The classified ad in a Los Angeles paper was calculated to stir up the wanderlust and unseat the judgment of many a steno with a new Toni:
"Hawaii vacation. Will pay two-thirds cost of 30-day all-expense cruise to Hawaii in return for your appearing in colored motion-picture travelogue on Hawaii."
The ad was placed by "Tours of Enchantment," a travel agency operating out of rented desk space in a Long Beach (Calif.) airline ticket agency. "Tours" was mostly a mail drop and slight, soft-spoken Charlie Otterman, 37. For a mere $385 the tourists would be lapped in luxury aboard a slim, rakish yacht,...
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