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[PAGE 131] [[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]] [[/newspaper clipping]] 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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