will be a three-day rest period, with ’ trials being resumed on Thursday ’ for a five-day stand. NEBRASKA TOWN SET FOR ANNIVERSARY EPIC Annual Rodeo on Founding Celebration Schedule. I By I nitrfl Pr> .? BURWELL. Neb., May 19.—Plans for Burw’ell’s annual epic of the ! ‘‘wild w’est,” the Burwell rodeo, are being combined this year with ’ preparations for the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the town. The Burwell rodeo, held during midsummer, annually draws the cream of cowhands and rodeo riders ’ from the Nebraska cattle ranges for ! the competitions. FAMOUS DOCTOR TAKES PHOTO OF ARGON ATOM Tiny Subject Considered Smallest Ever Pictured. i By United Pre.m WASHINGTON. May 19.—Dr. Arthur Compton, noted scientist, has succeeded in photographing an ! argon atom. Probably one of the smallest subjects ever photographed it measures one Angstrom in diameter; an Angstrom is the unit of length which scientists use in measuring light waves. UNCLE REMUS STORIES LINKED TO OLD SYRIA Tales Not of Southern Origin, Archeologists Say. By United Prruß CHICAGO. May 19.—Archeologists of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago through research have discovered that the Uncle Remus tales of supposed southern origin actually had their beginning in ancient Syria. Various alterations caused them to be handed down to as in their present form, CEREMONY TO RECALL OREGON TRAIL DAYS Colorful Scenes of Old West to Be Recreated in Nebraska. By United Pretjt GERING. Neb.. May 19.—Colorful scenes of the old west will be recreated here July 19 and 20 as hundreds of residents of the upper North Platte valley convene in Gering for the annual Oregon Trail Days celebration. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.r West southwest wind. 12 miles an hour; temperature. 77; barometric pressure, 30.10 at sea level; genera’ j conditions, fair; ceiling, unlimitec ‘visibility, fifteen miles.