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...three were seized from Germans during the War, the other two were products of the Government's Wartime ship-building program. As the operator of the U. S. Lines, the Government lost $3,463,484 in the fiscal year 1924, $2,315,862 in 1925. The five fast freight ships of the American Merchant Lines have not been so great a liability...
...travel in Europe. Frightful though it was, the Hurst crash was a rare occurrence. Despatches juxtaposed with news of the victims, told that U. S. travelers were responsible for a record week of flying between London and Paris -1,539 passengers in 183 machines, with 35 tons of freight and baggage. Despatches from Germany announced extension of the European air mail network to reach Teheran, capital of Persia; a through route from Europe to Mesopotamia; a projected passenger service from Berlin clear across Asia to Peking. In Europe, air travel is so firmly established that no one said, "Dreamer...
...Edsel Ford reported to the President concerning the progress of the Ford industries in commercial aviation, told him of a program to build 100 all-metal, three-motored planes which can carry a ton of freight efficiently and at comparatively low cost (TIME...
...opens the Government air mail routes to commercial and private aviators. The Department of Commerce will have additional illumination and landing facilities on the two chief routes within six months, so that postal contracts can be turned over to private concerns to enable them to maintain a more extensive freight and passenger service. The two airways to be immediately developed...
...that troublesome 1% of his partners. They persisted, he assigned lower values to their shares. The Interstate Commerce Commission made no ruling on the values of the shares, but said last week that Mr. Ford's method was, "not consistent with fair dealing." If more than a million freight cars are loaded per week, then the U. S. is prosperous-so say the financial prophets. A report just issued shows that 1,102,590 cars were loaded during the week ending July...