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The Washington times., 1935-12-03
NORTH CHINA'S
FATE HINGES
ON PAR.LEY
Ho Attempts to Turn
Officials From Plan
to Join Japan

PEIPING, Dec. 3 G.N.s).-Em-
bodying the Marking govern
ment's last hope Of preventing
North China from setting itself
up as an autonomous federation
under japanese influence, War
Minister Ho Ying- g-Ching arrived
here tonight for a crucial series
of conferences with Chinese and
Japanese officials.
Coming from Nanking as the
spokesman for the central gov
ernment, General Ho went i'm
mediately to the old government
headquarters in the Imperial
Palace and plunged into discus
sion with leading North China
authorities.
Major KENT Doihara, represen-
tative Of the Japanese army
credited with being the leading
organizer of the pro-JapaneSe
autonomy federation movement.
indicated a willingness to meet
General Ho and discuss the prof.
ect by which five North China
provinces would divorce them.
selves from Nanking and openly
associate themselves with Japan.
PessimiSm prevailed in Chinese
quarters as the talks got under
way. AS evidence of the outlook,
Marking leaders indicated they
would ship to Nanking all of the
Peiping curios-remainders Of the
imperial regime-still left here.
Such a move would be a repeti-
ton Of the action two years ago
in which thousands Of cases Of
the relics were shipped southwark
in the face of danger of japanese
military occupation of North
China. The suggestion of moving
the remainder of the curios in
dicates the new fear of occupar
ton by the japanese army.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
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lein Koubkova established the
800-meter record at the women's
world games in London, in 1894.
Shortly afterwards B. c. Sims,
manager of the South African
team, shocked international sport
dom with the charge that he
thought" some of the COM
petitors were men.
For a while a controversy
ragged, but it was soon hushed up.
Now. Reuters Prague CORE
spondent said, Fraulein Koub-
kova has resigned from all
womens sports associations in
CzechoSlovakia.
She has already submitted to
one operation since her sex was
questioned, it was said, and
another minor operation will per
nit her registering as male.
When the question arose as to
whether Koubka. as "he" will
call himself, will be allowed to
keep the two women'S records.
sports authorities expressed the
opinion that the international
board would rule in the affirma,
tive. since there is medical eVi-
dence that the athlete was a
woman when the marks were set.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
L0RING
REWARD
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and petty crimes. The town coun-
Gil ordered this last night.
2. Mayor Norman A. Pruitt will
campaign for a town referendum
on the question of whether police
men shall be paid a salary instead
Of fees, to encourage the force to
fight crime more effectively.
To Administer Estate
3. Mr.. Keefer also will ask the
Orphans Court next week to name
an administrator for the victims
estate, consisting of furniture, per
sonal effects, bank accounts and
bonds, valued at $1,500. Two
$1,000 insurance policies are not
included in the inventory.
4. Beyond admitting that in his
opinion an insane person did not
commit the murder, Lieutenant
Itzel would not say that he has
any definite information on the
murderer. In answer, States At
torney Bowie denied that Itzel was
quitting this weekend. and said
the probe would be pushed until
all leads are run out.
1t was announced today that a
Baltimore boy and girl failed to
identify Victor H. Redmond, Wash.
ington restaurant employe, as the
man who attempted to attack them
two months ago. Redmond, cap,
tured Thanksgiving Day in Balti'
more. is charged with an attempted
attack on a Mt. Rainier child. He
will be given a hearing Thursday
evening.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
Authorities Here Doubt
Sex Can Be Changed

Extreme doubt that the sex Of
a normal person can be changed,
as in the case reported today from
Prague. was expressed by medical
authorities here today.
Virtually all the authorities
interviewed today suggested that
where a person possesses bi-sexual
characteristics, one of the two
later in life will develop more than
the other. or by operation one can
be eliminated.
There is no such thing as
changing the sex of a person" "
was the opinion expressed by
Major E. E. Hume, head Of the
library of the Army Medical Corps.
1.-The subject is one about which
much has been written and which
is much discussed. I hesitate to
make any positive statement one
way or the other, as there is al
ways someone ready to argue the
other side. However, there are
people that have had malforma-
tionS and have had them cor
rected. This sometimes gives the
appearance of changing the sex,
but it really is not.
Cases Very Rare
There are persons who are
truly bi-sexual, and either the
male or female characteristics
could be brought out. They are
very rare, and I doubt the posSibil-
ity of their having offsprings.
The response of Capt. Harold
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
Speaker 10 Outline
Park Service Aims

Expansion Of the National Park
Service in the field of recreation
will be described to the recreation
committee Of the Council Of So
cial Agencies by James B. Will
liamS, collaboration for the Ma
tional Park Service, at a luncheon
meeting at 1890 p. m, Thurs
day at the Y. M. C A. The Rev.
Russell j. Clinchy, chairman. will
preside at the meeting. which will
be the final one of the year.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
Girl Athlete Chances
Sex, Keeps Records

Smith, of the Navy Medical School,
was:
1T cannot be done"
He pointed out that there have
been instances in which there are
certain disorders in which there is
a chance in the secondary char
acteristics. He added that in the
lower animals sex changes are
possible.
AS to the sex change brought
about in the Czechoslovakian
woman, he said
II would say that must be ex-
aggerated."
Others Skeptical
He also suggested the possibility
that the male characteristics
could have been substituted for
the female but, he declared, if
such is the case the substituted
organs will not live.
Il have never seen anything in
literature to SubStantiate the
story" was the comment of DR..
Charles whitehead, assistant
curator of medicine in the Smith
sonian Institution.
II have never known Of a case
where the sex Of a normal person
was changed"
Another health authority here
who would not permit his name
to be used, suggested that the
CZechoSlovakian woman must
have been essentially male" with
male characteristics.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
LIQUOR STORES
RAIDED BY
ROBBERS
off With Trousers Is
Thugs Order in One;
Motorist Held Up

Eight hold.up men staged three
raids last night.
One Of them was q methodical
robbery Of a liquor store at 1887
Connecticut Avenue in which four
men were forced to take off their
trousers in the presence Of a
woman to make the task of rifling
their pockets easier. This raid
was made by three colored men.
AS the story was told to police,
the trio sauntered into the Lari-
mer Liquor Store and quietly
herded Bernard F.. Kelly, 1925
Michigan Ave. N. E., manager; =;
Mrs. Helen M. Dowden, 26, daugh-
ter Of the proprietor, 3240 Nine
teenth st. N. W., and Wellington
Abrams, 1880 I st. N. W., into a
rear room.
One Of the three, standing guard
at the front door, sent Andrew ].
Dawson, "a, of TIA Tewksbury Pl.
N. W., delivery man. and Robert
Malone, Of the Shoreham Hotel,
to join the others in the back
room when they entered the store.
Off With Trousers
Mrs. Dowden was told to turn
her face to the wall. She did. The
men then were ordered to take
off their trousers. These were
taken by the robbers and the wal.
let's tal.en from them.
Dawson's collections of un-
reported amount, went with the
wallets.
The several pairs of trousers
were dropped on the floor while
the armed men went to the cash
register and took $l8243.
They also took Mrs. Dowden's
purse, containing $2.32 and street
car tokens.
Mr.. Kelly gave up a wrist watch.
Others in the store were unable
to tell exactly how much they
lost.
In a second robbery two white
hold-up men did not fare so well
when they robbed Frank Del
Viccio in his liquor store at 1908
Eleventh st. S. E. They missed
S400 the proprietor threw into a
rear room and, one of them was
believed to have been wounded
when Nathan Lewis, an employe
of the store, fired two charges
from a shotgun after them.
Later. police were told. two men
answering their description were
seen near the Navy Yard gate.
One of them was limping.
MOtorist Held Up
Walter Hickling, colored, 1015
Minnesota Ave. N. F., told police
his automobile was forced to the
curb by three colored men in an,
other car at Nineteenth and East
Capitol Streets. Two Of the men
levelled guns at him, the third
took $50 from his pockets.
Park Policeman William E
Riley was another robbery victim
Early today, two men broke into
his home. 4213 Jenifer St. N. w.
and stole his .38 caliber police
pistol. Riley said he saw two men
leaving the house but was unable
to say whether they were white
or colored.
Theft of a diamond ring. valued
at $3.50, was reported last night
by James B. McComb who said
it had been stolen from his apart
ment. 1133 Thirteenth st. N. w
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
FRENCH RESCUE
.. STOLEN BABY

MARSFILLES, France, Dec. 3
(I.N.SO.-Little Claude Maine.
jac, 18-month-old victim Of
Frances first kidnapping for
money in two centuries, was dis
covered by French Surete Ma
tionale operatives here today,
nearly week after the boy was
carried off from the public
square.
A ransom note was received by
TIE boys parents Saturday ask.
ing $4,000 francs ($3.350 for his
return. The father was under
stood to have indicated his will
lingness to pay. More than $50
police, aided by bloodhoundsp
secured MarSeilles.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
ENGLISH KING
ASKSARMS
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ment's estimate for public
services, the monarch announced:
'The fulfilment of our inter.
national obligations under the
covenant, no less than adequate
safeguarding of my empire,
makes it urgently necessary that
deficiencies in my defense forces
should be made good.
MY ministers will, in due
course, lay before you proposals
which will be limited to the
minimum required for these two
purposes"
Sharp criticism of the statement
in the Kings speech that his rela-
tions with all foreign powers con
tinue friendly" was voiced by
Major Clement Attlee, leader of
the opposition Laborites, as debate
opened in the House Of Commons
on the royal address.
1.-The government apparently re-
CARDS a (League of Nations) cove
nant-breaking state in the same
position as other powers, said
Attlee, obviously referring to Italy
1T is curious to regard an ag-
gressor state in the same way as
those still fulfilling the covenant" !"
He also stated the Kings speech
lacked "any constructive Sugges-
ton for dealing with the causes
of war"
The labor leader asserted the
government has not given full
support to the League. He said:
II find it difficult to see how
a settlement acceptable to Italy,
Abyssinia and the League can be
reached. The issue facing the
world is vindication Of public
law. Public law cannot be vlndl-
Gated by making agreements with
an aggressor who is actually
perpetrating a crime"
Peace Plan Denied
Meanwhile Mussolini has shown
no signs Of accepting any Anglo
French yard-stick for peace, it
was stated in informed quarters.
"As far as community of views
is concerned" it was stated by
one high official, "the British and
French talks are going along
satisfactorily, but the difficulties
of the subject and the necessity
of satisfying three parties Qtaly.
Ethiopia, and the League Of
Nations) does not give us too
much cause for optimism"
The foreign office denied Official
knowledge of a report that Vittorlo
Cerruti, Italian ambassador to
Paris, had replied to France with
a definite set of peace proposals.
From the center Of military
activities, London heard that the
Ethiopian government claimed SO
Italians were killed in a clash with
Ethiopians in the Tembien region
of the northern front. The news
came in a Central News dispatch
from Adds Ababa.
Five hundred EthiopianS were
reported to have attacked the Ital-
ians. The Tembien region. north
west Of Makale, has been a strong
hold for 10000 Ethiopian troops
under RaS Seyum which the Ital-
ians have been unable to drive out
despite their surrounding the area.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
China Cites Treaty
Violation to Powers

LONDON, Dec. 8 G.N.S0.
China has formally called the
attention of Britain and France
to Japan's alleged violation Of
the nine-power treaty through
troop movements in Northern
China and pressure for creation
Of an autonomous state there.
Ambassador Quo Tai-Chi called
on Sir Samuel Hoare at the
foreign office yesterday for this
purpose, and the Chinese charge
d'affaires visited Premier Pierre
Laval in France, it was learned.
The Chinese move is regarded
in political circles as the culmina-
ton Of a series of diplomatic
steps designed to prevent the
North China independence move
ment.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
Xmas Toys for Needy
Displayed at School

SIDE, Md, Dec. 3.
More than 400 reconditioned toys,
to be distributed among needy
children at Christmas, will be
placed on display at a meeting
of the Parent Teachers Associa-
Eion of the WoodSide elementary
school tonight at 8 o'clock in the
auditorium.
The collection, which includes
more than 80 dolls, has been re-
paired by a special committee
composed Of Mr.. and Mrs. NAL
colin Chandler. James T. Reside,
c. L. So ssrS and C. C. Kidwell.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
New U.S.Note 0fferinq
Well OversubsCribed
international News Service

HUT VHIIHVAUIIHI -NUWH NVTFICB
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau hailed today the over
whelming response to the Treas
ury's call for $900,0O0,0oO in new
money.
The books for $450,000, 900 in
2A per cent 10 to 12-year Treas
ury bonds and $3.50 100000 in one
one-half per cent five-year Treas
ury notes, were closed last mid
night after being open a single
day. BY 6 p. m. last night Off
cials said the offering was well
oVer.SubScribed.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
Gregg Will Speak
On Poland Soviet

Willis Ray Gregg, chief Of the
United States Weather Bureau
will speak on the topic Some Oh
servations by a Meterologist IN
Poland and the Soviet Union" az
the weekly luncheon meeting Of
the Washington Zonta Club
Y. M. C. A. Building, tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1935-12-03
FINDS USEFUL
EXAMPLE OF
i. ). AID
Executive Plans Trip
Soon to Model
CCC Camps

WARM SPRINGS, Ga, Dec. 3
d.N.S0 President Roosevelt is
taking a variety Of occasions here
IN his adopted State Of Georgia
to focus national attention on
those social experiments sponsored
by the Administration which he
considers have turned out sue
cesSfully.
A rural resettlement community
has been visited. The Presidential
stamp of approval was placed on
the work of tranSplanting families
to new farm communities and re-
f1abilitating them with Federal
money and supervision.
SIum Clearance Lauded
The bright, cheerful buildings"
Of a Negro Slum clearance project
in Atlanta inspired Mr.. Roosevelt
to say that "just around the cor.
ner-and we know how to get
around the contestants a
tribute to useful work under gov.
ernment supervision" in the mat
ter of giving the less fortunate
decent roofs over their heads"
Before the week is over, the
President is expected to visit Camp
Meriwether, a CCC camp located
just off the Warm Springs Foun-
dation. Headed by Major Russell
pounO1Sc poo7IIoT ArY0v OffiNaP
this camp is a model.
During the course of visit here
by DR.. A. E. Morgan, head Of iva,
the President tentatively accepted
an invitation to dedicate Norris
Dam at Muscle Shoals next year
Norris Dam is the keystone Of the
Administrators big "yardstick"
experiment in the Tennessee Val.
ley to make cheaper power avail
able in both rural and urban COM
munitieS.
AAA Speech In Chicago
Next Monday, at Chicago, PreSi
dent Roosevelt is expected to ex-
toll the benefits of controlled crop
production under AAA and defend
the processing tax from current
attacks. This will be before the
American Farm Bureau Fedora
tion on his roundabout way home
to washington.
At the Pine Mountain Valley
rural community, 20 miles back Of
here, the President specifically
warned that the time had come
for the counties to take up the
burden of rehabilitating their dis
tressed farm families. The Fed
eral Government recognized, he
said, there were probably a mil
lion such families with a right to
q better place to live-"but obvi-
ously the Government can't care
for a million families because
there isn't that much money in
the Treasury"
Visits Galloway Estate
After inspecting the Pine Noun
tain Valley project, which ulti-
mately will house $50 reclaimed
families on 13 acres each, Presi-
dent Roosevelt drove his own car
q few miles farther to Blue
Springs" sunptuous estate Of
Cason Galloway, Southern mill
operator.
Mr.. Roosevelt spent the night
at the Galloway estate. together
with Presidential Secretary Mar
win H. Mcintyre and Miss Mar
guerite LELAND and Miss Grace
Tully, of the White House per
Sonal staff.
A detail Of Marines, which is
stationed here to assist the Sc
cret Service in keeping Warm
Springs clear Of aimleSs sight
SeerS, was sent over to the Cal.
laway estate to stand guard dur
ing the night.
The President returned this
morning in time for his Gus
tomary plunge in the pool here.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-09-13
COMMISSIONER RUDY
WANTS ADDRESS CHANGES

"Have you changed your address ?"
This question is asked by Walter r.
Rudy, Commissioner Of Motor We
hicles. 81 understand" said the Com
"that failure to notify the
office of the Commissioner Of Motor
Vehicles of change Of address has al
ways been a source of great incon-
venience to the office as well as to
the car owners of Maryland.
application blanks for 1886 IL
censes will soon be printed and your
application will bear your address as
now recorded. Failure on your part
to notify the office of the Commission
er of Motor Vehicles of change Of ad-
dress may result in not receiving your
license application.
Notification blanks for change of
address can be secured from the Of
flee Of the Commissioner Of Motor We
hicles or from automobile dealers, JUS
tees Of the peace and notaries pub
lie throughout the state"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-09-13
MIR. SHANNAHAN TELLS
OF OLD AGE PENSION

Samuel K. Shannahan, Chairman of
the Board of State Aid and Charities,
has the following to say concerning
the operation of the Old Age Law:
"Our attention has been called to
the fact that circulars are being dis
tributed throughout the State offer
ing for sale information required to
secure an Old Age Pension.
"The Old Age Pension Law distinct
~ states that it shall be unlawful for
airy person to make any charge or
receive any fee for representation OF
an applicant or pensioner in any pro-
ceeding hereunder or with respect to
any application whether such fee or
charge be paid by the applicant or
pensioner or by any other person or
PERSONS
"There is no reason why any one
in Maryland need pay any money to
anyone for the preparation of an Old
Age Pension application. Our Wei
fare Boards in the counties, and the
Department of Public Welfare in Bal
timore City are thoroughly equipped
and are prepared to render every poss-
ible service and assistance without cost
to any applicant qualified for an Old
Age Pension"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-09-13
COUNTY 4-H DAIRY
CLUB RANKED HIGH

The Worcester County All Dairy
Club team composed of James Parsons,
David Northam and Linwood Parsons
of Snow Hill, ranked fifth in the state
in the annual dairy judging contest
at Timonium. Two of the boys won
cash prizes. James Parsons had the
third highest score in the state on Hol-
stems.
The placings of the county teams for
the state are as follows: Baltimore,
3645; Carroll, 1855; Allegheny, 34O3;
Hartford, 1922; Worcester, $3.50; Fred
erick, 1859; Howard, 3146; Cecil, 314O ;
Caroline, 1926; Washington, 5000;
Dorchester, 1927; Kent, 2s16; Somer-
set, 2751; Wicomico, 2739; Queen
Anne, 1856; Montgomery, 26O7.
The trip to the Fair was made pos
sible by the Worcester Fertilizer Com
pany Of Snow Hill.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-09-13
TO LECTURE ON
WELFARE AT
c. c. c. CAMP
u. S. Bureau Of Biological Sur
ey Will Send Lecturer
On The 18th

The U. S. Bureau of Biological Sur
vey is conducting series of educa-
tional lectures on the Conservation Of
Wildlife and they have announced that
in their tour of the Eastern Shore
they will visit the C. C. C. Camp No.
1918 and the lecture will be given at
7:30 p. M, September 18th and all
sportsmen Of Pocomoke and Snow Hill
are invited to attend.
The lectures will be given by DR..
Harry w. Oberholser, Senior Biologist
of the Bureau and he will be support
ed by the Departments wild life NOV
ing pictures and lantern slides. Few
local sportsmen need introduction to
DR.. Oberholser as they have met him
in the local fields where he has been
found studying our wildlife and water
fowl. The Doctor is an assistant at
the Smithsonian Institute, member
of the Wildlife Conservation Society,
the Audubon Society, the Ornithologi-
cal Union of America, the Izaak Wal
ton League and many other bird and
conservation societies. He has spent
his entire life in the study Of birds,
their migration; their habits and di-
seases. His work has taken him in
every state Of the Union as we'll as
Canada and South America. He is
one of the countries most outstanding
authorities on the migration of water
fowl.
Our local sportsmen who have been
unable to understand the new restric-
tive regulations of this year will do
well to attend the lecture. Though
the Doctor does not promise to answer
every question in manner that will
please and satisfy every sportsman he
will, however, show the basic reason
why the regulations were necessary
to preserve our waterfowl.
The lectures are all free and no
collection will be taken. It is strict
ly a Governmental affair and all are
invited; the ladies as well as the gen.
tlemen.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-09-13
". P. A. PROJECT
NOW LISTED in
WORCESTER co.
Snow Hill, Berlin, POcOmoke,
Ocean City And The COun-
ty Submit Plans

The following is list of w. P. A.
projects, as filed in Worcester County:
Pocomoke City-Sewers, total cost
$14, $4,000, man-months 21O; resurfac-
ing streets, construction curb and gut
tiers, total cost $24, 7O4.OO, man-months
SO; municipal park, total cost $24,O27.-
90, man-months AS; Municipal Build
ing, total cost $46,S5O.
Srow HillSCurb and cutters and re-
surfucing streets, total cost $6589.26,
man-months 20; municipal park, side
walk, curb and cutters, total cost $780,
464.5O, man-months 1926; construction
of municipal fire house, total cost
$12,O81.OO, man-months 148.
Berlin-Construction A inch water
main, total cost $4191.94, man-months
SO.
Ocean City-Grading and resurfac-
ing streets, repairs to boardwalk, total
cost $7681.5O, man-months 70.
Board of Education-Colored school
buildings in Pocomoke City, Snow Hill
and Berlin, total cost of each build
ing $17,2O5.0O, man-months 1874
painting exterior of wood work OF
eight school buildings, total cost ST.
443.00, man-months 50.
Board Of County Commissioners
Cleaning Pocomoke River and ditchine
program, total cost $45,O00.OO, man.
months 1243; work rooms for women
total cost SAG, $500, man-months 936
extension of vault in Clerk of Courts
office, total cost $402s.00, man-months
35; construction Of harbor and jetty
at Public Landing, total cost Of $11,.
10000, man-months 267; Visiting
Housekeepers, total cost $70S0.OO, mar
months 120.