Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 May 1929, p. 27

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May 24, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE Zl Housing Exhibit to Be Important World's Fair Item Tentative plans for staging durincr the Chicago 'Vorlcl's Fair, tile most elab.o~~te and compr,ehensive housing exhtbtt ever held in this country are under discussion by N. Max Dunning, Eugene Henry Klabe.r, Chicago architects, and Dr . . Allen D. Albert assistant to Rufus C. ' Dawes, pres'ident of the centennial celebration. Both Mr. Dunning, who was director of .the requirement division of the · United States Housing Corporation during the world war, and Mr. Klab er, who is associated with the Rosenwald development at Forty-eighth street and Michigan avenue, have studied modern housing projects in Germany and England. According to the plan, sufficient space \Yill be et aside in th e expo ition grounds for laying out a modern village or tO\\·n built to i ull "life-size" sca le whi ch would be ·kn o,,·n as th e " To rld's Fair Garden Village. The Yillage " ·ould include about ' tw enty modern home s, school;-;, churches, a tmn1 hall. fire and police dtpartm cnt. . playground and othe r amusement icat ures, a communit\· cente r and UD to-date stores. The e~hihi t would show what the modern hulllt' of 1933 ,,. nld h~ lik e. ami · depict tl1e modern home nf th e future. The modern hnnH·' :-hmn1 would c:x:pre s a nn\· t _ ,·pt oi hou . e de~ign s . nnt <li . tincth· American. hut a comflt)~itt · clcriH·d from world experience. Lracling clt:partnwnt stores of ):'~.:,~,· York. Chic:1gn :l.THl other large citi . .·-; " ·otlld each he ill\·ited tf·· pay for thL' huilrlinC! and iun,i~hin!! oi nne oi tll(' mndcn~ homes. · ~core~ oi unu~ual propn,als carrying promi:-n of rc,·cmle fnr the fair ha,·e been rderrr(l to the centennial cele bration's committee on a<h·ertis ing cnnccssJons. As a publirit~· ~tunt. one ad,·erti . ing agenc~· has ' applie<l for permission tu put the words, "Chicago " ·orlcl's Fair 1933" on the sides of liie -:' ize paper mache "talking" cows " ·hic h it proposes to place in railroad stations, department stores, hotel lobbies and other puhlic places. By means of a mechanical deYice. the mouths of the cows wottld open and close, and they \voulcl talk by mean s of radio sets concealed inside them. In addition to giving radio programs, the cows would urge the public t o attend the fair. And for the privilege of using the World's Fair name, the agency would pay the centennial $25 for each cow, wherever itistalled. A South Dearborn street business man has suggested that publicity for the fair may be obtained through banks bv the formation of a "Million Dollar Club" consisting of 1,000 men, not older than 35 years, each of whom has -saved $1,000 from his earnings. Hundreds of applications for official recognition from manufacturers of advertising buttons, seals, stickers, poster stamps, post cards, letterheads, stationery, automobile and window dis play s1gns are being considered by th~ committee. James R. Haydon is chairman of the committee on advertising concessions, which is a sub-committee of the centennial's committee on Public information. Other members include 1ohn D. Ames, E. M. Antrim, · Charles f-:. Byrne and Harry C. Read. Homer J. Bucklev chairman of the public information -~ommittee, and Joseph I. Breen, its secretary, are e>..~officio members of the committee. Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connor, 149 Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth motored to Louisville last Friday to attend a four dav house party with friends living in Louisville. They attended the races on Saturday and drove to French Lick Springs before returning home. All .Children Smile for Bernie BERNIE'S Annive·rsary Special! 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