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    "title": "Letter from Myra Hornbuckle to Harry S. Truman with Attached Newspaper Clippings",
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    "ocrText": "a\nes\nto\nTRUMAN GETS GOOD\nIs\na\nREST ON VACATION\nW\nif\nWith President Truman off Cape\nHatteras, Aug. 31.-(INS)-Presi-\nand will anchor in Hampton Roads\ndent Truman is returning to Wash-\naround 12:30 p. m. E. S. T.\nington in tiptop physical shape,\nRoss would not say who would\ngreatly relaxed and rested, and has\njoin the presidential party there for\nlost seven pounds on his vacation\nthe cruise back to Washington,\ncruise.\nwhere the Williamsburg will arrive\nCol. Wallace Graham, the presi-\nat 5 n. m E S T. Mondav.\ndent's physician, was quoted by\nPress Secretary Charles G. Ross\nSaturday night as pronouncing the\nBermuda visit as a great tonic for\nthe president. Ross said:\n\"He is rested and greatly relaxed\nfrom his vacation.\"\nHe added that the president had\nlost seven pounds during his cruise,\nlargely thru daily exercise and diet.\nDOWN TO 172.\nRoss said that Graham reported\nto him the president had weighed\n179 pounds when he left Washing-\nton and has now trimmed that down\nto 172 pounds.\nRoss said:\n\"The president has lost weight\nthru exercise and a diet that has\nnot been too rigorous but has been\naimed at cutting down calories\nmainly thru elimination of cream\nsoups, gravies and heavy pastries.\"\nThe president has taken daily\nswims and walks thruout his vaca-\ntion cruise.\nSaturday morning, despite stormy\nseas, the president came out on his\n1\nsun deck on the Williamsburg the\ni\ne\nmoment the rain squall areas were\nS\nleft behind and took a sunbath.\n1\nHe also had a late breakfast\n3,\nd\nserved on deck.\nON DECK AFTER STORM.\ne\nRoss was asked if the president\nhad been seasick during the all\ne\nnight storm thru which the Wil-\nliamsburg and its escort, the U. S.S.\ne\nWeiss, pitched and tossed, The sec-\n$\nretary replied:\n\"I don't know, I wasn't with the\npresident last night, but he was on\ndeck this morning.\"\nThe Williamsburg will arrive off\nthe Virginia capes at 8 a. m. Sunday"
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