Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
.L|NDBERCH POLICE
LINES BROKEN AS
ST. LOUIS GOES MAD
Spirit of City Reaches Zenith
in Official Welcome to Its
DauntIess Son.
GREAT CROWDS BRAVE
THREATENING WEATHER
Men and Women Join in Hysteri-
cal Ovation-Hero Inducted
Into Boy Scouts.

ST. LOUIS, June 18.-The spirit of
st. Louis scared to it's zenith today
in its formal and official welcome to
its dauntless son, Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh, it's own "Slim." who flew his
Viking airplane, the Spirit of st. Louis.
from New York to Paris.
For four weeks, while the acclaim
Of Paris, London, Brussels. Washing
ton and New York was shouted and
dinned into the ears of the gloritied
young flyer, st. Louis, for the last
three years his home, stored up energy
for its shouting of paeans of praise,
and, with the rest Of the world, could
only wish that it had him in person
for it's adulation.
Today it had him and his historic
ship, and st. Louis took the day off
to do him honor.
Day Official Holiday.
The day was an official holiday, and,
despite threatening weather, which,
however, early turned into a typical
day in June, St. LouisanS began to
line the streets at dawn.
st. Louis drew upon all it's resources
for its royal welcome to the reticent
youth already acclaimed royalty in
fact. Many of those who lined the
streets in front of boarded-up win
dows came from out of town. Trains
from every direction, busses and auto
mobiles with motley assortment of
State license tags brought thousands
bent upon a moments glimpse of the
hero of the ages great adventure.
"Slim" gave himself into the hands
of the st. Louis arrangements commit
tee when he waited his Spirit of St.
Louis down from leaden, splitting
sky late yesterday at his home flying
field, at which for years he had taken
off and landed as flyer of Uncle
Sans mail, a job he still holds.
His surrender was unconditional.
"No, won't try to give you the Slip"
he promised newspaper reporters.
some of whom were experienced with
the whims of the beloved flyer,
whose only beloveds seem to be the
air and a ship to sail 1t in.
Program Starts Early.
And, under the guidance of the ar
committee, determined to
show their own hero to as many per-
sons as possible today and tomorrow,
Lindbergh got going at 9:17 o'clock
this morning. He and his mother,
accompanied by three automobiles full
of the Nations and States notables
and a siren-shrieking convoy of the
alWays-preSent motor cycle heraldS,
appeared at the Congress Hotel, focal
point of the great "Lindbergh- Spirit
of ST. Louis parade through the resi-
dence and downtown districts.
Overhead flew three Scott Field
dirigibles, the TC-52, TA-41 md the
TA-52, as the heroic youngster was
greeted by 1900 spectators who
shouted e. welcome.
Right then the guardians of the
dauntless flyer got taste Of the
days promise.
Some of the approximately 1900
spectators broke through the police
lines and rushed toward Lindbergh.
Shrilling sopranos were in the ma
jority, although the men were as
hysterical as the women in their rush
ing hero-worship.
Hats Tossed I'm Air.
The women who did not join the
rush shrilled joyfully and waved
handkerchiefs, and men tossed their
hats into the air.
Dwight Davis. himself st.
LouiSan, Secretary Of War; Assistant
Secretary of War MacCracken, Mayor
Miller and Army and Navy officers
awaited Lindbergh in the hotels
courtyard
With it's start there, the parade
route lay through deep lines of shout
ing humanity in Lindell boulevard,
Locust street, Twentieth street, Wash
ington avenue, Fourth street, Olive,
Twelfth and back to Locust, with q
hn1f thu Cnronadn Hotel for
luncheon.
In the reviewing stand near the
Coronado Hotel $4,000 persons. ad-
mitted by ticket only, waited hours
to see the only formality Of the parade
the induction OF Lindbergh into the
Boy Scouts, as an honorary member
OF Troop 2. the oldest in st. Louis.
Murray Cabell Is, was chosen to
administer the Scout oath: "On my
honor / will do my best to do my duty
to my God and my country, to obey
the Scout law and keep myself ply
sically strong, mentality awake and
morally straight"
Scout Knife Presented.
Joseph Gerhardt, IA, of Troop 2,
got his siXty-third honor when he was
selected to present the new Boy Scout
with a Scout knife engraved: ITO
Scout Lindy-From the Boy Scouts of
st. Louis" Gerhardt wears 62 merit
badges, st. Louis record.
Lndbergh also got a flying eagle
medallion, a white eagle on a piece
of red felt about the size of silver
dollar The lucky Scout to present 1t
was Roland Homer, IA.
The flyers mother, Mrs. Evangeline
Lodge Lindbergh, Detroit school
teacher, received a bouquet of roses.
Before "Slims" arrival in front Of
the reviewing stand bands played con.
tinuousIy, and the thousands sang in
his praise. Hello, Lindy, All America
Is Proud Of YOU" was the refrain of
one of the songs they sang.
Aerial traffic over st. Louis became
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