Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-09
ARIZONA OFFICERS
GUESTS AT DINNER
Newspaper Correspondents
and Camera Men Entertain
Staff From BattIeShip.

Oficers of the battleship U. S. S.
Arizona, which carried President Hoover
and his party on the recent vacation
trip to Porto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, were the nonor guests of the
newspaper correspondents and camera
men who accompanied the President,
at dinner party given last night In the
ball room of the National Press Club,
Incidents of the trip and personalities
among the officers and the presidential
party formed the basis for skits and
songs of a satirical nature. One of the
outstanding features of the evening
was the showing for the first time Of
the combined talking pictures taken
aboard the Arizona and in Porto Rico
and st. Thomas during the presidential
voyage.
These pictures were taken by Para
mount, Fox Movietone, Pathe and Kino-
grams.
Skipper Given Picture.
Richard V. Oulahan, chief of the
Washington Bureau of the New York
Times, presided. George E. Durno of
the International News was ringmaster
during the entertainment feature of
the dinner. There were no speeches
other than brief ones made by Chair
man Oulahan in welcoming the guests,
and Capt. Charles S. Freeman, skip
per of the Arizona. The latters re-
marks were in response to the presenta-
ton of large group photograph auto
graphed by President Hoover and other
celebrities of the voyage, the presenta-
ton of a bronze plaque made by John
Herrick of the Chicago Tribune and
the photograph by Harry Vantine
Washington manager of the Interna-
tional News Reel.
Besides the Arizona officers tie din
ner guests included Charles Francis
Adams, Secretary of the Navy; Law
secretaries; Capt. Russell Train and Col
Campbell B. Hodges, White House ma
val ard military aides. respectively;
Capt. Joel T. Boone, the Presidents
physician: Kirke Simpson of the Asso-
ciated Press, Stephen Early of Para
mount and Arthur de Titta of Fox
Movietone.
The music for the dinner was fur
nished by the Presidents Band, a Sc
lect section of the Navy Band, formerly
assigned to the presidential yacht May
flower and which played for the Presi-
dent on his West Indies trip, under the
leadership of Bandmaster Alexander
Morris. Topical songs were sung by
George H. O'Connor. accompanied on
the piano by Matt Horne.
Guests at Dinner.
The Arizona officers, guests at the
dinner; We're: Capt. Freeman, Comdrs.
A. L. Clifton and T. A. Thompson. jr.;
Lieut.. Comdrs. S. Picking, c. L. Wood
ruff, M. w. Callahan. c. B. Holden,
E. G. Hanson, w. H. Bicknell J.
D. Wilson and Chaplain Neyman;
Capt. L. w. Burnham U. S. M. c..
Lieuts. j. c. Chapman, A. H Bam-
berger, j. Connolly c. E. Voegelli, ]. H.
Schultze, H. B. Wheeler, r. G. Lock-
hart, ]. S. Smith, jr r. B. Goldman.
j. H. Brownfield and r. c. Marggraf,
IT.; Lieut.. Q. j. Brown. U. S. M c.:
Ensigns C. K. Carmichael, w. H. Kir-
van, T. T. Miller, c. r. Adams, w. C.
Snead, r. c. D. Hunt and R. D. Nc
Clathery.
The committee Of correspondents and
news cameramen who arranged the
dinner and entertainment was COM
posed of j. Fred Essary, Baltimore Sun,
chairman; Mr. Oulahan and Mr.. Durno.
vice chairmen; Theodore C. Wallen,
New York Herald Tribune; Uric Bell.
Louisville Courier-Journal; William P.
Flythe, Universal Service; Edward T.
Pollard, Washington Post; Mr.. Her
rick, Thomas F. Healey. PHILADELPHIA
Public Ledger; J. Russell Young, Wash
1ngton Star; Robert Denton Of Para
mount and Mr.. Vantine.
Other correspondents and camera
men present were: Robert S. Allen,
Christian Science Monitor: James L.
Wright, Buffalo News Raymond Clap
per, United Press. Edward Duffy and
Robert S. Pickens, Associated Press;
Theodore Afford, Kansas City Star:
William Phillip Sims, Scripps Howard
papers; Harry E. Woolever, Methodist
Press; Paul McGahan, Philadelphia
Enquirer; Russell Gerouid, Boston Her
aid; Charles Davis and Walter Sven
son, Fox Movistone; James Lyons.
Kinograms; Harry Harde,. Pathe News;
Al Powley, Paramount, and John
Thompson, Acme Photos