Tuesday, August 5, 2014

On this Date in Minnesota History: August 5

August 5, 1940 – “Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was bitterly denounced in the senate today by Senator Pepper, Democrat, Florida, ‘as the chief of the fifth-column in this country.’”  Pepper was reacting to “the flier’s speech Sunday urging ‘co-operation’ with Germany if Germany wins the war. In a radio address replying to Lindbergh, Senator Lucas, Democrat, Illinois, said tonight he was ‘not only amazed but somewhat shocked by Colonel Lindbergh’s attitude of complacency toward Adolph Hitler.’”

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Lindbergh Hit As U.S. Fifth Column Chief”; August 6, 1940; p. 10.



Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
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