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Incident
4AF 1208 I
14 July 1947
MEllOR.AllDUlJ FOR THE OFFICER IN CHA."R.GEt
1. On 10 July 1947., a ohech we.s made at the follcwring locations
in Palm Springs ., California for the purpose of t rying to l ocate Mr .
Richard Rankin;
Palm Sprint;s Police Department., Palm Springs Newspaper.,
•The Desert Sun"., Palm Springs Water Company., Southern California Gas
Company., Palm. Springs Telephone Company, Palm Springs Employment Office.,
Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce., Royal Palms Hotel ., 5 Palm. Springs real
estate offices, and the City Offices of Palm Springs inoluding waste
disposal, water r ights, tax records and etc.
No reoord of lir . Rankin
existed in any of the above mentioned offices.
2.
On 11 Jul y 1947, Mr. Ryland M. Gorham, Postmaster of Palm Springs,
California for the past 14 years ,,,as inter viewed.
Mr . Gor ham stated that
he had lived in Palm Spr ings f'or the past 24 years and that he was un.aware
if a person named Richard Rankin had ever lived in Palm. Springs.
Mr .
Gorham stated that due to the fact that Palm Springs is a resort area and
due to the fact that in the summer months only 3 to 5 t housand peopl e resided
in Palm Springs, whereas in the winter months 10 to 12 thousand resided in
Palm Springs, it was very possible that Mr. Rankin could have lived in
Palm Springs more or less on a non- per manent status and he, Mr. Gorham, not
being aware o:f it•
A oheok o:f General Delivery records revealed a. letter addressed to
.Mr . Richard Rankin, Palm Springs, mail ed :fr om Cicero, Indiana, postn1arked
at Cicero, Indiana, July 1947 ., at 5 P.M.
The return address on the
envelope was listed as the Gospel Tract Worker, Route 1., Cicero., Indiana.
Mr . Gorham permitted the contents o:f the envel ope to be examined inasmuch
as the contents was 3rd Cl ass material and the envelope not sealed. The
records were of a religious nature concerning the sad pl ight of .American
non- church goers, the second coming of Christ and etc.
Superintendent of
Mails was contacted by !Ir . Gorham and stated that there was a Mr . Richard
Rankin who had received mail through the general delivery office of the
Palm Springs Post Office, but that the last mail, other than the letter
mentioned above , came through the Post Office approximately two years ago. "'-­
The Superintendent of Mails seemed to have a very uncanny memory and recalled
where the mail ooming in for Ranki n had been addressed to.
This mail was
addressed to Mr. Richard Rankin in care of a trailer camp located in Palm
Springs .
On calling the trail er camp office, it was found that Mr. Richard
R~n had lived in the camp but departed approximately t\vo years ago and
left no forwarding address .
Investigation is continuing in an effort to
locate Mr . Rankin and obtain a statement from him.
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FRANK M. BROWN,S/A, CIC 4th AF
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