FRENCH GRAND PRIX
AWARDED TO AVIATRIX MISS BATTEN'S RECORD BROKEN * Eress; Association—By ■ Telegraph—Copyright ! * . PARIS, January 8. > (Received January 9, at 1 p.m.) . The jury of journalists awarded the ‘ Sporting Press’s ’ animal Grand Prif to MU© Maiyse Bastie fpr beating Mis* Batten’s South Atlantic record. The jury’s first ballot gave MUo Bastie a majority ' over' six other possibles, including' Francois Leoot, who covered r 248,550 miles in. a marathotl oar journey; Antonin Magne, world champion road racer; and Jean.Mei> mos, the airman who was lost in th# Atlantic, , ■, /
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Evening Star, Issue 22542, 9 January 1937, Page 13
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87FRENCH GRAND PRIX Evening Star, Issue 22542, 9 January 1937, Page 13
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