Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1928, Page 3

TOMORROW MARKS HOP ANNIVERSARY Lindbergh Took Off Year Ago on His Flight to Paris. One year ago tomorrow Charles A, Lindbergh took off from New York on | & non-stop flight to Paris. | The story of that odyssey is history, | known now to every schoolbe { Yet in distance covered—3.625 miles in 33!, rs—although it is still the longest n op flight ever made by = | single aviator, it ranks among the small- | er items in a 000 | miles flown by Lone Eagle in the | last twelvemonth | has spent the year fiving | e of 140 miles a day flown by | h sin ut on the ad- | which has its first anniversary | overed in the three- | wide air tour which he July 19—a tour which car ried him for 22,350 miles, to every S! ion and to 82 cities, in 260 fiving hours and with but a single de. joned by an impassable fo ince he s in Maine | in magnitude was his good- of Latin American republics and February of t Ameri -Paris flight of 3,625 | of his Wash- in December. t 015 miles on | f his Pan-American tour. | 1.200-mile non-stop hop to St. Louis at the co good-will tour. and Sou The New Y Havana fh Studies Navigation. ‘These fiights account for 34,925 miles. ‘The rest of the 50,000 was covered in | flights from New York to San Diego to | receive the new plane which has suc- | ceeded his Spirit of St. Louis. from New York to Quebec and back on an urgent | errand with serum for Floyd Bennett; | from St. Louis to Washington in the | farewell trip of the famous Spirit, which | he turned over to the Smithsonian In- | for its permanent exhibit of ! and bttween New York. | Louis. Detroit and | iness and recreational | other cities on bu | e flights have been made with- | pretense by the young aviator | to a knowledge of navigation: but the | colonel is now mastering, under the tutelage of a naval instructor, that sci- ence of the air. Washington wants no Power Trust ~—Advertisement. FIGHTS EXTRADITION. | { Detective D. J. Cullinane, who went to Los Angeles about three weeks ago| to request the surrender of Leo D Jacoby, wanted here to answer a charge of larceny after trust in connection Just a year ago tomorrow Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off from New York on a mnon-stop flight to Paris. tumultuous acclaim ever accorded an individual? Note him at the upper left as he looked a few days befoi In the vear since that epochal May 20, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1928 et g e 1923, kings and presidents have vied w H the tal ith his own people to do him homage. bassador Herrick at his Paris welcome; beside Ambassador Morrow and President Calles in Mexico City on his p: during his nation-wide air tour. and receiving the highest decoration of the United States from President Coolidge. And now sonian Institution the comrade of his high adventures—the Spirit of St. Louis. RECALLS LINDYS ARRIVAL IN PARIS |U. S. Ambassador Tells of Frenzied Greeting and Ely- er’s Confusion at First. BY MYRON T. HERRICK, U Ambassador to France. with alleged sales of bonds, returned| Written for the Associated Press. yesterday _afternoon without | y. The complaint involved sev-| eral thousand dollars. In opposing extradition counsel for | the accused man pi the statute | of limitations before a United States| commissioner. The question will be determined in the next few days. SPECIAL NOTICES i surprised that he did arrive as the sky- | gazing muititude that avaited him. PARIS.—The subject “of Charlie | Lindbergh is such an inspiring one| | that I will attempt to say something of | interest about him on (ke first anni-| versary of his flight. | With all of young Lindbergh's opti- | mism. 1 imagine that he was quite as | | How clearly I remember it. A silver WILL ~NOI ~BE RESPONSIBLE FOR | gleam suddenly appeared out of the | 1 BN ET R T wis s ther mysell | darkness of the night passed over the | i 0T R dedts Giher than those con ANY acted by myself J_| §COTT NOVE! i tvd. | §LOTT CQNOVER. 1 d , Baltimore l MOCRATIC PRIMARY CALL ECTION OF DELEGATES TO ATIONAL CO! Commitier of the District « . May = Ny | field like a comet and then returned, | gently gliding to the ground. | There was a moment o1 calm and | suspense until the vast crowd realized fust what had happened. Then a roar | like the breaking of a great dam and | the flood swept everything before it.| Iron fences. soldiers, policc and every- | thing® else went down as the crowd | poured over the feld and swirled about | the Spirit of St. Louis like a whirlpool. | Drew Off Crowd. | I could see from the balcony of the| A Year With Lindbergh By the Associaled Press All the columns written about C ol. Charles A. Lindbergh tell no more moving story of his exploits than is contained in the prosaic card indices of the Associated Press, listing the stories about the young aviator, The entries relate their own compelling narrative LINDBERGH. Capt. (Col.) Charles Augustus— Plans to compete for Paris flight prize, February 5, 1927. Special plane being built at expense St. Louis men. Takes off for St. Louis, May 10. Sets non-stop record for single aviator in flight to St. Louis. Arrives New York, seis fastest May 12. time for flight from Pacific Coast, Mother leaves Detroit to bid him gaod-by. Leaves Roosevelt Field, Long Island, at 7:52 am. Friday, May 20, on flight to Paris. Air beacons from coast to Paris ordered lighted. Thrilled county fairs with first plane. Home town of Little Falls, Minn,, stirred by venture. Arrives Le Bourget Field, 10:21 pm. Paris time, May 21, completing journey from New York in 33!: hours. “1 am Charles Lindbergh,” his Man in Aberdeen. Wash., drops Awakes at embassy without stitch of clothes to call his own Telephones mother in Detroit. first words on landing dead on learning of success. ‘Washington officials see better relations with France. Baby named for him at Sea Cl ifY. Decorated with Legion of Honor in buttonhole of borrowed suit. Hero worship of Paris women thus far wasted. Shelves money offers nearing $2.000,000. Declines champagne, but likes French pastry Kansas City gir] tries to repurchase gift he gave her. Introduced in French Chamber America.” by Herrick as “new ambassador of Paris cheers him in biggest tribute since Wilson visit. King of Belgium receives him at palace, Brussels. 150,000 Britons hail him at Croydon airdrome. Leaves Paris to sail home on cruiser Memphis, June 4. Arrives Washington, Coolidge praises flight and conduct, June 11. New York exuits in giant welcome, 4,000,000 hail him, June 13. Town in Texas named for him Lands at St. Louis from New Yol rk, June 17 10,000 Lindbergs in Sweden add “h” to name. 4 Starts from Mitchel Field on three-month alr tour of Nation. Recelves and accepts invitation from President Calles, Mexico. Leaves Washington at 12:26 pm. on good will flight to Mexico, | Field on May 12, | of San Diego. witn a s | ents LINDBERGH STILL | USES FEW WORDS | “Gift of Gab” Not Included in Presents to Flyer in Past Year. BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Staff Writer Lindbergi's take-olf for P NEW YORK, May 19.—Col. Charles | A. Lindbergh has received many pres- in a loaded year, among them promotion from captain to colonel and | @ trunkful of medals, but a “gi{t of gab” was not among them. He was a man of few words when | he flew away to Parls a year ago to- | morrow, and a year later he is a_man of even fewer words, if such a thing be possible. When “Slim” Lindbergh of the air mail dropped out of the sky at Curtiss 2 . two days out op at St. Louls, W score of re- | he was surroundea by | porters as soon as he stepped trom | | Une | “How many ga he looks today. seen with Am- good-will trip; in redskin garb merican he has consigned to the Smith- |LINDBERGH'S ENERGY Careful Preparation and Courage Given as Reasons for Achiev- ! ing Success. | i BY MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH. | Written for the Associated Phress PARIS, May 19.—A vear ago, Paris the heart of France, welcomed Lind- bergh, and with what enthusiasm! | We knew that he was not a lucky tm- proviser but that the result had been achleved by careful preparation, pro- found experience and tenacious energ: Ibacked by indomitable courage and faith. In the crossing of the Atlantic we saw not merely a sporting exploit, but the result of a happy equilibrium among | all the forces of the man. It is this same equilibium which made it possible for Byrd, Chamberiin | and quite recently. Costes and Le Brix | to carry their enterprise through to a successful issue. { May their example serve the rising | | generations and show that with coure age, energy and work nothing can pre- | all against them. . Dy The Argonne Sixteenth and Columbia Road Northwest We submit for your the important {eatures | neavily-loaded | disaster, and he was weil on his way | betore many of those out to cheer him the Spirit of St. Louis, then known 1o | fame only as the craft teat bad brought 1is pilot across the continent in record-breaking time and to New York seven hours before ne was ex- pected. Replies in Few Words. The reporters gathered about Lind- berga ana asked him at least 100 gues- tions. He answered most of them, wing not more than 500 Words iof e loc Word was enougn for most of them, (wo &t Inicr.als anda rarely inree Where weie “Deiroit.” | “riow 1ong have you been flying?” | “BIX years. you born?"” ons of gas will you | Hoover\Pays Tribute To Col. Lindbergh as Booster of Aviation THE DEPARTMENT OF COM- MERCE, WASHINGTON ‘The greatest epic in the world's aeronautical history was written one year #ago tomorrow when Charles Lindbergh, an all but un- known mail pilot, set out upon the most daring travel venture in the recollection of mankind To him should go the title of a great educator. No other man has been able to approach even remotely his success in imp: ing our people with the necessity for supporting a comprehensive air program. Certainly the grati- fying progress of the past year is a substantial tribute to his sin- cere and earnest endeavors to place the United States in its rightful position—in the lead of all others HERBERT HOOVER. Sceretary of Commerce come the most famous air figure in the world, was off the ground. “Certainly,” was the reply from Byrd. It's three to one.” Byrd Lengthens Odds. A moment later the naval officer lengthened the odds he had quoted “It's 10 to one,” he said. “He accomplished his most difficult He's off the ground.” last word from the commander revealed him as a prophet on a second count. He was asked what his own plans were for flying to Paris in the big America. “None until he answered to_Lindbergh.’ One year Mter the air still belongs to Lindbergh. task. Lindbergh gets tnere,” “The air now belongs LEGION POST TO DINE. 2 ‘The U. 8. 8 Jac 2, American Legion, yeomen (F) who se War, will celeb: anniversary with a banquet Jones Post, No posed of tormer ed in the World s ninth birtnday Tuesday col | at the Arlington Hotel | fornia No answer othing to Say.” when he started the Spirit througn the rain of a gray Loug wand Moitung e Was DO more com- municaive. As ne sal at the c tacing the long stretch or Roos kleld runway tnat was to send him into the air or ena his flighi peiote 1 began he was ged fOr 4 WOrd—anjy word, about anyining. “There’s notng left to insisted as he prepared to the gun.” None of the 10,000 or more persons looking through 'the dmizzie ai (he gioomy clouds will lorgei the day Lina- oergh sailed away. Five Umes nis piane secemed rear A week later he ner “give were able to get their hearts back | down where they belong. Comdr. Richard K. syrd, with the huge America resting in the runway haa given a last “Good luck, old man!" and stood by to see the take-off. “Will he make it?" asked the Asso- ciated Press correspondent when fin- aliy the air mail pliot, destined Lo be- FOR RENT 717 H Street N.W. Splendid Lunch Room Location Delicatessen, or for Any Business Rent Reduced Wm. B. 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Lindbergh be- fore any one else when he first lznded on Belgian soil. T told him then, on | grasping his hand, that he had my | complete admiration for his achiev ment in bringing my country to t very doorstep of the great American | Nation. | " 'One year away e honor due this | incomparable en*es of American avia- | tion seems to become greater than ever In fact. in the field of air navigation | where science and courage combine to | accomplish victory after victory with | such great rapidity, the achievement of Lindbergh. joining in one flight two great capitals and two continents, has never yet been repeated. The memory of Lindbergh is always alive in Belgium. In him can be seen an excellent example of the capabilities of the soul of that great country who technical progress stands as a per nent inspiration for the rest of the | world. | (Copsrizht . NURSE SENT TO JAIL. Woman Held in Narcotic Prescrip- tion Case. 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Administration Building, where I stood. | | that a mad struggle was zoing on about | 1« oy | the little ship. Then a young man | -|broke from the jam. held aloft an aviator’s helmet and ran wildly toward where we were, followed by a frenzied | crowd. who mistook him fcr the escaped “Lindy.’ | This young man, 1 have just recently | learned. was a young Frenchman by the name of J. C. D'Ahetze. & well known | Paris haberdasher, who wa< on the field | |as & commissary of the Aero Club of | Prance and was the firs' to get to| Lindbergh's plane and open the door and | | relieve him of his helmet. He then | turned and fled, and outdistancing his | | pursuers delivered to me “Lindy's” | helmet, | | The crowd believed this young man was Lindbergh and it was a fortunate | circumstance. for it relieved the pres- | | sure about the plane and enabled nim | to be rescued by three French aviators, | apartment building, which have enabled us to satisfy the most exacting homeseekers, Location in residential hub of N.W. Convenient to bus and car lines. Large, modern, fireproof building. Spacious light and airy rooms. Apartments freshly decorated yearly. Rentals moderate and reasonable. Service prompt, quiet and courteous. Garages and servant accommodations. Continuous phone and elevator service. Before deciding upon a home come in and ake an inspection. December 13. Lands in Mexico City, embraced by Calles. Plans Central American flight Mexican amity brought closer by visit Mother comes by air to spend Christmas with him at Mox! Known as Lindo to Mexican senoritas. Calles bids him adios Skill averts crash at Belize Made sports king in Honduras Panama toasts him. Caracas greets him with floral showers. Acciaimed on arrival at Havana, ending good will tour. Flying through rain completes 1,200-mile non-stop Havana-St flight, February 13, 1928 Has flown 200,000 miles in six years. Receives Congressicnal Medal of Honor from President Coolidge, March 21. ‘Takes Congress for rides. Arrives San Diego to get new plane, April 2 Takes serum to Bennett in Quebec, speeding through storm Delivers plane to Smithsonian Institution, Washington, for Museum; sorry to break partnership, April 30 Louls CENONBWN - J r way vw nts ford 147 FOVRLY NI'RSIXN Gica and semi-ssa e registered ourse WANTED— VAR COADE OF FURNITIRE w'or XPe York Pijs Bosion Rich | wond Avte suth SHITI'S IRANSHE 1 You & 5 On o & & STURAGE CU " Nrth_ 4447 LOAD OF FURNITIURE. a 1 Jenming Wa PiRT | Maj Weiss and Pilots Delage and Du- troyat. Upon receiving the helmet 1 stepped on the bajcony and, as the searcplight was tuied on me, waved it to shouting ititude, whose ex- citement was unbotinded. Such a sea of joyous, excited faces I have never before witnessed. Saved by Aviators. The moment of diversion about the | plane. 1 belicve, saved the life.of the | young aviator. The three French av ators dashed in and carried him away | (%0 quickly that he perhaps escaped be- | ing crushed by the too enthusiastic | populace. and he was whisked away 0 | 2 place of safety to await the passing | “NICKEL PLATING. of the storm There was soon a hue dnd ery of “What has become of Lindbergh?” For. Io, he had disappeared as suddenly as he had arrived. The excitement after 4 bit began to abate and the crowd 4 atmlessly about in & vain search also began, together with an of- | ficer msbigned 1o me from the Elysee Palace, a diligent search, It was not | until about 1 o'clock that we dAM;ovelrd‘ nim in & Wttie adobe bullding on the far side of the field consisting of a main nall. on one side of which was an office and on the other a room which was used for a bedroom. and they were | making up a cot for their guest, 1 found him there with his rescuers | Invited to Embassy re he was, a tall, ungster, standing with a happy smile | | evidently | tary of phoning to the embassy, in order to make ready to receive him, he dashed out. Starts for Embassy. As he did not immediately return, 1 realized that he was again lost. He return to us. They only neard the word | “embassy” and stirted immediately for | | the embassy. | As soon as 1 realized the situation 1 had my son and my daughter-in-law, Mrs, Vincent Astor and Mrs. Clarence Hay, of our party, start for the embassy ' 1, together with the officer from the | Elysee, went to the hangar where the ship had been taken in search of him, | | but did not find him | he must have proceeded to the em- 1 realized that bassy, and so I drove there at once. Fortunately Mr. the embassy and my private secretary, had not been able to reach the field on account of the traffic jam and had returned to the embassy, where he arrived simultaneously with | Lindbergh and the French officers, and he took them in charge I arrived soon after, and the news- paper men who had learned of his whereabouts in the meantime gathered at the embassy. By that time Lindbergh had had an opportunity to | something to eat, take a bath and & handsome | was dressed In a palr of my pajamas | and dressing gown and slipper: wreath- was unable to make known | to the men who went with him. who | | did not speak English, his intention to Harlan Miller, @ secre- | were | Lindbergh Is Praised By War Secretary In Official Orders WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. A year ago Col. Lindbergh un- ostentatiously started the flight which culminated at what proved to be the focal point of world { | wide attention, praise and hero- | | worship. We ' then asked our- | | selves the value of his stupendous accomplishment. Now he has | | #iven us the answer In 12 months of almost con- tinuous flight throughout the Western Hemisphere he has fixed the eyes of the world upon the safety of air travel. A year ago his Atlantic flight was a great adventure. Today it Is the sym- bol of a vast stride by American sclence, Such 18 leadership; such 15 the Spirit of America DWIGHT F. DAVIS, Secretary of War. this action or to mar the lad's perfect | accomplishment | Too much has been made of my part in Lindbergh's success after his arrival | Of course, the fact that the prestige of | the United States Government is behind any man s a factor of tremendous im- | Z /2% INSPE You Can Buy One cf These Homes —For the Rent You The grun 1731 to 1735 Upshur St. N.W. S S N O N A A A A A R AR R AR AR AN SUNDA Are Now Paying— Are You Going to California? ACATION fast. the aroma of time Wouldn" is ecoming—coming t you like to inhale the orange blossoms and bathe in the brilliant sunshine of Cali- fornia? California is Sports Land every da; the Nation's Outdoor y in the year. There are 65 golf courses, 5,000 miles of boule- towering down on vards, looking below. Thousands of people a this year. And some snow-capped mountains smooth broad beaches re going to California of them are paying their expenses with funds for which they have not worked. Ins tead of spending the fruits of their own toil they are spending 1 CATLINS', INC,, This Mi the money that their investments have earned for them. | on his face, moving from one foot to|ed in_smiles, and was {he happiest | the other as If he were enjoying his | youth I have seen in many a day. Lam | relenss from his ship and the oppor- |of the impression that he wili always [little more than a great sthiletlc feat When 1100k back upon this precise moment as | had he not been precisely what he 1 portance. But 1 would like all to know that Lindbergh's feat would have been {lion-Dollar Printing Plant | tional Capital Press| PAINTING The Na . DBYRON § ADAMS : PRINTING IN A HURRY “We No Roof Kepairing * IRONCLAD 1t Pooses bosth 2h—doite 27 tunity of stretching his legs greeted him he ded me his three letters of introduction with a happy | mile | His hosts were concerned because we were standing and hastily brought for- | ward chalrs for us to sit down. e | urned o them and said with & smile and a merry twinkle in his eye: “Thank | 1 have been sitting.” | s captured by his sense of | humor, bis smile and his general ap- srance that the thought then frst curred W me 1 ask bim o beeome | my guest At the embessy. | knew that | arrangements had been made by the | weronautical commillee 1o take him n | charge on arrival, for this wes in no | sense & government expedition—but the | commitiee was not there 1 immedistely took him by the hand and said. "My boy, come with me; 1| am going o take you home and look after you ' His face lighted up end he | wid “Are you? Then I will be ready in & few minutes, as soon us 1 fix the windows of my ship, for these Prench- men will not know how to do 11" Be fore 1 oould restrain him snd while my son and dsughbler-ln-ley were tele- T was one of the best moments of hix life Relates Story [ told him that the nowspeper men were all downstalrs eager Lo write the story of his arrival He sald he wonld willingly recefve them, and they to the modest recital of the thrilling story of his great sdventure His con- quest of Paris and his triumphal prog- vens o Belgium and England and his return to America all the world now knows. | As conscious as we were of the fame | thet had come 5o suddenly to this day- | ing youth, 1 believe thal none of us foresaw the wave of wilverssl homags | that was to sweep over the world, Not until the next morning when I saw the newspapers did I begin 1o realize the magnitude of this event. Then the thought came to me of the significance of it all, also of my act of taking him to the embassy, which really placed the United Btates Governmfent behind him From that moment on it vas my earnest um!:t‘w;r and of all my staff that theve sho b nothing to cause regret for all | cume up o his bedroom and listened | {And it 1s a satisfaction to know that after one year of adulation by the whole | world and of constant endesvor-—-a real | continuation of his European fight this young man goes on winning re- exs ns an aviator, but, above all, by the force of his fine character He still remains after the lupse of a year a gal- lant fiyer and an admirable example of American idenlism, character and con- duct (Conyiight Purcellville U, D, C, Elects. Spectal Dispateh (0 The $1ar PURCELLVILLE, Va, May 10.—Lee | Chapter, United Daughters of the Con- | federacy, has elected Mrs. J. B Hackley president, Mrs, ‘. N. Carruthers, first vice president; Mrs. . 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