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Show New Passenger Ships Added To Line Four new passenger ships will enter service between the United States and Canadian Atlantic ports and Europe in 1957f it was announced an-nounced by Jack Thomas of Thomas Travel Service who received re-ceived the release from an association associ-ation of 25 transatlantic steamship lines. First of the new ships, for service serv-ice between the United States and Europe, is Holland-America Line's Statendam, which arrived in New York on her maiden voyage on February 16, to be followed in May by Swedish American Line's new Gripsholm. The other two ships are for the Canada-Europe service Canadian Pacific's new "Empress of England," due in April, and Cunard's new "Sylva-nia" "Sylva-nia" in June. All two-class ships, their combined passenger capacity will be 3,086 in tourist class, 624 in first class, for a total of 3,710. Discussing the constant yearly in increase in transatlantic travel by ship, which last year reached a total of 1,004,000 passengers to set a 26-year record, Mr. Mayper pointed out that travel by ship is more than just a means of transportation. trans-portation. ''Countless transatlantic transat-lantic travelers" he said, "will whole-heartedly endorse the slogan slo-gan 'Enjoy Your Trip Go by . Ship.' Included in the price of your steamship ticket is a free .'tonus' of from five to eight or Continued on Page 3) ments and for accommodations and travel facilities in Europe itself. it-self. Yet the professional advice and services of the travel agent add nothing to the cost of the steamship ticket. Jack Thomas Travel Service of 2040 South 11th East joins Mr. Mayper in urging early booking of space to assure best choice of available accommodations. He said that every year many persons who want to go to Europe "miss the boat" because they wait too long to secure their tickets. New Ships ... ! (Continued from Page 1) nine days of extra vacation. And when you cross the ocean by ship, you arrive rested, relaxed, refreshed." re-freshed." Commenting on prospects for this year, Mr. Mayper said that so far as ship travel is concerned, indications in-dications are that 1957 will be another great year for European travel, and urges everyone who is planning a trip to Europe to make arrangements through their travel agent now. Veteran travelers agree that the travel agent is the man to see for answers about passports, pass-ports, currency, baggage require- |