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flying from london prime minister atley arrives in washington where he receives

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a hearty welcome from secretary of state burns and american and british officials

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during a stay the british prime minister will discuss the atomic bomb situation

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and other matters concerning world security with president truman and

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canada's mackenzie king

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arriving at the white house mister atley is warmly greeted

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britain's ambassador lord halifax is in the welcoming group

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at an armistice day ceremony at arlington national cemetery

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president truman and prime ministers atley and king honor the nation's

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heroic day

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it's a solemn occasion coming so soon after the war's end

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mister atley places a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier as a token from

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our british comrades in arms

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prime minister king represents canada at the ceremony on this first peacetime

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armistice day in four years

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in remembrance of those who died to make victory possible

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at portsmouth virginia the u s s williamsburg president truman's new

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flagship has been refurbished as a seagoing white house and the means of

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recreation for our busy chief executive

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everything is ship shape for the president to take over

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and every comfort provided in his quarters where mister truman can work

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relax or entertain distinguished visitors and friends

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harmony is the keynote on this two hundred forty foot vessel built as a

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private yacht in nineteen thirty one

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later she served as a gunboat and a convoy escort

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the williamsburg replaces the u s s potomac as the presidential yacht

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bon voyage mister president

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presenting the height of modern design in new cars this streamline model built

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in los angeles needs only three wheels

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thereby saving you one-fourth of your tire bill and offers many other economy

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fill up the tank and get forty miles to the gallon

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tires of five dollars each in the tactical fenders only four

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with an overall length of fourteen feet this novel motorcar turns in a thirteen

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foot circle

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flexi glass windshields and airplane like frame of steel tubing are other

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features

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uh... fifty eight horsepower four-cylinder motor provides a cruising

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speed of sixty five miles per hour and a top speed of one hundred

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pretty snazzy for weaving through that heavy post-war traffic

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first pictures of the britannia

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england's meteor plane that now holds the world's airspeed record established

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by captain h j wilson right who piloted the jet-powered craft at an average

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speed of six hundred six miles per hour

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at hern bay off england's south coast a timing station equipped with fast cameras

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is ready to clock the ship speed over a seventy mile course

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the powerful ship enters the stretch

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the former record was four hundred and sixty nine miles per hour but watch the

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trees go by as this record breaker plunges on