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Show Nature, History and Custom Add to May Day's Importance Throughout mediirval and modern his- yJm' fory May Day May I has been in-T, ;' -r--" creasmgly important as a day of festival A tt S Yt ;'s ::;:s:-and ::;:s:-and jun, a day which marks the t$ui?i2&3 beginning of a new vear. Jf(Stji53 Here are some oj its Jr important -" imjM May Day throughout much of the world is observed by workmen, work-men, but nowhere so much as in Soviet Russia. Above: Students march in the annual May Day parade, in which more than half a million persons participated. if In Hawaii, May Day is also "Lei Day," the annual flower festival fes-tival marking the peak of the season. Traditionally, all classes of people wear leis. Each May 1 the President declares de-clares Child Health day. F ed-eral, ed-eral, state and local health officials offi-cials plan community projects and physical examinations. Beginning May I is the peak 30 days for tornado frequency. Also this month the hurricane season starts, endangering Gulf and Atlantic coasts. California's trout season opens May 1, which is called "rainbow day," at Bishop, Cat. Above: Two Hollywood starlets start out for their first day's fishing. On May I many veterans' groups observe the anniversary of Admiral Dewey's battle of Manila bay, which took place in 1898. Above: Admiral Dewey and the tomb where he is buried, a shrine visited each year on Dewey day.- May 1 is moving day in big cities. In New York alone an estimated esti-mated 240,000 persons move bag and baggage to new homes, leased for not less than six months. It's the biggest day in the year for "queens." One of this year't is pretty Suzanne Sommers, who presides at the May festival of Duke university, Durham, N. C. s - e -jr ' -i' ?t .t . - yi? MA YPOLE Most familiar emblem of May day in the schools. |