Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1931-08-27
GOVERNMENT OF
JAPAN H0N0RS
COL. LINDBERCH
Aviation Society Will
Present Medal To Flyer
And Wife.
BY MILES w. VAUGHN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


TOXIC, Aug. 81. U.P) High
government honorS and the aduia-
ton of an air-minded nation were
accorded Col. and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh today for their feat il
circ!ing the Pacific ocean by air.
plane.
From the hour they awoke after
a long rest until late this evening,
their time was filled with round
OF festivities and functions that
brought them in contact with Sc
cluded Japanese dignitaries and
great masses of cheering citizens.
The Japanese foreign office, in
the precise manner of the Far East,
had arranged for every minute Of
the day and the program was care
fully followed.
The first decorations for Col. and
Mrs. Lindbergh will be awarded to-
morrow by the japanese Aviation
society, the nations leading aero
nautical organization. These med
ais will be followed by other Off
cial honors during the next few
days.
Tomorrow night the ambassadorial
corps in Toxic, headed by U. s.
Ambassador w. Cameron Forbes,
will hold a reception for the Lind
berghS.
AS the party moved from place to
place in the capital CITY, crowds
waiting along the streets for a
glimpse of the new national heroes
broke into cheer after cheer. Most
of the shouts were for Indy"
while others called out the Japanese
'banzai' of welcome.
Rivalry Shown
Keen rivalry existed among indi-
viduals and organizations for the
privilege of entertaining the Lind
berghs. The Toxic Nichi Nichi and
Osaka Mainichi newspapers invited
the Lindberghs when they were at
Nemuro to attend a private party
in Toxic tomorrow, and later an
nounced the Lindberghs had &C
cepted
The American embassy refused to
sanction the affair on the Lind
berghs' arrival in Toxic, informing
the newspapers that the party might
cause complications with other pub
LEGATIONS, particularly the Toxic
Asahi. The latter paper recently
offered $25, 1000 for the first non
stop flight across the Pacific.
1t was believed the Nichi Nichi
would withdraw invitations it had
issued for the party.
Speeches at tomorrow's banquet
by Col. Lindbergh, Ambassador
Forbes and Ministers Abo Minami
and Koizumi will be broadcast
throughout the nation and re-
broadcast to the United States.
The Lindberghs arrived yesterday
at Kasumigaura naval airdrome, 45
miles from the city, after a 600
mile flight from Nemuro. They
were 30 days flying to Toxic from
New York over route of more than
1000 miles.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81. U.P)
Japan's welcoming BAN
quet to Col and Mrs. Lindbergh will
be held in the Imperial hotel, Toxic,
this evening, time difference will
compel Americans to rise early Fri
Gay morning to hear it broadcast
on the radio.
The addresses will be heard over
the N. B. c. and Columbia networks
at $3.50 Pacific coast standard time,
Friday morning.
Colonel Lindbergh and Minister
Matajiro Koizumi, in charge of ia
pans communications, are an
nounced as the speakers.
The Columbia system will pick
up the broadcast as received by the
of commerce station in
Grand Island, Neb., from the Off
cial japanese government station in
Toxic. Point Reyes, Cal, will pick
up the signals and relay them to
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