Word: tourist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bumping down the steep lava-baked slopes of Mt. Vesuvius one day last week, a tourist-laden car of the funicular railway jumped its cable, gathered speed, left the rails, crashed headlong into an electric power pole, killed a French honeymoon couple, an Italian guide, four others, injured nine...
...francs flat. Last week the pound was worth 15.31 Swiss francs on international exchange. In effect the Swiss hotelkeepers had merely cut their rates. But Paris seethed with angry talk: "The Swiss, like the Germans, are creating an unfair cut-rate currency. What is the difference between the 'tourist franc' in Geneva and the 'blocked mark' in Berlin...
There is every difference, the Swiss Government pointed out: 1) No 'tourist franc' has been created; 2) the actual Swiss franc remains fully convertible into gold; 3) the Swiss Government deplores the conduct of its hotelkeepers but is naturally helpless to prevent them from talking about a price reduction as if it were an innovation in exchange...
...Spaniards there is something decidedly special about an English Lord. Spanish beggars are apt to address any tourist as "My Lord"; if that fails, as "My God"; and finally, if they get no coppers, as "Rosbiff Goddam!" Last week shaggy old Premier Alejandro Lerroux, who put down the proletarian revolt by having over 3,000 rebels shot, felt that the least he could do was to receive Lord Listowel & Commission in his private rooms at the Cortes. Spanish blood was up, Spanish honor at stake. Same afternoon, in the Cortes, Spain's No. 1 Catholic politician, Fascist...
Elsewhere. The Scandinavian countries, their currencies hitched to Britain's sterling, had a somewhat better year than last. Many a tourist circled the Continent by way of Scandinavia, Russia and Italy. Egypt, where Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo is an international landmark, benefited by Mediterranean cruises. Only country actually short of hotels is Greece. C. Liabratoulos told the sad-faced conference last week that his government would give a 20,000,000 drachma bonus (about $440,000) to the first promoter who would build a chain of modern hotels throughout that ancient land...