Tag: February 1940
Matrimony Bureau Secretary, Human Trafficking Suspected, El Centro CA, 1940
A mysterious phone call to the El Centro Chamber of Commerce has raised suspicions of human trafficking in the small California town. An attractive voice, whose name wasn’t caught, inquired about a person seeking a romantic companion in San Diego, sparking concerns that a local woman may be being coerced into a life of servitude.…
Frank Hook Embroiled in Congressional Scandal, Washington D.C., 1940
In a shocking turn of events, Frank Hook, a representative from Michigan, has refused to apologize for inserting forged letters into the Congressional Record. The documents, which purported to show a connection between Representative Martin Dies of Texas and William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirts, have sparked a heated debate in the House…
