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This Is Your FBI: The Vanishing Witness
This Is Your FBI · August 18, 1950 · 29 min · 4,552 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 transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society Representative in your community If you listen fairly frequently to this program, you've probably noticed several things about the commercials
They're interesting, they appeal to your intelligence, they help you solve personal or family problems. Tonight for instance, the equitable society is going to present some very timely facts on why it pays to give your children a college education.
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Tonight's FBI file, The Vanishing Witness. The job of the professional law enforcement officer is never an easy one, or the war against crime is full-fledged battle. However, it is true that some criminals present less of a problem than others.
Take the ordinary crime of autofit, for example. In the past twelve months, almost 72,000 cars were stolen, representing a total value of more than $56 million. Yet the record also shows that more than 94 percent of those automobiles were returned to their legal owners, often within a period of 24 hours.
Swindlers may enjoy momentary success, but the files at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Some reveal not a single important confidence man who has failed to serve at least one prison term. Go down the line, and you will find the same thing to be true with almost every type of criminal.
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