Evening star., 1933-09-30
Officials Attending
Regatta This Afternoon.

The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Daniel c. Roper are entertaining a
party today on the Eala at the Presl-
dents Gold Cup regatta on the Po-
tomsc. They have a family party with
them, including their daughter, Mrs.
David R. Croker of Hartsville. s. e.,
who is visiting them. Secretary Roper
returned to Washington this morning
from Buffalo, where he spent snort
time.
A large and representative company
was in the gallery" at the races yes
terday afternoon. The commandant OF
the Navy Yard, Rear Admiral Henry
Varnum Butler, viewed the races from
the Apache and others of the official
set among the spectators were the First
Assistant Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Theodore A. Walters.
Last evening the participants were
entertained at the Corinthian Yacht
Club and this evening q dinner and
dance will be given for them at the Ma
tional Press Club.
The Minister of Denmark, Mr.. Otto
Wadsted, entertained at dinner last
evening at the legation when his rank
ing guest was the Ambassador OF Italy,
Signor Augusta Rosso. The party later
IS. Q. S. Iceberg" in the Rialto Theater
cHdey the auspices - the Danish lega-
ton. The Minister had in his box at
the performance in addition to the
Italian Ambassador. the Minister OF
Greece, Mr.. Charalambos Simopoulos;
the Minister of Austria, Mr.. Edgar
Prochnik; Senator William H. King.
Representative Fred A. Britten, the
charge daffaires of Hungary, Mr..
Nicholas de Vegh; the charge d'affaires
of the Netherlands, Baron van Bruegel
Douglas; the counselor of the German
embassy, Herr Rudolf Leitner; the
counselor of the Danish legation, Mr..
Hubert de Wichfeld, and Mr.. Jay Pierre
pont Moffat and Mr.. John D. Kicker
son of the State Department.
Among others in the audience were
the former Vice President, Mr.. Charles
Curtis and his brother-in- and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Everett
Gam.
The Minister of Persia and Nine.
Djalal have leased the house at 2315
Massachusetts, avenue and will move
there the first of November from the
house at 1884 Sixteenth street, where
they have lived since coming to Wash
ington the middle of the Summer. The
house at 2315 Massachusetts, avenue was
built by the late Mrs. Francois Berger
Moran and has not been occupied since
her death several years ago.
The charge daffaires of Poland and
Nine. Sokolowska were hosts at de-
lightful reception yesterday afternoon
in the embassy in honor of their coun-
trymen, Capt. Franciszek Hynek and
Lieut.. Zbigniew BurZynski, distin-
guished flyers who we're awarded the
James Gordon Bennett Balloon Trophy.
Among those in the large and inter-
esting company at the charming fete
were the Ambassador of France and
Nine. de Laboulaye, who were accom-
panied by the new attache OF the en-
bassy and Countess de Leusse, Senator
and Mrs. William H. King, Senator Au-
gustine Lonergan, Mrs. Fred A. Brit
ten, Representative and Mrs. Sol Bloom.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol,
Brig Gen. William E. Horton, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs Guy v. Henry, Col. and Mrs.
George c. Thorpe, Mrs. Arthur Hen
ming, former Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce. Mr.. William P. McCracken,
jr. Mrs. Edward King Of New York.
sister of Nine. SokolowSka, assisted the
hostess.
The military attache of the French
embassy, Brig Gen. Francois Pillon, has
been officially informed of the end OF
his tour of duty in the United States
and ordered to France to assume new
command He will leave for France
with Nine. Pillon the latter part OF
October. Lieut. Col. Emmanuel Lom-
bard assistant military attache OF the
French embassy, has been appointed
to succeed Gen, PillOn as military at
tache.
The Deputy First Assistant Postmaster
General and Mrs. Vincent Burke will
be dinner guests this evening of the
Deputy Third Assistant Postmaster
General and Mrs. Roy M. North IN
their home on Calvert street. The guests
will include members of MIR. and Mrs.
Burke's family.
Commodore and Mrs H. H. Holt, jr.,
of Hampton. Va, will be the guests
for a few days of Commodore Thomas
Scott of the Miles Rives Yacht Club
at st. Michaels, Md, who has taken
an apartment at the Shoreham for the
Winter.
Ensign and Mrs. Thomas Malcolm
Price, jr., have been spending a week
in Warrington en- route to Savannah.
Ensign Price is the son Of DR.. and Mrs.
T. M. Price, formerly of Washington;
now of Cleveland, Ohio. Ensign and
Mrs. Price were married August 19 at
the Little Church Around the Corner,
New York City. Mrs. Price, before her
marriage. was Miss Evelyn La Tour, for
merly of Washington, but who has
spent the last few years in New. York
and Paris. Miss Mary Adele Price OF
Washington, sister of the bridegroom,
who was in England attending Cam
bridge University. returned to New
York to attend the wedding.