Word: maile
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Late next day, Governor Moody denied having told Capt. Hamer to hold his fire. He proclaimed martial law, sent more militiamen, restored order. He was interviewed on the telephone from 5,000 mi. away by a London Daily Mail reporter who exclaimed: "Well, well! Is this a common occurrence in Texas? . . . thanks and cheerio...
Pilots flying the night mail through fog and rain that blanket all ground lights, follow a trail of dots and dashes which flow from radio range-beacons into their earphones. But sounds are sometimes deceiving, subject to radio interference. Skill is required to compare the relative strength of opposing signals. And at 15-minute intervals the guiding stream of signals are interrupted completely for broadcast weather reports...
Last week the Department of Commerce announced a visual beacon will be erected at Bellefonte, Pa., in the middle of dread "Hell's Stretch" (graveyard of many a mail ship), for tests by NAT pilots on the New York-Cleveland...
...nominations by petition of 25 members of the class to be represented had been received up to 6 o'clock last night when the time expired, it was announced last night by W. R. Harper '30, who is in charge of the elections. Ballots will be sent out by mail this morning and voting will continue until next Tuesday, when the cards must be returned...
...airlines carrying passengers only lost money last year. Such operators have been hanging on with the sole hope of acquiring mail contracts. Last week Pickwick Latin-American Airways Inc. found its burden too great, suspended its service between Los Angeles, Mexico City and San Salvador. Other U. S.-Mexico airlines: Compania Mexicana de Aviacion (subsidiary of U. S.-owned Pan American Airways, Inc.) and Corporacion Aeronautica de Transportes ("CAT lines") which connects with domestic routes at El Paso and Brownsville...