Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-29 | Page 1 | 9 Balloons Take off at St. Louis

9 TA TAKE ff A LOUIS 18 Six Nations Represented in Race for Bennett Ben Ben- nett Cup up S GODFREY Ills Sept 28 APOne AP One One of the balloons balloon which started from St. St Louis in the Gordon Gerdon Bennett a int international l. l classic cl sa late te te today was w sighted ight d here Ii e tonight by 11 H. H Jj H H. g v S It was flying fl siX tte t seven sevin seven miles mAca an hour Godfrey is i. apo ap proximately miles due north of ef the It starting point ST ST ST. LO LOUIS IS Sept Sept ept 28 United Nine Pres Pres Nine e ba balloons loo s fl flags gs of ef six ak x fluttering from frem their wicker b baskets were somewhere o e h r. r in the skies tonight seeking the Gordon Bennett ennett international trophy trophy classic classic c cup of the sport aport A At brief Intervals Interval's tIe the b a smal small field h here l r lined wl with h persons beg beginning at 4 p p. m. m t today day da They shot shot up up one by bY one ink Inlo a cloud flecked sk sky and th then floated northeastward Army W we weather re reports reports re- re e I ports charted their eventual course ourse as o er across Indiana in In- In Ina a southeasterly direction Today's event was yas the eighteenth running ot or the ra e Thin The rh weather r balloonists carried with them was Issued shortly shortly short short- ly 1 before tho the tak takeoff ft It plotted a aerie general erie al northeasterly course fo miles when hen a wind would be net sending th the nine bags eastward The winner should land landi somewhere somewhere somewhere some where near the St St. f Veather lU conditions are good goo the report said s sald 1 J