Chapter 6
11:55 AM
July 21, 1936
Office of the Chairman and President
Monarch Clothing and Apparel, Inc.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Nearly noon on a sweltering, midsummer day, the sun burned white-hot in a cloudless sky. Muggy, without a whisper of a breeze, the mid-day scorcher muted all progress in downtown Carlisle. At the Monarch business offices, the poor design of the stone structure failed to moderate the misery caused by the summer wave.
To deal with the stifling heat, the Monarch clerks had opened the great windows in the offices, hoping that the banks of overhead fans might draw in and stir the soggy air to give them a bit of relief. Though uncomfortable and hard-pressed, no one complained. The clerks and secretaries knew they had it better than the laborers in the clothing pl
