Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, April 29, 1932, Image 1

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BY GEORGE R. MEEK.
Col. Fred Kerr, of Clearfield, will
pe the first man to represent the re-
constructed Twenty-third District of
pennsylvania in Congress.
__Since the Scott-Rossman and the
Betz-White fight was wholly a
name-calling campaign the outcome
of the primaries indicates that the
former faction was the glibbest of
tongue.
__What Ivar Kruger did to the
financial world certainly doesn’t in-
spire much confidence in the master
minds of high finance. When “a poor
Swede” can take it for the ride he
did we're for taking our hat off to
‘him.
—Monday certainly was washday
among the warring Republican fac-
tions in Centre county. More dirty
political linen was hung out then
than we have seen throughout the
many years we have looked on at
the game of politics.
—Reports from the Highway De-
partment for the first three months
of the current year indicate that the
advertisements of progressive refine-
ments in the modern automobile are
not without warrant. The motors
are really becoming much more effi-
cient, Over the period referred to
there were two hundred and seventy-
‘three less accidents than during the
first three months of 1931, but they
succeeded in killing fifty-eight more
people.
—Our congratulations to Merv.
Betz. He has nothing to be ashamed
of. When a country merchant down
at Jacksonville can give an op-
ponent as prominent as Senator
Scott is in the councils of his party
in the State such a run Merv’'s de-
feat was something of a victory. As
‘our mind wanders back to a primary
campaign in 1927 we put our finger
almost on a muff that the Marion
township statesman made that might
‘have been the reason his victory on
‘Tuesday was not more fruitful than
it was. ;
—On page six of this issue is a
letter from the head-master of the
Bellefonte Academy. All the Watch-
man’s readers should ponder over it
thoughtfully. The Academy is an
institution that Bellefonters have
never properly evaluated. We have a
lot of great industries here, but only
three of them bring more cash into
the community, without depleting
its natural resources, than the Acade-
my does, The historic institution has
done much toward keeping Centre
county on the map. Owing to the
depression the question now arises:
What are Centre countians going to
dc about helping it over a rough
spot ?
 —Our public schools and Colleges
.should specialize more on grammar.
There was a day when every boy and
girl didn’t have the :advantages of
schooling that those of today have;
yet we talk to seniors and juniors
of our High schools and colleges and
even those who are working for Mas-
ter’s degrees in the latter institu-
tions and grit our teeth at their “I
seens,” “I dones” “I have saws,” “he
should have dids,” “It is me’s.” You
can talk of modern theories of edu-
cation as much as you like, but
there can be no such thing as higher
English unless it is founded on the
lowly grammar. By the way, what
has become of the old-fashioned
grammar school ?
—On October 26, 1926, Governor
Pinchot made public a statement to
the effect that the Republican ma-
chine in Pennsylvania was attempting
to resume the “contemptible practice
that I put an end to four years ago.”
He was referring to the custom of
assessing State office holders for
campaign purposes, In the recent
primary, which was purely a contest
to make him and his aspiring con-
Sort: the super-Lord and Lordess of
Pennsylvania, the “contemptible
practice” of making State employees
finance their campaign was a horse
of another color. The Governor might
have risen to great heights in public
Service to Pennsylvania and the Na-
after all,
the public’ is not so dumb as it ap-
bears to be. It knows the difference
between the ethics of a statesman
and a snake doctor.
—An anonymous correspondent
has written:to the editor of this
Paper to know why the Court House
grounds are converted into “a livery
stable.” The communication fell into
oup hands because the editor has the
‘Pipp” and looks at his mail only
Semi-occasionally. Let us say for him
that the Watchman publishes no un-
Signed communications. It must have
the name and address of all persons
Who expect to see what they have
written published in its columns.
The Watchman would be very glad
to publish the merited criticism of
Whoever has charge of the grouuds
Surrounding the Court House and
Sign it “Citizen and Subscriber,” but
it must know who the “Citizen and |
As a matter of fact |
Subseriber” is.
this column raised the very question
Several times last year and it hoped
that when Democrats were put in
Charge of the County’s Capitol there
Would be an end to making the
‘approach to that - stately edifice a
Parking place,
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STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
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PINCHOT FORCES LOSE
AT SPRING PRIMARIES
IN CENTRE COUNTY
Scott and Rossman Both Elected but
Chase Lost Fight for Congress.
As the jate lamented James P.
Hughes used to say when he came
home from a drive with his fox
hounds that he “had a beautiful
chase but didn’t get anything,” so
also with the Pinchot followers, on
Tuesday, They had a spirited chase
at the primaries in an effort to cap-
ture control of the party organiza-
tion and all they got was to carry
the county for Gen. Smedley Dar-
lington Butler, for United State
Senator and that was an empty hon-
or, as the hot-blooded Marine was
completely snowed under in an ava-
lanche of votes from other sectiong
of the State.
So deep was the interest in the
fight between State Senator Harry
B, Scott and Mervin S. Betz, for
membership on the Republican State
committee, and Harry A. Rossman
and Bond White for Republican
county chairman, that the stalwarts
almost lost sight of the rest of their
ticket. Both Scott and Rossman won
out but at that they bad no walk-
over.
Interest in the Democratic ranks
centered in the contest between
Smith and Roosevelt, for President,
and Charles A. Freeman and John
J. Bower for county chairman. Smith
had a very small following while
Bower nosed out by the small ma-
jority of 140.
The complete returns for some of
the leading candidates on both Dem-
ocratic and Republican tickets will
be found in the tables published to-
day. The total vote in the county for
the Delegates at large to the Na-
tional Democratic convention is as
follows:
Lynett 1218
Campbell 990
Niles 685
Gilmore 1240
Bard ne7
VAN DYKE cooiiiriinrrinnisnnsiscsisnsnnass snssesias 1061
Donohoe 884
Collins 654 {
Shull o01 |
Cassidy 286
Short 1040
Morris 340
Kistler 575
McDevitt 465
Unofficial Returns of Democratic Vote, Primaries April 26, 193
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Bellefonte, W. W. 6| 35|| 6] 31|| 37| 28] 30|| 24] 13] 30|| 22| 19
Centre Hall .... 2| 76|| 13] 61|| 73| 55 60|| 63] 9] 70|| 12| 68
Howard ......... 2| 34|| 13] 21|| 33] 30| 30|| 28 6 29] 19] 80
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Philipsburg, 2nd W. 6) 24|| 9] 19] 26] 22] 22|| 28] 15 27] 21] 11
Philipsburg, 3rd W. 7| 24|] 8 17] 20/ 15] 17|| 21] 8] 23|| 25 2
South Philipsburg .. 73 7 1 9 5/5] 5 35 9 1
Port Matilda ...... 15|| 5] 10] 14 uy 120 12) 8 220 UU 7
Snow Shoe Boro . 4] 6 5/ 3] 10] 4] 6|] 9 4 5 5 6
State College, E. D. .. 7 60/i 19] 35|| 50| 46| 47|| 37( 45] 16] 11] 19
State College, W. D. ... 2| 58|| 18| 38|| 59] 50] b51|| 41 17| 53|| 24 87
Unionville .............. - 14 6 71 11] 10{ 9|| 11] 6] 9 4 8
Benner, N. P. A 15 8 9 4 7 9 1] 10] 5 7
Benner, S. P, . Ak Ea Ee 4 4] 5j-3 4 1j 1 8
Boggs, N. P. . . 10-8: 4 8 8 ‘H.. | | al 1
Boggs E. P. ... 10 3 7 9] 5 6/] 4 3] 4 8
Boggs, W. P. 6! 16] 10{ 11j| 22| 20| 20|| 13] 8] 17|| 14] 9
Burnside ...... 1] 10 2 7 9 7 9] 100 1] 11 71 38
College ...... 1) 30|| 4] 22|| 24 17/ 19|| 20| 10! 16|| 3| 27
Curtin, N. 15 161 9] 8] 14] 13] 11j| 7 4 10] 9] 7
Curtin, S. P. 21 Bi-.o5i oir 4 4 Sif 3 2 4 of 4
Ferguson, N, P. 34 2| 29|| 31] 20| 24|| 23] 4| 25/| 5| 25
Ferguson, E. P. . 2| 37|| 13] 26] 38| 29] 30|| 31 4| 33|| 7| 28
Ferguson, W. P. .. 1 11 1 10] 11] 8 9|| 9 1] 10] 3] 8
Ferguson, Nw. P. 1 4 4 df 4 Bli 2 | 4] 4 1
Gregg, N. P. .. 16|| 2] 12) 13] 10] 10f[ 8 2| 12|| 5] 9
Gregg, E. P. .. 4) 29|| 8] 24|| 31] 25| 27|| 29] 11| 24 13] 19
Gregg, W. P, .. 4| 82|| 11] 60|| 69] 63] 58] 55 15 60]| 20] 23
Haines, E. P. .. 1| 18|| 6] 10|| 15] 12| 11j| 12] 8 13|| 8 10
Haines, W. P. 46|| 10] 30|| 35| 32] 31|| 34] 11] 35|| 14] 30
Halfmoon ......... 2] 12 7 7 111 8 10 8 3] 9 5 7
Harris, E. P. .. 1| 19|| 5| 15] 16] 14] 14] 12] 5 4] 2 13
Harris, W. P. . 1] 43|| 4| 38|j 42| 39] 40|| 39] 6] 43] 9] 35
Howard ....... 4| 18|| 6| 14] 15] 15| 14|| 12] 7] 14]; 21] 16
Huston ........ 14 4 7 12] 7] 6) 9 ni 7 5 17
Liberty, E. P. 221| 6 13] 17| 15 13|| 15] 4| 18|] 4] 14
Liberty, W, P. 1 9 2/ 6 7 6 6 5 5 6 4 8
Marion .. 3] 20i| 6] 13] 20] 16/ 17|| 15] 8] 13|i 16] 5
Miles, E. “off 31 sit si ‘70 ‘sil “6 3 TN. A 6
Miles, M. P. 70] 6] 56|| 54] 44] 46] 47] 9] 54|| 32] 3b
Miles, W. P. 2| 18|| 1| 15|| 15 12] 13] 9] 5] 12|| 10[ 8
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Potter, N. P. 24|| 2] .23|| 24| 22] 21|| 19] 4| 22|] 8 17
Potter, S. P, .... 3] 28|| 8 22|| 28] 22| 24] 21] 7] 23|| 16] 19
Potter, W. P. . 3 17|| 6] 10] 15] 15| 15|| 15] 4] 15] 7| 10
Rush, N. P. .. 2| 11|| 3] 7] 11| 5/ 6|| 5 2] 10] 10f 3
Rush, E. P 6 6] 7 5] 12/ 10] 10/| 9 9 3] 7 4
Rush, 8S. P. woe cof of ar 3 Sl o8 oo 48 2
Rush, W. P 15 3|| 10/ 8|| 17] 11] 10|| 12] 4] 13|| 12| 4
Snow Shoe, 3 4 3 3 5 4 3 0 4 2 3 4
Snow Shoe 7] 13|| 7| 11|| 13] 13] 13|| 8 9] 12|| 20
Spring, N. 1] 17 5/ 10 6 11] 11] 10] 3| 12 9] 5
Spring, S. 2| 43|| 8| 34|| 38| 31] 29|| 32| 6] 34[| 10] 30
Spring, W. sl 7 71 41 7 4 5] 6 8 5|l 2 6
Taylor ... ail 81 Ii Bl: 4 4 Hy 2 2 2 2
Union 1 8|| 1 bi 5 5 6 5 2| 4] 2 4
Walker, i 1] 14) 71 8|| 14] 13] 15) 8 6] 10] 6] 9
Walker, M. P. ... Ll 2] 82) 5] 27] 83] 27] 27|| 27] 5] 30
Walker, L2| 26) 6] 23]| 27] 24] 25) 20] 11] 24|| 18] 11
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Howard Boro. Jf 63 113] 2
Milesburg Boro 92! 1T5|.......
Miltheim Boro 26] 94 3
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Philipsburg, 2nd W. ..| 85 91 4
Philipsburg, 3rd W...... 106] 65 8
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Boggs Twp, E. P 5 21] 1
Boggs Twp., W. P 49] 64) 6
Burnside Twp 5 35 1
College Twp 36 69 2
Curtin Twp., N. Pu. 16 26........
Curtin Twp., S. P 6 26 1
Ferguson Twp. N. 5| 14 3
Ferguson Twp, 18, 39] 2
Ferguson Twp., 11} 26 2
Ferguson Twp., 130 Te
Gregg Twp., N. 7 3 1 :
Gregg Twp, E. 8) 1...
Gregg Twp., W. 21| 56|........
Haines Twp, E. 5 48...
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Huston Twp | 29] 38...
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Liberty Twp, W. Pussies 10, 14 2
Marion Twp 23] 5 4
Miles Twp., E. P. 4 Dhani
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Patton Twp 11 9 1
Penn Twp 6] 45[.......
Potter TWP, N. Poiiinininisissinsns J] 8 6 3
Potter Twp., S. P. 9 31 2
Potter Twp, W. P. 13 2] 2
Rush Twp, N. P... 75 40 2
Rush Twp, W. P 56) 48| 5
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Snow Shoe Twp., E. Pinna 188) 58 3
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| inveterate dabbler in politics Mrs.
NO “HELL'S STRETCH” NOR
“AVIATOR’S GRAVEYARD.”
In a report sent out last week, by
the Aeronautical Chamber of Com-
merce of America it was emphatic-
ally stated that flying across
Pennsylvania mountains heretofore
characterized as ‘Hell's Stretch”
and ‘“‘Aviator’s Graveyard,” has be-
come as safe as any other route in
the world.
As proof of the assertion it was
announced that the four trunk avia-
tion lines crossing these mountains
have carried a total of 45,460 pass-
engers without injury to a single
passenger. Of this total the United
Air lines from New York to Cleve-
land, by way of Bellefonte carried
the larger number, 17,457 people.
American Airways, 2988; Transcon-
tinental and Western, 13383, and
Pennsylvania Air Lines, 11672.
“It is a remarkable performance,”
said William E. Berchtold of the
Aeronautical Chamber, “when these
lines can fly such a large number
of passengers over a stretch of
mountain territory called ‘“Aviator’s
Graveyard,’ without injury to a sin-
gle person.
“The fact is the danger is non-
existent. Certainly, in the early days
of long distance flying, there were
accidents in the hills. But today
equipment is so much superior that
accidents are unheard of.
“For one thing a perfect system
of weather reports keeps pilots in-
formed of conditions ahead of them.
The radio adds to the safety, since
flying bases are in almost constant
communication with the ships that
are out.
“We feel that the popular super-
stition regarding the Pennsylvania
mountains should be dispelled, since
there is nothing whatever upon
which to base it.”
BELLEFONTE SPORTSMEN
BECOMING QUITE ACTIVE
Up to the present time approxi-
mately 250 members have been en-
rolled in the Bellefonte Sportsmen’s
Association and all the lists have not
yet been turned in. The secretary of
the Association calls attention to the
fact that all lists must be turned in
by May 1st, if the solicitors desire
to share in the award of prizes.
The first prize will be a hunting
knife, given by the S, H. Poorman
garage. Second prize, a landing net
offered by Heverly’'s sporting goods
store, and the third a flashlight,
donated by the Potter-Hoy Hardware
company. These are all worthwhile
prizes and will go to. those turning
in the largest list of members, so
get your lists in to the secretary be-
fore May 1st.
Also, don’t forget the fact that a
meeting of representatives from all
the sportsmen’s association’s in the
county will be held in the court
house, Thursday evening of next
week, for the purpose of forming a
county federation of clubs.
MORE LICENSE AGENCIES
ESTABLISHED IN COUNTY
In order to make it more conven-
ient for sportsmen to secure fishing
and hunting licenses the Secretary of
Revenue, in cooperation with County
Treasurer, R. F. Hunter, has estab-
lished a number of agencies in the
county where such licenses can be
obtained. This will avoid the necess-
ity of coming or writing to the
Treasurer's office in Bellefonte.
The agents in Centre are: Mrs.
Grace Keefer, State College; J.
Frank Kephart, Philipsburg; A. A.
Schenck, Howard; Robert S. Stover,
Millheim.
All agents will serve without
remuneration and without additional
expense to the county or State. The
license charge will be the same at
the agencies as it would be at the
Treasurer’s office here.
——In a report of what took
place at a recent session of court,
published in the Watchman, last
week, it was stated that Harry Ruhl
had been granted a parole from the
Allegheny county work house where
he had been confined because of
failure to comply with a court or-
der for the support of his wife and
child. It should have been Guy Coll,
as Mr. Ruhl never had a support
order made against him.
——QGovernor Pinchot, last Satur-
day, appointed Mrs. Ella J. Mountz,
of Smith’s Mills, Clearfield county,
a member of the board of trustees
of the Philipsburg State hospital.
Aside from the fact that she is an
Mountz is an able business woman
and will without doubt prove a
worthwhile member of the control-
—One day brought a big increase in
the animal population at the Fred Straub
farm at Kitchen Corners, near Greenville.
Within a 24-hour period triplets were
born to one cow, twins to another, a lit-
ter of 15 pigs to a sow and a cat gave
birth to six kittens.
—Burglars knocked the combination off
a safe in the Standard Oil company office,
at Bloomsburg, last Wednesday, and es-
caped with $500. State police said they
found no fingerprints. They reported that
efforts of burglars to enter the office of
the Hidlay Oil company, nearby, failed.
—An application for a state charter for
the Methodist Home for the aged at Ty-
rone was filled before judge Marion D.
Patterson in Hollidaysburg court on Mon-
day for approval. The home has been in
existence for approximately 13 years, the
first formal application for a charter be-
ing made only two months ago.
—John P. Wild, of Sheraden, Pa., park-
ed his car on a grade in Charleroi, on
Sunday, leaving it in gear. Another auto-
mobile bumped the machine and it ran
down the grade, passed four other cars,
speeded around a curve, missed a group
of children, and ran up a driveway into
a garage, the door of which was open.
It was undamaged. Wild then started to
drive the car home. It left the highway
and was wrecked against a telephone
,pole.
—Richard Schrader, of Shamokin, has a
record for the number of operations per-
formed upon one person, surgeons at the
State hospital at Ashland declared, after
operating on the man for the one hundred
and sixty-fifth time. In 1912 Schrader was
caught between cars at Enterprise mine
at Shamokin and his pelvis was broken.
Since that time he has been operated on
an average of once every six weeks. He
is still optimistic about tife, and hopes
some day to recover completely.
—John A. McSparran, secretary of the
State Department of Agriculture, believes
daylight saving time is ‘‘an infernal nui-
sance to men in agriculture.”” In a letter
to H. M. J. Klein, of Lancaster, which
he made public on Friday, DMcSparran
said that there is no objection to men
going to work an hour earlier and quit-
ting an hour earlier if the clocks are not
altered. To alter the clocks and compel
everyone to adjust their routine to the
advanced time, he asserted, is an intense-
ly selfish procedure.”
—Engineers of the Berwick Lumber and
Supply company began work last Friday
preparatory to the construction of the
new cottage and detention house to be
erected at the Muncy State Industrial
Home. The contracts for the structures
have been awarded the Berwick company.
These buildings, like all others compris-
ing the institution, will be built of native
mountain stone to be taken from the land
belonging to the home grounds. Appro-
priation for the erection of the buildings
was made at a previous session of the
Legislature.
—Four hogs, weighing from 185 to 200
pounds apiece, were not only stolen from
the owner, Mrs. Emma I. Solman, of
Sugar Run, Clinton county, Wednesday
evening, but the thieves evidently drove
a truck near the pen, slaughtered the
hogs in the pen and placed the dead
porkers in the car without any noise
being heard, according to blood inside the
pen and wheel marks outside. The pen is
located about an eighth of a mile from
Mrs. Solman’s house on route 307 which
connects with tne Bucktail trail and the
Beech Creek road.
—Sheer pluck and rare presence of mind
saved Mrs. Daniel Miller, of Mifflinburg
R. D. 3, from burning to death Saturday
afternoon. She was cleaning out the
brooder house in the barn on their farm
when her dress ignited. In an instant she
was transformed into a human torch. In-
stead of losing control of herself, she
ran to a water trough a short distance
away, immersed herself and extinguished
the flames. Mrs. Miller, hawever, suffer-
ed painful burns of both hands as a re-
sult of tearing at her blazing garments,
but her condition is not serious. She was
alone on the farm at the time.
—Death threats have been made upon
the life of Mrs. Mary Wimcox, of Clinton
county, a member of the Federal grand
jury, at Scranton October last when four
Lock Haven policeman were indicted for
intimidation of a government witness,
Frank Hedge, of Lock Haven. The latter
containing the death threat against Mrs.
Wimcox was delivered by John Smith,
a taxi driver, and conveyed the informa-
tion that ‘‘she would be put on the spot.”
Another death threat was made against a
federal witness in Lock Haven, who testi-
fled against the accused officers in Scran-
ton last month. The ‘department of justice
was given the cases for immediate investi-
gation. :
—Thefts ‘‘ala Robin Hood’ were un-
covered by police in Williamsport when
they arrested a gang of boys for a score
or more robberies perpetrated during the
pest few weeks. The thefts were under-
taken, the boys disclosed, so that the loot
might be turned over to the needy fami-
lies. Cooked foods were spirited out of
restaurants, hams were taken from gro-
cery stores and food of various descrip-
tions was stolen and turned over to the
needy families, authorities learned. Be-
cause of the nobility of their impulses,
it is unlikely that any charges will be
lodged against them, police indicated.
They have been told, however, that there
are safer and more effective ways of doing
emergency relief work.
—Mrs. Gertrude Deen Timmey, a Read-
ing woman who took a taxi ride last
summer to meet a woman friend who
wanted to join her at a theatre and said
she would pay the taxi fare, is a plaintiff
in court in a most unusual case, a claim
for damages, now being tried by jury.
Mrs. Timmey, getting a hurried call
from Miss Aquilla Hain, left home with
only a few cents in her purse, Miss Hain
testified she had called the taxi for Mrs.
Timmey, had told her she would pay the
fare and would meet her, but was unable
to keep the engagement. Instead of going
to a theatre, Mrs. Timmey was taken to
the police station and late rto an alder-
man’s office. The taxi driver held her
captive and kept driving around from
place to place, refusing to let her leave
the taxi when she told him she did not
have the amount of the fare $2.50. Later
she was taken to an alderman’s office
and detained three ‘hours, pending sete
ling force of that institution.
tlement of the bill and costs, $12.50.