Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-30
NEW YORK
ACCLA|MS.
AV|AT0RS.
Transatlantic Flyers are
Royalty Welcomed by
Metropolis.
GREETED BY MAYOR
FitZmaurice, KOehl and
Won Huenefeld Stunned
BY Demonstration.
BY EARL JOHNSON
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 80. - Ten
years after the end of the great war
between Germany and the allies,
two former German soldiers and an
Irish veteran of the allied air forces
parade in peaceful triumph through
the streets of New York today.
While hundreds of thousands
chcered their passing and millions
more listened in on the celebration
by radio. Baron Gunther Won IIu-
enefeld, Major James Fitzmaurice
and Captain Hermann Koehl were
carried along the route where the
seth division and General John j.
Pcrshing were fcted when they re.
turned from war.
Flags of the United States, Ger
many and the Irish Free State were
unfurled for the three men who
were first TO complete a westward
airPlanc flight across the North At
lantic Ocean, feat that won them
reception such as New York alone
knows how to bestow upon her Wis
iting heroes.
An escort of motorcycle police
men cut n path for the official ear
through the dense crowd to the
North River pier where the aviators
boarded the Macon, the city's well
coming tug, for their trip down the
river to the Statue of Liberty.
At the pier the police escort en-
countcrcd it's first ajor difficulty.
Between eight and ten thousand
persons had gathered along the river
front.
Police had to fight their way
through and finally succeeded in
forcing an opening for the ear bear
ing Whalcn and the heroes. Miss
Hcrta Junkcrs joined the flicrs at
the pier.
All river craft were in dress shape
and saluted the Macon as the mar
inc procession passed. Fircboats
moved from their berths. spouting
water Fog horns and sirens set up
n terrific din.
Wives Are Present
While the Macon was making its
way through the noisy marine es-
cort down the river, the city
steamship Riverside docked at Pier
\ at the battery with the wives of
two of the aviators, Mrs. Hermann
Koehl and Mrs. James Fitzmaurice.
Mrs. Fitzmaurice was accompanied
by her young daughter, Patricia.
They had been brought in from
the steamship Dresden, which had
reached quarantine at 10 a. m. The
Riverside came through the line of
harbor craft that had been waiting
for the Macon and fog horns and
sirens were set going in their honor.
The two wives started for the
City hall to wait there until after
the reception.
BY the time the Macon docked,
after circling the Statue of Liberty
in the harbor, the military parade
had formed in Broadway,
1t mattered not to the crowds
that the reception was "staged' y
affair. They turned out just the
same and cheercd Just as wildly as
though the same heroes had not
been here twice before, once by
train and once by airplane.
They were coming by water now,
the only route for "A real hero, due
TO the superior facilities for greet
ings at the battery.
Noisy Welcome
All previous demonstration of
the day were surpassed when Grover
Whalen and his guests stepped off
the Macon and entered the official
automobiles. All kinds of horns,
whistles and squawkers We're EN-
ploycd to let the flier know that
they We're welcome.
"Hey, Fitz!" and" Hoch, hoch! y
the crowds shouted.
Fitzmaurice wore big smile. The
baron's broad grin seemed to help
him to hold his monocle in place.