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Show ? Airmail Marks Twentieth Anniversary Of First U. S. Transcontinental Service WHOS NEWS iHeleosed lv VMirn Nrwsp.iprr Union Airports tin emgliout the country will celebrate the anniversary of the event which revolutionized communications and travel in this country. While rapid progress has been made, great improvements have already been planned for the future. United Airlines, for example, will put a score of 25 ton luxury limrs into service next year. They will cruise 228 miles an hour with their loads of 40 passengers, crew of five, baggage, mail and express. Transcontinental airmail was born was when U. S. Airmail Route No opened on September 8, 1020 The 400 pounds of mail wouldn't lit into the plane, so the overllow was studed into a suitcase and strapped 1 mg Night Hying was too dangerous, so at dusk the mail was ti aiisfei red to a ti am The following mommg it was again picked up by a waiting plane. 'J he first pilots w ho hlai d the ti ail across the continent had to woik hard to make the tup in time days. Their single, 400 horsepower engines werent too reliable, and the imager instruments on the dash didn't alNo ways give accurate readings radio beam guided the pi. me, lights on airfields were unknown, and weather reports were very sketchy. Congress wasnt very impicsscd by this dual method of carrying the mail, and seemed inclined to discontinue the service. Seven pilots who volunteered to save the air mail by flying it across the continent paved the way for the world's first airway lighting system. The first flight ranks among the top in sagas of transportation history. Historic Flight. Just before dawn of February 22, 1821, a pilot headed east from San Francisco. After fighting bad weather to Reno, he turned the mail over to a fresh pilot in a fresh plane, lly nightfall the mail was in North llatte. Neb., where it was picked up by Jack Knight. He flew the mail to Omaha, following the lights of bundles set by farmers. Tired and ready for a rest, he learned that his relief pilot had been unable to reach Omaha, due to bad weather. Although very weaiy from his flight and entirely unfamiliar with the route ahead, he decided to take the mail through Knight took oil l l. t o the blackness (if the night almost without living aids, lie picked bis way fiom point to point, alternately studying a railroad map with the aid of his tlashlight and peering tin ough snow tluitus at lights below. lie pinched himself and slapped his face to keep awake. (Consolidate d (1 system of weather reporting Today, expel t meteorologists work 24 hour shifts at te rminul stations, compiling their reports Many Improvements Made. Otlu r scientific help for the airlines followed mindly Kngines and propellers were improved, new and almost human instruments appeared on the pilots panel, and attention was focused on the impoitunce of roll ihlc schedules. The directional radio beam, furnishing a radio fiom coast to coast, and highway the automatic pilot with its uncanny ability to handle the controls of a tiansport plane, were developed after ceaseless research The day of the ruggedly individualistic air mail pilot, living by instinct" and a few instruments, was over Pilots looked with distaste upon the first passengers who intruded into their machines. It didn't take long, however, before commercial aviation recognized the possibilities of passenger transport. The world's first stew ardesses were employed in tire spring of 1930. Tins experiment proved so successful that more were hired, until there are now more than 500 working on commercial airplanes in this country. At first the traditional meal on planes consisted of a sandwich, an apple and a cup of coffee; now the menus include everything from soup to a steak and dessert. United Air Lines succeeded in reducing the cross continent tlying time in 1937 to less than 16 horns. Last month it was again cut by the Transcontinental and Western Air Lines to 13 horns, 40 minutes. The celebration to be held on September 8 will do more than m.uk the twentieth anniversary of air mail in America. It s fore the lighting system was com- pletes! Passenger Service Started. The United States government began turning airmail service over to private contractors in 1820. The first passenger service from was inaugurated on September 1, 1927, just seven years after the first airmail trip was made. Passengers who dared to make the trip would crowd into the front cockpit two was the maximum where they were unable to move around or even communicate with the pilot Weather came to receive greater attention. In the pioneering days of the air mail, just about anyone who eeuild guess at visibility and ceilings (qualified as a meteoroloPilots received telegrams gist from points ahead, telling them that the clerk or railroad station agent could se'o that the pretty far, clouds were high" or medium, or, perhaps, that it was raining pitchfoi ks " Aviation took a foiward stop when the United States government or- coust-to-coa- coast-to-coa- will st mark the end of the period of air pioneering and the beginning of Hide lit. dependable aviation e Bahamas Propaiv for Bi; Wintrr Soasm As Duke of WiiuBor Bmuiu Gomthoi EVERT up NASSAU, P, B.11M.S N A . v . freight-passing- nitctl Stato Nvuritv I ltv to Ci m. siq ; eqa nn nts Abe a 43 iir ceit of the world's t.n is lefined iuku r Pr.t sh pohtienl corol Oi i s and ti fined tn come pt 0 i a Iv flora Ma.aya, S.ani, t n i 1 1 i Dutch bast bides Polo a and Some iff the domestic t.r tomes fr m domest.e detu-'i.nplant' but these aie ei t rely secondary and m ght soon be partially or een complc'ely ex'-..- . sl.i D New homes are going up and a super subdivison on Hog island. the Wintergien development for yachtsmen, has some 400 native label eis at woik Ord.narily the social season opens here with a ball on New Years at Government House, the shuttered mansion at gieat gu-ethe top of George sticet where theyve been painting and renovating frant rally for days Just last week the ERI Crest winch embossed the tile of the swimming pool there during the governorship of Sir Bede and plain tile Cl.fiotd, was ary a subst, tuted tell you giavely that Hero will be ro societv go ngs on e'f the war, don t yoa know " lYihaps no foimil state balls and receptions but undoubtedbe ly informal entertaining at the various dubs There w dd be no lack cf cr.tor-tinvent, even if it is wait mo. m tie gay eld island dur.ng the season Just now, sw.mm ng and golf-g are in favor, and that good old tut on. tea It's grand Engl sh lure m be.n.t.ful old pat.os but so ate the coekta.l partes m walled gardens Doth Emerald Beach cfi.b ..nd the Bahama Country cub are open The country club con b.nes several sports and ot'.'e a.s are posit. ve the duke will be found there frequently. There are 27 palm s . . vv 11 a t'-- Cates-Afte- r D old-tim- hoar-bottom- fr nged hi les eff golf, excellent ten-n.- s courts and of com sp the gleaming white beach and that goigeous vv..ler. lu s'ate bil tlj at tl.s t.me roiin i thrown open to tveiybody wbi is anybody last yiur, bocu..se of the war. th s p my w is bv Govern, r Dm das as ;t do.dtless will be th s J.r Only definite oe al a i r j ban juet is for and he-giver-o- r general - 'v: if v en be ir in-- , by T m-- ed t- -e t'-- e t- t. - w vis w 'J - i o- ixicut vc iiu If t ore are be cl t ,: Ctoss ,r f r the as w.,s t1 e rece a . swank En 1 c.l u- -v and t p e Ki : j,;-.- Red Cross barn dr-c- .r b,.!s "'ey ,!s f,.r b.-- d ; i he-e- . fit . Pf aid club on Cable beac!$ vy' apply ) rV vt.USE . ' Teen-ag- e color-glorie- h d good-lookin- g d o, p fashion-significa- Miss Elliott is a Quaker and college professor dean of the woman's college of the University of North Carol na. For 21 years she has been professor of political science at this colli ge and has achieved unique dis-- t notion in her daily classroom takeoff from the normrg newspaper, a text book. rather Her t! eery of education is to proceed from the part.eular to the general. she thinks Mill and Adam Sm th should be left on the shelf un-t- .l the student can generalize from facts as they come to him every-daS ic is wary about in the news Evening Snood ele- f M.'S Ell.ott is a nat.xe of Carbon-li.i'.c- . Ill . whore her mother and s She is an alumna of st. 11 live Pars college. Farkt..ie. Mo, and Hotinor college'. H.uuver, Ird . and holds a masters degree from CoIn the first lon b a u"..or'.ty Wot hi ear. sv'o was a member of the w n d Je-f- i ins co,.iii ! ,f w.-it! was n It s post hir ;i'o ir .'to rojoitod her if j he r .bl c remit long-cowell-be.n- for - g The popular snood is playing a d..al role. Not only docs it serve as a protector for windblown tresses dur.ng the day. The latest is tire snood that you wear jew as here shown. An evening snood .s to be coveted for it not only is a gav flatterer but it is a friend indied in that it gives you a confident po.scful fecluig that your hair vr II stay put. Changes Fastenin': In Separate Skirts Shde modern miracles a 'at tlmy arc, ccasionally leay lixik to Tothe left side of sep-rrat- e skirts cl.minate this d one de- - gner who specializes in clotnes for the college g.rl plans to hate ail iff her newest skirts fast-tat he center of the back. fa'-tetur-s e ge is not so far away, and something for a man, v child. Everything you need to make this bag is given sketch. These directions in any of the booklets, so to clip them. There is ak teresting laundry and soft-ple- at style-approv- double-- action Touch-dow- s: pocket in Book 4. An make garment bag illus Book 1, and twin pocke. pantry door in Book 3, problem of what to do w and soiled tea towels, closet accessories make bazaar items. NOTE: These homemaking b a service to our readers and published contains a desenp', other numbers, as well as clever Ideas fully Illustrated. 10 cents each to cover cost an; Send order to: rabbit-woolis- h MRS. RUTH WYETH SPE Drawer 10 Bedford Hills Enclose 10 cents for ordered. Name Address hi ea; Calm Witliiii The height of human y to bring our tempers do circumstances, and to calm within, under the ; the greatest storm Defoe. n (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Longer Gloves Is Late Style Edict For once in her life fashion is With those youthful chubby fur jackets which top the list of must haves this fall longer gloves are definitely the thing. Because while bare midriffs may be a smart whim in evening clothes, you dont want that effect between the end of your gloves and the beginning of your jacket sleeves. American glove manufacturers have taken account of the important fur jacket fashion and have figured out that the length glove is perfect with most of these jackets. Its long enough to cover the exposed part of the arm, but not too long to be comfortable under the jacket sleeve. And you can have it in the classic shp-o- n type or, if you like to be a bit different, in a mousquetaire the short-sleeve- d, 'GHDCE23 'O1 MANAGEMENT RAN U 4 d eight-butto- One of her main jobs as consumer adv tser is to w ate h prices. While she has fought profiteers, she is no alarmist about goug- ments in producing and marketing processes will be if thev are sensibly and However, she fairly mobilized. has at hand a portfolio of pretty-stiflaws, with the department of justice standing by, if she finds it necessary to invoke them. less than a revelation. We are show-in- g three representative types from this gala autumn style revue in the accompanying illustration as a foretaste of the endless modes youll be seeing in the new fall parade. Plaids are going to be better than ever this season. The happy school-farinmiss pictured to the left in the group, is wearing a gay Mexican checkerboard plaid. It is shirred at the shoulders, has a swing skirt which conforms to fashions call for skirts that at least create the impression of slimness, whether they have pleats or not. There is smart color contrast in the leather belt and of course there are decorative pockets. The attractive junior frock centered in the picture tyies plain versus check in its makcLp. The material is in its softThe skirt brings ness. fullness to the front in latest manner. Novelty breast a girlish neckline and a pockets, yoke back and front together with a soft wide belt are distinguishing style details. You can get this model in football brown, loyal blue and kick-of- f red. Stripes are still the talk o the town. See the clever use the designer makes of stripes as illustrated to the right. The skirt is of the bias-cu- t swing type. There is a styling given to the back of the blouse. A leather belt and buttons in three colors give a telling green, style flourish. football brown and college blue, the colors in which this model comes, are passwords that will admit this smart dress to college environs with acclaim. short-sleeve- theories OF BACK, BOTTOM W RONT ONE PIECE logical! y ,od sta.iios as base re BOARD ikYARDS suede-finis- t k 32"TICIMNG REQUIRED back-to-scho- wl'it A INSIDE TO FIT BOTTOM ?TOP, look, listen, Miss t'-- e -v . 18'ZIPPER IN A CURVED OPENING FIRST, THEN STITCH SEAMS'TURN RIGHT SIDE OUT THROUGH OPENINGl Collegiate and Miss and Miss Junior! This should interest you. Its all about assembling Timoshenko has been fixing wardrobe a a ever since Lenin got things up clothes budget a minimum within on Russia, imperial stranglehold that will turn you out looking the for himself as well as bis party, lie is rough and tough, and on part of a fashion sophisticate. Well, heres letting you in on the secret the record he has what it takes to get ahead under Communism. its just a matter of planning your clothes collection in terms of swank Ills jaw is wide and hard. His wash apparel. Follow up this idea glint. eye's have a "Sei you! and you will have the joy and satisHis thin hair grows close to a faction of achieving a style prestige hard poll, offering no purchase for an enemy's hand. along with the best of your sorority group. As to economy, thats the He got Ins first real boost in 1937 best part of the story. when he was made commander of Modern wash materials are more the North Caucasian Corps area. amazing than ever. The handsome His last and best, however, came in weaves with a suiting woolish finMay of this year. Then he reached ish, the crepes, the spun rayons his current job. He is pretty high (one of the marvels of the age), the And in Russia, under up now rayon and other synStalin, the higher they go the hardthetic silks and satins (fit for a er they fall So those fellows may the smart queen), not be permanently on the payroll cloths, the stunning corduroys, the after all. handsome plaids and stripes (three cheers for em), the are that convincingly prints middle-ageA PLUMP, pleasant they definitely outclass anylady, who likes pink dresses the way of wash fabrics in thing hair-dhas the and an ever gone before. has that job of seeing that we dont turn too As to this wide range of versamuch butter tile weaves, their adaptability to evConsumer Adviser mto cannons ery conceivable sort of Assigned to Watch or at any wear is astemishing a miracle m lhat we modern times! Pajama costumes, For Profiteering rate the butget slacks, shirts, house coats, swim ter As consumer adviser for the suits, negligees, afternoon dress-unational defense advisory commisprom frocks, party gowns and sion, Miss Harriet Elliott calls a naformals, in short a schoolgirls evtional conference of retailers to lay ery need is met in the in the the foundation of specialty shops and in departments maintenance of living standards as devoted to vvashables these days. a bulwark of defense. Recently the National Wash Apassociation presented a highly parel She has long maintained that style show m Chihealth, housing, recreation, child and hundreds The hundreds cago. welfare and general public wcll-- j of most intriguing college, school, being are bedrock essentials of carecr-gu- l and junior fashions, any defense program. With the styled throughout, as they were, of above appointment she became swank wash fabrics, was nothing the first woman to be "drafted" in the current mobilization of human and material resources. that all Stream' e an laundry b; made of sturdy tickir g red and white stripes j flat against the wall wit rings over brass hook, j neatly with a zipper and opened with one hand. per is applied in a curve an ample opening, an i the held in shape with a Surely you w dl of these and will want t one or more for gifts. CL assistant commanders for political affairs. The old power of veto is gone, but the pay check will be the same. Timoshenko fixed it all up as briskly as any ward boss ever drummed up jobs for the faithful. believes B Cy KUTII W YETH xpp EHOLD this modern e Overnight, however, they got back Now they are in the army, still ing. and llr v Thats u -st l Heres Laundry this command system, and this week Moscow announced that the commissars were out on their various ears. ' S matl ws s a WOW AX Dr. Murray' Hvgien'c p. i r 10c (coinl. Ml 1(11 vv y 4ZIKI Melrose Ave., UOL1. i w ooii I wash-appar- I'KlM Oir NORM Bv Tin Shot Lmc No Threat to tons, almost 50 pt r cent, and tlu.t our d unestic i roduction was but 134 tons, we have l.ttle to fear fiom a tin shortage that could be caused by England s capitulation or mabil- - PERSONALS vie-tor- gumed an accurate and efficient Tiie d( motisti ation (light almost ended at Iowa City when Knight, about out of gasoline and unable to locate a bonfire which was supposed to have lain set for him, considered a forced landing in the daik-nes- s At the last moment he spied a red Hare He landed near the muikcr to re fin and shake the hand of the night watchman who had hcai d Ins engine and hud placed tile guiding light on (he airport Knight Hew on, reaebe'g Chicago Ollier pilots, Hying in at dawn relays, can led the mail to New Yoik, completing the first coast-to-con(light in 3.1 hoots Tiie (light was a complete suc-resCongi ess appiopi niteei money for continued an mail service, and lights were installed at several of the most mipoitant an ports. Nine years were to puss, however, be- c tuts for tin m the Un ted States, by the n.aga tie Steel, reveals th it m m to i f the fart that euir cvn-Mi- n pi. on uunng 19.19 was 70 4(0 tons out i f a woild consumption of 16(1 300 r y When Russia blundered to over fallen Finland her armies obeyed a double-barrele- d Alongside the orleadership. thodox military commanders marched as many political commissars, all with the power of veto. Thousands of dead Russians proved tiie weakness of st e siarehag donitste require-n- , j. WESTERN V. M. V. COv 911 Kay St., Sacramento i another years, no doubt, they will still be telling how, in 1940, the same Semyon, then commissar of defense, led more than a regiment of his followers back to the payrolls from which they had been briefly booted Twenty years ago Captain Jak Knight (inset) helped make the first transc ontiiienlal airmail flight. Assigned to fly several hours at night, he had to stay in the air until dawn because his relief pilot failed to meet him. 1 lie lie llaviland plane shown at tin- - top was commonly used as a mail carrier when the eoasl-to-eoaflights were inaugurated. It had been huilt for service in (he World war. The tremendous advance made in aviation since that time is shown by llie new 25 ton I'mted Air Line luxury liner wbi It is pic turn! below. Twenty of these huge planes will be put into sei v i e next spring. Scp-temb- er ,d , NOW. H 20 sk:t-ter- -- f p: - of to regirmnt vv bfi.rv V- J WNU Service features Russian Politician horse Fixes Up Jobs w a r For Commissars vtry 1 in 1. - h study I.eam about veget .blei trate taolet form. They food intake with more vr rrali direet from r.utiu Write us 20 years they NTEW YORK After tell, in Moscow, how bold Semyon Konstuntovich Timoshenko, then a cavaliy thief, led a Red neat pioblem in economics as well as an interesting experiment in social relations awaits the now governor geneial of the Pahamas, the duke eff Windsor and her grace the duchess m Nassau Keeping the islands on the credit side of the Put-lslt'dger deponds to a great extent on the tourist trade, or, as they put it more delicately here, to the vacation society No matter what you call it. tourists are impel ative factors m the decorative but mm prodactiv e life iff the islands, and pi eroding governors and tin lr wives have catered to them the presence of s No boy and glamour l'nglai'd the fonner Wallis Waiheld S.mpson not only will be an iddod atti act-oto the spi ghtly mb in .t onal set but to curio is and wo .Ithy. Americans. .11 be hois d'ouvres to whet They the appet'tes of tourists a bit over ocean voyages these days. Commemorating dentistrys 100th M estates which have been a scientific as my anniversary practice merican closed for tire long summer season 10,000 delegates to the Theres an Dental association's national (in- arc opened now would . m'k.x of v.s.tois now vention m (.'lev eland, Ohio, on will be asked to adopt be moie if tl e laigc sc.iincrs fiom tiie etfiiii.il dental emblem pictured Nw Yoi k came more often than As it is, plane above. Already approved by the once a week ll.ons ..re at a premium board of directors, tiie new emblem has its periphery of design formed and the boats that US') come ewer, on n b bv the Creek letter "delta" for deneven tie t v Odonlos for and omicron" aie filled to tistry (tooth). ( entral tigure is tiie single eat ai tv Thiy'io exiectt'g a bg w.ntir serpent of Aesculapius, father of medic inc. Inset photo (not a part of season H. U N and g... 't boast, s are 'wav in adthe emblem) shows Dr. Wilfred Robgit'i'g i rv at. ons season . eJana- the .irv vance inson. association president-electif old.; of Better Health Insurar By LEMUEL F. PARTON Transcontim ntal Hying time has been cut fiom 82 hours to less than 14. A CliKKIK NICHOLAS WEEK 25-to- n NbW YORK By L& mail. Giant stride s have been taken dunne, those twenty years. Mail planes have increased in sue from small converted army plums with open cockluxury liners. pits to public-spirite- Wash Apparel t THIS I CHICAGO. American aviation will lace up its Seven League boots on September 0 to observe the twentieth birthday of traiiscontinenud air- w ool Wardrobe o-Si'll -t- you NOW. By WILLIAM lMTTMAN onto a Plan Back Of Style-Righ- n WNU W All Equal Before God we are wise equally foolish.' stein. straighter-cut- , cleser-fittin- g glove with the buttoned opening. And whichever style you prefer, you have a stunning range of fall colors to choose from. Tower in:O Turbans Reaching Skyward Turbans are likely to reach skyscraper proportions by fall, if the new designs are ary indication, for they seem to be draped higher and higher in eery new collection. Some are brought up to a high peak in a triangular draping and some are elaborately twisted and looped to reach magnificent proportions. New Hat Silhouette hats are taking to the narrower silhouette in the new creations shown for early fall wear. Een Di May Warn of Kidney Act Modern fife with its irregular habits, oi drinking its risk erp", tion throws heaTr .i of the kidneys. They and fad h aU d and other impurities lr orer-taxe- blood. a.. You may suffer nsn v headache, leg pains, swelling tired, nervous. jjorv, of kulney or bladder times burning, scanty urination. Try Doan kidneys to paw bad They have eentury of Publc mended by grateful Ask your wstyaoor. n' l ns |