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TWELVE PAGES. WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 10, 1943. Statesman Awaited Popular Brides-Elect Senor Guani Engagements Will Arrive Hold Official Here Jan. 23 Set Interest Vice President- Miss Ann Wickard Elect of Uruguay And Kathleen Bell Is to Be Feted Betrothed p Among The Vice President-elect of Officialdom will focus much at- tention on the announce- Uruguay, Senor Alberto Guani, today ments of two engagements, one will arrive in Satur- Washington in the cabinet circle and the day morning, January 23, as the other in the little cabinet set. guest of the United States. Senor The Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Claude R. Wickard to- Guani now is Minister of Foreign day are announcing the betrothal Affairs of his country and his of their daughter, Miss Ann visit to this Capital is in that Louise Wickard, to Ensign Jean dual capacity. He will stay at V. Pickart, U. S. N. R.. son of Mr. the Mayflower Hotel, where the and Mrs. Walter Pickart of Gary, Ind. Uruguay Ambassador and Senora Miss Wickard now is attending de Blanco make their home, as Purdue University where she is the historic Blair House, official a senior in the school of home home for distinguished visitors, is economics and a member of in the throes of repairing. The Kappa Kappa Gamma. Her fiance is a of the school repairs are urgently needed and graduate the house will be closed until the of engineering at the same uni- and a member of work is completed—and priori- versity Kappa He now is at the Holly- ties being what they are it will Sigma. wood In be some weeks before the house Training School, Holly- Fla. will be livable again. wood, The Vice President-elect will Miss Kathleen Bell is the bride- be entertained at luncheon the elect in the little cabinet group, his arrival the day of by Gov- her parents, the Undersecretary Board of the Pan-Amer- erning of the Treasury and Mrs. Daniel ican Union, of which the Secre- W. Bell, today announcing her of Cordell Hull, is tary State, engagement to Capt. James Ber- chairman. Secretary Hull will CHECKING A FEATURE. AT USO LOUNGE. nard Via, U. S. A., now attached and those the preside attending Mrs. Frederick IV. McMahon to an anti-aircraft unit. include Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland luncheon will the other checks the overcoat of Pvt. Miss Bell made her debut in members of the board who (left) and Mrs. H. Conger rep- Robert Whitman, a visitor at Washington at a reception in resent the 20 other American Pratt (right) assist Staff the lounge. Luggage as well 1940 at the Army Navy Country with the United Sergt. Melvin Dieter in select- republics which, as wraps may be checked by Club. She Is a graduate of the ing a magazine to read while States, form the union. servicemen at this popular Potomac School, Miss Madeira's awaiting train time in the utner parties to oe pianneo ior and now is a junior at Smith at Union place. lounge Station...... the visitor will include a luncheon |i-----— College. at the Capitol which the Vice Capt. Via is the son of Dr. and President, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, W omen Mrs. Bernard Starr Via of Cov- will give following Senor Guam's Margaret Wallin Leading ington, Va. He was graduated visit to the Senate and the House from V. P. I. in 1940 and is a of Representatives. The Secre- Bride in Assure Success member of the Omicron Delta tary of State undoubtedly will be Today Kappa and Alpha Zeta Fra- a personal host, entertaining in Of USO ternities. addition to presiding at the lunch Bolivia Wedding Lounge No date has been set for the at the Pan-American Union. Volunteers Work wedding. The Ambassador and Senora Weds J. A. Gasque, The Undersecretary and Mrs. Bell had de Blanco will give a reception Son of the Late At Union Station planned to make the announcement at a tea this in honor of their countryman, To Aid Servicemen entertaining at the Mayflower Representative afternoon, but due to the latest Tuesday, January 26, and the Wives of officials gasoline restrictions, the party In a large and lovely garden in leading and Uruguayan official will leave the officers of the was canceled. La Paz, Bolivia, a wedding of high-ranking Army following day for Canada. He forces are enthusiastic in giving much interest in the Capital is Many other engagements will will make visits in Ottawa and their time to assure the contin- taking place this morning. The attract interest in the Capital to- Montreal before starting south- ued success of the is Mr. John Allard USO Lounge bridegroom day. Lt. Col. T. S. Halstead an- ward to return to his homeland. at Union Station. Rain or shine Gasque, Vice Consul to Bolivia, nounces the engagement of his The Ambassador is expected to you will find these volunteers do- and his bride is Miss Margaret daughter, Miss Mary Frances go to Miami to meet Senor Guani ing their tour of duty at the Wallin, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Halstead, to Mr. Clytus Allen and him to lounge, which is operated by the accompany Washing- Wallin, formerly of Minnesota Freeman, jr., of Brentwood, Md. ton and when he leaves the Travelers Aid and is one of the Cap- and now living on their estate in No date has been set for the ital the Ambassador mast popular and helpful havens probably La Paz, where the ceremony is wedding. will him to the north- for servicemen arriving in or accompany taking place. the ern boundary of this country, leaving Capital. Mr. and Mrs. James D. Mr. Is the son of Mrs. Draper Senora de Blanco in their Gasque VOLUNTEERS SERIOUS OVER THEIR DUTIES AT SERVICEMEN’S HAVEN. Joining At the lounge, operated 24 of Silver Spring announce the Allard H. Gasque and the late Mrs. L. Mason in Mayflower apartment during the uulick, charge of the volunteers at the Treglown, Mrs. D. and Mrs. Jeannette Lowe. hours a servicemen of South Cary Langhorne day. may engagement of their daughter, Representative Gasque Union Station where hundreds men the following week end. center, of of service find Mrs. Lowe is director of the lounge which is operated the check their bags, rest awhile, Miss Ruth to Carolina. His mother now is by Virginia Draper, relaxation and is with three r The Ambassador and Senora helpful information, pictured of the Travelers’ Aid. visiting her brother-in-law and faithful workers. to right) Mrs. Mrs. Edward (See USO LOUNGE, Page D-4.) 6j" congressional and residential cir- By the Way— Holiday Stay cles. The bridegroom is a gradu- ■ ■ ■ ■■ Beth Blaine -- In New York City Marcia Post ate of the Citadel and the Uni- Ensign of South Carolina. After Mme. Hurban, wife of the versity It was a little less than two the expenses of running the club. Czechoslovak Minister, has re- receiving his law degree at the It is so well that not to years ago that Mrs. Julian managed Engaged Marry latter he turned to the Legation after university entered the a ever seems to be wasted wife then Chief of penny service of Schley, of the spending Christmas and the holi- Ensign Cammann foreign this country. and still you get the most for He recently has been to Engineers, U. A. S., asked Mrs. days with her family in New Mrs. Isaac Judson Boothe an- assigned your money. For 1943 the entire York. Mme. the new consulate at Cocha- Fowler Hurban accompanied nounces the of her Raymond to fulfill her budget for the Soldiers, Sailors engagement the Minister to the field where is sec- from Marcia bamda, Bolivia, he unexpired term as president of the Marines’ Club will come from granddaughter, Ensign which he took off for ond in command. the and England de Forest Post, U. S. N. R„ to Soldiers, Sailors Marines’ the Community War Fund. The bride is a shortly before Christmas and Van Rensselaer graduate of Club, as her husband was going Although Mrs. Fowler's job is Ensign Schuyler after him land- Mount She has traveled out as Chief of bidding “happy U. S. N. R. Holyoke. Engineers and a volunteer one, it’s certainly Cammann. her mother and sis- and is an were ings’’ joined The bride-elect is the extensively accom- they going to Savannah to full time. She has to get up daugh- ter, Mrs. Boor and Miss Vera plished linguist. nve. Ana it is every morning ter of Mr. Charles Addison Post Boor in New York. Mr. and his bride will a tri- of Providence. R. I., and Mrs. Gasque striking at 6:30 in or- their The Minister the Marcia de Forest Post of Hamil- spend honeymoon in South- bute to Mrs. der to get accompanied ern Chile and their Fowler's abili- Premier of Czechoslovakia, M. ton. Bermuda. Ensign Cammann during stay breakfast and in that a number of and success Jan Masaryk, for a visit to the is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. country ty be at her desk will be for as ident Czechoslovak President, Dr. Edu- Schuyler Cammann of Merrick, parties given them. pres at 8:30, since Mr. s that when her ard Benes. and during his stay Long Island. Gasque younger brother, she and her Lt. Thomas N. U. S. term a in London the Minister made re- Ensign Post is a graduate of Gasque, A., expired husband who is is on short w h ile ports and held conferences with the Mary C. Wheeler School of foreign duty, having re- a brigadier and the officials. Providence and of Radcliffe Col- cently arrived at his post. ago, general in the Executive lege, class of 1942. Ensign Cam- office of Chief M. Masaryk was in this coun- Committee met * for several months a mann is a graduate of Kent of Engineers, S. try year ago Helena Shafroth t o a School and Yale University, class appoint O. S., live in and spent some time in Wash- n om in a t ing where he has of 1935. He spent three years in to Belle Haven. ington, many Engaged Marry committee for made China and on his return to this She stays at friends, when he was Coun- a new slate of selor of the and country took a past-graduate Capt. F. H. Lutz work until the Legation Charge officers, the d’Affairs for course at Harvard general his government University Rear Admiral and picks Mrs. John r e s i g n a t ion after its until entering the Navy in 1941. her up when he shortly establishment. F. Shafroth announce the en- which Mrs. At present he is stationed at leaves his He was the first diplomatic rep- gagement of their daughter. Miss Fowler ten- Washington. office at 6 in resentative of his country to come Helena Morrison Shafroth. to ered the com- the evening, to Washington and is the son of Capt. Frederick Henry Lutz, U. mittee was MRS. RAYMOND FOWLER. with only a the first President of Czechoslo- S. A. The wedding will take place u n a n i —Harris-Ewing. Ambassador Wei mously short time out vakia, the late Dr. Thomas Gar- in the near future in the Epis- rejeciea. so. lor tne next two for lunch. rigue Masaryk. The late Dr. copal Cathedral at San Fran- years Mrs. Fowler will remain And Mme. Wei to Mrs. Fowler is fitted both by Masaryk took for his middle cisco, where Capt. Lutz is sta- president and every one is de- temperment and education for name the maiden name of his Entertain Biddles tioned. lighted. this particular job she’s doing wife, who was one of the fa- Miss was Shafroth graduated The CHESS ENJOYED BY AT The Chinese Ambassador and Soldiers. Sailors and Ma- now. She always has, she says, CALLERS LOUNGE. mous trio of Garrigue sisters of from the Madeira School and is Mme. Wei will be hosts at dinner rines’ Club, located at 1015 L wanted to do social service work. Lt. Paul R. Olinger, chaplain, U. S. A., and Yeoman Third Class Leonard Snyder indulge Brooklyn. a member of the Junior League street is Monday evening, January 18. owned and run by wives In 1918 she was graduated from in a game of chess while looking on is Mrs. Harold H. Burton, wife of Senatdr Burton of Ohio. of Washington. of when they will entertain in honor officers in the three services. the Pennsylvania School for So- The senatorial hostess volunteers her services every Wednesday and greatly assists the regular Wellesley College It has * of the Attorney General and Mrs. sleeping accommodations cial Work. Later she worked for staff in carrying on their duties. —Harris-Ewing Photos. graduated from George Wash- for 140 Permanent Homes Francis Biddle. servicemen a night. Last the Red Cross and for the YWCA ington University. She is the year 36,000 men slept there and in Philadelphia. Even after she Mme. Wei, like her husband, granddaughter of the late Sen- Sought by Newly 108,000 meals were served from married and went to New Is a lawyer of considerable abil- ator John F. Shafroth of Colo- Miss Isabella Wed the excellently run canteen on Orleans to live she Hart, Daughter of Admiral, Elected and she was the first woman continued Senators ity rado and Mrs. Shafroth. the basement floor. working social service lines in China to be appointed a judge. along The new Senator from Michi- with the Children's Bureau there. To La Verne Baldwin in Connecticut She lived for some years in Paris “There is no entertainment Yesterday gan, Mr. Homer Ferguson, and When her husband was was a from her program at the Mrs. ordered The interest of a Mrs. and delegate Invitations Issued club,” says wide circle of for their sister and her only at- the upper edge a Ferguson are among the to Savannah and the Fowlers lovely single to the conference Fowler. “We don’t in for friends in and official cir- new arrivals now country peace go Navy tendants. Costumed in dark strand seeking a per- For Film went there to live, busy and of pearls, which was the at Versailles after the Great War. Showing glamour, but instead the basic cles was centered yesterday on green velvet made with fitted manent home in the Capital. efficient Mrs. Fowler served on bride’s only ornament. The Norwegian Ambassador, essentials—food and a place to the wedding in Sharon, Conn., of basques and very full skirts and They came last week from Mich- eight different boards at one Mr. Munthe de sleep. Miss Isabella Hart, daughter of carrying arm of Joanna Deep cuffs of the rose point igan and stopped at Wilhelm Morgen- time. bouquets temporarily Retiring Minister stieme, has issued invitations “Servicemen get these es- Admiral Thomas C. Hart, U. S. N., Hill roses, they entered the room lace finished the long fitted 4550 Connecticut avenue. in true a “The sentials in comfortable surround- Then, Army fashion, and Mrs. Hart, to Mr. La Verne and were for special showing of together immediately sleeves of the dress and the full Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, Lunch Guest the Fowlers started a few Today Commandos Strike at Dawn” in ings and the best in good food making Baldwin, who is at a followed the who was present by bride, skirt into a train. new member of the Upper House moves. From Savannah draped square The Guatemalan Minister and Auditorium on for the lowest in cash For rapid foreign service officer attached to escorted to the altar the Departmental outlay. improvised A coronet of rose from Nebraska, and Mrs. moved four the point lace Wherry will entertain 50 cents a serviceman can they times in less the State He is the her Senora Recinos Constitution avenue Thursday spend Department. by father and given by him held the drove East over last week end sde than a bride’s voluminous veil, on year: first to Fort Ben- son of 16 guests at luncheon today in January 14, at 8:30 the night a comfortable cot in Mr. and Mrs. Charles in marriage. and arrived in evening, in which was edged with a wide here time for the a clean room and ning—also Georgia—to Alex- Baldwin of honor of the retiring Costa Rican o'clock. warm, spotlessly Cortland, N. Y. The white of the new then to satin wedding gown border of the lace. She carried convening Congress. Minister and Senora de Fernan- for 25 cents he can have a deli- andria, La., Birmingham, Mme. de Morgenstierne will re- of the North- worn her a are at and Hardy evergreens by mother at her wed- large bouquet of white roses They stopping present at dez. who will leave the latter cious and hot Ala., next to the Nation’s part turn today from a few days’ stay piping breakfast, lands blended with many lighted ding was to and sweet the Hay-Adams House. Capital, where they since have especially becoming peas. of this week to return to their in New York. or a three-course dinner that candles to make an appropriate yesterday’s bride. The dress is Mr. Fritz Real of Mrs. wife of homeland. couldn’t be better for 40 remained. During those four Washington McClellan, the cents. and impressive for in moves there wasn’t much time backdrop princess style, the lines being served the bridegroom as best newly elected Senator John L. The Minister will give up his The American Red Cross con- white roses and gladioluses in the formed inverted run- man. for anything except getting by pleats McClellan of Arkansas, has ar- post here and is expected to as- Mr. Nash Returns siders the job that this club is home of Admiral and Mrs. Hart settled and keeping house and ning diagonally from the waist- Following the reception which rived here with their schoolgirl sume one of greater responsibil- The New Zealand Minister, Mr. doihg so line that they already for the 4:30 o’clock ceremony, at line to form the fullness. The was playing a little golf, says Mrs. held after the ceremony Mr. daughter, Mary Alice, and joined ity in his government at home. Walter Nash, spent Friday in have sent 60 of their workers which the Rev. Frank Van Cleef bodice has Fowler. And when they first a deep yoke of ex- and Mrs. Baldwin left for a wed- him at the Wardman Park Hotel, One of the reasons for the Min- Toronto. He made the trip north who will serve in similar clubs officiated. came to Washington their own quisite rose point lace with a ding trip, the latter wearing for where they will remain until they ister going home is the health of by air Thursday and joined Mrs. overseas to be trained here. Miss Caroline B. Hart and Miss graceful, scalloped low neckline traveling a suit of taupe velvet find permanent homemaking kiS children. Nash in the Legation yesterday. We asked Mrs. Fowler about (See BY THE Harriet T. Hart were bridesmaids WAY, Page D-4.). slightly rounded and meeting at with brown accessories. quarters.