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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
6
The U S Postal Department issues a bulletin to postmasters stating the 40 hour work week becomes operative on October 1 1935. All local post office employees will be affected and a stagger system aims to maintain service while creating more work for substitutes.
Richard D. Hall of 809 Central Avenue Wilmette is designated a second year honor scholar by the University of Chicago board of examiners after high performance on the first year comprehensive examinations.
We invite comparison with the better private clubs and urge you to come out and introduce yourself. Discover if this friendly place matches what you have been seeking.
Private plane movements at the Aviation Country club Pal-Waukee airport last week are summarized by manager Cliff Condit. George Smith, new Pal-Waukee customer, flew to Springfield on Wednesday after moving to Chicago from Newcastle Pennsylvania. Robert Borchardt, back from a three day business trip to southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, earned his private pilot license. John Walker flew to Detroit and Cleveland in a Monocoupe on Tuesday. Chester Faust returned from Duluth Minnesota with a box of iced fish he claims to have caught himself.
Andy of the Amos n Andy radio team has a new Stinson model flown from Wayne Michigan to Curtiss airport last week. C W Slim Freitag of the Chicago Aviation corporation, Curtiss field instructor, piloted the transfer and previously taught Andy and Amos how to fly.
Frank Hlavacek Jr of Frank Hlavacek and Sons Wilmette florists purchases a Waco three place open biplane model F for private flying and for use by A H Kunath Sky Harbor Airport manager for advanced training and cross country work. The aircraft will be hangared at Sky Harbor.
A new Department of Commerce inspector L. F. Fender arrived from the west coast to work with the airport tests at Curtiss alongside the regular inspector C. F. De Lasaux.
R A Reese of Helena Montana stopped at Curtiss airport early last week on a business trip to Chicago. He was traveling west in a six passenger Fokker Super Universal powered by a Wasp motor.
Dwight Morrow Curtiss airport flying instructor acted as pilot for C. J. Johnson furniture buyer of Sears Roebuck on a flight from Curtiss field to Evansville Indiana last Thursday. The trip was in Johnsons Stinson aircraft.
Three Missouri National Guard planes from St Louis are hangared at Curtiss airport while anti aircraft maneuvers run at Fort Sheridan. The Douglas observation ships are involved in the exercises.
Clayton C. Shangraw announces the Lear-O-Scope a new radio direction finder installed on a regular American Airlines transport plane The Douglas now operating on The Southerner route between New York Washington and Los Angeles carries the device which guides the pilot to a chosen station and shows deviation if any The system weighs about 40 pounds and taps three frequency bands for broadcast airway and short wave links
The Goodyear blimp Reliance docked at Pal-Waukee airport and Maitland field in Milwaukee area last Wednesday. It carried passengers aboard during the visit, highlighting a promotional display by the airship.
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