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THE DAILY NEWS, McKEESPORT, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1930.

Women Pilots in Unemployment Drive

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[[caption]] Some of the noted women flyers who went aloft for an air parade around New York as part of the drive for the Salvation Army's $500,000 Job Relief Fund. Mrs. Samuel Adams Clark, chairman of the women's emergency aid committee of the drive, made an address from the air above the business districts from the loudspeaker of the trimotored monoplane "Voice of the Sky." (Left to right) Mrs. H. Porter Bairn, "the grandmother pilot"; Mrs. Opal Kunz, Miss Manila Davis (in cockpit); Mrs. Samuel Adams Clark and Betty Huyler Gillies. [[/caption]]
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OUTSTANDING WOMEN PILOTS WHO WENT ALOFT IN A JOB FUND DRIVE

GLEN CURTISS FIELD, L.I....SOME OF THE NOTED WOMEN FLYERS WHO WENT ALOFT FOR AN AIR PARADE AROUND NEW YORK AS PART OF THE DRIVE FOR THE SALVATION ARMY'S $500,000 JOB RELIEF FUND. MRS. SAMUEL ADAMS CLARK, CHAIRMAN OF THE WOMEN'S EMERGENCY AID COMMITTEE OF THE DRIVE, MADE AN ADDRESS FROM THE AIR ABOVE THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS FROM THE LOUDSPEAKER OF THE TRI-MOTORED MONOPLANE "VOICE OF THE SKY."

(L. TO R.) MRS. H. PORTER BAIRN, "THE GRANDMOTHER PILOT" MRS. OPAL KUNZ, MISS MANILA DAVIS (IN COCKPIT), MRS. SAMUEL ADAMS CLARK AND BETTY HUYLER GILLIES.

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