Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-09
Italian
General
.F'eted
BY RUTH DEAN

Two Italian bachelors held
the spotlight at the party
given by the Army Assistant
Chief of Staff for Intelligence
and Mrs. Robert A. Schow
last night at the Fort McNair
Officers Club.
One of them was the guest
of honor, Gen. Clemente Pri-
mieri, commander of Allied
Land Forces, Southern Eu-
rope. The other was mis-
chief Of staff. Maj. Gen. Re-
nato de Francesca. who halls
from the city Of Shakespeare's
celebrated play. 1.-TWO Gentle
men from Verona"
Among the early arrivals
going through the line were
the Army Chief Of Staff and
Mrs. Maxwell D. Taylor. Since
the guest of honor speaks no
English, the occasion offered
Gen. Taylor the opportunity
to use his French. which ne
speaks fluently. Mrs. Taylor
joined in with a few Gallo
words herself. both of them
telling the general how much
they enjoyed their visit to
Italy last fall, and especially
Florence.
MimOsa From Italy
The party was held in two
Of the clubs smaller rooms.
which lent an intimate and
homelike atmosphere to the
occasion. A conversation piece
was the buffet tables flower
centerpiece of yellow mimosa,
especially flown in from Italy
where it is in bloom this sea-
son of the year, and white
Snapdragons.
Chatting in one corner were
the Army's Chief of Research
and Development, 1t. Gen. j.
M. Gavin and Mrs. Gavin; 1t.
Gen Carlo Cigliana. the Italian
Military Representative to
NATO. and Mrs. Cigliana, and
the Italian Military Attache
and Signora Leonelli.
Arriving a little later were
the Italian Minister and
Signora Ortona. and Assistant
Secretary of the Army and
Mrs. Frank H. Higgins.
Also seen around the buffet
were the Commanding General
OF the Military District of
Washington and Mrs. John G.
Van Houten. Mrs. Russell L.
Vittrup. the Deputy Italian
Representative to NATO and
Signora Dibitonto. the Italian
Air Attache and Signora
Santini. the Italian Naval At
tache and Signora Aggradi,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. P. D.
Harkins and Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. j. w. Michaelis.
Farewell Luncheon
Another foreign visitor.
Netherlands Navy Secretary
H. c. w. Norman. wound up
a weeks stay here yesterday
as the luncheon guest of Un-
oersecretary Of the Navy
Thomas S. Gates. jr. Among
those attending the Pentagon
farewell luncheon were Sec
rotary Of the Navy Charles s.
Thomas. Netherlands Ambas-
sador van Rotten. Undersecre-
tary Of the Army Charles c.
Finucane, Undersecretary of
the Air Force James H. Doug
las. and high ranking Ameri-
can naval and marine officers
and Dutch naval officers.
Another Out-of-town arrival
Is Indian industrialist j. r. d.
Tata, who was guest OF honor
at a cocktail party given last
night by the Financial Adviser
to the Indian Embassy and
Mrs. Sankaran in their Newark
street home.
Korean Ambassador and
Nine. Yang also entertained
last night at reception and
preview Of the film Battle
Hymn. in honor OF United
States Air Force Col. Dean
Hess. author of the best seller
which inspired making OF the
film. 1t depicts Col. Hess ex-
periences directing Operation
Riddle Car" in Korea in 1850.
when thousands OF children
were successfully transported
from North Korea to South
Korea during the Communist
invasion. The film stars actor
Rock Hudson as Col. Hess.
Secretary Of the Air Force
and Mrs. Donald A. Quarles
and Senator Theodore Francis
Green were among those who
were to attend the reception
in the Motion Picture Associa-
ton auditorium. Also there
were Ambassador and Nine.
Yang's two daughters l6-year-
old Sheila and 10-year-old
Charming.