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Non-stop Atlantic Flight Easy, Luxury-Filled, Safe, Speedy (EDITOR'S NOTK TTniw, ' me iasi m a series or ar ticles which will deal with new, luxury travel services offered to and within Europe, and oth er subjects. The article below describes today's overnight, non-stop luxury air service to Europe. Writing this series of articles for the Journal is Edward H. Sims, veteran traveler, Wash ington correspondent and edi tor.) By EDWARD II. SIMS (Journal Foreign Correspondent) Paris, France, Dec. 20 If you have never flown to Europe, first-class, that is, on a plush commercial liner, non-stop, you probably will before many years have passed. Tho airlines are now putting aircraft on regularly-scheduled runs which can cross the At lantic, New York to Paris or vice versa, in a night, a very pleasant night, and the cost of trans-Atlantic air crossings has been steadily decreasing in re cent years. Having crossed the Atlantic half a dozen times, but never in one hop, with all the trim mings, now characteristic of commercial airline luxury, vin tage 1955. this writer scheduled such a trip earlier this month. You have probably read many accounts of Atlantic crossings, but the following ac count is specific and accurate to the minute in diary form. It will give every reader who has never made such a journey a realistic picture of a modern miracle in transportation, over night passenger service from New York to Europe. On this particular trip, the destination was Paris and the airline was Air France. There are other cities, especially Lon don, to which non-stop flights are scheduled, and there are many other excellent airlines offering service on this same route. It had been several years since this traveler had crossed the ocean by plane, and the changes which have taken place are sig nificant. They reflect the fast pace which is being set by ever-improving and ever-modernizing airlines most of which use American-built planes As a rule, the Atlantic cross ing is the blue ribbon route of international airlines. That is certainly true wh Air France, and it is said to be true with B.O.A.C., K.L.M.. and the two great American airlines, Pan American and TWA, and many others. My recent flight was sched uled for departure, Idlewild, New York, at six in the eve ning. Hardly had my wife and I been seated when a looker with a cute Parisian smile in the ticket booth at Idlewild, came trippin' over to ask if madame would like some gum. The engines turned ovar at 6:10. all four of them starting, by the way. And that is good for a start, four enginss. The hostess welcomed us aboard Flight 070 three way, over the plane's speaker, in French, Eng lish and Spanish. It was a clear night, with brilliant stars above. Taxiing down the taxiways, marked with yellow lights spelling out numbers, and seeing the red and blue lights of the ground markers, plus other huge trans atlantic airliners, landing or getting ready to take off, cre ated an impression of a new age, an air age. And yet, this Buck Rogers setting is already old stuff. At 6:25 we began to roll, after an engine check at the end of the runway, and were off the ground in a bout a minute. Only a few minutes ahead was anoth er transatlantc airliner, headed for London, which had just taken off. At 6:40, smoothly climbing in this Super G Constellation, the hostess appeared with yester day's Paris papers and the af ternoon New York papers, cov ering the news of the day. Meanwhile several snakes had made a scheduled appearance, and the hostess was at hand to offer all those who needed mi ii in " .'j.'t'K.fi ' ''"'.''" i n.i ii iim . .nmmrmmtiw ' -ji.hu r,; , , , , ; yi:- - t is"' ' - ! V.. :::. ' " ''' Y', f - ' I t " - , . - , i , - -1 ' , 5 9 ' I - - " ' " ' ' , I' " ' '.'- A I ' ' ' ' ' v ' f ' ' - I' i' , -' ' ' ' ' " .... I - ' ' , f ' . "I X P ' ' ; , . ' , , - '' '- . ' - ' 1 ' - P ' . ' - , - . : : P ' ' T'" ' ' : IV' , - , - M,. ' y - f. ' IP'-- iP ?) Sale Saturday, Feb. 18 6 MILK COWS TB and Bangs tested, from 2-6 Yr. old 8 STEERS and HEIFERS Weighing 400 la 600 lbs. 6 BUCKET CALVES 10 EWES Some with lambs at side 260 Real Good Hedge Posts SOME STEEL POSTS There will be a MACHINERY SALE THURSDAY, MARCH 8 Consign your machinery now! HORSE SALE MONDAY NICHT Several good horses coming. Bring in your horses . . . they are selling good. Plattsmouth Sale Barn KARL CROSSHANS, Owner HAPPY LANDING A member of the Army's famed 82nd Airborne Division returns to earth with perfect landing form during a practice jump at Fort Bragg. IdifHlSlh OGS h MEMBER' Dollar Days Bargains Children's ANKLETS Regular 39c Pair 4 pr. $1 Men's Cushion Sole WORK SOCKS 3 pr. $1 Ladies' ANKLETS Regular 39c Pair 3 pr. $1 Men's DRESS SOCKS 2 pr. $1 (One Croup) Ladies' and Children's HOUSE SLIPPERS . . . . $1.00 Discontinued Styles, Broken Sixes Other Styles $1.00 Off Children's Great Scott Shoes . $3.00 "1 JTVk 1S 532 Main "Shoes for All the "Family" Dial 7232 counter-weapons spirits. The cocktails were gratis, natural- y, this being a first-class , and not a tourist flight (on most of which cocktails are not serv ed). The snake fighting had begun promptly at 7:20. A table was set up for my wife, who wrote a letter. We had long been high enough so that there was no turbulence, and the pilot had put out a message over the speaker giv ing altitude and other flight details three flavors, again- On the entire trip, no one was ! bothered with a sign of air sickness for which pills were available if needed. Menus came next. and . . were decorated on the front page with beautiful color prints of Paris scenes. We had decided to steal our two, even before they were offered as souvenirs, some what easing the atmos phere. The first course, of dinner consisted of hearts of artichoke palm with peas and carrots au glace. Then came fresh fruit salad. Then lobster salad, guarded on all sides by egg and and tomato halves and decor ated by pimentoes and Christ -.mas grapes. When the French rolls ap peared, with butter, the cham pagne began to flow, andthe meat course, breast of hen in a typical French cream and white wine (with truffles) sauce, followed. 'Rice, which had been cooked in chicken consom- :me, parsley, iresn musnrooms and olives, accompanied the chicken. After passengers had eased this down the slides, fine cheeses, the very finset, were offered, and then for those who needed reviving brandy or liquor, small bottles for each passenger, and coffee. A bright half moon outside, shining on the right wing, on the end of which was a green light, blinking continuously, (the left wing has a red light, made a beautiful picture. It was quiet and smooth and time to saw logs. It was 9:30. And yet it was only five hours til1, first light, for we were rac ing around the surface of the earth toward a meeting with the recently set sun. at four hundred miles an hour, and we would meet it again four hours early. My wife and I were in a com partment seating eight. The Su per G's have quite a number of compartments, but only one in the rear of the galley, which wre were in. These seats are considered choice, for a num ber of reasons, and the old idea that the nearer to the nose of the plane one gets, the better the seat (because of the pos sibility of air-sickness) is now obsolete. The rest rooms were in the rear of the ship, a small powder room at the en trance, with cologne and wash basin, with hot and cold water, and even a plug in for those using electric shavers. The seats converted into beds, each having a two-piece under carriage, which extended far enough in front to amply care for a six-footer. The seat itself lowered, and with pillows and blankets furnished, it wras not hard to work up a rather re spectable snooze, December wa- The next thing the writer knew, a first light was fighting its way through the clouds at the horizon. By 3:30, everyone was up and pigs that we were ready for breakfast! At 4 a.m. breakfast was cook ing (and smelling good). Grape fruit juice was served at 4:25. Already, many passengers had shaved or washed up. At 5:30, we began to let down in the clouds. It was now bright daylight. It had been announc ed that we would not land at Shannon, Ireland, our possible stop en route, should conditions warrant, some distance back. We were headed straight in for Paris, " letting down only ten hours and 54 minutes after leaving the runway at Idlewild! The French villages and fields began to appear, -neat winter brown fields, newly plowed. Af ter a slight delay above the air port, wThich, in our case, was Brittany Airport, we touched down smoothly at 6:07, New York time, or Washington time. Customs was a snap. Bags not opened, only a question whether we had anything to declare. We had bought ten dollars in French francs in New York, the American Ambassa dor in Paris had been kind enough to get us hotel resreva tions in advance, and so we even had francs for taxi fare and baggage porter tips on ar rival. And it was just that easy. 7Beef State7 Navy Company Being Formed Chief NaDeau of the Navy recruiting station here an nounced today that Governor Victor A. . Anderson has pro claimed the month of February as "Operation Sign-Up'" month in support of an all-out drive by the Navy to enlist a recruit group made up only of Nebras kans. Plattsmouth Mayor Leo Mei singer has issued a proclama tion declaring Feb. 19 the open ing of "Operation Sign-Up" week here. Chief NaDeau said, "Last year proved that men will join if they can enlist with their buddies and take a little bit of home with them. We started a drive for one Nebraska group and got two. This time we hope to be even more successful and enlist a company made up not only of Nebraskans, but high school graduates." Current plans call for a mass enlistment ceremony to be held at the U. S. Naval Personnel Center in Omaha Feb. 28, at which time the special group will be formally dubbed "The Beef State Company." Chief NaDeau said that the name "Beef State" was chosen because it was considered most representative of Nebraska's importance in national affairs by its production of beef. The recruits will undergo basic training at the Great Lakes, Illinois, Naval Training Center. Recruiters will be at the. courthouse in Plattsmouth each Monday from 1 to 3 p. m. In formation also may be obtained at the U. S. Navy Recruiting Station, 24th and O, co city Hall, Omaha. Red Cross Needs Far East Stenos And Secretaries "Secretaries or stenographers who are interested in overseas work with the American Nation al Red Cross are urged to write to the organization's Midwestern Area headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., or their own local Red Corss chapters, today. An immediate demand for women stenographers to fill job vacancies in the Far "East was made public by Miss Beth Bruce personnel director, at the Red Cross Midwestern Area. Miss Bruce said qualified ste nographers are being sent to Far Eastern Red Cross .offices, military hospital offices, or field offices at military installations. The Red Cross carries on ex tensive welfare and recreation services for members of the armed forces and their depend ents, both in the United States and overseas, it was explained. Besides the opportunity to travel to major points of interest she pointed out that stenog raphers received good beginning waeres ($241 per month) and housing is provided with cost. Other benefits include a liberal vacation plan, food allowance, group insurance, retirement, and social security Women between the ages of 23 and 35 years, who can take THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, February 16. 1956 Section B PAGE FIVE Pasture-Forage Convention Set at Omaha on March 15 The question a lot of farm folks these days are asking, 'Where Do We Go From Here,"' will command attention at the eighth annual National Pasture-Forage-Livestock conference, to be held at the Union Stock Yards in Omaha March 15th. In fact, that rather provocative query will be the theme of the 1936 meeting. The PFL meeting, perennially centered around animal agri culture, has come to be one of the country's best known and best attended such events. A tendance has ranged up to 1,000 and more. Chairman for the 1956 event will be Russ Kendall. The noon luncheon speaker, to be announced as soon as pend ing negotiations are completed, will be a nationally known fig- dictation at 80 words per minute and type 50 words per minute, qualify for the stenographic po sitions. Also, they must be citi zens of the United States. For further information on overseas employment write to the Director of Personnel Serv ice, Midwestern Area Office, American Red Cross, 4050 Lin- del Blvd., St. Louis 8, Mo. ure. others slated to appear on the March 15 program are a trio of able agricultural econo mists, Raymond J. Doll of Kan sas City, Francis Kutish of Ames and Everett Peterson of Lincoln; farmer-feeders George Welty of Shenandoah and Merle Travis of Bedford, Iowa, and Marion Menke of Lexington, Nebraska, banker Julius Rohwer of Schlweswlg, Iowa; Carl Neu mann of Chicago, manager of the National Live Stock and Meat Board; and meat packer and meat retailer representa tives. The National PFL conference is sponsored by the Agriculture Committee of the Omaha Cham ber of Commerce in cooperation with Omaha livestock market in terests, the Nebraska and Iowa Agriculture Colleges and Ex tension services, and various midwestern livestock grower and feeder groups. r(EDass5Q5(2iD PACE Clubmobile Service Needs Women ARC Hospital Service College trained young women who object to run-of-the-mill desk jobs are making applica tions now for overseas employ ment with the American Red Cross. Immediate openings for recre a t i o n workers i n clubmobile service and military hospitals in the Far East were announced today by Miss Beth Bruce, per sonnel director of the Red Cross Midwestern Area Office. Miss Bruce stressed . advan tages of overseas employment with the Red Cross, which of fers a vacation plan, group in surance, retirement, and social security benefits. In addition, qualified young women who complete successful tours overseas are -considered for assignment in the United States in other Red Cross serv ices. To he eligible for clubmobile assignments, wThich call for in genuity and adaptability in plan n i n g program entertainment, recreation workers should, have college training or special apti tudes in recreation, education, music, dramatics, speech, or art. They must be between 23 and 40 years of age. In clubmobile visits, recre ation workers encourage active soldier participation in group singing, amateur dramatics, so cial games, and handicrafts. 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