Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30
PRESIDENT HONORS
KINGSFORD- SMITH
], AND PLANES CREW
Capital Pays Tribute to
Fearless Australian Flyer
/ on Arrival.
GIANT PLANE BRINGS
AVlAT0RS TO CITY
Reception at Boiling Field Is Fol-
lowed by Luncheon at
White House.

The National Capital today paid its
tribute to Mai, Charles Kingsford- Smith,
veteran of three of the greatest flights
ever made, and the three members OF
the crew of the Southern Cross.
The party was welcomed at Boiling
Field by a cheering crowd and was
greeted officially by aviation officers of
the Government and diplomatic repre-
.sentatives of the three nations repre-
scented by the Southern Cross flyers.
Their arrival at Boiling Field at IL
O'Clock marked the beginning of four
crowded hours of official honors and
receptions.
President Hoover took the lead in
honoring the Capitals distinguished
visitors. He had them for luncheon
at the White House and afterward
posed with them for photographers in
the rear grounds of the White House.
The expedition leader told Mr.. Hoover
he expected to take OF from New York
in the Southern Gross on Wednesday
for the Pacific Coast to complete the
last lap of his flight around the world
in the plane. He expects to make a
stop at Chicago, he said. He did not
say who would accompany him on the
flight.
Planes Escort Craft.
The fight of the party from New
York this morning was made in Amer
ica's largest plane, a four motored Fox
ker monoplane, capable of carrying 80
passengers. Escorted by there Army
attack planes, which went from Boiling
Field to meet the visitors over Balti-
more, the big Fokker appeared over the
Capital promptly at IL o'clock The
plane passed over the dome of the
Capitol, followed by its escort, and few
down Pennsylvania avenue over the
White House before circling to land at
Boiling Field
Mai E. Bertrandias of the Reserve
Corps piloted the plane and set the big
ship down to a perfect landing in front
of roped-off Enclosure occupied by the
welcoming party, at l1:10 O'Clock. AS
the plane rolled to a stop In the middle
of the field. Lieut.. Louis M. Merrick,
operations officer at Boiling Field, ran
out and climbed aboard to direct the
taxing plane up to the reception COM
mittee.
AS Kingsford-Smith stepped from a
side door of the big plane the Army
Band broke into the strains Of God
Save the King" while the crowd
leader was followed by his co-piiot.
Evert Van Dyk; Capt. j. Patrick Saul.
Southern Cross navigator, and John w.
Stannage, radio operator.
Balchen Is Aboard.
The Fokker also brought as passengers
Bernt Balchen, chief pilot for Admiral
Richard E. Byrd on the Antarctic eX-
petition: Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker,
Americas leading war ace; Anthony II.
G. Fokker, designer and builder o. the
Southern Cross ard of the plane used
con today's trip; officials of Western Air
Express. owners of the big Fokker and
New York newspaper men.
In the party which welcomed the
flyers was F. Trubee Dawson, Assistant
Secretary of War for Aeronautics; Mai.
Gen. James e Fechet, chief of the
Army Air Corps: David S. IngatiS, as
sistant Secretary of the Navy for Aero
nautics: Rear Admiral William A. Moi
felt, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aero
nautics; Capt Ernest Clark, COM
mandant of Boiling Field, and secre-
taries of the British embassy ana the
Irish and Netherland legations.
After the visitors had been welcomed
by the few members of the United
States air cabinet" and the diplomatic
representatives, they were escorted TO
waiting automobiles sent by the en-
kbassy and legations, and left, under
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