Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Indy IN SAN JUAN
HALF HOUR EARLY
Crew of Mail Inauguration
Plane Changed for Hop
to South America.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, September
21.-Bettering his schedule by more
than half an hour for the second time
today, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh COM
pleted the second day of his 7,000-mile
flight to extend the United States Mail
to Dutch Guiana, when he landed here
at 1881 o'clock this afternoon.
Leaving Santo Domingo at :04 pm,
the flying colonel made the 250-air
miles to San Juan in hours ~ min
utes, Just 80 minutes under schedule.
On his morning flight from Santiago
De Cuba to Port Au Prince Col. Lind
bergh had bettered the time for the
289-mile jaunt by "a minutes against
varying headwinds.
Large Welcome Party.
A large welcome party was on hand
to greet the plane when 1t swooped
down to perfect landing on the Pan
American Field at San Juan. Col.
Lindbergh and his party will spend the
night here and leave in the morning
for their sweep around the Caribbean
circle, following the Windward and
Leeward Islands on his route to Para
marble. Dutch Guiana.
He will exchange his speedy tri-
motored land plane here for an am
phibian, which will be used throughout
the remainder of the fight.
Col. Lindbergh and party made
half hours visit at Santo Domingo. The
same enthusiastic reception accorded
the colonel at all his stops in the is
lands of the West Indies was given here.
A delegation was on hand at the flying
field to represent President Horacio
Vasquez.
E. Young, the American Minister,
was among diplomatic officials pres
ent. In contrast with yesterday, wnen
the party had luncheon in flight be-
tween Havana and Camaguey, they
lunched there in tents at the field be-
fore beginning the last leg of today's
Journey, which ended at San Juan.
President Is Host.
At Port au Prince, capital city Of the
was host at a brief reception in the
presidential palace. to which the col
onel and his party were whiSked in au-
tomobiles through colorful crowds.
everywhere glad to get a glimpse of
Lindbergh's bride, the former Anne
Morrow, the people have showered him
with flowers. She has enjoyed the trip
immensely, spending her time while In
the air with sightseeing and diary
which is rapidly being filled.
Col and Mrs. Lindbergh were well
coined to Porto Rico personally by Gov.
Horace M. Towner and other govern
ment officials.
The Colonel and his wife were taken
direct to the governors palace, where
they will be overnight guests.
No functions were planned.
Mrs. Lindbergh expressed much en-
thusiasm over the trip, saying it had
'been one of the most wonderful
sights" she had ever seen.
of Again Tomorrow.
The journey will be resumed at Z
make the flight with her husband.
Other passengers will be Juan T.
Trippe, president of Pan-American
Always, and Mrs. Trippe. They will
pay courtesy calls to the various Latin
American governments before the re-
turn to Miami.
Charles Lorber will go as co-pilot
with Lindbergh on the flight to South
America, the entire crew with the ex-
ception of the colonel being changed
here A radio operator will be along
to keep the plane in constant COM
munications with the Pan Americas
network of radio stations, receiving
weather reports and transmitting the
flight position.
AS ne WHY'S Ills way OtcI Vic oOuCAA-
erly West Indies, Lindbergh will make
regular first flight air mail stops at st.
Thomas, Virgin Islands; St. John.
Antigua; Port Castries, st. Lucia, and
port of Spain, Trinidad. He will stop
overnight on the British possession just
OF the coast of South America and
proceed to Paramaribo the next day.
600-Mile Flight.
The distance from here to Port of
Spain is 704 miles. Lindbergh expects
to arrive there at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Many beautiful scenes were witnessed
by the passengers today as the plane
flew over the Island of Haiti and across
the northern shore of Porto Rico to this
city In the Republic of Haiti, the
Lindberghs saw sparsely populated and
mountainous country after leaving Port
Au Prince, the first stop after taking
of from Santiago de Cuba. A great
sunken salt lake, lying 225 feet below
sea level, was seen from an altitude Of
$500 feet. Many wild horses were
sighted in the countryside, as the plane
passed over the Dominican Republic
toward Santo Domingo. Along the
Dominican coast were geyser-like spouts
Of water caused by the waves dashing
against shore of limestone rock
assures.