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10,000 Visitors Invading City for Conventions
25 Assemblies Scheduled for Week; 1,000 to Be Held During Fair.
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Source: Chicago Daily News, 5 June 1933, pg. 5.
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The vanguard of the 1000 conventions to be held in Chicago during A Century of Progress began registration of delegates today at various look hotels and other centers of meeting.
The first "unit" of the mass gatherings, which are expected to draw millions of visitors here, consists of twenty-five industrial, welfare and educational assemblies. More than 10,000 representatives will be enrolled this week at the different conferences, according to Chicago Association of Commerce estimates.
Officials have arranged convention programs of a gala nature, spicing business with a substantial proportion of recreation and entertainment. At the top of the list of diversions is attendance at the world's fair, followed by tours of the city, golf tournaments, lake trips and swimming.
Twelve Conventions Tomorrow.
Twelve of the conventions open today, six tomorrow, five Thursday, and two Friday.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 technical men were to attend the four-day session of the Edison Electrical Institute at the Palmer House. The convention program will come to a colorful climax at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the courtyard of the Electrical building at the fair grounds, when members will commemorate the achievements of their industry. Mayor Kelly will speak.
George B. Cortelyou of New York, president of the Edison Electrical Institute, delivered the opening address of the convention today, asserting that average domestic electric rates are 35 per cent below prewar level and that the average family pays only 7 cents a day for its electric service.
At the opening session of the twenty-seventh annual convention of the Boys' Clubs of America at the Hotel Stevens today representatives of 262 boys' clubs in 140 cities were present to hear the opening talk by Dr. Allen Albert of A Century of Progress. Coach A. A. Stagg will give the banquet address Wednesday night.
Two Milling Assemblies.
Two milling industry conventions are scheduled for this week, bringing 3,000 visitors here. They are the Association of Operative Millers at the Hotel Sherman and the American Association of Cereal Chemists at the Medinah Michigan Avenue Club.
At the Stevens hotel will be held meetings of the Illinois Bankers' Association, Reserve Officers' Association of the United States, National Association of Sheet Music Dealers, Radio Manufacturers' Association, Holstein-Frisian Association of America and the National Warm Air Heating Association.
Congressman John J. McSwain of South Carolina, chairman of the house committee on military affairs, told the reserve officers that a "safe and sane" military policy would require "defense forces big enough to make our country safe but small enough to keep it sane." He urged a unified land, water and air defense sufficient to repel any invader.
Five hundred women from all parts of the United States assembled today at the Drake hotel for the annual meeting of the Garden Club of America. Garden clubs of Evanston, Kenilworth and Lake Forest are members of the national organization.
Medical meetings form an important part of this week's conventions, including sessions of the Society of Neurological Surgeons, American Dermatological Association, American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, and the American Life convention. Industrial meetings include the National Metal Trades Association, 500 delegates, at the Congress hotel Thursday, and the Linen Supply Association of America, with 600 delegates, at the Hotel Sherman today.
Dr. Gustav Egloff, president-elect of the Chicago Chemists Club, told the American Association of Cereal Chemists at the Medinah Michigan avenue club today that a huge increase in the span of life as a result of diet research is in prospect. The human system does not wear out, he stated, but rusts out and breaks down from lack of proper care. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen also addressed the convention today.
Sessions of the Confectionery Jobbers' Alliance began today at the Medinah club and of the National Association of Insecticide and Disinfectant Manufacturers at the Edgewater Beach hotel. Tomorrow the Health and Accident Underwriters' conference will begin at the Edgewater Beach hotel and the National Live Stock Marketing Association at the Hotel Sherman.
The American Federation of Arts will open its convention Thursday at the Palmer house and the General Society of Colonial Wars will begin a three-day session the same day at the Congress hotel. On Friday and Saturday will be held the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Council of Deliberation at the Great Northern hotel.
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Page compiled: 14 January 2006
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