The Washington times., 1930-04-15
OFFICIAL SET
PRESENT AT
OPENING
President Hoover Enter
tains Notables in Box
at Game Yesterday

society turned out in full
force yesterday afternoon
for the opening of the base
ball season at the American
League Park.
Mrs. Hoover did not &C
company the President, her
plans being changed at the
last minute by order of the
white House physicians.
The First Lady is suffering
from a severe cold that
promises to confine her to
her room for some days.
Guests of President
Mrs. William D. Mitchell,
wife of the Attorney General
occupied Mrs. Hoover's place at
the left of the President. AT
the right of President Hoover
sat Secretary Mellon, and others
in the box included the Secre-
tary of the Interior and MRS.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture and Mrs.
Arthur M. Hyde, the Attorney
General, Mr.. Mitchell; Acting
Secretary of State Joseph T.
Gotten. the Acting Secretary
of the Navy, Ernest Lee
Jahncke: Mrs. Robert Patter-
son Lamont, wife of the Secre\
tary of Commerce; her daugh->
ter. Miss Gertrude Lamont:
Mrs. James j. Davis, ~.fe OF
the Secretary of Labor; Walter
II. Newton, French Strother,
DR., Joel Boone, and Capt. Allen
Buchanan, U. S. n, naval aloe
to the President.
The Vice President, Mr.. Cur
tbs, accompanied by his brother
in-law, Edward Everett Cam
occupied a box near the home
plate. Mrs. Gam had planned
to accompany her brother but
was detained at a reception at
the Congressional Club.
In addition to the official
group, the sunny skies and
excitement of an opening game
lured a goodly representation OF
smart Capital society to the
park.
Mrs. Harris There
An impromptu reception was
given Mrs. Stanley Harris, wife
Of the former, manager of the
local team, now in Detroit.
Before her marriage Mrs. Harris
was Miss Elizabeth Sutherland,
daughter of the Alien Property
Custodian and Mrs. Howard
Sutherland.
Visitor in South
The German Ambassador and
Frau Won Prittwitz we're week
end guests at the home of Mrs.
James F. Curtis, at Aiken, S. c.,
on their way home from
Charleston, where they attended
the 250th anniversary celebra-
ton of the settlement Of that
city.
DR.. Leonide Pitamic, minister
from JugoSlavia, is at the Am
bassador, New York.
Envoy Here
The newly appointed minister
of the Dominican Republic, r.
Brache, who has recently arrived
in Washington, has taken an
apartment at the Hotel Roose-
welt. M. p. Fronco, secretary
to the minister, arrived at the
hotel last week.
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Sailing in May
Madame Grouitch, wife of
the firstRni1iister to this coun.
try from Jugoslavia, who is the
guest of Mrs. Edwin T. Mere
dith at the Mayflower. will re-
main in Washington until the
early part of May and will
then make trip through the
Middle West before sailing
from New York the middle of
the month. The former min
lister, now in Belgrade, will
meet his wife in London for
the social season the latter
part of May, after which they
will return to JugoSlavia.
The former Ambassador to
Japan and Mrs. John v. A.
MacMurray. who are now max
ing their home in the Green
Spring Valley near Baltimore,
will be the guests of honor
April 26 at a luncheon to be
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
w. Williams, of Baltimore, pre-
ceding the Maryland Hunt
Cup steeplechasc. .,.,.
Mrs. Allan A. Ryan, jr.. of
New York t'r te4m net
Newbold, is visiting her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Fleming
Newbold.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Higgin-
son, jr., are at the Weylin, New
York, before going to Lenox,
Mass.
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Tea Thursday
Nine. Josephine C. de Lagnel
will give a musicale at $50
Thursday evening at her hope
sn the Mendoza apartments in
honor of DR.. Gertrude Richard