As the new boss of the Civil Aeronautics Board, Chairman Joseph J. O'Connell Jr. thought he could speed things up. He held that it should not take monthsas it often hasfor CAB to make up its mind. Last week he got a chance to prove it. Up before CAB came one of the airlines' bitterest squabblesthe fight between Braniff Airways, Inc. and Pan American Airways Corp. for business in Latin America (TIME, Aug. 13, 1945).
In three weeks, President Thomas Braniff expects to start flying his new routes from Houston, Tex. to Lima,...
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