Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1944, Cairo, Egypt Bathtub murder of woman bilks Detroit police new Orleans police ran up against a Blank Wall this week in trying to solve the mystery sur rounding the death of an attractive re haired woman whose nude body was found sunday sitting in a Bathtub in a downtown hotel detective William Grosch said a search was begun for a Man who shared the room until Friday night and registered wednesday As Stafford of 4611 Hazel ave Chicago police reported the add Ress was a Rooming House tout that no one there seemed to know his name was not on the Rooming House records stretching Back two the Grosch registered at the hotel thursday As Stafford of the same a picture of her found by police in the hotel room had been taken in front of a Frame House with the number 1524 on the door with her was an army Man in uniform wearing a sergeants Philip assistant Parish said death of the woman was caused by suffocation under water and that it was a possible detectives said there was no evidence of Vio Lence in the the woman was described As five one Inch toll weighing 120 pounds and being about Vears 1944 stars and servicemen pinups Spur production Glenn Miller missing Paris Glenn dance band Leader who entered the air forces in has been missing since 15 on a sche Dule flight froife0eugland to Allied he Ino truce of the plane has been Miller was in route to conduct the army air Force baud now playing in Paris but none of the baud members were with a personal Hereof gallery combo lift of heir families in an effective incentive for these War workers at a Chicago War producing vital aircraft parts for the army and the Windy City gals Are left to right Rosalie Dorothy Toliusis Muriel Gladys Hackett and Stella publishers son killed Chicago Walter of the former pub Lisher of the Chicago daily has been informed that her son pvt Seymour was killed in action in France Christmas pardons for Browne and Bioff new York William Bioff and George Browne who were serving ten and Lightyear Senten Ces respectively for extortion of More than a million dollars from the movie Industry while executives of the theatrical Union were Given from the Federal judge John Knox ordered the releases because of Good behaviour and because of testimony they gave at the trial of a group of Chicago and were convicted in Hometown honors Nimitz Texas this the Home of Ches Ter has named its new est Street Nimitz Holiday 331 new York deaths totalled at least 331 throughout the approximately the same number recorded Over the same period last accidents on the highways claimed most with California reporting the most fatal prospects Bright for moist Welcome to new year in new York the fact that new years eve Falls on sunday Wili Muffie the popping of liquor works in Many parts of the but where Laws permit out look is for a rousing to club reservations arc at h Premium in Chicago san Francisco and other cities where Money is plentiful and id rinks May be on Lime Celebration will be the Rule in Birmingham and communities where sunday liquor sales Are forbidden taverns May stay open All night if they wish on new years Utah which Doest permit sunday danc intr puts no curb on yearned revelry so Long As you bring your own bars in East hundreds of other communities May open their doors the moment the new year rings in although Many will not do on the other los and require the Sale of potable to Stop on the stroke of 1944s last Indiana will foe dry from 1 sunday to 6 tuesday Der oilers Ray drink wine Only anything their constitutions will stand Between Midnight and 4 throughout and wine on new Beer cocktails May it years Louis will put the Cork in the bottle at new years morning but no curfew in East Louis across the Many communities will observe new year eve on mayor Kline of Minneapolis has is sued a proclamation that Satur Day is new years eve in his bail years celebrations in Chicago night spots will Cost any where from to minimum at Camelia House in the Drake despite the Drake management said 90 per cent of the reservations had already been snapped cover charge in the Empire room at Palmer House will be tightens up on food rationing Washington Price administrator Chester Bowles announced revision of the food rationing curtailing distribution of sugar and canned he said the action was necessary because civilian supplies of butter and commercially canned vegetables Are at the Low est Point started and that meat supplies are1 de his announcement stated there will be 15 per cent less meat of All kinds available for civilians the first three months of 1945 As com pared to the past three purple hearts for 2 War correspondents Washington Navy James Forrestal this week awarded the order of the purple heart to two wire service sports one went posthumously to Jack former baseball writer for tin journal american and inner National news service who was lost in 1942 with the Carrier Joe James up sports Only newsman aboard the Cruiser Vitoria at the naval the of Savo Island in received the award for the loft of an Eye when a japanese Shell exploded on the deck of the he dictated his dispatches while on a ii Ospital ship and later returned to the office of up workers rivet Xmas present for forces shipyard workers Here put in their hours Christmas Day a christinas present for fighting forces on the front the idea started a few Days ago when 80 Shopfitters at Jones construction ship Yards decided to work the holi Day without the shipyard cafeteria joined the Parade and decided to Supply the workers with free shortly after men and boys and girls beg an reporting for some coming from 70 Miles Tho company planned a Separ ate payroll to workers could endorse their checks and Forward them to the its 5 stars in Cluster new super rank of general of the army car Ries with it a five Star insignia arranged in a the War description of the insignia five Silver five pointed each Star three eighths of an Inch in Diame fastened together in a the inner Points the sur face of the stars to be raised and receiving end of a cold wave which this Low As 24 degrees Beli one Midwest r m Weatherby Tefeau foi3casters said the intensity of the cold wave was diminishing As it moved eastward upper new York was prepared for ten below Early wednesday and Pennsylvania also bundled tip for Sisero the Rocky Mountain also was in the grip of Wea reporting 26 and Butte 22 below and 21 in reported High Mark of 78 degrees while Snow and sleet made okla homa highways had the cold weather in the Midwest with 24 below readings 23 below Rock 22 below Mason 16 below 7 below was prepared for a drop from 57 tuesday to freezing Memphis and expected lows around 20 new Orleans had 65 degrees 77 and 72 h leukaemia stricken Tot suffers Haemorrhage Atta who spent Christmas eve happily exploring a six room electrically lighted doll House which her Seabee father made for her w in Thia week or attending said the tiny Victr Mol Lymphatic leukaemia Hall buffered a Haemorrhage in the Region of the left he might occur a matter of Days i he Merrhage is a typical aim Iii the disease medical Maffy recovery the dread Patricia spent Christmas alter Between periods when she admired her presents Brief obtained leave the Navy extended Hia leave because of Patricia con billion Dollar flood control Bill signed billion doll postwar flood control the and at the pump room the ambassador East Al Jolson malaria victim Beverly Ai singing has suffiit1 a serious attack of malaria and is a pretty sick his nurse said this Jolson first contracted the disease last year on an Oversea tour to entertain ser ten of generals receive medals Washington distinguished service medals and legion of me Rit awards went to ten air Force generals this the War dams were awarded to William eighth air Force Frederick of Washington Charles Braushaw of Santa Gen Jacob Fickel of Louis Thomas Hanley of san Edward k of and Frederick of in the legion of Merit was Given to Uzal ent and Charles Den George director of senders at Logan before tragic end a recent photo of Lupe dynamic Spanish american my who ended her and Harold French dancing together before discord entered their in a cide accused Ramond of betraying her and her unborn ins photo buy More War Bonos noting that the Bill authorizes construction by army engineers and the reclamation Bureau of improvements in the Missouri River Basin which he recommended last month should be developed and administered by a Missouri Valley the president said my approval of this Bill is Given with the distinct understanding that it is not to be interpreted As jeopardizing in any Way the Crea Tion of a Missouri Valley Autho the establishment of which should receive the Early consideration of the next the nearly a year in authorizes flood control Power Plante and other works in most of the coun try great River baby boy for Gypsy new York Gypsy Rose Lee gave birth to a son last week Shi divorced the baby actor Alexander last Kirk and was married tha Day after his son was born to Phyllis Anne new York society famous trial judge Dies Kansas City Federal diff Trieu judge Merrille the Jurist who sentenced one4ixoe Kansas City police Czar Peja Tergast to died of
