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Show Air Mail Bid Meets Protest Washington Delay in rn-!k!n on ward for private operation of the i eastern section of the transcontinental airmail service between New York and ! Chicago las Indicated as a reru't of an ; order by Postmaster General New for en Investigation into all bids submitted submit-ted for that service. An informal inquiry in-quiry had been under way Into reports that Carl F. Egge. superintendent of tho eastern division of the government airmail linee; Shirley J. Short, the airmail air-mail service's "ace" pilot, and practically prac-tically all the other pilots flying the i mall Ixrtween New York and Chicago ! had agreed to subscribe to $100,000 ( worth of stock In tho North American I Airways providing that company se- I cured the contract. i |