Clipper, May 3, 1945

              ATLANTIC DIVISION
Read on four continents and four islands in between
Gallup Poll: 2 of 3 Americans Wish To
Visit Europe; Delany Shows Importance
JACK SHEALER
DIES SUDDENLY
Approximately 60 PAAers attended the funeral of Jack Shealer, Shop Superintendent, who died suddenly at his home on April 23.
Jack was shop superintendent of the Maintenance Department. A veteran in aviation, he marked 15 years’ service with Pan American last June, having joined the company in 1929, two years after the international airline was organized. He started at the Brownsville, Texas, Clipper terminal as a mechanic assistant chief of the engine overhaul shop and co-pilot and worked his way up to shop superintendent, a position he held nine years before transferring to North Beach last year in the same capacity.
Jack was a native of Gettysburg, Pa., where he attended local schools. He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1917 and served as a pilot and mechanic with the 10th and 39th Aero Squadrons.
Survivors include his wife Mae, a son, Cleason Shealer, Jr., who is in the II. S. Navy; a daughter, Mary, now taking nurse’s training at Houston, Texas, and a sister, Mrs. Jessie Schutt of Gettysburg.
With the expertness of a woman’s deft touch at make-up, the crew of the Paint Shop keeps our Clippers well groomed the year round by maintaining their “paint job.”
Considering the trouble and expense this is to a woman, we realized this mammoth order merited looking into so we moseyed down to chat with 0. L. “Aiiaaie” Augustine. Shop Chief.
The shop is located in the North Wing and is manned by a crew of 15 men, including Auggie. When we entered, we noticed three booths at the right end, and in one of the booths a cascade of water was falling. We asked Auggie about it and he explained it was a DeVilbiss Water Wash Spray booth in which water and a chemical combine to absorb the fumes from the paint. All paint jobs are done by spraying, and when they’re shop jobs they are done in one of these booths. The water is in a 220.-gallon tank located at the rear of the spray
7th War Loan Nets $43,625 2nd Week
Returns for the Seventh War Loan Drive continue encouraging — $43,625 at the end of the second week, representing 41% of employes participating.
This showing reflects the efficiency and hard work of the coordinators who are work-
ing under the leadership of Chairman	
“Bumpy” Baumgartner:	
Department	Coordinator
Accounting	John Thistle
Airways	Eleanor Schoenig
Communications	Mary Athey
Executive	Marge Benedict
Flight Operations	Meredith Warren
Ground Operations	Jim Hyde
Industrial Relations	Andy Miller
Maintenance	Gus Wunder
Medical	Ruth Knopfel
Meteorology	Bob Decker
Oper. Mgr. Office	Ann Cosmick
Public Relations	Lillian Chessman
Stores	Mat Hogan
Purchasing	Jerry Thomsen
Traffic	Bill Gray
booth. A pump circulates from tank to overhead nozzles and by pressure forces it down in a waterfall effect over a metal screen.
Overhead there’s a suction fan extending through the ceiling out onto the roof. This creates a draft of air through the water which picks up the fumes and passes them out through this vent. The chemical used in the water is an alkaline and keeps pigments and oils suspended to prevent clogging the screens and pumps. Were it not for the presence of this chemical the pigment would gather at top or bottom of the water causing serious stoppage. The water is changed every two weeks.
Inside Job
We noticed Joe Malice working on a silver frame and Auggie explained that an overhauling of the Boeinas was in process. Joe was working on an emergency exit. He removed the old paint with a powerful paint remover which, immediately upon application, caused “blistering” or in shop jargon “cooking up” of the old paint, cleaning the frame right, down to the metal. He then washed it down with a neutralizing agent, water or sal-varsol. Zinc chromate was then applied and
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“The results of the recent Gallup Poll (noted below) which indicate that two out of every three Americans would visit Europe after the war, if they had the chance, with Great Britain and France topping the list, are of real importance to our Division,” Traffic Manager Phil Delany stated.
“No better confirmation of the existence of a sizable mass transportation market with a desire to travel to the countries which we propose to serve could possibly be provided,” he pointed out. “This is of direct importance to the job of each one of us.”
“There is no doubt but that results of the poll would have been even more favorable to our Division had the survey indicated the availability of luxurious air travel at fares ranging from $148 to $176 to the countries served in a matter of a mere 12 to 21 hours transit time —-thus providing a European vacation within the vacation time and means of those Americans.”
By George Gallup
Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
In spite of the fact that war has leveled many ancient cities and cultural shrines in Europe, two out of every three Americans name a European country as the place they would most like to visit after the war.
This is brought out in a nationwide survey in which a carefully selected sample of the adult population was interviewed by field reporters for the Institute on this question: “When this war is over, many Americans will want to travel to various parts of the world. If you could take a trip outside the United States, to which ONE country would you most like to go?” »
Great Britain tops the list of choices. France runs second. These two each receive more than twice as many votes as the next most popular country.
It may come as a surprise to many, but nevertheless, Germany ranks third in choice. Russia is next. Then come Italy,-Switzerland, Ireland, and Norway.
Actually, just about every European country except Liechtenstein and Andorra were mentioned at least once in the survey. For example, a few of the other European countries chosen: Holland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Hungary.
The dure of Europe is probably made up of a mixture of a desire to visit and see war devastated areas when the Nazis are finally licked, and of a desire to visit an ancestral home or place of marked cultural traditions.
Nearly all Americans have an interest in
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