Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1933, Page 71

TON, D. C, MAY 21, 1933, hicago’s Exposition orking Quietly Here in W ashington, to the Century of Progress Fair. g and Beautiful on the Exposition Site, Exhibits Have Been Forming Since 1932, S. Odlin seas commerce, the merchant marine and its protection on the high seas, and also the effect on the country’s pros- perity when there is any breakdown in any major component of American sea power. Twelve ship models will show a entury of change in warship design and pperation and the necessity for the pres- pnce of various types of offensive and flefensive qualities in a modern fleet. Among the important subjects pre- kented by the Department of Agriculture by dioramas—those pictorial marvels which have width, height and depth— vill be live stock production, the culture pf farm crops of all kinds, soil chem- stry, the gathering and dissemination of market information, progress of dairy- ng in the last 100 years, the role of machinery ' and improved engineering methods in farm operations, forest con- vation, protection of wild life, the Federal aid highway system, weather orecasting, drug and food inspection, o-ordination of agricultural experimen- ation, and progress in the control of major insect pests. Through the win- Hows of the white front of a model home fire visitors will see activities of home Hemonstration agents in helping house- wes create more attractive and effi- ient firesides. A mint in actual operation, together vith money-manufacturing machinery rom the Bureau of Engraving and Print- g, will be an attractive part of the asury display, which will also illus- ate the work of the Coast Guard, nar- otic control and the Public Health pervice. The central idea of the Department f Labor exhibit will be depiction of riking phases in the history of labor d child welfare in the United States jhrough the past century. A large il- minated pyramid by means of the pectrum will show the social progress of lhe worker and his family by figures oving through the colors, starting with lues at the base and spiraling upward. work of the Women’s Bureau and e Children’s Bureau will be graphically hown among the surrounding exhibits. A model post office on the reservation bill iHustrate the work of the Post Office Department and there will also be val- able display of postage stamps to de- ght the philatelist, and results of the perations of postal inspectors in the revention of manifold frauds upon the plic through use of the mails. A MINE rescue car and explanation of methods will be installed in the ransportation Building as part of the bepartment of Commerce display, while e Bureau of Standards will offer illus- ations of its work for the promotion of dustry and the general welfare of the ublic. The Bureau of Investigation contrib- tes an important section of the De- artment of Jugtice display, demonstrat- g the fingerprint detection co-opera- on with State and local police, while e Bureau of Prisons- will show how ederal prisoners are guided into lives If: useéfulness. The work of the Interior Department ds- itself particularly welt to pictorial resentation and among its displays will e the National Park Service's notable nd sizable reproduction of Mount Rai- nier, Washington, down whose sides will course a glacier of real ice. The Bureau of Reclamation will present a working model of the Hoover Dam through which, requiring seven minutes, water repre- senting the Colorado River, will be con- certed into power, just as the dam itself will do. Models of coal and metal mines and oil fields, and showing the geology of a Western landscape, will be the feature of the Geological Survey exhibit. The Indian Service show will illustrate what the Indian of today is doing for himself and how the Government is helping him improve his condition through education and industry. The Office of Education will operate a large revolving disc giving visitors important information about ed- ucation in their own States. Other ex- hibits will reveal how illiteracy is being banished and contrast child training in the past with today, and what it may be like in the future.’ A large map will show progress on the survey of the pub- lic domain upon which the General Land Office has been engaged for 157 years. The Alaskan exhibit will portray the rich- resources and development of the territory that was once called “Seward’s Folly.” 8t. Elizabeth’s Hospital and the Columbia Institution for the Deaf also will be represented by exhibits. AMONG the independent establish- ments of the Government exhibiting will be the Smithsonian Institution. Nine oil paintings will portray the founding and activities for a century of this unique Federal undertaking. Current activities in eight branches of science will be shown in exhibit cases and an automatic William Thompson, a graduate of Central High School, with ome of his =7 pictorial educational -exhibits for the Century of Progress Exposition. magic lantern will take the visitor “be- hind the scenes” in the preparation of Smithsonian treasures, such as restora- tion of prehistoric animals. The evolu- tion exhibit will contain explanation of the fossil shells dug up in British Co- lumbia since 1912 and the spectacular effect of the ultra-violet ray on minerals will be shown. The Washington Zoo has sent a desert scene in which live lizards disport themselves. Old and new methods of printing will be the exhibit contributed by the Gov- ernment Printing Office. The Shipping Board is installing charts on the status of the American merchant marine and its operations. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics will show a wind tunnel and other experimental ap- paratus by which aviation is being ad« vanced. The Panama Canal will be rep« resented by a relief map showing the construction and operation of the greaf waterway. . A collection of rare books from the priceless collection of the Li- brary of Congress will be on view and the Veterans’ Administration ‘will dem- onstrate how the veterans of the wars of the United States are being cared for, The National Capital Park and Planning Commission will portray by models the development of this city. The American Government exhibit will naturally be the largest of its kind, but many foreign nations are participating in the fair, among them Argentina, Bel« Continued on Fifteenth Page. An architect’s drawing of the Hall 'of States, showing-the United States Government Building in the foreground. -