Washington, Oct. 10.
Citing its operating losses at U.S. $472,858 for 1937 and U.S.$373,523 for the first six months in 1938, the Pan-American Airways applied today for judication on the clipper mail rates between San Francisco and Hongkong.
The company requested seven dollars a mile for the first 1,000 pounds for outbound mail after which it asked for U.S.$1 each pound or fraction of a pound for each 1,000 miles between Guam and Honolulu, U.S.$16 between Guam and San Francisco and U.S.$8 between Hawaii and Sen Francisco, The company's present rate fr U.S$4 each mile for the outbound mail and nothing for inbound mail.—United Press.
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