Evening star., 1948-07-20

FareWellS are being said by Uni
formal parties. Some of these festi
representatives of the countries to v
assigned. The Guatemalan Ambass
were hosts last evening at one of tt
compliment to the newly appointed
bassy in Bogota, Colombia and, M
has been chief of the Central Amer
of the Office of American Republic
some time. He and Mrs. Newbegin
New Hampshire for several weeks v
for Colombia the end of August.
Ambassadors of other Central
American Republics, Honduras,
Costa Rica and Ell Salvador, with
their wives were the ranking guests
at the party. State Department Of
ficials-those of the Office of Amer
lean Republics Affairs-and men,
bers of the Guatemalan Embassy
staff completed the company of so.
Dinner was served from long buf-
fet table in the handsomely paneled
dining room of the Embassy on
Eighteenth street. Small tables
were placed in the large and small
drawing rooms for the comfort of
the guests.
The Ambassador and Sonora de
Gonzalez-Arevalo came into Wash
ington yesterday morning from
Rehoboth Beach, where they have
a cottage for the season. The Am
bassador was among the many for
eign diplomats who paid tribute to
the late Gen. John J. Pershing
yesterday afternoon.
COwens Fefed Here
The newly appointed United
States Ambassador to Australia and
Mrs. Myron Melvin Cowen were in
Washington for a day or so, long
enough for the Australian Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Norman N. o. Maxim
to arrange an informal dinner party
for them last evening. The Makins
got back only over the week end
from California, Mrs Maxim having
reached there from lengthy visit
in Australia only fortnight ago.
The United States Ambassador
designate and Mrs. Cowen went
back to their New York home last
night and expect to take off by
plane Sunday for his new post.
This will be Mr.. Cowen's first
diplomatic assignment.
Guests at dinner included the
former United States Ambassador
to Australia and Mrs Nelson T.
johnson, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John
A. Chapman, Mr.. Arthur Richards,
Mr.. Harry Bland and the Economic
Counselor of the embassy and Mrs.
Roland Wilson. Other members of
the embassy staff and their wives
joined the company after dinner.
The newly appointed United
States Ambassador to India and
Mrs. 10y Henderson are making
plans for several weeks rest and
vacation in New England and prob
ably will be off the end of next week
or early the following week. He does
not plan to start the journey to New
Delhi much before the first of Sep
tember. Among the numerous small
and informal fetes for them was
the dinner Sunday evening which
Mr. and Mrs Jamished Besugar
gave at the Shoreham. Sharing
honors with the Hendersons were
Sir Homi Modi and Lady Modi who
are guests of the hosts at the
Shoreham.
Sir Homi and Lady Modi dined
last evening with the Indian Charge
d'Affaires and Nine. Nehru.
Indian ENJOY Due
The newly appointed Indian Am
bassador, Sir Rama Rau, has
reached London on his way to
Washington and is expected to
arrive in this Capital by the end of
the week. He is accompanied by
Lady Rama Rau and their daugh-
ter, Miss Santha Rama Rau.
AiiotiicA PdAty yCoVIudy 1Ol
ENJOYS of good will was the lunch
con for which the former United
States Ambassador to the Argentine
and Mrs Robert Woods Bliss were
hosts. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss are
In their California home for the
summer and will not be back before
the end of September or early Oc-
tooer. However, Mr.. Bliss who was
a member of the American Field
Service during the 1917-18 war has
kept lively interest in its activities
ever since. So when it was known
that a group of students holding
scholarships sponsored by the Field
Service was coming to Washington
he wanted to entertain them. The
luncheon yesterday was given at
the United Nations Club, Prof
Bruce Hopper of Harvard Univer-
slty, member of the Field Service
during the 1917-18 war, acted as
host for Mr.. Bliss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Zeigler, who
are travelling with the students, were
guests at the luncheon. Mr.. and
Mrs. zeigler are taking motion pic
lures Of the students while on tour
which will be sent to foreign coun-
tries to inspire interest in the schol-
arShip contests of the American
Field Service. The Service has un-
dertaken these contests as its prime
project for peacetime.
The students in this group, tnclud-
Ing several girls, number % ane
represent seven countries, Czecho-
slovakia, England, France, Greece
Netherlands, Norway and Syria
They hurried their schedule so as tc
arrive in Washington in time to pay
their respects to the late Gen. Per-
shing before going to the Club fol-
luncheon. Last evening they were
guests at dinner at the University
of Maryland, where they are stay.
ing while visiting the Capital. AS
sistant Secretary of State, MIR
George Allen, was the guest speake
last evening and of tho 11,pcb