Northwest History. Alaska 7. Aviation Air Routes, United States

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1934
• Subjects: oriental air route; Ketchikan; Alaska; the United States; the orient; air; Harlee Branch; Postmaster General Farley; C. A. Cisler; air mail service; Robert G. Thach; Pan American Airways; Thach; Alaskan coast; Bering straits; China; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Farley; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/89728

Oriental Air Route Link Is Predicted. ORIENTAL AIR ROUTE LINK IS PREDICTED KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 29. (/P) —Renewed discussion of possible plans to link the United States with the orient by air, through Alaska, was heard here today with visits to the territory of Harlee Branch, executive assistant to Postmaster General Farley, C. A. Cisler, superintendent of the air mail service, and Robert G. Thach, vice president of Pan American Airways. Unofficial reports were that Thach stfbrtly plans a flight along the Alaskan coast, across the Bering straits and thence to China.