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Huron Air Development Told In Airport Dedication Edition
Huronians celebrate aviation growth from Cromwell Dixon’s 1911 plane sighting to a bustling 1927 air city. W. W. Howes, former Roosevelt aide and now postmaster general official, visits for airport dedication alongside Washington post office staff. The edition highlights a $100,000 Works Progress Administration airport, new four direction airmail routes, and Huron’s rise as a major Northwest air hub with connections to NGF West Minneapolis Bismarck United Omaha TWA and American Airlines Tulsa.
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Roosevelt
Howes
Post Office Department
Washington
Cromwell Dixon
Huron
South Dakota
Tulsa
Okla
W. W. Hewes
TWA
United States
Hanford Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Bismarck
Minneapolis
United
Omaha
Kansas City
American Airlines
Hanford
Mid-Continent
Hanford Company
Sioux Falls
N. C
George Brown
al Jaster
Marian Blount
B. W. Bruemmer
M. B. Hovde
Waork
Oka
Sioux City
Gene Shank
W. L. Weir
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Mar