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Show DISCUSS EXTENSION OF AERIAL MAILS WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Further UcluHti ol: the proposed extension of tho airplane mail service to the Facifie coast ami to Atlanta, and establishment of a new lino between St. Taul, Minneapolis Minne-apolis and St. Louis within the next year were given to the house postof-fiee postof-fiee conimitteo today by Assistant Postmaster Post-master General Pracger. With the new lines in operation, Mr. Praegcr said, tho deliveries of Now York-San Francisco mail would bo speeded up two days and the Atlnnta-Ncw Atlnnta-Ncw York mail by twelve to fourteen hours. An appropriation of $3,000,000 for continuing and extending the air mail service was requested, but tho committee commit-tee deferred decision. |