Show Use of or Airmail Shows In Increase l ease W WASHINGTON ASHI May 17 AP AP- AP 1 Use of the theair air mail has has- shown a marked increase since the new 10 cents per half ounce rate vent lent into effect effect- and April business established established established a record Second Assistant Postmaster General W W. Irving Glover Glo- Glo I j ver Vel announced today Approximately letters were carried over the fourteen contract contract contract con con- tract air mail mall routes during April and contractors were paid 33 for their services Air mails malls over the transcontinental and New NewYork York York- Chicago overnight routes have shown a a. corresponding increase be because because be- be e- e cause of the new rate The contract routes which are feeders of ot the transcontinental and overnight routes route's required payment of for tor the September July-September quarter quartu last year f for r th the October October-De October December ember quarter and for tor the March January quarter this year The weight of malls mails carried was July 1926 pounds August September October November November- eDe December January 1927 Fe February ru- ru ary March and April |