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| x orxno FORM NO. 64 . ene x - Office Memo®ndum © UNITED STMBES GOVERNMENT a 7 rar Ea 7 TO . Re. TOLS CH DATR: Jan. Lc, 1947 FROM L. Be. NECHOLS SUBJECT: . LB 2.00 ‘In connection with the call from fay kichards this Pele. Room morning advisine that the fingerprints of an unidentified woman jiss ray were being forwarded to the Bureau by the Los Anceles Sxaminer via International News Pictures, I wish to advise that Ir. duinn Tamm has just informed me that the prints had been identified by a search throuch the fdent files. “al, ve have tuo prints. The print actually used in the identifica- \ tion was a criminal print submitted by the Santa Barbara folice Depart- Jf ment showing the girl's name as ElizabethsShort; arrested September 23, te 1945, on a charade of 7OOK, Juvenile Court laws; disposition, released to 5 the Yrobation Department; born 7-29-24; Tyde rark, Massachusetts ; a residence, 231 C. #. Montecito Streets hetaht 5 ta"s wetoht 130 lbs; . complexion fair; hair black; eyes, hazel screen; mole on face. Xe kith the aid of this print we identified a national defense print that was submitted by the Services of »upply from Camp Cooke, 7a . a . . an ° oe + se California. ‘he pirl's nane was atven as Llizabeth Short. She was an oe applicant for position of clerk at the Post 4»zchanne. The prints were ™ taken on January 30, 1943. Date and-place of birth are the same as indt caxLe above; heiocht 5° 6". wetaht 181 lbs.3; hair brown; eyes areen; build, ~ medium; scar on back; complexion fair. fi At approximately 1:30 p.m. a Loranig Francis, local corres- .. pondent for the Los Anneles Times, called Yuinn Tamm and was referred to &. ¥p, Jones in my absence. Miss Francis referred to the unidenti fied.cirl © and furnished her fingerprint classtfication and asked if we could i. identify her. They, oj course, did not have the name. i) ris) p tc . “f, 2 I think we owe a responsi bipity to the Los anceles Exanmirer a ic since they apparently sent in the 37” at considerable cost for the / _ oltice Department. rps 49. / [ / as Inasmuch as fay Richards said thats thaceps mreles Examiner was sendino the prints for the +olice Pear epen te galled him at 2:50 poem. nd furnished him the details on the ide fteatz \S rheod 4 duised + wikkb ¢N for Uf 43 ATTACHET: “ ie Ie N nine ea tty aN Yor wae Querete = ahs igi Qyttint | eM if ii i o, - 5 Vw i