1941 Press Photo Abandoned Box factory purchased for William Pelley's writings

When a group of men attempted to buy the weekly newspaper and job printing plant of Daily M. Hudler for $10,000, Hudler was pleasantly surprised until he was offered cash. Then he turned down the deal and an investigation ensued that revealed that William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Fascistic and Anti Semitic Silver Shirts, had tried to negotiate the transaction. It further developed that Pelley group had purchased an abandoned box factory, shown above and were prepared to publish a magazine devoted to Pelley's writings. The printing plant is under direction of Carl Losey, former Indiana State Police Investigator and Associate of DC Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon. Citizen assert there is no room for the publishing venture if it is to poster Un American policies.

Photo is dated 1941.

Photo measures 9 x 7.25 inches.