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Show ganda balloons, of barely sufficient lifting lift-ing power to let the man remain on the ground. A light spring would send them many feet Into the air, and in the contest con-test Corporal Byrd won with a distance jump of 101 feet. Every type of American balloon was shown fn action and balloons of .foreign armies were on exhibition with a big display dis-play of war relics. Airplanes also took part In the program. AERIAL CARNIVAL IS STAGED AT FT. OMAHA Omaha, Neb.. July IS. Twenty-five thousand people today witnessed an "aerial carnival" staged hv the Fort Omaha army balloon school soldiers, led bv Pilot I. eo Stevens, the world's most noted balloonist, who has been in army work since hostilities began. Contests made up a large part of the program and unique among these was a "balloon jumping" contest won bv Corporal Cor-poral James 1.. Byrd of Nine company. Six men were strapped to small prona- |