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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
MAIL PLANES LINK
! TWO CONTINENTS
Miami Base of Operations
I for North and South Ameri!
can Schedules.

The first linking Of North and South
America by air mail planes operating
On regular schedules Is announced by
the American Air Transport Associa-
tion- With Miami as the base OF opera.
GaonR in the United States, planes will
follow the present combined air mail
and passenger route through Honduras
and Nicaragua to the Canal Zone. From
the Cristobal Airport they will fly to
Colombia and Ecuador to Molendo
Peru, near the Chilean border, which
viii be the temporary Southern ter
nninHi. The new route completes COM
bined Canadian, United States, Central
and South America airway extending
uninterruptedly from Montreal, total
distance of 1852 miles. From Molendo
service will eventually be extended to
6anttAso. Chile, and thence over the
Andes to Buenos Aires. Argentina and
Montevideo, Uruguay.
Passenger Planes Later.
While the new route from the Canal
Zone south will at preSen& carry only
mail, multi-motored planes Will later be
added for passenger carrying operations.
Another system bringing the two
Americas closer together Is being sur
veyed at present, the association says:
II VIII be 1900 miles long and extend
from Juneau, Alaska, to Chile by way
Of the West Coast Of the United States,
Maxico and Panama Through the
preGent system Of % air mail routes,
connection from all points in the United
states will be made with South Amer
LEA at either Miami, Brownsville, Tex,
or san Diego, terminal points for the
trAnsfer of air mail, express and paSsen-
gers to the tropics.
Arrangements have Just been COM
Melted 50 that mail from, the United
states Is handled by foreign air man
fines when the domestic postal matter
q sent via air to coastal points.
FOREIGN Routes Negotiated.
The foreign routes with which nego-
HAafions have been made are:
T0ndon to Paris; Par4S-LyonS-M MAI
mafIle Alsiers; London Paris Basel
Iondon- brussels Cologne: Cologne-Ber-
An: cologne Frankfort-M0ntch; Lon
dom % Rotterdam-Amsterda dam Hamburg
Hanover-Berlin; Amsterdam Hamburg
roDenhaxen- Ma1mo; atro-Gaza-Bag
Aad-BasTa: Misunderstanding -Da'
Eer: Bona Belgian Kongo) -Leopoid'
vile -Bandunkl-Ieubo -Kanda- kamlna-
Eii1abethville; Marseile to Algiers; An
tfoes TO Tunis; Toulouse to CaSablanca;
MarxeiIIe to Casablanca; Toulouse e
Dakar: Marseille to DakAr; Paris
London: Paris to Berlin; Paris 70 AM
sterdsm; Paris TO Basel; PARIS 70 WEI
cav, and Paris to Constantinopie MAJ.
ami to Havana; Miami 70 san Juan
Miami 10 Nassau; Brownsvine 70 TAM
T1Aoo and Mexico City, and New xorI
10 Montreal.
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WESTERN MAIL LINE
!. MAS BUFFETS, RADIO
luvAumemA Allows LunoheonS 3O1
sss Guests end Communication
E with Ground.

eAN FRANCISCO GR.-Eighheen-
na8DenRsR tri-motored transport planes,
S01trped with buf1ets for serving lunch
0one aud with two-way radiophone
0uT1rnunication, soon are to be placed in
service by the Boeing system on the
san Francisco Chicago section OF the
6ranscontinental air NAH and express
route.
The Yadiophone equipment, already
installed on planes operating between
san Francisco and Salt Lake, permits
r1ilots TO converse with ground stations
400 miles away. The installation to be
placed on the passenger transports
weighs about 100 pounds and Will be To-
Gated in the tails Of the ships.
IT would be possible for passengers on
the transports to talk with city num-
bers by calling terminal stations and
asking to be connected. Present regula-
tions, however conf1ne the radiophone's
use to operations matters for protection
Of life and equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
FORMER NAVY AVIATOR JOINS
WASHINGTON AIRPORT STAFF
Lieut.. John Henry TiIton Ac-
cepts Place as Regu-
lar Pilot.
Is Second Member of Cater
pillar Club at Local
Field.

Lieut.. John Henry Triton, former
Navy aviator and member Of the Cater
pillar Club, composed of aviators who
have saved their lives by use Of para
chutes, has joined the star of pilots
at Washington Airport, the terminus OF
the Washington-New York Air Line.
Lieut.. Tilton has been flying since
1917, when he began mis- career in naval
aviation. He saw extensive naval serv-
ice at Pensacola, Rockaway and San
Diego.
Much of Tilton's flying has been as
a test pilot. He won his way into the
exclusive ranks of the Caterpillar Club
while trying to fathom the cause of a
mysterious tendency to fiat spin DEM
onstrated by new type Of plane. He
was test-hying the plane near Alexan-
drta, Va, and put 1t into a spin from
which 1t refused to emerge.
At height of only 800 feet, after
fighting with the spin for several thou
sand feet, Titon took to his parachute
and went down with the spinning ship
right above his head. When the ship
crashed an instant after he landed, the
edge Of the wing fell across his foot.
Lieut.. Tfton Is native of this city
and was graduated from Mckinley
Manual Training High School. He is
the second Caterpillar" at Washington
Airport, Don Stuart having preceded
him into the select fellowship via the
parachute.
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ARMY AIR CORPS GROUP
TO MEET AT WRIGHT FIELD
Second Glass to Take instruction
Course Covering a Period
of Four Months.

The second class of the Army All
Corps Navigation School, inaugurateo
under direction of Capt. Clyde v. Finter
Lieut.. Albert F. Hegenberger and Brad
ley Jones, will convene at Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio, July l.
The course covers a four-month
period, and includes instruction in all
types of astronomical, dead reckoning
and radio navigation. The six pilots
who will be entered in this second class
are Lieuts. Uzal, G. Emf, Westside T
Larson, Harry A. Halverson, Lloyd c.
Blackburn, Edgar T. Seller and .Odas
Moon.
Lieut.. Emf is a balloon pilot who has
participated In the last two national
elimination balloon races for the Cor
don Bennett Trophy. He Is holder of
the Cheney award for gallantry. Lieut.
Moon was a refueling pilot In the 49,
hour flight Of the Question Mark last
January and was pilot of a lombard
ment plane on refueling bombing
mission from Fairfield Air Depot, Ohio
to New York and Washington last
month.
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FRENCH AERO CLUB
ENCOURAGES FLYING
Commerce Heads Here Observe
Methods Used Abroad to
spur Air Touring.

The Aero Club Of France is endeAyor-
ing TO stimulate air touring by private
citizens, according to a report from Vice
Consul Paul D. Thompson. at Paris,
and made public here by the Depart
ment Of Commerce. The Aero Club has
90 affiliated societies throughout France.
Believing that the most effective
means Of assisting such a movement
would be to enable the airplane indus
try to produce an inexpensive plane
through the medium of quantity pro-
duction. the club has formed a commits
sion, with the support OF the air min
1stry, to decide upon q standard type of
plane and obtain mass orders for its
production.
The commission has decided upon a
two-Seater type of easy mechanical
maintenance. with a flight radius of
$40 miles and a price of not more than
$4,000, including motor. 1t is seeking
mass production by obtaining orders
through contact and propaganda work
with aeronautic schools, societies, trans
port companies, industrial firms. mer-
chants, private individuals and depart
ments of the French government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
AUTO GyRO RACES
|. ON AIR DERBY CARD
Cleveland Program Filled
With Many Events for
Aviator Entrants.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (P.-Auto gyro
and glider races, a crosS-country event
for women and an air derby from Can
ada for Canadian flyers will feature
the national air races at the Cleveland
municipal airport August "a to Septem-
Der 2.
Entrants in a nonstop flight to
Cleveland include Martin Jensen, solo
endurance flyer; Art Gobel, Dole flight
winner. who set up a new cross-country
nonstop record last August; Capt.
George W. Haldeman, Canada Cuba
flyer, and Col William Thaw, command
ing officer of the Lafayette Escadrille
in the World War.
Los Angeles, San Francisco or Portland,
Greg.
Jensen Is having plane with a re-
tractable landing gear especially for the
fight. Haldeman plans to use a Bel
lanca and Gobel specially built Butler
plane.
Glover field, Santa Monica. Calf. has
been selected tentatively as the starting
point for the women's derby. Five
women have definitely said they will
enter. They are Lady Mary Heath,
British aviatrix, who few from London
to Capt Town; Bobby Trout, 18-year-
old Los Angeles endurance flyer; Mrs.
Marvel Crossen. California, who has
reached some high attitudes. and Mrs.
Dewey Noyes, Cleveland, wife of an air.
mail pilot.
Cross-country derbieS for planes Of
60-horsepower and upward with prizes
totaling 100000 also will be flown.
Numerous closed course events are
tentatively scheduled. They will in
clude races by Army planes, any power
Olant. NaVV p1aneS of any power OBJ
servation planes and Army transport
planes with one, two and three motors,
six or seven In the crew and loads
equivalent to a military load.
An aeronautic exposition will be held
In conjunction with the flights. It will
cover 100000 square feet Of floor space
In the Cleveland auditorium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
FLYERS PREPARE |
TO OPEN AIR LINE
81 to Take ''Dress Re-
hearsap Flights at st. Louis,
Beginning June "a.

Thirty-four veteran air mail and
transport pilots, who will form the fly
ing STAFF Of Transcontinental Air Trans
port, are gathered in st. Louis this week
preparing for dress rehearsal" flights
over the line beginning June "a, in
readiness for actual opening of opera
tons on July 8.
Their program prior to June "a in
cludes short course in blind" flying
by instrument, a radio refresher course
and radio examinations by the Radio
Commission. A pilots dinner will close
the convention"
The instrument flying is under direc-
ton Of Paul F. Collins, general super
intendent of the line and himself vet
eran air-mai pilot with many hours of
instrument flying to his credit. Each
pilot Is required to fly course approx
mately 10 miles long and return to his
starting place with the windows Of his
cockpit curtained to prevent any view
outside the plane.
The pilot personnel of the line, which
will operate between New York and Los
Angeles, in conjunction with the PENN
sylvania and Santa Fe Railroads. has
been announced by Mr.. Collins, as fol-
lows:
Eastern DIVISIONAL Columbus, H. w.
MCGEE, D. w. Buford, H. J. thinner
man and @. G. Price; at st. Louis, S.
D. Welsh, H H. Gallup, F. v. Tompkins,
Amberse Banks, Ben D. Howard, Joseph
s. Bartles, Clifford v. Abbott, Harry E.
Campbell, N. A. Laurenzana and Otis F.
Bryan; at Waynoka, Kans., Earl w.
Fleet, Carl w. Rach, Fred G.. Richard
son and Howard z. Hall.
Western DIVISIONAL Clovis, N Mex,
Lester D. Munger, T. r. Howe, j. 3.
Stowe, Jesse z. Hart, v. r. Lucas, Ed
win A. Dietel, Morley r. Slaght and w.
G. Davis; at Los Angeles, Edward a.
Bellande, Stephen r. Shore, John Gug-
helmetti, Moye W. Stephens, T. B. Hoy,
Noble G. Hueter, william Campbell and
Wesley r. Phillip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
WAR FLYING FIELD
FATE IN BALANCE
Chanute, Established in 1917,
Is Confronted With Finan-
CiaI Disaster.

RANTOUL, Ill. CE0.-A close Senate
vote saved the Chanute Army air field
with its colorful wartime memories from
oblivion, but there is still q financial
problem to disturb field authorities and
the Illinois communities desiring to re-
tain its aviation activities.
Dwight f. Davis, former Secretary
of War, recommended the elimination
of appropriations for Chanute Field
from the 1880 building program. New
work plans called for the expenditure
Of $4,000 for buildings at the post,
The House passed the appropriation
bill, and it now is with the Senate
military affairs committee.
Field Established In 1917.
Chanute Field was established In 1917
as a ground school for war flyers.
Among the famous American airmen
Of the war who were "kewees" at Cha
mute was Reed Lands of Chicago,
whose impressive dueling with the Ger
mans placed him high in the list of
aces. Bert Hassell, who attempted the
Greenland flight last year, was a
civilian instructor at Chanute in
1918, and later won his commission
there.
An air corps technical school at Kelly
Field, Tex, was added to Chanute in
1921 and the following year q photo
graphic course at Langley Field, Va,
and the communication school at Post
Field, Okla, were transferred here.
Nine thousand men have been trained
at Chanute.
Taught by 40 Instructors.
Both officers and enlisted men are
instructed in communications, mainte-
nance and photography. There are 40
instructors and accommodations for 400
students. Air corps men from the
armies of Holland Siam, Canada, Chile,
Peru and Ecuador have sought instruc-
ton at Chanute.
In 1927 the Photographic section pho
tographed the sections of the Missis-
sippi Valley. The airInen have mapped
seven States for the Geographical Survey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
Plane, Down at Sea,
Under Maritime Law,
Fishing Owner Told

NEW YORK [P.-When an
airplane lanes at sea 1t automat-
ically becomes a seagoing vessel
under the maritime law, Louis
Reichers Of New York has
learned.
Reichers. with a party of friends.
alighted in his amphibian plane
OF Atlantic City and began fish
ing. Government officials saw
the plane and upon his return to
New York the fiyer-fisherman was
informed he must equip his plane
for "deep-sea flying" If he re-
peated the, flying fishing expedi-
ton.
The order directed that the
amphibian. in such case, must be
equipped with life preservers, fog
horn, red and green running
lights. a signal pistol and fare
cartridges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

examination for provisional commission
in the Army in 1917. During the World
War he served in the Sd Division, and
was wounded three times in "a hours.
After five months in an Army hospital
he served with the Army of Occupation
until 1920.
Winner In Balloon Races.
Capt. Kepner was winner Of last
years national and international bal
loon races, the latter feat winning him
the Gordon Bennett Trophy He will
defend the trophy in this years interna-
tional race, to be held in st. Louis in
September.
For the past four months Capt. KEEP
ner has been stationed at Kelly Field,
Tex, as q student of the observation
course at the big Air Corps training
school, prior to which he was In COM
nand Of the Army semi-rigid dirigIble
RS-1 at Scott Field, Ill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
Put in Night-Flying Time.

Navy planes Of the battle fleet now
stationed at the Naval Reser. AVA
ton Base, Long Beach, Calf, have been
used for a great deal Of night flying
recently, in accordance with orders re-
quiring Navy pilots to put In night
flying time. Most Of the flying has been
done from Long Beach municipal air.
port, which Is said to be one Of the
best lighted In the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
FRENCH INSURE PILOTS.
Government Makes Policies for
Aviators Compulsory.

France has compulsory insurance for
pilots, according to official advices to
the Department of Commerce. In civil
aeronautics one-third of the necessary
premium is paid by the pilot and the
other two-thirds by the firm which en-
ploys him.
A pilot or other flying employee must
be insured against death in proportion
to the amount Of his annual salary. In
the case of military and naval airmen,
the amounts of the policies are fixed in
accordance with rank and pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
Transfer Ambulance Plane.

The Hampton Roads Naval Air Sta
ton ambulance plane, a venerable twin
nnotored ISL of wartime vintage, has
been ferried TO Annapolis for the In
strlIction Of the new aviation unit being
formed at the Naval Academy. A
wasp-powered Looming amphibian am
bulanee plane has been received - q
RAraAceuenA
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factory service. The heaVy-gauge steel
frame is strengthened by five sturdy
cross~members. 1t is tapered at front to
shorten the turning radius, and low
dropped" in order to achieve maximum
reliability with no loss of head room or
road clearance. Four Lovejoy hydraulic
shock absorbers make riding restful and
add to the life of the car by tempering
road shocks. The oversize four>wheel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
AIRPORT WEATHERPROOF
Kansas City Aviation Facilitated
by improvements

KANSAS CITY CP-Kansas City's
municipal airport, for the first time in
many months, is ready for all-weather
flying.
several carloads of cinders that have
transformed the field from pasture of
small lakes to hard, packed runways
During the excessive rains in the past dt
has been necessary for pilots to use Fair
fax Field instead of the municipal field
A sewer system has been installed to
drain of water from the take-off and
landing areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
COMMISSION is GIVEN.
Luke Christopher Is Ranked as Air
CORPS Reserve Major.

Luke Christopher, secretary of the
contest committee of the National
Aeronautic Association, with Offices In
the Barr Building, has been commits
stoned major in the Army Air Corps
Reserve. the War Department has an
nounced.
Maj. Christopher, former Army pilot
served for some TIME as test pilot for
the national advisory committee for
aeronautics at the Langley Memorial
Laboratories, Langley Field, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
ST. LOUIS SEEKS TITLE
OF AVIATION CAPITAL
Uty's Position az Aviation Center
Basis Of Intensive National Ad-
vertising Campaign.


vertising Campaign.
ST. LOUIS, June Is C4D.-St. Louis
Is out to capture the title Of aviation
capital" of the Nation.
The position of the city as a leading
aviation center is the basis of an in
tensive national advertising program
launched by the advertising committee
of the Industrial Club of st. Louis.
The campaign follows two-year sur
vey of advantages offered here to the
aviation industry. Copies have been
sent to bankers and aeronautical manu-
facturers throughout the country, and
a widespread newspaper advertising
campaign Is to be conducted this Sum-
mer.
st. Louis has four flying fields, five
aviation schools, four airplane factories
an engine factory and a transconti-
mental airways headquarters, in addi-
ton to four passenger and air mail
lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
Municipal Aviation School.

One of the first municipal schools
devoted exclusively to aviation is being
established In Buffalo. N. Y. Airplane
motors, nneteorology, aerodynamics and
navigation will be taught. A weather
observatory tower will be a feature Of
the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
The VIKING

the new oo-degree V>eype Eight
nc medium priee--is built in che Olds
factories, by Oldsmobile craftsmen,
and sold through Oldsmobile dealers.
At$15o5 for all models, f. o. b. factory,
Lansing, Michigan, lie is as outstand-
ing in value in its field as the popu-
lar Oldsmobile Six, the fine car of
low price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

most trying cond1t1ons.
Investigate this finer OldsmobiIe Six.
Seek out owners and learn what
their experience has been. Drive
one yourself and make critical COM
parsons with other cars. Prove to
your own complete satisfac tion that
you get full return in value for
every dollar you invest, when you
buy an Oldsmobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

brakes are smooth, quiet,
quick>acting, and power
full.
And Oldsmobile gives the
performance advantages of
a big 62>horsepower high
compression engine. 1t
delivers brilliant speed
swift, sure acceleration-
and, above all, a steady,
efortless flow of power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

In every section of the country Odsmobile continues
to score tremendous gains in public acceptance
because it offers value to be duplicated price
Consider carefully all that Odsmobie gives for $685.
Compare point for point, with other it's field
Oldsmobile is stylish, luxurious car. The spacious
Interiors are roomy and comfortable Seats are WIDE
bine long wear with fine appearance. Fisher combi~
nation wood>andsteel construction gives Oldsmobile
bodies exceptional durability and long life.
The details of Odsmobile chassis construction assure
sterling dependabty and thousands of miles of salts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

more than ample for any need. This efficient engine
e is economical to operate, thoroughly depend
y able in daily use, and will stand up under the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-13

Right" danger as the main danger
and Trotksyism (opportunism cover
ed with Left" phrases), and the
method of combating both, occupied
most Of the attention during the
discussion.
1t should be remembered that Dis
trict Five takes in an area of many
miles and units exist in no less than
80 towns outside of Pittsburgh. 1t
should be remembered also that many
of these towns, especially in the
mining sections, are company-owned.
1t is quite a problem for a stranger
to get into the company patch and
Party meetings must be held under
cover. In spite of these obstacles
all of the units held at least one
discussion meeting and most of
them more than one.
In fairness to the Opposition it
must be stated that in this district
they had few comrades, who for a
period of three months devoted their
entire time to expounding the case
of the Opposition, did this very ably.
The fact that they were so miser-
ably defeated is not because the
point of view of the Opposition was
kept from the membership.
The first defeat the Opposition re-
ceived was on the question of Trot-
syism. The proletarian membership
of this district responded readily and
quickly to the appeal of the C. C.
against the menace Of Trotskyism
threatening to destroy our Party.
The attempt of the Opposition to
divert the attention of the member
ship from the Trotsky danger to the
greater" danger Of the C. C. struck
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-13
Dress Strikers Will
Be Aided by Costume
Ball of W.I.R. Feb. Is

The Workers and Farmers Cos
tune Ball to be held Friday evening,
February Is, at Pythian Temple,
10th st. and Broadway, for the
benefit of the needle trades strikers,
is announced as the first part of the
campaign to be conducted by local
New York, Workers International
Relief. Workers in all trades are
urged to sell tickets, to visit work
ing class organizations and get
them to buy blocks of tickets, and
in every possible way to respond at
once with an expression Of solidar-
ity with the left wing fighters.
Workers are requested to imme-
diately communicate with local New
York, Workers international Relief,
799 Broadway, Room 226, for tick
cts and to work at top speed be-
tween now and February Is to make
the dance a tremendous demonstra-
ton of solidarity with the needle
trades strikers.