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Show BALBO LEADS WAYTO ITALY CHICAGO, July 19 U.E General Italo Balbo pointed his seaplane into clear eastern skies today, leading lead-ing his 96 airmen away on the first leg of the long flight back to Italy. Commanding the armada of 24 ships, General Balbo's plane skimmed skim-med gracefully over the water of Lake Michigan and rose into the air at 6:32 a. m. CST. A moment , later the other two planes of the first triad left the water. Weather reports indicated excellent, excel-lent, flying conditions over Toledo, Cleveland. Buffalo and Albany, the lakes-canal route the great armada planned to follow to New York. General Balbo expected to bring his ship down at Port Washington on Long Island about 12:30 p. m. miles of the 6,100 taoinn AM V-i CST completing the first 1000 miles of the 6,100 mile flight to the air. base at Orbetello, Italy, in six hours. A mild southeasterly breeze was blowing. The lake was clear and calm. , |