The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-05


 The arrival at Aklavik was al 5:05 E.. s. T. CT 10 hours and 35 minutes from the time of the take off. The two averaged more than 100 miles per hour for the flight one of the most dangerous on their 7,000-mile vacation jaunt to the Orient.
 Both the famous flying colonel and his wife were smiling as they came to a graceful landing. All though the trip was made almost entirely at night they had flown through only about two hours ot darkness. that being the length of the nights in the far northland at this season.
 Trapperg, traders and Indian. and Eskimos were among the ex. cited crowd of northlanders wht greeted America's most famoui airman and his wife.
 Many of the woodsmen hat made long trips to the settlement on foot and in canoes. and kyaks The town is crowded. Bunting flew from every post. The landing wal the signal for the start of one o1 the biggest celebrations in the his tory of the Arctic.
 Venturing out across desolatt and sparsely populated regions considered the bad lands" of thu Northern Hemisphere, the Flying Colonel and his wife took off iron Baker Lake at 6:30 p. rl1., yester day on the seventh leg of theil pioneering vacation trip iron Washington to Japan.
 Reports sent by Mrs Lindbergf from the portable radio aboard th' pontoon equipped monoplane in dicated the ship was progressing on schedule, but 1t was not knoWr whether the couple would follow their original plan to fly direct tt Alkavik on the far northern delta of the Mackenzie river.
 Lindbergh said before leavins Baker Lake that they might fol low slightly semi-circular route and land at Coppermtne, an isolat' ed village where a cache Of gaso line awaited them.
 While the Lindbershs soaret through the northern twiligh across the scrambled, rocky, "bat lands" the weather was reportec clearing. All human inhabitarti of the northland were gathering a Aklavik to welcome the visitors.
 The flyers spent all of yesterda! at Baker Lake, preparing Tor tn' long flight which veterans of tn. north said was one of the mos dangerous on the 1000 mile, trai blazing trip to Tokio. ., .,,
 Because of a heavy, static fliiec storm area which swept betweer the Lindberghs and radio stations in settlements to the south. th( couple were cut off from the out, side world for many hours. Ina, better weather was general Wal indicated last night when mes. sages from the plane were heare several thousand miles away.
 Both Lindbergh and his wife were in fine health and enJeyine their vacation. Neither appearee tired at Baker Lake as they nave been making the trip by compare lively easy stages.
 Lindbergh and his wife startee unexpectedly from Baker Lake ai almost isolated point near Hudson' Bay. last night at 6:S6 EST, Wnef the weather which had been plus terv all day suddenly cleared.
 Their route lay over the mos barren and sparsely populated l4nt on the North American continent cut by ridges of mountains. dotted with fakes and covered with under growth. A forced landing woult have meant that they might no be rescued for weeks.
 
 rubber boat and pistols, the Lind berghs. with the same seif-conn dence that the air mall hyer set ou across the Atlantic in 1927, took tn' opportunity of clearing Weathe and roared away toward Akiavll with the reservation that the! might land at Copper Mines rive or Hunter Bay. about half way 10 ward their goal. -
 First news of their takeof crackled from the radio key In th' hands of Mrs. Lindbergh, a lev years ago the debutante daughter Q Dwight W. Morrow. now the. wifi. of the famous Lindy. flying witi him across unchartered land car rying her part of the responsibility
 Tolsio Awaits Them
 Tokio, Aug 5.-(UP)--U. s Ambassador W. Cameron Forbes and members of the American embassy will head the officia party to greet Col and Mrs Charles A. Lindbergh when they arrive a Kasimaguara airdrome, 1t was an nounced to-day by Thomas Craw ford, assistant military attache o the embassy.
 After a short series of radio ad dresses at the naval air station the party will board a train foI Tokio. Prince Taka matsu, wht recently visited the United States will welcome the Lindber~hs 0, behalf of his brother, Emperor Hirohito
 The Lindberghs will stay severa days at the home of Dr RudolDf Tuesler. chief of St Luke's hospi tal which also is Forbes temror arv residence. The embassy hai not been informed of the Lind berghs' plans thereafter.
 Idndherph Heir Hapny.
 North Haven. Me. Aug 5.--UfP The infant son of Col and Mfr Charles A. Lindhergh. at the sum mer home of his erandnareHts Senator and Mrs Dwight Morrow here. was reported to-day to b. "healthv and happy"
 PancbOrn and HeYndOn. Khabarovsk, Siberia. Aug D. (rJP)-Two American flyers Clyde F.. Pangborn and Huel Herndon. Jr. awaited favorah' weather to-day to depart for Ja pan.
 The flyers. forced nv delays du to had weather to abandon fhei effort to lower the world fi~h record set bv Wiley Post and liar old Gatty-who made 1t in r. Idays-pIanned to flv to Tokio they intimated. Their plans wer indefinite. Boardman and PoInndo. Tstanbui. Turkey. Aug 5.-(UP Russell Boardman and John Pc lando. trans-Atiantic flyers. de layed their departvre s"r ra'"''ss'