Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-15
LAST RITES HELD
FOR JOHN f. NEV|N
Many NotabIes Attend Fu-
neral of Veteran
Reporter.

Statesmen, politicians and newspaper
men stood bareheaded in q drizzling
rain today as John Edwin Nevin, vet
eran reporter. was buried in Columbia
Gardens Cemetery In Arlington County
Nevin, who had covered some Of the
most important stories in the past
quarter century, died Wednesday at
Mount Alto Hospital He was So.
President Roosevelt. a close friend OF
the reporter, was represented by his
secretary, Stephen T. Early.
The funeral services were held at his
home, 43 Marion avenue, Clarendon,
Va. preceding the burial
Active pallbearers were Early, War
rem Wheaton. Lorenzo Martin, Edward
=. Pollard. Morton M. Milford, Uric
Bell, g. A. larry and Raymond Clapper
Honorary pallbearers included Col
Ed Startling. Senator Henrik Shipstead
Senator Thomas D. Schall, Walter New
ton. Robert T. Barry, Chief w. H
Moran of the secret service, Clarence
Dalrymple. Larry Seaman, Herbert
Marcy. Stuart Hayes, Harry Ward
William p. Flythe, Joe Murphy, A. A.
D. Rain, Carlisle Bargerton, Arthur
Presmont. AL Day. Robert 3. Smith
Ralph Collins, Francis M. Stephenson
William Cole. Angus Early, Julius
Reiner. Sheriff Howard Fields, John J.
DAILY, William D. HaSsett, Sidney Bieber
John D. Erwin. Floyd Rosa, Admiral
Cary T. Grayson. Bernard M. Baruch
Senator Key Pittman, Joseph Tumulty
Representative Einar Hoidale, Senator
william E. Borah. Senator Harry Byrd
representative Howard Smith and Jim
Preston.
Raymond P. Brandt, president of the
National Press Club, yesterday appoint
ed the following committee to attend
the funeral
George r. Holmes, Lee Poe Hart
Eugene S. Leggett, Ralph A. Collins
William J. Donaldson, jr; William j.
Collins. Harry Ward, Morton M. Mil
ford. j. Bart Campbell, Edward T
Pollard. Raymond Clapper, Bascom N
I1mmons, Uric Bell, Lorenzo Martin
Milton Eglin, Charles S. Hayden, John
D. Erwin, E. w. Gableman, George F.
Authier, George Akerson.
Charles A. Hamilton, Dan z. O'Con-
nell. M. w. Flynn. James D. Preston,
George H. Manning. Arthur 8. Henning
Lewis Wood. L. c. Probert. j. Fred Es-
sary, w. H. Atkins, Robert B. Arm
strong. James Hay, jr.; H. o. Bishop
samuel W. Bell, John Boyle. Ashmun
N. Brown, Theodore Tiller, Russell
~ ~ AoNOSy COlul Odly
Stephen T. Early.
M. H. Mcintyre. Robert M. Gates
James L. Wright, Robert B. Smith
Charles S. Groves, Frederic j. Haskin,
Sir Willmott Lewis. James FITZGERALD,
c. J. Gockaler. Sid Houston, Norman
w. Baxter, Byron Price. Mark Sullivan
Gladstone Williams. Hal H. Smith, Le-
land G. Speers, Maurice Splain, Francis
M. Stephenson, Henry r. Stringer
Henry L. Sweinhart.
Pred w. Perkins, Ray T. Tucker
Frederic William Vile, Emmett Dough-
erty. Julius Reiners, Charles Michel
son. Frank p. Morse, Ernest G. Walker,
Bernard M Baruch. Simon Michelet,
Jouett Shouse, Robert Barry, Joseph p
Tumulty, Oliver B. Lerch, George W.
Simpson. Matt Horne Kenneth Clark
John F. Chester and Charles Benter.
meeting Of the Executive Commit
tee OF the Arlington County Demo-
cratic Committee, scheduled for last
night. was postponed to next Thursday
out OF respect for Nevin, one of the
committees members.