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alleged slayer ARRIVES IN D. C. WASHINGTON, March IS. —OJ.PJ —Joseph Dunbar Medley, 43, hand gome and smooth-talking escaped convict suspected in the death of three red-haired women, arrived here from St. Louis today in the custody of FBI agents. He was taken inimediately to the office of U. S. Commissioner Needham C. Turnage for arraign ment on a Federal charge of flee ing the District of Columbia to es cape prosecution for murder. Police have issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with the brutal slaying of Mrs. Nancy Boyer, 45-year-old Washington so cialite found shot to death in her swank apartment here on March 8. He also had been sought by Chi cago and New Orleans police for questioning about the mysterious bathtub deaths of red-haired wo men in each of those cities. His arrival by train shortly after 6 p.m. (EWT) climaxed an inten sive manhunt which started when police allegedly traced Mrs. Boy er's slaying to Medley through fingerprints. He had been in Pitts burgh and Chicago since skipping Washington and tips had placed him all over the Eastern Seaboard. He was seized yesterday at the Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis as he was entering his suite with his latest girl friend—an attractive platinum blond who still is being held incommunicado by St. Louis police. A gun found in his room was sent here for comparison with bul lets taken from Mrs. Boyer’s body. Also recovered were a sleeve length silver fox jacket and a handbag similar to items missing from Mrs. Boyer’s apartment. Chicago and New Orleans police went to St. Louis to question Med ley but he reportedly was spirited away by the FBI last night. Chicago police want to question him about the “accidental death of Mrs. Blanche Zimmerman, 38, a telephone operator whose nude body was found in the bathtub in a Loop hotel room. A coroner’s jury ruled that she died of ben zedrine intoxication. But police want to find out why Medley, who registered as James H. Hanan. the same alias he used in St. Louis, left the room a short time before the body was discovered, leaving a “do not disturb” sign on the door. The New urteans case is sun unsolved. The nude body of Laura Fisher, 28, a New' York textile worker, who registered with Med ley also was found in a hotel bath tub. Medley’s arrest followed a tip to Washington police by Dr. J. H. Elder, Louisiana State University psychologist now employed by the War Department. He recognized the suspect in the cocktail lounge of a St. Lours hotel last Thursday. But he was not “positive” of the identification until he returned here and looked again at news paper photographs of the wanted man. FBI agents, headed by Special Agent G. B. Norris, swarmed around the Jefferson Hotel at 5 p.m. Saturday. One showed the clerk a photo of Medley who iden tified it, as the registered “James H. Hanan.” But Medley was out, A guard w'as thrown around the hotel and tw'o agents and St. Louis police wTere stationed in his suite. He was captured without a struggle when he returned. He was serving a 30-to-60 year term in southern Michigan prison when he escaped last November. He had been convicted of the kid nap-robbery of Louis E. Brooks, a wealthy manufacturer and ex mayor of Marshall, Mich. -V The cacao reached its greatest commercial stature on the west coast of Africa. -V BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS HOME GUAftD COMPANY ■r-’-B*' ■ ■" —:— -“— Members of the Wilmington Unit, First Company, Second Battalion, Third regiment of the North Carolina State Guard are shown in the top photograph Officers of the company, Cap tain Leo Skyes, commanding, First Lt. C. T. Farrow, execu tive officer, First Lt. D. B. Up church and First Lt. Harris Haskett are shown in the cen ter right photo. Not present were Second Lieutenant P. L. Canady, supply officer, and First Sgt. Kenneth Johnson. In the bottom right picture, members are shown in flying wedge formation. GUARDPREPARED FOR RIOT ACTION The North Carolina State Guard, organized in 1941 to replace tife National Guard, which was taken into the regular Army in 1940, is especially organized lor riot con trol. Highly trained, the Guard is equipped with. Army trucks, am ple supplies and arms and ammu nition. The flying wedge with bayonets fixed, is scientifically designed to break up mobs. Having an authorized strength of 57 men and officers, the Guard has trained nearly 400 men now in the regular Army from this section, several being commis sioned officers, serving in all the aters of war. The emphasis on drilling has helped men going into the serv ice, leading to non-commissioned ratings in many cases. The local unit is inspected every month by officers of the Fourth Service com mand of the U. S. Army. Test mobilizations have revealed a high degree of efficiency and are held under orders of the 4th Serv ice Command. The Guard may be sent anywhere in the state by the Governor, and when on active duly has regular Army pay and status. The N. C. State Guard is com posed of approximately 3,000 men and units are stationed in all key cities. A call has been issued by Capt. Sykes for 12 additional men as eight men have been lost in the last 10 days to the regular Army. He emphasized that applicants should be between the ages of 18 and 50, draft exempt and able to pass a reasonable physical exam ination. Honorably discharged vet erans are especially needed. Offi cers of the Guard, trained at Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, Ga.. all range in military experience from eight to 22 years. f 1872 1945 I ‘ Wilmington Lodge No. 319. A. F. & A. M. A-STATED, COMMUNICATION of this Lodge 'will be holden (THIS) TUESDAY, MARCH 20TH at 8:00 P. M. All qualified Master Masons are cordially invited to attend. By Order of the Master. Louis V. Swann, P. M., Secy. Germans Held Planning ! To Replace Mussolini As North Italy Chief PARIS, March 19. —(U.R)— The Germans are planning to replace Benito Mussolini as hqaa of the Republican Fascist government in north Italy with Roberto Farinacci. reliable informants in the French foreign office said today. According to frontier reports, the anti-Fascist movement in north Italy is growing daily and the Germans have lost confidence in Mussolini. They have refused to ailow the former Duce to go to Milan from Germany to take over repressive measures, it was said. Farinacci, former secretary of the Fascist arty, fled to Germany in a Nazi uniform after the Amer ican invasion of Italy. He hak played an important role In the Republican Fascist party since and built up a “Fascist Iron guard.” -V Britain Reported Building 100-Passenger Planes For Post-War Atlantic Travel CAPETOWN, March 19. — (fP) — Lord Swinton, British minister of civil aviation, today announced that Britain, is building 110-ton, 100 passenger planes for trans-Atlan tic air routes. Swinton is in Capetown for the British Empire-South African air conference which opens Tuesday. FARRAR! TRANSFER & 8TORAGE WAREHOUSE DIAL 5317 ,P,M,1M"I"I"l‘**M‘3"MllI"I'Mll*"ll,l"!"llj[ ! I Visit Our Store For ! \ | Quality \ [ •» JEWELRV and GIFTS :: B. GURR, Jeweler ;: 5 264 N. Front St PLUMBING AND HEATIHG SERVICE ★ Cumber-Moore Co. 17 N. Second St i ' 1 r ■ MILL & CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO. Deming Pumps Mill Supplies — Machinery Contractors Equipment 131-3 Water St. Phone 7757 MOUSE in the HOUSE? Even the best of hornet are likely to have little “romp ing rodents” around the house! 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They have been streaming out of this Rhine river city since yesterday morning, tak ing their immediate personal effects along on wagons, bi cycles, pushcarts, over-flowing ' baby carriages and on their backs. Places cleared on order of the American Army included Homberg, Ossenberg, ’Orsoy, Rheinhausen and many other smaller places, bringing about the total evacuation of more than 100,000 persons on this front alone. Tokyo Guardedly Admits Loss of Iwo Jima Force By United Press A Tokjto broadcast admitted in directly Monday that the Japanese garrison on Iwo island had been wiped out. The Japanese troops, Tokyo said in a broadcast recorded by the United Press and the FCC, made a “final attack’’ Sunday after a month of bitter resistance. ---v The divorce rate is highest dur ing the fourth, third and fifth vears of marriage, in that order. -V BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Compromise On Labor Draft Bill Is Talked ■ i WASHINGTON, March 19.—(UP) —At least one compromise proposal was in the making today as Senate and House conferees met to 'decide what kind of manpower bill, if any, should be passed by Congress. The discussions were scheduled to get underway this-afternoon with the 10 conferees apparently split -— evenly in their prefer „ ' the work-or-else bill e.'0l''9tl House and the volp,* .^ approved by the ne»»in Sen. Warren R a, said he would ■■ £e . P"> Vt mise that w v a,co%o. Draft featu es ,f ^ ,p U-.:. apply only to a few ,. 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These 4 things are "musts” right now! 1. CHANGE THAT OIL! Sure... you’re used to thinking of a Spring Oil Change. This time DO it and do it now. Don’t let the old bus get caught in hot weather still using old, thin, eoZd-weather oil! mi - 2. LUBRICATE THAT CHASSIS. The r,'Aet the car, the greater the friction in 111 ,u/ parts. The greater the friction,! in •' ■ wear. You never needed the prot f ■ > i ,rl 0 an expert, all-out, every-spot lubrication job as you need it . . . right ti;is mint* 3. WATCH THOSE TIRES. They’ve just been through months of ice and snow and sand and slush. Your tire chains have banged at the rubber. You’ve probably been a little • careless about proper air pressure. Let us look them over now, fix them up for extra miles to come! 4. HOW’S THAT BATTERY? Pretty tired and beaten up? Ready to quit when ° weather gets at it? Let us go over it ftl care, refill, recharge, replace if necessary ••• and let’s by all means do it now! c are STANDARD OIL COMPANY saVe$ OF NEW JERSEY _ . _ we^ DEALER ^ ^ , Cogr. IKS. Xiwlai
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