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PERSONALITIES
Inventor of the Truth Extractor
How Thomas E. Dewey worked out the only fool-proof way to smash the big racketeer
May
1
1937
WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON
Inventor of the Truth Extractor
WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON
May
1
1937
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PERSONALITIES
Inventor of the Truth Extractor
How Thomas E. Dewey worked out the only fool-proof way to smash the big racketeer
May
1
1937
WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON
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