The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-06-03
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Capt.Lindbergh Is Recipient
ofUnprecedented Honors
in France.

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TIME notable event of the week end
1 ing May 81 was the completion Of
Capt. Charles Lindbergh's successful
crossing by airplanes from New York
to Paris at 10 :21st. Paris time. Satur-
day night, May q, after 33 hours 20
minutes in the air.
Paris gave the, intrepid American
flyer wildly enthusiastic reception,
in which there was no evidence Of the
reported. enmity for American con-
testants In this transoceanic air race
that had resulted in the loss of two
French flyers, Captains Nungesser and
Coli. From the moment his plane came
to a stop on lie Bourget flying field,
just outside the French capital, he be-
came the acclaimed hero Of the CIV
flied world. In Paris no such, tumul-
tuous scenes have been witnessed since
the signing of the armistice at the
close Of the World war, and for the
week following the landing. he has
been sought for and feted by all
classes. The king of Belgium wired
him. an1 invitation to, be his guest at
Brussels, King George of England ex-
tended him an invitation to visit him
in London, organizations of many.
kinds, commended for, the honor of be-
ling hast to him; the French: govern
ment conferred upon him the medal
of the Legion of Honor. From Captain
frd rrsht An
hundreds of offers of employment at
fabulous salaries. Motion picture pro-
ducers, vaudeville. theater managers,
managers of lecture courses, offered
large sums for his services, and if he
wishes, it is estimated that he could
within the next twelve months easily
: make million dollars as a result of
his heroic exploit. So far he has re-
fused to consider any of the offers, as
sorting that he had no idea of COM
mercializing the flight which he made
solely for the purpose of advancing the
science of aviation.
> 1t is not known at this writing when
he will return to America. Before do
ing so he will accept the invitation
from the kings of Belgium and Eng
land and will visit Stockholm and
other European" cities. The United
States government has offered to bring
him back on board a battleship as the
guest Of the American people and it is
probable that he will accept this invi-
tation. ga a'A-
Captain Lindbergh covered the dis
lance from San Diego, Calf, to Paris
-6,725 miles-in actual flying time of
Sc hours and 46 minutes. He left
San Diego, Calf, on the afternoon of
May 10 and arrived in st. Louis, 900
miles-the next day. After rest there
he hoped to New York-900 miles
crossing the American continent in an
actual flying time of % hours and Is
minutes. After q few days rest he
started from New York to Paris
$500 miles. This is a new worlds rec
ord for nonstop straight line distance,
the previous record being 3,400 miles.
A MOTHER event of Importance in
"A the field Of aviation was the at
tempted fight of the Italian aviator,
francesca dc Rinedo, from Newfound-
land to the Azores islands. q distance
of 1900 miles. He left Trepassey Bay,
N. F., Monday morning, May %, but
became lost in the fog and landed on
the ocean. some 800, miles from his
objective point and his plane was
towed into port by sailing vessel
that had picked him up.
a MOVE of unusual Importance in
\ the field of international relations
was the break between Great Britain
and Soviet Russia following the rev.
Citations resulting from the raiding by
the British government of ARGOS, Ltd,
the Russian trading company operat-
ing in England, and the official Soviet
trade delegation. In the house of COM
mons Prime Minister Baldwin an
bounced that on the basis of Sir Wind
ham Childs findings in documents
seized in the raid on May IL the Brit
lsh government had decided to break
of diplomatic relations with Russia.