Evening star., 1943-01-20
Brazilian
Journalist
Is HOnOred
Other Fefes
Arranged by
Diplomats

DR.. Julio Cesar Gallo vieira, dis
anguished journalist of Brazil, who
is in this country for several weeks
stay. was the guest of honor at
luncheon yesterday of the chief OF
the Cultural Relations Division of
the State Department, Mr.. Charles
A. Thomson. The party was given
ct the Mayf1ower and a group of
newspapermen of Washington we're
invited to meet him. He will lunch
or dine informally with the Ambas-
sador and Senhora de Martins. the
remodeling of the Embassy not hav-
Ing been completed to permit them
to entertain more formally. DR..
Vieira is in this country to study
the principal aspects of cultural in
terchange between Brazil and the
United States as well as to interview
public men on the war situation and
on the relationships now existing
between the two countries.
Other guests at Mr.. Thomson's
luncheon yesterday were the di-
rector general of the Pan American
Union, DR.. Leo S. Rowe; the Bra
lillian Minister Counselor, Senior
Fernando Lobo and the Second Sec
retary Of the Embassy, Senior Hugo
Gouthier; Senior Paulo Bitten
court. Brazilian Journalist; Mr..
Herbert F. Corn, managing editor
OF The Evening Star; Mr., Paul Mil
ler OF the Associated Press: Mr..
Lyle Wilson OF the United Press
Mr.. Kingsbury Smith of the Inter
national News Service; Mr.. Walter
Lippmann of the Washington Post.
Mr. Leon Pearson and Mr.. Barnet
Mover, columnists; Mr.. Robert w.
Horton of the Office of War Infor-
nation; DR.. William Hazen of the
Board Of Economic Warfare: Mr..
Harry FrantZ of the Office of the
Co-ordinator of American At
fa1rs: Mr.. Scott Seeger of the Inter-
American Monthly, and from the
state Department, Mr.. Richard Pat
tee, Mr.. John M. Begg and Mr..
arturo Morales of the Cultural Re-
sations Division; Mr.. Michael ]. Nc
Dermott, chief of the Division of
Current Information, and Mr.. Wal
yer Walmsley of the Division of
American Republics.
Sonora de Espinosa, wife of Gen
Arturo Espinosa, chief of the Chill
can Military Mission to this country
and Chilean delegate to the Inter
American Defense Board, was host
ess at luncheon today. Sonora de
Espinosa also entertained at tea
Monday afternoon both parties
being given in the Pan-American
room of the Hotel Mayfiower. Today
the hostess had as her guests Mrs.
Higgins, wife of Col. Lawrence Hig-
gins; Mrs. Canova, wife of Mai.
Enrique c. Canova; Mrs. Cochrun,
wife OF Maj. James L. Cochrun. jr..
and Mrs. Torrey, wife of Mai. John
D. Torrey, jr., all officers of the
United States Army; Sonora de
Brunei, wife of the Argentine Naval
Attache: Sonora de Parodi, wife of
the Argentine Military Attache;
Sonora de Sarmiento. wife Of the
Peruvian Military Attache: Sonora
de Jones-Parra, wife of the Ven-
ezuelan Military Attache; Sonora de
Revoredo, wife of the Peruvian Air
Attache; Sonora de Illanes, wife of
the First Secretary of the Chilean
and formerly Senorita
Garciela Trucco, daughter of the
former Ambassador from that coun-
try, and Sonora Calixto de Valle.
The guests of honor at the tea
which Sonora de Espinosa gave
were Sonora de Cortes and
Sonora de Quintana, wives of COM
manders in the Chilean Navy, who
have been in Washington on special
and will leave shortly to
return to their homeland.
Another party Monday was the
dinner which the Ecuador Ambas-
sador, Capt. Colon Eloy Alfaro, gave
in honor of the chief of the rural
police of Ecuador, Col. Hector Sal
gado. The dinner was given in the
room at the May
flower and the guests included the
chief of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, Mr.. j. Edgar Hoover,
with number of other officials of
this Government and members of
the Embassy staff. Col. Salgado is
in this country at the invitation of
this Government.