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This Is Your FBI: Gentlemen Prefer Widows
This Is Your FBI · November 18, 1949 · 29 min · 4,726 words
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The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents This is your FBI. This is your FBI. The official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Presented as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representative in your community.
Now I should like to introduce a representative of our sponsor, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Your future is his business, security and years to come for you, your home and your family.
Yes, your future is in good hands when you entrust your life insurance program to a representative of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Good evening friends. I've come here tonight with just one purpose. I'm here to tell you that in about 14 minutes Mr. Keating is going to have some important news for parents.
He's going to tell you about the Equitable Society's Fact Finding Chart for Fathers and If you're like hundreds of parents to whom I personally have given copies of the fact-finding chart, you'll be very glad you listened to this eye-opening message from the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.
Thank you. Tonight's FBI file, gentlemen prefer widows. The crime in tonight's case from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is not a new one. on the contrary, it is almost as old as time itself, for the crime is extortion. In ancient times, and this goes back to every civilization the world ever knew, it was the practice for
a strong army to roam and capture those towns whose defenses were weak. After the capture, an agreement would be drawn between the leader of the victorious troops and the city fathers. An agreement whereby a good part of the town's income would be turned over to the army annually as a form of tribute. The penalty for not paying was a new attack, and when
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