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American Tourists Turn Down Europe More Families to Tour Own Country This Year. MINNEAPOLIS.—More American families will tour the America* in 1939 than ever before, while they turn their back* on Europe. Bar ring unexpected economic rever sals, 1939 will be the biggest travel | year in the country’s history, and should top the record five and one half billion dollar tourist business of 1937, according to a study by Northwestern National Life Insur ance company. American travel to Europe shrank 30 per cent in 1938 from the 1937 volume. Although travel agents re ported a pick-up in European book ings immediately after Hitler’s Jan uary speech, with its unexpectedly moderate tone, present indications are for a further shrinkage in Amer ican visits to Europe in 1939, the survey finds. Major atimulants to domestic travel during 1939 are the New York and San Francisco W/Wfa's fairs; it is estimated that |f million visi tors will see onejfatf or the other. Railroads and tntfl, agencies al ready report largktwlcks of book ings for both fairs ;rHptj>mobile clubs are already fillii mbers' ad vance requests tot ings to N o York and San Fra^cii . However, South “ lean travel has been climbing ily; domes tic cruise bookini iped in the last few weeks of 1 have con tinued to gain sine' is difficult to reserve space oi ian steam ships for early summer ailings, as practically their entire passenger •pace has already been sold. The American motorist, who de spite the depression did almost as much touring in 1938 as in the rec ord year of 1937, is due for his greatest mass pilgrimage in 1939. Automobile clubs report that many members cut short or postponed 1938 pleasure trips, in anticipation of making world's fair treks in 1939. Automobile clubs and gasoline com pany routing bureaus report that they have a considerable volume of inquiries already for summer vaca tion routings. Winter motor travel for the season just past exceeded that of the winter of 1937-38. Air travel, which has expanded in volume in spite of business cycles^ continues its steady increase. Industrial Accident Cost b Placed at $600,000,000 WATERBURY, CONN.—Industri al accidents during 1938 cost Ameri can business men, employees and their families, $4,000 a minute per working day, according to Charles E. Hodges Jr., liability insurance company president. Lost wages, medical expenses and overhead cost of insurance contrib uted to this total. “While this presents a most note worthy achievement in the field of accident prevention when it is com pared with the $5,000 a minute cost of 1937,” Hodges said, “the cost of industrial accidents amounting to more than $600,000,000 in 1938 is still unnecessarily high and every effort should be made to effect fur ther reductions in 1939.” Until a few years ago our camphor came from trees grown on the Island of Formosa. Chemists now produce camphor from Southern Pine trees, at one-tenth the cost of the Japanese controlled camphor from Formosa. South Carolina SeelOng Thrifty Dutch Farmers COLUMBIA, S. C.—Dutch farm ers possessing, sufficient capital to finance the undertaking will be aid ed in settling in the southern part I of South Carolina by a non-profit corporation that has been chartered; here. William Montgomery Bennett of Charleston, S. C., one of the incor-> porators, said he understood there were approximately 200,000 farm ers in Holland who were seeking a place to make their home. Another incorporator of the Neth-, erlands-Carolina association was D. G. Boissevain of Amsterdam, de scribed as a leading broker by Ben nett. Bennett said Boissevain vis ited South Carolina a year ago and was impressed by the similarity of water, soil and climatic conditions with those of Holland. Palmetto trees growing wild in Jefferson County, Ala., are believed to be the farthest north the plant is found. COMPLIMENTS OF HORNE-WILSON, INC. PLUMBING FIXTURES — HEATING EQUIPMENT PIPE — VALVES — FITTINGS SHEET METAL — ROOFING *314 W. FIFTH ST. CHARLOTTE, N. C. f * COMPLIMENTS OF BLYTHE & ISENHOUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS COMPLIMENTS TO THE JOURNAL ON ITS EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY % S & W, like its patrons demand and select only the best the world prides with a fine apprecia tion of its responsimHties in holding a priceless reputation. AIR CONDITIONED FOR YEAR ROUND COMFORT . i . ' v M N - W CAfETtRIAS __:_ charlotte ASHEVILLE RALEIGH CHATTANOOGA KNOXVLLK ATLANTA ° ROANOKE WAWNGTOH A & P SPENDS OVER !»- $ V si n; ANNUALLY IN THE C AROLIN AS! ... This huge sum represents the amount paid to farmers and man ufacturers for merchandise grown or produced in the Caro linas... for salaries, rents, taxes, transportation, ete. TRULY A & P IS ONE OF CAROLIN AS BEST CUSTOMERS I i-: i ■ ' ' I
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