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CHICAGO DAILY JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1925
Take Off in Attempt to Break 1924 Record in Race Before Wind.

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Joe Optimist club, piloted by Capt. H. E. Honeywell. Goodyear III., piloted by W. T. Van Orman with C. K. [[cut off]]ollan[[/cut off]] as aid. United States army entry in charge of Lieut. William J. Flood. Maj. Gen. Patrick, chief of the United States army air service, and Maj. Howard F. Wehrle, starter of the race.

one of its first governors. 
Major Wehrle launched the Air Terminal association in Kansas City in 1922, resulting in the purchase of Richard field there. He has been more recently actively engaged in conducting the field and in manag-

but four fatal accidents.

Seven Year Struggle Cited
"For the last seven and a half years England has struggled with air transportation. We are progressing along three lines: reliability, safety and economy. In the first case, improved engine design and all metal planes will help us; in the factor of safety, already we have made strides. Economy will come through increased traffic, better understanding of our problems and their ultimate solution," Sir Sefton said.
"Philadelphia is leading the way in educating the public to fly and you are doing it on a large scale through your celebration, which is scheduled for this year," he added.
Sir Sefton is not without a sense of humour.
"Please do not get the idea that we operate solely to carry Americans from London to Paris," he said. "That is not so."
Another interesting speaker was Charles C. Gove, Deputy Assistant Postmaster General in Charge of Air Mail, who furnished a group of figures regarding the operation of that service. He recited the history of the air mail from its first flight, when the mail had to be "taken up with a rake after the pilot dropped it in order to land," down to the present era of transcontinental air-mail service over 2665 miles of

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