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First Five in Powder Puff Derby to Share $2,000 Prize Money
The Ninth Annual All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race starts in Long Beach July 2 with a $2,000 prize pool. First place earns 800, second 500, third 400, fourth 200, fifth 100 plus trophies. Race route Long Beach to Springfield Mass with arrival July 6. Organizers Iris Critchell Dorothy Hayes oversee start tasks.
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L.A
Long Beach
Betty H. Gillies
San Diego
Air Race Board of Directors
Springfield
Mass
Iris Critchell
Redondor Beach
Ninety-Nines, Inc
Dorothy Hayes
Palm, Springs
Hilda Reafsnyder
Garden Grove
Rita Gibson J
Donina Evans
Bellflower
Jean Elliot