Word: hollanders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There are millions of people in Holland, and other countries of Europe, determined not to leave their country in the lurch in difficult postwar times, working harder than ever, and absolutely convinced that their children will find a good future there, if they too want to express their love for their country in hard work. So do not worry that we all want to join your "paradise" over there. Personally, reading about the life in the States in TIME, I am every week more and more glad to live in Holland...
Rita Hayworth was picked by The League for Health Education as "the actress who best personifies clean, wholesome living." From a hyacinth field in Holland, where she was touring, came a picture of her rigorously personifying...
Whatever the prospects of eventual union, in rationed Holland last week lean and shabby Dutch, once stout and well-dressed, were hoarding their 40 weekly cigarets, while across the border in Belgium men with money ate lobster, steaks, butter, and drank French wine. Many Dutch women still wore ski trousers and ski boots while their Brussels sisters chatted over their tea in chic comfort...
...lowest fare: $165, tourist class). Other liners have boosted prices proportionately. But such figures will be purely academic to travelers unless they have their space already allotted. Practically all ships are booked solid to September, with few cancellations coming in. Example: for the 852 berths on its three ships, Holland America Line has a waiting list of 10,000. Most ship operators frankly admit that only one out of every 25 applicants can expect to get to Europe or return via ship. But passage on airlines is easy to get now, will probably be harder to get this summer...
...others: Holland America Line's Veendam (552 passengers), Westerdam (150) and Noordam (150); Swedish America Line's Gripsholm (1,400) and Drottningholm (700); Italy's Saturnia (1,500); Norwegian America Line's Stavangerfjord (750); Spanish Line's Magallanes (500) and Marques de Camillas (500); French Line's Wisconsin (65) and Oregon (60); Gdynia American Line's Batory...