Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15

net, the Argentine Ambassador and
Sonora de Ivanissevich, the Hon
duran Ambassador and Sonora de
Caceres and the Guatemalan Am
baSsador and Sonora de Garcia
Granados were among those invited
as were the Philippine Ambassador,
Mr.. Joaquin M. Elizalde; the new
Dominican Ambassador and Sonora
de Thomen and Mrs. Andrews, wife
of the South African Minister who Is
in New York.
The other two recipients of the
Cabot awards, DR.. Alberto Lleras,
director general of the Pan Ameri-
can Union, and DR.. David Vela, di-
rector of the Guatemalen news
paper, Ell Impartial, were present
and being congratulated on all sides.
DR.. Carl w. Alderman, dean of the
School of Journalism at Columbia
University and the man who pre-
sented the awards, was there &C
companied by his wife.
The Assistant Secretary of State
Iu1S. INOlllld al k4Ou1 3lCoSSo
the list of State Department officials
and their wives which also included
former Ambassador and Mrs. Paul
Daniels, Mr.. and Mrs. John Cabot,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil B. Lyon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Woodward, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Muir, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. H. Tewksbury. Mr.. and Mrs. Shell
don T. Mills and Mr. Charles Spruks.
Still others who accepted an invi-
tation to this interesting party were
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert CASTOR, Mr..
and Mrs. Lynn Stambaugh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Bell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Gunderson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse johnson.
Host at Buffet Supper
There was more than one reason
for the Ambassador of India. Mr..
Asaf Ali, to entertain at a buffet
supper last evening. In the first
place, it was the fifty-eighth birth
day of the Prime Minister of the
Dominion of India, Mr.. Pandit
Nehru. The washington reason"
was Mr.. George R. Merrell and his
sister, Miss Ruth Merrell.
Mr.. Merrell recently returned
from New Delhi, where he was
United States Minister. While in
Washington, Mr.. Merrell and his
sister are staying at the Mayf1ower.
And since they are here. it gave the
Ambassador a chance to entertain
for them before Mr.. Merrell takes
over his new post as Minister from
the United States to Adds Ababa.
Mrs. Ali was not present for the
party. She is in Mexico attending
the UNESCO conference.
The Secretary of Defense and
Mrs. Forrestal dropped by later in
the evening after attending another
dinner party. Among others invited
were the Undersecretary of State
and Mrs. Lovett, Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court and Mrs.
Frankfurter, Mr.. and Mrs. 10y Hen
derson, the Brazilian Ambassador,
Mr.. Carlos Martins, and his daugh-
ter, Nora; the Canadian Ambassador
and Mrs. Hume Wrong, the Turkish
Ambassador, Mr.. Huseyin Ragip
Baydur; Nine Wellington Koo, wife
of the Chinese Ambassador, and
the Australian Ambassador, Mr.. AL
fred Stirling, and his sister, Miss
Dorothy Stirling.
Also asked were the Minister Of
Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Asad AL
Faqih the Irish Minister and Mrs.
human, the Polish Ambassador and
Mrs. Winiewicz, the British Minister
and Lady MagoWn, the French
Minister and Nine. Lacoste, Nine.
El-Khouri, wife of the Syrian Min
lister; the Philippine Ambassador,
Mr.. Joaquin NJ Elizalde, and the
Mexican Charge d'Affaires and
S. Sonora de la Colina.
Still others were Mr.. Bernard
Baruch, Senator and Mrs. Ebert
Thomas, Senator and Mrs. Claude
Pepper, Senator and Mrs. Wallace
H. White, Gen. and Mrs. Frank r.
Mccoy, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson T.
johnson, and Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Philip Fleming. Coming down from
New York for the occasion were
DR.. Gobind Behari Lal, and the
following delegates from India to
the United Nations-Raja Sir Ma
haraj Singh, Mr.. Justice Frazil Ali,
Mr.. and Mrs M. K. Vellodi and Mr..
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