Tag: Q3 1943
Bandit Duo Foiled in Daring Heist
In a brazen bank robbery, two notorious outlaws made off with $12,000 from the Arkansas Valley State Bank in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, on July 31, 1943. The daring heist was carried out while the bank president, K.M. Rowe, and his wife were held captive in their home. The pair, identified as Paul Bibee, 31, and…
Subsidy Scandal Sinks Rollback Plan
In a shocking move that has left many reeling, a Senate and House conference committee has dealt a devastating blow to the administration’s plans to roll back retail food prices in Browning, Montana. The drastic revision of the administration’s subsidy program, indicated by the committee’s action, effectively kills the present rollback of butter and meat…
Starlet Scam: Rita Hayworth’s Cover Girls Fund Exposed as Ponzi Scheme
In 1943, the Western Newspaper Union released a shocking report about the Cover Girls, a group of models working for the popular magazine starring Rita Hayworth. What seemed like a benevolent gesture – each model contributing a dollar a week for 13 weeks to a career starter fund – was, in reality, a Ponzi scheme.…
