Odd Bits From The Fair At Du Pont Exhibit
A lively row of vignettes from the fair recounts Dr. Leonard’s head wound shaped like the Trylon and Perisphere at the Du Pont exhibit. It notes divers at Billy Rose’s Aquacade, a banister incident on an escalator, and the General Electric House of Magic’s glowing teeth scene, plus makeshift observations on makeup, architecture, and odd behaviors around the grounds.
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Dr. Leonard
du Pont
Trylon
North Carolina
Leonard
DuPont
New York
San Francisco
Billy Rose
Barbary Coast
Westinghouse
General Electric House of Magic
Baltimore
Scout Troop Items Stolen During Quiet Camp Out
A local scout troop reported theft of a Gideon's Bible and several neckties during a campout. Investigators say the incident occurred after lights out and left the group short on instructional materials and attire.
Tarboro Rotary Clinic Set for May 27 at Presbyterian Church
The Tarboro Rotary Club schedules an Orthopaedic Clinic on Monday May 27 1940 at 9 a.m. in the Presbyterian Church Sunday School Rooms Tarboro N C. The club aims to help cripples regardless of age or race who cannot pay for treatment and asks local cooperation to identify cases. Private patients should not attend before 1 p.m.
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Tarboro
Rotary Club
Kerr Checks Bloom On His History
Representative from the second district writes to Sol Bloom complaining that the book The Story of the Constitution omits a 1776 Virginia Convention resolution instructing delegates to favor independence. The exchange, dated May 11, 1940, is routed through Justice Kerr and Sol Bloom at the Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission in Washington.
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Judge Kerr
Sol Bloom
Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Sol
Continental Congress
North Carolina Colony Moves to Independence Preceding Virginia
A 1776 North Carolina Provincial Congress meeting in Halifax passed a resolution authorizing delegates to join with other colonies in declaring independence and forming foreign alliances, noted as a pivotal early step toward the Declaration and US Constitution. John H. Kerr endorses preserving NC's place in history.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Halifax
Department of Interior
United States
John H. Kerr
M. C
Skeet Club Open With Out-of-Town Guests Sunday
Roanoke Rapids Skeet Club on the Roanoke Rapids Weldon highway invites the public to watch special out of town guests demonstrate clay pigeon shooting Sunday after noon May 26. The club remains open each Sunday for local sportsmen to practice and refine marksmanship.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids- Weldon Highway
Hyman Under Treatment in Washington DC
E. P. Hyman is in Washington D C under treatment. His friends hope he will soon be home.
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E. P. Hyman
Washington, D. C
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EXIDE
Brickell
Roanoke Rapids Oil Co
Roanoke Ave
Jake Spire
Gideon
Kerr
Bloom
Skeet Club
Association
W. 2Nd Street
W. Second St
Dial
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