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Capitol Airways to Dedicate New Capitol Field
Elmer H. Jose announces August 31 opening of the new Capitol Airways airport located on Thirtieth St west of Lafayette Pike with a 2 30 p m dedication by a Commerce Department representative. An air circus from 4 to 8 p m will feature wing walking parachute drops and formation and stunt flying by about twenty five Army planes from Selfridge Chanute Rantoul Bowman Stoutfield and Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Public names contest for the airport runs to August 30.
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Capitol Airways, Inc
Lafayette Pike
Elmer H. Jose
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States Department of Commerce
Bobby Young
Indianapolis
Selfridge Field
Detroit
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Bowman Field
Louisville
Columbus
Ohio
Stoutfield
Indiana
Walter R. Peck
Schoenfield
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
National Guard
H. Weir Cook
Jose