Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland repaired highways running west to Cleveland's municipal airport. Street cleaners dusted the downtown avenues. Sprinkling carts watered them. Citizens hung out flags. Janitors painted directional arrows on roofs. Enthusiasts formed a long parade of floats, bands, pedestrians. Police became super-courteous. Mayor John D. Marshall* rode in one of four blimps which the Goodyear-Zeppelin Co. sent over from Akron. Thus opened the Cleveland air races and show.
The U. S. aviation industry provided entertainment and instruction. It filled Cleveland's...
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