The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-05
Finest Boy That Euer
 Hopped An Ocean
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 while policemen struggled with the crowd of 4,000.
 They wrung his hand, pounded his back and almost tore of his leather jacket, which he wore when he took off from Floyd Bennett field, July IT, with his "home-con- ditioned" plane so overloaded that the wings sagged a foot, and struck out across the Atlantic going the wrong way" since it was his inten- tion, or so he said, to fly to Los An- geles.
 Insists On Mistake
 In almost his first words Corri- gan retold the story of how his compass was set wrong"
 He didn't discover his mistake be- cause he was flying above the clouds, and so, he said, T left in a fog and I came back in fog and that's all there is to it."
 He answered rapid stream of questions by saying that Lindbergh was his hero; that Howard Hughes and his crew deserved as much credit as he did because the risk was just as great during their At lantic flight.
 He was whisked to the Hotel Mo- Alpin, whose name seemed appro- priate and although the committee made every effort to keep him con- cealed until time for the official cel- ebration at noon today, policemen had to batter 8 way through the lobby to get him to his room. They guarded his door during the night.
 Schedule Today
 Parade through Broadway from the Battery to City Hall at noon (EDT), ending with Mayor La- Guardia's official welcome.
 Luncheon at the Advertising club and awarding of trophy.
 Leave at 3 D. m. for Floyd Ben- nett field, in Brooklyn, where 10000 marchers will be assembled for a parade down Flatbush avenue. Concert at Lewisohn stadium this evening, featuring Irish airs by the Philharmonic-Symphony orchestra.
 Mass meeting at Yankee Stadium, 8 D. m. to midnight, with capacity crowd of 80,000 and 40 to 50 speak CTS including former Governor AL fred E. Smith, former Mayor James J. Walker, and former Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Braddock, are ex- pected.
 In Brooklyn an official "Corrigan day" holiday had been proclaimed. That borough wrangled for two weeks for the right to give Corrigan the first official reception because he took off from there. Holiday In City
 It was essentially a holiday thoughout the city. Corrigan's flight made with an obsolete plane and equipment, contributed little if any, thing to science, 50 his adventure was accepted in the spirit of fun. He still had to face Denis Mulligan, head of the Bureau of Air Com merce, and answer for flying across the ocean without permit, and in plane loaded with $500 pounds of cargo, mostly fuel, when his experi- mental license for the plane permit ted 1t to carry only 3,200 pounds.
 There was some suggestion in his twinkling eyes that these law viola tions might have something to do with his wrong way" alibi, but he denied 1t consistently.
 Knew More Than He Did
 Corrigan replied: Then you knew whole lot more than I did"
 His most complete version of the flight was that the plane was slow to gain altitude when he left the field early in the morning, and for the first half hour he flew at 500 feet. The nhe climbed to 1000 feet.
 At the end of two and a half hours saw city through break in the clouds"
 That was Boston?" somebody asked.
 "Yes, but I thought 1t was Balti- more."
 He arose above the clouds then, he said, and saw nothing more but the layer of clouds until he decided that he should be in Los Angeles. AAS aSSSNAAaNo slAAA odW klC Wdso OVcA water, but there were some fishing boats below him and he knew that land was near. He flew on until he saw a city with an airport, and to his utter amazement 1t was Dublin.
 Plans To Tour Country
 In an interview at his hotel he said he planned to tour the country in his plane, which is enroute back aboard freighter, and that he would end the tour in Cleveland in time for the National Air Races Sept. 2.
 Other than that he has no plans, in fact I've never mad any aims in my life and that's why I've never gotten anywhere" he said.
 Among those who greeted him were Mayor Adrian Levy of Calves ton. Tex, his native town; the Rev. s. Fraser Langford. of Hollywood. his uncle, and Henry Corrigan of Baltimore, his brother.