Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1942, Page 6

A—4 X Prado Is Greefed At Naval Academy With 21-Gun Salute Midshipman Regiment Holds Full-Dress Parade For Peruvian President By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md,, May 8.—A 21- gun salute reared as President Manuel Prado of Peru arrived today with Peruvian diplomats and offi- cials to visit the United States Naval Academy. Full military honors were ac- corded Dr. Prado who, at President Roosevelt's invitation, is on a good neighbor visit to this cbuntry. He 1s scheduled to tour several war pro- duction centers. Arriving by automobile from Washington, the first South Ameri- can chief executive to visit the United States while in office, was greeted by Rear Admiral John R. Beardall, Academy superintendent and former aide to President Roose- velt. The academy band, assembled on Buchanan road with a marine honor guard, played the Peruvian national anthem. Regiment on Parade. Dr. Prado, following a luncheon at the superintendent’s quarters, was conducted on a tour of the academy. —With a friendly handshake THE EVENING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WELCOMES PERUVIAN PRESIDENT and a warm smile, President STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1942. their left is Secretary of State Hull, who presented Dr. Prado. Between the two chief executives is Capt. John L. McCrea, Roosevelt (right) is shown greeting Dr. Manuel Prado, President of Peru, as the latter arrived at Bolling Field yesterday. At The entire midshipmen regiment naval aide to President Roosevelt. in ful dress will parade on Worden | Field this afternoon in Dr. Prado’s | honor. ‘The visiting President was accom- | ‘'Woman Dies in panied here by R. Henry Norweb, | —Star Staff Photo. made myself known by shouting and | ing custody of their daughter, Muriel signaling and they drove a truck | Helen Weiner. United States Ambassador to Peru, and Army, Navy and State Depart- ment representatives. Peruvian President Spends Night at White House President Manuel Prado of Peru, who was welcomed to Washington yesterday with the pomp and cere- mony due the chief executive of a | friendly nation, today plunged into the program that will occupy him and his official party during a two- week visit to the United States. After breakfasting this morning with the President and Mrs. Roose- velt at the White House, where he was an overnight guest and where he was honored last night by the first state dinner given since the war started, Dr. Prado went to his official residence at Blair House, 1651 Pennsylvania avenue. Dr. Prado was to hold a reception | this afternoon for members of the diplomatic corps at Blair House After his return from Annapolis. Tonight Undersecretary of State Welles will give a dinner at his home, Oxon Hill Manor, in honor of the Peruvian President. Tomorrow Dr. Prado will visit Ar- lington Cemetery in the momning, have luncheon at Blair House, at- tend a reception in his honor at the Pan-American Union, meet the press at the Blair House at 5:30 p.m. and dine at the Peruvian Embassy, where a reception will follow. Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle and Mrs, Berle will enter- tain him at luncheon Sunday, Dr. Prado will “visit the Capitol Monday and address the Senate at noon. He plans to leave Washing- ton for Detroit late Monday after- noon, Guest Warmly Greeted. President Roosevelt, who invited the Peruvian President to visit this country, motored to Bolling Field vesterday afternoon and warmly | greeted his guest. A number of American and Peruvian officials | joined President Roosevelt in the | welcoming ceremonies. The importance of Dr. Prado’s visit was emphasized in the military honors accorded him on his arrival | at Bolling Pield, a formal statement of welcome by President Roosevelt and the state dinner at the White House. “I am particularly happy to wel- | come his excellency, the President | of Peru, to the United States and | to Washington,” the statement by | President Roosevelt said. By the Associated Press, BUFFALO, N. Y., May 8.—An un- identified blond woman, about 30 years oM, perched on an eighth-floor window ledge of the Genesee Hotel in downtown Buffalo yesterday, gathered below and leaped to her ‘The woman, who registered at the tered the eighth-floor woman's rest room, locked the door from the in- | side and crept out onto the ledge. | She sat in the precarious position | for about 20 minutes before jump- ing in view of hundreds of persons | and before firemen and policemen | could effect a rescue. “She just sat on the ledge swing- ing her legs and occasionally an | | arm,” death. | hotel as “M. Miller, Chicago,” en- | 8-Floor Leap After Waving to Crowd Assistant Detective Chief Thomas V. Coyne said. “Then she turned toward the building wall. She grasped the window ventilator with both hands and dropped her legs | over the edge. swung her legs, waved at a crowd | “She just hung there with her back towards the street. It was just a moment, Then, suddenly she let go.” Fingerprints were taken in an at- tempt to establish identity. She was about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed over to me. It was the most gorgeous sight I've ever seen. ‘ “And oh, yes! I found out what caused those flies. There are quite a few cows and steers around that camp.” | Rockville Divorce Sought ROCKVILLE, Md, May 8 (Spe-| | cial) —Mrs. Irma Weiner of silver | Spring has filed suit here for a | divorce from Kurt Weiner of Wash- | ington, charging desertion and ask- REPUBLIC KITTS' Phone 6212 - ‘ 330 G STREET (Middle of Block) OPEN SATURDAY 8 A.M. TO 10P.M. 105 pounds, had brown eyes and | wore a brown print dress. Mr. Coyne asserted a black leather purse containing a $5 bill, some change and what apparently was a rent receipt dated May 5 was found in the rest room. The receipt was signed Nellie Miller. Mosquitoes and By TOM YARBROUGH, Associated Press War Correspondent. AN ADVANCE ALLIED BASE, Australia, May 8.—If the Japanese should try to invade this area they'l ! find more than man-made defenses | —for nature has given the country everything from masquitoes which zip down on you like dive bombers to lacerating spear grass. ‘Take the word of First Lt. Henry Holliday of Athens, Ga., who was lost for 18 hours in the Australian bush only a few miles back from civilization. Lt, Holliday, a 37-year-old sur- geon, had just left a hospital after a bout with dengue fever and taken a new post as doctor for a unit a few miles from this base. “The flies in camp were so bad,” he said, “that I walked out alone| to see what was causing them. Lost for 18 Hours. soon realized I was lost. I had no| knife and I was wearing shorts and | a sleeveless shirt. | “The next 18 hours were the most “This unprecedented visit of the Chief Executive of Peru during his active incumbency in that high| office is a concrete indication of the | strong bonds which today exist be- | tween Peru and the United States. | President Prado’s visit is, I believe, | a splendid example of the friendly | and co-operative relationships be- tween the American republics which are determined to preserve freedom and democracy in the Americas.” Trade Pact Signed. Apparently timed with the ar- rival of Dr. Prado was the signing of a reciprocal trade agreement be- | tween the United States and Peru yesterday. The trade agreement provides for | tariff reductions on some items, binding of other tariff rates and free entry for some commodities. Appended to the trade agreement were the notes exchanged between Secretary of State Hull and David Dasso, Peruvian minister of finance and commerce A Dbig silver-colored transport plane, with the Peruvian flag flutter- ing from its cockpit, landed Presi- dent Prado at Bolling Field to the accompaniment of a 2l-gun salute fired by Battery C, of the B5th Pield Artillery. As he stepped from the plane, the visiting Presi- dent was saluted by a guard of honor, composed of Army, Navy end Marine companies, commanded by Lt. Col. Robert B. Rose of the 167th Infantry. Presidents Are Introduced. President Prado was presented first by George T, Summerlin, State Department chief of protocol, to Secretary of State Hull. The Sec- retary then presented the visiting President to Mr. Roosevelt, who was standing at the door of his auto- mobile President Roosevelt introduced United States officials headed by Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau, Secretary of Commerce Jones, Becretary of Labor Perkins and At- torney General Biddle. Others in the party to welcome Dr. Prado in- cluded Mr. Welles, Undersecretary of War Patterson, Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy Bard, Gen George C. Marshall, Vice Admiral F. J. Horne, assistant chief of Naval Operations; Lt. Gen, Thomas Hol- colmb, commandant of the Marine Corps; Dr. L. S. Rowg, director general of the Pan-American Union, and Dr. Pedro de Alba, assistant di- rector of the Pan-American Union Members of Peruvian Party. Members of the Peruvian party were introduced by Peruvian Am- bassador Freyre y Santander, who accompanis resident Prado on the airplant t from Miami. been close to death several times | in airplanes and automobiles and | on motorcycles and horses. “The most horrible thought of all was that I would die a slow death, eaten up by ants and lizards. 1 prayed to the good Lord and vowed | if I ever got out of this I'd be a | better boy. | “I found anthills 2 or 3 feet | high about every 10 feet. There | | were lizards 2 feet long. ‘were cut up by spear grass which has a barb on the end of the blade; | They were Dr. Francisco Tudela, Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde, Dr. Roberto MacLean Estenos, Senor Carlos Holguin de Lavalle, Dr.| Pedro Bustamente, Gen. of Avia- | tion Fernando Melgar, Capt. of the Navy Jose R. Alzamora, Col. Jose M. | Tamayo and American Ambassador | R. Henry Norweb. Also aboard the plane were these | members of the group which wel- | comed Dr. Prado in Miami: The Peruvian Ambassador, Mr. Summer- lin, Gonzalo N. de Aramburu, di- rector of protocol of the Ministry | of Foreign Affairs of Peru; Brig. | Gen. John B. Coulter, U. S. A, mili- | tary aide to President Prado, and Capt. Paulus P. Powell, U. 8. N, naval aide to President Prado. and It Will Step Up | Pep Up Your Appearance | | Your Morale Spear Grass Among Australia’s 'Defenses’ Georgian Spends Terrifying 18 Hours Lost Just Beyond Civilization my socks got sa full of burrs I had to take them off. *“The night was filled with weird | cries of birds. Some whistled at me like human beings and some | laughed. “Mosquitoes came in swarms and they didn't just buzz and sing—they were dive-bombefs with a mean zip. Heard Noise of Trucks. *When the moon came up I found a tin shed with a two-wheeled cart inside. 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