Evening star., 1939-07-24
70 Senoritas Fly
Here With Statuette
For Roosevelt
Ceremonies to Mark
Birthday Anniversary
Of Simon BoIivur

Commemorating the 156th birth
day anniversary of Simon Bolivar,
liberator of South American people
from Spanish rule, 20 beautiful
senoritas, representing different
Latin American countries, today
brought to Washington as a gift for
President Roosevelt model of the
statue of Bolivar which stands in his
native city, Caracas, Zenezuela.
The statuette is a gift from Presi-
dent Eleazar Lopez Contreras of
Venezuela. In the absence of the
President, who has been spending
the week end at his Hyde Park home.
1t was received by Undersecretary of
State Sumner Weles at the State
Department.
The young women came by plane
from Newark, N. ]. They were to
have been escorted by six planes of
the lnter-American Escadrille, an
organization formed three years ago
in the spirit of American unity and
good neighborliness. But a persis-
tent ground fog overhauling all air.
ports in the New York vicinity pre-
vented them taking off for the
massed flight to Washington.
Greeted by DR.. Rowe.
The girls carried the flags of their
countries as they stepped from an
Eastern Air Line plane shortly be-
fore noon at the Washington Airport.
They were greeted by DR.. L. s..
Rowe, director general of the Pam
American Union, and members of
the Latin American diplomatic
corps.
A police escort accompanied them
to the State Department, where they
were welcomed by Mr.. Welles. Then
they were escorted to the home of DR..
Jacinto Fombona Pachano, Charge
dAffaires of the Venezuelan EN-
bassy, their host at luncheon.
At 4 pm. program exemplfying
the good neighbor policy was to take
place at the Pan American Building
when a wreath will be placed on a
bust of Bolivar which reposes there
Alfredo de Los Rios, a native of
Chile, newspaperman and fight
commander of the Escadrille, who
accompanied the young women from
New York, was to present the
wreath. Dr. Rowe was also sched-
uled to speak briefly.
Other Craft Leave for DC.
Others taking part in the cere-
monies will include Franklin Field
Well-known New York broker and
aviation figure and president of the
Escadrllle. Several other members
OF the Escadrille were expected 10
arrive in time for the ceremony.
Mr.. Field said four small ships were
en- route to Washington, having left
New York after the fog lifted. One
is piloted by Gustavo de Bastaments
OF Cuba, son of the presiding Judge
OF the World Court.
After the ceremonies the flyers
and the women will assemble at the
Washington Airport for the return
trip to New York. They will be
guests at supper given by the
National Advisory Committee of the
Worlds Fair at the American
center tonight.
The young women and the coun-
tries they represented included:
Anita de Benavides, Bolivia: Sonia
Correia, daughter of the Brazilian
consul general in New York; Cris-
tina Michels, daughter of Senator
Michels, Chilean commissioner to
the New York Worlds Fair; Olga
Comacho, Columbia; Maria Cristina
Pattoni, Costa Rica; Rosario de
Blanck, Cuba; Montalva Flores,
Ecuador; Amelia Sierra Urruela
Guatemala: Luz Martinez, Argen-
tina; Ofeha Mendoza, Honduras;
Ruth de la Colina, Mexico; Patricia
Rodrlgues Guenther, daughter of
the consul general of Mexico at New
York, representing Panama; Car
men de Coll, Paraguay; Luisa Coll.
Peru; Irma Sierra Urruela, Uruguay;
Cristina Cerna, Nicaragua; jose
phine Gonzales, Ell Salvador; Maria
Teresa Escalante, daughter of the
Venezuelan Ambassador; Matilde
Postoriza, daughter of the Domin-
ican Minister to the United States,
and Mrs. Franklin Field, the United
States.