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day Telegram 
Gazette Sunday Edition
A, N.Y., August 16, 1931.

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Duration, Possible Altitude And Distance Marks are Set; Schempp Lands in Odessa
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Announcement of Possible New Records Made at Mark Twain Banquet Last Night-Kimball Invites Pilots return Here For 1932 Meet-Ross Compliments Pilots For Sportsmanship-Future Bright.
  The 1931 National Gliding and Soaring Contest fades into history today but its ending is hallowed in a blaze of glory.
  Although weather conditions have hampered the pilots, this year's meet will go down in the annals of gliding as hav-ing seen the establishment of a new American duration record, a new duration record for women, and possible new altitude and distance records.

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  Announcement of the possibility of new altitude and distance rec-ords for the meet came at the ban-quet tendered the visiting birdmen last evening at the Mark Twain Hotel. More than 200 attended the gala affair.
  Possible New Records
  Professor Peter Altman, chair-man of the technical committee of the meet, stated Martin Schempp, Pittsburgh, Pa., may have estab-lished the two new records in a flight yesterday from East Ridge. Schempp's baragraph will not be calibrated until late today.
  The Pittsburgh entrant took off from East Ridge in his special type German sailplane shortly after 3 p.m. with only fair soaring con-ditions prevailing. He managed to get above a fleecy cloud, however, where he remained for nearly two
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hours landing near Odessa, an ap-proximate airline distance of 30 miles.
  The highlight of the banquet last night was the extending of an of-ficial invitation by Howard H. Kim-ball, president of the Association of Commerce, to the flyers and the Na-tional Glider Association to stage the 1932 contest in Elmria.
  Wants Next Meet
  Mr. Kimball was the first speaker called upon by J. Norton Wood, master of ceremonies. Mr. Kimball extended an official greeting to the visitors, stated he was fully con-vinced of the value of gliding, and asked the flyers to return here next year for the national meet.
  Prior to the speeches an elaborate entertainment program was pre-sented under the direction of Joseph F. Riley, direction of City Recreation Commission. In addition to the Recreation Commission enter-tainers, the Exchange Club Trio, Ernie, Al and Nate, sang a series of songs which were well received by the audience.
  One of the outstanding talks of the evening was given by L.F. Ross, who was loaned by the Cleve-land Pneumatic Tool Company, to act as official at both 1930 and this year's meet.
  Pilots Are Sportsmen
  Mr. Ross said the feature of the 1931 contest with which he was im-pressed the most was the good