Evening star., 1945-05-27
BY JACK MURPHY.

train travel in the first five days
this week will be exceedingly heavy
due to Memorial Day in midweek
there was little evidence that the
travelling public would heed advice
to stay off trains.
On Friday night there was an
estimated Is per cent rise here in
train seat demand over the day be-
fore and this increased hourly yes
terday with the movement both in
and out of the city being very heavy.
Buses, too, were leaving and arriving
at terminals here with every seat
| taken.
The peak of the travel was ex-
pected to be reached by late Tues
day with thousands hoping to reach
shore resorts for the official open
ings of the season.
New Jersey, Maryland and Vir-
ginia seaside spots all have arranged
various celebrations and hotel reser-
vations are expected to be at a
premium.
Residents and business proprietors
in Ocean City, Md, are preparing
for the 10th season which will be
ushered in officially Wednesday.
Edgar Bennett, manager of the
Red Star Motor Coaches. Inc, an
nounced that new bus terminal
would be in operation and that five
new buses would be in use early in
June.
The State Roads Commission
planned to resurface roads in the
city around the end of this month
and the Boardwalk, damaged badly
in last years storm, has been re-
paired completely.
A tentative program of sports
events, for the entertainment OF
those currently in the colony, has
just been published at Hot Springs,
Va. The schedule calls for an Inde-
pendence Day golf tournament, July
3 and 4; Fairacre golf tournament,
August 80 to September 3: children s
water carnival, August Is; annual
fall tennis week. october to 6; an
nual fall golf week, october to Is.
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Prisoners of war are not pampered
or given special privileges by the
railroads while being transported in
this country. John J. Pelley. presi-
dent of the Association of American
has made clear
Ordinarily. Mr. Pelley said. prison.
ers of war are moved in separate
trains designated for this purpose,
and are fed from Army kitchen cars.
AT times, he said, small groups are
carried in regular trains, and when
this is done, instructions are in eff
feet to provide the prisoners with
box lunches in the cars in which
they are held under military guard.
The purpose of these instructions,
he explained, is to segregate the
prisoners from the travelling public.
Mr.. Pelley pointed out that the
Armys standing orders require low
est-claSs accommodations for prison.
ers of war being moved by rail, ex-
cept when, in the public interest, it
is necessary to. do otherwise.
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A new brochure, titled America
Motor Coach transportation" to-
gether with a colorful wall poster
in which highway transportation is
placed ION parade" has just been
issued by the Greyhound Lines. The
brochure and the poster were de-
signed primarily for schools and
libraries but the graphic thumbnail
presentation should have an appeal
for all who are interested in high
way travel.
A revised memorandum on West
ern North Carolina resorts has just
been released from the State ad-
vertising division at Raleigh. The
memo, while incomplete, represents
information obtainable for the new
season at this early date. Listed
are hotels, boarding places, types of
food, methods of transportation and
per diem costs.
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On June l Continental Air Lines
will begin operating under new
schedules which will step up the
mileage flown by the airline from
1853 400 miles per month to 1868, ,480
miles per month. an increase of 80
per cent, according to Robert F. Six,
president.
On the same day 21-passenger
Douglas airliners will go into service
for Continentals Denver-Albuquer-
que-El Paso-San Antonio route
Heretofore, Continental has oper-
ated 14-passenger Lockheed planes
on this route, although 21-passenger
RESORTS.