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-PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: THURSDAY. MARCH 19, 1931- Arrange Train Service to Liner's Pier ATLANTIC CITY. J. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

Miami Continues as Mecca For Travelers From North Extra Car Carried on Train of Various Railroad Lines Running to Popular Florida City; Many Pittsburghers Among Visitors. EXPECT GOOD SUMMERTRADE Prospects for Sea Travel Declared Promising. itAT'imn -J fg i iai I in 1 1 flHarlboroug 'The Mioumm trith the Home Atmompheren Both American and European Plane Most beautiful location in Atlantic City, facing ocean and Park Atlantic City's Great Spring Season January to May inclusive Interesting rates prevail eommenturatm with condition Golf, Horseback Riding, Roller Chairs, Piers, Theatres, Movies and countless other amusements. Onerahip Maaaf eaacat Joalah TUti St Soaa Caw Sam E. Hall John W.

Nichols, Mrs. E. Roth, and Mrs. Edward Ray. at the Everglades.

Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Biggert are at the Fleetwood Hotel.

Mrs. W. C. Soles, Miss E. Soles, of McKeesport; Mr.

and Mrs. Miller and Mr. T. H. Snalth, of Pittsburgh, are at the Hotel Dallas Park.

Jacob Lang, Linn Troop, William Morrell, Mrs. J. E. Anderson, of Pittsburgh, and George Watt, of Brad-dock, are at the Gralynn. Mr.

and Mrs. R. B. Yothers, W. B.

Knox and George R. Smith, all of Pittsburgh, are at the Leamington. Mr. and Mrs. M.

Santellie and children. Millie and Alfred, of Pittsburgh, are staying at the St. David Court apartments. Mr. and Mrs.

E. W. Gwinner, of Pittsburgh, are making their usual visit In Miami. REACH VESSEL HOUR BEFORE SAILING TIME Service Is Planned By Canadian Pacific Organization. USE EXTRA EQUIPMENT Speed Is Keynote of Program To Get American Passengers to New Steamer.

Canadian Pacific Railway and organization is arrang- a special train to carry Amer-Iria 1 nter Ior the new F.mireM of Britain direct from York to the ahlp'a aide at Que-ic, Leaving the Grand Central York, at 4 p. m. every Friday. reach the An-riant Capital on Saturday at 7 a. on.

hfir before the liner leaves on (i of her five-day voyages across Atlantic to Cherbourg and South- Vtia equipment attached to the (Miiimndore Vanderbilt will be rtn-n an far Troy, from whence ti car will continue as a special t' over Delaware and Hudson to Montreal, continuing- by Tarlflc direct to Wolfe's Cn nd the vessel's towering hull. the watchword of the mod ern traveler, la to be the essence ef ts contract for passensrers in the TSfl-foot liner. The New Yorker imr lunch In the city on a Friday, r.t itn to his office and sign mall, trrf'er leaving the metropolis at 4 o'clock. He will be able to dine in I.oni;n or Paris the following as it la expected that the Em-r. will reach Cherbourg: at 7 a.

mA SAIlthlmntAn at 1 nn The outlook for travel this summer on the steamers of the Canada Steamship Lines, on the celebrated "Niagara to the Sea" route, was stated to be exceptionally bright by R. N. Garrison, Pittsburgh representative of the S. Garrison attended a meeting of the passenger representatives of the C. S.

L. at Montreal, at which C. C. Bonter, passenger traffic manager, presided. Garrison stated that a daily, except Sunday service, would be operated from Montreal to the Saguenay during the summer in response to the demand for additional service in that division.

A series of all expense tours, personally escorted, to the Saguenay and the famous lower St. Lawrence river summer resorts will be operated from Toronto. The sailing dates are June 14, 21. 24 and 28: July 1, 4, 8. 11.

14, 15, 18, 21, 22, 25, 28 and 29; August 1, 4. 5. 8. 11, 12. 15.

18. 19. 22. 26 and 29, and September 2, 6, 9 and 13. PROMOTE SHIP LINE OFFICIAL BOSTON, March 18.

Captain Eugene E. O'Donnell, president of the Eastern Steamship Lines, announced that Colonel J. Coates, who has been vice president of the company since 1920 becomes first vice president. Colonel Coates has Jurisdiction over freight and passenger traffic, the freight claim department and the company's terminal and lighterage operations. He will continue his headquarters at New Tork.

EXCURSION PLANNED The White Star Line has announced a special Easter excursion to Europe sailing from New Tork on March 26. The trip will be under the supervision of Gabriel Giacci, of the New Tork office staff. The steamer Olympic on a similar excursion sailed last Saturday. Tots' Reefers Of Washable Suede Cloth in Pastel Colors Imagine how smart little boys and girls will look in these adorable new jackets of fine, imported suede cloth almost as soft as a bunny's ear! They come in lovely pastels, and red and blue (the delicate colors you'll be sure to choose, since the jackets are washable) Double-breasted styles with belted backs, in sizes 2 to 6 years. Berets to match, $1.95.

Single-breasted, pinch-back jackets with three patch pockets just for Sonny are $10.75. Third Floor. JJOSEIPIHI HORNE CO MIAMI. Fla, March 18. Travelers from Northern points still are making this "city the Mecca of their journey to the Southland.

All of the railroad lines centering here, the Florida F-ast Coast and Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line, especially have been carrying extra cars on all of their trains from the North. Recent arrivals from Pittsburgh Include: Miss A. Eckert. Miss Antonia Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs.

John G. Bart, Mrs. Agnes Stark, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stein.

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Roop, Mr. and Mrs.

Cliff E. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. James Holt, Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. William Figley at the Hotel McAllister. Mr. and Mrs.

E. H. Schaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Abner B.

Pruett, Dr. and Mrs. O. M. Eakins at the Columbus.

SHRINERS PLAN TRIPONIAKES Steamer Is Chartered For Cruise By Nobles. The steamer Juniata, of the Great Lakes Transit Corporation, has been chartered for a cruise of the Great Lakes in connection with Syria Temple's pilgrimage to the fifty-seventh annual session of the Imperial Council, A. A. O. N.

M. S. to be held in Cleveland, July IS, 14, 15 and 18. As only 490 passengers can be accommodated It is necessary that reservations be made at once. Special trains will be run from the P.

ft E. station to Cleveland to meet the steamer and In return from Buffalo at the end of the cruise. The Juniata will leave Cleveland on Thursday night, July 16, stopping at Sarlna, Mackinac Island, Mich, and Sault Ste. Marie (passing through the Portage canal), and Detroit, arriving at Buffalo, Friday, July 24. Headquarters for the Pittsburgh Shrlners during the Imperial session will be the Winton Hotel, Cleveland.

Short trips to Cleveland on the Syria Temple Special of July 12 have also teen arranged. OCEAN TRAVE GAINS IN YEAR Passenger traffic to and from ports of the United States increased during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930, as compared with the preceding year, according to statistics compiled by the shipping board's bureau of research. The total number of passengers carried during the period was as compared with 2,379,080 during the fiscal year 1929. an increase of 66,521, or about 2.8 per cent of the total carried during 1930. 1.279.S96 passengers were inbound and were outbound.

These figures represent a gain of 13,622 In the number arriving and 52,899 in the number departing. Ship Line Expands, Opens New Offices The North German Lloyd, which among other transatlantic liners, operates the Bremen and Europa, the fastest merchant ships afloat, will establish two new offices to care for expanding business, it was announced by Ludwig Plate, Chicago representative of the line. W. J. Pentland.

formerly with the United States lines in Chicago, will have charge of a new office In St. Louis, and C. H. Walden will he in charge of a new office in San Francisco as general passenger agent. Cruising on Homeric, Talks to Man Ashore When the White Star liner Homeric, now on a Mediterranean cruise, was lying at anchor in Athens harbor on February 11, one of her passengers, G.

Perara, called up a friend, Thomas A. Fox. Boston, on the vessel's new Marconi beam radio telephone and held several minutes' conversation. Why IN THE ALL-DAY DRESS SECTION TO CBS STEAMSHIPS. na XQJRIOOJ ROUTE TO.

M. S. BERMIDA 35.7.TO Toms (Displacement) rvtry Saturday S. S. VEO DAM 23.S20 TaBS (Displacement) Sail nary ITtdmtdar PUy on the largest sports deck afloat-swim in a lovely Roman pool dance ia a rast glass-enclosed ballroom.

Every minute you're on the British "Bermuda" or the Dutch Veendam" is surrounded with utmost luxury with a famous cuisine to top it off. And considering the quality of accommodations offered, dollar for dollar, "Furness" rates represent the biggest travel value to Bermuda. Th BarmuHiartm mnd thmSt. Cttorgm Hotmim am up to thm ntinutaoa tha mhipa thammalv axprmmm tha urnamm idarn of living aihor: ROUND TRIP rrg Inclu.ire R.tfm FARES FROM aa application, IMPORTANT TO NOTE Shi pa leave) from Manhattan Pier 95 (Went 55th and (a) direct to dock at Hamilton (Bermuda) thua avoiding Inconvenience) nve anil traaafe from anchorage. Whitehall St.

(artera Braadnay eyia) nS rtlth AaaJlew Terfc amy Authorial Agon 3 ITALY and the CONTINENT -LIDO ALL TEE WAT' Swim, beak, am, play at dance en tne avaat verunla deck aaeat to GIBRAL-TAR far SPAIN, PALERMO, NAPLES, VILLEFRANCHE for the RIVIER A.GENOA. AT GREATLY REDUCED RATES from 27S. Stopover privilege allows months' stop at intermediate ports. In aeeand claaj dm lose, cheiea aeeeatmoaatiee $LS0 nuninraat eae way. $283 rauad trip.

ROMA AUGUSTUS April 1(1 tApril ti 'May 15 tOmifa Palermo. 'Omits TiUefranche. SITMAR da Laze Connecting Line to Egypt. Palestine, Conatnntinople and Athena. Writ for iHustraUd booklet "Lido All tht Naricesiena Cenerale lullaaa Italia America Shippiac Corp.

1 State Street. Mew Yerk ar lecal ateatnahip aaenta N.G.I. UIKtC I route with connections to Sweden Denmark Germany 1 lTir p. inf. ntM atf innlf In Norwegian American Line 22 Vt hitehall Jfew Tork TOCRS STEAMSHIPS.

HOU.DMERJC Travel by Famoua Service to EUROPE via Ply month, Bonlnrne-sar-Mer. Hotterdam STATEXDAM, 24. April 25 Only 7 daya acroaa Xew Amsterdam, March 31, May 2 Special Sailing from York to ern Crax. Havana, Spanish Porta. Plymouth.

Itoiilognr. Hotterdam VOI.EXDAM, A PHIL 24 215 Park Pittaburgh or Local A rent a The Well Equipped Royal Mail Meamera "NIAGARA" Apr. 1, May 17. Jnly Xt. AOKASGI" Apr.

Au. 19. Oct. 14. "MONOWAI" Jane It Sail from Vancouver.

B. C. For rates, apply Can. Pacific Railway. 33 sixth Pittsburgh or to the Canadian Australian Royal Mail Line.

99! West Hastings Vaneover, B. C. The Travel Dept of the Union Savings Bank will glad to help plan your next trip, book passage, secure passports, and make arrangements for your comfort and pleasure any place In the world. No charge for our service. Just phone Travel Department ATIantic 2237 I I A SAVINGS BAN 1 11W Whmwm Savirtat arm Safe BUXX- FinH AVJLG GRANT Over-Sunday Excursion SATURDAY, MAR.

21 CINCINNATI AND RKTnt" L.V. PITTSBUItGH 9 P. 51. WEEK END EXCURSION CUMBERLAND. MD.

OR iMEYERSDALE, PA. $3.00 Bx LV. PITTSBIBGH. 6:00 P. M.

EVERY SATURDAY Rrtarn Sunday ETeninff EVERY SUNDAY EXCURSIONS Akron $2.75 Youngstown $1.75 New Castle 1.75 Ell wood City 1.50 LV. riTTSBCRGH, 8:00 A. M. Connellsville $1.35 Union town 1.65 LV. PITTSBCRC.H A.

Washington, Pa. .75 Wheeling 1.75 LV. PITTSBURGH, 8:05 A. M. Consult Ticket Agents BALTIMORE OHIO 5th Avenue Wood Street DATA IS GIVEN ON NEW LINER Steamer Champlain Will Have Many Features.

The cabin liner Champlain, now under construction for the French Line at Saint Kazaire, while somewhat similar to the motor ship Lafayette, which entered the Havre-New York service last May, will have several points of difference, including steam turbine propulsion. She will be a quadruple screw vessel, the turbines taking steam at a pressure of 450 pounds from the new type of Penhoet boilers. Her speed will be at least 20 knots, compared with the Lafayette's 17 knots, and her length 640 feet, against the Lafayette's 574 feet. PLAN CRUISE TO VANCOUVER A cruise from Halifax to Vancouver, via Boston, Havana, the Panama Canal, Manzanillo, Mexico; San Francisco and Victoria, B. has been organized by the Canadian National steamships for their S.

S. Prince Robert on her return from South America with the Canadian delegation now en route to Buenos Aires for the British empire trade fair. -According to an announcement by A. H. Allan, assistant general manager of the Canadian' National steamships, 'this cruise will commence on April 15.

The cruise will be the sea portion of a special loop excursion by land and water In conjunction with the Canadian National railways. HOME FROM ABROAD Sir Ashley Sparks. American director of the Cunard Line, accompanied by Lady Sparks, returned to New York on the Aquitania. after a business trip to the general offices of the line in England. MADE NEW RECORD The Swedish-American Line reports that 18,385 passengers were carried to Sweden last year, a new high water mark for eastward traffic.

MARINE INTELLIGENCE rrt. ArriTwi. I SniJ. New Turk lAntuntna G. Waeh'ton Fort Said np.

Fnnce. I Boulhmptn. Mjeitic Cleveland rirruontb lMnxlf I I.inhnn Volcania. Naploa Rome Hamburg 1 IPr. Rooeelt HavT de Franca RESORTS AlXAJiTIC CITY, Jf.

J. Baakimg ta glariMa auafcla attrectlr abM ha Baaadwalk 4 Ika Oean it taw ehana a AMTtc 4rtB aarlr Spria( BrmtHkm MotUraU Chorum Walter J. Boaby, law. EIGHTS r'-jf rtay. EUROPEAN TRIP IS ANNOUNCED Tunard Line announces a mid-Hiirmtr cruise for the Lancastria, from New Tork June 30.

The irry which has been drawn up junction with the Frank Tour-! Agency, takes in the Mediter-and the beautiful Songe Norway. FVry country In Western Kurope, 'h exception of the land-H Switzerland, will be visited r- Incastria In the 51 days of rr V.i-Kurope" cruise. Among1 the points in the plans for this r'-r included in an excursion i Ta at extra cost, a trip on 'k Cunarder throueh the Kiel nWiid a call at Copenhsjren, cap-of Dnmnrk. PLAJV DISPLAYS FOR BIG EXPO An exhibit of modern American comprising models of rr.a-ctriatio skyscrapers, will be of the American section of International Colonial and Over-aj Exposition. Th exhibit will be staged by the irjar.izers of the coming Chicago a Fair In the United States nh.hition building, adjoining the nf Mt.

Vernon, In which ei-h Vts showing America's develop--m from colonial times to the rrea-it be shown. Weather Forecast JperUl Report from the Intted utes Heather Bureau to the Pnt (iaxette. In'fr Pennsylvania Ftin or colder Thursday v': Friday fair. londy and ellghtly colder in T'ir Thursday: snow or rain portion Thursday morning. Th.

iht- PVidav increas- 't ess and warmer. Virginia Rain in south and changing to snow in Thursday; colder aftrnoon and night; Frt- HnrfiLT TfMt'KR 1" I- D'lOQ 40 41 S4 K4 .14 S4 ax 34 1 p. 111. 3 P- tn 3 p. ni.

42 42 4:1 4 43 42 4 p. m. A p. tn, p. m.

7 p. id. i in. a m. Meteorological Record.

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rt 1 SI. IxMlli. HO 42 X4 Sdilk Cy 40 .4 Sn Anlnnte Mi 71 4 4'. TRAVEL in COMFORT The Travel Bureau of the Mellon National Bank will relieve you of many troublesome details ot traveling tuch as making steamship reservations, arranging for hotel and railway accommodations abroad, obtaining passport visas, etc. There is no charge for this service.

MELLON NATIONAL BANK Travel Bureau New House Frocks That Look Like Spring! 8 ARE SO MANY BUYERS PREFERRING THE NEW CAA.MAM REDUCTION IN RATES The Line has announced a striking- reduction in rts for the lS-day-Easter Cruise to tli West Indies by the S'S "RELIANCE," sailing- from New York. March 28th. Minimum Rate Now 1180.00. Very deslrabU rooms at 1270.00 and $300.00 per person. Reservations for this Attractive Cruise can be secured mt the Steamship Department.

FIRST NATL BANK AT PITTSBURGH, PA. SIXES AND Phone AT. o30 1 Fine wale French piques, cotton gabardines, lovely Belgian and handkerchief linens as fresh and perky as a spring garden cheerful house frocks that have quite a dressed-up air! Charming flared and pleated models beautifully hand-tailored in sleevless, short, or cap sleeve styles. With godets outlined with hand fagoting with unusual collars decorated in fagoted spider web designs and many other hand trimmings that give them a touch of distinction among house dresses. In white and pastel colors.

Styles for misses and women in sizes 14 to 46. All Day Dresses, Third Floor Joseph Horne Co 4 I a mi. -i it Synchro-Silent Four-Sped Transmission Safety Plate Glass Throughout Quality Improvements-Lower Prices and 50 other reasons Let us show you rics, at th factory, $S43 up for th $1153 up for tha Eight. E. S.

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