Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-26
BUXTON SAYS
MEXICO LINE
BEING TALKED
Writes That Los Angeles
Capital Has Serious In
terest in the Plan.
URGES ACTION
Southern Sapital and San
Francisco Would Be the
Cities Linked By 1t.

eff you can complete the ar
rangements for the International air
line from Douglas to Mexico City.
This was the statement contained
in a letter received in Douglas yes
terday from George E. Buxton, and
addressed to the members of the
Douglas chapter of the National
Aeronautical Association.
Buxton, who is on the California
coast in the interests of his pro-
duce business, the new tourist hotel,
and aeronautics, reports that en-
thusiasm there for an international
port and the service into Mexico is
intense and that he has conferred
with corporation heads there who
are eager for the completion of the
international air port here so that
they can start their lines.
Douglas has been designated by
aviation experts as the logical spot
for the establishment of an interna-
tional port and negotiations opened
some months ago with the offiials OF
the municipality of Aqua Prieta for
a square mile Of land south of the
border to be decided over for a land
ing field to adjoin a square mile
already secured north of the border
met with great success as the Presi-
dente and his council immediately
pledged their full support to the
venture and announced that they
could easily secure the land as it is
municipal property.
With the plans complete for the
starting on Monday, of the Aero
Corporation of CALIFORNIA; air pas
senger service between Tucson; Phoe-
nix and Los Angeles and with the
local officials of the N. A. A. ex-
pecting President Frye of that or
ganization or his associate, Tucker to
land here any day for final inspect
ion of local facilities before includ-
ing Douglas on their regular sche-
dule. the Buxton letter has added
impetus to the energy already be-
ing applied to efforts to speedily
complete the local field.
The N. A. A. has now definitely
accepted the field east of the city
and lying on the border fence oppo
site that section of, land which the
ct5ucb I14OO6 LIDS OCAACcU-
lively agreed to deed over for the
southern half of the field They
have planned that President Frye
of the Aero Corporation shall make
the official inspection of the land
and approve and dedicate it as the
northern half of the International
air port. It is considered altogether
probable that Douglas will have the
first International air port ever put
into use. This city now boasts the
first chapter of the National Aero
nautical Association to be formed
in the state of Arizona.
Buxton said in his letter that j. L.
Maddux of Maddux, Inc, who flew
the first Ford-Stout twelve passenger
plane ever seen in the southwest,
into the Douglas Army field several
weeks ago, is still very much inter
ested in the prospects of making
Douglas the control stop on the
transcontinental air line which he
will start shortly after New Year.
Buxton reports that Maddux and
his Ford allied organization is handi-
capped, as is every other organiza-
ton in the country at this time, by
lack of planes and by the necessity
of waiting long time for deliver
les of planes due to the congestion in
the factories.