The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-04
FRENCH OCEAN !.
FL|ERS SPEED
ON TO DALLAS
Escort of Planes Accom-
pany Aces From CinCin-
natl to Louisville.
Bv United Press

A millionaire's check for $780,
and the adulationS of a southern
metropolis beckoned aviation's new
est heroes across eight states today
on the last span of their one-Stop
fight from Paris to Dallas, Tex.
A second air triumph seemed to
be almost within their grasp as
Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maui
rice Bellonte in their sesquiplans-
Question Mark sped westward fron1
New York at better than 100 miles
an hour.
Less than two days after theirs
arrival in New York, first in history
to fly all the way from Paris in one
hop, the French aviators left Curtiss
airport on Long Island at 5:54
central standard time).
The Question Mark had COM
pleted more than half of its hop
from New York to Dallas when ii
was sighted over Louisville at 1888.
Skies Clear for Hop
When the Frenchmen flew over
Cincinnati they we're joined by
squadron of escort planes as they
followed the Ohio river to Louis
vile, Ky.
Dallas, the flierS have pointed out.
will be the official termination Of
the ocean-spanning flight that be-
gan at LIE Bourget airdrome last
Monday morning. There they will
receive the $4,000 offered by Col.
William E. Easterwood Jr., Texas
millionaire, for the first Paris-New
York-Dallas fight.
Captain Coste said he thought the
fight today would take about fifteen
hours, putting him and Bellonte into
the Texas city around o'clock to-
night.
Government forecasters said the
weather is favorable for the trip.
Impressive Climax to Fcte
A singularly impressive climax
wound up New York's great recep-
tion to the Gallo airmen Wednes-
day night. They were guests at a
dinner of the German American So
ciety at the Hotel Roosevelt with
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and
Captain Wolfgang Won Gronau and
his companions-all conquerors OF
the Atlantic
The seven guests of honor, pre-
sented simultaneously by Mayor
James j. Walker, arose before the
500 cheering society members and
clapped hands. The banquet hall
rang with shouts of "Hoch!" "Vivel"
and "Hurrahl" and Mayor Walker
declared he had never seen a more
splendid step toward world peace"
Guests With German Filters
The German hiers, just returned
from Chicago, sat down beside Coste
and Bellonte and chatted affably
with them in French.
The Frenchmen gave Mr.. and
Mrs. Lindbergh private dinner
last night, to which only a handful
of close friends were invited.
That dinner, incidentally, led to
one of the most amusing incidents
of the day
After it was over the guests went
to the Ritz-Carlton, where Dudley
Field Malone, noted attorney, was
giving another dinner in honor Of
William Allen Jowitt, the British
attorney-generaI. There they met
and were presented to Mayor
Walker, who escorted them to the
German society affair.
Question of etiquette"
AS they arrived at the door ON
their way out, delicate question OF
etiquette arose. Captain Coste in
sisted that Mrs. Lindbergh go out
the doorway first.
Mrs. Lindbergh insisted that Capt.
Coste precede her. Coste argued the
point. SO did Mrs. Lindbergh.
Finally, Coste turned to Colonel
Lindbergh and suggested that he
take the lead. But the colonel only
smiled and insisted that Coste be
first. They half bowed to each
other, gesticllated and argued.
Mayor Walker came to the
rescue. He studied the point for g.
moment, then turned to Coste.
"You are captain, are you not?"
asked the mayor.
"Yes," Coste responded.
"And you" said the mayor to
Lindbergh, "are a colonel?"
Lindbergh only smiled.
Now" said the mayor, what the
colonel says goes. You are first, my
dear captain"