The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-20
FARLEY ANNOUNCES
ARMY WILL RESUME
SERVICE TO AREA
Small Military Planes, However,
Will Not Attempt to
Carry Passengers
DATE STILL IS UNCERTAIN
Fliers Have Difficulty in Getting
Started Because Of Bad
Weather

Bismarck was without airmail serv-
ice Tuesday for the first time since
June, 1881, the Northwest Always
having flown the last mail plane
through here Monday, but prospects
are bright for an early resumption Of
the service, according to q news dis
patch from Washington.
Postmaster General Farley Monday
listed among the new airmail routes
to be operated soon by the army are
those from Chicago to st. Paul aud
Minneapolis and to Fargo and Bill
lings with extension to Butte, Mont.
No date was set for reSuming the
service. however.
Under the new arrangement no
passengers will be carried as the gov
ernment planes are smaller than
those used by the Northwest Always.
They are army planes and not design
ed for carrying passengers.
The Northwest Anyways office at
the airport was closed Monday and
the only employe Of the company re-
manning In Bismarck was Otto
Richardson, radio operator, who said
Tuesday morning that he had no idea
what the future plans Of the CON-
pany are.
Finds Plenty Of Trouble
Reports from all parts Of the coun-
try indicated the army was having
plenty of trouble In It's new venture.
Binding snow, sleet or fog ground
ed nearly all army mail planes II
the East. To the west and south
the service planes were able to fly,
except in spots.
One mishap occurred Monday night
as the army took over the mails
wrested from private companies BY
Postmaster General Farley's cancel
lation of their contracts. An Atlanta
Richmond plane nosed over at the
Geenville, 8. c., airfield, bent It's
propeller and smashed its undercar-
riage. Lieut.. +. r. German. pilot, e.
capped injury.
High-spots Of the airmatl situa-
ton were:
Newark, N. J.-Heavy snow and .
low ceiling kept all mail craft sit
ting down." AL flights were can
celled and Lieut.. George sulgen, Sec
ton commander, foresaw no flying
until noon.
Washington-Lieut. Thayer Olds
landed on an Icy field at S q. m.
Tuesday with mail from Pittsburgh
and Cleveland. Everything went
smoothly" he said. "A tall wind
helped me over the mountains"
Dallas, Tex.-Two planes roared
away on schedule Monday night. for
Kansas City and Memphis.
Fails 10 Surmount Hump
Sacramento, Cal.-Lieut. John C.
Crosthwaite tried unsuccessfully to
surmount the hump" Of the Sierra
Nevadas on the first eastbound army
mail trip and returned to the munic-
ipal airport Monday night.
Chicago-Four planes left here
Monday night and early Tuesday q
the army mail service got away to q
prompt start. They headed for
Omaha, Kansas City. Nashville
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curry flirted with zero.
Before the elements closed down on
the airmen, aviation concerns which
lost their contracts succeeded In
making final aerial gesture. A
giant transport ship captained by
Eddie Rickenbacker. world war ace
sped from the Pacific to the Atlantic
IN - hours and minutes and landed
at Newark, N. j.. with new air mail
record In It's possession.
Meanwhile, the private concerns
who lose millions in revenues by the
postmaster generals order. prepared
to curtail commercial operations.
Transcontinental Il Western Air
Inc, for which Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh Is technical adviser, announced
drastic reductions" involving en-
forced lay-offs, wage cuts and cur
tailed service.