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Highland Park Press, 31 Oct 1929, p. 17

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31, 1929 5 €¢ Thus visitors to the Chicago planâ€" etarium â€" willâ€"observeâ€"how "the stars appeared to explorers at the North and South Poles and how they. apâ€" peared_in â€"the time â€"of David:~â€"An illusion of a marvelous sky on an ideal night is : obtained, because in nearly total darkness the eye is espeâ€" As the instrument which projects the heavens is thrown into operation the whitedomeâ€"pales and vanishes into a lightâ€"blue canopy. The sun, moon and s â€"burstâ€"forth in the skies. The stars ascend from the east and disappear in the west. j Can Speed Up Motion ~ _ ~The motions of the heavenly bodies can be speeded up at will. Thus a "day" in. the. universe, which is deâ€" termined â€" by the procession of the equinoxesâ€" and which lasts 26,000 years in reality, can be reduced to ten minutes or one. ~Similarly our earthly day of 24 hours becomes one of a few minutes, if necessary, with planets moving in their orbits ~~It" will be possible to show any star as it appeared in the past or as it will appear in_tha_inmr&J# Within is the great dome and the planetarium itself, a mechanical inâ€" strument which produces a photoâ€" graphic picture of the solar system. ‘Spectators are to be seated > all around it in tiers and the Zeiss proâ€" jector occupies a central position on the Raag>â€"~~~_ _ O _ _ POSRMIOR: Tanelli, one of the country‘s foreâ€" most sculptors.. Each placque will depict an imaginative and> symbolic representation of one of the 12 signs of the Zodiac.. The. building.will be trades. â€"â€"The. building itself will comprise three â€"twelveâ€"sided â€" tiers, ~built of granite andâ€"surmounted â€"by a gleamâ€" ing copper dome, eightyâ€"five feet across. Each side of the structure is to be decorated with bonze placques Mr, Adler had three ideas in mind when he decided to give three quarâ€" ters of a million dollars for the planâ€" etarium. ‘They were; first, to further the progress of science; second, to enable people to observe the action of the heavenly bodies as heretofore. only astronomers have been able to do; and third, as he expressed it, toJ emphasize: thatâ€"allâ€"mankind, rich â€"and poor, powerful and weak, as well as nations here and abroad constitute part of one universe and under the great celestial firmament there is no division ~or cleavage, "but ~rather inâ€" terdependence and unity.~ § zcss Bedt â€"ofâ€"Granite â€" _ _â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Nearing | c,smpletion on an island k, nvu. - ME no E. Muâ€" ,z.;z.x;,,a igan, near t ‘_‘_g% first in the United â€"States. â€"It is the gift of Max Adier of Chicago to the city to popularize and dramatize asâ€" tronomy so the layman may get a new vision of the heavens. ° Gift of Max Adler to City ‘at Cost of $750,000; Descripâ€" ~â€"â€" tion GiÂ¥en dicn e sn e c hroer enc Li in t uc eP stt dos c on ue ty c ic 00 c in is mt i sttA STATE and JACKSON, CHICAGO . Evanston Shop Orrington and Church cago next year as a result of the proâ€" ~Sixâ€"of the most conventions held United States wil Chicago to Have 6 ; Sixâ€"of the most important national nomenninen nomencnee »â€" T HEMIRUB â€"__â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" _HENRY C. LYTTtoN & Sons in BIG E. For threeâ€"quarters of a ;:cntury Steinâ€"Bloch have been Internaâ€" tionally Renowned as makers of the verfj"'__figgstl (;thhesMWQm by men who feel «Nothing is t00 5d for »...." Their Overcosts present absolute finality ~. F on _i1 W rkmanship. And, becatse »f our recent a”ilmm-h___tb;@&mmflmm elimination of many heretofore accepted costs of distribution. OVERCOATsS Evanston Shop Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings SHAG‘GYS‘HEH:_ANDS DRBSS OVERCOATs â€" THE GRIZZLYâ€"CAMEL PYLE _ _ Poj ENGLISH ULSTERS ue ucoommercit 9 eie mt ¢ Tailored é‘y"' eSteinâ€"Bloch mated > attendance being â€" low: . . Music Supervisors conference, 3,000; Izaa League of America, 1,000 Association of Purchasin P50 1 4125 1,000; outâ€"ofâ€"town vl I} aftendance being based conâ€" rely on their past records, folâ€" Music Supervisors‘ National nce, â€"3,000; Izaak Walton of America, 1,000; National tion _ of Purchasing Agents, Rotary International, 25,000: atherings igs and the number of sitors they will probâ€" to ~Chicago, the estiâ€" pe xR iB es LK KERimage Auar‘ ORRINGTON and CHURCH, EV ANSTON s3 .: . SCOTCH HEATHERS TS IMPORTED TWEEDS POLOâ€"GUARD COATs es Plowe w zow mivae o onecarseaeseteit "oue nrgy © 22 c _ CC T CCC AMBDEE _ AHAECC U8ys8, will mean more than $2,000,000 in added business to the city, ______.___ The Association of Commerce an. nounces that in addition to bringing severalâ€" thousand strangers to Chi cago, the six meetings, with their average duration lasting three days. American Socie 15,000, and Ar stitute, 3,000. _ ~~SCâ€"IACIOn oOI Commerce â€"an that in addition to bringing thousand strangers to Chi

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