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Acting Police Commissioner John H. Alcock last week summoned, to a cooperation meeting at the University of Chicago, all police officials presiding within a radius of 50 mi. of the Loop...
Minister Johnson's most strenuous experience was a 50-mi. ride on a shaggy Chinese pony up a dry river bed. This reduced the Johnsonian bulk five pounds...
...cradle" to support the big dirigible, about to be deflated and put up for the winter. While at rest on its shoring, the Graf will be minutely inspected by dirigible experts, to estimate an airship's lifetime. The Grafs record for 1930: 155 flights covering 144,275 mi. Passengers carried, 6,278; mail, 2,200,000 pieces; freight, 12,166 Ib. Zeppelin officials claimed that revenue from passenger fares met the cost of gas, salaries, insurance, depreciation...
...plan goes through, Pan American will fly the 821 mi. between the U. S. and Bermuda, landing there by courtesy of Imperial Airways, which holds exclusive air rights on the islands. Imperial will fly the 3,699-mi. route between Bermuda, Azores and England in two daylight jumps, requiring an average cruising speed in excess of 130 m.p.h. At last report, Aeropostale had won from Portugal the exclusive rights at Horta, Azores (TIME, March 3). Observers last week predicted Aeropostale would gladly yield entry in return for a part in the transatlantic system...
...position to operate a U. S.-Bermuda line. And if passengers are eventually to be carried, there are NYRBA'S 20-passenger Commodore flying boats. For its part, Imperial Airways has its new four-motored flying boat (first of a series) with a reported cruising range of 3,000 mi. But few airmen supposed that regular schedules could be undertaken before...