NOISY CELEBRATIONS
NEW YEAR IN AMERIOA BIRTH OF THE WORLD S FAIR i United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) NEW YORK, Jan. 1 The birth of the World’s Fair year was the theme of New York’s observance. A sum of 15,000,000 dollars was spent in noisy celebrations. Night clubs and hotels, in spite of a cover charge of 15 dollars, sold out. Thirteen hundred policemen and I*2B mounted men sought to maintain order in Times Square and Broadway, which were crowded to excess, and 165 detectives were assigned to duty of escorting homeward bejewelled debutantes lest they should bo attacked by thugs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20694, 3 January 1939, Page 7
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101NOISY CELEBRATIONS Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20694, 3 January 1939, Page 7
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