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VOL. 2, NO. 17 of TRANS WORLD AIRLINE APRIL 24, 1947 LAMOTTE COHU IS NEW PRESIDENT LaMotte T. Cohu, Chairman of the Board and General Manager of WINGS OF MERCY' TO TEXAS CITY Northrop Aircraft, Inc, and for many years a leading figure in avia­ By ELDON FRYE GAINS CONTINUE IN tion management, today (April 24) "I saw the first German V-2 TO TWA HELM was elected president of TWA by bomb hit London, but it was noth­ PASSENGERS, FREIGHT ing like this," is the way TWA's For the third straight week, Pas­ Fred Betts, Assistant to Executive senger Sales Contest totals in the Vice President, summed up his im­ Transcontinental division topped pression of the Texas City disaster. the new higher quotas, this time by a score of 11.6%. Eastern Region On Wednesday, April 16, on led the way, with Midwest, West­ orders of TWA's Executive Com­ ern and Central following in that mittee, a company DC-3 left Kan­ order. sas City at 5:15 p. m. for the Texas catastrophe, bearing TWA's offer The Airfreight Contest, going of the entire fleet and resources of into its third week, improved its the company in the assistance of standing of the previous week and the stricken city. This offer was to reported 101.0% of quota. Cargo be delivered in person by Betts. Sales Director Bob Whitmer said: "On the basis of performance for Aboard the flight was the City the first 12 days of the month, I'd Manager of Kansas City, L. P. say our goal of $100,000 in April Cookingham, who carried his com­ was in sight." munity's offer of all-out help, and Midwest Region, sparked by St. four newsmen: John P. Swift Jr, of Louis' whopping 249%, led the the KC Star; Al Dopking and Rob­ regions with 161.5 %. Central's ert Otey of the Associated Press and 139-4 was second, and Western and O. B. Lloyd Jr, of the United Press. LAMOTTE T. COHU Eastern finished in that order. There were two Captains on the In the following tabulation, flight—Al Heath, in charge of the blackface figures show first, second WARREN LEE PIERSON INTERNATIONAL AIR New Chairman of the Board and Manage airplane, and Walter Gunn, acting TRAVEL BOOM SEEN and third place in each classification. as First Officer. Geraldine Marvin (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) ing Director International division and Rose Mastel, both registered A spring boom in transatlantic the Board of Directors following nurses, were Hostesses. The plane air traffic to a degree perhaps un­ OVERSEAS DISTRICTS the annual meeting of stockholders. carried every first aid kit which precedented in airline history was could be found at TWA's Municipal reported this week by Charles L. TOP SALES QUOTAS Cohu succeeds Jack Frye, whose Airport headquarters. In addition Gallo, Director of Traffic Interna­ With France, India and Egypt working connection with the air­ to myself, Bill Geiger of Ground tional division. showing the way, TWA's overseas line was terminated Feb. 22. districts exceeded their March Service department went along to In an effort to meet the tremend­ At the same time, the board attend to ground needs. quotas in passenger and cargo sales ous demand, TWA is adding seven by $110,000, International Traffic elected Warren Lee Pierson, Presi­ The flight touched Galveston extra sections to its transatlantic department announced today. dent of the American Cable and Airport under a black pall of smoke schedules this week and next. Main quota-busters were France Radio Corp of New York, as Chair­ at 8:30 p. m., having been helped "Passengers and air express loads and India, those districts' sales ac­ man of the Board and Managing along by a strong tail wind out of now being flown eastward across counting for the majority of the Director of the International di­ the north. It was cold and gusty, the Atlantic by TWA are nearly excess, the report stated. vision. Pierson is a former president and the airport was crowded with triple what we were carrying in Egypt led the list in passenger of the federal government's Export- all types of planes, from which January," Gallo said. "Further, our sales, while France and India ran a Import Bank and an outstanding swarms of nurses and rescue work­ flights from now to fall already are close second and third, respectively. authority on international banking ers hurried to the terminal building. beginning to be booked practically In cargo sales, Switzerland was first, and finance. The scene there resembled a battle- solid. We are making arrangements with France second and Egypt third. front air depot, and as we entered, to increase our present schedule The election of these top officers came as another major step in the the radio blared that latest reports structure of 12 weekly eastbound For the same week—March 31- indicated some 1,200 dead and in­ transatlantic flights to handle the April 6—TWA carried 347 passen­ reorganization of TWA's manage­ jured, with another terrific ex­ increased flow of traffic." gers, 20,128 lbs of express and 20,- ment. plosion expected momentarily. During the week of March 31- 705 lbs of mail eastward across The board also announced the After instructing the crew to April 6, flights went out with an the Atlantic. This compares with elimination of the position of Exec­ stand by the plane for instant duty, average of 32 passengers per flight, the week of Jan. 6-12, when the utive Vice President, which had Colonel Betts ordered two taxicabs while the average for TWA east- airline carried 134 passengers, 7,568 been held by Paul E. Richter, co- and we headed for Texas City Hall. bound flights for the second week lbs of express and 12,365 lbs of organizer with Frye of TWA's pre- (Continued on Page 7, Col. 1) in January was 17. mail. (Continued on Page 5, Cot. I), STARLINER TRAMS WORLD AIRLIMI HOW MISHANDLINGS CAN BE STOPPED 4. 15% was caused by incorrect checking of baggage. Published Weekly at Kansas City Therefore, 71% of the mishan- For Employees of TWA, dlings occurred at the point where The Trans World Airline Republication of Contents Permissible a passenger boarded a flight. This Editor Jack Lovett means each station should make certain that baggage of the pas­ News Editor, KC Jim Swarts ^^ News Editor, WA Tom Bell sengers boarding their station is: News Editor, NY..Katherine Blanck JV 1. Correctly checked. News Editor, INT Barton Pevear 2. Accurately accounted for on News Editor, BW Ken Fletcher the local manifest and correctly News Editor, CG M. J. Brennan News Editor, LA Larry Murphy counted. Geographer G. E. Pearcy 3. Loaded according to the Editorial Ass't Gay Richards standard loading procedure, or ac­ Issued Thursday of each week curate deviation shown on the FMR. by the Publications Department of Baggage riding through the sta­ News Bureau, Eldon R. Frye, Man­ ager. Contributions tion where the passenger deplaned should be in hands was the cause for 20% of the bag­ of the editor not gage mishandlings. Approximately YOU'D BE STARTLED TOO if you later than Friday of 50% of the carry-bys were at sta­ looked into your compact miror and unexpectedly met Jerry Colonna! The the preceding week. tions which have 15 minutes ground News stories, tips, Cargo Mishandling Report for comedian Constellationed into Chi­ and photographs may be submitted month of March highlights baggage time and 45% at stations which cago recently for a personal appear­ ance in connection with "My Favorite by any TWA employee, and should mishandling to this extent: have 10 minutes ground time. This be addressed to The Editor, Star­ means that usually the stations Brunette." The somewhat surprised lass is one of TWA's favorite brun­ liner, TWA, 101 W. 11th, Kansas 1. 43% of the baggage mis- should have a few minutes to Ofy, Mo.* handlings occurred at the station ettes, Hostess Lillian Blackwell. Col- MEMBER INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL search for any missing baggage and onna's expression could be surprise OF INDUSTRIAL EDITORS where the passenger originated. still get the flight out in ground or possibly surmise! (Photo by Cap 2. I0c/c at the TWA transfer time. It is good judgment to take Walter Gunn, CG.) YOUR VOICE IS TWA! station. a delay of a minute or two rather It's been stressed before in the 3- 3V^% at the off-line transfer than let a passenger's baggage ride CHAIN LETTERS STARLINER how important it is for station. through. MUST BE STOPPED TWA employees who meet the public For some time a chain letter has daily in telephone contacts to have NEW WEIGHT AND and use a "voice with a personality." That Added Touch been circulating throughout the But it remained for Mrs. Ralph BALANCE INDEX . . . which makes TWA country called "The Luck of Lon­ Willard, Telephone Operator at Kan­ DC-3 passengers seldom will ex­ Service outstanding don" which is based on nothing sas City Airport, to remind us that perience the distasteful ordeal of but rank superstition. the first TWA "voice" the public meets in any telephone contact is being shifted from seat to seat as Two recent demonstrations of the Although these letter's are not that of our telephone operator. Did the weight and balance of the air­ "added touch" by Airfreight Agent Bob new, this particular one is becoming you ever stop to think how necessary craft varies between stations after Spinks, a member of the St. Louis Air­ a nuisance and can result in damage it is for these operators to maintain May 1, D. W. Heep, Director of port staff, have resulted in commenda­ to TWA. Apparently some TWA a pleasant disposition and voice tions from two important business houses throughout the day and night? Ground Service, announced today. in that city. personnel have been circulating the Many times daily, an irate cus­ The new weight and balance One, a large LS department store, letters using a TWA return address tomer or passenger is appeased by index can be made up by Trans­ was expecting an airfreight shipment of and file number. Several calls from first telling his story to the telephone portation Agents in a third of the women's coats, and had run an ad on indignant persons in Washington operator before being referred to the them in all papers, promising them on have branded these letters as >i^& person to whom he should speak. It's time required of the present method, sale the next day. Came late afternoon in cases like this that the operator's Heep said. Instrumental in bring­ and no coats. The store, perturbed, "cheap form of advertising ancW^ tact, patience, and cheerfulness really ing the new form about are Kansas started phoning TWA. Spinks volun­ publicity which TWA should be pay off. City Base Engineering's William teered to bring them downtown in his ashamed to resort to." Let's give a hand to these girls Harper and Ground Service's As­ own car as soon as he went off duty, The letter is, in a way, a threat, who handle countless calls on varied and the store management, relieved, ar­ subjects daily, and constantly main­ sistant Manager Cargo Service Har­ ranged to have their night watchman for though it promises fabulous tain that "voice with a smile!" old Mason. let Bob and the coats in. luck if forwarded to four other peo­ In explaining the new weight and When Bob completed his shift, the ple, it infers that very bad luck balance index, Heep stressed the coats still hadn't come in. He fin­ will be yours if you fail to send EXPLAINS FOOD ished bowling with his league, phoned it on. LACK TO NON-REVS importance of this single procedure the airport, and learned the coats had of weighing and balancing transport just arrived. So Bob drove to the air­ Postal officials point out that In line with TWA's current ex­ aircraft. port, picked up the coats, and drove the these chain letters are in violation penditure reductions in all opera­ "A TWA airplane not only must 20 miles into town to deliver them. of the postal laws and regulations. tions, food costs are being watched And maybe you think the store wasn't be balanced correctly before it de­ happy! TWA is in no way connected closely and extra meals are not put parts on a flight," he said, "but Two days later, the E. R. Squibb Co with the "Luck of London" letter aboard the airplanes to take care of cargo carried in fore and aft sec­ ordered an emergency shipment of peni­ and its management will not counte­ last minute check-ins as was done tions of the plane consistently must cillin flown in by airfreight for LS nance such use of its name, sta­ in the past. As a result, meals fre­ hospitals. On its arrival, Bob brought be loaded in the same parts of the it from the ramp into the airfreight tionery or trademark. TWA per­ quently are not on board for non- plane according to the cargo's des­ room only to find the inbound truck had sonnel are requested to do every­ revenue passengers who are mani­ tination. This is necessary so ground just departed. Again he hopped into thing possible to eliminate this kind fested late. cargo handlers can expedite cargo his car, overtook the truck a mile of activity. Intelligent people should from the airport, and had the driver Meriam L. Filkins, Superintend­ to receivers with a minimum possi­ return for the drug, which was deliv­ not allow themselves to be duped ent of Women's Services, feels that bility of delaying a flight while it ered within the hour. into an activity which can only re­ if all personnel are acquainted with is on the ground." We're convinced that's what makes sult in a very embarrassing form this new procedure, some embar­ Technically speaking, the new TWA service outstanding, Bob—to you of bad luck if the Post Office De­ goes this week's STARLINER Award partment catches them at it. rassing situations for passengers and index form sets forth the two ex­ of Merit and our congratulations on a hostesses can be avoided. Non- treme limits of a DC-3 flight's bal­ swell job. revenue passengers who make last ance according to its load, permit­ TWA no longer has a photographic minute check-ins in the future ting a minimum adjustment of (For each incident such as this — an department. That's why the STARLINER employee's quick thinking in a pinch or is dependent upon employee-photograph­ should eat before takeoff to avoid cargo or passenger seating to meet tactful handling of a delicate situation — sent to us and published, STARLINER will ers for a great many of its pictures. disappointment. these limits. pay $3 to the person performing the deed.) Let's have more of them!—Ed.

PAGE TWO April 24, 1947 STARLINER TRAMS WORLD AIRLIMS

TWA FACILITIES HELP REYNOLDS IN RECORD Next best thing to flying TWA's world route is being able to use TWA's facilities. That's the considered opinion of Milton Reynolds, Chicago manu­ facturer and round-the-world record breaker, and he delivered it on arrival of his converted attack bomber "The Bombshell" at La­ Guardia Field last week after circling the globe in 78 hrs 55 min 56 sec. He told New York reporters that "the trip wouldn't have been pos­ sible except for the marvelous ground facilities offered by TWA." Reynolds made use of TWA's weather forecasts, communications, OF INTERNATIONAL INTEREST is the recent marriage of Countess Vir­ and ground servicing on the TWA ginia Apponyi Baghy of Hungary and Joseph Buckley Blackburn, TWA District Manager in Tunisia. The wedding was held in St. Joseph's Church, Cairo, portion of the route, and used Egypt, on Feb. 10, with a few close friends in attendance. Members of the Northwest Airlines' facilities on the wedding party (L to R) are William C. Love, DTM, Tripoli; Anthony Dove, TOO LATE for the April Fool issue homeward leg from Shanghai. First Secretary of the British Embassy at Cairo, who gave the bride in marriage; was this picture of DYMSG's choice On his arrival in New York, Mrs. Ray Wells; Ray Wells, Acting Director Africa-Middle East Region, best for "Miss Burma of 1947"—she's man; Her Royal Highness Queen Geraldine of Albania; Joseph Blackburn and Yenema V. Bermingham, DY Teletype Reynolds was greeted by a tele­ the new Mrs. Blackburn; Mrs. Frederick Farnsworth, wife of the Secretary of the Operator. We don't know why she's gram of congratulations from How­ American Embassy at Cairo, and Sotir I. Martini, Minister of the Royal Al­ behind that umbrella unless she's tak­ ard Hughes, whose 1938 world- banian Court. A reception was given by the Albanian royal family and court ing shelter from the storm of message circling record he broke. at the Mena House Hotel following the ceremony. tape which surrounds her. Does DYMSG look like that ALL the time? AN ORCHID TO FIELD TWA BRIEF ATTACKS pointed out, "and its proposed Check lists sent out periodically PAA'S ROUTE BID routes are not in any respect re­ EXPLAIN TELEFLITE by Manuals section in KC to man­ In a brief filed April 15 with quired by public convenience or SYSTEM TERMS uals holders in the field, querying the Civil Aeronautics Board, TWA necessity." Some confusion seems to have them about revisions needed, etc., attacked sharply Pan American's bid Instead of permanent certificates, arisen as to the correct nomencla­ usually bring good response but for 13,000 miles of domestic routes, the Pan American application re­ ture for TWA's new Reservations also reveal most manuals are far charging that "Pan American's real quests temporary certificates to last System and Central Control Office from up to date, according to Man­ interest in seeking these routes is only as long as domestic carriers are in Kansas City. Some employees uals Manager Louis Duermyer. to strengthen further its position authorized to engage in interna­ have referred to the new reserva­ However, the most recent check list as the largest and most powerful tional air transportation. This is a tions setup as the "ZZ System" and revealed most holders of Transpor­ airline in the world." brazen admission there is no real also have called the Reservations tation Service Manuals have main­ "Pan American Airways, Inc, al­ need for the routes, TWA claimed. Service Office "ZZ" rather than its tained them in tip-top shape and ready has a total of 92,000 interna­ Pan American would offer no correct name. needed only current revisions. Fine tional route miles all over the globe new service, but merely would dup­ Just to clear this up, STAR­ example for other holders to emu­ —more than all the other American licate the service now being pro­ LINER is glad to point out: late, Duermyer adds. flag carriers combined," the brief vided by TWA and other carriers 1. The new TWA Reservations operating over domestic routes. System is named "Teleflite." That the granting of new routes to 2. The Central Control Office Pan American would endanger seri­ in KC is called properly "Reserva­ ously the financial position of TWA tions Service Office." and other airlines is evident from 3. "ZZ" is a code designator, Pan American's own traffic estimate used principally in message com­ which shows the amount of revenue position to refer to this KC office. it would divert from TWA alone "ZZ" is NOT to be used in refer­ would amount to more than 26 ence to the Reservations Service million dollars in a single year. Office when talking to passengers. "Pan American's whole case is Got it? based on prophecy. It is asking the Board to make a colossal gamble. VERNER NEW CC SM It is asking the Board to create an James Verner, who has been enormous new domestic system on Asst SM at Dayton, has been ap­ the basis of Pan American's guess pointed SM at Cincinnati, it was that two years hence the volume of announced this week by V. L. Gunn, air transportation will exceed the Central Region Transportation aggregate of intercity rail traffic Manager. The appointment was ef­ plus air travel in the best prewar fective April 15. year. Thus, if air travel does not Verner will be the only TWA attain this high level the entire employee at Greater Cincinnati Air­ domestic transportation pattern port, since the Airline National would be ruined by what Pan Terminal Service Corp will be American proposes. handling all actual airport services. REUNITED AFTER 35 YEARS, 85-year-old Mrs. Callope Leon of Athens, "No application in the Board's Verner will act as liaison between Greece, and her son, Demetrio Leon, Woburn, Mass., restaurant owner, were history has been founded on fewer ANTSCO and TWA to assure that too overcome with emotion for words, tearfully embraced when they met at facts or on more conjecture, and yet TWA policies and procedures are Logan International Airport, Boston, on arrival of the TWA Starliner "The promises so little advantage for the Colosseum." With son and mother in this picture is Mrs. Demetrio Leon, carried out properly. He will report obviously deeply touched by the reunion. Leon and his mother are the only risk that is demanded," TWA's to J. L. Burlington, DM at CC. survivors of a family of 11. brief concluded.

April 24, 1947 PAGE THREE STARLINER TRAMS WORLD AIRLIMI WIVES, TOTS JOIN TWA DADS OVERSEAS The first of three extra section flights carrying families of TWA personnel based overseas left La­ Guardia Field April 10, destined for Paris and Rome. Aboard the TWA Skymaster "The Sphinx" were 38 passengers, including 33 TWA dependents, one employee and four revenue passengers. The extra sections were arranged when it became impossible to pro­ vide transportation for the large number of TWA families on reg­ ular flights, according to Hal Black­ burn, Assistant General Manager International division. Two more extra sections, one April 15 and another April 22, also left carrying families to Madrid, Cairo and Bom­ bay. Youngest passenger on the first SOLE SURVIVOR of an airplane crash in China, 18-month-old Paul "TWA special" was four-month-old Vick last week traveled TWA from "Randy" Wirth, traveling with his the West Coast to New York, where mother to join Capt Howard Wirth he will live with his grandparents. He GOODBYE U. S., HELLO DADDY! Family members of TWA employees in Rome. The largest family was made the trip unescorted except for based overseas wave farewell just before boarding the TWA Starliner "The that of Rome-based 1st Ofcr Max TWA hostesses — one of whom, Betty Sphinx" at LaGuardia Field. The flight, first of three extra sections, will Freeze, is holding him in this picture, reunite the families with their "daddies" in Paris and Rome. The shy man L. Jones. Mrs. Jones was accom­ made at Chicago Airport. You're a in uniform is Asst SM Jerry Condon, who lends a hand by holding year-old panied by Judy, 8; Penelope, 5; lucky little guy at that, Paul! Jill Jones while Mrs. Jones keeps track of three other members of the family. Jeffery, 4, and Jill, 1 year. In all, there were 19 children TOP 100 POINTERS aboard the flight. They represented GAINS CONTINUE New Ball Team TO GET KC TRIPS (Continued from Page 1, Col. 3) Sponsors KC Dance a record of some sort in the eyes of Hostess Marjorie Page, who flew The high five members of the The Passenger and Round-Trip re­ TWA's new baseball team, which the first leg of the flight. (Perhaps 100 Point Sales Club will receive ports are for the period April 14-20 will play this year in the KC Blue the record was in the assortment of positive round-trip transportation inclusive, Airfreight for the first 12 Valley National Semi-Pro League, "teddy" bears, dolls and comic from their home stations to Kansas days of April. will be hosts on April 28 at a TWA books.) City at the end of the Contest, April Club dance in the Pla-Mor Ball­ % of Quota Credit for arranging details of the 30, E. O. Cocke, Traffic Vice Presi­ Station Psgr. AF RT room. George Jackson, Plant Main­ flights goes to Sam McConnell, Joe dent, has announced. AZ 94.5 100.1 12.9 tenance Electrician, KCOB, is the de Paola and Marian Kaizer, all of In addition they will receive per BW _ 107.5 56.0 19.6 team's coach, and Joe Donahue, Employee Services section, Inter­ diem expenses covering hotel rooms HX 88.8 40.5 20.0 KCOB Chief Fire Inspector, is the NY-NK 115.7 72.6 20.6 national Personnel department, 521 and other costs. At KC they will be manager. PG 120.9 43.2 19.1 5 th av. escorted on a tour of the general PT 118.6 79.2 19.9 George Tidona's orchestra will Families en route to Paris (hus­ offices, operations base, the new DN 93.6 45.9 15.3 play for the dance, which starts at WA 109.9 34.3 20.7 band's TWA title in parentheses) Reservations Service Office, and 9 p. m., and tickets are 75c per IA 114.0 18.1 15.7 were: Mrs. Sidney J. Griffith (Di­ other points of interest. WQ 1-167.5 0.0 15.4 person. They will be guests of honor at MM Off-Line 1-75.0 rector of Accounting European CG 117.8 161.7 13.6 Region) and son John, 2; Mrs. a luncheon with TWA executives at CC 100.0 100.6 21.0 A Touch of Shakespeare! Mark Barkan (Public Relations TWA's new Test Kitchen, where CO 102.8 79.4 17.8 Al Gesell, KC Tfc Rep selling Manager Europe); Mrs. George they will receive their 100 Point DY 102.6 171.0 20.9 Club pins and other special awards. DO 82.1 123.4 23.9 Airfreight, tried his hand at writing Ingram (Manager Tours and Re-. FW 100.0 147.1 10.0 recently, and it took the form of a search) and Dorothy, 2. The STARLINER will feature SN 116.4 45.8 22.4 letter to his Airfreight prospects. Rome-bound, in addition to the pictures of the five high Hundred TL 86.6 192.7 16.7 Reproduced on a TWA letterhead, Jones and Wirth families, were: Pointers receiving their pins. PI 115.6 38.4 13.2 As of April 21, the list of 100 CV Off-Line 3-32.2 it also carried a small photo of him­ Mrs. Richard P. Belden (1st Ofcr); MP Off-Line 16.6 self and this plaintive remark: Mrs. Elmer Berry (Fit Engr), Viola, Point Sales Club members and their AQ 102.3 106.6 15.7 "Some days you can't make a nickel." 9, and Bobby, 6; Mrs. Richard A. ranking appears as follows (includ­ ID 121.4 100.3 17.5 Al then proceeded to explain to Huntsinger (Fit Engr), Pauline, 9, ing one new member—Evelyn Mc- KC 114.0 170.0 23.8 Kenna, Secretary to the DM at Pitts­ LS 118.0 1-249.2 17.7 his prospects that if they'd give him Richard, 8, and Melvin, 7; Mrs. TH 96.6 2-230.6 17.9 a call he'd drop in and tell them George A. Kohler (1st Ofcr), Jen­ burgh ): TW 85.0 54.2 23.9 about TWA Airfreight, and they'd nifer, 4, James, 5 months; Mrs. Ed Szambecki, Lead Mech, WD 810 WD 97.4 103.4 17.4 both be able to make a nickel, or Fred Moser (Fit Engr), Frederick, Mary Gregory, Chf Clk, PT 620 AB 104.4 64.2 13.7 R. L. McGrew, Asst Dir Sched, KC 520 JD 61.6 0.0 16.6 much more. He also packed into 13; Mrs. George O'Dell (Sr Fit R. E. Reed, Grd Svc Hip, DY 310 FT 88.4 41.0 16.9 the brief epistle a mass of interest­ RDO), Marie, 10; Mrs. John Elaine Johnson, HO Tfc Ofc 270 LQ 85.6 89.2 1.9 ing facts concerning TWA's Air­ Rhodes (1st Ofcr); Mrs. Norman La Veto Frier, Secy to SM, WD 170 LA 109.4 63.4 11.8 freight advantages. Tanner (1st Ofcr), and Mrs. David Mary L. McGee, Cus Rel, KC 160 PH 2-129.6 3-219.2 14.4 Wadsworth (Capt), Dianne, 8, Ray Hefner, Lead Mech, AQ 150 SF-OA 119.2 126.5 15.4 After he'd mailed the letters, Al George Kane, Pub Rel, KC 140 WO 3-123.8 * 23.8 didn't have long to wait. The phone David, 4, and Jody, 14 months. Al Cochran, Maint Formn, DY 130 SQ Off-Line 7.1 Evelyn McKenna, Secy to DM, PT..110 began ringing and it kept right on Although TWA's ground safety rec­ DV Off-Line 2-43.4 Evelyn McKenna, newest mem­ Regions ringing — each call being an in­ ord was better in 1946 than that of the Eastern 1-114.4 67.2 2-20.0 vitation to "come on over and air transport industry generally, 943 ber of the Club, turned in 11 Travel Central 106.0 2-139.4 3-17.4 start talking!" Gesell's spirits began accidents to employees were reported Tip cards on one-way passengers Midwest 2-113.1 1-161.5 1-20.1 to rise and so did his volume of during the year, of which 261 were for a total of $536.82, tax included. Western 3-112.4 3- 85.0 13.3 disabling. No job is so important that All 11 cards paid off. Congratula­ Division 111.6 101.0 19.8 sales. He had produced "an added we cannot take time to perform our *No Report. touch" which his customers liked. work safely. tions, Evelyn!

PAGE FOUR April 24, 1947 STARLINER TRAMS WORLD AIRLIMI LAMOTTE COHU IS NEW PRESIDENT (Continued from Page 1, Col. 4) Trust Co of Kansas City, and John decessor company. Richter resigned A. Collings. from TWA on April 7. Cohu, Dietrich and Leslie will The board also announced the re­ serve as the Executive Committee. election of the following officers: Cohu, a member of TWA's board J. A. Collings, Vice President since 1933, was born in New York Transportation; Otis F. Bryan, Vice City and was graduated from Prince­ President and General Manager of ton University. In 1928, he formed the International division; E. O. Air Investors, Inc, and organized Cocke, Vice President Traffic; J. C. Interstate Airlines, now a part of Franklin, Vice President Engineer­ Eastern Airlines. He became a di­ ing; H. B. Miller, Vice President rector of Aviation Corp in 1930 Public Relations; C E. Fleming, and served as President of Aviation Vice President Regulatory Proceed­ Corp, American Airways and Amer­ ings; J. M. Lockhart, Treasurer; Leo ican Aircraft and Engine Co, 1931- Gilleran, Controller; A. M. Jens, 32. He was a director of Air As­ Secretary; Milton W. McQueen, As­ sociates from 1930 to 1933 and sistant Treasurer; W. M. Streetman, director of North American Avia­ T. M. Sullivan, Myra E. Black and tion, TAT and Eastern Air Trans­ C. W. Herre, Assistant Secretaries. port in 1933 and 1934. He served Bryan, one of the country's best as Ensign, USNRF, World War I. known airline pilot-executives, had Pierson was graduated from the been serving as Acting General University of California and Har­ OBVIOUSLY PLEASED is Comedian Bob Hope (C) with the arrival of a Manager of the International di- vard Law School and practiced law case of rare French wine flown into Los Angeles via TWA Air Express by Ross ision. in Los Angeles until 1933 when he Sparks (L), Hollywood specialist in "wines of the world." Ordered for a special • celebration, the shipment arrived on time, thanks to air service. Mary Bullock, Preceding the meeting of the went to Washington as special coun­ Western Region Superintendent of Hostesses, witnessed presentation of the wine board of directors, stockholders sel for the Reconstruction Finance to Hope. elected 14 directors as follows: Corp. LaMotte T. Cohu, Warren Lee He is a director of the Inter­ ANNOUNCE CHANGES SALES CHAMPS WIN Pierson, Palmer Bradley, Houston, national Telephone & Telegraph IN TRAINING STAFF TRIPS TO KC Texas, attorney; Powel Crosley Jr, Corp, the U. S. Commercial Co, and President of Crosley Motors Inc, Rubber Development Corp. Richard C. Murray, who has been "Appropriate ceremonies" at Kan­ Manager of Service Training since Cincinnati; Noah Dietrich, Execu­ Cohu indicated he would assume sas City, plus all that those words tive Vice President of the Hughes his duties as a "working president" September, 1945, has been ap­ imply, are in store for the District Tool Co, Houston; A. V. Leslie, As­ of TWA immediately upon con­ pointed Director of the Training de­ Manager, District Traffic Manager sistant to the Executive Vice Presi­ cluding his affairs at Northrop Air­ partment, Personnel branch, Trans­ and Reservations Manager from dent of Hughes Tool Co, Houston; craft. continental division, it was an­ each grand prize winning station Sidney Maestre, St. Louis banker; nounced this week by M. M. at the end of Transcontinental di­ A. D. Simpson, President of the Gouger, Director of Personnel. vision's Sales Contests on April 30, National Bank of Commerce of Sabena Starting Date Murray succeeds Bruce Uthus, according to a recent announcement Houston; Nelson S. Talbott, Day­ Officials of the Belgian airline who resigned April 15 as Director by Traffic Vice President E. O. ton, Ohio, industrialist; Loyd SABENA expect the carrier to be­ of Training. His plans for the Cocke. Wright, Los Angeles attorney; W future have not been announced. gin scheduled service between Brus­ Although a definite date for the jM. Streetman, Houston attorney; sels and New York on or about The new Director of Training "ceremonies" has not been set, they Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe of Hous­ June 1 with DC-4 equipment. DC-6 brings to his position versatile ex­ should take place sometime within ton, Texas; Arthur B. Eisenhower, aircraft will be put on as soon as perience in training and personnel the first two weeks of May if Vice President of the Commerce they are delivered. administration. Prior to joining present plans work out. TWA, Murray held responsible position in several educational Present on the great day will be institutions; was Personnel Director the four Regional General Mana­ for the School of Business Admin­ gers and four Regional Sales Man­ istration, Indiana University; Mana­ agers, as well as members of the ger of the Civic department, Tulsa Executive Staff in Kansas City. The (Okla.) Chamber of Commerce, STARLINER will cover events with and Aviation Commissioner of the appropriate stories and pictures. Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, The contest winners, together from which position he entered with the five high members of the TWA. He holds a B. A. degree 100 Point Sales Club, who also will from DePauw University and an be in KC, will be taken on an es­ M. A. from Northwestern. corted tour of TWA offices and Wilbur L. Stone, who for the operations, and will be guests of past year has been Assistant to the honor at an executive luncheon to Director of Training, succeeds Mur­ be held in TWA's new Test Kit­ ray as Manager of Service Training. chen, where presentation of awards He came with TWA as a Training will also take place. Methods and Development Special­ Yes, expenses for the winners, in­ ist, holds a B. S. degree from Kansas cluding hotel and miscellaneous State Teachers College and an M. A. costs, will be paid by the company. TWA'S HAL BLACKBURN was featured in a recent broadcast of "The degree from University of Minne­ Boss Is on the Spot," coast-to-coast Mutual network program on which "bosses" show how much (or how little!) they know in response to questions from mem­ sota in Educational Administration. Slick Airways (non-scheduled) made bers of their own organizations. The bosses on the spot in the WOR studio an 84% load factor for the first three in New York are (L to R) Leo M. Cherne, Director Research Institute of America, A 1% increase in the payload factor weeks of February—highest in the com­ Inc; Blackburn, Assistant General Manager of TWA's International division; of TWA for one month would result pany's history, and well over the break­ Lee Sabinson, producer of "Finian's Rainbow," and William Moloney, Publicity in additional revenue amounting to ap­ even figure of 75%, according to Pres­ Director for Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne. proximately $52,000.00. ident Earl Slick.

April 24, 1947 PAGE FIVE STARLINER TRAMS WORLD AIRLIMI

15 AIRLINES SET SUGGESTION AWARD CHECKS TO 28 AIRFREIGHT TARIFF Frederick L. Rehm of the KCOB A major step toward tapping the Sheet Metal Shop and Capt Ted vast undeveloped airfreight potential Moffitt, Transp-Opr, BU, shared top was taken last week by 15 of the Suggestion Award honors at a re­ nation's airlines, whose representa­ cent meeting of the Suggestion tives met at TWA's Training Cen­ Committee, which paid each of ter in Kansas City to establish the them $50 for accepted suggestions. first interline, or consolidated, air­ Rehm designed a jig to hold the freight tariff in the industry's DC-3 cone cowling in place while history. being repaired. Considerable man- Meeting Friday in the last of hour savings result from the fact their week's sessions, the airline it is no longer necessary to assemble men—members of the tariff com­ and disassemble the cowling while mittee of the Air Traffic Confer­ making repairs. ence—announced complete agree­ ment had been reached on the new Captain Moffitt collected $50 for tariff schedule and that it would be his suggestion resulting in the in­ filed "in the immediate future" with stallation of 5,000-lb- accumulator the CAB, which already has ap­ gauges on Constellation aircraft re­ proved a consolidated tariff. placing the former 2,000-lb gauges. Explaining the new interline tar­ The value of Moffitt's suggestion iff, William B. Price, TWA Direc­ lies in the increased safety realized tor of Tariffs, said consolidation of through this engineering change. rates of all airfreight carriers would Vincent J. Masur, KCOB, re­ provide the shipper with single- ceived a $40 award for his design FOR DESIGNING A BETTER PILOT for inserting valve guides, D. J. Griswold of KCOB Engi ne Overhaul is presented a $75 Suggestion Plan Award billing, one-rate service between^^ of a manifold tester which makes check by Guy Van Sk ike, Foreman in Charge. Griswold's gadget, a tapered the nation's major markets and •'"* it possible to check simultaneously pilot which installs on the end of the tool used to insert valve guides, enables traffic generating areas. for leakage all check valves on the the mechanic to start the guide in exactly the correct position, preventing Price added the new tariff also fuel injection pump. Masur received the cracking of cylind ers which occurred occasionally when the valve guide was inserted improperly (Story on Griswold's award in STARLINER, March 20.) would provide uniformity in ship­ two other awards, for $20 and $10, ping regulations and effect a saving making him the top money winner Gail Gordon, KCOB, also re­ gren, KCOB, $15; Wallar D. Aus- on time to the airfreight user. for suggestions considered at this ceived $25 for his suggestion re­ ton, Transp KC, $12.50; Vincent J. Other airline tariff men attend­ meeting. sulting in electrical synchronization Masur, KCOB, $10; Floyd A. ing the meeting were: Edward J. A. Wagner and E. A. Maxfield of the controls for the three air com­ Grigsby, KCOB, $10. Riederer, MCA, KC; Lynn Brenne, of KCOB Sheet Metal Shop shared pressors at the Overhaul Base. This Awards of $7.50 went to the UAL, CG; W. A. Weeks, EAL, NY; a $40 award for their proposal of a new electrical control has reduced following employees: Alfred J. Bos- C. E. Mannschott, PCA, WA; Lew new procedure for reworking the wear and tear on the compressors. sert Jr, KCOB; Edward Szambecki, Person, BNF, Dallas; M. E. Sulli­ leading edge of the center section John H. Hauck, Accessory Over­ Transp WD (two awards); F. G. van, WAL, LA; George Rash, CAL, flap on Constellation aircraft. Be­ haul, collected $25 for his design Applebury, Transp KC; J. R. Boor, DV; Emery Johnson, Air Cargo cause of their suggestion the repair of a testing machine which exped­ Transp PT; Virgil W. Doyle, Inc, WA; Gerald Keller, C&S, time has been reduced and a 75% ites greatly the testing and adjust­ KCOB; W. C. Remy, KCOB; Jessie Memphis; Richard Scott, Southwest saving in material is being realized. ing of fuel injection nozzles. An C. Adams, Cargo Sales LA; A. H. Airways, LA; Ted Maples, Delta, Cayler L. Carter, Transp, BU, outstanding feature of this machine Cousins, KCOB; Helen P. Campbell, Atlanta; Robert Watson, NWA, suggested placing sketches of the enables the mechanic to make nec­ Transp KC; Stella I. Robertson, Minneapolis, and Hardy Lawrence,^ most commonly used types of lug­ essary adjustments to the nozzle Resv LA; Richard D. Brier, KCOB; Pioneer Airline, HU. John W. Ninninger, KCOB; Frank gage on the back of the Form without removing it from the tester. American and Northeast repre-"' A. Street Jr, Maint KC; Marion 0-563, lost article report used to Other awards were made as fol­ sentatives were unable to attend but Punchard, Prod Cont KC; Guy R. expedite locating lost baggage. lows: filed notice of their approval of the Davis, KCOB; Homer F. Atkinson, Carter received $25 for this ex­ Vincent J. Mazur, KCOB, $20; joint tariff plan. KCOB. cellent idea. Carl Cruder, KCOB, $20; Roy Sand- Assisting Price as host to the visiting tariff men was R. E. "Bob" REPORT FEWER A large reduction was made in RESIGNS REGIONAL Whitmer, Director of Cargo Sales, DELAYS IN MARCH equipment and mechanical delays. TRAINING POST who entertained the group at a Weather still accounts for the Another desk in the Midwest luncheon Thursday. A decrease in percentage of de­ largest amount of delays both as to lays to departures on the Trans­ number and time. Region office was vacated this week POD OPPOSES PAN-AM continental division was reported Only station to complete March when Seven-Year TWAer H. C. Further opposition to Pan Amer­ for March, continuing the down­ with no controllable delays was "Bill" Pearson resigned as Super­ ican's bid for 13,000 miles of do­ ward trend since the first of the Terre Haute, closely followed in visor of Training to become affil­ mestic routes came last week in a year. The decrease was not as great lowest percentages by: Washington, iated with the Union Central Life brief filed by the Post Office De­ as in the previous report, amount­ Indianapolis, Williamsport, San Insurance Co in Kansas City. partment with the Civil Aeronautics ing to a drop under the February Francisco, Topeka, Kansas City, Board. percentage of only 1.5%. Pearson, who joined TWA as a Peoria, Amarillo and Wichita. Al­ Reservations Sales Representative in Present service over the links However, there were 2,219 more though KC ranked seventh, it had 1940, also served as Supervisor of PAA seeks to serve meets ade­ departures in March than in Feb­ nearly 300 more departures than Load Control prior to his appoint­ quately the needs of the postal ruary and 2,593 more than in Jan­ the first six stations and nearly ment to the regional position in service, the brief stated. Proposed uary. Controllable delay percentage 10% of all departures. Peoria, in its November last year. new one-carrier and through-plane dropped from 16.08% for February first month as a TWA station, came operations offer only slight advant­ to 15.44% in March. through with 7.02% controllable In announcing Pearson's resigna­ ages to airmail, the department Reflecting the greater amount of delays. tion, Regional General Manager said. cargo and passengers handled, the Midwest Region thus had six of John H. Clemson said: "It is ac­ It indicated that additional serv­ three types of cargo delays ac­ the first 10 stations, putting it cepted with regrets." Then he added, ice on the links applied for may counted for 52% of the controllable ahead of other regions. This region "We probably will be seeing In­ result in destructive competition, delays and 55% of the total time consistently has had the largest num­ surance Man Pearson frequently, with resulting heavy costs in gov­ of these delays. ber of departures. though—sales kit and all!" ernment subsidies.

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Examining a fragment of ship's siding, weighing about 200 lbs, which many burning oil tanks near the dock area. Lower left: Typical scene of destruc­ they encountered a mile from the dock area, members of TWA's Texas City tion, about a mile from docks. Lower right: One of the hundreds of cars de­ flight are, from left: L. P. Cookingham, KC City Manager; Hostesses Rose stroyed in the city. The TWA party found a small dog imprisoned alive in the Mastel and Geraldine Marvin; Bill Geiger of Ground Service department, and back seat of the car and set him free. (Photos are by Capt Walter Gunn, who Fred Betts, Assistant to the Executive Vice President. Upper right: One of the acted as First Officer on the flight.)

'WINGS OF MERCY' offers to young, calm Mayor J. C. liminary report. We found Betts, of the A-bomb pictures I have seen. TO TEXAS CITY Trahan, and were received with Cookingham and Geiger at the A tall column of fire towered grateful appreciation. But the Mayor taxis, which still were waiting for thousands of feet into the air, (Continued from Page 1, Col. 1) said the local response had been so us near the City Hall. Dopking and topped by the familiar mushroom The closer we got to the roaring magnificent he could think of noth­ Swift wanted to get to the little head, shot through with flaming orange flames the worse they ap­ ing we could do at the moment. town of Lamarque, somewhere near, debris. Then came the blast — an peared, and we agreed it was like At the Red Cross headquarters where they had heard they could indescribable stomping sound, fol­ approaching an enemy-held beach­ they received the same response, put their stories on the wire. Betts lowed by a grumbling roar, like head in a landing craft. Al "Red and they repeated their offers of wanted to return to the airport to distant thunder. We waited for the Dog" Dopking, a veteran Pacific help to every other agency official see if any word had come from KC wall of wind to hit, but there was battle - front correspondent, had they could find, including the po­ or from Mayor Holcombe of none that I could notice, although picked up a late newspaper at the lice and the National Guard. Houston, a TWA director who had spectators a block away later said airport and read details to us by The Mayor had given us passes been notified our airplane was there. their hats were blown off. the light of the cab's overhead lamp. permitting us to go wherever we I went with Dopking and Swift We ducked back into the station In the car were Swift and Otey, wished in the city, and I followed to Lamarque, about four miles away, and waited for falling debris, but Dopking, and myself. Our driver Dopking, watching him work. He where we located some teletype none came. The newsmen already was a tall, dark, apparently nerve­ had been called in KC in such a machines which had been set up were busy at their typewriters with less fellow who kept up a constant hurry that he had no topcoat, no in the tiny old frame railroad sta­ this new lead. stream of volunteer information as hat and no baggage of any sort— tion. The place was crowded with When Dopking had finished his he drove. only a wad of copy paper on which other newsmen, but they made report, a few minutes later, we tried We thought we were going to he scribbled with a stub pencil in room for Swift and Dopking, who to go back into Texas City, but have to go straight through the a left-handed scrawl that only he soon were busily rattling out their already a road block was thrown center of the conflagration to get could decipher. stories on typewriters. across the highway, and not even to Texas City, when we were Rumors of another ship burning While they wrote I stood at the ambulances were being admitted. stopped at a road block and directed and about to explode at the docks window with the cab driver and A tall Texas cop told us another into a highway that skirted the began to circulate, but nobody watched the flames, plainly visible plant was expected to go at any blazing area. But we still seemed seemed worried. Another rumor across the flat intervening country. minute. close enough to the flames on our was that a tank of chlorine gas Suddenly another huge burst of I left Dopking there, determined right to scorch the car's paint. might go up, and if the wind flame shot upward, and I yelled at to get back into the area as soon There is no need of my describ­ changed it might blow back over the newsmen. We all piled outdoors as he could, and took the cab back ing in detail the scenes we en­ the city. We saw several people and crouched behind parked cars, to the airport to find out if Colonel countered in Texas City. Betts and carrying gas masks. for we had seen what such blasts Betts had received any orders as to Cookingham made their way into By midnight, Dopking and Swift could do to flimsy frame structures. how to use the plane. I didn't want the crowded City Hall, made their had enough material to file a pre­ The explosion was a duplication (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1)

April 24, 1947 PAGE SEVEN STARLINER TRAMS WORLD AIRLIMI WINGS OF MERCY' TO TEXAS CITY (Continued from Page 7, Col. 4) to miss it if a flight was made. THANKS FROM CAA Besides, I was cold, scared, and so FOR TORNADO HELP tired I could hardly stand. It was 4:30 a. m. by the time "This station and community long lmM$itisffioJtk I arrived at the airport, to find that will remember the cooperation given by TWA," wrote William H. the airplane was still there and the By GEORGE KANE "Do you think they'll do it?" some­ rest of our party had gone into Rogers, Chief Aircraft Communi­ one asked. "No harm in trying," some­ Galveston for a little rest. So I cator for the CAA at Gage, Okla., SEQUEL TO THE NY TWA special one else answered. followed them and slept about two in a letter thanking TWA for its flight for employees' families going A call to Kansas City Flight Planning assistance during the recent tornado, overseas was Asst SM Jerry Condon paid off. Results, Flight 18 departed hours. finding a turtle in his pocket shortly which crippled communications in with 24 passengers, and Flight 361 with We visited Texas City again the after the flight departed. On the turtle's 18 passengers. next day, and on orders from KC, that area. The letter: It couldn't happen again, insists ID's "I would like to express my appre­ Asst SM W. R. Clarke. held the plane in readiness for any ciation for the cooperation shown to errand which Mayor Holcombe * # # the Gage station during the recent dis­ FROM "DELTA DOINGS" we learn might name. But no orders came, aster, when a tornado destroyed all our that a first-rider called Delta's reserva­ so we left about noon on Friday. long lines. tions to confirm her seat and also to "The town of Gage was not destroyed get information on the trip. The agent Betts and Cookingham had re­ or even damaged, as the storm passed visited officials at Texas City both satisfied her that all was well, and then about five miles south of here. A doc­ the passenger added, "Now be sure I on Thursday and on Friday, but tor from the Shattuck (Okla.) hospital don't get a seat over the wheels." again were told everything that rushed into our station shortly after the The agent assured her she wouldn't. storm had passed and requested us to * # # needed to be done already was being broadcast an appeal for help on our handled. radio beam station. He stated all tele­ KC MAY BE A LONG way from salt water, but it has a port. Recently I encountered Dopking in Gal­ phone lines were down. We started mak­ back was the name, Dianne Wadsworth. veston Friday morning, and together ing a blind broadcast every five minutes a river barge chugged up the Missouri requesting doctors, medicine, nurses, etc. According to a note received from from the Mississippi, average speed ^^^ we attended the opening of the TWA's Flight 60 answered one of these a relative of the Wadsworth family, mph. WW hearing by a board of investigation broadcasts, and, it is believed, was in­ young Dianne carried the turtle to the About the same time a Constellatior^^ consisting of Rear Adm G. T. Fin- strumental in bringing aid to this area airport, but gave it to someone to hold from the West Coast flashed across the while a picture was being taken. ley, New Orleans, Chairman; Jo­ in the shortest possible time. river and onto the KC airport. Average Imagine the tears on board when the speed, 370 mph. seph A. Kerrins, Washington, Sec­ "A large number of TWA planes landed at Gage the next morning bring­ loss was discovered! * # # retary of the Merchant Marine ing doctors, nurses and medicine. One * * # THIS CARTOON appeared some Council, and Lt Comdr H. F. Cobb, TWA plane landed on the field and THE YOUNGER FEMININE SET time ago in the "Dublin Opinion," with Chief Marine Inspection Officer at when I drove out in my car the pilot and their ways brings up Linda Malla- Galveston. advised he merely landed to see if he han, 2Y2, daughter of Eastern Reg Supv could be of any assistance. Employment Larry Mallahan, who takes Gathered in that splendid walnut- "For 24 hours following the storm we a back seat to no one when it comes paneled courtroom, the board, with had little or no contact with the outside to salesmanship. attendant attorneys, witnesses and world. We finally established contact Linda, in the habit of visiting La spectators, made up a group of with the Amarillo beam station after Guardia airport with her daddy over the static died down. During this time grimly serious men. The weight of the weekends, struck up a conversation TWA planes were very helpful in relay­ with a gentleman and his wife while responsibility resting on their ing any messages we requested. aboard an airport-bound bus. "This station and community long shoulders almost could be felt as a The conversation (mostly Linda's physical force. will remember the cooperation given by TWA after the storm." about airplanes) progressed smoothly Here in this room these men until it was discovered the couple in­ were endeavoring first of all to tended to fly to Ireland by other means arrive at facts which would help to NEW CHIEF PILOT than TWA. The tiny tot let 'em have it! FOR MIDWEST REGION She liked TWA! She had flown the prevent a recurrence of this terrible TWA Constellation "Star of Ireland" disaster. In so doing they undoubt­ Capt D. L. Mesker, 16-year TWA to California! In fact she was going to edly would uncover the guilt or veteran, has been appointed Super­ be a TWA hostess! negligence which had caused it. God intendent of Flying for Midwest To make a long story short, Linda not pity the man, I thought, who before only helped show the couple around the Region, according to Regional airport, but wound up showing them the eyes of an accusing world would Operations Manager C V. Abbott. the TWA Intl ticket counter at the have to admit that because of some­ Captain Mesker replaces F. G. Rich­ Marine Base, where round trip reserva­ thing he did, or did not do, hun­ tions to Shannon were made. ardson, who has resigned. (Courtesy "Dublin Opinion") dreds and hundreds of innocent Captain Mesker joined TWA in * # # people had met death or were THE YOUNGER MALE SET, TOO: the following caption: "Design for a 1931. During the war he served Just in case you think the younger gen­ Mural at Shannon Airport!" horribly injured. with the Naval Air Transport Serv­ eration gals have it all over the lads # # # Our airplane left at noon, none ice (NATS) with the rank of for precociousness, there was the re­ THIS AND THAT DEPT: High­ of the newsmen returning with us, commander. Since his return to cent tour of TWA LA facilities by 70 light of a dance held by Gander TWA grade school students. George Rockwell, and as we passed over the still TWA he has been based in San employees recently was a beauty con­ blazing area, the sight of the black­ TWA Club Rep, and Doloris Johnson, test in which TWA Station Receptionist Francisco. SM D. D. Latourell's Secretary, did the Terry Griffin was voted Queen of ened, blasted dock where the Grand- supervising. Gander. Congratulations, Terry. camp and the High Flyer had dis­ Leads CC Kiwanians An hour of questions, explanations, From the Kansas City DOWN­ appeared in flame — the twisted walking, climbing and shouting ended TOWNER: "—and for a Hollywood jumble which once had been the In Successful Year with the kids being loaded on buses career, we nominate Heavenly HELEN amid many thanks for the tour. One busy Monsanto plant, still contain­ Jack Burlington, who amidst all ANDERSON (Lovely Blonde at TWA's lad, all of 10, approached Doloris to Rialto Bldg office)." "Andy" is Chief ing the bodies of most of its work­ his civic activities manages to thank her. The task appeared difficult. Teletype Operator at KC Message Cen­ ers — made an impression on us handle capably his duties as Cin­ Finally he stammered quite frankly: ter. that will take years to erase. cinnati DM, received word last "Thank you for the tour, Miss John­ F. M. Hicklin, KCOB Supv Persnl This, then, is what great natural week that the CC Kiwanis Club son, but I believe I enjoyed you much Records, has seven employees in his forces, enslaved by man, can do more than I did the airport!" office, and last week four of them be­ was awarded first place in the "Gold * # # came engaged. Engagees: Martha Pel- when they break their shackles and Division" for its achievements dur­ FLIGHT 18 out of Indianapolis was legrino, Magdalen Nicolai, who is en­ go rushing free. Dire indeed is their ing 1946, the year he served as its oversold two seats. What to do? ID gaged to Jack Gerant of the same office, vengeance upon their captors in President. This means the CC club personnel put their heads together and and Alice Salmon, who incidentally is this, the age of science — the someone noticed that Flight 361 was a engaged to Gilbert Eaton, also of the was outstanding among Kiwanis 24-passenger ship and was estimating Personnel office, but not in the Record Atomic Age. Clubs of 100 or more members. about the same time. section. PAGE EIGHT April 24, 1947