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Warner war er print print- Mitchells heIl'S letter ab absolved on fc-on pron blame in connection Ir la e. e The co controversy I tact fact act that rat Lindbergh I O rowed an army plane ghI to to New ew York after I I Is own own motor working f. f A A sUcking sticking valve 1 a a. frozen cam camass oas ass blamed for the Ich naw men and some someI I ts said saad said could coula no not Sn sa said d behind the diff Ithe I- I the spirit which the I lw s 's held toward avia- avia o of k keepIng It down and andT T WORLD e aying now flow Join the see the world but join aviation and see the he wrote who was the center of Controversy in IQ Is from i e charged the nav navy S directing heeds heads and suggested the to admit that were useless In the light J p development L there her e was no excuse for forLi forthe Li the Spirit of St St. Louis p pe ed by eal salt air en Aboard aboard the cruiser I Lindbergh was ew York Tork as saying I toE trouble 1 d the Lindbergh proved the correctness hell position In favor of department defect had been some time said the and ad Lindbergh flown S Ito to New York Tork no harm Come come to him P ORK onic June 15 AP APS AP- AP has signed the S I 00 worth of contracts It calls for foi O word book of his I Paris Pans his reception Ingland and Belgium and n he future of aviation hf manuscript is ready ill le on the regular royTON roy roy- I TON June 15 CAPI CAP CAP- AP I Atlantic monoplane The Thet It t Louis today was In InI I on page 7 7 1 L- L I I Lashes Navy j I I S WILLIAM MITCHELL IK h n Fl Flier ler U Used se d f for or r Kh I. Pr K Propaganda p ganda Officer Ex-Officer Claims Continued o from page 1 1 running order navy aviation h said zad for its master Colonel A A. Lindbergh at Boiling Bolling K reo the officers were nere still awaited await awalt- ed rd from from the pilot as to to his L Ifor for the planes plane's disposition still has the Curtiss army ne in which he flew from fromI I New York and the officers inclined to believe he would III here then pilot his Ms hip Ip away I earn cam follower and nd I guide which prevented Lindbergh from using the monoplane ii in his hla New York flight have been re replaced replaced replaced re- re placed and the engine was given a thorough test testS test which showed the trouble had been eliminated It was being kept fn In the An costia naval air stations station's hangars under heavy guard pending Lindbergh's decision as t to Its Us disposition NEW YORK June 15 CAP AP Mrs j angeline L. L Lindbergh mother of ot th the viking of ot the air will vilI bid New Xe York adieu at 5 o'clock tonight I daylight time when she will leave ve the the Pennsylvania station on a special special ape ape- cial section of the train named in honor of her sons sons son's plane The The Spirit Spirit of St. St Louis for St. St Louis She will be accompanied on the trip by y about thirty pet persons sons all of them St Louis residents Prior to to the departure of the train it will be christened by Mrs Harry H H. Knight wife of the chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of th the St. St Louis Lindbergh c committee and president all aircraft craft corporation which built the plane The christening exercises In Which Mrs Lindbergh will take part will consist of of the unveiling of an illuminated Keystone on the I observation platform at the rear rear of the train bearing the Inscription The Spirit of St. St Louis Mrs Knight will pull the string that will release a an American flag which Is draped draped over the the keystone A party from Little Falls Fails Minn arrived at the apartment house of Colonel Lindbergh about 10 o'clock and were taken up to the apartment to be received ed HOME HOM E FOLKS ARRIVE The party from Little Falls Tails ar arrived arrived ar- ar rived In a gaudily painted automobile automo automo- bile blIe inscribed with the proud boast that they had come from fron I home town The party consisted of Mayor A A. A L. L Grimes of Little Falls D Dr C C. C H. H Longley Kenneth T T. Martin J. J S. S Lewis and Ida Tar Tar- bo bot t. t Col Colonel nel Lindbergh was the guest of honor last night at at at- ata a municipal banquet at the Hotel Commodore He was introduced at the dinner dinner- by Mayor Walker as The outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing figure in the civilized world He sat with Gover Governor Smith Charles Evans Hughes Cardinal Cardinal Car Car- dinal dma Hayes yes Bishop p Manning and other dignitaries of almost every every calling while thousands in the streets outside the hotel In the lobby lobby lobby lob lob- by and In the three ballrooms where the dinner was served yelled th their lr greetings Long ovations ovations ovations' pre preceded eded and followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed the t typically brief address address- devoted entirely to aviation of aviation of the oung young hero Ir Ho Hu pleaded for the est establishment of airports in order that passenger er plane service might he developed Lindbergh said that the next big step in trans-Atlantic trans communication tion by air would be that of multi multi- mote red planes I believe they will start to demonstrate dem dem- their possibilities 0 I S in a very short time r he 1 declared although regular communication by air will not start until years of development and research ha have ve passed Cheering guests climbed chairs a ad tables as the youth ended his address What a speaker was one remark by a guest The governor and Mr Hu Hughes hes addressed the gathering You have found a place said the governor governor gov governor gov facing the colonel I should say the first place in the heart of America as typifying the youth the spirit and the courage of the great country you represent Mr Mi Hughes added a tribute to Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh to his Ms praise of her son America Amerla is picturIng picturing picturing pic- pic pic pic- turing to herself youth with the highest aims alms with courage unsurpassed unsurpassed unsurpassed passed science victorious he laId aid Last and not least motherhood with her loveliest crown Lindbergh and the speakers were seated on a dais so built that when the colonel took his seat he appeared appeared ap up- ap- ap pea red to be sitting In the cockpit of a giant monoplane with its wings stretching away on either Ild side A huge engine and propellers extended extend extend- ed out toward the diners At one point during the dinner a miniature reproduction of The he Spit Spirit It of St. St Louis suddenly took wing near nt-ar neara a model of the Statue of Liberty and cruised across the to toa toa toa a model of the Eiffel tower Two policemen were seated in front of the flier filer to shield him from enthusiastic guests and autograph seekers In the lobby a a. hundred policemen directed traffic while 40 officers on foot and on horseback controlled milling thousands an s In the streets outside the hotel One thousand guests were were seated In adjoining rooms and corridors where they neither see Hee the colonel nor other speakers This the committe explained was due to minute last-minute responses of or persons person's who had received invitations Confusion Confusion confusion Con Con- con con- fusion and crus crush ensuing in a mad scramble amble to exchange Invitations for seats resulted in a delay of one hour in the start of the program program More than persons Jammed the Broadway theatrical district when Lindbergh was taken under police escort from the Commodore t to the Winter Garden where he at attended attended attended at- at tended a special performance of The Circus Princess Princess as as guest of the Quiet BIrdmen an aviators organization to which he was ad admitted ld d to at small dinner dinner din din- ner her at Garden City Long Island before his to France Prance The colonels colonel's face went white when photographers unexpectedly boomed their flashlights as he entered entered entered en en- the lobby Those close to him said he moved his hands to his head hend I. I and swayed as two of the party grasped his arms and escorted him Into the theatre Junn Jurin the performance LIndbergh Lindbergh Lind- Lind beigh bergh bergh IS presented resented a gold pass admitting him to any of the Shubert Shubert Shubert Shu- Shu bert theatres theatre in America and Europe A spotlight was thrown on the colonel as he arose from his hla place In a box to to- sp speak akI ak I will not take much of your time he said You would ra rather h r see the show than hear me talk Cries of No no and Tell us heard how you ou did It it were Lindbergh said his reception in New York exceeded all his expectations expectations expectations and then he settled himself and ana apparently enjoyed the show After MIer fer the performance the colonel returned to the Park avenue apartment apartment apart part ment of Harry H. H Frazee theatrical cal magn magnate t which L Lindbergh and aid occupying during his n mother oth r are ale their stay In New ew York Tonight he is to attend boxing bouts In the Polo Grounds s. s a private ri- ri vate ate performance of Rio Rita atthe zt t th the theatre a and d a Nun- Nun benefit performance at dt atthe t Coll gesser-Coll th the Roxy foxy thea re While Lindbergh was was at the municipal municipal mu mu- dinner his mother spent the evening e at G George orge Whites White's Sc Scan Scan Scandals n- n daIs dals in company with Mrs 1 Walker Valker wife of f the mayor and M Major jor WlllIam vil Wll- lIam llam J J. Deegan representing th the reception committee She he later city Joined the colonel at the Winer Garden Captain Richard r rv Blythe personal personal personal per per- representative of Colonel Coon l Lindbergh announced the flier filer would positively keep hIs schedule t to rea reach h St. St Louis Friday afternoon He said the for St. St Louis could be made from N New w York or Washington depending on the colon colonels colonel's colo cob n nel's nels Is I's opportunities to obtain his Ms plane NEW YORK ORK June 15 AP AP- AP charles Charles Lindbergh rode through gh crowded cheering streets again today td- td day to appear as guest of f honor at ata t tIt a It luncheon of the m merchants merchants' as association association association as- as and the New state chamber of commerce where he head ad advocated a n la large ge Increase in the the country's air force He said he did dd not believe that airplanes would Avei ver sake ake the place of ot either the tue army or navy but asserted that each must be adequately adequately ade ade- l protected by airplanes will have to guard the chief ex cu- cu tive RAPID CITY S. S D D' June 15 United Press Press Between and persons ate expected are tonight l to td greet l President Coolidge to the Black Hills of South Dakota once Dakota once a frontier country which wh rang with the names names of Deadwood Dick and Wild Bill Hickok The old WEst Vest will mingle with the new West Vest in greeting the na nation tion chief executive In the crowd at the statton station when hen the special arrives there thre will be cowboys s sAnd And nd Indians The 11 Indians 1 will ivill beIn bIn be be- bein In In their full costume and the cowboys cow cow- tow cow b boys ys will wear the ten gallon hats chaps and brightly colored shirts shirt which mean dress up up clothes to them There was a prediction n of unfavorable unfit unfit- weather for th the arrival bu buthis but butts this ts did dId not d deter ter ril plans plans' ns ns' ns for tor the gleat great occasion Several companies s sot Of ot f national g guardsmen n will be a at athe he station when the president ar ai- ai k rIves rivos The train will be met by an official committee including Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Peter Norbeck and several representatives representatives rep rep- In congress The president will be driven driven Immediately immediately immediately im Im- im- im mediately to the state g game me lodge about two thirty-two here where he will mike make his residence during the summer The road e en route will be guarded by ly Il guardsmen and a Hermosa a small a-small smal town between here and the lodge more than a hundred cowboys will wll serve as a guard of pf honor |