Evening star., 1935-06-13
Chief Naval
Constructor
Is On Tour
Rear Admiral andMrs,
E. Land En- Route
to West Coast.

The chief constructor, United states
Navy. Rear Admiral Emory Scott
Land. left Washington yesterday on
a West Coast inspection trip cover
lng navy yards and private shlpbulid-
ing plants on the WesC Coast, and Is
accompanied by Mrs. Land.
Gen. and Mrs. Perry Miles have
ioined Mrs. George H. Harries OF Los
Angeles at the st. Regis IN New
York
Brig. Gen. NJ. A. De Laney was
awarded the honorary degree of doc
tor of sciences at the commence-
ment exercises e. Dickinson College
in Carlisle, Pa, recently. Brig. Gen
and Mrs. De I.aney lived in WASH
ington for many years. the former
having been White House physician
to President Taft during his ADMIN
istration. He is at present COM
mandant of the Medical Field Service
School at Carlisle Barracks, Ia
Col, and Mrs. Sherman Miles and
their daughter. Miss Nanita Miles,
have been in New York, where they
snent several days at the Waldorf
Astoria en- route to West Point, wnere
they attended the graduation at the
Military Academy and Col. Miles at
tended the reunion of his class.
Comdr. Donald c. Goodwin, U. S. NJ,
with Mrs. Goodwin and their daughter,
Miss Donnie May Goodwin, will start
from California tomorrow by motor
for Annapolis, where Comdr. Godwln
has been transferred for duty. Mrs.
Goodwin has many friends in wash
ineton, where she was prominent be-
fore her marriage as Hazel May, a
member of the Poll Stock Co. and the
sister of Mrs. Hugh Miller, who for
rnerly was Izetta Jewel. leading
woman of the Poll company.
The Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris, pastor of the Foundry M. E.
Church, who is to be pastor OF the
American Church IN Paris, with Mrs.
Harris and their daughters, Miss Bar
bara Harris and Miss Constance Har-
ris, sailed from New York on the
President Roosevelt at noon tuesday.
Miss Helen Lee DoEerty. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs.. Henry L. Doherty,
has gone to Central America to be
the guest of the President Of Mica
ragla and Sonora de Sacasa a1c their
daughter, Senorlta Maria Sacasa.
-he President was at one time Min
lister of Nicaragua to the United States,
and with his family have many
friends in Washington.
DR.. and Mrs. John Cummings have
as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Starkey of Berkeley, Calf, and their
small daughter Frances Ellen Mr..
and Mrs. Starkey viii leave today for
Cambridge. Mass. where they viii at
tend the reunion Of Mrs. Starkey's
class at Radcliffe College.
DR.. and Mrs. Huron Willis Law
son have gone 10 Atlantic City. where
the former is attending the corven-
ton of the American Medical ASso-
citation. They are staying at the
Ritz-Carlton and will return TO Wash
ington at the end of the week.
d.. and Mrs. Lawson will occupy
their Summer nome at Bears Den
on the mountain above Bluemont this
season, the house having recentlv been
completed. Bears Den. group Of
large rocks on the side of the noun
tain. commands a view of about 125
miles of the Shenandoah Valley and
has been a favorlte picnic site for
motorists and the countryside for
many years.
DR.. and Mrs. James A. Cannon are
at the Marlborough-B -Blenheim, at At
lantic City. where DR.. Cannon Is
attending the convention of the
American Medical Association. They
will return to Washington tomorrow.
Mrs. William Chaplin Huntington is
spending several days in Northampton,
Mass. where as national president she