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Evening star., 1936-11-15
COMMODITY PRICES


sociated Press weighted wholesale price
index OF 35 commodities today advanced
to 'S3a1
Previous day. s3.65: week ago. s3le:
month ago, 81 .03; year ago. 771O.
Range OF recent years:
Ejsh Ena $1,000 ss3I.ss7 :S.ssSs 54,a4 s$,Sa
Q926 average equals lOO.)
New 1896 high.
Miscellaneous Markets
Additional New York markets as COM
piled by the Associated Press:
WOOL TOPS-Futures lold contracts)
closed quiet, 5-11 higher. December.
:. COFFEE 81 FEEE steady: Rio No, :. ga;
offerings included Santos Bourbon IS and
IS at 9.6O-1O1O. Rio futures closed
steady; . lower to l higher; sales. 900;
6.49n; July. 6.53b. Santos futures steady.
unchanged to 4 higher: sales. 800: De-
eember. 9.45: March. 9.43n: May. 9.45;
July 9.4Sn: September. 949n.
SUGAR--Futures No. 3 closed steady,
November, ;7sn; January. ? Sob: March,
272b
RAW HIDEs-Futures closed firm. II to
90 higher. December. l2.69b; Mareh.
Sales. = $4,000 pounds.
:, GocoA15rutuTsss clssed ot hrm 1872 e
sis9 saen: March. s,asi:ea: MAY, s as; july,
600: September. a09.- Sales. 1850 tons
CRUDE RUBBER--Futures closed firm.
IA to 70 higher. December. II $3.50:
March 1870: May. l. "a -95. Smoked
ribbed spot. l7.sSn. Bid. Nominal.
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Chicago Cash Market.

Cash wheat, No. l, dark, hard,
1,2412; No. l, hard. 123; sample
grade, lib. Corn, old, No. 2, yellow,
1.12l2; No. yellow, lO8; No. 4, yell
low, 1.0134-.03; No. 5. yellow, 90
1.0112; No. 3, white, los 4 -06; No. 4,
white, 1.05-.055s; No. S, white, 1.0112-
.03; sample grade. 95-971a. Oats, No.
/, white, 4694-48; No. 2, white, 46;
No. 8, white, 44a4-4514. No rye. Soy
beans, No. 2, yellow, 1.27-27A; No. 8,
yellow, 1.25-27. Barley, No. 8, Illi-
nois, 1.2S; feed, 1886, nominal; malt
ing, 100-40, nominal.
Evening star., 1936-11-15
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1896

by Building washington D. c.
AND INCLUDING
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GAS BLAST VICTIM
T0DEQUEST|ONED
Mrs. Bean Still in Serious
Condition at Hospital.
Probe at StandstiII.

Investigation Of the gas explosion
that yesterday seriously injured Mrs.
Beatrice Bean, 23-year-old daughter
of Senator Edward R. Burke of Ne
braSka, was at a standstill today, as
police awaited an opportunity to ques-
ton the victim.
Mrs. Bean, a bride Of six months,
has not been in condition to discuss
the blast since she was found lying on
the floor of the wrecked kitchen Of
her apartment, at 35l6 w place.
Physicians said she has a "fair
chance" to recover, but added she is
still suffering from shock, in addition
to severe burns.
At Georgetown University Hospital
she was said to be burned about the
scalp, face, neck, chest, abdomen and
arms
Detectives said they were told by
the first persons to arrive on the scene
that Mrs. Beans head lay on two
pillows and that four jets on the
kitchen stove were open, but unlighted.
How the accumulated gas became
ignited is still a mystery. although
police have advanced the theory Mrs.
Bean may have attempted to light a
cigarette.
A great quantity of gas would have
had to accumulate, police said, to cause
the damage done by the explosion. A
20-foot section of brick wall was torn
out, plaster knocked loose, pictures
shaken from the walls Of other apart
ments and doors blown open.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
STUDENT Is WOUNDED
IN TARGET PRACTICE
Bernard McGinnis Struck in Both
Legs By Ricocheting Bullet
at st. Johns College.

Bernard McGinnis, 17-year -old
student at st. Johns College, was re-
covering in Casualty Hospital today
from superficial wounds in both legs,
suffered accidentally at target practice
at the school yesterday.
The youth was examining the
targets when the pistol of a fellow
student, Clayton Eakle, II, of 229
First street northeast. discharged. The
bullet ricochetted and struck Bernard
just above the knees. His injury was
not considered serious, and he was ex-
pected to be discharged from the hos
pital within few days.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
SHARP CUTS MADE
IN SHIP MAIL PAY
Post Office Department Acts
in Preparation for Sub
sidy Program.
Dy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Post once Department of1iciab said
today they had ordered sharp reduce
tions in mail pay rate to ship lines in
accordance with the Maritime Com
missions preparation Of . new-and
direct-ship subsidy program.
In some instances, an onicial said,
the departments payments to mail
contractors were slashed IS per cent,
but appeal could be taken to the
Maritime Commission for direct SUBJ
sides, replacing the mail payments.
In the mail readjustment, one
schedule was increased. that on mail
addressed to points more than 5000
miles away.
Before the Maritime Commission
was set up by an act Of the last Con-
gress, the Post ONCE Department sub
sidi1ed American shipping by paying
"a cents . pound for mail carried in
American vessels, regardless of dis
tance. Foreign ships were paid .
much lower rate.
The department also gave Ameri-
can vessels preference even If they
sailed 6, IL or even 48 hours later than
foreign competitors.
This time differential is still in
force, but the new poundage rates
for American ships carrying foreign
bound mail already are in effect, based
on the distance involved.
For mail carried less than 500 miles
to foreign port. the 64-cent rate
was reduced to SIS cents by the Post
once Department.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
BONUSESGRANTED
| BY 4 MORE FIRMS
Bonds, Zirkin's, Becker's
and Model Shop to Dis
tribute Cash.

Four more Washington business
houses today announced Christmas
bonuses for their employees.
The firms are Bonds clothing store,
H. Zirkin & Sons, furriers; Becker s
leather goods store, and the Model
Shop.
Bonus checks for the Bond en-
ployes were distributed yesterday to
statesmen, office workers and tailors.
The distribution to members Of the
Bond organization here is part of q
$3.50, 900 bonus being paid by the COM
pany throughout its chain.
Zirkin employees will receive q
bonus based on length Of service. I:
will be given out some time before
Christmas
Those employees Of Beckers who
have been with the firm a year or
more will receive q weeks salary,
while those employed from six months
to year will be given a half a weeks
salary.
Harry Racoosin, owner of the Model
Shop. announced that all employees,
regardless of length of service, will
receive a bonus, despite a considerable
personnel increase during the year.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
CRASH OF HOMEMADE
PLANE KILLS PASSENGER
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
WINN, Me, December 15.-A home
made airplane crashed through
inches of ice on the Penobscot River
here late yesterday killing its sole
passenger and critically injuring the
pilot.
Walter Campbell, garage proprietor
here and amateur pilot, was critically
injured, but DR.. George F. Way.
medical examiner, said he probably
would live.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
0LD.AGE AID FORM
DEADLINE is TONIGHT
Social Security Board Checks Re.
turns to Ascertain Number
to Be Under Plan.

With midnight tonight the deadline
for wage earners to file applications
for old-age benefit enrollments, the
Social Security Board today was
checking countrywide returns that
would indicate the number of persons
to be brought in under the plan that
becomes operative January l.
Each Of the 1.072 tipping centers
that are clearing the forms to the
Social Security Board division Of rec
ords in Baltimore and assigning
account numbers to the workers them
selves have been instructed to notify
the board today just how they stand
The registration here is practically
cleaned up and Postmaster Vincent
Burke has begun to reduce the tenn
porary force engaged on this work.
There are $4,000 enrolled here and
Burke said today he thought that
finally, making allowance for the re-
turns that will inevitably be late, the
total might 60 to $4,000.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
ALABAMA JOb[ESS
INSURANCE VO|DED
State Supreme Court Holds
Act Violates Local and
u. S. Constitutions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY. Ala; December
15.-A three-judge Federal court ruled
today the Alabama unemployment
insurance law violated both the State
and Federal constitutions and granted
complaining firms . permanent in
junction against its enforcement.
The court, made up of Judges
Samuel H. Sibley, c. B. Kennamer and
r. T. Erwin. did not pass on the con-
stitutionality of the Federal unem-
ployment insurance act, which was
challenged in the same case.
The decision was handed down in
the cases Of the Gulf States Paper
Corp. and the Southern Coal & Coke
Co. against Attorney General A. A.
Carmichael and the State Unemploy-
ment Insurance Board.
BY the decision,s the State Of Ala
bama was "perpetually enjoined from
enforcing said act against complain
ant in any way requiring contribu-
tions, reports or otherwise, or by ex-
acting fines, penalties or other pun
lSllneQCS D6CduSe Oh tuc IdllQTc W
comply with said act. the said act be-
ing held and declared to be uncon-
stitutional and void because in con-
flict with the fourteenth amendment
of the United States, and Of article /,
section %, of the constitution Of
Alabama"
Carmichael said he would appeal
Immediately to the United States Su-
preme Court.
Todays decision held that the Ala
bama act violated constitutional Sec
tions which prohibited States from
depriving citizens of life, liberty or
property without due process Of law"
Specific reasons set out were:
81. Unfair appropriations Of en-
ployers' funds without compensating
benefits.
20. Because classification e or
more employes) is arbitrary and vio-
lates due process.
"3. Impairs obligation Of contracts
between laborers and employers"
Evening star., 1936-12-15
JUDGE PASSES CIGARS
curran Family Now Includes an
S.Pound Girl.

Judge Edward M. Curran arrived
at Police Court an hour earlier than
usual today, but remained only long
enough to turn his bench over to an
other judge and distribute cigars to
his friends.
THE Curran family now numbers
four" the jurist announced.
An eight-pound girl was born to
Mrs. Curran in Georgetown Hospital
at Z am. today. Judge and Mrs
Curran have another daughter, 81
months old.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
MRS. IDA LEE OFFUTT
DIES OF LONG ILLNESS

Mrs. Ida Lee Offutt, 81, widow oi
Joseph w. Ofutt, died yesterday after
a long illness at her home, 1894 A
street southeast.
A native of Falls Church, Va, Mrs
Ofutt had lived here for As years. She
was q member Of Esther Chapter, Or.
der of the Eastern Star.
She Is survived by q son, Clarence H
Offutt, and two daughters, Mrs. Mil.
dred Offutt Warman and Mrs. Hilds
Ofutt Warner, all Of this city; foul
brothers, James, Edward and Johr
Heath of Falls Church, and Franz
Heath, this city, and three sisters
Mrs. Bertha Reid and Mrs. Elsie Mis-
kell. this city. and Mrs. Paul c. Norris
Crescent City, Fla.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow at the residence. Buria
will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
new CENSUS POST
GIVEN CARRUTHERS
Named Assistant Chief Statisti.
clan of States and Cities
Division.

Announcement was made today at
the Census Bureau of the promotion
of Lemuel A. Carruthers to the posi-
ton OF assistant chief statistician Of
the Division OF Statistics of States
and Cities. This promotion includes
q transfer to the professional classi-
fication and carries with it a substan-
tial salary increase.
Mr.. Carruthers has been attached
to the Census Bureau for many years,
serving as assistant chief and chief
Of the division OF which he has now
been made assistant chief statistician.
He Is a well-known figure in the ma
tional gatherings of tax and munich
pal statistical experts. having just re-
turned from attending a national
convention Of municipal officers in
Miami. An active worker in civic
affairs Of the District of Columbia
Mr.. Carruthers Is now and has been
for several years chairman of the
Evening star., 1936-12-15
DENTISTS DINNER
HONORS CAMALIER
New President Of American As.
sociation Guest of 800.
Parran Speaker.

DR.. c. Willard Camalier, recently
elected president Of the American
Dental Association, was given q testi-
monial dinner last night at the May.
flower Hotel by 800 members Of the
District Dental Society and their
guests. DR.. Camalier Is q member Of
the Washington organization.
Among the guests at the dinner
were DR.. Thomas Parran. jr.. surgeon
general Of the United States Public
Health Service. who was the principal
speaker; Commissioner Melvin C.
Hazen. Senator King Of Utah, DR..
Leroy M. S. Miner, retiring president
Of the American Dental Association;
Rear Admiral Percival 6. Rossiter,
surgeon general Of the Navy. and Maj.
Gen, Charles s. Reynolds, surgeon
general Of the Army.
DR.. Parran told the gathering that
dentists are 20 years ahead OF the
medical profession in preventive work.
He declared dentists have educated
the public to have periodic dental
examinations.
Evening star., 1936-12-15
EDGAR W. PHARR,
EXAMINER, IS DEAD
Federal Power Commission Man
Succumbs Suddenly After
Operation.

Edgar W. Pharr, 48, Of 1901 Six
teenth street, an examiner for the
Federal Power Commission. died early
today in Sibley Hospital. He ap-
Evening star., 1936-12-15

had served several terms.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Ruth Pharr; two daughters, Miss
Charlotte Pharr, a senior at Erskine
College, South Carolina, and Jewel
Pharr, student at Central High
School; sister, Miss Mary Pharr,
Charlotte, N. c.; two brothers, Ernest
Pharr, Charlotte, and Hazel Pharr,
Davidson, N. c., and his stepmother,
Mrs. w. S. Pharr, Charlotte.
The body will be taken tonight to
Charlotte, where Mr.. Pharr was born.
The funeral services and burial are
to be held there. the time to be an
nounced later.
Evening star., 1936-12-15

parently was re-
covering from an
appendicitis oper-
alton, performed
December 7, when
he suffered q re-
lapse last night,
members of his
family said.
Mr.. Pharr, who
came to Wash
ington in Febru-
ary, 1885, for
merly was Speak
er of the North
Carolina House
of Representa-.
t.ivex In which he
Evening star., 1936-12-15

Committee on Fiscal Relations OF thu
Federation Of Citizens Associate
He Is president Of Forest Hills Citi.
7ens' Association and a member OF
the Citizens Joint Committee on Fis-
cal Relations between the United
States ard the District Of Columbia.
Evening star., 1936-12-15

The blackeye pea, . legume, aids In
building soil fertility.
Evening star., 1936-12-15

Britain has $4,000 more tons of
shipping at work than q year ago.
Washington Journal., 1936-06-05
(GOrtfeBung fOIst.)

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bic bat ii9 aber anes be5dblen lafen,
mas i9 entopei gemu4t bate, nno
mad 5tpei Monoten bate i'd nod
feds Murt auf ben 2Obn bruuf suh=
len fo[en."
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meter. oie portion 1T aber f9redlid
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mir tOden nGmIi@ isst uuf'm Spurs
ber6l"
Washington Journal., 1936-06-05

Gin @ur8eIgeri9t. gu
einem Hfuno Nnden- ODER Shul-
terfleiib ueroen orei HfunO Mobr.
riiben uno &oblriiben gemiihts iau-
Der eepubt. 9as tIeineeIdniitene
6leii1 miro g%ebraunt uno Die gee
l1nittenen Bitr5eln meroen nit elm
paar pfefferfornern. einem 5tiid-
den 2orberblott uno einem Nelfen-
fopf gu Dem mi: Boiier gut beOed-
ten 6leii1 eegeben, wenn es fodt.
8pei Stunoen foht oas @eriht gut
Sngeoedt gar rnO nimmt 5uIebt bic
in 5deiben seIdnittenen aurtoffeln
ouf, Die susIeid oas @eridt idmi3
made1.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
DEATHS

William H. B. Ramsey, Ss, 6Ss Irving
st. N w.
BENJAMIN F. Brown. o. $3.50 veazey
st. N. w.
sallie S. Myers. 81. 2O15 Kalorams
Rd. n. W.
Charlotte L. MirIck, So. 1901 Macombe
Jobe AuEs. 70. 5515 Fifty-fitty St.
N. w.
Thomas B. Collins, II. 632 F st. N. W.
Ina e. Holmes, 76, Emergency Hos
pital
James H. Sheridan, 70, Providence
Hospital.
Amanda L. Matthews, 81, 422 Seven
Rosalind L. Cooper, 81 1747 Irving
st. N. W.
Hattie L. Harrison. 40, 3O1s Monroe
Mary J. Hines. 20. 1900 Thirtv-fifth
william Boswell. 40. Emergency Hos
John NJ. Wright, 8s, Walter Reed
Hospital.
Joseph sellattee. 81, s2s Fifth st. N. W.
Thomas r.; Howard, jr., 4, Walter
Reed Hospital.
Thomas Hanson. 81. 1923 Forty-first
st. N. w.
Joseph Jackson. So, Gallinger Hospital.
Thomas D. West, SIS, Gallinger Hos
pital
Carrie Leak. So. Gallinger Hospital.
James Whitly, IS, Freedmens Hospital.
William Gatewood, 46, Gallinger Tos-
pital.
George v. Roye. ~. 1903 Ninth St.
N. w.
Birdie Harrison, 27, GaIlinEer Hospital.
Virginia r. Lewis, %, 1901 Aster Pl3
s. E.
Ralph Bailey. Fl. Freedmans Hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
MYERS GUILTY,
GIVEN LIFE
Continued from Local Page)

Continued from Local Page)
gambler, at Takoma Park to kill
him, but killed the newspaperman
when they Numbered on his iden-
tity. The jury recommended mercy
for Myers, and he will be SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment.
Trial Opens April Is
Sutton, Washington gambler
and the man who is alleged to
have hired the others to kill Nc
Donald, and McDermott asked
for changes of venue from Mont
gomery county where, they told
the court, they could not get
fair and impartial trials. Chief
Judge Hammond Urner, Of the
sixth judicial circuit, ordered the
trials moved to Cumberland and
court authorities there said the
calendar would permit opening
of the trials on April Is.
Counsel for Myers filed notice
of motion for a new trial. For
NAL sentencing of Myers was de-
ferred until the motion Is argued.
Myers is held in the county Jail
atop the courthouse, while the
others are held in death row at
the District iail.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
GETS 6 MONTHS
ASDIS0RDERLY

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, April
4.-Waverly Roberts, 26, Of Capt.
toll Heights, was sentenced to six
months in the Maryland House
of Correction by Judge George
Merrick in Prince Georges county
court yesterday on a disorderly
conduct charge. County Police
man Henry Kreuter testified that
when he tried to arrest Roberts
following fight in Capitol
Heights last month Roberts re-
sisted arrest.
Frank Shorter, of Silver Hill,
paid a fine of $50 and costs fol.
lowing his conviction on a charge
of selling liquor when he had a
permit to sell only beer and wines.
Virginia La Fontaine, of 1881
D st. S. E., Of Washington, D. c.,
forfeited $11.70 collateral when
she failed to appear in court to
answer charges of driving without
a permit.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
DR|VET0 SPEED
B0YSCLUB

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 4.
Backed by a membership Of 108,
committeeman working for the de-
velopment Of a boys club in Alex
andria, launched city-wide cam
paign here today to secure 200
more members.
A $4,000 club building on Q
large lot has been offered as q
gift by DR.. and Mrs. Robert s.
Barrett on a condition that citi-
zens assure financial operation
Of the club for five years.
Members are being asked to
subscribe $50 each, which would
be payable 81 a month for five
years.
DR.. Barrett said he and Mrs.
Barrett intended to leave Alexan-
dria for the summer in about q
month, and, as he would like per-
Sonally to supervise the construc-
ton Of the building, urged the
committee to exert every effort to
speed the guaranty fund.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES

Richard L. Tuve, "a, ss14 Connecticut
Ave, and Maxine Duval, %. 1925 De-
catur st. N. w.
Leno johnson. rs, s34 North Capitol
st. N. W., and Jessie L. Hill. %. 1876
U st. N. W.
Boyd H. Miller, 90, HyattsviIle, Nd,
and Eileen D. Colbert, IS, Cottage City,
Md.
John L. Sniscak, "a, 1855 Lawrence
st. N. E., and Mary Pastula, %, Tres
chaw, Pa.
Oscar J. Forehand, 81. 1910 sherwood
st. N. E., and Mary I. Youngblood, rs,
Takoma Park, Nd.
George c. Corners, rs, $3.50 oliver st.
N. W.. and Norma C. Thomas, 81, 3404
Garrison st. N. w.
James e. Cobb, jr., %, Elmont, Va,
and Helen o. Thrower, 20, Ashland, Va.
Benjamin Brown, 2S, 4S05 Illinois Ave.
N. w. and Tillie 8. Cafrita, ri, 1910
Varnum st. N. w.
Robert L. Baum, %, 2440 Sixteenth
st. N. W., and Rhoda Lichtman, Is,
Shoreham Hotel.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
PRISON GOODS
DUMPINGHERE
& CHECKED

An investigation to determine
the basis Of information that has
come to him that prison-made
goods from other states are be-
ing dumped" on the National
Capital Is being made by Repre-
sentative Everett Dirksen (R.), Of
Illinois, it was revealed today.
Dirksen, q member Of the
House District Committee, ex-
planned that II he finds the in
formation well founded he will
propose and seek enactment of
legislation to prevent this situa-
ton.
According to Dirksen's informa-
ton, at least one organization in
the District is receiving these
prison-made goods from q state
where the sale Of such goods
within the State Is prohibited.
He added:
''Many States already have
laws barring the importation Of
prisOn-made goods from other
states, and the sale Of prison
made goods whether they Origi.
mated in the State involved or
some other State.
although there are no manu-.
featuring companies here with
which such goods would come
into competition, the goods
made in the prisons, where
there Is no overhead, can be
sold cheaply and thus compete
with goods made by free labor.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
Virginia Woman
SucCumbs 10 Illness

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, April
4.-Miss Margaret Buck Shep-
herd, prominent in local patriotic
and charity work and member
of a widely known family, died
here after an illness Of several
weeks.
She was a sister of George w.
Shepherd, president Of the Com
mercial State Bank, and of Mrs.
Philip N. Stern, wife Of the chair
man Of the Virginia Fine Arts
Commission. Also surviving are
q brother, Thomas w. Shepherd,
and a sister. Miss Judith Shep-
herd
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
EDITH'SM0THER
NEARS TRIAL

NORTON, Va, April 4. - Trial
Of 4sdith Maxwell's mother, Mrs.
Anne Maxwell, charged with be-
ing an accessory to murder, has
been set for April "a in Wise
County Circuit Court.
Mrs. Maxwell has been under
$4,000 bond since the slipper
death" Staying Of her husband,
Trigg, last summer.
Edith was sentenced to IS years
in prison for murder.
The mother has stood Staunchly
by her.
Trigg was injured fatally In a
struggle with Edith after she had
stayed out later than he thought
she should.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
Gift Service Scheduled

Howard University Women's
League will hold its seventh
annual gift service tomorrow
at 8 p. M, in Rankin Memo
rial Chapel. This traditional
service was inaugurated to build
up a fund for worthy women
students in financial difficulties.
Participating will be Miss Edna
Williams, chairman of the gift
service committee; Miss Carrean
Green, president Of the league,
and Miss Elvin Lee. honor stu
dent of the senior class.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
JOHN ROBERTS

Funeral plans for John Roberts,
IS, who died in Miami, Fla, Tues
day, have not yet been completed.
Mr.. Roberts, who formerly re-
sided at 1343 Oak st. N. W., is
survived by his wife, Emma Rob
erts. The w. w. Chambers Com
pany at 140O Chaplin st. N. W.,
will announce the date Of the
funeral and interment.