Mexican Ambassador presents check for $500,000 to State Department. Washington, D.C., Dec. 30. Mexico today made its sixth annual payment of $500,000 to the United States in payment for American claims made to the Mexican Government for mixed claims. He is shown here talking to Capt. Colon Eloy Alfa

Venezuelan envoy presents credentials. Washington, D.C., March 22. The new Venezuelan Minister, Diogenes Escalante, today presented his credentials to President Roosevelt at the White House. He is pictured with George Summerlin, Chief of the Protocol Division, State Department. 3-22-39 Maj. Sm

Central American envoys attend Pan American Committee conference here today. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera, Ambassador from Mexico, Miguel Lopez Pumarejo, Ambassador from Columbia, and Dr. Don Diogenes Escalante, Ambassador from Venezuela photographed today at the firs

Mexican Ambassador. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. A new informal picture of Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera, Mexico Ambassador to the United States

Welles named Chairman of the Pan American Committee to study war economic problems. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, shown here talking to Dr. Esteban Jaramillo, delegate from Columbia, who was made Vice Chairman, today was unanimously elected Chairman of the Inter-A

Takes command at Spanish Embassy, Washington, D.C., Sept. 12. Senor Enrique Carlos de la casa, consul of Spain at San Francisco, today took command of the Spanish Embassy here, following the resignation of Ambassador Senor Don Luis Calderon. The retiring Ambassador announced that he had transmitted

Hull welcomes Brazilian Foreign Minister. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha of Brazil is welcomed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull on his arrival at Union Station today. Minister Aranha is in the Capitol to discuss defense and trade with President Roosevelt and other U.S. o

President breaks precedent. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. President Roosevelt broke a precedent today when he received the new Minister from Nicaragua, Senor Dr. Don Leon De Bayle, in the Executive offices instead of the White House Blue Room. Wearing business clothes instead of the customary dress uni

Finnish Minister leaves State Department after conference with Secretary Hull. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Hjalmar Procope, Finnish Minister to the United States, leaving the office of Secretary of State Cardell Hull after a conference today. He told reporters that the Russian attack on his country '