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Information Regarding The Maine State Prison, Thomaston, Maine 1824-1953, Allan L. Robbins
Information Regarding The Maine State Prison, Thomaston, Maine 1824-1953, Allan L. Robbins
Maine Bicentennial
Prior to the start of World War II, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI declared dead the criminal networks established by violent career gangsters during the Prohibition Era. By 1950, America’s attention was focused on the Cold War, Communism, and suspected Soviet subversion plots.
As the FBI continually denied the existence of organized crime, a new American mafia was establishing legitimate businesses as covers for racketeering, drug trafficking, and loansharking. Bribes to local police and politicians bought protection from investigation.
In 1949 the American Municipal Association pushed for the U.S. Congress to investigate. Despite Hoover’s continued denials, the resulting Kefauver Committee proceedings …
June 1953 - May 1955 Diary, Alice Jurkat
The Macmillan Homestead, 1828-1953, Jason Macmillan
The Macmillan Homestead, 1828-1953, Jason Macmillan
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