Evening star., 1934-08-19


two Reserve units operated under
direction of Lieut.. Cloukey and Lieut..
South as self-sustaining units, estab-
fishing their own base, barracks and
messing facilities.
The Davis Trophy now Is held by
the Reserve unit at Minneapolis,
which is expected to surrender it to
the commandant of the Washington
Navy Yard before September Is for
presentation to the local department
It is planned to hold a joint review
of VN-6R and VJ-7MR in connection
with the ceremony.
At the same time there will be
presented three gunnery trophies do
mated by personnel Of the two local
squadrons and competed for during
the recent annual active duty tours.
Two of these were won by the Navy
squadron and one by the Marines.
They are to be held during the COM
ing year and competed for again next
Summer during the 1885 annual ac-
tive duty periods.
Express Rates Reduced.
An important step toward increas-
ing the usefulness to the public OF
the Nations air express service was
taken during the past week. when a
sweeping schedule Of reductions in
express rates was made effective.
Minimum charges for single ship
ment were cut almost In half.
Under the new plan the lighter
weight packages are especially favored;
an important feature, since the vast
bulk of the air-express business now
is in the lightweight class. Under
the new rates packages weighing IL
ounces or less may be shipped at a
fat rate of IS cents and l-pound
packages at 81, regardless Of dis
tance. Former minimum charges
were $l80 on single shipment.
Packages weighing rs pounds may
be shipped distance of up to 149
miles for 81, including special door-to-
door pickup and delivery.
Improvement Of service by air
express has been made possible" 1t
was explained by G. H. Frame, local
superintendent of the Railway Ex-
press Agency. which Is cooperating
with the Nations airlines in providing
the new service, ''by expansion Of air
line routes and recent Inauguration
Of more frequent schedules. The re-
duction of tariffs on lightweight
packages will not only tend to increase
traffic by present users of air ex-
press, but 1t is expected that many
concerns and industries previously un-
able to make use of this service will
now find 1t profitable to employ this
high-speed delivery system"
Woman Pilets Protest.
Vigorous protests against the action
Of the National Air Race Committee
barring woman pilots from competi-
tion in the 1884 national air races,
to be flown at Cleveland during the
four days ending on Labor day, has
been voiced by women flyers.
Through the "99er," which voices
the views of the woman flyers COM
posing one Of the largest women's
aeronautical organization, the woman
pilots ask for the right to fly in the
Nations greatest annual competitive
air classic.
For the first time since 1929" they
pointed out, the national air races
are open to man pilots only. Women
are invited to cooperate by sitting
in the grandstand, unless they feel
disposed to try their hand at para
chute jumping"
The race officials, it was stated,
have chosen to ignore the fact that
women at various points throughout
the country-more so this year than
during any previous year-have con-
sistently proven their ability in closed