New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1927, Page 9

AIR WAL SERVICE BY GOVT. IS EXDED Private Gompanies Now fn Gon- " trol of All Lines Washington, July 12 (#—Harry 8. New is writing “finis” to a cHapter of his life that has meant much to him, for the air mail which he helped nurture from a nestling to a full- fledged flying eagle is being turned out “on its own.” Experts who ha e watched the progress of American aircraft build- ing and flying accord the service headed by the postmaster general much of the credit for bringing com- mercial aviation to its present posi- tion. Nine years of quiet pioneering and trail-blazing by the air mail has shown the way to many a laggard. To the spirit of the pilots and the operating personnel of the air mail a great deal of the praise must go for overcoming the difficulties the science of commercial aviation has encountered. The post office depart- ment was the first to operate an air mail service in the United States over specified routes on regular schedule and the first service in the world to operate over lighted airways at night either on regular schedule or othrwise. It also was first to accom- plish successfully regular schedule flying by day and by night in all kinds of weather, winter or summer. Development of the American air mail lines, which now constitute a network of 7,540 miles covering the entire country and which were de- scribed as “the envy of all Europe” by Charles A. Lindbergh, has not been an easy problem. The govern- ment through the post officc de- Partment has spent in round figures about §17,000,000. The lives of 33 pilots have been sacrificed. The service has not paid for it- self but it never was intended it should. Postmaster General New points out that the prime idea was first to sup- ply a highly desirable service and next to encourage and stimulate the creation in this country of an in- dustry capable of engaging success- fully in commercial aviation and to build the planes and equipment ne- sary to that end. That aim, he considers, has been accomplished. In turning over to private enter- prise soon the last of the government -operated air mail lines, that be- tween New York and Chicago, the government goes out of the air mail transportation business. The first ex- perimental line was opened May 15, 1918 between New York and Wash- ington, using army airplanes and pi- lots. Its operation was taken over by the post office department August 12, 1918. The distance was too short {o permit any substantial saving of {ime and the service was discontin- ned the next summer. Air mail service to be of value, it “was decided, must be undertaken on & greater scale and between points r more distantly separated. A trans tcontinental service was planned and put in operation, step by step, dur- jng 1919 and 1920. This done, the first day-and-night service from coast to coast was start- ed July 1, 1924, the route covering 2,665 miles. The westbound schedule DON'T FORGET OUR called for 34 hours and 20 minutes; the easbound 29 hours and 15 min- utes. It was & far call from the days of the pony express rider and the stage coach, and cut about two and one-half days from the fastest rall- way mail time. The efficiency of the service has continued to increase un- til it is now considered the world's foremost air mail line. Demands of business for an over- night air mail line between New York and Chicago resulted in such a service July, 1925. This section has been the most succesasful of all lines ~|in the point of revenue, it having reached the point of paying its own way. Passage of Congress of a law permitting the postmaster general to contract with private aviation en- terprises for carrying air mail re- |sulted in establishment of a number of routes to connect with this night service and with the transcontinent- al line. Additional contracts will be let within the next few months. The next great development is ex- pected to be overseas air mail. As soon as trans-oceanic aviation is be- gun commercially it will find the post office department ready to enter into contract for carrying the mails, al- though some legislation will be ne- |ceseary before that to make such contracts possible. DRUNKENNESS CAUSED CRASH Seattle, Wash., July 12 (® — A coroners’ jury yesterday found that 0. H. Johnson, pilot of an airplane which crashed in Lake Washington 1July 5, and his three passengers came to their deaths because of the intoxicated condition of the passen- | gers. The jury found the pilot *sober and competent” and recommended that the state of Washington pass laws governing aeronautic naviga- tlon, The three passengers killed were Roy Wolin, Fred Stancliff and John I. Boch. GASOLINE PRICE WAR Troy, N. Y., July 12 (UP) — A gasoline price war was on here to- day, with the Troy Automobile club furnishing the offensive. Angered at the prevailing price of 21 cents a gallon, which it maintained was too high, the club was selling gas at 15 cents a gallon to members. FOR (e Instead of soda hereafter take a little “Phillips Milk of Magnesia" in sour, acld, gassy stomach, and re- lief will come instantly. 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Eye witnesses say the plane enter- ed a heavy cloud bank and was lost to view. Soon there was a loud ex- plosion and three bodies came hurt- ling through the air, followed by the separate pieces of the plane, like huge rockets. The plane was been at an altitude of almost 8,500 feet when the explosion occurred. One of the victims was found buried head first in the ground. One of the airmen had a parachutc | strapped on but evidently had no time to use it. The aviators were making a top- | ographical survey of the Hilbre dis- trict NO WAGE INCREASE Cambridge, Mass., July 12 —~Cambridge’s unionized teachers cording to the provisions of the new school budget passed unani- mously yesterday by the local school board. As part of their two-year fight for wage increases, Cambridge teachers recently organized a local of the American Federation of teachers, affiliated with the Ameri- can Federation of Labor. 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