Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-11
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OF q summers sun.
/ Colonel Lindbergh and his mother
will be guests of the president and
Mrs. Coolidge during their stay here
! The flier will be in Washington ap-
proxjmately as hours, hopping OFF
Boiling field, the army's air station
here. around 9 O'Clock Monday morn
ing for New York, where another
monster reception and ovation awaits
him.
! Mayor Walker has designed Mon
Gay as ga day of public celebration
lin honor of the air Viking and all
stock and other exchanges as well as
many business houses and the public
] schools will be closed. Millions VIII
cheer the flier as he parade through
the metropolis, where he began the
flight which linked France and Amer
lea by air.
Whether Colonel Lindbergh is to
complete his round trip in the other
| half of his now celebrated "We"-.
the spirit Of st. Louis pe
determined after he reaches WASH
ington. 1T may be that he will 90
so, landing on the army reservation
/: at Governors island, where the
crowds could be excluded.
When he takes off from here the
public will be excluded from Boiling;
/ field, but he will give all Washington
a chance to see him as ne was when
he was battling hail and other storms
| over the broad expanse OF the At
lantic. He will circle the city, proc
ably twice before Strengthening away
for New York.
/ e'The Spirit of ST. Louis" will be
reassembled tomorrow at the naval
air station at Anacostia and probably
l will be placed on exhibition ir the
\ Potomac river OH a barge ancnored
] off Haires Point, the tip end of the
Speedway which points its long finger
/ down between the east and west
branches of Washington's aWterWay
Even should Colonel Lindbergh not
fly to New York in his TRANSATLANTIC
/; plane he will use it for the nonstop
flight to st. Lotlis, where he is to be
Il honored On June 13. which today was
declared municipal holiday in honor
1 of the pilot.
From the hour CT LindberghS ar
rival tomorrow will lie a holiday in
! Washington, with government depart
lIiEIllS d1lu UttO1AlCOo GoVoSt|&lGAAl1AOA'O''
as we'll as the WASHINGTON navy yard
closed. More than 100000 men ano
women thus will be freed from work
as the new hero begins his triumphant
Journey from the Memphis.
/ Washington's half million popula-
ton was greatly augmented today as
thousands flocked into the city by
| train. steamer motor bus and auto
Many thousands more will arrive to-
morrow as excursion trains and long
lines Of cCtor cars arrive from nearby
states.
With the expectation that there will
he the largest crowd here in the cltys
history, the military and police al.-
thoritieS are taking extraordinary pre-
cautions to handle it and to guard
Colonel Lindbergh 10th on his trip
to the Washington monument greunGs
end from there ct the temporary
White House as well as tomorrow
night when he attends receptions by
the Minnesota society and the Ma
t;Cnal Press club.
/ While many dismiss the thought
that the usual state crowds will get
out Of bounds, Brigadier GeneraI
Rockenbach. commander OF the WASH
ingtony army district, and Superln-
tcndent of Police Hesse are not so
optimistic They will furnish heavy
guard at all times and when Colonel
Lindbergh is en- route from one tunc-
ton to another his car will not be
permitted to stop