Monday, Apr. 18, 1938
Awards
P: To Juan Terry Trippe, 39, smooth president of Pan American Airways, the American Arbitration Association's gold Medal for "promotion of international good will and distinguished service in commercial peace." Past recipients: Charles M. Schwab, Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Harry F. Guggenheim.
P: To the German State Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn), world's largest system,* all tracks, rolling stock and property of the 3,628-mile Austrian State Railways. Said an official announcement from the German Railroads Information Office, which last week closed all U. S. bureaus of the Austrian State Tourist Department: "The rejoicing of Austria and the happiness of the Austrian and German people over their long desired reunion will also be a boon to travelers: the dark clouds of political uncertainty have drifted away. . . ."
* 36,271 miles of track, 700,000 employes.
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