Brownsville herald. [volume], March 29, 1929, Page FIVE, Image 5

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Sensations of Man I
on First Air Trip
As Told by A. Plenn
^ By ABEL PLENN
For shuttling In and out of a transparent light, gradually becoming
thicker and more impenetrable, forcing us at times to fly 25 feet over tele
graph wires; the innocent playfulness of the experienced pilot when the
weather had cleared; and strong cross-winds that challenged the roar
ing determination of the plane on the return trip—these and many minor
I actors though no less impressive:
on a young man’s still sensitive
nerves combined to make this re
porter’s first airplane ride a fan
tastic experience of wonder (that
will have to be read between the
lines) and wild observation on the
flight from here to Monterrey and
return. The trip was made in or
der that I might be a participating
■witness of the extension of com
plete air mail, passenger and ex
press service as far as Durango,
P%Q-, Mexico, over the Interoceanic
roiijfe run by the Corporacion Aero
nautica de Transportes, S. A.
< Aeronautic Transport Corpora
tion) from here to Mazatlan via
Monterrey, Torreon and Durango.
The take-off from here in the
silver-colored, sturdy Ryan plane,
was at 7 a. m., with Major Bernard
A. Law as pilot, myself as passen
ger in the back seat, and a large
bag of air mail separating me from
the mysteries of the controls. The
Major, in his playful way, and
careful that my first airplane ride
should be abnormally interesting,
lifted the plane in an “army take
off,” and apparently cared nothing
about this too, too solid flesh
thawing, melting and resolving it
t
self into a dew He rather prefer
red the idea of having it pass out
at once if possible, but the villain
was disappointed in his hopes.
It was over the picturesque little
town of Bravo that the Major
again attempted to prevent me
from seeing too much or nothing at
all by circling over the bright pink,
yellow and blue plastered houses
and the well-ucltivated fields at
an angle that would frighten the
solemn laws of equilibrium and
geometry.
The heavy fog enshrouding the
mountains this side of Monterrey
made the thrill and wonder of fly
ing more realistic. Besides, it re
vealed the pilot’s experience where
as up to now I had seen his sense
of humor. We detoured around the
mountains for about fifty miles
and while I was mediating on the
insolence of the fog and whether
we would reach Monterrey in an
hour, right below loomed up a sight
exhilarating to any harrowed mind,
the Cuauhtemoc brewery in the
midst of Monterrey. It was 9:23
a. m.
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AMERICAN REFUGEES ARRIVE FROM MEXICO WAR ZONE
This group of refugees from Mexico, composed of American wives and children, was snapped upon
their arrival by train at Ciudad Juarez from Santa Barbara, Chihuahua. Inset is of Senora J. G. Esco
bar, wife of the Mexican rebel chieftain, who was rushed to El Paso by special train to insure her safety.
after a long absence. But I felt
like a bird among men.
The mail was delivered, the plane
from Durango, a Fairchild piloted
by A. Anderson and Holmes came
in, lunch was eaten and drunk,
comments on the flights, and the
difference between Monterrey, Tor
recn and Durango were exchanged,
gasoline was poured in the wings
of both planes, and Anderson took
off with the mail for Torreon and
Durango in the Ryan in which we
had come. Holmes, as pilot, with
Major Law, Pedro A. Chapa and
the writer as passengers, took off
for Brownsville a few minutes later
in the orange and black Fairchild
with air mail for northern points.
Rough cross-winds unsuccessfully
tried to battle the plane. The fog
had lifted and wTe climbed the
mountains that we had been forced
to go around before. Climbing a
mountain in an airplane is the
emotional value of the Thousand
and One Nights projected into
physical space.
But, after all, there is only one
first impression. During the return
trip I slept part of the way, as if
I were on a railroad train. . . .
The extension of the complete
service all the way to Mazatlan will
be inaugurated shortly, acording to
Major Law, traffic representative
in Brownsville for the Corporacion
Aeronauticia de Transportes, S. A.
• Aeronautic Transport Corpora
tion), since reports from the inter
ior and west coast of Mexico are
to the effect that the rebels are
retreating toward Sonora and the
situation is calming itself consid
erably.
The air mail, passenger and ex
press service between here and
Durango is made daily, except
Sundays. Following is the sched
ule:
West bound—
Leave Brownsville-Matamoros 7
a. m.; arrive Monterrey 9:50 a. m.;
arrive Torreon 1:50 p. m.; arrive
Durango 4:10 p. m.
East bound—
Leave Durango 9 a. m.; arrive
Torreon 11:20 a. m.; arrive Mon
terrey 3:20 p. m.; arrive Browns
ville-Matamoros 6:10 p. m.
NATIONALIST TROOPS
DEFEAT INSURGENTS
NANKING, March 29.—(,P>—
Chinese Nationalist soldiers, mov
ing to put down the movement in
the Wuhan cities of Hupeh, have
captured the city of Wusueh, in
flicting sharp losses on Wuhan
troops there. Wusueh is in Hupeh,
on the Yangtse Kiang, between the
Wuhan cities and Nanking.
A site for the Lemmon, S. D.
municipal airport has been selected
just west of the city. According to
plans drawn up, the area will be
developed through construction of
four runways, none of which wTill
be under 3,500 feet in length. Add
ed facilities, such as hangars and
shops, will be added later.
An auxiliary landing field has
been completed at Greenwood, S.
C. Dedication exercises are planned
for April.
A dry goods company in Great
Falls, Mont., has erected a stand
ard rotating electric beacon for
night flying. An auxiliary search
light is operated in connection with
the main unit to project a shaft of
light toward Vance field, the local
airport.
All survey work on the New York
Albany section of the New York
Montreal airw’ay has been complet
ed, with construction work due to
start in April.
The Portland-Seattle section of
the San Francisco-Seattle airway is
now under construction, with con
tracts calling for completion of the
work within 110 days.
Lights on the La Cross-Twin
Cities airway will be turned on
within a few weeks to aid night
fliers between Chicago and the Min
nesota cities.
Stout field, owned by the state
of Indiana, will be developed for
use by Transcontinental Air trans
port of its Indianapolis stop. A
municipal airport is under consid
eration and may later become the
center of operations for the trans
continental line.
Transcontinental Air transport
has leased or purchased sites for
airports which it plans to develop
at Waynoka, Okla.; Clovise, N. M.;
Albequerque, N. M.; Winslow, Ariz.;
and Kingman, Ariz. These cities
have been chosen as stops on the
western division of the transcon
tinental line. Hangars 120 by 200
feet are under contract for the air
ports at Clovis and Waynoka.
Construction work on the new
Omaha municipal airport will be
started soon. Half a million dol
lars has been made available for
airport development purposes and
a federal airport expert, has assist
ed in selecting a site. Actual plan
ning and construction of the air
port has been placed in the hands of
a company specializing in airport
engineering and design. Hangars,
shops and complete night lighting
equipment are included in the plans.
The board of park commissioners,
in control of Minneapolis’ airport
developments, is undecided whether
to continue the deevlopment of the
present airport or to locate on a
new site. It has been estimated
that $900,000 will be required to
complete the present airport, which
is believed by some experts to be
too far from the city. A complete
study of all plans is to be made
by the board before a decision is
reached.
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Valley Business
Men To Frolic In
Harlingen Apr. 21
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, March 29.—UP)—
Business men of this city and other
parts of the Valley will assemble
here on the evening of April 26 for
a second “grand gazzulum’’ stag
celebration and entertainment, My
ron F. Ward, secretary of the cham
ber of commerce, announced today.
The entertainment will be heid at
the Valley Fair grounds, with part
of the program to be held in the
auditorium at the Fair, and part
in the open.
Reservations will be taken start
ing within the next few days, Ward
said, and the most desirable seats
will go to those making reservations
early.
The first affair of this kind was
held last year, as a salesman's ban
quet and entertainment. This year
it is to be given for VaLey busi
ness men in general.
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Second Harlingen
San Benito Parley
Delayed To April
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, March 29.—The
second San Benito-Harlingen good
will meeting probably will be held
the latter part of April, it became
known here today, when tentative
plans to hold the meeting next
week were abandoned.
Directors of the Harlingen Cham
ber of Commerce discussed the
matter, and decided that they
would leave it to the chamber of
commerce secretaries.
M. F. Ward, local secretary, said
that the meeting probably will be
held the latter part of April, being
put off until then because of the
Texas Commercial Executives’ as
sociation meeting in Dallas early in
the month, and other meetings.
FRUIT PRACTICALLY
ALL OFF OF TREES
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(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. March 29.—Practi
cally all citrus fruit is off the trees
in the Valley, and the small re
mainder is expected to be off the
trees by the end of the day Satur
day, March 30. said P. A. Hoidale,
in charge of quarantine enforce
ment in the Valley.
The host free period starts March
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after the close of the shipping sea
son, to check up on removals of
fruit.
NATIONAL BANK CALL
WASHINGTON, March 2V-OP)
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close of business on Wednesday,
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