Valparaiso and Vina del Mar in Chilean Summer Glow
Prepared by the National Geographic Society walks through Valparaiso and its cliffside streets. Elevators link the lower business district to older estates above while trolleys and busses crowd the water front. Nearby Vina del Mar shines as a resort with villas, roses, and lively horse racing crowds.
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National Geographic Society
Washincton
D.C
Valparaiso
Heaven
Vina del Mar
Chile
Valpo
Dows Chile
Philadelphia
Philly
Ford Bryce
Mediterranean
Messina
Trebizong
Black Sea
Constantinople
Seattle
Old City
Clit
Tn Val- Paraiso
United States
Atlantic City
Santiago
Chilo
Viva
Ground delays cited in air mail speed study
Washington officials admit most air mail complaints stem from ground handling delays. The Post Office launches measures to speed ground transfers, including police-assisted truck rights of way and experiments with amphibious planes in Chicago. Tests for air mail catching devices and pneumatic tubes are under consideration to cut transit times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Burt Wadsworth
Wadsworth
New York
Newark Airport
General Post
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
Ounicipal
Chicago
Lake Front
TRIS
Muskogee to Replace The Hat-Box Airport
Muskogee Oklahoma will replace the Hat-Box field once a private airstrip. The army built a small one plane hangar after the war and the field earned its nickname from its striped hangar. Army flyers praised Muskogee hospitality with keys to the city and travel perks.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Municipal
Texas Fields
Joe Witt
Women Desert Tours for Airplane Trips Brussels
Air travel by American women to Europe is rising says a railroad and steamboat agent. He notes groups of twenty to thirty women begin traveling by air, but individuals gradually drop off, disrupting organized tour plans and flight bookings.
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Brussels
Europe
Dropping Guns and Crews Demonstrated at Brooks Field
Washington reports improved method for landing machine guns and crews via parachutes. At Brooks Field San Antonio two guns were dropped in parachutes with three man crews, then assembled and fired within minutes. Sergeant Erwin H Nichols developed the parachute bag. Horton perilously landed on a hangar roof but escaped unharmed.
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Washington
Air Corps
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Texas
Erwin H. Nichols
Parachute Department
Brooksfield
Dewey Horton
Travis Garner
Revert BE
New
R. W. Stevens
Eddie Bengency
Lorraine Tolle
Sergeant Horton
Horton
Aircooled versus water cooled engines sparks debate
Detroit builders weigh cooling methods as the aviation field seeks speed and efficiency. Air-cooled radial motors powered early feats since 1927, but water-cooled designs gain attention as designers push for higher speeds. Chemical cooling trials by the U.S. Army show promising early results.
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Detroit
United States Army
California Publishers Seek Crash Details
San Francisco reports the California Newspaper Publishers association adopted a resolution urging the press to provide complete aviation accident facts. President Justus T. Craemer announced the measure, noting California’s leading role in aviation and the need for disclosed plane type, licensing status, pilot credentials, and passenger carriage permits in reports.
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California
San Francisco
United States
Newspaper Publishers’ Association
California Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Justus T. Craemer
Department of Commerce
Minute Calculations by a Seattle Chemist
A Seattle chemist with a new scale set weighs a strand of human hair long enough to circle the world at the equator at 769 pounds. The item includes odd captions and brief quips about conversations and profits, plus notes on seeds and canning experiments.
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Seattle
New Proverbs From a Raucous Old Sayings Tradition
A fragmentary note presents a rustic proverb about giving an inch leading to a bold response. The line humorously implies a girl will seize freedom and fashion if given a little space. The wording hints at vernacular humor and womanly agency in everyday speech.
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AIR Tour
J. A. Livingston
Aurora, ML
Army
Bayer Aspirin
Bir
Dustin Stax
Montana
Chas. H. Fletcher
GASIC
Parker
Dropristi
Patchpont
Jheston
Balpam
Mailer
Druwista
Higcox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Rosda
Salifornia
Coticura
Dept
Malden
Massachusetts
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