The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-02-17
Indy COMPLETES
5000 Mile TOUR
GOODWILL AMBASSADOR is
WELCOMED BY $4,000 ON
RETURN TO ST. LOUIS

through fog and rain, Col Charles
A. Lindbergh completed a l;2O0-
mile nonstop flight from Havana,
Cuba. by landing safely at Lam
bert-St. Louis field at 5:O1 p. m.
Monday. He was in the ar 10
hours and minutes.
Since his departure from WASH
ington. Dec. 13, for Mexico CITY
Colonel Lindbergh had covered
about 5000 miles on a circuitous
route and had visited Is nations
and dependencies in Central and
South America and the West In
dies
Approximately 700 persons, in
Guiding members of the mail dl-
vision air corps, of which Lind
bergh is a member, viewed the
landing of the good will ambassa-
, dor. who is to be the guest OF all
t St. Louis in an aerial exhibition
e on the Mississippi river fron'
a Tuesday afternoon.
. His approach to the field was
3, from the west at 4:56 p. m. Pass
5 ing to the northwest, the Splrlt VI
Ct Louis began circling the field
at an altitude of approximately
100 feet. Lindbergh evidently was
scanning the field to- make sure
no crowd was in the way
When Lindbergh got out of the
plane there was backslapping and
chorus of greeting as President
Harold M. Bixby of the chamber
of commerce, Acting Mayor Wal
ter Neun and others greeted him.
AS mechanics showed the Spirit
Of st. Louis into the hangar, Lind
bergh posed with the official
ereeters for photographs and
movies in the light of flares which
) were burned to help out the dim
. and disappearing daylight.
Exhibition For Friends
ST. LOUIS, Feb 15.-More than
+ GO 600 school children and adults
e filling the levee for 10 blocks
I cbeered Col. Charles A. Lind
, bergh. who gave a 27-minute fly
S ing exhibition on the Mississippi
river front Tuesday afternoon
The famous aviator in his ocean
spanning Spirit of st. Louis, il
: which he had just returned from
Central and South America
acknowledged the shouts and flag
; waving of the levee throng by low
and sidewise flying until the
: crowd felt it's acquaintance witt
him had been thoroughly establish
ed Then he circled East 81
Louis and the downtown and resi-
e dence sections of st. Louis before
/ returning to the starting point
9 Lambert-St Louis field.
Z Colonel Lindbergh made thre'
! circuits of the area between tn
u Eads and Municipal bridges, dc
. scending once to within 80 feet o
the water.
The crowd got its thrills from
the nonchalant way in which h
:, tipped his plane to one side NJ
d usual manner of acknowledging
i crowds attentions, and from tn
p wav he stalled, holding his plan
almost motionless against tn
e west wind, 80 or 40 seconds at
time.
For an hour before the colonef
Ie appearance, the levee was in ca
le nival trim. Fife and drum corr
e Of a dozen schools kept up a ra
" ket. vendors were everywhere an
e. flags were in most of the mittel
IN ed little hands Policemen an
NJ 900 regular soldiers formed
n guard to keep the children frol
falling or being pushed into II
~ ~ river.
in On visit to Lambert-st. Lou
us field this morning, Lindbere
shook hands with attaches, cha
ted with the hot dog vendor az
* other friends Of his air mail fiyiI
mt davs and conferred with air ms
nd managers about the special fig
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