Pan American air ways, Vol. 7, No. 2, March 1936

              FIRST LADY OF BRAZIL FLIES TO UNITED STATES
A c c o m p a n ie d B y S o n , M m e. V a r g a s P a y s V is it to D a u g h ­ te r In W a s h in g to n S c h o o l

BRAZIL'S FIRST LADY ARRIVES FROM RIO

PAN AMERICAN S ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS PROGRESS
D e s p ite M o st D iffic u lt C o n d i­ tio n s In 8 - Y e a r H isto r y N o ta b le G a in s M ad e

PRAISES CLIPPER
R e tu r n s to R io d e J a n e ir o A fte r S ix W e e k s In S ta te s , D e ­ lig h te d W ith T r ip

40,000 AIRWAY MILES ---------- v
G rea t I m p r o v e m e n ts F e a tu r e A ll M a jo r S e r v ic e s

M IAM I. — On h er in itial visit .to th e U nited S tates, the first lady of B razil, Senhora d’A rcy de V argas, w ife of the president, arriv ed a t th e Pan A m erican In tern atio n al A ir­ p o rt in M arch on a sister ship of th e B r a z i l i a n C l ip p e r , which th e distinguished lady christened tw o y ears ago at Rio de Janeiro. A distinguished group of not? welcomed Senhora V' d her son, Getulio j*., * fived w ith her. In the •‘u ons of notables w aitii.> to g ree t h er w ere R ichard ;S o u t h g a t e , Chief of Protocol of th e U nited S tates D ep artm en t of S tate, rep resen tin g P re sid en t Roose­ v elt; H is Excellency Dr. Os­ waldo A ran h a, B razilian Am­ bassador to th e U nited S tate s; Senhor Decio de M oura, Sec­ r e ta ry of th e B razilian E m ­ bassy; C aptain A1 Morehouse, Com m andant of the U. S. N avar Reserve a ir statio n at Opglocka; W. O verton Snyder, Eastern- Division M anager of P an A m e r i c a n A irw ays; F ra n k K e l l y representing M ayor A. D. H. Fossey of Mi­ am i; C lark L. W illard, Special A gent of the U nited S tates D ep artm ent of S tate, and Mrs. C lark’ D. S tearn s, P resid en t of th e P an A m erican League. The big silver-colored Clip­ p er spent a h a lf hour circling over Miami and th e tip of south F lo rid a fo r Senhora V arg as’ benefit, and w hen she stepped from the plane a t this “gatew ay between th e A m er­ icas,” Dr. A ran h a, tra n s la tin g for H er Excellency, said: “ Senhora V arg as does not know Miami yet, b u t because of the b ea u tifu l ae rial view and w onderful first im pres­ sions, she will extend h er stay from the several hours orig ­ inally planned to a t least sev­ eral days.” Senhora V arg as expressed herself as delighted w ith the flight from B razil to the N orth A m erican continent, and in the com fort, speed and ease w ith which the g ia n t four-engined Continued on Page 2

On arrival Senhora Getulio Vargas, was welcomed in Miami (left to right) by W . Overton Snyder; His Excellency Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, Brazilian Ambassador (right) the Hon. Richard Southgate of the State Department. Second from right is Getulio Vargas, Jr., who accompanied his mother on the 7,000-mile trip.

SUIT DELIVERED IN RECORD TIME
H o n o lu lu M an O rd ers S u it B y A ir E x p r e ss fr o m N . Y . S a t ­ u rd a y a n d W e a r s It M o n d a y

Pan A m erican Film W orth $ 5 .0 0 to See
M IAM I.— “ Son, I owe you $5. I have paid more th a n th a t several tim es to see illu strate d travelogs, and your show w as the m ost educational and en­ te rta in in g I have seen y et.” This statem en t w as made to P o rte r N o rris of the Miami d istric t traffic office follow ing th e show ing of the P an A m erican sound picture, “ F ly in g the L ind­ bergh T ra il.” I t is be­ lieved th a t th is is some kind of record in audience appreciation of th e s trik ­ ing a ir trav e l featu re. New Y ork S atu rd ay m orning resulted in th e su it being placed on board a w estbound tran sco n tin en tal plane leaving New Y ork ju s t before noon S aturday. S u n d a y , s h o r t l y a fte r noon, th e su it arrived in A lam eda and P an A m erican A irw ays Pacific Division E x ­ press men placed it aboard the P hilippine Clipper which took off fo r Honolulu on schedule th a t afternoon. Monday m o r n i n g , shortly a fte r 8:00 A. M., the P h ilip ­ pine C lipper landed in P earl H arbor, Honolulu, and before m any m inutes had passed the suit was cleared, turned over to Railw ay E xpress A gency’s representative, Mr. Eddy, and delivered to a proud and ex­ p ectan t Mr. Stimpson.

TRAFFIC MEETING IN WESTERN DIV.
2 8 M e m b e r s a n d G u e sts A tte n d S eco n d A n n u a l C o n feren ce H e ld In M e x ic o

HONOLULU. — H aw aiians order th e ir suits from New York on S aturday, and w ear them to the office in Honolulu on Monday. A ir express is the answer, and R ailw ay E xpress A gency’s A ir E xpress c o m b i n e d w ith Pan A m erican A irw ays tr a n s ­ pacific A ir E xpress made this two-day delivery possible. Mr. R. P. Stim pson of the In ter-Islan d Steam N avigation Company in Honolulu decided one F rid ay afternoon th a t he needed a new tropical w orsted double-breasted suit in a h u r­ ry. Upon inquiring a t his clothing store, the Hubb Cloth­ iers, he was inform ed by Mr. Clifford S pitzer th a t th ey did not have the desired p a tte rn in stock. W h e r e u p o n M essrs. Stim pson and Spitzer decided to g et th e su it from th e New York branch of H art-Schaffner and M arx Clothiers. In order to check the tim e required for delivery, a short consultation was held w ith Mr. J. P ark er V an Zandt, P an A m erican A ir­ w ays representative in Hono­ lulu. They learned th a t the P hilippine C lipper w as leaving San Francisco Sunday fo r Ma­ nila, via Honolulu. A cablegram order sent to

MEXICO CITY.— P attern ed a fte r th e G eneral Traffic Con­ ferences which are being held in New York every year, Pan A m erican A i r w a y s W estern Division held its second annual Conference from F eb ru ary 20th to F eb ru ary 22nd. Opened a t Mexico City by Division T ra f­ fic M anager R. B ecerra Soto, under th e chairm anship of Division M anager E rw in Balluder, th e conference continued and ended a t one of Mexico’s m ost b eautiful reso rt-h o tels — Garci Crespo, in Tehuacan, S tate of Puebla. T w enty-eight m em bers and gu ests w ere p resen t a t this conference, r e p r e s e n t i n g all countries served by th e W est­ ern Division, from Brownsville to Medellin, as well as th e P a ­ cific Division. Business p res­ sure a t Miami, occasioned by seasonal traffic, prevented the E astern Division from sending a rep resen tativ e. The Conference was a hug° success from every viewpoint. Many v a l u a b l e suggestions were advanced to overcome cu rren t traffic problem s and improve business and p ra c ti­ cally all Divisional D epartC ontinued on Page 5

N E W YORK.— D espite con­ ditions described as th e most difficult in th e eight y ears of th e com pany’s history, th e an n u al operations of th e P an A m erican A irw ays C o rp o ra­ tion in the y ear 1935 resulted in a profit of $1,193,732.43, according to th e E ig h th A n­ nual R eport by Mr. J. T. T rippe, P resid en t, m ade to stockholders. “ In respects 1935 w as the m ost difficult in the eight y ears of your Com pany’s h is­ to ry ,” Mr. T rippe stated in his le tte r to th e stockholders.“ Paym ents to your Com pany under U nited S tate s Foreign A ir Mail C ontracts w ere sub­ sta n tia lly lower. D elays in the delivery of new a irc ra ft necessitated freq u en t sh iftin g of o p eratin g schedules w ith consequent losses in potential traffic. K eener com petition on the p a r t of foreign subsidized a ir tra n s p o rt system s devel­ oped. Continued u nsettled po­ litical and economic conditions w ere e x p e r i e n c e d in m any countries served. “ D espite these unfav o rab le facto rs definite p ro g ress w as made d u rin g the y ea r under review. Economies w ere ef­ fected th ro u g h consolidation of o p eratin g divisions, m ain ­ tenance shops and other f a ­ cilities, and th ro u g h th e in ­ creased efficiency and u tility of new flight equipm ent placed in service d u rin g th e year. Routes w ere shortened. Sched­ ules w ere speeded up on th e long distance services. Traffic loads w ere su b stan tia lly in ­ creased,” Mr. T rip p e said. The gross income fo r the P an A m erican A irw ays C or­ poration and subsidiaries fo r the y ea r am ounted to $10,127,837.96 and o p eratin g ex­ penses and o th er income de­ ductions to taled $8,934,105.53. E arn ed su rp lu s a t December 31, 1935 am ounted to $867,896.67, a f te r provision fo r five cash dividends, each of 25c. p er sh a re and am ounting to $790,916.50 which included one dividend declared in 1935 and payable in 1936.