Seventeen "Planes to Start on August 20
Paris, July 17.
Seventeen aeroplanes, representing contestants from five nations, ha entered the Istres-Damascus-race, it was announced here today.
The race will start at isttes, in southern France, on August 20, and will replace the New York-Paris race which was abandoned after the ed States Department of Commerce failed to sanction it, on the grounds of needless danger.
Jimmy Mattern, noted long-distance flier, is the only American entered in the event—United Press.
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