Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04
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to the one event to which he has
personally accepted q direct invita-
tion-the reception by the Minnesota
State Society in the ballroom of the
Willard Hotel. From there he will
proceed to the National Press Club to
be the good fellow guest of the
newspaper men, who hail him as hav-
ing written most stirring page in
the history they themselves are re-
porting day after day.
The Missouri State Society has
asked the executive committee for
part of Capt. Lindbergh's time. 1T
probably will be allocated a portion of
Monday, but all plans must await the
young aviator's own decision, as the
committee Is leaving Monday free to
be used as the young hero himself
may determine. Mrs. Bessie +.
Brueggman, vice president of the
Missouri Society and chairman Of the
United States Compensation Commits
sion, asked that the State society be
allowed the largest possible partici-
patton in the demonstration on the
ground that Capt. Lindbergh is an
officer of the Missouri Militia and that
Missouri capital financed and made
possible his transatlantic flight.
On Sunday. the second day of the
visit, the pilot and his mother will ac-
company the President and Mrs. Cool
idge to church, and in the afternoon
Lindbergh will lay wreath on the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier at
Arlington National Cemetery and then
visit the disabled and sick soldiers at
Walter Reed Hospital
The program for Sunday and Mon
day remains to be worked out and
after he returns from the review of
the United States fleet at Hampton
Roads tomorrow.
Will Lead Parade.
Definite decision was made, how
ever, to have Lindbergh lead parade
of soldiers, sailors and marines from
the Navy Yard, where he will land,
over Pennsylvania avenue to the
Washington Monument grounds, where
President Coolidge will greet him and
present to him the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross.
This ceremony will take place at
the base of the knoll on which the
monument rests instead CT at the base
of the monument itself. 20 that the
crowd may have better opportunity
of observing it, After the welcome
and decoration Capt. I.indbergh will
accompany the President to the tenn
porary White House and rest until
time for the cabinet dinner.
Determined to make the reception
to I.indbergh the greatest ever accord
ed a private citizen in the National
Capital. six subcommittee of the gen
eral entertainment committe got down
to work today arranging various
phases CT the ceremony.
Thousands Of Visitors Expected.
Thousands of visitors are expected
to come here from many parts Of the
country to augment the nearly half
a million of Washingtonians. and elab-
crate arrangements for handling this
crowd both along the line of parade
and at the Monument Grounds are be-
ing made.
Capt. Lindbergh will remain in
Washington for three days before fly
ing his monoplane the Spirit of St
Louis to New York, the starting point
of his epic flight.
At the request of Capt. Lindbergh
the Navy Department. today au-
thorized r. +. Mahoney. president of
the company which built the Spirit
OF st. Louis. to accompany Lindbergh
to the United States on he cruiser
Memphis
To make the celebration one of Ma
tion-wide scope, gigantic radio web
may be set up. so the millions of
American radio listeners may hear the
laudation and applause of the aviator.
Parade to Re Broadcast.
Radio engineers are investigating
the possibility of installing a series of
microphones from the Navy Yard to
Washington Monument in order to
broadcast not only word of the arrival
Of Capt. Lindbergh and the actual
ceremonies at the Monument. but also
word pictures of his triumphal prog
ress up Pennsylvania avenue.
The citizens committee. headed by
John Hays Hammond. today accepted
the offer of the National Broadcasting
Co, placing it's facilities in the hands
of the committee. The company an
nounced that the hook-up probably
would be made up of so to go stations,
including on the Pacific Coast
The Coast Guard will have charge
of the policing of the Potomac River
while the cruiser Memphis is making
its eight-hour trip up from the Capes
with the Nations guest aboard. 1t is
anticipated that the river will he
swarmed by power boats and other
light craft. TO handle this water
traffic the offer of Rear Admiral Fred.
erick G. Billiard, commandant of the
Coast Guard, has been accepted.
Comdr. NJ. II. White and Comdr G. A.
Smith, representing the Navy Depart
ment, explained that Admiral Eberle.
for the Department. and Admiral
Hutchins. commandant of the navy
yard, will have a conference on Mon
day, at which all Of the arrangements
regarding the navy yard will be made.
The Navy plans to send two YES
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