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Show 0 16 (Bmumdl THE CITIZEN Jkft fflcnzanvcils BJew York AScj mpc liarly opening of New York Citys - municipal airport Floyd Bennett Field, was forecast by Clarence Chamberlin, consulting aeronautical engineer for the airport, with the awarding of contracts for nearly a mile and a half of broad concrete runways to eliminate the hazards of landing and taking of of heavy transport planes. Mr. Chamberlin, hero of the New York to Germany flight, recently returned from an aeriaLtour of Europe, inspecting its principal airports. In Floyd Bennett Field he is incorporating every possible modern feature which will add to the security and efficiency of commercial aviation. New York, without an airport of its own, has hitherto had to depend on ports located far out on Long Island or in New Jersey. The time required to reach the heart of the city from any of the flying fields materially reduced the saving in time effected by inter-cit- y air passage. The site selected for the municpal . airport is on Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, within easy access of Man- hattan. A roughly rectangular port, consisting of 380 acres, has been laid out. In the ample space reserved for administration and terminal buildings, hangars, etc., Mr. Chamberlin hopes to build one huge structure combining under one roof all airport service units. One concrete runway 3100 feet long parallels Flatbush Avenue in front of the proposed port building; another runway 4,000 feet long is to extend, at right angles to the first, to the far northeast corner of the port. In the contract just awarded for these runways, the third of their type to be built in America, a width of fifty feet is specified. It is probable, however, that when complete they will be 100 feet wide, for it was found that the cost of the fifty foot runways was considerably lower than the original estimate. As a consequence, and in view of the greater utility of the 100 foot strips, plans are being prepared to add fifty feet to the width of the runways. Mr. Chamberlin has repeatedly stressed the importance of hard paved runways because of the danger of operating heavy planes on ground which becomes rutted in wet weather and dusty in dry. Experience with paved runways at the Ford Airport near Detroit and at the Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, California, has shown that the length of ground-ru- n necessary take-ohas been materfor a perfect ially reduced. The hard, smooth cement surface eliminates any posscaused ibility of a false take-o- ff by a plane hitting a small bump or other uneveness at high speed. ff We dont know of anything harder for a minister to compete with on a bright Sunday morning than a pink and white baby gurgling and cooing in the back pew. The women used to vwear hobble skirts so tight around the ankles they could hardly step. Now they wear em so tight around the hips they can hardly sit. Its hard to tell a daughter from her mother or grandmother nowadays, but father can still be distinguished from his son by his bald head. Who remembers the good old days when the dapper bartender with the waxed black mustache, the red necktie and horseshoe pin was regarded as the last word in masculine splendor ? A lot of politicians say that they are in favor of putting teeth in the law but what they really mean is false tepth. PRESERVING PATRIOTIC SHRINES IS PROPOSED The governor is planning improvements for the preservation of the Lincoln farm and 'memorial near Hodgenville, Ky., and to better accomodate tourists who visit the historic place where Abraham Lincoln was bom. Steps will be taken to preserve the memorable house, the highway leading to the farm will be improved and the land will be more adequately fenced and landscaped. The place 'is destined to become an accessible and beautiful shrine which will attract the attention of thousands of tourists each year. For the most part the government is carefully preserving its historic landmarks. But there are some historically famous places that have been neglected. It was recently for .example, that the graves of some of Washingtons unknown soldiers, who perished at Valley Forge are being used for parking space. If the report is true some action should be taken to convert the burial ground into a fitting - re-fort- ed, memorial. A young nation with few potent traditions, the United States has often been dilatory in preserving sites of great historic interest. Many such places are now in the hands of private individuals, who reap a profit from a patriotic public. The ideals oi the American people are intimately associated with many historic sites and relics and they should be public possessions wherever possible. Commercialization of places that should be national memorials is not only unfair to the American people, but it tends to dissipate any patriotic sentiments associated with them. The government should be commended for preserving the birthplace of Lincoln. It is to be hoped that attention will be given to other historic spots to save them from decay as well as exploitation by private profiteers. Washington Post. Things are getting a little better for father jn some ways. For instance they used to blame him for spilling the ashes on the parlor rug and now they cant prove whether he or mother did it. ODONNELL & CO. MORTICIANS Wasatch 6461 Salt Lakes Finest Funeral Home 32 South Fourth East CONTAINING UTAH'S ONLY MAUSOLEUM q. |