Commemorating the first through it-mail and passenger service between China andthe United States of America, the American Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai, and the Chinese-American Trade ' Council are Jointly sponsoring a luncheon in the assembly room of the American Due fon Monday, April 26, ut 1215 pam. The first" Americaward flight scheduled for the morning of April 'At the luncheon, a ten-minute table outlining the new services (times, distances, charges, ete.) will be made by Mr. W. L. Bond, Vice-President and Director of the' China National Aviation Corporation.
"First Flight" covers will be on sale during the luncheon period, and arrangements are being completed 50 that the actual posting can be done at the club. Alr-mail stamps of the proper denominations will be on sale, Models of the "Clippers" and. the ENA. Sikorskys, both of which are being used in the service, are 10 be displayed along with several beautiful photographs of the ships in flight. The assembly room willie additionally decorated with a Sino-American theme.
'A number of guests of honour are being invited, and reservations are being accepted for members of the American Chamber and the Chinese-American Trade Council "and. their China National Aviation Corpora tion, General Agents in China for the "Pan-American Airways System received oficial advice that the Inst link in the trans-Pacific air service will be forged on April 28 when a giant four-motored Clipper will land at "Hongkong carrying the first scheduled alr. mail between Manila and the China coast
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