Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1940 — Page 3
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1940 Edition of That Spectacular Spectacle—The 500—Gets Under Way,
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left: Unparallel or its excitement, pomp and brea‘h-taking suspense, , the 28th renewal of the 500-mile Day race got way this morning with typical fanfare and parading. Upper center: Rene Dryfus
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on as one of his mechanics pours gasoline into the Schell Special.
Upper right: Car own-
swarmed on the tracks as the drivers lined up their cars for the pace-making lap
» Averages During Early Milks Well Under Record: Figures;
Nearly! 150, 000 Watch Brilliant Field in 28th Renewal of Classic; Cantlon Ill at 11th Hour.
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The other drivers who had come in. Committee Shaw was in two minutes and one
looked the car over in the pits and | second.
Hepburn left. On the 72d lap, both Shaw and: Rex Mays, | Bowes Special No. 33,
#8 had lapped the field.
The pair had been engaging in a spectactulat duel for leadership all during the race. Mays was ahead
ee first and no more than four Sec-
onds separated them , when Shaw finally pulled out in front after 75 miles. Shaw made one pit stop—on his ® 73d lap .He refueled and changed tires. The duelists for the leadership - had earned serious lap money be-
e® fore 100 miles were passed, Mays
more than $1000 and Shaw about $900. Trackmen figured that during the-first 25 miles May earned $25 | for every minutes that ticked from the clock. At 150 miles the tanding of the first ten drivers was Shaw, Mays, Rose, Thorne, Ted Horn, Mel Hansen, Bob Swanson, Kelly Petillo, Harry McQuinn and Emil Andres. When Shaw came in to the pits . for fuel d to change the right a rear tire, pit men said the champion ay less tired than any of the
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SESSION JUNE 20-23
Times Special . ELKHART, Ind, May 30.—The art County Christian Endeavor * co cil is arranging the 52d annual state Christian Endeavor Union convention scheduled to be held in en, June 20-23. More than 1 are expected to attend sessions, which will be in the Goshen First , Edin Churgh.
‘HONORS ARE GIVEN EIGHT AT CENTRAL
XY. Indiana Central College honor students received awards at the anhonor day celebration yeste®Awards were made on the »€pasis of grades and sxivgeorTiculer activities, The students hQnored were: Maxine Black, Elizabetqy Maas, Margaret ‘Montgomery, Hope* Bean, Robert Painter, William Daltory Mildred Hocékersmith and Jane Wiley.
i {i N' OF BRITISH VEREIGN KILLED
& Ne May 30 (U. P.).—Lord Frederick of Cambridge, first cousin - once removed of g George, has been in action, % was’ learned today. He was the mephew of the
1 of Athlone. rd Frederick Ear Sloe
'd Frederick, a captain in the Guards, was killed fight“the British expeditionary He was 32 and
reported miss-
On the 45th lap, Rene Dreyfus, French soldier on leave from the battlefields, took the place of his comrade in arms, Rene LeBegue, at the wheel of Car 49, a Maserati. LeBegue, who appeared very: tired, waved to his wife on her special platform and went to the garages.
Le Begue Drives Brilliantly
The oil pump on Cliff Bergere's car 5 went haywire about the 51st lap, The car was shooting vil and
| hot fuel spattered his helmet, gog-|.
gles and coveralls, He was burned, but, not seriously. Chet Miller, the veteran in Car 34, an Alfa-Romeo Special, was relieved at the wheel by Henry Banks on the 47th lap. LeBegue drove a brilliant race before relinquishing the wheel to his countryman. After getting away to a slow start, LeBegue was only three laps behind the leader at the century mark.
Drivers Wary on Turns ' A wind from the north increased in velocity and got colder as the
niorning wore on: The wind nade
the drivers wary on the south turns. AAA officials said there seemed to be an unusual amount of oil, trouble, apDarently because there is no mit’ on the amount of oil each driver can carry. This tends to make the: drivers run “sloppy” motors which in turn causes more oil trouble. : Some poured -too much oil into the tank. , fouled spark plugs, broken water pumps’ and stering wheels. In most cases, mechanical dijfficulties which forced drivers from the race were
* |reflected b ythe oil trouble.
11 Out at 200 Miles At 200 miles, 11 cars were re-
‘ported out of the race, leaving 22
still running. They were: Paul Russo, in Car 38, out of the race on the 61st lap with motor trouble. Russell Snowberger, Car 19, out of the race at 38 laps with water system trouble. George Robson, Car 17, out of race on 67th lap with broken shock absorber, . George Connor, Car 10, out of race on 52d lap with broken connecting rod. Cliffff Bergere, Car 5, out of race at 51 laps after he ran out of oil. i Doc Williams, Car 36, out of race on 61st lap with broken oil line. Tony Willman, Car 24, relief driving out on 64th lap with broken oil line. Babe Stapp started this car pinch hitting for Shorty Cantlon. Al Miller, Car 58, out of race at 41 laps with cylinder trouble. Raul Riganti, Car 29, out of race on 256th lap when car crashed on southeast turn. Tommy Hinnershitz, Car 27, out of race on 32d lap when he spun and cracked up on straight-of-way. Ralph Hepburn, Car 54, out of race on 47th lap when he spun and hit Susi, fall,
Other difficulties were}
ANTI CRASHES INTO WALL, . TWO OTHERS IN EARLY SPILLS
Pll SXPOCKETS ACTIVE AMONG SPEED FANS
Despite the vigilance of police in Ind anapolis and Speedway City, pickpockets and ticket scalpers plied thei trade in Speedway crowds. | Paul Baxley, High Point, N. c., repérted that a pickpocket stole $35 froth him while he was on a bus last! night en route to the track. Jimes U. Unzicher, Galesburg, Ill, complained that his pocket was picked of $19 in a downtown “parking ‘lot. Robert: R. Martin, 3017 Castle Road, said a pickpocket relieved him of $.. Tvio men were held on suspicion of sdalping after offering tickets at advanced prices to two visitors, Lepnard and Arthur Slepski, Detroiti reported that a man offered them four tickets for $5 and that wher, they gave him the money he thrudt \it into his mouth and fled. He vias) caught and held on a vagrancy charge. Arjicles worth $75 were stolen from! his car parked in Pearl St.
200 Llock, Thomas R. Daly, Gregory, Tex., 2 to] d Bolic,
OFFICIAL WEATHER
baie States Weather Bureau
IND{ANAPOLIS FORECAST: Partly cloudy; tonight and tomorrow with possibly ‘bcal shawers; little change in temperature. Sun; 4:19 | Sunset ¥ TEMPERATURE § —May 30, 1939— veins 68 11 p. m. BAROMETER . 29.95 !
6:30
Freie Total Deficie
tation 24 hours ending 7 a. m. precipitation since van 1.. ncy since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
Chicago and Yicinity-Parily cloudy tonight ‘and tomorrow; little" change in Iomnet ‘ature; moderate north to nor IRL Ss
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Lowi/r Lakes—Moderate winds, mostly southeasterly; mostly overcast weather 4 night . and tomorrow with scattered wers.
per Lakes—Moderate northeasterly orem: light variable over : Sux partly overcast tonight and to- ©, except fair over Superior; scatthowers over Huron.
Up winds,
tered
Illin® jis—paruy cloudy tonight and to-|
morrov; little change in temperature. Indi¢ ina—Partly cloudy- tonight and tomorrov, with a few scattered showers; little ¢harge in temperature. Upper Richizan and Wisconsin—Partly glovdy tong} t and tomorrow; no decided “hange temperature.
WEATI ER IN OTHER CITIES AT 6:30 A.M.
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Illinois and Kentucky. There was a sprinkling of cars from California advertising the Golden ‘Gate Exposition, and others from New York, heralding the World's Fair,
The customers were more optimistic about the weather than some of the ticket-takers and other track cmployees. Customers were equipped with huge hats to protect them from the sun and carried sun glasses. But the ticket-takers wore raincoats.
The carnival spirit prevailed all along W. 16th and Main Sts. Pitchmen sold every type of souvenir conceivable. And everything was sold as “official.” Even . the vendors of rubber seats barked “official souvenir seats.”
Most of the cars entering the gates bore “housing” of some type. Upon arrival inside the occupants erected platforms atop the vehicles to provide vantage points.
Some of the trucks carried as many as 30 people. As many as’ four ticket-takers became veritable census-takers as they counted the customers and made sure they had a similar number of tickets before the vehicle: ‘was signalled through. There was no doubt among the track attaches that many’ persons; hidden~ in. trucks and autos got in without tickets. The ticket-takers didn’t have time to make a thorough search of every car and truck.
C-eorge Stafford, who was in charge of admitting the 1200 members of 36 bands to the oval, got caught in a traffic jam at 6 a. m. and walked from Tibbs Ave. to his posi near the main gate.
There were hundreds of stands outside the gates, but apparently there were no games of chance.
Shipwreck Kelly fo found the breeze atop the pole on which he is standing | 30 consecutive hours rather chilly. He made it look like he was| waving to the crowd, but what Bine really was doing was waving his arms to warm himself.
himself, chats with Col. Eddie Rickenbacker, president of the Speedway Corp. Lower right: Wilbur
, defend-
“ing champion, grins as he laces his shoes, preparatory to taking the wheel of his Boyle Special.
xcited Caravan of Race Fans Transforms ‘Road fo Oval Into Main Street of America
' Speedway City stores dealing in early Forties rush. Plain Gus Fan
‘bottles stacked near the doors. liquor had cartons filled with They sold thousands of bottles to persons who: wanted to take “fuel” in with them. .
There were many‘ tipsy persons in the cafes, butffor the most part they were merely celebrants who didn’t Lave tickets to the race and had no intention of buying them.
One pitchman was issuing “newspapers,” 25 cents each or three for 50 cents. In a jiffy he’d put you out a one page paper with giant headlines reading “Joe Blow and Dizzy Blond Arrive for Race” and then a story about the purchaser being one of the celebrities attending the classic.
There was keen competition between transportation companies to get the crowds from the City to the track. You could go by shuttle train, bus or taxi. The taxis charged $2 a load or 50 cents a piece, but weren't during so good during the
, dent and general manager of the
sought cheaper hauling.
T. E. (Pop) Myers, vice presiSpeedway, was arcund the main gate at an early hour. He was almost unnoticed as he mingled through the crowd. The customers had one objective, “Let’s get in and get set.”
Topcoats and sweaters were mingled with the usual white suits and shirt-sleeves one sees at the race,
The sun broke through the clouds for the first time at 9:23 a. m., was chased down the track by clouds, and left the Speedway at about 9:30 a. m. The rabbit, which almost always causes some excitement by invading the bricks - just before the race, did not show up this year.
There were. more than ‘twice as many infield cars at the southeast
turn, where the accidents happened}
last year, than there have been
at any recent year.
Seven Die in Hoosier Traffic: Six Killed in One Collision
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were killed in a two-car crash near Bloomfield. "WILLIAM GOBLE, 45, La Porte County, who was killed in a twocar crash during a rainstorm near his home. 3 The Bloomfield wreck involved two cars, one occupied by the Mt. Vernon party en route to’ the race, and the other by Mr. Carroll, a prominent Bloomfield insurance man. Mr. Carroll was en route home driving east on Road 54 and the Mt. Vernon car was northbound on Road 57. State Police said the Mt. Vernon car apparently did not obey a stop sign at the intersection. Mr. Carroll had just completed a year as president of the Bloomfield Rotary Club and of the Bloomfield Community Club. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist
IN INDIA
Here I's the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County City Total 1939 . 19 21 40 32 43 May 29, 1940 Injured ..... 4 | Arrests ....,. 10 Dead 0 | Accidents . WEDNESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid
41 $233 2 10
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Disbeying traffic signal Drunken driving. 5 All others ...... 25
Totals ........ 81 . MEETINGS TODAY
Metorial Day 500-Mile Race, In - olis Rotor Spesdway, 10 a. mn’ lianape
12 30 44
$333
MEETINGS TOMORROW Forum, - Hotel Washington,
NAPOLIS
Exchange Club, Hotel Severin, noon. Optimist Club, Columbia Club, noon. Reserve Officers’ Association, Board of
Trade, Phi Delta NPheia. Canary Couage, noon.
Delta Tau Delta, Columbia Club, noon.
BIRTHS ° GIRLS
Gale, Rosalind Thomas, at M Arthur, Lois Daughetee, at M ; hart, at M vid at Methodist. James. x, r 8, Lesh, 24 Colom man, |, Altio enna en, at Eugene, Opal Moore, af cy. BOYS
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Edwin, Malya Foster, at Slethodist. Thomas, Lillian Taylor, at Ci ity. arguerite Alford, at St. Francis. Marshal, Geneva Todd, at St. Francis. Theodore, Mary Rieman, at St. Francis.
FIRE ALARMS Wednesday M.—Rear of 3341 N. Capitol,
12:59 a A a —Redr - of 3330 N. Capitol, communication from 3341 N. Capito k :56 A. M.—729 N. West, cause ‘unwiz A. M.—227% E. Ohio, ciga et’ in 1 ) P. M..-1360 S. Talbott, overheated Or. a M.—1661 N. Arsenal, idetective
sil P. M.—3055 Hoyt, cause imknown. . M.—604 Markwood, cause unKs $8 0,
M—Bevilie "and B. Was
| were Mrs.
Church and of many civic and so-|
cial organizations. He is survived by his wife, to whom he was married for less than a year, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cree Carrol.
Mr. Herrmann had been a jeweler in Mt. Vernon for about 10 years. Mr. Jones is survived by his parents —Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones. | Louis and Thomas Mann were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mann of Posey County.
Woman Is Injured
Four persons, all of New Castle;|
were in one of the two cars which crashed head-on near Gem on Road 40." They were Russell Browning,
21, who is in a serious condition at St. Vincent’s Hospital; Miss Mary Ann Crim, 21; Marshall Koontz, 17, and Miss Sarah Niles, 20, -all of whom were treated and taken home. They were homeward bound when the accident occurred. In the other car, \race-bound, Glenna M Jett, 30, Springdale, W. Va., who is in City Hospital with cuts; Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Fox, Richmond, Ind.; Miss Katherine Fox, 21; Charles Fox, 20, her brother, and Lawrence Weiss, 21, all of Charleston, W. Va. All but Mrs, Jett of that party were
at Methodist Hospital and Miss Fox|
is said to be the most seriously injured. State, Police said that Mr. Fox, driver of the car, explained he had to turn out into the traffic lane to avoid striking another car and that then the two cars struck head-on. Of the 11 persons injured in oavernight accidents, Perry Macy, 47, of 3658 Kenwood Ave., was reported in a serious condition in City Hospital with internal injuries.
Injured in Collision
Mr. Macy was injured when his car and one driven by Charles Irvin, 21, of 629 E. 56th St. collided in the 800 block of 38th St. Mr. Irvin received a broken nose and Miss Natalie Smith, 18, of 642 Berkley Road, a passenger with Mr.
Irvin, was bruised. They were
charged with being drunk and with védgrancy. Three persons were reported in serious condition in City Hospital With injuries received when their “lear’ collided with two cars parked in the 2300 block E. Washington St. Richard Welch, 18, of 1545 Lexington Ave. driver of the car, was
charged with reckless driving. He and his passengers, Thomas Holden,
“127, Mexico, Ind., and William Saine,
20, Peru, Ind. received head injuries. Charles Koesters, 14, of 1726 S. Delaware St., who was selling papers at Madison Ave. and Raymond. St.,
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crossing signal at the
received an’ treated a$ , police said, Gibbson, 50;
was struck by a car injured ankle. He. City Hospital. The was driven by of R. R. 1, Box 375. ‘Doyal . Huffer, 23, Wilson, 20, both of injured but refused tion when their car zone stanchion at Washington Sts., Mrs. Edith refused medical aid injured as her car
William were . attene a safety and said. ! Cincinnati, she was a railroad Ave, crossing of the Raile road, according to
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