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te, ¢ Seager aren » AXA CITY ASKS FB “AID IN SOLVING | DANLIN’ GASE| ‘request Follows Horralt Meeting With Bowron on Slayings FBI aid.in solving mutila-| tion slayings of the’ “Black! Dahlia” and ‘the ““Piying Nurse” was asked ‘yesterday. Police Chief .C.-B. Horrall made the request during a long con- ference with Richard B. ‘Hood, Los: Angeles chief of the Federal|. Bureau of Investigation. Action followed a meeting of Horrall- with Mayor .Fletéher' Bowron. The Mayor ‘was under- stood to have givén unqualified’ approval to enlistment of Federal; aid in the current ave” of crimes against, wonien, TWO KILLIN 6S— Two ghastly ‘killings “oceurrad!| Within a period’ of ‘26 days: ° a -Last January 15 ‘the-nude- body of Betty Short, 22, called ‘the|- “Blacic Dahlia” ‘was-fling into, a! Vacant lot” in the:3800 block of Norton* avenue. : She: had been, bludgeoned and-her body severed ; at the waist. February 10° brought discovery of the body of Mis, Jeanne Ax:! ford nch, 45, actress, ‘aviatrix and hurse, in-a field off the 3200 block of Grand View ‘bou:, levard, West ‘Los Angeles. coy - She had been clubbed, . then| stamped to death by a nidn’s teet. Her nude body ‘was-obscene- ly inscribed with lipstick—an- ‘un- iprintable phrase and. the letters |“S-OrySUBwesting ‘ “Ble Dae, 7] tee ee . 2M ite LOS ANGELES Examiner DATED 2-79-47 (ELBEXPECTED 1 ‘There was, little doubt in Of _ ficial’ circles: that! the’ FBI would: . |Join forces ‘with. police -in. ‘the investigation. aan NM ormally FBI men, ate involved moré States. . 1 ‘It swas ‘pointed, out;. however, -lthat Jaw. gives: then urigdietion when. their help. is requested ‘by a chief ot local Jaw énforcertierit, “og Entry of the? FBI - into the a ‘Black Dahlia”: andp<Elyi ‘ying Nurse” cases would’ bring’ ‘the vast resources ‘of ‘Federal crime laboratories, criminal:record ‘tiles and highly skilled Speratives -toj »bear on the crimes. It was expected that’ FBI men would 4 immediately ‘begin,-a check o£, ‘investigations.’ completed: or in, progress”: “by. ‘city détectives,, Authotities: emphasized, : ~“how- ever, that erilistnient.of FBI aid was not intended. to disparage: éfforts of Los Angeles: homicide . | officers, who. have been. working | ee ~ night and day on the cases. f F On the contrary, ‘the purpose of the moye, is to’ give them ay ossible assistance, it was! a og Isat = Biicilly. Pa L AO ' er Le A \ A ‘ene Vr. F . Med. . Ble. Oley : Cost ada Gaye , She. “eri ooo Ain, Ieee eae. Yr. Bolom “fe ee Mir. Veacy.. Lo. SOA Lea RTE ateae AIA nr nace prey ne 1 ae Max QATIOR ween cee a Bde. Morante ee Ma AC ted ee "or, Be ts oc cee Ht, Bom, ten oo. The: . P97 Ot Hh onyaess 2 lg cme nen * eT aan ~