HAVANA, Feb. 12.--Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed here at 7:48 o'clock this evening, six hours after the expected time of his arrival from Belize, British Honduras, on the return flight inaugurating the PanAmerican Airways mail line between Florida and the Panama Canal Zone.

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1929Omar Torrijos, Panamanian commander and politician, Military Leader of Panama (died 1981)^[†]

Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera was the Panamanian military leader of Panama, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard from 1968 to his death in 1981. Torrijos was never officially the president of Panama, but instead held self-imposed and all-encompassing titles including "Maximum Leader of the Panamanian Revolution". Torrijos took power in a coup d'état and instituted a number of social reforms.

Headlines from February 13, 1929

SCHACHT CALLS LEVY ON REICH VERY HEAVY; At Paris Reparations Parley German Manoeuvres for Cut in $600,000,000 Annuity. YOUNG INDICATES DISSENT Holding War Burdens Greater Than Reich's, Allies Will Resist Reduction.

LILY LANGTRY DIES ON RIVIERA AT 74; Actress, Once Called World's Greatest Beauty, Succumbs to Heart Disease and Influenza. WAS IDOLIZED BY SOCIETY She Captivated England and America With Her Comeliness and Charm Generation Ago.

Coolidges Will Depart Promptly on March 4; Packing Up His Gifts Is a Huge Problem

Army Fliers Reach Altitude of 39,000 Feet; Run Out of Fuel at 76 Degrees Below Zero

LINDBERGH REACHES HAVANA IN EVENING; Arrives Six Hours Late Due to Air Surveys and Refueling on Way From Belize. HALTED ON MEXICAN COAST With Escort Mail Plane, He Will Complete Panama-to-Miami Flight This Morning.

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