Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 22 Oct 1931, p. 43

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In a gruelling contest of speed. et] durance and daring, a Marmon Six- teen standard sedan won the Samnuel B. Stevens Perpetuial Challenge "rrophy by maintaining the record speed of, 76.425 Miles ýper liour for twenty-four. continuous hours on, the Tindianapolis Motor, Speedway. 'Thle car covered a total, distance of .1.834 miles. The, newv record exceeds tlhe 'id mark establishied by a Stutz cariln 1927 by 7.985 miles per hour. ii ave r- age speed :and by 191.615. miles in (dis- tance* covered. The. entire cont est ,vas under the officiaI supervision oi tlie American Automo.bile association and the new record now, is suibject to the. oificiaI confirmation of- tle A. A. A. contest board in UWashing- ton. The Stevens .rpvwasI offered -eral 'arsaob Sanmuel B. Stev-ý ceis, imillionaire auitomobile nianui ac - turer and ilamons amateur race dIriveri of eaiËlv daYs. T'elic Idianapolis o1 tor Speedway is trustee of the troffli and. it remnains iln possession of thet înànufcturerwinnig it muail a nle%%, record is, estal)lishied. BV the termis of the trophv, presentation. aniv car coffpeting iiulst * eau, Amierican stock crI-lvequpped and itIi standard closed hodv ThéiîvCtori- nu armoî Sixteen wvas a ,stock five-passýenger sedan 1)icked at rail (loin froin the 'Marniion f.ctr ~ comuxiitte of A. A. A. offcials. A secondi Marmion Sixtecen ýstock car, also picked at ran(lom. likewis-e made the twentv-fo-ur lioti u mn ak. ing an avera.ie 51eed of 75.07 miles per.hour and covering a total dis-' tance ni f1.801nmilts.,1tralso exceed- cd the formier record ;I)- 6.63.-mil ei per boum and:.159.183 Miles Ti second1 car wvas a .filve-l)assenger close-c0Ipled sedan. MWerstedMotor coinpanv-, 562 jJilcolil aveniue, WVin- 1 nietka, is Itle-local Marmo (Ialer. Winnetka Firm IlHas Attractive, .AiWayS 6"_Face' iiftmc'7 '"When Walking on the High- way Be Sure to Face Traffic" is the warning conveyed by the October safety poster just distributed by the Chicago Motor club to ap- proximately 36,000 sch )olroomis in Illinois and northern Indiana. The poster portrays two boys and a girl. walkmng, as they shôuld, oôn. the right hand side of the high-. way, or facing the direction, f roin which cars .vill approachi themi. In .a letter to teachers which 'ac- companied the poster, the miotor club poiintèd.ont that statistics re- l1aing to pedestrian accidents on rural- highways indicate that ap- proXimpately five 'Out of every .six pedestrians injuredwere walking, with their -back toward approaclh- ing traff ic at the time of tlie acci- (lent. NOW a new and'better gasoline,, STANDARDRED CROWN Try it-we kniow you'I l ikr it-at the regular price. Special 5-gallon can .0f POLARINE OIL--$2.50 Washing is a specia lty rith us-give us aty- THEOILWELL Main St.ý at Linden Ave. Bob "n iMac Phone Wilmette 3334 u ~ItitSR <AU took ou/I And we inen look u Smlecurling up tkrough the ifoor boardis) 'r %E% WR à LLM a *Automobile engineers have taken cognizancé of the fact that womenLýi smioke. In the niew miodel Packard cars a cigaret ligliter andi ashi re- cever are' fç)nnd at the leit side of the rear seat, as well as the ýright. side.. It usurps, the plate iormlerly occupied by a powder.puif. 740 Twelfth Street Wilmette 691-696, 1 Phone Wil.mette 3334.

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