The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 20, 1937, Page 7

4 of St. Loui » , Charles A. Lindbergh piloted the Spirit As the Atlantic’s first solo flyer, Lindbergh was feted abroad be- New York staged its greatest welcoming, celebration as Lindbergh § Fame brought incidents like these: A kiss from Louis Bleriot, . is, top photo, eastward from Roosevelt Field, L. I. fore he came home, a distinguished passenger on the U. S. cruiser ‘was paraded up Broadway in‘a storm of ticker tape. Perched on upper left, first English Channel flyer; cheers led by Ambassador Herrick in Paris, upper right; congressional medal, conferred by Thirty-three hours later, he was at Le Bourget Field,.Paris, lower Memphis. Sharing the glory as Lindbergh landed in Washington, the car beside the bareheaded flyer was Mayor Jimmy Walker. The other silk-hatted figure is Grover Whalen, official city greeter. President Coolidge, lower left; Wilson peace prize, lower right. Photo, getting his initiation as a world hero. was his mother, shown behind her son. Their love ran smoothly except on this occasion, when Lindbergh’s plane upset at Mexico City. Anne, a passenger, was unhurt. Her fiance suf- fered a dislocated shoulder. ROMANCE After the Paris flight, Lindbergh's fan ‘mail contained: many: “crank” eran pie as flight, Lindbergh met Anne Mor- . ’ : = letters. But none foreshadowed the kidnaping and death of The courtship ee cd ace ae exe. : oe 7 Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., in March, 1932. The baby is shown when ine engage twas abomiced oe i y a ‘ mle on his first Bird ays seven months before the kidnaping. eir long game le ant spotlight yi few Just past 25 when he made his epochal flight, Lindbergh nevertheless had all iD e, diness and vision worthy of a “Lone Eagle.” ‘The idea of flying the Atlantic alone came to him while _ near Hopewell, N. More than two years. later Bruno Richard with photog- raphers started after their marriage, May 27, 1929, ‘weeks after their marriage, for their first public in Englewood, N. J. Anne is dashing for the car picture as man and wife. They were snapped at he was piloting U. S. mail planes. At the takeoff, only a handful of spectators were present. Then Hauptmann, Bronx, N. Y., carpenter, was arrested for the crime. driven by her husband. f a Long Island aircraft contest. he succeeded, and fame heaped a surplus of combined bliss and bitterness upon him. He was found guilty and executed April 3, 1936. 2 waited them in Tokio, and as a In China, Lindbergh volunteered to aid refugees of Moving to England in 1935, the Lindberghs still tra river floods, but came to grief when his plane over- eled. In their 1937 flight to the Near East, the vase by Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, ranking peer of turned in the river at Hankow. Lindbergh and his stopped in Libya, visited Gen. Italo Balbo, Ite'v Japan, wife both were ducked. governor-general. Whether tragedy or triumph ruled their lives, the . Midsummer, 1931, saw the Lindberghs en route to the’ A royal reception s Lindberghs, retained their love of air travel. Here Orient. From Point Barrow, Alaska, they took off, memento of the visit, they were presented with a rare they are poised for an early flight together, a trans- above, for the long swing down the fringes of Siberia continental trip from Los Angeles. to Japan. y a my ied ae s The Charles A, Lindberghs, father and son, were close pals. The At the age of 10, young Charles Flying was his career at 22. Before entering the U. S. air After winning fame with the Paris flight, Lindbergh was solicitous | Modest, but no longer bashful, father, elected to Congress in 1907, later campaigned in a plane saw an airplane for the first This is Cadet Lindbergh as his mail service in 1926, Lindbergh of the welfare of his mother, a Detroit school teacher. They are Lindbergh is shown here, the piloted by his son. One of their trips ended with a crackup in a time at Washington, where he “buddies” at the San Antonio, had served, above, in the Mis- shown together here, about to start one of the many trips they personable man of affairs 10 cornfield_in the midwest. 4 was in school, Tex, held saw him, souri National Guard. made together. years after his famous flight. : “(hrarsight, 8931 NEA Servicg, Iso.)