Word: dahlia
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...member of last year's Business School graduating class was questioned yesterday by Sergeant F. A. Brown of the Los Angeles Police Department in connection with the Black Dahlia murder case, the CRIMSON learned last night...
...Angeles detective last night called "absolutely untrue" Boston newspaper reports which yesterday claimed that he was seeking the "Black Dahlia" murderer at Harvard...
There is nothing essentially impossible about a Harvard man backing a young girl called the "Black Dahlia" to death in Los Angeles in 1947. It is unlikely, but definitely within the limits of reason. Consequently, when a police sergeant from Los Angeles (that is where the murder took place) comes to Cambridge (which is a good distance to travel) and confers with someone at Harvard, the interpretation is obvious...
...least, it was obvious to one Boston newspaper, which chose to head its front page. "DAHLIA MURDER HUNT SHIFTS TO HARVARD." This was good for discussion in the dining halls last night, but its effect on the University itself is not likely to be permanent...
...better charge could there be than murder, which is almost as much of a threat to the American way of life as Communism? Soon Killers, Inc. may supplant the Labor Youth League and Young Radicals as the most sinister influence emanating from the University's ivied towers. The "Black Dahlia" case opens up a bold new stereotype...