Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 May 1937, p. 40

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i 2% on Saàv ing .9We pay 2j% per annum compound. *d semi.-azinually january and, July on Savings Pas. Book accounts. VW W.pay 21% per annum on Time Çertiicates of De. poit -with maturi. cago andl 'New Yorkc witn extra tare Mainliners. The flew schedule catis for departure esatbound at 8:45 a. mi. with- arr ivai 'in New Yo rk .1 :40 P. M. while the, westbound plane which leaves New York at 4:15 P. 'i. arrives in Chicago 8 p. i Activities at, the Curtiss-Re'ynolds airporùt, west' of (jlënvie* on Lake avenue, were reported this weçk to be greatly incrcasing in preparation for a. big summer scason. .The naval, aviation base is. to be moved from Great Lakes field, near North- Chicago, before June 1, and Mondayniorning thé first ships of the squadroôn,'werc brought over ýand installed- in the new hangars... These two airplanes' are of the "hell-diver" classification. Most of the naval aviation activi.ties, however, wil.1 be confined to Saturday afternoons while the private fiying is Iargeiy concen- trated on Sunday. Edward Morgan, Chicago, a mcmi- ber of the traffic departrient of the American airliries, now stationed in California, who started flying instruc- tion last summrer at the airport, re- turned reccntly to finish bis pilot course at the governiment-approved school. at the airport, thus saving Boeing Aircraft company plans lucre since last year have now been re- leased. Contracts for the new'ships were let by Pan Amfierican Airways neariy a year ago following, the in- terniational conference in Washing- ton at which. understan.dings. werc reached between the United States, and Great Britain for the establish-. ment of Transatlanticair services. Because mary of. the remarkable, feutures of the Inew ship's record- breaking -capacity and performance wcre boundp With a 1,500 horepower Wright Cyc lone engine. whosc fea- turcs were held confidential until re- cently, no details of the new Clippers have been.hitherto available.. They. scem well worth waiting for.* Designed especialiy for Transat .lantic transport ôperation and equipped. wi'tl a six thousaind horepower power plant, the huge ocean.. airlirers *ill weigh betwcen forty and fifty tons and be the iargest practical transport airplanes ever developed. .While even now many spccific de- tails cannot be released, engineers in charge of the project have statcd that the>.new "super-Clipper ships" foliow, as to type, the general lines of their predecessor Clipper ships which now fly between North and South Amer- This scholarship is one of twuntv awarded by' the University to out- standing high school g ra du at c.s throug hout the United States and is of the amount of $500 payable in each of the four years the winner attends the university. The awards are ruadle on qualifications simlar tothose used i .the sèlection of Rhodes, scholar-' ships. >wi'th special emphasis placed on scholastic abillity and leadcrsh.ip, as evidenced by extra currictilar ar- tivities.. Ballenger, son of Dr. and- Mrs. H-oward C. .Ballenger, 1340 Ashury avenue, Huhbards Woodi has been an honor roi1 student, active in the Tri-Ship club, student year1 book. senior. play. and having* particip-itcd for four years; in track and football, H-e plans on takinz a pre-miedical, course at the University. New Trier g ra dua tes awarded. scholarship.s ii former years, and noiw attending -the University- are Williami Nordburg. 489,-Sunset; road, Xin- nctka, Anne Oison, 1108 -Oak' street. Winietka, 7and' Thomas Hildebrandt, ,92. Robsart road, Kenilworth. Mr. Noi-dburg iîs . being grad&-àted thi, Julie and is, planning on taking a posit¶bhl in July, with the chemnical engineering research .department of the Standard Qil compvany of Indiana. The selection of Ballenger mnarks the tenth Rochester scholarship to bu wonl by New Trier graduates in the past Il -vears. the first award beinz made to Robert Burrows of the ciass of1927., Mr.. Burrows. 1V095 Merrill Savmngs Paus Books and Ttme Certifie- cates of Deposit may be lssuedin'. single nanie orIn., joint account. ai De. new suents, recentuy quamueu as solo students. Col. Art Doebei, whose ship is tlue Phiilips Petroleurn sky-ridcr, and who %vas a prize winncr in the trans- Pacific gold derby races, visited the, local field last weck to improve installation, on his transmîtter, and to miake adjustruents on bis ground Martin-type clippers W'hich are, at thie prescrit tume the iargest trans- port ships in the world. station, installed in an automobile whicli follo-ws hirn to inforni bun about bis1 sky-writing. The cali letters of the ground station are W5XAS and of the air statiôn, W5XAR. Sienhens CnlleÉe Leazder iInvite Basebail Clubs -I I ~oe I ~ a~ hn~ WEEK-END OUEST Mrs. Horace A. Young, 1337 Green- wood avenue, had as her guest over the week-end Miss~ Dorothy Weeks of Chic ago. This, coming week-end Mrs. Yoptng will entertain Mri. andj Mjrs. Egn Caldwell of Milwaukee. Mrs. Oswaid Maland, .514 Ken il- .worth' avenue, Kenilworth, arrived home Monday from Mayo Brothers clinic ini Rochester, Minm., where she spent.eight days undergoingobserva-, tion. trwy siulGayotin tisckets. Mr7s. Roland D. Whitman, 547 Hill ter- race, Winnetka, may be notified by' j &/The

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