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When Pacific Seaboard Air Lines was created on June 15, 1933, it began flying passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco. In 1934, after the reorganization that resulted from the Air Mail Scandal, it moved to the central part of the country and began flying %u201cThe Valley Level Route%u201d between Chicago and New Orleans, which its timetable described as %u201c900 Miles of Flat Country.%u201d Because of the move, it changed its name in 1935 to Chicago & Southern Air Lines, and was awarded the AM-53 contract to fly air mail in 1941. By 1945, the route had stops at three Indiana cities: Indianapolis, Evansville, and Fort Wayne. It merged with Delta Air lines in 1953.A Chicago & Southern Air Lines matchbook cover promoting its Douglas Dixieliners and Shell Aviation Fuel.