Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-07
BYRD'S CREW DUE
TO SAIL TUESDAY
ABOARDLEWATHAN
ChamberIin Also Will Return
at Same Time-FIyers
Guests at Ball.
COMMANDER GIVES AID
TO PILOT PLANNING HOP
Refuses to Comment on Wilbur's
Objection to South Polar Trip
at Present.


PARIS, July Passage for Comdr
Byrd and his transatlantic flight com
panions has. been tentatively booked
on the steamer Leviathan. sailing
from Cherbourg next Tuesday,
Unless there are developments to
change their plans, the airmen will
motor to Cherbourg from lie Touauet
end TUESDAY afternoon without re-
turning to Paris.
Chamberlin Also to Sail
Clarence y. Chamberlin has also an
nounced that he has arranged TO sail
on the Leviathan, but Charles A
Levine, his passenger on the transat-
lantic flight from New York to Ger
many, will remain in France to pre-.
pare for a return flight with a French
pilot
Comdr. Byrd and the members of
his crew had their first long unbroken
mornings sleep today since their ar
rival in Paris.
They did not get out until nearly
1880. 1t was then that the formal
affairs of the day began with a re.
ception by Fernand Bouisson, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Deputies, who
met them at his private chambers and
congratulated them upon their fight.
Braves Are Heard.
A crowd from the aristocratic st.
Germain quarter awaited the COM
mander and his companions in front
Of the residence of the president of
the chamber when they arrived there
to be received by NJ. Bouisson. There
were few discreet bravos as their
car drove into the courtyard.
Receiving the aviators in the su.
perbly decorated presidents room,
NJ. Bouisson told them how closely he
had watched their flight and how
greatly he admired their courage in
the face of stupendous odds.
Comdr. Byrd, with Charge d 'Affaires
Sheldon Whitehouse acting as inter-
prefer, told the president:
From the very beginning Of my
talk with Rodman Wanamaker about
the flight we had in mind the good
such flight might do for the rela-
tions between France and the United
States. We are sure that, while many
people say nothing was needed to help
those relations, some good has been
accomplished by the flight
Comdr. Byrd had another experience
with the talking movies" after his
return from the chamber. He posed
accommodatingly for the operator, at
the same time making a little speech
into the microphone concerning the
flight.
Are Given Luncheon.
The second engagement of the day
for the Americas crew was with MaI.
rice Bokanowski, French cabinet min
lister, who rendered them q luncheon
at pm. They arrived somewhat
late. but the French guests were even
later When Comdr. Byrd appeared
there was no one below the second
floor Of the ministry of commerce.
Besides the Americas crew, the
guests at the luncheon included Clar-
ence Chamberlin and Charles Levine:
Sheldon Whitehouse, American charge
daffaires; Capt. White, naval attache;
III. Adams Gibbons, representative of
Rodman Wanamaker, sponsor of the
Americas flight, and their wives.
Comdr. Byrd and his comrades now
are in excellent spirits, and are enioy-
ing their stay in France immensely.
DR.. William S. Bainbridge, the phv.
sician who has attended them ever
since their arrival, said in a statement
today. After explaining the need for
clarifying reports as to the f1yers'
physical condition, the statement con.
| tinued:
"Comdr. Byrd and his three flyers
came through miraculously. No
serious injuries were suffered-all had
| multiple contusions and some shock,
Acosta suffered a fracture of the outer
end of the right collarbone, and No.
vile a sprain of the right knoee.
Strain Had Effect.
while all flyers try to prepare
themselves for such fight by care.
ful attention to the rules of health,
it was impossible in this instance to
! do what would be wise and what
they would have liked. For nearly
| three weeks they were kept under
constant strain by watching for wealth.
er conditions, being up very frequent
! iy the greater part of the night and
disturbed in the day time by multi
| tudes of visitors.
These three weeks OF strain, ir-
regular life and lack Of sleep badly
prepared them for the terrific strug-
gle, which was to come. They look
back upon that preliminary waiting
as being as hard as any part of their
| flight.
THE overwhelming reception which
has been theirs since their arrival
| in France has given them practically
no time for rest, but the outpouring
| of good feeling tho ctiporlafi fiop of tho