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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 (10[1])family wrote the pro-fascist text The Wave of the Future to support her husband’s lobbying for a US–German peace treaty. A politician from this family was compared to Goebbels by FDR in a speech blaming Jews for endorsing war against Germany at an America First (-5[1])Committee (10[1])rally. In 1932, a member of this family was the victim of Bruno Hauptmann’s (10[1])“Crime of (10[1])the Century.” (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])name this family of that kidnapped baby and his father, (10[1])who flew the Spirit of St. Louis. ■END■ (10[1])

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