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The Mayor is Briefed

Detective Fred Morelock, right, explains to Mayor F. H. LaGuardia,  seated on auto bumper, and police commissioner Lewis J. Valentine, left,  how he removed a time bomb from the British pavilion at the New York  world’s fair on July 4, 1940 after it had been found by an attendant.
Detective Fred Morelock, right, explains to Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, seated on auto bumper, and police commissioner Lewis J. Valentine, left, how he removed a time bomb from the British pavilion at the New York world’s fair on July 4, 1940 after it had been found by an attendant. Photo: AP Photo (AP)