Crime in America by Estes Kefauver
United States Senator Estes Kefauver recounts his 1950s senate investigation into interstate crime and political corruption. He details hearings across major cities, miles traveled, and the exposure of a nationwide crime syndicate linked to politicians and criminals. The piece underscores the need for facts to overcome organized crime.
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American Municipal Association
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Robert R. O'Conor
Maryland
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Fla
Tampa
New Orleans
Kansas City
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
Las Vegas
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicago
New York
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General Features Corp
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The Mafia and Lucky Luciano
A Kefauver Committee condensed excerpt examines the Mafia as a real global crime network. It details Omerta code, drug trafficking, extortion, and killings, and notes testim ony about Luciano’s worldwide influence and wartime claims.
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Senate Crime Committee
Sicily
America
la Mafia
Mafia
Claude A. Follmer
New York
Renovate Summer Wardrobe Before Storing To Ward Off Pests
Advice on cleaning, repairing and storing summer clothing, shoes and hats to prevent moth damage and mildew. Step by step plan covers sorting by cleaning method, packing in mothproof bags or boxes, tissue between folds, labeling, and re dyeing or repairing shoes and hats for reuse next season. Includes tips on dry cleaning, ironing, shoe trees, and using plastic bags or brown paper sealant.
Moral breakdown cited as cause of athletics scandals
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a Senate panel that recent and current college athletic scandals reflect a breakdown of the country’s moral fiber. He warned of gangs in cities and lax scholastic standards at colleges, blaming commercialized sports for the decline in discipline and respect for law.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Senate Appropriations Committee
FBI
Sewing Circle Patterns House Dress Versatile Design
Pattern No. 8729 offers a handsome house dress with scalloped front edges and a soft contrast finish. Available in sizes 36 through 52, the new perforated pattern requires 4 1/2 yards of 49 inch fabric for size 38 with contrast yardage noted.
Real Trouble and a Train Station Romance
A brief, old style tale of romance and suspicion at a railroad station. A young woman cries as she parts from a lover and reveals she plans to return to her husband. A passerby probes her fidelity in a humorous exchange about past kisses and appearances.
Fuller Brush Man and Pool with Pa Question
The dialogue questions when the Fuller Brush man will play pool with Pa. Willie recalls promising a cue when he sees Pa arriving, framing a domestic pause and an implied plan for a game.
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Willie
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