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The Washington times., 1935-04-13
'Cat-Eye Lii May Get
New Chance at So

and a half back in April, 1923.
Returning she found Lii and the
family jewels gone.
Two years later "Cat Eye" was
captured in Milwaukee and taken
to Buffalo, N. Y, to stand trial
for $4,000 jewel theft there
short time before. She was given
10 years in the women'S prison
at Auburn, N. Y.
"Lil'' was not beaten yet. Be
fore transfer to prison she leaped
from the second floor of the Erie
county Jail at Buffalo and, de-
spite a broken ankle, escaped.
She hid in deserted house for
several days before recaptured.
Even Auburn Prison couldn't
hold the phantom "Lil" She dug
a tunnel from her cell to the outer
prison yard in 1926. scaled the
wall with a cell-made rope and
fled. She was caught within
seven hours.
Warden Loses Job
In 1927, "Lil' escaped again,
but her liberty lasted but a few
moments. The prison warden lost
his job over this incident and
lii" was sent to the Mattewan
State Insane Asylum. Subse-
quently she was returned to Au-
burn to complete her term. She
was brought to Baltimore on its
expiration two weeks ago.
ILLS" method of operation was
simple but effective. She invari-
ably obtained job as maid in
the home she intended to rob. She
always had first-class references,
using various aliases. Shortly
after her employment started,
after first winning the confidence
of her employers through dill.
gence in her work, Lii" would
gather up the available jewels and
vanish.
In her purse at the time of her
arrest were found a bottle of
chloroform and a pack of cotton.
These, she admitted, we're for use
"just in case" the intended vic.
Tins were light sleepers. But she
said on one occasion:
"I've never had to use it
very often
Police said ellis" reputation is
international, but they had no
records showing that she had oper.
ated abroad.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
SLEET HIT
NEW ENGLAND

BOSTON, April 10 G.N.SO.
Driving rain, forerunner of an
other northeast gale and an &C
companying sleet storm, forecast
for New England over the week
end, beat down upon this section
today adding to the menace of
floods, motoring accidents and
mishaps at sea.
Hardly recovered from the
northeast gale of Tuesday and
Wednesday which swept over this
six-State section from the West,
New Englanders donned raincoats
and rubbers as they went to work
under a heavy doWnpour.
At South Weymouth, 40 home
o'7ners and their families pre-
pared to flee at a moments no.
tice in the event that Great Pond.
the Weymouth water supply, over
flowed.
Between Westfield and Pitts
field more than SO trucks and
100 automobiles were in bitches
or helpless in the road, unable to
proceed over road surfaces coated
with ice.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Doctor Reports Cure
For tuberculosis

Artificial fever treatments then
were administered. The animals
were placed under fever cabinets,
oven-like structures, and their
temperatures raised to 104 to lot
degrees.
The fever treatments lasted
from four to five hours and were
repeated from six to eight times
on each animal. Rarely was the
treatment necessary more than
eight times.
DR.. Major reported more than
so per cent of his animal patients
recovered fully from the disease.
Several animals were lost, how
ever, for varied reasons.
DR.. Major has confined his ex-
periments to animals and is not
sure of the efficacy of artificial
fever in human beings. He plans
still further tests on animals.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
zoo NEW CAMPS
PLANNED FOR
MIDWEST
Conservation Corps, Directed
BY Federal Experts, to
Battle Soil Erosion
Copyright. 1888. by International
News Service)

President Roosevelt plans to
throw an army of 10000 CCC
workers into the battle against
dust storms and land ravages
this summer.
Already 10000 Of the Civilian
Conservation Corps men are sta
toned in 200 camps within the
area over which the disastrous
storms have swept recently.
When CCC personnel is doubled
under the newly expanded pro-
gram, the President has directed
that 20 Of the new camps, aver
aging 200 men to a camp, be con-
Btructed within the danger zone.
This step marked completion
Of the planning stage for soil
erosion work designed to reclaim
land that the dust billiards have
not entirely covered with sand
ana made useless.
Headed by Experts
Over the army of Conservation
Corps men, directing their activ.
ities and training them, will be
between 800 and 900 soil experts
an the soil erosion bureau of the
Agriculture Department, headed
by Chief H. H. Bennett.
With this equipment, Mr..
Roosevelt will make war not only
on the immediate emergency
caused by the present and re-
cent storms, but will try to lay
down a farm land bulwark that
will resist the high winds which
pick up topsoil in the future.
The 10000 CCC men already
in the field engaged in soil ero-
sion work in the dust storm area
have begun their attack on the
present emergency.
Wherever the storms have
abated, they have started in with
their work of teaching farmers to
plough the land deep, providing
deep burrows which resist wind,
and which turn to the surface sub
soil with cohesion enough to stay
put.
Plenty Of Work
According to reports constantly
coming into Mr.. Benefits office
here, there will be plenty of work
for an army even larger than the
10000 contemplated. Latest ad-
vices have not yet given a clear
picture Of the damages wrought
by the dust which has been whip
ping over the Southwest during
the past several days. One Of Mr..
BENEFITS assistants said:
"Only when the storms sub
side can we count the real dam.
age. Only then can we check
up on the havoc wrought"
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
PK|NS ALLOTS
CASH To STATES
international News Service


Relief Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins today allocated $113,66l,-
1874 to the States for April relief,
reduction of $19,274,842 from
March allotments and approx
mately $36,400,000 from the Feb
ruary total.
Today's allotments did not in
clude Georgia, which has not
made provisions for the State to
assume any share of the burden,
and included $10,692, $40 for Penn
sylvania for only the first half of
the month.
Governor George H. Earle of
Pennsylvania was warned by Ad-
ministrator Hopkins Monday that
the State must take action to raise
$5,000,000 a month as its share
of the relief load or further Fed
eral funds will be withheld.
The allotments include: District
of Columbia, 1902, 900; Maryland,
$1,326,033, and West Virginia,
$1,479,825.
Today's allotments were from
an ALLEGATION of 1875 million dol
lars made to FERA by President
Roosevelt after he signed the 1880
million-dollar bill, which carries
$50 millions for direct relief.
The allotments to all States ex-
cept Georgia and to Pennsylvania
for the last half of the month in
dicated that Administrator Hop
kins was satisfied with arrange
ments made by the other States
to take their share of the relief
burden
The Washington times., 1935-04-13

BALTIMORE, April 13-"Cat
Eye Lip Mcdowell, credited by
police with having stolen more
than million dollars worth of
jewels in the last generation, sat
in the Baltimore Jail today and
wondered if at SO she could start
life anew and "go straight"
There's just a possibility that
Lii" sometimes known as "Cat
Eye Annie" and score of other
aliases, may get chance to try it.
Cat Eye" was found guilty here
yesterday of the $10,280 jewel
theft at the home of Nathan F.
kaufman, wealthy business eXecu
tive, IL years ago. But Judge
Albert S. j. Owens reflected upon
the fact that the frail, white
haired woman had just finished a
10-year term in New York prison
and said:
"There's no doubt of guilt in
this case. The verdict was juSti-
fled. But I'm not disposed to
keep a person in prison forever"
HER CASE STRANGE
With that he suspended sen.
tence and announced he would
attempt to have police in CleVe,
land, Chicago, st. Louis and
Elkins Park, Pa, adopt a SIM
liar attitude of mercy. Officials
of those cities have filed detainer
papers for Lii and that's why
she remains in Jail today.
Perhaps psychologists could tell
why Lii looted the homes in
which she was employed as a
maid. There is no record of her
ever having lived in luxury.
Few of the gems she stole have
ever been recovered. But police
will tell you that it was not diff
cult to catch up with her once
they had been given her descrip-
ton.
The nickname "Cat Eye" was
not just an accident. There is a
peculiar feline appearance about
the woman. One eye is slate,
colored and the other brown
There is no forgetting her face
once it is seen.
With her earlier background
shrouded in mystery, Lii first
broke into big time" crime no
tice in 1923 when she sacked the
Kaufman home. Mrs. kaufman
testified she had left the woman
alone in her home for an hour
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
What Ideal Girl
IsLike atone
College

BOSTON, April 10 G.N.sO.
What's an ideal girl like?
The Ideal girl" chosen at
Simmons College, Miss Connie
bort, the kind of girl who can
cook like mother, but at the
same time is as athleticalIy in
clined as any other girl in this
day and age, friends declare.
Connie, who lives in Newton,
learned to cook, sew and knit.
She is a college senior.
Her chief likes are "the fog
coming in from the sea" and
hiking in the woods.
Dislikes-what few Of them
she would admit having-are:
Loud voices, New England
boiled dinners, the color orange
and the odor of cigars.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Hope of Rain Scant
In Dust-Stricken Zone

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 10
NIN.SO .-Desertlike aridity, with
no definite promise of rains and
relief, prevailed today in the area
of the black blizzard.
Dead livestock, drifted roads
and highways and migrating farm
families today marked the latest
and most severe of the long series
of dust storms that covered west
ern Kansas, parts of Colorado,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and the
Texas panhandle.
Drifts of fine, fertile silt were
banked high against farm build.
ings. Orchards in many areas lay
half covered by choking dunes.
Farmers, thrown on relief as a re-
suit of the dust storms, shoveled
dirt drifts from town streets and
highways.
While the livestock losses
proved light, huge damage was
inflicted on the Southwest's wheat
crop, 1t was feared. Rising prices
on the futures exchange reflected
this damage done by the storm.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Suspect Hunted
In Woman Death

Police were searching for a
suspect today in connection with
the strangulation murder of Mrs.
Florence Dancy, IS, colored, widow
of the former recorder of deeds of
the District. The woman was
found dead last night at her home
in the 2100 block L st. N. w.
The police were working on the
theory that Mrs. Dancy was
strangled by a person who at
tempted to rob her. She was the
widow of John C. Dancy. who
served as recorder of deeds for 10
years under the administrations
Of Presidents Mckinley, Theodore
Roosevelt. and Taft.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
3 HURT IN AUTO
ACCIDENTS

Three persons we're injured and
the drivers of two automobiles
were arrested as a result of
traffic accidents here late yester-
day and today.
Representative Schultz of In
diana escaped injury at First and
D Streets Northeast last night
when his automobile collided with
a taxicab operated by Claude Has
son, of the 600 block F st. N. E.
Stepping from behind a parked
automobile in the 800 block of
Fifteenth st.. William Jamlson, 81,
of the 1900 block K St. N. w., re-
ceived dislocated shoulder when
struck by an automobile operated
by Wilbert Talbert, colored. 81, of
the 21OO block K St. N. w. He
was treated at Emergency Hos
pital.
George H. Brown, colored, 10,
of the 1900 block Linden st. N.
E., was arrested on three traffic
charges at the First Precinct sta
ton after his automobile knocked
down Madison w. Manley, ~. of
the HOO block Maryland Ave.
N. E., at First and E Streets
Northwest. The injured man was
treated at Emergency Hospital
for a broken leg and bruises.
After treatment at Casualty
Hospital for a lacerated forehead
received in an ccident at
Seventh and I Streets North
east, Ray Smith, colored, 80, of
the 900 block Callan Street
Northeast, was arrested by Ninth
Precinct police on a charge of
driving while drunk.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
STRIKE.
ONWARFA|LS

The combined student body of
local colleges today settled down
to the serious business of studies,
having forgotten the boos and cat
calls which yesterday quelled at
temptS to stage a strike against
war.
Two demonstrations at the
George Washington University
campus were turned into a bur.
lesque by hecklers who fringed
the small group of protestantS.
Representative Maverick Of
Texas and Representative Amlie
of Wisconsin last night addressed
students of George washington
during a protest meeting at the
Friends Meeting House, 1900 block
of I st. N. w.
The legislators criticised DR..
Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of
the university, for trying to put
a damper on the student strike.
Other local schools made a half
hearted effort to observe the
strike call. The Rev. j. Russell
Clinchy, pastor of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church,
addressed a small student group
at Western High School.
About 100 students at Howard
University paraded, carrying anti
war banners. Miss Elizabeth
Wheeler, daughter of Senator Bur
ton Wheeler, of Montana, spoke
before an assembly at Wilson
Teachers College. and Representa-
tive jeanette Rankin addressed
the student body at American
University.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13

DETROIT, April 10 U.N.S0.
DR.. R. c. Major, of the Henry
Ford Hospital staff, today be-
lieved he had effected a possible
cure for acute tuberculosis.
In a paper read before the an
nual meeting of the Federation
of American Societies for Elk
perimental Biology yesterday, DR..
Major reported he had success
fully cured several animals in
oculated with acute tuberculosis
virus taken from human beings
by subjecting them to artificial
fever.
DR.. Major used monkeys for
most of his experiments. For
several days after incubation.
the animals were observed until
examinations showed they were
impregnated with the disease.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Railways Silent
On Wage Scale
Universal Service

Members of the executive COM
mittee of the Association Of Ameri-
can Railroads. meeting here yes
terday, steered clear of any discus
sion of a new wage cut reported
in contemplation.
AS this was the last scheduled
meeting of the committee this
month, indications were seen in
railroad circles here last night
that any such decision will be left
to the committee of railroad mana
gers at Chicago, headed by w. M.
Thiehoff, general superintendent
of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
500 With Bank
Accounts Fired
From Relief

ALBANY, April 10 G.N.S).
Five hundred "pauperized ariSto.
Gratis" parading as needy persons
while concealing bank accounts,
amounting in one case to 1000,
were dropped from public aid rolls
today by Lester w. Herzog, relief
director. Mr.. HerZog said:
'This is the worst kind of
thievery. Stealing from those
who are in acturaI need"
Those who received aid through
false statements will be forced to
pay back every cent, Herzog de-
clared.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
University Store
Is Looted of $113

Francis D. Croonin, manager of
a store in the Old North Building
at Georgetown University, re-
ported to police today that the
store had been burglarized of
quantity of knives, rings, pens and
pipes bearing the college seal and
$40 in cash during the past few
days. The entire loot was valued
at $113.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
NELLA VEVERKA
APPLE QUEEN

Miss Nella Veverka, beautiful
young daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Veverka, of Czecho-
slovakia, has been chosen queen
of the Apple Blossom Festival, to
be held in Winchester, Va, May
%, according to an announce
ment made today by the chair
man of the Apple Blossom Festi-
val Committee.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Hospital Post Seen
For Mrs. Coolidge

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, April
10 u.N.SO.-Reports were cur
rent today that Mrs. Grace Good
hue Coolidge, widow of President
Coolidge. would be offered an ap-
pointment to the board of trus-
tees of Northampton State Hos
pitai She recently returned from
a visit to Slick Rock, N. C.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
THE MEANEST THIEF

HALIFAX, N. S., April 10
0.N.SD.-While the congregation
of North End church was kneel-
ing in prayer, a thief ransacked
the pockets of their overcoats in
the veStibule. He got away with
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-11-29

Mrs. H. D. Renninger has returned
after a stay of several months with
her daughter in Crisfield and other
relatives.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-11-29
EDWARD LONG HELD
FOR FATAL SHOOTING

Edward Long, Kingston man.
charged with the fatal shooting, on
the evening of November tenth, OF
Carl Chelton, is being held in the
Princess Anne Jail awaiting trial. The
Petit Jury has been recalled and will
convene on Monday next at which
time the case will be tried.
The fracas which resulted in the
death Of Chelton, took place at fill
ing station on the Princess Anne Girls
field highway. The argument was
said to have been over which of the
two should drive the automobile. Both
are supposed to have been drinking
heavily.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-11-29
THOUSANDS OF
new VICTIMS OF
DREAD DISEASE
Infantile Paralysis Again Stalks
Through The Land
This Year

Infantile Paralysis again stalket
through the land this year, adding
thousands of new victims to the sew
eral hundred thousand already Grip
pied. The need of continued effort
in their behalf is greater than ever
and once more the call is made fol
you to participate in the campaign
which for the past two years you
have aided so generously and with
such outstanding credit to your COM
munity.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as
you know, has again consented to lend
his birthday, January 30th, for an
other nationwide series of Birthday
Balls for the benefit Of these Infan-
tile Paralysis sufferers.
We are fully aware that the sue
cess Of the Birthday Ball held in your
community these past two years was
largely due to your splendid and un-
selfish cooperation, and that of your
associates.
The President has approved the
suggestion that 70 per cent Of the
proceeds raised by each local Birth
day Ball be retained in the commun-
ity to be disbursed to local or adpac-
ent orthopedic hospitals, or for the
treatment Of local Infantile Paralysis
cripples, as the local committee de-
cides. This allotment was first made
last year; the plan worked well and
has been approved throughout the
country. 80 per cent Of the proceeds
will be turned over to the National
Committee for delivery to the Presi-
dent to be presented by him to the
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation,
for the continuation and extension of
it's part in the national fight against
Infantile Paralysis.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-11-29
MRS. MILES ANNOUNCES
DAUGHTERS ENGAGEMENT

Mrs. Herbert Granville Miles, Of
Jersey City, N. j., announces the en-
gagement of her daughter, Lola Fran
ces Miles, to Mr.. George Hampton.
Jr., of Bridgeton, N. j.
The prospective bride is the only
daughter of Mrs. Miles and the late
Herbert G. Miles, formerly of Marion
Station, Maryland. She attended the
Bergen School for Girls in Jersey City
and was graduated from Briarcliff,
Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.
Mr.. Hampton was graduated from
Lehigh University in 1924. He is
connected with the Postum Company,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The date of the wedding has not
been announced.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-11-29

moke City to Wagram, all in the LIST
Elec. Dist. Consideration $40 &c.
Sallie T. Ellis from Carson F.
Chandler and wife, real estate con-
tanning 1 Acre, more or less, in the
End Elec. Dist, on the State Stone
Road leading from Snow Hill to POGO
inoke City. Consideration $40 &c.
VIM. E. Landlord from Edmond H.
johnson, Assignee, the "Pocomoke
Fair Ground Property" containing 81
Acres, 1 Rood and 8 Poles, of land
more or less, in or near Pocomoke
City, in the LIST Elec. Dist. Consider
alton $21OO.
Oscar M. Purnell and Emma J.
Purnell, his wife, from VIM. X. Pow
ell, property on the Southwest side
of Collins or Hill Street, in Snow Hill
Consideration $40 &c.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-11-29
CHRISTMAS SEAL
SUNDAY NAMED
BY ASSOCIATION
Sunday Following Twenty-Five
tn Annual Sale OF Christ
mas Seals

The Sunday following the begin
ming of the Twenty Ninth Annual
Sale of tuberculosis Christmas Seals
by the Maryland tuberculosis As
ISOLATION has been designated Christ
mas Seal Sunday in the hope that the
work of the Association and the part
played in this work by the Christmas
Seal will be brought before the peo-
pie Of the State.
December first, the first Sunday
of the tuberculosis Christmas Seal
Sale, has been proclaimed as Christ
mas Seal Sunday. Members Of the
clergy throughout the State are re-
quested to mention to their respect
i've congregations the work of the lit
tie Christmas Seal in preventing, dis
covering and curing tuberculosis.
Since the founding Of the Maryland
tuberculosis Association the tuber-
culosis death rate in this state has
dropped from 204.1 to 1914 per 100,-
600 population. Ivan Lee Holt, Presi-
dent of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America made
the following tatement regarding the
work, "The Christmas Seal campaign
is a part of our American Christmas!
One should be happy to aid such a
worthy cause. A generous response
adds to the Christmas spirit and joy!"
The death rate from this disease
has been lowered per cent per 1O0,-
900 in Maryland during the past year.
1t is still long way from the low
rate that can be reached. Washing
ton County acquired the best record
among several counties in the past
year. The tuberculosis deaths in
Worcester County were rs being 1856
per 100000.
In many Of the counties the schools
celebrated Wednesday, November 9th
as Thanks for Health Day." Small
health pageants and plays distributed
by the Maryland tuberculosis As
ISOLATION for this purpose are pro-
duced by the students.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-11-29
GOVERNMENT ALLOTS
FUNDS FOR CROSSINGS

According to announcement made
by the United States Department of
Agriculture, Maryland is to receive
81, 800, 900 for the elimination of dan
gerous grade crossings in the State.
The dangerous crossing in this city
is one of the projects approved and
will probably be one of the first pro-
jects started on the Shore.
Included in the crossing elimination
program will be provision for bridges,
tunnels, road changes, gates and flash
ing signals. Pocomoke crossing will
be protected by crossing gates.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-11-29
WALLER PAVING
COMPANY GETS
ROAD CONTRACT
Awarded Contract For Laying
First Section Of The Sal
isbury Bypass

The Waller Paving Company, of
Salisbury, has offered the lowest bid
for construction of the first section
of the Salisbury bypass. Their bid
was $127,427.
The proposal was on 1882 mile
section running from a point south
of Fruitland to the corporate limits
of Salisbury. The contract will call
for a twenty-foot highway with a
bridge across the creek near Tony
Tank.
Construction will be under regula-
tions of the Public Works Admins
tration which stipulates prevailing
wage shall be 40 cents per hour for
unskilled, IS cents for semi-skilled
and 80 cents for skilled labor.
Proposals have not yet been sought
for construction of the second and
third sections which will complete the
relocation Of u. S. Route No. Is to
N. Division st. south of the viaduct.
An alternate route has been pro-
posed for the bypass north Of East
Main Street. This would carry the
thoroughfare, parallel to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, north on West Rail-
road Avenue, crossing the Baltimore
and Eastern Railroad tracks and
north on Elm street.
This proposed route is considered
less expensive than the original
course and is said to have impressed
the State Roads Commission.