Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 154, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1931 — Page 6

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128 POUNDS OF AIR MAIL LEAVE CITVEACH DAY Business Has Made Gain of 600 Per Cent Here in Two Depression Years. Could old Lewis Jones, who packed the first of Uncle Sam’s mail to Indianapolis from Centerville, Ind., in April, 1822, watch the government’s winged postal messengers here today there would be much stirring in his honorable grave. Likewise, the story of a business that has increased more than 600 per cent in two of the worst depression years this country has known probably will evoke more than mild surprise among several business executives. Yet one industry has attained those heights. It is similar to Jones’ trade, a pioneer postal endeavor — the air mail. Less than two years ago only six hundred pounds of mail monthly zoomed away from Indianapolis airports. Today, or, rather, during October, 3,978 pounds were lifted from municipal airport. This is an average of 128 pounds daily. Notebook Tells Story That is the revelation of a little notebook of Joseph Zicks, postal statistician under B. R. Batty, assistant superintendent of mails in charge of air mail. The story has two explanations. Development of commercial avia- ' tion led to increase of passenger plane schedules, and most passenger lines carry mail as well. “It is gravy for them," said Batty. “The logical conclusion is that where a passenger line is established there will be another air mail contract soon, connecting new points.” The second boost is that larger patrons of postal service are becoming air mail conscious. Increasing safety of air travel has convinced most of them that their important messages will arrive on time, in first class condition. Need for Branch Seen In some cities so much mail is tossed, literally, to the four winds daily, that post offices have been established on the flying fields to transfer mail. Indianapolis is approaching that. Already one daily transfer Is made at municipal airport. It is between the north bound American Airways plane and the west bound Trans-continental & Western Air, Inc., ships, which arrive and leave eight minutes apart in the evening. Increase of air mail poundage here has kept step with development of commercial aviation touching Indianapolis.

Service Is Improving; From 600 pounds in January, 1930, the monthly totals crept upward until in October, when T. & W. A. began carrying mail, the figures jumped from 1,494 in September to 1,654 the following month. Again the increase was gradual until in April, 1931, when the figure was 3,177, while March showed only 1,648. The reason, Batty explained, was additional service by T. & W. A. A normal slump below the 3,000 mark in May and July was followed by an increase to 3,616 in August, when the night service was added by the same flying firm, making possible a trip by mail from Indianapolis to New York between 10:40 p. m. and 4:30 a. m., with another night flight westward to the Pacific coast. New Line Announced Since then the rise has continued gradually. Perhaps it will make another significant leap in the near future. Anew firm, Century Airlines, carrying passengers, is to begin operations at the municipal flying field. “I said it was only a logical conclusion that the air mail will follow anew passenger line,” Batty observed. ‘‘lf this firm connects Indianapolis by air with cities like Detroit, Louisville, Evansville, and others, as it has said it intended, why should not mail be carried between those points soon after?” JOBLESS TO HEAR KJAR Organizer of Unemployed Council Will Speak Here Saturday. Nels Kjar of Chicago, labor leader and one of the organizers of the National Unemployed Council Movement, will speak at a fourteenth anniversary celebration of the Russian revolution at 8 Saturday night in Workers Center, 9321a South Meridian street. Ten state delegates of the unemployed council, will be among 1,200 to stage a hunger march on the nation's capitol Dec. 7. Three of the delegates will be from this city.

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