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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Flying Corps Called One of
Most important Service
Branches.
TRAINING is DESCRIBED
Cadets Go Through Rigid
Course to Win Priced
Silver Wings.
Y COL. CHARLES A. LrNDBERoH.

~
~ all first-class nations, the
United States Is probably the
most dependent upon reserve
~ organizations In time of ma
tional emergency. Our policy
of maintaining a comparatively small
Regular Army is demonstrating de-
sire for permanent international peace.
yet at the same time makes new meth
DDS of preparation for defense Of our
long coast line necessary If we do not
wish to place ourselves at the mercy of
possible foreign aggression.
America has been so distant from
its possible enemies that sufficient time
elapsed between the declaration of war
and the start of actual combat for us
to organize and train defensive forces.
With the development of marine trans
portation, however, our isolated position
became of slightly less military i'm
p%ortance. There may no longer be time
to train an Army after the declaration
of war. Months are necessary to in
struct naval recruits in the operation
of a modern battleship and years are
required to construct the ships them
selves. With the development of air.
craft and the indications of IA greater
development in the future our position
of isolation is nearing the vanishing
point.
The Air Corps has become one of the
most important branches of our mill
tary forces, and a majority of the
trained pilots available for service oper-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
PLAN FINAL LINK
IN u. S. AIR MAIL
Southern Transcontinental Gap
Soon to Be Closed, New
Announces.

The long-needed Southern transcon-
tinental air mail route now bids fair to
become a reality in the near future,
forming one of the final major links in
the air mail network of the Nation.
Contract air mail route No. 20, from
New Orleans to Houston, Tex, by way
of Beaumont, will begin operation jan
uary %. Postmaster General Harry S.
New has announced. This will give
Houston q direct air mail connection
with New York, via New Orleans, At
lanta and Washington, in addition to
the service already in existence by way
Of Dallas and Chicago.
The longest single gap in air mail
hines between important centers in the
United States, that from Dallas, Tex,
to Los Angeles, is to be closed soon.
Fokker airplanes, both single and triple
motored, will be used by Standard Air
Lines between the two cities. This
Southern route across the Rocky Noun
tains is especially suited to air trans
port operation, the greater part of the
line being over priarie lands and other
fiat formations which afford many un-
improved landing areas in case of fore
ed landings.
The New Orleans-H Houston line will
be operated by the st. Tammany Gull
Coast Always. 1t is understood that
when pending changes to be made by
the Mexican air mail service so as tC
change the exchange point between
that country and the United States
from Laredo to Brownsville become eff.
fective the New Orleans-Houston routt
will be extended to Brownsville.
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AIR MAIL ROUTES
TO ISLANDS OPENED
Miami's New Airport Dedi-
cated--Service to Cuba,
Haiti and Bahamas.

Air mai and passenger lines connect
ing the United States with Cuba, Porto
Rico, Haiti, Santo Domingo and the
Bahamas went into operation last week
as the climax to a three-day celebration
of the opening of the new airport at
Miami, Fla. The 1900 miles just placed
in operation by Pan-American Always
constitutes the first major link in a pro-
jected system Of approximately $4,000
miles to be operated by the company,
linking every nation in Central and
South America with this country.
The service inaugurated last week
includes daily mail-passenger plane
service from Miami to Havana, 261
miles; thrice weekly service from Miami
to Nassau, capital and resort center
of the British Bahamas, 1873 miles, and
thrice weekly service from Miami by way
of Havana to Camaguey and Santiago,
Cuba; Port au Prince, Haiti; Santo Do
mingo City, Dominican Republic, and
San Juan, Porto Rico, the far tip OF the
West Indies, a total distance of LAO
miles.
The service was inaugurated Wednes-
day. when four planes took off from
| Miami on the new routes n n left
od4A OdolL u Ia AOlAS IN al
over the green isles and blue seas of
the West Indies. The first of the south
bound planes left Miami with 500
pounds of mail and seven passengers,
among them Miss Amelia Earhart, first
woman to cross the Atlantic by air;
William P. McCracken, jr., Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics,
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Warner Bellah.
The fourth plane, bound for Porto
Rico, carried as passengers Postmaster
General Harry S. New, w. Irving Glover,
Second Assistant Postmaster General in
charge of air mail; Mayor E. c.. Sewell
of Miami, Edgar N. Colt, head of the
| Keystone Looming Aeronautical Corpo-
ration, and officials of Pan-American
Always, in addition to 215 pounds Of
mail.
Under the contract with the Pan
American Always, the Postmaster Cen
eral may at any time demand extension
of the service to Port of Spain, Trini-
dad, by way of the Leeward and Wind
ward Islands. On February 4 Pan
American Always will begin operation
of a route out of Miami to the Panama
Canal Zone with stops at Merida, Mex
leo; Belize, British Honduras; Teguci-
galpa, Republic of Honduras: Managua,
Nicaragua, and San Juan, Costa Rica.
Provision Is made under the existing
contract for later extension to Colom-
bia, Venezuela, British and Dutch
Guiana and Trinidad.
Preliminary arrangements have been
made and are to be carried into effect
as soon as landing fields are provided
to carry this service far down the West
Coast of South America to Santiago,
Chile, thence over the Andes to Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
The Miami airport has been desig-
mated as an official airport of entry
to the United States and customs, pub
lie health and immigration officers are
stationed there to expedite passenger
clearance over the Always. The air.
port cost nearly $250,000 to equip, in
GLIDING six hangers to house 30 of the
big. m~ulti-motored air liners and a
fully equipped machine shop.
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edge of the subjects pertaining to his
future career.
The hours of actual flying are those
most looked forward to by the cadet.
He begins by being assigned. together
with several other newcomers, to an
instructor. He waits his turn in the
air and is allowed to hold the controls
lightly while the instructor flies and
maneuverS the plane. From then on
there is something new each day. Soon
he is able to wabble around without the
instructors aid. Tske-offs and land
ings are difficult. but finally mastered.
After 8 or 10 hours the never-to-be-
forgotten solo fight is made. bringing
with it the initiative and confidence
of self-responsibility.
Advanced Training at Kelly.
Precision landing for a mark and with
the motor shut off bring new difficult
ties. LOOPS, spins, barrel rolls and re-
vcrsements appear impossible to master
at first, but with each additional hour
in the air the cadets splashing about
takes on more and more of the appear
ance of a finished maneuver.
AS the end of the primary training
nears and the dreadful final checks n
examinations are passed, the low-pow-
cred training planes are replaced with
actual service equipment of the type
which would be used on the front In
war time. The cadet is no longer an
amateur learning the first principles OF
fight. He has become a pilot and Is
ready to transfer to Kelly, the alma
mater of the American Air Corps.
Here he is trained in ~cross-country
navigation and reconnaissance, in bomb
ing and gun machinery. in formation
combat and attack. The greatest OBJ
ject of the advanced training is to turn
out officers capable of taking their place
on the front lines at a moments
notice.
One year after a class enters the pr1-
mary school they are transformed from
inexperienced recruits to trained flying
officers. Those who have succeeded in
passing through the IL months OF Air
Corps discipline are assembled for the
last time. presented with the wings Of
the service and disbanded into the COM
mercial world. ready and able to make
their contribution to industrial progress.
yet capable of taking the front line
overnight if it becomes necessary to de-
fend that progress.
Reservist Facilities Inadequate.
If we wish to maintain u national
defense in the form of a trained Re-
serve engaged in commercial activity
but capable of immediate organization
in case of necessity, then it is necessary
to provide proper facilities to keep this
Continued on Tenth Page.)
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ton is given in every major subject
pertaining to aviation, in addition to
those bearing on the duties of a com-
missioned officer. The flying training
is given with a ~thoroughness and eff
f1ciency based on the tradition + Amc--
lean aviation.
A graduate from Kelly Field must
not only maintain, but must raise, Che
standards of the Air Corps.
A~erodynamics. navigation, aircraft
and engines, meteorology, machine guns
and bombs, photography, military tao
tics-these are only a few of the SUBJ
jectS included in the curriculum. The
cadet learns that three-fourths of its
lift comes from the top surface of a
wing: that stream-lining an airplane
reduces its resistance to a small frac.
ton of the original amount: that the
speed of a plane does not increase be-
yond a certain point in a vertical dive;
that the shortest distance between two
points on the earth's surface is not a
straight line on an ordinary map. In
short, he is not only taught to fly. but
also to have a general and basic knowl-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

atoms are in the Air Corps Reserve.
This Reserve is built up of officers who
have received flying training in mill
tary flying schools and who would be
available for active duty Immediately in
time of emergency.
Army's Three Flying Schools.
Many of these officers received their
training during the World War and re-
turned to commercial life after its clos
Others served as flying cadets and wen.
through the flying schools during the
past few years. 1t is possible for a
civilian pilot, who is properly qualified,
to obtain a Reserve commission and
military pilot rating; but a majority OF
our Air Corps officers receive their
wings at Kelly Field.
The Army is now operating three
flying schools. Applicants who have
qualified for flying are divided between
Brooks Field, Tex, and March Field.
California. where they receive eight
months of training. Those graduated
from the primary schools are ordered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

to Kelly Field. San Antonio, Tex, where
they receive their advanced instruction
and are graduated as commissioned Of
ficers in the Air Corps Reserve.
The cadet detachment is built up OF
young men from every part of the
United States. Applications are adj
dressed to the chief of Air Corps, Wal
Department. Washington, D. C. The
applicant must be between the ages
of 20 and 81, have an education equiVa-
lent to two years in a recognized uni
versity and be in good physical condi-
ton. Those whose applications meet
the requirements set down by the War
Department are notified to appear be-
fore an Army board for preliminary
examination. If they are passed by
this board they are then assigned to
either Brooks or March Field IS flying
cadets.
Life of a Flying Cadet.
The life of a cadet is filled with
interest and hard work. No school is
more fascinating, none more arduous
than. that of our Air Corps. Instruc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
INDICATORS TESTED.

A portable airspeed indicator tester
which may be used to check the accu-
racy Of airspeed indicators after their
installation in airplanes has been de-
veloped by one of the leading American
airplane instrument companies.
The test indicator is inclosed in a
small wooden box containing a dial to
register the airspeed and a long rubber
tubing to be attached to the instrument
to be tested. The permanent indicator
can be tested quickly and easily and
adjustments and corrections made.
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Air Mail Stamped
Envelopes Issued
For First Time

So general has become the
public use of the air mail sery-
ice in this country that the Post
once Department has just is
sued the first air mail stamped
envelope. The new envelopes
were placed on sale for the first
time yesterday at the depart
ment's philatelic agency here.
The first envelopes are encir-
cled with red, white and blue
and bear a special embossed
stamp of circular shape, showing
a monoplane outlined in white
and printed in blue ink, with the
wording ~. S. Postage. Via Air
Mail" e%ncircling the border. 1t
is estimated that approximately
1O0, 1000, 900 of the envelopes will
be issued during 1929. Other
sizes in air mail stamped envel-
opes will be issued later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
AIR MAIL PILOT COVERS
93,967 MILES IN 1923
C. E. Peoples Flies Total of As
Days Between Kansas City
and Dallas.

Charles E. Peoples, an air mail pilot
on the National Air Transport line
from Kansas City to Dallas, Tex, flew
a total of 1,076 hours during 1928, or
As days Of continuous flying, during
which he covered 1897 miles. His
years flying was equivalent to nearly
four times around the earth, or more
than 80 transcontinental trips across
the United States from New York to
Los Angeles.
Peoples flies the night air mail be-
tween Kansas City and Dallas and has
been an air mail pilot since the war.
He has been on his present run since
October II. 1927, prior to which he
few between Cheyenne and Pueblo. He
served in the Army Air Corps during
the World War.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

getaway and fexibility- elements of pei.
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new Buick appeared!
And here, in addition, are new heights of
that sterling reliability for which Buick has
always been famous. A remarkable new
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of new and exclusive f-eatures-assure thou.
sands upon thousands of miles of complete
motoring satisfaction.
For the newest in style and performance
for utmost value-for the highest degree of
stamina and reliability-the choice Of the
overwhelming majority of fine Car buyers is
this magnificent new Buick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
New Plane Motor Developed.

A new six-cylinder radial 110-horse-
power airplane motor has been devel-
oped by the American Eagle Aircraft
Corporation, Kansas City, Mo-, and pro-
duction on a large scale is to begin about
February /. This will enable the COM
pany to turn out a plane constructed
entirely in its own plant, except for
tho : instrument panels and landing
dn9aR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
Germans Promote Aviation.

Aircraft operating in Germany on
July /, 1928, totaled 686, all civilian
owned, according to a report just re-
ceived here by the Department of
Commerce. Of the 686 planes, 1876
we're owned by the Deutsche Lufthansa,
lit by training schools, II by indus
trial firms, 80 by flying clubs and 18a
by miscellaneous owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

Vibrant new beauty and style-an amazing
new kind of performance-al that is newest
and finest in motoring combined in this
magnificent new Buick!
Here are bodies of matchless distinction and
charm - rounded contours alluring new
colors- ul~tra-luxurious upholsteries
ensembles SO beautiful and distinctive that
they are winning nationwide acclaim as the
new mode!
Here is the highest development of the
famous BuickVa in-Head engine-themo most
powerful engine of its size in the world. In
creased bore and stroke-greater piston dis
placement-vastly improved carburetion-
imparting new and incompatible swiftness,
New Britain herald., 1929-08-02
New York City Republicans Choose Congressman LaCuardia to Oppose
 Jimmy Walker In Coming Election
Only One Name to Be Voted On at Primaries-Nominee
 Warns Foe Campaign Is On Hyan's Action Awaited

York university, and served as deputy attorney general of the state of New York for a year before go- ing 10 congress for the first time in 1916. Except for the years he was in the army, he has been in congress ever since.
 Now Up 10 Hylan
 And now La Guardia and the re- publican leaders are waiting to see what former Mayor John r. Hylan is going to do. Having announced his candidacy as an independent. Hy- Ian indicated a couple Of days ago that, if he failed to get the support of the republican convention, he would withdraw
 But he hadn't early this morning. Instead, G. /. Houtain, Hylan's cam paign manager issued a statement in which he said:
 The republicans might better have nominated Walker last night than to have gone through all those motions"
New Britain herald., 1929-08-02

Heading 69 in Herald Classified ads list tcnements to rent.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-02
with
A Hard Task


 The authors admit that facts are hard to find.
 Nothing is more difficult than to get the truth in a family tangle. they observe.
 Research into the fields of marital djustments is advised, with the warning that 'sentimentalism is as dangerous as ignorance"
 In the opinion of the authors, the study has shown conclusively that theer can be no nationwide formula for the legal adjustment of family problems, because of variations Of local conditions. To set up an out line of model court" would be detrimental" they hold
 Domestic relations themselves diff fer from geography, they point out, citing fundamental differences in family problems in a seaport and in an agricultural community.
 Certain standards of organization areadvised, however, including spe- Cially qualified judges and probation staffs, adequate staffs, precourt work with view to unofficial adjust ments," probationary supervision and a complete case record of system.
 The domestic relations investiga- tors learned that every city in the country with a population of 100,- G00 or more has a specially organ iznd children'S court and that los than half but more than one-third of all American divorce cases in- volve children.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-02

took another drink.
 Give him an ice cream cone" !" said the benevolent guard.
 Pomcroy clutched the cone in one Of his shaky hands. He had eaten ice cream before on rare occasions in the Charlestown prison. But the cone was a novelty to him. The soda pop he had never before tasted; he alternately drank the ginger ale and ate the ice cream cone while pho tographers operated their cameras.
 Amazed by Airplane
 Once again the prison car started out. Pomeroys automobile was slow cd up as it passed the Brockton air port. The old man leaned out of the side of the car, his mouth agape as q plane roared down the field and scared into the air.
 Near the railroad tracks at West Bridgewater he was attracted by a maze of electric wires suspended from a high tension station.
 What's that?" he inquired. A guard explained, somewhat labor ionslv. Pomoroy grunted.
 At the gates of the state farm Pomeroy was helped out. He shuf- fled up small walk and into the receiving room where he underwent the usual procedure of having his hair clipped and his face shaved.
 For the present Pomeroy must re- main in the prison infrmary until the farm superintendent finds an as- signment for him.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-02
Colombian Rioting
 Breaks Out Again

Bogota, Colombia, Aug. ? (UP)- The riots at Libano which took q toll of four dead and 20 injured were cclipsed by an outbreak at Bos Quebradas which resulted in per- sons being killed and 12 badly in jurcd. according to reports to the newspaper Tiempo today.
 These riots, which have been characterised as communistic in or igin, were said by officials to be of no political significance. In spite Of this assertion, however, several of the local newspapers claimed that the government would have to take drastic steps to improve labor con- ditions if it was desirous of avoid ing serious developments
New Britain herald., 1929-08-02
Jesse Pomeroy Gapes At Airplane, First He Has Ever Seen; Drinks
 Ginger Ale, Eats Ice Cream Cone
Famous Lifer, Outside Charestown Prison Walls After 5 Years, Surprised at Disappearance of Horses
 From Highways-Amazed at World Changes

BridgeWater, Mass. Aug. (UP)- Jesse Harding Pomeroy pale, slightly stoop- shouldered old man. his shaven head adorned with small tuft of fuzzy. white hair, paced the infrmary of the state farm here today and spoke of the amazement he had experienced at things considered too commonplace by the rest of the word to attract more than passing attention,
 Where Did Horses Go
 "The horses? Where did all the horses go to-" the aged 'lifer" asked.
 He rode 40 miles in an automo- bile from Charlestown state prison 10 the state farm yesterday. He passed hundreds of automobiles on the ride. which marked his first exit from the Charlestown prison since he entered it 5 years ago at the age of 17. Yet he couldn't understand why all the horses had disappeared On the transfer from Charlestown, which was decreed by Governor Frank G. Allen and his executive council after such a recommenda- ton by Dr. A. Warren Stearns, com- missioner of correction, Pomeroy sat in a car with two other long-termers and two guards.
 Out of consideration for the old man, the guards placed him in side seat For the greater part Of the trip the 'lifer" was silent. Oc- casionally he grunted when an au- tomobile roared past.
 The prison cavalcadc drew to a halt at Randolph about half way to the state farm here. Pomeroy was taken out of the car. He seemed un- concerned as a guard led him to a confectionery store nearby. Ginger Ale is Pretty Good
 "What'n you have to drink, Grandpa ?" the guard asked.
 "Grandpa'-Pomeroy's non de i plume when writing poetry for the 1 Charlestown prison magazine pushed his gray cap back on his l head and glanced uncomprehending- i ly at the guard.
 "Aw, give i'm a ginger ale pop i the guard ordered
 Pomeroy eyed the bottle susplc- 1 iously. Then he carefully wiped the neck of the bottle and put it 10 his lins He took a sip, turned 10 the guard and smiled.
 "Pretty good,' he vcntured as he
New Britain herald., 1929-08-02
URGE NEW COURTS
 FOR FAMILY ROWS
Investigators Recommend Spe- Cial Domestic Relation Clinics

Washington. Aug. tP=Domestic relations clinics, staffed by psychia- trlsts, psychologists and social inves- ngators are recommended in the findings of the United States chill dren's bureau after study of fam lily and domestic relations courts of 26 cities in Is states.
 These domestic relations clinics should be availa ble to any person desiring help in adjusting troubles growing out of the marital rela- tions," the report reads.
 The proposed clinics are but one phase of the new technique of in- vestigation and supervision urged by the authors of the report. Der .nard F'lexner and Reuben Oppen- heimcr attorneys, and Katharine F. Lenroot, assistant to the chief of the Children's bureau, who also advo- yates physicians, psychologists and psychiatrists attached to the courts.
 The report just completed. stress ed the vast distinction between old court procedure and the methods used in the new family courts.
 "The old courts relied upon the learning of lawyers: the new courts depend more upon psychiatrists and social workers" It says. Justice in the old courts was based on legal science. In the new courts it is based upon social engineering
 The family court movement Is de- scribed as an outgrowth of the ju- venile court. the result of practical experience which has demonstrated that child welfare and family wei fare are inextricably intertwined, and as establishing the need for new technique in dealing with family problems.
 "The new socialized procedure is gaining ground steadily" the oeport sets forth. Its theory is sound be- cause it is adapted to modern con- ditions. It must be supplied with the exceptionally trained man and woman power that it's success de- mands It must be treated frankly as an experiment. Emotionalisn must be shed. Errors must be ack- nowledged, facts must be dealt