Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-01
HOKORS
TO LINDBERGH
RETURN
President Appoints Cabinet
Committee to Plan U. S.
Celebration.
EXPECTED SOON
Filler Asked to Reach Wash
ington Before Coolidge
Goes On Trip.

WASHINGTON May 81 E1 =
Somewhat at sea because it does not
know exactly how ard when Captain
Charles A. Lindbergh will return TO
the United States, cabinet COM
naittee appointed by President Cool
jdgc today set about planning na-
ticnal celebration for the New York
to Paris flier.
The first act of the committee,
which includes four cabinet melr-
bers who are concerned with av1et-
tion-Secretarie Davis OF the war
department Wilbur, Hoover and
Postmaster General New - was to
cable Ljndbergh an offer to return
cilrect to Washington on the cruiser
Memphis instead OF the destroyer
Breck, which previously had been
placed at his disposal.
The iavitation to use the larger
and speedier ship was extended in
the hope that the aviator could
reach Washington before President
Coolidge leaves on June 13 for his
summer vacation.
Should Lindbergh arrive in time,
he will be asked by President Cool
idge to be MS guest at the tenlpor-
airy White House here. 1t was as
sunaed that his mother, ii she elects
to come from Detroit to meet her
daring son, also would be invited to
snare the hospitality OF the eXecu"
tive mansion.
Meeting soon after its designation
bv the president and under inStruc.
tioas to prepare a fitting cornnemor-
alton of the record breaking non
stop flight, the cabinet committee
first concerned itself with arrange
nlents to get Lindbergh here. The
committee did not go into details o;
the celebration oeS ond the White
House reception, desiring to leave
plans for other functions TO the
wishes OF Captain Lindbergn.
The presidents nope that lrnmedi-
ate honors for Lindbergh might I'LL
clude promotion in the army all
corps reserve, in which he hopes IL
captaincy, also was discussed by the
committee The war department is
examining the governing laws anG
Secretary Davis said he believed the
aviator might be elevated tC the
rank Of major. He explained, how
ever, that a higher rank in the re-
his duties in the Missouri national
guard of which he is flight cap
tain, and that he might object TO
that feature.
LONDON May 81 tP)--King George
CT England and Queen Mary gave
Americas young aviator fitting
welcome when he visited the soVer-
eigns at Buckingham Palace today.
The king pinned the air force cross
on Captain Charles Llndbergh's
breast, patted him in a tatherly
manner on the shoulder and sat
down and listened for 20 minutes 10
a recital OF one OF the most Ven-
| tllreSome voyages in the air that has
ever been taken.
| Queen Mary came in and sat in
rapt attention, with eyes oT aGmlra :
| tion on the youth who has achieved
what no man ever achieved before
/ straight swift race across the At
lantic, from one great metropolis to
another, outwinging fog ana WINGS
and storm.
! Later the Prince Of Wales, like
i I.indbergh himself popular through
out the world, added his CHEEKY
greeting when Lindbergh called to
i see him, and perhaps more than
most others entered into the real
spirit OF adventure, in which the
future king OF England glories.
And there was the acclanaJIoI'
which the British parliament gave
/, him His reception, in the opinion
Of old parliamentary hands, and ths
ovation raised in his honor while the
house was sitting, was unprecedented
Lady Astor American born MEM
Der of parliament had Captain Lind
bergh in parliament as her guest
They had tea on the terrace. the air
man sitting between his hostess anG
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