Evening star., 1942-12-12

republic, the Philippine Commonw
while the personal representatives of
heads Of other United Nations in
cluded the Peruvian Ambassador,
Senor Don Manuel de Freyre Y
Santander; His Britannia Majesty's S
Ambassador and Viscountess Hall
fax, and the Soviet Ambassador and
Mime. Litvinov.
The Vice President, Mr.. Henry A.
Wallace, was the ranking official of
this Government at the dinner and
with Mrs. Wallace remained for a
short time after the reception be-
gan. Others from oficial circles
invited to the dinner were the Chief
Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Stone, the Secretary Of Commerce
and Mrs. Jesse H. Jones, Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom, the Undersec-
retary of State and Mrs. Sumner
Welles, the United States Ambas-
sador to Cuba, Mr.. Spruille Braden;
the chief of the War Production
Board, Mr.. Donald M. Nelson; the
Co-ordinator of Inter- American AT
fairs and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller,
the president of the Export Import
Bank and Mrs. Warren Lee Pier
son, 1t. Gen. Henry H. Arnold,
commanding general of the Army
Air Forces and Mrs. Arnold; the
Administrator of the Lend-Lease
and Mrs. Edward r. Stettinius, jr.;
the Administrator of Price and
Civilian Supply and Mrs. Leon Hen
derson, the chief of protocol, Mr..
George T. Summerlin; the political
adviser to the State Department
and Mrs. Laurence Duggan, the
director general of the Pan Amer
ican Union, DR.. Leo S. Rowe, and
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, assist
ant chief of the office of foreign
service buildings.
Members of the Presidents party
among the guests at dinner were
the Minister of State of Cuba, DR..
Jose Agustin Martinez; the Secre-
tary of the Presidency, Senor ANA
deo Lopez Castro; Senator Jose NJ
Casanova, president of foreign re-
lations of the Cuban Senate; DR..
Oscar Garcia Monies, member of
the Cuban National Development
Commission; Brig. Gen. Francisco
Tabernilla Of the Cuban Army;
Comdr. Rolando Pelaez and Maj.
Jorge Hernandez Wolfe, naval and
military aides to the President; his
physician, DR.. Oscar Figarola In
fante, and the United States mill
tary and naval aides to the Presi-
dent, Brig. Gen. John B. Coulter
and Capt. A. j. Addoms.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of
the President OF this country during
the Great War, was among others
at the dinner and also in attend
ance were Mrs. j. Butler Wright,
widow of former United States Am
bassador to Cuba; Mrs. James Ham
ilton Lewis, widow of Senator Lewis
of illinois, and members of the EN-
bassy staff including the Minister
Counselor and Sonora de Baron,
Senorita Consuela Batista, Attache
and Senofita Dulce Acevedo Godi-
nez.
The Ambassador stood at the
head of the Short receiving line
In the small drawing room on sthe |
south side of the house, the Presi-
dent standing beside him With |
Sonora de Concheso at the end. |
She wore a very becoming gown Of |
black, a deep band about the low,
round neckline being embroidered
in sequins and the long skirt quite
full and without train. With this
she wore the necklace, earrings and
bracelet of aquamarines which the
Ambassador brought to her from
Rio de Janeiro. where he attended
the Pan-American Conference.
Oficials of this Government,
heads of diplomatic, military, naval
and other missions of the United
Nations as well as scores of those
from resident circles who are per-
sonal friends Of the hosts and their
country, were present last evening
to meet the chief executive of that
country, which we helped to free
from Spain
A buffet supper was served from
long tables IN the ballroom, With
smaller tables arranged for the con-
venience of the guests and in the
dining room other refreshment was
served, while in the library, on the
main floor, refreshing drinks were
to be had. The dinner table, which
was long, was laid in the ballroom
and in all the rooms and the i'm
posing white marble hallway as we'll
as along the gracefully curving
stairway, autumn flowers in various
shades added to the beauty Of the
Embassy.