Time Table: Mar. 24, 1930

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National Affairs

March 30—Celebration of Seward Day* in Alaska.

April 10—Launching of light cruiser Chicago, seventh of 10,000-ton vessels constructed under 1924 Navy program; at Mare Island, Calif.

April 10—Beginning of "Covered Wagon Centennial" celebration, by proclamation of President Hoover. Occasion: 100th anniversary of departure of first wagon train from St. Louis toward the Oregon country.

April 10—Launching of the Corsair, new $2,000,000 yacht of J. Pierpont Morgan; at Bath, Maine.

April 11—Sixty-eighth birthday of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes.

April 13—Jefferson's birthday.

Foreign News

March 22—Emancipation Day in Porto Rico.

April 3-14—Nantes Fair at Nantes, France.

April 14—Presentation of the national budget to the British House of Commons by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden; in London.

Aeronautics

March 22-29—Second annual aviation exposition at Buffalo, N. Y.

March 26-April i—Aircraft show at Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio.

April 5-13—All-American aircraft show of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce; at Detroit, Mich.

Science

April 5-9—Fiftieth anniversary celebration of American Society of Mechanical Engineers; at Hoboken, N. J., Washington, D. C.

April 7-11—Meeting of the American Chemical Society; at Atlanta, Ga.

April 8, 9, 10—Meeting of Society of Automotive Engineers; at Detroit, Mich.

Business

April 24, 25—Meeting of the National Petroleum Association; at Cleveland.

Music

March 21—Revival of Donizetti's L'Elisire d'Amore; at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera. Cast: Gigli, Fleischer, De Luca, Pinza, Falco.

March 21-26—National conference of music supervisors; at Chicago.

March 21-26—Brahms Festival at Symphony Hall, Boston. Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky.

March 28—Concert by National High School Chorus; in Chicago. Members: 400 representative U. S. high school children. Conductor: Dr. Hollis Dann of New York University.

April 14—Joint recital by Pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch and Violinist Mischa Elman; at Carnegie Hall, Manhattan.

Sport

BASEBALL

April 15—Start of major league season.

BOATS

March 25, 26—Miami Beach regatta; at Miami Beach, Fla.

March 29~April 5—Detroit motorboat and sportsman's show; at Detroit, Mich.

April 12—Oxford-Cambridge boat races from Putney to Mortlake, England.

April 19—Navy v. Columbia v. M. I. T.; at Annapolis, Md.

FENCING

March 22—Foils: individual interscholastic competition; at Fencers Club, Manhattan.

March 25—Foils: women's national team championship; at Fencers Club.

GOLF

March 27, 28—North & South Open; at Pinehurst, N. C.

March 31-April 1 — Southeastern Open; at Augusta, Ga.

April 7-12—North & South Amateur; at Pinehurst, N. C.

HORSES

March 22—Carolina Cup hunt race; at Camden, S. C.

March 28—Grand National Steeplechase; at Aintree, Liverpool, England.

April 5—Middleburg Hunt at Middleburg, Va.

GOING

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