Word: lindberghism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...late go's. But Abraham Lincoln's granddaughter, Mrs. Robert J. Randolph, went down to the sale as did 300 other Washington socialites, for under the auctioneer's hammer were the household effects of Admiral &; Mrs. George Dewey. No U. S. hero, not even Charles Augustus Lindbergh, was ever the object of more hysterical mob adulation than was the walrus-mustached old gentleman who as commander of the U. S. Asiatic Squadron sank the Spanish fleet in Manila Harbor, May Day, 1898. For exactly two years it lasted. Congress made George Dewey a full admiral, first since...
...hours after the final message, Mrs. Morrow went to the International Institute in Manhattan to deliver a speech about Mexico. Almost bursting with pride, she began: "As you know, my children, Anne and Charles Lindbergh, have just flown across the South Atlantic. I'm on top of the wave. At a time of such great happiness, it is a wonderful thing to be among old friends, and I know you will forgive me if my tongue slips...
Gene Vidal as Director of Aeronautics flew to Warm Springs last fortnight to show President Roosevelt his "threeyear plan" for aviation. For variety it was an administrative Decathlon. Back at his Washington desk last week as Lindbergh crossed the South Atlantic and started homeward, Director Vidal was stirring the aviation industry as it had not been stirred since Lindbergh first flew into the east...
When Transcontinental Air Transport ("Lindbergh Line") was formed in 1928 Gene Vidal got his first real job. He made a point of working in every department, learned the business from bottom to the level of assistant general manager. Also he made two fast friends in the company: Publicist Amelia Earhart and General Superintendent Paul ("Dog") Collins. In 1929 a merger shook him and Paul Collins out. But before that happened they had hatched the best idea of their careers-a short airway over a heavily traveled route with frequent schedules and low fares. They sold the idea to Philadelphia Socialites...
...Observant newsreaders were astounded by a story that the Boston Traveler, having sent a wireless message to Mrs. Lindbergh requesting an interview in flight, received the reply: "Wait a minute, I'll ask Lindy. . . . Anne." According to Pan American's log of Operator Lindbergh's messages she did not use her husband's detested nickname but replied merely: "Sorry. . . . Too busy. . . KHCAL...