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...racers dashed on into the rising sun, fighting rain squalls most of the way. Soon three of them were forced down by minor troubles. The remaining five pressed on, managed to finish. First to swoop down over the 2,500 hardy enthusiasts who braved a Cleveland drizzle was Mister Mulligan, a white, high-wing monoplane designed, owned and flown by meticulous Benjamin Odell ("Benny"') Howard. Jumping from his plane, Pilot Howard stilled congratulations with: "I haven't won yet." He was right. Hard-driving Colonel Turner, Bendix winner in 1933, had started almost two hours later...
...Winner Howard the $4,500 prize money came in handy. A married airmail pilot with a distinguished racing record, he constantly designs new racing planes, had sunk his last cent in Mister Mulligan. A dark, lanky, unostentatious man of 31, he contrasts strongly with swashbuckling, peacocky Colonel Turner, who last week thirsted for revenge, waited impatiently for the final spectacular Thompson Trophy Race in which he hoped to regain his laurels as No. 1 U. S. speedster...
...this climax to the three-day aerial spasm finally arrived, vengeful Colonel Turner was sorely disappointed to learn that United Air Lines had forbidden its valuable "Benny" Howard to fly in any of the hazardous pylon races. Still, the Colonel found some consolation in the thought of beating Mister Mulligan, which was entered under the skillful guidance of little Harold Neumann of Moline, Ill., who had already walked off with the rich Greve Trophy in Designer Howard's atom-small White Mike. The Labor Day crowd of 80,000 was overwhelmingly behind the gaudy Turner and the same golden...
...Suddenly, near the finish, the crowd was stunned to see a thick black plume of smoke belch from his Hornet motor as an oil-line clogged. Out of the race dropped Favorite Turner, managing to land safely in his oil-spattered racer. Into the lead went steady Mister Mulligan to win in the slow time of 220.1 m.p.h. on the first occasion that one plane had ever captured both Bendix and Thompson Races. Watching the big white plane whiz past, unhappy Colonel Turner consoled himself with: "It's always better to get down and walk than win a race...
...currently in use. The records were made by special order of Walter P. Chrysler, who is distinctly proud of the choir which grew spontaneously in his factory. Motorman Chrysler last week was planning to give to his friends such selections as Home on the Range, The Hallelujah Chorus, The Mulligan Musketeers, O Bone Jesu, Cornfield Melodies...