Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 12, December 1955

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DECEMBER 1955
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rp'HE YULETIDE this year finds us counting many -L blessings bestowed during 1955.
High among them are peace and goodwill between all the countries of the Americas. In a world troubled by suspicion and uncertainty, we in the Western Hemisphere have moved forward steadily toward a closer fellowship as individuals and for a broader, more tolerant understanding as nations.
Christmas symbolizes the best of the things we of the hemisphere have in common. It is a season of fond memories. Our friendships have been strengthened, our trade increased. Such progress is gratifying and significant.
Whether the season be known as Pascuas, as in Latin America, or Christmas, as in our own country, it is a time of joyful celebration.
To you and your families, a Merry Christmas.
PAA Employes Contribute Generously to Welfare Fund
Employes of PAA in Miami neared their $48,000 goal in the PAA Combined Welfare Fund Drive as the closing date approached.
They had contributed $46,288 with two days of the
campaign remaining.
San Francisco Now New PAA Gateway To Latin America
The doorway to Latin America was opened for San Francisco through the inauguration November 30 of direct one-plane service to Guatemala and other major south-of-the-border cities by Pan American World Airways.
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Vice President A. A. Priester Dies in Paris
Andre A. Priester, vice president of Pan American World Airways and recognized as one of the world’s outstanding air transportation engineers, died in Paris, November 28. He was 64 years old.
Mr. Priester, a veteran of 28 years with the airline, joined PAA in 1927 before the company made its first flight from Key West to Havana. For many years he was responsible for the technical direction of operations as well as technical advice in connection with the selection and development of new flight equipment. More recently he was concerned with jet transport development.
Born in Krian, Netherlands East Indies, he was educated in Europe. During World War I he was a lieutenant in the Royal Netherlands Army. He learned to fly and began his aviation career with the Royal Dutch Airlines in 1920. He became assistant operations manager.
Mr. Priester came to New York in 1925 as air transport specialist for the Atlantic Fokker Aircraft Company and as operations manager for the model airline set up between Philadelphia and Washington in connection with the Sesqui-centennial Celebration in Philadelphia in 1926. In the course of these duties, he met Juan T. Trippe. president of Pan American, who was organizing that airline. Their meeting developed into a lifelong association.
Mr. Priester was chairman of the technical committee of the International Air Transport Association and was presiding at a meeting of that world-wide body at the time of his death. He was elected a fellow of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences in 1937. He is survived by his wife, Synthia De Haan Priester.
Plenty of Nuthin’ Left After Cargo Tab Is Picked Up
“I got plenty of nuthin’ ” wailed the impresario of a musical show touring Latin America, with deeper feeling than it could be sung in the production’s title role. He just had finished paying PAA transportation charges for actors and props from Panama to Mexico City. The tab was a rousing $28,558.50.
With equal gusto the PTY sales organization whistled “Summertime” while the cash register tinkled merrily.
The company of 73 persons traveled from Panama to Mexico City and carried with them 25 tons of show properties and personal luggage. Three DC-4 Clippers were required to move the cargo at a cost of $22,500. Passenger tickets added another $6,058.50.
You guessed it. It was the Porgy and Bess Opera Company.
More than $36,000 of the total was subscribed in the initial voluntary solicitation.
A crew of 70 solicitors was canvassing employes who had not turned in their cards by November 15.
At a luncheon for solicitors at Miami Springs Villas, Edwin Drescher, LAD manager, pointed out the excellent work being carried on by the Dade County Community Chest, a recipient along with the Red Cross of the drive funds. He spoke for Wilbur L. Morrison, LAD executive vice president and co-chairman of Industry Division I in the current campaign.
John Stevens, of the Community Chest, selected the winners of 40 pairs of tickets to the Annual Shrine North-South Football classic, who subscribed to the “fair share” amount.
Ticket winners were:
Shelby A. Morgan, Elizabeth L. Wiley, Jeane K. Lollar, Thomas G. Ozmer, Jr., James A .Ward, Lyle F. Loukes, Clyde L. Sturrup, Don A. Bauman, Richardson Riegler, Jack Callahan, John T. Crowe, John J. Beddow, Oren C. Gamble, Warren B. Gamble, Joseph V. Halyburton, Donald W. Gammon, Hazen C. Davis, Gary R. Doubles, Richard C. Palm.
Walter F. Amidon, Joseph P. Braswell, Paul G. Moore, David A. Lambert, William Van Kleeck, John R. Combs, Louise C. Collins, William S. Smith, Dale C. Modlin, Beverly T. Levin, Edgar M. Gal-breath, Alexis Wright, Karl Fred-eriksen, Frederick Larsen, Albert J. Vidaud, Wesley H. Titsworth, Patrick W. Hanifan, Arthur E. Head, Ray L. Jacoby, Genevieve M. Nesbit and Francis L. Crum.
One-Plane Service To Munich, Vienna
The only direct one-plane service from New York to Munich and Vienna has been instituted by PAA with three roundtrips a week. Both first class and tourist passengers are accommodated aboard Super Six Clippers.
Cargo Rates Are Reduced
New all-cargo flights and sweeping rate reductions have been established by Pan American between Latin America and the U. S.
San Francisco, new co-terminal with Los Angeles, benefits from two cargo roundtrips a week to Brownsville and San Salvador, with continuing all-cargo flights to key points in Central and South America. General cargo rates were reduced as much as 22 % per cent on the California-Central America route. In addition, on flights between San Francisco, Los Angeles and Caracas, similar reductions are effective on many specific commodities.
Texas, New Orleans and Miami shippers, as well, receive major benefits under the new set-up that includes twice a week all-cargo flights connecting Houston and Brownsville with Mexico City, San Salvador and Panama City. General cargo rates between these points have been reduced up to 20 per cent.
The new set-up not only establishes San Francisco as a gateway to the south, but also gives it status as one of the country’s few “double international” entry ports and makes the city a key point in handling increasing traffic between the Orient and Latin America. San Francisco, for years a terminal for Pan American’s transpacific routes, now is linked to PAA’s vast Latin American network.
San Franciscans now board a Pan American plane at the city’s International airport to take off on an aerial highway stretching 8,500 miles to Buenos Aires.
Eight tourist flights a week by 62-passenger Super 6 Clippers span the 2,600 miles between San Francisco and Guatemala City, with a stop only at Los Angeles. Beyond Guatemala, the flights continue as one-plane service to major cities in Central America, Panama and along the north coast of South America.
At Caracas, Venezuela, they merge with Pan American’s blue ribbon runs down the east coast to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay. In Panama, they connect with routes down the west coast to Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile, and across the Andes to Buenos Aires.
Fares between San Francisco and Guatemala are $140.50 one way or $255.60 round trip, and between San Francisco and Panama $178.50 one way or $333 round trip, plus tax. Between San Francisco and Caracas a one-way ticket is $264, or $488.80 round trip.
Leaving San Francisco at 5 p.m.
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PAA Inaugurates All-Cargo Service
All-cargo service between Houston and Latin America was inaugurated December 1, by PAA.
Effective with the new service, general cargo rates were cut an average of 20 per cent between Houston and points in Central and South America.
Clipper Cargo flights leave Houston on Monday and Thursday at 10:00 p.m. The Monday flight terminates at Guatemala City at 9:30 Tuesday morning after stopping at Mexico City. The Thursday flight leaves Houston at the same time continuing south of Guatemala City to Panama City arriving there at 4:20 p.m. on Friday. Stops are made at Mexico City, Guatemala City, El Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Managua, and San Jose.
QUEEN JULIANA, OF THE NETHERLANDS, and Prince Bernhard, are met at Zandery Field, Paramaribo by PAA Station Manager Arthur Tjin A Djie, his wife and four daughters. The royal couple were on an official visit to the Dutch territory. They were presented with a bouquet of rare orchids from the interior of Surinam by the Tjin A Djie's daughters, Deanna, Iris, Janie and Kitlyn. A reception was held at the Dutch Officers' Club, in the DSO building.