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Show Santos-Dumont. Santos-Dumont is visiting many cities In South America in the interest inter-est of the Pan-American aeronautic conference. He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 20, 1873. From 1900 to 1906, he demonstrated to Europe Eu-rope the possibility of conquering the air with the dirigible balloon as well as with the aeroplane. He spent in aeronautics alone over $50,000 a year for 12 years in experimentation. While In Paris in 1901 he won a prize of 250,000 francs. He was made chevalier cheva-lier of the French Legion of Honor in 1904, and in 1909 received the officer's offi-cer's cross. |