Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-07-07 | Page 5 | Cleveland to Fete Breakers of Air Record

TO fH FETE BRA BREAKERS RS Of AIR C RD F Former Aerial Champs Wi Wire Wize i e Congratulations a at t to Ii Ohioans Ohio ans ns V I I I I I D. D July 6 6 JAP Ap- Ap N Nerves cs cr s exhausted Pilots Boy noy J Y L. L Mitchell il and Br Byron n K Newcomb rested tonight while hundreds of congratulatory messages mes ines- sages lases poured ur in tb to tl the the- newest con l. l or lh the Mitchell and New Newcomb Newcom om brought their monoplane City of ot Cleveland down yn down today after remaining In the air 17 hours and 5 5 53 seconds PLAN REC RECOGNITION G jAa JAs As the they l rested ested today plans were vere under underway way ny for the city's official recognition of or their record making flight City Manager K- K Hopkins advocated nd a cash gift of ot or more more while the chamber of ot commerce civic and aviation groups planned a n. testimonial dinner din Un- nero ncr for or them the first of the week A A deluce of r vaudeville and offers and a 1 stack of telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams and cablegrams from all all' parts of tho the country and and Europe mounted while the fliers were recovering re- re covering from Crom the thc racking strain more than eight days days' battling against tim fog and storms CONG T s I Among m n the tho me messages sages of ot congratulation congratulation lation w was I one from n Reginald Bobbins Bob Kob- bins and alid- James IcU who bad set t the previous record of hourc hours hour c 32 minutes and rid 1 second at zit Fort Worth Thousands who were wera at atthe the airport air airport air air- port to see see the record broken were forced to remain ln In their cars cats hours hours' while tJ tile the c worst OLst jan in history was WILS straightened out Several Several Sev Sev- eral oral per persons ons were trampled and and- anda a I year old youth who touched touched- alive a a- live JIve wire after te climbing atop n n. machine was as electrocuted