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Evening star., 1928-10-28
NEW REGULATIONS TO GOVERN
INTERMEDIATE LANDING FIELDS

ings at all times. and If not in proper
condition boundary lights are to be
turned of at night and red flag flown
from the beacon tower by day. Care
takers are required to report hazardous
landing conditions at intermediate fields
for the information of all pilots.
Pilots forced to make an emergency
landing at an intermediate field, due to
bad weather, mechanical failures or
other difficulties, are authorized to re-
quest the caretaker to report their ar
rival to the nearest airways control
station by telephone, reversing the
charges. Telephones at intermediate
fields are to be kept available to the
pilot, crew or passengers of ships max
ing emergency landings. Pilots forced
down at intermediate fields by bad
weather may call upon the airways con-
troll station for weather information,
which is to be furnished once each hour
by radio or telephone until the plane
departs The caretaker Is required to
report to the nearest control station the
departure from his field of any plane
forced down there, giving the plane
number, name of pilot, number of pas
sengers, time of departure and desti-
nation.
The airway beacon and boundary
lighting system at intermediate fields
are to be operated from sunset to sun
rise.
The regulations provide that inter-
mediate field caretakers shall render all
possible assistance to planes forced
down and that they may receive pay
for extraordinary services. A limited
supply of aviation gasoline is to be pro-
vided at each intermediate field.
No f1xed-base operator will be per-
mitted to establish at or operate from
an intermediate landing field, and the
regular use of such field for embark
ing or landing passengers, exchange Of
mail or loading and discharging of cargo
is prohibited. Use of an intermediate
field for aeronautical activity of a pub
lie character, however, may be specially
authorized by the Department of Com
merce.
The regulations provide that any per-
son who shall exhibit false light or
signal at an intermediate field or ON an
airway, or who shall extinguish any
light on the field or airway with view
to interfering with air navigation, shall
be punished by a fine of $1,000 or inn
prisonment for five years, or both
The regulations call upon every
licensed pilot or mechanic to carry out
the rules and to see that the general
public uses due care to prevent injury
to themselves and property, and also to
preserve the fields and their equipment
in the best possible condition.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERToN.

link it's proposed New York
Miami service, tying in with the
network of airlines extending to
the West.
Carrying passengers and mail,
the Graf Zeppelin soon is to span
the Atlantic again on her return
flight to Germany, completing the
first of several such trips and
soon two huge British dirigibleS
are to be placed in regular trans
atlantic service.
Linking the United States and
Canada, air mail service has been
opened between Montreal, Ca
NADIA, and New York City. Lines
from Winnepeg to the Twin
Cities, across the central border,
and from Toronto to Buffalo are
being planned.
The air mail is being flown reg
ularly between the United States
and Mexico City over a route
established October l, giving
direct air service between all the
great cities Of this country and
the capital of our southern neigh
Dor.
Between Miami and the Ba-
hamaS big twin -motored amphi-
bian planes carrying 10 pas
sengerS, luggage and mail are
flying on regular schedule.
Air Mail on Increase.
Since the decrease in the air
mail postage rates August the
quantity of air mail carried has
been increasing by leaps and
bounds. Plane schedules have
been augmented and double and
triple sections flown, two and
three ships flying together in
the place of one, to handle the
growing bulk of the postal sacks.
Passenger service has been dis
continued temporarily on several
mail contract routes to make way
for the mail and the companies
handling these routes have
ordered -motored transport
planes to build up their passenger
service. Eight new mail planes
will go into operation on the New
York Cleveland line as soon as
the manufacturers can turn them
out. There is a clamor from the
operators of air lines in all parts
of the country for larger and
better planes and yet more planes.
One local airplane manufac-
turer, asked why he did not ad-
vertise his product, replied:
What's the use? My output is
all bought up for two years ahead.
I can't keep up with the demand
now" And that is the situation
facing many commercial plane
builders as they struggle to in
crease production and satisfy the
demands of operators, who are
finding that the American public
simply will not keep its feet on
the ground.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
TWO ALTITUDE REC0DRS
CREDITED TO GERMAN
With Pay Loads, Flyer Breaks
Marks Set by United States
and Teuton Aviators.

Two new world airplane altitude rec
ords with pay loads have been establish
ed in Germany, according to official no
tice received here by the National Aero
nautic Association from the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale. Both rec
ords were won by Reginald Schinzinger,
flying a JunkerS W-34 plane with 420-
horsepower Bristol Jupiter VII motor.
Flying with a pay load of 500 kilo-
grams, 1902 pounds, Schinzinger reach
ed an altitude of 9,190 meters or 30,150
feet, at Dessau. Germany, September
IA. He broke the previous record OF
23143 feet with the same load estab-
lished on May 81, 1924. by Lieut.. H. r.
Harris, Army Air Corps, in a TP-1
plane with a Liberty horsepower
motor, at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio
Loading the same plane with pay
load of 1000 Kilograms, or 2,204 pounds,
Schinzinger took off again Immediately
after establishing the 500-kilogram rec
ord and broke the 1,000-kilogram alti-
tude record, reaching height of 1907
meters, or 25,941 feet. The previous rec
ord was held by Herman Steindorff, also
a German who reached an altitude of
6,805 meters, or 22,326 feet, in a Rohr-
bach-Roland 3-BMW plane with 800
horsepower motor at Staaken, Germany,
August IL, 1927.
Both Of Schinzinger.s records have
been homologated by the international
federation and stand as official world
records.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

w YHAT appears to be one
AAI of the greatest periods
Wv of expansion in the his
aviation in the United States is
in progress. New air mail and
aerial passenger lines are setting
the skies album throughout the
Nation and within the month in
ternational air lines have been
extended from this country into
Canada, Mexico and the island re-
publicS.
The volume of air mail winging
over the lengthening airwayS Of
the country rises each month to
new records and the demand of
the air-minded public for fast,
luxurious air transportation is
keeping airline operators and air
craft manufacturers awake
nights.
Many Miles Covered.
United States air mail planes,
were their courses Strengthened
out in a single line, would circle
the globe each "a hours. There
is no hour of the day or night
when the air mail is not on it's
way in this country, bringing all
parts of the Nation and of the
Continent into closer and yet
closer contact.
The sweeping beams of aerial
beacon lights are visible in the
night sky over many thousands
Of miles of national airwayS as
another of the early obstacles,
darkness, falls before the pilot of
today. There we're on october IS
a total of 1883 miles of airwayS
mapped, marked and being flown
within the United States and at
that time there were 5,493 addi-
tional miles scheduled for early
operation. On october IS air
mail planes were flying 27,946
miles each day with mail and the
daily mileage flown by all the
aerial mail, transport and pas
Senger services on regular sched-
ule totaled 40,654 miles.
The airman, having battered
down the natural barriers of
mountains and deserts to serve
the public in this country, is
spreading his field of operations
across the political barriers of in
ternational boundary lines and
now is preparing to span even the
oceans. On January 10, we are
informed, the Pan American Air
ways, in cooperation with two
Eastern railway systems, will open
regular aerial passenger service
from Florida to Cuba, Haiti, the
Dominican Republic and Porto
Rico, as the first step toward a
system to link the three Americas.
Latest Air Services
To this system Pitcairn avia-
ton, flying tri-motored planes
carrying IL passengers each, will
Evening star., 1928-10-28

A set Of 81 new regulations covering
the use of Department of Commerce
intermediate landing fields on the ma
tioral highways has been promulgated,
according to an announcement by VIII
liam p MacCracken, jr., Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce for Aeronautics.
These regulations are designed, In ac-
cordance with the air commerce act, to
provide for the safety of users of the
intermediate, or emergency, landing
fields. The intermediate fields, it is
explained, are not intended for regular
airplane services, and the new rules for
bid their commercialization or use in
any manner not consistent with the
terms of the air commerce act.
The regulations cover primary prin-
ciples of flying as well as special rules
applying only to the use of the ener-
gency fields. 1t is provided that land
ing planes shall have absolute right OF
way over planes moving on the ground
or taking of; that upon landing planes
shall be TAXED of the landing area;
that take-offS of taxing shall not be
commenced until the field is cleared:
that planes shall not be TAXED faster
than Is miles an hour except in taking
off; that planes shall not be fueled with
the motor running; that blocks shall be
placed under the wheels before starting
the motor, and that ropes be provided
for pulling the blocks; that engines
shall not be started or run without a
pilot or competent person in the cock
pit, and that in starting motors, the
customary procedure be followed Of zig
mailing between the man at the pro-
peller and the man at the controls.
It also is directed that landings and
take-offs be made into the wind; that
planes shall not take-off Immediately
in the wake of others; that planes shall
not take-off over buildings, obStruc-
tons or parked automobiles If avoid
able; that no passengers be carried on
test flights following forced landings;
that every precaution be taken to pre-
vent fires by cleaning up rubbish; that
unhouSed aircraft be parked in allotted
spaces and be securely staked down
when left unattended overnight or in
bad weather; they they shall be lighted
to prevent collisions, and that care
takers shall report all accidents occur
ring on their fields.
All visiting pilots are required TO re-
port Immediately to the caretaker to
register their names, addresses, type of
equipment, license, ownership of plane,
time of arrival, expected time of depar-
ture, service required and other infor-
nation needed for a complete record.
The landing field is to be kept in
proper condition for emergency land
Evening star., 1928-10-28
PLANE WARNING ISSUED.

Warning that further violations of
the section of the air commerce act re-
quiring that the Department of Com
merce be notified of the sale or change
Of ownership of aircraft will be cause
for imposition of civil penalties was is
sued this week by the departments
Bureau of Aeronautics.
The department has been receiving
accident reports from various sources in
which the name of the owner of the
plane does not coincide with the name
on file, it was announced.
The air commerce act provides a fine
of $500 for failure to register ownership
of plane, and the department declared
that the section has been in effect long
enough for all aviation people to be
familiar with its provisions.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Lowering Postage Expected
to Prove Wise Policy for
Government.
BETTER SHIPS NOW USED
Use of instruments by Flyers
Assures Greater Safety,
He Emphasizes.
BY COL. CHARLES A. L1NDBERGH.

The air mail has done much more
than merely serve as g. new method of
quickly transporting mail across our
country. 1t has beer the backbone of
commercial flying In the lean years of
aviation and, even more, the greatest
force for homogeneity in the United
States. 1t may be that through the air
mail and its resultant transport lines
more than through any other agency
sectionaliSm, with its miSunderStard-
lngs and jealousies, will be destroyed
Flying men realize this more than
any others. They feel that the entire
United States is their home, not merely
a part of it. They feel as closely akin
to the people of the West, the South,
the Middle West and the East as they
do to the small section in which they
live. They fly over this country, in a
few hours traverse the entire breadth
of it, and feel that 1t is all theirs. They
land on field 1000 miles from shome
few hours after leaving, and find
there men whom they had perhaps
left only a few days before. The whole
country Is their flying field.
Some of this feeling of kinship must
be brought about by the air mail. It
will no longer be possible for the manu-
facturer in the East to feel that he has
no concern with the affairs of his
neighbor in California when he receives
letter from the Pacific Coast dated
36 hours before. The cotton belt can
no longer feel estranged from the corn
belt, the oil fields from the timber lands
of the North, the manufacturer from
the farmer. They are coming too near
together.
Effect On NeighbOrlinesS.
When air transport makes it possi-
BILE for persons to fly across the coun-
try in two days, when the air Is filled
with planes carrying passengers back
and forth, when it is a common occur
renee for people to be one day in New
Evening star., 1928-10-28
U. S. Uses Civil Pilots.

Aerial fire patrols over the national
forests Of Idaho, Western Montana,
Washington, Oregon and California dur
ing the past Summer were flown by
commercial flying organizations under
contract with the forest service of the
Department Of Agriculture. The COM
mercial pilots we're called upon to fly
patrols upon request of forest super
visors either to detect or scout fires.
Patrols Of this character formerly were
flown by the Army Air Corps.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
EXPOSITION DELEGATES
TO ATTEND D. C. PARLEY
Fifty Nations to Be Represented at
International Civil Aeronautics
Conference.

Delegates from so nations are ex-
pected to attend the international
aeronautical exposition to be held in
the Coliseum at Chicago, December
to 9, under the auspices of the Aero
nautical Chamber of Commerce. Fol-
lowing the exposition delegates viii
come to this city for the sessions of
the first international Civil Aeronau-
tics Conference.
It is planned to assemle at CI>icn@o
the most complete collection of air
craft and aviation material in the his
tory of the industry. The foreign dele
gates are to be flown to Chicago from
New York and following the exposition
they will be flown to Washington, with
stops at Detroit and other airplane
manufacturing or operating centers.
The visitors will be taken through air.
plane and allied industrial plants en-
route and will be given an opportunity
for closeup view of methods by which
mail. express and passengers are car
ried over the air routes of this country.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

but in bad weather the pilot who Is
charged with the duty Of getting the
mail through does not want to have
the responsibility of safeguarding his
passengers. He might be willing to ny
through weather with the mail, but
very unwilling to make the same sort
of flight with passengers. He should
not have this added worry when facing
a dangerous situation. And as the mail
increases and more ships are put on the
line to care for it, 1t would probably be
more convenient and expeditions to
handle mail and express separately
from passengers.
The air mail is growing rapidly. and
1 have no doubt that in time all the
important mail between large cities will
be carried in this manner, with both
through trunk lines and feeders. Planes
with greater speed will be used and
cities which now have a service requir-
ing night and part of day to reach
New York will have planes which wiz
bring such cities within an overnight
trip Of New York. Speed and RELIABLE
ity are the two essentials of air mail
transportation and both are increasing.
Rapid Strides Made.
The new rate Of postage shows the
strides which have been made since the
service was first inaugurated. At one
time it cost "a cents an ounce to send
the mail across country. Then that
dropped to 10 cents for each contract
line, but complicated by so many coming
and contract provisions that only an
expert could tell the amount of postage
needed
I remember how in our Office In st.
Louis we used to puzzle over the
amount of postage required. The post
age might be 8, 10, 16, 15, 20 or "a cents
to send an ounce of mail to different
points and so UP to A cents. That was
only two years ago. The rate was then
decreased to 10 cents for half ounce,
and at present it is cents for the first
ounce and 10 cents for each additional
ounce. This will result in a greatly
increased business and the air mail will
become daily a more important factor
in the life of the country, There is no
greater romance in aviation than the
growth of the air mail, with all the
unlookedfor developments which have
come from it.
(Copyright. 1929
An article by Col Lindbergh on
the present and future of aviation will
appear each week, exclusively in wash
ington, in The Sunday Star.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Mail Contract Awarded.

A 10-year contract for carrying the
air mail from Miami, Fla, to Nassau.
Bahamas, has been awarded by the
Post once department to Pan-Amer-
lean Airways. Planes are to make the
trip three times a week. and the con-
tractor will receive So a mile for carry
ing the mail on a schedule to be ap-
proved by the Postmaster General.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
AID TO AIR TRAVEL.
Scientists in Weather Study Be-
tween South America and Europe.

HAMBURG, Germany CP).-Progress
in weather forecasting investigations
which will aid the coming air travel be-
tween South America and Europe was
reported to the German Congress of
Natural Sciences here.
Prof. Defiant of the Berlin Meteoro-
logical Observatory made the report.
He told also of the establishing of two
well defined currents in the South At
lantic Ocean. One Is Immediately be-
meath the surface, with its direction
and power controlled by the heat from
the tropic sun and the prevailing winds.
The other, deeper in the sea, gets its
impetus from the continuous glacial
disturbances and the intense cold of the
Antarctic region.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
OAKLAND ILLUSTRATES
CITY AIRPORT BENEFITS
California Municipality Demon
strates Value Accruing From
Aerial Center.

The benefits to any large city from
the operation of an up-to-date munich
pal airport are illustrated by the ex-
perience of the Oakland Model Air.
port, Oakland, Calf. During the first
nine months of this year 51,152 plane
landings we're recorded there, 32,357
passengers were carried, 6,476 student
flights we're made and gross revenues
of $23,368 were paid into the city
treasury.
Plans for establishment of a COM
plete aircraft proving ground at the
Oakland municipal airport are being
made and the Board of Port Commits
sioners will purchase all the necessary
instruments and timing devices. Pylons
off the field and surveying costs on
courses outside the airport will be paid
for by the Oakland Chapter of the
National Aeronautic Association.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Czechs to Add Three Air Lines.

Three new air lines are to be added
to the extensive system in operation in
Czechoslovakia, that country's minis
try of public works has notified the
Department of Commerce here. The
lines, to be opened early in 1929, will be
operated by the Czeehosloyakia State
Airlines.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

FGetOn, $S45; Roadster EspGnol,
$845; Sedan Coche, $845; Cupe
Business, $845; Sedan, $685.;
Cupe de Lujo, $685.; Sedan de
LujO, 1855. AHprices at factory.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

An article by Col. Lindbergh on
the present and future of aviation will
appear each week, exclusively in wash
irgton, in The Sunday Star.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25
Union
(Near Lincoln)

Children's Day services will be
held at Union M. E. Church Sunday
evening, May 9th. Everybody well
come.
Edward Webb and family have
been victims of la grippe and Mr..
Webb has been suffering with bron-
chial asthma. All are much improv-
ed.
David Webb and mother visited
Baltimore over the weekend. Mrs.
Webb's son is very i'll in that city.
We hope for his speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Tatman spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Lord.
A miscellaneous shower was Civ
en- Irving Webb at his brothers
home on Wednesday and was very
largely attended; also one was Civ
en- the same evening to Mr.. and Mrs.
Alden Wilson. Both couples received
many useful presents.
William Wolfe and daughter spent
Saturday in Wilmington.
Mrs. Nancy Murphy's condition ye-
mains about the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Pettyjohn
and daughters, Myrtle and Delema
of Milton, were visitors at the homes
of Charles Gere and Charles Belts
on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25
TRIBUTE TO COUNTRY PRESS

"The smaller newspapers of the
country are the most important
newspapers, and incidentally, in pro-
portion to their circulation, their ad-
vertising results are the biggest, and
their advertising rates are the small
est in the country. They are read
through from end to end. Every
copy of circulation means an entire
family, not family that lives in one
room with a can opener, but a fam
lily that owns its own house, and
land around it, at least ninety times
out of hundred; family that buys
everything, from the roof on the
house, to the cement on the cellar
floor; from the hat on mothers head
to the shoes on the boys feet. The
service that their publishers render
to the public is, in my opinion, the
most important service rendered by
any class of citizens in the United
States. The country editors are
of information; mental
police force" says Arthur Bris-
bane.
After half a century in the publi-
cation of newspapers, daily and
weekly, the writer can indOrse the
opinion of Arthur Brisbane that the
country paper is read from end to
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25

Mrs. Collins has the prettiest oil
range ever saw. It is all white por-
celain enamel, with design and burn
er arrangement like modern gas
range. She says she uses simply
damp cloth to clean it. 1 want range
like it!
Red Containers
These were all homemade, Mrs.
Collins says. She took old coffee cans,
lard cans, ETC., and lacquered them
herself. The lacquer dried almost at
once; but she aired the cans before
using them.