Show S. S L. L Flashes Amelia Invite To Continue Flight Here Her Mrs F. F C. C Schramm Friend of Aviatrix Sends Her Congratulations The hospitality of Salt Lake City Saturday extended over mountain barriers and into the blue Pacific to a a. a slim curly haired woman with the engaging smile as she winged her way alone on an epochal flight light of feminine aviation CALLING AMELIA EARHART PUTNAM EN ROUTE FROM HONOLULU TO THE CONTINENT That call was broadcast by General Manager Earl J. J Glade of the Salt Lake City City broadcasting station then sent her the following message Congratulations on ott a safe sae flight Would be very happy happ if it you rou would continue to Salt Lake City Signed Wynn Coman Schramm The messa message e was from Mrs F. F C. C Schramm 1435 Federal Way a personal personal per per- friend of ot the intrepid woman flier lier who has successfully crossed the Atlantic twice and by her record breaking transcontinental flights proved that a womans woman's place is inthe Inthe in the he air as well as the home A second me message sage of congratulation Ion tion to Miss Earhart and an official invitatIon from the city and from the state of ot Utah went over the air lanes as the foremost woman flier neared San Francisco The department of commerce at Salt Lake City sent the he following message from the Salt Lake chamber of commerce Mr Putnam Miss Mim Earhart's husband husband hus hus- band following her flight from radio radio ra ra- ra dio reports in Honolulu advises pos pos- conditions permitting your night light be continued to Salt Lake City The Salt Lake City chamber of commerce com corn merce congratulates you OU upon your our success Urgently sends invitation to o continue here Arrangements for your our reception by state and city officials of- of have been made The message was broadcast by the department of commerce through arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar made by Al Frank chairman chairman chair chair- man of the chamber of commerce aviation committee and commercial airline operator Would Greet Flier Fifer Among those who would greet Miss ML Earhart if she continued her flight to o Salt Lake City would be Governor Gover Gover- nor Henry H. H Blood of oC Utah Ma Mayor or Louis Marcus of Salt Lake City army officers at Fort Douglas Douglas and and ably bly every citizen of the city who could beg borrow or steal a ride to the he airport Those who couldn't probably would walk Governor Blood was deeply en en- grossed in writing his message to the session of the Utah legislature that convenes Monday when he was informed in in- formed ormed by The Telegram that Miss Earhart might end her flight in the I capital of Utah It was reported later that he would deliver delier his message a date later ater than planned It was thought that hat he had cast aside the cares of state slate for the moment to follow the progress of the Lady Lindy on her greatest adventure Governor Bloods Blood's interest was only that of any Salt Lake City citizen For Miss Earhart is no rio stra stranger ger here Often Visitor Here Her close friendship with Mrs Schramm has caused her to visit the cit city ity a number of oC tim times However it was vas fate that t first brought her to Salt Lake City After Arter her first flight across the Atlantic Atlantic At- At lantic antic in 1928 with two male pilots- pilots the he first crossing of the grim gray watery wastes by a woman woman woman-a a light sports ports plane she w was s flying westward made nade a forced landing near Tintic The propeller was shattered and she was forced to send the plane to the factory for repairs The crackup occurred on the homestead home home- stead tead of Police Chief John E. E Harris of Provo Prove about six miles from Eu Eu- reka eka While making arrangements for Cor or shipment of or the he plane to the f factory fac fac- c. c tory ory Miss Earhart was a guest at atthe atthe Ithe the home of Cecil Fitch Eureka own own- er r of 01 the Chief Consolidated Mining company compan When her ship had been eared cared for she came to Salt Lake Cit City and spent several everal days with Mrs Schramm I j r f rz p w. w II 7 4 4 VA i iW I 4 s A Mrs F. F C. C Schramm Her ler visit concluded on October 5 1928 While here she graciously consented consented con con- to speak before several Salt Lake ake City and Utah organizations Her dignity and charm greatly Impressed Impressed Im Im- Im pressed all those who came in contact con con- tact act with her and her future visits which Miss Earhart assured would be made were awaited eagerly She returned for far a brief visit on June Tune 5 1931 when she was was' demonstrating demonstrating demon demon- a a new Invention that was thought hought would revolutionize air for forthe forthe the he man Uman in the street the street the auto auto- gyro When she next renewed acquaintances ances here another brilliant star had lad be been n added to her banner of great accomplishments Alone in a great Lockhead plane that hat many believed only a stalwart man could fl fly for great periods the slim dainty woman had spurned the sands of a Newfoundland beach and headed leaded into the mists of the Atlantic The world awaited news that she had arrived safely ly Durin During the night no word was received Then there I came the flash that she had landed in in Ireland Amelia Earhart had completed the thel first solo flight across the Atlantic by jy a woman It was not long till tm she returned to Salt Lake City to visit with Mrs Schramm In the same plane that had lad carried her safely from one continent con con- to another she landed at the Salt Lake City municipal airport on June 27 Stops En ED Route Several times since that visit Miss Earhart has paused briefly in Salt Lake City while she commuted between the Atlantic and Paci Pacific ic coasts Friday she started the greatest flight night of alL Radio reports indicated I ed that she was nearing the shores I of safety a after te completing the greatest greatest greatest great great- est part of a journey over the Pacific Pa Pa- chic the graveyard of many avia- avia tars tors The last was Captain n Ulm mm and his Australian crew who Miss Earhart Earhart Ear Ear- hart saw take off from the Oakland I airport point the nose of their ship westward and disappear They were never seen again An SOS then silence Perhaps she passed over the spot where their flight end ended But when her Pacific adventure ends Salt Lake City and Utah hopes the wheels of her plane will raise plumes of dust from the airport field where she has always heretofore hereto heretofore fore been greeted with sincerity |