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[[newspaper clipping]]
Girl Pilots Out to Win "Speed Queen" Title in 40-Mile Air Race

[[images - photographs of four women]]
[[captions]] 
MANILA C. DAVIS
She's from West Flatwoods, Va., and was the first woman in her State to win a pilot's license.
EDNA M. GARDNER
She's a U. S. Navy nurse, who learned to fly when she wasn't taking care of her patients.
ELINOR SMITH
She is one of the most famous of the women pilots, and conceded an excellent chance.
LAURA INGALLS
Her plane is the fastest entered in the race tomorrow, but handicap allowance given others insure an even race. 
[[/captions]]

[[image - map]]
[[caption]] HERE'S THE COURSE THE 18 WOMEN PILOTS WILL FLY IN AIR DERBY [[/caption]]
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Referee
S. L. WILLETS

Starter
AMELIA EARHART

Chief Scorer
MISS RUTH V. NICHOLS

Timers
JACK W. BISHOP
MISS VIOLA GENTRY

Chairman Technical Committee
HUGH COPELAND
(Committee to be formed)

Advisory Committee
MRS. FLOYD BENNETT
RUSSELL BOARDMAN
COL. CLARENCE CHAMBERLAIN
ARTHUR CHAMBERLIN
MRS. J. R. CHAMBERLAIN
CY CAULDWELL
J. GUTHRIE
COL. HAROLD E. HARTNEY
MRS. HERBERT HANSCOM
O. P. HARWOOD
LADY HAY DRUMMOND HAY
C. S. (CASEY) JONES
MAJOR J. NELSON KELLY
K. S. LINDSAY
MRS. HANK MILLER
JACK O'MEARA
CLYDE PANGBORN
MISS PEARL M. PELLATON
MAJOR ALEX P. de SEVERSKY
FRANK TICHENOR
SWANEE TAYLOR
COL. GEO. A. VAUGHN
ROGER Q. WILLIAMS

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