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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 (-5[1])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 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 (10[1])Committee rally. (-5[1])In 1932, a member of this family was the victim of Bruno (10[1])Hauptmann’s (10[2])“Crime of the Century.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this family of that (10[1])kidnapped baby and his father, who flew the Spirit of St. Louis. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Lindbergh [accept Charles Augustus Lindbergh; accept the Lindbergh baby; accept Carl Månsson; accept Anne Morrow Lindbergh]
<Rutgers A, American History>
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Nathan ZhangCornell BVassar A21-5
Ben SterlingYale AGeorge Washington A9510
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California2025-02-013100%0%104.67
Florida2025-02-013100%0%116.33
Great Lakes2025-02-016100%17%107.83
Midwest2025-02-016100%17%99.33
North2025-02-013100%33%103.67
Northeast2025-02-015100%0%102.20
Overflow2025-02-015100%40%104.40
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Southeast2025-02-014100%0%108.50
UK2025-02-0110100%10%108.90
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