Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-06
AIR MAIL SERVICE
IS DOUBLED HERE
Seven-Day-a-Week Schedule
Gives National Capital Bet
ter Coast Contact.

Following Inauguration last night
and early this morning of seven-day-a-
week airmail service on the New York
Atlanta airmail line, passing through
Washington, the airmail service be-
tween this city and New York is being
doubled today by daylight flights in adj
dition to the regular night schedule.
In addition to the two important in
creases in flying schedules, which will
speed up direct deliveries between this
city and New York, the National Capt.
tai, as result of the new schedules, Is
given closer connection with the trans
continental airmail line. cutting nearly
day In mailing time between this city
and the West Coast.
Ceremonies Planned for Tonight.
The increased service and the first
anniversary of the Inauguration of the
New York-Atlanta airmail line will be
celebrated with brief ceremonies at
Boiling Field at $50 o'clock this eve
ming. These ceremonies will eliminate
in the departure for New York of the
first northbound day airmail plane,
scheduled to leave at GAS pm.
The first Sunday service on the New
York-Atlanta line was inaugurated last
night, Pilot Amberse M. Banks, making
the Southbound trip from Newark air.
port. arriving here shortly before mid
night. and Pilot Don johnson. making
the northbound trip. arriving here early
this morning.
Since the local air mail line was in
augurated on May /, 1928, the mail
planes have flown on a six day a week
basis, one trip IN each direction being
made and all flights being made dur
ing the night The first day air
mail flight on the line was made
this morning, Pilot C. w. Gurley
leaving Newark at am. in a new
Pitcairn Mailwing plane and stopping
at Philadelphia and for the first time
at Baltimore. He landed at Boiling
Field at 1889 am. Baltimore will be in
cluded as a regular stop on the day air
mail line, landings being made at Logan
Field pending completion OF the Balt1-
more Municipal Airport.
The ceremonies at Boiling Field this
evening will be in charge OF the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce. Invitations
sent out by Charles w. Darr, president
of the chamber, have been accepted
BY Senator Bingham of Connecticut,
Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania,
w. Irving Glover. Second Assistant
Postmaster General in charge OF air
mail David S. ingalls,, Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy for Aeronautics; Com
missioner Sidney F. Taliaferro. MAJ.
Donald A. Davidson, Assistant District
Engineer Commissioner, and number
of Government and civil aeronautlcS
people.
Garry Greeting to West Coast.
The ceremonies will be simple. MT.
Darr will introduce the guests OF honor
and a brief explanation of the purpose
of the increased air mail service Will pc
made by Mr.. Glover, after which the plane
will take of for Newark. The pilot Will
carry letters of greeting from the WASH
ington Chamber Of Commerce TO the
presidents Of the San Francisco anu
Los Angeles Chambers of Commerce.
This evenings exercises, Mr.. DAFT
explained, have been arranged not only
to commemorate the first anniversary
of the local air mail line and to celebrate
the Increased service on the line, but
also to promote local interest IN aero
nautics and to focus public attention on
the extended scope Of the air man
facilities.
Last wednesday day and night air
mail service was inaugurated on the
transcontinental air mail line from New
York to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The doubling of the service on the
Washington York line was tnst1-
tuted so as to give direct connection
with the new transcontinental Sched-
ule. Beginning today letters mailed
in this city before the close OF the
business day will be delivered in the
Middle West the next morning and on
the Pacific Coast the second morning.