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PAGE NINE mmm , " , " TTC-liUlggl1??1!: J.T! . L I ... L!'J mi Twenty -Eight Stingy Drivers Vie for Top Honors in 24- Year - Old Gilmore -Yosemite Classic Portland, Jan. IS. dTV-The ever to be transshipped here for biggest consignment of fhlllp-ithe east coast went aboard the pine leaf tobacco 223 tons freighter Sage Brush yesterday. VJaVSafchay MEPFORD MAP, TRIBUNE. MEDFORP, OREGON, SUNDAY. JANUARY 14, 1940. pi frr nil I i Boy Scouts Aid in Yosemite Run v Hrt are more views of the Gilmore-Yosemlte stock car classic: Left to right: At finish line A.A.A. inspects gasoline tank of Studebaker President; Boy Scouts man short wave radio unit used to keep "stingy drivers" informed of weather and road con ditions ahead: Mercury Eight crosses finish line as the checkered flag of victory falls. Below: Earl B. Gilmore (left) observes checking in of Lincoln Zephyr at Fresno. y .a h ,. J J' MiMWin-iifli(fiiiitiiitiiMi'iiiii'i'ieMMj " i iitiJ i I quired to stop and chock in at Fresno and at Coarse Gold with A.A.A. officials. When the run was completed. A.A.A. mechanics again took charge of each car and gave it a final going over for stock status before the winners were announced. Presentation of the trophies to the first three winners in each of the nine price divisions was made during a colorful cere mony in front of the govern ment administration building in Yosemite. With the high, tow ering, snow-clad granite walls of the valley as a back-drop for the stage nature had created, the winning drivers were called up to a rustic platform one by one to receive their trophies and the plaudits of several hundred spectators who had traveled into the park to witness the final phase of the run. Winning drivers were particu larly honored in this most re cent stock car test when each was presented with a red and gold All-Star award sweater. Dull Wool Mart Boston, Jan. 13. (IP) (U. S. Dept. Agr.) There was very lit tle activity in domestic wools during the past week. r r" wi bl ' ;VA ,1 it -: iAl .iX" V 4 Z?S j -.-1. Ik mi1 Lucky Loser Portland, Jan. 13. (IP) Al Gettman, clerk, picked up an envelope yesterday and found it contained $2085 in postal savi ings and the name of Edna M. Frisbie, Cannon Beach. The securities were returned. Astoria Sea School Urged Washington, Jan. 13. (IP) A bill authorizing the navy to provide a vessel and navigation charts, instruments and books for a nautical school at Astoria, Ore., was Introduced yesterday by Rep. Mott (R-Ore.) r eiwrfctfif Grange County Boy Scouts have their own portable short wave broadcasting unit always available as an emergency unit whenever it may be required. This year, as they did last year when cars battled through a blisxard and lines were down, the couts did a good turn by keeping the Run officials in communi cation with the location of the cars during the course of the Gil-more-Yosemite run. Here is shown two of the youthful broad casters at their post. Gruelling Drive Proves Test of Drivers, Motors (continued from page 7) was purchased by A.A.A. offic ials from a regular independent dealer. The Lion Head motor oil was also procured in the same manner by the officials and was Identical to the product any mo torist may purchase. A week prior to the run, every one of the cars was turned over to American Automobile Asso ciation officials at Gilmore Sta dium where a small army of of ficial mechanics went to work to ascertain that each car was Identical to that whiqh any mo torist could purchase. Motors were taken down, gas lines checked, carburetors examined. Even the upholstery and tools carried were included in the rigid A.A.A. inspection. Offic ials were so particular during the early phase of the run that each car was subjected to a min imum of 234 separate examina tions before the final seal of ap proval as to stock status would be awarded. The complete rules prepared by the A.A.A. for the run stipu lated that when each competing car was in motion, it must be in gear at all times and the motor running. Coasting or declutch ing was absolutely forbidden. Each car had to obey all traffic laws and pay particular atten tion to coming to a complete halt at all boulevard stops. An ob server representing a competing car was assigned by officials to ride with ' the car during the course of the run. Never was a car permitted to leave the super vision of an A.A.A. represents tive from the time it was im pounded until it arrived at the finish line. Each competing car was re- PACE&AR0 Is WINNER ' IN DIVISION "I" OF THE GILMORE-YOSEMITE RUN E 9.D41 MILES PER GALLON For The PACKARD SUPER 8 JUST LOOK AT THIS MILEAGE PACKARD 110 23.95 Milei Per Gallon PACKARD 120 21.58 Mile Per Gallon You get MORE than Beauty Comfort and Su perior Performance When you Buy a PACKARD PERRY L ASHCRAFT MEffiSUEY fflmuSl . . . LHNSILKrSEiPIHIinR Lead Their Divisions in the GILMORE-YOSEMITE ECONOMY RUN MERCURY Leads the "D" Division Miles Per Gallon! V. J. Hawklm. left, of the Oil morn oil Company nilllngly congratulates W. R. Knopp who drove a new Mercury sedan lo victory In his price division of the Gilmore Yosemite Run with an average mileage record of 23.78 miles per gallon of Red Don gasoline, ZEPHYR Leads Ahe "H" Division Miles Per Gallon! With a smile of victory, Horace M. Jones (left) driver of the Mncoln Zephyr, receives first place trophy In Price Division H of the nil more Yosemite Run from Clarenoe S. Beesemyer, vice president of the Oil more OH Company. Jones Averaged 19.90 miles per gallon of Red Lion gasoline In the 1B40 edition of America's foremost stork car mileage test. 1 1 v n Mil AW iU EIEEE HS BmiF OF THE ECONOMY OF THE 1940 F"RD! 24.92 Miles per Hour Made by FORD in This Run STUDEBAKER WINS SWEEPSTAKES HONORS ALL THREE AWARDS HH THE GILMORE-YOSEMITE ECONOMY RUN! LOOK THEM OVER! l---' , ,' ' lll i.t"iWB.lWl,J r i Winter itorrnn fnllrd to itop i. B. Van Rant (right) In the recent Gllniore Yosemlt Run when he droTe a stmlehaker Champion to a Dlvlilon B record of S9.19 mllei per aallon of Bed Lion fasollne. Chrli Slnahaugh, editor of Detrolt'a Automotive Newa, preaenta Tan Sant with tint place trophy. "V" mm m f-svs . wiff-- From KiikIhwI's foremost automotive (IcKlgnrr, Held Rallton (left), n. N. Kyser receives first place trophy for his (.11 more Yosemite Ran victory In Price Division F. Kyuer averaged 23.40 miles per gallon of Gllniore Red Lion gasoline with the Atudehnker President In the 1940 edition of the famous mileage classic. a w replug tlin field to win the coveted Htteepfttakes Trophy In the recent (lllmore Yosemite Run, the Sturtchiiker Commander driven b? tVllltnin Martin (right) averaged 5-1.70 ton miles per gallon and 84.72 actual in Hep per gallon of Red Lion gasoline In the annual mileage classic. Presenting the handsome Sweepstakes trophy la Carl B. OH' more, president of the Gilmore OH Company. LOOK AT THIS MILEAGE! Studebaker Champion 29.19 Miles per Gallon Studebaker President 19.90 Miles per Gallon . Studebaker Commander 24.72 Miles per Gallon SANDERSON MOTOR GO, 6TH AND RIVERSIDE FORD MERCURY-LINCOLN ZEPHYR PHONE 141 128 SOUTH FIVEBSIDE 207 So. HlYenida. Phona 1395
