The Archive · 1928

Enthusiastic Scenes

New York, Apr. 20.

Herr Kochi, Baron von Huehn~ fold and Commandant Fitzmaurice, who flow eross the Atlantic on the Bremen, wore given official reception here to-lays "amid the most enthusiastic scenes. They Were taken early this morning from their hotel on a triumphal tour of the harbour, aboard a City tug.

commandant Fitzmaurice operated tug's siren, acknowledging for the tiers the. deafening greetings from the hundreds of boats crowding the river near the Battery. Aeroplanes droned overhead and firo.toats squirted vertical streams of water from their hoses, crowd of 0,000 persons line:

Ten thousand troops were drawn up on Broadway when the tiers landed. "They made their way, through the city amid a storm of Paper steamers from tape-machi Frau Koch) and Mrs. Fitz: maurice, and the Trish fcr's seven-year-old doughter, Patsy, arrived in Now York during the middle of the reception and proceeded to the City Hall, Patsy, after an affeetionate embrace, was hardly able restrain herself, She "broke away from her mother during the speeches, climbed over two tables and was within reach of her father ght and held until of medals was The heroes of the trans-Atlantic flight, stole the majority of—the applause from the boxers, Sharkey and Delaney, who were the principal in a '16-round contest tonight at Madison Square Garden. The bout ended dramatically Sharkey knocking out Delaney after a minute and thirteen second 'The boxers' entrance was almost unnoticed, while the fliers were given an' overwhelming ovation by the 12,000 spectators.. After the fight, the fliers climbed into the ing, and the announcer raised the liliand of och in turn to signify-that each was.a victor of the trans-

Atlantic westward passage, Bremen Crew to be Taken on!

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