Coming: Apr. 14, 1930

National Affairs

April 14-19—First National Flood Control & Navigation Congress & Exposition; at Mid-South Fair Grounds, Memphis, Tenn.

April 16-18—Third Fact-Finding Conference on the American Negro; at Durham, N. C. Presiding officer: Dr. James Edward Shepard, president of North Carolina College for Negroes.

April 19—Address to American Society of Newspaper Editors by President Hoover; at Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C.

April 20—First cadet dress parade of 1930 at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.

April 20—Arrival of “the Japanese people’s envoys” (four young women representatives) to U. S. Purpose of visit: to convey thanks for U. S. aid during the 1923 earthquake.

April 20—Arrival of Enrique Olaya Herrera, President of Colombia, for one-month U. S. visit.

April 26—Pilgrimage of Virginians to Cape Henry, Va. Occasion: commemoration of landing of first permanent English settlers in the New World. Invited guests: President Hoover, the governors of 20 states.

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

April 29-May 2—Tenth annual conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America; in Manhattan.

Foreign News

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

April 14—Launching of Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Lipton’s new America’s Cup contender; at Gosport, England.

April 21—Beginning of annual Shakespeare birthday festival; at Stratford-on-Avon, England.

April 22-26—Third national highway congress, first national tourist congress; in Mexico City, Mexico.

Music

April 22—Performance of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps and Schönberg’s Die Glückliche Hand, by the League of Composers and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Stokowski; at Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan.

April 23—Hampton Choir (Negro) sails for European series.

Education

April 25, 26—Model League of Nations Assembly; at Yale University.

Science

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

Aeronautics

April 25, 26—New York Glider Carnival, at Bayside, L. I., N. Y.

Sport

BOATS

April 19—Navy v. Columbia v. M. I. T.; on Severn River, Annapolis, Md.

April 23-30—Pacific Coast Boat Show; at San Francisco auditorium, San Francisco.

April 25-May 3—Chicago National Boat Show; at Navy Her, Chicago.

April 26—Third annual Albany-New York outboard race; on Hudson River, N. Y.

April 26—Harvard v. M. I. T.; on Charles River, Boston.

HORSES

April 17, 19—United Hunts Racing Association meeting; at Aqueduct, L. I., N. Y.

April 22-29—Annual indoor show; at Brooklyn Riding & Driving Club, Brooklyn, N. Y.

April 23—One thousand Guineas Stakes; at Curragh, Ireland.

TENNIS

April 14-19—North & South championships; at Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, N. C.

April 21—Mason & Dixon championships; at Greenbrier Tennis Club, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.