Evening star. [volume], February 09, 1941, Page 2, Image 103

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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White House Hollywood tete-a-tete at the Gold Plate Breakfast On
short acquaintance Stephen Early of the White House secretariat and Maureen
0 Hara were doing very well at the early morning feature of the Birthday Ball
festivities.
Mrs Roosevelt cuts the presidential birth- f
day cake—big enough to go around even at
that party First to get a slice was the "Cin
derella girl," Anna Sklepovich • left •, who
leaped into the national spotlight when she
journeyed here on a brotherly hoox from
her West Virginia home Anna is almost
obscuring Lana Turner and Deanna Durbin.
Can it be THE Mr Harmon? Lana Turner registers the proper amount
of awe and surprise- Hollywood brand—on finding herself suddenly in the
company of Tommie Harmon, Michigan football ace, at the reception dinner
prelude to the Birthday Balls.
Cuts cake for son Franklin. Once more Mrs.
James Roosevelt, mother of the President, officiates
in time-honored fashion at a presidential birthday
party in New York. Looking on is Chef Oscar
Tschirky—better known as Oscar of the Waldorf.
Soldier greets fair lady. Hands across the table are those of Gen. George C Marshall, Army chief
of staff, and Deanna Durbin. Looking on at the reception dinner are Commissioner Melvin Hazen and
Movie Actress Constance Moore. star stall, a p and Harm & Ewing Photos
Lord Halifax drops in. The newly arrived British Ambassador chats with Vice
President Wallace, who takes time out from his duties os presiding officer of the
Senate to receive Britain's envoy in her day of crisis# Congress, debating the lend
■jase bill, becomes the cynosure of that crisis on this side the water.
-Lend
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’ Britain waits — and carries on.
Symbolizing her valiant, stubborn
stand is this profile close-up of her
unflinching leader, Winston Churchill
—chewing the inevitable cigar as
he watches anti-aircraft gunnery
"somewhere in England."
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hears
opinion on the lend-lease bill. Chairman Walter F.
George of Georgia ' left >, leaning forward to jot notes
at the hearing, partly obscures Senator Connolly of
Texas. Others are, left to right, Senator Johnson of
California, Senator Capper of Kansas, Senator La
Follette of Wisconsin and Senator Vandenberg of
Michigan. A P1’ and Wide World Photos.