Smyrna times., 1936-11-05

Heverin Elburn
Bodley Biddle
w. Chase L. Chase
Ely Gooding
Hafer Ross
Pyle Shields
The two people running for pres
ident in the Lindbergh Party are:
Bodley and Ely.
The two people running for pres
ident in the Edison Party are:
Gooding and Ross.
Then, after the candidates are
chosen, watch the electioneering.
See this paper for other detaoils
next week.
The following speech was made
by Ruth Hill, chairman of the
Lindbergh Party, who opened their
Nominating Convention on Mon
day:
A members of the Lindbergh
Party, we meet here today to nom
mate candidates for President and
Vice-President for our party. /
know of no other way to tell you
what to do than to give you the
life of this truly great American.
Charles Augusta Lindberg was
born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1904.
An American aviator best known
for his transatlantic flight to
Paris in 1927. The story of his
dash for Paris has been told MANY
times. No event of modern times
and few in history have captivated
the imagination of the world as
did this spectacular and dramatic
performance. The tributes paid to
Lindbergh on account of the flight
were as much in praise of his char
acter as of the achievement itself
Before the flight itself, he had been
well known only to a small group
of friends and companion in the
army and mail service Now the
spotlight of the world fame was
en- to conquer the Atlantic He
finally succeeded in winning the ad-
miration of the entire world. After
he was about 5 years old, his par
ents moved to Little Falls, Min
nesota, where he completed his
high school course in 1918. His
father, for whom he was named,
was a member of Congress from
the sixth Minnesota District. In
the fall of 1920 Lindbergh enrolled
III the University of Wisconsin as
student of mechanical engineer
ing, but withdrew in February
1922, to take a course in Flying
School at Lincln, Nebraska He
took his first airplane flight on
April 9. 1922, and made his first
double parachute jump while on an
exhibition trip in Nebraska, with
another aviator in June of the
same year. Lindbergh's first plane
was government Jenny" which
he bought for $500 at Americas,
Ga. In this he took his first flight
alone in April 1928. He spent a
year, touring the country giving
exhibition flights, and early in 1924
he enrolled as flying cadat in the
United States Air Service Reserve
at Brooks Field, San Antonia, Tex
as. After being advanced to the
rank of Captain in the Air Corps
Reserve. Lindbergh entered his
first trip from Chicago to Saint
Louis on April Is, 1926. His skill
full flying attracted the attention
of several public spirited citizens
of Saint Louis, and with their fin
ancial support he ordered a plane
in San Diego, California, to be
known as the Spirit of Saint Louis.
This plane, being of wing area 46
feet and was equipped with
Wright air cooled whirl-wind en-
CINE" The total weight of the
plane was 5000 pounds. On May
IL. 1927, he took off at San Diego
and landed in Curtis Field, Long
Island, just 20 hourse later, a rec
ord achievment for coast to coast
flight. Curtis Field, Long Island,
at that time was a busy center of
preparation for the flight for the
Orteig prize, trip from New York |
to Paris. Lindbergh attended to
the testing and fueling of his plane |
and meanwhile studied the meter
ologicial reports. Finally he decid-
ed that the weather over the At
lantic was satisfactory, and on
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