AVIATION.
NEW YORK’S RECEPTION. [IIV TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NEW YORK, June 13. Lindbergh has arrived. He received decorations from .Mayor Walker, of New York City, and Governor Smith, of New York State. The. reception far ■surpassed anything ever before experienced here. The entire city assumed a carnival air. Millions lined Broadway from the battery to the City [Tall. Enormous cordons of police were utterly unable to cope with the crowds. It took considerable time to clear a path to enable Lindbergh to laud from the cutter, upon arrival hv air from Washington hands played, whistles and sirens screamed and the streets were clustered ankle deep with confetti and streamers, some of which caught fire and almost created a panic. Showers of paper prevented a majority see ing Lindbergh and hundreds of women fainted.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1927, Page 3
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133AVIATION. Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1927, Page 3
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