Word: lindberghism
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...nominate as Man of the Year Charles A. Lindbergh, who has had the courage to stand for what he knows is best for his country...
...Charles Lindbergh: "We have been stepping closer to war for many months. Now it has come and we must meet it as united Americans regardless of our attitude in the past toward the policy our Government has followed. Whether or not that policy has been wise, our country has been attacked by force of arms, and by force of arms we must retaliate. Our own defenses and our own military position have already been neglected too long. We must now turn every effort to building the greatest and most efficient Army, Navy and air force in the world. When American...
...This week a Japanese business expert on the U.S. gave the islanders eight U.S. "weaknesses" showing that it is no match for Japan: 1) the national debt; 2) a "spoiled child mentality"; 3) low national morale (at the first defeat Taft, Nye & Lindbergh will lead a revolt); 4) Roosevelt, "a buffoon"; 5) hesitancy; 6) "Americans excite easily and cool easily"; 7) disunity-with 20,000,000 Negroes, 10,000,000 unemployed, 5,000,000 trade unionists; 8) inflation...
...plane he was demonstrating for Charles Lindbergh, during the latter's visit to Germany in 1936, fell apart in the air. Udet parachuted to safety. In an Alpine circuit race he fouled his propeller in a 30,000-volt trolley wire. The plane lost its tail and Udet got a scratch...
...spies," enjoyed the services of no less than 50,000 weekly contributors. Yet so modest was he with his power that in his last public appearance (he skipped the country last July), he could sit among other patriots on the platform, in Madison Square Garden, at the great Wheeler-Lindbergh Rally of March 22, 1941. "He smiled benignly throughout the proceedings, and occasionally waved a small American flag...