Show r I 1 ForWard Looking Forward Lookin-g Lookin America Ameri I t j Q- Q HE forty-eight forty states of our Union seem seen t 1 small sometimes related t very closely 1 Just the other day Captain Frank Fran M. M I Hawks arose in the mor morning ing ate breakfast climbed into his airplane in New York York Cit City and arrived in Los Angeles in time to see th thun the theun 1 sun un s set t on the Pacific Just a days day's journey as the crow crow or or rather the modern birdman J fl flies 1 4 4 J Once c upon a time it would Have m i taken ken I tortuous months to have made such a trip I Spring would have ended and summer and J fall would have been gone before the the- caraI cara- cara I vans ans could have battled their way across the plains t through rough the mountains and nd into the I 0 western land i We who fly so high and fast today forget the immensity of our nation We also f forget the years of weary toil which were n necessary to make the wilderness burst into the colored flowers which are everywhere today We j somehow have the opinion on that all we need to do is wave a wand and things will happen v Other lands where centuries have passed r l' while white life wo worked ked its way toward a j fulfillment envy us our strength America 1 looks toward the future raises her head to t clear bright skies while they look down the thet t long lanes of memory Europe is proud of things that she has 4 I done She has made a painted storybook of J her past which she will open for you page paget t J by page as you wander through her cities America has the long long look ahead t And the upward look for much of her recent t progress concerns the air trails I Once upon a time a wise man mami remarked j that- that old men should dream dreams and young joung I men should see visions We are fulfilling the I i latter part of that prophecy cy 4 It isn't so important whether Captain J Hawks beats Colonel Lindbergh's record for j transcontinental speed It is the winged spirit I of progress that makes America not satisfied to rest on past accomplishments the winged courage which sends her out again and again i that counts J t When the first first covered covered wagon went slowly I t through the green cathedral of the forests I Ii f It eyes out f for r lurking animals and Indians the j coast to coast journey seemed like a far trip I I from which there could be no returning But j other wagons came Then trains followed j Automobile toads roads were built And now the I ships sail the skies in fifteen hours |