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Aviation Meet Draws World Flyers to Chicago Grant Park
Chicago invites more than two score aviators from seven nations for a nine day meet at Grant Park. France sends Roland Garros and Rene Barrier. England features Sopwith. American stars include Baldwin, Hamilton, Ely, Beachey, Atwood and many others. The event runs daily 3:30 to 7, with 48 contests offering over 60,000 in prizes and 12,000 in cross country and cross water prizes, plus altitude and quick climbing awards. Proceeds go to charity. insurance and medical teams are arranged. two gunboats stand ready for emergencies. Hay fever ad for Foley's honey and tar follows.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Lake Front
France
Roland Garros
Rene Simon
Rene Barrier
Europe
Tom" Sopwith
J. A. D. McCurdy
Abraham Ragordsky
John J. Frisbie
Ireland
Edmond Audemars
Thomas Baldwin
American Aeronauts
Charles K. Hamilton
New York
Philadelphia
Eugene Ely
Hugh A. Robinson
Harry N. Atwood
Boston
Washington
Lincoln Beachey
Niagara Falls
F. E. Post
Milwaukee
St. Croix Johnston
Charles F. Willard
James V. Martin
Charles F. Walsh
Arthur Stone
United States
War Department
Samuel Reber
Signal Corps
Army
Chicago Harbor
Nashville
Dubuque
Lake Michigan