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United Air Lines, on its coast-to- coast and other airways, flew 87,108,. 711 passenger-miles in 1935 wbich was a wold's. record, and increased îts pa sseng er and cargo volume until its 1935, totals represented 30 per cent, of the passenger-miles of the United States, -0prcent of ail air mail and more than haif of the country's air expr ess, W. A.. Patterson, president of. United, announced recently with publication-of the company's annual traffic figures. Passengers increased from 147,- 139 inî 1934 to .177,457 last year, a gain of 21 per cent, and passenger-miles increased from .73,769,359 in 1934 to 87,108,711 in 1935, a. gain of .18 per cen t. 5,097,037 Pounde ofMail Aý total of 5,097,037 pondsof, mail, was carried in 1935 cortrasted ith. 3,245,742 in 1934. However, during 1934 mail was not carried for90 days during the period of the air mail cancelation. .A substantial gain was made in air express, as tonnage increased from 547 tons to 862 tons. United is af- .filiated with the nation-wide air and air-mail pickup and delivery service of the air division of the Railway, Express agency. FIew 14503,197 iles *The increase in passenger, express and mail business was reflected in increased flying, as United's fleet of 50 twin-engined transports was from 14,503,197 miles in schediuled oper- ation during 1935, or approximately 1,000,000 miles more 'than the pre- vious year. The larger portion of United's 'in- crease business has been on its New. York -Chicago- Pacific Coast- airway, with a, satisfactory gain also on the Seattl e-San Diego route, said, Mr. Patterson., United is completing this month the expenditure of $1,250,000 for improvement of its entire fleet which, during recent months, lias beenspededup 9 mlesanbou with, new power plants. Within 30' from Chicago to the Pacific coaSt hav>e been established by United Air Uines' traffic departrnent and were announced recently by_ Harold Crary, vice-president in charge of, traffic. The circle tours are made because United's, route leads, directly to the Sait Lake City gateway where lifes radiate northwesterIy to1 Portland, Seattle and other Pacific. Nortbwest cities, west-to San Francis"co and, Oakland and southwest to Los Angeles and San, Diego. Crary pointed out that substantial time. savings, were. effected by the. new circle optional routing itineraries because in ýno case is there the ne- cessity oôf a double' haul to serve Pacific coast cities. The circle tours range from one coverinig sixteen western. cities iiicluding the entire Pacific .coast between ' Seattle and, Los Angeles, to one which inchides every major Pacific Northwest point on its circle itinerary. Crary announced that United was continuing its full winter schedules this month, with overnight and day- light flights between Chicago and leading Pacific coast cities, and with eight round trip flights daily between Chicago, Cleveland and Ne'w York. New Douglas Sleeper Makes Bow to Public First formai presentation of the na- tion's largest land plane, the new Douglas Sle.eper Transport buit for Aniefican Airlines, Itic.:, was made to the public with the opening of the ,National Pacific Aircraft and Boat show at the Pan-Pacific auditorium FI.ebruary I1. Heralded as the last word Mi luxuriously equipped' air transport, the new Douglas ivas shown to the public for the ftrst time dtiring the, nine-day exposition, and many thou- salnds lîad the opportunity to inspect the lîuge, craft. .vlxc ,-i,, inecewtoucatan, rnen to Havana, then to. Miamii, and back to Pal-Waukee. The fiyers spent con siderable time looking down on the Gul 'f of Mexico and the Carib- bean sea. HOLO AVIATION PARTY l'le Aviation ýCounitry Club held its regular once-a-month :party last Saturday at headquartc.rs, Pal-Wau- kee airport. Eleanor Burpee Chosen, Centre College Editor Miss- Eleanor Burpee of Wilmette has'been appointed to the position of Sports editor on the weekly n iews-. paper at *Centre college in Danville, Ky., for the spring termi. Miss Bur- pee is a niewcome at the college but she lias beeti an active. participant in niany of the established campus, ac- tivities. She is president 'of the freshman class, a meinber of the glee. club, and thé hockey and swimming team.s. She is the daughiter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Burpee, 815, ,inidený ateiue.: -Not for those who like t. live in the frcsh, clean quar- ters of The Homestead. Sunny casemènts with Vene. tian blinds until warm weather -then the outdoor garden and our lake view deck high above the tree.tops; ,and always good food. The Homestead operatéd, by Philip A.Danielson. - on ý Hinman Ave neaà,r Church- St. IlEvanston, 111. Tele, phone - Greenleaf 3300., The I HOME STEAD Jac' 33C ifiig savenue, Evatifton 'S Week where he was called to do somne Early accouniting ,vork. He returnied home Ameia n for the week-end and is again in m rcn n Blite Island this wveek. thI IIhIIhIllIIllh hlh:hl uhîîîî êîîîî11 11111111 GETS PRIVATE LICENS F Paul Victor of River Forest, a fly- ing pupil. of Bill Turgeoli, recently passed the U.' S. Department of Commerce tests for- a private -pilot's license at Pal-Waukee: airpot IWe Remuake A 3 51 JMotresses ""$395 Brouch's Sitmber SIi@p 2& yealrs Wlth Marshall F1e1d & Co. 1521 sherman. Ave., Evanston IUni. 1810 Spanish Court INC.- No-Man>s-Laiid Phzone Wilmette46