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The Washington times., 1936-04-29
T0a2!M Topics
Motors to
Virginia Manor

Representative CAROLYN e
O'Day has returned to her
home in Georgetown following
a brief visit in New York. Her
daughter, Ella, after a stay of
several weeks in Bermuda,
will come to Washington
shortly to spend some time.
Wakefield Manor" is all
dressed up in Spring attire
and it's mistress, Mrs. George
Barnett, motored the 7O-odd
miles to the other side of
Warrenton yesterday to make
plans for spending week-ends
there during the current sea-
son. She returned to her home
on Rhode Island Avenue last
evening.
81
: Saw two Carolines at lunch
con yesterday, although they
were lunching at separate
tables. Caroline Huston
Thompson wore a biege tweed
suit, the coat three quarter
length and trimmed with
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Hostess Wears Gown Of Satin

The hosts received the central hall at the head of the
stairs Mrs Troyanovsky was wearing gown of ice blue
satin fashioned with gored skirt The bodice, of simple
design draped folds forming sleeves With this she
three square amethyst drops.
For brief time the guests mingled in the hall and side
salons before vending their to the ballroom with its
of gilt chairs In there-the trio of deliberately hand
some chandeliers overhead with their apergh the ornate
gold candeabra-and the huge mirrors at either end Of the
room effective background for the evening
n4or&o
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Scene
OfWeddinq

The wedding of Miss Eleanora
Henderson Brooke, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Edward
Brooke, and Mr.. Benjamin Hop
son Dyer, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bnjamin B. Dyer, of Camp Hill,
Ala, will take place this evening
at. 8 o'clock at st. Adams with
the Rev. Charles T. Warner Off
ciating.
The bride, who will be given
In marriage by her father, will
be gowned in eggshell satin fash
Toned on princess lines, the FLAIR
ing skirt terminating in a cir
cular train. The de Medici COL
lar is Of finger lace as are the
pointed cuffs. The voluminuS
tulle veil, with a shorter face
veil, falls from a tucked cap of
the tulle which is caught across
the back with a spray of orange
blossoms. She will carry Gala
lilies.
Miss Elizabeth Brooke, twin
sister Of the bride, is the maid of
honor, and Mrs. Robert Fuchs,
the matron of honor. They will
be costumed alike In gowns Of
aquamarine chiffon made on long
flowing lines and having brief
jackets with ruffled sleeves. On
their heads they will wear wreathS
of vari-colored spring flowers.
and their bouquets will be Of
spring flowers.
The other attendants, Mrs. Burr
Edwards and Miss Dorothy Schultz,
in peach colored chiffon, and Miss
Winifred Kohler and Miss Marga-
ret Henderson, cousin of the bride,
in chartreuse chiffon, also will wear
the pastel shaded wreaths and
carry spring flowers.
Mr.. Arthur Gerth will act as best
man and the usherS will include
Mr.. Charles Sebastian, Mr.. Burr
Edwards, Mr.. Richard McCaffrey,
of Baltimore, cousin of the bride,
Mr.. Robert Fuchs and Mr.. Fred.
erick Carpenter.
Following the ceremony there
will be a small reception for the
family and a few intimate friends
at the home of the brides parents,
which will be decorated with cut
flowers.
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House Guest
For Races

the Spring at their Capital
residence, will move North to
be in residence throughout the
summer at their home in Sau-
gatuck, Conn.
The Robert V. Flemings are
due back in town tomorrow
from Hot Springs, Va, where
they have been for the past
week.
The former Secretary of
War, Patrick J. Hurley, is
spending a few days in New
York City. His pretty, blond
wife drove up from their Lees
burg home on a brief shopping
trip yesterday and was lovely
in a black cloth suit. Her
large brimmed black felt hat
had a ribbon trimming which
matched her magenta shaded
blouse.
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Reg. q. s. Pat. Off.

lynx. Her tiny brown straw
hat had a stiff little veil.
Caroline Willcox's brimmed
hat was of the Spanish type
and matched her Navy blue
dress which had inserts of
bright red on the shoulders.
Mrs. F. Wilkinson Bunker
will have as a house guest
over the weekend Mrs. Rufus
w. Peckham, the former Vir-
ginia Selden, who has a host
of friends here in the Capital
where she formerly made her
home. She is coming from her
home in New York Friday and
will remain until Sunday
night. Dinner parties are
planned for her for each even
ing of her visit and on Satur-
day with a large group she
will attend the Virginia Gold
Cup races at Warrenton.
About the tenth of May,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Phelps
Emo, who have been spending
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Virqinia Garden Week

General B. F. Cheatam, resident
superintendent of Stratford Hall,
and Mrs. Cheatam are showing
the house and gardens of the his
toric Lee Mansion to visitors dur
ing Virginia Garden Week, which
ends on Saturday, May 2.
They are being assisted by the
owners Of other famous Virginia
plantations in the neighborhood
of Stratford. The Misses Tayloe
Of Mount Airy, Mrs. Armisted
Wexford, of Sabine Hall and Mrs.
Mark Willing, of -BuShfield, repre-
senting the Westmoreland Garden
Club are hostesses at Stratford
Hall during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cromwell
have arrived in Washington after
visiting in Baltimore, where they
attended the Maryland Hunt Cup
race and the dance afterward at
the Green Spring Valley Country
Club on Saturday.
They are staying at the Shore
ham, where they expect to remain
several days. Mrs. Cromwell is
the former Miss Doris Duke.
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satin. They were accompanied
by their lovely blond daughter,
Mile. Nella Veverka, whose simple
frock of black crepe was given a
dashing bit of color in the cluster
of bright orange and red flowers
at one side of the neck.
Other Guests
Sonora de Alfaro, wife of the
Minister of Ecuador, wore a sum-
merry flower chiffon of pale yellow
and green with a touch of dark
blue. Representative Ralph Brew
ster was accompanied by Mrs.
Brewster, who had on a gown Of
crepe with a black background
and printed in green and white,
With this she wore a circular cape
of black net. Representative Caro-
line O'Day's gown of severe black
crepe was designed on straight
lines. About her neck she wore a
triple strand necklace of pearls,
and she carried a large fan Of
black ostrich plumes.
Also among those present were
Baroness Won Below. earin 6
gray lace; Mr.. Lawrence Lervis,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings
Price. the latter in a bright
print; the Secretary Of the Lat
Wan Legation and Nine. Smit,
the latter attired in chic black
crepe; the Naval Attache of the
italian Embassy and Marchioness
of SAINT 'Orsola: Nine. Burzin
wife of the Military Attache of
the Soviet Embassy, wearing a
gown printed in copper and
white; Miss Mary Anderson in
steel blue ripple satin; and Rep
resentative and Mrs. Sol Bloom.
She was in brown net, and their
daughter, Miss Vera Bloom, wear
ing a pastel print.
S'4 Y; Gown"
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Dolly Cameron Says:
SOVIET EMBASSY IS SCENE OF PARTY
Members Of Capital Society
Are Guests of Ambassador
And Mrs. Troyonovsky

The Ambassador of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics and Mrs. Troyanovsky
were again hosts another in the series of and
buffet suppers that they giving The embassy such
ideal place for entertaining either formal informal 1t
dresses up so ncey-the red carpets and the gold and
ivory paneling lending festive note
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AS the guests were arriving by
two's, three's and larger groups,
the hum and buzz of the con-
versation grew louder and louder,
then as if at the touch of some
magic switch, suddenly ceased.
That was at the appearance Of
Mr.. Shura Cherkassky, talented
pianist, who so beautifully rem
dered several of the best beloved
compositions by Beethoven,
Chopin and Rachmaninoff.
Interesting Selections
He is an energetic player and
his interpretations are most in
teresting. The other artist Of the
evening was Miss Mildred billing
who made pretty picture in her
green gown seated at the
gold harp and whose selections
were truly delightful. Her two
encores were especially well liked.
The first was "An Oriental
Dance" composed by her friend,
Miss Harriet Cady, after a trip
through San Francisco China
town. One listening to it could
lust see Grant Avenue, the little
shops that line it in the blocks
above Geary Street, and the
quaint Chinese theater. The other
was taken from an old fashioned
music box, and readily called to
mind the funny old boxes with
their briStling cylinders, which
have long ago been tucked out OF
sight along with red plush COW
cred albums.
After the program the tall mir
rored doors to the dining room
were thrown open, revealing a
long and well laden table. The
large center piece thanked by two
smaller floral arrangements were
of deep red roses, dainty Baby'S
Breath and fern. The guests,
who at any other function cas-
ually glance around the table
taking a little of this and some
of that, laughingly cast aside all
pretense and eagerly went in
search of the caviar. That was
easily chit number one" of the
refreshments, but was closely fol-
lowed in popularity by the de-
1icious turkey concoct1on, the
jellied salads. cold meats and
fruit SherbertS.
Mrs. Ertegun Present
Nine. Ertegun, wife of the
Turkish Ambassador. wore a
tailored gown of black lace fash
toned with a trim little turnover
collar and buttons down the
front. With this she had pale
blue suede gloves and an ostrich
fan of the same shade. When
seen she was having a lengthy
talk with the Ambassador of
Spain and Sonora de Calderon;
the latter had on a gown of tur-
quoise blue crepe.
Nine. Saito. diminutive wife Of
the japanese Ambassador, was
costumed in black lace. Her only
jewels were long strand Of large
pearls. Two recently married
couples there were Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Woodruff Colman and
Senator and Mrs. william Gibbs
McAdoo. Mrs. Colman. who was
formerly Miss Elizabeth Wheeler,
daughter of Senator and Mrs.
Burton K. Wheeler. was wearing
a becoming frock of navy blue
net, made with a very narrow
ruffle around the top of the
bodice, and a very full skirt.
Little Mrs. McAdoo had on a
moderately tailored frock and
jacket of maroon lace.
Others seen we're the Minister
Of Czechoslovakia and Nine.
Veverka. She wore a handsome
gown and fitted jacket of pearl
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Minister Host
At Dinner

The Minister of the Irish Free
State and Mrs. Michael Mac
White entertained at dinner last
evening in their apartment at the
Shoreham.
The guests included the AmbaS-
sador of France and Nine. de
Laboulaye, the Minister of Switzer.
land and Nine. Peter, the Minister
Of Denmark and Nine. Wadsted,
the Associate Justice and Mrs.
Pierce Butler, Senator and Mrs.
Joseph T. Robinson, Senator and
Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Senator
and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, the
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr, the Assistant
Secretary Of Commerce and Mrs.
Charles L. johnson and the Coun-
selor of the German Embassy and
Frau Ieitner,
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Honor Guests
AtLuncheon

Senhora de Bianchi, wife Of the
Minister of Portugal; Sonora de
DeBayle, wife of the Charge DAT
fairies of Nicaragua, and Senorita
Marta Trucco, daughter of the
Ambassador of Chile, will be the
honor guests at the World Fellow
ship Luncheon to be given at the
Y. w. c. A. Friday.
Miss Ellen LaMotte, world trav-
eler and writer, and one of the
few women present at the corona
ton of Emperor Halle Selassie,
will speak on Ethiopia.
*A#
Engaged to Wed
Mrs. Jacob Gengnagel, of Eaton
Terrace, Gainesville, Md, an
nounces the engagement Of her
daughter, Mary Katherine, to Mr..
William Taylor, jr., Of Hyattsville,
Md.
Miss Gengnagel is a graduate of
Goucher College. Mr.. Taylor at
tended Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute and is a member Of ri
Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
II
Miss Gretchen Schleicher, Of
Pasadena, Calf, has accompanied
her father, Mr.. Adolph Schleicher,
to Washington for the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce meetings.
They are at the Shoreham and
will remain until Friday.
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Invitations Out


Invitations Out
The Minister of Austria and
Nine. Prochnik have issued invi-
tations for the marriage of their
daughter, Valerie Stirling, to Mr..
Jean Raymond de Sibour on Mon
day afternoon, June /, at 4
o'clock at Saint Matt e WIS
Church.
Sonora de Alfaro, wife of the
Minister of Panama, will have as
her guests for several days Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Wilbur, of
Panama, who will arrive in the
Capital today.
Mrs. Geneva Durham left yeSter-
day to motor through the garden
sections of Virginia. She will re-
turn to her apartment at the
Shoreham early next week.
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Diplomatic and Official Notes:
AMBASSADOR SEE HOST AT DINNER
Honors Visitor From
Shanghai Now in Capital
For Indefinite Stay

The Ambassador of China, DR.. Sao-Ke AL
fred SEE, was host at dinner at the embassy
last evening honor of Mr. K Chem of Shanghai who
in Washington for brief stay
The Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Henry Morgenthau b
was the ranking guest Covers laid for %.
The Washington times., 1936-04-29
PLAY Contest

The Mask and Bauble Club and
the dramatic organizations Of
Fordham University, st. Joseph'S
College of Philadelphia and st.
Peters College of Jersey City will
present a one-act play contest in
CASTOR Hall, Georgetown Univer-
Sity, on Friday, May 8, at $3.50
o'clock.
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BetrothaI Made Known

Mr.. and Mrs. David Franklin
Houston, of New York city and
Oyster Bay, L. l., announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Miss Helen Beale Houston, to Mr..
Robert Caldwell Patton, son of
Mrs. George Charles Patton, of
New York City and Louisville, ~,
and the late Mr.. Patton, of Mon
treal. Mr.. Houston was Secretary
Of Agriculture and later Secretary
Of the Treasury in the Wilson ad-
iStration.
Miss Houston attended the
Brearley School and Bryn Mawr
College, made her debut the winter
of 1929 and is a member of the
Colony Club.
Mr.. Patton was graduated from
the Buckley and Salisbury schools
and attended Yale and Columbia
universities. He is a former mem
Der of Company K, of the Seventh
Regiment, and is member of the
Sons of the Revolution.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
CAPPER LAUDS
M|SSANTH0NY

Tribute was paid today to the
memory of Susan B. Anthony,
leader of the woman suffrage move
ment, at her statue in the base
ment of the Capitol.
Held under the auspices Of the
Susan B. Anthony Forum, the
gathering was addressed by Sena-
tor Arthur Capper (R0 of Kansas
and Adelaide johnson, SculptresS
of the statue, v1th Mrs. Rose Ar
mold Powell, founder of the forum.
presiding. Senator Capper said:
"May I express the hope that
somewhere in this Capitol a fit
ting memorial, in keeping with
the memorials erected for George
Washington and Abraham Lin
coin, may be erected to that
other great American, Susan b.
Anthony.
"She based her campaign on
the assumption that if women
were to win freedom they would
have to win it first for them
selves and by themselves"
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Four Dead as New Cold
Wave Sweeps East

NEW YORK, Feb. Is GNS).
Another cold wave was reported
sweeping down on the Eastern
Seaboard today. dashing hopes of
early relief from the Arctic
weather which has gripped this
section almost four weeks now.
The cold, following on the heels
of a heavy snowfall, brought
death to four persons and intense
suffering to hundreds Of others.
The dead were:
william D. Cherry, As, found
dead in a snowdrift in Franklin
TWP, New Jersey; Fred P. Yost,
So, whose frozen body was dis
covered in a Patchogue Il. H.
Snowbank; William Cahill, 81, of
Plainfield, N. j., who died on a
Plainfield street of exposure. and
George Mullins, Al, who died in
q Brokolyn cellar.
Traffic on numerous suburban
rail and bus lines was hampered
By the cold and the snow while
harbor shipping and motor travel
In the city were greatly curtailed.
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Jurors Uphold Will
OF Statler HeireSS

to see q friend Of hers. ] also
went out with her once after
work and tried to talk her out
Of the idea that she was in love
with me.
REFUSED PRESENTS
81 tried to ignore her, but she
made it very difficult for me.
II lost my job. 1 came to New
York and got q job in an or
cheStra here. Elva tried to see
me here several times but / had
lost patience. told her to
sell her papers.
81 heard no more about her
until / learned she was married
to Davidson. Then our mutual
friend in Boston informed me
she was visiting up there. Elva
had given me numerous pres
entS, none Of which had ac-
cepted. Our relationship was
purely platOnic. 1 tried to help
this poor little girl. Now she
is dead"
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L|GGETT DEATH
SCENEVIEWED

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 15.-The
jury hearing the trial of Isadore
kid Cam" Blumenfeld for the
machine-gun Staying of Walter
Liggett, crusading editor and pub
Usher, will be taken to view the
death scene today.
Liggett was slain as he stepped
from his automobile in an alley.
way back Of his apartment, after
a shopping trip with his wife and
small daughter, the evening of De.
cember 9.
Two men drove slowly by and
as they passed the editor one poked
the barrel of a machinegun
through the open window and un,
loosed blast at Liggett. He fell
dying, five slugs in his body.
Mrs. Liggett has definitely iden.
titled Cam as the gunner, as has
Wesley Anderson, another eye.
witness.
Mrs. Liggett took the stand yes
terday and in rebuttal testimony
reiterated her previous testimony:
kid Cam killed Walter"
Court was adjourned last night
until Monday.
The case is expected to be
placed in the hands of the jury
Tuesday.
Cam was a particular target
of Liggett's editorials demanding
a sweeping investigation of vice
conditions. The editor charged
Minneapolis was wide open." with
officials binding themselves to
conditions.
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PLANES ASKED
OF SENATE
CONTINUED from Page II

(COMt1mueU from rage ~
was able to defeat efforts to
override the budget in the mat
ter of aircraft construction, NC
Swain and his committee were
successful in adding $780, .812
to the bill to provide the Army
with additional officers.
This extra money will permit
1000 officers of the organized
reserve to assume IL. months OF
active duty with the Army and
allow so of these to receive per-
manent commissions.
Coast DefenSes
McSwain's followers directed a
barrage of criticism at the Appro-
priationS Committee over the So
$500 allocated to new fortifica-
tions along the Pacific Coast, the
Panama Canal and in Hawaii. AL
though they argued that the gun
emplacements and other types OF
stationary seacoast defenSes con-
templated are obsolete from the
standpoint of military strategy,
the House left these items in the
bill.
Before it sent the measure to
the Senate, the House also upheld
the action of the Appropriations
Committee which had refused to
provide additional money for the
Passamaquoddy electro-tidal pro
ject in Maine and the Florida
ship canal. ri
The committees action was
based on the contention that Con-
gress had never given the Admin
istration authority to carry out
either of these projects. Con-
struction on both was started
with funds allotted from the
PWA.
The War Department bill sets
aside $16S, ,359 900 for rivers and
harborS improvements throughout
the nation. These projects will be
drawn from hundreds Of items
aggregating more than $300,OOO,-
600 authorized by Congress last
year.
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(COnClnue0 from rage ~
her marriage had professed her
love for him.
The heiress' second will, leaving
her 100000 fortune to her hus-
band, H. Bradley Davidson, is now
in litigation in North Carolina.
The Mirror quoted Conrad as say
ing that she had once told him
of a will whereby she was leaving
her entire fortune to her niece.
COnrad's Story
The Mirror quoted Conrad as
saying:
"She told me she had made
q will, leaving her entire for
tune to her niece, Of whom she
was very fond. She seemed SO
anxious for the little girl to
inherit the fortune that / can
not understand what caused
her to change it,"
Conrad met the heiress, the
story said, when she was attend
ing Radcliff College and he was
leading an orchestra in Boston
A Harvard student with whom
the heiress had a date made the
introduction. .
1.-TWO days later Elva again
came dancing at the hotel
where I was playing. She was
with another student and after
introducing me, asked me to
iOin them at their table. / did.
We chatted a while and then
EIva turned to her companion
and asked him to excuse us for
a while. He left us and then
she turned to me and said she
was in love with me and had
been in love with me all sum-
mer.
"She knew that I was mar
ried, and had been for five years.
I realized the situation needed
special handling and 50 went
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AFRICAN NUNS
FLEE BOMBING
OF CONVENT
Italian Planes Rain
Bullets on Building
at Lake Haik

Adds ABABA, Feb. Is G.N.S).
Following at least six specific
charges that Italian airplanes had
bombed marked hospitals and am
bulance units, the Ethiopian gov.
ernment today said in an official
communique:
yesterday two Italian air.
planes deliberately bombed a
convent at Lake Haik.
"The nuns escaped uninjured,
and took refuge in the nearby
woods"
Lake Haik is IL miles north
east of 0eSsye, where Emperor
Halle SelaSSie has been making
his army headquarters. During
the last few days several bonn
bardmentS of villages on the
Ethiopian line of communications
with Makale have been carried
out,
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
CARACAS DEAD
TOTAL 10

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,
Feb. is G.N.S0.-Ten persons
lost their lives in Caracas alone
in Venezuela's general strik e
against newspaper censorship, dis
patches received here today said,
and Gov. Felix Galavis of Car
acas faces probable trial in con-
nection with the killings.
Governor Galavis has already
been removed from office after
a mob looted his residence and
destroyed valuable furniture and
papers.
Bowing to the demands of the
public, President Eleazar Lopez
Contreras promised that consti-
tutional rights would be restored
and freedom of the press would
be assured within "a few days.
Four other governors have been
removed from office because they
were friends of the late President
Gomez, who ruled Venezuela for
a score of years.
The Washington times., 1936-02-15
international News Service


Reports were current in Army
circles today that the public court
martial of Col. Joseph I. McMul-
len, which commences at Walter
Reed Hospital here Monday, will
surpass in sensationalism the IA
nous military trial of Brigadier
General Billy" Mitchell several
years ago on charges of insubordi-
nation.
Colonel McMullen will be tried
in public before military tribunal
of high ranking Army officers on
charges Of misconduct in connec-
ton with War Department con-
tracts.
He is charged specifically with
accepting two round trip railroad
tickets from Washington to San
Francisco as a reward for legal
advice and assistance to Joseph
Silverman, jr., dealer in surplus
Army goods, while the latter was
seeking Army contracts. His LONE
is in Palo Alto, Cal.
Colonel McMullen was attached
to the Judge Advocate Generals
office for IA years. His duties
included those of legal counsel
to the Secretary and Assistant
Secretary of War in connection
with Army contracts.
In addition to two Army officers
assigned to his defense by the
court martial, Colonel McMullen
has employed Vincent Hallinan,
noted San Francisco lawyer, and
two Washington attorneys to rep
resent him.
The defense counsel is under
stood to be planning to show that
whatever assistance the colonel
gave Silverman was in accordance
with favorS bestowed by high rank
ing officials of the department.
Assistant Secretary of War Harry
H. Woodring is expected to be one
of the first witnesses called to teS
tify. Reports also were current
that the defense plans to name
prominent perSonageS closely as
sociated with the Administration
in connection with the case.