The U. S. Government, led by President Hoover, last week gave itself over to honoring France's Dieudonné Coste and Maurice Bellonte, first to make the Paris-to-New York non-stop flight (see p. 26). In the rose garden back of the White House President Hoover greeted the Frenchmen in the name of the Nation in a little speech about their returning Col. Lindbergh's visit. Later in the White House was served a State luncheon.
The French flyers had hardly landed before a nation-wide goodwill tour was projected for them by Charles Hayden, popular and potent...
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