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Show Chicago, Convention Chappie:- ef 1932 i ' i ,i j Iff 5 , n . Chicago Stadium in which the Democratic National Convention will be held. Inset Melvin A. Traylor, member of the Civic Committee which obtained the Convention tor Chicago CHICAGO has jumped into a long lead over other cities in the race for winning convention assignments, assign-ments, and particularly the two great assemblages of Democrats and Republicans Repub-licans in June puts Chicago well in the lead and gives the "Windy City" an opportunity to stage these colorful affairs as a curtain raiser to the "Century "Cen-tury of Progress" which will be a headline head-line attraction in 1933. Already the convention pot is' boiling merrily as committees of prominent business men are organizing to receive thousands of visitors in Chicago during June. One of the leaders who has helped to bring the blue ribbon convention, assignments to Chicago is Melvin A. Traylor, president of the First National f!;iofe and a business man with a flair for tftckliDg tig jobs. Mr. Traylor, a native of Kentucky, has achieved na- tional and international fame in linance and business by his distinguished distin-guished service in Chicago, Texas and throughout the Middle West. He was one of the delegation headed by E. N. Hurley and Mayor Cermak o Chicago who went to Washington and clinched their bid for the National Democratic Convention with a fund of $200,000. Chicago has exceptional facilities for entertaining both Republican and Democratic conventions within a single sin-gle month. Already the engineers are at work with blue prints to arrange the interior of the huge Chicago Stadium where both conventions will be held. The assembling of both conventions promises to be a great spectacle, for the arena where delegates will be seated will accommodate between S.000 and 10,000. Circling the arena are 10,000 seats where guests and visitors visi-tors may be accommodated. |
