The Washington times., 1930-09-08
Heroes Feted
In Capital
Today
Attends Fete Honor.
ing Captain .COste and
Lieutenant BeIIonte

Lieut.. Maurice Bellonte, OF
France, whose successful west
ward flight over the Atlantic
has won for them one Of the
greatest ovations ever accorded
in this country to visiting heroes,
were greeted today at luncheon
at the White House by diplo-
mats and statesmen and high
Government officials, who as
sembled at the command" Of
President Hoover. There were
80 guests present.
Everyone in washington, &C
cording to word from the
French embassy, clamored for
cards to the reception which
was held there for the fliers
at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Jules Henry, charge d'affaires
in the absence Of the ambaSSa-
dro, Paul Claudel. received the
guests, who included officials
and envoys to this country and
their families. Several mem
bers of the residential group in
washington, fortunate enough
to receive the highly priced in
vitations to the party, were also
in attendance.
Returning
The Minister Of Austria and
Nine. Prochnik and their chill.
dren are returning to Washing
ton today from Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware, where they spent the
summer.
Their eldest daughter, Miss
Loranda Prochnik returned to
the city last night.
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The Turkish Ambassador,
Ahmet Muhter, was among the
dinner guests at the Carlton
last evening.
Luncheon Wednesday
Stanislaw Lepkowski. coun-
selor Of the Polish Embassy,
acting in the absence Of the
ambassador, TytuS Filipowicz.
will entertain at luncheon on
Wednesday at the embassy in
compliment to o group Of mem.
berS Of the international Law
Association, who are convening
in New York.
Nine. George Henri Riviere,
assistant director of the Toledo
(Ohio) Museum Of Art, is at
the Mayflower for the day.
having come to Washington to
see Mrs. Frank B. Freyer in
connection with the loan Of her
Peruvian collection for the
Spanish and Spanish colonial
furnishings at the exhibition to
be held at the Toledo Museum
from November ! to 20, In
elusive.
Nine. Riviere is the wife Of
the director Of the Trocadero
Museum. Of Ethnography in
Paris. and divides her time be-
tween the French capital and
Toledo.
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The latest addition to the
ranks of the debutantes of the
season is Miss Lucille Swift,
daughter of Lieut.. Col. I. Plamer
Swift, U, s. A.. and Mrs. Swift,
who will be presented to society
on october 81.
Miss Swift will make her
debut at q tea dance to be
given by her parents at the
Army, Navy, and Marine Corps
Country Club.
Honor Guests
Miss jeanette Hume and her
fiance, Nathaniel Stone Clifford,
of Boston, are. the guests in
whose honor Mr.. and Mrs.
Campbell Weir and Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Dorsey, of Wilm.
ington, DEL, will entertain at
a dinner-dances in Wilmington
on Saturday evening, September
~.
Several members of the
younger set in Washington will
attend the party.
Miss Mary Selden, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Selden.
is returning to, Washington to.
day after an absence Of several
weeks. She has been the guest
Of her brother-in-law and sis.
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Peck.
ham at EaSthampton, Long
Island. She Is returning from
Rehoboth Beach after spending
the weekend there.
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Hosts Yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair
were luncheon hosts at Beech
Holm. their Newport (R. -
estate, yesterday.
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Tea Hosts
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington
Mills wire hosts at tea yester-
day at Fern Cottage, their
place at Saranac Lake, N. Y.
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At the Drake
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ross
Todd. Of Louisville, KY, are in
New York, stopping at the
Drake. Their son.in.law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. s.
Parker Gilbert, are now in
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