Dragnet: The Big Red Part 2
Dragnet · January 10, 1952 · 29 min · 5,379 words
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The story you were about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima cigarettes. Best of all, king-size cigarettes brings you dragnet. Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! You're a detective sergeant.
You're assigned an narcotics detail. You're in the middle of a drive to break up a hundred thousand dollar narcotics ring. You apprehend two of the lesser gang members. You still haven't reached the big operation.
You still haven't found their store of heroin. Your job? Get them. Fatima, America's first largest selling blended cigarette. Now, king size. 1950. Fatima sales higher than ever before in Fatima history. 1951. Another record year. Fatima sales up and up.
Why, in one month alone, Fatima sales were up 110% coast to coast. Friends, for your smoking in 1952, insist on Fatima. Enjoy Fatima quality, extra mildness and superbly blended tobacco. Remember, the name Fatima has always stood for the best in cigarette quality.
Yet Fatima's cost the same as the cigarette you're now smoking. Compare them. When you see the difference, taste the difference, smoke the difference, you'll switch to Fatima. Because in Fatima, the difference is quality. Each king's size Fatima gives you a long, extra mild and soothing smoke with the added protection of Fatima quality.
Bye Fatima. police force in action.
It was Sunday, August 14th. It was cool in Los Angeles. We were working in special detail out on our CODX division. My partner is Ed Jacobs. The boss is Captain Kearney. My name is Friday.
It was 1.23 am when I got the fifth in series. Southwest Corner. Hi Joe. Ed, Captain. You've been waiting long? Just got here. Alright Jacobs. Good game. Where'd you finally book in the two of them?
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