Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 19 Nov 1931, p. 32

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"Believe yoUr own ears!" HEAR THE RADIO TONE THAT WINS THE TONE-TESTS The G-E Popular Conisole co"jn>Iee withtreI>es C ME, in and hear this . mar- velous n me w radio! It bas the glorious tone tbat carrnes G-E sets to vieeory ove, other leeding niakes in concealed tone- Residenits of the' north short, by mneans of. an airpiane. shuttle service recently inaugurated. between -Cirtiss, airport near Glenview and the Chi-, cago miunicipalairport, can n ow make direct connections at the city airport with Century Air fine planes operat- ing regularly between Chicago. St. Louis, Toledo, Cleveland, Detroit'aid other cities. Pictured above is one of the lux- tirious l-passenger air liners which Centurv Air Lines, lue.. used for trilps between Chicago and other cities on its route. The ships used Boys Working on Glider at Sky Harbor Ah-port Agroup of Chicago boys who have been building a German type of glider at Sky Harbor airport may be seen at work practically every Sun- day at the airport. At présent the glidér is only partially completed and the boyS will make noQ atempt . to fly it for soine'time. Maj. R. W. Schroe- der of Sky Harbor, who addressed- Illhe boys will niake no attempt to fly cago, invited them to core to the airportto finishi work on the glider. The 'Skv- Harbor fiying field also. af- fords* an opportunity for'testing the, glider's flying possibilities af ter it is cornpleted. Dances atAirport Lure North Shore Young People fur the* auxiliary. service to and fromi Curtiss; airport are new Stinson 'Junior four-place cabit p lanes. Lýy- comîng. powered. The air, liners such as the otie shown above are modem ini every respect. They are comfortably heat- ed and kept at an even temperature in winter, and are- equipped %vith depycushioned chair seats;, radios andi otiter furnifings for the enjoy- ment of the passenigers. The new shuttle service to Curtiss' airport makies i.t, possible for the business man 1 arriving in Chicago on To Select Sites fo'r A irpiane Speed Tests Mai. R. W. Schroeder of Sky Har- bor airport lias been appointed a member of a technical committee of the Chicago chapter of the National -Aeronautical association, wllichI will select sites in the Chicago- area for ail distances of straightway and closed nieasured courses over whicl1 international airplane speed rcords rnay bc set. Serving on the saïne comi- rnittce are.Owen Jones, owner of Pal- ivaukee airl)ort, and George W,. Vest, incharge of aer-onautics inspection for the de partment of. commerce 'in thïs ýdistrict. The comniittee was: ap-, pointed last week at a meeting of. the board of directors of the Chilcago, chapter of the aeronautical associa- tion, wben plans were outlined that1 one of the Cen tury Air hune late planes ýto avoId the tiresoine dIrive fromn the municipal airport to bis north shore home by taking the con- venient shuttle plane to Glenview. 1Reservations__aay e made, or in-,- formation iegarding plane schedlules and faresobtainedi by calhi.ng f. A. flollands, assistant manager,, of Cur- tiss airport, Glenview 373. Informa- tion is also available at the stations of the Chicago, North Shore and _Mil- waukee railroad in the New Trier villages. The North Shore line 'is an authorized agent for Century Air U.nes. mc. Conimandery Hears TaIk * by Manager of Airport .Nai. R. W. Schroeder of Sky Har- bor airport gave a talk before the Evahston commaiidery Monday night of this week at the Evanston Masonic temple. Arrangements for Major Schroeder's appearante were made through James A. Williamis, assistant village manager of Glencoe, who is a member of the commandery., The talk was one of several which Majo6r. Schroeder bas given in recent nionthy before north shore business men's and fraternal organizations. Sky Haàrbor Managers- Located in New Office Niai. R. W. Schroeder and George Fisher, co-managers of SIcy Harbor airport, are "getting settled" in their ITeIephieuc for a Demastraliqju Me air show over. G.rant parc, C cago, recently with bis auto-g demonstration. He is also remc bered for bis feat of landing the au aRiro on the White House lawn Wash ington, D. C. *Ithing else. besides flying at this sea- o'clock son of the year. It's just too bad for------- *Iwild fowl coming within range of Miss Elizabeth Gillett of Superior, JFisher's gun. George and some of Wis. bas been the bouse guest of >Mr. ithe boys at the airport, lind great and Mrs. Frank C. Nas~,73Cm spor *inhuntng. it.gs a venue, Kenilworth.

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