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The Clinton News Record, 1928-05-10, Page 6• General Air Service To Mining Industry Canada ' Lritharks on- a 'New Phase of Commercial Aviation — Little Luxury Flying Commercial aviation has beon'mak- 1ng great strides in Canada,' particu- larly' in the pact year, end develop- ments have been: along peculiar lines, according to 'the Canadian Paoifle Railway. Commercial• flying in Can- ada has been almost purely economic and luxury flying practically none exietant, eays a bulletin of the rail- road, which continues: 'Whereas, in other countries initial services have'been between the larger centres of population, the trend in Canada has been to bring :ieolated sections of thecountry where econ- omic development is taking place in closer touch with the business 'find financial centres through cutting down traveling time,: In the stimulus affect- ed lately to such frontier activity,'par- ttcularly, mining, oommercial aviation i1as come to have a,new and greater importance. There is every indica `tion that in the future the airplane will become a factor of steadily in- 'creasing. importance in furthering the `economic development of these out-of- the-way places., "The remarkable =increase in flying 'of this netuie,'particularly in the last year, is brlefly summed up in the fact that while such services accounted for 4',091 hours flying in 1926 and 6,860 'hours in 1928, this increased to 12,070. hours in 1927. In the two-year period the number of passengers carried by these services increased from 4,987 to 16,677,'thte increase in the past yea, alone being equal to more °than 182 per cent. Freight carried almost 'Qoubled; in thetwo years,' rising from • 1092,220 pounds to 1,098,346 pounds, &chile the. increase in mail transports• Sion' was even greater, from 1,080- teounds to 14,686 pomade. "The work carried out by these ser - *ices, 'unostentatiously, largely un Sllnown, le in' many ways remarkable rynd constitutea a unique and outstand- Ing phase of aviation. Long, arduous trips into the wilderness, requiring ;days of difficult and hazardous travel, crave been reduced tot an hour or two of comfortable transport. Mining pro- perties. have been expeditiously sup- , idled with urgently required equip- ment, the ship of the air carving as- toniening loads at times. Remote camps have been furnished with such hitherto unknown luxuries as regular fresh food and daily mail. "There is every indication that in the »regent year development's of tills nature will be even greater in a con- ' 'federation of the widespread acttivity with which the airplane as a develop- ing factor has come to be regarded. One company alone, which pioneered a flying service into the Manitoba mining fields and . started with one plane in December, 1926; has fifteen ' planes in operation with the opening of spring. With an average of three aircraft in 1927, this company carried 1,200 paying, passengers and •800,000 Pounds ' of freight, and iu the Iasi three Winter months transported 600 passengers, 30 tons of freight and 8,000 pounds of mail. "So great and recognized has been the value of the assistance of the air- plane in furthering preliminary min - 'Ing development in the fields of Que- bec, Ontario, Manitoba that a com- pany was recently organized at Toron- to to give a general service to the mining industry instead of operating regular services into definite fields. 'The proposed operating plan of the Northern Aerial Mineral Exploratlt0n; Ltd., whose object is to stimulate min- 'eral development in the Dominion, in- cludes the establishment of headquar- ters posts and bases at stratetgic points as jumping off places. Fuel, oil and spars parts will be kept at ,these bases, and by the use of radio In conjunction with airplanes it will be possible to maintain dally touch ,with developing properties in the re- motest sections. "As to the matter of the cost of the maintenance of such services, only meagre information is procurable, Discussing the question recently, J. A. Wilson,. Controller of Civil Aviation, stated that the cost of operating a 200 - horsepower commercial machine for six days .a week over an 800-nifie route in both directitoils, and through easy country, such as the Western Prairies, worked out at 65 cents a mile or $1.30 per ton mile. At 800 -ton miles per day for 3o0 days this gives an annual operating' charge of about $300,000. The' status ofcommerctad aviation in Canada, with mor( than a dozen companies operating, is encouraging in the view that its era is just ()Polling up and that these enterpl'ising . pion. eers went ahead unaided, without sub- sfdy'of any sort, intheface of gouda tions ' more difficult than those en- countered in most phases of the opera- tion of aircraft. Indication& are What they are about to come into their own wih commercial aviation regarded, . 'with steadily. increasing favor and its sphere of activity Y growing every Y month.. olvii government aviation, in' the' less than ten years' since its Inauguration, an astonishing value lies been re 1 calved " for the Molloy expended,( 7otal::.expendittue pn civil aviation and, .cavil governmenC':avlation has b'e n';. approximetetly 03,000f09° an average of $990,000 per'anuluu, and in the opinion of authbrities no country in the world has received. greater value for Money oxpefrclod or such'. value received' by the State in return. Effort' has centred upon he eoneerva- tion and development of natural re- sources where It waa,found such work could be accomplished more efficiently by air, , "A minter of a billion acres of for est land have been given efficient are protection for the first time. Inven- tories have been prepated 'of 50,000 square miles of forest lands by type mapping from tlto air. A. quarter of a million miles of Canadian territory has boon photographed and, mapped from the air. Fishery protection has been greatly increased on the Pacific Coast. Ice conditions in the Hudson Strait have been under observation for the first time through the use of aircraft, and the transportation:, of thoueenda of potffids of material and hundreds of, men has been -furnished to all remote parts of Canada, Berlin Hears Fliers Will Return By Ship Koehl and von Huenefeld Are Expected to Sail May 1,2, Abandoning Air Voyage Berlin—Reports here are that Cap- tain Kiehl and Baron von Huenefeld have given up the project of returning to Germany by another transocean flight and that they will sail instead on the Columbus, leaving New York May 12 and arriving at Bremen May 21. Whether they will bring the mono- plane Bremen with them or leave it to an American museum has not been determined. No reason is advanced whythe two' filers have decided 'tore - turn by ship rather than by air. The first organization'. in Germany to honor the German and Irish heroes is the American Club of Bernie which le giving a dinner in honor of the three :men and Germany's aerial de- velopment On Tuesday evening. 'Am- bassador Schuman and representa- tives of the German Government and aviation world will pay; tt ibu%s to'the heroin deeds of the fite11 lefeneter-din- nor speeches. ?�.n; The Fatherland doee;;not' want *to see foreign 'countries `eo tdci it in re- ceiving its sons, and reek -lee of recep- tions and banquets are planned ,from the time the Columbus' arrives, The Aerie .Club pf Germany is giving a din- ner to wjiieh Major leitzmaurice is • in- vited. Official receptions by the cities and the Government also are planned. Pilots of 'the School Staalcen flew ten planes in formation over Berlin for more than an !tour recently In honor of the achievement in crossing the ocean East to west, The City of Bremen has finally 'wile ed' congratulations to the Mere, this act having been delayed by the radi- cal elements. German Is gradually warming up and it is believed by the time the air. mon arrive the population will have been worked up to the highest pitch and will show the enthusiasm which seemingly has been lacking or least not expressed at first. The largest plane operated by the Lufthansa lines now is called "Koehi," and this huge machine lead the formation of the Staaken student pilots in their demon- stration. Germany Thanks Canada' Official Gratitude Conveyed for Courtesies to Bremen's Crew Ottawa, Ont. -Germany has *ink- ed hank ed'Canada for assistance Tendered in behalf of the crew of. the "Bremen" airplane which brazed the West-to-15ast transatlantic air trail. The following message from L, Kcmpff, German Consul General for the Dominion, was received by Premier King:, "I am instructed by my Government to express the sincerest•thanke of the Government of the German Roicle for eel the asedstanoe rendered to' the flfera o2 the 'Bremen' by Government departments and to the numerous or- genizations and individuals who have so generously and efficiently come to the aid o't the 'Bremen' crew," Rubber and the Speculator Glasgow herald (Cons.)—For some years past the whole questibn of rub- ber restriction has been viewed too much from the standpoint of the shareholder' in rubber companies., Rubber is not, or should not be, re girded as a speculative medium for turning a penny;. it is. an important of the whole scheme of.British .trade, industry which is now an integral unit and as such its re-establishment on a sound basis b s must take precedence n eo Y the interests of the e SCoe kBxc ha ne g eculator. "Considerin this it sp r connection n ge o with AVIATORS WERE GIVEN WELCOME IN HAWAII The French' four -continent inane Cteti a niand Joseph Lo Brlx, ^an'd Arthur Goebel, whiner ot .tho Dale race vcrood the Ia cIRc, were decorated: ith rietnres ue I2a'tva'ele,i lets it en their arrival in IHonolul• - 1 q Ir u. on their way ,Japan. Air Accident in Ireland A FATAL PLANE CRASH NEAR BELFAST Wreck of the R.A.F. aeroplane, which fell at Dunnurfy, killing a child. London 'Change Derby Sweep £500,000, Double Last Year's London --The Stock Exchange sweep on the Derby totals £500,000 more than double the stake last year when tine list of subscriptions was closed. The general belief is that Lon- don's pool on the year's greatest horse race wile surpass in size the Calcutta sweep, hitherto the'Em- pire's largest and most famous. .A quarter of a million persons are said to have subscribed and one of them will win the first prize of more than £100,000, When the Stock Exchange sweep started in 1020 the total was only £100. Ancient Industry In Remote Hamlet Archoeologist Discovers Vil- lage Where Portuguese Na- tives Still Cut Quartz Im- • plements With Clumsy Tools • Lisbon, --Tho case of the alleged mystification of Glom' leads a daily newspaper here to recall a prehistoric industry that exists in the district of Leiria, in the Portuguese province of l6stremadura. ° In a remote hamlet, situated far from towns and peopled centres, most of the men follow the occupation of flint cutters, the remote origin of this profession, which has been handde on from generation to generation, being untraceable. There are some very oid inhabitants of the district who remem- ber hearing that by royal decree the inhabitants of this hamlet enjoyed the privilege of being exempt from obli- gatory military service, in virtue of their remarkable aptitude in cutting flints (silex) and preparing it for the old-fashioned guns or muskets at that time used in the army. *In return for this exemption each youth of the ham- let had to present to the authorities at Leiria 1,000 flints duly cut and' chiseled for placing in the guns. Bach youth received for his lot of flints the sum of 1,200 reis (about5 shillings.). This industry was "rediscovered" 36 years ago by a Portuguese areheeolo- gist and writer named Vieria Nativi- dade, author of a work published in Fennell on the art of fint-cutting in the nineteenth century. This man of natural science had carefully arrang- ed in glass cupboards a collection of lances, arrows anti many other 'flint articles of the Stone Age which he had found during the many excava- tions that were one of the interests of his life• One day, as he was examin- ing aonie .pieces of silex for 'some $int and steel lighters that were much used by smokers hie the provinces at that time, he noted with surprise .the;sim- ilarity of the stones to those of his neolithic collection, and inquired where they came from. It was thus he discovered the an- cient industry in the remote hamlet, where he went himself, andc came upon a trulyneolithic scene, as far aswor k- ing methods go. Inside huts, seated on the ground, men worked in silence cutting and chiseling the quartz with primitive'; tools. An he watched them the areliceologist formed a plan. A few t days later a he returned rued there and told the men he wanted them to make some stone articles for him. Ile showed the modern artists his prehistoric' models, and,the stonecutters reproduced theme with such exactitude that no one could possibly distinguteh the false from the real flints. - d. Bard Flock Far lighter than a flock of words, Released to fly with wings of wit, The wind has twirled a scarf of birds And caught, this tree about with it, ' And disengaging It again Tie flings Gm fabric to She skies, Falling, it floats into the grain Where now invisible le lion. —Kenneth Stade Ailing, in 'Voices. Paradoxically, it takes a pian who is a sticker to snake a good run in a political contest, FLOWERS and VEGETABLES 1 BLES No. 13 A Convenient Vegetable. Carrots are a most convenient vege- table because they will do well In al- most any soil. From cow fodder of two generations ago theyhave de- veloped into an indispensible stand-by, 1n the kitchen. Carrots can be plant- ed at Intervale of a few weeks, right up to the middle of July. The seed should be sown' about half an inch deep. Thin to an inch apart, and in a few weeks when the roots have de- veloped sufficiently to use as baby car- rots take out every other one. There are early, medium and late sorts, and these should be sown according to the season. They must be grown quickly fol• best results, and on .this account a quick fertilizer such as nitrate of soda should be used. Begin cuititvataon as 5000 ae they are big enough to thin, and keep this up right through the season. . Handling Peon lea. Peonies, like other perennials, are often over. fertilized with the result that they become soft and very sus- ceptible to fungus diseases. Water is exceedingly important' during May and early June, and, 1f nature does not proyido a suliieiont supply of mots - tura ,it is well to provide it, If neces- sary, by hand. It is also necessary to water abundantly following the flop'ering soason, as this is 'when the top growth is getting a start. When cutting the' flowers, do not sever be- low the second or third leaves, as the plants wlii suffer If too much foliage Is removed. The more delicate Peonies look best in the house, if they are out in the bud, and allowed to open Indoors. These flowers re- gUirre full sun and plenty of room, Zinnias. The Zinnia comes in assorted sizes from tiny little buttons to huge globes of glowing color. It is one of the most gorgeous and anally grown annuals o1 size. Not much 10 gained by sowing Zinnia seed indoors, as it grows rapidly and bioome quickly. It will keep on blooming 1f the withered flowers are kept removed: Some fif- teen- colors arenow listed as ,well as variations aid' mottlings. The shades of yellow and orange are unmatched In any other annual, and the reds aro particularly rich and velvety. Nasturtiums Like Poor Soft. The easiest way to produce a sheet of brilliant color with a minimum of effort in the flower garden is to plaint Nasturtiums. These can be procured in the dwarf varieties for edging or planting back in a bed, and also in the climbing sorts which wil cover a low fence, If given support, or will do well trailing down from the front of a window box. 116 does not need very rich soil or much fertilizer after the first few weeks. The Nasturtium ranges in color from su11111ur or pure yellow into rose, orange, scarlet and maroons thatare- almost black,. It is flower. an excohent a to tuckin a m o st ng I ii h 11 hide, spring bulbe, w is it w1 when these aro past their best. •This easily growntflower blooms from r- ' summer ritli frost. ' Tomato. Genera. The main planting of tomatoes may be risked—new in any part of Central Ontario, A warm quick soil with plenty of available plant food is re- quired for this crop. Encourage ra- pid growth from the time of settiiig out until fruiting commences, but al- low the plants t0 elow down daring'' the fruiting season. Nitrate' of soda i sa good fertiliser to use for the fleet few weeks.. Set tomatoes two feet apart In reeve three feet apart. • Stak- ing evil result in earlier fruit, and give a cleaner crop. se stakes about six feet long and drive firmly into the ground a few inches from flee main stem at thetime of setting the plants' out. ICeep all lateral branches, arcs Ing from the evils of the leaves, pinched off, and do the main stew loosely with soft twine or raffia to the. stake. When they sten' reaches the top of the stake, pinch off the end to encourage ripening of the fruit, Ocean Phone Calls In create;' Service Extended Two' loots Logdon An annonnceinen5 that' transatlantic telephone serves will be extended inn Innes dally hero' beginning Monday revealed that traffic over the oceanic rhoue is 1n- crossing rapidly, '. Pos'tofdco officials attributed' the inereaso partly to the reduction o!• the toll' from £15 to £ 9 for three minutes; but principally to the fact that the business'woeids, of New Yorlt and London aro 'beginning to appreciate the advantage of tele- phoning, The recent activity in the stook markets 1s said to have been:' another factor. One day re= eently there was a smaV queue of persons, waiting. to get 'a eonneo- tion,' The new hours of service for fhb oceanic phone 'here will lie from 11.80 am, to 2' a.m. Brit in Makes r Debt Payment Budget Surplus ' Also Ane pounced ` by Churchill London— Winston Chnrohdll; the Chancellor of the Bxchequer,, in his preliminary Budget etatement in the House of Commous, announced the placing of the sixth annual payment of 5366,009,000 to the service of the national debt, for which kle is making full provision ,(life year. The speaker was :greeted wit'h.,nemarkable cheer- ing. heering. The Chancellor calculates that even If the interest charges, ehouid Sall only to 4lee :per cent, this provision, if maintained as •blue Government in- tends shall be the case, will repay the entire national debt in 50 Years. The Chancellor also an{iounced.that legislation would be introduced this year aubaddiary to the gold standard to 0oneoiidate the "Bradbury".,£1 and los notes with Bank of England notes; at the same time greater elute, city' wi11 be ,provided for the Bank of England and tons Treasury noting in unison to meet trade requfh'ements, London—•Winston Churchill, . Intro- ducing his new budget in ,the House of Commons, showed what he alluded to as "a modest, but not unwelcome surplus," "of '4£4,500,000 for the year just ended. This was due largely to an intensive economy campaign Which had been waged fn all departments. He predicted a surplus of £0,802,000 for the next year, wale an estimated decrease In expenditure of roughly 42,600,000. The estimated revenue for the com- ing year was fixed at 4812,497,000, and the expenditures at £808,195,000. It is estimated that the new impost' win yield £14,000,000 In 1928 and 517,000,000 in 1989. The production of Scottish shale oil and other British Oils, it is expected,"will be stimulated by the new taxation plan. Harvesting the Howler Crop From schoolboys' science papers: ' The earth makes a resolution every twenty-four hours. The difference -between air and water is that air can be .made 'wetter and water cannot. We are now tore masters • of Steam and eccentricity. , Thing* that are equal to each other are equal to anything else. Gravity le chiefly noticeable In the autumn, when the apples are failing from the trees. • no axis of the -,earth is an Imag- inary line on w,bech the earth takes it* .teeny routine. A, parallel straight line Saone which if produced to most itself does not meet. —Boston Transcript, • Exports of Forest Products Exports of Canadian forest products Constitute one-quarter of our total ex- port xport trade. Bel l loose Wille -"Yes, my dear, every time ho gets anything, wrong with his stom- ach he wants to fight." Friend—"Makes him bellicose, I sup- pose., Plea to Renew _ Bremen's Win Dope Russian Trade Studied' by Experts ade ritain r ,__._ Special Paraflne Qil' Coating of Sudden Drop in , Exports Causes Demand for Better Commercial Relations London—There are many signs of a growing volume of 'dissatisfaction In British commercial 'holes over the. present relations between Great Bri- tain and Russia- Manulacturer•e whose plants are etot fully employed, and who are keenly aware of the vaet demand wnicii remains latent in Ttuesia, be- lieve teat the Government should find some middle ground for improving comme:rcfai relations, even if neces- eerily continuing the diplalnatic break( During the last quarter of 1926 Bra thee exports to Russia totaled £8,968,- 243;, but iii the last quarter 08 1927 they had dropped to £1,782,729,'a fall of 65 per cent, New orders placed by the Ruesdo'ns. in Britain chopped from more than £6,090,000 in 1026 to d1,- 186,944 last rear. Theee orders were mainly for textile and otflder machin- ery and for rubber. There Is a small amount of machinery business still being done, but the rubber business has entirely vanished, le may bo said in, general terms that the Russians are not buying anything in Britain which they can possibly buy anywhere eine, In the meantime Britain continues to import large quantities of Russian raw materials, mostly foodstuffs, tem. ber, and petroleum. About tire only British import from Russia.which has droliped 1s• Turn What Seems to interest comms' ofai circles ,the moat is the fact that wino the United States has been from theft tot strongly against any dfpiozn- alio recognition of the. Russian' regime until boat country' takes steps to recognize the rights of investors' in Russia, nevertheless trade between Aussie and the United States grows steadily and fs now twice what it was in pre-war days. In such cir- cumstances it seems to' many bus! - nos men that eome less vigorous method coated be found for dealing with the Russians In Britain than the unceremonious ousting of the Arcos organization. Wbdlet export trade in general Is stagnant with -Russia, it is a fact that a few companies, which had cordial relations with the Russia of pre -re- volutionary times, - are managing to do business. This Ens, Goldfields Col pany and the Union Cold Storage, both Iarge entenpriees, have success- fully carried on their Russian opera- tions despite diplomatic coolness. Heretofore, every demand for bet- ter relations with Russia ;blas brought forward the statement that the Bol- shevist regime cannot last much long- er and is in straightened circums- tances, There le a growing disposi- tion to doubt the aecuraoy of this be- lief. In any case it seems clear that business circles are keenly desirous, of dropping an unremuuerative wait- ing attitude and trying to come to some sort of terms with the Russians. British Girls to Tour Canada Winnipeg.—Arrangementts are be-' ing made for 25 girls from schools of the United Kingdom to make a toar of Canada during August, September and October of this year, Tho tour Is under the auspices of the women's branch of the Overseas Settlement Department, and the Independent Or- der, Daughters of the Empire, are co- operating in making a success of the plan, on thea side. The girls will be between 1 and 19, and will bo chosen from the public and secondary schools of Great Britain. This will be the first party of girls to make such a tour, although parties of boys ,already have viaitetd Australia and this year will go to Rhodesia and South Africa. Scent of the Wallflower Fragrance, you come to me Like some sweet melody ,Waked out of sleeping. You have restored again. A lost link in Memory's chain Into my keeping. Memories, once fraught with tears, Now, mellowed by the years, Bring to the heart of me Joy, freed from transient pain; There only now remain' Love and tranquility. •—Donald Bain, Pulpwood From Our Farms About one-third of the pulpwood used in Canadian pulpmilis comes from farmers' and Settlers' holdings. Lest We Forget Wings to 'Prevent Accurnul ating Mass During Blizzards May Point the Way to Safer Means of Transatlantic Fly- ing New York, -The 'successful use of paraffin oil to prevent ice from form- ing on the wings of the transatlantic airplane Breinen, as described by Maj. James C. le tzmaurice;in a copyrighted article just printed in the New York Times, is regarded in aircraft circles here as a possible solution of one a the most hazardous features of flying in northern regions, Although the Bremen flew for hours through conditions which normally re- sult in the, formation of, sufficient ice to force an: airplane down, its wing& remained entirely free from coating, In his article in The Times, Major Fitbrnaurice attributes tine fact: to the coating of paraffin oil which -Vas ap- plied as the result of extensive ex. periments conducted in Germany. 1118 comparatively simple expedi- ent, if it gives the same result in eubsequemt tests, will overwrite one oi' the greatest difficulties in long -die tame flying, in the opinion of experts. The chief obstacles facing the ,ocean fliers, it was said, are fog and the formation of ice, which adds so great- ly in the weight of the airplane that flight cannot be maintained - Details of . the exact oil composition used on the Bremen have net been re- ceived here. Varices coatings for the wings of airplanes in order to prevent the formation of ice have been tried, but as far as 3s known here, the meth- od used on the Bremen is the first to prove successful. "If this system worked for the Bremenit will certainly work for other fliers," said. IL F. Owen, of the Pioneer Instrument Co. "It appears so simple that the wonder is that it was not successfully used before. If it had been, it is possible that the airmen who attempted the east -to -west pass age wenld have been with us to -day. Prof. Alexander Klemin, director of the Daniel Guggenheim .School of Aeronautics of New York University, said that if the German -Irish fliers shad successfully demonstrated the value of paraffin oil as a coating to prevent the formation of ice on the wings of an airplane that he regard- ed it as one of the most important disc coveries of the year. "To my knowledge, no one has ever expet'imsnted with this particular agent before," he said. "Any known covering for wings will not prevent -the formation of ice, whether they be of fabric, wood or metal. "Two things have been suggested. One is to heat the surface of the where and thereby melt the ice as it fern s, This is manifestly impossible, and the amount required to heat the enormous surfaces• would be impracticable. Also it has been proposed to sweep away the ice, This would be a very diffi- cult thing to do in actual practice. "The problem of ice is not a matter of weight, The reason a plane be- comes inoperative iabecause ice changes the form of the wings and hence a plane coated with ice bocomce unmanageable to the person operating the controls. "Paraffin le not an adhesive ma- terial and is moisture -proof. If, In prae fee, it is found that water freez' hag on a paraffln,surfaee does not axle here to the paraffin of course it will bo one of the ntost'important discover rte of the year." lympians Will Us: I-Iolla:rd's New Air Lines Central Position of Dutch Air. drome Will Help Visitors to Coming Games The Hague—Visitors' to the Amster. dam. 1928 Olympic Gamed will And Holland one of the centers of the eve - expanding European air transport system. The 1C, L. M., Royal Dutch Air Services, will offer bettor aircraft and increased accommodation on a greater number of lines than ever be- fore, The summer service will be maintained by six new big Kokker F, VIII machines with two motors and eight of the F. VIIa one -motor pianes. In th:e summer there will be foul daily connections each way with ton. don, two with Paris, three with Ham- burg, two with Brussels, two with Copenhagen.Malmo, two with scute Germany ,and the Ruhr, one with Prague•Vienea, one with; Bale -Zurich, one with Berlin, one with Lyons- Marseilies, The part of :the K. L. M. in these services le preponderant. A new connection through Europe will be Amsterdam -Madrid. Starting at 9 tem. from Sehipboi,Ameterdam, one arrives at 4 p.m. at Geneva, Next meaning g ono makes the trip Geneve - Marseilles, then by hydroplane to Barcelona, and the last stage of the trip again. by • airplane, arriving at 8 Pan. on the second day, In tits capital of Spain. Rotterdam -Constantinople, another transacontinental jourue3°, G wSll Only take 60 hours. The C echo- slovak Air Service einem; a line F.ra.glte.Marienbad-Castel-Rotterdam in May. The 1927-1928 winter service of the IC.L,M. has been very successful, Its regularity bas been maintained ae high .as 86 per tent,, compared wale about, 70' per cent, in former Team The transport 02 passengers and goods has 'been moat satisfactory. While last summer 22,000 pounds of straw- berries were transported by the IC.L,M. there are, contracts for 59,000 pounds for the coming season. The weight of cut flowers transported by air will far exceed 200,000 pounds, this being the 192e figure. FIRST TO FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC ustries Pay -roll Forest Il r ,d y Lieut. Arthu1' Brown and Cape John Alcock, Who made the historic flightThe eateries and wages in Canada's from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1919, Alcock was' ]tilled in a crash near forget industry` total annually about Paris in, 1921, $100,099,000, i r t. t1�:'F$• +�."Se�s'+t: "';, �j�.t�,•e•uee K;'�„iy rA,>y ,x�•ii�i�' 14 ��. ;d; . J.N , y!'Iv )j• -j .,',Sy, t tY �;:i t S:"t• 1-5, hbw'e.' . r• .. 1- '`�yW�+ .. !x :..0 �: tu ,. 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James C. le tzmaurice;in a copyrighted article just printed in the New York Times, is regarded in aircraft circles here as a possible solution of one a the most hazardous features of flying in northern regions, Although the Bremen flew for hours through conditions which normally re- sult in the, formation of, sufficient ice to force an: airplane down, its wing& remained entirely free from coating, In his article in The Times, Major Fitbrnaurice attributes tine fact: to the coating of paraffin oil which -Vas ap- plied as the result of extensive ex. periments conducted in Germany. 1118 comparatively simple expedi- ent, if it gives the same result in eubsequemt tests, will overwrite one oi' the greatest difficulties in long -die tame flying, in the opinion of experts. The chief obstacles facing the ,ocean fliers, it was said, are fog and the formation of ice, which adds so great- ly in the weight of the airplane that flight cannot be maintained - Details of . the exact oil composition used on the Bremen have net been re- ceived here. Varices coatings for the wings of airplanes in order to prevent the formation of ice have been tried, but as far as 3s known here, the meth- od used on the Bremen is the first to prove successful. "If this system worked for the Bremenit will certainly work for other fliers," said. IL F. Owen, of the Pioneer Instrument Co. "It appears so simple that the wonder is that it was not successfully used before. If it had been, it is possible that the airmen who attempted the east -to -west pass age wenld have been with us to -day. Prof. Alexander Klemin, director of the Daniel Guggenheim .School of Aeronautics of New York University, said that if the German -Irish fliers shad successfully demonstrated the value of paraffin oil as a coating to prevent the formation of ice on the wings of an airplane that he regard- ed it as one of the most important disc coveries of the year. "To my knowledge, no one has ever expet'imsnted with this particular agent before," he said. "Any known covering for wings will not prevent -the formation of ice, whether they be of fabric, wood or metal. "Two things have been suggested. One is to heat the surface of the where and thereby melt the ice as it fern s, This is manifestly impossible, and the amount required to heat the enormous surfaces• would be impracticable. Also it has been proposed to sweep away the ice, This would be a very diffi- cult thing to do in actual practice. "The problem of ice is not a matter of weight, The reason a plane be- comes inoperative iabecause ice changes the form of the wings and hence a plane coated with ice bocomce unmanageable to the person operating the controls. "Paraffin le not an adhesive ma- terial and is moisture -proof. If, In prae fee, it is found that water freez' hag on a paraffln,surfaee does not axle here to the paraffin of course it will bo one of the ntost'important discover rte of the year." lympians Will Us: I-Iolla:rd's New Air Lines Central Position of Dutch Air. drome Will Help Visitors to Coming Games The Hague—Visitors' to the Amster. dam. 1928 Olympic Gamed will And Holland one of the centers of the eve - expanding European air transport system. The 1C, L. M., Royal Dutch Air Services, will offer bettor aircraft and increased accommodation on a greater number of lines than ever be- fore, The summer service will be maintained by six new big Kokker F, VIII machines with two motors and eight of the F. VIIa one -motor pianes. In th:e summer there will be foul daily connections each way with ton. don, two with Paris, three with Ham- burg, two with Brussels, two with Copenhagen.Malmo, two with scute Germany ,and the Ruhr, one with Prague•Vienea, one with; Bale -Zurich, one with Berlin, one with Lyons- Marseilies, The part of :the K. L. M. in these services le preponderant. A new connection through Europe will be Amsterdam -Madrid. Starting at 9 tem. from Sehipboi,Ameterdam, one arrives at 4 p.m. at Geneva, Next meaning g ono makes the trip Geneve - Marseilles, then by hydroplane to Barcelona, and the last stage of the trip again. by • airplane, arriving at 8 Pan. on the second day, In tits capital of Spain. Rotterdam -Constantinople, another transacontinental jourue3°, G wSll Only take 60 hours. The C echo- slovak Air Service einem; a line F.ra.glte.Marienbad-Castel-Rotterdam in May. The 1927-1928 winter service of the IC.L,M. has been very successful, Its regularity bas been maintained ae high .as 86 per tent,, compared wale about, 70' per cent, in former Team The transport 02 passengers and goods has 'been moat satisfactory. While last summer 22,000 pounds of straw- berries were transported by the IC.L,M. there are, contracts for 59,000 pounds for the coming season. The weight of cut flowers transported by air will far exceed 200,000 pounds, this being the 192e figure. FIRST TO FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC ustries Pay -roll Forest Il r ,d y Lieut. Arthu1' Brown and Cape John Alcock, Who made the historic flightThe eateries and wages in Canada's from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1919, Alcock was' ]tilled in a crash near forget industry` total annually about Paris in, 1921, $100,099,000,