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Charles Lindbergh — Part 9

66 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: May 28, 1940 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Charles Lindbergh · 65 pages OCR'd
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‘Undaunted by tragedy, the Liodberght made a 19,081- 3 foie actial sorvcy in 1933. 3 whore it Wed Tumeoted they The trial wats Living nightmare to Lindbergh He tearified vn the Flemington, N.J, courtroom where some of hin dead son's clothes were displayed in ful view on a tabie before him. “Tube dury to say oothing about their distinguished gnesr Bur ra make assurance doubly sure, the police have given orders that p0 one may rent a boat 10 2 seranger without special permission And so [iec is inaccessible. Wheo Lindbergh goes from there to Paris by train, there are Sdreré inspectors—gencrally four of chcm—in the compartment ahead of and bebiad him, who go into action like a football team ar the sight of a photographer of an inquisitive by- wander. “We do ic gladly, of course,” a high offical told the wrizer. “Buc 1 do not understand why it should be necessary. When people respecefully greez dum, why can he not smile in a friendly way, as the Duke of Windsor does? Noching will bappea to him. nen to fuss. Why does by glasses and mufile himself up? A nice man, bora 50 peculiar! Bur chen,” be concluded with a Gallic shrug, “there are so many very peculiar foreigners who iive in France.”* Despize all the consideration and sincere kindliness offered bim in Paris, Lindbergh is really happy only when be is in Brittany with Dr. Carrel. The famous scienost is his bese friend. Dr. Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize winner and one of the Rockefeller Instivare’s most brilliant stars, is very differcat from the average tesearch worker. His interests are many, his know)- edge of che world immense. Wich his keen analytical abibty in things scientific, he combines a deep intui- tive underscanding of human character and che ways of men, He is no dry scientist, his vision conscricted by his particular branch of work, but a man of charm, wit and sympathy for che emotion of ochers —to common to Frenchmen of that type. Carrel and Lindbergh: ihe beginning af a triendshig Lindbergh met Carre! in November, 1930. In the summer of that year, the Colonel had become ac- They arrived amiling at che Shetland Intands after » fight from Greealand, had crashed, PI Adecond aon, Jon, was born co Mrs. Lindbergh 46days afecr ho Grr ron was kidnapped. This picture, stolen by a Heartt phomg- tapber, was partly responuible for Lindberghs leaving America, (Pigture story continued on aert page) quaiared wich Dr. Paluel Flagg. ° who had been called in as anestheust at the birth of the Lind- berghs’ first child. They became friends and once, in the course of a conversation, Dr. Flagg asked Lind- bergh whether he was interested in medicine ly a0," replied the Colonel. Dr. Flagg, Med in this unusual man who was looking for acw fields vo conquer, introduced bim co Dr. Carrel and a number of other men prominent in the profession. Carrel sensed at once that hers was a technica] mind he could use to great advantage, and beyond that, a complex personaliry which interested him. Lind- bergh went to work a1 the Rockefeller*Inscitute under Carrel's supervision. Our of two years of labor taine the naw well-pubiici zed ‘perfusion pulp. A firm friendship grew up berween the two men, the decp kind that often develops berwecn absolurely antirbetical rypes of individuals. Carre], the bril- Rant thinker, the incwicive and temperamencal genius with little sense or patience for the purely mechan- ical, found in Lindbergh the man of orderly detail, the mind which fastens irself on a problem and gets to its goal in the shortest and simplest possible way. And ro Lindbergh, Carrel showed a new world— what makes human beings tick, why they respond as they do. When Lindbergh is with Carrel, the Colonel ts a changed man. The Doctor understands him and his peculiaricies. He needs bur co lay bus hand on Lindbergh's arm and say, “‘Look, Charles,” to smooth him eur of his most diffculr moods. Even Aone, bis wife, cannor manage him as Carrel does. . Mliec, with Carrel nearby at St. Gildas, is ideal for Lindbergh. Undisrurbed by the outside world, be can do what he likes, much of Jictle, as the mood takes him. Sometimes he rows or, at jow cide, walks over the few hondred yards ro St. Gildas co have breakfast with the Carrels. Afterwards, he and che CONTINVES O84 HEXT Page Afeer his sorrey for Pan-American 0 detcrinioe ‘beet crarmatlancic routes, ne orscifed ar a 1934 Sen- ace bearing on cancellation of eiz-mail cootrace. S| 5 [= Fo a fascinating preview of Canada’s far-flung vacation lands: for information and pictures that will really help you pick your holiday, send for a copy of “Canada Calls You". 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