Air mail rate cut to boost business on key route
The Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago air mail line anticipates a four to fivefold rise in mail volume after August 1 when the new 5 cent first ounce and 10 cent additional ounce rate takes effect. Officials expect overall air mail growth of 100 to 300 percent as commercial aviation advances, with April and May showing rising piece totals and shipments of news and films to Chicago. A separate Rome report notes a new airplane taxi service at Lictorial Airport offering Europe wide flights on demand, aiming to become southern Europe’s aviation hub.
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Cincinnati
America
Post Office Department
Chicago
United Press
Rome
National Aeronautical Company
Lictorial
Europe
Tiber
Mediterranean
Y M C A aviation course ends at Indianapolis airport
Saturday activities included airplane rides and inspections for participants of the YMCA aviation course directed by Capt. H. Weir Cook and A. F. Williams. Instruction on airplane components was led by Lieut. Matt C. Carpenter and Sgts. L. M. Johnson, R. A. Long, and C. W. Depka with a long list of class members.
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Indianapolis
H. Weir Cook
National Guard
A. F. Williams
Matt cC. Carpenter
Sergis
L. M. Johnson
R. A. Long
C. W. Depka
Leon Amend
Carl Baker
J. T. Bartlett
William Beck
J. A. Blettner
A. Brodeur
Louise Brodeur
G. W. Bundy
L. Cameron
Troy Coakley
E. de Coursey
E. Doriot H. Entriken
Earl Gannon
George Gamsjager
Kenneth Hittle
H. V. T. Hobbs
Lyman Irwin
R. P. Joyce
James Ke
First Glider Flight Demonstration Set for Detroit Olympics
Six German motorless aircraft arrive for the Detroit air Olympics on June 30 to unveil the first U S glider demonstration. Capt. Roehre Hes selbach and Dr. Laubenthal lead the visitors as Germany pursues gliding, with a 14 hour German endurance record held by Ferdinand Schulz. Gliders will be towed to 2000 feet then released to glide over Ford airport amid spectator crowds. The event accompanies the National Air Tour and Gordon Bennett Balloon Race with about twenty ships touring Indianapolis and sixteen balloons from eight nations competing.
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United States
Detrot
Paul Roehre
Peter Hesselbach
Paul Laubenthal
Germany
Ferdinand Schulz
Ford
Indianapolis
Air Mail Up 33 Percent on Indianapolis Route
outbound air mail from Indianapolis on the Cincinnati Chicago route rose 33 percent in May over April per Postmaster Robert H Bryson. The Indianapolis post office shipped 382 pounds of air mail during May, largely on the route in question.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Washington town expands airfields with new plans
Alas ka now has more than forty landing fields for airplanes and plans are under way for the construction of sixteen more, according to C. F. Crawford of Fairbanks.
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United Press
Attle
Wash
Alaska
C. F. Crawford
Fairbanks
Busy Day at Hoosier Airport with 125 Passengers
Sunday at Kessler Boulevard and Lafayette Pike in Indiana saw over 125 people board Hoo sier passenger planes in the afternoon. The list includes Flora Marshino Carla Robinson W H Robinson A Oertle Emma Oertle Fred Daily Lee Daily and many others such as Marguerite Ryan Homer W Jones Ruth Wishart and more.
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Hoosier
Kessler Blvd
Lafayette Pike
Flora Marshino
Carla Robinson
W. H. Robinson
A. Oertle
Emma Oertle
Fred and Lee Daily
L. E
William Wishart
Pansy Roach
Ellen
Edna
Mary Belle Noel
Lester Terrell
Ralph Rondebush
B. G. Buckley
George W. Pangborn
John Morton
Carl Lauber
Bill Schwert
Charles Hovey
Delman Hall
Harold Walden
R. A. Meunch
R. A. Meunch, Jr
R. D. Brown
Donald Herron
D. R. Montgomery
J. J. Tyler
Ruth
Esther Wishart
Edward Lewis
Edith Siler
John G. Wallich
Cora Pierce
R. A
Jean Brown
Joseph Perkins
Eugene Harrison
W. A
R. S. Power
T. J. Cleland
Elsie Dillard
Comber Smith
Homer W. Jones
R. W. Shellbourne
Marguerite Ryan
Polar fliers reach Schiphol after Berlin flight
Sir George Wilkins and Lieut. Carl B. Eielson, noted polar fliers, arrived at Schiphol airdrome near Amsterdam at 3 20 p m today after a flight from Berlin.
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United Press
Amsterdam
Sir George Wilkins
Carl B. Eielson
Polar Fliers
Schiphol Airdrome
Here
Berlin
Hangar plan debated by park board at Paul Baerfield
FT Wayne June 4. Board of park commissioners considers building a hangar 90 by 120 feet at Paul Baerfield local airport. Minutes note zoning and funding questions pending.
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Times Special
FT. Wayne
Ind
Paul Baerfield
Board of Park Commissioners
Indianapolis-Porter round trip flight reported
Vaughn L. Harvil of Valparaiso and C. L. Harvil of Chesterton completed an Indianapolis Porter round trip with pilot Russell Hankforth of Porter. The down flight took two hours and the return included a stop at Kokomo airport.
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Times
Valparaiso
Ind
Vaughn L. Harvil
This City
C. L. Harvil
Chesterton
Russell Hankforth
Kokomo Airport
Realtors Demand Terre Haute Airport Cooperation
Terre Haute Real Estate Board presented petitions urging city and Vigo County officials to cooperate in establishing a municipal airport. It is proposed that public money up to 12,000 dollars annually be appropriated for the airport.
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Times Special
Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo County
Terre Haute Real Estate Board
Railroads join air line to keep up with traffic
New York June 4 The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad joined Trans-Continental Air Transport to keep up with the procession. Will B. Storey president said it would be better to get what they could from traffic than to have an all air service.
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United Preas
New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Trans-Continental Air Transport, Inc
Will B. Storey
Railroad
Weather notes as aviation ventures unfold in early proposals
Stormy conditions off Spitzbergen hinder ice cutting ship Braganza as search for Italia continues. Reports from Kings Bay and Constantinople touch on planned long distance flights by Arrachart Rignot Lindbergh and Sabelli. A mail plane completes a rapid Atlantic crossing to Paris. Guggenheim funds set up 22 weather observation points for pilots.
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Braganza
Spitzbergen
Reindeer Land
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Russia
Franz Josef Land
Lieut
Luetzow Holm
Kings Bay
Arrachart
Rignot
le Bourget Field
Paris
Constantinople
India
Buenos Aires
Pacific
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Guggenheim Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
Trans Continental Air Transport links New York to San Francisco
Storey announced a plan to combine railroad and plane service across the continent linking New York and San Francisco. Partners include the Pennsylvania Railroad, Wright Aeronautical, and Curtiss. He projected gross income for the year about equal to last year as wheat and cattle markets show mixed signals in Santa Fe territory.
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Trans-Continental Air Transport, Inc
New York
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Curtiss Aeronautical Corporation
Storey
Santa Fe
Baldwin Hour of Music Radio Program Highlights
An unusual Baldwin Hour of Music is set for 7 tonight on WFBM featuring contralto Maxine Moore and piano pupils Virginia Lucas and Sarah Elizabeth Miller. Also included are soprano Harold and Moore in duets, with selections from Oh Boy and Puccini’s Madame Butterfly.
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Baldwin Hour of Music
WFBM
Maxine Moore
Edward Nell
The
Metropolitan College of Music
Virginia Lucas
Sarah Elizabeth Miller
Bomar Cramer
Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts
Daylight radio schedule features and programs list
A fragmented schedule lists morning to evening radio features hosted by various sponsors and stations. Entries include recipe exchanges, product showcases, market forecasts, household advice, health talks, and network programs across stations like WKBBF WFBM NBC Blue Network and LW W Cincinnati.
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Grace
NEA seRvice
U.S
Pat
Boots
Pete
Fort
Freckles
Betty
Jaerner
Jlarry
Depmas
Teriier
Tag River
Washington
Florida
Sam
Brick Bane
Michigan
Mark
Brosser
Laig
Jim
Jme
Crane
REG
Pat Off
Yve
Eute
Chesapeake
Parmianon
Trey
Pop
Synea Service, Inc
Bessey
Braucher
England
Liverpool Packet
SKY
U. S
Aviation
Wilkins At
Anes Lader
Washington Edelawares
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
el Paso
Texas
San Diego
Cal
Cesare Sabelli
Hartford
Conn
Noel Wien
R. S. Merrill
Point Barrow
Power & Light Co
Julius C
Baliwin
Baldwin Piano
Skoures
Publix Nite Klub
WKBF
Hoosier Athletic Club
Annes Bible Students Associati
Beard’s
Brunswick
Charles Koehring
Brunswick Panatrope
WKBBF
Indiana
Indianapolis Power and Reat Company
Ain
Balon Piano Company
Indianapolis Powermpany
Baldwin
Boncilla
NBC Blue
Dr. Copeland
WLW
Elaq
fBe
Red
U. of Ga
Rego
Box
Navy
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