Evening star., 1948-11-12

NAL. zen. Lyman II. Lcbi1lieHCA, 3i'
William Oliver Roeder of Arling-
ton will become an Honorary Com
panion Of the Most Eminent Oroer
of the Indian Empire.
Honorary Commanders in the Or
der of the British Empire will be
given to twenty officers. Those
living in Washington and its vicin-
ity include Army Maj. Gen. Karl
Truesdell of Chevy Chase, Air Force
Mai. Gen. Grandson Gardner. Air
Force Maj. Gen. Walter E. Todd,
Army Brig. Gen. James E. Moore
of Fort Myer, Army Brig. Gen.
Adam Richmond of Bethesda. Army
Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Timberman,
Air Force Brig. Gen. Jack Weston
Wood of Alexandria, Army Col.
Hugh w. Rowan of Chevy Chase,
Navy Capt. Edward Cornelius Craig
of Alexandria and 1t. Col. Ray j..
Laux of Arlington.
Officers who will receive the degree
Of Honorary Officer in the Order
include Army Brig. Gen. Telford
Taylor of Chevy Chase, Army Col
William Alois Curtin, jr.; Air Corps
Col. Wolcott Loweree Etienne, Air
Force Col. George c. van Nostrand
of Arlington and Army 1t. Col.
Clinton William James of Arlington.
1t. Col. Ida w. Danielson of the
Army Nurse Corps, on duty at Walter
Reed: Army Capt. Margaret E. Mlz-
ner, now Mrs. Glidden, of New York
and Air Force Flight Officer jose
Prime A. M. Dodge are the only
woman officers to receive awards. Col.
Danielson will become an Honorary
Officer in the Order of the British
Empire, Capt. Miner an Honorary
Member of the Order and Flight Or
6cer Dodge a member of the military
division of the Order. Three other
women will be decorated this after
noon, all from out of town. Ihey
are Mrs. Joan Knox of CynWyd, Pa,
and Mrs. Margaret L. Heinsohn, wife
of Mrs. A. G. Heinsohn, jr, of Knox
vile, Tenn, who will receive the
Kings Medal for courage in the
cause of freedom, and Mrs. James
O. Pote- Hunt of New York, who Will
become an officer of the civil divl-
sion of the Order of the British
Empire.
The Ambassador will present the
Distinguished Flying Cross to Royal
Air Force Wing Comdr. John Rlcn-
ard Canham, now on duty in Wash
ington. and United States Air Force
1T Coils. James G. Mcdonald and
Richard B. Uhle, both OF Fails
Church.
French 1t. Cecile Eugene de Mar.
cilly, now living in Alexandria, VIII
receive the Kings Medal for courage
in the cause of freedom, and Gen.
Antonin Hasal of the Czechoslovak
ARMY. now living in Arlington, Will
receive Honorary Commander OF
the ODE.
Chilean ENJOY Host
The Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de Nieto del Rio entertained
a small company yesterday AFTER
noon at tea. The party followed the
presentation of the Order OF Merit
to the Rev. Gustave Weigel, now
professor at Woodstock Jesuit Col
lege near Baltimore. The Ambassa-
dor made the presentation OF the
rank of officer in the Order which
was established by and bears the
name of the liberator and first Pres
ident of Chile, Bernardo . higgins
son of an Irish patriot who was
Viceroy Of Peru.
Father Weigel was honored for his
outstanding service in educational
and social work in Chile While ne
was Dean of the Faculty of the
Catholic University of Santiago and
professor of theology.
The guests we're members OF the
faculty of Georgetown University
where Father Weigel was a profess
sor before going to Chile, officials OF
the State department and members
of abe En1haSSV staff.