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Show Air Lines Now Belt the Globe 0 Planes Are Carrying Mail to All Parts of World on Regular Schedule. Washington, D. C. A visiting Eskimo, a tropical Uganda native, or a South Sea islander, can now send an air mail letter from the United States to his home land, and most of the journey will be in airplanes flying on regular schedules. For air mail services now radiate from Uncle Sams realm to the edge of the Arctic, to the heart of Africa, and to equatorial and profits. The English, flying a slightly different route, have extended their lines' to New Delhi, Indias new capital. The Dutch planes, starting at Amsterdam, travel across central Europe, Istanbul, Bagdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Medan (Sumatra) to Batavia. The French line begins at Marseilles, jumps the Mediterranean seq to Syria, and, between Bagdad and Rangoon, duplicates the Dutch route. From Rangoon the French line continues eastward to Bangkok, Siam, and Saigon, French The week the French line is idle French air mail is carried on the Dutch planes; and the week the Dutch line does not run mail from the Netherlands is put aboard a French plane at Marseilles. The English operate independently the line that was first to reach India. In Europe this route extends from London across central Europe to Athens, Greece, and across the Mediterranean to Cairo. It then turns eastward and follows a series of ancient water holes across the desert to Bagdad. The next stage is the same as that flown by the French and the Dutch to KarachL Regular service on the British commercial line ends now at New Delhi, the capital of India, but an extension is projected to Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. An experimental British air mail flight is being made this month from London to Australia, via India, Singapore, and the Dutch East Indies. Indo-Chin- a. Pa- cific islands. Announcement that a British air mail line has established regular service between Cairo and Lake Victoria, which soon will be extended to Cape Town, directs attention to the amazing development of an industry that dates from the World war. Routes of Flying Postmen. Except for two gaps, the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, commercial air lines now belt the globe, says a bulletin from the National Geographic Not only do they encircle society. the world, but flying postmen interlace its Inhabited areas with crisscross lines and, in some cases, with Time-tabl-e parallel routes. planes carry letters, parcels, passengers and freight between the shores of all the seas except the Antartic, and over all the continents, also excepting the Antarctic. In all there were 172,000 miles of commercial airways in regular operation during 1930, according to a survey made by the aeronautics division of the Department of Commerce, and of s this mileage more than carried air mail. The routes of the worlds aerial mailmen would, if linked end to end, encircle the earth more than six times. In the United States 417,505 passengers, more than the population of Indianapolis, Ind., were carried on scheduled lines. Air mail amounted to 8,324,000 pounds, the aggregate weight of eight large freight locomotives. A world accustomed to the deliberation of railroad construction has to rub Its eyes to keep pace with air progress today. Airways need no costly bridges, tunnels or fills. It might be said, briefly, that airway engineers draw a dotted line across the map, promoters sign on the dotted line, and, presto! a few days later planes are operating over it! "The United States, one of the first countries to have regularly scheduled air mail service, Is the holder of many firsts in commercial aviation. America has the greatest airway mileage within its own boundaries aDd it has also the greatest mileage outside its own boundaries, giving it world leadership in commercial lines by a wide margin. In Newark, N. J., it now has the busiest air port in the world, with eighty scheduled arrivals and depare tures daily. That means a 24 18 minutes the during plane every hours. America has more cities with direct air service than has any other country. France Our Nearest Rival. American lines reaching down into Central America, the West Indies and South America, and in other scattered parts of the world, bring the United States total up to 49,000 miles. Americas closest rival today is France, whose lines reach across Europe and Asia to Saigon, in French on the shores of the South Girina sea. and down the coast of West Africa to Senegal, where fast mail boats connect with the French South American air systems. Under the tricolor miles of airways were flown last year. 0 Germanys mileage, more than miles, is third. Most of the German lines are confined to her own boundaries, and all of them are within Europe. The Dutch have the longest air mail line In the world in the recently opened Royal Netherland Air Navigation companys route to Java, in the South seas. For 10,000 miles modern Flying Dutchmen hurdle deserts, jungles, mountains, plains and seas fortnightly between Amsterdam and BaDutch companies Affiliated tavia. carry the line some 600 miles farther east to Surabaya, Java, and plans are being considered to extend it to Darwin, North Australia, linking it with Australias widespread air mail system. Three Races East. Three European nations are pushing eastward into Asia above old caravan trails which fell into disuse with the discovery of water routes to the Far East To date the three have cooperated. The Dutch and French use the same route, as far As Rangoon, Burma, but they run their planes on alternate weeks, and each carries the mail of the other, sharing expenses nine-tenth- time-tabl- to Buenos Aires. Every country and foreign colony in the continent has regular air service. Soviet Russia claims 18,000 miles of commercial airways in operation in the Union this year, with lines running east as far as Lake Baikal in central Siberia, and south to Teheran, the capital of Persia. An Arctic line to northern Siberia points along the Yeniscei river has just been blazed by a plane using skis. Chinas airways connect several of the largest cities of the country, Including Peiping, Shanghai, Hankow and Canton. Mexicos air lines reach from the United States border at Brownsville and El Paso, to Guatemala and Yucatan. Airplanes will supplement dog teams on 14 of the 25 star mail routes in Alaska next October. Sally Scz By Jensen Town Finds Elections Just Lots of Bother Walkerville, Mont. The city of Walkerville will not hold a municipal election this year the thirteenth since the city decided elections were just a lot of bother. The people of Walkerville never offi daily decided not to hold elections; but back in 1918 neither politicians, nor others, filed for office. So officials continued in office. Since then there has been no political activities although the personnel of the city council and occupants of the mayor's office have changed frequently. The Walkerville system is simplicity itself : the city council appoints the mayor, who, in turn, appoints the counrilmen. e This year, the thirteenth, Mrs. Suydan filed for city treasurer, and Walkerville was almost forced to set up election machinery. She withdrew, however, when she learned the office was filled by 'an appointive Theres no need of worry a long as the chain is strong. These Brands Are Intermountain Made And Deserve Your Support Mon-ett- Salt Lake City officer. If all the air services under the Union Jack were grouped together the British Commonwealth of Nations would be second in mileage, with some The units, however, 28,100 miles. prefer to make their own reports. The four leading divisions are: Australia, 9.000 miles ; Great Britain, 8,100 miles ; Canada, 7,000 miles and British Africa, 4.000 miles. At least a dozen different com; panies operate commercial airways in Canada. The longest of these is the route extending over the northern wildernesses from Fort in Alberta to Aklavik, and Hershel island, on the Arctic coast. South America is completely ringed with commercial airways, with three different lines running parallel to each other down the east coast from Natal 1,800-mil- e ay Cleveland Is in Field Giving Speedy Divorces Cleveland, Ohio. This Ad and $1.00 Will bring the above to you Postpaid This Weeks Prize Story Instead of lamenting hard times PORTER WALTON CO. boost Intermountain made goods. 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