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Rh the south where much has to be done to combat the boll weevil in the cotton district, airplanes have been utilized to spray poison from the air.

Mrs. Omlie also showed her skill and unselfish courage in the Mississippi Valley flood disaster which did vast damage in the regions around Mem­phis. Medicines and Red Cross nurses were needed in the stricken area, but bridges were down and roads submerged. In this emergency Mrs. Omlie, using her plane, carried medical supplies and food rations to numberless sufferers. Today the Omlies are continuing with their school at Memphis and have, I believe, a sound and promising business.

Another couple I happen to know who are mak­ing a living together out of aviation are William and Frances Marsalis. They conduct a school at the New York Municipal Airport. Frances Mar­salis, who is known as well by her own name of Harrell, has done as much exhibition flying as any other woman active today. She has toured the country with the Curtiss Exhibition Company, stunting and doing formation flying. And if stu­dents wish a woman instructor, Mrs. Marsalis takes them on. She is a sound flyer and an experienced one.

Then there are the O’Donnells, Gladys and Lloyd, of Long Beach, California, and the Haizlips in St. Louis.

Another air husband and wife combination is Louise and Herb Thaden. He was a flyer during the war and later was associated with a Pittsburgh