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By FRANK JENKINS
THE 21-nutlun Paris peace con
fnrence fights, bleeds anil dim
for days over system of voting
Iwlilrh IU rulce committee finally
adopts) llwil gives to Humia purl
of wlmt Kilo wants, bill niil ALL.
Tlml llHIIIMMH'd VCTtlTllliy. Tllli
morning Soviet Foreign Minister
MolotnV riaes In lilt plucci and
trll Hip conference lliut Kuaaia
CAN NOT AGREE to the rules.
WHEREUPON Herbert Kvatl
(Auatrulla's foreign min
ister) asaerts In fiery Srech
thut Miiloliiv In trying lo enforce
before the ix-oro conference TDK
SAME VETO he enjnya III Hie
foreign ministers council.
That pretty well tells the
tory.
It lit obviously what Hum I a it
trylnu to do.
HARK buck moment to Sun
Franelacii, where United Nil
tlona waa born. If our memory
la good, you will recull tliut at
Kim KmnclM-o ltumlu stood nut
flully and determinedly for the
veto power In the council, which
enables ONE nntlon to atop In Ita
tracka ANY action Hint mny be
propiaed.
The Mlnt la thut EVEN THAT
FAX HACK Kuvaia waa propos
ing to uo her own way, ri-gurd-Ima
of opiHialllon, uiul dcvlaed
the one-tuition veto aa the way to
enable her to do what alie pro
poned to do.
TT In clear now (aa It really waa
x Til EN I that with ONE nation
holding the power of veto noth-
lull effective in the way of en
forcing world M-re can be ac
cmpliihed by ANY kind of or
lanluillon of natlona.
Suppoae that in the acnate of
the United Klalea ONE aenator
held the power of abaolute veto.
What, In audi a altuntion, could
be hoped for from the acnate In
the wav of constructive Irglsla
Hon. The anawer ia aa plain aa
the noao on your face NOTH
ING! Everybody knew that at San
Francisco, but In thoae rioya we
HOPED that ANY kind of an
organization of natlona com
mitted even technically to the
eauae of universal peace MIGHT
do SOME good.
VVVE all know now that United
" Nations ia a weak reod to
lean upon. Nobody knows it
belter than- the nm who are
participating In the Pari con
ference. They are nobody's
foola.
Hut, weak a It la, United Na
tlona ia all we have to lean on.
So we (by "we" meaning every
body not dominated by Russia)
are trying to do the beat we can
with it. The real purpose of
the Parla conference la lo try to
bring to benr on Russia the
power of world opinion.
That ia about all that can be
hoped for out of the conference.
-ylllS writer still haa notion
(baaed wholly upon guesa
work and not in any way on In
aide knowledge) that If we knew
ALL that transpired at Yalta and
at Teheran we might find it
easier to understand Rtiaala'a
present stubborn attitude toward
neorly everything anybody clac
proxae.
MEMBERS of the house rules
committee, both Republican
and Democratic, agree in Wash
ington today that the defeat of
Representative Slaughter, of Mis
souri, is an Important feather in
President Truman's cap. Not
only that, but they think it may
be a good thing generally.
Representative Mlchener, of
Michigan (a REPUBLICAN) anyi
today that If the Democrats re
tain control of the next congress
Slaughter's replacement will
help tha rules committee to
"function In the way it is Intend
ed to function." The way It Is in
tended to function, he adds, is to
send to the house floor the leg
islative program of the party in
power.
(Slaughter, the rules commit
tee chairman, combined with
nntl-adminlstratlon Democrats to
prevent many administration
measures from getting to the
floor of the house. That was
K'onllnu-d n t, ('!,
Bald Eagle Goes For Swim
In Waters Of Crater Lake
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL
PARK, Aug. 8 What promises
to be unique performance by
a bold eagle was reported last
week by Park Naturalist George
C. Ruhle. The majestic bird was
seen swimming on Crater lake.
Dr. Ruhle first noticed a rather
conspicuous commotion in the
lake about a mile from shore.
Ranger-Naturalist Ralph R. Hous
tis, a recognized biologist, was
called, and he trained his field
glasses on the scene below.
Through the eyepieces of the
glosses a most extraordinary
sight came Into sharp focus. The
eoglo was cosily Identified; ho
was afloat and was actually
swimming, using a sort of special
eoglo I'ovorwlng stroke What he
locked In grace and poise he
more than mado up with effec
tive thrashing of wings windmill
fashion through Ihu wnlcr and a
long tapering woke astern.
The bird swam to the nearest
shore, giving credenco to the be
lief that tho act had not been
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PRICE FIVE CENTS tm KLAMA1 K -LB. OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST IMS
Oratse SMies Islands
Row Flares
As 'Farmer'
Makes Port
FALMOUTH, Eng., Aug 8 (l'l
The dumaged U. S. Lines
lrelgliter American Farmer and
her rejected rescuer, the little
British ship Ell.nhelc, docked
125 miles upart today and their
officers disputed whethei the
Ellziibetc could have brought
the larger craft to shore.
Possibly $1,000,000 or more
was at' stake as a salvage prize.
dipt. Oscar Johnson of the
Farmer's twin slater, the Amer
ican Hanger, which put a skele
ton crew aboard the collision
battered Former, declared here
thai "In my Judgment Hie Eliza
bete could never have brought
the ship to port and that is why
I boarded her."
Capl. Jan Millers, master of
the 2039-lon Elizabete, a fourth
the size of the Farmer to which
she first lied lowing lines, snld:
"I don't aay nothing." His son
first mate insisted: "We could
have brought her in."
The American Former
reached porl under her own
power. Her original crew
abandoned ship after the foggy,
midnight collision last Wednes
day with the Moorc-MeCormock
Lines' William J. Riddle, 700
miles at sea.
Captain Agree
Capt. Johnson replied to a
question that "I agree" in prin
ciple that the Elizabete bad sal
vage rights in the Former be
cause of her shortlived effort to
tow the drifting vessel. Ho said
the British ship had tow lines on
the Former when the , Ranger
hove to.
Johnson put skeleton crew
from his vessel aboard the
Farmer after she hod been aban
doned by her own crew on the
high sea and taken in tow by
the Elizabete.
Seamen from the Ranger hung
over the rail of the Farmer as
correspondent circled her In a
harbor tug. To a shouted query
aa to whether they had had any
trouble when they took over the
ship from the Elizabete the
American seamen shouted back:
"None at all!"
"We're going to claim this
ship." they added, when asked
whether the American Ranger
would contest the Ellzobete's
salvage claim,
2 Die, 4 Lost
In Plane Crash
POINT ARENA. Calif.. Aug. 8
VP) A coast guard twin-engined
seaplane on a scorch for miss
ing fishing boat crashed Into the
ocean mile north of here yes
terday, with two crewmen killed
and four others missing.
A searcli which yielded the
two bodies yesterday was con
tinued with boots and army and
navy pianos today at the sccno
of the crash about 300 yards off
snore.
The Catalina flying boot had
token off from the South San
Francisco air base on a scorch
for the 88-foot "Pacific Belle,"
then overdue for two days on
trip from Post Son Luis, Calif.,
to Bondon, Ore,
The coast guard announced the
fishing croft, which left Port San
Luis with five persons aboard,
was still missing.
premeditated, where he flopped
one wing, then the other, to free
them of water, after which he
greened himself thoroughly,
hortly after his arrival on shore
he was Joined by a second bird
come, no doubt, to comfort him
and to hear the details of such
an experience. Conjecture has It
that trie second bird was the
mate.
No explanation of the eagles
feat has been offered. One has
been suggested. It is quite likely
tho great bird mado on attempt
to catch a fish swimming close
to or floating on the surface, and
in his eagerness to moke good
the catch he went forther down
in the wotcr than planned, be
camo water-logged and decided
to swim for it. Or It may bo that
this particular bird decided he
could emulate the man-mode
bird which both flies and swims,
Or he may be a chronic exhibi
tionist. Emulation, exhibitionism
or Just plain necessity, a bald
eoglo gave a fine show of swim
ming In Crater lnko.
Abandoned American Freighter Object
International salvage row may develop over S4.500.000 fraighltr, American Farmer, aban
doned racantly by her crew In storm 600 milss off coast of England. Crew of British steamer,
Eliaabtte, is resorted to have boarded the darelict first, claiming salvage prise. Later, an Amer
ican boarding party from the American Ranger, ordered the British men off the crippled
freighter, hoiatad U. S. flag and made off with the ship. Ranger and Farmer may both be arrest
ed when they reach port, officials said. NEA telephoto.
Skulls And Bones
Of Human Races
Sought By Nazis
NUERNBERG, Gcrmony, Aug.
8 (II Letters exposing a grue
some Germnn plan to collect
skulls and skeletons of all races
for an anatomical institute at
Strasbourg were read today at
the war crimes trial.
The international military tri
bunal was hearing a defense wit
ness, bearded Wolfron Slevcrs, a
high SS officer, but he would not
acknowledge the letters.
MuJ. F. Elwyn Jones of the
Collet Named
Steelman Aide
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 P)
Reconversion Director John R.
Steelman announced today a re
organization on the reconversion-stabilization
front with
Federol Judge John Caskie Col
let playing a key role.
Steelman said in a statement
that Judge Collet "will serve
in an over-all capacity as an
associate in my office, helping
me to carry the responsibilities
of both the office of war mobil
ization and reconversion and
the office of economic stabiliza
tion." President Truman brought
Judge Collet bock with him
from Kansas City Tuesday to
take over the new Job, which
Steelman said will continue "as
long as he can remain away
from his Judicial post."
A White House statement
sqld Judge Collet will occupy
an office adjoining Stcclman's
In the cost wing of the White
House, "but will hove no for
mal title or specific duties."
Steelman said he was glad
Collet, who served several
months lost year as economic
stabilizer, "has agreed to come
to Washington."
Tulelake Starts
New Post Office
TULELAKE. Aug. 8 Ground
was broken today for a new
post office building for Tule
lake. The building will be located
on Modoc avenue, opposite the
Golden hotel, and will be a
one-story structure, 38x75 feet
in dimensions, built of pumice
tile. Ed DcBond is the owner,
and will lease to the govern
ment for 10 years. W. D. Miller
is the contractor.
Tulelake post office serves all
of the Tulelake basin and the
Oregon side of the state line
road. Its post office was orig
inally located in a homestead
er's shock. Postmasters have
been Mrs. Fred Taylor, Ray
Rowan (now deceased) and the
present office-holder, Wanda
Stork.
Experimental B-36
Makes First Flight
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 W)
Tho army oirforces' huge experi
mental B-36 bomber flew for 38
minutes todoy in Us first air
borne test at Fort Worth, Tex.
An AAF announcement snld tho
flight exceeded expectations,
Tlie plane, described as the
world's largest land based bomb
er and designed as the successor
of the B-39, can carry more thnn
30 tons of bombs and Is powered
by six 3000 horsepower engines.
It Is credited with a range of
10,000 miles. .
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British prosecution staff pro
duced a letter he said Sicvera
had written to a Dr. Brandt say
ing: "We have nearly a complete
collection of skulls of all races
and peoples at our disposal. Of
the Jewish race, however, only
a few specimens are available.
The war In the cast now presents
us with an opportunity to over
come this deficiency. By procur
ing the skulls of Jewlsh-bolshc-
vik commissars, who represent
the prototype of a Yepulslve but
characteristic sub-human, we
have a chance to obtain a pal
pable scientific document."
Russian Jews Wanted
The plan was for the German
army to turn over to field police
all living Jewish-Russian com
missars captured. The Jews were
to be given special attention until
the arrival of a "special dele
gate." Photographs, anthropolog
ical measurements and birth data
were to be taken.
A letter dated June 21, 1943,
said:
"Altogether, 115 persons were
experimented on. Seventy-nine
were Jews, 30 Jewesses, two
were Poles and four Asiatics.
The collection of bodies was
assembled at Strasbourgh. On
September 5, 1944, Sicvers was
said to have written Brandt ask
ing for instructions because the
city was in the line of the Ameri
can advance.
The letter suggested the bodies
could be picked clean of their
flesh and thus rendered beyond
identification or that the flesh
ports "could be declared as hav
ng been left by the French at
the time we took
over the
anatomical institute.
85-Y ear-Old Man
Begets First Son
SOUTH PASADENA. Calif.,
Aug. 8 (P) At the age of 85,
Joseph Curtis Bcedle is a father
for the first time.
A son, named Joseph, was
born three days ago to his 42-
year-old wife, Mrs. Opal Beedle.
The Beedles were married 14
years ago.
The father, whose red hair is
only slightly peppered with gray,
formerly was public prosecutor
at Holdrcge, Neb., and retired 10
years ago as an attorney in Los
Angeles.
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Roy Premo's
Hat In Ring
Roy T. Premo, 408 Owens,
has taken out a petition to have
his name placed on the Novem
ber city ballot for councilman
from ward 3, making three can
didates for the post now held by
Harvey Martin.
Ward 3 includes city precincts
15 to 21, all in Mills addition.
The boundary runs from the
Main street underpass east to the
city limits, down Washburn to
Shasta way, on Shasta way to
the OCE right of way and back
the right of way to the uhder
pass. Jim Kaler, 2110 White, and
A. F. Condrey, 2234 Darrow,
have already taken petitions for
that ward. Martin probably will
riot run far'the;office again.
Premo ia auditor and office
manager for Lorenz company,
holds office in the Elks and Lions
clubs, is a member of the cham
ber of commerce airport commit
tee, is a private pilot and cap
tain of the police reserve.
He has resided in Mills addi
tion for five years and has two
sons attending Mills school.
To get his name on the ballot,
Premo must secure the names of
at least 125 qualified voters in
his ward on the petition.
Vac Charged
In Jewel Steal
FRANKFURT. Germany. Aug.
8 (P) The U. S. army announced
today that WAC Captain Kath
leen B. Nash Durant had been
charged with larceny, embezzle
ment, conspiracy and being ab
sent without leave in connection
with the theft last winter of the
Hesse family Jewels from Kron
berg castle.
Mrs. Durant will be the first
to face trial of three officers ar
rested. MaJ. David F. Watson,
and Col. Jack W. Durant, the
Wac's husband, will be tried
later.
The glittering collection of
gems is expected to be brought
into the courtroom for Mrs.
Durant's trial, scheduled to start
about August 17.
The charges said Mrs. Durant
conspired with her husband and
Watson to "take, steal, and carry
away" Jewels possessed by
rrince Wolfgang von Hesse and
property owned by Prince Au
gust Wilhelm von Prussia. Of
ficials have valued the jewels
at $1,500,000.
Capt. Glenn V. Brumbaugh of
Los Angeles, the Durant s coun
sel, said: .
"I think we have 'a defense
for the charges."
Purchase
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Third Shock
In 3 Days
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti,
Aug. 8 (If i Another earthquake
shook Haiti at 8:30 a. m. today
causing some damage.
Destruction was believed to
hdve been even greater in the
Dominican Republic which joint
ly occupies the Hispanola island
with Haiti. Thirty persons died
in a Sunday quake in the Dom
inican Republic.
Early reports from the Hai
t an village of Quanaminthe said
two houses had been ripped
open.
It was the third earthquake
experienced in Haiti in three
days, the first one reverberating
lor an nour.
FELT AT FORDHAM
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (Pi A
new earthshock in the Carib
bean area "almost as bad as the
original shock on Sunday, was
rt corded on the Ford ham uni
versity seismograph today.
the time of the recording coin
cided with reports of Dominican
residents in New York who said
friends and relatives told them
n long distance telephone con
versations that a new and in
tense earthquake was hitting
that Caribbean island.
One informant said he was
speaking at 6:30 a. m. (PST),
with a friend in San Pedro Mac
oris who said a new tremor
"perhaps more intense than the
last one," had began there this
morning.
Inhabitants of the town, hard
hit-by last Sunday's quake were
neelng to nearby lulls, he said,
- A few seconds later the com
munication was suspended.
City Sets Fee
For Air Lines
An airport rental set-up total
ing $285 a month based on pres
ent United Air Lines activities
here was presented by the city
tc United at a meeting attended
by officials of both yesterday.
The charge asked by the city
includes a fee of S50 per nr.onth
for each of the first two sched
uled flights into the local field.
$45 a month each for the next
two and $30 each for any addi
tional flights beyond the pres
ent four daily runs. A monthly
rental fee of 5 cents per square
foot for the offices and waiting
room in the tower building adds
$95 to other charges, making a
minimum total of $285.
Arthur Fallon. United attor
ney, told city officials that it
will be necessary for him to sub
mit the schedule of charges to
Lnited's Chicago office before a
definite agreement can be made.
Attending the meetins were
Fallon, the city airport commis
sion, the airport manager the
city attorney and the mayor.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
CHICAGO. Aug. 8 OP) Bob
Feller, who has been suffering
from a sore back, blanked the
Chicago White Sox 5 to 0 today
with the eighth one-hitter of his
career and his ninth, shutout of
the season. His eighth one-hitter
broke a major league record
previously held by Addie Joss,
one-time Cleveland ace.
The contest was the first of
a double-header.
A pop fly by ex - Indian
Frankie Hayes wnich fell be
tween three Tribe fielders in
center in the seventh inning
robbed Feller of his second no
hitter of the season.
Feller, who quit against the
New York Yankees last Sunday
because of a strained back,
struck out five to raise his sea
son total to 251.
R. H. E.
Cleveland 5 11 1
Chicago 0 1 4
Feller and Hegan; Grove,
Hammer (7), Hollingsworth (9)
and Hayes.
Philadelphia 3 11 1
Boston 4 6 0
Marchildon and Rosar; Dob
son and Partee. (First game).
New York 9 10 0
Washington 3 6 2
Wight and Robinson, Niarhos
(9): Leonard, Wade (5), Master
son (9) and Guerra. (First game).
NATIONAL
Boston 8 14 0
Philadelphia 9 10 1
Lee, Singleton (3), Poscdel
(5), Barrett (6), Johnson (8) and
Masl; Hocrst, Mulahy (6), Don
nelly 6) and Seminick (first
game).
Papers Looted
In Effort To
Hinder Expose
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 VP) A daring attempt to forestall
the Garsson munitions combine expose was disclosed officially
today with a senate war investigating committee announcement
that It has the names of the "individuals" Involved.
The committee formally set FBI agents on the trail of tha
mysterious, post-midnight prowler who looted its secret filei
months ago of documents being collected for the inquiry.
Simultaneously, the committee obtained a promise of new
expert assistance in its search for wartime fraud and rti.
profiteering loopholes as -"
other In a series of develop-!
ments which included:
1. The formal committee an
nouncement that it had been
furnished information as to "the
identity of the individuals
who allegedly gained entrance
to its offices at 2 a. m., carted
off files on the Garsson com
bine, copied them in a down
town office, and returned them
a few hours later, ine names
were withheld "for the time
being."
2. A similar omciai disclos
ure that some of the commit
tee's documents including de-
WASHINGTON, Aug. S UP)
Two Kentucky physicians for
mally advised the senate war
investigating committee that
Rep. May (D-Ky.) must "have
an indefinite period of rest,
quiet and careful attention."
it ellminatea ail possunmy
that May, chairman of the
house military committee.
would be able to appear tomor
row before the committee to
explain under oath his wartime
intervention on behalf of the
Garsson munitions combine.
tails of the operations of Erie
Basin and Batavia Metal Prod
ucts companies, two of the con
cerns In the combine have
been missing since last lau.
The committee reported that
the FBI inquiry "is being de
veloped."
The exact date or me eariy-
morning bold searcn oi me
committee's files was not fur
nished to the committee oy lis
informant, but Counsel George
Meader placed it as about last
fall at the time when still
other documents completely
disappeared.
it wait disclosed in a formal
announcement that close to 100
combat veterans have furnished
iirst -band accounts. oiLtheu ex
neriences ' with" defective 4.2
mnrtar shells.
The committee began an In
vestigation of the shells m the
course of its inquiry into the
wartime operations of 19 closely-linked
firms which had May's
acknowledged aid in securing
contracts, material and man
power. May has stressed he
profited in no way.
Greek Charges
Called False
NEW YORK. Aug. 8 VP) Sov
iet Russia declared today that
charges against Albania contain
ed in a Greek memorandum were
"false accusations against the Al
banian people" and then urged
the- immediate admission of Al
bania to the United Nations.
Speaking in a closed meeting
of a security council membership
committee, Alexei N. Krasilni-
kov of Russia declared that the
real facts say that the Albanian
people helped to a great extent
not only the cause of Greece but
also of all the allied countries.
Albania and Outer Mongolia,
another applicant, have been
suDDorted strongly by Russia. A
bid from Afghanistan was next
on the list of the eight requests
for admission.
After Afghanistan in the order
of consideration comes the king
dom of Transpordania, which re
cently was granted independence
from a British mandate and
emerged as a staunch champion
of the Pan-Arabic opposition to
Jewish migration into Palestine.
Black 'God' Avers He Wed
White Girl 'In Name Only'
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8 (P)
Fathtr Divine, self-styled "god"
and negro evangelist who as
sumed the mantle of immortality
in 1932 as the leader of a re
ligiuus cult, married a beautiful,
blonde 21-year-old white girl
from Montreal last April 29 but
he tells shrieking followers it's
'in name only."
The marriage to Miss Edna
Rose Ritchings in the Washing
ton home of the Rev. Albert L.
Shadd, negro Baptist minister,
was revealed yesterday.
Divine entertained members
of his cult at a wedding ban
quet here last night and told the
chanting, shrieking guests that
his late first wife Mother Di
vine had approved the mar
riage, i
License records show that Di
vine gave his age as 41, his
staiu as widower, his address as
Philadelphia. He told his fol
lowers his first wife and he were
married "on June 6, 1882.'
Divine insisted that he placed
the spirit of his first wifede
scribed as "an Aunt Jcmimah
like woman" in the person of
his second wife and then shouted
Truman OK's
Fund Outlay
On Gl Leave
WASHINGTON. Ano A
President Truman today signed
into law an appropriatior. bill
carrying $2,431,708,000 for en.
usiea men s terminal leave pay.
The president has not yet
Signed the terminal leave pay
legislation Itself. This is on his
desk for action.
The bill signed today also
carries $30,000,000 for the pur
chase of especially fitted auto
mobiles for veterans who have
lest their legs.
The terminal pay bill awaiting
action would make an estimated
15.000,000 past and present en
listed men eligible to be paid for
furlough time they did not re
ceive. Estimated to cost as much as
$4,700,000 most of which now
has been appropriated, the law
requires payment to enlisted per.
sonnel who have served at any
wine amie oepiemoer 0, 1939,
for accrued furlough time up to
120 days. The time accrues at
the rate of two and one-half
Qays for each month of service,
minus any furlough time ac
tually received.
Payments will be at the rate,
ot base and longevity pay re
ceived at the time of discharge,
plus a minimum of 70 cents a
day for subsistence.
Payments will be in cash if
they are less than $50, or if the
recipient was discharged prior
to January 1, 1943. 'Cash pay.
rnenur will be made-also o- es
tates of discharged men who
have died.
Zoning Group
Studies City
The problem of uncontrolled
fringe areas around Klamath
Falls is being considered by a
state committee on rural plan
ning and zoning which arrived
in Klamath Falls Thursday to
meet with city and county of
ficials. This group, headed by Com
missioner William A. Bowes, is
here to study the overflow of
the city into outside .reas over
which the city and county of
ficials do not have any control.
The survey will provide mate
rial for state legislation to per
mit county courts to set up
commissions to zone land out
side the city limits.
Speaking before the Kiwanis
club at noon, Bowes pointed
out the advantages of zoning
in. sections which may eventu
ally be annexed by the city.
With zoning, proper sanitation
would be taken care of, parks
and recreation facilities would
be provided and business and
residential sections would be
designated.
1 If correction of the sore spots
in the ' city limits is delayed
until an area becomes part of
the city, the city will pay the
bills for the changes, Bowes
said.
The proposed legislation
would carry the minimum re
(Cantinaei aa rasa I, Cal. S)
that the new marriage, like the
old one, was "in name only."
"God is not married," he ser
monized. .
"It's beautiful," "thank you,
father," "it's true," screamed his
followers, chanting and singing
and clapping their hands.
Divine, whose various prop
erties are known as "heavens"
and whose followers take such
names as "Prodigal Son," 'Tree
of Life," "Miss Charity,' etc.,
said he was "not bereaved" over
the death of his first wife.
"When Mother Divine seem,
ingly deceased about three or
four years ago, her spirit was
about me all the time holy vir
tue untouched by mortality," he
asserted.
The new wife, better known
among followers of the cult in
Montreal by her spiritual name
of "Sweet Angel," formerly
worked in a customer jewelry
establishment in the Canadian
city. Friends said she left
Montreal last April.
Mrs. Divine sat unmoved at
the wedding banquet occasional
ly murmuring aloud the word
peace." ("Peace, it's wonder
ful" is the motto of her hus
band's cult).