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Air Race Winner Is A Syracusan
Capt Frances Nolde of Reading Pennsylvania won the all women California to Miami air race with a 17 hour 1 minute flight. She donated prize money to Jacqueline Cochran and was formerly married to G Carlton Brown of Syracuse. Brown later served in local governance while Nolde held CAP leadership roles during World War II.
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Frances Nalde
Reading
G. Carlton Brown
Syracuse
Wo Wa
Nalde
Army
Air Patrol
Palmes
Calif
Miami
Jacqueline Cochran
Brown
Charles G. Nunna
Formac
Frances Wilcox
Ciltion
College of Fine Acts
Syracuse University
Nol
CAE
Syracu
Sory
Industral Career Service
H. W. Nolde
Treadnec