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Tourists Trek to Washington National Capital Expects to Break All Records This Year. WASHINGTON. — The national capital is expecting this year to es tablish a new tourist record, large ly because of war’s curtailment of foreign travel, and the President’s proclamation of 1940 as "Travel America Year.” "Washington is many things to many people, but government is still the principal industry and tour ist attraction,” says the National Geographic society. "The White House last year was visited by 1,500,000 men, women and children. "No record is kept of the thou sands who visit the Capitol to see the senate chamber and the hall of the house of representatives; but the Library of Congress, bordering on the Capitol grounds, had more than 1,020,000 visitors in 1939 and more than half a million strolled through the marble corridors of the new Supreme court building. "Exhibits of broadest appeal are the various museums of the Smith sonian institution which last year reported a total of 2,233,345 visitors, while 2,201,080 people peered into the cages of the National Zoological park. G-Men’s CHQ Popular. “Each day last year more than a thousand persons were shown the work of the Federal Bureau of In vestigation with its crime labora tory, fingerprinting files and trophies of the more notorious crim inal cases handled. “The Washington monument, 555 feet high, last year welcomed more than 900,000 visitors who sought a bird’s-eye view of the city. An ele vator in the towering obelisk as cends to the top in 1% minutes. “Others than stamp collectors flock to the bureau of engraving and printing to see the only place in the United States where postage stamps are made; for here, in addition, all the paper money is also engraved. These unique operations last year attracted 361,268 travelers to the bureau. “Many non-governmental build ings vie for the attention of visi tors to Washington. Notable among these is the Washington cathedral, on Mt. St. Alban overlooking the city, where one of the ten largest cathedrals of the world is under construction. “Other buildings interest tourists and architects because of their his tory and structural beauty. The chapel of Trinity college, near the campus of the Catholic University of America, has been pronounced a gem of ecclesiastical architecture; and the Octagon house, home of the institute of architects, is a direct link with the earliest social life of the capital. Other Attractions. “The Custis mansion, later the estate of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Arlington, overlooks the capital from a hill on the Virginia side of the Potomac. The estate now is the Arlington National cemetery, where are interred the remains of many of the nation’s heroic dead, includ ing the Unknown Soldier of the World war. The restored Lee man sion contains a fine exhibit of colonial furnishings. “Washington’s proximity to battle fields, to Annapolis, to Alexandria and Mount Vernon extends the in terest of a visit to the capital. By motor over the Memorial highway which parallels the Potomac on the Virginia side, or by steamer down the broad river, Mount Vernon was last year host to 650,000. "In its widely varied phases, Washington appeals to many par ticular interests and individual hob bies. The story is told of an Eng lish tourist who had but a few hours in the capital; he elected to spend that time in seeing the world-famous statue by Saint-Gaudens erected in Rock Creek cemetery to commemo rate the wife of Henry Adams. “The Corcoran, Freer and the National Art galleries, and many famous murals and mosaics in pub lic buildings, attract thousands each year. These, with the National Gal lery of Art now under construction, will make Washington the nation’s great art center.” Jap Girls Ban Hair Bob In Big Culture Reform TOKYO.—Upper class students of the famous Peeresses’ School of Tokyo have voted to ban bobbed hair at the school. It was decid ed to permit the hair to grow long, then do it up into a knot at the back of the head. By doing so the daughters of the Japanese nobility hope to set an example to the rest of the nation's school girls. The change is part of the drive of the Central League for National Spiritualization for a drastic reform of the people’s ways of living. Best Laid Plans of Boys Also Go Astray, It Seems ROCKVILLE, CONN.—The best laid plans of mice, men and little boys who don’t obey their teacher ofttimes go astray. Five youngsters who thought their teacher too stem, tried to “get. even” by letting the air out of the tires of her auto. They were caught and turned over to their parents, who reported "appropriate” disposi tion of the cases. EMPLOY LOCAL LABOR It is by no means fostering sectionalism or klaantahsneas to urge employment preferment for local labor. It seams to us the advice is based on economic wisdom. Local work men are taxpayers in one way or the other, and a great deal of them are home owners. They make their money here and in turn return it to the channels of local commerce. Of course, there frequently comes times when no am* ployees are availabl in a particular field. This is understood and is economically wise as well as imperative that, under such circumstances, we seek elsewhere for a source of labor supply. But we cannot over emphasize the necessity of first utilizing the home market. Choose union labor preferably, yes; but insist on home labor. COMPLIMENTS TO THE JOURNAL AND LABOR McCoy’S service stations LOCATED IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLIMENTS AND BEST WISHES TO THE JOURNAL AND LABOR ARROWOOD FARMS DAIRY MILK FROM PURE REGISTERED JERSEYS “THE MODERN DAIRY OF THE CAROLINAS” BEST WISHES TO THE JOURNAL AND LABOR BECKER ROOFING CO. REROOFING AND REPAIRS — ESTIMATES FREE — BONDED AGAINST HAIL AND WIND — HOME IN SULATION — EASY PAYMENTS 207 N. Graham St. Phone 3-2540 COMPLIMENTS OF EARNHARDT MFG. CO. CHARLOTTE, N. C. BEST WISHES TO THE JOURNAL AND LABOR ROBINSON ELECTRIC CO., INC. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS 129 W. 4TH ST. PHONE 8555 Charlotte, N. C. Best Wishes To The Journal Yellow Cab Co. A Thinking Fellow Calls A Yellow Dial 6161 “A Friend Of Labor” \ Best Wishes To The Journal Toomey Bros. Plumb ing & Heating Co. US West 2nd St. Phone 3-824* DEMAND THE UNION LABEL (Reproduced from The Journal nine years ago.) Label in your hat? Label in your Bhoea? Label in your clothes? Label on your cigars? Label on your printing? Union barbers shave you? Union carpenter build youd house? Union painter paint it? Union bricklayer put the foundation under it and the pillars in front of it? Union plumber fit out your sanitary equipment? A union electrician for your electri cal work? CHALLENGED Judge: Do you challenge any of the jUDefendant: Well, I think I can lick that little guy on the end. Subscribe for the Journal ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OP BELK BODY CO. 110 N. BREVARD ST. 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Also named Bolama, the capi tal has a good natural harbor from which the colony ships much of its tropical produce of ground nuts and palm oil. Surrounded by French territory, Portuguese Guinea has a total population of about 350,000, including some 2,000 Europeans. “During the early slave-trade op erations along the Guinea coast one Fifteenth century expedition left the following record: ‘It pleased God, rewarder of good deeds, to compen sate the navigators for the many hardships undergone in His service, and to award them at last some triumph and glory for their suffer ings, and compensation for their outlays, for they possessed them selves of 165 heads of men, women and children.’ ” Motor Busses Now Use Stage Coaches’ Corral FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS.— Sleek motor busses now run into the same corral here where dusty stage coaches once delivered aassengers. The corral was at me Nimitz hotel, a landmark on the western trail across Texas. Founded by a German sea captain, the hotel was built ship-shape. Its register, still preserved, shows that Gen. Robert E. Lee (then Lt. R. E. Lee, U. S. A.) was an occasional guest. O. Henry often alighted from the stage there. Subscribe for The Journal COMPLIMENTS TO THE JOURNAL Heath Motor Co. FORD DEALER Authorized Sales & Service DISTRIBUTORS — LINCOLN, LINCOLN-ZEPHYR, MERCURY 1310 S .Tryon St. Phone 3-6658 COMPLIMENTS TO THE JOURNAL Allen Electric Co. WIRING — REPAIRS FIXTURES ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN 120 E. 6th Phone 6059 Best Wishes To The Journ alTT From Model Laundry Co., Inc. 518 West 5th Street Phones: 8175, 3-3372, 8176 Charlotte, N. C. BEST WISHES TO THE JOURNAL AND LABOR E. T. PERKINS REAL ESTATE AND BUILDER BRYANTBLDG. PHONE BEST WISHES TO THE JOURNAL AND LABOR ASHE BRICK COMPANY R. F. FAUCETTE, Representative Manufacturers of Face and Common Brick PHONE 3-8037 CHARLOTTE, N. C 1905 CHATHAM AYE. Charlotte, N. C. ** BEST WISHES TO THE JOURNAL AND LABOR CROFT BROS. 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