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LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

The National Hospital Day Committee of Seward General Hospital and Seward Sanatori- um wish to express their appre- citation of the interest evidenced by the Seward toWnspeople in their attendance at the Open House held on May 11th in com memoration of Hospital Day.
 After tour of the Seward General II ospital the guests gathered in the dining room at the Seward Sanatorium where they enjoyed a welcoming ad- dress by pr. Shih-S -Shun Chao and where they were served be- fore starting on their tour of the SanatOrium. The tea table was attractiVely appointed with flowers, candles and lovely an tiquc silver service It was pre- sided over in turn by Mrs. Ray James, Mrs. Charles Malin, Mrs. Mauger, Mrs. Christensen, Mrs. Mayer, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Rus tad, Mrs. Jacobs and Mrs. Al dous, who were invited to pour in recognition of the invaluable contribution they have made in their volunteer work with the patients. Considerable interest was shown in the display of pa tlcnt handiWork and the accom- plishmcnts of those taking school work.
 Dr. Chao, who has been at the Sanatorium since March as a tuberculosis specialist, ar ranged a V-ry educational dis play Of N-ray studies which he discussed untiringly with the visitors.
 The patients had looked for ward 10 the Hospital Day with anticipation and had donncd their best pajamas and bed jack cts for the occasion. Ii is a real treat 10 the patient population 10 SC visitors in attractive street att.re winch l5 a welcome con trast to the uniformed personnel they are accustomed to. The chil- dreu ward seemed to have a special appeal to the visitors whose attention delighted the little ones
 The hospital guest book re- vcaled a registration of 126 per
Seward seaport record., 1952-05-23
GIRL SCOUT NEWS

Seward Girl Scouts have been very busy during the past week. May IT Brownie Troop No. 1 had a program for their parents. Afterwards coffee and cake were served by the girls. Troop lead CTS Mrs. Garrison and Mrs Gore son were hoSteSSes.
 Brownie Troop No. ?, Mrs. Frank Cooper, leader, held tea for their parents and friends Sunday afternoon, May IS, in the Lutheran Church basement. Mrs. Cooper poured the tea. The girls assisted as hosteSscs and presented the program. They also made cookies for the tea. Mrs. Schombcrg, troop commit tee member, assisted the girls.
 Their program began with the greeting song Hello" and the Brownie Smile Song" During the tea piano solos by Gay Car
 Accurate Wake-Up Service
 REMIND-O-CLOCK
 Main 54 or Main 55
Seward seaport record., 1952-05-23

mium fuel, such as you have never felt. Another result is new economy. It's an engine that scarcely forms carbon at all. It creates less heat. It will last much longer, stay younger on the way
 And with Chrysler full-time Power Steering, you steer with one-ffh the usual effort drive with fue times the usual control! With Power Brakes you need up to hco-thirds less foot pressure .. and still stop in many feet less than other cars can do.
Seward seaport record., 1952-05-23
TWO GRADUATES WE'D MILITARY MEN

Two graduates of Seward High School 1852 class were married over the weekend.
 Nelsen-Lucason
 Miss Anna Nelsen, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles Nielsen of Seward, and PFC Robert F. Lucason of Elmendorf Air Force Base, were married in Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 1 pm. Sunday, May Is, by Father Martin J. Borbeck, s. J.
 The bride wore bright blue suit and carried a nosegay of blue and white flowers. Miss Olga Nielsen was her maid of honor. Best man was Billy Kane.
 Relatives of the bride came from Seldovia and Fort Rich ardSon to attend the wedding and reception, which was held in the ElllS Club. The big we'd ding cake was made by Mrs. Carrie Kielcheski, famous for her cakes, and was served to 50 guests.
 The groom has many friends in Seward, where he worked for The Alaska Railroad. His parents were unable to make the trip from Long Beach, California to attend the wedding.
 Rogers-F ord
 Miss Mary Rogers and Sgt. Howard $. Ford were married Saturday, May r, in the Church of the Open Door in Anchorage.
 Mrs. Ford is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Harry E. Rogers of Seward. Sgt. Ford's home town is Huston, Mississippi. The young couple will live in Noun tam View.
 On Friday, May 16, a double shower for both the Seward girls was given in the home of Mrs. Hugh AIi.roy, here with Mrs. IrWn Dyer and Mrs. John SaIit aS co-n0stcSses with Mrs. Milroy. ST. PETERS GUILD TO MEET
 The regular business and so- ciaI meeting of the Woman $ Auxiliary of St. Peters Episco- Da! Church will be held on Tuesday evening, May P, at the home of Mrs. John Ives. For transportation call Adams 178
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sons and it is estimated that there were many more who at tended and failed to sign their names.
 The Seward hospitals are very much a part of the city of Sew ard and 1t is most gratifying to see the interest evidenced by the Seward toWnspeople in it's own institutions.
 Sincerely,
 PAUL W. NELSON
 Chairman: National
 Hospital Day
 Committee
Seward seaport record., 1952-05-23
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.

Inchon, Korea
 , May 1852 Just a note to let you know l am getting the paper in places a long way from Seward. I do appreciate very much receiving the paper and getting the news. 1 am now on huge transport the General John Pope which is the largest transport and we have just taken 43OO Marines to Japan and Korea.
 The family now resides at this address: Apt. 2O7, Eniwctok Village, Con cord, California. This Is suburb of San Fran cisco.
 Paul 1. Irwin
Evening star., 1952-12-07

greatly resemble those OF .
woman. u
And the person who is really q
female may have some externa
appearances Of a man.
Surgery can correct this con.
dition, in either way.
! So a person reared as a gir
can be changed to be a man
Often the man is able to marry
and have a satisfactory married
life. He may be able to become
a father.
# the glands are really those
of a female, the surgery car
change the hoy" or puzzled gir
into a true female. 1t is yer,
unlikely that such woman coulC
have baby. DR.. Hess said.
Much depends upon the degree
of mixed sex. There are many
degrees of it.
Unusual Cases Told.
A book by DR.. Young tells o1
some unusual cases.
One was declared a girl at birth
and dressed as girl. She was
ATTRACTED to girls. made love salts
factorily to girls. Despite this
she married. and lived satisfac-
torily with her husband. though
deriving no pleasure herself from
sex relations with him.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

When doctors discovered that
"she" was really a man. she re-
fused surgery to make her more
completely q man. If she did be-
come a man, she said. she would
have to leave her husband and
60 to work.
| Another person changed from
boy to girl, then back to male.
One true hermaphrodite was a
young man, an athlete. who was
discovered to have the internal
organs of a woman and the ex-
ternal organs of a man. except for
one gonad (testis). The internal
organs were removed. along with
other surgery. Some years later
he was happily married.
In another case, a young girl
had confusing signs Of being boy
or girl. Her male-like organs were
removed, leaving her with female
organs for life as a woman.
/ DR.. Hess tells of an 18-year -old
girl who was changed to boy by
six surgical operations.
One mother, he said, became
angry and refused to have
daughter" changed fully to a
boy, which he actually was.
A woman of 40, told that she
was really a man, also refused
surgery. preferring not to revamp
Evening star., 1952-12-07
grandson.

virilizing changes may come from
hormone upsets due to tumors OF
the adrenal glands or Of the
ovaries. These changes revert to
normal when the tumor is re-
moved.
For those born with doubtful
sex. much can be done by surgery
and other treatments.
It is important. says DR.. Hess
for the doctor attending a birth
to make sure Of the real sex oi
the child. # there Is doubt
measures can be taken early ir
life to prevent much heartache
about borderline sex.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
'Boy-Turned-G Girl Rejects
Fabulous Show Offers
BY the Assoeiated Pres,

COPENHAGEN. Denmark. Dec.
6.-Showmen in the United States
and Europe have showered fabu-
lous contract offers on Christine
Jorgensen. the Bronx boy-turned-
girl. She said today she is turn
ing them all down.
Christine, 26, is convalescing at
Copenhagen's Rigs (State) Hos
pital from a series Of operations
that changed her sex.
Most offers probably will remain
unanswered, Christine indicated.
She said the only thing she wants
is to be left alone.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Accord on River DweIIers

An agreement reached by five
European countries now provides
social security and medical care
to the $4,000 persons living abroad
the 7.700 freighters. passenger
ships and other craft on the Rhine
River.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

ignorance about their true sex
Some are men who really are
women. Some are women who
really are men. Some are living
contented lives, often in marriage
Others live in a hell of mental
torture and doubt and fear.
Actually. all humans begin life
with double sex. Very early, be-
fore we are born, we become
either clearly male or female.
But sometimes the mysterious
controls over sex go awry. and a
baby is born who sexually is part
male, part female. These are
called pseudo hermaphrodites
Very rarely. individuals are born
who are true hermaphrodies. u
possessing the external and in
ternal organs Of both sexes.
One medical specialist, DR.. Ell
mer Hess of Erie. Pa. estimates
there are 1000 to 5000 pseudo
hermaphrodites-on the borderline
In sex-in this country.
A famous urologist, the late DR.
Hugh Young Of Baltimore, once
said perhaps one in every 1000
persons is born q pseudo hernia
phrodite. If that statistic is cor
rect, some 10000 Americans
started life with doubt or error
over their true sex.
Some take action early to have
the question decided. Others may
not act for years, perhaps moi
until doubts arise.
Today in Copenhagen, golden
haired Christine Jorgensen. 26, is
living a new life as a woman. Only
two years ago she was George Jor-
gensen. jr.. a soldier serving al
Fort Dix. N. j.
Medical and surgical treatments
brought her transformation to a
woman. correcting what Miss Jor-
gensen called mistake by nature
Case of Scottish Doctor.
A few months ago, in Aberdeen
Scotland, DR.. Evan Forbes-Semp-
hill announced his change to liv.
ing as a man. after 40 years ol
being a woman-Dr. Elizabeth
Forbes-Semphill. He married hi.
housekeeper.
In New Jersey a few years ago
a 33-year -old woman, a success ir
business. became a man. She was
found to be predominatly male ir
sex. and by surgery was changed
to live as a man.
It is rare for news of these
changes to become public. Patients
often keep it secret, and take ur
a new life in another city.
Many persons with the border
line sex never consult doctors
They even can be unaware that
there is anything unusual-they
simply accept the verdict-g:ven
at birth-that they were boy or
girl. Sometimes. parents fail to
tell their child when a doctor has
told the parents the child is partly
of both sexes. said DR.. Hess, who is
immediate past president of the
American THEOLOGICAL Association.
In As years practice. DR.. Hess
has treated about 80 pseudo
hermaphrodites. Another doctor in
20 years said he has seen only one,
Evening star., 1952-12-07

her life as a woman and wife.
Some persons suffer from diff
ferent type Of condition. They
are completely male, in every
way, but may become feminizee
by too much female sex hormone
This is often seen in men who are
receiving female hormoneS al
treatment for cancer Of the pros
tate gland.
They even develop breasts which
lactate, or yield fluid.
Women sometimes show InaScu-
linizing effects, such as face hail
and other changes, from large
doses of male hormone. The same
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Socrates Died in 1886

BERLIN.-Moses Mendelssohn
German Jewish philosopher, was
known as "the German Socrates. u
He was born in 1923 and died in
1886. Felix Mendelssohn. the we'd
ding march composer, was his
grandson.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

a third doctor only one in 81
years.
The double-sex conditions trace;
way back into human history. The
name hermaphrodite comes from
Greek mythology. The gods Aphro.
dite and Hermes had an extraor.
binary child, endowed with at.
tributes of both mother anc
father. Unable to tell the sex, they
combined their names. calling the
child Hermaphrodite.
There are other legends. Some
times the hermaphrodite wa,
considered a God. The early Ro-
mans felt the double per.
sons were bad luck. and sentenced
them to death.
The mystery Of double-sex L
tied in with the mystery Of human
reproduction. The baby grows
from a single egg of his mother
after it is united with a sperm
cell from his father.
In the first weeks of his growth
the unborn baby or embryo shows
no sign Of becoming either male
or female. There is a complete
system Of ducts to make the baby
male. another complete system to
make it female.
But then one system withers
and the other develops and pre-
dominates. This choice apparent
ly Is determined by genes and by
the gonads or sex glands. In the
male, the gonads are the testes
which make the sperms for new
life. In the female. the gonads
are the ovaries. the storehouse.
Of eggs for new life.
All Are Bi-Sexual.
In reality. all humans remain
somewhat bi-sexual. The male
has some vestigial female sex
organs, the female some vestigial
male organs. Both men and
women produce both male and fe-
male sex hormones. The male has
"a preponderance of male hor-
mones, the female of female hor-
mones.
In the early development Of the
unborn baby. things can 60 wrong
SO there is no clear-cut prepon-
derance to make the baby clearly
a male or a female. The chile
may have organs of both sexes.
The true hermaphrodite has q
complete set Of both organs. in.
ternal and external ones. But in
stead Of two gonads or glands Of
one sex. he has one of each-one
tests and one ovary.
There are only about 2O-odc
proven cases in the world Of such
complete sex mix-up. Reviewing
them once. DR.. Young said the
emotions and sexual interest oi
these people almost always de.
pended upon whether they hac
been reared as boy or girl.
One true hermaphrodite wa.
said to have had sex relations with
both sexes.
Far more common is the pseu.
do-hermaphrodite. This person
has the sex glands Of only one sex
That is. the two male glands, the
testes which may be hidden Of
only partly formed. or the two
female glands, the ovaries.
Compromise Development.
But the external organs are
neither completely one way or the
other. The development can be
a compromise. Secondary sea
characteristics. such as face hail
or breasts or body contours. may
be those of the opposite sex.
Whether such q person is truly
male or female depends upon
whether he has male sex glands
or female. Sometimes an explor-
atory operation is needed to learn
this.
The pseudo -hermaphrodite is
usually really q male. DR.. Hess
said. The externa1 organs may
Evening star., 1952-12-07

Editors Note: An astonishing stor,
was the disclosure in New York ond
Copenhagen this week thot on Amerieor
excl had undergone medieoi and sur
sicol treatments to change into girl
Alton BIokesIee. covering the Amerieor
Medical Association convention in Den
yer, interviewed medical ond urolosis'
specialists for this interesting story.)
Evening star., 1952-12-07
By Alton Blokeslee
Assoetc,ed Press Science Editor

DENVER. Dec. 6.-The Ameri-
can excl who changed in sex
from man to woman does not
walk alone in the mysteryland OF
human sex.
There are perhaps thousands OF
Americans living in doubt or
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-05-08
AT LANCASTER
(MondaY. Nav b

Taking advantage of six Lancas-
ter errors, four of which gave them
three runs in the fourth inning, and
backed up by the fine relief pitching
job of Lou Swan, the Braves won the
first of their two-game series with
Lancaster on Monday night by a
score of S to 4. Swan, who got credit
for the win, allowed only one hit
during the five innings he was on
the mound.
Jack Larson, Highlander, made
his first start for the Braves but he
ran into wild Streak in the fifth
and was replacedby Swan who held
the Red Roses sc9reless for the rest
of the way. Olsen Ted Hagerstown's
hitting attack, getting three of their
six hits and dFsinf in two runs.
Trailing 2 e lin third inning,
M p'aves took&,4 q 2 lead in the
- If of 9he fourth when two err
~ oy third baseman Mack and two
more by ShortStop Moore, coupled
with one hit, gave them three I'M
earned runs.
Lancaster picked up their third
run in the bottom half of the fourth
on a walk, an error, a passed ball
and a long fly. Then in the bottom
half of the fifth they tied it up.
Larson walked the first two men to
face him and was relieved by Swan.
Both runners advanced on an error
and then one run scored on a long
fly to rightfield.
That was all the scoring until the
eighth frame when Freund doubled
to left and scored on Olsen's single
to center.
Summary: Hagerstown 5R. GIL. Be.
7 Left. Lancaster AR. 5H. 6E. 9 Left.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-05-08
SUNBURY HERE
Thursday, May IL

Behind the four-hit pitching of
Bobby Brown, the Braves made it
two straight over the Giants on
Thursday night, the final score be-
ing to l.
The young lefthander shut the
Giants out in every inning but the
third, when an infeld hit, a walk, an
error and a fielder's choice gave
Sunbury their lone tally.
Brown walked five and struck out
six, but outside of the third frame
the only other time he was in any
serious trouble was in the ninth,
when he walked the first two men.
But he got out of that by forcing the
next batter to hit one on the ground
that resulted in a fast double play.
The Braves picked up run in the
first frame on a walk, single and
a fielder's choice, and their other two
runs came in the fourth as a result
of two singles, two walks, a wild
pitch and an error. The big blow in
the inning was Dusty Hersom's sin
gle, that drove in both the runs.
Summary: Hagerstown 3R. Oh. 1E.
II Left. Sunbury 1R. All. 2E. z Left.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-05-08
SUNBURY HERE
"wednesday, April 3O)

After being rained out for six
straight days, the Braves got in
their second game of the season last
Wednesday night at the stadium,
where they took the measure of the
Sunbury Giants by score of 6 to 5.
Lou Swan, right handler, started
for the Braves but was relieved in
the fourth by Bob Giggie, another
right handler, who got credit for the
win. Dusty Hersom was behind the
plate.
Rod Mackey (the losing pitcher)
a right handler, started for the
Giants but was knocked out in the
eighth frame and was relieved by
Harry Wilson, a right handler, with
White another right handler, seeing
action in the same inning. Don
Bailey did the catching.
Sunbury took a two-run lead in
the second frame on two singles, a
double, a walk and an error, and they
added another run in the third on
a walk and double
The Braves got their first run in
the bottom half of the third without
a hit, on two walks, balk and a
fielder's choice.
The Giants, however came right
back in the fourth to pick up two
more runs on three singles, walk
and wild pitch, and the Braves got
their second run in the bottom half
on an infeld hit, a walk and a sin
gle to center.
That was all the scoring until the
seventh when the Braves tied the
score at SIS, scoring three runs on a
walk, ree-bagger and two errors,
and they won the game in the eighth
on single, two walks and Sun
bury's third error of the game.
Vince Pizzitola and Lloyd Freund
led the Braves hitting attack, each
having three for four. Vince had
three singles and Lloyd had sin
gle, double and triple.
Summary: Hagerstown OR 8H 1E
Ill. Sunbury 5R OH Be 81.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-05-08
Keeping Up With The Braves
BY DOUG STEWART

George Kornack took over in the
seventh and after giving up run in
that inning on two walks and wild
pitch, he was knocked out of the
box in the ninth when the Giants
got five more runs on five hits and
three walks. Ken Gohn then came
in and got the last man out.
While all this was going on, Carl
Wolf, Sunbury's right handler, was
having an easy time. He shutout the
Braves through the first seven in
nings on three hits, but let up lit
tie in the eighth when walk, a
felder's choice, thrfk Dagger by
Lloyd EFeund and an error gave the
Braves their two runs.
Summary: Hagerstown Or. 5H. Be.
6 Left. Sunbury 13R. 15H. Sc. Left.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-05-08
HARRISBURG HERE
SUNDAY. MAY a

Behind the steady pitching of Bob
Giggie, who racked up his second
straight win of the young season, the
Braves coasted to an easy Is to 8
win over Harrisburg on Sunday
afternoon to sweep the two-game
series.
Every Hagerstown batter got at
least one hit, with the exception of
Sanford, with Olsen leading the at
tack with three for five. Vince Piz-
zitola got the Braves first home run
of the season in the second frame,
with one aboard.
Hagerstown took a five-run lead
in the second inning with four-hit
barrage and two Harrisburg errors.
They made it 60 in the third on two
singles, a fielder's choice and stolen
base.
Harrisburg got their first run in
the fourth on double, walk and
an error, to make the score at that
time Hagerstown 6, Harrisburg l.
The Braves added two more in the
fifth on single, an error and two
walks, and they made it 12-1 in the
sixth when they scored four more
TALES on four singles, walk and
an error. Their final run came in
the seventh on double, single and
long fly to right.
The Senators got their final two
runs in the eighth on two hits, a
walk and an error.
Summary: Harrisburg 3R. Gil. Sc.
n Left. Hagerstown 13R. 18Th. 2E.
8 Left.