And you thought things were bad in 2008, when the banks
threatened bailout or bust. The U.S. Census wants to give you
some perspective. On April 2, the National Archives and Records
Administration will release the 1940 census for the first time,
offering the most complete record yet of life in an America just
out of the throes of the Great Depression. The digitalized data
will be a boon for history buffs and those who want to see how
their forebears coped with some world-changing events, including
the beginning of Hitler's march through Europe, the last years
of Prohibition and maybe -- just maybe -- the fuss over
Hollywood vixen Rita Hayworth. Historians, genealogists and
researchers hope to uncover long-held secrets about: The
dispersion of refugees from Europe in the late 1930s; the path
of tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans interned during World
War II; and the migration of blacks from the rural South to
manufacturing meccas in northern and midwestern U.S. cities.
“One of the major innovations of the