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yesterday and went Immediately to
their hotel
Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday
morning he escaped photographers
and reporters by GaShing out of the
hotel without topcoat or hat, jump
ing into taxi and speeding to the
War Department.
Pose for Photographers.
Reports that he was going there
caused virtual cessation of all work
in the department. Stenographers
from all over the building gathered
outside Dern's Office. and draped
themselves over the banisters of the
wide curving stairways
Later Lindbergh and Dern posed
for photographs. The flyer smiled
and shook hands under shouted in
structions from photographers.
Are you going to the White
House?' reporter asked.
I'm sorry. but I have nothing to
say Lindbergh replied. Then, turn
ing to one of the reporters. he asked:
Didn't 1 know you at Wisconsin,"
Yes the reporter answered. you
were a short horn when I was
there"
The reference was to the time Lind
bergh was a short-term agricultural
student at the University of Wis
consin.
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sure. as far as the utmost care can
provloe, against constant recurrence
Of fatal accidents.
This exception includes of course
iull authority to change or modify
schedules
"As you know, the period OF emer-
gency will end as soon as the neces-
Sary legislation has been enacted and
new contracts can be obtained am
writing once more to the chairmen of
the House and Senate committees
urging speed in the enactment of the
legislation. Because military lessons
nave been taught us during the past
lew weeks, l request that you consult
Immediately with the Postmaster Cen
eral and the Secretary of Commerce
IN order that additional training NAV
be given to Army pilots through CO.
operation with private companies who
later on will fly the mails This
should include, Of course. training in
cross-country flying, in night flyine,
ollnd flying and instrument flying.
1 am sending a copy of this letter
to the Postmaster General in order
that he may make ARRANGEMENTS with
you. He will. of course, modify the
instructions given on February to
confirm with the Army plans.
very Sincerely,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
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Field. June 20, 1888, crashed in flames
and killed at Jerome, Idaho, en- route
to his airmail post.
February 18-Second Lieut.. John
Holden Gibson, graduated in the class
Of June 20. 1888, forced to take to
his parachute to save his life when
trapped in a binding snowstorm at
Mansfield, Ohio, while en- route to his
airmail post at Columbus.
February 19-Second Lieut.. Ed
mund T. German, graduated Febru-
ary "a, 1888, cracked up at Greenville,
s. c., while carrying the mail on the
first days run; uninjured
February 19-Second Lieut.. Walter
E. Davis, class of June 20, 1888,
cracked up at Fort Worth, Tex. while
carrying the airmail; uninjured.
veteran" Killed.
February 22-Lieut. Durward O..
Lowry. graduated from Kelly Field
in 1929, killed in a crash near Desh-
Ter. Ohio, while carrying the mail in
a heavy snoWstorm.
February 22-Lieut. I. F. Patrick,
with more than five years of flying
experience, killed In a crash at Deni-
son. Tex. The Army has not clas-
sif1ed this as an airmail crash, Lieut..
Patrick having been en- route back to
duty from visit to his home at the
time
February 22-Second Lieut.. Charles
p. Hollstein, graduate June 20, 1898,
injured in a crash on Chestnut Ridge
near Uniontown, Pa. while flying mail
from Cleveland to Washington.
February 22-Second Lieut.. Harold
L. Dietz. class of June %, 1898. seri-
ously injured in a crash at Crisfeld,
Nd, while Of his course In a storm
en- route from New York to Wash
ington with airmail.
February 23-Second Lieut.. George
F. McDermott. graduated from Kelly
Field. June 90. 1888. drowned off
Rockaway Point, N. Y. when an Army
amphibian was forced down on the
way to Langley Field Second Lieut..
James H. Rothrock, graduate of Kelly
in 1881. and Second Lieut.. William
S. Pocock. classmate of Lieut. Nc
Dermott In the class Of June 20, 1888,
were rescued from this plane. The
Army does not class this accident as
in the airmail service, terming the
flight as routine training. though the
men were to have reported for airmail
service at its conclusion.
1880 Graduate Killed.
March 9-Lieut. Otto Wienecke.
graduate of Kelly Field in the class
o. June, 1880, killed in a crash near
Burton, Ohio. while carrying the mail.
Lieut.. Wienecke, a former balloon
officer, is said to have spent the past
eight months before reporting for air
mail duty In the c. C. C. camp at
Kingston. N. Y. The War Department
could not confirm the report of this
9. c. c. duty.
March 9-Second Lieut.. William M.
Reid. Kelly Field graduate of Febru-
ary "a. 1888. injured in a crash at
Daytona Beach, Fla, with mail
aboard. Sergt. Ernest p. Sell was
killed and Pvt. Floyd Marshall in
jured in this crash
March 9-Second Lieut. Frank L.
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of Secretary Dern for luncheon and
further round-table discussion Of
aviation problems.
At the War Department Dern and
Lindbergh talked in private. man &c
man. Exactly what comments or sug-
gestions the noted aviator made re-
manned undisclosed.
Lindbergh smilingly declined to
make any statement.
Dern confined himself to this brief
statement
Col. Lindbergh was kind enough to
fly down to Washington at my re-
quest for general discussion Of Army
aviation. l consider him to be our
foremost authority on aviation ques-
tions and since the Army has a large
amount of flying to do 1 wanted the
benefit of his excellent advice.
Mail Enters Discussions.
Il wanted accurate frst-hand in
formation on numerous questions and
since Col. Lindbergh is obviously one
OF the greatest living aeronautical au-
thorities I knew he would be able to
give us a great amount of information
and some valuable ideas
Asked whether the conference had
any direct bearing on the Army's task
Of flying the airmail, Dern said that
had entered into the discussions, but
only as part of the whole problem.
At about the same time President
Roosevelt made public his order cur
failing airmail routes and demanding
greater safety technique in airmail
flying.
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh landed un-
announced at Boiling Field late
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YOUNGER FLYERS
CHIEF VICTIMS
Is Per Cent of Army Pilots
in Crashes Were Recent
Graduates.

OF the Army Air Corps officers
involved in airplane crashes in con-
nection with the airmail service, rs
per cent have been out of flying school
for year or less and so per cent
have had not more than eight months
OF flying experience since their gradua-
tion from the Army Flying School.
Only out Of l6 officers involved
in crashes since the Army took over
the airmail service have had more
than one year of actual flying ex-
perience since leaving school.
One of the four was graduated from
flying school in 1882, two IN 1891 and
one in 1929. One of these veterans"
who had his airplane pilots wings
three years, is said to have spent eight
months in a Civilian Conservation
Corps camp, from which he was called
back into the airmail service.
Eight have been killed and eight
injured. several seriously. In addition,
one enlisted man has been killed and
one injured. This toll was taken in
IA crashes, several Of which were not
serious and at least two Of which did
not result in destruction o. Nrplanes
or injury to personnel.
Mote: The deaths of Lieut.. I. F.
Patrick at Denison, Tex. February
%. and Of Lieut. George F. McDer-
mott off Rockaway Point. N Y, on
February %, are rot included in the
total of eight officers mentioned
above The War Department con-
tends their deaths were not connected
with flying the airmail)
Firms Hired Veterans.
The youngsters of less than q year
of actual flying experience, it has
been pointed out, were taking over
the airmail service from veteran air
transport pilots whose individual fly
ing experience is estimated to aver
age nine years or more. Many Of the
Nations scheduled air transport pilots
who were flying the mail up to Feb
ruary l9, when the service was taken
over by the Army, have flown for
more than 10 years and a number of
them have hen in active flying capac-
tiles for from Is to 20 years.
OF the 16 Air Corps officers. not
oiic iidu SullSielt IlylIly ehpSIltllCc
to have qualified as the chief pilot
of an airliner on one of the Nations
commercial air transport lines. in the
opinion Of airline officials. Most of
them could not have even gotten jobs
as co-pilots of a commercial airliner
The latest Army airmail crash took
the lives Of one officer who was gradu-
ated from the Army Advanced Flying
School five months ago and one who
graduated II months ago.
Length OF Service.
The toll Of Army Air Corps crashes
in the airmail service. and the date of
graduation from the Air Corps Ad-
vanced Flying School at Kelly Field,
Texas. Of the officers involved are as
follows:
February 16-Second Lieut. Jean D.
Grenier, "a years old, graduate of
Kelly Field, June 20, 1893, killed in
crash in Weber Canyon, Utah, en-
route to his airmail post.
February 16-Second Lieut.. Edwin
D. White, jr., "a. graduate of Kelly
Field, February "a, 1888, killed with
Lieut.. Grenier
February l6-Second Lieut.. James
Y. Eastman, o. graduate Of Kelly
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LINDBERGH OFFERS
DERN VIEWS ON AIR
EFFICIENCY OF ARMY

Continued From First Page)
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Howard, Kelly Field graduate. Octo-
ber IA last, killed in a crash at
Cheyenne, Wyo., while on airmail
practice flight.
March 9-Second Lieut.. Arthur R.
Kerwin, graduated October IA, 1892,
killed in the crash with Lieut..
Howard.
All the second lieutenantS In the
classes of February "a, 1888, and June
20, 1888, II in all, were holding COM
missions in the Air Corps Reserve
and had not completed their pre-
scribed year of active duty flying
when the Army took over the airmail
service.
Records Of the Department of
Commerce Aeronautics Branch show
the commercial airmail pilots whose
jobs were taken over by the Army
have averaged $50 hours of flying
time year, and it Is not believed
that any of them have had less than
fve years OF airline experience or an
average of less than nine years of
flying experience since they left flying
schools.
Average Over 1000 Hours.
Department of Commerce and air
line officials here estimated that the
airmail pilots whose jobs were taken
over by Army flyers had an average
minimum of 1000 hours of flying
time. spread over to 10 years or
more.
1t was pointed out that none of the
air transport lines will take a man as
co-pilot who has not had at least
1900 hours of flying time and then
will require him to serve at least
six months as a co-pilot before he
is permitted to take over the controls
of a transport plane. Not more than
4 Of the l6 Air Corps officers involved
In crashes are believed to have had
sufficient time to qualify even as a
co-p1lOt on a commercial line
1t also was pointed out that the
rigid Department of Commerce regu-
lations applied to pilots of commercial
airliners would have barred every one
of the 16 Army pilots from the con-
trols of transport airliners. These
regulations require transport pilots to
pass rigid examinations in blind fly
ing, radio flying, aerial navigation
and other phases of flying and to
have had at least 1000 hours of solo
flying time, involving a large amount
of night flying and cross country fly
ing over various terrains.
1t Is estimated that the average
commercial air transport pilot now in
service in charge OF air transport
liners finished his flying school train
ing about 1925 and has been in active
service for the past nine years.
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Officer Gets New Command.

Capt. A. c. Pickens of Alexandria.
Va, now on duty in the Office of the
chief of naval operations. yesterday
was directed by the Navy Department
to assume command shortly of De-
stroyer Squadron of the Scouting
Force. with the U. S. S. Hopkins as
his flagship. relieving Capt. o. c.
Dowling u s. N
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carried by the Army Air Corps.
Senator McNary blocked temporarily
the passage of the bill. 1t will come
up Monday for consideration and ac-
ton. An amendment offered by
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
providing that only planes adequately
equipped and pilots adequately trained
should be used, was accepted by
McKellar.
Several of the Democratic members
of the Senate have been much
aroused over the course of the adj
ministration and its handling of the
airmail. There should never have
been a wholesale cancellation of the
airmail contracts and the mails
Should not have been turned over to
the Army. one of these Democrats
said yesterday. The contracts, he in
sisted, should have been revised, and
the mail service continued by the
commercial aviation companies.
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Text of Airmail Letter
President Acts Decisiyely as Toll of Army Mail
Pilots Reaches Ten in First
Twenty Days.
1 wenfy Days

The text of President RooseveIt's
letter to Secretary Dern ordering the
airmail service curtailed follows:
MY Dear Mr., Secretary:
"On February the Army Air Corps
was given the temporary assignment
of carrying the airmail and COM
menced the actual carrying on
February 20. This action was taken
on the definite assurance given me
that the Army Air Corps could carry
the mail.
Since that time 10 Army flyers
have lost their lives. I appreciate that
only four of these were actually flying
the mail, but the others were training
or were proceeding to the mail route.
l appreciate also that almost every
part of the country has been visited
during this period by fog. snow and
storms, and that serious accidents,
taking even more lives, have occurred
at the same time in passenger and
commercial aviation.
Nevertheless, the continuation Of
deaths in the Army Air Corps must
stop.
I'VE all know that flying under the
best of conditions is definite hazard,
but the ratio of accidents has been
far too high during the past three
weeks.
will you therefore please issue i'm
mediate orders to the Army Air Corps
stopping all carrying of airmai, except
on such routes, under such weather
conditions and under such equipment
and personnel conditions as will in
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PRESIDENT HINTS
He WAS M|S[ED
Mail Service Slash Order
Says He Was Told Army
Was Qualified.
Continued From First Page.)

to be reiterated-"Who gave the Presi-
dent such assurance"
The Presidents reference to the SUBJ
ject in his letter to Secretary Dern was
quite pointed He said:
This action" the President said
referring to his original order for
the Army to fly the mail, was
taken on the definite assurance
given me that the Army Air Corps
could carry the mail.
Since that time 10 Army flyers
have lost their lives l appreciate
that only four of them were ac-
tually flying the mail, but the
others were training or were pro-
ceeding to the mail route. .
Because military lessons have
been taught us during the past few
weeks I request that you consult
Immediately with the Postmaster
General and the Secretary of Com
merce in order that additional
training may be given to Army
pilots through cooperation with
private companies who later on will
6y the mails
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SWITZERLAND TOPIC
Lecture to Be Given Here by
M. E. Hartman of Thun.

M. E. Hartman of Thun.
NJ E. Hartman of Thun, Switzer-
land. will give an illustrated lecture
on The Beauties and Life of Switzer-
land" at the Washington College of
Music, at $50 pm. today Admission
is limited to members of the Swiss
societies and their friends.
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LOANs-$3OO or less. First Industrial
Bankers, Inc, 1906 Rhode Island Ave,
Nj, Rainier Nd. Phone Decatur 1914.
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HUNTING
BoA&aAn
MHmaA

many cupDOardS WHICH are
great advantage. Electric re-
frigeration on the house cur
rent and elevator service were
some Of the advantages Of
fered. For a beautiful and
comfortable place to make your
home I suggest this apartment.
21OO BLOCK OF
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Where could one live with
more pride than on stately old
Pennsylvania Avenue. with its
wide streets that impress you
with their dignity. This little
one room, kitchenette and bath
apartment at $43 was a very
livable place and had a cross
ventilation which is very eS-
tential on these hot nights.
Refrigeration on the house cur
rent and the fact that you
could walk downtown makes
this apartment very eco
nomical place to live.
CORNER OF SIXTEENTH
AND r STREETS N. W.:
One of the cleverest arranged
apartments in a three room,
kitchen and bath suite that I
have seen was this one located
at Sixteenth and R. A large
reception hall divides the
kitchen and living room from
the two sleeping rooms, one Of
which could be used for a din
ing room, If two bedrooms were
not necessary. Across the front
of the apartment was a sun
porch looking out on Sixteenth
Street. This apartment rents
for $85 90 and will be furnished
for a small additional amount.
Hotel service, including switch
board and elevator service are
some Of the advantages offered.
A very convenient location as
one could easily take ones con-
stitution in the morning by
walking down to office. If not
so ambitious, the bus passes
by the door.
FOURTEENTH AND
HARVARD STREETS:
Just off Fourteenth Street I
found an apartment that con.
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bath. The entire suite has been
redecorated in old ivory and
the floors have just been re-
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dows in the living room gave
assurance of plenty of cheerful
morning sunlight. You will
find this apartment well man.
aged and select neighbors in the
building. Close to churches,
schools and the Fourteenth
Street shopping district this is
a very convenient location.
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Haven't you sometime wished
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MARYLAND AVENUE, NE:
Beautifully furnished, this
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Two lovely bedrooms, a living
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the apartment is completely
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The whole apartment was per-
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long.
100 BLOCK OF RHODE
ISLAND AVENUE, N. w.:
Can you find me a room
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1900 BLOCK OF
COLUMBIA ROAD
There is no location that is
greater in demand than up
around Columbia Road; first,
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of the GOODNESS that is gener-
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apartment was an unusually
nice one consisting Of two bed
rooms, living room. kitchen
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Cleaners and DyerS

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THE BARBARA

chm Large, lovely house for summer.
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Wanted to Rent 100
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Real Estate
Waterfront Properties

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TERRAPLANE

TERRAPLANE 8. 1888. 2-door. Priced
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Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-08-04
Amos Kimball Train
Victim Receives
Military Funeral
MILITARY FUNERAL FOR
AMOS KIMBALL

Military funeral services for Amos
Kimball, 81 years old, veteran of the
World War and an employe of the
Northern Pacific railroad, were con-
Quoted Tuesday, the oath, at II A. NJ,
at Bethesda Baptist Church, Rev. I.
H. Fisher officiating. Military rites
also were conducted at the grave in
Lakewood cemetery. Mr.. Kimball was
killed accidentally Sunday, July 10,
when he attempted to board . North
ern Pacific dining car, on which he
was employed. while the train was in
motion. He lived at 1924 First Ave
nue. S. He was resident Of Mime
apolis7 25 years, volunteering his ser
vices in the World War from here.
He is survived by his wife and his
mother, Mrs. Lilly Kearney of Ell
dora, Ark, who came here for, the
funeral. Neal Funeral Home in charge.
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Wife Of Jim
Williams Buried

WIFE OF "JIM" WILLIAMS DIES
Mrs. Olivia Williams, the wife of
James Williams of 1926 Rondo Street,
passed away Sunday, July Is, after
becoming seriously sick at the 1880
mass of St. Peter Claver Church. Mrs.
Williams was "A years old. st. Paul
has been her home for over 80 years.
Surviving her is her husband, James
Williams, Benearie Lemons and
Blanche Brown of Seattle, Washing
ton, Laura Mae Schuck of st. Paul,
sisters. Henry Petticordof st. Paul
and Thomas Petticord of Minneapolis,
brothers. High Requiem Mass was
chanter by Father Chas. j. Keefe at
900 o'clock Thursday, July 10, at the
st. Peter Claver church. Interment,
Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs. Williams was a member of
Como Temple 1913. Como Temple 1913
had their ceremonies at the residence
at 900 o'clock for their beloved sister.
A vigil was held at 500 at the
residence.