Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
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of four continuous weeks of public
acclaim.
Gov. Samuel A. Baker was there
with the new commission in the Mis-.
souri, National Guard, elevating the
youth who flew away as a. fight COM
handing captain to colonelcy, the
highest grade in the State aviation
fosces.
Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War.
was ready to hand ever the U. S.
Army Reserve commission recently
signed by President Coolidge. 1t also
was for the rank of colonel.
Others listed as speakers included
Missouri; May Victor Miller and civic
leaders, with Col. Lindbergh himself
to conclude the ceremony.
Tomorrow will be another full day
for Lindbergh. but after that he will
have a chance to get some well de.
served. and Judging from his appear
ance. badly needed rest.
For the first time since he landed
at Washington from the u. s. s.
Memphis, he win find more hours for
himself than on any. other day.
| With the farst appointment on his
final days public acclaim set for $3.50
pm. an appearance at Art Field.
| ST, Louis historic spot, where 1t
| was expected that more than 200
| people would gather, he had Is hours
| for himself after the banquet. A visit
| to st. Louis outdoor municipal opera
| tomorrow night will conclude the
! formahties.
Will Sift Correspondence.
After that the young colonel has
nothing ahead but the following OF
! his own will. He intends to sift from
the great mass Of correspondence that
has been heaped upon him the better
offers. and consider them, always with
an eye for the future Of aviation and
dignity. He will have the advice or
close friends and business leaders IN
st. Louis.
Invitations by the score have been
rendered him, but he has, ne says
nothing definite in mind.
I'D like to- he has said repeatedly
when asked whether he would attend
the Army show in Chicago next week,
go to Canada for a vacation or go
| to Springfield, H., for State cere.
mony at the site of Lincoln's tomb, but
to none has he committed himself.
An usually happy and smiling. but
sometimes nervous and perturDed
| background figure throughout Col.
| Lindbergh's home town reception, just
as she was at Washington and New
| York, has been his mother. Mrs.
Eyangeiine Lodge Lindbergh, Detroit
school teacher.
Shying away from photographers
and directing reporters to TASK my
son." she has denied herself any OF
the publics acclaim, other than that
thrust upon her when she reluctantly
appeared in public near the flyer.
Calls Capital Decorous.
Today she rode in an automobile
behind that carrying Col. Lindbergh.
| Once she broke her reserve when she
| smiled and waved her hand in re-
sponse to the shouted demand of a
| movie photographer.
After the parade she gave this esti'
mate of the home towns tribute to
her son:
washington was decorous. New
York was tumultous, but st. Louis
was tender"
Col. Lindbergh received the plaudits
/ of the crowd today with an occasional
| fieeting smile, and a rather hating
wave OF the hand, typical Lindbergh
| gestures. He sat throughout, talking
| apparently seriously at times with
Mayor Miller, who rode with him In
an automobile entirely covered with
white flowers.
The parade itself was Intentionally
short, requiring only Z minutes to
pass a given point, and the crowds
some of them had stood on sidewalks
since dawn to see--Quickiy melted
away once the figure had passed with
out the range of their cheers.
In automobiles In the professions
were two Of Col. Lindbergh's buddies
Of the United States Air Mail Service.
from which he is on leave--Phil Love
and Thomas Nelson, with whom Col.
Lindbergh, then simply boon COM
panion, Slim" manned the st. Louis
| Chicago air mail route when it was
opened a year ago.
Air Mail Boss in Parade.
Secretary Davis. Senator Halves and
Mai. w. B. Robertson. LindbergE' &
| employer in the air mail service when
he got the bunch to fly to Paris, also
rode In the parade.
"A squad OF motor cycle policemen
heraided the approach of the parade,
and then came a vast color squad.
Col. Lindoergh's automobile was ell.
tirely surrounded by mounted soldiers,
| who, although they cleared the streets.
prevented good view of the young
hero as they drove their mounts at
the crowd to force II back to the side.
walks from which 1t had overlooked.
At the end Lindbergh's eyes were
shining with happiness and the tired
appearance seemed lessened.
1T was 100 per cent wonderful"
he said.
Flyer Lauded as Pioneer.
The same American spirit that sent
Lewis and Clark out to explore and
conquer the West sent Col Lindbcrgh
on his epochal fight from New York