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Show CHEVROLET BLAZES NEW JUNGLE TRAIL After triumphing over fever, bandits, ban-dits, adverse weather conditions and having blazed their own trail over thousands of miles of mountain, jungle and desert coemtry, tvo courageous Argentines, driving a Chevrolet touring car, arrived n New York recently the first to piljt an automobile from Buenos Aires to the United States. Their arrival in this country about tvro weeks ago climr.xed a t-'c-year battle, covering 19,000 miles, against terrific odds that had caused the failure of every expedition that had previously attempted at-tempted the journey. The trip took them through 14 ; countries and mace it necessary fcr them to conquer every type of road and weather condition e per:enced in automobile dring. j llie folloT.i-ng log of the trip ; shows the progress made by the expedition and the countries : through which they passed, j Departed from Buenos Aires, Argentine, Ar-gentine, Apr:! 19, 1928. Left Argentine May 9, 1923. Left Bolivia May 20, 1923. I Left Peru September 27, 1928. Left Ecuador November 19, 1928. Left Colombia March 13, 1929, i for Venezuela. Left Venezuela for Colombia second sec-ond time June 6, 1929. Left Colombia by steamer June 27, 1929. Arrived in Colon the same day. Left Panama July 17, 1929, for j Costa Rica. Left Costa Rica November 2, 1 1929, for Nicaragua. I Left Nicaragua February 7, 1930. Left Honduras February 27, 1930. i Left Salvador March 11, 1930. i Left Guatamela March 16, 1930. Left Mexico April 8, 1930. . : i a;i T7 loin Arrived New York April 25, 1930. |