Show i f Fete Will Honor Western Air Lines jAs As Pioneer Aviation C Company Tribute to the first contract airline airline air airline line in the United States Western States Western Air Lines Lines and and the persons who then and now are responsible for Its place In air commerce will be paid Wednesday at 8 p p. p m. m at an anniversary observance in the Newhouse hotel I I It was on April 17 1926 that thata a little Douglas M 2 biplane took I off from Salt Lake City for Los j Angeles on the first scheduled run of Western Air Express and the inauguration of air service to Salt Lake City On May 23 that year B. B F. F Rec Rc Redman Red Red- man of Salt Lake City City- paid hi his fare and became the first passenger passenger passenger ger in the nation to fly over a scheduled air line r route te boarding the small plane in Salt Lake Cit City and flying to Los Angeles C. C N N. Jimmie James was at the con con- In honor of the occasion and th the fifteenth anniversary of the line the c city i t tY y commission Tuesday adopted a resolution congratulating ing Western Air Lines for its out out- standing contributions to aviation progress and to development of the west Attending the observance sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- by the Salt Lal Lake e City unit of the Women's Nat National onal Aeronautical Aeronautical Aero Aero- nautical association and the aviation aviation avia a avia- avia tion committee of the chamber of j commerce will be Mr Redman airline airline air airline line officials and and numerous distinguished distinguished distinguished dis dis- dis- dis guests Development of ot the line which last month changed its name to n n Western Wester Air AirLines Air Lines Lines goes goes back to the summer of 1925 when Harris M. M Pop Hanshue and a group of Utah and California business businessmen men conferred on the fostering o of commercial aviation in inthe the west Included in the list 1st of original subscribers to the enterprise were the names of Grant president president pres pres- ident of the L D S church and George Albert Smith a member of the council of twelve Mr Mrs Redman Mr James and Fred Kelly I I. I a a. a pioneer pilot with Mr James will be presented pictures pictures' of new and old planes I Ito to be autographed by guests attending attending at at- tending the observance I at-I lr- lr f r Yr SS e w wt t r S at atS at'S 55 5 s t tk k IN L 1 a aR ai i 9 L t R i a VETERAN PILOTS TO BE HONORED AT OBSERVANCE Fred Kelly No 1 left and C C. C N N. Jimmie m James mes S q Y a 1 84 f a ag B B. F F. REDMAN RED First paying passenger |