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VOL. 13, NO. 15 TRANS WORLD AIRLINE EMPLOYEES' WEEKLY PUBLICATION APRIL 13, 1950 HOSTESS CAREER OPEN TO TWA GIRLS Yearly PHL Award To Go to Eckert At Aviation Rail Philadelphia — Samuel B. Eckert, vice-president in charge of marketing, Sun Oil Co., will receive the Philadelphia TWA club's Aviation Award for 1949, according to Richard Roney, club president. Given annually for distinguished service in the development of PHL aviation, the award will be presented by Laurence P. Sharpies at the third Annual Aviation ball in the Warwick hotel on April 28. Sharpies, chairman of the aviation committee, PHL chamber of commerce, received the award last year. Eckert's principal contribution to PHL aviation has been his success in resolving the varied efforts of airlines, airport engineers, chamber of commerce and federal, state and city authorities into one general plan for the international air- jjort. The plan ultimately received the approval of the city council, the mayor and director of public works. Eckert became the fifty-second licensed flying boat pilot in the United States in 1915, when he "won his wings as a member of the Aero club of America. During World War I, he served "with both the British and American forces. He was an R.A.F. pilot in 1916 and 1917, and later was .given command of the 17th aero squadron of the British expeditionary forces, which as a unit was later transferred to the U. S. forces. On his return to the U. S. in 1919, he joined Stephen H. Noyes and Charles J. Biddle in instituting the first study to determine the site best suited as the location for a proposed PHL airport. Furbay To Address Civic and School Groups in TWA Cities New York—Covering nine different on-line cities, Dr. John H. Furbay, manager of Air World JEducation, will address several educational and civic groups in the Central and Atlantic regions during the next two months. First on-line city on Furbay's itinerary is St. Louis, April 18; then Philadelphia, April 19; Boston, April 20; Kansas City, April 21; Brooklyn, April 24; Boston again, April 25; New York, April 27; Oak Park, 111., May 4; Chicago, May 16; and Hannibal, May 25. JOKE OF THE WEEK "Mother." she said, "what is the best way to stop Tom spending so much money on me?" "Marry him." Kansas City — Young women who joined the airline to see the world but so far have had a continuous and not-so-exciting association with a typewriter, calculator, validator or what-have-you are again being offered an opportunity to take to the air — literally. W. J. Harrison, Employment manager, announced today that another hostess training class — limited to company employees — is scheduled to begin May 8. =^=^=^===^= WHY. NATURALLY, it jumped to mind when Ohio allowed motorists to use three letters instead of numbers on license plates this year! What jumped to mind? Simply that PAUL STRAHM, Columbus district Sales manager, should fight for TWA. He put up quite a battle, too, outlasting several Thomas William Adams, Theodore Wilson Andrews, Thaddeus Wilfred Agathocles and the like. Here he displays the spoils. Crew Men Change Engine in Hurry To Make Schedule By Jack Clifford New York — A crew of mechanics at LaGuardia recently thought it easier to change a whole engine, rather than a single cylinder — and so they did. As a result a Connie flight made schedule with several hours to spare. The No. 1 cylinder was reported bad on Plane 561 — which was supposed to take off at 10 p.m. Foreman Harry Alenik, pushed back his hat, scratched his head and went into a huddle with Al Jordan, LGA superintendent of Maintenance. They decided to change the engine since this particular cylinder is a knuckle-buster from away back and no one was sure if it could be replaced in time. Master Mechanics Tony Ristuc- cia, Frank Flory, Tony Salamone and John Podrasky tackled the job at noon — and had the engine ready for warm-up at 3 p.m. The Connie made schedule easily. Josh Lee Guest Speaker at Management Meet April 20 Kansas City—Josh Lee, member of the Civil Aeronautics board, will speak before the Kansas City TWA Management club next Thursday night, April 20, at the Aladdin hotel. M. J. Plodinec, system controller, will be the departmental speaker. The dinner meeting also has been scheduled as "Better Half" night with the members urged to bring their wives, husbands or dates as their guests. Dinner will begin at 6:30 o'clock. The class consists of three weeks of pre-flight training and will be given in Kansas City at the TWA Goebel hangar, Municipal airport. The hostess graduates will be assigned to flight duty on May 26. Requirements Stated To be eligible for consideration as a hostess, a girl must meet the following requirements: 1. A minimum of one year's service with TWA. (One year's service must be attained prior to completion of training May 26.) 2. Age — 21 to 28 years, inclusive. (Age 21 must be attained within 30 days after assignment to flight duty May 26.) 3. Weight—100 to 135 pounds, scaled according to height. 4. Height — 5 ft. 2 inches to 5 ft. 7 inches. (Measured without shoes.) 5. Appearance — Good appearance and personality. Applicant must not have any disfiguring scars or birthmarks on arms, legs, neck or face. 6. Health — Applicant must be in good general health — able to meet requirements of a comprehensive physical examination given by TWA physicians at periodic intervals. Applicant's eyesight must be such that constant use of glasses is not required. 7. Must be unmarried and remain unmarried as long as employee is a hostess. Bulletin Is Out A bulletin has been sent to all supervisors giving further details Ticket Agent Evert Parks, 43, Passes Away at MKC April 9 Kansas City — Evert Parks, 43, ticket agent at the airport, died here April 9. He had been with TWA since 1936. Parks had been suffering from a stomach ailment for several years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. regarding qualifications and training, Harrison said. Interested employees should contact their immediate supervisor for more complete instructions. Tarill Reduced on Overseas Freight Rates This Week New York — Commodity rates covering certain specific items in trans-Atlantic shipment were reduced this week, according to S. E. Russ, TWA Cargo Sales manager. Eastbound rates were reduced April 11 and westbound rates will be lowered April 17. Typical of the new low specific commodity rates are those from New York to Rome on furs, feathers, hides, pelts and skins. Nylon hosiery shipments of 2,200 pounds from LGA to Paris receive a rate of 50c a pound. Rates are lowered on shipments of chemicals, drugs, pharmaceuticals, biologicals and medicines from LGA to Israel and Egypt. Also down are tools and cutlery from Geneva and Zurich and hat bodies from Italy to the United States. RECORD BREAKERS at LaGuardia pause atop the engine they've just finished changing in three hours, enabling a Connie to make schedule. From the left are Foreman HARRY ALENIK, Master Mechanics ANTHONY MSTUCCIA, FRANK FLORY, ANTHONY SALAMONE and JOHN PODRASKY. Not shown, but given credit also for speeding through the job, is Inspector Alexander Bodnar. See story on this page. Barrett Named Head of LAX Management Club By Yola Condelli Los Angeles — Dex Barrett was elected president of the Los Angeles Management club Tuesday night. Barrett, senior staff assistant to, the regional general Sales manager, served as vice-president and chairman of the program committee for the club during the past year. A native Chicagoan, Barrett attended the University of Illinois and joined TWA in March, 1940, as a reservations agent. He served a 5^-year hitch in the army, being wounded in Germany while leading a reconnaissance patrol. On return to service with the company, he was assigned as a reservations agent at LAX. Others named to office in the Management club are Assistant Station Manager Duane Latourell, vice-president; Assistant Public Relations Manager Emmet Riordan, secretary; Air Cargo Accounting Supervisor Tom Summers, treasurer; and Sales Representative Ray Culley, sergeant-at-arms.
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Title | TWA Skyliner Magazine, 1950-04-13 |
Masthead | Skyliner: Tran World Airline Employees Weekly Publication |
Publisher | Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri |
Coverage | United States; Missouri; Kansas City |
Date | 1950-04-13 |
Year | 1950 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 13 |
Type | Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.) |
Source.Original | State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City |
Source.Digital | State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City |
Subject | Trans World Airlines (TWA) Records |
Description | An archive of the TWA Skyliner magazine |
Rights | Public domain |
Volume | Vol. 13 |
Issue | No. 15 |
Format | Tiff; pdf |
Language | Eng |
Description
Title | TWA Skyliner Magazine, 1950-04-13_01 |
Masthead | Skyliner: Tran World Airline Employees Weekly Publication |
Publisher | Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri |
Coverage | United States; Missouri; Kansas City |
Date | 1950-04-13 |
Year | 1950 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 13 |
Type | Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.) |
Source.Original | State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City |
Source.Digital | State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City |
Subject | Trans World Airlines (TWA) Records |
Description | An archive of the TWA Skyliner magazine |
Rights | Public domain |
Volume | Vol. 13 |
Issue | No. 15 |
Format | Tiff; pdf |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Date Digital | 2011-01-25/6:33 PM |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by Western Blue in Kansas City, MO. Archival image is an 8-bit color tiff that was scanned from original at 353 dpi. The original file size was 78.2 mb. |
Language | Eng |
Transcript | VOL. 13, NO. 15 TRANS WORLD AIRLINE EMPLOYEES' WEEKLY PUBLICATION APRIL 13, 1950 HOSTESS CAREER OPEN TO TWA GIRLS Yearly PHL Award To Go to Eckert At Aviation Rail Philadelphia — Samuel B. Eckert, vice-president in charge of marketing, Sun Oil Co., will receive the Philadelphia TWA club's Aviation Award for 1949, according to Richard Roney, club president. Given annually for distinguished service in the development of PHL aviation, the award will be presented by Laurence P. Sharpies at the third Annual Aviation ball in the Warwick hotel on April 28. Sharpies, chairman of the aviation committee, PHL chamber of commerce, received the award last year. Eckert's principal contribution to PHL aviation has been his success in resolving the varied efforts of airlines, airport engineers, chamber of commerce and federal, state and city authorities into one general plan for the international air- jjort. The plan ultimately received the approval of the city council, the mayor and director of public works. Eckert became the fifty-second licensed flying boat pilot in the United States in 1915, when he "won his wings as a member of the Aero club of America. During World War I, he served "with both the British and American forces. He was an R.A.F. pilot in 1916 and 1917, and later was .given command of the 17th aero squadron of the British expeditionary forces, which as a unit was later transferred to the U. S. forces. On his return to the U. S. in 1919, he joined Stephen H. Noyes and Charles J. Biddle in instituting the first study to determine the site best suited as the location for a proposed PHL airport. Furbay To Address Civic and School Groups in TWA Cities New York—Covering nine different on-line cities, Dr. John H. Furbay, manager of Air World JEducation, will address several educational and civic groups in the Central and Atlantic regions during the next two months. First on-line city on Furbay's itinerary is St. Louis, April 18; then Philadelphia, April 19; Boston, April 20; Kansas City, April 21; Brooklyn, April 24; Boston again, April 25; New York, April 27; Oak Park, 111., May 4; Chicago, May 16; and Hannibal, May 25. JOKE OF THE WEEK "Mother." she said, "what is the best way to stop Tom spending so much money on me?" "Marry him." Kansas City — Young women who joined the airline to see the world but so far have had a continuous and not-so-exciting association with a typewriter, calculator, validator or what-have-you are again being offered an opportunity to take to the air — literally. W. J. Harrison, Employment manager, announced today that another hostess training class — limited to company employees — is scheduled to begin May 8. =^=^=^===^= WHY. NATURALLY, it jumped to mind when Ohio allowed motorists to use three letters instead of numbers on license plates this year! What jumped to mind? Simply that PAUL STRAHM, Columbus district Sales manager, should fight for TWA. He put up quite a battle, too, outlasting several Thomas William Adams, Theodore Wilson Andrews, Thaddeus Wilfred Agathocles and the like. Here he displays the spoils. Crew Men Change Engine in Hurry To Make Schedule By Jack Clifford New York — A crew of mechanics at LaGuardia recently thought it easier to change a whole engine, rather than a single cylinder — and so they did. As a result a Connie flight made schedule with several hours to spare. The No. 1 cylinder was reported bad on Plane 561 — which was supposed to take off at 10 p.m. Foreman Harry Alenik, pushed back his hat, scratched his head and went into a huddle with Al Jordan, LGA superintendent of Maintenance. They decided to change the engine since this particular cylinder is a knuckle-buster from away back and no one was sure if it could be replaced in time. Master Mechanics Tony Ristuc- cia, Frank Flory, Tony Salamone and John Podrasky tackled the job at noon — and had the engine ready for warm-up at 3 p.m. The Connie made schedule easily. Josh Lee Guest Speaker at Management Meet April 20 Kansas City—Josh Lee, member of the Civil Aeronautics board, will speak before the Kansas City TWA Management club next Thursday night, April 20, at the Aladdin hotel. M. J. Plodinec, system controller, will be the departmental speaker. The dinner meeting also has been scheduled as "Better Half" night with the members urged to bring their wives, husbands or dates as their guests. Dinner will begin at 6:30 o'clock. The class consists of three weeks of pre-flight training and will be given in Kansas City at the TWA Goebel hangar, Municipal airport. The hostess graduates will be assigned to flight duty on May 26. Requirements Stated To be eligible for consideration as a hostess, a girl must meet the following requirements: 1. A minimum of one year's service with TWA. (One year's service must be attained prior to completion of training May 26.) 2. Age — 21 to 28 years, inclusive. (Age 21 must be attained within 30 days after assignment to flight duty May 26.) 3. Weight—100 to 135 pounds, scaled according to height. 4. Height — 5 ft. 2 inches to 5 ft. 7 inches. (Measured without shoes.) 5. Appearance — Good appearance and personality. Applicant must not have any disfiguring scars or birthmarks on arms, legs, neck or face. 6. Health — Applicant must be in good general health — able to meet requirements of a comprehensive physical examination given by TWA physicians at periodic intervals. Applicant's eyesight must be such that constant use of glasses is not required. 7. Must be unmarried and remain unmarried as long as employee is a hostess. Bulletin Is Out A bulletin has been sent to all supervisors giving further details Ticket Agent Evert Parks, 43, Passes Away at MKC April 9 Kansas City — Evert Parks, 43, ticket agent at the airport, died here April 9. He had been with TWA since 1936. Parks had been suffering from a stomach ailment for several years. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. regarding qualifications and training, Harrison said. Interested employees should contact their immediate supervisor for more complete instructions. Tarill Reduced on Overseas Freight Rates This Week New York — Commodity rates covering certain specific items in trans-Atlantic shipment were reduced this week, according to S. E. Russ, TWA Cargo Sales manager. Eastbound rates were reduced April 11 and westbound rates will be lowered April 17. Typical of the new low specific commodity rates are those from New York to Rome on furs, feathers, hides, pelts and skins. Nylon hosiery shipments of 2,200 pounds from LGA to Paris receive a rate of 50c a pound. Rates are lowered on shipments of chemicals, drugs, pharmaceuticals, biologicals and medicines from LGA to Israel and Egypt. Also down are tools and cutlery from Geneva and Zurich and hat bodies from Italy to the United States. RECORD BREAKERS at LaGuardia pause atop the engine they've just finished changing in three hours, enabling a Connie to make schedule. From the left are Foreman HARRY ALENIK, Master Mechanics ANTHONY MSTUCCIA, FRANK FLORY, ANTHONY SALAMONE and JOHN PODRASKY. Not shown, but given credit also for speeding through the job, is Inspector Alexander Bodnar. See story on this page. Barrett Named Head of LAX Management Club By Yola Condelli Los Angeles — Dex Barrett was elected president of the Los Angeles Management club Tuesday night. Barrett, senior staff assistant to, the regional general Sales manager, served as vice-president and chairman of the program committee for the club during the past year. A native Chicagoan, Barrett attended the University of Illinois and joined TWA in March, 1940, as a reservations agent. He served a 5^-year hitch in the army, being wounded in Germany while leading a reconnaissance patrol. On return to service with the company, he was assigned as a reservations agent at LAX. Others named to office in the Management club are Assistant Station Manager Duane Latourell, vice-president; Assistant Public Relations Manager Emmet Riordan, secretary; Air Cargo Accounting Supervisor Tom Summers, treasurer; and Sales Representative Ray Culley, sergeant-at-arms. |