Show ARMY AIRMEN WAIT IN VAIN UPON WEATHER Seven Scheduled Mail Flights O Out t of of Salt Lake Are Can Canceled S d 1 Army airmen were wondering Tuesday why Old Man Winter delayed de delayed delayed de- de h his arrival In the weSt until the time they were to be begin in flying the airmail Clustering around operations headquarters headquarters head bead quarters at the Salt Lake airport a score or more of air corps officers waited in vain for a cessation of dirty weather that has permitted only one one departure and no arrivals at the local field under the army schedule that became effective Mon Mon- day Seven scheduled flights out of Salt Lake Tuesday were canceled with the possibility they would be ordered in th the event of ot clear weather This was not considered likely however the weather bureau forecasting forecasting fore tore casting rain and snow for tor Tuesday night and Wednesday Snow falling failing in Salt Lake about about 10 a. a ari a. m. m One Iier fer Leaves Leans The first and only army flier t to leave Salt L Lake ke Monday was Lieu tenant M. M J. J Griggs who lifted his Los Angeles bound plane off the field at p. p m m. Monday He got far gotas u far as 33 Las Vegas Nev eight hours overdue over over- duet due after encountering bad weather in southern Utah Griggs arrived in Las Vegas at a. a m. m Tuesday mountain time He landed once Milord Monday Monday- night took ot off at 1240 a. a m m. returned to to to- Milford an h hour ur later and took off oIl aT second time at a. a m. m The Th-e Los A Angeles geles to Salt Lake mail was canceled Monday night and was delayed until Tuesday morning tobe to tobe tobe be canceled again The Oakland to Salt Lake plane was grounded at Sacramento Monday night However the army dispatched a special mail plane to Salt Lake from Oakland about noon Tuesday in an effort eUort to c catch up with delivery an Associated Press dispatch said Second Second Sec See ond and third sections sections' of mail were to leave at and 1130 p. p IDAn m. m An army board of ot inquiry Tuesday had reported that fog log and low hang ing clouds caused Second Lieutenant James Y Eastham to crash to to his death in a bombing plane near Jerome Jerome Jerome Je Je- Je- Je rome Idaho Friday night Voices Protest After Alter making an investigation at atthe atthe atthe the scene scene of the crash the board reported reported re re- ported to Lieutenant Colonel H. H H. H Arnold commander of the western airmail zone It decided the flier bound to Seattle from Salt SaIt Lake was attempting to land and was hun hunting ng for lower altitude to get out o of fog and rain clouds when his plane crashed in a field and burst into flames Meanwhile the chamber o of commerce commerce com corn merce merc voiced a protest against governmental governmental gov gay action that will wj out our commercial aviation A message was sent by the chamber board of governors to Secretary of War Dern Senators William H. H King and Elbert D. D Thomas and Representatives Representatives J J. J Will Robinson and Abe Murdock It pointed out that the industry must not be lost solely because certain certain tam tain holding c companies are under fire Salt Sri Lake as the second ranking airport in the country is vitally interested interested in in- in the preservation of commercial com corn mercial aviation divorced from the problem created by holding companies companies com corn the m message ago concluded |