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Evening star., 1951-12-09
7 traveller Notebook
Tourist Plane Vacations to Europe Announced
By Jacques FutreIIe, Jr.
The Stor's TrcyeI Editor

Although the American public had high hopes for it. last weeks
decision the price travel London May
delightful Economical tourist which only
reality vacations
Over the next few this bold experiment to get the little
Europe could affect the receatona travel plans of million
Americans including entire families
offering prevailing tariffs,
airnes crossing the Atlantic seemed flying the
days upward price trends But that only element of the
Another proposal foreign
lines dragging could be
summer Euopes most popular The third surprise still
daWnng Tourist plane pakaged vacations to virtually
point in Europe BEGINNING to bringing the realization
that the combined barrier no longer denies them
The slash which will be inaugurated May with
the way is viewed by Sir william Hildred d.
rector Of the Air Transport Association It
the agreement effected Sir William authority for the
ment that not only will the IL lines tourist but that
each will begin service on the authorized date.
The North Atlantic member lines already have started
version of their aircraft to tourist service and will shortly be ready
to announce their schedules he said Tourist flights will have less
standards of operations reliability
our are are realized airline traffic over the Atlantic
Tourist service will putting planes
means for which the will and elimination of
Two American anes that forefront fight
canare the first schedules American will
start with four round trips week in DseBs which prov
onal agreement passengers preparing
to offer daily service from May on.
announced a-ncsve twoweek vacations England for 618
Others starting $685. be shortly by TwA
varied packaged tours by the II lines addition PanAm and
M Hrnee n B % 1eFses Rpa1s n a % rse tourist Anfy f %
Royal Dutch LAI Italian sABENA Belgian Scandinavian swissai
and Trans Canada.
In arriving at the tourist plane rate the lines agreed to
fare Of 270 between New and London $86
roundrp rate applicable from April October they
doubled the $27o and sbracted 10 cent The
SAIL effective next November subracts Is cent The present
fare Of 1895 will remain first flights the
the first round "trip tariff between York
and London Is SILL Thus the saving is 1925.
Although London is the base in determining tourist fares
will be allowed rates continental the price
advantage offered first travellers.
reduced rates round gaeways beyond London will
not be denied simply because he chose to in
tourist plane instead Of first class That means vacations all
Europe will reflect the initial saving possible by flying tourist
roundish numbers tourist fares from New York and return
Paris Frankfurt $780, Rome
Shannon other cities served by
from London will be available this week.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
First Shows Send
Skiers to Canada

QUEBEC. - When, Canadian
SHOWS lie deep and woodsmoke
curls from countless cozy SKI
chalets, Eastern Canada becomes
a rendezvous for winter sports en-
thusiasts from all parts Of North
America.
Skiing means Quebec to thou
sands of devoteS in the eastern
section of Canada and the United
States. Montreal is the departure
point for the Laurentian region
Canada's most concentrated SKI
development. Starting at Shaw
bridge, 40 miles north of Montreal
it ranges through one of the most
picturesque sections Of French
Canada to Mount Tremblant. sc
miles farthur north, and beyond
It's hills are from 700 feet up to
$3.50 feet of Mount Tremblant's
white peak.
The Laurentian Mountains are
studded with lakes and rivers
which in winter months are the
scene of skating parties. ice-boat-
ing and ski-joring along then
smooth-frozen surfaces.
Closer to the United States
border and noted for the beauty
of its countryside, the Eastern
townships of Quebec are a new
and rapidly developing Canadian
winter sports region. North Hat
ley, Sherbrooke, Magog, Mount
Oxford and Sutton Mountain are
the present focal points, with new
areas being opened each year.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Expresses
To Use New Turnpike

Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
has announced four round trips
each day between New York City,
Baltimore and Washington over
the newly opened New Jersey
turnpike.
Greyhound service over this new
highway will provide swift express
runs between Aberdeen, Md:
Baltimore and Washington from
New York City In both directions,
beginning tomorrow,
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Lotins Prepare for EyeCotching, EorRngng CornNo!s

Favorite types of Brazilian car
nival dances are the Marchinha
"a quick step. the Marcha de
Rancho (slow march,, and the
Samba (Which is Brazil's national
dance. Typically. words to the
Marchinha are humorous and
non-romantic. The Marcia de
Rancho comes from the section Of
Rio where the Negro laborers live
and It's music is more solemn and
plaintively beautiful. Words to a
good Samba, a Brazilian will tell
you, must be a mixture of warm
sentiment and cold irony.
More than 1000 visitors from
the United States join the
Brazilians each year in dancing to
these rhythms along the streets
and at the balls and receptions.
Biggest dances are given at NUM-
Evening star., 1951-12-09

DALLAS, Tex.-To most folks
in the United States, the word
carnival" means merry-go-
around. sideshows and ferris
wheels. But our Latin American
Ineighbors more easily understand
another definition which Mr..
Webster gives as "a season or fes-
Itival of merrymaking and revelry
before Lent"
For a formal definition, this
description of February festivi-
ties throughout the Latin coun-
tries is true as far as it goes. 1t
doesn't contain enough superla-
tives. however, to describe ade-
quately the true spirit of carnival
as the various countries celebrate
lit. The only method of real un-
Iderstanding is participation. Tour
lists from the United States have
already begun to make plane and
hotel reservations for the 1852
festivities.
BY airliner carnival time in any
Iof the countries is only an over
night trip from the gateways
in Texas, New Orleans and Miami.
Tours for carnival-bound United
States vacationers have been
packaged to include round "trip
air transportation, ground trans
Iportation, hotel accommodations,
sightseeing junkets and tickets to
particular carnival events which
the foreign visitor would enjoy.
Two Popular Carnivals.
Most popular with State wide
tourists are the Brazilian carnival
which will be held in Rio February
25, 26 and 81, and the Cuban cele-
bration, which will begin Febru-
airy %. The Havana carnival con-
tinues for four week ends, al
though no balls are staged during
Lent.
While the Rio carnival officially
opens on Monday, February 25
dancing and street parading will
begin on Saturday, and stores be.
gin closing for the entire holiday
period. "Momo," the Latin god o1
amusement, usually appears for 6
stroll along Avenida Rio Branco
which winds down through thu
center of town to beautiful Guiana.
bara Bay.
On Sunday and Monday, thu
smaller carnival clubs - callet
samba schoolS-parade and dane,
along the central avenues. Tues
day the five bigger carnival club
parade down along the Avenid,
in dazzling display of floats.
Dating from the 18th century
the Brazilian carnival reflects b,
song, dance and merrymaking tn
historical. social and politica
trends of the country.
Topical Music.
What problems - serious O
otherwise-concern Brazil's peopl
each year are reflected in the car
nival music. New melodies, ney
! rhythms, even new dances are in
troduced by composers competin
in a national contest for the bes
carnival tunes. In January, tn
music shops, bars. casinos an
night clubs introduce the ne,
. songs all over the country. TIL
people choose those with the mos
! dynamic melodies or the bes
dance rhythms. and these becom
| the hits during the Februar
| holiday period.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

From the time passenger
steps off his plane at the airport,
he feels the atmosphere Of carni-
val time. Gay posters are tackled
to the street lamps and pasted in
store windows all over the city.
Vendors are hawking masks. ser
pentine, castanets. whistles and
small drums for the week ends of
fun. Streets are lined with chairs
for the parade and shortly after
noon each Saturday crowds begin
to occupy them and line the
streets.
The spectacle of color, music
and dancing starts on the Male
con. the wide boulevard which fol-
lows the Bay of Havana. From
the bay, it moves up the Prado or
main street through the heart of
Havana toward the capitol, where
the judges sit.
| A typical parade begins around
9 o'clock with a motorcycle corps
weaving at top speed in front OF
the elaborate float carrying the
carnival queen and her court.
Brilliantly lighted floats. with
queens from various Cuban cities
roll by. Dozens of high school and
organizational bands follow.
Legends in Dance.
The truly Cuban aspect Of this
parade is the long awaited dessert
of the procession. THE Com
Iparsas" are a series of dancing
groups portraying the customs and
manners of old Havana. Groups
Iof Comparseros, all dressed alike
in colorful costumes, dance out
certain legends. accompanied by
their individual musical groups.
Performed by hundreds of ma
tives, the Comparsas represent 6
mixture of the Spanish, African
and Chinese influence in Cubar
history. Carnival itself dates bacl
to the slave days of early Cuba
and many of the traditiona
dances reflect influences of thil
period.
About Is different comparsas o.
dances with an. average Of abou
so performers to each group dane,
their way to the judges stand or
the Capitol steps. These groups
rehearse for weeks before Carni
val opens. and the skill with which
they. execute the intricate ant
original steps is a constant source
of wonder. since they sometime!
dance continually for as many a.
eight or nine hours in the lons
professions.
Many of the comparsas are lee
by members carrying farolas, o.
colored lamps, which look likt
+ spinning chandeliers as tn,
dancers toss and whirl them il
| the air. Each group has its owl
band of drummers and trumpeters
, a general director and a musica
director. AS they dance along tht
street, they throw flowers to thu
audience, bow and receive flower
, or money thrown by the Thousands
f thronging the sidewalks and bal
! comics.
= On Sunday afternoon. the float
I parade again from 4 until
r o'clock. Anyone in Havana whit
has a piece of serpentine and
: convertible. bicycle. burro or tw'
s good feet joins the parade.
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cipal Theater and the Copacabana
Palace Hotel, while private organi-
cations such as the Jockey CLUB.
Botafoga and Fluminese often ex-
tend invitations to visitors from
other countries.
More Tourists to Cuba.
Many more United States tour
lists see the Cuba carnival cele-
brations because Of the nearness
of Havana to the mainland and
also because the Cuban fun ex-
tends for several week ends.
The 1852 Cuban carnival opens
Friday, February %. with the
coronation of a queen. On Satur-
day. the famous "comparsas" OF
story dance begins and the official
balls and receptions are given be-
fore Lent begins on the following
Wednesday,
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Sturbridge Village
ODen All Year

STURBRIDGE, Mass. - Old
Sturbridge Village. New England's
largest center of living history,
will remain open year around,
Earle w. Newton, director, has
announced.
Off-season rates to visit the
historic exhibition buildings and
working craft shops recently went
into effect.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Price Line
May Hold
In Florida
Record Season
Seen, Anyway
sp.eioI pispeteh 10 me stqr

MIAMI.-Florida is expecting al
record billion-dollar tourist crop
this season, and the director of
the State Advertising Commission
says that isn't just wishful think
Ing.
Early inquiries in response to
the States advertising and early
bookings at hotels both in the
hinterlands and at the plush beach
resorts go into the calculation of
that golden figure.
All of which might indicate that
Florida landlords now are COM
pletely happy, but Florida land
lords never are completely happy
until the mo vacancy" signs are
swinging in the balmy breezes.
Even then they wait to see wheth-
er It's going to be a spending
season" or q bargain hunting
season.
Holding the Price Line.
The more sane Of the profess
sion have spent much Of the
summer conducting a hold-the-
price-line campaign among their
Sellows. They eye the growing
trend toward European vacations
IN lands where the American
dollar goes far, and plead with
their Florida fellows not to kill
the proverbial goose that lays the
golden eggs.
In many areas-particularly
those of heavy recent building
and the resultant heavier COM
petition-there's evidence that the
price line will be held.
In the late summer, some /
downright fantastic bargains were
on tap for travellers in these
areas. This was particularly
true along the ocean just north
Of Miami Beach, where elaborate
motor courts now crowd a sec
tion Of the beach made up of
wide-open spaces two years ago.
Inland Florida, and the small |
coastal towns outside the So
called Gold Coast that stretches
from Palm Beach to Miami
Beach. have been doing their best
to convince prospective visitors
that you don't really have to be
q millionaire to vacation in
Florida.
Just Plain Fishing.
Many of these smaller COM
munities have been-and still are
doing a good job of selling
They're finding that for every
prospective visitor who can do his
fishing from a $65-a-day charter
boat there are several dozen who
prefer to do it from a rented skiff
and with an outboard motor. Or
even from. a bridge.
Many Of these smaller COM
h1unities, particularly in the rivers
and lakes section of interior Flor
ida, now offer accommodations
which are comparable in price with
those at the more modest Northern
river and lake resorts in Miami.
OF course, if you insist on a
maid-service room overlooking the
ocean, and with a name band play
ing downstairs. you'll still have to
pay for it.
Tourists will find Florida's high
ways in reasonably good shape
this season. With only a fe1I ex-
ceptions, there currently are no
long strips of main highway under
construction. The State finally
Is getting the idea that this sort
of thing should be done in sum-
mertime, when the visitors aren't
here in such numbers.
Speed Trap Situation.
Currently, too, there are no
speed traps being reported along
U. S. /, the overcrowded highway
that leads down the east coast
Some of those towns still are
tContinued on Page E-2, Col. ~
Evening star., 1951-12-09
RentedCQr
Role in
Vacations
Waits at End of
Line for Traveller

A new wrinkle is spreading over
the broad and pleasant vacation
map. It's the half-and-half vaca-
ton, which is something like
leaving your cake at home and
eating 1t miles away.
This figurative "cake" is the
convenience Of an automobile at
q resort, without the time-con-
suming and wearying task of driv-
ing the family car day after day
to get to distant vacation fields.
It's not strictly new. these you
drive" auto rentals. except the
late models. the spread of the
several systems and the fact that
thousands Of vacationers only now
are discovering what neat vaca-
ton plans can be built around a
hired car.
Such vacations need not be con-
fined to Florida or California.
They can be planned for almost
anywhere with assurance, includ-
ing Canada, Mexico, Hawaii and
even across the Atlantic.
Car Awaits Arrival.
One car rental company cit
calls itself the worlds biggest)
has branches and affiliates in more
than 500 American cities, as we'll
las Great Britain. Another firm
born since World War IL
has mushroomed at scores of air.
ports. Most airlines and railroads
will make advance reservations
to have cars meet you at almost
any principal terminal.
In the Miami area, now pre-
pairing for the height of the winter
season, one travel man estimates
there are 5000 rental cars avail
able, including conyertibles.
Rates are based on normal car
operation. plus a reasonably profit.
In Miami, they vary with the
season and the size Of the car.
The minimum reported now for
one company Ii 81 a day or $35
weekly. plus 7 cents per mile. On
January Is, the daily rate will be
about o dollar higher and the
weekly figure around $40. In May
rates viii drop back to the Of
season low Of $6 and $28.
Rates at Denver, another busy
tourist spot. are comparable. In
Detroit, where many businessmen
use the service on a one-day basis,
q 10-hour service is available
with q rate Of q dollar lower
than the full days and there
also is an hourly rate Of 81 to
$1.25. The same hourly rate
applies in New York City. In
many smaller places it is as low
AZ 80 cents plus mileage. Rates
usually include gas, oil and in
surance.
Il Reserve In Advance.
4 It pays to reserve In advance
Not only the airlines and railroads,
but also the rental systems them
selves will make reservations with
their agencies elsewhere.
In Europe the peak season now
is past. but rented cars played a
big role In 1851 vacations and are
expected to play a still bigger one
: in 1852.
! More than $500 Americans
booked European rentals through
the American Automobile Associ-
5 alton alone this year, up to Octo'
ber. Prospective trans-Atlanti,
air-coach fares are sure to attrac
still more motoring tourists.
The AAA. looking to a rosy hori'
ron. asserts:
ASK any one who has motoret
Iabroad If he or she would prefeI
travelling any other way!"
The automobile association a
y present is the leading proponen
: Of auto rentals abroad. It issue
Z a booklet, called Adventure ol
p Wheels" listing car hire servic
IS available in IL Western Europeal
I(Continued on Page E-4. Col. 5.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Hawaii Visitors Hop

HONOLULU-In Hawaii, nearly
all intercounty travel Is by air.
plane. Counties are scattered over
resort islands separated by deep
ocean channels, which residents
and visitors hop by short plane
flights.
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SP0RT TRAIL

porter recently went to the trouble
to dig up Ted's batting figures
against the 1851 world champion
New York Yankees.
It turned out he hit .358-fully
40 points above his full season av-
erage. While not all conclusive,
such figures do give Ted's boosters
some ammunition.
Time will tell whether the
"Splendid Splinter" will go down
among baseball's greatest. Certain
ly he is one Of the games finest
naural hitters, although he could
not claim Immortality in other de-
partments. His already impressive
batting record might look even
better had not he spent three of
his potentially best years in the
Navy Air Force.
But Ted's feats are legion. He
has led the American League in
hitting, homeruns and runs batted
in each four times. He hit .406 in
1911, being the only American
Lacquer since 1923 and the only
major Lacquer since 1880 to do
that.
His average dipped to it's lowest
point in 1850 when he swatted a
"mere" .317 while out nearly half
the year with a broken elbow.
That was the only season he failed
to knock in a hundred runs or
more, and he missed by only three
tallies then although playing in
but 81 games.
But the Red Sox potentially
great machine is wearing out, per-
haps as much from perpetual frus-
tration as from age. They say
every man has his price. In Will
liams' case the Red Sox apparent
ly would let him go if they could
strengthen three departments at
the cost of one.
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By international News Service

By international News Service
Right length in draperies and
glass curtains is essential for a
we'll put together room. Let them
be apron length or to the floor (no
in betweens). Have them generous
ly full, never skimpy, but don't
smother the windows with too
much curtaining, if you have a
pleasant view.
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NEW YORK, Nov. IA (INS)-
It beats me how any right-think-
ing, red-blodded American can be-
lieve other than that football is
the greatest institution in the
world for character building and
installation of craftsmanship in the
young.
l have just concluded a search
ing examination of the pictures
taken at the Drake Oklahoma A
and M football game at Saltwater,
Okla, a few weeks ago. They err
tainly furnish inspiring evidence
of character building and sports
manship in action.
These pictures document the
eminently sportsmanlike, charact-
er building action Of one Wilbanks
Smith, defensive tackle for Okla.
A and M, in disposing Of an OPP
position player, John Bright,
former Drake halfback.
I use the word former" ad-
visedly. John, the nations leading
ground-gainer before his encounter
with Wilbanks, isn't playing foot
ball any more since Wilbanks gave
him a demonstration of footballs
sportsmanlike, character proclivi-
ties.
Naturally, as the nations lead
ing ground-gainer Of 1851, John
was a dangerous man to have a.
round - in the opposition line
up. But Wilbanks, conscious of all
the character building. and sport
manship to which he might be
heir, took care of that: early in
the game, he slugged John so hard
he broke The, Bright Jaw.
The pictures show John was no
place near the ball at the time and
no threat to anyone. And the pic
lures will also show Wilbanks, full
of character and craftsmanship,
heading for the Drake halfback
and then slugging him.
IT knew it was broken the first
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play" Bright said later. 81 felt
it bust" But he managed to get
to his feet and throw a 40-yardpass
for a touchdown on the next play.
This, as it turned out, was a
mistake on Bright's part. Because
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Wilbanks, charged up with sports
manship and full of character
building, was right in there fight
ing.
eff at first you don't succeed,
continued on page 81
, 1951-11-14
BY JOHN
international News Service
Sports Writer

lN1V O4sAAS LIZ ~
If you were a major league club
owner, you'd probably jump for
the nearest telephone if you saw
an advertisement that went like
this:
For sale - experienced out
fielder, ten-year average near.35O;
annually 100 or more runs batted
in; age 33, physically sound"
But your enthusiasm might cool
if you read a little farther:
"Annual salary, $125,000; want
ed in exchange outstanding catch
er, shortstop and outfielder."
That, in a nutshell, seems to be
the story of the Boston Red Sox'
attemp to peddle Ted Williams.
Great a performer as Ted is, only
one or two clubs could afford to
pay his salary. And for them, the
Red Sox asking price is too high.
1t may seem strange that a play
er of Ted's talents should be plac-
ed on the block at all, as reports
from Boston and elsewhere insist
he is.
But Ted's "feud" with Boston
fans is we'll known. It appears that
at last owner Tom Yawkey has
decided his batting star is too ex-
pensive a luxury.
Nobody ever accused Williams
of being the greatest team player
in the world. 1t simply isn't his
nature to be a p~epper-pot leader
like Eddie Stanky, or to inspire
the will-to-win like Joe DiMaggio
or Stan Musial.
Where the fans are concerned,
Ted thinks they are a "bunch OF
ierks' and has said so in so many
words. Perhaps if he were an in
fielder or a pitcher, he would have
no such difficulty.
Out in left field where Ted is
stationed, the bleachers r popu-
lated BY ''little guy'fans for whom
the ball game is a refuge from the
myriad worries of every day life.
The price Of even a bleacher
seat is big money to them. Year
after year, they come out to cheer
for the Red Sox = and year after
year, the Sox get nipped at the
final wire.
In such a situation, Williams
tremendous salary makes him a
natural goat" Add to that his oft
en- lackadaisical attitude, and a
'feud" is born.
Many raps have been hung on
Williams. He has been called a
lousy fielder. Actually, while not
the best in the American League,
he is far from the worst.
It has been said, too, that Ted
chokes up in the clutch. To refute
that argument, a Williams sup
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Home Aids

Don't break your feet when
breaking in a. new pair of shoes.
To cure stiff shoe heels, rub dry
soap into the lining and "work''
the back of each heel with your
hands until it limbers UP.
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