Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-16
j. s. WORLD FL|ERRSS
ARRIVE At CHICAGO
FROM DAYTON, Ohio
Thousands on Housetops
Watch PIanes-WhistIes
Shrek Welcome

CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press.)-The world filters
arrived over lower Chicago at 1924
p. m. flying northwesterly along the
lake shore toward the downtown dis
trict.
Thousands watched the arrival
from the roofs of skyscrapers, from
the new municipal stadium in Grant
park and other points of vantage
near Lake Michigan.
Whistles shrieked their welcome.
The world girdlers, with an escort
of five planes, reached the down.
town district at 1888 p. M, eastern
standard time, the three army planes
! flying in close formation.
| The planes, instead Of circling over
| the stadium, continued northward
along the Lake Shore until they pass
ed Lincoln Park and then turnd in
southwesterly direction for the air
mail field at haywood, where they
landed.
They descended at the air mail
| field there at 1856 p. m. completing
| their 294 miles from Dayton in
hours and So minutes.
Lieutenant Smith in his flag plane
! Chicago struck the earth at 1855
p. M, Chicago time. Lieutenant
Eric Nelson, in the New Orleans
, landed at 1853 p. M, and Lieutenant
Leigh Wade with his Boston II, fol-
lowed at 1:01 p. m.
| This evening the filters will be
guests of 500 leading citizens at a
dinner. They will not speak, accord
ing to present plans, but will be
presented gifts and other tokens of
esteem.
The airmen will spend the night
here and take-off tomorrow. for.
| Omaha.
radio reception awaited the
filters here. A microphone was
placed at the field and connected by
| telephone wires from the daily News.
station, WMAC, which was to radio,
cast the words of welcome and the
filters responses.
VALPARAISO is SLIGHTED:
PLANES MISS THAT CITY
VALPARAISO, Ind, Sept. 15.-If!
the filters passed over Valparaiso
which was on the schedule Of their
trip from Dayton to Chicago, no one
here saw them. After they were re-
ported over Chicago this place set
tied back to normalcy and returned
to work. They passed over North
Judson at Ills central time.
PERFECT FLYING WEATHER
MARKS SHORT JUMP,
! DAYTON, O., Sept. 15.-By the
Associated Press)-The army world
filters took off from McCook field
here at 10 a. m. for Chicago, where
they will remain over tonight, pro-
ceeding tomorrow to Omaha on their
trans-continental flight, which will
=. end in Seattle.
The airline distance from here to
Chicago is 230 miles and the avia-
tors expect to make the jump in less
than four hours.
The aviators had perfect weather
conditions here. The planes were
thoroughly overhauled and recondt-
toned during the weekend stay
here, and the three pilots and their
mechanicians were in fine spirits
this morning after their two-day
| rest.
filters HAVE $40 MILES
MORE FROM CHICAGO ON
CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-When the
filters land here Ihey will face 3,54O
miles more of air travel before they
reach Seattle, Wash. the end of the
world tour.
The schedule by cities and miles
follows Chicago to Omaha, 40
miles. st. Joseph, Mo-, 125 miles.
Muskogee, Okla, 800 miles. Dallas
Tex, $50 miles. FL Paso, Tex, $50
miles. Tuscon, Ariz., 275 miles. San
Diego, Cal, $50 miles. Los Angeles,
115 miles. San Francisco, $40 miles.
Eugene, Ore, $50 miles. Seattle, 28O
miles.
CHICAGO PREPARES FOR
ARRIVAL { AVIATORS
CHICAGO, Sept. 13-Preparations
! to welcome the army world fliers,
who are expected to land in the air
mail field at haywood about noon
| Tuesday, will be completed at 4
! special meeting of the receptio~ ON.
mittee tomorrow afternoon. It has
| been decided that silver cigarette
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