AMERICAN FLAG FOR NEW ZEALAND
SYMBOL OF INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, September 16. A beautiful silk American flag, about 3ft ixx length, has been brought to New Zealand as a symbol of international goodwill by Mrs Clara Adams, of Long Island, New York, who arrived by the American Clipper. Before Mrs Adams left New York only 11 days ago, she was presented with the flag and another for transmission to Australia by the Congress of American Poets, which has been holding its fifth annual congress at the New York World’s Fair. Mrs Adams will hand the flag to the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, but its final destination, has yet to "be settled.
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Southland Times, Issue 24233, 17 September 1940, Page 4
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114AMERICAN FLAG FOR NEW ZEALAND Southland Times, Issue 24233, 17 September 1940, Page 4
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