Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-17
ALL TjRMER
WELCOMES IO
Be ECLIPSED
Expect to Exceed Demon
stratiOns in New York
and Washington
3-DAY AFFAIR
Saturday Will Be Public
Holiday in Honor Of
HOme-C Coming Hero

ST. LOUIS, June 16 R.-St. Louis
was in holiday attire of flags and
bunting tonight, awaiting the return
tomorrow of the city's hero of the air,
Colonel Charles A. Llnabergh.
Plans were complete to give the flier
the greatest or1e-coming welcome
ever accorded a st. Louisan Mem
bers of the reception committee be-
lieved the three-day celebration arr
ranged in Colonel Lindbergll's honor
would equal or exceed in fervency, if
not in magnitude, the unprecedented
demonstrations in New York and
Washington.
About $3.50 p. m. tomorrow is the
time set for Colonel Lindbergh's arri-
val from New York in his monoplane,
Spirit of ST. Louis, escorted by 28 gov
ernment planes After crossing the
Mississippi river between the Eads and
Municipal bridges, where he will dip
his plane to the colors of the naval
reserves, Lindbergh is to wing west
ward over the city at low altitude
and land at Lanbert-St. Louis field,
from which he<l1aS made many flights
in the air mail service.
Lindbergh will be greeted at the field
by Mayor Victor Miller, Edward Hid
den, chairman of the welcome commit
tee, and three hackers of his New York
to Paris flight, Major Albert Bond
Lambert, Harry F. Knight and Harold
M. Bixby, president Of the chamber Of
commerce
After the brief and informal welcome
is completed, Lindbergh will be taken
to Knights home in st. Louis county,
where the flier's mother, Mrs Evan
geline Lindbergh, also will be a guest.
Mrs. Lindbergh arrived this afternoon
in a private railroad car.
Saturday will be a public holiday,
with the main event an eight-mile long
parade headed by the hero. City
offices and the grain and stock ex-
changes will be closed. The larger re-
tail stores will remain closed until
after the passing of the parade.
Lindbergh and his mother will leave
the knight home at $3.50 a. m. for the
New Congress hotel, where suites have
been reserved for them. There they
will remain until the parade forms at
10 a. m. In the meantime they will be
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Davis, st. Louisan; Governor Sam
Baker and members Of the reception
committee.
After private luncheon at the Cor
onado hotel, Lindbergh and party will
leave for Sportsmans' park, where the
flier will help Rogers Hornsby raise
the worlds championship pennant for
the st. Louis Cardinals. A procession
across the field in which the governor
and mayor, President John Heydler, Of
the National league, and X. M. Lands,
baseball commissioner, will take part,
is to precede the flag raising.
At formal dinner at Hotel Chase
Saturday night, the city's gift of
gold box and scroll will be presented.
Sunday afternoon Lirldbergh is to
appear at Art hill in Forest park and
after a speaking program he is to
place wreath on the statue of st.
Louis on top of Art hill. His plane,
Spirit of ST. Louis, will be mounted on
a platform eight feet high throughout
the day. Art hill will accommodate
about 100000 spectators.
Lindbergh's final appearance Sunday
will be at the Municipal opera in
Forest park, where he will appear on
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