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The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 9

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South Stda Office 1043 Vlrtinlt Ave By BENNETT CER On the subject of the in creasing amount of profes sionalism in college football Herman Hickman head coach at Yale tells the story of an assistant coach who tried to get a raise for himself after 'his team had gone through a whole season without a defeat His annual salary had been $4000 and the assistant thought" he was entitled to a "25 per cent boost "You want the head coach said him in an astonished voice be silly Rill I could get good quarterback for state New York asked Novel ist Sam Send TWENTY IVE CENTS in coins for this pattern to ANNE ADAMS care yif: THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR PAT TERN DEPARTMENT BOX 6710 CHICAGO 80 ILL Print plainly YOUR NAME ADDRESS ZONE SIZETYLE NUMBER I vvuiermvr I "ICE Refrigerator Lou I the Blue Crown Spark Plug garage wav for the met icUlous attention he gives to racing cars His ga rage is so clean you could liter ally eat oft the floor He inspects every part before the cars are assembled' for a race superior handling of his cars from the pits is given major credit for his success HE PLAYS A RACE just like a chess game maneuvering them with the blackboards He is ab this Solute and undisputed master of I his team He outlines every necessary move to the pit crewmen before a car comes into the pits and each one knows exactly what he is going to do Holland's 45 second pit stop one of the shortest in the race was evidence of the success of this system Moore is married and has no children He is 45 years old Moore stabllshed a successful record as a pilot in driving 3261 miles on the Speedway bricks but he was never quite success ful enough to win the race His best year was his fresh man year of 1928 when he fin ished second in a Miller Special to Louis Meyer Moore averaged 9924 miles an hour in his ore man Axle Special BAD LUCK DOGGED him and he finish another race until 1933 when he was third in a oreman Axle Special 10159 He was third again the same car 102625 1934 He retired from driving 1936 after failing to place at appliance stores and in priv ate clubs and taverns seemed equally absorbed ine recep tion was obtained on a set in stalled in "The city room even though 'it had only an in side aerial Members of The Star staff on office duty almost their co workers at the track when George Lynch spun his car on the south turn in the first crack up It Was flashed on the television screen instantly Congratulatory messages were received at the station from points as far away as Niles Mich Louisville Ky Cincin nati Wauteka and Spring field Ill Reception also was re ported from a number of In diana cities beyond the normal telecast range including South "Bend Evansville Terwa jHaute and Richmond ANOTIIER VIDEO was recorded yesterday' Police YOUR CHOICE Moore (third from left) looks like a happy man He had reason to in straight 500 mile race as a car builder and team manager (left to right) Qeorge Connor who finished third: BilL Holland Maurr Rose miles to go get admitted to Groton ''You haven't a chance" Adams told him "unless your father and i your grandfather too were I Groton boys in their The youngster reflected briefly then asked "Say how did they get the dam place Copyright 194ft by Bennett Orf I DUtributed by King Byndktto and" pretty gathers thrilled at such easyj 4621 comes in sizes" 2 PAGE closed trunk of a car' driven to ward the Speedway gates by their father The victims Lona May and Mary Lou Solbert 15 were revived by artificial respi ration administered by their brother Ernest and Sgt Thomai Seel auxiliary policeman CLARKSON 25 247 South Butler A venue" wta injured critically yesterday when a truck driven by his brother William 39 collided with the auto of James Moore 17 Mat toon Ill at New York and La Salle Streets Clarkson was removed to Gen eral Hospital with a basal skull fracture Moore treated with' William Clarkson for cuts and bruises was charged with reck less driving! While waitjng for his father to take on a load of milk at the Polk Milk Company 1100 East 15th Street John Orville Par sons7 Route Clayton sflfT fered a crushed foot when xhe got it caught in a conveyor belt He was taken to the hospital With an estimated 30000000 autos on the roads' California led in the violent death count with 42 'including 29 in traffic New York had 20 10 in traffic: Texas 23 and Ohio 23 Six of the Texas dead were drownings five of them children UUHDL till) 3531 in in ii 1935 and 1936 races and turned jl his talents to the mechanical end of the game Moore really Could be classed' as a five time "man behind the winner He managed both1 the Noc Out Hose Clamp Spe rial piloted to victory by Rose1 and loyd Davis in 1941 and the Burd Piston Ring Special with which the late loyd Rob erts won in 1938 Moore designed all three of the Blue Crown cars AU now I are powered with 270 cubic inph i motors i The two Blue Crowns I are front drive cars The "baby" i is a rear drive The engines were built by Meyer Drake Los Angeles firm headed by Louie Meyer himself a three time Speedway winner Death Toll 339 Concluded rom Page 1 family arrived in the plane from Adrian yesterday and had taken off for tjie return trip Hoosier dead in week end ac cidents Harold Oberholt 23 Hunting ton Harry isher Mon rovia Mrs Eunice isher 55 his wife James Richard Snider 21 Montgomery Russen Burkhardt 45 Indian apolis Herbert Thomas McCrory 38 Anderson Leonard Matrlman '20 Hunt Mrs Joseph Mlsslcano 46 Portland Cnri Rex 23 Waukegan ill Olerhol(t and Marriman died yesterday 'from injuries received'HrlarghUwhcn their truck Coy Kokbmoat the intersec tion of Ind 213 and near No blesville Mrs Missicano was killed in Jay County SUhday night in the collision of a car her 'husband was driving with another auto Mr and Mrs isher were killed Sunday When a Pennsyl vania Reread train' struck their car at a crossfhg north of Belleville Snlderi died Saturday be neath the wheels of a par after falling from its running hoard in Montgomery Burkhardt In dianapolis auctioneer was killed when his car struck a tree here rum frahf Sufida: near his home In Anderson Rex a motorcyclist was found dead beside his overturned ma chine yesterday at the aide of Ind 52 west of owled State Police said he apparently been crowded off the road was a former resident of fayette AUTO RACE EVER tributed to a half dozen or so injuries in Indianapolis A ruckus in the Infield at the Speedway ended with brothers Norman and Harold Johnson Peru treated in General Hospital for wounds inflicted by a knife and a beer bottle Harold 23 who went to his assistance in an alter cation with another fan was stabbed twice in the left shoul der police reported Norman 25 was cut on the scalp with the bottle Twin sisters from Plymouth Mich were overcome with car bon monoxide fumes in the ALSCO Oatninftlng Combination Windaw MO DOWN PAYMENT Small Monthly Payment Call MA 5554 'A a wonderful feeling getting your blankets back from the laundry so soft and cuddly Brighter and lighter than you ever remember Add years of life to your blankets' of pleasure to your homelife have your blankets cleaned our better mill process way Send them all here to the cleaning headquarters for famous name St Chatham North Star Kenwood ieldcrest and' others Is AKy'Recd "Cambridge City "who was charged with disorderly con 1 duct after allevedl? molestinc I women in the 'erowd viewing the tetycast in the Wm Block Company display window He will be tried in Municipal Court Room 3 todav Among the numerous informal TV parties in social rooms par lora or deps were those of the Mitcbeners 1017 airfield Avenue and Dr and Mrs Rob ert Lewis 3742 North Denny Street Elmer Teflinger artist amateur radio operator and tele vision enthusiast also held open house in his studio 158 'Bast 14th Street j'Everyone enjoyed it Taflinger said a hext door neighbor posted in the doctor's yard that read Keep Dog and Set Out of But friends and neighbors crowded into the house to view! the race ABOUT 20 "ALL guesfc reclined in comfortable chairs before the TV screen in the home munching on' tasty sandwiches and enjoying large quantities of liquid refresh ments Harry Bitner Jr WBM and jyBM TV general manager ex pressed "complete with the first operation of the new television transmitter "We got along very well consid ering the uncertainty on the part of the personnel working with a new type of he said course lots of little things went wrong but we tried to han die the programs as deliberately as possible and the patterns were fairly steady most of the Dewey Reaches Berlin Berlin May 30 Governor Thomas Dewey xf New York was welcomed to Berlin today by Maj Gen George Hays dep uty American military governor Dewey and his wife arrived at Tempelhof airfield from Western Germahy in an Army transport I plane Bride Deserter Nabbed By BI Wanted On Burglary Count At Evansville Gabardine Suits Covert Toppers Here are two ways to make adorable frock! Pattern has others too little girls love bib front be sewing! Pattern 4 6 8 Size 6 flare sleeve frock zn yarns Jo inch fabric 'This pattern easy to use sim pie to sew is tested for fit Has complete illustrated instructions II ft to MIW YORK i 3 hrs 35 mln 4 to LOf ANGELES 10 hrs 10 min 3 to PHILADELPHIA 4 hrs 5 mln Holland spurns Concluded rom Page quart silver cup engraved Wil presented for the first time this Year by Speed way President Wilbur Shawand took a long draught ATTHE REQUEsVf cam eramen Holland returned with no objection to kissing Miss Dar nell When it was all over Hol land had Just about as much lip stick as dirt and grease on his face Holland said his first nlan was "to take a good But it served it He drove a beautiful be a long one because he i wm anve tne oaoy niue crown in a 100 ftiile AAA champion ship dirt track race at Milwau kee next Sunday His victory yesterday climaxed a banner week for the Holland tribe The race driver proudly told reporters his 18 vear old son Bill Jr won the national' junior roller skating speed champion ship over the week end in Penn sylvania BILL get to Indianapolis in time to see his dad's victory Holland's two other children Linda 6 and Mrs Diane Phillips 19 alsowere absent 'Will Holland be back next year to defend his champion ship? i "I hope to he Holland who owns a roller skating rink in Reading said he plans to continue on the usual AAA summer driving circuit piloting the small Blue Crown on dirt tracks But keep the skating riski have to eat he said laughingly HOLLAND SAID he had no plans yet on how he would spend SEWING for vacation leaves you more money for GOING! See pdl dPrtw the latest styles to sew in our i ml diitoni and neighborhg new" ANNE' ADAMS Summer) cIUm Big wvingi on amily Holt Pattern Book A one suitcase J1 or Won and round "trip In travel' tvardrobe fashions for the or riwvoHoni alloy 43B1 or Whole family REE pattern of a pOviCSOTt enamrwi anri nsalra iin printed ngnij in ine dook fjbenQ jtist 'fifteenvcentsffiwei' for I '4 a Ir si TUESDAY MAY 31 T949 Telecast Success Conceded rom Page 1 bang than radio or the movies when they were new Ac cording to one local expert who' has experimented with television reception from other cities for the last twg years the premiere Train Crash Concluded rom Page 1 and Mack remained In the hos pital last night was per cent technically Another said it was Superior" to telecast nnortinn events he had seen in New York and Chicago A3 WBM TV made itri debut the hard way tackling long range action in which television is just now at its greatest disadvant 4 age There were minor difficui ties when people got in the Ag of the Linda a hat blocked the track moment Aw tamy at the start of the race cacner? see ill through crowds and se missed the Duke Nalon' crack up on tjie 4 Darnell gave the ynnner in Vic tory lane THEIR distant view seemed to reduce the cars in both size and speed But they gave stay at homes a better over all view of the race than many spectators i had In the less advantageous 1 grandstands If they I identify the passing xars by 1 nurnher3 all the necessary in formation was supplied by the voices of the announcers the same as being there but sight added to sound in the telecast brought the au thentic thriy to those peep show screens It was said to be the longest his siia re of ffie approximately 1 $45000 the car won He said he wasn going to do much last 'just take a rest for a few hours and then mayue find uomeming to ao Miss Darnell's white gabar dine suit' was grease streaked when the party inside the wire inclosure wes over Did 'Miss Darnell like the race? leaves you without words I'nj limp the grease ooesn matter a pit race is the most fantastic thing I ever saw" Said Shaw "The guy sure de cay 'X itt Mhoyt Grand Rapids Mich' broke her glasses and suffered a bruised side when the lurch hurled her upon a table The mishap telescoped the rear end bf the express car cou pled to the switch engine and battered the mail car on the end of the train There was no derailment but the accident delayed departure of the crack St Louis New Yoik flier for 'onger than an hour' Engineer Charles Gear 59 Cincinnati who was at the throt tie of the Diesel switch engine estimated the speed of the 500 000 pound double unit at eight miles an hour at the impact The jolt knocked the passer ger train forward a' distance oj 18 feet Mack at work in the dining car kitchen at the time suffered body and leg bums when cauldron of hot soup spilled over him in this victory celebration be after winning hit third With him are ni drivers Xu I a eha 'uianar jbr4 whose car stalled while he was riding in seconds plrice with less than 2 (AP Photo) The BI announced here last night the arrest of a man ac cused of driving away alone on his bridal night in his new automobile and then returning to burglarize her house BI Agent Harvey oster said the man George Sturm 47 years old was arrested at Oklahoma City on 'a unlawful flight to avoid prosecu tion for burglary The complaint was filed at Evansville last Sep tember OSTER SAID STURM was accused of driving awa? alone May 10 1948 in a new car pur chased for the honeymoon by his bride of that day He said the burglary complaint charged that Sturm returned five days later broke into her house while she was away and stole a pistol Sturm went to Idaho oster said and married an Idaho wom an June 30 The BI agent said Sturm left this bride five days later subsequently was charged with issuing fraudulent checks in several states oster said Sturm also is want ed by Illinois authorities for pa role violation The government agents described Sturm as a known confidence man with a record of 15 arrests They said his specialty is preying on el and the bodies by Luigi Levosky aeriy wiaows THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR Lou Moore Win 500 Third Time 2000 NORTHWESTEKN AVI SOUTH EAST ST TA2451 sporting event and "the longest inaugural pro gram ever televised The 2000 feet of cable stretching from the bus which housed the controls to the camera on the roof at the southwest turn of the track was believed to be the longest ever strung in TV Two other cam eras were4 posted at the paddock THE SET UP gave excellent coverage of the track fn front of the grandstands the south west turn and the pits The back stretch and the north turns of' the oval track were inaccessible to the cameras because none were permitted there Clear re ception gave the TV audiences a distant but impressive view of the feverish activity in the pits when the cars stopped fbr serv ice Interest was maintained dur ing lulls injhe race by luring celebrities to one of the cam eras ip the paddock for inter 'the owner of the Speedway Jane isher widow of the late Carl isher one of the founders Wilbur Shaw Speed way president Col Roscoe Tur ner and "QannbnbaH" Baker One strjking reserrfblance be tween the television premiere and the early days of the movies jvas the use of ad vertising trailers during occa sional switch backs to the studio THE LARGEST CROWDS downtown stood transfixed in front of the television displays In windows of Ayres Co and the Wm Block Company Smaller groups on the sidewalks streamlined A beautiful "well insulated Refrigerator cu ft of ood Space 75 lbs ICE capacity for holding cold temperature RERIGERATOR VALUE! and or MP 73m Wjj' Osa 'X TiTIfll Jli Till WIY WNNNN8Wb3aBW 1 7 ySa i 1 I1 I KM 1 2m I i Cs rsh 1 with 5 I A winy IU 88? 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