Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
Films and Mail
Taken Aboard
Off Coast.
AVIATOR READY
FOR RECEPTION
Gets to Work Early
i'm Shirt Sleeves =
at Ships Desk.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
U. S. S. MEMPHIS, June 10 (b,
Wireless to the Associated PreSs).-
The first home contact for Col
Charles A. Lindbergh, New York-to
Paris flyer, occurred at Cos am. to-
day, when the destroyer Humphrey:
met the scout cruiser Memphis a
sea.
The vessels met $50 miles off tht
coast. The destroyer took aboart
movie films made of the aviator dur
ing the voyage and bag of officia
mail, which she was to carry to New
York. The destroyer was expected
to reach New York late today.
Flyers Busy Day.
This was Lindbergh's busy day
There was no time for such stunts as
climbing the rigging, posing for the
photographers or lunching with the
gobs.
The flyer arose at 8 bells, had a
hurried breakfast and Immediately
afterward, in his shirt sleeves, was
seen at the desk in his quarters try.
ing to get his affairs in order for to.
morrow's landing.
Radio communications for him con.
tinued to accumulate in such mum
bers that it will be a physical impos-
sibility for him to answer them while
at sea or even compile them in their
proper order.
He said, however, that he hoped
eventually to reply to all the tele-
grams, cables, wireless messages and
letters which have been pouring in
for weeks. The messages include in
vitations of all sorts, numerous bust
ness proposals AID suggestions of al
most every conceivable nature.
Col. Lindbergh explained that he
had tried to keep up with his CORE
spondence in Paris, but that eight Sec
retaries at the embassy found it to be
q. hopeless task He is. finding time,
however, to express his appreciation
to Secretary Wilbur, Admiral Burrage,
Capt. Lackey, Comdr. Bagley and all
others of the Navy who have con-
tributed toward making his second
transatlantic crossing comfortable in
every particular.
He is saying good word, too, for
the mess cook, mess boys, orderlies
and the sailors in general.
'My associations with the crew all
through the voyage will be one Of my
most pleasant recollections," he said
today.
Plans st. Louis Hop Soon.
AS far as he knows, nothing def
mite has been decided as to where
his plane, the Spirit of st. Louis,
will be assembled in Washington, but
he assumes that it will be at Boil
ing Field, where he takes off for his
flight to New York. The date and
time are in the hands Of the local
committee.
1t appears likely, he says, that he
will take his good old bus" and hop
off for st. Louis as soon as New York
is through with him, provided there
is enough left of him to fill the seat
which he occupied for 33as consecu-
tive hours on his record breaking
flight from New York to Paris.
Since April 9, 1922, when he made
his first flight, Lindbergh has been
in the air a total of 1886 hours and
has flown in 35 American States,
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Ireland,
England, France, Belgium and Mexico.
Expects to Fly Own Plane.
Col. Lindbergh said today that he
expects to fly the Spirit of st. Louis,
his transatlantic plane, from Wash
ington to New York, as he promised,
and perhaps later from New York to
st. Louis. He added, however, that
all the details connected with his re-
ception were in the hands of the re-
spective citizens committees, and he
would defer to their wishes.
The task of assembling the mono
plane will begin as soon as possible
after the Memphis docks tomorrow.
The airman has learned of the re-
ception plans of Washington and New
York in wireless messages, and he
declared that they met with his ap.
proval in every particular.
Climbs Out on Yardarm.
An unexpected thrill came the way
of the Memphis crew yesterday when
the aviator climbed out on the yard.
arm to take photographs Of the ship
and its high speed wake. After he
had settled himself on the lofty perch
it was suddenly realized that the high
tension radio, always cut off when
men are in the rigging, was still on
Orders were Immediately issued by
the officer of the watch for the sus.
pension of the radio service.
A 48-mile wind was blowing at the
time, but for 20 minutes Lindbergh
140 feet in the air, calmly pointed
his camera in every direction, most of
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