(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
An offer of $500,000 by Julius Rosenwald to help finance the project to build in Chicago one of the world’s largest convention halls, seating 30,000 or more persons, was announced. Mr. Rosenwald wired the offer to Mayor Dever from Santa Barbara, Cal., where he is on vacation.
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