BAGGAGE AND PERSONAL ARTICLES (Continued) 
Travel on Civil Aircraft (Continued) 
personnel, traveling to the Caribbean 
area, Central and South America, Africa, 
the Middle and Far East will be granted 
priority for excess baggage of 22 lbs. if 
their military travel orders authorize the 
excess weight. Permission to carry addi¬ 
tional baggage must be obtained from the 
military authority granting priority for 
the travel. 
C. Articles included in Personal Weight: 
One coat, one book and/or two or three 
magazines, one umbrella or cane, and one 
pocket camera per passenger will not be 
counted as baggage weight, but will be 
considered as a part of the passenger’s 
personal weight. Note: Books, magazines, 
etc. are subject to censorship and confis¬ 
cation. 
D. Articles Accepted and Weighed as Bag¬ 
gage: Only personal effects are accepted 
as baggage, including samples and per¬ 
sonal trade tools not for sale. Radios and 
typewriters other than portable type, ex¬ 
cessive jewelry, valuable documents, com¬ 
mercial articles for sale, household effects 
must be shipped as Express, subject to 
Export Licenses and other requirements. 
Hand trunks, suitcases, briefcases, 
women’s large travel purses or any other 
container holding personal effects, per¬ 
sonal military equipment such as side- 
arms, helmets, gasmasks, musette bags, 
and parachutes will be weighed as bag¬ 
gage. 
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BAGGAGE AND PERSONAL ARTICLES (Continued) 
Travel on Civil Aircraft (Concluded) 
f. Overnight Requirements: In order to fa¬ 
cilitate handling of baggage and expedite 
local customs inspections, toilet articles 
and night apparel should be placed in a 
separate small “overnight bag,” not more 
than 20 x 20 x 6 inches, or should be easily 
accessible in baggage so they may be 
transferred to a suitable small overnight 
bag furnished to passengers by Pan Amer¬ 
ican Airways on overnight flights. 
“Overnight bags ” only will be accessible 
to passengers aboard the Clippers and 
at intermediate stops other than over¬ 
night. 
For scheduled overnight stops, other bag¬ 
gage will be available, if absolutely nec¬ 
essary, but it is recommended that 
articles and clothes required for such 
scheduled overnight stops be confined 
to the small “overnight bag.” 
F . Cameras, Binoculars, and Sidearms. 
These articles will be placed in custody of 
the Captain throughout the flight. Side- 
arms permitted only for government per¬ 
sonnel authorized to carry them. Firearms 
in possession of others not acceptable ex¬ 
cept for sport purposes and subject to 
entry permits. Neither cameras nor bi¬ 
noculars may be taken to Lisbon, Portu¬ 
gal, as baggage, but must be shipped and 
manifested as Air Express. 
G. Film. Film, plates, etc. of all kinds are 
subject to U. S. Customs inspection and 
confiscation unless license to carry film 
has been secured from the Office of Cen- 
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