Evening star., 1942-10-14

these smaller tables.
The Governor of Maryland, Mr..
Herbert r. O'Conor, will come over
for the dinner and will be among
the guests of Representative and
Mrs. Thomas D'Alesandro. Others
in the party of Representative and
Mrs. D'Alesandro will be Mr.. William
Curran, Mr.. Howard Bruce, DR..
Joseph L. Valentini, Mr.. H. Street
Baldwin, Mr.. George Mueller and
Mr.. Robert Ennis.
Admiral William D. Leahy, who
will deliver the principal address of
the evening, will set at the right
Of the toastmaster, the former At
torney General, Mr.. Homer S. Cum
mings. The Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, Mr.. Artemus L. Gates, will
be next. Other leaders of the fight
Ing forces of the United States who
will sit at the speakers table will be
the Chief of Staff, U. S. A., Gen.
George C. Marshall; Admiral
Arthur j. Hepburn, U. S. N, retired;
Vice Admiral Russell r. Waesche,
U. s. c. G.; Rear Admiral Alexander
H. Van Keuren, Rear Admiral Emory
S. Land, Rear Admiral Ross T. Nc
1ntire, Rear Admiral Harry A.
Stuart, Rear Admiral John S. Nc
Cain, Rear Admiral Ezra G. Allen,
Rear Admiral Ben Moreell and Rear
Admiral Walter B. Woodson, all
y. S. N.
The Commandant of the Navy
Yard. Rear Admiral F.. L. Reich
muth, also will sit with the speakers,
as will Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
q. S. A., retired. and Rear Admiral
Adolphus Station, U. S. N, retired.
The President of the Board of
Commissioners of the District of
Columbia, Mr. J. Russell Young,
viii be at the head table and Mr.. w.
Royce Powell. chairman of Navy
Day for the District, will not be far
away.
The Belgian Ambassador, Count
Robert van der Straten-Ponthoz
will be among the heads of diplo-
matte missions present, others in
cluding the Mexican Ambassador,
Senor Don Francisco Castillo
Najera; the Polish Ambassador, M.
Jan Ciechanowski; the Panama
Ambassador, Senor Don Ernesto
Jaen Guardia; the Yugoslav Am
bassador, M. Constantin Fotitch;
the Greek Ambassador, M. Cimon
Diamantopoulos; the Chinese AM
bassador, DR.. Wei Tao-ming: the
Guatemalan Minister, Senor DR..
Don Adrian Recinos; the South
African Minister, Mr.. Ralph Will
liam Close; the Ell Salvador
Minister. Senor DR.. Don Hector
David Castro; the Czechoslovak
Minister, M. Vladimir Hurban: the
Nicaraguan Minister, Senor DR.. Don
Leon DeBayle; the Honduras
Minister, Senor DR.. Don Julian
Caceres; the Costa Rican Minister,
Senor DR.. Don Luis Fernandez; the
Luxembourg Minister, M. Hughes
LIE Calais; the Canadian Minister.
Mr.. Leighton Mccarthy; the |
Haitian Minister, M. Fernand
Dennis; the New Zealand Minister,
Mr., Walter Nash, and the Aus
tralian Minister, Sir Owen Dixon:
Naval Attaches of the various
diplomatic missions from the United |
Nations who will be at the speakers
table for the Navy Day dinner will
be Rear Admiral H. Pott of the
Royal British Navy, Rear Admiral
j. E. Meier Ranneft of the Royal
Netherlands Navy, Capt. Ivan A.
Yegorichev of the Soviet Navy.
Comdr. Edmundo Jordao Amorim |
do Vale of the Brazilian Navy,
Commodore Per Askim of the Nor
wegian Navy and 1t Felipe Car
denas of the Cuban Navy.
The Bishop of Washington, the
Right Rev James E. Freeman. will !
have a place Of honor at the
speakers table and others who will |
be among the distinguished guests
will be the Resident Commissioner
for the Philippine Islands, Mr..
Joaquin M. Elizalde, and Capt. j. G..
Gayral of the Fighting French
Navy, who is on duty with the Naval
Mission of his government in
Washington.