Mr
The Weather
Forecast: Fair tonight and
Tuesday; temperature above
normal.
Temperature
Highest yesterday 95
Lowest this morning -. - 43
The Very Thing
Did you read the Classified Ads
In Sunday's Mill Tribune? If
not, better refer to them now.
The very thlnr )ou are looking
.for msy be advertltrd In that
edition.
Tpibune
Medford
Full Associated Press
Full United Fresi
Thirty-Second Year
MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY, MAY 31, 1937.
No. 60.
InWl A MM rfifnMVlfnl A ISMS
Id)
Jl
By PALL MALLON
(Cpyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon.)
Simplicity.
WASHINGTON, May 39. The Stand
of the house against President Roose
velt's spending freedom has been
widely misinterpreted. It has been
called a personal
re p u dlatlon of
the president, an
economy move,
a Democratic
party split and
several! other
things, which It
Isn't.
To understand
congress, you
need only to un
derstand human
nature. . The ba
Paul Mallon.
sis behind most congressional actions
will be found In such primitive In
stincts as self-protection and self
preservation. The simple reason why those legis
lators voted to earmark one-third of
Mr. R's $1,500,000,000 for relief Is
because they want to be sure to get
as much as they can for their home
districts.
The house is up- for re-election
next year. Mr. Roosevelt la not.
Neither Is the cordially disliked (In
congress) spender Harry Hopkins. If
Mr. Hopkins has complete freedom In
spreading the dough In a congres
sional campaign year, the manna may
not fall where poltlcally oppressed
legislators need It. Specifically, the
re-election of a legislator from the
umpteenth district of Tlmbuctoo may
depend more on whether he was a Die
to get a dam built In Trickling creek
with federal money than upon his
votes In congress.
. Naturally, they want to earmark
those (300,000,000 for PWA, 955,000,
000 for flood control and water con
servation -construction,-- and ,-.$160,,
000,000 for highway and grade cross
ings. ' They want to get theirs.
The rebels undoubtedly were em
boldened to their self-assertlvenese
by Hmlnlshlng awe of the White
House. Some of them liked the Idea
of offering an outburst of resent
ment against the way they have been
treated under the new order.
At heart, they are not really so
much against the president person
ally on this Issue, but rather sgalnst
bis subordinates. For example, thvy
do not like to see any of these Inde
pendent bureau chiefs downtown
making over $10,000 a year, because
this Is all they make. They cut CCC
Director Pechner from $13,000 a few
weeks before they cut Mr. Hopkins.
All In all. It shows congressmen are
beginning to look out for their own
(Continued on Page Two)
PRESIDENT RESTS
AT MOTHER'S HOI
HYDE PARK. N. Y.. May 31. (AP)
President Roosevelt mapped an
other day of rest and recreation for
himself today, the second of a three
day visit to his mother's home here
on the Hudson.
Work on his special message to
con (tress recommending checks
against tax evasion and avoidance
has been completed and It was ex
pected to be transmitted from the
White House In Washington to the
capltol at noon tomorrow.
Except for reading a small pouch
of government mail during the fore
noon and receiving a neighbor or
two In his tiny office on the main
floor of his large country home, the
president planned to devote the day
to motoring around the estate and
to an afternoon swim at his Val-Kil
cottage outdoor pool.
No official engagements were mede
for the Memorial holiday.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bb Morris doing a Sherlock Holmes
act In trying to discover who sent
ltlra a pen and pencil set as a gradua
tion gift, Bob being excessively fret
ful over the necessity of expressing
hit thanks to the unrevealed giver
Lewis Ulrlch asking that the Mail
Trib be sent to him during a brief
sojourn lo A" Francisco, he being
unable to dispense with his fsrorlte
j: uml for even a week.
Don Kroua making up tor a 5-veer
Jack of horeebecklng by riding a nag
for five hour atra'.ght. he spending
e-ery other S Inlnutes today regret
t ng such raeh conduct.
Jim Acklev being tnnplred by the
rvcoratlon Day purade to remark that
tnls country will never again be
drawn Into a European war.
GRAVE EUROPEAN
TENSION FOLLOWS
RETALIATORY ACT
Loyalist Airplanes Bomb
'Pocket Battleship Vio
lent Nazi Action En
dangers Neutrality Pact
(By the Associated Press)
LONDON. May 31. British and
French warships moved into
Spanish waters tonight as a swift
tempo of events roused grave
fears for peace, following Ger
man bombardment of the Span
ish port or Almerla and with
drawal by Germany and' .Italy
from the 27-natlon European
neutrality committee.
British and French diplomats
rushed between Germany and
Spain to prevent open hostilities,
and Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden ma df? an appeal that Ger
many take no further action to
heighten gravity of the crisis.
(By the Associated Press)
LONDON. May 31, The bristling
guns of German warships battered
the Spanish government port of Al
merla today In the first open attack
In the civil war by a foreign power.
Nineteen persons were killed, in
cluding five women and one child,
an official Spanish government report
announced.
The. port was destroyed, the Nazi
government said, to avenge bombard
ment of the battleship Deutscbland
In which 34 German Bailors were
killed and 83 wounded.
Grave International tension devel
oped rapidly. There was danger that
the 37 nation European committee to
localize the Spanish war might see
ail Its efforts collapse.
The Nazi, government announced
Us readiness to . withdraw from the
committee to permit a tree hand In
dealing with the Madrid-Valencia
government.
The German fleet was ordered to
Spanish waters to aid fighting ships
already there, under orders to shoot
at sight any Spanish government ship
or airplane.
The relch's government will not
participate ln the control system
(neutrality patrol to prevent arms
and munitions shipment? to Spain)
cor sessions of the non-intervention
committee as long as no guarantee
is' given that such happenings will
not recur," a Berlin communique as
serted. British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Etlcn appealed to Germany to rake
nc action which would "render the
present grave situation more serious."
The French naval ministry and the
British admiralty hastily consulted
etch other. Foreign offices of the
two nations were In requent tele
phonic communication.
. The neutrality committee post
poned, momentarily an extraordinary
session to hear German representa
tions on Saturday's bombardment of
the Deutscland by Spanish warplanes
In the habor of Iblza. Spanish Medi
terranean Isle, to await developments
There was no exact announcement
of Germany's next step.
The communique to the neutrality
committee observed warnlngly that
the relch "will decide according to Its
own Ideas on measures to be taken
toward the red rulers . . .
A German foreign office spokesman
Intimated there would be no Imme
diate warlike action the sending of
additional ships to Spain, he said,
was to relieve fighting craft already
there and to provide convoy for the
damaged Deutschland and other re
turning warships.
All Germany was roused, however,
to high pitch of excitement. Crowda
gathered before the foreign office
and the re lchs -chancellery. German
(Continued on Page Three.)
TO
TOKYO. May 31. (API The cab
inet of Oen. Senjuro Hayaahi re
signed today under the determined
attacks of the major Japanese polit
ical parties.
Before he left for the palace to
present hta short-lived government's
resignation to the emperor. Hayashl
summoned an emergency meeting of
hla colleagues In which It was un
derstood he placed the Issue of tbelr
unpopulsrlty squarely up to them
rhe premier remslned at the im
perial palace only a short while, then
hurried to a conference with Baron
Kltchlro Hlranuma. president of the
privy council.
Hayashl. despite a sweeping man
date to the parties opposed to him
In the parliamentary election the
first "1 this month .-:ad declined to
resign and had threatened to gov
em without a parliament If neces
sary.
Close Race in Intense Heat for Speedway Tests
First Racer to Pits
Driving the sleek racing model owned by Joel Thome, youthful
millionaire sportsman, Jimmy Snyder set a new speed record ol
125.87 miles an hour in qualifying for the 500-mile Indianapolis
Speedway May 31.. His fastest lap was at 127.155 miles. Left to
right after the run are: Tak Hirashima, mechanic; Snyder;
Thome: and Art Sparks, builder of the car.
INDIANAPOLIS, Speedway. May 31. (AP) The tlrst star to be forced
out was Jimmy Snyder, one-time Chicago milkman, who dropped out
after covering 62 miles because of a broken transmission.
TO
GET IRE PAY, OR
Head of 'Workers Alliance'
Organization in Threat of
Action Claims Hours
Increased, But Not, Men
PORTLAND. ' Msy 31. (API The
Workers' Alliance of America, organ
isation of WPA workera, demanda a
30 percent Increase In WPA wagea
to match a similar boost In living
coata. David Lasser, Washington. D.
C, national president, asserted here.
"You can look for moro strikes
among WPA workeas if Increases are
not given," he told Interviewers.
He said there were now more than
3 000.000 employed on WPA projects
at an avcreRe wage' of MO & month.
"In .the .past yeara- the hour of
labor In Industrial employment have
Increased from 37V4 to 40 houra a
week. But Industry haa not spread
the work; It haa made the old em
ployes Just work that much longer.
Had the extra three houra beerr given
to other laborera. we would now be
employing 1. 600.000 more people In
Industry."
In an address here lsst night Lea
ser asked that telegrams be sent Ore
gon's United States senators urging
expansion of WPA funds.
POPE, 80, CANCELS
CASTEL GANDOLFO, May 31.
( AP) Pope Plus XI. celebrating hi
SOth birthday today after an lllneas
that severely undermined hla health,
wae forced at the eleventh hour to
cancel his planned world radio broad
cast. The pontiff acceded to the de
mands of his personal physician. Dr.
Aminta Mtlanl, urging him to re
frain from the inauguration of the
new pontifical academy, which was
to have capped his birthday celebra
tion and to have been the occasion
for hit speech.
Dr. Milanl said the pope had pre
pared too lengthy an address and
he was alermed that the pontiff
might overtax himself reading It.
Members of the pope's official
household, however, said he was not
111.
Inauguration of the academy was
postponed to tomorrow. Cardinal
Paoelll will preside In i", teed of the
pope.
MONTS, France. May 31. (AP
Final preparations were speeded to
day for the arrival of the first guests
for the wedding next Thursday of
the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallle
Warfield.
The Chateau d Cande was a bustle
of activity in the kitchens and In
the upper floors where extra beds
were moved in.
Jean Diot. the abdicated monarch's
chef, and his staff hare already be
gun .irejMratlon for the wedding
breakiat. T.-.e wedding cakes were
till uncompleted.
ACT TO
END WAR DANGER
Invoke American Neutrality
Law Against Participants
Is Plea Veteran Idaho
Solon Scores Dictators
WASHINOTON. May 81. (AP)
Senator Borah (R., Idaho) called to
day for application of American neu
trality law to "all participants" In
the bombing of Almerla. Spanish
loyalist port.
"From the reports. Borah said, "I
would say an actual war is on, suf
ficient to Justify application of our
neutrality law to all parties, now
participating both undercover and
openly."
Senator McKellar (D Tenn.) also
commented that the bombing con
stituted war and said that the Amer
ican neutrality law should be in
voked to keep this nstlon out of the
conflict.
"It looks like war," McKellar said,
"but America will never get Into
this one."
The two senators spoke after Ger
man Ambassador Hons Dieckhoff had
reported thst his government had
Informed him that it contemplated
no further reprisals against the
Spanish loyalist government In con
nection with the attack on the Ger
man cruiser Deutschland.
Borah issued a statement denounc
ing dictatorships and what' he said
was their Inclination to make war.
"With dictatorships " he said, "wor
Is always an Immediate possibility.
Dictators look upon their people as
so much fuel to feed the war fur
nace. "With a dictatorship, a citizen
must go where he Is sent. He has
no choice. He murt fight the battles
of his master regardless of his own
wishes or his own Interest.
"It Is our duty to keep entirely
aloof. We should keep free from all
contact with their controversies or
their wars."
Dieckhoff said that a cablegram
from the Berlin foreign office advised
him that the bombardment by Oer-
man warships of the Spanish loynllet
port of Almerla was the only action
contemplated by Germany against the
Spanish government unless German
vessels were subjected to further vio
lence.
T
ARM GROUND OEF
KLAMATH FALLS. May 31. (AP)
George Connor. Klamath Falls elec
trician, suffered the loss of his right
erm Sunday, when It became csught
In the belt of a motor upon whlcn
he was working at Diamond lake,
and was ground off Just below the
elbow.
Connor and ft friend who was with
him had to wslk half a mile and
row across the lake for aid after the
accident. At a hospital here, Connor
was given a blood fit r.rfuion and
the mangled stub of bis arm amputated.
RIFLE, SPEED AND
TAKE DEATH TOLL
Three Lose Lives in Ore-
aon On Double Holiday
Automobile Crashes
Into Slowly Moving Train
(By the Associated Press)
Death struck three times and a
number of persons were Injured In a
variety of accidents in Oregon during
the first half of 1037's first double
holiday.
Clyde Be nf I eld. 34, of Portland was
fatally wounded Sunday by the acci
dental discharge of a rifle while fish
ing In it boat with two companions In
the Nestucca river between Besver
and Blaine.
The gun was reported to have been
discharged when dislodged from a
thwart as Benfleld was walking in the
boat. The bullet struck him in the
nbdomen, piercing a blood vessel.
Benfleld died shortly after at Clover
dale where he was taken for treat
ment. Vernon Wright, 6 of Camas, Wash
died of Injuries received late Sunday
at Portland, when the car driven by
his father, Lawrence Wright, collided
with another driven by John Schlp
per of Portland.
Traffic Investigator T. C. Freiberg
cl the Portland police said witnesses
ro ported neither car was traveling at
excessive speed.
Donald Butcher, 30, employe of the
ti fl. forest service, died after being
struck by a freight truck; while walk
ing across a street Intersection at La
Grande.
Coroner Lott 8 nod grans said Her
man F. Mortimer of Pendleton, driver
of the truck, reported Butcher appar
ently became confused and stepped In
front of his vehicle. An Inquest is
scheduled for Tuesday.
Four persons were injured, one crit
ics lly when a car driven by Harvey
La Chance, 31. Orande Ronde, struck
a Southern Pacific logging train at
a crossing at Sheridan at 3:10 a. m.
Sunday.
A woman tentatively Identified as
Miss Urene McKnlght of Hebo was in
a critical condition with a broken
neck and severed trachea.
La Chance suffered a broken law,
broken pelvis, broken ankle, broken
femur and a smashed hand, and Mar
jory La Chance, 18, his sister, a
broken back. John TJarden, about
30. Grande Ronde, escaped with
minor Injuries.
C, E. Ssndefer of Portland, engineer
said the train was traveling about
eight miles an hour.
COURTPiiNllTS
FDR
CORVALLIS. May 31. (AP) Be
cause men see a "threat to liberty"
In a proposal to change the supreme
court, an overturn In sentiment to
wsrd one of the most popular pres
idents In the history of the nation
has occurred within the past few
months. Bishop Benjamin Dagwell of
the Episcopal diocese of Oregon as
serted in his baccalaureate address
at Oregon State college Sunday.
Urging faith In self. In one's neigh
bor and In God as "the way of life,"
Bishop DagweU pointed to current
social snd economic trends aa evt
dence of Its need.
Communism, fascism and even col
lective bargaining, he said, indicate
man's loss of faith In the Individual.
He declared the philosophy of mak
ing man a cog in a dictator state
to be contrary to "Christian reHglon
and American Ideals."
He defined his term "neighbor"
as applying not to a favored few.
but implying consideration for "even
the smallest minority." and urged
his hearers to "beware of thinking
of men in groups. '
Baccalaureate services were pre
ceded by a procession through the
campus of faculty members snd the
457 State college graduates. The
ritual will be repeated at commence
ment ceremonies Tuesday,
NEW TORK, May Sl (AP) Fred
erick H. Prince, banker and chair-
man of the board of Armour and
Co., tald today that If the labor
movement In America nominated
John L Lewis for the presidency in
1940 t:ie Republican and Democratic
parties will have to draft President
Roosevelt t beat him"
LOVING TRIBUTE
PAID HERO DEAD
AT BRIDGE, PARK
Annual Parade Impressive,
With Veterans in Line
Memorial Ceremony in
City Park This Afternoon
About 3ft veteran and civic organi
zations of the city Joined In a patrio
tic psrade this morning in observance
cf Decoration Day, honoring the na
tion's war dead.
Forming at the city park under the
direction of Col. W. H. Paine, the
parade moved down Main street to
the Bear creek bridge, viewed by sev
oral hundred onlookers. Mrs. Belle
Llttrell presented an Invocation pre
ceding the dropping of flowers on the
water in commemoration of deceased
war comrades. The firing of a salute
and the sounding of taps concluded
the brief bridge ceremony.
The parade then turned back to
the city park whero spectators gath
ered beneath ahades trees to view a
memorial program. Vivid flower
wreaths In memory of war dead were
placed on the platform, where were
seated the various veteran and frater
nal groups.
Bsnd music preceded the program,
which opened with the reading of
orders by Miss Ora Cox, state presi
dent of D. U. V. She was substituting
for Civil War Veteran J. C. Woods,
whose frail health does not permit
tiring, activity. The orders Included
General .Logan's first Memorial Day
general order. ' ' " '" ".
'Burton Daugherty, high schooKstu
tient, resd Lincoln's Gettysburg , ad
dress as part of the program. ' Vacant
chairs, honoring departed comrades, ,
were decorated by representatives of
patriotic organizations.
Rev. B. L. Shlpman, pastor of the
South Methodist church, delivered
the main address, asking that signifi
cance of the day be remembered and
all honor given those whose lives were
tacrlflced.
Music and bencflctlon by - He v.
James M. Hamilton, pastor of the
Christian church, closed the service.
Civil War Veterans, Women's Relief
corps snd the Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War will con
duct a memorial ceremony at the
Medford 1. O. O. F. cemetery this
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Alt mem
bers of other veteran and patriotic
organizations snd the general public
ore Invited to witness the rites.
Organizations represented in this
morning's parade Included: Elks'
band, National Quart, DeMolay, Cub
Scouts, Gold Star Mothers, Glrla' high
school drum corps. Women's Relief
corps, D.U.V. and other Civil War
groups and affiliates, Daughters of
American Revolution, Spanish War
veterans and auxiliaries, senior nigh
school bsnd. V.F.W., D.A.V., American
Legion and auxiliary and other world
war organizations and affiliates.
Junior high school band. F.O.E. and
auxiliary, Degree of Honor Protective
association and Royal Neighbors of
America.
Ideal westher conditions prevailed
during the dsy as Medford Joined
other parts of the nation In paying
tribute to all those who have seen
service under the flsg of the United
States.
.
MEDFORD BOY, 18,
Prank Bradbury, 18. aon of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter O. Bradbury of 403
Clark street, was killed by hit-and-run
automobile driver In Brodertck,
Cal., Saturday night, according to a
telegram received by the youth's
father. Details of the accident were
not given.
The body la being brought to Med
ford for funeral aervlcea. Young
Bradburywl lived In Medford prac
tical!' i mi life and, attended pub
llo atnools here. He waa employed
In froderlckVt the time of the acd-
LAUNORi
FABRICKJS HEAD
PENDLrft. May II (AP)
Olsnn Pabr. v Me-Jford. waa elected
president of The Oregon Laundry
Owners aiaoclanon here Saturday
n'.ght at the close of a three day
convention. Medford will b host to
the convention n.rt year.
HIT-RUN VICTIM
The Winner
WILBUR SHAW
PASSES ON YACHT
IN HONOLULU BAY
Man of Millions' Stricken
On First Vacation in 30
Years Dramatic Fight
for Life During Last Days
j HONOLULU, May. 31. (AP) The
bod of -George- Fisher Baker, leader
Of 'American finance, lay on the yaoht
Viking today, his passing marked by
the drama he shunned during his life.
The ' 99-year-old banker, titular
head of the' First National Bank of
New York, died yesterday morning
fidm complication of peritonitis,
with which he was stricken while on
.ila first vacation trip since his mar
riage 30 years ago..
Mrs. Baker, present when he died,
will take-the body to San Francisco
on the Matson liner Lurllne, which
i fills Saturday. From there It will be
taken to New York In a private rail
road car. Two daughters, enroute
from the mainland on the Lurllne.
will accompany the widow.
' The spotlight, which Baker avoided
while directing the fortunes of his
Inherited financial empire,, attended
His fatal Illness.
An emergency appendectomy, per
formed at sea by his personal physi
cian and one halted from a passing
ship; a speedy 300-mile trip to reach
this port, and a . 5,800-mile airline
dash by Mrs. Baker to reach her bus-
band's side were some of the details
wnlch lifted the taciturn banker's
death out of the obscurity he would
have desired.
Baker's fortune hsd been estimated
at from 1 50.000,000 to half a billion.
In 1031 his father, George p. Baker,
Sr., died and left his son at the head
of the financial institution, . and
ciislrmsn of the board of directors. .
He held other directorates, but re
signed them In 1930 without explana
tion. It wss reported he was In poor
health then.
In addition to the widow and
daughters, Florence T., and Ldlth B
he Is survived by two sons, George P.,
and Grenvllle K. Baker,
LOS AKOELES, May 91, (AP)
The Rev, A. Earl Lee, paator of imr
manual temple, ended hla preaching
marathon today after 21 hours, 30
minutes of talking to hla congrega
tion. Hla voice gave out and he waa
forced to halt hla attempt to apeak
continuously for 60 hours. "It was
the damp weather," the Rev. Lea
explained, referring to a high fog.
BASEBALL
American
first game: R. H. I.
Detroit I
Cleveland 7 I
Wade, Coffman and Tebbete; Hud
tin and Pytlak.
Plrat game: R. H. I.
New York 4 II 1
Boston 3 6 0
' Hsdley, Murphy and Dickey: Drove,
Marcum and DeSautels.
Plrat game:
R. R. I.
St. Louis
22
Chicago
Bonettl, Thomaa and
Stratton, and Sewell.
S 7 1
Hemsley:
National
Plrat game: R.' R. C
Boston - S II I
Philadelphia 1 '
MacPaydea and Lopei; Walter, and
Orao. - -
SHAW TAKES LATE
LEAD TO CAPTURE
AUTO RACE TITLE
Swanson Forced Out at
450-Mile Mark, and Fa
vorite Zooms Ahead
Ralph Hepburn Second
INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY, May
31. (AP) WILDl'R SHAW WINS
500 MILE Al'TO RACE.
INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY. May.
31 (AP) Wilbur Shaw of Indlan-
apolla waa roaring near to victory aa
he paaaed the 450 mtla mark of the
600-mlle automobile race today.
' He held a lead of about 34 mllea
over the veterana Ralph Hepburn of
Los Angeles with Ted Horn, also of
Los Angeles, third. 8haw's record
breaking time waa 3:56:40.10.
Swanson went to the pita at 408-
mllea and 8haw went out In front.
The crowd let out a roar aa Shaw
crossed the starting line to take the
lead,
- Hepbrun went back In the race at
that point.
"I'm all right." ha ahouted aa ha
crawled In the car. "I'm a llttla aor
but X want to get In there and win
that race."
"You did a awell Job. Bob' ha
called to Swanson, the relief . driver.
Hepburn got the car back on the
track In time to get Into second
place. It was In the pita two and a
half minutes. -
Fred Frame got back In the race
ahortly after the 400 mile mark, re
lieving Chet Miller who previously
had tnken over Bill Cummtnga' car.
-Shaw had a two and half mile
lead over Hepburn at 428 mllea and
hta record-breaking apeed wae 119.246
mllea an hour.
Ted' Horn, In third place, waa in
the aama : lap with Hepburn, Lou
Meyer held hla fourth position, but
a pit atop dropped him 12V& mllea
behind Shaw. The fifth place car
waa driven by Cliff Bergere who went
back In the race after being relieved
for a time by George Barrlnger.
Hepburn went after Shaw with
the knowledge he wouldn't have to
atop again for ttrea or gas. On the
pit atop at which he relieved Swan
son they stocked the car to run to
the finish.
He wss notified that Swanson had,
taken the lead and waa "doing all
right." Hepburn went to the roof of
the hospital to watch the battle of
speed.
Swanson had a lead of one minute
and seven seconds over Shaw, In sec
ond place, at 970 miles. ,
Shaw and Louis Meyer were driving
at a terrlllo pace and by the time
they hit the 979 mllea post Shaw had
slipped ahead of Horn and Meyer and
had come up to fourth place. Swan
aon held a lead of .lightly more than
minute. The average speed waa
113.063 mllea an hour.
The heat claimed another victim at
the 280 mile mark in Cliff Bergere.
Overcome, he wu relieved by George
Barrlnger.
A few minutes later Hepburn be
came the third victim and he had to
let Bob Swanson of Los Angelea take
hie place.
Drivers and mechanlca In the pile
said the heat on the track waa the
wont they had ever experienced.
Spectatora In the atands were coatleaa
and fanning themselves, cold drink
standi did a land office buatneas.
Kelly Petlllo, the reformed Los An
gelea truck driver, winner of the 1039
race, gave up at the end of 270 mllea
due to a frozen motor. This left 29
ot the original 33 cere.
Hepburn'a atop coat him a full lap
but Swanson kept the car in second
place, 2Vi mllea back ot Wilbur Shaw
at 300 mllea. The speed waa 1 14.281
mllea en hour.
Shaw's lap lead waa the greatest he
had held up to that point. Ted Horn
beld hie third place with Bill C-un-mlngs
In fourth and Barrlnger, driv
ing Bergere'a car, fifth.
The time - for 300 mllea waa
2:37:28.90.
Shaw had to make a pit stop aoon
after the 800-mlle mark and surren
dered the lead to Swanson In Hep
burn' car. Horn also passed Show.
At 925 miles the speed was 119469
mllea an hour.
Hepburn relieved by Swanson. waa
taken to the field hospital for treat
ment of severe bruises on hts hips,
caused by the Jolting ef his car. '
INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY. May
31 (AP) With the race half fin
ished, Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis
waa engaged In terrlfle duel ot
apeed with Ralph Hepburn of Los
Angeles for the lead In the 500-mile
automobile race at the Indlanapolla
motor speedway today.
At 250 miles Shaw had a lead ot
Iz seconds over the California vete-
(Oontlnued. on Page Six.)