Endowment Aids Modernization Of Federal Airways System
The document details a construction and improvement program with a total fund of 5 million dollars allocated to modernize and improve the present federal airways system.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1937
Page
6
The document details a construction and improvement program with a total fund of 5 million dollars allocated to modernize and improve the present federal airways system.
The Associated Press reports President Roosevelt announced the end of the PWA and final allotments under the 1937 act extending it for two years. Officials decline to detail omitted projects or future allocations. Observers suggest final decisions rest with the president or Congress, with Santee-Cooper in South Carolina cited as an example of remaining needs.
Secretary Roper announced a plan to extend the federal airways system with 11 new routes costing about 2 million dollars pending funds. He said it may take about a year before money is available, though preliminary work could begin now. The Cincinnati to Washington leg covers 415 miles at an estimated 376000 dollars, part of a broader 7 million dollar authorization.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, 25, notches a fortune increase of 5 million as he inherits a one fourth share of about 20 million from his late father’s Lusitania sinking estate. He plans a 450 acre Worthington Valley farm for horse breeding and spends time with his mother at Sandy Point Long Island.
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