Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-12
VARIOUS PHENOMENA OF SOLAR SYSTEM IN JUNE
EMBLEMS OF EUROPE'S HIGHEST
HONORS GIVEN COL. LINDBERCH

NEW YORK, June IL. QP-With the
world as his chess board, Charles "A.
Lindbergh surpassed even Wonder
lands Alice at the game by moving
from pawn to kings row IN three
Jumps.
And, like the chess queens who move
any distance in any direction. the
aviator returns to his starting point
aboard a warship, unhampered even
by the customs red tape that annoyS
ordinary mortals, to be the guest OF
President Coolidge and the nation
The first jump of the obscure mall
carrier was from San Diego to st.
Louis. He made the 1850 mile trip IN
the record time of IA hours and five
minutes, and landed on the inside
pages of newspapers whose attention
was concentrated on the Mississippi
flood and the more elaborate prepara-
tions of other proposed New York-to-
Paris expeditions.
The second jump, from st. Louis to
New York, also broke speed record.
He made this $50 mile trip in little
more than seven hours, and landed on
the first pages of the newspapers.
The last and hardest jump, 5000
miles, mostly over sea, from New York
to Paris, he made in the amazing time
of 80 hours and 90 minutes. He land
ed on top of the world.
A New York clipping bureau cut
100000 news articles-nearly four times
as many as for the death of President
WilSon-on the feat of the youth who
set out for Paris with letters of intro
duction so he would not be unknown.
Kings, presidents and premierS We'd
with uncomfortable throngs of their
subjects and fellow citizens to do him
honor.
When he landed at LIE Bourget fly
ing field, fearful that he would not be
recognized, his first words were, st am
Charles Lindbergh."
Then he had to be rescued from
mob of thousands that fought for
glimpse of him.
With his temporary home at the.
American embassy, he was Wined and
dined by President Doumergue, Mar
Shal Foch, Papa" Joftre and other
French notableS Police had to force a
way for him whenever he emerged
from the embassy. He endeared him
self to the French people by his first
official act when he visited the mother
of Charles NungeSser, for whom France
was mourning.
Medals were shoWered d on him.
France gave him the Cross of the Le-
gion of Honor; England the Royal Air
Force Gross; Belgium the Order of
Leopold; the Aero Club of France it's
gold medal, and the Swedish Aero Club
its gold plaque. His own country de-
cided promptly to bestow the Distin-
guished Flying Cross, the first to be
struck; New York state offered him its
medal of valor; a movement was start
ed to have congress give him the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor when it
COnyeneS. @
France broke all precedents to ac-
cord him the honors of royalty: The
American flag was raised at the for
eign office, an honor shown ordinarily
only to visiting SOvereignS. He was re-
ceived on the floor of the senate cham
ber, given a municipal reception, kiss
ed on both cheeks by President Dou-
mergue and others, and songs about
him were sold on the streets like news
papers. ~
From Paris he went to Belgium,
where King Albert not only received
him in state and decorated him, but
returned his call. Then he went to
England, where the king received him
and he was entertained by the Prince
of Wales. -
The youth who set out in a $4,000
plane, on a $4,000 expedition, partly
financed by $4,000 of his savings, won
nearly 100000 in prizes, of which $25,-
600 was the Raymond Orteig prize for
the first plane to cross the Atlantic.
He was offered rnillions-one motion
picture offer alone was for one million
to go into the movies Or vaudeville.
He rejected or postponed decisions on
all offers
"We are not actors" he said of him
self and plane. "I am an aviator, and
expect to keep on flying. I think I can
get my old job'
Postmaster General New in Wash
ington said to this: "de can have
anything in the shop
New York and Washington were
rivals for the honor of being first to
entertain him on his return. wash
ington won when President Coolidge
invited him to return on the cruiser
Memphis
And Of the flight that brought the
honors, even Orville Wright declares
that there was only one chance in
three Of success. But Lindbergh was
more confident, giving all credit to
his machine, equipped with a Wright
WhirlWind motor and an earth induc-
tor compass which he claims made
navigation easy.
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