INK SLINGS,
BY GEORGE R. MEEK.
—If there could be a referendum
on the weather this part of the coun-
try would certainly vote wet .
—Gradually our Governor is be-
coming a better Latin scholar. His
special session of the Legislature
taught him that vox Pinchi, vox
populi really isn't the same as “vox
populi, vox dei.”
—The consideration with which
the new and Democratic Congress
has treated President Hoover's plans
must make the Honorable Herbert
feel that he made a mistake when
he deserted his first love.
—This is a Leap Year. Three
decades ago it might have meant |
female of the
something to the
species. In this year of our Lord,
nineteen hundred and thirty two, it
means nothing to her. Every year
is Leap Year to the modern girl:
—Representative McFadden wants
Europe to pay her debts to the
United States by ceding colonial pos-
sessions to us. Wouldn't that be
lovely. We took the Philippines and
several other islands, from Spain,
away back in 1898 and we have the
bear by the tail yet.
—Before anybody can convince us
that government ownership of any
public utility will help the country
out of its present slough of depres-
sion he or she will have to explain
to us why the Post-office Depart-
ment has been in the red ever since
we have known anything about it.
—Reports from Finland are to the
effect that that country has repealed
its dry laws
legal prohibition a thorough trial
and has decided that home and
school training in temperance is the
‘more effective curb for alcoholism.
—Governor Pinchot is already out
with his alibi.
session will go down in history as
“Martin's Folly.” The Governor
says lots of things that Pennsylva-
nians are beginning to “take with a
grain of salt.” It wasn't so long ago
that he said he was going to reduce
automobile license fees.
—Mr. Ogden Mills, acting Secre-
tary of the Treasury, is against the
idea of “soaking the rich.” So are
by an unexpectedly
large majority. Finland has given
He says his extra
RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
ON SUNDAY EVENING.
Attorney W. G. Runkle Injured ina
Car Collision on Saturday Evening.
Paul Matello, 55-year-old resident
of Clarence, was so badly injured
| when hit by an automobile driven by
{Howard Chambers, son of David
Chambers, of Clarence, shortly after
seven o'clock on Sunday evening,
that he died a few minutes after
being taken to a physician's office.
The accident happened a short
'distance north of Clarence, on the
‘road to Sugar Run camp. Accord-
ing to the most reliable information
obtainable Matello with Steve Murn-
1pack, Pete Granite, Joe Survaco,
and two others all of Clarence,
, were walking abreast along the road
toward Sugar Run camp. Cham
bers, driving a Ford coupe, was ac-
companied by Alex Dudish and Mike
Murnpack. He was driving at an
average speed when he was con-
fronted with the giaring headlights
‘of an oncoming car and failed to
see the six men walking abreast on
the same side of the road on which
he was driving until he ran into
them.
He stopped the car as quickly as
possible and returned to render aid.
He got two of the men who seemed
(to be the most injured and took
| them to the office of Dr. Harris, in
Snow Shoe. Shortly after he ar-
rived there another motorist brought
in Matello, who had not been dis-
covered when Chambers left with
‘the other two men. It seems that
when Matelio was hit by the car he
was thrown against a cable fence
‘post, and then rolled down a small
‘embankment. His skull was frac-
tured and he was badly cut and
| bruised. None of the other men
were seriously hurt.
Chambers and his two companions
BELLEFONTE, PA., JAN
UARY 1, 1932.
DISEASE KILLING TROUT
IN SPRING CREEK.
A strange disease has lately been
taking serious toll of the big trout
(in. Bellefonte's far famed natural
aquarium. Every few days one of
the beauties that have lured thous-
ands of visitors to our town, turns
MOTORISTS OVERCOME NEW COUNTY OFFICERS
WITH ALCOHOL FUMES, WILL BE SWORN IN, IN
About five o'clock last Saturday | OPEN COURT, MONDAY.
evening a car containing six people Present Officials Rushing Work to
drove up and stopped in front of the Clean up Business on Hand.
Y. M. C. A. Two women got out. —
and practically collapsed on the The rattle and clatter of type-
pavement while the driver of the car Writers has been very persistent in
‘collapsed on the seat just as the most of the offices in the court on its side, struggles tc right itself
car stopped. The two women were house this week, in an endeavor of land gives up the ghost.
helped into the Y and the man had Present officials to clean up all the, On Friday morning, December 18,
to be carried in. A physician was Work on hand so that the offices can we watched one in the throes of
hastily summoned, as it was the be- be turned over tc the new officials death from a window in this office.
lief that the motorists were victims With a clean slate at 12 o'clock Later it was taken from the creek
of monoxide gas, but the doctor Doon, next Monday. The new of- hy Frank Meter. It was 22 inches
found no symptoms to justify this ficers will all be sworn in in open long and weighed 6 Ibs. 3 oz. A
theory. All of those affected re. court at the noon hour. While no careful examination revealed no ex-
‘covered in a short time and it was definite announcement has been made ternal injury that might have caus-
the general belief that they were 85 to who will administer the oath ed it to die and an experienced fish
'overcome with alcohol fumes from a the probability is that the retiring culturist from the Pleasant Gap
leaky radiator. Recorder will swear in Prothonotary- hatchery was called to perform an
| The party consisted of a Mr. tlect S. Claude Herr and he, in | autopsy.
Coles, his wife and three children, turn, will swear in the other offi- He discovered that inside the fish
and Mrs. Coles’ mqther, of Mones-, ¢lals. As soon as they are sworn jooked perfectly healthy and normal
sen, who were on their way to visit In the keys of the various offices except for its liver which was very
friends in Elysburg, Northumberland Will be turned over to them. ‘much enlarged and had turned yel-
county. Mr. and Mrs. Coles and AS to the retiring officers, Sheriff ow. He knew of no cause for sucha
their eldest daughter were the ones Harry E. Dunlap will go from the condition, however. It was a rain-
affected while the elder lady and Jail to his new home, on east How- how trout and had roe almost as
two younger children were not. Af- 8rd street, where most of his furni- 1arge as that of a shad. The brook
ter Mr. Coles revived he telephoned ture and personal belongings have and brown species spawn in the
to his friends in Elysburg, telling already been moved. He will then ga) hut the rainbows deposit their
them what had happened and anoth- be in a position to devote all of his eggs in the spring.
er car was sent here to convey them time to the work of the contracting Several days later two or three
to their destination. It was about frm of Dunlap Bros, of which he other big fellows that had made
9.30 o'clock when they left the y 18 the head. their home just below the High
and all of them were feeling fairly County Treasurer Lyman L.Smith gtreet bridge died. An examination
fit by that time. ‘will continue to make Bellefonte his gisclosed the same condition stated
«ome. Up to this time he has not apove.
ES decided on what he will do but has Local piscatorialists have all man-
A FEW FACTS CONCERNING ‘hopes of landing in a job before very ner of explanation for the trouble.
OUR COUNTY COURT HOUSE. long. Some think the trout merely die of
Recorder Lloyd A. Stover will not
The first sessions of Court in Cen- return to the Schaeffer hardware [BA age. Ofna beligve Shey Sat Jigh
‘tre county were held in the stone store, as announced in this paper diet of ground beef, and others look
building, now the property of the several weeks ago, and until he
| White Bros., at the corner of High | lands in something else will devote
and Spring streets. his time to the milk business in
The first Court house was built in which he is interested.
11805 and 1806 on the plot now oc- Register Harry A. Rossman Will, HOWARD BOY WINS IN
cupled for the same purpose. It of course, devote his energies to his |" Lor © COURT HEARING
| chemical that is
in the water.
occasionally seen
—
with suspicion on a blue colored
—Edward McCloskey, who will assume
office of Mayor of Johnstown, Jan-
1, has given himself a $500 cut in
“The office pays $3500, and I
I can get along on $3000. Besides,
city needs the money,” McCloskey
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borers employed in road work hy
the State Highway Department during
| the week ending December 19 numbered
| 21,896, Governor Pinchot announced to-
This, he added, represents an in-
crease of 2500 over the previous week
and an increasc of more than 21,000 over
|a year ago,
| —Mrs. Leona Lord, the first woman to
! be convicted of being a common scold
in Berks county in many years, can be
| thankful the old New England custom of
' being ducked from a stool at a village
| pond or creek is no longer in effect. She
was sentenced on Monday by Judge Fred
A. Marx to pay $20 fine and costs in 20
days and move out of the neighborhood,
or in default of moving, to give $500 bond
to keep the peace. She said she'd move.
—If the plans of William Fryberger, of
Shamokin, and Claude Daniels, of Elys-
burg, mature, the abandoned silk mill
formerly operated by Post and Sheldon
at Elysburg will be re-opened within the
next few weeks and employment given
'to one hundred and fifty persons. The
Post and Sheldon mill was closed more
than a year ago because of a slump in
the silk business. Preliminary arrange-
ments already have been made with the
| receivers to take over the property.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Parrish, of Mun-
ister, near Cresson, were killed Wednes-
{day of last week when their automobile
{was struck and demolished by a fast
! freight train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road at the Bald Eagle street crossing
in Lock Haven. The couple were en-
route to the State Teachers College in
{Lock Haven to take their daughter,
‘Loraine. to the family home at Munster
to spend the Christmas holidays. Ac-
cording to reports Parrish failed to heed
the watchman's signal at the crossing.
—Homes of two men for years proms
inent in the financial world in Lackawan-
na county, were disposed of at sheriff's
sales on Saturday. The residence of
James Paul, Carbondale financier, was
sold for $15,251, while the residence of
the late George Stuckart went for $750.
Only a year or so ago the Paul home was
remodeled at an expense of $100,000, Mr.
Stuckart was head of the Anthracite
Trust company, which closed three months
‘ago. The police pension funds held a
mortgage of $7300 against the residence.
Paul's bank was taken over by the State
six months ago.
—A young man who attempted to kiu-
nap the 12-year-old daughter of Rev. k.
E. Dunkelberger, at Sunbury, last Fri-
day, was turned loose by the clergyman
'with a fatherly reprimand. The plucky
girl beat off her would-be-abductor as
{he attempted to seize her near her home.
| She bit, scratched and kicked him, all
[the while screaming at the top of her
we. We're for making everyone
pay for the cost of government in
to ny Ran 01a ur Be ad by morning when an inquest was held
only fair, but Mr. Mills probably DY coroner W. R. Heaton. After
in the car were placed under arrest | lungs. Her father rushed from the
and held in custody until Monday
was a two-story stone building and automobile business. He is this
cevered only about as much ground week moving his cars and equip- | Ordinarily the Watchman does not house. and with a Belghbor, & C. Re.
(as the front lobby, the Prothono- ment from the garage on the cor- give publicity to juvenile court hear- a Snuse ve Sena te Se
tary’s and the Recorder's offices in ner of Allegheny and Howard streets ings but one was held in the library | TRS Li save Hie a evar
|and his two companions were ex- In 1831 northern and southern | ry alley, Where he will be located in ternoon, which resulted in a VICtory | _ ager the first of 3 (today)
; (onerated of all blame for the acci- wings were added to it. x future. ners ed Fans for. a boy. i ‘ barber-T Pet IT ea tbe =
: ty Commissioners Newton I. oY uysey i ve
, independent Re- dent.
of Nebraska, warned his| Matello is survived by his wife
in Washington of the and six children, all grown up. Bur-
a third party entering the ja] was made at Clarence on Wed-
field in the coming presidential cam- nesday afternoon.
paign. Democrats should wo
about that. They are ready to orry W. G. Runkle Esq. left Bellefonte
all comers and the more parties the about seven o'clock Saturday even-
cans split into the happier Ing, in his Ford touring car, to drive
Republi Split Pp to his home in Potter township. Out
they will be. on the curve in the road near the
—Nobody knows what 1932 will Titan Metal company plant his car
bring forth. Heaven forbid that it collided headon with one driven to-
might beget a dole. The dole is ward Bellefonte by William Thomp-
wrecking England and Germany's son, of Pine Grove Mills. Mr.
troubles are largely because her nat- Runkle's car was badly wrecked and
urally industrious people are being it was first thought he
devitalized by it. Taxing those who seriously injured.
will work to keep those who will not to the Centre County hospital where
is the surest way we can think of it was found that he had suffered a
to destroy any governmental sys- slight rib fracture and shock.
‘tem. | Thompson, driver of the other car,
—In Pennsylvania Democratic uninjured. :
‘newspapers don't amount to much, LeRoy Corl, of State College, is
so far as what goes on at Harris- in the Centre County hospital with
‘burg is concerned. However that a fracture of the right leg above
may be, we have an idea that they the knee as the result of an acci-
were the ubiquitous little picadors dent near Port Matilda, early Sun-
that goaded Governor Gif. to thedis- day morning, when his car left the
covery that the people of Pennsyl- roadway and crashed into a tele-
vania were not with kim on his idea phone pole. George W .Ellis, who
that only those who supported him was with him, was only slightly
‘should have jobs to help fill empty hurt.
stomachs. ——
| James E. Lotz, of Port Matilda, is
—When the Harlem police started also a patient in the Centre County
‘initiating Mr. Amos Jones into the hospital, suffering with cuts and
had been
He was rushed
The case was from Howard and
was an action brought against Her-
In 1854-55 all the building save return to their respective farms, the ,..n Wyland, 13 years old, for in-
the porch was torn away and re- former in Halfmoon township and | coprigibility. On the 15th of De-
built. | the latter in Union township, where | comber the Wyland boy attendeda
In 1905-1806, at a cost of $100,- | they will not be bothered with | enearsal gathering for a Christmas
000, the building was improved and checking up the many bills the i ¢ortainment. He had a deer tail
enlarged into its present condition. county is called upon to pay. /in his hat and another boy had a
The bronze statue of Governor BOROUGH OFFICERS TO BE SWORN rabbit's foot. Boy-like they used
Curtin that stands in front of the | IN MONDAY EVENING. 'the deer tail and the rabbit foot
monument on the Diamond was de- All the recently-elected borough with which to tickle each other's
signed by Charles H. Niehaus, sculp- | officers will be sworn in at the reg- face and neck.
tor of Philadelphia, and represents jar meeting of borough council, on Miss Emma Pletcher was in charge
the subject between the ages of Monday evening. While four coun- of rehearsal and despairing of mak-
forty-five and fifty. |cilmen were elected in November ing the boys behave she tried to
| three of them, John S. Walker, of take Wyland’s hat from him. He
'the North ward; Harry Badger, of desisted and reaching in his pocket
THREE MORE PRISONERS ‘the South, and Myron M. Cobb, of pulled out some small implement
ESCAPE FROM ROCKVIEW. {1 West, are old members re-elect- and made as if to strike the woman
Sometime between 8.15 and 8.30 d While W. H. Doll was elected in when the preacher, Rev. J. F. Win.
o'clock on Sunday evening Tony | the South ward to succeed Robert kleblech, who was present, picked
Messa, of Allegheny county, made ‘Kline. With only one new council- up a chair and brought it down on
| nis escape from Rockview by climb- Man there is not likely to be much the boy's head, knocking him parti-
ing over the new wire stockade. It change in the organization as it ally unconscious.
‘was almost nine o'clock when his Stands at present. At the hearing both Miss Pletch-
‘absence was discovered and in the Edward Klinger will be the new er and the pastor testified that the
dark it was impossible to tell which OVerseer of the poor, taking the Wyland boy had taken a knife from
way he had gone. He was serving Place of Thomas Fleming, while his pocket and had attempted to stab
'a sentence of 21; to 5 years for John F. Smith will succeed John E. the teacher, though they were un-
| statutory rape. ‘Dubbs on the board of borough au- able to produce any knife. The
While guards were out on the ditors. boy testified that he did not have a
‘hunt of Messa, Elmer Sullivan, of — initia knife and that the only thing he
Erie county, serving a 23 to 6 year COMMISSIONERS MAKE had taken out of his’ pocket was a
‘sentence for breaking and ente . cartridge lead pencil.
and Clarence McCann, of SUSHLS | MORE APPOINTMENTS. | After hearing all the evidence the
‘county, doing one to two years for The recently elected County Com- COUrt discharged the boy.
In 1835 the columned porch was
added. Wilson and Howard M. Miles will’
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censed under an act of the Legislature.
These licenses must be renewed each
year and are restricted to applicants
more than 16 years old who have served
at least two years as apprentices in a
barber shop. Examinations will be neces-
sary under direction of the Department
of Public Instruction and these will be
held in Harrisburg and other cities.
Away-back barbers were given degrees
owing to their ability to perform certain
operations, So it may be quite the
thing hereafter to address your barber
as Dr. Blank.
—Three-year-old Mabel Narhood was
instantly killed Christmas by an ac-
cidentally discharged revolver while she
was playing with her Christmas toys in
her home, near Lewisburg. The child's
romping about the living room dislodg-
ed a .44 caliber revolver from a shelf
and it was discharged as it struck the
floor two feet from her. The bullet
| pierced her shoulder. She is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nar-
‘hood. The child's mother was in the
| kitchen preparing the Christmas dinner
| when the accident occurred. The fath-
‘er was reading in the room in which his
daughter was playing.
—Doyle Lucas, a laborer of Curwens-
ville, was awarded a verdict of $25,000
for the loss of one eye by a jury be-
| fore federal Judge Robert A. Inch, in
| Brooklyn, on Tuesday, December 22nd,
The defendant was the Pennsylvania
railroad Co. Lucas said that on Feb-
ruary 10, last, he was employed with a
| section gang on the railroad company’s
tracks in Clearfleld county, and was
‘ " | larceny, made their escape about missioners, John S. Spearly, J. Vie- |siven a hammer with which to drive
terrors of the “Third-Degree” we bruises and possible internal injuries ; | Y CHRISTMAS BASKETS MADE | spikes. He said he observed a flaw in
made the prediction that it would as the result of an accident near Sl€Ven o'clock on Monday morning. tor Brungart and Howard E. Holtz- | MANY FAMILIES HAPPY, the hammer but the foreman ordered
| The men were working at the coal worth, held a meeting on Saturday,
not be “more than a couple of weeks Birmingham, on Sunday night. His * {him to use it anyway. A piece broke
until the entire country would have car swerved from the highway, fain | lle, 56 He a) WI See ang tas ? Prejinisial ary OrganiZa-| . stated elsewhere in this issue from the hammer and struck him in the
a new issue.” Amos’ hours in the into a hill at the side of the in ; by electing Mr. Spearly, presi Christmas baskets were distributed Ye causing him to lose the sight. The
“sweat-box” were only a dream, but and rebounding, ran through the y before twelve o'clock but dent, and Mr. Brungart secretary.
| il 3 hil ! jury deliberated three hours.
metropolitan journals are already fence at the opposite side of the Managed to get under cover on Nit-| The board confirmed the appoint. © 73 1 leg: Jat the —When Anthony Spinillo, poultryman,
‘devoting columns to editorial ful- road and came to a stop on the edge
tany mountain before their absence ment of Charles E. Freeman, ot | HI Ie ae 0 oy | started to climb into his automobile out-
minations against that inhuman was detected by prison officials. ‘ {side his home in Dunmore early Monday
practice of police departments.
—Scientists now assert that there
is a definite co-relation between
sun spots and radio transmission.
Inasmuch as old Sol has fewer spots
now than he has had since 1924 or
1925 reception should be better than |
it has been for six years. Possibly
it is, but the fellow who lives in a
vicinity where an oil burner motor
goes into action every twenty min-
utes would probably prefer to take
chances on whatever disturbance
sun-spots may make.
——The special session of the Leg-
islature has adjourned. If all of
' its enactments become operative
$18,546,000 will become available for
relief of unemployment in Pennsyl-
vania. If the Governor's veto pow-
er and legal inhibitions obtrude only
$716,558 will be the offering of a
session that cost the State $366,000.
It is no wonder that those who
think not of partisan politics in
times of universal distress tremble
for fear of the sight of the red flag
of revolution.
|of a steep embankment. Passing
| motorists took him to Tyrone where
he was given first aid treatment
then brought to the Centre County
hospital.
HOLIDAY BUSINESS BELOW
NORMAL IN BELLEFONTE.
While there appeared to be consid-
erable activity among holiday shop-
pers during the week or ten days
prior to Christmas the final sum-
ming up of all old-line merchants in
Bellefonte shows that business was
considerably below normal. Busi-
ness at the Bellefonte postoffice was
also decidedly short of last year.
{In the four days prior to Christ-
| mas there were 64,970 cancellations
lof stamps on letters and cards,
| while last year the number was 68,-
537. During the entire week be-
|fore Christmas the cancellations
| were 6520 less than one year ago.
| There was also a considerable fall-
ling off in the volume of parcel post
| business, both in packages sent out
|from the Bellefonte office and in in.
| coming mall,
|
i
| Vonada, of Bellefonte, assistant clerk,
|and also announced the appointment
MAIL PILOT JOHNSON ‘of Spangler & Walker, as Commis-
| TAKES TO PARACHUTE. sioner's attorneys; Dr. M. A. Kirk,
—— ‘jail physician, and William Moyer,
Last Thursday night James A.
(fireman. No selection has yet been
Sotto, ps pilot for He Na- | made for janitor.
lof one of a fleet of five ships west-
mas mail. He was flying at an ap- | DESTROYED BY FIRE.
proximate height of fourteen thous- The building ot Ouk i whith
and feet and over in the vicinity ox
Allport he encountered a terrific housed Be eas Yaliguiny shop B
gale of wind and one wing was torn | e and Suras oo at
from his plane. The ship went fon | Le Um pany t gn
toa spin and hurtled downwards. At
a height of 3000 feet Johnson fump- | fire. on Tuesday evening of last
ed. His parachute opened and he | Week. The fire started in the of-
landed with a wrenched back and a |fic® but the origin is unknown. In
bad bruise. The plane crashed on | 20d1tI0 to the building two trucks
the highway, almost a mile distant, |and other equipment were burned.
and was completely wrecked, but |Fortunately the books and valuable
the mail was safe. papers of the company were kept
Pilot Little, with another plane, 0 the office at State College. The
took the mail through to Cleveland |Pullding had formerly been the hall
while Johnson went to his destina- | °f the Oak Hall Grange. The loss
tion by train. His injuries kept |Was partially covered by insurance.
him out of the air for a few days
only.
—We will do your job work right
| Philipsburg, as chief clerk, and Boyd |
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| made up one was sent to her.
not less than four hundred children
were given a happy Christmas in’
this manner who otherwise would
have had a cheerless day of it.
Some days previous to Christmas
a woman living close to Bellefonte
applied to the Associated Charities
for clothing for her children, and!
when the Christmas baskets were
She
promptly returned the same with a
note of thanks, stating that while
she appreciated the spirit in which |
it was sent there were probably
others more in need of it than she
and her family, and that all she
wanted was clothing for her chil-
dren (which had been supplied) and |
she would manage to get along |
somehow. :
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——Last night Mr. and Mrs. W. |
J. Emerick entertained the twenty- |
four members of the “Hate to Leave
It” camping club. The club has
a summer camp on the Houser farm |
on Spring creek and this winter
gathering is an annual affair.
was at the Emerick home on Linn
street,
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|
|
morning, two armed men commanded him
to put up his hands. As Spinillo com-
plied with the command his wife, hear-
| ing voices, rushed out and grabbed one
of the gunmen. The bandit placed his
hand over Mrs. Spinillo's mouth to pre-
vent her screams from being heard, but
Mrs. Spinillo bit his hand until he
screamed. The second bandit, who had
slugged Spinillo to the ground, became
frightened and joined his pal in flight.
Spinillo had more than $100 in cash on
his person, but through the courage dis-
played by his wife the robbers failed to
get any of it.
~State Game Protector Bruce P. Yeag-
er, Northumberland county, predicts
that the winter will continue mild, due
to the fur on muskrats, beavers and
squirrels. For several weeks Yeager and
his assistants have been watching the
fur-bearing animals closely. The musk-
rats have built thinner-walled homes
than usual upon the ground. This is
an unmistakable sign of a light winter
it is said. Several years ago when they
built low in the water and made extra
thick homes it was very cold. Then in
the fall the muskrats tarried over their
building and for a time it looked as
t | though they were going to camp out all
winter. They started to build during
the past week, flimsy high homes,