Clipper, Vol. 3, No. 76, November 1, 1947

              12TH YEAR PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
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Voi. 3, No. 76
Pan Au er [cam World Airways
PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
CLIPPER
Read From California to Calcutta, From Alaska to Australia
Copyright 1947 by Pan American Airways, Inc.
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
15TH YEAR PAA HAS FLOWN IN ALASKA
November 1, 1947
PASSENGERS SERVED BIRTHDAY CAKE
All passengers aboard Pan American Clippers throughout the world were served pieces of birthday cake October 28, in honor of our Company's twentieth anniversary. Two Alaska stewardesses, Ruth Allison and Elizabeth Currier, displayed the artistic work of Mrs. Clara Gangnes of commissary at Seattle.
PAA'S TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
It Was on October 28,1927 That A Tiny But Ambitious Organization Made Its First Flight
Pan American World Airways was 20 years old last week.
It was on October 28, 192?, that a tiny organization with big embi-
Nick "The Voice" Mihailoff Issles Call for Choral Group
Pan American’s perennial organizer of Christmas choral groups has swung into action again. He has issued the call for the first practice. It will be held this Thursday from 8 to 9:30 p. m. in the San Francisco cafeteria.
Mihailoff says that the group is open to all employees and their sponses, plus any friends of employees. A necessary prerequisite is a fair “shower or bathtub voice.” “You don’t have to be a Bing Crosby to make our club,” says Der Nick.
Mihailoff adds, “Future practices will probably be held on Wednesdays unless the majority of participants decide otherwise. Call Local 358 if you have any I tions. If not, come out this o. rsday night, November 6, and give those vocal chords a good work-out.”
(See inside for picture of last year’s group.)
tion first spread its wings over a 90-mile overseas air route between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba.
Today the world’s most experienced airline is rounding out two decades of growth with 100,000 miles of routes that blanket the Western Hemisphere, cross the Pacific and Atlantic and girdle the globe.
The development of air transport in the San Francisco Bay Region is closely linked with the story of Pan American. For it was from Alameda that the first Clippers set out to conquer the Pacific. And today, Pan America’s Pacific-Alaska Division, based at San Francisco Airport, operates approximately 27,000 miles of air routes across the Pacific, and serves virtually all of the nations of the South Pacific and Asia.
Since the first Clipper took off from Florida for Havana 20 years ago to establish America’s first international airline, Pan American’s three operating divisions — Latin-American, Atlantic, and Pacific-Alaska have flow more than 7,000,-000 passengers—two-third the total population of the state of California.
In addition, Clippers have carried (Continued on Page 2)
Old Timers Name Radtke As Supreme Commander
December 6 Is Date Set for Annual Big Get-Together
The grand “old” people of the San Francisco base—those who were around Panamville prior to January 1, 1939—'are making plans for their annual get-together.
“The Old Timers,” as they call themselves, have decided to hold their big party on Saturday, December 6.
However, the date is the only information Walt Radtke, chairman
Late S. F. News Flash
As the Clipper was put to bed word was received that the San Francisco Panair Club has made plans to hold its annual Christman Dance at the Peninsula Country Club, the scene of last years highly successful party. The date: Saturday, December 19. The chairman: Maitenance’s hard working A1 Hand. The price and orchestra: the teletype garbled here. (Okay, they don’t know yet).
and supreme commander, will release to the press.
He is withholding announcement of confidential plans until the “old timer high command” hold another staff. meeting to iron out final details. Drafted to assist Supreme Commander Radtke are: Frank Hull, Nick Mihailoff, Harry Carlyle, Scotty Craik, Thurm Erickson, and Frank Fox. To prevent dissention in the ranks, all have been named “generals.”
The first communique issued by the high command will be carried exclusively in the "Clipper.” So watch the next issue for further announcements.
New Supervisors to Attend Orientation Classes Now
Based on the proposals of the foreman’s Club, an orientation and training program for newly appointed supervisors will be inaugurated on November 1, 1947.
The program is retroactive to August 1, 1947, and will thus include all recent additions to the management group.
Supervisors appointed since that date include: Tom Taylor, Traffic; Jack Reid, Traffic; Edward Boudinot, Building and Facilities; A1 Farnoc-chia, Industrial Relations.
New Correspondent
Davis H. Merzario was this week named Clipper correspondent for Midway Island, the land of the gooney birds.
HEADS UTILITY
Edgar “Ed” John Boudinot, who was named the Utility Shop’s foreman this month, has been with Pan American ' since May 1, 1940. In his first year with the Company he served on Wake Island as a power plant mechanic. He has since also worked in the Automotive Shop, and at one time was a mechanic in the shop he now heads. Having previously served in the United States Navy, he returned to active duty during World War II. Boudinot brings considerable experience in leadership and mechanical equipment to the shop. Fred Phillips, former utility foreman, has resigned from the Company.
Pan American Credit Union Matches Bank on Car Loans
The Pan American Pacific Federal Credit Union announces this week that it is now possible to obtain a loan for a new car at an interest rate of slightly less than 5 per cent.
However, a spokesman for the San Francisco credit union emphasizes the fact that the loan must be for a new car and not a used or even- slightly used car. On such a loan, the interest rate boils down to % of 1 per cent each month on the outstanding balance due.
In short, the credit union has been successful in competing with the banks, for the interest rate at banks is no lower than our own Pan American Credit Union.
The Clipper, on behalf of all Pan American employees, expresses deepest sympathy to the parents and relatives of the crew members and passengers aboard the Clipper Talisman, who lost their lives on October 26.