The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-05-07
Washington Snapshots
Taken by the Helms News Service

| to the thirty-ninth associate coun-
Gil of the National Society, United
States Daughters of 1872, left the
city for their homes. Among the
resolutions passed was one urg-
ing the members to continue their
fight against Communism or any
forces seeking to undermine this
Government.
The White House had three dis
tinguished visitors. They were
King Prajadhipok of Siamt the
first absolute monarch ever to be
received there, his Queen, Rambai
Barni, and Bryan Untiedt, the
schoolboy of 13 who was the hero
of the recent Colorado blizzard.
The lad had just ended a half
hours interview with the Presi-
dent when King Prajadipok and
his Queen arrived. With abundant
ceremony, counter balanced by a.
lack of pomp, the King and Queen
of Siam received word of well
come from all leading officials Of
the American Government and dip
lomats from foreign lands.
|
The most important feature of
the visit of their Majesties to this
country, socially and International
ly speaking, was the dinner at the
White House with the President
and Mrs. Hoover as hosts. The
formality attending the event pre-
ceding the dinner was a reversal
of all such ceremonies taking place
in the mansion and will become a
precedent for future events of the
kind. The President and Mrs. Ho-
over met their royal guests in the
Red Room, the President and the
King, Mrs. Hoover and the Queen.
walking together along the red
corridor to the East Room where,
following the usual custom, the
President and Mrs. Hoover made
the round of the room presenting
their guests to his majesty King
Pradhipok, and Queen Rambi Bar
nj. The King and Queen adopted
the American custom of handshak-
ing. The King wore the regulation
evening dress, with his decorations
giving it al mark of distiction,
while the Queen was truly regal
in her gown of gold brocade fash
Toned simply to fit her figure. At
itached to the sumptuous gown were
the necklace of emeralds and the
jeweled comb in her sleek black
hair, the gems being of unusual
size and brilliancy.
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The shy, sun-tanned, fair-headed
schoolboy of 13 shared places with
the king and queen in the honors
at the capital as President Hoover
followed out his determination 20
"get acquainted" with Bryan.
Young Untiedt arriving in Wash
ington, was met at the station by
White House automobile, just as
were the King and Queen Of Siam,
was received at the White House,
had luncheon with the President
and, what is more, was invited to
spend two days and a night as the
Presidents personal guest. He
went to sleep in the Blue Room
of the White House, where many
famous guests have stayed. The
boy hero also had the rare priv,
ilege of watching his host, and
: members of the so-called "meui-
cine ball cabinent" play volley ball
in the rear grounds and later to
: sit at breakfast with the Presi-
t dent.
: With broken gasoline line
| pohlIlS raw lu6l llllO Her ldtt@
!, and through the plane, Mrs. Opal
: Logan Kunz of New York, noted
| woman flyer and organizer of the
4 Betsy Ross Corps, emergency re-
: serve corps of woman pilots, saved
herself by a mastery exhibition
5 of plotting skill, GOODNESS and coul-
1 age at Washington Hoover Air
port. She landed, half blinded,
5 tearing down 40 feet of fence but
1 climbed out without scratch, calm
err and more collected than any of
: the observers of the accident. Mrs.
t K'nz was flying here from New
York in connection with the cs-
Enlistment of the Betsy Ross
Corps as a governmental war re-
serve organization.