Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
Flyers Will Be
Lunch Guests
of Hoover.
WILL FLY PLANE
ON VISIT TOD.C.
NOtables Invited to
Greet Airmen in
Capital Fete.

members of his aviation cabi-
net" official Washington will pay
it's tribute Monday to the cour-
age, skill and endurance which
made possible the achievement of
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in
circling the world faster than any
other mortals.
The flyers are expected to fly
here Monday morning in the
Winnie Mae. their fleet, cream
white monoplane, to receive the
official honors of the Nation. 1t
will be their second visit to the
Capital, the first having been
made during May, shortly before
the world flight began.
Mondays visit will be in
startling contrast to the visit of
less than two months ago. Then
they were comparat lively unknown
and little attention was paid
them. Today their names are
spoken in all parts of the world
and they will be welcomed by the
highest in the land.
White House Luncheon.
The Nations leaders will gather
around the White House luncheon
table Monday TO do honor to Post and
Gatty. their wives. F. c. Hall, financial
hacker of the fight. and his daughter,
for whom the world plane was named.
The luncheon, which is to begin at
lis O'Clock was planned Immediately
after 1t became evident to the Presi-
dent that the two men would accom-
plish their self-imposed task. The
with members of the cabinet, the avia-
ton cabinet and others high in the
Government in attendance.
An effort was made to assemble the
Army around-the-w world flyers, first
men to circle the globe by air but the
White House found they were too
widely scattered and would not be able
to get here in time. A number of
other distinguished flyers may be asked
tC the luncheon.
The National Press Club has arranged
\
O'Clock Monday afternoon.
At 1870 O'Clock that evening the
Washington Board of Trade and the
National Aeronautic Association will
fete the flyers at banquet in the Will
lard Hotel. Arrangements are being
made for national radio hook-up for
the broadcasting of the affair. The
flyers wives and Mr. Hall and his
daughter are expected to attend.
Will Limit Guests.
Senator Hiram Bingham OF Con-
necticut, president of the National
Aeronautic Association, is to act as
POSTMASTER, and it is expected that be-
tween 800 and 900 will be present as
dinner guests. Though 5000 invita-
tions have been sent out, the sale of
tickets is to be stopped when a limit
Of 900 is reached, it was announced to-
day by the Board of Trade
The flyers will be welcomed on be-
half Of the District government by Mai.
Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, District Com
missioner. Among the special guests
will be F. Trubce Dawson, Assistant
Secretary of the War for Aviation:
David S. ingalls,. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Aeronautics; Clarence
NJ Young, Assistant Secretary of Com
HciCc Aoi ACAoiauIlCS, SEdIleS l.. Law
renee, designer of the air-cooled avi-
alton engine and president of the Aero
nautical Chamber of Commerce; Luther
K. Bell. general manager of the Aero
nautical Chamber of Commerce: Amelia
Earhart Putnam. vice president of the
National Aeronautic Association, and
other officers and directors of the or
ganization; Gen. Charles P. Summer
all, former Army chief of staff Mai.
Gen. james E. Fechet, chief of the
Army Air Corps; Rear Admiral William
A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau
of Aeronautics. and Theodore Joslin,
secretary to President Hoover.
An entertainment program is being
prepared. including selections by Erna
Embrey, Washington soprano