May 6, 1939 P. 13

May 6, 1939 P. 13

The New Yorker, May 6, 1939 P. 13

Talk story about blueprints & suggestions received at the Fair. A man named Linday, who said he was Emperor of the Celestial Kingdom, appeared at the Board Office & displayed deeds to the sky, the moon, Atlantic, Pacific & Indian Oceans & Gulf of Mexico. He said he would select an Empress if Fair would underwrite expenses and give audiences to visitors at fifty cents a head. A woman in Georgia, wrote-and said that she is the world's youngest looking grandmother has been married 14 times, she was willing to impart her secret of youth to women. A man with two sets of toenails wanted to exhibit them. Plans for air polo, imitation liner designed to make people seasick, etc.

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