Newspaper clipping regarding Charles Lindbergh

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Caption on front [translation]: "Person of the Day: Lindbergh. Colonel Charles Lindbergh recently returned to America and his important post at the Department of the Army after spending about three and a half years observing the European air world. He has also stated that 'American air power is inferior to that of Germany.'

Lindbergh left his footprints in various countries of Europe, staying in Britain, France, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Although severely criticized in the Soviet Union for his badmouthing of the Soviet air force, he attracted interest wherever he went as the first aviator to cross the Atlantic. Instead of taking it easy in Britain, he bought a grand piece of land in the Pyrenees, sparking rumors that he was going to settle permanently in France. He travelled all over the continent and his opinions warrant attention, regardless of the question of how many materials he stocked up on before returning to America [?].

Following the kidnapping of his beloved son, an incident which stirred up the public even more than that transatlantic flight, Lindbergh moved into the science world, joining the Rockefeller Institute. His so-called ""dark uneasiness"" carried him off from his home country, causing him to secretly escape to Britain aboard a cargo ship on December 22, 1935. Although American newspapers mourned at the time that we would ""lose the most precious part of our skies"", Lindbergh is once again acting as an important person in the American army. Here too, we can clearly see the impact of the present situation. [Stamped] May 20, 1939."

May 20, 1939

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