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CENTRAL PRESS CLIPPING SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA
DEFIANCE. O.. CRESC-NEWS
Thursday, January 30, 1936 

DEFIANCE. O.. CRESC.-NEWS
Thursday, January 30, 1936

Army Man New Czar of Airlines

   Edgar S. Gorrell
Edgar S. Gorrel, the new czar of American airlines, is an army aviator and war veteran. When a plebe at West Point 28 years ago Gorrel developed an enthusiasm for aviation which has carreid on through the years. He represents for the transport airlines what Will Hays does to movies and Judge Landis does to baseball. His principle concern is with safety and he is more ardent about the welfare of those who patronize the airways than the speed schedule of the lines. Gorrel was a colonel in the world war, decorated by three governments, and resigned in 1920 to become an industrial engineer.

[[left margin]] THE YORK DISPATCH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1937 [[/left margin]]

HEAR AVIATION EXPERT
Col. E. S. Gorrell Introduced to  Traffic Club by Congressman Haines 

  Aviation is developing so rapidly it is impossible to predict what will transpire 24 hours in advance and the city that is farsighted enough to be prepared when this opportunity presents itself will be in a favorable position, otherwise it will be out of the picture, said Col. Edgar S. Gorrell, Chicago, an outstanding authority on aviation, in an address last night before the members and guests of the York Traffic club at its opening meeting of the fall and winter season, at the York Country Hoover, presided. The speaker was introduced to the club by Congressman Harry L. Haines, a personal friend.
  The speaker in the course of his address said: "The airplane is not a competitor of surface transportation but a supplement to it. Time is an important factor to the business man today and if a city has airport facilities the business man will call personally in your city instead of sending a representative which greatly enhances the prospects of closing business deals on the first call. Speed is another important factor in airplane travel. Think of completing a business day in New York, hop in a plane at night and be either in New Orleans or the Pacific coast ready for business the next day. Airplane travel is safer today because of the new regulations by the government of the air roads. The planes are larger, faster, more powerful and fly higher in order to avoid storms and accidents.
  "It is possible now to fly blind with the aid of instruments and land on the exact location without accident. The radio beam and direction finders make this possible. Airplane travel is under control the same as surface travel. The surface travel is controlled by the  eye signal while airplane traffic is controlled by ear or sound signals. 
   "York is sixth in the United States in diversified industries and with the air conditioning of automobiles in the very near future and with the location here of large air conditioning facilities, York will have the world knocking at its door."
  The speaker also stressed the importance of aviation in national defense. "The United States today needs 2,200 first class fighting ships and as planes cannot be built in less than a year it is important to be prepared at all times for the protection of the country." The speaker compared the air to an ocean, "It is free to all Americans to use subject to regulations at all times. This is not true in other parts of the world where, on account of the size of the various countries and their geographical location and their military plants permission must be secured to travel over them. The city that builds a port to receive air travel certainly is looking to the future of its welfare."
  The speaker paid tribute to the committee of postoffice and postroads of which Congressman Haines is a member for co-operation in making America a leading country in aviation.
  Three new members were introduced to the club. They were David L. Campbell, Philadelphia, travelling freight and passenger agent, Clyde Mallory lines; Lewis R. Berk, superintendent Barnes Wall Paper company, York and J. B. McLaughlin, route agent, Railway Express agency, Baltimore.
  Seated at the speakers table were M. A. Wilhelm, immediate past president of the York Traffic club; Congressman Harry L. Haines, President David Hoover, Charles Witmyer, president of the Lancaster Traffic Club, C. D. Myers, second vice president of the York club, Clarence W, Depfer, York and S. R. Snyder, vice president of the York club, W. A. Schroll of the York club was awarded the evening prixe. Dick Moul and his orchestra furnished music during the serving of the dinner.