Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
AMERICAN NATIONS
LINKED BY PLANES
Air Mail Into Canada and
Mexico Will Cement
Relations.

BY Consolidated Press.
CHICAGO, September 29.-Aviation is
70 bring three nations of the North
American continent into more closely
knit community this coming week
Time and distance-two elements often
entering into misunderstanding and
lack of neighborliness-then will be
further annihilated.
From the principal cities of the
United States into the heart of Mexico
an air mail line, opening Monday, will
serve to facilitate commerce and socia
intercourse. At the same time, another
line from New York, connecting with
points west and south. will open tc
Montreal. Canada.
These moves are but early steps to-
ward a general system that shortly vii
tie up into closer union all Of the prin'
cipal countries of the Americas
North, Central and South. according tt
statement today of the American All
Transport Association. This organlza'
ton represents the commercial air line:
of the United States.
Shortly, according to this announce.
ment, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazi
and other South American republics
will be on the Always connecting witt
the United States. Already a contract
has been awarded for mail by air from
Key West. Fla, to the Panama Cana
Zone, with stops in Mexico, Honduras
Nicaragua. Costa Rico and Cristobal.
Establishment of the service II
Mexico on Monday" says the air trans
port association, will provide direc
air mail between Mexico City, Quere
taro. San Luis Potosi, Saltillo and Mon
terey. in Mexico, and New York, BoS
ton, Chicago and other cities on tn
IS 900 mile network in the United
States.
First Day COurtesies.
Gas a courtesy extended by botf
countries, arrangements have been mace
for each nation to fly the others mai
on the first day The American mai
will leave Neuvo Laredo for Mexico City
on Monday morning with Tom Hardin
chief pilot of the Texas Air Transport
flying the ship On Tuesday the plane
and pilot of the Mexican service will
fly trcm Laredo to San Antonio, where
connection is made with the air mail
network of this country"
This step is seen by post Office Off
Gals as another means OF cementing
the, friendly relations between this
country and Mexico and later with
other countries to the South. They
say that these international planes
give meaning to the inscription found
on the post Office at Washington, Car
riers of news and knowledge, instru-
ments of trade and industries, pro-
moter of mutual acquaintance of PEG
pie and good will among men and ma
tons"
Saves Three Days. '',
Under the schedule of air mail serv-
ice 10 Mexico there will be approx
mately a three-day saving in time
from points in the East and Far West
to Mexico City. A letter leaving New
York Monday noon will be delivered
in Mexico City on Wednesday after
noon. The air mail rate will be 20
cents an ounce or fraction Of an ounce
on all matter going by air mail from
this country and from Mexico it will
be rs centavos for each 90 grams or
fraction thereof.
The new service to Canada is also
regarded auspiciously Planes will leave
New York. touching at Albany and
reaching Montreal in hours and
is minutes. At the same time this
ment will inaugurate air mail service
between Montreal and Toronto
Commencing Monday it will be pos
Sible to send mail by air from Montreal
across the United States. down to Mexi-
co City 1t is but a step, which already
is being prepared to carry on this
service through Central America to
South America. Then an American
transportation system by air will have
the nations of the Western Hemisphere
much nearer one another
(Copyrlght, 1927