Evening star., 1948-10-17

o'clock fete yesterday which the Co.
lombian Ambassador and Sonora de
Restrepo-Jaramillo gave. Invita-
tions were issued by telephone as
their guest Of honor, Gen. Miguel
Sanjuan, chief of staff Of the Co
lombian Air Force, gave only "a
hours notice of his arrival. How
ever, the Ambassador and Sonora
de Restrepo-Jaramillo, gathered to-
gether some 200 or more high-rank-
ing officers of the United States
Army and Air Forces, heads OF Latin
American diplomatic missions and
military and air attaches.
The Dominican Ambassador and
Sonora de Thomen came back yes
terday from a fortnight's stay in
Mexico City. They already have
plans under way for celebration
Sunday. October "a, of the birthday
anniversary of their President, Gen.
Trujillo. The party will be given in
their handsome embassy on Six
teenth street. Guests will be invited
at II o'clock in the morning to hear
q program which Senorita Manuelo
Jimenez, outstanding pianist of the
Dominican Republic, will give.
Senorita Jimenez will come down
from New York and will be the
house guest of the Ambassador and
Sonora de Thomen over Sunday.
Her program will be followed by a
buffet luncheon.
Nine. Munthe de Morgenstierne,
wife Of the Norwegian Ambassador
was hostess yesterday afternoon to
the ladies who accompanied Nor
wegian delegates to the sixth annual
convention of the Brotherhoods of
the Lutheran Church.
Nine. de Kaufman, wife of the
Danish Ambassador, had q similar
fete at her embassy for. the ladies
who accompanied delegates from
Denmark to the convention.
Diplomatic Travellers
The Greek Ambassador and Nine.
Dendramis are expected back from
their Canadian trip today or early
tomorrow. They made brief visits
In Mexico City and Cuba and
stopped here for q day en- route
to the Dominion. They probably
will arrange a farewell party for
the popular First Secretary, Mr..
Alexis S. Liatis and Mime. Liatis,
who will leave Washington early in
November for their homeland. The
party will be limited to members of
the embassy staff. Mr.. Liatis will
report to the Foreign Ofice in
Athens and will be transferred to
the Island of Cyprus TO serve as
consul general.
Mr.. John Frantze, now first sec
retary of the Greek Legation in
South Africa, will take the post oi
Mr.. Liatis here and is expected tc
arrive the middle of next month.
The Venezuelan Ambassador, DR.
Gonzalo Carnevali, will join Sonora
de Carnevali in the Embassy the
middle of the week after a short va.
cation in his homeland.
The Philippine Ambassador, Mr.
Joaquin M. Elizalde, will leave the
end of this week for Manila, where
he will be for several weeks. He re.
turned the middle of last week from
Havana, we're he went for the in
auguration of the new Cuban Presi-
dent.
The Ambassador was accompanied
to the ceremonies by the Second
Secretary and Mrs. Tomas Benetiz
the Third Secretary, Mr.. Reynaldc
Lardizabal; the Attache, Mr.. Abe
lardo L. Valencia, and Miss Enys
Gonzalez, the leading soprano solo.
ist Of the Philippines. Miss Con-
zalez returned with the party ano
Is staying over the week end before
starting back to her homeland by
way of New York.
Following the formal reception
after the inaugural ceremonies the
Ambassador entertained the group
at supper at Sans Souci, one of the
popular night clubs of the Cuban
capital. Miss Gonzalez was recog-
nized by one of the musicians ap-
pearing In the floor show, and in
vited to sing, and she gave several
Of her native songs. As they were
leaving Sans Souci the Ambassador
discovered a piano in the hall and
as he waited for his guests sat down
to play popular tune. Miss Con-
zalez Joined him and sang the song
An audience gathered and they were
obliged to give several other of their
native compositions.
The new Swedish Ambassador
Miss W0tbershO0m