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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 2nd
Labor Day--Akron Day--Labor Organizations Day--Army Day Thompson Products Day--Firestone Day

ANNOUNCERS: Jack Story, Cheif.
Bernard Capehart, Assistant.
Ted Winters, Assistant.

1:20 P.M. Free-for-All Race Event No. 10--for Ships with 200 cu.in.motors. Distance 10 miles, 2 laps over the 5-mile course. Total Purse $600.00.
1:30 P.M. Parachute Jumping Contest.
1:50 P.M. "1935 AVIATION ON PARADE."
2:00 P.M. OPENING CEREMONY.
2:05 P.M. "1935 NATIONAL AIR RACES IN SMOKE--Chevrolet Trio--Art Davis, Roger Don Rae and Bob O'Dell, sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Company.
2:10 P.M. "Blue Flash Chases Carbon"--Milo Burcham, World Champion Inverted Flight Pilot, sponsored by the Pocahontas Oil Company.
2:20 P.M. First Pursuit Group U.S. Army Air Corps from Selfridge Field under command of Lt. Col. Ralph Royce--Tactical Maneuvers.
2:45 P.M. Human Bats--10,000-foot delayed parachute race--Clem Sohn and Irvin Davis, sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Company.
2:55 P.M. Michel De Troyat, International Acrobatic Ace--Major Al Williams at the microphone, sponsored by the Gulf Refining Company.
3:05 P.M. Free-for-All Race Event No. 11--for Ships with 375 cu. in. motors. Distance 60 mules, 12 laps over the 5-mile course. Total Purse $3,500.00.
3:35 P.M. Tri-motored Ford in Acrobatics--Harold Johnson, sponsored by the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
3:45 P.M. "The Men on the Flying Trapeze"-- U.S. Army Air Cops Trio from Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Alabama-- Major C.L. Chennault, Lieut. J.H. Williamson and Lt. W. C. McDonald.
4:00 P.M. The Gulf "Hawk" flown by Major Al Williams--doing aerobatics, sponsored by the Gulf Refining Company.
4:10 P.M. "Reaching for the Clouds"-- Johnny Runger, sponsored by the Leisy Brewing Company.
4:20 P.M. Fleet Marine Force, U.S. Marine Corps from Quantico, Virginia under command of Lt. Col. Roy S. Geiger--Wartime Maneuvers.
4:50 P.M. Novelty Flying by Capt. Dick Granere, Canadian World War Ace.
5:00 P.M. Texaco Fire  Cheif Band sponsored by The Texas Company.
5:00 P.M. CHARLES E. THOMPSON TROPHY RACE Event No, 12--World's Premier Land Plane Speed Classic. Distance 150 miles, 10 laps over the 15-mile course. Total Purse $15,000.00.
5:45 P.M. "Miss Chevrolet" flown by Harold Neuman, sponsored by the Chevrolet  Motor Company.
5:50 P.M. Gerd Achgelis, International Acrobatic Ace-- Major Al Williams at the microphone, sponsored by the Gulf Refining Company.
6:00 P.M. Chevrolet Acrobatic Trio with smoke--Art Davis, Roger Don Rae and Bob O'Dell sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Company.
6:15 P.M. Mass Parachute Jump.

NIGHT SHOW SPONSORED BY THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF OHIO
7:30 P.M. Drawing of Prizes in Official Program Prize Contest (Refer to last Page of Official Program).
7:45 P.M. Precision Driving by the Leisy Brewing Company Championship Six-horse Team.
8:00 P.M. Jimmie Lynch and His Death Dodgers--Death Defying Driving Exhibitions.
8:45 P.M. 10,000-foot Illuminated Delayed Parachute Race--Tot Dryer and Earl Stein.
9:00 P.M. Pyrotechnic Spectacle.
9:15 P.M. Ray Woods, human torch--100-foot Fire Dive.
9:20 P.M. Pyrotechnic Finale.

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