Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-20
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.
The stars Travel Editor

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The Stars Travel Editor
Hamid's Pier in Atlantic City
which started as small amuse-
ment operation and has ridden
the crest of every entertainment
fad since the turn of the century,
opens for the season next week
end. Among other things. the
pier now has four large. separate
theaters, with different shows
whirling in each one. The Marine
Ballroom, done over for the COM
ing season. is a prime attraction
1t brings in from time to time
some of the top name bands.
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KIM (Royal Dutch Airlines)
has issued what it calls a slide
rule fact finder to show readily
how a plane trip to any one of
more than 20 cities can be turned
into an aerial cruise. The privil-
eye of stopping over at many
cities en- route is not peculiar to
KIM, it being a policy of virtu-
ally every transatlantic airline.
The chart" points up the ad-
vantages quickly. 1t shows. for
instance, that a ticket to Lisbon
entities the passenger to stop
overs, at no extra cost, in Dublin,
Glasgow. London. Manchester
Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dus-
seldorf, Frankfort, Zurich, &C.
neva, Nice and Madrid. Visit
more cities in Europe" the slide
rules says. yet pay for only one. "
Sightseeing Elevator
Among the newest things hotel
people are talking about is
the elevator of the Ell Cortez
Hotel, San Diego, Calf. Built
OF stainless steel and half-inch
thick safety plastic, the lift runs
up the outside wall of the hotel.
1t serves the modernistic Starlite
Roof, Is stories up. Through
the transparent plastic walls, the
elevators Is passengers get a
thrilling view of the city and the
harbor as they ascend nearly 200
feet. At night, the cage lights
Its own stars of neon.
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Names Broiler Festival. which
serves scores of thousands in a
tWo-day feast. will be held at
Belfast July Is and IA. On
August 3, 4 and 5. Rockland
stages its Seafoods Festival.
New Pool Opening
The official opening of Cotton
Manor's new saltwater Garden
Terrace Pool. for the exclusive
use of hotel guests, is scheduled
for Friday. The pool is heated
so that guests may swim in COM
fort from late spring through the
middle of October.
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The British Commemorative
largest hotel. the Royal York
at Toronto, will have television
sets in every room before the
summer ends. Radio and televi-
sion combinations are going in.
The 2l-inch screens will get
shows clearly on four main chan
nels, two from Buffalo, N. Y. and
one from Toronto and Hamilton.
The Royal York is a pioneer in
hotel radio. being the first ma
Jor hosiery in Canada to be
equipped with two channels for
radio reception. That was in
1929.
One of the largest of Wash
lngton States rodeos will be
staged August IA at Omak. in
the scenic Okanogan Valley.
American Priority
The Austrian Hotel Associa-
ton has issued a directive to its
members to book Americans first
Where priorities are possible. .
says the head of the associa-
ton. they must go to Ameri-
cans" Why? Austrian hotels
were and are being rebuilt with
United States Government funds,
and the hoteliers are trying to
show their appreciation. With
out Americans. it is being pointed
out. there would be no modern
Austrian hotels today.
New Zealand is dropping price
controls over tourist hotels that
meet certain stipulations of the
Price Tribunal. In general, the
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