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Show ACE WILL AID AIRPORT FETE Halt Lake City, proud or Its recently re-cently improved airport a being among tha bait If not tha beat-In beat-In the nation, will have opportunity to celebrate that pride Saturday night and Sunday. Pcrhape the outatanding event In .the program of dancing, flying aadli peaking will be the apeed dash' from Burbank, Cel., of Frank W. Fuller Jr . winner of the 1037 Ben-dix Ben-dix air derby and holder of the all-time all-time apeed record between Burbank and Cleveland. Mr. Fuller aent word that he would aet the time of hia takeoff Sunday later thia week, the flight to depend upon weather condition. Lincoln Ure. chairman of a chamber cham-ber of commerce committee in charge of the celebration, aald that the principal apeaker at exerciaee Sunday afternoon had yet to be elected, but that Governor Henry H. Blood and Mayor E. B. Erwln would be on the program. Ceremo-nlea Ceremo-nlea on tha field will atart after the regular tranaport planea have landed- at 1:43 p. m. Workera who placed the concrete on the field aa a WPA project will be feted at a dance in the army hangar Saturday night. At 11 a. m. Sunday 13 planea flying fly-ing In formation will aoar over the city. The afternoon program will Include apot landing, balloon bursting burst-ing and bomb dropping by aviators, and The Tribune-Telegram band will play. A dedication ceremony will be held In the army hangar at 2 p. m. luting 43 minutea, with Harold P. Fabian aa maater of ceremonica. Payment of 1300 to Lorenso Young, architect, for aervicea in connection with enlargement of tl.e admlnlatration building at the an port had been authorned Wednesday Wed-nesday by tha city commission. Records ahow that previoua payments pay-ments bring the total remitted to Mr. Young to 1172 90. |