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PAGE 31 [[large page on left torn off]] 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. [[image]] 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- [[image-ad]] TALL GIRL for a suit this fall just make a call at BRESLAU coats dresses and sportswear too! 614 12th St. N.W. NA. 8-6868 -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 - [[image]] - 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.