Evening star., 1934-10-25


Homer s. Cummings will have
with them at the dedication
i Ct the new Department of JUS
tice Building this afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Cremer, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Dawson, Mr.. Ray
mond T. Baker and Mr. and Mrs
Spruille Braden of New York.
BY way of celebrating the dedica-
ton, a oft in advance. the Attorney
General and Mrs. Cummings gave a
reception yesterday afternoon in their
home, Huthven, overlooking Rock
Creek Park, for their friends in the
newspaper profession. It was a jolly
party and the close found many of
the first arrivals still lingering and
hating to have the delightful. party
end.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Cummings received part Of the after
noon in the drawing room, where a
great cracking fire burned and Au-
tumn flowers were in evidence. Later
they Joined their guests in the din
ing room, where delicious refresh
ments were served from a long table
having a cluster of Madonna lilies in
a silver bowl as the centerpiece. The
popular cabinet hostess wore be-
coming gown Of black satin made on
severely plain lines with no trimming
In addition to the writers, the As
sistant Attorney Generals and other
officials of the department, including
Mr.. j. Edgar Hoover, chief OF the Bu-
reau of Investigation, were invited.
The wives Of the Official; were not
included in the invitation list nor
were the wives of the newspaper men
or the husbands of the newspaper
women.
Mrs. Cummings will leave washing
ton Monday for New York, where she
will be the guest of Mrs. S. Barlow
Weeks for few days. She will then
go to Riverside, Conn, where she will
visit Mrs Veleria L. Bonham, and Is
expected back in Washington Novem-
Der II.
Cabinet Officer Attends
Fete for New Ambassador.
The Secretary of Commerce, Mr..
Daniel c. Roper, was among the
guests at the luncheon given today by
the director general of the Pan
American Union, DR.. L. S. Rowe, in
honor of the Ambassador of Brazil,
Senior DIR. Oswaldo Aranha. The
luncheon was given in the Pan-Ameri-
can annex. and the other guests were
the Undersecretary of State, Mr.. Will
liam Phillips; the Assistant Secretary
of State, Mr.. Wilbur j. Carr; Senior
C. de Freitas Vale, Minister pleni-
potentiary and counselor of the Bra
lillian Embassy; Senior Decio de
Moura, Senior E. B. Fraga de
Castro, secretaries, and Senior DR..
Paulo G. Hasslocher. commercial
attache of the Brazilian Embassy; Mr..
James Clement Dunn, special assistant
to the Secretary of State: Mr. Edwin c.
Wilson, chief of the Latin American
Division of the Department of State;
DR.. William Z. Pullian. general re-
ceiver of Dominican customs; Mr..
Eugene Meyer: Mr.. Spruille Braden.
delegate of the United States to the
recent Seventh International Confer
ence of American States; Mr.. James
S. Carson. chairman of the Council of
Inter-American Relations, Mr.. Lester
H. Woolsey, legal adviser to the Pan
American Union; Mr.. Robert H.
fatchin, vice president of w. r. Grace
8S Co.. and DR.. William Manger. coun-
selor of the Pan American Union.
The Ambassador Of Germany, Herr
Hans Luther, will entertain at dinner
this evening in honor of DR.. Hugo
Eckner, commander of the Graf Zep-
pelin, who Is in Washington for a few
days and is at the willard.
The Ambassador of France and Nine.
de Laboulaye will go to New York this
afternoon for a short stay They are
expected back in the Capital tomorrow.
Sonora de Recinos, wife Of the Min
lister Of Guatemala, and Sonora de
Alfaro, wife of the Minister of Pan
anna, will be the guests Of honor to-
morrow at the World Fellowship
luncheon at the Y. w. C. A., when
Mrs Concha Romero James will speak
on Women of Latin America"
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo had
guests lunching informally with him
yesterday at the Carlton.
The naval attache of the French
Embassy and Nine. Sable have moved
from the house at II Primrose street