MISS ELDER WELCOMED.
AMERICAN FLIERS REACH LISBON. (BT CABLI—FRiSS ASSOCIATIOX--COPTBIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. IHD SUN CABLE.) ► (Received October 26th, 8.-10 p.m.) LISBON, October 3C. A group of students, emulating Sir Walter Raleigh, spread their cloaks on the ground J'or Miss .Ruth Elder to walk over on her arrival from the Azores after "her rescue from the disabled t-eroplane. A fleet of motor-boats conveying leading officials met the 'liner at Limn, and aviators circled overhead, while great crowds waited on the shore to welcome Miss Elder and Captain Haldeinann. When the latter ianded the crowds broke the police linos and Miss Elder and Captain Haldemann reached their motor with difficulty. Subsequently they called on the. President and received his: congratulations. [Miss Ruth Elder and Captain Haldemann, in the 'plane American Girl, attempted an Atlantic flight and were forced down near the Azores. They were picked up< by a passing steamer and were easpect«d to reach Lisbon on October 2oth.]
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19142, 27 October 1927, Page 9
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158MISS ELDER WELCOMED. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19142, 27 October 1927, Page 9
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