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Evening star., 1944-09-28
Autopsy Seeks Cause of Death
OF Aimee SempIe Mcpherson
Son Finds Evangelist
Dying in Hotel Room
In CoIiforniq
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf. Sept. 28.-An
autopsy will be conducted here this
morning on the body of Aimee
Semple Mcpherson. SO. world-famed
evangelist, to determine the cause
of her death in a hotel room yes
terday.
Mrs. Mcpherson. known as Sister
Aimee to her thousands of follow
ers, died shortly after she was dis
covered, gasping for breath and
nearly unconscious, by her son. the
Rev. Rolf Mcpherson. Her death
was ascribed to a heart attack at
the time.
Shortly before she had ridden to
an Oakland auditorium in a horse
and buggy with a customary display
of shoWmanship for which she
gained fame in "a years of evangel-
ism and delivered a lecture on THE
Four Square Gospel" Last night
she was to have appeared before
another audience. but instead of 800
men and women gathered to take
part in an informal memorial
service.
Disappeared in 1926.
Her career was marked by series
of widely noticed events, climaxed
by her disappearance on the beach
at Venice, Calf. on May Is, 1926.
Thousands of her followers pa
trolled the beach for weeks. praying
for her safety. A $25, 5000 reward
was offered for information about
her. This offer was withdrawn
June II.
In the early morning hours Of
June % she stumbled into the border
settlement of Aqua Prieta, Mexico,
near Douglas, Ariz.
At a hospital she told reporters
that two persons, Rose" and Steve" J"
had approached her on the beach at
Venice and asked her to administer
to their dying baby. When she was
taken to car. she declared the two
clapped blanket over her head and
she became unconscious when a
sponge was placed to her nostrils.
Told Story Of Torture.
She was driven to a one-room
shack in Mexico, the evangelist said,
where Steve" burned her fingers
with a lighted cigar In an effort to
elicit information. the nature of
which she never disclosed. One day
while her abductors were away, Mrs.
Mcpherson related, she cut the ropes
that bound her with a jagged tin
can, and escaped from the cabin.
Her return to her temple in Los
Angeles was triumphant. Crowds
jammed the building nightly.
The Los Angeles County grand
jury heard testimony in an investi-
CATION OF her disappearance but did
not return an indictment.
Several weeks later a district at
torney's complaint was filed against
Mrs Mcpherson, her mother, Mrs.
Minnie lMa) Kennedy: Kenneth G..
Ormiston, former radio operator at
the temple, and a Mrs. Lorraine
Wiseman Seilaff.
Charges Dismissed.
Inc complaint cnarged conSplr-
acy to obstruct justice and to pre-
pare false evidence. 1t alleged that
the evangelist pretended she had
been kidnapped" but that instead
she had spent 10 days in a cottage
at CARMEL with Mr.. Ormiston Mr.
Ormiston declared In an af11davit
that he had not occupied the COT
tage with the evangelist.
After a lengthy preliminary hear
ing, the case was set for trial in
Evening star., 1944-09-28
JAMES e cowLING, Master. I.

JAMES z. COWL1NG, Master.
se1 DEE e nAyD PAY op sSnaay DEF Son p
fs: h. RiSd fns Ellen home Nee 475 81
on Friday, September 20, at $50 am
REQUIEM mass at St: Martins Church at 10
terment Mount Olivet Cemetery.
9oRA 5.r On
Kennedy st. NV, CORA E. DONNEBERG
Remains resting at the s. H. Hines Co. fu-
neral home. 2901 14th st. NV. Notice OF
funeral later.
DUvALL, LIT. WILLIAM GUY, L. S. NJ
IN & the Gulf Of Mexico, 1t. WILLIAM GUY
and m Katharlne E, puvall Of i Lincolr
at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. Ken
slnston, Md. on Saturday, September 80
at 10 am 2S
ECKLOFF. ROSE. Suddenly, on Tues.
SIX sepiepne5 o'G s is44 a. her
loved wife Of Arthur Eckloff Mrs. Ecklof
rests at the Warner E. Pumphrey funera
Md vsefs here v oe ssf5 hsd FTdas
Lincoln Cemetery. 2s
FLORA. MAUDE M On Wednesday
September =; 1914, at at sieley Memorial
hospital, MAuDE M FLORA OF IS T st
Friends may call at the Lee funeral home
4th st. and Mass. ave. ne. Notice OF
funeral later.
GODDARD. WILLIAM E. On Wednes-
day, September .!7, 1914, at the residence
3 GoDDARD, beloved brother Of Georse
B. Goddard, Mrs. J. E. Harding and Mrs
Della M. Meredith. Friends may call at the
Lee funeral home, Attn ST. and Mass ave
where will hold
uroay, September 30, at 1870 pm Rela-
tives and friends invited. Interment Mount
Olivet Cemetery. 30
GRAHAM. ALPHONsUs L. On Thurs
Gay GAY s september IS I944 a. his RESIDENCE
beloved husband of Grace Brew Graham
Friends may call at the Lee funeral home,
9Th st; and Mass. ave ne, until $50 m.
Joseph's Church, where mass will be said
at am. for the repo$e of his soul In
terment Mount Olivet Cemetery. tCincn-
natl, Ohio, papers please copyD %
georges Hospital. poRorHY 1fYf' NJ 4 ns. HAR.
mon the beloved daughter of Marsaret
Chambers Riverdale funeral home. Notice
OF funeral later.
HAWKINS. LYDIA. Entered into eter,
nal rest on Tuesday, September o6, 1874
at Freedmen's Hospital, LYDIA HAWKINS
beloved 1on;o mother Of LemueI and Daniel Hav
John Dynes. She also is survived by on,
son-in- law, Alton Johnson: four nieces
two nephews, other relatives and man,
friends Remains resting at the John T
Rhnes g. Co. funeral home. 3rd and Ey,
sts. sw.. until Friday. September 20. a
pm: then at her residence, 81. ST
sc. Funeral Saturday, September 30. at
p m, from Ebenezer A. NJ. E. Church, All
and D sts. Sc. Rev. John Peters Of
fciatins 1nterment Lincoln Memoria
Cemetery. 90
JACKSON, EFFIE. Departed this lif,
on Monday. September %, 1914, at he
residence. 1915 2nd st. sw.. after shor
illness. EFFIE JACKSON. sister Of Mis-
Irene Brown and Mr. Thomas Brown. Sh
also is survived by other relatives and
devoted friend, Mr. John Delaney. Re
mains resting at the Barnes &, Matthew
funeral home. 614 4th st. sw.. where flu
neral services will be held Friday. Sep
tember 90, at ! pm, Rev. I. Bundy Of
fciating 1nterment Arlington Nationa
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
PouI MorteI, Landscape
And Portrait Artist, Dies

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28.-Paul
Martel, noted landscape and por-
trait artist, died Tuesday.
A native of Brussels, Mr.. Martel
came to this country at the age of
10 and later returned to Belgium
to study at the Brussels Academy
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Bishop Duffy Dies in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. % R).-
The Most Rev. John Aloysius Duffy,
60, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of
Buffalo, died yesterday after an
illness of several days.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
cloudy. with temperature in the
mid 70s this afternoon. Rain to-
night and most OF tomorrow. Low
est temperature tonight, 66 degrees.
Virginia-Cloudy. rain in west
and north portions tonight and
throughout State tomorrow. A lit
tie warmer tonight and a little
cooler tomorrow.
Maryland-Cloudy, with rain to-
night and tomorrow. Moderate tenn
perature.
Evening star., 1944-09-28

Of Fine Arts. His flrst commission
here was for pastel portraits Of the
Oldest and youngest daughters OF
Irenee du Pont.
Evening star., 1944-09-28
CONTELLA. THOMAS. special COM

municatlon of Albert Pike Lodge,
!:
" TELLA. Members are requested
Evening star., 1944-09-28
ECKLOFF. ROSE

day, September IS.
qi09 Old Baden sbu
Silver Spring, Md,
loved wife Of Arthur
rests at the Warner
home, S434 Georsia
Md, where services
September %, at IL
Lincoln Cemetery,
Evening star., 1944-09-28

Suddenly, on Tues
1914, at her home,
re rd., Clifton Park,
ROSE ECKLOFF, be-
Ecklof. Mrs. Ecklon
E. Pumphrey funeral
ave, Silver Spring,
will oe held Friday,
am. Interment Fort
SS
Evening star., 1944-09-28

AutomoblIe HFhtS mubt Be turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to dAte):
Evening star., 1944-09-28
Report for Last "a Hours.

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic SuryeyO
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. June 3 Qp.-salable cattle
500. 500; calves none: compared Friday last
and at the big markets under under eorrsspond sssN nd.
eae eeSd wofk.d ssss ssG srbl Ell classes
mostly 50 hisher, although top % only 20 20
yssrnssn s ssn sass' hs iss s.si.f jun: is
100; indicating highest average cost in
sin sfen kinds s'9ss sas;e steady s1, ssg
Issas istsi0ssi isttsr sssiln. ssvsss' $50
ponnds f%lIT sesnt run cows fully 30 uD buls
heavy sausage bulls reached Is.4o at
slGis' SSis sith sql5 h6 i,S and mss
- salaeie Sal sheep 500; total 1000; CON.
of early advance; shorn ewes steady to 25
WESTERN E1aa s%bs .ns hsis sS sc1 To;a sas
and soSs Is. So p Common naS' and sola@ ms.
% lambs No snd dsosd ps sns inciis i.asn
;Sd snd rood shOrn lambs. ia ila.7t1is.s .sS: W.
early. 1850; not enoasS spring lambs
isssw.abs. fxss aas epEe sSos fss s. Gull and
rado fed lambs steady at 1875: Shorn
mixed grade, mostly medium and good
s7-pound clips with No. 1 pelts 1870
salable hogs 1.oOo;. total 1900; h5x
market generally steady but slow; sasd
and choice 1S0-270 pounds predominated
pounds, 11.75-12.15; a few good and
choice 350,550 pounds sows I0.75-90;
other weights and grades scarce; ap-
proximately 5000 unsold. largely support
hogs; shippers took none; compared with
week ago good and choice 1S0-270 pounds
evenly steady to 25 higher.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Selected Stocks
Extend Gains
Al Week 'sEnd
Liquors Still Rise;
Most Activity Seen
In Junior Motors
BY BERNARD S. O'HARA,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, June 3.-The stock
market today ended generally sat-
tSfactory week with specialized buy
ing keeping the list looking fairly
well despite profit-taking handicaps
encountered by many recent climb
efs.
Liquors came up in the short
session, buoyed by revived hopes
distillers would be permitted to turn
out certain amount of beverages
Eow-priced motors again were the
HHeliest, although most failed to
get anywhere in particular, as in
terest centered on talk of some
automotive plants being converted
to civilian production.
i Throughout the week trends were
bolstered mainly by the return of
idle investment funds. Earnings,
dividends and good war news were
factors in lifting sentiment. Activ-
fty topped the million share mark
on Wednesday for the first time
since mid-Aprii when the overall
share average touched a peak since
October. 1889. The million figure
was duplicated Thursday but The
excursion stalled. as many custom
ers caShed in to await a possible
technical correction.
Amusements enjoyed a furry Fri
day when Paramount hoisted its
quarterly dividend. Park g. Tilford
broke 10 points Wednesday as hold
ers gathered in substantial profits
In the wake of the long-expected
whisky distribution dividend. an
nOuncement.
'Today's gamers, many at highs
for 1914 or longer, were Schenley,
up Q points; Distillers Corp, Park
& Tilford. Packard Motors (most
active), Chrysler, American Tele-
phone, Delaware & Hudson and In
ternational Harvester. On the Off
side were U. S. Steel Bethlehem,
Santa Fe, General Motors, Good
year, Douglas Aircraft, Anaconda
and Westinghouse.
The Associated Press 60-stock av-
erage was unchanged at 53.2 but
on the week showed net advance
of 3 of a point. Transfers totaled
3S5 $40 shares against 415,300
week ago.
In the curb mild improvement
was retained by Electric Bond &
Share, Carrier Corp, American Cy-
anamid "B" and International Pc
troleuin. Turnover here was LOT ,655
shares versus 104, ,070 last Saturday.
Bonds were narrow.
Evening star., 1944-06-04

the associations objectives in tho.
campaign. q
The guest speaker will be I. Aus
TIN Kelly, III, manager Of the
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance CO.
OF New York and member of the
Million Dollar Roundtable. His,
personal production In sales last
year amounted to $l,900.000. ii
his address he will tell Washington.
agents how to duplicate this
amount.
The associations new PRESIDENT
elect, Vernon w. Holleman. general
agent, Home Life, and his fellow
officers and directors-elect will BE-
installed and Charles w. ODon-
nell, retiring president, will present
his report. Certificates of merit
Will be given Is members for their
special association efforts during
the year.
Outlook Held Brighter.
Eight reasons for business en-
couragement are seen by william R..
kuhns, editor OF Banking. He firds
much more action toward retaining
Tree enterprise. People are SUBJ
Stltutlng action for words, he saws.
Business has master plan ready
fors peacetime use which Is simply
70 produce more and better goods AZ
the lowest possible prices. The de-
tails of the plan are In the files Of
most business concerns.
Banks also have a very broad
plan for financing expanding busi-
ness and agriculture. The invest
ment OF risk capital Is gaining more
ana more adherents In quarters that
count. -
There Is more capital than ever.
more new, undeveloped products
ano more skilled men. IN concIu-
sion ne points to the potential con-
sumner demand which is now larrer
than was ever thought possible.
Little Change in Loans.
Consumer instalment loans madA
IN April by commercial banks, small
loan companies, industrial banks
ana credit unions amounted to 154
million dollars. After allowance for
tax loans in March, this volume OF
credit extended Is about the same.
or slightly above that month and Is
per cent above April, l943, the
Feoeral Reserve Board reports.
The combined amount outstand-
ing on these instalment loans. de-
clined about per cent IN Aprii ID
an estimated total OF. 9I2 million
dollars, or ? per cent below the
year-ago level.
The Federal Reserve Board Ri
ported yesterday that Department
store sales In the Richmond reserve
district from January /. through
May n were per cent ahead Of
last year. The largest gain In the
u districts was in the Atlanta area.
81 per cent.
Evening star., 1944-06-04

ChlcaE0 Cash Market.
No cash wheat, corn or oats. Barley,
mailing, 1851 .44ka, nominal: feed. 49,
1.22h, nominal Field seed, per hundred
weight. nominal: timothy. 5.75-6.OO red
top, 14.00-15.00; red clover. 31.50: sweet
clover, 1880.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, June 3 0P1.-Closing for
eigp exchange rates follow (Great Brit
ain in dollars. others in cents:
market 81. per cent discount or 90.6s5.
United States cents. unchanged;
S4.02: selling, S4.04
up .0l Of cent.
Latin America: Argentina free. 24a2,
ico, 20.65n.
n-Nominsl
Evening star., 1944-06-04
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. June 3 lP.-Cotton futures
trading today, Light liquidation through
indifferent. mill price fixing support.
Some of the selling was attributed to
failure of the House Banking Committee
to include either of the Bankhead cotton
textile ceilings in its "a" action to extend
price control legislation.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
New Orleans Prices.

New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, June 8 GP,.-Cotton fu-
lures declined here today on favorable war
news and Weekend long LIQUIDATION. Clos
ing prices were steady, 8 to Is cents bale
lower: July. 21.04; October, 20.27;
December, 20.03; March. 1879; May,
1861.
Spot cotton closed 25 cents bale lower.
Sales, 946. Low middlins, 1880; mid
ding, 2095; good middling, 21.35. Re-
ceipts. 2,121: stocks, 251 1854.
Bid n Nominal
Evening star., 1944-06-04

tUnit of trading 10 shares sales printed in full
In bankruptcy receivership being reorsanized
are annual based on the last quarterly or
semi annual declaration Unless otherwise noted spe-
caI extra dividends not included Ex dividend
xr Elk rights. Also extra extras. Cash stock
6 Paid last year. Payable In stock e Declared
paid so far this year Payable in Canadian funds.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Washington Stock EXCHANGE

Z, lReported by W. B. Hbbs & Co, washington, D. c.
ON wsbsGoh 9G S For YEAR 1914 UP
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Odd-Lot Dealings

PHILADELPHIA. June 3 LP}.-The Sc
euriites .Commisson reported today these
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchsnge for June q 3,262 pnr-
IS short sales inyolving. 20 shares.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
United States Treasury Position

y the Associated Press.
The position of the Treasury J.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Insurance Men
To Hear Plans
For Bond Drive
Reilly Will Address
Life Underwriters
Luncheon Friday

Members Of the District Life
Underwriters Association will make
nnal plans for pusht.g the fifth:
War bond drive, at their last lunctH
Evening star., 1944-06-04
CopitoI Securities
(Over the Counter.)

The following nominal bid and asked
quotations on WASHINGTON securities traded
ington members of the National Associa-
tion of Security Dealers, Inc.
Evening star., 1944-06-04
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. June 3 LP1.-Bearish senti-
ment was evident in all grain pits today
with general crop prospects ane lack OF
demand principal factors in the decline
of all futures prices.
A private report, issued soon after the
opening and predicting a winter wheat
crop of 893,000.000 bushels. $1,000. 900
bushels more than forecast by the Gov
ernment on May /, brought burst of SELL
ing in wheat futures. A weak undertone
continued throughout the session
Rye again broke sharply and was of at
one time about s cents from the high point
of the week, rejecting an anticipated i'm
provement in supplies for livestock feeding
and lack of demand for the cash grain.
Stocks of rye in Chicago elevators now are
estimated at about 10000, 900 bushels,
Wheat closed to u lower than Friday:
July, l.60ss-s4. Oats were 70 to 1sa lower:
July, 74s4. Rye was down IA to 3 cents;
July, 1.07-1 .01A. Barley was of ls to %.
July, 1.21ss.
Evening star., 1944-06-04

MARKET AVERAGES COM
piled by the Associated Press
are traced on the chart above.
In the last week, stocks, bonds
and commodities all contin-
ued to advance.
Evening star., 1944-06-04

con meeting OF
the year. next
Friday at the
Willard Hotel, it
was announced
yesterday.
John A. Reil-
ly, chairman of
the District War
Finance Com. !.
mittee, will OUT
line the details
for the biggest,
bond drive vet
attempted, while
William Rurnple,
chairman of the
Insurance Corr. .
mittee, will state
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Russian Newspapers
And Radio Tell Full
Story Of Lease-Lend
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, June IL. - Russians
yesterday received from newspapers
and radios of the Soviet Union the
full story of the material aid fur
nished the Red Army by the United
States, Britain and Canada.
The detailed statement of Anastas
I. Mikoyan, commisSar of foreign
trade, on supplies provided Russia,
together with his recognition of the
significant part they have played
in the Red Army's victories, was
carried on the front pages of all
newspapers, together with editorials
expressing Russia's appreciation.
Never before have the Russian
people received SO complete a pic
ture of aid received from their
allies.
American Pestige at Peak.
This flood of thanks and apprecia-
ton followed a banquet given by
Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Mo-
lotov and Mikoyon for United
States Ambassador w. Averell
Hartman and other Americans on
the occasion of the second ami
versary of the signing of the lease
lend agreement by Molotov and
President Roosevelt.
American leaders were elated and,
with the invasion on, American
pestige today stands at its highest
point in the history of the Soviet
Union.
The statement that the United
States had sent Russia S. ,000, ,357 900
in supplies between october l, 1941,
and April 80, 1914, made a big i'm
preston.
Credit Given for Success.
A three column editorial in
Izvestia said: These shipments
have contributed to a considerable
extent to the success of the heroic
Red Army"
Pravda likewise had a three-col-
umn editorial and said: Decisive
days are approaching. There are
still many difficulties ahead, but
they will be overcome. The dawn
of victory is visible"
The army newspaper Red Star
said, 1.-THE development OF the mu-
tual advantageous economic rela-
tions between the u. S. A. and the
U. S. S. r. undoubtedly will con-
tribute to further strengthening Of
political relations"
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Anniversary Of Invasion
OF Russia 10 Be Marked

''Order of the Day." written by
Forrest Barnes, will be featured on
the program commemorating the
third anniversary of the invasion of
Russia at the Water Gate, Tuesday,
June a..
The program is being arranged
by the Washington Chapter of Rus
sian War Relief, Inc, of which Mrs.
j. Borden Hartman is chairman Of
the board. ~
The Soviet Union was invaded by
the NaZis June ~, but previous
bookings at the Water Gate made it
necessary to stage the commemora-
ton here at the later date.
Many noted speakers and promi-
|nent theatrical personalities will
appear on the program.
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Shriners to lnit;ot!e! y
Us Next xMonduy'

Almas Temple Shriners will pa.
rade from their clubhouse in the
1900 block of X street NV. to the
Statler, at Sixteenth and K streets
NV, where 125 candidates for the
Shrine will be initiated next Mon
day night.
Illustrious Potentate James A.
Councillor will head the parade
which will include the divan, all
Almas uniformed bodies - military
band, drum corps, drill patrol and
Oriental band. Performers who will
take part In the initiation ritual
floats, chariots and men. in animal
costume will be in the affair.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-22
FOR ONE OUT THERE
A Christmas Prayer

CSent in by Grace E. Hastings
correspondent for Trinity District,
in lieu OF her regular weekly let
teri
Dear God of life and truth and
peace
Your love lives everywhere.
To you ! give my longing thought
In very earnest prayer.
Oh God. You know that he has gone
Far. far away from here
To serve the country that he loves
And save what he holds dear.
Oh, watch and guide him; bless his
days
With Your own living light.
Protect his body and his heart
When darkness comes at night.
God take our love close, close to
him.
Oh spare him fear and pain.
And when his good, brave work is
done
Bring him to us again.
Give him the peace of Christmas
Day,
And speed my Christmas prayer
With all its loving wishes to
The one we love out there. Amen
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-22
THE INFANTRY SPEAKS

So you're tired of working, mister
and you think you'll rest a
bit.
You've been working pretty steady
and you're getting sick of it.
You think the War is ending. so
you're slowing down the pace.
That's what you may be thinking,
sir. but 1t just amt the case.
What would you think, sir, if we
quit because we're tired,
too?
We're flesh and blood and human,
and we're just as tired as
you.
Did you ever dig a foxhOle, and
climb down deep inside,
And wish it went to China, so
you'd have some place TO
hide?
While motored "buzzards" packed
with guns were circling over
head e
And filled the ground around you
with hot, exploding lead?
And did you ever dig out. mister,
from debris and dirt.
And feel yourself all over to
see where you were hurt,
And find you couldn't move, though
you weren't hurt at all
And feel so darned relieved that
you'd just sit there and bawl?
Were you ever hungry, mister
not the kind that food soon
gluts.
But a knawing. cutting hunger
that bites into your CUTS?
It's somesick hunger. mister, and
it digs around inside,
And it's got you i'm its clutches and
there is no place to hide.
Were you ever dirty. mister, not
the wilty-cOllar kind.
But the oozy. Shiny, messy dirt
and gritty kinds that grind?
Did you ever mind the heat, sir,
not the kind that makes
sweat run,
But the kind that drives you crazy
til you even curse the sun?
Were you ever weary, mister; l
mean dOg-tired, you know
When your feet amt got no feel
ing and your legs don't want
to go?
But we keep a-gOin'. mister, you
can bet your life we do.
And let me tell you. mister, we ex-
pect the same of you.
Poem found On New Guinea Beach !