The Washington times., 1932-06-22
President Hoover
Presents Medal
To FIier

ence filled Constitution Hall last
evening TO witness the presenta-
ton by President Hoover of the
National Geographic Society's
Special Gold Medal to Mrs.
Amelia Earhart Putnam, fol her
solo flight across the Atlantic.
DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor, presi-
dent of the National Geographic
Society, presided, and recounted
briefly the outstanding achieve
mentS of the flier.
Mrs. Putnam is the first
woman to receive a medal from
the society, and only IL men
have been given this high honor
since the first presentation was
made to Admiral Pearv III 1906.
The United States Marine
Band played. and the platform
was decorated with the Amer
lean flag and the flag of the
National Geographic Society,
which has been carried on many
expeditions on land, sea and
through the air.
Mrs. Hoover, who accom-
panied the President, wore a
filmy gown of pale blue and
gray printed cotton net, made
in the prevailing mode, the
skirt trim m e d with wide
flounces of the material. The
bodice had a square neckline
and elbow-length sleeves, and
she carried a rather large blue
and silver folding fan.
Mrs. Putnam looked exceed
ingly slim in a gown of pale
blue crepe, made on simple
princess lines, with a cluster Of
purple velvet flowers at the
left side of the bodice.
At the conclusion of the
presentation exercises, Mrs.
Russell William Magma, presi-
dent general of the D. A. r.,
hurried from her box to her
reception room, where she
greeted the famous flier and
presented her with a large
bouquet of white roses tied with
silver ribbon.
On the Platform
Those on the platform includ'
ed DR.. John Oliver La Gorce,
vice president National Geo
graphic Society; the Chief JUS
tice of the United States and
Mrs. Hughes, the Minister of
the Irish Free State and Mrs.
MacWhite, Senator George H.
Moses and Mrs. Moses, Mr.. and
Mrs. william P. McCracken,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore G. JOS
lin, Capt. and Mrs. Joel T.
Boone, Mr.. and Mrs. James M.
Eaton, Mr.. John Joy Edison, Mr..
Theodore w. NoyeS, Judge John
Barton Payne, DR.. George Otis
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter H.
Newton, Col. and Mrs. u. s.
Grant Sd, Lieut.. Col. Campbell
B. Hodges, Representative and
Mrs. Charles D. Millard. Capt.
and Mrs. Charles Russell Train,
Mrs. Stark McMullen, Mr.. Clar-
ence M. Young, Miss Mildred
Hall, Miss Doris GoSs and Lieut..
and Mrs. F. B. Butler.
Among Those Present
Those in the audience were:
The ambassador of Italy,
Mobile Giacomo de Martino;
the ambassador of France, Mr..
Paul Claudel; the ambassador
Of Belgium, Mr.. Paul May; the
ambassador of Turkey, Mr..
Ahmet Muhtar: the ambassador
Of Germany, Mr.. Friedrich w.
Won Prittwitz und Gaffron; the
South African Minister and
Mrs. Louw, the Minister of
Panama, and Sonora de Alfaro;
the minister of Sweden, Mr.. w.
Bostrom; the minister of Egypt,
SeSostris SidarouSs Pasha; the
Minister of Denmark and Nine.
Wadsted; the Minister of Nor
way and Madame Bachke; the
minister of Albania, Mr.. Faik
Konitza; the minister of Lithu-
ania, Mr.. Bronius Kasimir
Balutis; the Minister of Guate-
mala and Sonora de Recinos:
the Minister of Colombia and
Sonora de Lozano; the minister
of Greece, Mr.. CharalamboS|
Simopoulas; the Minister of
Bulgaria and Madame Radeff;
the minister of Finland, Mr..
l.. Astrom; the minister of Hun
gary, Count Laszlo Szechenyi.