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Show Hy and excellence of the car Itself were not the only factors which imDelled King Albert's choice. The Belgian" ruler already al-ready had evidence of Pierce-Arrow superiority. su-periority. He was greatly pleased, the reporters were informed, with the services serv-ices performed in Belgium during the war by some of the thousands of Pierce-Arrow war trucks which formed the backbone back-bone of the French transportation system. While the guest of various cities on his transcontinental tour, King Albert frequently fre-quently enjoyed drives in Pierce-Arrow cars. He was so fascinated by the performance per-formance of the dual-valved engine that w-hen he examined the car closely at the New York agency he scrutinized all parts of the car. After he bad demonstrated to his own satisfaction the driving and riding qualities quali-ties of the car and was driving at a moderate mod-erate pace through New York's streets, he was recognized by passing motorists, who immediately began to salute the ruler with a chorus of sirens and horns. Throngs lined the streets, attracted by the hedlam of noise, and watched his majesty guide his new car in and out of the busy stream of vehicles. In driving, King Albert heeded punctually the signals of the traffic police. PIMM P L EISESjS LB ERT King Drives Dual Valve Six Through Streets of New York. "Kins Albert of Belgium surprised New Yorkers by threading his way through traffic in the metropolis at the wheel of his new car a standard model of the famous fa-mous 4S-h. p. Dual Valve Six," says M. D. Naylor, manager of the Standrod-Naylor-Bandman company, 430 East South Temple street, distributor of Pierce-Arrow cars and trucks. "He had just returned re-turned from a trial run to New Rochelle, on which his majesty drove the new car at a speed of sixty miles an hour, handling han-dling it expertly." Said one of the New York newspapers which chronicled the event: "King Albert of Belgium has paid the American automobile industry a high compliment.. His majesty will take home with him a sample of one of Uncle Sam's topnotch, high-grade motor car creations, which he purchased after a personal try-out try-out of it on the road. In fact, the car now is safely stowed away in the hold of the steamer George Washington for shipment ship-ment to Belgium." Newspapermen were told that tho qual- |