Evening star., 1932-06-18
|CAP|TAL'S TRIBUTE
| To AMELIA PUTNAM
| SET FOR TUESDAY
First Woman to Fly Ocean
Alone Will Call at White
House First.
MEDAL PRESENTATION
| TO BE MADE BY HOOVER
National Geographic Society Will
! Give Luncheon Preceding Avia-
trix's Call at Capitol.

Amelia Earhart Putnam will arrive
Tuesday morning to receive the Nations
official recognition Of her achievement
in making the first solo ocean flight by
woman pilot.
The days program for Mrs. Putnam
will include her reception at the White
House, luncheon by the National
Geographic Society, calls on Federal
aviation officials and presentation to
her by President Hoover of the special
gold medal of the National Geographic
Society.
Mrs. Putnam is to arrive at Wash
lngton- Hoover Airport at IL O'Clock
Tuesday morning as passenger on the
regular plane of the Ludington Air
Lines. of which she formerly was vice
president. The plane in which she
made her solo flight across the Atlantic
May 2o-2l. formerly was in regular pas
senger service between the National
Capital and Norfolk. Va.
Officers to Welcome Her.
At the local airport Mrs. Putnam will
be welcomed by Dr. Gilbert G-osvenor.
president of the National Geographic
Society; DR.. John Oliver La Gorce, vice
president, and other officers OF the So
ciety. She will be escorted by this
group Of officers to the White House,
where she will be received by Presi-
dent Hoover at 1890 o'clock
From the White House Mrs Putnam
will be taken to the National Geo
graphic Society administration building
on Sixteenth street for luncheon by
trustees of the society.
At 230 in the afternoon Mrs. Put
nam will go to the Capitol to call on
the Vice President and the Speaker of
the House. after which she will call on
the Secretary of War, the Secretary of
the Navy and the Secretary of Com
merce, whose departments handle all
Federal aeronautical matters
She will hold a press conference at
the Mayfiower Hotel at o'clock.
Presentation in Evening.
Presentation Of the special medal is
to take place at Constitution Hall at 8
O'Clock. The medal will bear the SIM
pie inscription: Awarded by the Ma
tiCnal Geographic Society to Amelia
Earhart. First Woman to Achieve a
Solo Transatlantic Flight, May 20-2l
1882"
Mrs. Putnam will be the thirteenth
person TO receive National Geographic
Society medal. regarded as the highest
American award for geographic achieve
ment. Only l6 medals have been award
ed by the society since its first award,
I in 1906, Of medal to Peary for his
Arctic explorations. Admiral Peary
subsequently received a second medal
for his discovery CT the North Pole,
while Admiral Byrd also received two
medals from the cociety. one for his
flight to the North Pole and the other
for his exploration of the Antarctic and
his flight to the South Pole. Capt.
Roald Amundsen also received two
medals, one for his navigation of the
Northwest Passage. the other for his at
tainment Of the South Pole.
DIR. Grosvenor to Preside.
DR.. Grcsvenor will preside at the
presentation ceremony. Presentation of
dent on behalf Of the society member
ship. Mrs. Putnam, in responding. is
expected to tell CT her experiences dur
ing the transatlantic flight. The
United States Marine Band will play
The exercises will be broadcast over
the red network of the National Bread
casting Co, including Station WRC in
Washington.
Requests of Washington members of
the society for seats for the ceremonies
far exceed the capacity Of Constitution
Hall, it was announced. Tickets have
been issued, not to exceed two to each
member, up to the capacity CT the hall.
in the order of receipt of applications,
and the officers Of the society an
nCunced today that no further seats
are available.