Evening star., 1938-11-13
Reception
At Cuban
Embassy
Official and Social
Sets Turn Out to
Honor Col. Batista
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Cordell Hull, who seldom attend
evening functions with the excep-
ton of state parties at the White
House, were present. Mrs. Hull
looked unusually handsome in a
gown of green lame, made with a
deep V neckline held with clip
studded in brilliants to match her
gown. The skirt was generously
full and flared at the hemline.
Mrs. Harry H. Woodring was there
with her husband, the Secretary OF
War, and looked as pretty as a pic
ture in an originally designed
gown of an odd shade of pale blue.
At the throat dot of scarlet was
appllqued. from which narrow
Inc of the same color went all the
way down the front of the bodice
and full skirt. Her evening coat,
long, with a fitted bodice, was of
olive green duvetyn wool and the
collar was fringed with ermine
tails.
The chief of staff, U. S. A.. Mai.
Gen. Malin Craig, was accompanied
by Mrs. Craig, who wore a gown of
black velvet with cluster of or
chids.
Mrs. Jonathan M. Wainwright
was with her husband, Brig. Gen.
wainwright. retiring commandant
OF Fort Myer. She wore a rose-gold
metal cloth gown cut princess
lines, with full skirt and a rhine
stone clip at the v neckline.
Mrs. j. M. Johnson. wife of the
Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
wore black gown of the new crepe
material with high leg-o'mutton
sleeves and no back. The gown
was on Victorian lines, and she
wore diamond clip at the throat.
The Diplomatic Corps
Well Represented at Fete.
Seen in the various bedecked
rooms were thhe Argentine AM
bassador, Senor Don Felipe A. Es-
pil; the Minister of the Dominican
Republic and Sonora de PaStoriza:
the Ambassador of Brazil, Senior
Mario de Brandao: the Ambassa-
dor of Peru Senor Don Manuel de
E'reyre y Santander; the Ambassa-
dor of Chile, Senor Don Manuel
Trucco and the Senoritas Marta
and Rebeca Trucco, and the Am
baSSador's son, Senor Manuel True
co. jr.: the Ambassador of Turkey
and Nine. Ertegun; the Ambassador
of Poland. Count jerry Potocki;
the Ambassador of Spain and Sc
nora de los Rios: the Ambassador
of Germany and Frau Dieckhoff;
the new Ambassador of China, D.
Hu Shih; the Ambassador of
France. Count de Saint-Quentin;
the Minister of Guatemala and Sc
nora de Recinos: the Minister of
Portugal and Nine. de Bianchi;
the Minister of the Union of South
Africa and Mrs. Close: the Min
lister of Finland and Nine. Jarne-
felt; the Minister of Ell Salvador,
Senor DR.. Don Hecton Castro; the
Minister of Siam and Nine. Abhi-
bal Rajamaitri: the Minister of
Lithuania and Mrs. Zadeikis; the
Minister of Yugoslavia, Mr.. Con-
stantin Fotitch; the Minister of
Costa Rica, Senor Don Ricardo Cas-
tro Beeche; the Minister of Ven-
ezuela, Senor Dr.. Don Escalante;
the Minister of Bolivia, Senor DR..
Don Luis Guachalla; the Minister
of Panama and Sonora de Boyd;
Nine. Hurban, the wife of the Min
lister of Czechoslovakia, and the
Minister of Nicaragua and Sonora
de Bayle
Others present were Gen. and
Mrs. Emory Adams, DR.. and Mrs.
Pedro Abba and Senorita Laura
Abba, DR.. and Mrs. Ricardo Alfaro,
mold, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Auchin-
Gloss, Mrs. William Borah. Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Walter c. Baker, Mr..
Eugenio Batista and Miss Consuelo
Batista, Mr.. A. A. Berle, jr.; Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Wood Bliss, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, the Ger
man Military and Air Attache and
Frau Won Boetticher, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harllee Branch, Gen. and Mrs.
Wallace De Witt, Col. and Mrs.
j. S. Cecil and Miss Caroline Cecil,
Nj. and Mrs. George A. Garrett,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas Hol-
comb the Charge d'Affaires OF
Honduras and Sonora de Caceres,
Senator and Mrs. William H. King,
DR.. and Mrs James Alexander Lyon
the French Military Attache and
Nine. Lombard, Rear Admiral
Moreell, Col. and Mrs. John Ma
:,ruder, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Ray
mond F. Metcalfe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Felix Morley, Admiral and Mrs.
George Pettengill, Senator and Mrs.
James Pope, Admiral and Mrs. Rails
Ton Holmes, Miss Stellita Stapleton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter R. Tucker
man, Col and Mrs. Alexander A.
Vandergrift, Col. and Mrs. Pedro
L. Zanni.
Many Dinner Parties
Preceded Gala Function.
Gay preludes to the elaborate re-
ception were the many dinner par
ties. Col. Batista was the honor
guest of the Undersecretary of State.
MI. Sumner Welles who entertained
at the Sulgrave Club. Other guests
at the dinner were Ambassador
Fraga, members of the Cuban Army
leaders party including 1t. Col.
Francisco j. de Tabernilla Y Dolz.
Maj. Julio Arguelles, naval aide de
camp; Capt. Jorge Hernandez. po-
lice aide de camp; Capt. Owen
Parry y Bernard, army aide de
camp; Capt Oscar Figaroly In
fante, medical, and DR.. Pedro Rodri-
ouez Capote. Also present were the
Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.. Henry
A. Wallace; Senator Arthur H. VAN
denberg. the Hon. Carlos Saladrigas
of the Cuban Senate, Gen. Rafael
Montalvo; the Assistant Secretary
of State, Mr.. Adolph A. Berle; the
Assistant Secretary of War. Mr..
Louis Johnson; the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy, Mr. Charles Edi-
son; the Assistant Secretary of the
Ty,ferinr Ar