The Washington times., 1928-10-13
$4,000 WAITING
To WELCOME
ZEPPELIN
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richshafen, albiet without passeng-
eTs.
Al grand reception to the officers
and crew OF the Graf Zeppelin will
be extended Monday night at the
air station. Music will be provided
by the naval air station band and
a jazz orchestra will be imported
from Philadelphia. There will be
vaudeville program, six boxing
bouts and other entertainments.
The affair will be directed by
Charles "A. Oberwaker Of New York,
head Of the United German Socie-
ties. About 500 persons are ex-
pected to attend. 1t win be Lake
bursts official welcome.
Great Crowd Expected
The real welcome, however. will
come when the ship lands. There
is every indication that the crowd
that will road its greeting to the
Graf Zeppelin will greatly surpass
the throng which cheered the ZRS3
on it's arrival in 1924. Special ma
rine police have rOped off large
area for parking space for auto
mobiles, and New Jersey State po-
lice have been stationed at inter-
walls on the roads for miles from
the hangar to prevent congestion.
Radio advices filtering into the
station here are eagerly scanned for
information that would indicate the
possible hour of arrival OF the air
liner. AS the hour OF arrival APP
proaches interest increases, ana even
the officials of the field have become
imbued with the spirit OF the &C.
casion.
Up in the press room OF the
hangar, telegraph instruments are
clicking forth stories OF the happen
ings in and about Lakehurst. A
part OF the air station school room
has been converted into telegraph
and prt g headquarters, with score
of telegraph operators Juggling dots
and dashes from a seemingly endless
stream of copy tossed to them from
a battalion of newspaper cor
respondents.
IT is estimated that 100000 words
will be handled during the IL hours
preceding the arrival of the Zeppe-
lin and twice that amount after the
hinge craft arrives and details OF the
epochal voyage become available.
Housing Difficult
Extraordinary demands regarding
quarters and subsistence for the
extra naval personnel, crew Of the
airship and State police, have been
made upon Capt. John Croft. COM
nanding t Marine detachment.
Although he has marshalled all re-
ICd and feed them ha
"a faced with a real problem. And
besides he not secure hay and feed
for some 40 horses of State troopers
who have been assigned here for
sneciaI duty. Then, too. several hua-
dred extra sailors have arrived to
helm bring the Zeppelin into the
hangar and they must be fed and
quartered.
The housing and feeding Of the
great influx of visitors is the big
gest of all. That has fallen upon
the business interests of the three
nearby towns of Lakehurst, Lake
wood, and Toms River. Hundreds
of persons have wired for hotel
reservations and have been turned
down. Many homes are being trans
formed into boarding houses and
nearly all hotel rooms are equipped
with extra cots. Even so, thou
sands probably will sleep in parked
automobiles tonight.
Taxi drivers were reaping a harv.
est transporting the thousands from
Lakewood and Lakehurst to within
striking distance of the hangar.
Speakeasies in Lakewood were doing
a thriving business last night and
they expect to smash all records to.
night and Sunday.