Show Gibraltar I Receives FI Fliers erl GIBRALTAR J Jul July 1 2 A AP Bear AP-Bear- Bear Bearing ealing eal ing a. a story tory of of- quiet h heroism and ln patience in the tho face faco ot of death Major Major Ma Ma- jor Ramon Franco ranco and nd his s three companions of their t starred ill transatlantic flight landed at at Gibraltar Gibraltar Gib OIb fr from mi the rescue ship H. H M 11 S S. S Eagle today od safe late i tc sound and still able to laugh happily AJ Along ng the at streets eela and nd waterfronts waterfront in all directions were tho thousands sands who had come orri t to ae ace aee them tJ and cheer them on on the their r deliverance after a week tJ floating floating- m im the Atlantic In th the region glon ot the Azores zor Crowds Cro and demonstrations such lIuch as the tho military flavored Gibraltar has never known wn greet greeted d the thc four tour l men Traffic vas tva stalled Jn the l harbor l had d difficulty Jn zt l getting getting betting bet bet- get get- ting to and from the Ea Eagle le RECEIVED B BV f G C GOVERNOR VERNOR Major Franco Franca and his campan- campan Iou lous Major Eduardo G Gonzales Gal- Gal larza laria Captain J n Ruiz BuIz lz 4 e Aids AIda and Mechanic Pedro re remained re- re aboard 1 the tha Eagle until al almost at- at most ost Jl ti 1 i when they h y came camo ashore in l launches and proceeded to government houBe house where they were were- formally received by r- r nor not Sir Alexander Godley and andRear Reat I Admiral Berwick ck Qui commanding command command- ing ng the British Gibraltar naval f force ree Tb rho fliers rs thanked th 6 governor and the rescue by th the British aircraft att c carrier r and th then than r ir automobiles a 11 accompanied by I p officials ft proceeded ro e b by the nearby Spanish of La LInea Linen and nd Algeciras t T Thousands c cheered and threw flowers ag nu the men p through Ibe b streets tre of Gibraltar while big crowds also ilzo had gathered at nt La LInea and h and nd w waxing HI land d Spa Spanish l 1 r J GOTO TO M DRI tj wa IC cx ec ed d that tho Dit men nen w- w Woul T by t 1 b train I Ito t to f Their Thel machine 1 c ine while I. I I. I oj J L I not badly damaged cannot be flown u until It is rep repaired eIther t tar tat or orton on the Spanish side When the the- men men first landed landell tour four cruisers of orthe the Italian It navy now v on ona a Mediterranean trip fired d a salute arid md Italian of officers also went aboard the tho Eagle with the other naval of officials ot- ot to greet the rescued ed m Jt was understood r tr the e Spanish government Intends to award decorations to Captain Laurence Laurence Lau Lau- ren rence e and to Lieutenant nant R. R A 1 AKil KU roy of of tho the No flight who first sighted ed t the e missing men Only with the arrival of ot tho the men menal was al Jt by d. d by how slim 1 a mar a-mar margin margin mar mar- gin they had had been snatched from fromi tho the sea for they had used up P th the thelast thelast last of ot their signal rockets rockets' when hen the welcome lights of ot the Eagle came rome Into view Then followed tense minutes while the they they- waited to learn if Ir thC they they- had been seen Been and arid finally came canie the huge aircraft Mother ship to pick them up When the the the-r Eagle slipped Into the harbor every eclY narrow street street- of this picturesque British fortress fortress town lown was Jammed with British BilUsh civilian cJ residents British sailors soldiers and nd marines with h herO here r and there Moors I ors from Africa The waterfront waterfront- was packed pl with spectators spectator and ad all alI UJ up- the sides tildes of r the g great t. t granite crock Ock of Gibraltar were lined observers Several Spanish planes from Mor MorOcco Morocco Mo Mo- r rOcco rocco co and British machines based at Gibraltar l cled harbor harbor soar soared over yer the and its pas ps- ps s g f I Two launches launch s loaded with ith about reporters reporters' and phot photographers ought to fo rca reach h the Eagle and it became almost a person personal 1 struggle to reach the tho airmen t q i CULVER c CITY TY Cal July Juh 2 CAP AP P L L V W. Mendell and ana R. R B B. Rein Rein- hart hopped oft off tr m bere at 2930 a. a ro m. m today in 11 an effort to better record of hours 3 32 minutes ls ond I second |