The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-07-05

Service has already started between
the French capital and points in
French Colonial Africa. The Neither
lands have ordered new Douglas planes
for transcontinental lines. Service has
been going along on schedule for some
time between the United States and
various South American points served
by Pan-American Anyways. The Graf
Zeppelin is so regular in its schedule
between Germany and Brazil that no
one mentions it's arrivals and depar-
lures any more.
Use Isolated Islands.
Since early this year, American
ships have been busy carrying sup
plies of all kinds-food, clothing, cows.
chickens, tools and building materials
to once isolated islands in the Pas
cific ocean, so that they can be con-
verified into habitable landing stations
in the most important of all the new
sea routes, the one from the United
States to China.
The longest hop on this journey will
be the one from California to Hawaii,
a distance Of 2,400 miles, to be cow
cred in a little more than II hours,
as the Pan-American clipper COM
manded by Captain Musick covered it
few weeks ago. From Hawaii, the
planes will hop to Guam, Wake, Mid
way, the Philippine islands and Can
ton, China.
Strangely, the Chinese government
has not yet agreed to let the Ameri7
can planes have a terminal in Can
ton, or anywhere else in China. This
difficulty, which probably arose from
the Chinese fear that the Japanese
government will expect the same priv
ilege, is expected to be ironed out be-
fore the landing stations are all COM
pleted and the route is ready for
service.
There Is good reason for Japan, as
well as several other nations important
in the world Of commerce, to be
alarmed. For the completion Of the
air route to China will probably mean
the beginning of new dominance Of
the China trade by the United States.
1t will bring the Chinese market closer
to this country than even the European
market.
England, France and Holland air
services have attempted to lay the
plans for air services to China, but
have been stopped at the Chinese bor+
der. Germany alone Of the European
nations has been able to get in with
air lines. We hold this advantage;
rapid and uninterrupted fight is posi-
sible across the Pacific, while land
flights from European nations to China
face the obstacle of frequent stops for
inspection when crossing international
boundary lines.
Russian Marvel Crashes.
With all the clipper ships considered,
perhaps the most unusual of all the
giants of the air was the Inflated Rus
sian ship, the Maxim Cork. 1t weighed
AZ tons, carried SO persons, had eight
engines of a total Of 1000 horsepower
flew $50 miles an hour and cost $4,-
OOVyUUUs III ~ WCIC q COuuplCIC pAOSO-
graphic studio, a photo-engraving plant,
an electrically driven rotary printing
press capable of turning out 5000
newspapers an hour, radio broad
casting studio, talking movie equip
ment, a restaurant-lounge, 16 tele-
phones, an observation saloon, business
offices, sleeping quarters and sound
amplifier system. 1t was used, OF
course, for Soviet propaganda pur-
poses.
The crashing Of the Cork, with the
loss of everyone aboard, during MAJ
neuvers over Moscow, was something
Of a shock to the builders of all large
airplanes. 1t must be pointed out
however, that the accident was no
fault Of the ship. A pilot of a smaller
plane, stunning against orders, ran into
it, head-on. The insubordinate fier
was himself killed in the crash.
Not even the sensational magazines
predicted such unbelievable wonders
as a flying newspaper plant, radio
studio and moving picture theater.
GWestern Newspaper Union.