The Archive · 1927

Huge Banquet to Col. Lindbergh

June 15, Four thousand New York men attended a municipal banquet at the Hotel Commodore to-night in honour of Colonel Lindbergh.

Speaking as a guest at a luncheon given him by the New York stars Chamber of Commerce, Col. Lind-borgh advocated an increase in the [United States Air Force. He expressed the opinion that New York ity was a very vulnerable point land he considered the United States should have an adequate air force. There were 2,000 present at the luncheon.

June 16.

At a boxing meeting last night a signed photograph of Colonel Lind-borgh was sold by auction for G31,-

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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