Show THRONG WORLD FAIR ON OPENING DAY Boom of Cannons Blare of Bugles Mark Mar Ceremony Procession recession to Soldier Field Precedes Formal Swinging Swinging Swinging Swing Swing- ing of Gates ui m United rr Tress ss SOLDIER FIELD Chicago May 27 Into 7 Into this stately amphitheater in which which the pride and panoply a of the world are gathered the processional procession procession- al 1 opening of 1933 worlds world's s fair moved at 11 a. a am a.m. m. m today To the boom of cannons cannon and the blare lare of bugles the gates of a Century ot of f Progress were thrown open at 8 a. a m. m CST and thousands started pouring into the exposition grounds To stirring strains of ot band and bugle and the roar of bombs the twomile twomile two- two mile pageant filed med into Soldier field The he arrival of Postmaster General James A. A Farley Fancy signalized the presence pres pres- ence nee in spirit of President Franklin D. D Roosevelt whose message marks culmination of mans man's most ambitious tribute to progress In military impressiveness the pa pa- rade ade moved into the stadium after alter a prelude o of the thc national anthem and a brilliant pageant of the nations A bright sun alternately down own and scurried behind clouds The lie stadium wh which ch seats some XH was WM filled along the sides but buttie the tie crowd gathered slowly Overhead soared the G Goodyear o blimp limp m like e some same silver fish of the air ir PAGEANT IMPRESSES There could be no more Impressive e curtain raiser than the pageant of the he nations In costumes dating back from rom the golden age of Gr Greece e to modern times groups from 38 nations passed assed in dress review Flowing robes of Japanese e classic togas of the Greeks flaming scarlet of f Italy's daughters Germans in the rails and furbelows of the middle ages Britons in the native garb of each dominion and Hungarian girls and nd men portrayed In their dress the history of their their- homeland A squadron of 30 army planes from Patterson field Dayton Ohio flew lew over over ver in echelon formation Governor Horner Homer orner President Rufus G. G D Dawes of ofie the ie exposition Mayor Edward J. J Kelly of Chicago former Vice President dent ent Charles G G. Dawes A. A G. G Carter Fort Worth Texas publisher and other ther dignitaries o occupied the thc speakers speakers' speakers speakers' speak- speak ers ers' rs' rs stand under a bright canopy of orange range and white The fair Is the eleventh International ional exposition To hundreds of thousands of of- first day visitors it was wasa a symbol of industrial Americas America's rise from wilderness prairie and forest Opening day found the city tingling with excitement Streets were gay with flags and banners Crowds gathered early along Michigan Michi- Michi gan an boulevard to watch the procession procession sion ion of high officials foreign groups in n native and army and nav navy avy units marshaled to participate in n the opening ceremonial at Soldier field REPRESENTS ROOSEVELT Postmaster General James A. A FarIe Far FarIcy Farcy Far Far- Ie Icy cy representing President Roosevelt Roose- Roose velt headed the list of dignitaries Fair warm weather was predicted by y the U. U S. S weather bureau for the cr crowd wd of expected to file me past pastle the le exposition gates Workmen hammered and painters daubed through the night to compete com corn pete th the exposition which Chicago lopes hopes will ill attract an attendance of in five months and turn the ic tide of business toward prosper- prosper Ity ty Because the fairs fair's opening was set ahead head four days das in the hope that President Roosevelt might attend about bout 5 per cent of the exhibitors were unable to rush their materials through on n time In color color design of and type ype of exhibits the Century of Progress exposition set a new pace and nd one which it its designers believe may change habits of life and industry industry indus- indus try ry in America Many of the raw blocks blacks and stripes of f col color r verge on the garish by day But Jut at night under floodlights floodlights' combined com com- ined with Neon tube illuminating It t was promised the exposition would glow with rare beauty Modernism of the buildings was carried over o from rom architecture into material and structure VATCH PROCESSION More Marc visitors today planned to watch the procession down n Michigan boulevard to Soldier field where seats were prepared After a i swift survey of the acre grounds I thousands were expected to gather in ir the great hall ball of the hall hallof of science Here the ceremonial opening of the theair fair air was to end TonI Tonight ht at o'clock astronomers at Harvard Yerkes Allegheny and Urbana observatories will let a tiny beam eam from their telescopes fall upon a photo-electric photo cell These beams started from the orange star Arcturus Arcturus Arc- Arc turus urus 40 years ago during the Columbian Colum Colum- bian exposition The tiny electric current from the starlight will be stepped up and directed over telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph wires to an nn apparatus in iii the hall hail of ot science When the fourth beam clicks over the wires the current current current cur cur- rent will flash a switch turning on the he great reat searchlight on the tower of the hall hail As this finger of light circles slowly slowly slow slow- ly its ray will fall on photo electric c cells placed at each major electrical display These cells In turn will flash on more mare lights until the entire exposItion exposition ex ex- position flames lames with color I I |