Evening star., 1932-03-22
N Ar RS. HOOVER was the guest in
~ ~ whose honor Mrs. Adams. wife
INl Of the Secretary of the Navy,
entertained at luncheon in
her home on r street today.

Vice President Honor Guest
State Society Banquet.
Vice President Curtis and his sister,
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, Will De
honor guests of the Missouri Society at
their Easter banquet and dance Satur-
day evening at the Washington Hotel
Representative Leonidas Dyer. president
of the society. will be assisted ny ms
wife, Mrs. Dyer. who is president OF
the Congressional Club.
Other ranking guests Of the evening
will be Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde. wife OF
the Secretary of Agriculture; Senator
and Mrs. Harry B. Hawes and Senator
and Mrs Roscoe C. Patterson.
The Ambassador of Poland has left
Washington for the South and viii
spend the Easter holidays with friends
at Charleston, s. c., and at Biloxi,
Miss.
The Ambassador Of Spain and Sonora
de Cardenas are expected to return
tomorrow from New York, where they
went the end of the week with Conde
Serramagna, who was their guest here
for several days. Conde Serramagna
sailed yesterday for his home in Spain
after spending some time on the Pacinc
Coast
The Ambassador was entertained at
luncheon yesterday by the Spanish
Chamber Of Commerce in New York,
which gave the luncheon at the
Waldorf Astoria.
The Minister of Switzerland and
Nine Peter will entertain company OF
18 at dinner this evening.
Mrs. Parker, wife Of Representative
James s. Parker. has gone to New YORK
and is spending few days at the
Vanderbilt.
Capt. Mobile Luigi Notarbartolo del
Duchi di Villarosa, who has been naval
attache to the Italian embassy for the
past two and half years, Is leaving
washington tomorrow and will sail
from New York the following day for
Italy. He will take command Of the
Bande Mere. While In Washington he
occupied an apartment at the May
flower.
The military attache of the Japa-
nese embassy and Nine. WashiZu en-
tertained at dinner last evening at the
Mayfiower in compliment to the COM
madant of the Army War College and
Mrs. William D. Connor. Others IN the
company were the deputy chief of staff
and Mrs. George Van Horn Moseley,
the chief Of Field Artillery and Mrs.
Harry G. Bishop, the chief Of Infantry
and Mrs Stephen 0. Fuqua, the chair
man Of the Inland Waterways Corpora
ton and Mrs. Thomas @. Ashburn and
the assistant military attache Of the
Japanese embassy, Capt. Takashi Aoki.
The financial counselor Of the
Rumanian legation and Nine. Boncesco
were hosts at dinner last evening, en-
tertaining in compliment to Mr.. Hans
Kinder, conductor of the National
Symphony Orchestra Of Washington.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. william s.
Benson have returned from Annapolis,
sudden and tragic death of their oldest
grandson, Herman Frederick Kraft, jr.,
son Of Prof. and Mrs. II. r. Kraft, who
accidentally came In contact with the
wire of an electric street light on the
lawn of his parents home at Wardour,
near Annapolis. Young Mr.. Kraft was
only Is years old, a student in high
school and much loved by his large
number Of associates.
Mrs. James Grafton Rogers, wife of
the Assistant secretary OF state, Will
be hostess at tea tomorrow at Ward
man Park Hotel, where she and Mr..
Rogers are making their home this
Winter.
Mrs. zella M. Barnes Of washington
and Brig. Gen. John A. Johnston, U. s.
A.. retired, will be married Wednesday
afternoon, April 6, in the chapel Of the
Army War College. The ceremony,
which will be performed at o'clock
by Chaplain Burling Of the chief of
chaplains Office in the War Department,
will be followed by a reception in the
OficeIs' Club of the college.
Mrs. Barnes viii be given in marriage
by her son, Capt. Harry G. Barnes, jr,
now on duty at West Point, and she
will have no attendants. Mai. Gen.
William D. Connor, commandant Of the
Army War College, will be best man.