White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-10

| New York and Philadelphia, were in
structed to be on the lookout for
suspicious characters. Between these
two offices the states of New York,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
and Connecticut, were Immediately
covered with network Of investiga-
ton by the most skillful sleuths in
the service of the United States.
But more striking than the immedi-
ate action taken by the constituted
authorities of the law for dealing
with the criminals who had stolen
away the Lindbergh baby was the
instantaneous reaction of private in
dividuals everywhere to the crime 1t
is doubtful If ever before in the his
| tory Of America have so many mil
lions of her citizens felt the personal
| obligation to aid in gigantic man
hunt-in spirit if not in reality.
Aviators, who had been buddies of
the famous flying colonel, Immediately
| placed themselves and their planes
at his disposal to aid in the search.
| Thousands of amateur detectives were
| busily engaged in watching for "clews"
which might aid the authorities in
| catching the malefactors. In New
York the clergy of three religious de-
nominations joined in broadcasting a
| prayer for the safe and speedy re-
turn Of the Lindbergh baby-a prayer
which found an echo in the hearts Of
| millions.
Nor was the excitement over the
| case confined to the borders Of the
| United States In far-off China, the
| kidnapping was told in big headlines
| alongside the news of the Chinese
| defeat on the Chapel Woosung bat
tlefront. The French press, to which
Colonel Lindbergh has been hero
since his conquest of the Atlantic in
1926, was filled with the story Of the
| crime. Germany forgot for moment
its heated political atmosphere aris-
ing from the presidential election CAM
| paign and was swept by wave Of
sympathy for the parents Of the lost
baby. All Berlin newspapers pub
lished the kidnapping on their front
pages, along with numerous photo
| graphs, an extraordinary occurrence
in that country, where political is
sues invariably occupy all available
! front-page space, even when an cleo
ton campaign is not in progress.
England's anxiety over the fate Of
the little boy was nearly as keen as
Americas. The news Of the abduc-
ton caused a sensation in Mexico
where the baby's grandfather, the late
Dwight Morrow, had been ambassador
from the United States. A stream of
kilograms was sent to the Lindberghs
from their many friends in Mexico.
President Ortiz Rubio, Foreign Sec
rotary Manuel G. Teller and j. Reu-
ben Clark, who succeeded the late
Senator Dwight Morrow as ambassa-
dor, asked to be kept closely informed
of any developments In the search
for the kidnapers.
The abduction was brought home
to Mexicans all the more wildly be-
cause of the fact that it had occurred
on the third anniversary of Colonel
Lindbergh's arrival in the Mexican
capital on the visit before his last
trip to Mexico, in the days when he
was counting Anne Morrow in the
romantic atmosphere of Cuernavaca.
Just as the news of the kidnapping
Of the Llndbergh baby circled the
globe within few hours after it had
occurred, so had the news Of the birth
of this baby been an item of world
wide interest. Charles Augustus Lind
bergh, Jr., was born June %, 1880,
which also was the anniversary of the
birth of his mother, the former Anne
Morrow, daughter Of the late Senator
Dwight w. Morrow Of New Jersey.
She was twenty-four years old the
day her son was born. The baby was
born in the Morrow home in New Jer-
sey, in which his parents were mar
ried May q, 1929.
In the four days interval between
June % and the day the birth certiii-
cate was filed members of the Morrow
/ and Lndbergh family participated in
an amicable discussion as to what the
infant would be named.
/ 1ndL QueSIlOu was 6SlIASu WHICH, luC
birth certificate disclosed he was to be
"Junior" And it was understood to
have been Mrs. Lindberg's choice all
along. 1t was reported too, that Lind
bergh had favored calling his son after
his father-in-law, but that for the first
time since he hoped the Atlantic three
years before he was turned back from
his goal.
During his first few months of life,
when his parents were making occa.
sional short jnunts by airplane 1t fire.
Quently was reported that Charles Jr.
was to accompany them. They did not
take the infant on any Of these trips,
however, though the reports were so
persistent that they gave rise to the
impression that Charles Jr. would be
brought up from earliest youth with
the idea Of making an aviator out Of
him.
So widely was this conviction held