Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
THRONG ATTRACTED.
BY TRADE BANQUET
Hotel Ball Room Resembling
Interior of DirigibIe Filled
to Capacity.

approximately 1000, members and spe
cial guests of the trade body last nigh
scared" through more than four hour
of gay entertainment, fun and music
following upon a respondent feast.
The annual and institutional mid
Winter dinner meeting this year unde
the adopted title of Blazing the Blue
on the Good Ship Board Of Trade, at
tracted a throng of guests that filled :
capacity the large ball room of the VII
lard Hotel, which was converted int
the semblance of the interior of a CO
lossal airShip.
Realistic touches to the aviation
character of the event by architecture
decorations which turned the archeC
ceiling of the room into the aspect of ;
sky at night with thousands of stars
the presence of a Zeppelin gondola
with real propellers in sight, light eff
fects creating the semblance of cloud!
sweeping past an airship in flight. anc
the reproduction, through amplifiers, o.
the sound of the motors of the Graf
Zeppelin, which was electrically tran
scribed on records at the time of the
ships arrival at New York.
Pershing Among Guests.
Among special guests of the occasion
were Gen. John j. Pershing. Col. Ed
die" " Rickenbacker, ace Of American
dNIdlOIS III Vic WOl4u wal IllC 4tdAAoA
Ambassador Mobile Giacomo de Mar.
tho; members of Congress- members Of
the judiciary and officials of the Dis
trict and National Governments.
An elaborate entertainment was
staged by specially selected Broadway
talent, under the direction of Bob Mel
son, Broadway night club star, who was
master of ceremonies.
The entertainers included the Well
iVae
Bendon, a ballet, Iona and Ruth
Michon and Edna st. Clair.
During the voyage" Of the BT-4000
Fred East and Bill Raymond, ever
popular songsters of the Board OF
Trade presented a group of songs and
other numbers were given by the Bal
timore & Ohio Glee Club. At periods
throughout the evening music was given
by an orchestra of Is pieces.
No After Dinner Speeches.
In keeping with tradition, which the
Board of Trade has found extremely
agreeable to its members and guests,
the program was devoid Of any after
dinner speeches.
George Pitt, president of the trade
body, presided. The affair was planned
and under the direction of a committee
consisting Of Fred A. Smith, chairman
John Saul, first vice chairman; Fred
erick M. Bradley, second vice chairman;
Ned Graham, secretary; Raymond M
Florence, auditor, and DR.. Joseph D.
Rogers, physician.
Chairmen Of subcommittee were
Jerome Barnard, E. j. Murphy, Lloyd
B. Wilson. Harry H. r. Helwig, j.
Mitchell Owens, Thomas L. Eagan,
Dwight K. Terry, Wallace B. Robinson,
Herman F. Carl, Robert E. Lee, John
Bardoff and Harry Dean.
Gen. Pershing Guest.
The Ambassador of Italy, Mobile Gia-
como de MARITIME, and Gen. John j
FerShing head the list of prominent per-
sonageS invited as guests of honor.
Others in the list included the follow
ing:
Senators Robert d. Carey. Hiram
Bingham, Wesley L. Jones and Sam G.
Bratton; Representatives John @. Til
son, John H. Morehead, Edward M.
Beers, William p. Holiday, Richard N.
Elliott, Albert r. Hall, Prank L. Bow
man, Robert G. Simmons, Charles l..
Underhill, Gale H. Stalker. F. N. Zihl-
man, John w. Palmer, James L. Whit
ley, Clarence j. Mcleod, JEFF Busby,
Godfrey G. Goodwin, H. B. Steagall, E.
Hart Fem, James G. Strong and Car
roll L. Beedy.
Fenton Booth, chief justice United
States Court of Claims; oscar E. Bland,
justice United States Court of Customs
Appeals; Col. e. v. Rickenbacker, w.
K. Van Orman, vice president Good
Year-zeppelin Corporation, Akron,
Ohio; Maj. Gen. James z. Fechet, chief
Army Air Corps; Thomas Walker Page,
Federal Staff Commission; c. A. Young
quist, assistant attorney general; Charles
p. Sisson, assistant attorney general;
David Burnet, commissioner of Internal
revenue; j. w. Pole, controller of the
currency; F. @. Await, deputy con-
troller of the currency; Jesse c. Adkins,
judge District Supreme Court; L. H
Reichelderfer, chairman board of Dis
trict Commissioners.
Maj. Gen. H. B. Crosby, District Com
missioner; Maj. John C. Gotwals, En-
gineer Commissioner of the District;
Frederic Delano, chairman National
Capital Park and Planning Commission;
William W. Bride, District corporation
counsel; Ernest M. Smith, vice presis
dent American Automobile Association:
Maj. Donald A. Dawson, assistant en-
gineer commissioner of the District;
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, co-ordinator
and chief engineer of the District;
Maj. Holland L. Robb, assistant en-
gineer commissioner of the District
George S. Watson, chief District Fire
Department; Mark Lansburgh, president
Merchants & Manufacturers Associa.
ton; Edward D. Shaw, secretary Mer-
chants & Manufacturers Association:
Lloyd B. Wilson, president Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co.; DR.. Gilbert
Grosvenor, president National Geo.
graphic Society; George A. G. Wood
vice president Washington Chamber OF
Commerce, and Howard w. Smith, Alex
Gndria, Va.
Other invited guests were:
william Alderman, Charles c. Allies
Howard B. Albright, H. E. Allen, John
Q. Allen, Frank E. Amick, James e
Anderson, L. J. Ankeny, Robert B. Arm
strong, James r. Arnold, Maj. Joseph
d. Arthur, DR.. j. S. Arnold, j. P. Auf-
fort.
Walter Babson, Robert B. Bacon
Bernard B. Bailey. j. Henry Bailey
Earl D. Baker, Gibson Baker, p. r,
Baltz, Ralph Bangs, Gordon S. Barber
John T. Bardroff, H. L. Barlow, Frank
l.. Barnard, Capt. NJ. M. Barnard, Lieut.
James D. Barnes, William L. Beale
John M. Beane, Emile Beauvais, E. Pau
Bellies, G. E. Bell, Frank Bell, William
p. Benson, Herman w. Berger, Robert
F. Beresford, David S. Bethune, Arthur
@. Bishop, Joseph Bittoni, Frederic B
: Blackburn, Harry Blake, James D
Bligh, F. M. Blum, H. Borcorselski
Emory H. Bogley, A. K. Bojsen, e. S
Bolton, @. w. Bonnette, Dr. J. Alder
Bonnette, w. j. Booher, A. j. Borden
Harry K Boss, L. P. Boteler, william
S. Boteler, DR.. Alfred L. Bou, Pleasan
ton Bowie, B. Agee Bowles, Joseph B
Bowling, Joseph B. Bowling, jr: J
Frank Bowling, K. w. Bowman, j. Regi
maid Boyd, F. w. Brake, E. c. Bran
denburg, DIR. Wilbur H. r. Branden
burg, Joseph F. Brashears, Edgar N
Brawner, Henry Brawner, jr.; DR.. Ear
G. Breeding, Harold Breining, E. Brent
H. C. Breunnger, william H. Bright
jr.; L. H. Brodie, H. e. Brooks, Dayi'
M Brown, William j. e. Brown, Arthu