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FEATURES OF SUNDAY'S AIR SHOW

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That members of the Race have become "air-minded" and are going for aviation in a big way is indicated by this group which attended the air show at Harlem Airport last Sunday in Chicago. Of the 30,000 attending, over 5,000 spectators were of the Race. Left to right, Dr. Earl Renfroe, Miss Dolores Jackson, Dr. Ted Cable, Doris Murphy, Robert H. Miller, Mayor of Bronzeville, Mrs. Janet Waterford, Grover Nash, Dr. Lloyd Taylor, Miss Elizabeth Byrd; kneeling Dr. Spurgeon Morris.

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Cornelius Coffey, U. S. licensed air pilot and instructor of aviation at Harlem Airport, compliments Miss Lola Jones, one of the contestants in last Sunday's air show for her excellent flying as Miss Willa Brown, another contestant, looks on. 

INSTRUCTOR DIES; WOMAN HURT IN AIRPLANE CRASH 
Couple Fail to Come Out of Practice Spin

RACE FLYER IN ETHIOPIAN WAR LAUDED
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corded the 31-year-old Chicago aviator who left the United States thirteen months ago and literally covered himself with glory, trying to preserve the independence of the last African empire. 

Anxiously awaiting his arrival from New York where he had been since his return from Europe a week ago, a crowd of 5,000 persons gathered at the Municipal airport and acclaimed their hero as he stepped from the TWA plane. 
 
Police lines were broken by the admiring throng which rushed to the ace war pilot and showered him with flowers, kisses, hand shakes, and words of cheer. For fifteen minutes Colonel Robinson stood before a battery of newsreel and newspaper cameramen. Between "shots" reporters quizzed him on his trip to Ethiopia and asked him to relate a few of his experiences, but very modestly the "Brown Condor" asked them to see him later. 
 
Long before the appointed hour for the arrival of the plane bearing Colonel Robinson and Claude Barnett, president of Provident hospital and director of the associated Negro Press, the mammoth crowd filled the lawns of the airport. 
 
The admiring throng had been orderly until an anouncement through the loud speaking system stated that the plane with the Colonel is "now circling the field."


Williams took first club prize, Vivian Marshall second prize and Aurelia Edwards, booby. 
 
Mrs. Ernestine Daniels and Paul Miles, visitors, were among those who enjoyed the two-course luncheon served by the hostess. Aurelia Edwards, president. 

Banner's Vice Prexy Announces Marriage
 
When the West Side Banner Social Club met at their new home, 2410 Warren boulevard, Monday night, Miss Evelyn Williams vice, president, announced her marriage to Henry C. Matthews. After the business was disposed of, members indulged in playing whist. Mrs. Ida Mae Hutton and W. Wilkins received the highest awards and Mr. and Mrs. Barker received the next highest.
 
Wetzel Connie, president of the Criterion Civic club won first prize at their Progressive Whist party, Thursday. A delicious luncheon was served by the chaplain, Mrs. DeSheilds. Emma Dawson, president; Sarah Parks, secretary; Evelyn Willians, reporter. 

Gospel Feast At People's Church

The Fulton Street Gospel Choir is planning to present a musicale the second Sunday in June. Talented persons will appear on the program. The famous Johnson radio gospel singers, and Mt. Olive Gospel Chorus under the direction of Prof. G. W. Wells will take the part. Everyone is welcome. Mrs. Dorothy Herron, director and pianist; Mrs. Tora Courts, reporter. 

Students In Classes At Provident Busy

     
HEAD OF ETHIOPIA AIR FORCES WON WINGS IN CHICAGO
 
John C. Robinson, mentioned in dispatches from Addis Ababa yesterday as the American chief of the Ethiopian air forces, was identified by his Chicago friends as the only representative of the colored race to hold a transport pilot's license.
 
Capt. Richard Duncan, an associate of Robinson, said the new ace of the Ethiopian air forces is a graduate of Tuskegee institute and of a Chicago flying school. After his graduation from flying school three years ago Robinson became an instructor and had a class of thirty colored air students. 
 
Fully licensed and with 1,200 hours of flying to his credit, Robinson last May met representatives of the Ethiopian government in Washington, it was said, and was sent to Africa at their expense. Yesterday it was reported that he has supplanted Hurbert Julian, "The Black Eagle of Harlem," in the esteem of Emperor Haile Selassie. 

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