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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
HdnaiIton AItUays Raises
 Interesting Comparisons

have been a5s changed ever @ the democratic party and bue 9 chang lng Co the republican paEly.S
 As the populatlea ok negsen is about Gen times that 0k Wiohllas Che changes in the former city proudly enoted by Chairman EAalns itlom are not 90 significant as tho mora numerous changes fn the state oe Che republican chairman and OoveFmee ksanaon.
 A eaustlo reminder from Q former republican in Los Angeles, where tho registration four years agO was preaomlnantly republl. can, quoted RsgistFar q Voters William Kerr on Che tabulatieh ok Che total registration foR the AuguBs % primary as followss Am Les Angeles city, repubNean aB5,aoos Democratic BAs,og& Tn Los Angeles county Outside eho city, republican ael,S7a, demes cratic S0o,6O5. Total Eegistratlon In California in loss was Eepuhll. can l.le5,ASs, democratic l.osf,ebys In l9se Che figures are eem0craslo 1,oJ0,ee5I republican 1,tS0ye0ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
AMATEUR SHOW AT LAKE QUASSAPAUC
Major BOwes' Stars and Local Radio Luminaries
 Compete Tonight

Harry DeVorken, display advertise lng manager of the Waterbury Dem- ocrat who is known to thousands of WATR listeners as Uncle Harry, will be master of ceremonies this eve- ming at the mammoth amateur con- test at Lake Quassapaug, featuring some of the best crooners, dancers, comedians and instrumentaliSts In New England.
 This iS the first time in years the management of this popular recrea- tional center in Middlebury has of- fered an amateur contest to the daily and nightly hahitues. Requests galore forced him in making are arrangements for the affair end judg- ing from the interest stimulated since the first announcement to. nights show should be Q hum- dinger.
 Among the contestants to appear will be Paul Zibell, imitator, and Theodore Cieslnskl, accordionist, both of whom have been featured on Major Bowes' Sunday night anna. teur hour. Another youngster who has signifled her intentions of com. peting for the cash prizes is Ann Del0rosso, l4.year.old song stylist, Ann has been recruited from the WATR Riddle Shoy and for some time has been featured in Q i5.min- ute program of her own over WATR.
 Immediately following the ama- teur show dancing will be enjoyed to the scintillating strains of Timmie Grove and his Colonial orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
ISQUIRES MEET THIS EVENING
Coming Election Demands ActlOn-RepOrts Are
 Listed

Michael Mc0lvney circle, iaa, Columbian Dqulres, will hold its last summer informal meeting Co. night at the Columbus Club. 70 North Main street. Chief Squire John Lynch will preside.
 Inasuaueh as this ls the last meet ing before the annual one at which nominations for ofnoers for the coming year will be made, lt is on important one and ell members are urged to attend tonight and to be on time. The meeting will start promptly at 0:S0 o'clock.
 It is expected, too. that some %. ton may Do taken on various actlv. tiles that were tentatively scheduled for September and early October ct the first of the summer meetings. mitted on recent events and it ie
 A few reports ere still to he sub. hoped that they may Do completed and committees discharged tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
Liked Masculine Tasks

Mr. Weston, despite his distaSte for publicity, consented to discuss his case at length with me after I came to his native village of Ore- Sten, which b five miles from ply- mouth.
 T was born and reared in Ore- ston," he explained and, with 6 hint of masculine pride, said: "T think, without undue vanity, l showed pluck by continuing to live hege, where everybody knows my story.
 "But my old neighbors are very kind and want the rest of the world to let me alone"
 His full name today is Mark Ed. ward Louis Weston. He took the four names to correspond, in initials, with the name he had as Q girl- Mary Edith Louise Weston.
 He had just returned from job of masSaging Q patient when I saw him and talked to him.
 "In spite of the fact" he said, that I was reared as a girl and knew myself as @ girl, my life was not girlish. Many girls are called tomboys, and was really a tomboy when was in school.
 Until was 14 I didn't care for gIrIish games. I liked sports and even trained school boys in cricket and football.
 "When left school I started work in Plymouth clothing factory, but I showed no special aptitude for needlework. When work in the fac- tory got slack I took job as a nurse. That led me to learn maS- sage work, and finally succeeded in getting a diploma and earning my living as Q maSseuse, specialize ing in arthritis cases.
 Nov, when you think of 1t, tail- bring, nursing and massaging are not particularly feminine pursuits. They are fields where men work as frequently as women.
 T don't recall ever caring for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
SHELTER WORKERS
 WELCOME MEMBERS
Fifty.seven Admitted al Meeting of New Local
 Last Evening

George Lambert, national organ- izer of the Mine Mill and Shelter Workers, presided last night at a meeting of the newly formed local at Liberty hall, at which 57 new members were admitted. The or- ganization is at present under the American Federation of Labor standard but is one of the unions threatened with expulsion because of it's membership in the Lewis group.
 Catherine Hoffman of New Haven was ore of the principal speakers at the meeting. Permanent officers will be elected at the next session in Liberty hall Tuesday night. It is said that more than 500 members have been admitted to the local, in- cluding workers of all types re- cruited from Waterbury factories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

Building activity in Connecticut declined somewhat in July as com- pared with June, according to the monthly survey taken by the de- partment of sales and traffic de- velopment of the New Haven rail- road among 25 cities and towns along the railroads lines, and made public today by A. A. Drummond, sales trafilc manager. The total value of the building permits Issued by the 25 communities in July was $2,43i, ,22s or $303, ,940 less than the value of the permits issued by the same cities and towns in June.
 Despite the general loss, @ ma jority of the 25 enjoyed increases in their permit values as compared with June, l3 of the cities and towns making gains. These were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

Fer years Mary Westo9 lived as 6 girl, believed she was . girl Them-doubG Surgeons went Co wosk--ana Mary Weston became Mark Weston, Q man. A few days age he was married. How dOes he feel about the change7. How Aess lt alsect hls mental outlook? IS he changed psych0logicaIly As well ns phySlcaily7 The answer tO these questions obtained ln Eng. land for NEA Service and Che Waterbury Democrat by Milton DFomneP, gre given In his exclu- sive cabied interview below.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

aAANAA A2&A4NN4g women nowadays wear close-croppet hair.
 Trousers Biggest Shock
 "The thing that gives me thC greatest start" he said, ''is to sud. denly look down, or into Q mirror and see myself wearing trousers.
 Then again, in many little cour. tesies of life, I sometimes catch my. self thinking in terms of . woman rather than oe o man, But that phase is rapidly vanishing and I am thlngs."
 Mir. westons wife, to whom he was married just Q few weeks ago wes "Edith" Westons closest girl friend and they belonged to tho same athletic club.
 
 Has Baritone Voice
 Tt gave me quite Q thrill," said MT. Weston, to sign the marriage register aS Q bachelor.
 Another big thing in my life il to have 90 many of my old clients write to me saying the change ir my sex makes no difference with them. They still want me to have them as patients in my massage work. So 1t looks as though ! wont have to move away from my old home, but can support my wife and self here"
 AS man MT. Weston is of about medium height with the square shoulders of an athlete and handl that are masculine rather thar feminine. He has Q mans grir when he shakes your hand, and hi figure is masculine. He has pleas. ant features, with coal-hlack hail and an olive complexion. He would best be described aS Q good- looking young man of 90 with little trace oi femininity In his looks or carriage
 His voice is Q pleasant, light bari- tone. Asked what it was like prior to the operations, he said, T deep- ened it." When the visitor ex. pressed surprise at his ability tc change his volcerof his own volition he replied, "0h, you can do lots oi things if you only wish to-"
 His wife is Q pretty, rosy-cheeked fair.haired girl of 2l who seems completely happy in their attractive little cottage, which they furnished together in excellent taste. The cot- tage semes Q bit out of place stand- ing in . row of houses along the Oreston quay-houses mainly inhab- ited by very poor people who have no means to indulge In Q taste for beauty when 1t takes all their earn ings to get the necessities of life.
 The Weston cottage is within Q stones throw of tho house in which MT. Weston was born. His father, who died shortly before the sex. changing operations, was . retired chief petty stoker In the Royal Navy.
 Mir. Weston has brothers and Sis. tors, none of whom resembles him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
HEADQUARTERS FOR
 FIREMEN TO BE SET

Headquarters for the Waterbury delegation to the annual Connecti- cut State Firemen's association will be established by Fire Marshal Den- his J. Lahey, Deputy Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh, Lieutenant Michael J. Flaherty, Private John E. Gra- ham and Private Frank Moore. driver for Chief Thomas Lynch. all of whom will leave for Greenwich tomorrow. The convention opens Friday. Private Graham. a member of the association's executive com- mittee. will attend the pre-conven- ton meeting tomorrow afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
By MILTON BRONNER

AtV AsAAA9 8 OAN ASASSANANN@AN fNRA Service Stan COFrespondent) Copyright, 1898, NEA Service, Incl
 Oreston, England, Aug. 19 Although he lived g years as a girl and captured athletic championships in competition with women, Mark Weston England's girl who became a man--has lost virtually all of his feminine characteristics and mannerisms and is thor Oughly happy to live as a man with his wife, the former AL berta Bray.
 ME. Weston, who used to be known As Mary Edith Louise Weston before two operations last spring, said to- day that T realize fully that mine is an extraordinary experience.
 After living 9 years as Q fe- maIe," he said, "then some years in . sort of twilight zone where I doubted my own sex, am now able, after my operations last April and May, to i've as Q man.
 T am recognized by the medical and by law as Q man and am now married. I suppose 1t would be in- teresting to students of mentality if I attempted to set down my various states of mind during the different phases of my existence, but I don't want to do 1t.
 T want to get away from pub- Iicity and be allowed to live my own life with my wife"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
RVIEW, BY MILTON BRONNER, WITH
ExwOman Athlete Made Male By Surgery, Says He Learning TO Do Manly Polite Thng But Sight Of Own Trousers StaeS Him

and it doesn't seem strange to wear his hair cut short because lots ol women nowadays wear close-croppec hair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

began withdrawing from athletics feeling 1t was unfair to women com- petitors, who undoubtedly were 100 per cent feminine.
 This spring I finally plucked up sufflcient courage to consult Q Lon- don surgeon who had performed ops eratlons such as I felt needed.
 "On his advice I went to the Charing Cross hospital, and when discharged I received Q formal pa- per which read, Mir. Mark Weston who waS always brought up as a female, is male and should continue life as such."
 MT. Weston said he was rapidly swinging into his masculine role
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
GOLD IN BERRY PATCH

Bangor, Cal. (UP)-There will be no loganberry crop on the Eule Brothers ranch this year. Fred Eule. veteran gold prospector. found an eo2 gold nugget on the edge of the patch and the entire crop will give way to gold nEospecting ct onca.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

"she" was British women's javelln champion, and she also was profi. cient at throwing the discus.
 Tn i030, said MT. Weston, my continued studies in anatomy as part of my massage work led me to begin wondering whether was really Q woman. I found that I had to shave regularly, and that was not very feminine. |,
 T had nobody to consult, but l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

powder, rouge and lipstick. was always too busy for such things"
 Q
 Studies Raised Doubts
 AS Miss Weston he first became interested in amateur athletics back in 1924, he said, and until l930 won @ number of British championships. Miss Weston" won the national shot-put championship in 1924 and held that title for six years. In 1877
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19

Ruth Chatterton is said to be the only film actress to have plloted her own plane across the United States.
The times-news., 1936-01-29
Seating Noe AS Louisiana Governor
Gives Foe OF Long Henchman Power
OfDictator; No Policy Change, Say

capital to be sworn in as govern
or He inherited all the powers
that Long vested in Louisiana
governors whom he controlled,
and he became at once a problem
for the political bosses.
The inner circle that dominat-
ed the Long machine had not
been on the best of terms with
Noe. He was slated for demotiOn.
His unexpected elevation to the
high office, and the loss of the
subservient Governor Allen, pre-
cipitated the worst crisis since
Longs assassination last Septem-
ber.
Noe issued a proclamation call
ing for a 30-day period of mourn
ing and announced he would
"carry on Governor Aliens work"
His promise of "no change in
policy" partly allayed the fears
of Long leaders, who swarmed to
the capital in apprehension, much
in the same manner as they gath
cred after Long was shot.
Noe, a wealthy oil operator and
artillery officer Of World war
fame, will reign until May ~. A
new administration, nominated In
-" CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news., 1936-01-29
Three Are Bound
Over On Larceny
Charge Tuesday

Magistrate H. L. Pace yester-
day bound Bill Ivey, Bill Saltz,
and Woodrow Lively to the super
ior court under $1,000 bond each
on charges of the larceny of a
steer from the vicinity of the
home of W. Z. Redden on Janu-
ary I.
The animal was taken from
near Mr.. Redden's home, carried
a short distance away where it
was butchered, cut up and carried
away.
Saltz and Lively took the wiz
ness stand yesterday and testified
that they had taken the steer and
killed it after they had been
promised the sum of S25 for the
meat by Ivey. Ivey did not take
the stand.
The two men said that they
killed the animal Snd cut it into
four quarters and that Ivey came
for it and that they helped him
unload it at his meat market on
the Greenville highway. L h e
charges were denied by Ivey in a
plea of not guilty.
The times-news., 1936-01-29
Jan Found Dead In Truck Cab Here
HrIy Today Believed From Kentucky
cath Attributed To Monoxide Gas

Coroner Brooks has wired this ad-
dress.
According to Fitzpatrick, who
had seen the man at Shorty's on
a number of occasions, he came
to the place last night, ate a
sandwich, sat by the fire about
an hour and then said ne was 60
ing to get some sleep. -,
The truck was parked at the
south side of the building, IGst
off the Greenville highway. inns
morning Mr.. Fitzpatrick saw that
the truck was still there and that
the motor was running. He at
tempted to wake the man, but
found the doors locked. Both
doors had a small crack in the
glass near the top, and Mr.: Kill
patrick succeeded in unlocking a
door with a piece of wire. He
then found that the man was
dead.
Local garage men said this
morning that the truck was hard
to start and that for this reason
the motor was frequently left
running. ....-,..
The body was at Tom shep-
herds Funeral Home pending
word from relatives. - 40
The times-news., 1936-01-29
Timepiece Given
Severe T est OF
Weather, Water
Lost for Two Weeks, Sub
merged, J. E. Creech's
Watch Unaffected

J. E. Creech Of East Flat Rock
tells an interesting story concern
ed with the durability of a time
piece in his possession.
The watch, an ordinary seven
jewel Elgin, without any special
case or works, was purchased by
Mr.. Creech in 1912. On Decem-
Der 21 of last year, while near
Carthage, he had the misfortune
to drop the watch from his pock-
ct on the bank of a creek. Not
discovering his loss until he was
quite a few miles away he did not
return to the scene Immediately
and when he did go back, several
inches of snow covered the
ground and it was impossible to
find the timepiece.
Mr.. Creech enlisted the aid of
the people residing on the proper
ty and they promised to look for
the watch when the snow had
cleared. However, another snow
fell and all in all about IL inches
of snow covered the spot where
the watch lay for about two
weeks.
When the snow began to melt
the creek waters rose and also
covered the watch, about two
feet of water coming over the
banks. This condition existed for
about 48 hours. When the waters
receded the good people OF the
place looked for the watch an"
found it, buried in sand along the
creek bank. They wound the time.
piece and it started ticking as II
nothing had happened. The watch
was returned to Mr.. Creech and
he is carrying it now, and 1t mas
not varied in accuracy since jan
uary 4th when he received IT. "A
jeweler examined the watch ana
it in fine condition. ,
Twnty-four years old, buried
under snow for two weeks anG
water and sand for 48 hours, ana
still keeping perfect time. quite
a remarkable performance.
The times-news., 1936-01-29
MERCHANTS EXECUTIVE BODY
TO NAME OFFICERS TONIGHT
Plan Dinner and Discussion
of Problem of Promot-
ing Trade

The executive committee of the
merchants division of the Hender-
sonville Chamber of Commerce,
elected at the recent banquet cele-
brating the success of the Trade
Expansion Jubilee, will hold It's
first meeting tonight at the Hen
dersonville Inn. The business ses-
sion will follow a dinner served at
7 o'clock.
In addition to electing a chair
man, vice-chairman, secretary and
treasurer, the committee will con-
slider a program of activities, re-
lating particularly to the promo
ton of retail trade. In this con-
nection, a special committee ap-
pointed by Thos. H. Franks, when
he was president of the Chamber
of Commerce, will report the IN
formation obtained in a survey OF
about fifteen other cities to de
termine the methods employed to
increase business. These cities are
of similar size to Hendersonvllle
and most of them have competi-
ton from larger cities nearby. The
committee is composed of c. NJ.
Ogle, chairman, Edward Patter-
son. f. w. Ham, H. E. Mitchell
and T. d. Clark.
Members of the executive COM
mittee of the merchants division
of the chamber of commerce who
are eligible to attend the meeting
tonight are A. H. Houston, Ed
ward Patterson, A. H. Rubenstein,
r. E, Buchanan, w. A. Keith, Jr.,
F. w. Ham, G. c. Richardson, E.
r. Dolbee, T. D. Clark, DR.. Wilt
shire Griffith and H. E. Mitchell.
The times-news., 1936-01-29
BORAH comes
OUT FOR COP.
NOMINATION
Takes Stand For State
Rights And Supreme
Court Powers
THOUSANDS HEAR
SPEECH In BROOKLYN

KISMET TEMPLE, Brooklyn,
Jan. 20. (UP)-Sen. William E.
Borah last night virtually an
nounced his candidacy for the
Republican presidential nomina-
ton.
In his first campaign speech in
the east the veteran Progressive
Republican told 3,400 Brooklyn
Republican crowded in and around
Gismet Temple, and millions more
listening in on a limited network
radiocast, that voters should bolt
their political bosses and that
hecklers should put their questions
to "the other candidates" as well
as to him.
The Idaho senator challenged
those who deny his fitness for
the presidency. He called on "dis-
enfranchised" voters of New York
and the nation pick their own
candidates and platforms for
1886.
He intimated he might soon re-
turn to New York state with
formal announcement of his pres
idential candidacy. Borah touch
ed on problems foreign and do
mestic. He warned his audience.
that the United States should he
completely aloof from European
political controversies.
Borah said voters in New York
and many other states had been
voiceless for 80 years in selec-
ton Of presidential candidates.
The veteran Progressive Republi-
can, who was floor manager of
the 1912 Theodore Roosevelt eff
fort to seize the Republican nom-
ination from William Howard
Taft, spoke to an enthusiastic
overflow crowd of 3,400 persons:
Borah presented four general
propositions:
1. The people should exercise
their rights to select candidates:
2. The United States should
remain completely aloof from
European entanglements.
8. The Supreme Court is en-
tirely within its rights in passing
on the constitutionality of all
laws.
4. States rights must be up
held.
CONTINUED on page four)
The times-news., 1936-01-29
'THRIFTBONDS'
APPLICATIONS
Are EXPECTED
PatIa Says Down Town Of
flee Will Be Opened For
Applicants

Nathan Patla, commander of
Hubert M. Smith post, American
Legion, announced this morning
that applications for ex-service
men for "thrift bonds," will be
received here in the next day or
two, and that when these are in.
announcement will be made of
the fact.
He said also that upon their ar
rival, a downtown office will be
opened under the auspices OF
Legion men, at which point appll-
cations may be made out. Notar-
izing and finger print equipment
will be ready for use at the Of
fee, he said.
He pointed out that in making
out these applications, it will be
necessary for all ex-service men
to bring with them their dis
charge certificate, and their ad-
justed service certificates, while
those who have already obtained
loans on these will be required to
have with them their pink slip,
given in this connection.
The times-news., 1936-01-29

BATON ROUGE, La, Jan. 29.
CUP)-Louisiana paid final hon.
age to it's dead chief, Oscar Kelly
Allen, whose body lay in state in
the rotunda of the state capitol.
The huge bronze casket holding
the remains is identical with the
one in which the states assassi-
mated dictator, Huey Long, was
buried. five months ago. The body
will be placed aboard train late
tonight and taken to Aliens home
town, Winfield, in north Louisi-
ana, for interment tomorrow.
Meantime, James A. Noe has been
sworn in as. 47th governor.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 20.
UP)-The government of Lou
isiana last night fell into the
hands of James A. Noe, a two
fisted upstart of the Huey Long
political machine who was whisk-
ed into power by the sndden death
of Governor Oscar Kelly Allen.
Allen died in his executive
mansion at Baton Rouge yester-
dav morning of hemorrhages.
Noe, the. lieutenant governor,
chartered an airplane at Monroe,
his home town, and sped to the
The times-news., 1936-01-29
TALMADGE STAMPEDES
MACON MEETING

MUNICIPAL AUDITO RUM.
MACON, Ca, Jan. 29. (UP)-
Governor Eugene Talmadge of
Georgia today broadcast a plea
for support to all followers of the
late Huey P. Long. 81 want to
take off my hat to that great
statesman" he shouted. Rev. Ger
aid L. X. Smith, organizer Of
Share the Wealth clubs, led the
applause.
Talmadge blasted the New.
Deal, called on two thousand dis
contented Democrats at his "rrass
roots" convention to helN him
"drive communists and socialists
out office in Washington"
Appealing to voters in the east
south, north and west to join him
in his war on the New Deal, Tai
madge stempeded the convention
and advanced his own candidacy
for president of the United
States. Referring to himself as
"Talmadge," he shouted, "Re-
write the Democratic platform Of
1882, nominate a man On this
platform whose word is so gcod
that the best test is to have New
Dealers call him liar"