Professor Albert Einstein, famous Jewish scientist, presided over the spectacular pageant of light, flame and sound tonight here when' cosmic Fays caught the master light switch and. various coloured lights blazed for the World's Fair first night Tighting.
"There were nine sparkling flashes, each equalling 18,000 ten-watt lamps, fand they transformed the 12,000 acres fair grounds into a vast, futuristic design. "A tenth flash, the equal of $,000,000 such' lamps, converted. the tryon into a brilliant spectacle.
Salvoes of fire-work bombs were fired above the Fountain Lake and then a brilliant fireworks display wax held at the Lagoon of Nations.
Rain drove thousands from the grounds, At nightfall.the throngs. Were so heavy that cars were jammed few fect apart on the main high-Wwoys until trafic started to clear at 10pm. The police, however, said that' the poor weather prevented a worse jam since thousands were kept from the fair, 'The police handled the trafic in' excellent manner and the accidents were almost negligible.
"The Fair's vastness appeared to awe the visitors who found it almost bewildering to comprehend the spectacle Which is so large that it has been Aivided into seven geographical zones, Fifty thousand persons visited the US. Warships in Hudson River. The aircraft carrier Ranger was the most popular of the vessels, receivinit forty visitors each minute and 10,000 were still walting ashore two hours aller visiting time had elosed—United Press.
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