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Desi Arnaz — Part 1
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ESILU PRODUCTIONS
MARCH 10, 1960. - 41
Captioned program last night was entitled " TheWhite Slaver.".
It opened with a brief preview shOWing a blazing gun battle be fsters
and Eliot Ness and his men. Although the program concerned an investigation
by Federal authorities of white slavery, there was no mention of the FBI.
Eliot Ness and his " Untouchables" were only described as "Federal" agents,
The program was again narrated by Walter Winchell. we Cor
Briefly, the plot of the program concerned the white slave |
activities of a top aide of Al Capone, Mig Torrence. In 1934, Al Capone was
in Alcatraz, but his men continued his underworld activities. Ness leads a raid |
on a house of prostitution. | Through a tip-off from the police department, the
girls and the men escape through a trap door leaving one girl, Mary Sage. She
had died from an overdose of narcotics. This was the girlfriend of Ernie
Torrence, brother of Mig Torrence.
‘ ..... Ness launches a campaign to stamp out. white slavery and requests
the press to expose this underworld activity. Because of alleged pressure by Ness
Capone's men instruct Mig Torrence to bring in a former madame named Mrs. B”
(Buchanan), She is approached but refuses to come out of retirement. Mig sends_
his brother Ernie to rough up Mrs. B. When Ernie arrives he makes a deal with
Mrs. B not to rough her up if she will claim the body of Mary Sage from the city |
morgue and give Mary Sage a decent burial. With the cooperation of Ness, Mrs. B ~
arranges and attends the burial of Mary Sage. Ness learns that Ernie Torrence
is not able to attend the funeral since he was sent to Tijuana, Mexico, by his re”
-brother. Ness sends his men to check on Torrence in Mexico. Ernie learns of
the possible arrest when he brings a truckload of Mexican girls across the border’
and has his hoodlum associate get in touch with his brother, Mig, for instructions.
.. Upon orders of Mig Torrence the temelelomieeft girls are taken to a woods and killed. a
- trade. .Also, the prostitutes organize to protect themselves. >.
This brutal slaughter causes the press to accelerate its coverage of the white-slave .
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