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One of the worst years of the Great Depression, when one in four Americans lacked work and nearly 9,000 banks had failed, 1932 brought the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the U.S. presidency for the first of his four terms. Amelia Earhart flew the Atlantic in triumph, while the kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s young son ended in tragedy. In the Middle East, King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud united the regions under his control to establish the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
(Original Caption) 3/2/1932-Hopewell, NJ- Every available means have been rushed into service by police of 4 states in their efforts to trace the kidnappers of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., son of the famous "Lone Eagle". Passing the baby through the window of the Lindbergh estate at Hopewell NJ, the kidnappers fled to a waitng auto and sped away. Photo shows a state trooper on guard at the Lindburgh home in Hopewell, on 3/2., while detectives examined the back porch. (For complete caption info see neg sleeve).
Amelia Earhart in the cockpit of her plane
A queue for Josef von Sternberg's musical, 'The King Steps Out' outside Radio City Music Hall in the Rockefeller Center, New York, 1936. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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