Evening star., 1941-08-26
Duke
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me about their visit to the States
and what it meant to them. It will
be a great pleasure for me to tell
them of my visit. During the last
two days, I have just begun to
realize how vast are the efforts Of
this country"
The Duke made his brief, i'm
pressive speech extemporaneously
though he glanced down now and
then at some notes.
The Duke and his party were
greeted on their arrival at the Mar
tin airport by Marylands Gov.
O'Conor, Senator Tydings, Mayor
Howard w. Jackson of Baltimore,
Maj. Gen. H. C. Pratt, Sd Corps Area
commander; Maj. Gen. H. H. Ar
mold, assistant chief of staff for air: |:
British Air Marshal A. T. Harris, and
other officials.
Mr.. Martin introduced the Duke
to these officials and the party then
got into cars for a tour of the i'm
menSe plane factory. The process
sion of cars crossed section of pub
lie road, and a crowd of men, women
and children living in the vicinity
some clad in bathing suits, cheered
the royal visitor.
The first section of the plant the
Duke inspected was building turn
ing out bombers for Britain. News
papermen and photographers were
excluded from this building be-
cause OF the secrecy surrounding
these British planes, but they were
taken through other sections of the
factory with the royal party.
Emerging from the building turn
ing out British planes, the Duke
crossed the open apron where he
later was to address the workers.
This space was almost filed with
new planes, medium bombers for the
United States Army.
Climbs Into Bomber.
The Duke at once walked up to
one of the newly assembled craft,
still without its propeller, and ques-
toned Mr. Martin about it. The
Duke Is a flyer and still wore the
simple brown uniform of a wing
commander in the r. A. F. which he
wore yesterday on his tour OF the
Norfolk (Va0 area.
He climbed into the bomb bay Of
this bomber for close view Of its
mechanism of destruction.
The Duke, Mr.. Martin, Gen.
Arnold, Air Marshal Harris and the
others then went through a building
where American Army bombers
were being assembled. They watched
the final process of putting together
the parts. The Duke several times
stopped to chat with workmen, ask
ing them where they were from,
how long they had worked in this
plant and how they liked the work.
Later on the program was a
demonstration of "Jeep," one of
the Army's quarter-ton reconnais-
sance cars. Another feature was an
inspection of $50 officers and sea-
men of the British Merchant Ma
rine, brought to the plant from
ships loading at Baltimore.
Next on the royal schedule was q
more formal review of Canadian
and American motor transport
troops and equipment from Camp
Holabird, Md.
The Duke was an overnight guest
at the White House last night after
q strenuous day that included in
spection of defense facilities in the
Norfolk area and a dinner at the
Executive Mansion.
Sightseeing in Washington was to
occupy the late afternoon. The
Duke was to greet members of the
press at a cocktail party at the
National Press Club at 6 pm. To.
night there will be q dinner at the
British Embassy, and afterward the
Duke will leave by train for Canada
The youngest bother of Kine
George vi returned aboard q naval
transport plane from Norfolk late
yesterday to be guest at an informal
dinner rendered by the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt, with high-rank.
ing British and American oficiak
invited.
Dinner at White House.
The White House dinner list in
cluded Sir Gerald Campbell, British
Minister and Charge d'Affaires: tn.
Dukes cousin, Capt. Lord Ioui.
Mountbatten, Royal Navy, and Lady
Mountbatten, who arrived in Wash.
ington late yesterday for a brie1
stay; Wing Comdr. Sir Louis Grieg
aide and private pilot to the Duke
of Kent; J. A. Lowther, the Duke,
secretary: Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold
assistant chief of staff of the United
States Army for air; Rear Admira
John H. Towers, naval chief ol
aeronautics, and Mrs. Towers; Harry
l.. Hopkins, lease-lend admins.
TRAITOR; Capt. and Mrs. James Roose.
welt, Nelson A. Rockefeller, co-ordi.
nator of cultural relations between
the American nations, and Mrs
Rockefeller; Mrs. Cameron Clarl
and DR.. and Mrs. Henry Field.
The Duke put in five hot, bustlinI
hours touring the defense area o
Virginia's tidewater yesterday. H
had Q thorough look at the Nav.
Yard, the Newport News shipbuild
ing and drydock plant, Langley Fiel
and other activities. Frequently b
paused to chat with soldiers, sailor
| and civilian worker