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Show Utah Signs for Space at "Nation's Fair" I f l V - - 1 v - I I i . - v "i ' K - NEW YORK (Special). Utah . nas the first State to sign a contract con-tract for exhibit space in the Hall 3f States of the New York World's Fair, 1939. A delegation of Utah officials representing Governor Henry H. Blood, signed the preliminary pre-liminary document with Grover A, Whalen, President of the Fair, In the latter's office in the Administration Ad-ministration Building at the exposition ex-position site. Flushing Meadow Park, New York City. The Utah delegates are shown here assembled assem-bled for execution of the agreement. agree-ment. The representative of the State signing the contract is Ezra Knowlton, Chief Engineer Utah Road Commission. Beside him is Mr. Whalen, and at the right sits George Abbott, Utah Road Commissioner. Com-missioner. Standing, left to right, are: Robert H. Dohm, Fair Commissioner; Com-missioner; W. D. Hammond, Utah Road Commissioner, and Major-General Major-General Dennis E. Nolan, director of State Participation for the Fair When the signing ceremonies were completed. Mr. Knowlton said: '.'Our legislature has already appropriated $37,500 for. Utah's participation in the New York Fair and we are confident that our share in it will reflect credit upon both State and Fair. I can assure you the people of Utah are keenly interested in the exposition. ex-position. We are expecting great things of it. We know it is to t? an outstanding Fair and e pledge you our fullest coopers-tion." coopers-tion." The Utah visitors were im pressed by the use of copper o "paper" the walls of the Board o Directors' Room in the Administration Adminis-tration Building as copper is on of the chief products of the Stat.: , |