June 27 1927
Daily News, New York, New York, Monday, June 27, 1927
He “Did” Paris On A Nickel!—Herbert Avram, 16, schoolboy stowaway who went to Paris to see Lindy, got back here yesterday. He's seen with his mother, Mrs. M. H. Avram, and younger brother, Lloyd, to whom he's showing route of his tour.
STOWAWAY, 14, RETURNS FROM PARIS RIDING IN STATE LIKE IDOL LINDY
Father Laughs and Mother Cries Over Prodigal.
Chubby Herbie Avram's great adventure ended yesterday with laughter, tears of joy, and congratulations. Herbie set a world's record for stowaways by managing to stow himself full of food and coin while stowing away.
June 1, Herbie, who's 14, was wending a particularly unenthusiastic way to school at De Witt Clinton high. His comfortable home, 60 West 181st St., and fond friends and relatives had grown just a little too much so.
So Herbie strolled to the riverfront. There he saw a liner, with all steam up, ready to sail for France. “Why not?” thought Herbie. “Lindy did.”
He hid in a stateroom. When they found him, out at sea, Herbie's assurance and bright face won the captain and crew. They treated him as a first class passenger, even though he had just 50 cents.
But that wasn't the last of his triumphs. To French government officials, Herbie looked like a millionaire. They waived all passport rules and Herbie was taken to Paris—to be welcomed to the arms of his sisters, Marguerite and Violet, who are students there.
Still stowed away in state, Herbie arrived home aboard the liner Savoie yesterday. He was full of good French food, dressed in the best his sisters could buy, and swaggering about the deck with 40 francs in his pockets.
Herbie's pa, Mois Avram, manufacturing inventor of 25 Broad St., welcomed him laughingly. And his mother wept over him. It all seemed to bore Herbie.
“Anyway I didn't get a licking,” he said, looking out the window toward the North river.
July 03 1927
The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina, Sunday, July 03, 1927
Herbert Avram, 14, high school boy, went to Paris with a nickel to see Lindbergh. As long as his money holds out, it seems, he intends to stay in France, as the dispute still rages as to how and when he will return. The French line wants Herbert's father to pay his way back. Herbert went over on the La Savoie, June 2.
