The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 26, 1945, Page 5

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1945 PAN AMERICAN HAS RECORD IN NAVY SERVICE Report Shdv; Neariy Six-| teen Million Miles | Flown in Pacific WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. — Pan American World Airways has flown more than 15,698,000 plane miles for} the Naval Air Transport Service iu\l the Pacific war theater, it is dis- closed in the first review of the air- line’s wartime contract operations for the Navy. ! Between September 1, 1942, and| October 31, 1944, Pan American car- ried 57,000 passengers, flew 133453,- 000 passenger miles and accountasd for 23,536,000 ten miles of cargo. The total plane miles flown is equivalent to more than 600 flights around the world. Passenger miles flown would be the equivalent uri the transport of a division and a| half of infantry from $an Francisco to Tokyo or four divisions from San| Francisco to Honolulu. The 17,000,- 000 gallons of gasoline consumed are| * the equivalent of seven 60,000 barrell tankers or a train of railroad tank| cars 15 miles long. Moreover, if| one of Pan American’s master pilots, Captain F. C. Richards, who hasl flown more than 2,500 hours of war- | time flying, has been circumnavigat- ing 'thé& globe, he would be almost| completing his fourtéenth trip round | the world: y H | Pan American’s facilities' in' the| ~———— aren, whieré it pidneered the world's | first tfdns-ocean dirway in 1985, went.on a full-war footing shortly after--the first-bomb dropped on| Peagl Harbor. Initial Jap successes | cut the airline’s 15,000 miles of trans- | Pacifig, rolites, o Jess than one- seventh “of its'‘prewar system—the | 2,500-mile airway between the U. S.| mainland and Hawaii. In addition to concentrated ser- vice ‘over this sector under Navy priority, Pan American undertook extensive contract operations for the | Navy beyond Hawaii with the es-| tablishment of the N.A.T.S. in 1942. In the development of its Pa- cific routes, the N. A. T. S. made full | use of the experience and personnelf of Pan American. The N.A.T.S.; South Pacific system followed at; first the routes flown by Pan Am- | erican~in the-area, using ‘the ‘weil-| known bases - of -Canton Islands,! Noumea (in: New ' Qaleddnia, Suva,| Fiji, and Aygkland, New Zealand . Later routes were added in ac- cordange:with the changing fortunds | of war, and planes operated by P.ml Amgrican for. the Navy made regular | stops at such Pacific outposts as Funafutt; —~ Espirtu- -Santo, - Efate | Whllis} Samari, Kaneoche, Tongata- | bu, Upolu, Penrhyn, Masilxai' River, | Nandi ‘and” Milne Bay.” During the | period, ‘with portsiof call established | as military, neeessity dictated, the route stretched 11,959 statute miles, | from.San. Erancisco to. Australia. | g:}fmymye crews flew a fleet of | 29f flying boats over the South Pa- | cific supply lines. ‘Planes used were converted military patrol bombers— | the Consolidated Corgnado, PB2Y-3 | and the Martin Mariner, PBM-3,| and the airline’s Boeing-built Clip- | pers, B-314s, on commercial sched- | ule from San Prancisco to Honolulu under Navy priority. The airline's‘ personnel increased 363 percent, | equipment 833 percent and ton miles | flown 806 percent. | Intensive training courses were set up for flight and ground per-| sonnel. - In the field, the staff in- creased«iram 65 to more. than 500. Hangar facilities :at San. Francisco | were doubled. - Military aircraft, un~ tried as.cargo plapes, were converted | for their new jobs by the aixline and | Pan American’s engine ring depart- | ment made many improvements| which Bontrifted to the gfficiency | of the Coronado$ and the Mariners. Ehginedt§} ronado,” redésigned its cowling to | spéed aintenance and shorten ser- | | viee- time, worked out improvements for . electrical propeller installation and designed an engine run-up stand to expedite trouble shooting. Short exhaust stacks were developed for the Mariner, and the hulls of both military types were stripped to save weight, cut maintenance manhours , and eliminate the dangers of cor- rosion under a painted bottom. ! Maintenance manual publications and cruising control data were pre- pared for use by the Navy. Recoop- ering methods were devised to re- duce weight of cargo shipments. vital cargo hiis ranged from a deli- | cate replacement part for radar equipment weighing only a few ounces, to such sizeable pieces as a 2,200-pound shaft for the deck of a PUBLIC ASKED 10 HEARINGS; JIM CROW BILL The public will be invited to the House of Representatives chambers ‘Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for a discussion on the equal-rights-for- all-races bill. The bill, introduced by Represen- tative Anderson of Nome, would make it a punishable offense to deny entrance to places of business {o any person or group because of their race. This measure wouldbring an end to “No Natives” signs and similar displays of Jim Crowism. ‘The House of Representatives has { scheduled itself for a committee of |{ the whole hearing on the measure. | % ; designed firewdlis for the | | 'Siiperlorls’BIasi Hafik6w, (hina{SIarl Firgs ‘ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRI UNEAU, ALASKA Smoke from many fires fill the sky over Hankow, China, after coordinated aerial bombardment of the city by Superfortresses from U. Force. China theatre. (AP Wirephcto from Air Forces.) Star of S'I"age,'Now Film Hi! ! i Joan Caulfield, fameéd and beauteous star of the Broadway st4géshipw, = “Kiss _znd Tell,” is now at last, making her film debut in Hollywpod. She soon will appear on the screen in a screen-concoction featuring such other stars as Sonny Tufts and Veronica Lake. ' Army 20th Air Force and becmbers and fighters from U. S. It was the heaviest joint operation planned by Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, commanding in the Army 14th Air TAXIMAN GETS TICKET: RETAINS ' LAWYERSTABLER Will Ask City Council for Relief from Present Ordinance After a lengthy argument before City Magistrate William Holzheimer in this morning’s court session Tom €andborn, owner of the Yellow Cab Ccmpany, paid a $3 traffic fine, but will, take the matter of taxis being prohibited from parking in any other place than in front of their stands, ‘| Predicts fo Roosevelt Out- ‘| production NELSON SAYS PRODUCTION OF CHINA UP | | | put Will Be Doubled by This Spring WASHINGTON, Jan. 26——~D(\I\L\l(if M. Nelson predicted to President | Roosevelt today that China's w:n‘i this spring “should be at least double that of the Novem- | ber rate,” and will soon be felt on | the fighting fronts. | It was in November that Nelson, ;4former WPB Chairman and now a personal répresentative of the President, made the second of two trips to China to help build up the war output. His report on these missions was made to Presi- dent Roosevelt December 20 and released in part by the White House. It cited the specific meas- ures put .into effect and asserted “for the first time the Chinese economic and war effort is co- ordinated.” RECEPTIONIS CHIEF SOCIAL ITEM TONIGHT i The Governor's reception to the' members of the Alaska Territorial Legislature is the principal event on the social calendar for this evening. All residents of Gastineau Channell are invited to attend. In previous legislative years the| receptions have been formal affairs,| but dress has Been declared optional for the occasion this evening. The! hours set for the reception are from 8 o'clock until midnight. i Those attending will be afforded; an opportunity to meet their law' makers, as all Legislators will he in; the receiving line, along with the host and hostess, Gov. and Mrs. Er-| | to the city council, asking that they take action to prevent further oc- currences of the kind. Claiming that Section 21, part 203 {of the Traffic Code prohibits any car with a taxi license from being parked in any spot except in the taxi-cab zone as granted by the City Council, City Police last night’ gave a ticket to Tom Sandborn, when nest Gruening. KARLUK TEACHER DIES Robert T. Williams, Office of In- dian Affairs teacher at Karluk, died there recently and burial took place at Kodiak. MODEL BECOMES MOVIE ACTRESS | Angela Greene knows how to model a bathing s Formerly a Powers medel in New York, she is now under contract in Hollywood and will be seen shortly on the screen. oA A The basin of the Amazon River is the largest tropical jungle in the | world. | (—.—..;_.—__ SPRUCE UP at the CLIPPER BARBER SHOP 227 So. Franklin St. Children up to 15 receive a gift REGULAR UNION PRICES —_——— they found his car parked in !ronl? of the Imperial Cafe. Sandborn, re- | {taining Harold Stabler as counsel, | appeared in City Magistrate’s Court | this morning to protest what he call- ; ed “discrimination.” After presenting their side of the | cace, Stabler advised his client to pay the fine and then sce what the City Council would do so a taxi-' driver, when not using his car for| ccmmercial purposes, may park it| in any legal parking zone. i — e—— | \WEATHER HALTS | FIGHTING ALONG ITALIAN FRONT| ROME, Jan, 26~Snow and rain| | continued to limit getivities' on the | {Italian- front to patrolling for the \past 24 hoyrs and the enemy is re- Andoman Sea . Sabang *., s Koetaradia ™ X SINGAPORE ) N > _r g MALAY PENINSULA_Map locates important bases on Malay peninsula and northern‘Sumatra, including Singapore.V ported to Le showing extreme sen- sitivity. The Fifth Army patrols have test- ed enemy dgfenses south of Bologna, ‘Hmdquarteré “says, and found the 1dercnders on the, alert. R . ' DARNELL'S SON WILL JOIN SHIP OUTFIT Jack Darnell, son of Rod Darnell, | will go South to enlist in the Mer- chant Marine service. Jack flew in from the University | of Alaska at Fairbanks yesterday | and will go South this weekend | with his father. Mrs. Darnell will join them a few days later in| Seattle, flying out. | The Darnells plan to spend a few | weeks on the Pacific Coast on business. —————— MERCHANT LEAGUE | BOWLING DOUBIFUL The Merchants’ League will, in all probability, not bow! tonight as the | bowling team from Ketchikan' will not be in until 8 o'clock, it was | announced today. | — ANCHORAGE BUS S8 | MEN VISITING JUNFAU | partments. R. 8. “Deke” Brown, Anchorage Jjeweler and Art Beaudin. Anchorage liquor store operator, formerly of ‘ Juneau, came in with Panair today from Seattle. | The two have been to the States | on business trips and will fly to the Westward. e The Kurile Islands north of Japan consist mostly of volcanic rocK. 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