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Show GIRL IS SPEED DEMON V -,' K , Miss Frances Thornton, popularly called "Bunny," has sprung into prom-Inence prom-Inence through her sensational driving of speed cars on mile dirt tracks. Miss Thornton is n Brooklyn girl and socially so-cially prominent In that borough. While driving at a 70-mile-an-hour gait at a recent race meot in Peoria, IU.. she crashed through a fence. She escaped uninjured, but her mechanician was fearfully hurt. She jumped out of the machine, calmly administered first aid and saw the Injured man to the hospital. hos-pital. "Bunny" is the successor of the famous Mrs. John Newton Cuneo, who broke many records some years ago and then retired from the racing game. She is only nineteen years old. |