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Evening star., 1940-12-14
Mrs. Carter Glass, Jr.,
Honored at Party
Tn New York

Mrs. Carter Glass, jr., OF this city
and Lynchburg, Va, was the guest
of honor at the tea and cocktail
party which Mrs. Martha Greta
Kempton, we'll known portrait
painter, gave yesterday afternoon
in her New York studio. Mr.. Victor
Borge, Danish pianist, entertained
the guests during the afternoon.
Mrs. Kempton had on exhibit for
the first time her recently finished
portrait of Senator Glass, father-in-
law of the guest of honor at yes
terday's party.
Among the other guests were Count
and Countess Buxhoeveden, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward A Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Rued, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Nelson Townsend, Mr. and Mrs.
Lucius Grier. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
H. Reakirt Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Riddell, Mr.. and Mrs. Bowling L..
Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. o. Emil
Lohrke. jr.; Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose
Mcnamara, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley
Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Blocker, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Gould, Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Thorpe, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank R.
Fielding, Count and Countess Andre
Soranzo, Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Teslof,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Nunez, Mrs.
George Washington Kavanaugh
and her daughter, Mrs. Leonora
Warner. Mrs. DenniSOn Forbes. Mrs.
Sarah H. Farnham. Mrs. James P.
Meehan, Mrs. John NARROW, Mrs.
CLYDE Jennings of Lynchburg, Va;
Mrs. John J. Burdick, Miss Dorothy
Kemp. Miss Jessie Hyatt, Mr.. Ralph
Schuyler Williams, Count Jean de
Las Cases, Mr.. Frederick w. Liebert,
Mr.. William L. Aiken, Mr.. Brook
Wynkoop and Mr.. Louis H. Ingra-
ham.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Georgetown Lutheran

THE Prophet Of the Most High
will be the subject Sunday at II
am. by the Rev. Harold E. Beatty
pastor.
The young people in the Luther
League, at pm, will have a white
gift service, the donations to be
devoted to the Inner Mission So
ciety.
THE Shepherd" will be the SUBJ
ject wednesday, 8 pm.
Herbert G. Tucker announces the
Christmas party Of Troop Sc. Boy
Scouts, December 20, 8 pm. Parents
and friends invited. Christmas tree
gifts and refreshments.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Miss WhitfOrd
HOnOred at Tea

Miss Harriet Stearns Whitford,
daughter of Mrs. George Lang
don Whitford, and her fiance,
Mr.. Edward Graham Kintner, IT.,
son of Capt. and Mrs. Kintner,
were guests at a tea yesterday
afternoon which Mr.. Jack Hayes
gave in his apartment in the
Westchester. Last evening Miss
Susan Kintner. sister of Mr..
Kintner who will be a bridesmaid
at the wedding this afternoon,
was hostess at a buffet supper
for them
The wedding will take place at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon at
Tradition, the home Of Mrs.
Frances Parkinson Keyes in Alex
andria.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Press Club
Hears Greek
Minister
Declares Nation
Grateful for Help
From L. S.

The Greek Minister, Mr.. Cimon p.
Diamantopoulos, told newspaper
women yesterday that his nation is
confident that we will stand" in
the war with Italy.
Addressing a luncheon meeting
of the Women's National Press Club.
the Minister said the Greeks want
to avoid giving the Italians enough
time to reorganiZe their forces.
Asked if the Greeks, in extend
ing their lines, expected sympathetic
support from the people of Albania,
Mr.. Diamantopoulos answered that
in the south of Albania, now occu-
pied by his country's forces, the
population is Greek.
There has never been a feeling
OF hatred between the Greeks and
Albanians," he added.
Receives Ovation.
The Minister received an ovation
as he rose to speak and acknoWl-
edged with deep emotion the feel
ings you are kind enough to show
me and, through me, my country
He said Greece always has been
grateful to the United States for
moral and material help
Today 1t is the same he added.
Though he spoke gravely. the
Minister occasionally had a twinkle
in his eye as he answered questions
regarding Italian reverses. He drew
laughter and applause when, at
tributing some of the Greek success
to the fact that the fighting is
hand-to-hand," he remarked: THE
Italians don't like this. They feel
it is rather anachronic"
Perhaps it is old fashioned but
we're bound to do it," he said, re-
calling that Greel- forces are with
out an adequate air force and
mechanized equipment.
Italian Difficulties Explained.
He based his confidence in ulti-
mate victory on the disorganiza-
ton of the italians, the fact that
landing places for reinforcements
from Italy are few. and that large
forces cannot be employed in Al
banla because OF the terrain.
The Italians generally have not
used their air force and fleet in the
role that was expected. the Min
lister said, although Salonika and
Corfu were badly damaged and in
order to defend their retreat from
Koritza the Italians used 400 planes
against the Greeks.
Though the luncheon was the
second held this week by the club,
the Minister had large audience,
which included many prominent
guests, among them Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, jr. Helen Essary, the
president, explained that special ar
rangements had been made for the
session so that members might hear
the speaker.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
St. Mary's Academy
Will Give Musical

The Sisters of the Holy Cross of
st. Mary's Academy, Alexandria,
have planned a musical and silver
tea for 4 pm. tomorrow in the
academy parlors. The affair will be
in the nature of a "home-coming'
for alumnae.
A program will be presented by a
quartet composed of James w. Nc
Evoy, Leo j. Maheux. Joseph G
Ransing and Paul j. Sauer, accom-
panied by Miss Henrietta F. WAL
pert. Miss Mary Rickel will give
violin selections. accompanied by
Miss Estelle Brocessard, who also
will play piano solo.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Mrs. NJ. r. Lockwood
To Give Breakfast

Mrs. Milton r. Lockwood will
entertain at breakfast Sunday. De-
cember %, at her home. Lock
Woods, in honor Of Miss Phyllis
Wake Richardson. debutante daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Daw-
son Richardson.
Plans also have been made for a
tea in honor OF Miss Richardson to
be given by Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Clayton Sunday, December 90.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Guards Meet Tonight;
May Be Farewell Event

About 100 veterans and former
members Of Company E, 12lst Engi-
neers, District National Guard, will
join at 8 o'clock tonight in what is
expected to be the company's last
social event before induction early ir
1941 for a years military training
Guardsmen and guests of the 18-
year-old unit are to meet at a BAN
quet at the Harrington Hotel.
Among the guests to be welcomed
by company offlcers-Capt. Pearson
c. Conlyn and Its. Ellis H. Martin
and Anton G. Mensik-will be Col
John w. Oehmann, 1t. Col. Julian
S. Olit1 and Maj. Clarence S. Shields
Of the National Guard and Capt
William c. Hall of the Corps of
Engineers, U. S. Army.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Zeta Chapter Tea
To Honor Students

Zeta Chapter of Phi Delta Delta
Legal Sorority will entertain first
year woman law students at George
Washington University at tea this
afternoon at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hector G. Spaulding. Mem
bers of the faculty at the university
and their wives will also be hon.
ored guests.
Mrs. Justin Miller. Mrs. Wiley
Rutledge Mrs. John T. Vance. Mrs.
James Oliver Murdock. Mrs. Joseph
Cox and Mrs. Walter Moll will
alternate at the tea tables. assisted
by Miss Eileen O'Connor and Miss
Ruth F. Major, president and Sec
retary of Zeta Chapter.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
War Further Curtails
Social Functions Here;
Receptions Cancelled
Cabinet Hostesses Decide to Hold
Only One Official Day at Home
This Winter, Starting Next Month
BY MARGARET HART,

functions WASH
conditions
will hold only official day at home this winter
reception will January and following the time
Wednesday in
the month falls New Year Day the first Of
thesee nts wi
official the
cepons missions by the Secretary
Hull Hull however scarcely lets day
the small group
members the diplomatic set.
Parties Mark
Calendar.
calendar yesterday not only among
the residential groups the officials we'll Mrs Hull enter
circle yesterday afternoon
In her apartment The complete nov" WIN each
of the Federal departments having official hostess
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Tea Will Honor
Farm Bureau Head

Mr.. Edward Asbury ONeal,
president of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, and Mrs.
O'Neal will be guests of honor
at a small tea which Mr.. and
Mrs Moncure Burke are giving
at the washington Club tomor-
row afternoon.
Today Mrs. Burke entertained
at a luncheon in compliment to
Mrs. O'Neal.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Italian Defeat in Egypt Called
Axis Greatest Military Setback
Air Supremacy Of British Regarded as Key
To Immediate Invasion Of Libyo

mine field Tin a matter of extreme
urgency is typical of the British
Navy. I'm reminded of the remark
a distinguished Briton made to me
when the threat of a German in
vasion of England was great:
Let 1t start" he exclaimed, land
our warships will ram their noses
right up into the Nazi shore bat
teries-and damn ALL"
He undoubtedly was right. I have
dwelt on this phase of the Egyptian
battle because Britain is depending
mainly on the navy, with its block
ade, to win the war. Incidents Like
the above show why.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Soldiers and Sailors
To Be Given Dance

A dance, one of a series to be
held throughout the winter, will
be given by the Womans Army and
Navy League tonight at the Sol
diers. Sailors and Marines Club
1015 L street NV, for men Of the
services in Washington and nearby
stations.
The dance will begin at 8 o'clock.
Mother" Steed, superintendent of
the club, who has been mother"
to men of the services since the
World War, will chaperon the
party, in which a group of girl.
from the Y. w. C. A has been
invited to participate
Mrs. Walter Woodson, president
of the Woman's Army and Navy
League and wife of Admiral Wood
son, is in charge of arrangements.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Film Premiere
Will Feature
Aviation Day
Pan.American
Leaders to Attend
Banquet Tuesday

Pan American Aviation Day,
which will be celebrated Tuesday,
will draw much attention here,
where a number Of events are being
scheduled. The premier showing of
Flight Command" will be held that
day, and a banquet will be held at
the Carlton Hotel Tuesday night,
when representatives Of most of the
Latin American Republics and out
standing figures in the Capital and
in the Nation will be present.
Howard Dietz to Serve
As TOastmaster.
Mr.. Howard Dietz has accepted
the invitation of the National Aero
nautic Association to act as toast
master at the banquet. Mr.. Dietz
will present Rear Admiral Harold
Stark, chief of naval operations;
Gen. George c. Marshal, chief of
staff of the Army: DR.. Leo S. Rowe
director general of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union, and Mr.. Thomas j.
Burke of the State Department
Each is scheduled to give a brief
talk. A part of this program is to
be broadcast to a national audience
by the Mutual Broadcasting System
Following the banquet the guests
will be transported to the CapitoI
Theater where a special program
will precede the showing of Flight
Command" simultaneously, nota-
bles in Toronto, Mexico City and
Havana will assemble for similar
showings.
Miss Flight Command"
Arrives Tomorrow.
Miss Adeline Cox, Pennsylvania
Central Airline stewardess who has
been selected as Miss Flight Com
mand," will arrive tomorrow tc
launch the premiere activities First
event of more than considerable in
tereSt Is the screening planned for
Sunday night at $50 o'clock, when
a group of newspaper represent
atives and several Washington nota-
bles will leave in a plane for Kitty
Hawk, N. c. While the plane is in
flight to the birthplace of aviation
Flight Command" will be pre-
viewed in this aerial theater.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Princess Maria, Aunt
Of Greek King, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 14.-Prin-
cess Maria, "a, aunt of King George
II of Greece, died yesterday of a
heart ailment.
She was a sister of the late King
Constantine and an aunt of Marina,
Duchess of Kent. She was married
in 1900 to Georges Michailovitch,
Grand Duke of Imperial Russia, who
was shot by Bolshevists in st. Peters,
burg in 1919. The princess escaped
to England.
In 1922 she married Pericles joan
hides, q retired Greek admiral, and
they lived In Rome for many years.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Farm Bureau Head
To Be Tea Guest

The president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation and Mrs.
Edward Asbury O'Neal will be the
guests of honor at tea tomorrow
afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Moncure
Burke, who will entertain at the
Washington Club.
Today Mrs. Burke was hostess at
luncheon, entertaining for Mrs.
O'Neal.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Camera Club Elects

Thomas Mitchell, 223o California
avenue NV, was elected president
of the Department of Agriculture
Camera Club last night. Other new
officers are Ernest Gooden, vice
president; Mrs. Nola Gooden, Sec
retary, and Miss Angela c. Jansen,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
De Munillas Plan
HOLIDAYS in Havana

The Cuban Military Attache
and Sonora de Munilla will leave
soon with their son, Fernando
Munillo, for Havana to spend
the Christmas and New Year
holidays. They will return to
Washington in time for their son
to resume his studies at George
town Prep School.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
DIR. Griffith to Speak

DR.. Ernest S. Griffith of American
University will be guest speaker at
a founders day banquet of Alpha
Chapter of Phi Delta Gamma, ma
tional fraternity for graduate
women. at $50 o'clock tonight at the
Dodge Hotel. Several new members
will be initiated before the dinner.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Mrs. w. Carl Holley
Entertains at
Dessert Bridge

Mrs. w. Carl Holley entertained
at a dessert bridge wednesday in her
home in Arlington. Her guests were
Mrs. Douglas Ensminger, Mrs. Paul
Quintus, Mrs. Ralph Stewart, Mrs
S. T. Warrington, Mrs. Harry Tre-
logan, Mrs. Ben Grant, Mrs. Ralph
Hartung, Mrs. Paul Myatt, Mrs
Gene Rush, Mrs. Wylie Goodsell
and Mrs. Melvin Sneed.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Kendrick have
as their house guest in their home
in Arlington the formers sister
Mrs. Herman Morris of Westerville
Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Keer were
nonored Sunday evening with sur
prise party by 20 of their friends in
their home in Arlington. The oc-
casion was the 25th anniversary OF
the marriage of MI. and Mrs. Keer
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Nebraska Visitors
Honored bv Soubvs

Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Souby
entertained at dinner last eve
ming in their apartment at 2101
Connecticut avenue in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Jeffers
of Omaha, Nebr. Mr.. Jeffers is
here for the Gridiron dinner to-
night.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Hosts at Luncheon

Col and Mrs. Frank j. Morrow
were hosts at luncheon yesterday, en-
tertaining in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade H. Ellis. Their other guests
were Maj. and Mrs. Parker w. West,
Mrs. James Murray, Mrs. Churchill
Candee, Lady Leslie, Mrs. Dorothy
Lee Ward and Miss Margaret Delano
Gage.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Satterfelds to Leave

Mr.. and Mrs. BoydSton Satter-
field and their children, Lenore and
Neil. will leave today for Raleigh,
N. c., where they will spend the
weed end with their families. Next
week they will go to Florida to re-
main through the remainder of De-
cember.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Nine. Morgenstierne
Is in New York

Nine Munthe de Morgenstierne,
wife OF the Norwegian Minister.
went to New York yesterday to re-
main over Sunday and is expected
to return the middle of next week.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Ambassador Back
From Mexico Citv

Senor DR.. Don Francisco Cas-
tillo Najera, returned yesterday
from Mexico City, where he went
for the Inauguration Of President
Camacho.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Going to New York

Miss Mary Theresa Norris Is leav-
ing today for New York to spend the
week end with Miss Rita Singstad.
who will entertain at party in her
honor. The debutante will return
here Monday.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Tea Is POSTPONED

Mrs. Bissett Norment has post
poned the tea she had planned for
tomorrow because of the services
for the late Lord Lothian, his
majesty's Britannia Ambassador.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Dance at Marlboro

The Upper Marlboro High School
will hold its annual Christmas dance
next Friday in the Marlboro High
School. Dancing will be from $50
to 1890 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Home From School

Mr.. Frank H. Nelson, son of Mrs
M. E. Nelson, will arrive tomorrow
from Georgia Tech to spend the
holidays at his home here.
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Grand jury
Continued From First Page.)

ditures, Attorney General Jackson
said the departments prosecutors
would seek to determine whether
provisions Of the law had been vio-
lated or evaded through the use
Of legal loop-holes.
If there have been violations, he
said, prosecution could be expected.
If there were evasions through loop
holes, the laws would be frightened.
Tie-ups Subject to Complaints.
There have been complaints that
the various organizations working
for the presidential candidates were
closely linked and that contributions
Of comparatively small sums made to
individual organizations were in
effect one large contribution. There
has been a demand to investigate
the ties between the various groups.
The jury is scheduled to continue
its hearings tomorrow with testi-
mony from officials of the National
Committee to Uphold Constitutional
Government and of the Committee
of Independent Voters for Roosevelt
and Wallace. The Constitutional
Government Committee has as its
chairman Samuel B. Pettingill, for
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London
Continued From First Page)

was done to reduce its output Of
guns, gun carriages, shell cases and
tanks"
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Melton
Continued From First Page)

1885 to 1887, had just completed
four weeks of a special detail in the
w. P. A. Office here when his son
called by telephone to say that his
mother, Mrs. Helen Melton, had
been rushed to hospital in Chicago.
Planning originally to leave today,
Mr.. Melton caught the first plane
available yesterday, at 11:45 am.
He died early today of injuries re-
ceived in the crash.
The son of Dr. Wightman F. Mel
ton of Atlanta, Ga, and the brother
of Quimby Melton, publisher of the
Griffin News, Mr.. Melton formerly
was prominent in Atlanta building
circles, the Associated Press re-
ported. Dr. Melton formerly was a
member of the Emory University fac
ulty.
Mr.. Melton served as w. P. A.
safety engineer in Georgia and went
to Chicago after his two-year detail
in Washington. He had been here
in the office of Perry Fellows, W.
P. A. chief engineer during his brief
stay here the past month.
Injured in the crash was Richard
Petit, 26, who had left Washington
yesterday after visiting briefly with
his father, M. H. Petit, volunteer
executive with the Ordnance Depart
ment in the War Department at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Injuries Not Serious.
Mr.. Petit, New York attorney,
suffered a broken collar bone and
ribs. His father, who planned to
fly to Chicago this morning, said he
had been informed by his sons at
tending physician that he was not
in serious condition.
Mr.. Petit left on the same plane
as Mr. Melton yesterday, both trans
ferring to another plane in Cleve-
land. Mr.. Petit was en- route to
San Francisco on business.
His father, a dollar-a-year expert,
formerly was general manager of the
Nash Motor Co. His son had visited
with him for day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-05

Navy on a program covering many
years, has properly recognized the
essential place Of sea power in con-
tinental defense. The worlds mer-
chant tonnage is diminishing at the
rate Of tens Of thousands OF tons a
month. The distances which may be
covered by bombing planes are rap
idly increasing.
Great Lakes Ports Vital.
"Seacoast shipyards are already
overtaxed with uncompleted con-
struction. Shipyards on the Great
Lakes, with access to the ocean, yet
close to the. sources of supply Of
labor, raw and finished materials,
further removed from possible at
tack, may be- a vital factor in sue
cessful defense of this continent.
They will help to build the ships
which will bring back commerce to
the harbors of the Atlantic coast
ports.
Opponents of the project have
pointed out that 1t takes four years
to build this seaway. They know,
but fail to mention, that it takes
at least that long to build battle
ship. They also know that this
project will cost the United States
less than three battleships and that
the power project will be entirely
self liquidating.
I'VE hope that the world situa-
ton may soon improve. But we
are bound to be prepared for long
period of possible danger. Who can
say, with assurance, that we shall
not need for our defense or peace
full pursuits every possible ship
building resource, particularly those
that exist and may be developed
in the interior Of our country? Only
one who can say that we do not
need the battleships that we are
now building will dare to say that
we do not need the essential Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway.
Power Imported From Canada.
THE need for the seaway is
coupled with an increasing demand
for the power. Already our defense
industries in the Northeast have
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Roosevelt
Continued From First Page)

Guantanamo Bay were Capt.
George L. Weyler, base comman-
dant; Comdr. Hooper, senior medi-
cal officer, and Col. William
Rupertus, senior marine officer.
Five thousand Marines usually
stationed at the base were engaged
in landing exercises in the vicinity
Of Culehra Island near Puerto Rico.
Following a speedy run from
Miami, The Tuscaloosa, escorted by
the destroyers Mayrant and Trippe,
cruised yesterday along the North
Cuban coast and through the Wind
ward Passage, where the vessels
slowed down and ran close to shore
before arriving at Guantanamo.
AL three ships refueled from a
barge during the afternoon and
sailed after dark for an unan-
nounced destination.
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was done to reduce it's output Of
guns, gun carriages, shell cases and
tanks"
Over Arsenal Two Hours.
British planes were over the Royal
Arsenal nearly two hours, the news
service said. One pilot reported a
building was completely on fire
with heavy black smoke coming
from it.
There were so many fires and ex-
plosions,' said another pilot, that
you couldn't distinguish the effect
of our bombs falling among them"
Two sticks of bombs burst directly
on the main buildings of the Fiat
Works, where airplanes engines are
made, and a subsidiary factory and
"a glow was seen which developed
into an internal fire." the Air Min
iStry said.
Is Planes Reported Shot Down.
Thirteen invading planes were
shot down over Britain today as
against the loss of one British fight
er, the Ministry of Information an
nounced late today. This is the
highest number claimed for some
time
The announcement follows:
Reports up to pm. show that
10 enemy aircraft have been des-
troyed-12 by fighters and one by
Ack-ack (anti-aircrafD fire. One
of our fighters is lost, but the pilot
is safe.
Before taking flight, the statement
said, the raiders succeeded in drop
ping bombs which injured number
of people and caused damage to
buildings. :
Anti-aircraft fire was heard in
London late in the afternoon.
Mental Institution Hit.
Several casualties were reported
when axis raiders dropped bomb
shortly after noon on mental in
stitution in a southeastern town.
After leaving the embattled island
in peace for several hours during the
night, the raiders dropped four other
bombs on the town, wreck1ng two
houses without casualties. One fell
on a road and two in an orchard.
London had its first warning Of
the day early in the afternoon. 1t
was quickly over without any reports
of bombs being dropped.
Raiders ranged wide over Britain
last night, dropping high-explosive
and incendiary bombs, but the Brit