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Show 1 N. Y. TO S. F. AIR MAIL IN OPERATION; m .A r A A A A A. A. A A' i SKY POSTMAN 12 LEAVES GOTH FOR WEST COAST fill Second Airplane With 16.000 Pj Letters Leaves One Hour Later IMMENSE SYSTEM OF W LANDING FIELDS READY . Postoffice Department Expects ' Trip to Be Completed in r Three Days HVflf NEW YnHK, Sept. 8 Transcont Ih- m tnla) aerial mail service to San I'ran- 'jH clapo was officially Inaugurated to u ' HHg when R- O. Page, ullotlne an alrplan- specially equipped to carry juo pounds . ,1 mall started his Bl ard fiu- 1 " r!" O'clock from Mlneola field Me Am 1 ,ni.-,i In his cargo i mall (ettei to the majors of six cities along the' route. mm The airplane was scheduler! to make -sitK lis first atop at Cleveland. Other sta fjijaV tions were Chicago. Omaha, &eb 7? Cheyenne. Wyo.. Salt Lake CHy. Reno.) SJM Nov.. and flnullv San Francisco lH The trip is expected to be com- UpB plcted til three day's arriving al San ; M Francisco ahead ol the tlm regularly . ieiuln d tor mall trains. , MM, LANDING 1 11 1 i- The flight mapped out Is 2 651 miles H in length. The establishment f the cH - rv ice places nt the dlannsal of thi H I'nlted Slates military forces what ''JU liarlj maintained landlne fields and , ' oi.d. 11. cording 1 Mi. puv . .ft i . d' Dartment PiLn ;.i..tluT plan-' carrying IC.000 h-t- J u-r.s for western points Including mea,- V" sages from Senator Warren G. Hard- Ing, Republican oresldftntlal nominee, to San Francisco friends, left about, 'MMt an hour uftei the leader. Other mes-1 wf& Mjrs were from Postmaster General WBa Burleson and Ass si mt Postmaster rtjfl :,. ral Praegi ' ( ' aSI newspapers William lloo.'on was H pilot PRIZES ol 1 I Itl.K 38 WASHINGTON Sept. 7 l 'Hots ar- SH ruing 111 the trailM-onum ntal a'r mai! il&M which will be naugurated have been notified Jl.oOO will be distributed In prizes tor the beat inileaKe al the fir M nix montha tt Praeicer, Becond as , fJL Kjn that nv.- newsDaoen along thi have united In fhe offei to pa ;iw 10 to- th Inner, I 300 tn thi icon. : !w 1 $00 lo the third Thi r cord 'Jgl made on any division betweei , j I'orl ind San Francisco ' the contest arc IHfl . ii ii out bj a commltti rcj "fljpM conical committee of the Aero H of amerlca the Manufacturers 1 trail association a ml the air ma 1 1 .i The papers offering th-riQXJ th-riQXJ prr.en are the New York Evening Post, J ,.-v C hied go Tribune, m u Bet lake Tribune and a Cleveland, .m H Francisco or Sacramento oauer et to! Jpaary oc selected sBMmjL ki;( m ci.fm i m rjT ' l-r. BL M. . 1 , Si pi 8- rhe JHSS (.lane piloted b K. G. Page arrived nPw 1 ere it 12:45 p m., completing the flist b g ol th inaugural tranacontl j nental mall lerial servici between 1 w STor k d lid -v 1 1 1 1 Franch 0 'L I i : E WYOMING. CIIKVFNN'K Wyo. Sept. 8 Two 'lBM ii ',.iios boppod off bcri ..t SO I o'clock this morning: One ' us bound for Salt Inke City, with one stop at BH KoCk Springs, Wyo.. and the other J3B headed for (imnha wllh a stop SChed- ' uled for North i" ttt Neb W - PROM 11 i OAST. mWt SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept 8. jnSl rial mall service from Sun lran- lt, Wm clsco to New York will be Inaugurated , 5?Sa next Friday morning, according to' aai9 present plana Kfl SALT LAKE Sept B Th gpvern- j 1 .in hi mall airplane which left Chey- t aj iine. Wo., early today for Salt L.ike ii being held ai Kock Springs, Wyo.. ' mail station, because of motor trou- blv. accordliiR to word received here. .Sjl he ma. lime arrived ii (lock Springs ik.J about ten o'clock this morning. It is j |