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SPAULDING-GORHAM

JEWELERS
SILVERSMITHS
STATIONERS

CHICAGO • EVANSTON

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Twentieth Annual Convention

International association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions

CONGRESS HOTEL, CHICAGO

September 11th to 15th, Inclusive

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ART GESSLER

« ICE »

NORTHBROOK GLENVIEW
ILLINOIS

Phone
Glenview 183 and 544

U. S. Brewing Co.
BEERS
Rheingold

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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
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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.

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AVERY BRUNDAGE COMPANY
General Contractors
11 S. La Salle St.
Chicago
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