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_\| > _ ~Mlinois Now Third ME ~ _ _‘ in Aviation Among s e e e States of Nation Increased activities in Illinois gave this state a national ranking of third in the number of aircraft, number of licensed pilots and liâ€" censed mechanics, according to a reâ€" port made by the Aeronautics branch of the United States Department of Commerce released today. _ § Illinois, the report showed, has 734 licensed and unlicensed aircraft with New York ranking first with 1227 aircraft and California second with â€"1,186. â€"Of Illinois‘ total airâ€" craft 511 are licensed as compared with 973 in New York and 9389 in California. â€" Licensed pilots in the state toâ€" taled 1,128 and licensed mechanics were 549, giving Iilinois third place strating its claim to the title, "The With thirtyâ€"three air transportaâ€" .| LOCAL STORES | This Hotpoint Superâ€"Iron used to sell for $6â€"now reduced to Whis newwâ€"levepriced rin [ PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY also featured by other 2e ‘OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS _ A 6â€"lb. iron finished in nonâ€"tarnishing chromeplate: Has handy thumb rest and notched nose that lets you iron under buttons, Universe," the report claims. Planes Leave Daily Airplanes from Chicago are leavâ€" ing daily for the Atlantic and Pacific coast, to New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas and .inâ€" tervening points including South Bend, Detroit, " Toledo, Cleveland, Springfield, St. Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Omaha. ;"- * fanpqmtign A(‘m'r}tfr‘ of thel Hat Makefs See GroW‘th I U. S. Ammr MAY Chicago also is the headquarters of a number of air lines such as the United Air Lines, Transâ€"American Airways, Inc.. Curtssâ€"Wright Flyâ€" ing Service, and Charles Dickinson, who specializes in air mail transâ€" portation. There are twentyâ€"eight dealers in aircraft in Chicago, four corporations that give instructions and a lprge number of manufacturâ€" ers of aircraft and aircraft supplies. \ Illinois now has fourteen municiâ€" pal airports, 57 commercial airports, of auxiliary nature, two army a total of 81. L. E. Pierron, District Superintendent u. **R95 eph W. Kehoe, District Manager TEB PREISS alrâ€" The average popular priced feminâ€" ine hat now retails for $1.88 comparâ€" ed to $4 in 1918 and $3 in 1929, acâ€" cording to Howard Elliott, secretary of the Associated Millinery indusâ€" Millinery manufacturers in St. Louis,, center of the popular priced hat industry have, increased proâ€" duction by the simple expedient of making hats so cheap that wonren will discard their old ones, despite lean purses, says a United Press dispatch from that city. tries. "Because millinery manufacturers here have been able to produce a stylish hat at rock bottom prices, the industry is rapidly on the up turn," Elliott said. He estimated few months. in the industry in St. Louis and more in Manufacturing; Cheap ‘ + Products Aid Is Claim| _ Government Seeking Site Near Here, and County Board Asked to Aid Establishment of an airport, that would serve as one of the fields on the government mail and passenger route, today loomed as a strong posâ€" sibility when the county board of supervisors became interested in such a project. The proposal, made by Emery Hansen, chairman of the aviation division of the Forward division of the Waukeganâ€"North Chicago Chamâ€" ber of Commerce, would establish the Waukegan airport as the port for ships. o _ Details Benefits The direct benefit, Hansen pointed out, is substantially as follows. _ . 2. The employment of three men, including radio operators and a weaâ€" ther expert, at not less than $3,600 per annum by the government. 3. Air mail service that would run 1.20 minutes later per day. 4. â€"Passenger service to points in the nation from Waukegan, which ment of $10,000 in the field by the would remove the necessity of going to Chicagoâ€"to take a plane. â€" _ The Forward division has agreéed to raise $3,000 by subscription that would pay for the installation of beacons and proper lighting facilâ€" ities. The hotels and some indusâ€" tries have underwritten most of this fund, Hansen said. The county, as its share, would have to pay out $1,200 annually f_or cludes the present airport site and 55 additional acres adjoining as the government demands runways for takeâ€"offs of not less than 2,200 feet in each direction. Government officials assured the Forward division that if a responâ€" guarantee the installation of lights $10,000 ,-invest;nent and employes necessary to operate the field would Daylight saving time was defeatâ€" ed at an election in Woodstock April 15, reports from there stated. 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