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PACIFIC SIDE" 
‘ BALBOA and DIABLO HEIGHTS have continuous 
shows on Sundays, beginning at 12:15 p. m. 
Saturday matinees at 2:15 Two shows nightly 
GAMBOA, PEDRO MIGUEL, and ANCON, two 
shows nightly. ^ . 
COCOLI, two shows nightly, plus a Sunday matinee 
at 2:15. 
ATLANTIC SIDE: , c , 
CRISTOBAL has continuous shows on bunaay, 
beginning at 12:15, Saturday matinees at 2:15, 
and two shows every night. 
MARGARITA has Saturday and Sunday matinees 
at 2:15 and two shows nightly. 
PANAM^Ush language pi ctur es with Spanish titles shown 
on continuous schedule starting at 12:45 at t e 
following theaters): . c 
LUX (air conditioned) Avenue Peru and 34th Street 
(residential section). Admission 50c and 60c. 
ELDORADO: Central Avenue at Santa Ana rlaza. 
Sundays 50c; weeknights 40c; matinees c. 
CECILIA: Central Avenue near H Street. Same 
admission as above. . , . • „ 
TROPICAL, I Street and Ancon Ave. Admission 
as above. 
COLON: a _ c . c . . 
REX, Central Avenue and 5th Street. 
AMERICA, Central Avenue and 7th Street. 
COLON, C ntral Avenue and 10th Street. 
ASTORIA, Hudson Lane (half a block from Central 
Avenue) between 10th and 11th. (Prices aver¬ 
age like those of Panama City theaters.) 
CLUBHOUSES AND COMMISSARIES 
The Panama Canal COMMISSARIES are department 
stores run for the sole benefit of employees of the United 
States Government and their immediate dependents. 
Purchases must be paid for with coupons from commissary 
books, which may be bought in any commissary in denom¬ 
ination of either $5 or $15. A uniform is sufficient 
identification to buy a book. Cash will not be accep e 
over the counter. Commissary hours are from 8 a. m. to 
5:30 p. m. except Sundays and holidays. Departments 
include foods, hardware, notions, stationery, toilet articles, 
drygoods and clothing for men, women and children. 
Only the larger stores have shoe departments. Every 
Canal Zone town has a commissary. 
There is a CLUBHOUSE as well as a commissary in 
every Zone town. The clubhouses are the recreational 
centers, and, like the commissaries, are only open to 
Government employees and their families. Here, as in 
the commissaries, a uniform is your identification, and 
you are permitted to bring guests with you. The club- 
houses offer movies, restuurunts und sodu fountuins, 3 . 
periodical room, pool tables and bowling alleys, barber, 
shoeshine, and beauty shops, and usually a tailor and a 
shoe-repairing shop can be found in the building. 1 he 
pools are described under the heading ‘ Athletics. 
HOTELS 
PACIFIC SIDE: The Hotel Tivoli in Ancon is operated 
by the U. S. Government. In Panama City, the Hotel 
Central is oldest and best known. The Central, which 
faces Cathedral Plaza, was built at the time of the French 
Canal and has been operated as a hotel ever since. I he 
Hotel Colombia, facing Bolivar Plaza, is under Italian 
management. The Hotel Colon, corner of 12th and^ ^ 
Streets, is a Spanish hotel and serves typically Spanish 
meals. The new Hotel International, in process of con¬ 
struction on the 5th of May Plaza, opposite the railroad 
station, is under American management. It will be air- 
conditioned throughout. 
ATLANTIC SIDE: The Hotel Washington, located at 
the end of Bolivar Avenue, between Fort DeLesseps and 
Colon Beach, is operated by the U. S. Government I he 
Hotel Carlton, with an American manager, at 10th and 
Melendez, advertises a sandwich bar. The Imperial, 
a Spanish-style hostelry, is at 8th and Bolivar. 
BOARDING HOUSES: On both sides of the Isthmus 
there are reputable boarding houses, or pensions, as 
they are known in Panama. To locate one, it would be 
advisable to consult one of the U. S. O. directors. 
