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FACE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1940. Average Mileage for All Drivers Boosted One Mile Per Gallon; Running Time Fastest Yet ll . V. 23.40 MILES Pe? GALLON 7,W'$ DS SOTPO'S Fine Economy Record in the GILMORE-YOSEI73ITE Run BEFORE YOU BUY - - BE SURE TO SEE THE NEW DESOTO SIX PASSENGER SEDAN F. O. B. MEDFORD MEW LOCATION HUMPHREY MOTORS SS SO. RIVERSIDE Han SBt.S M1I.E9 PKR HOI II Fastest In the world marie by JOHN COllll using IIKI I, ION flnsulliie anil I.I ON HEAD Mnlnr oil: EC V air I Now! Proof of the MI of Gilmore Products! Check the Mileage Made By the Car YOU Drive in the GILMORE-YOSEMITE RUN Too ret ECONOMY PLUS superior per form a nr whfti yon um the- pro duct In Voir Mr .... Gilmore Gasoline Lion Head Motor Oil Buy Gilmore Products From These Centrally Located Independent Dealers A. 0. TOLLEFSON ACROSS FROM MEDFORD POSTOFFICE RUDY SINGLER NINTH AND CENTRAL STREETS NINE ELLIS RIVERSIDE AT JACKSON STREET RUDY SINGLER JACKSONVILLE HIGHWAY AT LOZIER LANE Through torrential raln In tht ralleyi and over icy mountain pastes, twenty-eight 1940 stock sedans roared to new mileage records in the Gilmore-Yosemite run to establish the combined average of 22.9 miles per gallon of Gilmore Red Lion gasoline in the world's famous stock car mileage classic. Closely supervised by the contest board of the American Automobile associa tion, competing cars are pictured in various phases of the annual performance test. Left to right are: A.A.A.. official checks mo tor of one entry to make sure It is identical to models sold to the general public) winning drivers of the Willys, Nash Ambas sador 8. Packard. Studebaker Champion, Studebaker Commander, Mercury. Lincoln Zephyr, Studebaker President, and Nash Lafayette pose with Earl B. Gilmore, president of the Gilmore Oil company; Nash Lafayelte on ice-covered ..mountain ..grader three A official checks crankcase of Lion Head motor oil in Packard Super 8 at finish line; Willys starts climb into Yosemlie park as snow falls. Klamath Pair Sentenced tory sentence which was sus- Walla Walla, Jan. 13. (IP) Alfred Crumpacker, 24, of Kla math Falls was sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary yesterday after he pleaded guil ty to second degree burglary. His younger brother, Delbert, 19, was given a 15-year reforma- pended on his promise to return home. Portland, Jan. 13. (R) Amer ica needs to take a deep breath and relax, Dr. Fritz Kunkel. noted psychiatrist, said last night. Erb to Speak Eugene, Jan. 13. (P) Dr. D. M. Erb, president of the Univer sity of Oregon, will be one of several speakers at the annual convention of the Oregon Paci fic Highway association here Monday. Baseball Veteran, 80 Reading, Pa., Jan. 13. (P) Henry (Ted) Larkin, who broke into organized baseball when bases on balls were scored as hits, seven balls entitled a batter to a base and you were "out" on four strikes, celebrated his 80th birthday yesterday. WW ItMaSCSW&lMtfMI 1 ttt3 In Two Divisions of the Grueling ECONOMY RUN! 11 si Driving tht Nh Ambaundor EigSl to rictory In Price Division G of th. Cilmor Yoiemile Run, J. D. Boweriock (right) receives the hand some first place trophy from Mark Bulterworth, Gilmore official. Bower sock averaged 21.43 miles per gallon of Red Lion gasoline in the mountainous mileage tesL AMBASSADOR EIGHT FIRST PLACE - G - DIVSS MILES PER GALLON Receiving hii Handsome nlver trophy from Herman Alber (left J, Andy Henderson driving the Nash Lafayette in the recent Gilmor Yotemite Run won first place in his price division with an average of 23.76 miles per gallon of Red Lion gasoline. NASH LAFAYETTE FIRST PLACE - C - DIVISION MILES PER GALLON 23.05 Miles Per Gallon - The Economy Record Of the NASH AMBASSADOR SIX For Beauty! Speed! Comfort! ECONOMY! - Drive NASH ft CTsty TOoyrfJrt'- " " 1 1 1 ri 1 1 rx-Trxa YOUR NEW HASH Is Waiting Now 5998.00 and up at Medford Come on down and tee th new wonders w have added to driving. 1 I 'JiaLM II l i V if 1 w a mp WALTER W. ABBEY 123 So. Riverside Telephone 303
