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the airline that
has made 100,000
Atlantic crossings,.,
and 65,000 over the Pacific
Since the Dixie Clipper' historic flight to Marseilles in 1939, Pan Am has made
100,000 Atlantic crossings—more than the next two airlines combined.
On June 28, 1939, the Pan American
Airways Dixie Clipper took off from
the U.S.A. for Marseilles, France, and
made aviation history. This year, on
July 2, when Pan Am ’Round-the
World Flight 2 left New York it be
came Pan Am’s 100,000th Atlantic
crossing since the flight of the Dixie
Clipper.
Important as the Dixie Clipper’s
first flight was, it actually represents
only one great chapter in the history of
commercial flights across the world’s
great oceans. For even before 1939,
Pan Am’s historic flying Clippers had
blazed trails across the Pacific.
The famed China Clipper began a
tradition of great transpacific flights.
Now Pan Am’s Pacific flights number
65,000!
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Paris to New York-just 8 hours ... Los
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| Observance of the ending of the
! Alaska Communications System
I under' the U S. Army after fi2 years
) of service in the Territory and
i State was made Monday at tlv
i noon luncheon of the Chamber of
Commerce, where it was staled
by President Penrsc Walsh and
Sgt. Jim Planning that Nome is
the oldest station in the system
which is to be continued under
the US. An Force.
A standing ovation was given
| to Sgt. Jim Planning, ACS Com
j mander, who has served the corn
; munity so well in time and talent
! during the years he has been as
j ,-igned here and who retires after
i 20 years in August of this year.
, Recognition was also made to Stan
i Morgan, retired ACS officer, who
I served this area as far north as
! Harrow and who now operates
Morgan & Son.
President Walsh stated that ACS
has always maintained a high cali
ber of personnel here, who have
throughout the half century con
tributed in many ways to the
community.
George Foster, newly appointed
assistant of Pearsc Walsh, station
manager of Wiens, was introduced
and also Tony Yurkovich. me
i chanic for the company who is
also station here.
Son. Ley Bronson reiterated the
announcement that his company,
with Nordin and Co. of Anchor
age, have the contract for the
VORTAC site east of Nome and
have taken over the Polaris Hotel
for their headquarters. He also
j stated that equipment and supplies
have been purchased from Rayber
Kief. Inc., construction company
which built the U.S. Navy site at
Point Clarence 'Spencer' which
will be brought in from there by
barge. He reported that road con
struction to the new site will start
almost immediately. Ti e site will
be about a mile from the Nome
River bridge east of town.
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HERS!IKY, Eli ,P Seen*., v
of Dul'c-ii <■ P Pert ’ mNaemra told
o /cm i;i. Monday ■•*.-]- ;■ < clear
ly m'thing sacred" about the pre
sent 70a.c •!( strength :■ r P <• Army
Nato.nal Guard and R» erve forces,
"... a.. McNamara carried the.* ad
iration's ca.'C foi re serve
organization to the very euro of
the opposition. Hut before deliver
ing the speech. McNamara so fie; <d
some of it' language.
In hi: text as distributed in ad
vance. he said there arc many
mere "paper tiger" reserve units.
Ho defined paper tiger, in this in
stance. a. a unit in which 30 per
cent or more of the men lack the
skills required for th< ir assign
ments.
This language later was deleted.
No reason was given, but it was
apparent the Pentagon did r, >t
want to anger the governors too
much.
Ti;< quantity and kind of unit
in the Reserves or too regular
Army must not be decided by
political considerations or shib
boleths, McNamara asserted.
And. lie said, ‘there s clearly
nothin" sacred, logical i impera
tive" about 'he over-all .strength of
700.000 which Congress insists
should be retained as !he .author
ized manpower level fe. e.,. Guard
and Reserve. Tht figure arose
from happenstance, m t military
reality, he contended.
The defense chief has argued
be fore congressional committees for
the plan to disband four Guard
divisions, eliminate 340 company
and smaller size units and event
ually reduce the total manpower
from 700,000 to 642.000.
In general, governors, adjutant
generals, state politicians and con
■ grcsisonal members have been cool
or openly hostile to the program.
It was observed at the meeting
that although the luncheon meet
ing had its tables filled there was
a noticeable lack of business housr
representation and members were
urged to encourage more business
and professional participation at
; tile meetings.
The technicalities involved in
getting the airfield at Savoonga
were discussed at length and the
qualifications for federal airport
aid fields explained by Sens. Bron
son and Walsh, who stated that
the matter would come before the
voters at election time. The field
is estimated to cost over a million
dollars.
George Markham, State Sani
tarian, was welcomed as a new
member to the Chamber.
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