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Army Dance Preceded
By Many Dinner Parties.

Mai. Gen. and Mrs. Briant Wells, who
entertained large party at dinner last
evening at the Willard. held an infor-
NAL reception for their guests before
going to dinner, after which they took
their guests to the Army dance. Their
party included the Secretary Of War
and Mrs. James w. Good, Assistant
Secretary Of War and Mrs. F. Trubee
Dawson, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert
H. Allen, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Charles
II. Bridges, Maj. Gen. and Mrs Mer-
rite w. ireland, Mai. Gen. and Mrs.
Tasker H. Bliss, Brig. Gen. Frank Par
ker, Col. and Mrs. Pope Hennessey,
Col. and Mrs. J. w. Quick, Col. and
Mrs. Edwin v. Bookmiller. Capt. and
Mrs. Triete, DR.. and Mrs. w. r. Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. p. Campbell, Mfr. and
Mrs. Robert Young, Miss Stogsdall and
Lieut.. Foster. The table flowers were
Gala lilies. and Mrs. Wells wore. a
smart gown Of black chiffon.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Golden LII.
Ruggles were also hosts at dinner last
night preceding the Army dance. Their
guests were Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
George S, Simmonds, Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. e. E. Booth, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Frank r. Keefer, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Harry F. Rethers, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Samuel Hof, Col and Mrs. Tllales l..
Ames, Col. and Mrs. william Preston
Wooten, Col. and Mrs. Townsend Whe-
len, Capt and Mrs. Stewart Elliott,
Col. and Mrs. e. M Schinkle, Mai. and
Mrs. A. B. johnson, Maj. and Mrs. Os-
car J. Gatchel. Mrs. Ruggles wore coral
velvet trimmed with rainestofes and
used Spring flowers for the table.
Col. and Mrs. William B. LAdue en-
tertained at dinner at the Willard last
evening preceding the Army dance, when
the Chief of STAFF and Mrs. Charles p.
Summsrall were their honor guests.
Mai and Mrs. Raymond w. Harden
bergh were among the dinner hosts at
the willard preceding the Army dance
of last evening. Their guests were Col
and Mrs. Charles M. Bundel. Col. and
Mrs. Malcolm Graham, Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Bailey DR.. and Mrs. Loren john
son and Mrs. Irving Wright.
Col. and Mrs. Henry T. Bull enter
tanned large group at dinner at the
willard last evening, after which the
entire party attended the Army dance,
Their guests were Col and Ms, Harry
s. qrier, Col and Mrs. Jsrcnle &. Rillov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06

The Danes Of the Loyal Legion were
entertained Thursday by Mrs. Hugh
Carnes Smith at her apartment, 400
Connecticut avenue. Miss Virginia
White Speel presided, Mrs. David RUM
baugh gave an interesting sketch Of the
military record Of her father, Cen
David sloan Stanley. assisting ct the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06

DR.. and Mrs. w. Robert Perkins and
their son Robert, IT., have returned to
their home ON Sixteenth street after
spending Easter week at. the MARI
borough Blenheirn. Atlantic City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06

Mr.. and Mrs. strickland GILLIAN will
entertain at dinner this evening at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Gutelius an
nounce the marriage of their daughter
Catharine Howell, to Mr.. Roscoe Reeves
at Baltimore yesterday afternoon. Mr..
and Mrs. Reeves are motoring to Lis
bon, N. H., where Mr.. Reeves will be
engaged in topographic mapping for
several months in the service of the
United States Geological Survey The
bride has been a kindergarten teacher
in the district Of Columbia public
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-06

Mr.. J.sJ. O'Connor entertained 1t the
supper dance at the Wardman Park
Hotel last evening.
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Weslep Deigbts
Offers What No Other
Development Can Offer

Its wonderful tree-topped hills and
wooded valleys provide settings for
homes of distinctive character, creating
an exclusive community - within the
city's limits and only ten minutes ride
from the White House. 4
You'll appreciate the restrictions
which protect investment IN Wesley
Heights from promiscuous building and
insure to it the perpetuation of that
wholesome community spirit which be-
tokens congenial neighbors.
The demand for homes in Wesley
Heights is always far in advance of con-
struction-for every home is Miller-built
with that thoroushness which demands
deliberation and insures superiority IN
every detail of material and craftsman
ship.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08
ANNOUNCE SAN
ANTONIO run
Schedule For Air Passenger
Service In Effect Sat-
urday, March 9

Air passenger service to San An
tonic will be inaugurated Saturday,
March 9. by the Texas Air Trans
port, Inc, was the announcement
Friday by j. H. Kelly of Fort
Worth, field manager for r. A. T.,
who has spent the week in Browns
vile making arrangements at the
municipal airport.
The Texas Air Transport, Inc,
has the contract for the American
air mail from Brownsville north
tn ugh San Antonio to Dallas. It
was recently merged with other
southwestern lines in the Southern
Anyways, Inc, which includes the
st. Tammany line, holders of the
contract for eastern air mail from
Brownsville to Houston, New Or
leans and Atlanta.
The passenger service over the
T. A. T. to San Antonio will be
handled separately from the mail
service, Kelly stated. The company
will S 6-place Travelair cabin
planes Tor the passenger run, the
first of which is scheduled to ar
rive Friday afternoon. This plane
will leave Brownsville at $3.50 p. m.
Saturday on the first flight Of the
new passenger schedule.
NOrthbound passengers from
Mexico City. brought in over the
Mexican Aviation Co. line. will
make good connection here, the
plane from the south arriving at
lis p. m, the northbound plane
leving at $3.50. Southbound pas
sengers will arrive in Brownsville
at IL a. m. and will wait over here
until 7:30 the next morning.
I'VE are planning to work out a
better schedule for southbound
passenger service" Kelly said. It
believe as soon as planes are
available we will operate a night
Continued on Page 11)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08
Brownsville Airport the Naturalization Of An Ambition for An International Gateway

Several sites we're considered by
the city commission. all of which
offered exceptional advantages for
development of the municipal air
port. The site committee Of the
chamber of commerce, consisting of
r. B. Creager, w. B. Clint, w. E.
McDavitt, John Gregg, J. G.. Starck
and A. c. Hipp, carefully consid-
cred the various locations, report
ing unanimously in favor Of the
acreage in Ell Jardin later pur-
chased by the city commission.
Options on this site, which COM
priSes 1894 acres, was secured at an
average price of 800 per acre. This
site is located approximately five
miles east Of the Brownsville post
office on the Ell Jardin boulevard,
the buildings being erected about
half a mile south Of the boulevard,
Continued on Page I'D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08
FIRST u.
INSPECTS PORT
Paul Baer to Represent De.
partment Of Commerce
At Opening

Paul Frank Baer, intrepid pilot
of IL years experience, commander
of a squadron of American war
birds" in the heat of the fighting
on the western front, and recipient
of four decorations from American
and French governments, will rep
resent the U. S. department Of
commerce at the dedication of the
Brownsville municipal airport.
The department has assigned
Baer to the district of Texas, and
it is his duty to examine and Ii
cense pilots and planes, to enforce
all aircraft rules, and to plomote
interest in aviation.
is Baer competent to handle
his work." was the query put to
Major Bernard Law of Brownsville,
who has known Baer since 1916.
Competent" the major retorted.
"Baer has seen more real service
with planes than any other man
with whom + ever came in con-
tact. He has lived with them for
Il years.
"Baer will not tell you his ex-
periences or how he received his
decorations All that the world
knows about Baer other than his
official work, is what his friends
tell, and there is not a pilot in the
service who is not a friend and au-
mirer of Baer.
Tn 1916 I was with Baer and we
were doing our bit with General
Pershing's expeditionary forces in
Mexico. We became separator. ana
in February, 1917, Baer went to
Paris and enlisted in the French
Foreign Legion and vas imme-
diately assigned to the French air
service.
HE received training az A~ord,
France, in the small but fast Bier
lot machines, and finished at Nieu-
port. From that time on he was
one of the outstanding figures Of
the conflict.
In January, 1918. he was trans
ferred to the 103rd American
squadron Lafayette Escaor1lleJ.
and brought down his first Bccne
plane on March II. having the uls-
tinction Of being the first Ameri-
can flier to bring down d plane
after the declaration Of war and
also the first American soldier to
receive the distinguished service
cross in the World war. Before
the month of March ended Lieu
tenant Baer was officially creulCed
with five enemy planes. and be-
came the first American ace.
On May %, 1918, Baer was snot
down over the German lines. Lead
ing his patrol of five over the
lines they were attacked by d Ter
man combat squadron Of eight
planes, and the patrol was broken
up. Baer was badly wounded and
crashed back Of the lines. He was
taken to the German hospital and
after r%ecuperating was paced In a
military prison with 400 Russians.
Later he was transferred to an
CONTINUED on Page III
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08

The Brownsville municipal air.
port, the international gateway be-
tween the United States, Mexico
and all of Latin America is the
naturalization of an ambition
which had its inception in the late
months of 1927, and was wrought
into a definite project through the
cooperation Of the chamber of COM
merce, city commission and citi-
zenry of Brownsville.
The first definite move toward
construction Of an airport took
form during the first days of 1928.
Prior to that time there had been
considerable discussion Of the pro-
ject by the chamber Of commerce,
in informal meetings and OF the
streets, with various plans sug-
gested. The embroyo project as
sumed definite form on January "a,
1928, when at a mass meeting at the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08

CllG lOW- dlllGuQc iOQGC UCCWSClI 4NCW
Orleans and the Panama canal,
the Brownsville airport is being
constructed to provide for the
heavy traffic that will come over
this route as the air mail service
extends and the use Of planes for
passenger service becomes more
general.
Brownsville is 400 miles south Of
Dallas on an air line, and $40
miles north of Mexico City. The
city is only 145 miles from the
Tropic Of Cancer, that imaginary
line marking the north boundary Of
the tropic regions. Tampico, the
great oil port of Mexico, lies 260
miles to the south. and Monterrey,
the principal distributing center
for all of northern Mexico is 200
miles to the west.
Extend Service South
From Tampico southwark the air
passenger service already has been
extended to Merida in Yucatan,
and Captain Ira c. Eaker, Of Cues
ton Mark fame, on March 10 is ex-
pected to chart the new all-over-
land route from Brownsville to the
Panama Canal. Throughout Gen.
trail and South America air lines
are developing with great rapidity,
all Of which are expected to form
connections with the main Ameri-
can trunk line passing through this
city.
Westward from Brownsville ex-
tends the air line to Monterrey,
Durango, Torreon and Mazatlan on
the Mexican west coast, connecting
the Gulf with the Pacific in eight
hours of flying. From Mazatlan
southwark the Mexican government
proposes an air line touching all
principal points and extending to
the southern border.
Air lines have been established
between the Mexican capital and
Guatemala, and will be extended
from the Guatemalan capital down
the Pacific coast to connect with
the lines serving the South Ameri-
can Pacific slope.
converge at bOTueT
In its relation to the American
air service, Brownsville is the
point through which all mail and
the major part Of the passenger
and express traffic will flow. The
two American lines coming from
the north make connections with
all sections of the United States.
The San Antonio, Dallas, Kansas
City, Chicago line will receive all
mail from the west, and the New
York. Atlanta, New Orleans, Hous-
ton line will bring into BROWNSVILLE
all mail from eastern sections.
From both the north and south
the air lines will converge at
Brownsville, making this the con-
centration point through which will
flow the ever increasing volume Of
business between the United States
and the republics Of the Rio
Grande.
From New Orleans and Houston
the air route follows the coast and
the loW-altitude route extends clear
Continued on Page ID
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08

federal building, at which r. B.
Creager presided, over 300 citizens
went on record as favoring a NUM-
cipal airport, requesting the city
commission to call a bond issue to
finance construction.
The meeting was one of the most
notable in the history of the city.
Interest in the airport had been
reused to the point where practically
every leading citizen was advocat-
ing the project. There was per-
feet harmony in the meeting, the
only cloud upon the horizon at that
time being the location of the port.
Call for Bond Issue
Resolutions passed at the meeting
called for submission of a bond is
sue to the voters of the city, the
resolution providing that the site
be designated before election.
Speaker after speaker urged prompt
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action, pointing out that Browns
vile enjoyed peculiar geographic
advantages of great value and that
it was the duty of the city to take
advantage of them. r. B. Creager,
in opening the meeting, called at
tention to what was being accom-
plished in Fort Worth and other
southern cities in connection with
the development of aviation, assert
ing that the Brownsville airport
would become the most important
international air gateway in the
South.
It is doubtful if any individual
in that meeting could foresee the
possibilities of the port and the i'm
mediate development Of air traffic
which would follow construction.
Optimism was the keynote. but the
most optimistic forecasts Of future
development Of air traffic through
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08

the international gateway fell short
Of the actual development.
Brownsville's objective at that
time was the routing of the Mexi-
can and American air mail through
this port. Laredo also was a con-
tender for the air mail route, and
through a combination Of circum-
stances in which Mexican politics
figured largely. secured the coveted
prize. This, however, did not in
the least allay the enthusiasm Of
Brownsville citizens. They knew
that the low-altitude route even
tually would secure the designation
that the immutable law of econ
omics eventually would set aside
the eXpediencies Of politics-and
that a thorough trial of the Laredo
Monterrey route ould result in
establishment of the gateway
through Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08

CITY AIRPORT
MOST MODERN
Field Is Planned And
Equipped to Provide
For Both Night And
Day Flying

Providing all necessary facilities
foraslay and night flying, the
(%hsville municipal airport, now
the International gateway between
the United States, Mexico and all
of Latin America, has the distlnc-
ton of being the largest municipal
airport in the South.
The total area is 1884 acres-one
mile by three-fourts of a field-lo-
Gated on a concrete road 5 miles
east of the Brownsville postofflce.
The landing area within the boun-
Diary is 1000 feet square. This n
tire area is available for landing,
and is being sodded.
The first runway, $500 by 100
feet has been completed, and 1900
feet of the second finished. These
are constructed with a coarse gravel
base, topped with fine gravel com
pacted by rolling.
Buildings completed since work
on the airport started in october,
1923. include a large hangar, adj
ministration building, substation,
implement shed, and home for the
manager. A second hangar is in the
course of construction, and Will be
available by April.
Ample Hangar Space
The first hangar is 80 by 100 feet
in size, 18 feet in height, construct
ed of steel with 4-inch concrete
floor. 1t has a lean-to II by 20
feet, used for shop purposes. The
second hangar, for which the foun-
dalton has been completed, will be
1O2 by 100 feet in size, Is feet high,
constructed entirely of steel, with
concrete floor. A lean-to, for re-
pair and machine shop, II by 100
feet, also will be constructed. The
contract calls for completion Of the
second hangar by April l.
The administration building, stuc-
co construction, Spanish design with
patio, is located to the south Of the
first hangar. It includes reception
and passenger waiting rooms, ladies'
and mems rest rooms, sleeping
quarters. first aid room. American
and Mexican customs. immigration
and health departments. offices, adj
ministration office, and the OBJ
Servation tower from which the
airport's lighting system is con-
trolled.
The sub-station building COM
prises three compartments, one
housing all high voltage trans
formers. switches, etc, which are
under remote control from the OBJ
servation tower. Another compart-
ment houses the serving station Of
flee. oil room and electrically op-
Grated gasoline pumps. The third
commandment houses the fire truck
al Tambulance.
All Facilities Modern
The airport managers residence,
Continued on Page 11)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08
MANY TOWNS
BEING MARKED
$500 Communities Place
Prominent Signs Up
For Aviators

One of the great needs of avia-
tion-the nationwide Identified
ton of towns and cities of roof
markings-is now rapidly being full
filled, according to Harry @. Gug-
genheim, president of the Daniel
Guggenheim Fund for the Promo
ton Of AeronauticS.
Since the fund began its nation
wide roof-marking campaign last
fall in cooperation with the post
office department and department
of commerce, letters and bulletins
Of instructions have been sent to
nearly 5000 postmasterS in towns
Of between about 1000 and $4,000
people asking them to take the in
itiative in seeing that their town
was marked in this name by
some civic organization of indidual.
About 1900 communities have e
piled that they already were identi-
fled; 900 have reported that they
had completed Identification as a
result of the funds project; and a
little over 2,700 state that the work
is now under way. The fund has
sent a certificate of appreciation
signed by Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh to the organization or indi-
vidual responsible for the work in
those communities which have
completed Identification.
Out of $500 communities whert
aerial Identification is particularly
desirable, the work is either COM
pleted or under way in mire than
4.500." Guggenheim stated. "This
leaves a tita1 Of about 5000 towns
not yet marked so as to indicate
the route u locality for an air pilot.
fund is no w~actively CORE
S Ting with these communities.
ny which have been retarded
in THU york due to the cold wealth.
er. and it is hoped that within the
next three months the United
States will be properly and ade-
quately provided with sign posts for
aviation.
AS the Use OF the airplane has
been extended, as 1t becomes a We
hicle for transportation not only
for commercial enterprise, but for
the private individual, town identi-
fication increases in Importance.
The fund has received the enthus-
iastic cooperation of the nations
industries, particularly the rail-
roads, the oil companies and the
Ford Motor company, and also OF
the civic and social clubs such as
the chambers of commerce, the
American legion, the Rotary, the
Kiwanis the Lions and the EX-
change. The technical depelop-
ment of the airplane today has
reached a high stage of perfection,
and its usefulness must not be held
back by the lack of ordinary navi-
cation facilities such as roof-mark-
ings, airports and airwayS."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08
BROWNSVILLE RE ADY TO
GREET COL. LNDbE RGh
THE D

The schedule for the mail be-
tween Brownsville and Dallas is
announced by the p~ostoffice de-
partment as follows:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08
line WILL CUT
Time TO EAST
Mexican Air Mail To Be
Delivered In New York
In SO Hours

Inauguration of the air mail SER
vice from Mexico City to New York
via Brownsville will assure 36-hour
service between the Mexican capital
and the Atlantic coast commercial
center, according to a joint an
nouncement by the American and
Mexican postal officials.
Mail leaving Mexico City at 7:45
a. m, will arrive in Brownsville at
lis p. M, and leave for the north
at lbs p. m, with only ten min
utes delay at the border. 1t will
arrive in New York City early the
following evening.
Daily service will begin on March
g, with Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh flying the inaugural trip.
The schedule, as announced by
George Rihl, president of the Mex
lean Aviation Corporation, calls for
departure from Brownsville daily
and Sunday at 7:30 a. m. and ar
rival at Tampico, Mexico. at 10 a. m.
Planes will leave Tampico at 1890
a. m. and arrive in Mexico City at
12:45 p. m. On the Brownsville
Tampico leg the flying equipment
will be Fairchild single-motored
Wasp planes, capable Of carrying
six passengers or an equivalent
weight in mail.
Nv fba roo,,o{o;oore ro,,to bo
tween Tampico and Mexico City
tri-motored Ford planes will be used,
with a carrying capacity of twelve
passengers, or approximately 5000
pounds.
The passenger fare between
Brownsville and Tampico will be
100 Mexican pesos, or $50 American,
and 200 pesos, or 500, between
Brownsville and Mexico City. The
mail contract under which the line
will operate was awarded at So a
mile.
Speed Passenger Service
With the new line in operation,
MI. Rihl pointed out, mail leaving
New York at 9 p. m. will be deliver
ed in Mexico City at o o of the
second day and in Merida, Yucatan,
to which point the Mexican Avi-
alton Corporation has operated from
Vera Cruz since October Is, 1923,
on the afternoon of the fourth day.
When arrangements for carrying
passengers are completed, probably
before the end of the year, by Pit
cairn Aviation. Inc, which now OPP
crates the mail link between New
York and Atlanta, the same speedy
facilities will be available to pas
sengers. The train mail and pas
senger time from New York to
Mexico City is now ten days and the
steamer time to Yucatan ten days.
Pending the entry Of Pitcairn into
the passenger-carrying field it will
be possible after March 9 for a trav-
eler to leave New York by train at
$40 p. m, pass the following night ID
Atlanta, travel the next day over
the airway Of the Gulf Airlines, Inc,
to Brownsville via Birmingham, Mo-
bile, New rleans and Houston, rest
over night at the northern ter
minus of the Mexican Aviation
Corporation, and arrive in Mexico
City at 12:45 o'clock on the after
noon of the third day. The COM
bined rail and airplane fare will be
about $3.50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08
Retail Merchants
Adds Floor Space
After Big Growth

The Retail Merchants association,
after one month in Brownsville,
has grown to such an extent that
it has been forced to acquire addi-
tional office space in the Cromack
building, Bernadine Price, secre-
tary, made it known today. The
bureau now employs six people, a
stenographer having been added to
the staff this week.
The bureau reports a fine spirit
of cooperation by the merchant
members of the organization, and
expects great results from its pro-
gram of work for 1925.