Tag: December 1942
No Crimes to Report: El Centro, California, 1942
No major crimes were reported in El Centro, California, on December 19, 1942. The city was abuzz with the news of Eddie Rickenbacker, the renowned aviator, who had just told the story of his daring escape from a Pacific island. Meanwhile, a young girl named Lorie Ann Bratton, nearly three years old, was spotted in…
Fred Brenckman Exposes Farm Worker Draft Deception, Washington D.C., 1942
The streets of Washington D.C. are abuzz with the latest scandal to hit the nation’s capital. Fred Brenckman, a representative of the National Grange, has come forward with a shocking accusation: the Agriculture Department’s rigid standards for draft boards are nullifying the very purpose of the Tydings amendment. This amendment, passed to defer essential farm…
