Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Service News
BY Evelyn M. Dent

American Defense Board, MAJ.
Gen. Robert L. Walsh, and Mrs.
Walsh will be hosts at a recep-
ton on Wednesday from $50
to $3.50 o'clock at the Headquar-
tiers Of the Board, 1900 Sixteenth
street. Their honor guests will
be the Commandant Of the Ma
tional War College, 1t. Gen.
Howard A. Craig and Mrs. Craig.
Guests for the most part will
be members of the Latin-Ameri-
can Diplomatic Corps and rank
ing Armed Forces personnel as
ISOLATED with Latin-American
affairs.
This afternoon Gen. and Mrs.
Walsh are entertaining for the
new members of the Brazilian
Commission and their wives. The
party will be given in their
charming home on Thirty-t third
street.
To Shore Honors
Brig. Francisco Mello, air at
tache of Brazil, and Gen. Jose
Bina Machado, military attache
here when a colonel, will share
honors with the new chairman
for the United States section,
Maj. Gen. Robert M. Webster.
This afternoon will afford the
new members and their wives an
opportunity to extend their cir
Gle of friends, as well as welcome
home Gen. and Mrs. Webster.
They arrived in town at the end
of January from their previous
post in Rio de Janiero.
Gen. and Mrs. Webster have
found an apartment in Presi-
dental Gardens, where they will
stay until they can find larger
quarters.
Retiring Saturday
Gen. Walsh will retire on Sat-
urday, Gen. Craig is expected to
succeed him as chairman of the
board, and Gen. Webster is re-
placing him on the Brazilian
Commission.
Gen. and Mrs. Walsh will re-
main here. Their family history
is bound up in that of the Ma
TONS Capital. They will not,
however, cease to work for the
cause of hemisphere solidarity
which they both have so ardently
espoused.
The Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations and Administration,
1t. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe
and Mrs. McAuliffe have issued
invitations for a small black tie
dinner in their quarters. Fort
Lesley j. McNair on Tuesday.
Their honor guests will be the
Secretary of the Army and Mrs.
Robert T. Stevens.
The McAuliffeS could, if they
wished, move to larger quarters
at Fort Myer, now that Gen.
McAuliffe is third ranking officer
in the Office of chief of staff.
They are not going to though,
preferring to stay in the delight
full quarters they now have at
Fort MCNair.
Stoyine at Foirfox
Vice Admiral and Mrs. Charles
McMorriS are in town for a
month or six weeks, and are
staying at the Fairfax. Today
Miss Emily Tevis Chase and her
sister, Miss Mamie Chase are
entertaining in their honor from
6 to 8 o'clock in their apartment
at the WeStchester.
Admiral McMorris retired last
August while he was in COM
mand at Pearl Harbor. Their
house is still in readiness there
for them when they choose to
return. In the meantime they
are seeing all their old friends
here, and hope to be on hand
to welcome their son and daugh-
ter-in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs. David
McMorriS, who are expected
from Mr.. McMorris' foreign serv-
ice post in Chile.
Admiral and Mrs. McMorriS
are looking forward to greeting
their grandsons, .. Michael and
Carlos, when they arrive from
Chile and hope that they will
be here in time for the family
to be together in their house in
Marietta, Pa.
Chief of the Air Force Medi-