OCR Text |
Show BIRDMANWILL COME HOME ON U.S. CRUISER WASHINGTON", June 1 (UP) : A welcome bofitting n Dewt'y or :i Pershing will 1m; given Cuptui.i Chnrlos A. Lindbergh, nirninn hero, wben he docks here June 11 aboard the fnst cruisor Memphis. Announcement Is Made ' President Coolide announced today to-day the youthful flyer, honored by kings and commoners abroad, hail accepted an Invitation to sail aboard' Ibe Memphis from Europe and (4 si earn up tli Potomac to receLve a. nation's plaudits through the prc dent, cabinet officers, soldiers, sapors sap-ors uud citizenry. The shift from plans to bring him home aboard the destroyer Back came after Lindbergh in London hud received from the president';! vpeclnl cabinet reception committee an Invitation to make "Washington his first port of call. It was really Hie president's 'own Invitation a bid-equivalent to a royal command, When the MompulH sails, or from tvbat port, wns not made clear lii the presidential aunounoemeut. " In accepting the presidential invitation, in-vitation, Lindbergh dtsapimints tba metropolis, New York, which hail planned to herald Mm wltji unusual honors. But President Coolldge, anxious to honor the daring New York to Paris flyer, had set bis heart on seeing Lindbergh before starting westward on his Black Hills sum mer vacation. "Memphis" Is t'sed To do this the Memphis was called call-ed into action. It can bind hlni here June 11, two days ahead of thu president's Hcheduled departure, Lindbergh ' will be guest of fho president, and through him. of a nation proud of hbj air exploit. Details of the great receplimH ' fire yet ' fo be moulded. .Hut, th preliminary' arrangements call ; a greeting such as no civilian befon! Lindbergh has ever bad. The home-coming home-coming of a Dewey or a IVr-diing will be the only comparison for tht! man whose daring has fired Ibe world's Imagination. Present plans call for the Memphis Mem-phis (o stea m through Hampton Roads aud up to the Potomac lJ dock here. Secretary of the Navy Wilbul consulted President 'oollilge aft el the announcement and later told tht press everything would be done td g'-t Lindbergh into Washington on Saturday morning, the eleventh, ko the celebration could be accomplish ed that day. ' The three press associations will be permitted one representath- aboard the Memphis from Europe, he said. Mr. and Mrs. Lenard Nellson returned re-turned to their home in (his city Sunday, after si tending the past three months at Idaho Falls, Idaho, i where Mr. Nellson has been em ployed as plasterer in t he newly built hotel Bonneville. A miscellaneous shower was given Sat urday evening at ( he honu' of Mrs. Chester Hiitchhigs In compli incut to their daughter LaPrenl. n bride of this week. The rooms wera tastefully decorated with sprlm Mowers. A number of games and music were enjoyable features of the evening during which a dellcioiin luncheon was served to about 2.T close friends and relatives. Tha honor guest received many beautiful beau-tiful and useful gifts. Cornell .lessee, who has filled n mission In the northern states, has been reloased and is expected to return to his home soon. |