Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1948 — Page 1

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FORECAST: Partly cloudy today,

59th YEAR—NUMBER 69 Tw | MONDAY, MAY 31, 1948 ii

tered as Second Class Matter at Postoffice one Indianapolis, Ind. Issued dajly except Sunday

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tonight and tomorrow; not much chan ge in temperature. High today about 7s, low tonight about 50.

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TRADITIONAL EARLY MORN SPEEDWAY SHOT--Here's how Gate 3 6n'W, 14th St. at the Indianapolis ‘Motor Speedway appeared as Photographer Glesing- arrived on the scene.at. 5.4. m.. Pi Jone:

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Photo by Henry K- Glesing Jr, Times Staff Photographer.

WHERE IS THE SUN? —One of the thousands of Memorial Day spectators, Tony Ciresi, 1616 Cord St. scans the skies for a glimpse of the sun.

Here’s How Drivers Line Up for Start—

Robert Hodges, Martinsville,

Fred Peters Car

EARLY BIRD — In one of the south grandstands a" fv-spectétor shivered in the cold, dawn air.,

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k i - 140 minutes to get through the underpass near the pagoda to the SPEEDWAY ROADSIDE BREAKFAST — Left to right, Mrs. Robert Hodges. Martinsville: Earl Hodges, 2808 N. Illinois St.; Mrs. Earl Hodges, same address, and | Youngsters, getting impatient, ieking down: heavy wooden

‘500’ Forecast—

‘Cool—No Rain |

Record of 123.102 MPH Set on First Lap After 33 Cars Get Away

Hell on Wheels Forecast for 100 Laps; Crowd of 170,000 Throngs Speedway | By ART-WRIGHT Setting a new speed record for the first lap, Rex Mays in car 5 led the field of 33 cars in the first six laps of the 500Mile race here today. Following close behind him was Bill Holland, secondplace winner last year, in car 2. Pushing Holland in third place in the first six laps was Mauri Rose in car 3. In fourth place was Ted

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. - Record Falls Early Harry McQuinn’'s car 65, a Mays made the first lap at Lynch Motor Special was the first

first lap in history. The old rec-|lap with a broken ghaft.ord was set ‘by CHff Bergere at! =~ 122.516 in the first lap last year. having his picture taken on one {~The teams began pushing their end-of-the panoramic photo and

{a.m. First car to be spotted was h¢ Would appear twice in the of[the No. 2: Blue Crown Special ficial photo. He's been doing the {driven by Bill Holland, last year's Stunt since 19186. . second place Winner. [ “Getting into the act” this year It was the middie car in the Was Doc Williams, driving the front row. Clark Auto Supply Co. special. The second car to reach its po- On the sidelines was nattily sition at the starting line was dressed CHff Bergere, originally the red Kurtis-Kraft Special *cheduled to drive a Novi, later driven by Tommy Hinnershitz. te Granatelll entry, but who The two Lou Moore entries, ' Fough, sutcesding driver shifts {the second one driven by Mauri out & mount as the race {Rose, last year's winner, were {side by side waiting for the 4 arrival of the pole position ear—| men open until the very last A the

which Rex Mayk drove in quale |sameots. Mechanics were fevers fitation at 130.577 miles an ishly working on the Bowes entry hour come

: The pit crews provided a colorful pleted for the display as they pushed their cars Work All Night te the starting places, each crew! The crew Worked all night on

dressed in shades correspon ithe en insta pisto to the colors of their cars. ting rings. Sine to bo finished in As the cars awaited the start-/the garage with onl {ing time the Novi Special, driven utes to spare. by Duke Nalon, and the Frank| Ten minutes before the start Lynch Special, driven ‘by Harry/the race an official car made ing

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McQuinn, sat with blankets Overlap of the track. Mak fina) th» front to protect the radiators inspection were AAA i ths Stes from sun. ” ward Jack Shaw, Mays Waves Salute ack Mehan, Wilbur The last car to reach its posi-! tion was the black and white! {Bowes Seal Fast Special.

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ing bomb, ra singer When mechanics placed Mays’ Dy el TE ges. James

fast mount on the white line they'in Indiana” as several hundred lifted the hood and made last- more of the gaily colored balloons

toward his car slowly looking at

he grandstand and Waving & clinibed into the cockpits of their

final salute to the fans. jcars, the crews “cranked” up The 33 cars were lined up in engines. up i

(11 rows, three to a row, ready] YanAcke? {tor the start, by 10:30 a. m. | ~ At four minutes before 11 the As soon as the cars were lined pace car started away with Wile {up the drivers, their crews and hur Shaw at the wheel and Tom

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Jam of Pedestrian Traffic ‘Worst in History of "500°

Surging Crowd Howls at Guards,

Kicks Down Fences to See Race ~~ By RICHARD LEWIS : One of the most terrific pedestrian traffic jams in -

{history developed in the hour preceding the start of the Mile

i race, | One man fainted and another spectator reported it too

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\infieid while others tried to push through from the infield to the outside. iH

picket fences. walked along the upper edge of |P {the pass nearly to the track and! Fans swarmed through ' the

“then dropped into the crowd be. T*NCex that had been erected to

[low them, Some fell on the Channel crowds to proper grands |shoulders of persons already "and Isles. Guards. rushed to

hopelessly wedged in. the breakthrough, pushed the *

crowds back into. line “md nailed the pickets back up with

Fill Parking Area The entire infield parking area was nearly filled by the tre

{fan to converge on the track

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SEVENTH ROW t ‘ - . Crowd Boos Guards FIRST ROW { LOCAL TEMPERATURES | ction Ride, the : 31 Chet Miler v..cvsnesss Dom Loo Mercedes «.....seess 127.248! | Sa m.. 5 - 9am. 81 [140 numbers of persons were oi Liie clube Fe Qual. ‘Speed : : |“lost” and complicating the traf- , jon 3 a river Car Seal: Fast Spl 130.577 1? Billy DeVore .......... Pat Clancy Spl. ...... frescens 00 ls m... ie 1 am... [ie jam trying fo locate their > X sastesssins es Bow Seal-FaAst DPlss ees Fv ay “ { Creasey athens . M... a mm... id's Champ 1 Mags ee em Spark Blu Spi... 120.5183 Mack Hellings ton ise Kurtis-Kratt 127.968 The Fred Peters Special which, pM. 8 Ib cloudy and "®ais. The crowd booed and ther Big-Car } Maurl Ross ...........Blus Crown Spark Plug Spl....120,130 HN was withdrawn from the “500” cool today but no rain was. fore. MOWied at guards trying to direct! men ons crowd of fans that bee y-0 6 Tony Bettenhausen ....Belanger Specjal ..............126.306 following the . owner's déath in cast. With the cloudy rd the temper of the fans b tial SECOND ROW 7 Tommy Hinnershits ...Kurtis-Kraft Special ..........135.122| Paterson, N, J. will get back into scheduled to continue most of “a8 ry er at many spots before yreer 9 a. m. 1d at substan Sry” vniu a d Keck Spl os.verees ++.127.510 53 Bill Sheffer ........,,.Jack Maurer Spi. eesensnessens. 134.529 competition next Sunday -ifi the the day and only a light breeze, "Ih | They know that 1 Tod Hom oo tt Renmett Bros. Spl. oo. .nroo.. ..126.365 © + + NINTH ROW 100-Mile National Championship Ve crack cutis was fam. lenoed in Toy Ton NesMfich. re e Sheneesrtsees . Cs nl 124.151 ! [Race - at the Wisconsin State emperatures were expec 0 | 00! if necessary, Traffic cons y ¥ Doe Williams .........Clarke Auto Supply Co. Spl I Paul Russo ....... uns. Federal Engineering Spl. ..... 122.505 Fairgrounds in Milwaukee. rise to about 75 degrees by early tunnel . Unconscious, he was ring enjoyment Ww 65 Harry MeQuinm ,...... Motors Special sesecees ARAB] Frankie Del Roy, who brought afternoon and- then dip- to 50/Passed from hand to hand over| (Continued _ en THIRD RO i28.78 33 John Maure .......... Milt Marion Spl...evsvseies 13.790 the car here after Peter's death again tonight. the head of the § eromd and Saaily. . Bill Cantrell .....,.... Twin Coach Spl «..coavureeees 2 TENTH ROW but who later sald Instructions inl = = r——— {reached an ambulance which took Times In : grid Mantz sseeise RurtiiRinst . sensepreonets 1288] 01 Les Wallard....ccoco.lddings Special. .....oocvevess, 128.420 te YWhers will Hiretted that the Pay Increase Granted, — he ask hospital, where = . y nde sesssess Kenn ank Spl coooiienene . CArter.e.ee.eess M veness 126.015 no run, e Times { usemen of America give TY ewan CB a WITLI mie etl oer Ha 1 on co wd race anaes C10Y Plant fo. Reopen | "Fs curing unc baskets i Bn 38 . OURTH ROW Inew corporation. ". May “ Ernest Blau. 16 Dr. reference; that 8 Joe Chitwood a UE Nyquist Spl. «ocovavionres 124.819 ELEVENTH ROW | "Del Roy said the corporation. Operations will be resumed this Keep them from being crushed. Bridge ,:..s “iM ® NaloR «.vvve00ess Novi Grooved Piston. .... ep... 131.603 Mike Salay............Torman Supply Special. ........125.908 Peters Specialties, Inc. was Week at one of the two plants of The jam became. tighter, and they| Business ... Y CHEVROLET t Charles VanAcker ..... Redmer Spl veraersersvavinse 125440 26 Fred Agabashian. ..... Page Offenhauser Special......122.787 beaded by Joe Donato, of Pater- the Brazil Clay ‘Co. which have Were unable to lower their arms. [Carnival , 17 Mel FIRRSOR: +o vacenses Schafer Gear Works Special. ,..122.117 %00. attorney for the Peters been closed for several months Kick Fences Down I, yrolet is the car FIFFH ROW | FE tat Fi are ; {estate Del Roy said he wasafter the firm went Into hands A crowd of at least 1000 people) Classified 10-22! Obituaries .. 4 ye R Jack MeGrath Sheffer Spl. ....cioinsessiten 134.5% Woman Pilot Plans |srotid in & small airplane early named ‘mi of the racing ©f receivers. Jammed the entrance to the main Comics .,... 23, F.C. Othman " Ca Basvnnatek oli Bph ++ ++ vainss IIAS0E 2 n July, : : : operations. | » George Barnhardt, receiver, grandstand and struggled across|C I ah " Say Cole fuessyavervees Olly of EU El rea 120200 Flight Around World | Mrs. Tait, the first woman tol "nei Roy sald he didn't know yet #igned new wage contracts Sat-'the narrow pedestrian bridge be- Editorials... 14 0% va : | anks vesnrsesssFlave + ! 2. CAMBRIDGE. Englané. 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