Africa news letter, Vol. I, No. 3, April 30, 1942

              
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AFRICA NEWS LETTER
Vol. I. No. 5
April 50, 1J42
An Informai Publication Issued Occasionally to Families and Friends of Employees of Pan American Airways - Africa, Ltd., Chrysler Building, New York City
HOME NEWS LETTER
Would you boys and girls be interested in sending us notes on important and interesting events in your own 1) homes 2) home towns?
From what we hear, the men would enjoy reading somesuch little facts and figures supplementary to your letters.
So please begin today to mail us information on Johnny's report card, your new slip covers, and who is the mayor-elect, We’d like to date our initial HOME NEWS LETTER May 15.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR
That you like Africa News Letter and New Horizons.
Things are so busy around here that we're thinking of applying to the USD for a volunteer worker to write you individual thank-you notes for your many fine encouraging letters. But so far the USO gals all seem to be out dancing with service men and helping them eat hot dogs.
NEW YORK HOLIDAY by Maintenanceman John McCauley
One of the most unforgettable things about working with PAA-Africa - at least for "us country boys" - is the two or three week stop-over in New York
That is the period when we are herded from Personnel to Accounting, to Medical, to the Passport Office, to Outfitters, and back to Personnel.
The Medical Department takes up most of this time with its schedule of inoBu-latory "mickies" - particularly Nurse Rogers' "terrible trio" for typhoid.
Despite all these handicaps we still manage to make a holiday of the stopover. After all, what's a little fever and a stiff arm to a fellow going to Africa. Le proceed to look up ail the friends of friends back home, and casually paint the town various shades of red.
New York to the average Westerner is both wonderful and crazy.
That people have constructed such buildings and subways and places in which to do everything imaginable is wonderful. The fact that they live in the buildings, ride for hours on the subways and stay up all nite is crazy.
Broadway is like the county fair back home, only bigger and brighter.
The difference is that the county fair lasts only three days a year. And that's plenty.
It's spring in Manhattan now. But you can't see it or smell it or hear any birds; there's not a square inch of grass except in a couple of high-fenced parks.-h* The only way you can tell it's spring is that drug stores start featuring lime freezes instead of hot chocolate.
Nevertheless, the stay here is unforgettable - the shows, music, good bars and restaurants, NBC and Rockefeller Center.
And the New York Office does its best to keep us entertained with broadcast tickets, bowling parties, etc., but by jeepers it's still going to feel good to get out in the sticks again -even in Africa.
*#(Ed. Note. Mr. McCauley is being sent- out to explore Central Park's 845 acres of grass & zoo & swans.)
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