Outstanding official records for fuel economy were scored by Ford, Mercury and Lincoln-Zephyr cars in capturing two firsts and one second place in the 1940 running of the Gilmore-Yosemite economy run January 4, the contest committee has announced. The records were made the more remarkable by the fact the 3065-mile run, which leads from near sea level to an altitude of more than 6000 feet, was made in severe rain and sleet storms.
The Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 captured top honours in class H for the third straight year when a stock model sedan averaged 19.90 miles per gallon over the difficult route, Official American Automobile Association tabulations showed that the Lincoln-Zephyr made 49329 ton miles per gallon. The car obtained greater actual mileage per gallon than several cars in lower price brackets, as well as making a better showing: than a 1939 model of the same make scored in winning its class in the same contest a year ago.
A 1940 Mercury 8 won in class D with a mark of 2376 actual miles per gallon over the rain swept course. The Mercury, a stock sedan carrying a driver and four passengers, outclassed most of the 28 entries in the run by making a ton-mile average of 50822, the official AAA contest figures show, Nearly 25 Miles to One Gallon An 85-horsepower Ford delüxe V-8 far surpassed the two other volume production cars in its price class, and turned in a record of 2492 actual miles per gallon and 51420 ton miles per gallon. This was the highest mileage made in that class by any car not equipped with an overdrive.
The Ford was a stock model sedan, in competition with the winning car in class B which was equipped with overdrive and free wheeling. Rules of the contest forbid cars not having special equipment to coast down hills. Official results showed a second volume production car to be next behind the Ford with a mark of 22.87 miles per gallon and 48.022 ton miles per gallon, followed by a third volume production car with 2254 actual miles and 45.164 ton miles per gallon.
Noropy is better qualified to organize Assistance for Finns fieeing from Russian terrorism than Mme Gripenberg, wife of the Finnish Minister in London, who has organized Red Cross work in four countries. Miss Joan Moseley Williams, as she was, drove an ambulance in France for the Nursing Yeomanry it the last war, and was afterwards a Red Cross organizer in Albania, We Indian Reservations of—North America, and Spain. The Hopi tribe of Indians, with whom she was actively connected, gave her the name of "Wonder Girl" as a tribute to her all-round achievements, with the two subsidiary names of "Spider Girl" and "Bear Girl."
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