The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-18
st. Louis Welcomes Altman
Back to Starting Point
of EpoChaI Flight.
PARADE FIRST NUMBER
Baseball Pennant Raising
and Banquet on Pro-
gram Later.
By United Press

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. June ia
home town tribute today was pre-
pared for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
After receiving the tributes of
France, Belgium, England and then
the notable ovations from Washing
ton and New York, the youthful
Atlantic flier was back here today
from where he started on the rec
ord-making flight to Paris.
Today Lindbergh will be officially
received back to the town where
his exploits as an air pilot were
first made public. Mayor Miller,
Secretary of War Dwight Davis--a
fellow townsman-and Governor
Sam Baker will greet the young air
viking and his mother.
Parade Route ThrOnged
Thence will come the reception
from the mass Of st. Louis. Through
eight miles of flag-draped streets
Lindbergh and his mother will be
taken to permit the home town to
say Hello" and we're glad you're
back" The parade route is through
the sprawling business district OF
the town and as early as 6 a. m.
hundreds of people were gathering
along the parade route. The streets
were still Uttered with paper from
last nights joyous celebration at
Lindbergh's arrival.
This afternoon Lindbergh will Of
ficiate at the raising of the world
champion pennant won by the st.
Louis League Baseball Club. He
will be escorted to the center of
tthe playing field at Sportsman's
Park and, surrounded by members
of the st. Louis Cardinals and the
New York Giants, will share in one
other triumph that the city has
known.
Banquet Tonight
Tonight at a civic banquet he will
be presented with a scroll officially
welcoming him home.
Sunday will be another busy day.
He will address an open air meeting
in Forest Park and later will at
tend the municipal opera.
st. Louis, keyed by the brief hours
it had to cheer Lindbergh last night,
was prepared to welcome home its
adopted son in the greatest celebra-
ton the city ever has seen.
In a driving rain storm Lindbergh
came home from his world triumphs
late Friday. AS thousands of per-
sons waited at the Lambert Flying
Field. along the streets and atop
buildings, the great silvery gray
monoplane-named after st. Louis
suddenly shot out of the murky
skies.
Thousands Scream
Sirens rent the air. The screams
of thousands of people mingled with
whistles, motor sirens and the whir-
ring planes overhead.
And "Lindy" responded. He
swooped low to greet a little craft
in the Mississippi River. He circled
over the city, dipping and diving in
boyish glee at being home. Then
he flew to the Lambert Flying Field
from where he started on his Pa
risian fight-circled once or twice,
then ducked down to feather-like
landing on the spot that had been
marked for him to land.
His mother was there to greet him,
as was Secretary Davis and several
other notables. Lindbergh crawled
from the single cabin of his plane,
a smudge of grease across one cheek,
grinned and was accepted back to
his own home town.
Appears Tired
1t was not the "Slim" Lindbergh,
youthful air mail polit, that re-
turned to a city's cheers. The tri-
umphs had taken their toll. There
were dark circles under his eyes and
his youthful face was lined. He
seemed terribly weary and anxious
to get to the seclusion of the home
of Harry Knight, one of the prin-
cipal hackers of the fight.
Il am glad to be home" he said
to the few people allowed close to
the outer part of I'VE" that made
the famous flight, the famous
Spirit of st. Louis monoplane.