Clipper, Vol. 1, No. 10, December 1944

              VOL. 1—NO. 10	44126
Copyright 19by Pan American Airways, Inc.
DECEMBER, 1944
CARGO RATES DROP ON POSTWAR BLUEPRINT
Swift and economical air cargo service, designed to encourage development of new markets and expand trade between the Americas, is blueprinted by Pan American in its comprehensive program of postwar mass transportation by air.
Radically-reduced rates, as filed with the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board, show that air shipping will be within the reach of small businesses and that manufacturers formerly limited to domestic outlets will be able to expand into the international field through use of air carriers.
The new cargo rates, reducing present average per ton rate of 80 cents to 25 cents, provide for three classes of cargo, the first for commodities of relatively high price with a definite advantage gained by speed, the second for commodities of lower value not as yet moved in any quantity by air, the third, for commodities of little intrinsic value for which speed is a factor, such as advertising material and magazines.
Ton rates between points would be established to vary inversely with distance. Typical rates proposed per pound are:
From	First	Second	Third
Miami To	Class	Class	Class
Balboa __________ 20	cents	13 cents	9	cents
Rio de Janeiro____ 49 cents	36 cents	24 cents
Buenos Aires ____ 50	cents	37 cents	25	cents
Message From PAA Prexy
Christmas this year again finds our personnel scattered to the four corners of the globe, each doing his part to win a speedy victory for the United Nations. Some of our number have made the supreme sacrifice. Still others are in enemy hands. Many more of us have lost relatives or friends in combat. We take comfort, however, in the knowledge that victory is closer day by day and that we all are playing an important part in bringing this about.
I know each of you in the Pan American organization will continue to do your part to carry through to V-Day with our share in the great task remaining before us.
Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all of you.
Night Flights, More Flights Speed Travelers on Way
Phones Will Ring, Folks Will Sing At Christmas
PAA’ers will play Santa Claus this year to many soldiers hospitalized in Miami.
The Pan American Santa will carry no sack of gaily wrapped packages however. His gifts are phone calls to loved ones.
In order to pay for these presents, PAA’ers have put glass jars at the Panair Credit Union trailer at Pan American Field, in both the motor shop and George Dalen-berg’s office in Hangar C at Dinner Key, in the Aviation building at Coconut Grove and in the Dinner Key terminal.
All PAA’ers are asked to drop in their contributions—and don’t forget that bills do not make noise. Coins have a nice jingle but they may disturb workers. The more money, the more phone calls for boys who can’t get home this Christmas.
Contributions will be turned over to the Heroes Fund in the name of Pan American employees.
So come on now, get behind the idea and give Santa a lift. Workers in the downtown or in far flung offices of Pan American may send their checks, money orders or cash directly to the Clipper, 1144 Ingraham building. Checks and money orders should be made out to the Heroes Phone Fund.
With the inauguration of night flying and new accelerated schedules between the United States, Mexico, Guatemala and Panama, the three Americas are drawn closer together by Pan American World Airways.
Covering routes from Louisiana and Texas to Mexico, Central and South America, new schedules calling for five daily round trip flights over these routes went into effect Nov. 20. Travelers may now speed from Brownsville, Texas, to Panama and the Canal Zone overnight instead of two days. Between Brownsville and Mexico there are now three round trips daily, between Mexico and Guatemala two round trips daily and between there, Central America and Panama three daily.
Between New Orleans and Merida on the tip of the Yucatan peninsula, service is now two round trips daily and between Merida and Guatemala, instead of five round trips weekly, service is now three round trips daily or 21 weekly.
The new schedules also directly link Miami with Central America, New Orleans, Brownsville and Laredo, Texas, and Los Angeles and provide an alternate route through Cuba, Mexico and Central America to Panama where conections are made to South America. Clippers now wing directly from Miami to Guatemala in 14 hours.
At Guatemala connections are made with Continued on Page S
WORKERS RALLY’ROUND FOR WAR BOND SHOW
Digging down deep in their coveralls, employees of Pan American World Airways in Miami proved at a gigantic war bond rally that they are behind the boys at the front with both work and war bonds.
In a Sixth War Loan drive rally held Nov. 21 at Pan American Field, mechanics and office workers, flight personnel and stock clerks, radiomen, navigators and traffic representatives turned out three-thousand strong as Warrant Officer James Schrodt led his Army Air Force band from Redistribution Station 2, Miami Beach, through the hangars and around the field. Pan American passenger service girls and stewardesses circulated in the crowd, signing up workers for payroll deductions and cash purchases of war bonds.
Just returned from France where he was on special invasion assignment with the Navy, William I. Van Dusen, director of public relations for the international airline, praised PAA’ers for their war work.
“You are doing more flying for the Army and Navy than any other outfit. Your job is important;” Van Dusen pointed out.
Describing his sudden transfer from civilian to serviceman, Van Dusen said, “I got a call from Washington. Two hours later I was squeezing into a uniform. Twenty-four hours later I was in England.
“The closer you get to the shooting, the less optimistic you are about thé war. I saw a squad of eight men try to take a German stronghold which had already killed 24 of their buddies. They tried hard, but they ran out of ammunition and were unable to get more. They were wiped out. You can’t realize how fast ammunition, tanks and supplies go.
‘The soldiers asked me to call their wives and families when I returned to the United States and to tell people ‘to quit striking and send us what we need’.”
Continued on Page 2
WILLIAM I.VAN DUSEN
Clippers Back at Rancho Boyeros
With runway repairs completed, Pan American and Cia. Cubana de Aviacion Clippers are again “taking off” from Rancho Boyeros Airport in Havana.
LET’S HAVE A BOND UNDER EVERY CHRISTMAS TREE