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Show EI GIITEEX COX VEXTI ONS SLATED FOR WASHINGTON (Dy International News Service) WASHINGTON. Washington as a convention center will compete with San Francisco and Chicago tfiis summer. sum-mer. No lesrt than eighteen national and International conventions. In which a total of thirty-three countries coun-tries will be represented, are scheduled sched-uled for the coming "convention year.'.' Several of the gatherings will havo attendance of close to 10.000 persons. One of these Is the Southern Baptist -association: whlcli" Is expected to draw about 10,000 delegates and visitors vis-itors In May. while the world's brotherhood broth-erhood federation, which will be In session in June, will have representatives representa-tives from thirty-three foreign countries coun-tries present, including scores of Internationally In-ternationally famous men. Lloyd "George General Jan Smuts are expected ex-pected to bo present. A large gathering gather-ing Is expected when the veterans of foreign wars meet lieie in August. During th( spring the Sons of the Revolution, National Academy of Sciences. Sci-ences. Association of Harvard clubs. Colonial Dames of American and numerous nu-merous other famous organizations are scheduled to convene In Washington. Washing-ton. oo |