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»«9*'f1airt314‘i3-t*i#*HIH3j-—wI*1*4'r-f11rt.11-M•ii-)*4»iK•4W*ffii5Mfist3 tfrf4i*•IpiMir JiMiig‘Electro**’ 6» War Use ReveaMXQ-8AK MATEO THflg THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1S47Black Dahlia Girl Friends Being QuizzedLOS ANGELES, Jan. 23.—(UA-Foliee today quizzed women friends of '‘the Black Dahlia—22-year-old Eliaebeth Short—reeking a lead to he'- movement* from January 9 until her nude, mutilated bod^' was found on a lover's lane January 15.Having run into a blank wall in their investigation of the pleasure-loving raven-tressed victim's male friends, detectives have turned to her female acqualtances for new leads.Two score uniformed policemen began a house-to-house hunt in the neighborhood, announcing they hoped to find a torture chamberwhere she was slain.■Det. Lt. P. P. Freestone said a squad of 40 patrolmen would make the search.He said it was believed that aBERKELEY, Jaa.A* American “electron gaswhit* Jammeat German radar tMl aereened the jtUlee huge tombing raids late In the war was unveiled for the fint time today.The ultra-secret recnatron, a six-foot Ugh fregnency tnbe that sprayed eratodve torsi* of electrons and Blanketed radar apparatus far Mt miles, was creditedwith math of the nneu of mats daylight air raids and possiblyhelped save the be* of hnndreds of allied airmen.Lifting wartime censorship, Ute University of California disclosed the details of the wsaalrat, «hkh was developed from an outmoded atom-smasher by twoSoung electrical engineers. Dr. p.1. Sloan and Dr. L. C. Marshall. Sloan and Marshall started experiments on the r,** natron in 133*. By the spring of 1M5 theyhouse oi room in the vian'ty was- had evolved a “gun” with which used by the slayer to cut Miss. the allies were harflng mere raw Short's body in two. i radio power into the air ito» anyLong Phone Call . other amplifier *v« conatwetoA,Lynn Martin, 15, former room- j ~ - o -mate of the giri. toid police that Ann Car las Peasants,Edward P. (Duke) Wellington,' *whom she described as a formersu:tor, failed to return alter telling her he was going to make a telephone call. Police said they wanted to question Wellington,The greying Wellington, reportedly a dapper dresser, left a note advising Miss Martin to surrender, police said.Tells af BattlePolice attention also swung to “apartment 591” in a Hollywood building where Paul Simone, painting contractor, told officer* he overheard a bitter quarrel between a girl he believed to be Mist Short and another woman.“It rras pretty hard language,” said Simone and was broken off with the exclamation “oh, nut* to you” from the other woman as be approached.Afterward, the woman he believed to be Miss Short asked him if there was a back door to the building, Simone said. When he was unable to'tell her, she left by the front door and entered a waiting cab.Lived With ‘ Girl*The altercation occurred, Jan-uan U, ’Sfmonfe said, four days before the discovery of the body of the young woman who had lived in the crowded apartment with seven other girls.Virtually stalemated in their search for the perpetrator of the city's ghastliest crime, police posted spatial bulletins in all travel terminals and other key localities. Tl ey bore detailed descriptions of thi “Black Dahlia” who won her nickname from the flower-like arrangement of her brunett hair and a fondness for sheer -dark clothing.Spectator' FreedRobert (Red) Manley, . Los Angeles salesman, who had admitted a flirtation with Miss Short in San Diego, testified briefly yesterday it an inquest at which a coroner's jury returned a verdict that “the Black .Dahlia” was slain and mutilated by “persons unknown.”A spectator at Uje inquest, George P. Bloomdahl, 36, was arrested because of his suspicious actions but later was released after brief questioning,Give Dance ProgramSAN CARLOS, Jan. 23—The San Carlos Peasants, widely-known folk dance organization, will present a program oi dances of 16 different nation* before a meeting of the Community theatre in the city hall here at 8 p. at, Friday. Authentic costumes will be worn by the dancers and audience Participation In final numbers will be invited.QUALITYMode from fine spites, quality ranch eggs and pure vegetable oil. EGGO Mayonnaise has ♦ hat home-made taste for extra goodness, Try it! To*#* the difference. If* reol Mayonnaise ot Its bestMayoiinaJ**
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San Mateo Times
San Mateo, California, US
Thu, Jan 23, 1947
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