Word: lindberghism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...late Senator Morrow, Colonel Lindbergh, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Henry Ford, Thomas A. Edison (who was dying last week), Senator Borah...
Attorneys for the plaintiffs said they expected other suits to be filed by St. Louis investors who bought in all some $1,000,000 of the debenture and first mortgage bonds. Partners of Knight, Dysart & Gamble include Harry F. Knight and his son Harry Hall Knight, original backers of Lindbergh's flight to Paris...
...thousand newspaper offices the hearts of a thousand editors gave an extra-hard thump one day last week when the wire service tickers gave them the words: "Lindberghs . . . crash." In a moment it was clear that both Colonel & Mrs. Lindbergh were safe. They had been fished out of the filthy Yangtze River at Hankow by a lifeboat crew from the British aircraft carrier Hermes. Still, a crash was a crash and many a page-wide headline shrieked the news that afternoon. Next day it was being called a "ducking...
...When the plane touched water after being lowered from the deck of the Hermes, the four-knot current swept the plane sidewise and tipped it until one wing went under and the plane tilted to about 90°. Mrs. Lindbergh attempted by pressing a lever to inflate a collapsed rubber life belt she was wearing. The belt failed to inflate and, appearing quite unperturbed, she followed the instructions of Colonel Lindbergh and dove into the water. . . ." (Consul General Walter Adams to the U. S. State Department...
...started taxiing we struck a wire or a piece of debris in the river. I lost control of the machine. Anne jumped into the river, and realizing the force of the current, I jumped overboard to assist her. . . . We were struggling in the water when a launch ... arrived." (Colonel Lindbergh, via United Press...