Evening star., 1947-07-10


was Sonora de Martins. Then the
and Sonora de Caceres, the Costa
Gutierrez, the Cuban Ambassador a
bassador and Nine. Bonnet, the Bels
the Italian Ambassador, -Signor A
Ambassador, DR.. Hector David Ca
Nine Koo, the Argentine Ambassat
Bolivian Ambassador and Sonora d
Ambassador, Mr.. Joseph D. Charles.
Still others from the Diplomatic
Corps were the Canadian Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Wrong. the Chilean
Ambassador and Sonora de Nieto
del Rio, the Colombian Ambassador
and Sonora de Restrepo-Jaramillo,
the Dominican Ambassador and
Sonora de Ortega Frier, the Ecua-
dorean Ambassador and Sonora de
Ponce, the Venezuelan Ambassador
and Sonora de Carnevali, the Span
ish Charge d'Affaires and Sonora de
Baraibar, the Uruguayan Charge
dAffaires and Sonora de Mora, and
the British Counselor and Mrs. w.
D. Allen.
Prominent United States officials
at the dinner and reception were
the Ambassador to Peru, Mr.. Prem
tice Cooper; the Ambassador to
Uruguay and Mrs. Ellis o. Briggs,
Senator and Mrs. Arthur H. Van
denberg, the Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs Norman Armour,
the Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Willard L. Thorp. Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom and Mr.. STAN
ley Woodward, Mr. James H.
Wright, Mr.. Milton K. Wells and
Mr.. William Roy Valance, all of
the State Department, with Mrs
Wright and Mrs. Wells, the presi-
dent of the Export Import Bank
and Mrs. William McC Martin,
jr.. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Mar
shall r. Greer and Mr.. George
Maurice Morris.
Peruvian guests at the party in
cluded the Ambassador to the Pan
American Union, DR.. Juan Bau-
tista Lavalle; the members of the
Embassy staff and their wives, the
former Minister Commercial Coun-
selor, Senor Juan Chavez, who is
returning to Lima to become an
ambassador; and the Chief of the
Peruvian Naval Commission and
Sonora de Diaz Dulante
Still other guests were the Di-
rector General of the Pan American
Union and Sonora de Lleras Ca
margo, the president of the Gov
erning Board of the Pan American
Union and Sonora de Rocha, and
Dr.. Victor Andres Belaunde and
Sonora de Belaunde.
ENJOY Makes Presentations
At the Czechoslovak Embassy, the
Ambassador made the formal pres
entations, assisted by the Military
Attache, Brig. Gen. Josef Schejbal.
The ceremony took place shortly be-
fore 5 o'clock and was Immediately
followed by the reception at which
the envoy and his wife were assisted
in receiving by Gen. and Nine.
Schejbal They stood in the draw
ing room, where the awards had
been made, and received the guests
who were mostly officers of the
armed forces of this country and
those of foreign countries attached
to embassies and legations.
Only a portion of those to whom |,
awards have been made by the
Czechoslovak government were pres
ent at the ceremony yesterday. due
to their inability to come to Wash
ington. But they received their
medals and citations from the con- |
sui in the city nearest to their
station or home.
The Order of the White Lion
was presented to Mr.. Sidney S.
Alderman, and is the highest
medal presented by Czechoslo-
vaNa to foreigners. The award
was made to Mr.. Alderman for his
"help and cooperation with the
Czechoslovak authorities before and
during the Nuremberg trials" Mr..
Alderman served with the rank of
lieutenant while acting as Special
Assistant to the Attorney General
Robert H Jackson. He was on leave
from his post as general counsel of
the Southern Railway System.
The Czechoslovak Medal of Merit
was given to Rear Admiral HaWlett
Thebaud, Rear Admiral Thomas B
Inglis. Capt. Floyd F. Ferris, all of
the Navy, and Capt. John L. Callan
of the Naval Reserve Army officers
awarded this Medal of Merit in
cluded Col. Willoughby F. Brazeau,
Col Francis j. Grazing, Col. Hugo
A Kenyon, Col. William M. Dunn
and 1t. Col. Richard Weaver.
The Ambassador presented the
Czechoslovak War Cross, 1899. to
Maj. Gen. William M Hoge of Fort
Belvoir, Maj. Gen. Willard S. Paul,
Col. Raymond E. Bell. Col. Walter
Burnside. Col. Ernest A. BiXby, Col |
John H. Kinds, Col Sherman V. /
Hasbrouck, Col. John c. Whitcomb,
Col. Ralph w. Zwicker, 1t. Col.
James o. Boswell, 1t. Col. Randolph
D. Dickens, 1t. Col Alfred E. Gra-
ham and 1t. Col. Richard L. Mckee. |
The Ambassador and Nine Slavik
will give another reception Tuesday
in honor of delegation of the Sokol
from Czechoslovakia The recep-i
tiQn will be given from to 7 O'Clock
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