Our Air Mail Observes Its 25th Birthday
Elmo Scott Watson details the 25th anniversary of regular air mail service from May 1918, tracing its origins with World War I pilots, the development of coast to coast routes, key aircraft like the Boeing 80 and DC-2, and the shift from post office to private carriers shaping a global air transport system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Western
Union
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
New York
Washington
United States
New York To Washington
Earl E. Orvington
Mineola
Long Island
N. Y
Post Office Department
War Department
Woodrow Wilson
Potomac Park
San Francisco
Post Office
Atlantic
Pacific
George Washington
United Air Lines
National Air Transport
Chicago-New York
Chicago
U. S
T.A.T
Clifford Ball, Inc
Stout Air Services
Universal Air Lines
Interstate Airlines
Gulf Air Lines
Maddux Air Lines
Standard Airlines
American Airlines
TWA
Eastern
Pan American
Miami
San Juan
Nassau
Havana
Throp Hiscock
Sam
DeHaviland
First Aid for Ailing House by R B Whitman
Home repair guidance based on reader questions about restoring warped veneer in antique furniture, filling cracks in painted wood, smoothing rough walls, stopping sap leakage, dyeing grass rugs, removing stains on clothes dryers, cleaning stone facades, stopping water pipe drips, and thermostatic control for steel boiler systems.
Do It Yourself Radio Cabinet Plan from Ruth Wyeth Spears
A two author effort guides amateur woodworkers in sketching a compact upper unit with storage behind doors and a bedding compartment. It covers dimensions for radios and books, grooved shelves or metal angles for support, and staking details with cotton batting padding. Complete slipcover directions appear in SEWING Book 1 with 15 cents for a copy.
Laboratories Speed Devices To Front In War Effort
Dr. Lee A. Dubridge, head of the National Defense Research Committee radiation lab, says rapid transfer of lab work to the battlefront is underway. He notes a shortage of trained researchers and urges college war training in mathematics and foundational sciences to prepare more workers for war production.
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Rochester
Lee A. Dubridge
Radiation Laboratory
National Defense Research Committee
Dubridge
University of Rochester
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yankee sailor makes suit for wife in navy humor
A signalman first class Stanley Levitt in Australian waters sent his wife a handmade suit transformed from navy blues. She recalls doubting the idea but noting the fit length waist and pockets as perfect and darling.
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Kansas City
Navy
Stanley Levitt
Blimps Offer Cheaper Patrol Uses than Warships
The article notes a patrol type airship costs less to build than torpedo boats or large patrol planes. It cites a blimp that flew 400 miles for repairs after 14 holes leaked gas for 72 hours, despite vulnerability to submarine guns. It also mentions subs avoiding air combat due to positional disadvantages and highlights Rhode Island Agricultural Extension Service using a traveling puppet show to dramatize nutrition to children.
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Rhode Island
Agricultural Extension Service
Olive famine spreads distress across Europe
Dispatches describe severe olive shortages in Italy France and Greece. In Greece the salt cured olive is a staple used as a milk butter and tonic while meals rely on oil and bread with limited foods for breakfast lunch and dinner reflecting widespread deprivation.
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Italy
France
Greece
America
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Air Mail
Boeing Air Transport
Chicago-San Francisco
United
E. Hamilton Lee
New York-Washington
Los Angeles
United’s
Pacific Coast Airway
Robert E. Lee
Roger B. Whit
Roger B. Whitman
WIN Features
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Europe
Pacific Coast States
Reyyy
Rtf
Plack
WNU
Doan
Doans
Farallon Islands
Pacific Ocean
Billings Livestock Commission CO
Billings, Montana
Wolf-Langman Livestock Commission Co
Great Falls
Montana
West Ay
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