Overhaul Base TWAers Get Expert Advice

On Fire Prevention See Page Five

VOL. 18, NO. 20 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES EMPLOYEE PUBLICATION MAY 19. 1955

Bids Opened for Construction of New Base Hangar

KANSAS C I T Y — T h e McDonald Construction company of St. Louis and the Foster & Creighton Con­struction company of Nashville, filing jointly, were low bidders on construction of TWA's 800x 400-foot hangar at Mid-Continent International airport. Bids for the job were opened and reviewed by the city Tuesday afternoon.

The McDonald-Foster & Creigh­ton bid was for $8,549,000, more than $1 million higher than esti­mates on the huge building had indicated. Actual awarding of the contract will follow a re-survey of the building requirements by the city and TWA officials. Con­struction of the hangar is still ex­pected to begin within the next few weeks as originally scheduled.

Preliminary excavation of the basement and aircraft parking ramps for this building was begun last week under a separate con­tract by Sharpe Brothers Con­struction Co.

Already well under construction and due for occupancy by TWA before the end of this year are a 437-by-392 foot two-story engine overhaul building and a smaller test cell structure designed to handle engine maintenance needs of the airline.

The large hangar will provide facilities for aircraft fuselage and wing overhaul.

Construction on the hangar will begin early this summer and should be finished by the end of 1956.

TWA announced this week the appointment of W. A. Oberkrom as move plan coordinator to facili­tate physical transfer of shop equipment and personnel to the new base.

Oberkrom has been employed by TWA for the past 15 years as a mechanic inspector and methods engineer. He will be responsible for scheduling and coordinating the move between shop foremen, equipment installers and pro­ductions timekeepers in order that the airline's overhaul activity con­tinues uninterrupted.

New Life Pumped Into Dayton Club

DAYTON — Volunteer members met here recently at the airport to spark a planned reorganization of the employees club, electing temporary officers, and setting up a membership campaign drive.

Wilbur Stone, Central region in­dustrial relations director, and Tom Keliher, employee activities supervisor, helped the volunteers lay the groundwork for the re ­organization, acting as temporary chairmen to get the drive under way.

The temporary board of volun­teer representatives from the vari­ous departments is composed of Tiny Morris, Darrell Warner, and Katie Angle, substituting for June Bookwalter, from reservations, and Harold Eifort from the city ticket office. The airport was represented by Ted Sloan, from ground serv­ice; Jerry Azen, of radio, and Bill Dotson and Ed Smith, from trans­portation. As advisors from local management were Jerry Condon, from operations, and Clifford Mac-Glockhn, from reservations.

Elected as temporary officers were Ed Smith, as president and chairman of the board; Harold Eifort, as vice-president, and June Bookwalter, as secretary and treasurer. Darrell Warner will chairman the card membership committee.

Connie Conversion Program Nears End; New One Begins

WESTERN REGION SALES CONTEST winners Don Webb, Seattle sales rep, and Sue Berger, TWA secretary in Seattle, brief two Seattle Posf-Intelligencer "Junior Dealers" on the European trip the boys, Jim Ma lone and Richard Larson, are trying for in the "Junior Ambassador Contest" TWA is running with the Seattle paper. Seattle has won the regional sales contest two years running. Last year, DSM Claude League took his family through Europe; this year, Sue and Don are Europe-bound. She left with her husband May 8, and Don will pass that way in October on his way to the Middle East. Seattle TWAers have also won the system agency sales contest for the second year.

CHICAGO CLUB TO HEAR JOHN MEAD; HOLD TRIP RAFFLE

CHICAGO — John Mead, director of labor relations for TWA, will address the regular meeting of the Management club here next Wednesday, May 25, at 6:15 p.m., at the Graemere Hotel.

Mead's subject will be "The Labor Relations Outlook in TWA."

A one-week, all expense paid trip to Las Vegas will go to the winner of the raffle to be held at the monthly dinner.

30TH ANNIVERSARY PASS FOLDER NOW AVAILABLE

N E W YORK—A 30th anniversary edition of "Your TWA Pass" folder to be used with the issuance of all passes for the remainder of the year is now available through stationery stores. Pass issuing of­fices ordering the new folder should use care not to order quantities which will not be used up within the calendar year. The folder presently being used will become effective again in January.

Port of New York Authorizes Hangar Planned for TWA

NEW YORK—The first cable-sus­pended cantilever concrete hangar to be constructed at New York International airport and the second of its type in the United States, a part of TWA's mainte­nance base, was authorized by the commissioners of the Port of New York Authority at their monthly meeting last week. The hangar, together with related facilities, will cost an estimated $10,000,000. Construction will begin as soon as design plans are prepared.

A similar TWA hangar, in­cluding the only other cable-sus­pended cantilever concrete hangar in this country, will soon be under construction at Mid-Continent International airport near Kansas City. This type of hangar was first introduced and is now widely used at European airports.

The eight-bay New York hangar (Hangar 12) will cover 230,000 square feet on a 50-acre site in the southwest area of the airport. The TWA facility will include various service facilities such as a garage, commissary and parking areas.

The bi-state agency, since it leased the airport from the City of New York in 1947, has built Hangars 3, 4 and 5, the three largest triple-hinged steel arch hangars in the world; the six-bay National Airlines Hangar 6, and Lockheed Aircraft Service-Inter­national Hangar 7, the world's first large suspended cantilever hangar. In a d d i t i o n , U n i t e d A i r l i n e s Hangar 8, Eastern Airlines Hangar 9 and Civil Aeronautics Adminis­tration Hangar 11 are now under construction.

TRADITIONAL GROUND-BREAKING is done in a big way in Kansas City as TWAers watch the start of excavation at 18th street and Baltimore where a new three-story building is to be constructed for TWA's up­town offices. On hand for the occasion are Doug Buchanan, engineering & design manager; Art Thomp­

son, general manager of properties; Herb Protzmann, general office manager; Beverly Harris, hostess flight instructor; Shirley Kinne, Kansas City-based hostess; George Clay, secretary and vice-president, and Dick Huber, construction & design director. The building is scheduled for completion by May 1, 1956.

KANSAS CITY—Conversion of all but one of TWA's fleet of 32 Model 049 Constellations to 81-passenger sky tourist configuration will be completed by May 20, closing out a long-range modification program which began in 1950. The last of the 049's will join the fleet in service by July 1.

The completed program, paced to TWA's development of the low-fare market, will be followed by another modification program to redecorate the interiors of TWA's 12 Model 749 Connies in the man­ner of the luxurious new Super-G, for i n c r e a s e d p a s s e n g e r c o n ­venience, comfort and eye appeal. They will then be placed again in standard service on the airline.

At TWA's Overhaul base in Kansas City, conversion of each 049 to a high-density aircraft takes about four weeks; for the 749's, about two weeks.

Remodeling of the 049's included the redesigning of the galley and bulkheads, and installation of ad­ditional seats, windows, exits and ventilation ducts. Previous cabin supercharger capacity output of 28 pounds per minute was increased to 80 pounds per minute.

Two cabin heaters originally rated 60,000 BTU have been in­creased to 100,000 BTU each, and cabin ventilation ducts have been enlarged to accommodate the in­creased output.

Reading light intensity has been increased and the radio equipment relocated.

Modification of the 749's cabins in line with the Super-G motif will include reduction of the planes' seating capacity from 57 to 55 and to convert the forward 8-passenger compartment to a 6-passenger lounge. Other Super-G decor touches will be used throughout —murals, wood paneling, deep-pile carpeting and seat and drapery materials.

Individual air outlets will be provided for each passenger, and a public address system, with high quality speakers mounted low on

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Hostess Age Minimum Cut to 20; Education Requirement Reduced

KANSAS CITY—For those young ladies who have been eagerly counting off the days on the calen­dar until they will be 21 and can apply for a job as an airline hostess, here's good news!

Effective immediately the mini­mum age for TWA hostesses has been lowered from 21 to 20. With this age reduction the company will now accept applicants with only two years of college, business experience or nurses' training. Previously the minimum had been three years.

Other requirements for hostess applicants remain unchanged: Maximum age, 28; height, 5'2" to 5'8"; weight, 100 to 135 pounds scaled to height; 20/40 vision or better, no glasses; attractive ap­pearance with clear complexion and no visible scars or birthmarks. TWA hostesses must be unmarried, although the company will accept widows or divorcees without chil­dren.

TWA girls who are now eligible under the new age bracket and * who can meet the other qualifi­cations should apply to their regional industrial relations office if interested in leaving their desk job for a flying career with TWA.

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'JOHNNY' HAS STARTED CALLING for the Super-G around St. Louis these days, where he's been making public appearances for Phillip Morris. Shown here emerging from the G's sumptuous interior is the walking cigarette ad, surrounded by Hostesses Veronica Garty and Naomi Smith, both from New York.

Williamsport Looks Back on 10 Busy Years

By DAVE MORRIS Field Editor

WILLIAMSPORT — Our station's prospects looked pretty cloudy ten years ago. But as we complete a ten-year span of growth this month, it is clearer than ever that they were cloudy in the strictly meteorological sense of the word.

On May 1, 1945, TWA inaugu­rated air service through Williams­port. But it was touch-and-go whether that year's May Day would be marked by the first TWA arrival, for the day was overcast and the clouds hung low over the mountains.

When the flight approached the airport, however, the clouds broke open and Captain C. C. "Spud" Connick brought it in for a perfect landing.

A great deal has happened since that day. The DC-3 has started on its way to the aviation history books, and the Martin has taken its place here. Not only can pas­sengers originate their flights to any part of the world from Williamsport, but central Pennsyl­vania snippers can send their products around the globe, too.

In 1948 we opened a new ad­ministration building at the air­port, one of the best in the country for cities this size, and outranking those of many larger cities.

L a n d i n g l i m i t s h a v e b e e n lowered with the help of new navi­gational aids. And not far off are extensions of the present runways and the installation of a control tower.

Not only TWA but other airlines and the city itself have shared in the growth marked during the decade just past. TWA's share in this picture of progress has been a fivefold increase in net revenue, with steady annual increments in passenger boardings and volume of air freight handled.

TWA FEATURED IN FRANKFURT SHOW

By ERNST ZIJNEN

Field Editor

FRANKFURT—"100 Minuten mit TWA urn die Welt"—"Around the World With TWA In 100 Minutes" —announced the placard posted outside a building here.

This wasn't German-language publicity for TWA's "Cosmic Con­test," which is currently asking travelers to exercise their imagi­nation about commercial flying in 1985. It was testimony to the shrewd showmanship of Walter Friedrich, TWA sales promotion rep, who booked TWA for four solid weeks in the "Esplanade" night club here.

The show was built entirely around TWA and its operations. The stage was all TWA, with a background of the New York sky­line over which cruised a Constel­lation, and the musicians' stands bore posters showing a Super-Connie in flight above the clouds.

Kurt Eliot, a well-known show­man in these parts, played the emcee in a TWA captain's uniform, and conducted a quiz program on TWA operations. Not the least part of the program was a bevy of pretty showgirls, who were playing the very appropriate role of TWA "Fluggaste" or flight hostesses.

Promotions & Transfers Cecil L. Smith, to psgr. rel. repr., DCA. Evelyn G. Sprung, to tkt. agt., NYC. Elinor L. Standley, to see., MKC. Charles E. Sterritt, mech., IDL to LAX. Barbara Stud ley, host., LGA to BOS. Sarah A. Thompson, to tkt. agt., MKC. Robert Thune, fit. engr., MKC to IDL. Charles Tiseo, capt., CHI to IDL. lone M. Whiteley, to sr. typ-clk., CHI. Roland B. Whitley, to stn. supv., DCA. Charlotte L. Woodside, host., MKC to LAX. Charles E. Woolsey, fit. engr., MKC to IDL. William M. Youngblood, capt., MKC to IDL. Paul E. Zaretzky, to trans, agt., STL. Thomas F. Bafaro, Jr., to Id. cargo agt.,

STL. Alexander V. Barney, to trans, agt., LAX. Robert A. Bartholmey, resv. sales agt.,

CHI to MKC. Joseph E. Beck, to inspector, KCK. Martha A. Beck, to steno-clerk, MKC. Frances M. Behal, to trans, agt., CHI. Fred Benkovsky, to grd. svc. hlpr., LGA. Alice Beylerian, to trans, agt., IDL. Walter A. Birdsall, to Id. cargo agt., SFO. Joseph Bocuzzo, fit. radio off., Cairo to

Bombay. Dolores G. Brown, to Id. telephone oper.,

PIT. H. H. Burkhardt, to foreman, MKC. R. E. Burrell, to tkt. sales agt., CHI. Dean C. Burriss, to Id. tkt. agt., MKC. Charles W. Cash, to grd. svc. hlpr., LAS. Eloise Cole, host., SFO to LAX. Paul L. Convey, to trans, agt., LAX. John Crnic, to methods engr., KCK. Peter D'Agostina, to foreman, IDL. Kathryn J. Davidson, to trans, agt., CHI. Martin F. Davis, to inspector, KCK. Thomas J. Davis, to mech., KCK. Theodis C. Dean, to cmy. elk., CHI. James A. Delehoy, to trans, agt., CHI. Joseph H. Duncan, copilot, MKC to CHI. Robert K. Edwards, to trans, agt., LAX. Floyd H. Evans, to Id. cargo agt., SFO. Hubert G. Farrell, to foremon-in-eharge,

LGA. Mary Ann Fletcher, to eomp. oper. "B" ,

MKC. Ann W. Francis, to resv. sales agt.-in-

charge, SFO. Walter C. Freiler, to tkt. sales agt.-in-

charge, NYC. N. Fromm, to file elk. " A " , MKC. Robert F. Garretson, to Id. cargo agt.,

DCA. Dean L. Graves, to hi. tkt. agt., MKC. W. H. Greer, reg. resv. capt., MKC to

CHI. Robert D. Groene, to trans, agt., LAX. James H. Guin, grd. svc. hlpr., MKC to

DCA. Carl L. Guth, to Id. mech., KCK. Lorraine Haskell, host., MKC to LGA. Robert T. Hetherington, to elk., MKC. M. H. Hines, mstr. mech., MKC to PHX. Wm. E. Hodges, mstr. mech., LAX to LAS.' John L. Hof, cargo agt., STL to ALB. Mary C. Huber, to tkt. sales agt., CHI. Myrtle M. Jennings, teletype oper., PHX to

SFO. Eleanor G. Johns, to stot. elk., MKC. Harriet C. Jones, to tkt. sales agt.-in-

charge, MSP. Jesse E. Jones, to inspector, KCK. Berthold R. Kaulfuss, to Id. stores elk.,

CHI. Donald V. Keith, to inspector, KCK. Gustavus D. Keith, to Id. trans, agt., SFO Charles A. Lanzaro, to mech., IDL. Howard H. Leach, to trans, agt., IDL. Elizabeth T. Lewis, host., LGA to CHI. Horace W. Lewis, capt., BOS to IDL. Mary M. Lewton, to sr. file elk., NYC. A. P. Lundin, capt., MKC to SFO. J. C. Lynch, to foreman-line mt., MKC. Regina R. Lyons, to sr. typ-clk., KCK. Dean E. Madden, trans, agt., SFO to MKC. Harold L. Metz, to trans, agt., STL. Christopher V. Miele, to trans, agt., LGA. Robert J. Mild, to trans, agt., STL. Isaac K. Miller, to Id. trans, agt., SFO. Lloyd C. Miller, to inspector, KCK. John W. Morgan, fit. radio off., Cairo to

IDL. Thomas W. Murphy, to trans, agt., SFO. Harold Noordhoek, fit. radio off., Cairo to

IDL.

MARINE CORPS AWARD TO TWAER

KANSAS CITY—Deloris L. Brooks, key punch operator in the machine accounting department here, was awarded a certificate of merit by the Marine Corps Reserve for one year's perfect attendance at Re­serve training sessions in Kansas City. A private first class, Deloris is also a member of the unit's rifle team, which placed third in the recent district rifle matches.

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Aviation Briefs

TWO NABOBS AT THE NIKABOB restaurant were caught by Field Editor Byron Schmidt's camera at a L. A. Management club meeting recently, when Dick Kimber, presi­dent of the club, was congratulating General Motors' Dr. Kenneth Mc-Farland, called America's number one air traveler, who was guest speaker.

Orchids & Onions lifted from passengers' letters

By June T. Johnson, Chicago

'Chicago has a sneaky way of running up its load records."

Bedlam "We had about seven children

under six years on our flight and from midnight till our arrival in New York there wasn't a time in which one of them—at least—was not howling its head off and tear­ing our nerves to tatters. Some of them were real gangsters in the making, who would howl and kick and scream for the fun of it and their parents were furious if asked to control their offspring. It was bloody awful. I can't under­stand why the hostesses can't give these pests some mild sedative."

Captain Hewitt Scores Again "I have been particularly im­

pressed by one of your pilots, Captain Bart Hewitt, who con­stantly keeps all the passengers amused by a description and com­mentary of the various things that are happening in flight. I have heard several people remark about how he makes the time pass quickly, as well as putting pas­sengers at ease who are making their first trip. It's things of this nature that make flying with TWA a real pleasure."

Luggage Delivery Record "One of my pet gripes is the long

wait for luggage after deplaning, but this time I'd like to compli­ment you. My luggage was de­livered at Kansas City in less than five minutes after deplaning — keep up the good work!"

Flying Blind "On my first flight to California

I found the trip very monotonous due to the fact there were no an­nouncements made till we reached Palm Springs. I feel passengers are interested in knowing where they are."

Air Express on the Ball "I'd like to thank TWA for a

truly outstanding service. My com­pany sent 1402 gift packages of highly perishable foods, such as trout, pheasant and smoked turkey to virtually every point on your system—without a single claim for damage being filed. This is in­deed remarkable."

Damaged Luggage "This was my first flight on

TWA but I was greatly dis­appointed when I claimed my luggage and was handed my new leather suitcase — completely ruined. The lock was gone and there was a tear in the leather. I have flown nearly 300,000 miles all over the world but have never experienced anything like this."

Los ANGELES—UAL and WAL have introduced coach service be­tween Los Angeles and Seattle, with stops at San Francisco and Portland, utilizing DC-6B equip­ment which heretofore has been used only with standard fare schedules, with DC-4s on the Pa­cific coast coach services of the two line,s. The DC-6Bs are used on standard flights during the day, and make night turn-arounds to handle the coach traffic.—Ameri­can Aviation.

SEATTLE — Northwest Airlines began Super Connie service to Hawaii on April 27, with plans for three weekly round trip flights. Each flight will have accommo­dations for 15 first-class and 54 tourist passengers. — American Aviation.

SYDNEY — Trans-Australia Air­lines reported last week that the passenger load factor of its four Vickers Viscount fleet has been 85.2%, with an average weekly utilization of the turboprop of 55 hours. On April 10, TAA carried its 50,000th Viscount passenger.— American Aviation.

SEATTLE—Low fare coach serv­ices carried approximately 33% of the total passenger volume of the domestic • trunk lines, reported Joseph P. Adams of the CAB to the second annual airport manage­ment conference here last week. In speeches on the west coast two years ago, he recalled, he had urged reversal of the then ratio of 20% coach traffic to 80% first class. He predicted here that such a reversal was in the offing, with the present ratio standing at 33% coach to 67% first class.—Ameri­can Aviation.

N E W YORK—New York Airways opened Sunday passenger service on May 8, with helicopter oper­ations between La Guardia, Idle-wild and Newark airports. The carrier plans 13 flights between 3 p.m. and 10:17 p.m. each Sunday, with regular weekday fares pre­vailing.—American Aviation.

SANTA MONICA — The first pro­duction DC-7B was taken aloft on its initial flight here recently. The test DC-7B is undergoing CAA certification tests at Tucson, and first delivery to PAA is scheduled for next month. Thus in just under two years after the first DC-7 was turned out in Santa Monica, and delivered to AA, Douglas will be making delivery of a new model. — American Aviation.

WASHINGTON—The U. S. aircraft industry in 1954 shipped 3,389 civilian planes weighing 10,493,500 p o u n d s ( a i r f r a m e ) w o r t h $295,700,000, the Bureau of the Census and CAA reported here last week. The value of civilian aircraft shipments was up 21% from 1953, while total airframe Weight was off more than 1% and number of planes shipped de­creased 18%.—American Aviation.

WASHINGTON — Shipments of complete civilian aircraft in Feb­ruary totaled 357 planes worth $26,000,000, as compared with 240 planes valued at $36,800,000 ship­ped in February, 1954, according to Bureau of Census and CAA figures released here last week.— American Aviation.

If it's news, send it to the

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Published Weekly a t Kansas City For Employees of TWA

Trans World Airlines Art Clayton, Manager Employee Publications

Bob Donohue Gloria Ragan Editor Asst. Editor

Any employee of TWA is invited to send his news items and photographs directly to the SKYLINER, Room 207,

Airport, Kansas City, Mo.

MAY 19, 1955

SKYLINER

TWA's First Revenue Rider Still Sold -

EASTON — Strange coincidence and a good Saturday night party in Edwardsville, Kansas, made H. W. Streeter, general manager of the Foundry Division of Lehigh, Inc., the first passenger to fly via newly formed "TWA" back in 1930.

That party on the night of Oc­tober 18, 1930, was so good that Mr. Streeter decided to return his ticket for the midnight sleeper for Terre Haute, Indiana, and tarry a while longer.

He made a reservation on TAT— Transcontinental Air Transport— for their next flight, departing at 5:35 a.m. Sunday, October 19. He then turned in his railroad ticket at the Kansas City Union Station and proceeded to the municipal airport to purchase his ticket for the early morning flight. There he was informed that he had pur­chased the first ticket on the new TWA.

In the silver anniversary year of that flight, Streeter still recalls the prompt scheduled departure, the year's first snow flurries, the pilot, Cliff Abbott, now retired, the giant (for that era) Ford trimotor, and the two other passengers — company auditors. This also made Streeter the first revenue passen­ger to fly TWA.

Over these 25 years he has be­come increasingly proud of being at the top of the ever-growing list of TWA customers, which reached an all-time high in 1954 of some 3,594,000.

K. C. Beefs Get Worldwide Notice

Sales and Res Offices Revamped in Capital

WASHINGTON — TWA sales and reservations offices here have a new look, inside and out.

A 22-foot long sign has been in­stalled over the building housing the offices changing its name from the Defense Building to the Trans World Airlines Building.

The reservations office has been completely modernized in its move from the first floor to the eighth floor at 1026 17th St., N. W. The visual flight board has been ex­panded to include not only Wash­ington and Baltimore flights, but also all Constellation flights on the TWA domestic system for a month, and all international flights for a three-month period. This enables agents to tell at a glance whether or not seats are available.

The district sales office has been expanded and renovated to pro­vide nearly twice the present space.

A new telephonic communi­cations system, connecting all phases of the operation in Wash­ington, including those at the CTO and the National airport, has been installed. Persons calling for reser­vations are now connected directly with an agent through a "silent transfer" system on the main switchboard.

NOTES FROM THE MP&P

Non-Revenue Restrictions Positive or space available non-

revenue passengers may not be accommodated in lounge seats of Model 1049 (domestic) or Model 749A sleeper (international) Con­stellation flights. (13.61.01)

Reduced Rate Tickets Code letters "RR" followed by

% of discount are to be inserted in box left of passenger's name on passage tickets issued to TWA or other airline employees and family member at reduced rate. T h i s r e p l a c e s p r e v i o u s c o d e "SRO." (13.17.05)

Passes In cases of pregnancy, wife of

U. S. National based overseas may be issued round trip positive pass to U. S. in accordance with in­structions in manual. (13.14.01) MAY 19, 1955

KANSAS CITY STEAKS for the Athletics, the city's major league ball team, were presented by Eddie Williams, head of the Williams Meat company, to Hostess Patti Shaw for delivery to the A's in Boston where they were playing on their road trip. Approving the idea and hoping the 40 steaks will spark the home team to some victories is Frank Busch, general operations manager.

THOSE FOUR-FOOTED CRITTERS from the Midwest range as far and wide these days as the TWA planes that claim the same home base, discovers Geneva District Sales Manager Claude M. Rand here on a side street in Naples, Italy.

EMPLOYEES CLUB ADDS ART GALLERY KANSAS CITY—The club rooms of

the TWA employees club here will be transformed into an art gallery for the coming month when water-colors executed by the nationally recognized Fred Pitt of Inde­pendence, Mo., go on display.

The exhibit of 20 water colors, whose themes reflect the artist's preoccupation with the Far West, was arranged by Club President Pete LaFollette and Jay Brandt, captain on the international di­vision.

Not only will the club locale be

enlivened by the exhibit of Pitt's nature studies, many examples of which hang in homes and offices across the country, but LaFollette and Brandt have persuaded the water-colorist to act as advisor and instructor for any art club which may be formed by the club.

A survey is currently under way to determine interest in an art club to be sponsored by the employees club. All inquiries about this project or the current exhibit will be welcomed by LaFollette, whose office is in Room 825, New York Life building, ext. 64.

ALITALIA RULES NOTED MILAN—Alitalia now requires all

passengers who make reservations from Milan to Rome on Alitalia to be ticketed prior to their ar­rival in Italy. They will not be permitted to purchase a Milan-Rome ticket on Alitalia in Italy.

TOURIST SERVICE FOR FRESNO FRESNO — Constellation tourist

service will be started through here on June 1, with eastbound Flight 92 and westbound Flight 373. Standard fare flights 300 and 163 will no longer serve this station.

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EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES of Colombo as a va­cation spot for the benefit of SKYLINER readers during a recent lay-over there. Parts-based Hostess Anne-Marie Fah is seen at left at Mount Lavinia Beach and

at right soothing the savage instincts of a panther cub in the Colombo zoo. It is reliably reported that the Colombans are not at all concerned about the forth­coming eclipse.

Phoenix Has Fund Of Cowboy Lore . PHOENIX — Around rodeo time in Arizona, boots 'n saddle queries come in from all over the United States.

Thanks to the Arizona Guide booklet, available to visitors to the Phoenix area, TWA has the answers — the basic facts of the cowboy's life—on hand.

The cowboy's "home" is his saddle, so he gets the finest he can buy. A good saddle — with the much - prized flower stamping which is the West's own leather-work art, a product of the frontier days—may cost a cowboy two or more months' wages.

A costly investment, but when a cowboy moves on to another range, as cowboys often do, he carries his home — and his "fortune" — with him, and can raise a stake on the saddle when he runs out of funds. A tool of the trade, the saddle often serves as a swivel chair and a pillow.

A cowboy's boots are another tool of his trade. Constant riding, breaking in horses, and riding in rough country were factors in the development of the high heel and pointed toe of the cowboy boot.

The high heel prevents the foot from slipping through the stirrup; the pointed toe enables the rider to "kick" into his stirrup faster— a very practical consideration when mounting a half-broken bronco who isn't waiting for a passenger!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I'm now stationed in Japan and wonder if any of the old TWA gang still remembers me. Sure would like to hear from any of them who would care to write.

I get the SKYLINER regularly and it keeps me up on the TWA news but a letter now and then would help, too.

I was employed in advertising distribution at 14 W. 3rd St., Kan­sas City, and am chafing at the bit to get back at it again.

H. E. "Ed" Wilson Comfair Wing Six c/o Fleet Post Office San Francisco, Calif.

I only have eight and a half months to go till I'm out of the air force and back working for TWA at Chicago and it will be good to be back.

I was talking to a new man who arrived awhile back and it turned out that he's a TWAer from Kan­sas City, Archie Niccum, cargo agent. We spent a lot of time talk­ing about TWA and we are both looking forward to going back with the company. It's a small world.

I have done a lot of flying in the air force but TWA beats them all.

A/2c J. E. Nelson (Cargo agent, CHI) 98th A.&E. Maint. Sqdn. Lincoln Air Force Base Nebraska

MILITARY LEAVE RETURNING TO TWA

Marvin E. Cunningham, fit. svc. hlpr., KCK.

Robert P. Kaniski, cargo agt., YD?. Clarence A. Soler, cmy. elk., SFO. Carl L. Kerr, fit. svc. helpr., KCK. L. Wm. Lauritzen, resv. sales agt.,

NYC. Eddie L. Robertson, fit. svc. hlpr.,

KCK. Joseph M. Rossetti, mech., LGA. Edwin J. Rybicki, trans, agt., CHI.

GOD>JG B>JTO SERVICE

R. L. Anthony, mechanic, KCK. T. H. Citron, junior clerk, MKC. J. D. Davis, fleet service helper,

KCK. E. J. Lakata, mechanic, IDL. J. W. Murphy, fleet service helper,

LAX G. C. O'Neill, cargo agent, PHL. C. C. Roach, mechanic, IDL.

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TWA PHOTO PARADE

A WEDDING RECEPTION in Beirut finds TWAers gathering around to congratulate the bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Primrose, center. Mrs. Primrose is the former Blanche Allouche, reservations and ticket agent-in-charge, who is now moving to Jidda where her husband is in business. Left to right are Farid Alonzo, senior sales rep; Margo Hajjar, secretary; Mr. and Mrs. Primrose; Elie Atal lah, Jordan sales rep; Ed Rankin, district sales manager.

CATCHING THE EYE of the Parisian throng with his displays, TWA A d ­vertising Display Specialist Jean Verriere also caught the eye last year of a distinguished French government jury, who honors him here with the 1954 award for the best window displays, as French Minister of National Education Berthoin gives Jean a congratula­tory handshake.

CELEBRITIES GREETED by TWAers at Las Vegas recently included Walter Winchell, columnist, and Dagmar, TV star, as they arrived for the Tourna­ment of Champions golf playoff. On the left is W. E. Baker, district opera­tions manager, then Winchell, Dagmar, Ray Culley, city sales supervisor, Hostess Lynn Hart, and Wilbur Clark, owner of the Desert Inn.

TAKING A TURN at the mike at an employees club party in Paris is Yvette Bianco, teletype operator. Occasion was the TWA club's fifth anniversary.

POOLING THEIR SKILLS in a reservations seminar last month in New York were agents from Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Boston and the Big City itself. Left to right, front row, are Agents Tom Patron and Elfreida Kroll; second row, Agents Jeanne Buisson, Barbara Wood, Roberta Addy and Mildred Fisher; third row, Agents Bob Scavarda, Marjorie Seibert, George Faris, Bryan Jardine and Susan Mahoney; fourth row, Bob McClean, Walter Engle, Ingeborg Lippmann, George Bliss and Agnes Masker; standing, Matilda Koenig, Joan Quinn, Agnes Dursse, Jim Wilson, regional training instructor, and Maurice Blais. Ingeborg Lippmann has been a New Yorker for just three weeks; her last address: Berlin. Philadelphian Mati lda Koenig arrived from Germany some six months ago, while Bryan Jardine hails from Liverpool. Their classmate, New York City Res Agent Lauritz Lauritzen, was not present for this photographic round-up.

ASSEMBLED RECENTLY FOR a reservations brush-up in the Windy City were agents from Indianapolis, Detroit, Dayton and Washington, D. C. Smiling for the camera are, bottom row, Agents Betty Jane Jenson, Dolores Kandrach, Beverly Cooper, Virginia Hamilton, Judith Deer and Ralph Walter; second row, Agents Barbara Durbin, Will iam Howland, Kenneth Rausch, James Martin, Frank Bonfield and Joseph McGovern; top row, H. H. Bock, regional training inspector, and Agents Wil la M. Smith, Richard Mills, Robert Kerlin, R. W. Golden, Beatrice Burford, Elaine Wartman and Daniel Donoghue.

TWA'S THIRTY YEARS of service were celebrated at the annual spring dance sponsored by the New York employees club recently. Approximately 300 TWAers and friends turned out for the gala affair. Above is part of the crowd watching the popular "So you want to lead a band contest." Winner was Jim Marbut, reservations. Other entertainment included dancing to music of Ralph Anthony's orchestra, contests and prizes.

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DANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS who played a big part in making the spring dance a success line up to take a bow. Left to right are Gloria Briselli, lead switching center operator, Joe Friedman, em­ployees club president, Jane Farlow, treasurer, Leona Kaczmarek, club secretary, all LaGuardia; Cliff Siver, vice-president, Idlewild. Photos by Bill Griffin, LaGuardia.

TRYING OUT THEIR BERMUDA shorts in Jamaica are Kansas City Captain E. L. Cavanaugh and Mrs. Cavanaugh, who temporarily ex­changed their Prairie Vil lage, Kan­sas, home for the Tower Isle hotel on a recent vacation.

MAY 19,1955

SKYLINER

FIRE DRILL!

Overhaul Base men were geared to a five-alarm pitch for three days running recently when the base turned out for a fire prevention and fire-fighting course conducted by the Philadelphia fire-fighting expert, M. M. Batzer. Men from other Kansas City departments and from near-by industries joined the TWAers in putting out the blaze.

By FRED HUMPHREY

KANSAS CITY—Men at the Overhaul base recently got a chance to act out their boyhood dreams when they took part in a three-day fire-fighting session under the direction of M. M. Batzer, a Philadelphia fire-fighting specialist.

The OB TWAers, already expert in internal combustion, quickly became expert in combating the external variety, after three days of morning and afternoon sessions in =^=

ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION C. W. Hildebrand M. R.

R. C. Kibler G. A. Thompson Smith

'EASY DOES IT' M. M. Batzer L. L. Gray E. E. Vick

fire-fighting techniques, in which they donned gas-masks, maneu­vered heavily-laden stretchers, and pummeled one another in art i­ficial respiration practice.

Before their training began, the fire trucks were moved out of the KCK fire station, which was then partitioned with a tarpaulin to make a classroom.

Interpreting literally the proverb which has it that "where there's

smoke, there's fire," the OB men hung their classroom with "No Smoking" signs, and the three-day course in fire prevention, fire-fighting and fire damage control got underway.

Participating were representa­tives from line maintenance bases, from several other Kansas City de­partments and from industries adjacent to the base, as well as the base managers, general foremen

and mechanics. And, of course, the day shift volunteer brigade.

Fire-fighter Batzer is a short, dynamic man with a vast and entertaining knowledge of fires, their causes, their particular haz­ards, and most importantly, of how to put them out.

Equipment from all over the base was brought in for the dem­onstrations. Batzer covered every known type of fire, from the smoldering cigarette butt in the wastebasket to fires from spon­taneous combustion, and including oil fires, fires from welding, and fires developing in rags and other wastes. He illustrated his demon­strations with films.

Between classes, Batzer toured

the base, checking on fire-fighting equipment and fire hazards.

"All I am trying to do," he said, "is to show you where the danger of fire is to be found, to suggest how you can reduce these hazards and should there be a fire, how to put it out with the least damage. After all, it is your job which goes up in flames. It is the security of your way of life which is at stake here.

"The thing you must always do," he added, "is look for the un­expected in the commonplace. It is no use trying to read the di­rections on a fire extinguisher after the fire starts. It will be dark at, say, two a.m.—and you won't

be able to see them. An important thing to remember is that the first 30 seconds count. Fire can be com­pared to a man on a galloping horse. If the fire is bigger than you can stamp out with your foot, then call for help."

On the last afternoon of the fire training, simulated fires were lit out on the ramp and the students' final exam was to demonstrate the proper method of putting them out.

We have a good number of "A" students around here now. After these three days, confidence is high that the possibility of fire any­where at the base is fast reaching zero.

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A STUBBORN BLAZE Gayle Page M. M. Batzer D. C. Humphreys

CARE AND UPKEEP R. E. Lee W. C. Nelson

FINAL EXAMS C. W. Hildebrand M. M. Batzer

Super-G1 s Guests Frolic in Desert

CAIRO — A 2600-year-old Pyra­mid is still a popular rendezvous for desert party-goers!

Mycerinus' Pyramid — smallest of the three most famous, at Giza just outside Cairo—was selected as the starting-point for a recent party given the guests of TWA's Super-G Constellation preview flight from the U. S.

Kettle drums mounted on camel back sounded the call for the group to begin a mile-long trek to the party site, which was a huge tent among the sand dunes. The "group" was caravan-size, with 100 guests, 50 camels, 25 horses, 22 donkeys, 14 horse-drawn sand carts, Bedouin Sheikhs on Arabian stallions, several whirling der­vishes, 34 musicians, a chorus of 48 men and a troupe of drummers, and 112 donkey and camel boys.

Arrival at the party tent was greeted by a volley from a detach­ment of frontier troops on hand to guard the approaches to the tent.

Colorful entertainment was pro­vided the guests from the West by an oriental orchestra and 28 talented male and female dancers.

An oriental menu introduced the visitors to tasty "kofta," ground mutton formed around spits and charcoal-grilled; "kebab," lamb grilled whole on spits over coal pits; "bamya," a casserole dish made of okra; "mahshi," rice rolled tightly in grape leaves; and sweet, heavy oriental coffee.

Venturesome guests topped off the sumptuous meal with hubbly-b u b b l y w a t e r p i p e s , c a l l e d "sheesha."

MAY 19, 1955

OB MOVE BRINGS PROMOTIONS KANSAS CITY — John Crnic,

former inspector, and Lewis B. Jolley, former lead mechanic at the Overhaul base, both with TWA for more than fifteen years, have been promoted to methods engi­neers this week to assist in the transfer of engine overhaul facili­ties from the Fairfax airport to the new Mid-Continent Inter­national airport.

COLONIAL CONTINUES EMBARGO

N E W YORK—Colonial Air Lines has announced the continuation of its embargo on reduced rate trans­portation to and from Bermuda for the month of May. Space available transportation during this period may be requested, but prospective users are advised to expect ac­commodations only during the middle of the week.

Dayton Claims Lead in Ohio After New Record

DAYTON—TWAers here claimed the Ohio boarding championship May 11 after pushing their record to 952 for number of passengers boarded in one day. This beat their previous record of 787 by a wide margin but still fell short of Dayton's goal of out-loading St. Louis.

CINCINNATI PHONE CHANGES CINCINNATI — The telephone

number for the Cincinnati reser­vations office was changed to Dun­bar 1600 on May 18. On June 11 all telephone numbers in this area will add the prefix 1. Cincinnati reservations will then be Dunbar 1-1600 and the sales office Park­way 1-1980.

By Riccardo Magistrelli, Milan

1. A . Reading Club To Present Brunch, Movie

Los ANGELES—The Opera Read­ing club of Hollywood will pre­sent a brunch and TWA movie, "Flight to Romance," on May 25 at the Miramar hotel, Santa Monica, at 11 a. m. Principal speaker will be TWA's Mary Gordon.

All TWA women employees and wives of TWAers in the area are invited to attend and should con­tact Mrs. Roscoe Dunahoo, vice-president of the club, Exmont 23619, or Mrs. Verne Ferguson, reservations office.

Around the

TWA WORLD.. BOSTON — Former FBI agents

were recruited into the Super-G fan club here recently when the Boston chapter of the National Society of Former FBI Agents gave a dinner for visiting FBI men and watched District Sales Manager Jim deRevere's presentation of a TWA film. City Airfreight Agent Joe Silveira helped persuade the ex-G-Men.

SANTA MONICA — Reduced rate hotel accommodations are avail­able here to TWAers, who should contact the Los Angeles district sales manager for further details.

CLEVELAND — A newly opened motel in the area is offering dis­counts to TWAers. Further infor­mation can be secured from the district sales manager.

CLEVELAND—TWAers Clem Ebel, Gene Dietz, Ray Lund, C. R. Mathews and Phil Harris tucked away a steak dinner here recently as guests of the Parkbrook Motel management, when Cleveland beat the New York Yankees. President Royal Firmen of the motel is also a director of the Cleveland team, which got the TWAers' well-fed support.

PORTLAND — The Portland sales office moved to Room 309 Alder-way Building on May 1. The new telephone number is Columbia 2783, with office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays,

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Conversion of Connie Fleet Nears Finish^

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the overhead parcel rack, one for each four passengers, will be in­stalled.

Lavatory areas will be expanded and a hot water system will be installed for additional convenience of the passengers.

The 749 fleet will be completely converted by November 12. This includes a routine 2500-hour check during the time the fleet is at the Overhaul base.

The refurbished 749's will re­join TWA's fleet of standard first-class service aircraft — 50 twin-engine Martins, 10 Model 1049 Constellations and 20 new Super-G Constellations, all of which are ex­pected to be in service by mid­summer, in deluxe Ambassador service coast-to-coast as well as standard.

At present, on TWA's inter­national routes, there are 27 Model 749-A's, of which seven are "sleepers" and 20 are "converti­bles"—these may be flown as 61-passenger sky tourist, 49-passen-ger standard, or 32-passenger deluxe sleeper-seat combination equipment.

Gil Buvens To Replace Bob Donohue as Editor Of Employee Newspaper

KANSAS CITY — Gilbert A. Buvens, transportation agent in Albuquerque, has been selected to -succeed Robert J . Donohue as editor of the SKYLINER.

Donohue, who two months ago became editor after serving as a TWA purser for two years, is r e ­signing from the company to enter private business in San Francisco, his home town.

Buvens joined TWA in Albu­querque on June 21, 1948. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico where he studied journal­ism. He was a reporter for the university newspaper and photog­rapher for the university year­book. Since joining TWA he has also served several years as SKY­LINER field editor for Albu­querque. His wife, Fay, is also a TWAer, being presently a ticket agent in the city ticket office in Albuquerque.

Buvens' transfer to the employee publications section of industrial relations is effective Monday, May 23.

GOING OVER LAST MINUTE details of the May 26 All Airlines Ball in Los Angeles which will see a lucky couple win an all expenses paid trip to Acapulco as the Grand Prize are members of the activity committee. Left to right are Al Bendik of AAL; Dick Barnes of UAL; R. K. Nichols of WAL; Dick Baird of TWA, and Dick Girvin of LAA. The Hollywood Palladium event will begin at 7:30 p.m., with the $1.50 tickets on advance sale only. Dinner reservations may be made by calling the Palladium direct. Besides featuring the Les Brown orchestra, the second annual ball sponsored by all the airlines serving Southern California will honor a local man as aviation's "Man of the Year." The choice, made unanimously by the region's aviation writers, will remain secret until the evening of the ball. Purchase of a ticket will entitle the holder to a chance on any of the numerous prizes, including the Mexican trip, whether present for the drawing or not.

Daniel F. Bechtel, 08 Mechanic, Dies at Si

KANSAS CITY—Daniel F. Bechtel, 51, died here Monday, May 16, fol­lowing a three-weeks illness. He was employed as a mechanic in aircraft overhaul at the Overhaul base. Bechtel joined TWA as an apprentice mechanic on September 13, 1943.

He is survived by his wife, Audrey E. Bechtel.

A. R. Liemen, 23-Year TWAer, Dies at Age 60

KANSAS CITY—Albert R. Liemen, 60 years old and a TWA employee for 23 years, died here Saturday, May 14. He was a master mechanic in the sheet metal department at the Overhaul base.

Liemen joined TWA as a me­chanic in Kansas City in February, 1932. He transferred to the Over­haul base in 1947 where for short periods he served as an assistant foreman and also maintenance manuals writer. However, most of his service at the base was as a master mechanic.

He is survived by his wife, Ilona, and a son.

TWA files Application for Own Route Between Houston, Los Angeles

WASHINGTON—TWA requested a route from Houston, Tex., to Los Angeles by way of Dallas-Fort Worth and Albuquerque in an ap­plication filed Monday with the Civil Aeronautics Board.

TWA presently serves Houston and Dallas-Forth Worth through an interchange agreement with Braniff Airways making a stop at Amarillo en route to the west coast. The new application if granted would provide more di­rect service for TWA between the large population centers of Texas and California. '

Bell Replaces Volpe In Reservations Post

WASHINGTON—James J. Bell has been appointed reservations super­visor in Washington, replacing M. J. Volpe who has resigned.

Bell joined TWA in New York as a reservations agent, later be­came a lead and chief agent and in 1952 was appointed a reser­vations field representative.

KANSAS CITY SPORTS

Skyliners Defeated 4 to 2 in Second Tilt; Play Semi-Pros Tonight

KANSAS CITY — The Skyliners, TWA's all-employee baseball team, out-hit but could not out-score the Dearborn-Edgerton club, going down 4-2 in their second game of the season Sunday.

TWAers collected seven hits to their opponents' five but a TWA error in the third contributed to a three-run inning for the victors. Pitcher Ray Bussell went all the way for the airline gang and Frank Bleyenburg led the TWA hitting with a double and a single.

The Skyliners play their first night game tonight at 8 against the semi-pro United Broom Co. nine. The game wiU be played at Klamm park in Kansas City, Kan. Sunday they play the Kansas City Rockets, 2 o'clock at Leeds Com­munity park.

MIDGETS LOSE 0NEr WIN ONE KANSAS CITY — After losing a

heart-breaking 11-10 decision in the last inning of Saturday's league game with the Plaza Sports team, TWA's Management club Midgets bounced back Sunday with a smashing 32-7 victory in a non-league tilt with the Blue Springs contingent. The latter game was featured by a 17-run, 14-hit sixth inning for the TWAthletics.

They play the Ruskin Heights nine in a league game at 3 p.m. Saturday at 69th and Elmwood and have an exhibition game the fol­lowing day at 2 o'clock with the Raytown Clubs at the Raytown High school diamond.

FRANK IS BOXING JUDGE KANSAS CITY—A familiar figure

to TWAers attending boxing con­tests in Kansas City is Bob Frank, supervisor of simulated flight training. Not only is Bob an avid boxing fan but he attends the contests as an official judge for the state of Missouri.

The art of self-defense is a special hobby of Frank's as well as his son, Tommy, who won several contests in the 70-pound division last summer while being seconded by his father.

PLAYERS' MEETING MAY 23 KANSAS CITY—All members of

the TWA girls' Softball team are urged to attend a meeting at 5 p.m., Monday, May 23, in Room 205, New York Life building. New uniforms will be issued.

SUMMER BOWL LEAGUE OPENS KANSAS CITY — The Employees

club summer bowling league opened the season last Wednesday at the Plaza Bowl with 16 teams of two-men-two-women entered.

After six weeks of bowling the league will be divided into two divisions and trophies awarded to first and second place teams in each division. Trophies will also be awarded men and women for hi-10 handicaps. Carl Johnson and Norman Crawford were elected president and secretary-treasurer, respectively.

Employees desiring to enter the league as regulars or substitutes should call AP 201.

CLUB PROVIDES EQUIPMENT KANSAS CITY—Employee or de­

partmental groups who are plan­ning picnics are reminded that the TWA club provides recreational equipment for these affairs. Avail­able now are softballs, bats, bases, horseshoes, volley balls, badminton sets, aerial darts, banball and croquet sets. Items may be re ­served by calling the employee ac­tivities office.

TRAPSHOOTERS WIN AGAIN KANSAS CITY — TWA's sharp-

eyed trapshooting team bested the Black, Sivalls & Bryan gunmen four out of five matches last week to run its victory string to three in a row. They shoot against Union Wire Rope at 8:30 tonight at Elliott's Gun club, 50 Highway and Raytown road.

Cleveland Team Places Tenth in Bowling Loop

CLEVELAND — TWA's Topper Lounge team wound up in 10th place in the Cleveland Airport Bowling league as the season closed last week. Trailing the TWAers at the bottom of the heap were United Air Lines and Eastern Airlines.

The TWAers, however, collected their share of the loot in the awards, placing second for team high in three games (2686), with two members claiming individual honors for three-game high — Robert Horton first place with 654 and Gene Dietz third with 623. Four of the TWA team also placed in the top 25 high averages.

COLUMBUS DINNER DANCE COLUMBUS—TWA Club members

are invited to the dinner dance at the Navy Club at the field here on Monday, May 23, at 7 p.m. Admission is by card plus $1.75 for a single, $3.50 for a couple.

PROGRESS MAKES ITS MARK on the airport hangar in Kansas City. Once the location of TWA's main overhaul base, it is now dwarfed by the great length of the Super

Connie, so much in fact that the hangar doors cannot be closed in the picture at left. With the Super-G and its ad­ditional three-foot radar nose now in service through Kansas

City the space problem is even more pronounced. The solution is shown in the picture at right—a "hole" in the hangar wall to accommodate the Connie nose.

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