Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1928, Page 20

T J TR . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. VAL PARTYE ISOCIETY |5 i teom: WALLACE RE-ELECTED | recital. Miss Thompson's hostess, Mrs. BY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP Willlam Lee Corbin, will entertain a | small party at luncheon today in her| (Continued From Nineteenth Page) | honor, and tomorrow morning, she wil {be the guest of Mrs. Lyman B. Sworm< thousands of garments will be on ex-|stedt at the Twentieth Century Club. hibition and a social half-hour will | Miss Thompson is a graduate of Vassar. PRI | ollow the formal mecting, when the|anq a sister of Vance Thompson, noted officers of the District of Columbia | essayist and novelist. | branch meet those in attendance, C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1928. Other Officers of Washington Trade | Association Are Renamed for Coming Year. it s Shimseon d Edg'ard lf\‘l.!Wnnaco was reA-elecmd . . ast season, OMps made a|president of the Washington Automo- Swedish Princes and Other| . ... .omi=7 Saish of Montana | 0T Of the World, appearing in Jeru- | Hve Teade: Asocintins mioe mostiommos - Cfl‘gc 'Ku“é"gt im-m B-; e Womar's ;n]li*m und&r ll;e Fnakdl'nr!\{fi’zo Iurl Lad&' !-bnrgamzation last night at the City ieti H o . & veekly | Plumer, wife of Fiels arsha! rd | Club. Distinguished Guests Leave |National"~ Democratic Glub's weekly | plumer. the British high commis Other re-clections included Fred Hal- . ler, first vice president; Whitney Leary, for Niagara Falls. luncheon yesterday. He spoke on the | of . Palestine. World Court and its relation to the | second vice president; Louls 8. Jullien, treasurer, and L. S. Carl, secretary. Kellogg-Briand_treaty. Mrs. J. Borden Harriman presided e L e allotment_ for the coming automobile REPAIR MENDEZ PLANE. and introduced the speaker. Some of After a whirlwind visit in Washing- ton, the Swedish royal party, which in- cluded Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Prince Sigvard, sons of the Crown Prince, and Count Folke Bernadotte of ‘Wishborg, nephew to the King of Swe- den, and his bride of three days, the former Miss Estelle Manville, left on the midnight express for Niagara Falls, N. Y. Prince Adolphus, who s heir pre- those attending the luncheon were the Senator’s daughter, Mrs, Emmett Gud- U. S. Army Experts Aid Colombian | ger, Maj. and Mrs. P. Ohearn, Mr. C. G. Latimer, Mr. and Mrs. George B. in Work on Ship. McClellan, Mrs. Sidney Colman, Mrs. g Letts, Mrs. David_ Tucker Brown, Mrs.| PANAMA, December 4 (#).—United Samuel Jordan Graham, Mrs. Henry |States Army experts were working to- e e . i Dod s, | 437 to Tepair the plane in which Lieut. McClintock, Mrs. W. D. Sterrett, Mr.|Benjamin ‘Mendez was flying from New and Mrs. William R. McGarry, M. | York to Bogota, Colombia. The plane and Mrs. Frank Bright, Mrs. RoSe |sank Saturday when the Colombian air- Yates Forrester, Mrs. Harry N. Rick( man brought it down on the surface of { show, January 26 to February 2, at the Was gton Auditorium. The annual dinner will be held De- cember 12, at the Mayflower Hotel. CANAL TOLLS INCREASE. | Panama Waterway Reports $23,- 932,933 Revenue in 11 Months. PANAMA, December 4 (£).—Panama Christmas Gifts at Practical Prices sumptive to the Swedish throne, had | Mrs. George M. Eckels, Mrs. D. the bay at Colon. He and his mechanic | Canal traffic for the 11 months of the expressed the wish that his brief stay in the Capital be as informal as pos- sible and his wishes were carried out even to the extent of the reception of the visitors at the White House. Prince Adolphus is understood to have admir- ed greatly the democratic simplicity of the White House atmosphere and enjoyed the pleasant hours spent Wwith the President and Mrs. Coolidge. Before their departure last night Minister Bostrom of Sweden and Mme. Bostrom entertained at dinner, follow- ed by a reception for the visitors, at the legation at 2249 R street. The lat- ter was marked by a representative attendance of official and diplomatic society. ‘While the two princes were taking in as much of the Capital as their lim- ited time permitted, enjoying the beau- ties of Mount Vernon and Arlington, the bride and groom spent the day quietly to themselves. They were lunch- eon guests at the White House and lat- er at the legation. The entire party will remain at Niagara Falls for several days, it is understood, before sailing for Sweden and home, December 8. BRUTALITIES IN SPORT ASSAILED BY LEAGUE Prize Fighting, Bear Baiting, Fox Hunting and Bull Fighting Denounced. Discussing -“brutalities committed in the name of amusement,” speakers last night before the new League Against Cruel Sports and Practices, meeting at St. Thomas’ Parish Hall, assailed prize fighting, bear baiting, fox hunting and bull fighting. ‘The necessities of modern life inflict suffering enough, Charles Edward Rus- sell, novelist, told the meeting, without visiting torture on men and animals in the pursuit of sport. Big game hunting for the sake of the trophy and the practice of trap- ping northern animals for women's furs were arraigned by Comdr. Edward Breck, U. S. N, retired, president of the league. MEXICAN HEL.D FOR PROBE Man Charged With Threat Against Gen. Obregon’s Widow. MEXICO CITY, December 4 (#).— Dispatches from Mazatlan today said that Gumerhindo Belanga had been arrested by military authorities in So- nora, charged with threatening the wid. ow of Gen. Alvaro Obregon. The man was said to have told the widow that he would invoke a curse on her children if she did not use her good offices with President Portes Gil to save Jose De Leon Toral from exe- cution for the murder. Documents Spencer, Miss Cornelia Bassel, Mrs. Ray | were rescued by a launch. . J. A. Wells, Mrs, . O, Elizabeth F, Boy Palmer, M Dill, M Roland Mahony, Mrs. E. A. Stuart, | Miss K. E. Dumbell, Mrs. Huston |twisted and several re-enforcing tubes'5496 transi Thompson, Mrs. E. H. Jackson, Mrs. J. F. Nugent, Miss Lillian Otto. Mrs. Bertram _Chesterman, Mrs. W. B. Roberts, Mrs. J. Davis Brodhead and a number of others. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morganthaw of the Portsmouth Apartments have returned from spending Thanksgiving and the week end with relatives in York, Pa. ‘The Oriental art series at the studio of Miss Catherine Carter Critcher, 1603 Connecticut avenue northwest, will be continued tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, when Miss Gertrude Richard- son Brigham will speak on ‘“Japan-— Its Art and Ideals,” illustrated with material personally collected. Miss Blondelle Malone will lend her paint- ings of Japan, including the fine one of “Fujiyama.” Japanese tea will be served. The tea is open to visitors, | Mrs. Walter Miles of Constitution Chapter will entertain tomorrow at 2.30 o'clock at her hame, 3907 Jocelyn street, Chevy Chase, D. C., the State Better Films Committee, D. A. R. The chairman, Mrs. Frank Morrison, will preside and Mrs. E. Grattan Kerans and Mrs, George Gillingham will speak, and Mrs. David H. Kincheloe, wife of Representative Kincheloe of Kentucky, will give a group of songs. 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