Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-08
CHILDREN T0TAKE
PART AS CAPITAL
GREETS CORR|GAN
Hundreds Will Join in
Welcome Wednesday for
Ocean Flyer.
AVIATOR TO RECEIVE
AWARD AT LUNCHEON
Hibernians Expect 1000 to See
Flag Association Cross Of
Honor Presented.

Hundreds of Washington children
will Join in the Capitals greeting We'd
nesday to Douglas Corrigan. the young
man who went wrong in his flying
machine and stirred the enthusiasm
Of the world because Of 1t.
Susan Cornelia Jones. IA, wrote the
committee a letter which admitted
the younger generation to place in
the reception. She will ride with
Preston Aub, the parade marshal, and
two blocks will be set aside along the
route for children.
please may have a part in the
reception of Douglas Corrigan?"
Susan, who lives at 1910 Thirty fourth
etreet NV, wrote to Fairfax Naulty,
the chairman OF the committee. Il
should like to be color guard, but
there are other things I can do"
The flyer will be awarded the United
States Flag Associations Cross Of
Honor. its highest award, during a
luncheon at the Willard Hotel ar
ranged for Wednesday by the Ancient
Order Of Hibernians.
Hurley to Make Award.
Patrick J. Hurley. former Secretary
Of War and chairman of the National
Council OF '76 of the association, will
make the award. Col. James A. Moss,
president general of the organization,
said He added:
Charles A. Lindbergh was the first
to receive our Cross of Honor. which
was later awarded to Amelia Earhart
and then to Howard Hughes. Cor
rigan's magnificent adventure Of the
sky entities him to the same honor
and our Executive Board was only too
glad to bestow it upon him"
The citation which accompanies
the award to Aviator Corrigan reads:
Handicapped by lack OF funds, but
fired with ambition and imagination,
courage and indomitability, did he, for
more than two years, on moderate
wages. toll and struggle, think and
plan. while diligently preparing him.
self for future achievement.
During that time, with skill and
ingenuity. thoroughness and resource
fulness, he converted an old, second
hand plane into an excellent, air
worthy machine, in which, with scant
equipment, he later startled the world
and won the plaudits Of mankind by
flying, without mishap, from New
York to Dublin.
Likened to Pioneers.
I'm this remarkable accomplishment
OF the air and his preparation for it,
he showed the same undaunted spirit
and other sturdy qualities as did the
first settlers Of America and the pi-
oneers who followed them. and who,
in rugged simplicity and frugality,
fought illness, vanquished the savage,
conquered the wilderness, surrounding
obstacles seemingly insurmountable.
He has given to man Of today this
inspiring lesson: Make the most with
the means you have at hand; be thor
ough and frugal, calm and self doing
and success shall be yours.
TO aviation, he emphasized the fact
that the pilot is still the god in the
machine and that self-confidence,
GOODNESS. skill and contempt for death
are the fundamental requisites OF sue
cessful flying.
I'm this, his marvellous adventure
of the day, did he write a new canto
in the epic Of American achievement,
inscribing bright chapter in the his
tory Of the Nations aviation, thereby
adding glory to the American flag"
1000 Expected At Luncheon.
At least 1000 persons are going to
attend the luncheon at which the
award will be made, James Conlon,
president Of the Hibernians, announced
today. He gagged his estimate by the
preliminary sale Of tickets.
Mr.. Conlon, Rosa F. Bowling,
former State president Of the order,
and James J. Cosgrove, secretary of the
order, yesterday called on Robert Bren-
nan. acting Minister of Fire, at the
Irish Legation and formally invited
him to speak at the luncheon
Four woman flyers are to take part
In the parade, which will begin at
the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday
morning as soon as Corrigan has been
welcomed to the city by the ofIicial
committee, which is headed by Com
missioner Hazen. The women are:
Mrs. Jack Gray Stearns of WASH
angton chairman Of the Pioneer Wom-
en- Of the Air Committee for the Cor
rigan Reception; Viola Gentry, q flyer
for 20 years; Mrs. Victor Bruce,
founder Of the Women's Aeronautical
Association Of America, and Miss
Clara Adams, a passenger on the
snaiden transatlantic voyage Of the
51indenburg.