Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 14, 1940, Page 8, Image 8

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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
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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
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by JOHN COllll using IIKI
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HEAD Mnlnr oil:
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Now! Proof of the
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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
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duct In Voir
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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.
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In Two Divisions of the Grueling
ECONOMY RUN!
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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
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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.
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WALTER W. ABBEY
123 So. Riverside
Telephone 303