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Daily Program of Events
Events of necessity may not be run off in the order listed. Listen for Announcements.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th
Labor Day

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Event
A 1:00 P.M.— Texaco Fire Chief Band. 

B American Legion Drill.

C Opening Ceremony.

D Event No. 23—Parachute Jumping Contest.

E Event No.14—Free-for-all for men and women pilots. Total purse $400.00. Fifteen points towards Sweepstake award. Open to any type air-plane, powered with an engine having not more than 200 cubic inch piston displacement. Qualify-ing speed—100 miles per hour. Distance—20 
miles, 4 laps over a 5-mile course. 

SCORING
PLACE NAME         TIME
1st ____________________
2nd ____________________
3rd ____________________
4th ____________________
5th ____________________

F Johnny Miller in Looping Autogiro—Sponsored by The Pennzoil Company.

G Open Port—Music by the Texaco Fire Chief Band.

H Tactical Maneuvers by U.S. Marine Air Corps.

I "Spud" Manning's 10,000 ft. Delayed Parachute Jump—Sponsored by The Pennzoil Company.

J Event No. 15—Free-for-all for men and women pilots. Total purse $800.00. Fifteen points towards Sweepstake award. Open to any type air-plane, powered with an engine having not more than 375 cubic inch piston displacement. Qual-ifying speed—150 miles per hour. Distance—30 miles, six laps over a 5-mile course. 

SCORING
PLACE NAME         TIME
1st ____________________
2nd ____________________
3rd ____________________
4th ____________________
5th ____________________

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Event
K Aerial Acrobatic Wing Walking by Kurt Kunau, Champion European Wing Walker.

L Shell Speed Dash—World's Record Attempt—3-kilo-
meter Straight-away— Qualifying Speed—275 
miles per hour.

M Event No.16—THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS 
TROPHY RACE— Free-for-all for men and 
women pilots. Total purse $1800.00 and trophy. Fifteen points towards Sweepstake award. Open 
to any type airplane, powered with an engine hav-ing not more than 550 cubic inch piston displace-ment. Qualifying speed—175 miles per hour. Distance—50 miles, ten laps over a 5-mile course.

N "The Arup" Mystery Ship.

O Open Port—Music by the Texaco Fire Chief Band.

P Lieut. Tito Falconi—Premier Italian Acrobat.

Q Tactical Maneuvers by First Pursuit Group U. S. Army Air Corps.

R Phillips "66" Hollywood Trio—Acrobatic Smoke Screen—Frank Clarke, Howard Batt, Paul Mantz 
-Sponsored by the Phillips Petroleum Company.

S Departure of First Pursuit Group for Selfridge Field.

T Major Ernst Udet—German Acrobatic Ace.

U Departure of U. S. Marine Air Corps for Quantico, 
Virginia.

V Event No. 17—FRANK PHILLIPS TROPHY 
RACE—International Free-for-all for men and 
women pilots. Total purse $10,000, including lap prizes—Frank Phillips trophy for permanent pos-session. Open to any type airplane, powered with any type of engine or engines. Qualifying speed -225 miles per hour. Distance—100 miles, 12 
laps over a 8 1/3-mile course.

SCORING
PLACE NAME         TIME
1st ____________________
2nd ____________________
3rd ____________________
4th ____________________
5th ____________________

W Group Parachute Jump. Grand Finale.

INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES