Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-07-09
' MARY e. BOSTWICK
Star Staff Writer

| Bedford, Ind. June II Repre-
sentatives of ~ foreign countries
received mementoes Of the Indiana
Limestone Centennial here today,
but they couldn't carry them away
in their pockets.
They we're 1,100-pound blocks of
Indiana limestone, symbolic cor
nerstones of freedom, which later
will be sent to the II countries
after they have been inscribed with
selected notices in the language
and alphabet of the country.
Bedford, in the fouth day of its
celebration, was in fiesta spirit,
and crowds solidly packed the east
side of the square, where the speak
ers stand had been erected against
the wall of the limestone Lawrence
county courthouse. Massed flags of
the II countries and of the United
States formed a colorful backdrop
to the ceremony of the cornerstone,
and of the polished metal plaques
that will be affixed to them.
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER was Hen
ry Charles Spruck, senior officer
at the State Department. He was
first to stress the need for closer
cooperation between the nations Of
the world, pointing out that "We
now live closer than ever before to
our neighbors, and foreign affairs
are everybody's affairs"
The program was opened by Kent
Bass, general chairman of the Cen
tennial Celebration Committee. May
or Ivan Brinegar, extended greet
ings, and other speakers included
Representative in Congress Earl
Wilson, 9th District, United States
Senator William Jenner, and VIM.
G.. Riley, president of the Indiana
Limestone Co.
THE CEREMONY of presenting
the cornerstone Of freedom was
colorful with each block Of stone
mounted on an elaborately decorated
jeep. The foreign representative, be-
ginning with DIR. G. Gudemus, secre-
tary of the Austrian legation at
Washington, was introduced by Sen
Jenner, presented with the PLAGUE
and laid it on the block, later MAX
ing a short speech of thanks in his
own language, and also in English
Each jeep also carried as a passen-
ger a pretty girl, and the first one
carried Centennial Queen Peggy
Sowders,u in a cut little white pique
dress trimmed with white eyelet-
embroidery.
The countries representatives re-
ceived the placques and cornerstone
in alphabetical order after Aus
tria, came Maurice Heyne, minister
plenipotentiary from B g I'm at
Washington; U Tin Maung, secretary
of the Burma embassy at Washing
ton; Christopher West, Canadian con-
sui, Chicago; Paul Scheel, consul
general for Denmark at Chicago;
j. J. Viala, consul for France at
Chicago; P. Tringhetas, Greek con-
sul-general at Chicago; DR.. Mark
Schapiro, consul for Honduras at
Chicago; M. Nemamazee, lranian
commercial attache at Washington;
DR.. Maurilio Varala, Italian acting
general consul at Chicago; c. D.
B. King, Liberian minister at Wash
ington; Petras Dauzvardis, consul
for Lithuania at Chicago; Sigurd
Maseng, Norwegian consul at Chi
cago; Leopoldo T. Ruiz, consul for
the Philippine Island at Chicago;
Mohammed Mushtasib of the Saudi
Arabia legation at Washington, and
Manuel Alvarez Reymunde, CONSUL
and Manuel Lopez, chancellor, from
the Spanish consulate at Chicago.
AS EACH representative stepped
forward bars from the National
anthem of his native land were
played. They all got plenty of ap-
plause, but Mr.. King, Liberian min
ister, got more applause than any
one else.
Music was provided by the Johnny
Jones 15-piece orchestra, and also
the Kaiser-Frazer quartet from Will
low Run, Mich, which flew to India
napolis from Detroit, and then flew