Bowne
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INK SLINGS.
. —Up to May 20th our friends,
the Republicans, will fight among
themselves. Then, on May 21st, the
whole pack of them will turn and
start fighting us, ‘
—The London naval parley is still
parleying. They are doing a lot of
talking about ‘consultative pacts,”
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
“automatic sanctions” and ‘“agen-
das” all of which are about as
clear to the average mind as an
VOL. 75.
BELLEFONTE. PA.. APRIL 4. 1930.
NO. 14.
Einstein theory.
—High pressure salesmanship is
becoming obsolete. It never was
a sound business practice. Install-
ment buying is also on the wane.
It takes times like these to show
up the folly of trying to build on
such a flimsy foundation as mort-
gaged wage expectancies.
—One of the other things that has
been assigned to us to dig up is an
explanation of why so many of the
cases that once went before Justice
Kline Woodring are now being run
out for a hearing before Justice
Tressel, of Spring township. We have
no desire to take a shingle off the roof
of anybody's house, but we admit
that we are curious to know just
what is back of such a noticeable
switch. - And we shall ‘find out.
—We are wondering what those
radio church goers who heard Dr,
Vanetin preach in Calvary Episcopal
church, Pittsburgh, last Sunday
| How Will the People Decide?
Mr: Grundy, who is the Mellon-
Fisher candidate for Senator on the
Republican ticket, charges that
Francis Shunk Brown, the Vare ma-
chine candidate for Governor on the
same ticket, is the instrument with
{ which the Philadelphia gang politi-
cians hope to loot the State as it
has already robbed the city of Phil-
adelphia. In a subsequent state-
ment Mr. Grundy alleges that Gen-
eral Atterbury, president of the
‘Pennsylvania railroad “has been and
is the directing mind in the con-
spiracy being carried out by Cun-
ningham, Hall, Salus and their
pawns, by which the Philadelphia
-gang and the Pennsylvania railroad
|are attempting to grab control of
the State government and the pub-
lic treasury, dictate the personnel
and policy of the Public Service
. Commission and dominate all the
night, thought of his sermon. We important relationships of this great
are wondering, also, what those who | State with the Federal government.”
heard the Rev. James H. Gillis,” | State Senator Salus, a member
preach in the Catholic Cathedral in of the Vare machine war board,
| which is sponsoring the campaign
Philadelphia, the same evening, ¥
thought of his. From widely diver. Of Francis Shunk Brown for the
gent angles both divines discussed Republican nomination for Gover-
the subject of prohibition. They ar- | DOr, charges that Mr, Grundy was
rived at the same conclusion, that it | participant in a looting operation of
is what we have always believed it | the State. “Maybe he can explain,”
to be; a moral not a political issue. | Mr. Salus declares, “how Townsend
: : | (Mr. Grundy's secretary) sold the
—Fifty years ago Methodist cob-|giate hundreds of thousands of dol-
ferences were resoluting against, of worthless land in Bucks
“unnecessary funerals.” Fifty years | th e that it as
{ county on the swindl t Wi
ago Methodist preachers eS ire ‘land where Washington’s army
anybody who played cards or ante camped.” Cunningham and Hall,
was headed straight for hell. e' ther members of the war board,
Suh 40 nove; POeTer: Sor how ig have made no reply to Mr. Grundy’s
one can be found Who 1S SO CUSSeR g4,¢oment that an alliance “with all
contrary that he just dies for the the i :
: mismanagement and corruption
sake of making a funeral. We think, | " 3 “
also, that the ministerial finger | they’ represent,” womld involve ‘a
' sacrifice of self-respect and be “too
boards have been changed on the _. 3
. > high a price to pay for any office
route to inferno. If they haven't a! boii ry
lot of traffic cops must be needed in State or nation.” General Atter-
+ i ha. 1 y
there to keep the card playing, [ory il $ Roi Bade any reply either
dancing Methodists in line so that = S-€%%€ J BONS: 110 .
2 Grundy, who Governor Fisher, in
x : |
r denominations ; :
the sinners of othe eno a a moment of mental aberration, ap-
have a chance to keep their en-|
pointed Senator, Shunk Brown, Tom
gagements with Mr. devil. Cunningham, under indictment for
—1t took the Democracy of Cen- | refusing to tell the source of cam-
tre county until the eleventh hour! paign slush funds, are types of the
to present a candidate for Assem- men the Republican organization
blyman, t
something it did it ‘well. John G.' honor and influence in Pennsylvania.
Miller, of Ferguson township, iS These men justly accusing each
assured of our nomination because other in their lust for place fitly
he has no opposition. And knowing | represent the moral level to which
John G. as we do we can assure that party, in Pennsylvania, has de-
you that it is mot often that| generated. The election of either of
any party in Centre county has | them would cast an aspersion upon
presented a candidate of his type.|the character of the people. On the
He is a native. He is a graduate of | other hand the Democratic organi-
Dickinson college. He was admitted zation has presented to the voters
to the practice of law in this coun- a group of candidates against whom
ty. He is a fluent speaker and he the finger of suspicion has never
is so deeply interested in agriculture | pointed and whose integrity has
and dairying that he has become a. pever been questioned.
real dirt farmer and is proving that Kistler and John M. Hemphill are
brains and application can eke out «capable, fit and honest.” How will
a very satisfying existence from the | the people choose?
soil—mo matter how inequable; . -
legislation might be. All he wants | :
to go to Harrisburg for is to stand | Mr. Huston Must Resign.
up for a square deal for every per- Mr. Claudius "H. Huston, chairman
son, every industry, every institu- | of the Republican National commit-
tion in Centre county. If he 80€S ‘tee may as well resign now as
there he might not get far in the |, ... No party can carry such a
realization of his hopes. On the|) aq a5 he is and survive. It has
other hand, we know several intelli- | been proved that he was active in
om ConEgmoLy Fina Mow) (the lobby which defeated the Nor-
v: Ee Suge 2presentalives w: 30 lis om providing for government
ave been of greater service to their ,,. ation of the Muscle Shoals plant.
constituents than a dozen “strad-|yi" pas been provad by his own evi
dlers” could possibly be. y >
j dence and that f other witnesses
—Mr. Grundy’s recent attack on that he solicited contributions for
Mr. Atterbury sounds to us very! use in the lobby activities and sub-
much as if Joseph is crying “wolf.” | sequently used money thus obtained
Granted ‘that the railroads did play |in speculative stock operations in
a strong hand in the political con-| Wall street. His record reveals
trol of the State some years ago, not only absence of patriotism but
will our junior Senator please tell | moral turpitude.
us who picked up the torch that Some of Mr. Huston’s friends ad-
they threw down. If it wasn’t the | vise him to hold on to the import-
big corporations that Mr. Grundy |ant office of chairman of the Nation-
a ot i a
resent—then why has he been hang- | tion subsided. ers S
ing around Harrisburg all these friends advise him to hold on to his
years plugging to defeat every kind office in the expectation that the
of labor and child-welfare legislation ' episode will soon be forgotten. Both
that has been presented there? We ! groups are giving him bad advice.
don’t believe that the Pennsylvania |The real and honest leaders of his
Railroad Co. wants to get back into | party demand his immediate res-
politics. ‘But what if it does? We ignation and have even appealed to
remember the days when every, the President, who personally select-
politician in Pennsylvania and every ed him for the service, to demand
newspaper office had “free passes,” | his resignation as essential to the
for which they paid in kind; when | future prosperity of the party. Both
the voters of all parties were provid- | the President and Mr. Huston see
ad with transportation to gethome |to concur in the bad counsel. :
for election day, and nobody who The congressional elections are
could conjure up an illness that | approaching. It is morally certain
sould be cured only by a glimpse of | that a considerable number of dis-
1 Philadelphia hospital and a conva- | tricts carried by Republican candi-
escence in Wanamaker’s store or the | dates in the “land-slide” of 1928
’ld “Rathskeller” in the basement of will elect Democrats this year. It
he Betz building, was refused a |is equally sure that with Huston at
ree ride to the city over the Pennsy. | the head of the party a considerable
We remember the records, also. And number of close Republican districts
we know that the railroads of the |will send Democrats to Congress.
State never did to it what the gang These gains are practically certain
‘hat Grundy typifies has done to it 'to reverse the political complexion
since. In our opinion the gentle-{of the House of Representatives,
nan who is aspiring £9 represent | which would make the last half of
dennsylvania in the Unit States | Hoover's administration uncomfort-
jenate is a poor sport. The worst t able, to say the least. For these
nterpretation that could be put on ' reasons, if Mr, Huston is wise and’
iis attack on Mr. Atterbury isthat a good Republican, he will resign
f “the pot calling the kettle black.” now. .
but “when it finally did asks the voters to elect to officesof-
Sedgwick |
Protest
Court.
There is a strong suspicion that
President Hoover intends to pack
the federal courts in the interest of
monopolies. The appointment of
Mr. Charles Evans Hughes to be
Chief Justice of the Supreme court
was bitterly and properly resented,
not only in the Senate, but through-
out the country. Since that the ap-
pointment of Judge Parker, of North
Carolina, to the vacancy on the
same bench caused by the death of
Justice Sanford has been protested
by the Railroad Brotherhoods be-
cause of his mental attitude as ex-
pressed in decisions on the District
court bench. It seems that Judge
Parker’s record reveals a reaction-
ary spirit of the ultra type. The “ap-
pointment” is a bitter ‘‘disappoint-
ment.”
The Railroad Brotherhoods have
appealed to the Senators to investi-
gate Judge Parker's record before
voting on his confirmation. Labor,
the official organ of the Railroad or-
ganizations, declares that President
Hoover “has picked a man whose
best known decision upholds the
‘yellow-dog’ contract in its most of-
fensive form.” In other words, his
appointment to the Supreme court
bench increases the majority of the
reactionaries, already too great for
the safety of human interests, It
is true that Chief Justice Taft was
a conservative and Justice Sanford
a reactionary and the recent ap-
pointments simply maintain the
ratio. But considering public senti-
ment on the subject the court isnot
balanced.
The court is
Chief Justice
Justices.
composed -of the
and eight Associate
Assuming that the domi-
, nant party is favorable to the inter-
ests of corporations and that its
i dominance entitles it to a majority
| of the judges the ratio of five to
{ four ought to be ample to serve its
purpose. But as a matter of fact
! the ratio is six to three, reducing
| the progessives to a hopeless minor-
|ity. The appointment of a -progres-
(sive to the office of Chief Justice,
Lor the naming of a. jurist of that
“school “in place of Sanford would
‘have created the just balance. But
"both appointees are reactionaries
‘and the fact that Justice Holmes is
| going on ninety years of age justi-
| fies the fear of greater disparity in
i the future.
: The income tax supplies 63.8
per cent of the revenues of the
government. If Mr. Mellon hadn't
had his levy cut in half the ratio
{would be greater. -
ornaments.
His Golden Anniversary. .
| . Wedded fifty years ago to the
newspaper business John F. Short,
gentleman, Democrat and veteran
editor of the Clearfield Republican,
celebrated the golden anniversary of
the day he got the first whiff of
printer’s ink and elected a career
that has been fraught with both
happy and troublcus times.
It were better, perhaps, to say
that Mr. Short’s friends did the
celebrating while he, overwhelmed
with surprise and gratitude, indexed
each tribute in memory so that it
can be brought out again as the
years march on.
The Rotary club of Clearfield enter-
tained at a dinner at the hotel
Dimeling in his honor, the Clearfield
Progress, a rival newspaper, pub-
lished a “John F. Short Fiftieth
Anniversary Edition” and telegrams,
letters and cards of congratulation
piled high on his office desk,
It was, indeed, a merited and not-
able occasion. Mr. Short has long
been distinguished in the field of
Pennsylvania journalism and his
virile, courageous and constructive
writing has made his paper an un-
usual force.
The Watchman greets and salutes
a man whom it has always admired.
——The county auditors will com-
plete their work of auditing the
various accounts of the county
either this week or early next week.
In this connection it might be said
that many taxpayers are anxiously
watching for the publication of the
auditors’ annual statement.
——*“There is nothing new under
the sun.” Thirty years ago a distin-
guished Republican statesman
characterized the Republican organ-
ization of Philadelphia just as
Grundy descr‘bes it now.
Possibly the American dele-
gates to the naval conference were
simply showing their French and
Italian colleagues that they know
something about the quality of
wines.
——Maybe that Chicago blizzard
last week was ‘the justly fanious
onion snow. ro
Against Parker for Supreme | Pinchot’s Appealing Promises. '
Mr. Pinchot’s platform is artfully
phrased. It promises much that is
appealing to the average mind. “If
elected Governor,” he says, “I will
use the full power of my office to
break the strangle hold of the
electric, gas, water, trolley, bus
and other public utilities on the
cost of living and margin for happi-
ness.” This pledge will “ring the
bell” in thousands of homes in Penn-
sylvania. There is no section of the
State which has not suffered in-
justice at the hands of these monop-
olies, The promise of security from
théir unjust exactions will thrill
thousands of hearts. If Mr. Pinchot
could give a guarantee of achieve-
ment along these lines his nomina-
tion and election would be certain.
His several other promises are
equally appealing. The Public Serv-
ice . Commission has long been an
agency through which utility cor-
porations have legalized their crimes
against the people. To abolish it
would be a public service of ines-
timable value. The creation of a
fair rate board to be elected by the
people in districts is an enticing
proposition and to invest it with
power to ‘review and reduce every
unjust rate now charged by any
electric, gas, water, trolley, bus or
any’ other public utility under its
be admirable.
improvements
autHority” would
These and the other
in methods and policies which Mr.
Pinchot enumerate are desirable and
and commendable in the fullest
measure.
But in the face of past experi-
ence how can Mr, Pinchot hope to
accomplish these results? All these
vicious practices are deep-seated
policies of the party to which he
adheres tenaciously. The only way
they can be eradicated is the com-
plete reversal of the political com-
plexion of the State administration,
the elimination of every trace of
machine politics. Mr. Pinchot tried
to accomplish the reforms “within
the party” and failed. His effort
was. belated but probably sincere
and his energy was wasted. The
amt of the State have been
_striving for years to compass ti
results he now professes to desire
but lacked the opportunity. Elect
their ticket now and they will suc-
ceed.
——Harmones are reported by
scientists to work greater wonders
in the aging human system than
monkey glands ever promised to
perform. Injected into an old
rooster, whose combs had wilted and
whose wattles had shriveled, they
| perked. him up until he couldnt: be
; distinguished from the youngest
i cock in the flock. This harmone.in-
jection interests us and we = think
there are a lot of other old roosters
who will sit up and take notice of
what science has to say of har-
mones.
em ees ee——
my of census takers started out to
discover just how many of us there
are in this country. If there aren't
122,186,893 then the great Census
Clock in Washington will be found
to be wrong. - What if it is? It
won't be the first clock to be wrong.
We have one that is so habitually
wrong that we don’t rely on it when
it happens to be right.
—It remained for a spelling bee
between Congressmen and newspa-
per correspondents, in Washington,
to reveal that in the Constitution of
quillity is spelled with only one 1
It is just possible that the wise men
who framed that precious document
thought they would emphasize: the
much desired condition described by
tranquillity by taking as much 1!
as possible out of it.
— Included on a
committeee
Friday, to arrange for the dedica-
tion of statues of the old War Gov-
ernor, Andrew G. Curtin, and Gen.
John G. Parke, in the Vicksburg
military’ park, in Mississippi, the
coming summer, are Capt. C. T.
Fryberger, of Philipsburg, Senator
ven,
of State College.
——On Wednesday
nouncement was made at the Pinchot
for Governor headquarters in Phila-
C. Dale, of this place, has
made state chairman of the Pinchot
campaign committee.
——As a matter of fact it
Grundy and the Mellons who be-
stowed the office of National Com-
mitteeman on Mr. Atterbury.
——Encourage others to subscribe
for the Watchman,
—On Tuesday morning a vast ar-
| posed of the
Clearfield, Cameron and McKean. He grant the application unless the power
the United States the word tran- |
| April 9, 10, and 11. The Women’s
| Democratic. club of Johnstown will
appointed by Governor Fisher, last,
i Governor, of Wyoming,
Richard S. Quigley, of Lock Ha-,
and Hon. John Laird Holmes, |
evening an- |
| ception to delegates will be held
delphia, that former Judge Arthur
FRIENDSHIP.
Out of the ‘Long Ago’’—into the now,
We cherish each memory of friendship’s
glow
And carry it on through days of time,
Sure in its faith and hope, divine.
'SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
| Thomas V. Miller is dead at Lewis-
town at the age of 84. A Civil war vet-
eran, he was one of the guard over Jef-
ferson Davis, the captured President of
the Confederacy. He took part in the
battles before Petersburg and Richmond.
—State Senator A. J. Sordoni was low
bidder on the contract for a soldiers’
memorial shaft to be erected in the cen-
ter of the public square, Wilkes-Barre.
He quoted a figure of $116,000, while
the highest bidder named a price of
$157,000.
—Lebanon Valley Fair grounds, cover-
ing 35 acres of land, part of which is
in the city, along with its equipment,
is to be offered at sheriff's sale on April
19, to cover executions entered against
the Fair Association which is about 35
years old. There will be no annual
fair this year.
—Thieves early on Sunday attacked
Henry Deible, 87 years old, of Sharon,
in the office of the automobile parking
lot he operated near a local theatre, beat
Out of that “Long Ago,” freighted with
cheer,
Comes the joy of having had friendship
so dear;
Of sharing the sunshine, the clouds, the
rain,
Life’s song is not lost—‘It will live on
in refrain. |
WwW. B. MEEK-MORRIS |
April, 1930.
Middletown, Penna., Has No Debt,
and Why?
The fact that there is a town in’
Pennsylvania that has no debt is
interesting. It is such an unusual
condition as to excite inquiry as to
how it has attained such an en-
viable position. i
The following, clipped from last:
Sunday’s Philadelphia Public Ledger, !
will explain how Middletown, |
Dauphin county, got out of debt and
stays out. i
Middletown has passed another |
year without debt and with money |
in its borough funds and money in |
the bank on interest, as well as a'
special reserve. It is the only
municipality in the State that has |
no debt, Councilmen believe, and one
of the few in the country.
There are towns where the tax
rate is very low because corpora- |
tions, such as mining companies,
pay most of the tax, and there are
others where economy has kept the
wolf from the door. Most incorpor-
ated communities not only have
debts, but in many cases they are
so cumbersome that the taxpayers
are in some instances considerably
inconvenienced in raising funds with
which to meet interest.
So muddled are the affairs of
some boroughs and cities, too, that
the Legislature a few years ago
passed a law providing that all
municipal bonds be passed upon by
the Department of Internal Affairs
before any money is realized through
municipal loans. Up to the present
time that law has meant nothing to
this - borough, | : bi
NM Jn approving the report of the
the borough. auditors,, R. W.
Stickell;
R. S. Gotshall and H. E. Robin-
son, Council was able to plan for
the 1930 improvement work on
streets, sewers, paving and other
improvements without bothering
about what the triennial assessment
figures will be. This is the year of
the triennial assessment, when in
many municipalties the assessed
valuations of realty are boosted so
that the town’s revenues may be
increased.
The audit is built primarily about
the borough’s municipal light and
power plant, which furnishes electric
power to new industries at acent a
kilowatt hour, and compete with
one of the largest of the Metropoli-
tan Edison plants in the State,
erected on the Susquehanna River
here. It is profits from this plant
that keep the town free of debt. It
paid the running expenses of 1929,
cut down the tax rate, provided
good and cheap light and power and
helped in piling up the Borough
Treasury’s cash balances. The bor-
ough has $5140 cash on hand for or-
dinary purposes; $19,700 in a spe-
cial light plant reserve; $6000 in
bank on interest and its other funds |
rare in excellent shape.
er re as |
— Maxwell P. Moore, of Brad-
ford, has filed nomination papers as
Democratic candidate for Congress
from the Twenty-third district, com. |
counties of Centre, !
is the only Democratic candidate.
Women Democrats Will Meet in’
Johnstown.
The annual meeting of the Penn-'
sylvania Federation of Democratic
Women will be held at Johnstown,
be the hostess club. Mrs. Nellie
Taylor Ross, vice chairman Demo-
eratic National Committee, and ex-
: and Hon.
Gordon Browning, Congressman from
Tennessee, will be the speakers at
the banquet which will be held
Thursday evening, April 10, at the
Fort Stanwix hotel. A large number of
women and men have already made
reservations for the dinner.
Headquarters will be at the Fort
Stanwix hotel where the first ses-
sion will be held at 10 o'clock Wed-
nesday morning and where the re-
Wednesday evening. At 12:30 on
Thursday there will be a luncheon
to delegates at hotel Capitol hotel.
Democratic women from all sec-
tions of the State are expected to
attend the sessions. .
——The curious thing about the
quarrel between Grundy and the
Vare war board is that everybody
who knows the parties concerned
will agree that all of them are tell-
ing the truth.
him into unconsciousness, robbed him of
$10 in his pockets, but overlooked cur-
rency and deposit slips totaling ap-
proximately $9,000 secreted in his cloth-
ing.
—Seventy relatives will share in the small
estate of Mrs. Hattie Mensch, Snyder-
town, Northumberland county, it was
disclosed when the will was probated in
Northumberland county court. One
cousin in the far away Philippines will
get $10. The bulk of the estate is a
farm house which brought only $900 at
public sale.
—Fires were lighted last week in the
tank of the Interstate Window Glass
company’s factory at Mt. Jewett, twelve
miles east of Kane, and the inhabitants
of that village are pleased as this gives
the assurance that their main industry
will be in operation within three weeks
employing 300 men. This factory has
been idle for the past three years.
— Mrs. Edith L. Reinhart, of 28 Gil-
dersleeve street, Wilkes-Barre, wénts
$10,000 for a cat bite and has sued the
American Stores company for that
amount. Through - Attorney Frank A.
McGuigan, who filed the suit in court.
Mrs. Gildersleeve alleges she was bitten
by the feline while a customer in one
of the company’s stores in that city.
—A summary of the reports covering
attendance in the public schools of
Pennsylvania during the past school
year shows that there was a net enroll-
ment of 1,897,128 pupils in both ele-
mentary and high school departments.
This was an increase of 13,705 pupils
over the previous year. Of this number
963,741 were hoys and 933,387 were girls.
—What to do with the mail accumu-
lated in ‘Rouserville, Franklin county.
over the week-end, has become a prob-
lem with the quarantining of the Fed-
eral post office. Alfred Hartman, post-
master of the Franklin county village,
was quarantined for smallpox when it
was found that a member of his house-
hold was suffering from the disease. No
disposition of the mail was attempted
by medical authorities. :
—The person - who robbed the garage
of C. R. Leach, at Lewistown, can
hardly be called a sneak thief as he
walked out again with a radio and stand.
The garage is located on South - Main
street and the show room opens directly
onto the street. An attendant was
the garage at the time the radio disap-
peared in broad daylight but failed to
see anyone enter or leave. State police
have been placed on the case.
__John B. Ross, district supervisor of
the State Game Commission, is the custo-
dian of three bear cubs which were dis-
covered by employees of the commission.
One was found near Emporium, and two
in Elk county. The three cubs were in
an emaciated condition. Scarcety of food
in the fall forcing the young animals to
hole up before having accumulated sur-
plus fat to last during the long period
of inactivity is blamed for their condi-
tion.
—Isadore Rudzis, 39 years old, of
Shenandoah, Pa., did not have any work
on Monday because the mine at which
he is employed was idle. So he decided
to be kind to his wife and help her with
the family wash. That night he was
in the Locust Mountain State hospital
severely scalded about the back, chest
and head. He stumbled and fell while
carrying a boiler of hot water across
the kitchen. Mrs. Rudzis finished the
family washing. .
—The Public Service Commission, in
an executive session on Monday, granted
the application of the Safe Harbor Wa-
ter Power corporation for permission to
build a $30,000,000 dam and power
plant at Safe Harbor. The commission
discussed the complaint of groups of
residents of York and Lancaster coun-
ties, urging the commission to decline to
company should agree to construct a
roadway atop the dam.
— Floyd K. Steiner, an installer and
repairman at DuBois for the Bell Tele-
phone company, is to receive the Theodore
N. Vail medal for conspicuous acts of
public service - in emergencies - during
1929, it was announced by Leonard H.
Kinnard, president of = the company.
Steiner is to receive the medal ‘‘for
initiative and conspicuous proficiency in
first aid, resulting in the saving of a
human life”” in a fire on the night of
September 3, 1929, at DuBois.
‘Jesse Hassinger, State game trapper,
of Lewistown, spent last week in Juniata
county, solving the killing of wild tur-
keys in that locality. The turkeys had
recently been released by the State
Game Commission and were only half
wild. The carcasses had been found by
farmers with only the head missing. Mr.
Hassinger, an expert in woods lore,
soon discovered that a pack of dogs
were the offenders and after seeing them
kill and devour the head of a turkey
Mr. Hassinger shot them.
—The radio and other radical changes
in recreation and education have so les-
sened the demand for Chautauqua pro-
grammes that the Swarthmore Chautau-
qua Association, one of the best known
organizations of its kind, has been forc-
ed into financial difficulties. An assign-
ment for the benefit of its creditors was
filed Monday by the Swarthmore Associa-
tion, whose president is Paul M. Pear-
son, of Swarthmore. No statement of
assets and liabilities was made by the
association, which for many years has
conducted extensive and Nation-wide
tours. ap Fo
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