The Archive · 1931

Wicked Cities of the East

Los Angeles, May 17.

Condi in Shanghai are "cer~ rible," Mrs, Aimee Semple MePherson, titian haired. evangelist. of Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, de-lared here to-day upon her return from a tour around the world, In describing the events of the Journey round the world which she took to recuperate from a nervous breakdown, Mrs. McPherson expressed. the opinion that Manila is a wicked city.

is necessary to impress the four-square gospel on Shanghai and Manila," declared Mrs. McPherson. ible in Shanghai that she was hysterical there for three days.

"In fact," Mrs. McPherson told newspaper reporters, hai is so bad it would, make you sick to your stomach.

"The people in Shanghai told me that if T will go back there next year the city Will be swept with the force of the four-square gospel."

In her interview to-day Mrs. Me-Pherson did not make it clear when ther she plans to return to Shanghai next year in an effort to make the city less "terrible."—United Press.

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