The Washington times., 1930-07-18
Army Gossip
Names New
Chief
Major General Connor, Said
to Be Next Chief Of Staff,
Leaving Hawaii Aug. 8


their daughter, Miss Florence
Connor and General Connor's
aide, Lieut.. j. Trimble Brown.
The party will land at San
Francisco and make the cross
country trip by way OF Mon
treal and Lake Louise. They
will stop few days at the Con-
nor camp in the Adirondacks
and 60 to Boston on october 8,
when General Connor officially
assumes command of his new
post.
General Connor has been
prominently mentioned in Army
gossip as a possible successor to
Gen. Charles P. Summerall as
chief of staff. General Sum-
neral is scheduled to leave
Washington in November when
his term of duty here will cx-
pire.
Maj. Gen. William Lassiter,
who has been stationed at Fort
Sam Houston, Tex, is to take
command of the Hawaiian De-
partment.
First Lady Returns
Mrs. Hoover returned from
the Presidents camp on the
the Rapidan last night. after
spending the day there. Mrs.
Lester J. Hinsdale and her
daughter, Miss Betty Ann Hi11s-
dale, of Sacramento. Calf. who
were guests at the White House
for several days, have gone to
New England.
Envoy Arrives
The newly appointed ambassa.
dor of Peru, Manuel de Freyre
y Santander, will arrive in New
York today aboard the Maure-
tania from Europe where he
has been for some time.
Mr.. de Freyre is one Of the
oldest career diplomats in the
Peruvian foreign service, hav.
ing started as a young attache
to the Peruvian commission in
Bernem whence he was later
transferred as second secretary
Of the lagtion at Bogota. Colon
bia.
Mr.. de Freyre does not come
as a stranger to Washington,
having served here altogether
for some IL years: as first
secretary of legation and. from
1915 to 1919, as minister pleni-
potentiary.
The military attache of the
italian Embassy, Lieut.. Col.
Marco Pennaroli. entertained a
party of six at the dinner
dance Wednesday evening at
the PLACE Deauville at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
The newly appointed British
Consul at st. Louis, Eric Bux.
ton, is passing a few days at
the Wardman Park Hotel en-
route west to assume his
duties.
Guests of Parents
Mai. Gen. B. A. Poore, q. s.
A., retired, has as his guests in
his apartment in Tilder1 Gar
dens, his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Capt. and Mrs. c. L. Bolte,
with their young sons, David
and Philip. They will be with
him for a few weeks. after which
they will leave for Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, where Captain
Bolte is detailed for two years
as student at the Command and
General Staff School.
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Mrs. Daisy Venable and Mrs.
Ida Sonremann have returned
to Washington after a months
tour of the South, during which
they visited Miami, Key West,
Havana and a number OF the
Southern ports.
Sailing Today
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Block
and their small son, Hunting
ton Block, sail today on the
Westernland from New York to
mass two months abroad. They
will spend two weeks in London,
two in Paris and two in Vienna.
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. Glenn
ent v. Rault, who have many
friends in Washington, where
he was stationed a short time
ago, are spending the. summer
in Tsingtoa, China, favorite
resort with Navy Fold stationed
in China.
Guest at Dodge
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.. Wilson
of Melbourne, Australia, are
guests at the Dodge Hotel dur.
ing a brief SoJourn IN WASH
ington. After about a month
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson will re-
turn to Australia.
X X 4
Mrs. James H. Pou, Of Ra-
leigh. N. c.. has motored to
Washington and is at the Dodge
Hotel. Mrs. Pou is accompanied
by her daughters, Virginia and
Elizabeth, and BY Josiah
Bailey, jr.
Returns
Mrs. Patch. wife of Major j.
D. Patch, U. S. A.. has returned
from a visit to her sister, Mrs.
r. G.. Estill, in st. Louis. She
was ACCOMPANIED by two of her