NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
THE OPENING DAY
ATTENDANCE OF 600,000
NEW YORK. May .1.
Officials had predicted a crowd of 1,000,000 at the opening of the New York World's Fair, but possibly because of cold and wet weather only 600,000 paid admissions were recorded. Members of Congress were special guests, arriving by a special train from Washington.
An interesting feature of the,: opening was the lighting ceremony, when a scientific "trap" caught cosmic rays from the earth's outer atmosphere, closing a master switch and turning the Fair into a fairyland of light, with varicoloured fountains setting off the rainbow hues of the buildings-
Though Fair authorities were disappointed, officials at the Australian exhibit found the day. encouraging. Forty thousand visitors passed through the Australian Pavilion in the first seven hours. Six reception officials were kept busy : answering inquiries. Interest in industrial activity in Australia was gratifying. *
Mr. S. M. Bruce, Australian High Commissioner in London, and Mrs. Bruce toured the Fair in the morning, accompanied by Mr. MacGregor, High Commissioner in New York, and attended the official luncheon. Mr. Bruce was assigned to the seat of honour ilext to President Roosevelt on the speakers' platform at the opening ceremony. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 101, 2 May 1939, Page 8
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