Word: lindberghism
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...President extolled, was not present. A train derailment had delayed him. When he arrived and unobstrusively entered the conference hall by a side door, a short grey-haired man in a sack suit, the delegates rose and applauded. He smiled, said nothing, took a seat near Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Later in the sessions, when Col. Lindbergh was summoned to accept the bronze Clifford Harmon trophy, he was obliged to step over Mr. Wright's feet. Nothing was said. A moment later, Assistant Secretary of Commerce MacCracken called Mr. Wright to join Col. Lindbergh in the presentation. The young...
Smart Richard Montague last week discovered that the famed Keith-Albee Corp. considers Lindbergh, Mussolini and the Prince of Wales to be the most valuable box-office attractions now extant. To each they would pay $10,000 a week. President Coolidge or President-Elect Hoover could get $3,000. Al Smith could get $7,000. Queen Mary is worth $5,000. Queen Marie is worth...
...last another oasis has appeared in a prolonged desert. Mr. Hoover has taken up the task so admirably started by Colonel Lindbergh in offering gratuitous lessons in geography. The daily papers are continually recording the names of hitherto unknown, or long forgotten, cities and villages, which now distinguish themselves as hospitable hosts to a celebrated American. For those who have seen the map of South America through a glass darkly, these illuminating reports are becoming mines of information--the historical student can now locate the home of Bolivar, and the engineer the railroad passes across the Andes...
Morgan Ire. On board also, and the especial charge of Mr. Morgan, was Miss Elizabeth Morrow, daughter of Ambassador to Mexico Dwight W. Morrow. Rumors that Miss Morrow, 25, or her sister, Anne, 22, was to marry Col. Lindbergh had been printed. Lindbergh was a guest of Ambassador Morrow in Mexico City. The ship-news reporters were instructed to ask Miss Morrow all about...
...Mahoney Aircraft Corp. (Mahoney-Ryan) San Diego, Calif. / Ryan / Passenger & cargo / . $12,200 / Lindbergh & Spirit of St. Louis...