''First in Air"

The Republic of Colombia earned the distinction of becoming the first country in the world to connect all its principal commercial cities by air mail.

This feat, magnificent as it appears, was not difficult of accomplishment. Colombia has few cities of any commercial consequence: Barranquilla with its seaport at Puerto Colombia; Bu- caramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Cucuta, Manizales, Medellin, Buenaventura.