Coming: Apr. 28, 1930

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National Affairs

April 28—Eighteenth annual meeting of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce; in Washington.

April 28-May 3—Biennial convention of the National League of Women Voters; in Louisville, Ky.

May 7—Departure of first group of Gold Star Mothers for France. Purpose: pilgrimage to graves of U. S. War dead. Sponsor: U. S. Government.

May 10-18—Visit of U. S. battle & scouting fleets to Manhattan.

Foreign News

May 1-13 — Delphic Festivals; at Delphi, Greece. Sponsor: Greek Government.

May 6—British Empire commemorates 20th year of reign of George V.

May 14—First of series of five courts to be held at Buckingham Palace, London. Purpose: formal presentation of U. S. & other women to Queen Mary, King George.

May 16—Opening of Stockholm Exposition; at Stockholm, Sweden.

Music

May 1-June 30—Opera festival at Dresden, Germany.

May 3—First performance on 23 concert foreign schedule of New York Phil-harmonic-Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini; at the Opera, Paris.

May 4-10—National Music Week.

May 8—Mozart Festival; at Harrisburg, Pa.

May 16, 17—Bach Festival; at Bethlehem, Pa.

Art

May 2—Close of loan exhibition of Marquis de La Fayette mementoes; in Manhattan.

May 15—Retrial of $500,000 damage (by slander) suit against Sir Joseph Duveen (TIME, Feb. 18, 1929 et seq.) in Manhattan.

Religion

April 28-30—Twenty-first annual convocation of Yale's Divinity School; at New Haven, Conn.

May 11—First performance of the 1930 Passion Play, dramatizing the life of Christ; at Oberammergau, Bavaria.

May 15-23—National Congress of the Salvation Army; in Manhattan.

Medicine

May 1—Child Health Day; by proclamation of President Hoover.

May 1-Sept. 30—International Mental Hygiene Exhibition; at Dresden, Germany.

May 5-10—International Congress on Mental Hygiene; in Washington.

May 5—Beginning of annual Red Cross Convention; in Washington.

May 5—Beg-inning of 78th annual meeting of American Pharmaceutical Association; in Baltimore, Md.

Science

April 27—Meeting of the executive committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; in Washington.

April 28-30—Meeting of the National Academy of Science; in Washington.

April 28—Eclipse of the sun (total through parts of Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Montana). Aeronautics

April 30—Award of Daniel Guggenheim Medal for "notable achievement in the advancement of aeronautics" to Orville Wright; at Washington.

May 3-10—Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce show; at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan.

Business

May 1—Opening of Merchandise Mart, world's largest building; in Chicago.

May 5-10—Annual convention of the American Mining Congress; at Cincinnati.

May 9—Meeting of American Iron & Steel Institute; at Hotel Commodore, Manhattan.

May 14—New England Export Conference; at Boston.

Sport

GOLF

May 15, 16—British-U. S. Walker Cup matches; at Sandwich, England.

HORSES

May 7-10—Hartford cavalry show; at Hartford, Conn.