New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-06-10
Chamberin and Levine
Presented With City's
Honorary Plaque
Spend Time Visiting
Airplane Factories.
Fliers Change Plans and
Will Go Directly to Other
European Cities, Meet
ing Wives in Prague
June II.

Berlin, June 10 Rl-Throueh
streets lined with cheering noon-d day
crowds, Clarence Chamberlin and
Charles Levine drove to Rathaus to-
day. accompanied by American Am
bassador Schurman to receive fur
Their honors in recognition of their
sensational nonstop flight from
New York to Germany.
| Mounting the imposingly high
staircase. they were greeted by Lord
Mayor Boess, who was surrounded
by uniformed ushers bearing wands
surmounted by the coat of arms of
the Berlin municipality.
After being presented to the Dor
| ough mayors, the president of the
borad of aldermen and other digni-
taries, the filters and the ambassador
signed the city's Golden Book"
Then they were escorted into the
banquet hall to be greeted with
mangnificent rendition of the star
Spangled Banner" by Berlin's IA
nous symphony orchestra.
At the conclusion of the luncheon,
the lord mayor announced that the
thoroughfare leading to Tempelhof-
err air field would henceforth be
known as Columbia Strasse after
! the transatlantic plane.
He then bestowed upon the three
guests the city's honorary plaque.
/ which is usually reversed for dis
tinguished citizens of Berlin.
Plans Changed.
The plans of Chamberlin and Lee
vine underwent several modifica-
tons today.
First. they will not fly to Bremen
TO meet their wives, as they had
considered doing: instead the women
will join their husband at Prague,
| the capital of Czecho- Slovakia.
Mrs. Chamberlin and Mrs. Levine
will debark from the liner Berlin
at Bremen June II, where they will
be the guests OF the Lufthansa air
lines at a festival breakfast"
They will fly to Berlin. leaving
Bremen at eleven O'Clock and ar
irving in the Tempelhofer air field
at 200 p. m. where they will have
luncheon in the air field restaurant.
Then they will leave in a plane for
| Prague at 400 p. M. arriving in the
evening to join their famous hus-
bands.
A wireless message from the
steamer Berlin received at the
American embassy reports that both
women are happy and that they are
being given great attention The
| captain turned his cabin over to
Mrs. Chainberln while Mrs. Levine
has cabin No. I adjoining.
Chamberlin and Levine will be in
Vienna from June - to IS, going to
Prague on the 10th. Today they ac-
cepted an invitation from the Polish
, government to visit Warsaw W. but the
date Is yet to be fixed. They would
also like to include Budapest. Hun
gary in their itinerary but are not
sure whether they will do so.
Chcered at Factory.
Chamberlin and Levine, trans
! Atlantic aviators. had a real bus
mans holiday" this forenoon. motor
| ing to Johnnisthal and inspecting
| the Rohrbach and Sciemens- Halske
air craft factories.
Giving the slip to all the newspa-
permen. the Americans left the en-
| bassy at an early hour. and by their
! appearance at the two factories
stopped productions there. The
skilled worlemen laid down their
| tools. cheered the filters and then
| crowded around for autographs.
Late this afternoon Chamber'in
, and Levine We're due to inspect the
Albatros Works. where wartime
| planes were manufactured.
| The visitors found that the con-
! struction Of metal planes has been
| considerably simplified by the ex-
perts OF the Rohrbach concern.
at is the construction Of the flu
| ture." Chamberlin said but a. pres
.nt the cost OF production is too
I high for us in the United States.
When we can turn them out like
Fords-well. we shall sec.
| "Yes. metal planes are moro dnr-
| able. but not necessarily safer. The
| motors we saw at the Siemens fac
| tory promise to rank with the best
/, we have yet seen. and it is only re-
Gently that tho manufacture of air.
! cooled motors began in Germany"
I Chamherln told the newspaper
men he thought that although Ger
many was Handicapped by the peace
treaty conditions as to the size Of
| planes she was allowed to manufac-
ture. she was making such progress
| with the smaller models that this
| might turn "to the great disadvant-
| age Of the people who forced her
| to do it."
IT'S like Rellanca's case" he said.
| referring to the designer OF the trans
| Atlantic monoplane Columbia. He
had TO work on small scale be-
cause he only had small capital. but
he has the best understanding of
anybody Of the flow of air about a
! machine. and he makes everything
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