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Evening star., 1935-06-03

Dean Scantlin (summa cum laude).
Ethel Mae Shumway, Gordon Keefer
Sievers, Samuel Silver, Ruth-Martin
Simpson. Angelo Edward Te6esco,
Richard Larsen Tuve, Geraldine Whit
aker (cum laude) and Richard Theo-
dore Scholl.
Bachelor Of science in commerce
Ralph william Fondersmith and
Thomas Burke Howard.
Bachelor Of science in economics
Robert l.. Harrington.
Bachelor of science in education
Mary Walker Delano.
Bachelor Of science in government
Marguerite Beach, w. Frank James,
jr.: John Marmaduke Lynham and
Dwight Taylor.
Master of arts-Leon Kirkpatrick
Bryner, Caroline D. Burtis, Ora Ethel
Cage, Arthur Whipple Crawford, Enid
Mary Essame, Enid Frazier Gilluly,
Sexson Eckels Humphreys, Viola
Swigert Scholl, Hester Wheeler
Slater and Marjorie Fraser Webster.
Doctor Of philosophy-Walter AM
brose Foote, Tin Gwang Ho, Kenneth
H. Hunter, James Frank Kendrick,
Ricardo Hiceta ISABELLA, Reuben G.
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sons who received graduate degrees
were: Walter Ambrose Foote, United
States consul in Batavia; Comdr.
Lybrand Palmer Smith, U. s. Navy;
Enid Mary Essame Of England and
Hong Sub Yoon Of Seoul. Korea.
Creation in the Graduate School
Of q department Of international af-
fairs was announced by Chancellor
Joseph M. M. Gray. The depart
ment will be directed by DR.. Ellery
c. Stowell and will correlate studies
in history, economics and political
science in q complete survey of their
international ramifications. The work
Is designed for students preparing
for foreign service.
Sexon e. Humphreys Of Indiana,
graduate student, was announced by
Chancellor Gray as recipient of the
Italian-American maintenance ex-
change fellowship and will study
European history at the University Of
Rome. Arrangements for the fellow
ship have just been completed, DR..
Gray explained, by American Uni
versity officials, and the italian Am
basSador, Signor Augusta RoSso, act
ing for the Italian ministry of foreign
affairs, which Is cooperating with
the Italian University Student ASso-
citation. Next Fall an Italian student,
Signor Albano Murgi, will come to
American University to carry on
graduate work In the department Of
affairs.
Ohioan Wins Honor Prize.
The college honor prize-highest
honor for an undergraduate-was won
by Scott Champion of Cleveland, Ohio,
who received it at the exercises today
from DR.. George B. Woods, dean Of
the College Of Liberal Arts. Cramp-
ton, who completed his work in Feb
ruary, was declared the student who
"has made the largest contribution
to the college"
Other college awards and honors
were announced by DR.. Woods, as
follows:
Faculty prizes-For scholarship,
Lois Green, George Sanderlin; poetry
Evening star., 1935-06-03
SWIMMING CLASS
ENROLLS 500 MEN
First Glasses Enter Pools in
Stars and Y. NJ. c. AS
Free Course.

approximately 300 mel of Wash
ington and vicinity today reported for
their first swimming lesson, inaugu-
rating the annual Learnt -to-Swim
course of The Star and the Young
Mems Christian Association.
Nearly 200 of the non-swimmers
were assigned to classes at the Central
Y. M. c. A. pool and the remainder,
the colored novices, are to receive their
instruction at the Twelfth Street
Branch of the Y. M. C. A.
First classes entered the pools at
both branches at 10 am and other
classes will be given instruction at
regular intervals throughout the day,
until late tonight.
Todays lesson was intended to
Danish fear of the water through
practice in floating and breathing.
Exercises in the American crawl stroke
will be given later this week.
The Central Y. M. C. A. classes are
being conducted by Dallas Shirley and
William Hutzell, Y. M. c. A. swimming
experts. Those at the colored branch
are under supervision of Henry
Walker. James Tyson. Clarence Pen
dleton, Roscoe Gray and H. K
Howerton.
Residents Of Virginia and Maryland
as well as the District of Columbia
ere included in the classes. Ages start
at 18 and run over the half century
mark.
. 1t is anticipated that majority
of the students will have learned how
TO swim a reasonable distance by
Saturday. when final tests will be
given. Certificates will be given to
those able to swim so feet, the mini
mum required under Red Cross rules
for grading beginners in swimming.
The course is being given free of
charge in the interest of health and
safety. All facilities are being fur
nished without cost by the Y. M. c. A.
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prize, awarded by Miss Mary Mears
Gait, faculty member, to George
Sanderlin, for best poem on Memorial
day; history prize. by the District Of
Columbia Chapter, d. A. r. Samuel
Silver; chemistry prize, Louis Robert
Heiss: senior semester honors, Martin
Allwine, Elwood BackenstoSs, Emily
Coleman, Philip Ferris, Elisabeth
Gray, Lois Green, Sara Hawbecker.
John Hoover, Dorothy Kirsch, Pauline
Parisean, George Sanderlin, Meta
Dean Scantlin, Geraldine Whitaker;
membership in College Honor So
ciety, Elwood Backenstoss, George
Barber, Emily Coleman, Philip Ferris,
Lois Green. Dorothy Kirsch, Meta
Scantlin, George Sanderlin, and schol-
arships to other colleges and universi-
ties, Elwood BackenStoSs, to Johns
Hopkins University; Emory Buckle,
Boston Theological School; Charles
Jarvis, Duke University.
Chancellor Gray presided. Prof.
Will Hutchins was chief marshal.
Candidates for degrees were presented
by Dean George B. Woods from the
College Of Liberal Arts and by Dean
Charles c. Tansill from the Graduate
School. Music was by the college Or
chestra, conducted by James M. Thur
mond. Prayer was offered by Bishop
William Fraser Mcdowell.
Baccalaureate Talk Yesterday.
Chancellor Gray delivered the bac-
calaureate sermon yesterday at Metro
politan Memorial Methodist Church.
He sounded warning that intellectual
leaders Of the Nation must not forget
their solidarity" with the rest of their
race, or society will thrust up" its own
leaders from the masses.
DR.. Gray named Mussolini, Hitler,
PilsudSki and Stain as leaders who
have come up from the mass and
mess of whirlwind life"
The college graduating class, through
its president, Emory Buckle, presented
to the college an electric clock, in
stalled outside the campus library.
and sum Of money to improve hous-
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PEACE HERO SERVICE

Service in honor of the peace
heroes will be held at Titanic
Memorial Wednesday evening at
7:3O o'clock Representative Isabella
Greenway of Arizona will be the
principal speaker.
The service was postponed from
Memorial day because of the rain.
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PHONE AWARDS MADE
Three Employees Win Medals and
Checks for $3.50.

Silver Vail medals and checks for
$3.50 each have been awarded three
Bell system employees for noteworthy
service. Those who received these
awards from the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co. were Miss Emma
Gatti. supervisor. Hackensack, N. j.:
Miss Leona Smith, contract manager,
Morrison, Colo. and Charles Leroy
Tubby, combination man, Linton, Ind.
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Driver Beaten in Strike.

BOSTON. June 3 R.-Merion Ro-
bello, driving q truck for the w. A.
Sabin Co. Of Taunton, whose EN-
ployes are on strike for higher wages,
was dragged from the machine in
Boston today and severely beaten.
Three alleged aSsailants, all from
Taunton, were arrested.
Evening star., 1935-06-03

Steinmeyer and Hong Sub Yoon.
Doctor Of science-Comcr. Lybrand
Palmer Smith, U. s. N.
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Activities in and
Near Evansville

Mr.. Egbert F. Tingley, Owens and
Luttrell avenues, member Of the
Maryland House of Delegates, is
spending some time in Chicago. He
is expected home August "a.
Mrs. w. Carroll Beatty, Wine ave-
nue., has returned from Ocean City,
Md. She remained there several days
after Mr.. Beatty returned home. Mr..
Frank Cowell, jr., motored to the re-
sort from Hyattsville and accompan-
led Mr. Beatty home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson D. Phillips
and Miss Audrey Killiam and Miss
Dorsey Bolton, all of College Park,
have made trip by sea to Boston.
Maj. Charles H. Moore, Mansion
avenue, recently appointed to the
staff of the Ambassador of Brazil, is
accompanying the Ambassador and
the first secretary, Mr.. Decio Mauro,
on motor trip to the San Diego Ex-
position. The party is being extern
sively entertained by various Govern
ment officials and others during the
trip.
Their first scheduled stop Is with
the Governor General of Canada,
after which they will be guests at
receptions given by the Governors of
California and Arkansas. Through
the courtesy of Secretaries Ickes and
Wallace. the party will visit many of
the P. w. A. and C. C. c. projects in
the West. A short trip to Mexico will
complete the journey, which will end
about September Is.
Mr.. Raymond Erwin of Atlanta,
Ga, son of DR.. and Mrs. j. Dallas
Erwin, Franklin street, is home on
vacation. With his parents and sis
tiers, Miss Lucille and Miss Marion
Erwin, he is spending some time at
his cottage at North Beach.
Mrs. Brian B. Kane of Beverly,
N. j., is spending some time with her
mother, Mrs. Edward A. Fuller, Wine
avenue and Franklin street. Mrs.
Kane was the luncheon guest of Mrs.
Kenneth F. Brooks, formerly of
Hyattsville, on Wednesday at the
Columbia Country Club.
Mrs. Joseph A. Lee Of Annapolis Is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. G. Pohl-
man, at Bright Seat Manor.
Mr.. Arthur c. Keefer and Mr.. J.
Robert Sherwood of Mount Rainier
leave next Friday for l3-day trip in
which they will be in Nova Scotia,
Bermuda and way stations.
Mrs. William Elmer Hutchinson,
Mrs. Franklin j. Robinson and Miss
Gladys HENDERSON have returned from
a brief stay In Atlantic City.
Mrs. Louise E. Sperry and Mrs.
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Charles H. Moore entertained at Q
supper and lawn party last evening
at their home, known as the Mansion,
located on Mansion avenue. The
honor guests were Capt. George Rich
ardson, U. S. NJ, retired, and Mrs.
Richardson. who are visiting Mrs.
Sperry over the week end.
Mr.. George O'Hare, Owens avenue,
leaves today for a vacation at Piney
Point.
Among members Of the Kiwanis
Club of Prince Georges County and
their wives who attended the ladies'
night and dinner dance held Tuesday
at Annapolis, with the Annapolis Club
as host, were Dr. and Mrs. A. B.
Hooton, Capt. and Mrs. Richard H.
Mansfield, Mr. and Mrs. Edward c..
Duncan, Mr.. and Mrs. S. C. Helfer,
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Jennings,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry D. Eisenhauer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs. William Bowie, DR.. and
Mrs. Charles L. Mackert, DIR. John
T. Maloney, Mr.. Arthur C. Keefer, Mr..
John S. White and DR.. William S.
Moore.
Mrs. Franklin J. Robinson, Wine
avenue, and Mr.. Edwin Hutchinson,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Elmer
Hutchinson, left Wednesday for Titus
vile, Pa, to visit Mr.. Robinson's
brother. They will join Mr.. Robin
son and daughter Marion Blanche,
who have been visiting friends and
relatives in New York State for the
past five weeks. The party will take
trips to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and
Canada.
Mrs. William E. Hutchinson, jr., and
daughter Ruth are visiting on the
Eastern Shore Of Maryland.
Mrs. w. T. Charlton and daughter,
Miss M. Louise Charlton, Franklin
street. are visiting in Minnesota.
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he week end in Philadelphia.

the week END In PhlIadelphla.
Lieut.. P. S. Brunk, F.. M. c. r.,
entertained group of friends at
dinner at the officers mess last eve
ming before the dance.
Lieut.. and Mrs. w. 7. Phipps were
hosts last evening at cocktail party
given in their quarters for a group
of friends before the dance at the
officers mess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-18
Office Appliances Shipped.

The Nnited States is now the chief
Supplier of Office appliances to South
Africa.
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Gold Output Large.

Western Australia's gold output for
the first half of this year was 26l, l55
ounces.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20
Religious Services
(By The Associated Press)

IBy The ASSOclated PreSS)
 OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 20, - Religious services for Wiley Post, are to be held at the First Baptist Church here at two pm. Thursday.
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FOR
 FUNERALS NEARING
 COMPLETION TODAY
Douglas Airplane Continues To Oklahoma City With The Body of Wiley Post. Joe
 Crosson Is Accompanying Crew
(By The Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2oth-The Douglas Transport plane bearing the body of Wiley Post left here for Oklahoma City, with Colonel Young Joe Crosson and the aboard the plane yesterday coming from Seattle It took off from the airport here shortly after six AM today and the trip will include two stops to reue and will take and half hours The stops will be made at Abu quergue. New Mexico and Amarillo, Texas. Pilot Wins ton of Texas at the controls.
 Only few spectators present at the akeof which with out incident. Will Rogers family is at present here by tran and Wiley Posts widow is awaiting the arrival of his body at Oklahoma City. Rogers family is due to arrive at Los Angeles at tomorrow when pri funeral will be held and attended only by bers of the family and circle of close friends.
 The body of Will Rogers will lie in state for five hours, starting at AM in grove of olive and pine trees at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale. Later in the week, King Kirk O. Heather and Dr. J. Whitcomb Drougher and old friends will conduct the last service starting two PM
 The body will then be placed in crypt and at some future date the caske will go Oklahoma, the state of his birth for burial
 In prepared statement last night Aviator Joe Crosson from Fairbanks Wiley Posts and Will Rogers closest friends said that he did wish to discuss his personal feelings about the trip South
 OKLAHOMA CITY Aug 2O-Post's body arrived here.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20
9th Circuit Court Denies Motion Of
 3 Wn. Companies
(By The Associated Press)


 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20, The Ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Ap- peals declined to grant tempor- ary restraining order asked by three Washington State milling compan- ies, to prevent the collection of pro- cessing taxes on wheat.
 The plaintiffs were the Fisher, Centennial, and Ritzville, Milling companies. More than two hundred thousand dollars is involved in June flour processing taxes, payable Aug ust 18th to Internal Revenue Coll ector Alex McVierus at Tacoma.
 The Court voted three to two to deny the temporary restrainer.
 Federal government attorneys said they would move at once to set as- idle 24 restraining orders allowed by lower federal courts. The Ninth Cir cult extends over seven western states. The ruling sustains Federal Judge E. E. Cushman of Tacoma,
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20
Stanley Morgan Of Barrow To Receive Highest Pro-
 motion NOn-CommissiOn
PROMOTIONS TO
 ALASkANS DUE
Dimond Asks Distinguished Flying Cross For Aviator
 Joe CrOssOn of P.A.A.
tBy The Associated Press)


 WASHINGTON Aug. 20, - Tech nical Sergeant Stanley R. Morgan stationed at Point Barrow will be promoted to Master Sergeant, the highest non-commiSsioner rank in the U. s. Army, Secretary Dern of the War Department said.
 The advancement is in recogni- tion of his initiative, reSourcefull- ness and fine judgment in organiz- ing and directing the recovery of the bodies of Wiley Post and Will Rog- CTS, and taking them to Point Bar row. and then transmitting to the world the detailed account of the tragedy.
 Asks For the D. F. c.
 The Distinguished Flying Gross was asked by Delegate Dimond, for
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Watch Warily To
 Avert Threat Of
 Last Filibustering
(By The Associated Press)


 WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, Watch ing warily to avert any filibuster threats, Democratic leaders strove to maintain the furious pace which they now have, in the hope that this session may end in adjourn ment early Thursday night.
 Besides the banking bill, Cong ress also gave approval to the rail- road pension measure.
 The house oked the rivers and harbor bill, passed the Guffey coal bill which comes before the senate today.
 The new tax bill is to be left un- til the last minute for consideration, as it is feared that if it is taken up now, the members may stampede for home as soon as the tax bill was acted upon. The third deficiency bill has not yet been introduced.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20
Ten Days Grace IL. A. Agreement
 Waterfront Work
tBy The Associated PresS)

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20, - With ten days grace granted by the waterfront employers, leaders of the longShoremen's association made last minute preparations for a three days vote which would determine whether the union stevedores were in favor of a continuance of the present maritime working agree ments.
 Balloting is to start tomorrow.
 Under the existing contract the h. ernational Longshoremen's Associa- ton had to give notice of termina- ton to prevent the agreement from automatically becoming effective for another year.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20
eyPost's Body
 To Lie In State
 OklahomaC Capital
(By The Associated Press)

OKLAHOMA, Aug. 20, - The body of Wiley Post will lie in state for two hours Thursday at the TO- tunda capitol, before the funeral, and burial to the red earth of the state, which claimed the stocky little fiier as one of it's foremost citizens.
 Governor Marland and his staff will direct a public memorial service for him at noon, corresponding to ten AM. California time, when the fun eral is held for Rogers burial at the Memorial Park cemetery.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20

UNDATED, Aug. 2O-Scattered tribesmen seen armed with antquated rifles and cartridges which re quently too large for the bore Children drilling and camoring for permission to join the army in Ethiopia in support of their claim for independence.
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Photographer Discovered

The silence which accompanied the arrival of the plane, was sud denly broken by the discovery of a photographer concealed among the rafters of the hangar. Several mo- ments of confusion followed, until the police caught him and smashed his camera.
 Meanwhile, other photographers were shooting pictures through the glass windows from the outside of the building, and they precipitated a clash with the police. Spectators jumped the fence and joined the melee.
 The rumpus caused a delay of half hour in the transferring of the bodies to the two hearseS, which were escorted by twenty motorcycle police to the Forest Lawn Mortuary at Glendale.
 The body of Wiley Post is to be taken to Oklahoma for burial.
 Joe Crosson, famed Alaska pilot, who brought the bodies from Point Barrow to Seattle, accompanied the bodies South as a passenger.
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Pilot CrOSSOn Flies Bodies To Seattle Then Accompanies
 Other Plane South
ARE MET PLANE
 CARRY BODIES
Seattle Greets Bodies With Impressive Solemnity As
 They Prepared Trip
(By The Associated Press)

SEATTLE, Aug 19, Speeding South to California after less than three hours here, the bodies of Will ey Post and Will Rogers left at 11:53 A. M. today in a Douglas Air transport liner piloted by William Winston, Texas fiier.
 Pilot Joe Crosson of the Pacific Alaska Airways brought the bodies here in the Lockheed Electra from Vancouver, B C., after flying from Fairbanks. He took off from Van couver after a ceremony by the Canadians including the laying of WreathS on the collins in the plane.
 Pilot Winston, accompanied by Colonel Clarence Young, Pan Am erican Airways director, and Anon Carter of Fort Worth, Texas, were aboard the big plane from the South when it landed here.
 In Appreciation
 In gesture of appreciation for his great work in flying the bodies South from Point Barrow, Joe Cros- son at the last minute, was escorted aboard the Douglas plane. Marine Reserves lined up on parade, and the huge crowd was silent in re- spect, as the big airliner scared away.
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The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20
COmmOtiOn Greets Arrival At Los Angeles-Photo-
 grapher Is The Cause
KODAK SMASHED
 PLANE HANGAR
Crosson In Borrowing Mood Asks Not Be Questioned
 On Personal Feelings
(By The Associated PresS)

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20, Will Rogers mad Wiley Post came back to Los Angeles Monday night, the end of a tragic air journey which Rog- CTS announced at the start would be just some where.
 The funeral plane landed here at 6:2O PM PSF after fast flight from
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FEAR THE COLLAPSE
 OF LEAGUE AS TWO
 NATIONS PREPARING
Countries Band Together As
 Fear Apparent Of Possible Outcome
(By The Associated Press)

UNDATED. Aug 20-Ethiopia is progressing steadily in it's preparations in ehe apparent indication of war comes
 British cabinet members rushed home today for an emergency meeting to face the graves situation 1914 the lesser nations of Europe embed in fear that the League of Nations may collapse and leave them without the slightest guarantee of independence.
 Italy defied again today foreign powers to interfere far to admit the possibility that she may quit the League
 Ethiopia carried its preparations for secretly onesdng mobizations as long there is still chance for peace
 Il Duce ordered that the government be represented military of more than million the Aus trian frontier.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20

UNDATED, Aug. 20-Fearing the death of the League of Nations the little entente countries reported to be planning united frontier to themselves from being gobled up in general European warfare breaks
 The Foreign Ministers of Sweden Norway Denmark and Finland Sunday to discuss purported support of any league action against Italy The Baltic sta have been tradonay neutral in European affairs here tofore, but are growing uneasy daily.
The Nome daily nugget., 1935-08-20
Wins A Victory
(By The Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20, - Tony Canzonerri, lightweight cham pion punched out ten round vict- ory over Frankie Flick of San Fran cisco, Monday night. Canzonerri's title was not at stake, as both fight CTS came into the ring overweight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-25
COPPER LEADS RISE
IN METAL PRICES
Foreign Situation Improves and
Domestic Rate Reaches S1a
Cents q Pound.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August 24.-Copper
predominated in a general upward
revision Of metal prices last week.
With the export base finally crossing
well beyond the Scent level, the
domestic price was advanced to sia
cents a pound, delivered, Connecticut
Valley. marking the first change
since the invahdation Of N. r. A.
Demand has been uniformly good.
Domestic sales were unusually large
with total for the month thus placed
around 10000 tons.
Lead buying was aggressively re-
sumed with producers at the same
time advancing prices IS points.
Shipments in the last four months
were reported at 1874, 800 tons, against
117,700 last year.
Zinc advanced 10 points, but de-
mand has been quiet.
Tin advanced 2 cents a pound, then
conceded half Of the gain.