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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1948
Page
13
A man described as ape-like and tall with long arms robbed a German refugee woman in upper Manhattan. Police, aided by hundreds of officers, searched the area hours after the incident as the assailant was said to have attacked women there for months.
Mrs. Ferda Frank a German refugee living in New York six months was found dying from strangulation and a skull fracture in the vestibule of her apartment building. Her purse was missing. Witnesses saw the "Ape Man" flee the building after screams were heard. Authorities released a description of the suspect.
A fragment notes that the suspected killer of Mrs. Frank appears to be the same person linked by about two dozen other women assaulted and robbed in the same district.
Registrar J Everett Long said 2 755 students had registered for West Virginia University summer school by noon today. The figure tops last year’s 2 366 on the same date with 508 in engineering 66 in law and 82 in the school of mines.
Chicago June 3 2080000000 passenger miles logged by 23 airlines with no fatalities to passengers or crew. Pan American praised for 1 443 600 000 miles from Aug 3 1945 to Jun 18 1947 without a fatality. American and Northwest also noted for long fatality free spans and high miles.
A Japanese black market ring handling 60 million dollars of rayon via forged U.S. government certificates was busted by an American sergeant and a Japanese attorney. Three textile firms were fined 2,500,000 yen and mine workers jailed by a Kanazawa court. Roy Ichikawa of Albuquerque received three and a half years of hard labor in a separate court martial. The breakthrough credited to a Japanese attorney and Staff Sgt Clyde Mackaman of San Francisco after 16 months of investigation.
In Washington the State Department released a list of media eligible for dollar subsidies to unfreeze blocked funds in occupied Germany. The AP UP and INS denied any government subsidy ties and said they would not participate in currency provisions or subsidized programs.
In Providence Jane Mabel C Dodge a church leader testified she is a prophet and asked the judge what will happen in the case. The judge replied proceed and Mrs Dodge answered God will do as he wishes. The two hour program description suggests a studio recital follows. A frozen fruit package thawing time is noted but unclear in context.
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