Garou least affected by Depression. Garou work to keep the worst of the factories closed. C. Wraith Life Use of atom bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki spawns a Maelstrom in the Shadowlands. Evangeline Reising becomes Regent of the Eastern Borough. 1950-1960 A. Mortal Life Mayor Trent Landers caught in blackmail scandal.
Deeper investigation reveals multiple other problems including gambling with city funds.
Fire sparks riots which are suppressed by the police force, but not until 15 people were killed. In 1957, Detective Raymond Craft of the Viola Police Department is shot to death in his bed. His murderers are never found. Several near exposures drive the supernatural population of Viola underground for much of this period. Division being formed between city and bayou country.