Monday, May. 19, 1930

National Affairs

May 30--Memorial Day address by President Hoover; at Gettysburg, Pa.

June-October--Statewide tercentenary celebration; in Massachusetts.

June 2--Annual congress of Sons of the American Revolution; at Asbury Park, N. J.

June 3--Fortieth Confederate Reunion; at Biloxi, Miss.

Foreign News

May 20--Departure of President-elect Julio Prestes de Albuquerque of Brazil to visit the U. S.; from Rio de Janeiro.

May 26--Sixty-third birthday of Queen Mary of Great Britain.

May 27-June 9--Quinquennial meeting of the International Council of Women; in Vienna.

May 31--Opening of International Fur & Hunting Exposition; in Leipzig, G.ermany.

June 3--Sixty-fifth birthday of King George of Great Britain.

Music

May 23-June 16--Summer festival at Berlin, Germany. Features: two concerts by New York's Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini; six-evening Beethoven cycle with Wilhelm Furtwangler conducting; special Mozart, Wagner, Strauss cycles; special performances at Max Reinhardt theatres.

Education

May 29-June 7--Semi-centennial anniversary celebration of the University of Southern California; at Los Angeles, Calif.

Aeronautics

May 19-22--National Technical aeronautical meeting of American Society of Mechanical Engineers; in Dayton, Ohio.

May 27-30--All-New England air tour. Sponsors: New England Council, National Aeronautic Association.

Press

May 18--Arrival of 14 European journalists for two-month U. S. visit. Purpose: personal observation of U. S. social, economic, political conditions. Sponsor: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Art

May 21-23--Sixty-third convention of the American Institute of Architects; in Washington, D.C.

Business

May 18-21--Annual convention of the Advertising Federation of America; in Washington, D.C.

May 21-23--Convention of the National Foreign Trade Council; in Los Angeles, Calif.

June 2-9--Convention of the Radio Manufacturers Association; in Atlantic City, N.J.

Sport

AUTOMOBILES

May 30--Annual international 500-mile race; on the Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind.

BOATS

May 24--American Rowing Association regatta (American Henley); on Schuylkill River, Philadelphia.

May 31--Childs Cup regatta (Columbia v. Pennsylvania v. Princeton); on Schuylkill River, Philadelphia.

FENCING

June 1--Epees: national individual outdoor championship; at Travers Island, N. Y.

GOLF

May 26-31--British amateur championship; at Royal & Ancient Golf Club, St. Andrews, England.

June 3-5--Irish open championship; at Portrush, Ireland.

TENNIS

May 22-24--Mexican Davis Cup Team v. winner of Canada-U. S. matches (May 15-17, at Philadelphia); at Chevy Chase Club, Washington, D. C.

GOING

Best Plays in Manhattan

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY--Alia Nazimova doing Turgenev (TIME, March 31).

COURTESAN--One time, one place, one actress (TIME, May 12).

HOTEL UNIVERSE--Expatriates, smart talk, metaphysics by Philip Barry (TIME April 28).

JOURNEY'S END--How the officers of one British company behaved on the Western Front (TIME, April 1, 1929).

JUNE MOON--Tintinnabulations in Tin Pan Alley, as known to Ring Lardner (TIME, Oct. 21).

STREET SCENE--Realism on the sidewalks of New York (TIME, Oct. 7).

SUBWAY EXPRESS--A perilous journey on Manhattan's Interborough Rapid Transit lines (TIME, Oct. 7).

THE APPLE CART--A group of mummers telling what George Bernard Shaw thinks about international politics (TIME, March 10).

THE GREEN PASTURES--An excellent exhibition of blackamoor theology on earth and as it is in heaven (TIME, March 10).

THE LAST MILE--Horror and excitement in a death house (TIME, Feb. 24).

UNCLE VANYA -- Lillian Gish doing Chekhov (TIME, April 28).

Musical -- EARL CARROLL'S SKETCH BOOK (TIME, July 15), FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN (TIME, Dec. 9), SONS o' GUNS (TIME, Dec. 9), STRIKE UP THE BAND (TIME, Jan. 27).

Best Pictures

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT-- Vividly effective reproduction of the great war book (TIME, May 5).

ANNA CHRISTIE--O'Neill and Garbo still on the barge (TIME, March 3).

PARAMOUNT ON PARADE--Many famous faces in an unusually witty and deft revue (TIME. May 5).

STAMPEDE--African race with death staged with native actors and props (TIME, May 12).

THE MAN FROM BLANKLEY'S--John Barrymore takes a holiday in farce (TIME, April 7).

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