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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1934.
BRITISH AIR TRAVEL TOO SLOW?
SPEEDIER RIVALS WIN
MARKETS
(By Major C. C. Turner.)
Germany And America The indignation of the. British Creditors' Committee at the action of the German Reichsbank in the matter of the transfer moralerium
Londoni than the British, and that 150 milea has found expression in a letter of protest to Dr. Schacht.
This year the Air Ministry sub- per hour operational speed can only The letter is mild in tone com-sidy agreement with Imperial Air-be secured at the cost of depend- pared with the attitude of Gerways in respect of services between ence upon heavy State assistance. many's American creditors.
London and the Cantinent will come in point of fact, some of the busier The American committec's letter, to an end, and the whole position is American routes could get along it is true, is framed in similar being officially reviewed.
without subsidies. language to the British protest. The situation is a very interest- Let due weight be given to this But the official comments of itsing one, for there can be no doubt consideration; but it is important individual members and, more that changes in polcy are desirable. also to remember that America, particularly, of the chairman of Great Brtain cannot ignore the Holland, France, and Germany are the Foreign Bondholders' Associa- fact that foreign air lines surpass specialising in the high-speed mail- tion, and senthing.
hers in speed, and that many of carrier, and that They refer to the vast amount of them are doing this to great direct are finding markets money wasted by the Nazi Govern- as well as incidental advantage.
these countries denied to us This fact must be considered not to commer-
ment on such unproductive expen- This does not imply any reflec- merely in its relation diture as demonstrations, Brownftion upon Imperial Airways, which cial flying and manufacturing ac- also in relation to Shirt parades, and orgies of pro-has, in fact, succeeded in as great Uvities, but paganda. They state bluntly that a measure as could have been haped national defence,
o long as this contiunes Germany in partially solving the problem of Types Of Fast Mail Carriers
The nearest British approach to can whistle for credits as far as making air transport self-support- the United States is concerned. ing; and it has done wonders in the modern high-speed mail-'plane
wrecked A machine
a few months ago in a trial fight. From that moment work in this direction
At the moment the Nazis have as the way of making air travel com was bada Press in the United States] fortable,
as in any country in the world.
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It is no fault of Imperial Airways has entirely ceased. There is iu that this country did not imme-jexistence Avro mail-'plane, diately after the war, when it which dld 176 miles per hour ju SOCIAL HINT
would have been possible to do so, the King's Cup Air Race last year. The secret of polite conversation secure a firm footing in the air and two types are being built for is never to open your mouth till transport system of Europe, or at the London-Melbourne race, to be October. These should you've nothing to say.
any rate the north-western part of held next it.
the have the characteristics to the fast For neglect to do this Governments of that period were mail currier. responsible.
The makers will deserve praise if The prisoner was on trial for
British air lines are comparative-they can complete them in time. stealing ducks, His counsel ad-
ly slow because passengers, rather American and Dutch machines with the first newspaper was publish-dressed the jury at length, point than mails, have been their concern. a cruising speed of nearly 200 miles ed in Peking. In the days of ing out that it had not been proved A few miles per hour more speed per hour can be taken from stock Imperial Rome the
"Acta conclusively that the prosecutor makes very little difference in the for this race. Diurna," a daily news bulletin, had lost any ducks; that the ducks
time of an air journey to Paris. The situation reveals the nature was published by the Roman found in the prisoner's cottage were | Senate and posted in public not those of the prosecutor; that taking Into account road transport of the lead gained by the United to and from the aerodromes; and It] States in the manufacture of high- places. But the modern news- the prisoner had established *11 is this argument that has been speed mail-'planes, and this is fur- paper has developed into an in- absolute alibi.
allowed ta govern our air linether shown by the fact that a Swiss [stitution with special features of Just as the judge began to sumpolier. Now the determination by air line using American machines
the prisoner Interposed and Mr. Polly, as he watched his its own, and part of that develop-up
our rivals to increase the speed has for some time been operating relatives gathering round for his¡ment from Victorian days has asked if he might say something sufficiently to make an appreciable at an average speed of 164 miles father's funeral and enjoying the been a change in its fundamental As an indulgence, this was per-difference, and their success in this per hour.
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We are faced by great difficulties, design of American machines come that I wish I'd
and we have a big leeway to make to an end. Speed is steadfly being "Vulturial" is a happy coinage feature. To-day the primary never seen the darned ducks."
Through Europe operations increased, and attention is which describes very fittingly function of a newspaper is to
are hampered by frontier regula- given to the reduction of landing that section of the Press which supply news. And, since human
tions and prohibitions. Extensions speed. acts as scavenger in battening nature remains essentially the "Straight hair cannot be made to India, to Cape Town. and ero The German programme provides of same, the news demanded by the to remain curely for ever," says along to Australia. present their own for an increase of speed on her air upon private woes in cases death, murder, and divorce, for modern public is the same kind woman reader. Even a "perm." operational problems, and here the lines to 196 miles per hour in the the sake of sensationalism. of news that was given to the will turn.
use of the high-speed mail carrier present year. The British lines Roman public by the "Acta
the basis of an And the publie. like Mr. Polly, is Diurna"
is not so easy as it is in the United are operated on political information. Muddled
States. beginning to protest. Quite resociety gossip, law reports, births
average of about 105 miles cently Mr. St. John Ervine, fa- and deaths, crimes, trials, acci-wasn't exactly a fashionably wed-the Dutch and French lines to the New York-Chicago Hourly Service
The place WAK crowded. It Notwithstanding these problems, hour. mpus journalist and playwright.|dents, sport, weather, and any
The American public in getting at a meeting of the Institute of unusual happenings. Of such, but there was no gainsaying Far East are faster than ours. and Journalists in London, condemn-items the most popular are those both bride and bridegroom
the Interest it caused, because are being further speeded up
the habit of air travel, and the New had ed vigorously
York-Chicago route of 760 miles,. those journalists with a definite "human interest," whose "sole proficiency was
The air lines of the United States taking only 5% hours, has an hour- in emotional colour, and touch of been much in the public eye, she as
have no national barriers to overly service during the demand calls. the direction of exploiting pri- the extraordinary. Thus, featuran actress, he as a conjurer. vate grief, pursuing unhappy vicing of sensational elements is not reached the critical stage of the and the inland distances in America
Everything went well until they como by negotiation and agreement, for it, a half-hourly service. new, and in fact the newspapers)
(Continued on Page 10) tims of circumstances, and doing to-day are not as "yellow" as the proceedings, and the clergyman are so great that the advantages of generally what no decent man news-sheets of the sixteenth and asked for the ring.
High-Speed 'Planes Fly Safely
air travel need no urging,
cared to do." The Institute de-seventeenth centuries, when we The bridegroom plunged his The Dutch and the French lines cided unanimously to send to the find a "news-book"advertising hand into his pocket and brought to the East have no railway section Newspaper Proprietors Associa "News, Rare. New, True. "News, ut a rabbit. Then the horrified such as that which compels travel- tion a resolution deploring this Delicate, Dreadful Horrible. look in the cleryman's eyes and flera by the British line to go by tendency and calling upon them Bloody news from France and startled exclamation from the bride train from Paris to Brindisi,
to deal with it. This protest was Ireland, you never heard the like made him realize that something was Fast aeroplanes have a higher
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machines not built for spoed.' The "Pardon!" he said. "Wrong act." high-altitude, aerodromes of Africa,
THE LITTLE DIFFERENCE modation south and
(and the poor aerodrome accom-
cast of Ran- 1 Before they were married
goon, necessitate the use of sero- him. planes which can land easily and do not require a vast amount of room
an important sequel to a letter of before you were born." But the wrong. He locked down and sew landing speed than well-designed St. John Ervine's in "The Times" sensationalism of the past did that rabbit. in the same tenor, which has not the rights of indivi- argused keen interest throughout dil party, and it is this inva- England. Of the numerous let-sion,long with abuse of the ters to "The Times" which sup- privilege of the papers to criticise ported this revolt of the public individuals, that has provoked nothing was too, good for against "yellow journalism," none recent, protests against certain After they were married even noth- roused more indignation than sections of the Press not only in ing was too good for him, that of Lady Ellerman, who re- England but in America and vealed how, on the day she Australia, proteste runde through A Bright Young Thing brought home the body of Lord the medium of the papers, films,
A baby glow-worm. Ellerman, who had died abroad, and books such as Mr. Friestley's she was confronted at the home latest volume. At the same time with groups of Press cameramen, there is definite evidence that thej who responded with laughter to tide is turning against the ja request that they go away. 'At]"vulturial" Press... It was "said
Facts You Did Not Know.
PELICAN PET IN
LONDON
per
American Stage Star's: Dilemma.
HOTEL REFUSES TO. HOUSE BIRD
A London: Mankind is in the habit of for their ground manœuvring, adopting strange: pets but Important as these considera- surely 'one of the strangest is tions are, they must now be review-that belonging to Miss Caryl ed in light of the fact that the Bergman, the American stage employment of high-speed sorostar.
planes on the American airlines, She arrived at a West End which cross, mountain ranges, fly hotel recently with her beauti- day and night, and encounter frost ful pelican "Duckle complete
the cemetery, men with cameras, that a certain English paper do- | Elevators in shafts cut through and snow, is not attended by many with black silk bow tied round leaping over graves, were vying pended for its huge circulation 26 feet of solid rock have been in-accidenta. Indeed, as shown in its neck. They had just ar- with one another to be first on upon its predilection for salacious stalled near a famous Japanese The Daily Telegraph last Wednes-rived at Croydon by air from the the scene. As the coffin was details of divorce litigation waterfall to enable tourists to reach day, the American lines have a bet-Continent.
Miss Bergman had reserved a lowered the aflence was broken Then its proprietar stepped in it without climbing down a moun-ter safety record than the British. by the clicking of cameras." This and backed the bill which retainside.
sulte, at the hotel, but she had America's State Assistance forgotten to make any arrange ghoulish disregard of ordinary stricted the reporting of divorce
Nor are the American lines easy ments for the bird.... principles of common decency cases. The bili became law, and Pushing button on an auto-to beat for regularity. Taking the Hence there were complica- and its public condemnation in the paper actually increased its mobile dashboard changes the can- United Air Lines of America, tions. England, bring home forcibly the circulation. The papers which nections on a new battery so that which cover the whole of the States, The manager very politely ex- true natura and functions of the have observed the finest fournit delivers eight volls instead of in the six summer months of last pressed regret that he was, un- Press in our world of to-day, alistic ethics and catered for in-six to turn the starting motor quick Year the regularity was 99.44 per able to accommodate the pelican. when, thanks to mechanical pro- telligent readers have flourished, 15.
bent of schedule, og
If Miss Bergman had given us gross and universal education, and are to-day financially as well
The fact is, seroplanes have little notice we might have newspapers have become, highly as in prestige stronger than their⠀ The Uruguayan government has steadily improved, experience has built a cage for it, but as it commercialised, circulation anles sensationalist rivals. There is made compulsory the cultivation of been built up, and the organisation ACHEN run into millions, and "the power now a larger demand than ever land and, the planting of trees on of the air routes has been tackled Bo Miss Bergman dashed of of the Press" has become a for a well-informed, dignified, a sliding scale based on Your zones to good purpose. Yet the British with "Duckie" In a taxi and left truism. - Dissemination of news solid, Fress. "Massogracy" (Is into which the country is divided. 》by written records is, of course, disappearing with the growth of how gEN DAMANA IN [quito ancient, almost two thou-international communications, the A simple flame throwing gun has
| sand years old for #clay, tablets spread of higher education, and been-inventedifós déa
and cylinders in Assyria," Baby- the educative, Infinence of the and disir fonts, and Egypt recorded radio. The man-in-the-atreet is its blast beij "new" even down to court gos- now becoming a citizen of the blows outsi slp. It has been claimed that world:
buildi
that
air-line system,, heavily committed it with a friend be
as it, isto a certain policy, Has Its real name la Schnitz, but
fallen neriqualy, behind in the mat. I could not call it that'; she said.
Green A UIt has been with me since. It pointed out that rela- was a baby, it is quite tame taking the average over and can do all sorts of tricies. I hole yabem, the American feed it on fish, and "It follows me
marcially sound about quite happily."--Reuter