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A resolution introduced by a senator from this family created the Pujo (“poo-ZHO”) Committee to investigate a “money trust.” A coast-to-coast mail route between Los Angeles and New York was frequented by a member of this family who was a postal worker after World War I. A woman who married into this family wrote the pro-fascist text The Wave of the Future (-5[1])to support her husband’s lobbying for a US–German peace treaty. A politician (10[1])from this family was compared to Goebbels by FDR in a speech blaming Jews for endorsing war against Germany (10[1])at an America (-5[1])First Committee rally. In 1932, a member of this family was the victim of Bruno Hauptmann’s “Crime of the Century.” (10[2])For 10 points, name this family of that kidnapped baby and his father, who flew the Spirit (10[1])of St. Louis. ■END■

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