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Show He Isnt RecognizedLindbergh, Half Forgotten, Is 52 TodayWASHINGTON (AP) Charles A. Lindbergh, half forgotten for years, was 52 today, and the birthday found a reawakened interest in the man, the enigma, the contradiction.The younger generation, those who never knew the thrill of Lindys solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927, is reading of his exploits in his autobiography. Reports are that the Lindbergh story has been sold to the films for more than one million dollars.Only last week the man himself emerged from a Garbo like seclusion of more than four years, made a rather unusual speech, smiled, shook hands, and then retreated again to his Darien, Conn., home.He Isnt RecognizedLindbergh has managed to make himself so unknown to the public that he can and does go anywhere these days without being recognized.The Lindbergh of today has a round, full, almost cherubic face. He is stouter than of old, but not fat. His hair line has receded halfway back across the head.Detroit born, Minnesota reared Charles Lindbergh took easily to fame despite an inborn shyness,when it was thrust upon him on his arrival in Paris, May 21, 1927. His modest behavior in months of travel to many countries contributed to American prestige.Lindberghs courtship of Anne Morrow, their marriage in May, 1929, the birth of their son,Charles Jr., in 1930 were events the whole world read and talked about.Then Came KidnapingThen came the kidnaping and slaying of 21 month old baby Charles, the arrest and trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, and the retirement of the Lindberghs to England a few months before Hauptmanns execution.The Lindberghs endured their sorrow, reared more children and made pioneering flights about the world together. Mrs. Lindbergh gathered material for two successful books.There are three sons Jon, 21, Land, 16, Scott, 10; and two daughters: Anne, 13, and Reeve, 8.In his book Of Light and Life, published in 1948, Lindbergh embarked on the third cause of his life. He said his first was to preach the wonders of flight to all who would listen.The second, before World War II, was to keep America out of Europes suicidal internal wars. And now, Lindbergh said, he believes that if we do not control our science by a higher moral force, it will destroy us with its materialistic values, its rocket aircraft and its atom bombs.UNKNOWN Charles A. Lindbergh unknown to the public. |