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[[BOX]] SPAULDING-GORHAM JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS CHICAGO • EVANSTON [[/BOX]] [[BOX]] Twentieth Annual Convention International association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions CONGRESS HOTEL, CHICAGO September 11th to 15th, Inclusive [[/BOX]] [[BOX]] ART GESSLER « ICE » NORTHBROOK GLENVIEW ILLINOIS Phone Glenview 183 and 544 U. S. Brewing Co. BEERS Rheingold [[/BOX]] [[box]] AMERICAN DECORATING CO. DECORATIONS FOR ALL OCCASIONS EXTERIOR & INTERIOR BUILDINGS, STREETS & FLOATS Estimates and Designs Furnished Official and Special American Legion Decorations 673 WEST MADISON STREET [[bullet]] CHICAGO Phone Haymarket 3274 [[/box]] Winners of the James Gordon Bennett Cup Year | Winner | Country | Starting Place | Distance (Miles) | 1906 | Lieut. Frank P. Lahm | America | Paris, France | 402 | 1907 | Osker Erbslosh | Germany | St. Louis, Mo. | 872 | 1908 | Col. Oberst Staeck | Switzerland | Berlin, Germany | 753 | 1909 | E. W. Mix | America | Zurich, Switzerland | 696 | 1910 Alan R. Hawley | America | St. Louis, Mo. | 1173 | 1911 | Hans Gericke | Germany | Kansas City, Mo. | 471 | 1912 | Maurice Bienaime | France | Stuttgart, Germany | 1334 | 1913 | Ralph Upson | America | Paris, France | 384 | 1914-1919 | Discontinued owing to the war | 1920 Ernest Demuyter | Belgium | Birmingham, Ala. | 1098 | 1921 | Paul Armbruster | Switzerland | Brussels, Belgium | 476 | 1922 | Ernest Demuyter | Belgium | Geneva, Switzerland | 852 | 1923 | Ernest Demuyter | Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | 717 | 1924 | Ernest Demuyter | Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | 444 | Winners of the Second James Gordon Bennett Cup 1925 | A. Veenstra | Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | 836 | 1926 | Ward T. Van Orman | America | Antwerp, Belgium | 535 | 1927 | Edward J. Hill | America | Detroit, Mich. | 745 | 1928 | Capt. W. B. Kepner | America | Detroit, Mich. | 460 | Winners of the Third James Gordon Bennett Cup 1929 | Ward T. Van Orman | America | St. Louis, Mo. | 341 | 1930 | Ward T. Van Orman | America | Cleveland, Ohio | 542 | 1931 | Cancelled because of economic conditions. 1932 | Lieut-Commander T. G. W. Settle | America | Basle, Switzerland | 921 | Record of Winners by Nations Country | Times | United State | 10 | Belgium | 5 | Germany | 2 | Switzerland | 2 | France | 1 | International Gordon Bennett Balloon Race Event No. 8 Sponsored by The Chicago Daily News Total Purse - $2,000.00 1st Place - The Gordon Bennett Trophy $1000.00 in Cash 2nd Place - $600.00 in Cash 3rd Place - $300.00 in Cash 4th Place - $100.00 in Cash Johnny Miller THE PENNZOIL COMPANY also is sponsoring the appearance of Johnny Miller, the only man who loops an autogiro. This maneuver is exceedingly dangerous with a 'giro, since the blades in all probability would snap, if he were to "hang" on top of the loop. [[box]] AVERY BRUNDAGE COMPANY General Contractors 11 S. La Salle St. Chicago [[/box]] PAGE 38 INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES