Evening star., 1932-10-16

get the idle machinery back to work.
By ordinary transport methods three
weeks would have been required for the
shipment, at loss estimated at nearly
$4,000 a day at the mine.
On the same plane was a more amur-
ing rush shipment. A Uruguayan bride
| to-be, thanks to the persuasiveness Of
an American salesman, had decided to
order her bridal costume from New York
instead OF Paris. The salesman obtain
ed the order largely as a result OF his
boasted ability to obtain delivery with
out delay. With only nine days in
which to work. he was able TO deliver
complete outfit-dreSs. slippers bridal
veil and all-two days before the we'd
ding date.
A breeder Of prize live stock in New
York State received an order from a
Bolivian rancher for a prize bull and
four thoroughbred heifers, with the
notation: Ship all by Pan-American
air express and I will get them six
weeks sooner" In this case, however,
the man had to wait. The airlines do
not yet fly cattle planes.
A New Jersey manufacturer Of
cosmetics, learning that German COM
petitor had shipped new product by
steamer to Buenos Aires, sent by air
express 80 sample jars Of his own rival
product and sold out the market before
the German shipment arrived.
The list Of samples of new products
shipped by air to Latin America to meet
the threats of European competitors has
| included everything from automobile
models and radio sets to electric re-
frigerators, marine engines and attach.
ments for heavy machinery.
Brakilian coffee planters send samples
of the beans to New York where they
are tested, selected and ordered within
IS days after leaving the parent plant
, in Southern Brazil-a process formerly
requiring seven weeks or more.
One unique shipment was composed
Of 100000 wasps, brought from the
Peruvian Andes to Louisiana to combat
the cane borer which takes a IS, ,000, 900
yearly toll from the sugar crops Of that
State. Previous efforts to carry the
wasps by steamship were unsuccessful,
few of the insects surviving the 28-day
trip. The air trip required days and
large majority Of the wasps came
through in good health.
In all parts Of the world air express
is meeting a real need for fast trans
portation beyond the power Of surface
methods to deliver. It is establishing
itself as an undeniable factor in the
| life Of modern civilization.
Accident Total Decreases.
The number Of accidents occurring
in connection with miscellaneous flying
during the first six months Of this
year was less than for any six-month
period since the first half Of 1929. ac-
cording to a summary by the Depart
ment of Commerce Of the semi-annual
reports The mileage flown per acci-
dent, however, showed a decrease.
| Miscellaneous flying operations In
clude all of the most hazardous forms
of flying. Into this category are Jumped
/ attempts for records. aerial photcg-
raphy, sightseeing. crop dusting. expert
mental flying, flight testing. commercial
and pleasure flying. It does not in
clude scheduled air transport opera
| tions
| The reports show total of BAT
accidents, as against 1912 accidents for
the last half of 1891 and 993 for the
| first half Of last year. Ninety-four
of the accidents resulted in deaths, as
! against IA fatal accidents during the
last half of last year and 100 during
the first half.
sion en- miscellaneous flying Is strik-
/ ingly shown in the report. The total
mileage flown during the six months
was but 33.7226 685. the lowest total
since the first half of 1928. There
were 51,060,520 miles flown In such
! operations during the last half of 1881
and 1922 ,595 miles during the first
| half. The highwater mark in mileage
/ flown in miscellaneous operations was
recorded during the last half Of 1929,
when the total was 63ooo,ooo miles.