Word: lufthansa
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American Airways and to Condor Lines (subsidiary of Germany's Lufthansa; headed by able Fritz Hammer) the possible failure of Aeropostale meant more than just the removal of their most powerful competitor. It also raised the question: Who would acquire Aeropostale's highly developed airways in South America? Aeropostale had spent most of its subsidy on airports (34) and airways (5,800 mi.) from Natal (Brazil) south to Gallegos, and across the Andes from Buenos Aires to Santiago, and from Buenos Aires to Asuncion. Also it operates an interior service in Venezuela. Unlike its competitors, Aeropostale flew by night...
...Reykjavik there are no street cars, but many a Buick taxicab. Constantly soaring back and forth across the country ?a little smaller than Bulgaria or Kentucky?are two sturdy planes of the German Lufthansa. Two summers ago a German tourist brought several bags of vegetable seed, with the result that many nourishing plants, hitherto unknown in Iceland, sprouted and flourished last summer. But the Icelanders were not particularly pleased. They obey by instinct Explorer Stefansson's rule: A people react with pleasure to a new food in proportion as they have been accustomed to a varied diet. Accustomed...