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Show Air Mail Development The developnr nt of eir ma'l in the Unit d Stai es h's sp-'-ded fhe serice b tween points on routes and where long di tances are involved, in-volved, S'me g1 ins are made v maU service frem placs not on ihe air line. However, one often finds that a letter from Mt. Plea an; to a point five hundr d or even a thoirard mile- aw-y makes ae; good time on ihe trains as through -.he air. Th gradual exters'on or air mail ser'ice is to be- expected and it may b? that the government will someday mak no eHr"1 charge for ut of the air ma 1. This i- not ?. 1 ogether a feint l y bf-cause Aur-tralia uses) airplan-es to fly the mails at ordinary 1 tter rste-.. between the c"pital- of Ihe dir.'ei-ent rtates of that cemmon-weallh. cemmon-weallh. A factor not oft n included i:i con?i'.( ring th's use cf the air mail s-rviee. i' th?t it could be used fcr treiniie-er aviator.- to be a source of e.trcngth in the even of war. |