Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-12-23
Los ANGELES
IN FLIGHT To
NEW YORK CITY
GoIdberger, Head of Chamber
of Commerce, Wires Edge
and LakehurSt Airdrome
WOULD BE ON ROUTE
Will Broadcast Christmas
CarOlS-WiII Be Deco
rated with Many Lights
WOULD BE ON ROUTE

Leo Goldberger, president of the
Chamber of Commerce today sent
kilograms to the Navy Department
in Washington, d. c., Senator Walter
IL. Edge in Atlantic City, and to the
officer in charge of the naval air
station at Lakehurst, requesting that
arrangements be made SO the Los
Angeles will sail over this city on its
trip to New York City tomorrow
night, Christmas eve.
Although several trips have 'been
made to New York by the Los An
geles' sister ship and the Los Angeles
itself on it's trip from Europe sailed
over New York. neither of the air
giants have passed over this city,
although they have been seen in the
distance, either to the east or west.
1t is the desire on the part of Mr..
Goldberger to have the airship pass
over this city displaying its many
colored lights on Christmas eve.
Mr.. Goldberger's telegram read as
follows:
ION behalf of the Chamber of
Commerce we would like to have you
arrange for the Los Angeles to fly
over Perth Amboy on its way to New
York City. on Christmas eve."
Following the sending of the tele-
grams Mr.. Goldberger declared he
expects to have an answer soon.
The Los Angeles will leave Lake
hurst late tomorrow afternoon and
shortly after dark will sail over New
|NYork City. Colored electric lights
will be hung along the hube naval
dirigible and a band on board will
play the Christmas hymn, "Hark,
the Herald-Angels Sing" The music
from the band will be broadcasted
on the Los Angeles radio apparatus.
A Christmas message from Secretary
Wilbur will be broadcasted also
after which colored flares will be
fired into the heavens.
While the flying trophy of the
Great War is edifying all outdoors
in New York City in it's new role of
angelic annunciator, and spreading
Secretary Wilbur's message of peace
and good will to all indoors who
have radio sets, the secretary, who
will remain in Washington, says he
will be happy over this realization
Of his poetic projecr.
He says he trusts" he is estab.
fishing practice which will become
one of the customs II the Navy De-
partment. Last October, when he
announced he would give the Ger
man-built Zeppelin ZR-3 the new
name or LOS AnSeleS, ne expldlHeu
he did it not because it comes from
Los Angeles, Cal, bur because the
word mean 1.-The Angels" Secre-
tary Wilbur expressed it then:
when the Prince of Peace was
born in Bethlehem the angels sang
to men: Glory to God in the highest
and peace on earth 20 men of good
WILL In remembrance of this angel
Ssong, l will name the ship Los Ange-
les, and trust that the ship may not
only be a constant reminder of the
angels song but also that on each
Christmas Eve from her place in the
heavens, the song may be again
broadcast to the world"
In this spirit Secretary Wilbur,
two weeks later, arranged the nam
ing of ZR-3 by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
at Boiling Field, outside Washing
ton. By pulling a red. white and
blue streamer, Mrs. Coolidge releas-
ed a score of homing pigeans. each
carrying a slip on its leg.
Each slip bore the quotation from
Luke H., IA: "Glory to God in the
hihest and on earth pegace, good
will toward men,"