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Show I V. W. C. A. Opens Sixtb Biennial Convention CLEVELAND; April 13. Tho sixth biennial, convention of the National i Young Women's Christian association opened here this afternoon with prac- lically 2,500 delegates from all parts pJ j? the country and many foreign coun-v coun-v ir'o.s In attendance. '' Mrs. W. H. Harford, of Omaha, pre3- Ident of the Fifth national convention, ; opened the meeting. "The report of the national board ' was made by Mrs. Robert E. Speer, president 0f the board. , Election of convention officers, ap-' ap-' pointmont of convention committees ' and a roception occupied the rest of I? the afternoon. ; Dr, Robert E. Speer, secretary of tho board of foreign missions of the Pres-) Pres-) byterlan church, delivered an address i at tonight's meeting, t' oo ! |