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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01
Mexico TESTS
COOP SCHEME
Walkers at Sugar Plant
Share in Management
Of Industry
~, WILLIAM n. LANDER
~, p..s< Staff Correspondent

zACATEPEC, Mexico, April l.;
rfpi-Here in the sub-tropical
Mains of the southern state Of
WRareIos rises the huge "Emiliano
Manuta Sugar Centrap'-one OF
the tangible achievements of the
s'H Tbc 7G7-mile Pan American
highway linking Laredo, Tex, and
Mexico City is one OF the most
spectacular pieces of engineering
cpmpleted since President Lazaro
Cardenas took office in Novem-
her, 1884. Construction Of the
road. however, was well advanc-
aG at that time. 1t was inaugural
ed on July A, 1886.
The sugar plant was planned,
built, inaugurated and put into
oneration under Cardenas. 1t is Il
socialistic scheme. to be operated
in the form Of a cooperative,
With cane-cutters and mill work
ers sitting in the management
councils with government repre-.
sentatives, who look after the in
t.rests of banks which put up the
ST. LOUIS ENGINEERS AIDED
Engineers from st. Louis col
lab0rated with Mexican experts
in planning and construction
work. Cost was about $3,Gll, IL J..
/ The most modern machinery from
The United States, Germany and
Great Britain was imported. Lat
lie locomotive built in Hamburg
haul the sugarcane trains.
The mill can handle 5000 tons
of cane every "a hours. 1t is the
biggest in MexicO-surpasslnS the
one at I'll Mamie, in Ciudad Juar-
e., whose big Smokestack on the
west side Of the Pan American
highway is q landmark for thou
sands of American tourists. Hacat-
cpec is not the biggest mill in the
world, but it probably is the most
modern.
Some tourists complain that
! they come to Mexico and see only
Aztec, Toltec and Magyar ruins,
colonial builders and churches,
and Il few revolutionary school
houses and lots Of modernistlc
! murals, but see little Of what is
going on in>pn Industrial way. A
visit to Zacatepec, however, Is
different. The trip from Cuernac-
vaca to Zdeatepec takes about 30
/ minutes by car. 1t is an impress
! sive sight. After going through
gray volcanic vestigeS for 4 few
miles, suddenly Il broad PLAIN
green with Sugarcane, energies.
RUINS OF OLD MILL
As the village is approached,
there appears an oil colonial aque-
Observation-Disclosures of the one the
Romans built in the heart OF
; CASTLE, ut Segovia, Spain. impress
sive are the ruins of the Spanish
built sugar mill, which Emiliano
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01
SENATE WILL
RECEIVE TAX
BILL MONDAY
Last Shreds of Undivided
Profits Tax in House
Bill Removed

WASHINGTON. April /. tOp
The senate finance committee
Yesterday completed work on the
S5332. 900. 900 revenue bill after
rejecting by one vote an amend
ment by Senator LaFoIIettc IT,
Wis which proposed 10 increase
rayes on individual incomes IN the
lower brackets.
Chairman Harrison 3D., Miss
said the measure, ShOrn ol al
remnant, Of the undivided profits
tay retained by the house and rid
died with changes to meet bust
ness demands for relief, will be
ready for senate consideration
next Monday. He estimated the
hin .,;l raise $23,0O0,000 more
ON the 1898 mcOmc than would
the house measure and will yield
81 .OOO. 900 more than needed to
IDance government operations.
Before concluding consideration
of the bill the committee sought
10 pl4cate virtually certain house
oupoSition To the complete clint
nation of the profits tax prlnci-
plrs by Tightening section lO2 o!
The present law which imposes
dra tic penalty taxes ON unrcaSon-
able accumulation Of SURPRISES.
The, committee shifted the bur
den Of proof that SurpluSc' ac-
rumulaLrd by individual corpora
tinns aic reasonable, from the
government To the taxpayer.
Administration leaders argued
in the house during debate that
retention Of the principles Of the
prorils tax was essential To thwart
The nilin" up of reserves M eX-
ceS.. of company needs. They pro
tested that section lO2 Is not ell
fectiyc i'm such Il situation.
Sen. I.aFollettr wa"cd II spirit
ed light in committee today TO
broaden the tax base. lie offered
three amendments which were de-
feated. The first, proposing to be-
gin the SurtaX rates on incomes
of $4,000 and calling for gradual
I'd increases on Incomes up TO
$4O.UU0, was approved 10 To {
and then was defeated . to I on
reconsideration. The second. pro
posing to reduce exemptions Tor
single persons from $1,000 to
$500 and for married persons
from $1,000 to $4,000 was de
feated 10 to 7. The third, = COM
bination of both proposals, lost
9 To 3.
Five Democrats and two Re
publicans voted with LaFoI!ettc
while seven Democrats and two
Republicans voted "no." Those
faSoring broadening of the tax
base were Harrison, LaFolIrttr
and Sens. Walsh ID. Mass. Bal
ley 3D.. n. c., Guffey 3D., Pa,
Buckley 3D., o., Yandcuberg Or,
Mich.). and Townsend r., Deli.
Democrats opposed were Sens.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01

King. Utah; Connally, Texas;
Lonrrgan. Connecticut. Gerry,
Rhode Island; Brown. Michigan;
Herring. Iowa; George, Georgia.
and Republican Sens. Cappcr,
Kansas, and Davis, Pennsylvania.
OF tIoSc who voted aye" only
one, Buckley, is up for reelection
this year. while four who voted
mo-" Lonergan. Brown, George,
and Davis, must face the voters.
It is extremely doubtful whether
I.aFollette's proposals would have
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01

most completely rewritten by the
senate GROUP. Important changes
include: 70.
Substitution Of flat lS per
cent corporate income tax for the
1920 per cent profits levy. {!
Substitution Of Il flat ID per
cent levy on capital gains and
losses.
Exemption from capital gains
lcvies of all transfers Of property
and securities by utility holding
companies forced to liquidate UNI
der the death sentence" act.
Extension Of one year the time
under which personal holding com.
panies may liquidate and claim
tax benefits.
Elimination Of the cents pei
pound increase in the excise tax
on~imports Of pork and pork prod
uctS.
Elimination of the % cent pen
gallon increase in the federal IL
quOr tax. $
Rejection of two "riderS" One
proposed imposition of $2l2,00O,,
600 in nroceSsin" taxes to finance
parity payments to farmers un-
der the new farm act and the sec
ond proposed drastic wartime
profits lcvieS.
Rejection of Il three cent pen
pound increase in the excise tax
on canned beef.
Elimination Of the tax on chew
ing gum and on brewers wort and
malt.
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won senate approval and it is vir-
tually certain that the house
would not have voted higher taxes
on lower bracket incomes on the
eve Of IN election.
Harl.iSon's committee rccOnSid-
cred its action Of yesterday and
agreed 10 reduce the excise tax
from = Ia to l-2 cents per
pound on rubber tires and from
4 TO : l-2 cents Il pound on
tubes.
The house-approved bill was al
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01

Zapata, now one Of the most con-
troversial figures in modern Mex
lean history, burned when his
horde swoo cd down on this re-
gion and massacrcd the landown-
ers and their Spanish foremen.
Walls of the mill still stand, and
the doors and window frames
were built in the style Of Moorish
arch, which is Il near-replica of
the ones in the Mosque Of Cor
doba.
For years there was nothing
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01
.NLRB TO HEAR
WEIRTON CASE
DEFENSE NEXT
325 Witnesses Are Called
for Second Phase to
Start April 4

PITTSBURGH, April |. w }
The National Labor Relation
boards marathon" hearing III
the Weirton Steel company case
goes into its second phase AprL
4 when defense witnesses will an
swer anti-union charges that W.T.
ncsses have made against lne
company. 49,.
After 20 weeks of board tcSll'
mony that filled II 800 pages
Isadorc Policr, NLRB attorney Oh
March II announced: 1.-The boar"
rests"
This labor case revolving
around Weirton Steel company, ;
relations with its employers VIII
shift back to Steubenvllle, ",
April 4, when the company WI
oDen its defense and place VIII
nesseG on the stand. H. >,
For sat least three months,
Clyde A. Armstrong, chief com
pany attorney, expects to miro
ducc defense testimony The
hearings first opened in New Cum
berland, w. Va, August IL, shit
ed later to Stcubcnville, ana final'
ly to Pittsburgh, when hearing
rooms were not available in the
other places.
In attempting to substantiate
the anti-union charges brought ny
the Steel Workers Organlzin''
committee, u Committee for In
.dustrial Organization affiliate
the board summoned 325 witness
cs, many Of whom commended they
were discharged for their UNION
activities.
1t is charged that in the fall OF
1896, Weirton Steel, headed by r.
Il. Weir, discharged BOZ men loi
union activities. Just before the
board rested, Polier moved ic
amend the boards complaint SO
as to drop without prejudice,
the claims of 1873 of the dOl
workers.. The boards attorney
said the elimination OF the claim
ants was because of failure to ap
pear or failure to produce evi
dcnee to back up their claims.
f, &. Smith, trial examiner
passed on to the labor board il
Washington the decision as tt
whether the claims Of the 90
should be dropped "without PREF
udice."
NO CONTRACT SIGNED
Although Weirton Steel has no
signed a contract with the ClO
the company contends the mel
were laid off because of q CLOSING
down of several hot mills in the
tin department.
The SWOC charges the com
pany dominated two independen
unions, The Weirton Steel En-
ployes Representation Plan, ant
the Weirton EMPLOYEES Securit!
League.
Principals in the case have no
estimated what the hearing, tn
longest yet held by the board, ha
cost. hut the record alone ha
cost about $4,000. Of the $2.2'
per page charged by the report
ing firm, ~ cents is paid by TIT
board and $2.l5 page is paid b!
Weirton Steel.
This is due to the reportln.
firms low bid to obtain MIR
hearing contract, charging tn
difference: to the other side.
Other costs are the pay for tn
staffs of attorneys employed n
each side, the So? a day paid t
Examiner Smith, the $3.50 a da,
and So expense money paid to tn
witnesses, and various other OK
penseS.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01
NUMEROUS. FRACTURES

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UP).-
More than l25, 900 skull fractures
occur each year in the United
States, according to the. Arkansas
Medical society. The society said
most skull fractures were the re-
suit of automobile accidents.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01
BRITISH BOOK RECORD

LONDON. (UP)-More than
1900 books were published in
Great Britain during 1887, the
highest total ever recorded. The
annual analysis of the Publishers
Circular and the Publisher and
bookseller, states that the total
of 1926 is an advance Of TIA
on the figure for 1886.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-01

Texas signed its own DECLARE
ton Of independence from Mexico
ON March 2, 1886.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-03
RUFFINC FIRST
TO WIN TWENTY
GAMES; AS LOST
PIRATES DROP HALF GAME
OFF LEAD BY LOSING TO
CARDINALS: ONLY THREE
CONTESTS PLAYED

NEW YORK. Sept The
Goshousc Gang has been revived.
Yes, I They're On rmupag"
knocking 'tm down right and
left Prom cellar position
while back the Rcdbirds arc nov
within thrc. game ol the fifth
place Boston b - While tho
Bees wefe idle yesterday the
Cardinals knocked half game
off Pru>b ureh Plratcs lead, scor
ing all their runs. ~ I'D three I'M
nIngs fourth, tiith and sixth
4 six run uprising in the seventh
by the Bucs threw Il scare into
the outcome Of tho game and sent
Bob Weiland to the showers Ne
Gee stepped to the mound and
qurnched any further hopes Of
the Bucs To those Cardinal
fans whose hopes arc running
wild let ii be recorded that the
Gashous Gang arr IS games be
hind Pittsburgh with q little over
80 contests to play
Red Rufnng became the first
major league pitcher 10 WIN
twenty games this season as ne
and the rest OF the New York
Yankees went to victory over
their nearest rivals Boston Red
Sox. s 10 I Again the Yanks
were outhit but the blg stick Of
Joe DiMaggIo paid up for that
II was the first time in d week
the New Workers had a full club
on the field three returning to
the game after beng ON tho in
jurcd list
Washington Senators defeated
Philadelphia Athletics. to 2. be
hind sCvcn-hlt ball by Chase
Only three games were played
IN the major leagues yesterday.
Results OF the games:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-03
new ARRIVAL IN
ROBERTS FAMILY

Announcement has been made
OF the birth OF sly and half
pound son to Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
nard Roberts at 4 local hospital
on Wednesday morning. August
81 Mrs. Roberts was formerly
Miss Dorothy Bethel
The new arrival has been e.N-
en- the name Of Robert Ear.
Mother and baby are reported
I'd j., setting along nicely
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-03
LEGALS

~ rai. ,IkttIl totRI OF Tai.
itIki.NIIi Is DItIAi itt ~
~ AID i,.It NONlt''t- ~ - 4.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-03
American League

AT New York r. II +
Boston 4 IL o
New York 8 10
Wilson. Dickman and Peacock
Rufilns and Dickcy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-03

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Evening star., 1938-11-27
cRiPShOLM-Around South America
Observation-Disclosures, Rio
and West Indies

Feb. l6th-32 Duys-from $34o
Visit Trinidad; then unique voyage OF
195 miles up the Amazon, 4 days in Rio;
Bahia, passing Devils Island and calling
at st. Pierre and Fort de France in Mar
Unique. 10000 miles of colorful cruising.
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The Travellers Notebook
Estimate Of Tourist Expenditures forFIordo Emphasize
Play in Winter Vacation Budgeting
PennsyIvonio's Meccos

I important than lodging, almost as
important as food.
4 X
II Pennsylvanians are true guides
to the popularity Of tourist attrac-
tions within their own States, Get
tysburg and Philadelphia are the
places to see. The battlefield and
the City of Brotherly Love stood
first in a recent survey of intra-
state travel.
Washingtonians are likely to dis
agree with some of the tastes ex-
pressed by natives Of the Keystone
State, for they ranked the Pocono
region fifth, and this mountain Sec
ton is a favorite retreat with va
cationists from the Capital City both
summer and winter. But the sur
vey does point to scenic and resort
sections worthy of exploration by
tourists from other parts of the
country.
Popularity Of the various sections
OF the State were determined by
check on record cards from mem
bers of the Pennsylvania Highways
Travel Club. Five hundred of the
cards showed five on more intra-
state trips outside the home coun-
ties of the members. From these
Is were shuffled out and analyzed
with these results:
The Grand Canyon Of Pennsyl-
vania, in Tioga County, ranked Sec
ond in objectives of the travellers;
Pittsburgh and Lancaster, third;
Pymatuning, Presque Isle, on Lake
Erie, and Cooks Forest, tied for
fourth place; the Pocono region
fifth. Other sections included in the
itineraries were: Horseshoe Curve,
west Of Altoona; Harrisburg, Scran-
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tom boats will be provided so that
visitors may view the abundant
marine life of the tropical waters
off the fortress.
The Sutton Line, Inc, lessee under
a temporary permit pending exc
cution of a 10-year contract, will
operate boat service between Key
West and Fort Jefferson. Smaller
boats will be made available for
deep-sea fishing.
Fort Jefferson, one of the most
unusual of all American fortiflca-
tions, is 70 miles due west of Key
West, on Garden Key of the Dry
Tortugas group.
The passenger boat will be the
16knot yacht Talofa, registered for
80 passengers.
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BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.

Some travel may be grim, some
just serious, but Florida is neither.
Americans fly to the West Coast on
business, saunter through far lands
with the laudable motive of spread
ing good will for Old Glory, sail to
Europe for special education, but,
except for chasing the suns vitamins
south, they TO to Florida only for
fun and recreation.
The travel industry is fond of COL
lecting statistics to gauge popularity,
anticipate trends and serve the rush
when almost every one gets the same
vacation idea. And confirmation of
the play theory is one of the results.
Moreover, the hotel commissioner of
the land of Sol Sea and Sand knows
pretty well how much the average
tourist will spend on each activity.
His estimate of vacation expendi-
lures for the 1938-39 season gives the
winter vacation budget maker some
clues on earmarking funds.
Basing his prediction on a break
down of figures for previous years,
plus a weighing of new factors,
Hotel Commissioner w. M. Taylor
estimates that 26 cents out of the
average Florida tourist dollar will
go for pleasure and relaxation-and
paly, naturally, has serious compe-
tition from such necessities as food
and lodging, transportation, cloth
ing. etc.
Emphasizing that his figures are
conservative, Mr.. Taylor has fore
cast winter tourist population of
2.250,000. Again attempting to hew
to minimum, he predicts these
visitors will spend IS per day, with
daily averages of 81 for lodging or
living quarters: $1.40 for food; sl.3O
for amusements and recreation; 90
cents for transportation, and 40
cents for clothing, laundry and other
miscellaneous expense.
The IS per day average fails to
give the best picture on which the
budgeteer may work. 1t tends to
prove rather that the person who
spends IS is the average tourist.
This mean figure is made up from
expenditures Of trailerites priding
themselves on getting by with next
to nothing, to wealthy families, who
calmly remark that their hotel suite
costs hundreds of dollars per day.
Working out the budget should start
with first determining the standard
Of living quarters, then figuring the
ratios in terms of multiples of 81
for lodging. The ratios quite ap-
parently get out of line as hotel
cost standards are stepped up. For
instance, lodging at a $5-a-day
standard, under Interpretation of
the ratio, implies 81 day for food,
slightly less for amusemsnts. This
permits the budget maker to enjoy
the happy experience of trimming
costs to individual tastes. But the
figures do form a basis on which to
work and show that play is more
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JAN. 9Th and JAN. 9th

JAN. 9Th and JAN. 9th
IS days 80. from s215.00
1894 miles Of sheer enjoyment. Visit the
Virgin Islands; St. Pierre and Fort de
France, Martinique; Port of Spain, Trini-
: dad; Caracas, capital of Venezuela; the
Dutch city of Willemstad, Curacao; the
Panama Canal; for the first time on .
cruise, you can visit the white" San Bias
Indians in San Bias Bay; Kingston.
Jamaica and wind up in gay Havana.
cRiPShOLM-Around South America
Jaa. $50 Doys-from $50
A gorgeous trip Of Is, 900 miles through the
Panama Canal, famous ports in Peru and
Chile, through the Straits of Magellan,
Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and other
famous cities, climaxed by cruise, for the
first time, 125 miles up the Amazon River.
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audience atmosphere In a fronton.
Like every other West Indian
sport, jai alai is an excuse for gam
bling. But the gambling is as fast
as the game and ordinarily strangers
can't keep up with 1t. Not many
on-lookers lay wagers on the out
come Of the match; that would be
too long to wait. So they lay odds
on every stroke, while the ball is
in the air and moving almost too
rapidly for the eye to follow.
Played three centuries ago in the
Basque country, this dashing sport
evolved from simple village pAstime
Of ball-tossing against church walls.
Jai alai means merry festival"
and the words are derived from
the name Of building in Havana
In which the game won early popu-
larity. The Spaniards still call it
pelota and the Mexicans fronton.
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ton, Lebanon County, Chester Coun-

ton, Lebanon County, Chester Coun-
ty, Berks County, Johnstown, Beth
lehem, Hershey, State College, War;
rem County, Somerset County, Un-
iontown, cement region in the Naz-
areth area, Coudersport, Eagles
mere, Troy, Sayre, Remove, Towan-
da, New Castle. Ephrata, various
sections in the coal region, Oil City,
Wilkes-Barre, Washington County,
Huntingdon County, Clearfleld. Bea-
yer County, Du Bois, Indiana, Lewis
town. York, Bradford County, Car
Isle, West Chester, the apple blos-
som region in Adams County, Mer-
Ger, Buchanan State Park, Caledonia
State Park, Valley Forge, Child's
State Park, Fort Necessity and the
Poe Valley region in Center County.
One Travel Club member residing
in Duquesne visited these places:
Pymatuning Dam in Crawford
County. the Johnstown and Cresson
area, Gettysburg, Cooks Forest, the
Reading Bethlehem region, Scran-
ton, Lancaster County, Fort Neces-
sity, Armstrong County, New Castle
and Du Bois.
The Pennsylvania analysis con-
tributes some interesting figures on
the economic aspects of travel by
tourists who choose the American
scene. The report states:
These Is Pennsylvanians trav-
eled 32.715 miles, or an average of
1903 miles each. On this basis, If
only one-fourth of the Travel Club
members enrolled to date will make
their five trips each, they will travel
1896, 900 miles.
THE average automobile makes
Is miles to each gallon of gasoline.
In other words, these Pennsylvania
Travel Club members-based on
one-fourth of the enrollment-will
use l,046, 400 gallons of gasoline.
That represents gas tax revenue
to the State Treasury of Pennsyl-
vania of s41.856. With the conserv-
ative estimate of three persons in
each party making the various trav-
el trips within the State, we are safe
In saying that each combination of
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strictly spectator sport, but it's
thrilling. The game consists essen
TALLY Of throwing ball harder than
a baseball. called pelota, with a kind
Of giant wooden sling, called costa,
inside q walled court. which Is
fronton. The ball, slightly softer
than a rock, bounces back and is
caught and hurled again with the
cesta. It travels at incredible veloci-
ties and is dangerous to the players.
Though the game may look easy
when played by experts, smoothly
returning each serve, 1t is one that
requires considerable skill, as we'll
as endurance and strength. A jai
alai players heart takes a heavy
toll. His arm becomes overdeveloped
and steely hard.
The largest of the Havana from
tones is called the House of Shouts" !"
That gives the general idea of the
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Yacht to Become Hotel
For KEYS Tourists

A unique sightseeing service to
Fort Jefferson National Monument,
on the southernmost of the Florida
Keys, has been established by the
National Park Service in time for
the winter tourist. traffic, beginning
about December l.
The yacht Nirvana, formerly owned
by Rodman Wanamaker, has been
acquired as an overnight floating
hotel at the fortress. and glass-bot-
Evening star., 1938-11-27

LATER WEST INDIES CRUISES
Nor. 23rd-l2 days. Apr. 9Th 10 days
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five trips represented $50 in new
business somewhere in Pennsyl-
vania. Again using only one-fourth
OF the present Travel Club enroll
nient, this new business amounts to
100000.
I'VE believe that 1t is safe to say
that one-half Of the enrolled Travel
Club members will each complete
their five travel trips, thus assuring
at least 100000 new business in
Pennsylvania created through this
Travel Club movement"
Evening star., 1938-11-27

Cuba's Jai A|ai
Shows Sports Fan
Real Speed
It's q Spectator Sport,
Full of Thrills and
Chances to Bet

HAVANA, Nov. 26.-Sports-mad as
Americans are, they hardly rival
Cubans at frontons where jai alai
Is played. and they return to Amer
lea to boast Of seeing the worlds
swiftest game.
Jai alai pronounced hy-lie) is
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kUNGSH0LM-Spring Cruise to
Africa and Europe
ApriI 21.t-3s pov.-from S3es

April 2lst-3s Days-from $3e5
Madeira; Morocco; Lisbon; France with
trips to Brittany, the Chateau country and
Paris; Holland; Copenhagen, Denmark;
Stockholm, Sweden; and London. Eng
land. A month and weekend of glamor-
Gus adventure.