Evening star., 1953-05-02
The MuriIIos
Entertained:
Other Fetes
By Kothorine M. Brooks

BY Kothorine N. Brooks
The new vice-director of the
Inter-American Defense Board.
1t. Col. Eliadoro Murillo and
Sonora de Murillo, were guests
Of honor at a buffet supper last
evening. Their hosts were the
former Vice-director of the
Board, Capt. Lius A. Baquera and
Sonora de Baquera. Col. Murillo
is Assistant Military Attache Of
the Bolivian embassy as we'll as
his country's representative on
the Board, and Capt. Baquera
is Naval Attache Of the Colom-
bian Embassy and also is his
country's representative on the
Board.
Colombian Ambassador Cipri-
ano Restrepo-Jeramillo and Bo-
livian Ambassador and Sonora
de Andrade were among the sew
eral hundred guests. The Armed
Services predominated in the
company and included United
States 1t, Gen. Howard A. Craig.
new chairman of the Board, and
Mrs. Craig, and the vice chair
man. Brig. Gen. Carlos Mon
tanaro, Paraguay member of the
Board. The director of the staff
Of the Board, U. S. Army Brig.
Gen. Andrew c. Tyschen was
there and in addition the secre-
tary. Col. Calexto Vale and vice
secretary, 1t. Col. Ruben M.
Macchi and Sonora de Macchi.
Armed forces attaches Of the
20 Latin American Republics
were included as well as num-
bers of officers of the United
States forces. Guests were re-
ceived by Capt. and Sonora de
Baquera and Col. and Sonora de
Murillo in the drawing room on
the second floor of the Inter-
American Defense Board head
quarters at 2600 10Th street. The
buffet table was laid in the ball
room and two bars were set up
in the dining room and in the
ballroom.
Burmese Party
Burmese Ambassador and Mrs.
James Darlington will entertain
at dinner this evening in honor
Of the newly-appointed United
States Ambassador to Japan and
Mrs. John M. Allison. The Am
bassador- designate is former AS
sistant Secretary of State and
with Mrs. Allison has many
friends in the Capital. Guests
this evening will number 16.
u and Mrs. Khin were hosts
last evening entertaining at din
ner in their home on Jones
Road in Chevy Chase
honoring the First Secretary Of
the Burmese embassy in Thai
land, U Tin Maung. The honor
guest is former First Secretary
at the embassy in Washington
and is in this country on an
educational mission and will re-
turn to Bangkok shortly.
Others at the typically Burm-
ese dinner last evening were Mr..
and Mrs. William D. Lee, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Spangler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Feltan Watson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wendell Blancke and their
house guest, Miss Rosenberg Of
New York; Mr.. and Mrs. G. z.
Elshore, Col. and Mrs. Samuel
E. Roberts, who shortly will leave
for Burma where the former has
been appointed Military Attache;
Miss Violet Faulkner and Maj.
John D. Carter, newly appointed
Assistant Military Attache at the
United States embassy in Burma.
Another, Porty Yesterday
The resident Commissioner Of
Puerto Rico and Mrs. Antonio
Fernos-ISern gave a late after
noon reception yesterday at
Wardman Park Hotel when their
guests included a number of the
Commissioners colleagues in the
lower house of Congress. Among
these were Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Engle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne N. Aspin-
wall, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B.
Hoeven, Mr.. and Mrs. William S.
Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. George M.
Grant, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold G..
Lovre and their daughter, Miss
Carmen Nedra Lovre; Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Albert. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Carl Andersen and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley d'Ewart.
Honduran Ambassador and
Sonora de Vale were in the COM
pany last evening and also Miss
Diana Alfonso of Santurce, P. r.,
the Puerto Rican princess in the
recent Cherry Blossom Festival
as we'll as the princess last year
from Puerto Rico, Miss Teresita
Santini.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Wheat
ley were among the guests and
during the party Mr.. Wheatley
made the presentation of the
cup for the first prize for the
Puerto Rican float in the Cherry
Blossom Parade. Commissioner
Fernos- -Isern accepted the award
for the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico. Mr.. Wheatley was chair
man Of the festival this year.
Additional Society on