Clipper, Vol. 3, No. 13, October 1946

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VOL. 3—NO. 13	461001	Copyright, 194.6, by Pan American Airways, Inc.
OCTOBER, 1946
Guatemalan Visitors Thank
$30,000 DONATED BY PAA FOR MERCY HOSPITAL; TOOMEY LAUDS PROJECT AS BOON TO COMMUNITY
Greater Miami’s campaign for funds to build Mercy Hospital—an institution dedicated to serving persons of medium income—has surged past the $700,000 mark with a cash donation September 7 of $30,000 by Pan American World Airways.
The contribution—second largest gift during the drive—will provide impetus for other substantial gifts necessary to make the hospital possible, George C. Estill, general chairman of the drive, predicted.
In presenting the check, Humphrey W. Toomey, PAA Latin American Division manager, pointed out that Pan American considers the proposed hospital “one of the most worthy and urgently needed projects ever undertaken in the Miami area.”
Proud To Help
“The company is proud to have a part in an undertaking that promises to benefit the community as a whole,” he said. “Since the beginning of our operations in Miami 18 years ago, PAA has considered itself an integral part of the community and has welcomed every opportunity to meet its obligations as a good corporate citizen.
“Our interest in the project also stems from a natural desire for the greater security and welfare such hospital facilities Continued on Page 11
PAA Airport Employees for 4Courtesies, Friendliness9
Sun Shines in California;
—It Is Miami Reflection
There has been found at long last an honest Californian!
Past Commander Morris A. Bryan of Pan American World Airways American Legion Post No. 140 has a letter from Commander William MacDonald of San Francisco PAA Post No. 711 to verify it. A quote from the letter follows:
“We (the Post) are glad to receive your letter of welcome and it gives us warm feelings around our hearts to know that the sun shines on us out here—even if it is reflected from Florida . . .”
The letter is in answer to a Miami Post letter to the Californians welcoming them into the brotherhood of Pan American Legionnaires.
Recognition of one’s work and friendliness is so few and far between in these days of hustle and bustle that when one receives a card of thanks—as did Guillermo G. Barrios, Richard Chavan, Roberto Estevez and Carlos deLeon of Pan American World Airways’ Guatemala City, Guatemala, station—it is really something to crow about. Here is a copy of the card, mailed from Laredo, Tex., by Dorothy Osborn and Florence Vanderuicken, two U. S. school teachers who had just returned from a Guatemalan vacation.
“Our Dear Gentlemen:
“Do you remember u*? The two school teachers who caused so much con« fusion in your airport and to whom you were so kind. May we both thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your courtesies, your gestures of cordiality and welcome and your wonderful attitude of friendliness.
“We shall never forget Guatemala! How we loved it and its people.
“Sincerely,
“Dorothy Osborn “Florenoe Vanderuicken”
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WE ARE PROUD TO GIVE9 TO SUCH A NEEDY CAUSE
George Estill Humphrey Toomey
CAB GETS PAA DOMESTIC PROGRAM FOR FAST SERVICE LINKING 13 MAJOR U. S. TERMINALS
Seven-mile-a-minute speeds for passenger flights feature the Pan American World Airways program—revealed Wednesday, Sept. 11, as it was submitted to the CAB in Washington—for transcontinental and other long, non-stop routes within the
^United States.
These routes, to connect 13 cities which PAA is now authorized to serve on its overseas routes, would bring Miami within two and a half hours of New York and within three hours of Chicago. New types •of Clippers, flying far above the weather, will carry passengers faster than man has ever travelled before except in the cockpit of a military pursuit plane.
High on CAB List
In the line with the government’s postwar policy which has permitted United States domestic airlines to operate abroad and which would permit the overseas system to operate domestically, CAB has advanced consideration of the Pan American program to a top position on the calendar. Although to date PAA has been confined exclusively to overseas air transport, the company took steps as soon as the new government policy was adopted to provide high-speed, non-stop Clipper service within the United States.
Pan American’s high-speed, long-range luxury service will be made possible by advanced aircraft which Pan American was first to order and will be first to receive and first to put into operation—the 430-Continued on Page 9