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63d YEAR—NUMBER 79

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FORECAST: Partly cloudy today with widely scattered showers tonight. Partly cloudy tomorrow and somewhat warmer. High today 75, low 55.

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GLOBAL PARISH—Friends of the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael Lyons live all over the world. RTT,

By EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor

The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael W. Lyons, who gave more than 50 years of devoted service to the Roman Catholic

Church, died today.

Death came in St. Vincent's Hospital after a long

Local Girl, Mother Killed In Accident

Car Rips Into Bus Near Fortville

A 10-year-old Indianapolis girl and her mother were

killed, and her father crit-|

ically injured, when their car ripped into the rear of a Grey{hound bus on Ind. 67, one mile {west of Fortville, early today. | Killed were Mrs. Mary Borror, {6174 Winthrop Ave, and her |daughter, Mary Lou. { In critical condition {John's Hospitag. Frederick L. the car. The 39 passengers of the bus escaped injury.

in St.

rror,

Kentucky Ave. told state police

door of the bus and was pulling to the side of the road when the Borror car smashed into the bus. The front end of the car was

rescuers had difficulty in removing the family. An unidentified man was killed on Ind. 43 near Crawfordsville last night when a car driven by William A. Knowles, Kevil, Ky., struck him. Mr. Knowles told state police that he was blinded by lights of an oncoming car and didn't see the man king on the highway. John B. Kell, 16, Attica, was killed when his car collided with another driven by Thomas L. Ward, 27, Lafayette. Mr. Ward was taken to a Lafayette hospital with ankle and skull fractures. Also injured was Janet Pearl, 18, Attica, who suffered a broken leg and a.possible skull fracture.

illness. He was T9.

1 the Knights of Columbus and Msgr. Lyons was born in Indianapolis in 1872 to Timothy and county chairman of the Ancient

Bridget Riley Lyons, both natives| Order of Hibernians. Other honors of en Lie en feeling for| Were his appointment as Defender friends living in all parts of the|0f the Bond of the diocesan triworld, and the keen sense of Punal and membership in the humor for which he was known, board of diocesan consultors. roclaimed his Irish heritage. | P rhe outstanding events of the appointed Msgr. Lyons to “the monsignor’s life were the festive Governor's Commission for Fedmarking of his 50th anniversary eral Emergency Relief. The monas a priest in May, 1948; his eleva-|Si8nor was a member of ‘the tion to the rank of domestic prel-|Citizens’ Advisory Board of the ate with the title, “right reverend|Public Library and a director of monsignor,” in 1938; a trip to|/the Family Welfare Society. He Lourdes, France in 1919 when he| Was vice president and director of

carried the Blessed Sacrament in|the Celtic Federal Savings &

Views on the News—

Dan Kidney

HOUSE SPEAKER SAM RAYBURN (Tex.) is sore about President Truman's veto of the Tidelands Oil Bill, He thinks it shows the White House considers Texas just an ordinary state—even with two sets of delegates to both party conventions. . ” ” FREE WORLD REPORT—A -non-Communist .country is one where Reds are allowed to demonstrate against the government.

lM ” ” GOV, ADLAI STEVENSON of Illinois says W. Averell Harriman is “humble enough” to be President, Must think the dollar has diminished so that even a multimillionaire can be a second Lincoln,

a great outdoor procession; and|Loan Association. his receiving the title, “emeritus,”| His first appointment in the upon retirement from the active|Priesthood was to serve tempopriesthood in 1940. |rarily in the mission at Shoals. He was the first boy of St.He was made assistant to .the Patrick’s parish to receive holy|late Rt. Rev. Msgr, Francis H. orders. Msgr. Lyons was gradu- Gavisk in December, 1898, at St. ated from St. Patrick’s Parochial Jhn's Church, Indianapolis. School and for a time attended|MsBT. Gavisk put the mew priest old High School 2, now Manual|iP charge of missions at Acton Training High School. jand Knightstown and assigned Began Studies at 12 [Bim to the Shaplaiey of 8t. VinWhen he was only 12, he made] Jt 8 Battal where Msgr his first trip away from home to|r vons assumed his first astorenter St. Charles College, Ellicott|, #11 JolImud be Toot PAStOrs City, Md. There he began his|; building a new church and recpreparation for the priesthood tory He afterward served under the Sulpician Fathers. churches at Washington and Msgr. Lyons was ordained in Cin-| pushville before coming to the cinnati after graduation from Mt. Irvington church. 8 Bt Jy YS Seminal. ah athlete, At the tine of his Eviden jubiand continued to be interested in re A inte ot 1 ® Shurch yo sports, Eapecially baseball, all his veteran priest: life. When he became too ill to| : attend games at the ball park, he| vest of sere Jeaped a great han enjoyed listening to baseball oat 0) son 8 Lop UE oe broadcasts. | years and won countless friends Msgr. Lyons was a membef and! for Holy Mother Church. a one-time president of the In-| dianapolis = Literary Club, a former chairman of the diocesan oman dCes school board and a member of the Kiwanis Club. : He served as state chaplain of Murder Charge By United Press GARY, May 30—A first-degree {murder charge will be filed today |against a 51-year-old grandmother who fired seven shots into her husband’s former 42-year-old secretary. Mrs, James Kelley, prominent Gary church woman, was arrested yesterday after the slaying of Miss Florence Chomo. Detective Herald Swaim said Mrs. Kelley had been “positively identified” as the person who fired the fatal shots.

bor, still clutching a pistol under | her coat. Mr, Swaim said the dead woman’s purse contained a letter from Mrs. Kelley accusing Miss Chomo/of attempting to steal her d

in part “this may lead destruction.”

Former Gov, Paul V. McNutt

She was seized after she wan-|/fuel and tire change. dered into the home of a neigh-|

Two Killed In Jap Riots

| By United Press

newsmen injured today as Communist - inspired riots erupted throughout Japan. Dozens of other Japahese were

injured and scores arrested as mobs clashed with police on the third anniversary of a martyred unionist’s death. Preliminary police reports said the two dead were rioters who were shot when 200 left-wingers stormed - a police box at Itabashi, just outside Tokyo. Some 700 armed, steel-helmeted police clashed with members of a 3000-stropg gathering in front of the Shinjuku Railway Station. Associated Press reporter William Barnard suffered burns on the neck when he was struck by a home-made incendiary bomb made from a beer bottle. He was able to continue working. Kyodo News Agency reported that John Dille, Life Magazine photographer, received minor injuries during a demonstration in Kobe. ! One serviceman was reported slightly hurt by a thrown rock. He was Journalist 2d Class James L. Kerwin, Petoskey, Mich., a reporter for the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes. '

Pit Stops.

Bob Scott's car, No. 93, went into the pit in the fifth lap, for a complete plug change. Andy Linden’s car, No. 9, pulled into the pits on his sixth lap for an oil leak.

Chuck Stevenson's car, No. 16, went into the pits on the 8th lap.

‘Andy Linden’s car, No. 9, went into the pits in the 12th lap with an oil leak.

Eddie Johnson's car, No. 81, pulled into the pits in the 14th lap for engine inspection.

Duke Nalon’s car, No. 35, went into the pits in the 16th lap for

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Agabashian, Andy big race today.

Carefree Airs

Bedrolls and Beer Play Important Roles

about most.of the Speedway fans as they streamed into Horsepower Park today. Those with reserved seats were (confident. Those without were jcarefree. There was room for all |in the 433-acre mecca of speed fans. | ‘The first lap around the 21;{mile oval was completed at /4:35 a. m. No record was set. Making the go-around in an

TOKYO, May 30—Two Japanese unofficial 12 minutes were Joseph | |were killed and three American Cloutier, Speedway treasurer;

Clarence Cagle, superintendent of grounds, and Melvin Smith, gate superintendent, Although not bent-on speed, the trio whisked around the circuit, opening gates and checking in ticket attendants,

» = - THE USUAL contingent of motorcycle riders was on hand at Gate 5 for the official opening. Several score of them, impatient to get to trackside, gunned their motors to backfire pitch and blew horns 15 minutes before the gates swung wide to welcome them. Many of the cyclists carried bedrolls and, in keeping with custom, slept by their vehicles at the 16th St. and Georgetown Road lot. > It was a fortunate turn of events that early traffic was light. Inside Gate 5, both sides of the road leading to Grandstand A, were lined with the parked cars of track employees. Usually, arriving fans travel this thoroughfare three and four cars abreast. Today, the early arrivals negotiated the road to the infield easily in single file.

” » ” THE EMPLOYEES’ cars bore official. stickers upon which were printed, however, a request to keep the vehicles out of the track on race day. It urged the owners, employees of the track, to use any other means of transportation. ‘ .

tired in the customary colorful Speedway garb. Bright sports shirts, peaked caps and “coolie” sun hats dotted the procession. One man who arrived early strained under a foot locker filled with ice and beer set on a dolly while his lady companion cradled in her arms a Pomeranian pooch,

Woman Attacked

In. Home Here While her husband worked at

{the Speedway last night, a 22-

year-old mother was raped in their near North Side heme. Her two small children in the next bedroom slept through the attack, although she screamed when she awakened to see a shabbily dressed man standing near her bed. : The intruder threatened to kill her if she screamed again, the

ONE 500-MILE RACE fan paid a scalper $60 for three Grand-| stand F tickets today. ar price for a seat is $12.50.

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young housewife told police. Her unidentified attacker left the way he came, through the unlocked front door. ; . #.

500 MILES TO GO-—The three drivers in the

® Noted at Race On Privats ¥ By ED KENNEDY Thousands of Speedway fans lost their choice vantage Ipoints for the annual 500-Mile Speedway classic today. In an unprecedented mave—35 minutes after the gates

THERE WAS a leisurely air|ooneq a1] private bleachers and viewing scaffolds were

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ordered torn down. to all special track officers.

construction projects already were under way. Many were

completed. Some towers wer {40 feet in the air. ]

No Higher Than Car Top Infield general admission spectators were told they could go no higher than car top level. “We have been trying to accomplish this for years,” Mr. Quinn said. “But they always got them up before we could stop them.” Mr. Quinn admitted that in previous years no concerted effort had been made to prevent the erection of private stands. de gave no other explanation for the move and did not indicate it was a safety measure,

No Heavy Rush

There was no heavy rush to get into’ the 443-acre speed park today. Only the most ardent horsepower enthusiasts sweated out the all-night vigil for the 5 a. m. gateopening bomb. Many of those" waiting were the ‘construction crews” for parties who planned to sit in their own bleachers or towers and view the race from choice seats at géneral admission prices. But some of these were frustrated and didn’t get in the gate. > Another Unexpected Move In another .unexpected move, Speedway officials requested state police to enforce a half-ton weight limit on all trucks entering the grounds. In the confusion of late orders, many heavier trucks got in despite the attempted enforcement of the regulation. “We suggest for the future the

Pedestrian arrivals were at-!Speedway post signs as soon as

possible after the race advising people of weight limits and regulations,” Maj. Robert O'Neal, said today. Maj. O'Neal, executive officer of the state police, is overall co-ordinator of policing outside the track. “Then these people will have a year’s notice on what they can do,” Maj. O'Neal added.

Switch in Policy

If traffic had been near normal, a snarl beyond untangling would have resulted, a veteran trooper said. A third change adding to early confusion was a switch in ticket sale policy. In ‘previous years, all-night parkers in Speedway and vicinity could buy general admission tickets at nearby drugstores. Without prior notice to the fans, this procedure was discontinued. Each general admission early bird had to buy a ticket at the gate, causing numerous stops in the flow of inbound traffic. Safety Director Quinn issued the ban on private bleachers and itowers to track officers before

front row of the 33-car field—{left to right) Fred Linden and Jack McGrath—crossed their fingers just before the start of the

Speedway Slaps Ban Bleachers

Track Safety Director Joseph Quinn issued the order

By the time the word was made public, hundreds of

the public address system was in operation. Harried officers then rushed from place to place to halt construction already under way or to order finished projects torn down. The thousands who lost their choice locations were bitter in their denunciation of track officials for not making the move known earlier. Many swore they would never come back. Among those ordered to dis: mantle a scaffold was Ralp Wilfong, -Greenfield. Mr. Wilfong's construction was a three-level Safeway scaffold made of pipe. ‘A Rotten Trick’ ‘It is the type used in high building construction. “I built this stand at the same spot here for the last five years,” Mr. Wilfong said. He is a construction engineer for Wilco Builders, 1160 Fairfield Ave. “It is a rotten trick to make us tear this down at the last minute. . I wouldn't be caught dead at a 500 again,” he said. Mr, Wilfong and a friend came out early to erect the 35-foot structure, They expected to have Seats prepared for a dozen guests who were to come to the track later. Mr. Quinn denied the scaffold ban had any connection with a drop in ticket sales, as many scaffold builders charged. However, the public address system continually plugged nonreserved bleacher seats still for sale within a few hours of starting time. The safety director said all reserved seats were sold out at noon yesterday. g

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BULLETIN |

Shattering records all over the Speedway, blazing Bill Vukovich held the lead at the end of 50 miles today. His torrid pace was 132.964 mph, but there was only 315 seconds difference between him and Troy Ruttman, driving Car No. 98 at a sizzling pace. Wik

The old 50-mile record was 120.529 set by Lee lard last year. : Jack McGrath grabbed the lead in the first-lap scramble. The pint-sized driver held the lead through six

laps—good for $600—before Vukovich took over. = - Thereafter it was a dog fight for the lead between

Vukovich and Ruttman, = By BILL EGGERT

Perfect racing weather beamed down today as the world's fastest group of drivers lined up behind the pace car for the start of the 500-Mile Race. ha A vast sellout throng, eagerly awaiting. the shattering

of all speed records, roared as a succession of ‘seven bombs Photos, Pages 3 and 15 ig

signaled the “H Hour” of the auto-racing wonid. Before the start, all drivers were warned against ‘cowboy style” driving, a caution against possible accidents as the power ful cars rocketed around the 2%mile oval. Only weather condition worrying the drivers was the wind. The weatherman sald the southeasterly winds of 20 mph would increase to gusts of 30 mph by midafternoon. Any wind over 20 mph will cut down speed as drivers will be more cautious

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qualities of his race car made him a definite darkhorse stand-

out. Get in Front : Unlike most driver «strategy,

Ascari planned to stay back in and wait for

on the turns.

total cash was expected to

first-place consideration were Fred Agabashian, who started from the pole position in the Hoosler-owned Cummings Diesel Special; Bill Vukovich, who qualified the tilted engine In : the Fuel Injection Engineering! The much debated C i Special at 138.010 miles an hour, Diesel, driven by Freddie Agaand Duane Carter, whose No. 1/bashian, was seventh at the end Belanger Special was considered of the first five laps. : one of the best-prepared mounts| First pit stop was 1 by Bob for the race. Scott, Car No. 93, at the end of

five laps, All Seats Sold Jack McGrath set the first rec Every seat Joia out for the first ord—129.366 mph for two laps, It time since Tony Hulman pur-itop, Nalon’s 1949 record chased the Indianapolis Motor pod ot

126.280. Speedway. Veteran observers| Chuck Stevenson, who had estimated this 1

year’s racing|ecuit tin, - 4 throng would top 150,000 for a Sully Seti § Sap No. 28° in new attendance record. Althoughis pit stop at the end of all seats were sold in advance, ang 2543 thousands of automobiles and McGrath's average for the

more thousands of fans were roi ; into infield parking oor pee also set. ; only other 1949 record by Chief Steward Tommy Milton, |than 5 mph. 3 who has publicly stated “this race] Andy Linden, ‘who started ‘in is too fast,” also warned drivers the middle of the front row, went against over-driving and asked|in for a pit stop after six laps; He for a perfect race start. The pen-|and Scott were back in the tine alty for passing the pace car oniping seconds later. Pare the first lap was loss of a lap.| At the 25-mile mark, Vukovich Milton also asked for drivers] kept the lead with his scofchcourtesy to allow faster cars the|ing pace. on right-of-way. Ruttman in Lead Ts With only one former winner,| But Troy Ruttman moved: Johnnie Parsons, in the field, to-/the lead on the 12th lap, zoomday's winner was expected to bet-/ing by Vukovich in a ter Lee Wallard’s 1851 500-Mile for the lead. Vukovich regained | record of 126.244 miles an hour. |it on the 13th lap.’ et ’ i Bill Vukovich, Fuel Injection Stress on Engine Engr. Special, ‘took over the lead From an automotive engineer’si,, ~ the seventh lap MeGrath view, it was to be interesting to

learn how(many race cars would|" Treg back to third as B into the challe still be going at the finish of the|™ Vurouicn 1 nging spot.

Tacs Vukovich shattered Jack Mce

: Grath's 1951 record for 10 A pre-race prediction was that He zoomed along at the terrific stress on’ engine parts in the record-breaking qualifications would force out more cars because of mechanical fail-

the 1t7h lap. was given the checkered ag. bier. the ver who set Drivers such as Miller, Vuko- qualifying record with a near-140 vich and Agabashian had helped mph pace. Ti boost the 1952 qualification aver ¥ a age to 135.034, almost four miles gi an hour quicker than 2000, am Prisoner, 15, Pardoned year the average yas 1 5 nels Drivers also hoped to avoid Because of His Age i)

any serious accidents, The last i driver to be killed in a race was ae SOIREE: Jowa, be p

William (Shorty) Cantlon in 1947. Although 19 drivers have been killed since the Speedway was bricked for the 1911 race, only eight have lost lives in 500Mile competition. doned Benson The No. 1 darkhorse possibility ai] sentence today was Alberto Ascari ofthe robbery Italy, the first foreign driver to compete here since Gigi Villoresi|

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