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ington

was dancing to the 
of the United States
Band playing in the 
the Americas and a 
uffet supper table and 
ars set up at one end. 
omats from the coun-
represented at the con- 
e, were among the 
ts last night. Also 
were a group from the 
ness. 

TY TIME:
AREWELL cocktail par-
the logistics staff of the 
tment of the Army 
given yesterday at 
Army-Navy Country Club 
Maj. Gen. Carter B. Ma-
er and Maj. Gen. John 
ncles. General Magruder 
been transferred to a Far
t Command, while General 
cles will succeed Maj. Gen. 
nneth D. Nichols as Chief
Research and Development
the Office of the Chief of 
aff. 

Willhelm Goertz, retiring 
economic Counselor of the 
Austrian Embassy, was guest
of honor at a farewell stag
cocktail party given on Tues-
day by a group of members of 
the World Trade Committee 
at the Shoreham Hotel. Eco-
nomic Counselors of about 
two dozen embassies were
other guests. 

EMBASSY ROW
INVITATIONS are out for 
the reception in honor of 
Their Majesties, the King and
Queen of Greece, to be given 
October 29 from 5 to 7 p. m. 
at the Army-Navy Country 
Club. The royal couple ar-
rive in Washington Octo-
ber 28.
The white, crested cards 
read, "By Command of their
Majesties the King and 
Queen of the Hellenes, the
Ambassador of Greece re-
quests teh honor of the pres-
ence of ---," etc. "Day
Dress, Uniform" is the pre-
scribed order of dress for the
occasion.
A royal purple and white
card for windshield display is
inclosed with the invitations,
as well as a road map and 
instructions for parking at
the club. Still another inclos-
sure is the "present at the 
door" pasteboard. 
THE ITALIAN Ambassa-
dor, Alberto Tarchiana, was
host at luncheon yesterday at
the embassay in honor of
members of the Italian House
and Senate here for the In-
ter-Parliamentary Union con-
ference. Signora Luciolli, wife
of the Italian Minister, acted
as hostess in the absence of 
Signora Tarachiani, who is 
still in Italy. 

Wellesly Tea
Held at Embassy 
Tea and a talk on education
in Norway were served up to
300 members and guests of 
the Washington Wellesley 
Club yesterday. The event,
biggest in the club's season, 
was held at the Norwegian
Embassy, with Mme, Munthe
de Morgenstiere, wife of the 
Ambassador, as hostess. The 
event followed a custom set 
in other years by the club, 
which met last year at the Ko-
rean Embassy, and in 1951 at 
[[cutoff]] Indian Embassy. 

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PIONEERS RELAXING-Pioneer women pilots, Blanche Noyes (left) and Katherine Stinson Otero take it easy as they go for a helicopter ride with Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd, famed for his flights to the South Pole. 

With air pioneers from nine nations they flew over the site of the first flight by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, N. C. Tuesday. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the first heavier-than-air flight. 

Woman Air Pioneer Here
Made Trail-Blazing a Habit 
By Richard Maloy

KATHERINE Stinson Otero has made a habit out of trailblazing.
At 16, an age when today's bobby-soxers are learning to drive a car, she became one of America's first women flyers and barnstormed around the world performing daredevil feats in a rickety aircraft.
At 22, she went to France as an ambulance driver with the Red Cross and drove herself so hard in the hazardous assignment that she collapsed from exhaustion. 
Now, a trim, tweedy woman of 57, she has become a leading architect in the South-west, designing prize-winning homes in New Mexico. 
Mrs. Otero came here from her Santa Fe home this week to attend last night's International Air Pioneers dinner at the Mayflower, a part of the year-long observance of the Golden Anniversary of powered flight. 
SHE qualifies easily as an air pioneer. In 1912 she left her Jackson, Miss., home for Chicago, where she learned to fly after two and one half hours of instruction. 
"I felt quite safe up there in those days," she recalled yesterday. "The engine was right next to me on the wing and it gave me a feeling of security."
She flew a specically built small plane, rigged so loosely that onlookers would try to-

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-dissuade her from flying. She would laugh at them, and when a control wire became slack tie a knot to shorten it. 
Her flying tours took her all over the United States and China. She became the first woman "sky-writer" and the first woman to fly a regular air-mail route. 
MARRIED to Miguel A. Otero, jr., an attorney and political figure, in 1927, she turned her talents to house design. Her first designs won awards and she is still at it, designing typical pueblo type homes for southwest residents. 
This week Mrs. Otero journeyed with other air pioneers to view the site of the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, N. C. While there she had her first helicopter ride. 
With her was Mrs. Blanche Noyes, 53, of 2120 16th st. nw., one of the first women speed flyers who has remained in aviation and is now chief of the air route marking service for the Department of Commerce. She was also honored last night at the International Air Pioneers dinner. 
Her late husband Dewey - 

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- Noyes taught her to fly in Cleveland in 1928. 
"I have flown everything since," she said, adding, "I stopped keeping track of my air time after 10,000 hours."
Mrs. Noyes was one of the first women to fly an autogiro. She was a charter member of The Ninety-Nines, an organization of women pilots, and was international president in 1949 and 1950. 
In 1935 she was co-winner of the Bendix Trophy race from New York to Los Angeles. Her job today keeps her in the air half the time, perfecting air marking devices which have saved countless lives. 

Sponsors Film Showing
Vice Admiral C. C. Hughes Hallett, head of the Naval Mission of British Joint Services Mission, will sponsor two showings of "The Cruel Sea" on Friday at the MacArthur Theater, at 6:45 and 9:30 p. m. This will be the Washington premiere to benefit King George's Fund for Sailors. Tickets may be obtained at the box office from the English Speaking union.