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Show ADVENTURE AHEAD One of the most stirring chapters in the great pioneering drama of the United States was written in the pages of history by a small group of hard riding, straight shooting men who drove lumbering " stagecoaches stage-coaches across hundreds of miles of wilderness at break-neck speeds, often under attack by Indians and highwaymen. The arrival of. the stagecoach was an event in isolated communities. The word's, "Wells Fargo," Far-go," still bring a thrill to every red-blooded American. Think wdiat they must have meant in the early days to the people who saw them emblazoned on a travel-stained travel-stained coach as it came thundering down a dusty trail and into town, loaded with newrs, luxuries and necessities necessi-ties from the outside world! I Today, the descendant of Wells Fargo, the Railway Express Agency, is writing a new chapter in the history his-tory of American service industries. More than a decade de-cade ago, it took to the air with the inauguration of an Air Express Division. It has pioneered air express with the same tenacity and thoroughness that made its stagecoaches famous. By co-ordinating it with rail express, ex-press, 23,000 communities having railway express offices of-fices are now able to enjoy the benefits of air express. With the close of the war, the age of air transport - will arrive in full bloom. While it may not measure up to the fanciful visions of the extremists, it will offer adventure and new7 business horizons to rival the most exciting periods in the expansion history of America- |