Lindbergh’s Island
NEW HOME OFF BRITTANY LONDON, April 26. The famous American airman Colonel Charles Lindbergh has bought the small rocky island of Illiec, off the j north coast of Brittany, near St. Brieuc. The purchase was made from M. Norbet and M. Roger Lafont, grand-nephews of the French composer Ambroise Thomas, who owned the island and built the feudal-style chateau, which is expected to become the summer home of Colonel Lindbergh and his family.
Many famous French music personalities have stayed there, including Mme. Patti. Illiec is connected at low tide with the mainland by a stone causeway, and also with the neighbouring island of St. Gildas, hpme. of the celebrated surgeon, Dr. Alexis Carrel. Colonel Lindbergh is paying one of his frequent visits to St. Gildas, where lie has been co-operating with Dr. Carrel in experiments on the "artificial heart."
The deed of purchase of the island, it is understood, was signed by Mme. Carrel. The reason is that the group of islands which includes Illiec is classed as a strategic zone, and French law prohibits foreigners from buying properties so designated.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 114, 17 May 1938, Page 5
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184Lindbergh’s Island Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 114, 17 May 1938, Page 5
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