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...Miles per gallon for the other finishers: Henry J Corsair Six, 26.368; Studebaker Commander, 25.597; Ford Mainline Six, 25.463; Mercury Monterey, 25.409; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 25.383; Kaiser Deluxe, 24.648; Plymouth Cranbrook, 23.522; Plymouth Concord, 23.t>80; Lincoln Capri, 22.356; Ford Mainline Eight, 22.149; De Soto Firedome Six-Passenger, 21.278; Hudson Hornet Six, 20.827; Chevrolet Styleline, 20.571; Hudson Wasp, 20.464; Hudson Commodore Eight, 20.397; Chrysler Windsor, 19.360; Packard 200, 19.228; Chrysler Imperial, 19.080; Chrysler Saratoga Six-Passenger, 19.024; Chrysler Saratoga Eight-Passenger, 17.652; Packard 400, 16.951; Packard 300, 16.421; Chrysler Crown Imperial...
Regular NROTC juniors and freshmen will embark on their summer cruise on July 18, the Navy Department announced Saturday. An eight-ship convoy, consisting of a battleship, a cruiser, and six destroyers, will carry the midshipmen to Europe, where they will dock at two as yet undisclosed ports...
Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), great practitioner of cruiser diplomacy, bulldozed British prestige to its highest level since Waterloo. Three times in office (for a total of 16 years), he was disliked by underlings, whom he bullied, but was popular with the public, to whom he was "Old Pam." Under Old Pam a belligerent Britain invaded the Crimea to keep the Russians out of Turkey, annexed Hong Kong, elbowed the French away from Egypt. He disliked everything un-British; the Americans were "swaggering bullies...
...almost entirely, and were not represented at the show. Richardson Boat Co. has sold all of its 1952 stock of 29-ft. and 33-ft. models and can make no more. Owens Yacht Co. Inc. has so much Government work that it now builds only one 30-ft. express cruiser...
Welin Davit & Boat has used its experience in building Navy lifeboats to turn out a new unsinkable, all-steel 26-ft. pleasure cruiser. Built with two large steel air tanks under its cockpit deck, it stays afloat and can run on its own power even when full of water. Its engine is sealed in a watertight compartment with a snorkel-type exhaust. Price: $7,000, about $1,000 more than sinkable boats of similar design...