The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-07-30
Florida Makes Another Record
In States Exhibit At Chicago
Nearly Six Hundred Are
Registered At Hall On.
Florida Day On World
Fair Grounds
By GEORGE H. CLEMENTS

BY GEORGE H. CLEMENTS
CHICAGO. July 3O.-Florida
made another record when SIS
Floridians registered at Florida
Hall on Florida Day, the largest
attendance ever made by any
state distaniIy located from the
fsir grounds, proving the interest
in lhe exposition on the part of
eisizsns Of the Sunshine State.
Strange to say, the register
does not include the name of
Governor ShOlsz. not that he
dida'g try TO get to the registra.
tioa desk. but because he was so
continually surrounded by cone
saansly arriving admirers that it
wa. = physical impOssibility to get
through the crush.
While in Chicago, Governor
Sholfx was the most sought after
man SO far as radio was con-
eerned, ever TO come to the city.
Within 10 minutes after his arri-
val at the Florida exhibit he was
before the "mike" of the Column
bIa Broadcasting System for
broadcast over 96 stations which
carried the music and speeches of
the dedicatory exercises to all
parts Of the United States and
Canada. Later in the afternoon,
the governor attended an audi
ton In Newspaper Row" in the
Hall Of Science and was heard
over National Broadcasting
Company hookup and again. later I
that night he was "stolen" from
dinner at the very swanky
Casino Club. to "tell the world"
from The studio of VIGIL.
Cameras Kept Busy
Nor did the press photographers
and movie camera men overlook
any bets. While the governor
was speaking from the balcony of.
Florida Hall, dedicating Florida's
participation in A Century of
Progress 10 the latter organiza-
ton through It's president, Rufus
Dawes. batteries of cameras with
accompanying flashlights were
kept busy during the entire pro-
teedings. |
One Of the results of the gov
eFnor's visit and the carrying out
81 the entertainment program.
waa the discovery of a number
Of former Floridians who had not
made themselves known to the
personnel of the Florida exhibit !
though ell insisted that they had !
made many visits to Florida Hall
and the Florida Gardens. During
The dinner given the Governors
party at the Casino, one of the
leading singers, a very comely !,
young woman. was introduced as
being from Milton, Florida, and
her song was dedicated to the
governor. II also developed that !
the leader of the orchestra was a
brother Of the singer and also
from Milton, while the head waiter
assigned to the party was a for
mer resident of Lakeland with
citrus COVE in Lakeland High
lands.
Render Songs
The frequent opportunities af-
forded while Governor ShOltz was
In Chicago. enabled Miss Leota
Cordati Coburn, to sing songs by
Florida composers. The nation
wide hookup over the Columbia
system at the time of the Florida
Day dedicatory exercises, gave
Miss Coburn a chance to broad
east r. u. Colds "Florida, My
Home" kilograms came from
many points of the compass con-
graduating the Florida exhibit on
that broadcast.
40 the dedication Of the Florida
Tropical Home. Miss Coburn sang
a composition by Mrs. Lorena
Dining "Florida sky" and at a
later broadcast from Florida Hall,
over VIGIL. a composition by
Miss Nay Turner, of Allendale.
Florida. FLORIDA Where Dreams
Come True" was rendered. Other
compositions by Florida men and
women are under rehearsal and
viii be sung from time to time as