Lost Colony Drama Brings Big Cash to Manteo
In Manteo North Carolina the Lost Colony drama, written by Paul Green, draws visitors and funds year after year. The show, begun in 1937, uses local residents and famed actors to reenact the vanished Roanoke colony, helping a small town grow wealthy through tourism and a long-running patriotic narrative.
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Manteo
N. C
INS
Barrier Reef
Paul Green
Carolina
Band
John White
Sir Walter Raleigh
White
Eleanor White
Green
Old Fort Roanoke
Samuel Selden
University of North Carolina Drama Department
New York
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Feder
Fort Roanoke
U. S. Public Health Service
Express central named for easier dialing in Pittsburgh selection
Pittsburgh builds a new Express dialing central. Bell researchers test hundreds of proposed names, ensuring no conflicts with towns or existing names. They reject damaging letters and test pronunciation with male and female voices before final selection.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone
Market
Museum
Park
Youngw
Youngwood
Government Back in Guayule Business at Winter Haven
The federal government restarts guayule rubber research with headquarters at Winter Haven. The project is supervised by the U S Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Texas agriculture experiment station. Also noted are a historical remark on navigation and a statement that about one tenth of the U S population is Negro.
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Crystal City
Texo
INS
Guayule
Winter Haven
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas Agriculture Experiment Station
United States
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Rene Gagne
San Francisco
Golden Gate Area
Jimmy
Robert
Francis Doherty
Kathleen
Michael
Patricia Grady
Danice
JoAnn
Judy Cardinale
Ae Gera
Lost Colony
Manteo Folks
Harry Maccarthy
International News Service
Ananias Dare
Virginia
F. D. RB
Bristol
Moreh
D City
Louisville
Wilmington
Greensboro
High Point Airport
Neils “Hotel
Raleigh
Pentagon Building
New Jefferson Monument
Mellon Art Gallery
Official
Washington
Pam mi
White House
The
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
C. C. Schiffeler
Gayule Business
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Belk-Stevens CO
Belk-Stevens
Gabardines
Tom Sawyer
Gabardine
High Point High School
Yeurs
Cravenette
Cinderella and
Margret O'Brien
Chubby
Belk- Stevens Co
High Points
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