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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1919. FIVE FAMOUS FLYERS AND THE COURSE OF GREAT AIR DERBY it . - ,BVam- " C rl 1 Mriud:er-Oenerl I. E. Charlton. . c r t British air forces, pilots a .Bristol r sthine with 400 h. p. Liberty motor. T:: British government has - taken an :,:tive interest in the great. air derby. ' ; I I J - ' ""i ., ; i 5 - ' - j , -,'- ' -' ":- - ' K't,- I-'' 'S ENTERTAINMENT OF OLD LADIES HOME Will Be Given at High School Audi torium October 24. ; ' " x f !5 COi.CC4SaW3CtZiC,lES; ZJZ-JaA4KaAAUZ2Sn CAPX MOOT JBOTrCJS' The first entertainment In the In terest of the new home for the aged will begiven by the old ladiee of the home on October 24. The committee In charge of this entertainment is anxious to secure some costumes -in connection with the presentation and would appreciate -the loan for the oc casion and of the following articles: Costumes suitable for the presentation of Queen Victoria and her two ladies in waiting. Empress Eugenie, .an old fashioned . hoop skirt, an American. French and Confederate flag. , The la dles will be grateful If any why have such costumes and flags will com municate with Miss Nell Burrow, Mrs. A- O. DeWeese, or Mrs. Clarence Frenkel. TM entertalnme.it will take II M ' place at the High School auditorium, Friday. October 24. It will be gives by 10 of the old ladies who are wait ing. not patiently but impatiently tc do their bit to raise the first monejL for the new home for the aged. The general admission will bo 8( cents, with no charge for children o five years or under. REVENUES IN RABBIT RAISINO--Thti booklet points the way to n indepen dent income. Send for it. .The Florida Rabbit Farm, CrAmanton, Fla. 8331 Colonel Cluver. U. S. A., piloting a German Fnkkpr. n-111 rin hla ,)ring out the celebrated finalities of the machine. which for a long time grave the Germans supremacy in air lighting. Among 'the many romantic war records held by tiri' c'trby contestants is that of Lieut. John O. Donaldson, an American ace at 20, who was shot down, captured aad escaped from a German prison. l - I MWS Ml Long distsnce flying has .for a long tiire been, "a nobby of Captain Franclj, en American army flyer, who pilotsa Martin bomber. He is convinced he can cross the continent with but two stops. V JANF2ANCJSCO t SAJL j 4 - v. - t - W imi -j-jmA . v J m . mwsr. r"' rc7pwn I Kr' : ' ., ami 111 1 j 1111 111 I .La&uTrr OMAHA 1" THE RACE COURSE OVER WHICH AIR DERBY CONTSTANTS ARE SKIMMING. SHOWING THE TWENTY.ONE CONTROL STATIONS. THE ROUND TRIP DISTANCE IS 5.4C0 MILES. . LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Tarrants, 621 West Garden street announce the birth of a son on Saturday, October IS. Mr. and Mrs. "W. E. Little are re ceiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter last Monday ' moriiing ' at their home on East Jackson street. Mr. and Mrs. Howe were entertain ed Wednesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Lee. and dined with, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perry on Tue3day. W: R. Fell, for many years with the E. E. Saunders Fish company, is row employed by the Pensacola Shlpbuild ing plant as one of the guards. Mr. Fell had been in the employ of the Saunders Fish company - continuously for twenty-seven years, his c'uties be ing in connection with the i lsption and weighing of the great catches of fish brought In from the snapper banks. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Touart cf Nash ville, Tenn., are spending a fow days in .Pensacola, registered at the San Carlos -hoteL-v-;-;? v "r-'; John H. Pace returned to tho city yesterday morning from JCew Orleans where he attended, the world's cotton conference which adjourned there' on Thursday night. Hotel men of the Cnited States have honored C. B. HerYey, manager of the San Carlos, by re-election as vice-president. of the Hotel Men's Mu tual Benefit association for the state of Florida, which office he has held for the past two years. . The president of the hotel associa tion is Percy Turrell. of San Antonio. Each state in the union is represented on the official board by a vice-president, and Florida .13 fortunate in the selection made. . "BE FRANK" WINS LATONIA CUP RACE , Latonia, Ky- . Oct. 18. Be Frank won yie Latonia cup race for seven thousand" five hundred dollars added money here today, two lengths ahead of Exterminator who was second, with Legal third. The time was 4:17. ...... ... , . ..... - , ' : - - -jw ; : Which is More Important.....; ,,,: Your Vision or ' i v i m w w . m sw bk - Business Chances The Best Cigar and News Stand Location in Pensacola FOR RENT Address - - P. O. DRAWER 1615 f Its Going to Be Cold! MAKE YOUR PREPARATIONS NOW LBDsjira Dwells (CdDDTraffdDtrQs fej; - in all weights and fabrics. V . 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