Clipper, Vol. 3, No. 64, April 15, 1947

              I 12TH YEAR { PACIFIC-ALASKA { DIVISION
Pan American World Airwave
PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
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Read From California to Calcutta, From Alaska to Australia
15TH YEAR PAA HAS FLOWN IN ALASKA
Voi. 3, No. 64
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
April 15, 1947
How About Being a Pal?
The newest organization in P'AD is being formed. The PALS!
It is a group which will help your company, and give you, the employee, an excellent opportunity to meet the people who fly by Clipper.
Since PAA is an international airline, we have people who speak many tongues coming through our terminal in San Francisco. The traffic department estimates an average of 5 to 10 non-English speaking passengers pass through the terminal per month. To act as interpreters, Airport Traffic Manager, Pat Sullivan, is anxious to form a linguistic pool composed of bi-lin-gual employees.
The set-up is this: register with Miss Elsa Warblane, Industrial Relations, if you are bilingual. The next time a passenger approaches the San Francisco traffic counter, lost, because he can’t “speka da Engleesh,” Miss Warblane will check the pool, call your supervisor or department head, so that you can be excused from work to rush to the terminal.
Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian, German, and Dutch are just a few of the nationalities that have passed through recently. ,
In case you haven’t guessed, PALS, translated, means, Pan American Linguistic Service. In this manner we can afford true passenger service to our non-English speaking passengers.
Special Summer Discounts
PAA has announced a 20 percent summer round trip discount over the routes between the United States and Latin America, including the routes of Pan American-Grace Airways in western South America.
Designed to stimulate a greatly increased flow of tourist travel to Latin America during the summer months, the vacation fare supports the government program for world reconstruction by building up dollar exchange abroad. Discounts will be effective May 1 to September 1.
“The way to keep air transport growing is to bring down the cost of travel for the average man,” said Juan Trippe, president of Pan American, in a statment in connection with the announcement.
Inside Today's Clipper
Today’s Clipper is packed with in-ormation concerning the people and life of many of Panam’s Sopac and Cenpac bases. Jack Laird’s column “News and Views on Guam” or “Agnatics,” and D. V. McCarthy’s “S. F. Hangar Panairama,” which have developed quite a following, are included inside as usual.
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SOFTBALLERS
SPRING DANCE
Season Opens Tomorrow Night in Burlingame
Fairmont Hotel Scene This Friday, April 18
Prospects for Very Successful Season Bright Says Manager
It will be the Panair Club’s 1947 Hangar softball team pitted against Burk’s Tavern in the first softball game of the season tomorrow night. The-big contest is slated to get under way at 8 p. m., under the floods, of Washington Park, in Burlingame.
Team Manager Tony Orgain, announces that he will field a team loaded with veterans, namely, Captain Hunt, catcher; Johnny Hartman, Bill Winchester, and Nel-lo Morras, in the infield.
Opening on the mound- for the Panair Club nine will be Harry Davidson. He has chucked for PAA in
Two Teams This Year
The Panair Club team making its bow tomorrow night in Burlingame is composed entirely of men from the San Francisco hangar. Since there are many others on the San Francisco campus anxious to play softball, the Panair Club is sponsoring two teams this year. Byron Sherrill has been appointed manager of the club now being formed. To sign-up call Mel Miller on Ext. 298.
The hangar boys work shifts, holding many practices during the day. This is the principal reason behind the decision to have two clubs. We have a hunch there may be quite a rivalry develop in the very near future.
LEAD SOFTBALL TEAM
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Ray Hackett's CBS Orchestra To Furnish Music for Affair
The first hotel dance in over two years is being sponsored by the San Francisco Panair Club this Friday night, April 18.
Maggie Rogers, of Industrial Relations, is acting as chairman of the big event, and she promises it will be one of the best parties in the history of the club.
Since the setting is perfect, the beautiful Fairmont Hotel’s Gold Room, and the orchestra is one of the smoothest in the Bay Area, Ray Hackett and his CBS orchestra, the dance chairman has ample reason to believe this party will be terrific.
On top of the above attractions, a leading San Francisco jewelry store, Azevedo Brothers, who offer discount privileges to PAA employees, is donating a beautiful ladies wrist watch, and a man’s watch, to be raffled off to some lucky winners. The drawing for the door prizes will be held at 11 p. m.
And still another added attraction. There will be entertainment. The nature of which will be disclosed at 10 p. m. Friday, April 18. You’ll enjoy the surprise the’ club has planned.
For a sneak preview of Ray Hack-ett’s fine music, tune in- Station KQW tomorrow, Wednesday, or Friday afternoon, at 4:45 p. m. He has been broadcasting a thrice weekly show over this station for the past year.
Melva Harp is acting as publicity chairman.
Miami in past years, as well as taking care of wartime pitching chores for the NAS Miami team.
The schedule released by Orgain calls for the Panair Club team to make an appearance every Wednesday night for the next eight weeks. The team members are anxious to have a backing from the grandstands this season. Let’s turn out, PAAers, and back this team, which from all indications, looks like a winning one.
The complete team roster appears on Page 7.
Alaska Flight Times Lowered
With DC-4s flying the Alaskan routes now, here is how flight times will stack up: Flights will be made from Seattle to Ketchikan in 3% hours, Ketchikan-Juneau 1 hour, 45 minutes, Juneau - Whitehorse, 1 hour, Whitehorse-Fairbanks, 2 hours, 30 minutes, Fairbanks-Nome, 2 hours, 40 minutes.
Tony Orgain (top) is managing the Panair Club Maintenance Softball team which opens its season tmorrow night in Burlingame. Mike Hunt (lower) was elected Captain of the team this week.
More Trophy Winners
Scores of trophies were presented by the Panair Club this month to members of the Bowling League which just concluded its regular season. Here are a few winners:
High average: Judd Pickup, Dunne Terry.
High game: Joe Chinn, Irene Alves.
High series: Holly Hogue, Francis Anderson.
Small trophies for attendance: Ellen Hallam, B. Frizell, W. Scott, B. Jenkins, Q. Jarvey, W. Dagley, D. Stanley, B. Mathias, G. La Barba.
(The term “Sport Dance,” for some reason, has many confused as to proper dress. Okay, so it should have been called the “Spring Informal.”)
Honolulu Fares To Be Slashed
Pan American World Airways filed last week, with the Civil Aeronautics Board for new low fares which will slash $60 from one-way travel costs between the Pacific Coast and Honolulu and, in line with an established policy of a 10 per cent discount "for round-trip air travel, it will reduce round trip costs by $107.
Amounting to a reduction of 35 per cent, the new fares will be $135 one way and $243 round-trip, plus Federal tax, as contrasted with the current fares of $195 and $350, plus tax.
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