Evening star., 1924-09-16
TO OMAHA
DELAYED FOR DAY
World Airmen Held Up at
haywood by Weather.
Will Get Gifts.
BY the Assoc lated Press.

BY the Associated Press
AIRMAIL FIELD, HAYWOOD, Ill,
September 16.-The 440-mile hop to
Omaha. the next stage of the flight for
the round -the-world flyers. was post
poned until am, Central standard
time, tomorrow, when. at i :51 am. to-
day. Lieut.. Lowell Smith. commanding,
decided the weather conditions were too
inclement to start.
Lieut. Smith awaited final word from
the pilot of an airmail observation plane
who flew over the surrounding country
for more than a half hour. before an
nouncing postponement. This pilot said
that the visibility was exceptionally
poor and that lit was nasty flying"
Take No Chances.
While all the flyers are anxious to
get away, they agreed that it would be
foolish to take any unnecessary chances
we got the ships this far" Lieut. Les
lie T. Arnold said. land L. for one, GER
tainly want to get them to the end of
the route
We are all mighty disappointed"
Lieut.. Smith said. But we would
rather be disappointed than Sorry. De-
spite reports of fair weather West. the
area Immediately surrounding Chicago
is too foggy to try and fly through it,
We would dislike to have a forced land
ing even in good weather, but more so
in this kind"
Greeted by Crowd.
A crowd was on hand to see the
start. When it was seen that the
flyers We're ready to josh and mingle
bit. long receiving line was form
ed and everybody tried to shake their
hands.
Two little girls. not more than seven
years old, managed to enter the
hangar where the flyers were wait
ing, and, blushing terribly, hesitat-
ingly approached Lieut.. Smith with
two programs, which they finally got
him to autograph. 1t developed they
had obtained the names of the Other
aviators. After Lieut., Smith had
signed the girls mumbled an evident
~ prepared speech, backed away
courtesied. and ran from the building.
Flyers to Get Gifts.
Chicago, which hailed the globe-en-
clrclers as "adventurers supreme,
superworthy bearers of our country's
nag, has started a movement to
bring to Fields Museum here the
craft that carried the city's name
around the world
In a message signed by George B.
Foster, chairman of the All-Chicago
committee, Maj. Gen. Mason M
Patrlck, chief of the Army Air
Service, was informed of the plan and
asked for his cooperation. Mai
Gen. Patrick was asked to allow
Lieut.. Smith and his engineer officer
Lieut.. Arnold, who flew the ship,
to come back with it when the flight
around the globe is complete An
organization here announced it would
present each officer with an auto
mobile.
Feat Is Extolled.
Official Chicago's encomiums to the
SIX avlators were expressed at a ban
quet rendered them by the Chicago
Association of Commerce last night.
Parchment scrolls signed by Mayor
William E. Dever were presented to
each, who were termed gallant rep
resentatives Of the Army, whose ira
ditions of self-sacrifice service are
enriched by your unfaltering cour-
age" Maj. Gen. Harry c. Hale, COM
mander of the Sixth Corps Area of the
Army and Maj. Gen. George Harries
added personal words of praise.
Chicago aviators entertained the
flyers after the dinner. Lieut.. Leigh
Wade held "a private reunion with
his sisters, Ethel and Gertrude, and
his father, William Wade, who were
among the first to greet him and his
companions when they landed here
yesterday.
wET.COME PLANNED