Yearns, Kenneth John.-b. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 20, 1907; George Washington, A. B. 1929; newspaper work 1923-30; app., after exam., For. Ser. officer unclass., v. c. of career, and sec. in the Diplo. Ser. Dec. 16, 1930; assigned to the Dept., temp., Dec. 20, 1930; to Naples Oct. 1, 1931; to the For. Ser. Sch. Nov. 29, 1932; to the Dept., temp., Mar. 30, 1933; to Shanghai May 31, 1933; to Nanking Mar. 1, 1934; as 3d sec. at Nanking Sept. 17, 1935; as v. c. at Tientsin July 10, 1936; class eight Apr. 1, 1937; cons. Apr. 22, 1937; assigned to Tientsin Apr. 26, 1937; married.

Yepis, Alfonso Fernando.-b. Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 13, 1899; attended business sch.; Univ. of Ariz. 1919; with express company 1919-20; clk. and asst. cashier 1921-22; salesman 1923; with railroad in Mexico 1925-26; app. clk. at Am. Consulate at Guaymas Dec. 3, 1927; at Manzanillo Feb. 14, 1928; resigned Aug. 20, 1928; app. clk. at Guaymas Feb. 26, 1929; v. c. at Guaymas May 17, 1930; married.

Yingling, Raymund Thomas.-b. Westminster, Md., Jan. 14, 1898; Western Md. Coll., A. B. 1918; Georgetown, LL. B. 1921; mem. of bar of D. C.; S. A. T. C. 1918; in War Dept. 1918, 1919-20; app. clk. at $1,200 in the Dept. of State Sept. 30, 1920; at $1,400 Sept. 16, 1922; law clk. at $2,000 Feb. 10, 1923; at $2,400 July 1, 1924; at $2,500 May 1, 1925; drafting officer at $3,000 Oct. 16, 1925; at $3,200 July 1, 1928 (Welch Act); asst. to the solicitor at $3,800 Feb. 1, 1929; at $4,200 July 1, 1930; asst. to the legal adviser July 1, 1931; Am. representative, Claims Committee, U. S. and Spain, 1931-; counsel for U.S., Gen. Claims Commn., U.S. and Panama, 1931-33; at $4,600 May 1, 1935.—LE.

Yost, Charles Woodruff.-b. Watertown, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1907; Hotchkiss Sch. grad.; Princeton, A. B. 1928; Univ. of Paris 1928-29; app. after exam., For. Ser. officer unclass., v. c. of career, and sec. in the Diplo. Ser. Dec. 16, 1930; assigned to Alexandria, temp., Dec. 18, 1930; to the For. Ser. Sch. Feb. 20, 1932; to Warsaw July 26, 1932; resigned Aug. 14, 1933; journalist 1933-35; in Resettlement Admin. Mar.-Aug. 1935; app. divisional asst. at $3,800 in the Dept. of State Aug. 27, 1935; asst. chief, Division of Arms and Munitions Control, Sept. 19, 1935; at $4,600 June 16, 1936; married.-CA.

Young, Corinne D.-b. Florence, Ala.; high sch. and business sch. grad.; normal sch. grad.; Univ. of Ala., summer 1925; N. C. State Teachers Coll., summer 1927; Ala. State Teachers Coll., B. S. 1930; teacher 1923-28; secretary 1930-33, in Senate Office Bldg. 1934, in Nat. Recovery Admin. 1934-36; app. clk. at $1,620 in the Dept. of State Feb. 19, 1936.-TA.

Young, Fred Rex.-b. Defiance, Iowa, Apr. 12, 1886; high sch. grad.; Iowa State Teachers' Coll., summer 1904; studied accountancy; teacher in public sch. 1904-10; asst. postmaster 1910-17; dep. county treas. 1917-18; clk., War Dept., 1918; app. clk. at $1,000 in the Dept. of State Dec. 17, 1918; at $1,200

Aug. 1, 1919; at $1,400 Mar. 1, 1921; at $1,600 Dec. 30, 1922, effective Jan. 1, 1923; at $1,860 July 1, 1924; at $1,920 Dec. 1, 1925; at $2,100 July 1, 1928 (Welch Act); at $2,200 July 1, 1928; chief of audit section, Bu. of Accounts, at $2,600 Mar. 15, 1930; at $2,800 July 1, 1930; at $2,900 Feb. 1, 1931; married.-BA.

Young, James Barclay.-b. Washington, D. C., Feb. 14, 1884; William Penn Charter Sch. grad.; Univ. of Pa., B. S. 1907; studied law; newspaper reporter; sec. to mem. of Cong.; app., after exam., cons. asst. July 19, 1909; v. and dep. cons. at Milan Sept. 8, 1909; dep. cons. gen. at Berlin Mar. 16, 1911; v. and dep. cons. at Breslau Apr. 28, 1911; dep. cons. gen. at Berlin May 26, 1911; v. and dep. cons. gen. at Genoa Feb. 19, 1912; v. and dep. cons. at Milan July 22, 1913; v. and dep. cons. gen. at Genoa Aug. 29, 1913; v. c. at Genoa Feb. 6, 1915; cons. of class eight Mar. 2, 1915, and assigned to Tunis (canceled); detailed as v. c. at Belgrade Apr. 1915; at Vienna Dec. 1915; assigned to Fiume July 24, 1916; detailed to the Dept. Apr. 7, 1917; class seven Sept. 14, 1917; class six Sept. 5, 1919; assigned to Venice Apr. 16, 1920; class five June 4, 1920; class four Aug. 23, 1922; For. Ser. officer of class five July 1, 1924; class four Feb. 24, 1925; assigned to Southampton Nov. 20, 1929; class three May 9, 1930; as For. Ser. officer at Callao-Lima Mar. 27, 1933; cons. gen. and assigned to Callao-Lima Apr. 29, 1933; sec. in the Diplo. Ser. Aug. 22, 1935; assigned as cons. gen. and 1st sec. at Vienna Sept. 3, 1935; class two and assigned as couns. of leg. at Vienna in addition to duties as cons. gen. Apr. 1, 1936; cons. gen. at Lisbon June 30, 1937; married.

Young, John Russell, Jr.-b. Hamilton, Va., Aug. 18, 1909; Georgetown Sch. of For. Ser., B. F. S. 1934; clk., Library of Cong., 1928-30; app. clk., temp., at $1,440 in the Dept. of State Aug. 27, 1934; permanently Sept. 15, 1934; at $1,620 Mar. 1, 1935; at $1,800 Sept. 16, 1937; married.-TA.

Young, Whitney.-b. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 31, 1896; Harvard, A. B. 1918; U. S. Army 1917-18, 2d lt.; with rubber company 1919-21; domes. and foreign banking 1921-23; app., after exam., v. c. of career of class three June 13, 1924; For. Ser. officer unclass. July 1, 1924; assigned to Kobe July 31, 1924; to Nagasaki, temp., Aug. 13, 1928; to Yokohama Aug. 31, 1929; class eight, cons., and assigned to Yokohama Oct. 16, 1929; to Taihoku, temp., Oct. 30, 1930; to Colombo Jan. 23, 1932; sec. in the Diplo. Ser. June 16, 1933; assigned as For. Ser. officer to the leg. at Peiping June 19, 1933; also as cons. at Tientsin July 1, 1933; 3d sec. at Peiping in addition to duties as cons. at Tientsin July 8, 1933; relieved of duties as 3d sec. at Peiping Mar. 1, 1934; class seven July 1, 1934; assigned as cons. at Tsinan, temp., May 24, 1935; at Tientsin Aug. 7, 1935; at Seoul, temp., Oct. 15, 1935; at Tientsin Feb. 10, 1936; at Swatow, temp., July 13, 1937.

Young, William C.-b. in Shelby Co., Ky., Dec. 1, 1879; Washington and Lee Univ., A. B. 1901; taught sch. 1903-4; mgr. of estate and brokerage business

1904-14; with financial corp. 1914-16; travel and study 1916-18; clk. in War Dept. 1918, in Treas. Dept. in France 1918-20; app. clk. in Am. Consulate General at London Sept. 3, 1920; v. c. at London Jan. 27, 1922; at Paris Mar. 9, 1925; at Lille June 16, 1925; at Paris Sept. 24, 1925; at Boulognesur-Mer, temp., Jan. 8, 1929; at Paris Apr. 9, 1929; at Bristol Dec. 29, 1931 ; at Patras Nov. 25, 1932; at Istanbul, temp., Nov. 9, 1934; at Patras Feb. 1, 1935; at Izmir Oct. 26, 1936; also to Italian Islands of the Aegean Nov. 18, 1936.

Young, Willis Harold.-b. Morristown, Minn., July 2, 1898; attended business sch.; George Washington, LL. B. 1923; mem. of bar of Va.; U. S. Army 191819; clk. and claim examiner, Treas. Dept., 1919-25; chief clk. in Federal penitentiary, Dept. of Justice, 1925-26; app. law clk. at $1,860 in the Dept. of State June 1, 1926; at $1,920 Nov. 1, 1927; at $2,100 July 1, 1928 (Welch Act); at $2,200 July 1, 1928; at $2,600 Mar. 1, 1929; at $2,800 July 1, 1930; married.-PD.

Youngquist, Mildred.-b. Duluth, Minn.; high sch. grad.; clk. and stenog. in private firms 1927, 1928-35, 1935-36; elk., Treas. Dept. Feb.-May 1935, Veterans' Admin. Apr.-Nov. 1936; app. clk. at $1,260 in the Dept. of State Nov. 9, 1936; at $1,440 July 1, 1937.— DCR.

Yuni, William E.-b. Willowcreek, Mont., Dec. 4, 1906; Univ. of Wash., B. A. 1932; bookkeeper 193335; app., after exam., For. Ser. officer unclass., v. c. of career, and sec. in the Diplo. Ser. Oct. 1, 1935; assigned as language officer at Tokyo Oct. 25, 1935; married.

Zaveckas, Stanley D.-b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1909; high sch grad.; St. John's Coll. 1927-29; U. S. Naval Reserve; app. clk. at $1,500 in the N. Y. Despatch Agency of the Dept. of State Feb. 1, 1930; at $1,800 July 1, 1935.

Zawadzki, Casimir Tadeusz Walter.-b. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1899; attended high sch.; Canisius Coll. 1921-23; Polish Army 1917-21; app. clk. in Am. Consulate General at Munich July 3, 1924; v. c. at Munich Sept. 5, 1925; at Berlin Sept. 29, 1928; at Breslau, temp., Oct. 3, 1936; at Berlin Oct. 31, 1936; at Breslau, temp., Aug. 2, 1937; married.

Zierjack, Dorothy Madeline. b. Fairmount, Ill.; high sch. grad.; attended business sch.; studied accountancy; clk. and telephone operator 1930–37 ; stenog., Treas. Dept., Mar.-Sept. 1937; app. clk. at $1,620 in the Dept. of State Sept. 15, 1937.-SS.

Zilch, Helen Josephine.-b. Cumberland, Md.; high sch. grad.; attended business sch.; Wittenberg Coll. 1924-26; Univ. of Md. 1926-27; app. clk., temp., at $1,440 in the Dept. of State Jan. 6, 1930; permanently Aug. 8, 1930; at $1,620 Feb. 9, 1931; at $1,800 July 30, 1936; at $2,300 July 1, 1937.—RP.

Zinser, Leon.-App. to act as despatch agt. at New Orleans Sept. 5, 1933.

Zweig, Bernhardt.-b. Columbia, Ill., Mar. 8, 1898; U. S. M. C. Clerical Sch. grad.; LaSalle Ext. Univ. 1927-28, Columbia 1933-34; U. S. M. C. 1916-20, 1921-24, overseas service; clk. in leg. at Guatemala 1924-27; sec. of bank, Guatemala, 1927-29; clk, in office of mil. att., San José, May 1-June 15, 1929; app. clk, in leg. at San José June 17, 1929; v. c. at Tegucigalpa Jan. 25, 1936; married.

Albright, Edward.-b. Sumner Co., Tenn., Aug. 18, 1873; Gallatin Male Acad. grad.; Cumberland Univ., B. L. 1898; mem. of bar of Tenn.; pres., nat. editorial assn., 1919-20; U. S. marshal for middle dist. of Tenn. 1920-24; newspaper publisher 1907-33; newspaper owner 1912-33; app. E. E. and M. P. to Finland July 21, 1933; to Costa Rica Apr. 22, 1937; died in Nashville, Tenn., May 25, 1937.

Anderson, Larz.-b. Paris, France, of Am. parents, Aug. 15, 1866; attended sch. in France; Phillips Exeter Acad.; Harvard, A. B. 1888; app. 2d sec. of leg. at London July 20, 1891; sec. of emb. at Rome Aug. 8, 1894; resigned 1897; capt. and asst. adjt. gen., U. S. Volunteers, 1898; app. E. E. and M. P. to Belgium Aug. 12, 1911; A. E. and P. to Japan Nov. 14, 1912; resigned June 11, 1913; died in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Apr. 13, 1937.

Avery, William Lester.-b. New York City, Feb. 17, 1853; attended public and private schs.; at sea 186983, shipmaster 1876-83; agt. for express company 1884-97; app., after exam., cons. at Belize Mar. 9, 1898; cons. of class eight by act of Feb. 5, 1915;

cons. of class seven Sept. 6, 1916; retired as cons. of class seven Dec. 1921; died in Clearwater, Fla., summer 1923.

Benedict, James Sackett.-b. Aurelius, N. Y., Mar. 5, 1856; attended private and public schs.; draftsman and clk. in architect's office four yrs.; in War Dept., temp.; app. cons. agt. at Stratford Mar. 8, 1879; eml. agt. at Moncton Sept. 10, 1887; at Campbellton Jan. 25, 1897; cons. June 22, 1906; cons. at St. John's, N. F., Mar. 30, 1907; cons. of class eight by act of Feb. 5, 1915; class seven Sept. 5, 1919; assigned to Windsor, Ont., Canada, Sept. 21, 1923; Foreign Service officer of class eight July 1, 1924; retired as For. Ser. officer of class eight July 1, 1924, under the provisions of the act of May 24, 1924; died in Toronto, Ont., Canada, Nov. 8, 1936.

Cameron, Alfred Dorrance.-b. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 3, 1893; high sch. grad.; Univ. of Wash. 1913-14; clk. in library 1906-12, in insur. company 1912-17; U. S. Army 1916-22, capt.; app., after exam., v. c. of career of class three Feb. 26, 1923; assigned to Marseille Apr. 27, 1923; For. Ser. officer unclass.,

July 1, 1924; assigned to Paris Apr. 2, 1925; to Lille, temp., May 26, 1927; to Paris Sept. 20, 1927; class eight, cons., and assigned to Paris May 23, 1929; to Lourenço Marques Dec. 6, 1930; class seven Feb. 27, 1931; to Johannesburg July 31, 1933; to London Oct. 31, 1935; to Vancouver Oct. 2, 1936 (did not proceed to post); died in London Oct. 14, 1936.

Crosby, Sheldon Leavitt.-b. New York City Nov. 9, 1880; private tutor; attended sch. in Germany; insur. office, trust company, and railway office twelve yrs.; app., after exam., 3d sec. at London Mar. 31, 1910; sec. of leg. and cons. gen. at Bangkok Aug. 22, 1912; 2d sec. at Madrid July 16, 1914; sec. of emb. or leg. of class three by act of Feb. 5, 1915; assigned to Vienna July 21, 1915; to London May 22, 1917; class two July 13, 1917; assigned to Rome Feb. 1, 1919; class one June 28, 1920; assigned to Stockholm Nov. 13, 1920; to the Dept. Oct. 13, 1921; as couns. of emb. at Rio de Janeiro Oct. 20, 1921; For. Ser. officer of class one July 1, 1924; assigned as couns. of emb. at Constantinople Nov. 15, 1924; at Madrid Jan. 13, 1930; at Warsaw May 26, 1932; retired Sept. 30, 1935, under the provisions of the act of Feb. 23, 1931; died in Paris July 10, 1936.

Denning, Joseph M.-b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr. 19, 1866; St. Xavier Coll., M. A.; attended St. Mary of the West; pastor; app. agt. and cons. gen. at Tangier Feb. 10, 1922; resigned Mar. 27, 1924; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 26, 1927.

Dodge, H. Percival.-b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 18, 1870; private tutors; Noble's Sch.; Harvard, A. B. 1892, LL. B. 1895; mem. of bar of Mass.; law practice 1895-97; studied in Europe 1897-99; app. 3d sec. at Berlin Feb. 16, 1899; 2d sec. July 9, 1900, effective Sept. 1; sec. of emb. Oct. 13, 1902; at Tokyo Aug. 8, 1906; E. E. and M. P. to Honduras and Salvador July 1, 1907; E. E. and M. P. to Salvador July 1, 1908; to Morocco May 12, 1909; resident diplo. officer and chief, Division of Latin American Affairs, June 22, 1910; E. E. and M. P. to Panama July 6, 1911; chm. of committee to supervise Panamanian municipal and presidential elections of 1912; resigned Aug. 25, 1913; sec. to U. S. Special Commn., Niagara Falls Mediation Conf., 1914; representative on commn. for relief of Americans in Europe Aug. 3, 1914, effective Sept. 5; special agt. to assist Am. Emb. at Paris Aug. 4, 1914; special agt, in Serbia June 28, 1917; E. E. and M. P. to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes July 17, 1919; special representative with rank of amb. at marriage ceremonies of King Alexander; E. E. and M. P. to Denmark Feb. 23, 1926; resigned Mar. 1, 1930; app. under Ex. order For. Ser. officer of class one Mar. 8, 1930; assigned to the Dept. May 12, 1930; retired Sept. 30, 1931, under the provisions of the act of Feb. 23, 1931; died in Zürich, Switzerland, Oct. 16, 1936.

Dorr, Julian Childe.-b. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 14, 1896; Powder Point Sch.; Georgetown Sch. of For. Ser. 1919-21; newspaper reporter 1915; U. S. Army 1917-18; app., after exam., v. c. of career of class three Oct. 26, 1921; assigned to Prague Dec. 14,

1921; to Naples Mar. 15, 1922; For. Ser. office unclass. July 1, 1924; assigned to Genoa Mar. 1926; class eight, cons., and assigned to Genoa Jul 24, 1930; to Barbados Jan. 10, 1931; to the Dep May 27, 1932; to Mexico City Feb. 23, 1935; die at his post Sept. 3, 1936.

Eells, Stillman Witt.-b. Cleveland, Ohio, Apr. 24 1873; Taft's Sch.; Yale, B. A. 1895; secretary of foun dry company; pres. and v. pres. of mfg. companies si yrs.; app. v. c. at Hamilton, Bermuda, Mar. 20, 1916 app., after exam., cons. of class eight Feb. 19, 1918 assigned to Mombasa May 25, 1918; to Nairobi July 30, 1918; class seven Sept. 5, 1919; assigned to Fun chal Aug. 5, 1921; For. Ser. officer of class eight July 1, 1924; detailed to the Dept. May 23, 1925; assigned to Leeds July 11, 1925; class seven Aug. 24, 1927; assigned to Colombo May 19, 1928; class six July 24, 1930; to Cardiff Sept. 4, 1931; to Valencia Aug. 1, 1934; retired Sept. 30, 1935, under the provisions of the act of Feb. 23, 1931; died in New York City May 12, 1937.

Emmet, Grenville Temple.-b. New Rochelle, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1877; St. Paul's Sch. grad.; Harvard, A. B. 1898; mem. of bar of N. Y.; law practice since 1901 ; U. S. Army, 1898, capt.; app. E. E. and M. P. to the Netherlands Jan. 15, 1934; to Austria July 13, 1937; died at his post Sept. 26, 1937.

Foster, Paul Hadley.-b. Galveston, Tex., Apr. 23, 1868; prep. sch. of Univ. of La.; Tex. Agric. and Mech. Coll. 1884-85; Tex. Vol. Guard 1886-87; clk. 1885-89; salesman 1889-1913; app., after exam., cons. at Jerez de la Frontera Nov. 24, 1913; cons. of class eight by act approved Feb. 5, 1915; assigned to Bilbao July 8, 1916; class seven Apr. 24, 1917; assigned to Vera Cruz Feb. 28, 1919; class six Sept. 5, 1919; detailed to Monterrey July 18, 1922; assigned to Monterrey Oct. 2, 1923; For. Ser. officer of class eight July 1, 1924; assigned to Salina Cruz July 9, 1925; to Piedras Negras Sept. 7, 1928; class seven May 9, 1930; retired Apr. 30, 1933, under the provisions of the act of Feb. 23, 1931; died in San Antonio, Tex., July 24, 1937.

Gaulin, Alphonse.-b. Woonsocket, R. I., May 24, 1874; Harvard Law Sch., grad. 1896; law practice; city mayor 1902-5; app. cons. at Havre, Mar. 8, 1905; cons. gen. at Marseille May 31, 1909; cons. gen. of class four by act of Feb. 5, 1915; class three Sept. 14, 1917; detailed to Paris Feb. 5-July 21, 1919; class two June 2, 1920; assigned to Rio de Janeiro Feb. 10, 1921; For. Ser. officer of class one July 1, 1924; cons. gen. at Paris July 8, 1926; assigned to the Dept. Jan. 5, 1927; mem. of Bd. of Review, For. Ser. Personnel, 1927; resigned Aug. 31, 1929; died in New York City Mar. 6, 1937.

Hapgood, Norman.-b. Chicago, Ill., Mar. 28, 1868; Harvard, A. B. 1890, A. M. and LL. B. 1893; dramatic critic 1897-1902; editor 1903-16, 1923-25; author; app. E. E. and M. P. to Denmark Apr. 16, 1919; resigned Nov. 1919; died in New York City Apr. 29, 1937.

Haven, Joseph Emerson.-b. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 19, 1885; high sch. grad.; Univ. of Lille one yr.; app.,

after exam., cml. agt. at St. Christopher Aug. 18, 1904; cons. June 22, 1906; cons. at Crefeld Mar. 30, 1907; at Roubaix June 10, 1908; at Catania Apr. 24, 1914; cons. of class seven by act approved Feb. 5, 1915; assigned to Turin July 8, 1916; class six Sept. 6, 1916; detailed at Avlona Nov. 29, 1919; returned to Turin May 19, 1919; class five Sept. 5, 1919; class four June 4, 1920; detailed to Trieste Aug. 16, 1920; asst. observer, Potorose Conf., Italy, 1921; assigned to Trieste Jan. 25, 1922; to Florence Mar. 30, 1923; For. Ser. officer of class five July 1, 1924; assigned also to San Marino Apr. 9, 1925; class four Dec. 17, 1925; class three July 24, 1930; died at his post May 4, 1937.

Heimke, William.-b. in France July 8, 1847; naturalized 1887; private tutors in France and Germany; private and public schs. in U. S.; U. S. M. A., grad. 1875; U. S. Army 1862–80; purchasing agt. for ry. 1881-82; gen. mgr. for telephone companies 1883-87; app. v. c. at Chihuahua Feb. 2, 1887; cons. Aug. 18, 1892; resigned Sept. 23, 1893; app. 2d sec. of leg. at Mexico City May 3, 1897; sec. of leg. at Bogotá July 18, 1906; E. E. and M. P. to Guatemala Mar. 10, 1908; to El Salvador Aug. 5, 1809; chief, Division of Latin American Affairs, Dept. of State, July 29, 1914; resigned May 17, 1915; died in Kansas City, Kans., July 14, 1931.

Hunt, George Wylie Paul.-b. Huntsville, Mo., Nov. 1, 1859; attended public and private schs.; ranching 1890-1900; mem. and exec. of business firm from 1890; mem. of Ariz. Terr. Legis. 1892-1900, 1904-10 (pres. of upper house 1905, 1909); pres. of Ariz. Constit. Conv. 1910; gov. of Ariz. 1912-19, 1922-28, 1930-32; author of articles and addresses on humanitarian subjects; app. E. E. and M. P. to Siam May 18, 1920; resigned October 1921; died in Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 24, 1934.

Listoe, Soren.-b. in Denmark Apr. 27, 1846; naturalized; private tutors; newspaper work; mem. of Minn. Legis. 1875-76; register in U. S. land office 1875-82; farmer; editorial work 1888; editor of newspaper many yrs.; app. cons. at Düsseldorf July 26, 1892; resigned May 1893; app. cons. at Rotterdam June 29, 1897; cons. gen. May 15, effective July 1, 1902; cons. gen. of class four by act of Feb. 5, 1915; resigned Nov. 14, 1920; died in East Radford, Va., Dec. 12, 1927.

McCunn, John Niven.-b. Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 10, 1858; naturalized 1897; attended sch. in Scotland and U. S.; attended teachers coll. and business sch.; engaged in farming and teaching; proprietor of business sch.; app., after exam., cons. at Dunfermline July 28, 1897; cons. at Glasgow Jan. 14, 1908; cons. of class four by act of Feb. 5, 1915; assigned to Georgetown Sept. 8, 1919; to Yarmouth Oct. 19, 1920; retired as For. Ser. officer of class five July 1, 1924, under the provisions of the act of May 24, 1924; died in Danbury, Conn., Jan. 13, 1937.

Milner, James B.-b. Middlefork, Ind., Oct. 30, 1857; Purdue and Ind. State Univ.; law practice; prosecuting atty. and county atty.; app., after exam., cons. 137100-37-21

at Calais Mar. 1, 1898; cons. of class seven by act of Feb. 5, 1915; assigned to Niagara Falls Oct. 27, 1916; retired as For. Ser. officer of class eight July 1, 1924, under the provisions of the act of May 24, 1924; died in Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 25, 1936.

Orr, George. b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 29, 1886; high sch. grad.; Temple Coll. 1906-7; clk. 1904-5; surveying and drafting 1905-8; asst. engineer in contracting firm and municipal engineering 1908-17, 1919-20; U. S. Army 1917-19, capt.; app., after exam., cons. of class seven June 4, 1920; detailed to Panama Aug. 2, 1920; class six Mar. 1, 1923; For. Ser. officer of class seven July 1, 1924; class six Aug. 8, 1924; assigned to Paris June 6, 1925; to Stavanger July 2, 1929; class five July 24, 1930; to Santo Domingo Nov. 25, 1930 (canceled); to Caracas June 10, 1932; sec. in the Diplo. Ser. May 21, 1936; assigned as cons. and 2d sec. at Helsingfors May 22, 1936; died at his post Apr. 3, 1937.

Paddock, Harry Luzerne.-b. Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 2, 1878; Trinity Coll. four yrs.; Univ. of Calif. three yrs.; law practice; U. S. Navy 1898, lt. comdr., Philippine service; comdr. U. S. Naval Reserve; app., after exam., cons. at Amoy Feb. 28, 1906; resigned Apr. 9, 1908; agent for life insurance company in Hong Kong; died in Hong Kong July 30, 1937.

Rand, Elbridge Dexter.-b. Burlington, Iowa, July 7, 1887; private tutors; Montclair Mil. Acad. 1903-6; Harvard 1907-8; travel and study abroad 1910-14; U. S. Army 1917-19, capt., overseas service; tech. asst., Am. Peace Commn., Paris, 1919; asst. mil. att. at Brussels 1919; app. drafting officer at $2,500 in the Dept. of State Oct. 6, 1919; at $3,000 Mar. 1, 1921; resigned Mar. 31, 1921; app., after exam., sec. of emb. or leg. of class four Aug. 24, 1921; assigned to the Dept., temp., Sept. 19, 1921; to Tangier Mar. 13, 1923; representative on Int. Sanitary Council of Morocco 1923-25; sec. of class three Jan. 23, 1924; For. Ser. officer of class six July 1, 1924; assigned as 2d sec. of emb. at Paris May 27, 1925; class five Dec. 17, 1925; 2d sec. at Madrid Mar. 1, 1926; to the Dept. Mar. 3, 1927; class four June 30, 1927; cons. May 17, 1928; assigned to Geneva May 26, 1928; tech. asst. to Am. del. 1928 and adviser to Committee of Experts 1929, Special Commn. for Prep. of Draft Convention on Private Manufacture of Arms and Ammunition and Implements of War, Geneva; sec. of del., Int. Conf. on Economic Statistics, Geneva, 1928; alt. del., Int. Conf. for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency, Geneva, 1929; resigned Dec. 25, 1929; died in Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 16, 1936.

Reat, Samuel Callaway.-b. Tuscola, Ill., June 14, 1868; attended business sch.; Univ. of Ill. three yrs. ; Northwestern, LL. B.; Columbian Univ. (now George Washington) B. S.; mem. of bar of Ill.; city atty. 1893-97; reporter and secretary; state examiner of corp. in Ill. 1908; app., after exam., cons. at Port Louis June 22, 1908; at Tansui May 31, 1909; at Calgary Sept. 18, 1913; cons. of class seven by act of Feb. 5, 1915; class six Sept. 17, 1915, and assigned to Rangoon; to Guatemala July 14, 1916; unassigned

July 10, 1917-May 25, 1918; assigned to Calgary May 25, 1918; For. Ser. officer of class seven July 1, 1924; retired June 30, 1933, under the provisions of the act of Feb. 23, 1931; died in Los Angeles, Calif., July 24, 1936.

Smith, Gaston.-b. New Orleans, La., Feb. 14, 1871; attended high sch. and business sch.; private tutors; cashier 1890-98, 1901-5; U. S. Volunteer Army 1898-99, 2d It.; clk., New Orleans Subtreasury, 1905-6; Philippine civil service 1906-11; app., after exam., cons. at Aguascalientes Aug. 19, 1911; cons. of class nine by act approved Feb. 5, 1915; class eight Mar. 2, 1915; class seven Sept. 14, 1917, and assigned to Bluefields but did not proceed to post; to Almeria Nov. 5, 1917; to Málaga July 25, 1919; class six Sept. 5, 1919; assigned to Georgetown Apr. 28, 1923; For. Ser, officer of class seven July 1, 1924; assigned to Calais Sept. 24, 1925; to Port Elizabeth, temp., Mar. 26, 1927; to Durban Mar. 28, 1927; class six May 9, 1930; assigned to Tegucigalpa Apr. 22, 1931; to Lille Jan. 11, 1933; retired Feb. 29, 1936, under the provisions of the act of Feb. 23, 1931; died in New Orleans, La., Aug. 21, 1937.

Southworth, William Berry.-b. Duluth, Minn., May 28, 1896; Harvard, A. B. 1918; Columbia Univ. 1919; private sec., map salesman, playground dir., and clk. ; with Am. Red Cross in Europe nineteen months; app., after exam., sec. of emb. or leg. of class four Apr. 7, 1920; assigned to Lima June 14, 1920; to Mexico City Aug. 1, 1921; app. sec. of class three Sept. 22, 1922; assigned to the Dept. of State Mar. 20, 1923; to Asunción Jan. 15, 1924; app. For. Ser. officer of class six and assigned as 2d sec. at Asunción July 1, 1924; resigned Jan. 5, 1926; died in New York City Aug. 7, 1927.

Straus, Jesse Isidor.-b. New York City June 25, 1872; Harvard, A. B. 1893; bank clk. 1893; connected with dept. stores 1893-1919; pres. of dept. store 1919-36; app. A. E. and P. to France Mar. 17, 1933; resigned Aug. 25, 1936; died in New York City Oct. 4, 1936.

Thackara, Alexander Montgomery.-b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 24, 1848; U. S. N. A., grad. 1869; U. S. Navy 1869-82; manufacturing business 1882-97; app. cons. at Havre Apr. 1, 1897; cons. gen. at Berlin Mar. 13, 1905; cons. gen. at Paris Sept. 18, 1913; del., Sixth Int. Cong. of Chambers of Commerce and Industrial Assns., Paris, 1914; cons. gen. of class one by act of Feb. 5, 1915; retired as For. Ser. officer of class one July 1, 1924, under the provisions of the act of May 24, 1924; died in Paris Jan. 19, 1937.

Thaw, Benjamin, Jr.-b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 11, 1888; Shady Side Acad., Westminster Sch., St. Paul's Sch.; Yale, Ph. B. 1909; Univ. of Tex., Law Dept., 1914; Univ. of Zürich 1914-15; mining 1907; rail

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road construction 1915; app., after exam., sec. emb. or leg. of class four Aug. 7, 1916; assigned to Paris Aug. 10, 1916; class three July 13, 1917 ; assigned to Warsaw Nov. 15, 1920; class two Aug. 24, 1921; assigned to Brussels Aug. 8, 1922; to Santiago July 23, 1923; For. Ser. officer of class four July 1, 1924; assigned as 1st sec. at Buenos Aires July 17, 1924; to the Dept. Oct. 10, 1925 ; class three Dec. 17, 1925; asst. chief, Division of Latin American Affairs, Sept. 29, 1927; assigned as 1st sec. at Paris Dec. 26, 1929; class two May 9. 1930; assigned as 1st sec. at London Sept. 27, 1930; as couns. of leg. at Oslo Oct. 20, 1932; retired Sept. 30, 1935, under the provisions of the act of Feb. 23, 1931; died in New York City Mar. 5, 1937.

Thomas, Claude M.-Home, Bourbon County, Ky.; Princeton and Columbia Law Sch. grad.; lawyer, banker, farmer; mem. of Ky. Legis. two terms; pres. elector 1888, 1892; app. cons. at Marseille June 8, 1893; resigned Mar. 4, 1897; died in Paris, Ky., July 21, 1936.

Wilder, Amos Parker.-b. Calais, Maine, Feb. 15, 1862; Yale, A. B. 1884, Ph. D. 1892; newspaper editor and editorial writer 1888-1911; app. cons. gen. at Hong Kong Mar. 7, 1906; at Shanghai May 17, 1909; resigned Feb. 1914; died in New Haven, Conn., July 2, 1936.

Wood, John Quinby.-b. Bucksport, Maine, June 24, 1867; Wesleyan Univ., A. B. 1890; Harvard, LL. B. 1900; mem. of bars of Hawaii and Mass.; instructor in Oahu Coll., Honolulu, 1890-93; commr. of education of Republic of Hawaii one yr.; law practice in Hawaii until 1899; studied languages and hist. and practiced law in France and Italy six yrs.; law prac tice in U. S. 1906-8; attached to Am. Consulate at Milan 1908–9; app. dep. cons. at Milan Jan. 20, 1909; v. and dep. cons. Apr. 17, 1909; app., after exam., cons. at Venice Jan. 12, 1910; at Tripoli Aug. 2, 1910; cons. gen. at Addis Ababa Nov. 24, 1913; special commr. to negotiate new treaty with Abyssinia Jan. 1914; detailed to Paris Aug. 4, 1914; cons. at Chemnitz Dec. 29, 1914; cons. of class six by act approved Feb. 5, 1915; detailed to Marseille May 16, 1917; class five Sept. 14, 1917; assigned to St. Michael's Nov. 5, 1917; detailed to Tiflis Jan. 31, 1919; to Havre Aug. 28, 1919; to Coblenz Oct. 31, 1919; to Munich Dec. 6, 1919; to Frankfort-on-theMain Apr. 26, 1920; class three June 4, 1920; detailed to Tampico Apr. 4, 1922; to Vera Cruz July 18, 1922; assigned to Vera Cruz Oct. 2, 1923; For. Ser. officer of class four July 1, 1924; assigned to Messina Oct. 29, 1928; to Strasbourg July 1, 1929; retired June 30, 1932, under the provisions of the act of Feb. 23, 1931; died in St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 16, 1936.