Evening star., 1935-12-11

ROOSEVELT Will entertain dt
dinner this evening at the
u White House in honor of the
members of the cabinet and their
wives. The function viii be the first
of the annual State parties at the
Executive Mansion, and following ira
ditions, a program of music will fol-
low the dinner, for which addltlonaI
guests have been invited.
y Mrs. Roosevelt spent yesterday at
.Reedsville. making the trip to inspect
the school erected for the children
living at the subsistence homestead
project in which the Presidents wife
Is greatly interested.
The Secretary of Commerce, Mr..
Daniel c. Roper, entertained at lunch
con Yesterday at the Department of
Commerce in honor of members OF the
British, Irish Free State and Canadian
air missions. The guests were Group
Capt. T. E. B. Howe, British air at
tache: Col. Sir Donald Banks, director
general of general post office; Lieut..
Col. F. C. Shelmerdine, director gen.
Jeral of civil aviation, air ministry;
Mr.. D. O. Lumley, general post of1ce;
Mr.. F. E. Entwistle, technical expert;
Mr.. c. G. L. Syers, dominions oflce,
and Mr.. C. E. Woods Humphrey, man.
aging director of Imperial Airways,
Ltd, Of the British mission; Mr..
Michael MacWhite, Minister of the
Irish Free State; Mr.. j. P. Walshe,
secretary of department Of external
affairs. and Mr.. J. Leydon, secretary
of department of industry and COM
.merce, of the Irish mission; Mr.. L. c.
Christie, counselor of the department
of external affairs; Mr.. j. A. Wilson,
controller of civil aviation, depart
sment of national defense; Mr.. P. T.
ICoolican, assistant deputy postmaster
general. and Mr.. F. E. Jollifte, post
Office department, of the Canadian
mission; Col. j. M. johnson, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce; Mr.. E. l..
Vidal. director of the Bureau OF Air
Commerce; Mr.. Rex Martin, assistant
director of Bureau of Air Commerce;
Mr., Denis Mulligan, chief, enforce
nSent section, Bureau OF Air Com
nierce Mr.. Frederick R. Neely, chief,
aeronautic information section, Bureau
of Air Commerce; Mr.. R. Walton
Moore, Assistant Secretary of State;
Mr. Richard Southgate, chief of di-
vision of protocol and conferences,
) State Department; Mr.. Stephen D.
Latchford, treaty division of State De-
partment; Mr.. Frank Dow, assistant
commissioner Of customs; Mr.. John
Lamiel, director of international
postal service, and Mr.. Juan Trippe,
nresident of Pan-American Atrways
system.
'The Ambassador of France and
Nine. de Laboulaye entertained at
luncheon yesterday In the embassy in
honor of Miss Mabel Boardman, on
whom the ambassador conferred the
medal of the Legion Of Honor. The
guests included the surgeon general
of the Army, Maj. Gen Charles r.
REYNOLDS; Admiral and Mrs. Cary T.
Grayson, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs.
Henry r. Rea, Mrs. W. K. Draper and
= the members of the embassy staff.
The Ambassador of Mexico, Senor
DR.. Don Francisco Castillo Najera,
has returned from Mexico, where he
spent several weeks.
The Minister of Austria and Nine
Prochnik will be hosts at dinner this
evening at the legation.
The Minister of Panama and Sonora
de Alfaro were hosts at dinner last
evening in honor of the Peruvian
Ambassador at Large and Sonora de
Maurtua, who will leave Washington
tomorrow for New York, from where
they will sail December 81 for their
home in Peru.
The Minister and Sonora de Alfaro
will have as their guest for several
days at the legation Mrs. Conger,
wife of Maj Edward Conger, who
will arrive in the Capital today. Mrs.
Conger spent part of the Summer in
Panama with her sister, Mrs. Mails
bury, and later visited the United
States Minister to Ecuador and Mrs.
Gonzalez. After a visit in the Capital,
Mrs. Conger will go to Hot Springs,
Ark, to spend the Christmas holidays
with her son, MIR. Edward Conger, jr.
The Minister of FL Salvador and
Sonora de Castro we're hosts at dinner
at the Shoreham last evening in
honor of Mrs. Tanchito Mejia Buckley.
daughter of the former Minister of El
Salvador to the United States, Senor
FREDERICK Mejia, who is to leave Wash
1ngton soon to visit her family in Ell
Salvador. Among the other guests