The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
CLIPPER PLANES
TO SKIP BERMUDA
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III SIKH BkkMUDA
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Azores, followed from the time
service was established in May,
1889, until last October.
Will Save Time
The direct flight to Horta, The
Azores, will save the flying boats
about five hours in the Atlantic
crossing, at least an hour Of which
is consumed in %refueling at Der,
muda.
The stop at Bermuda by the
transatlantic flying boats was in
augurated at the request of the
Bermuda trade development board.
Th company's announcement
made no mention Of that, limiting
itself in "a half dozen terse para
graphs to the statement that with
the improved weather service, the
intermediate stop at Bermuda,
which has been scheduled since
last October, will no longer be re.
CURED"
Publication last week of a news
story, detailing the account Of a
witness Of the seizure Of $500
pounds of air mail at Bermuda on
Jan. Is Eat bayonet point" served
to evlve a smouldering controversy
over interference with United
States mails.
some members of congress stated
Bermuda should be omitted as a
clipper stop.
Only Censorship Point
barrels Island, the Bermuda
terminal, is the only point at
which Great Britain a censor
c%Lpper'borne mails destined for
Europe or coming from Europe.
The big planes load only at Horta
ana at Lisbon, their eastern termi.
nal.
ihere both italian and French
planes receive Clipper passengers
and mail for delivery into the in.
terror of Europe. AS yet the Brit.
ism nave not begun a Lisbon-Lon.
don shuttle service to connect with
the Clippers.
Inc account Of the mail seizure
by armed force was denied by the
chief censor's office at Bermuda
and by the British home govern.
ment, and evoked from the Ameri.
can state department an
ment that the American consul had
not mentioned the incident.
Latest Of the members of con.
gress to take issue with British
censorship Of American mails al
Bermuda was Rep. Mass (R-Minn)
who today suggested to Postmas
ter General Farley that American
owned transatlantic planes aban
don Bermuda as a stopping point
Pan Americans announcement
said:
cat the office Of Pan American
Always, it was announced today
that the company expected aftel
March Is to omit the schedule stor
at Bermuda on all transatlantic
flights from the United States te
Europe.
During the severe past winter
season, weather reporting service
on the South Atlantic has been re
stricted. American flag shipping
has been curtailed. Foreign flag
vessels which in normal times
broadcast local weather at regular
intervals suspended this service
due to war conditions.
This limited weather service has
required the Clippers to carry ex'
cessive fuel reserves in the inter
ests of safety, and has also made
it advisable to include Bermuda as
a temporary stop on eastbound
flights which carry American mails
1.-THE United States has just sta.
toned two vessels in mid-Atlantic
completely equipped for weather
porting to surface ships and air
craft and as an aid to domestic
weather f~orecasting.
with the improved weather
service, the intermediate stop at
Bermuda, which has been scheduled
since last October, will no longer
be required.
after March Is, the t%ransatlan-
tic Clippers will leave in midafter.
noon instead of early morning. The
five hour saving in transit time
will still permit arrival in Europe
the next afternoon at the same
hour"