Northwest Passage

Among the developments which the new Postmaster General will pass upon is a proposed extension of Northwest Airways' service from Bismarck, N. Dak. to Seattle. (At present the lines radiate from Twin Cities to Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, Winnipeg, Bismarck.) The proposed extension would put Seattle, Helena, Billings, Twin Cities on a direct airline with Chicago, would provide a natural channel for trans-Pacific mail. But the terrain is difficult, and northwest winters are rigorous. Skeptics wondered if year-round schedules could be maintained. Last fortnight Northwest Airways officials in St. Paul staged what they felt was a convincing demonstration.

A telegram brought Amelia Earhart Putnam hurrying from Rye, N. Y. In St. Paul, after speeches, receptions, a luncheon, she boarded a Ford tri-motor accompanied by Northwest officials, let herself be flown to Seattle, landed next day. Flying time: 13 hr. Proudly Northwest called its hoped-for extension "The Amelia Earhart Route."

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