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December 15, 1927

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HAILED AS AMBASSADOR OF GOOD-WILL; Multitude in City and on Flying Field Tense With Anxiety Until Silver Plane Soars Into View. THEN THE 'VIVAS' ROAR AND CROWD GOES WILD Admirers Carry Lindbergh on Shoulders to Ambassador Morrow's Car -- Plaudits Ring in City Jammed From Streets to Roofs. THE ROUTE OF LINDBERGH TO MEXICO CITY.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 14. -- There were three agonizing hours of suspense today at Valbuena Aviation Field, and then over the brown mountains which rim the valley of the ancient Aztecs there dropped a broad-winged silver plane bearing Lindbergh.

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Deaths in Auto Accidents Rising Steadily in Country

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Study by U S Dept of Commerce for 1922-26

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LINDBERGH TRIUMPH THRILLS WASHINGTON; Joyous Antics of Fliers Aloft Bear Tidings to Thousands in Streets of Capital. RUMORS HEIGHTEN ANXIEIY Then Mexico City Telephone Settles It and Cabinet and Congress Join in Jubilation. LINDBERGH TRIUMPH STIRS WASHINGTON

By Richard V. Oulahan.special To the New York Times.by Richard V. Oulahan

Lands at Valbuena Field, Mexico, after 27-hr flight; astray between Tampico and Mexico City; typography of that country; his own story; W Rogers's article; reception; map of route, log; pors; Pres Calles's statement; messages; comments; Wash Evening Star tells his plans; his engine has flown 40,000 mi; N Y Times gets 2,354 telephone calls

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35 TO 50 CHILDREN DIE IN QUEBEC FIRE; Firemen and Policemen Go Back Again and Again Into Orphanage to Save Inmates. NUNS LEAD OTHERS OUT Parents of Pupils of School in Building Are Agonized Spectators -- 16 Bodies Found. 35 TO 50 CHILDREN DIE IN QUEBEC FIRE

By the Associated Press

Hospice St Charles orphanage burns; 35 to 50 dead; 16 bodies found

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