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June 14, 1927

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FLIER SPORTS IN AIR ON QUICK DASH HERE; Soars Above Press and Strain of Acclaiming Crowds, Alone in His Own Element. CITIES WATCH HIM PASS Comes In an Army Pursuit Plane When the Spirit of St. Louis Balks in Washington. FLIER SPORTS IN AIR ON QUICK DASH HERE

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Colonel Lindbergh soared far above the press and strain of acclaiming crowds and official receptions for a joyous interlude yesterday and once more was what he most loves to be -- a lone man in the air.

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Lindbergh Says His Mind Is Ablaze With Noise and an Ocean of Faces; New York Reception Was 'Wonderful, Wonderful' and Like All the Others Rolled Into One, Flier Declares -- Got Electric Feeling as He Sensed Friendship of Millions. Lindbergh Says His Mind Is Ablaze

By Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.copyright, 1927, In the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, South America, Japan, Europe and the British Empire By the New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved.by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh

I never expected anything like it.

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Notable Deaths

Ottavio Bottecchia

1927Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (born 1894)[†]

Ottavio Bottecchia was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France.

Jerome K. Jerome

1927Jerome K. Jerome, English author (born 1859)[†]

Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat; and several other novels.