Pick-Up Mail Service Gets Solon's Praise
Washington Aug 27 Swooping low to soaring away without a stop airmail pick up routes carried 32 000 bags and spanned 693 727 miles moving mail to 109 towns and villages in the last year Representative Randolph D West Virginia told Congress the permanent service by All American Aviation has crashed no mail loss and no serious mishaps with lines completing over 99 percent of daily schedules Since permanent establishment the airmail volume rose over 47 percent at 53 points and 93 percent at 53 others with increases ranging two to over 1 000 percent Night flights on the routes were forecast
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Night flying planned to improve daytime air mail pickup
Air route schedules will be adjusted and extended with extra operations and night flying to collect all airmail from communities. Demonstrations show that night operation of the air pick-up is feasible and practical.
Elaine Stahlman Named Spirit of the Fair at Pomona
Elaine Stahlman, aged 17, crowned Spirit of the Fair to preside over the Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona, described as the country’s largest agricultural exposition. The feature highlights the ideal attire for a hardworking farmerette in California.
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Women Motor Corps To Aid in Disasters in Texas
Houston reports Texas women joining the Red Cross motor corps to train for disaster response and military emergency duties. Members will drive, repair vehicles, evacuate families, transport the ill and disabled, administer first aid, and deliver supplies while the project aims for efficiency in peacetime and war. Brazil can produce more coffee annually than the world can consume, says the Commerce Department.
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