x that two Millheim | Random [tems a Last week was a bad one for errors {n local uewspapers. One weekly sald George MeClellan, of North Al tghenty Street, general manager of the Bellefonte Central Raflroad, wi receiving congratulations upon the birth of a daughter. George hasn" become a father for more than a sear. A dally newspaper had a most embarrassing word on Page 1. and The Centre Democrat reported residents, one aged 2 and the other 7 years, wer injured when the motorcycle they were riding was struck by an auto mobile. The ages should have beel 2 and 29). It was only week before last that still another Bellefont weekly in its A & P store advertise- ent, listed “White Mouse Milk, 4 tall cans for 29 cent rach John Miller, of the Belle fonte High School, an amateur ang- ler, Is reported to have been seen along Spring Creek one warm da) aa week frying to catch on florting bait, suckers State Motor Police Officer G. L Finkbeiner, of West Bishop Street *ho spent some seven years riding a State Highway Patrol motorcycle and who recently was transferred to office duty at the headquariers on North Allegheny Street, got “home- sick” for a motorcycle ride one day las. week. He borrowed a ‘cycle from Bam Noll at Pleasant Gap and enjoved an unofficial pleasu:e jaunt to State College, and up to Bky-Top. CG. Earle Hoffer, of Fast High reat, and Clayton Kilpatrick, of East Curtin Street, are near the top of the Bellefonte men who go in for coffee on a major scale Train Hits Auto Near Tyrone Four Brothers Leap to Safety as Car Stalls in Path of Express ——— Pour brothers narrowly escaped injury or death late Monday after. noon when their sedan and trafler stalled on the main line of the Pennsylvania ratlroad at McFar- land’ Crossing, near Tyrone, direct- ly in the path of the Duquesne, eastbound passenger train, No. 14 The engine hit the car and trail- er just after the youths had leaped tn BpLY according to reports of . In an attempt to cross caused the car to stall. It was oper- ated By Oerale Pocht, 81 of Me- Parlandsville, His three brothers, Albert, 34 Robert, 18. and David, 12, were with him at the time The accident happened at 5:05 o'clock @T the crossing which Is about two miles west of Tyrone Both the trafler and car were badly wiecked. With the pfiot and front end of the engine damaged, the 10-car traln proceeded to Grazierville alter the crew had pushed the wrecked sutomobile over No. 3 track It moved slowly over the interlocking switches because the pilot was Ranging down. The train was in charge of Con- ductor E. C. Gitt and Engineman H. A. Alberts. According to the re- port filled, the car and the trajler were moving from the south to the notth side of the tracks. There is & slight grade at the crossing, caus- ing the car to stall before the trail- ér was pulled onto the tracks, wit- nesses believed. The vehicles were reported owned by J. H. Foeht of McFariandsville, Middle division engineman snd father of the youths W.C.T.U. Will Hold Institute The Centre county organization of the Women's Christian Temper- ance Union will hold their spring institute on Thursday, April 14th, in the Methodist Episcopal church at Unionville. This group of loyal temperance workers, whose motto is “For God and Home and Every Land.” have prepared an interest. ing program for the meeting and extend a cordial welcome to all who wish to attend The singing will be dirocted by Mrs, Ellis, with Nrs. Edith Jones as pianist, There will be two sessions—af- ternoon and evening, in the follow- ing order: Program 1:30 P. M. 1:30—Devotions Rev. D D ‘Kauffman, Our Pledge... Sower. Roll Call... «Dr. Eva Roan Minutes of Executive Meeting. Special Music, , Plan of Work for W.C. T. U State Conventions in October” ~All Local Presidents. (3 minutes cach). Prayer . .. . .... Voluntary, Quegtionnaire—~Conducted by Miss Mae B. Macken (National Pield Worker). “What T Am Doing”... All County Directors. (3 mimuteg each). (Continued on pege three) FUNERAL TO BE REHEARSED Bush Braezeale, of Kingston, Tenn. hopes to hear his own fu- neral here on June 25. Braezeale wanted to ses for himsell what his Led by Mrs D. A in charge at the Pirst Christian Oi at IL, to preach at | A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democraf VOLUME 567 ——— BELLEFONTE, PA., THI 3 KILLERS PUT 10 DEATH AT ROCKVIEW PENITENTIARY First Triple Execution at Local Death House In Eight Years—Current Pulls Sigh from Lungs of One of Victims In the state's first triple execu- tion in eight vears, a “torch” mur- derer, a cop slayer and a depart- ment store bandit died Monday moming in the electric chair at Rockview Penitentiary Ralph E. Hawks wa to the chair, followed by Pr baldi, and then Albert W. Gregg In 15 minutes all three were dead All went to the chair outwardly calm, with Reibaldi the only one to make any comment To Deputy Warden Frank Craver, of Holmes- burg County Prison, Philadelphia where he was conlined until brought to the death house, he sald “S80 long, warden.” “S80 long. Relbaldi Craver “Good luck to yon, good all of you,” exclaimed the er. That's all, and in ute he was dead Hawk, the first to die, was plaged in the chair at 12:30 a. m The current was turned on at 12:31% and he was pronuo dead at 12:34 He entered the execution cham- ber accompanied by the Rev. C. F Lauer, prison chaplain. A smile wreathed his face, His eyes looked Centre Co. Farms To Be Air-Mapped Total of 1,146 Square Miles to Be Photographed Aeroplane in 1938 COST ESTIM. \TED $3.45 PER SQUARE MILE New Farm Bill To Do Away With Old Method of Land Surveys Centre Coury farmers will pay about $3900 to have thelr farm aerially mapped this mine compliance with the new farm blll and will save $13.- 500 through elluination of the oid method of ahd surveys made oh foot A total of 1146 squ Centre County farm land § ed to be mapped by asropl 1608, officials of i Adjus:: n Adminstration stale t is expected that the cost of map- ping will average $3 45 » square mile The cost of making this map, a fourth of the cost of mapping on foot, will be deducted from 18318 AAA conservation payments by the county committee Aerial flight mapping of land, at allitudes which guarantee a prescribed scale, give the farmer 4 permanent record of his farm and a detalled picture of his crop sec- tions. Because the maps indicate buildings, fences, hedges, roads and other division lines and points, ex- pert checkers can, from year 10 year fixe areas planted to certain crops without remeasuring officials claim, Only when very extensive changes in planting are made, is it necesaatry t6 make new aerial maps A: the end of this year, the AAA will have mapped by alr 1300000 square miles of the nations farm land, the major part of such and The ¢rst mentioned does not ine first to go od Rel answered luck to eh 8 lay- another min need by Are the ent farm clude the cost of furnishing prints) to farmeas, which is done ai as low | a price as possible, it was learned In counties where aerial maps were taken in 1036 and 1937, farmers have prints tacked to the walls of their homes, or mounted in glass cases, officials sald. Appreciation of the maps Is 80 great that some farmers have ordered as many as ten and fifteen. privts, sending copies to relf. tives and friends Lockard Placed In Solitary Confinement By orders of state department agents, Roy T. Lockard, reprieved 14 times from the electric chair for the slaying of baby Matthew Karmendi, Jr. was placed In solitary confine ment last week aller a plan of Blalr cotinty commissioners to keep a prisoner with Him during daylight hours was frowned upon. In explaining to Ira C. McCloskey, director of the bureau of éorrection | of the gtate welfare department, the reagom why another prisoner was piaced in Lockard’s cell, the com- missioners cited the removal of guards from the former WPA work- ers coll last yemr. It was their | opinion that some sort of 4 watoh should be kept over the condemned [man Dig Tummel on Campus. The only disturbance of buildings College construction | program is taking place as the sere | iz being con- | 80 far in the vice tunnel digging tinued under the Pelroleam Re fining laborgtory. Basetnent motors and generators had to be removed to | provide room for excavation unde: ae venendt cornet of dhe building. | |The diteh digging has been nearly | cotnipleted across the front campus. year to deter. | provisions of | 29.463 Paid To i 101m Hi ampere ced to death Maurice insecingly about him received 2.000 voits and 12 Retbaldl, senten the killing of Happy’ Handloff, 38-vear-old Philadelphia policeman, wt accompa nied ) Pather | P McCr plain He enter Th for current murder of C oh . age] any special requests, Hawk, victed of burning to death Ms Hazel Celwick ind her hier (Cot tinued o Te aaue page three) It's A Tough Job Keeping Up With The Jones In Pa. have a with he mary The politically minded onEh Keeping up Joneses in Pennsviveiia's wm campaign re's Chatles Alvin Jahee alc rgenization Ccanaics r governed Edward N. Jones is publicit seer for Charles Alvin's opponent Lieutenant Governor Thomas Ken- nedy Col. Benjamin C publican candidate ternal affairs When U. 8 Senator Joseph P CGuifey prepared a4 radio speech wging the nomination of Ketinedy it was rend for him by Woodrow Wikon Jones mean. man Jones is a Re- secretary of fay POF County Farmers Farmers in Centre County receiv oat 6d a total of $29.463.08 In AAA bene the 1836 conser- ment of week fit payments under vation program, the depariz a gf ulare announced this This fgure includes all payments through September 30, 1837. and In- cludes in addition expenses of th county cou costs of administration Paynen ts under the 1836 gram virtually had been completed by the end of September, 1987, 20 the fim we is almost a final total of- ) HPO pro ficiak a ———— CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION The United Stale Civil Service Commission hag announced open competitive examinations for the following positions: Junior associate warden, $3,200 a year, U 8. Bureau of Prisons, De partment of Justice Scientific ald (birds), $1,800 a year, U. 8. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Scientific ald (parasitology), §1.- 800 a year, Bureay of Animal In- dustry. Pull information may be oblained from the Post Office State College, | Pa. Secretary of the U. 8. Civil Ber- vice Board of Examiners, at the pos! office or customhouse in Washington, | D.C Woman Reaches 101, Sallie Danner celebrated her birthday Sunday a! her home in Petersville, Montgomery County She lives with her tw0 sons who are Bl and 78, She is the mother of eleven children, six of whom are still living. The youngest is 70. Mrs Killed as Auto Hits Pole Lewis Jebally, 28, of Hollidayshurg was killed Saturday when a car he was driving skidded and crashed into a service pole near Allentown His companion, Rose Marie Gordono 128, of Altoona, escaped serious In- jury. Out thal the gérvation commitiee and! {learned on the next one psn ———— cs —————————— CEZ THERE, N STEW , “THian Te PRES Df Wi HAS CALLED FOR MWLLIONS OF DOLL AVS TO INC ™' NATIONS ataanmt JT FORCES «-aosH/ Can't Something Be Done About This? NEWS, FEATURES 'RSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938. UMBER 12 ——————————— CMON | wavie GEL \ INCRE € ) QUIZ BAY oo 1? Sok JAY Memorial For Raft Victims Muncy Citizens and Volunteer Workers Propose Use of Logs for This Purpose a » ent men even men lost their Ves on rch 20 oe masled at 1 ney ratirond bride tunch citizeis ang vo! régeue workers of Muncy Efforts are being made to of the raft, which wil whatever desiEn posed memorial Telit luded in MAY take Proposal to C re He ¢ Name Stirs ’ nest UL 4 leapt In im Sale ( the pr Penney ia lite OVeY Ganges the Dame of Sate College Busine: men amount of work SCHR | changed oo Peansy Stale University. Seven firms borough have names beginning “Btate College” and four “Pein Bla Many residen’s think a chan the name of the own, © & With Wwe change proposed by Gov nor Eazle, is ineviiable. Thes own has no nu TOORAK y sotivitk the campos H FP. Alderfer. college ahd member of the borough oo declared roa fear a wan We name od and that 2 ire aroun Relief Office Is Seized By Family Evicted side 12 Re: Relief Director's From Home, in Headquarters at Reading Ma cheer Wve cooked Exddwis {oore night for n childrey LOOK # ary SIH ¢ Penn State's tempest in Teapot Iva HirTin n CIR: i Ld oliege authorities, but newepaper, the Pent Coilegian, anounced It would wo rushes 1 Bange the solloge. the Collegian showed 6500 enrollment RvWiliGe DAS I by Lg Hoo] ba rare od AE Mis Claims Fathers Make Best Mothers Fathers make the best mothers and the only reason the buman has swvived the mothering of wo- men (5 thal babies are practicalls indegiructible, J. P. McEvoy says a the current sue of Woman's D2 Mothers who spend twenty-four hours 8 day bringing up children and waiting on théir husbands wil ilkely find their blood prestire ing over some of Mr. McEr statements on the subject of pare! hood, but Rose Wilder Lane's Nn 3 companion article evens thing up with good messure. ‘Now,” writes Mr. McEnvoy “what do 1 mean when I say fathers make the best mothers? 1 mean Just that, Of course 1 grant that a ceriain biological cooperation is Des CesSary atl the begin ning, but alter we Isthers could very well I e with you mothers. There lent any- thing that you can do that we can’t do or get done better. That doesnt sound just right bas youll get used (10 it “At the beginning mothers know nothing about babies. [hey learn at the baby's expense. If the first baby survives they use what they have By process of trial and error mothers manage 10 ralse families If the family is large enough, if rajses it- sell, And how have we sufvived this this Wetifvinie wooesd? Only because yibits are indestructible. Not only Al You Bounde a baby on Your knee Wit you can practically bounce him i the floor. | Labs werent so none of ug wouid be alive to- AY. The fact thal we are allve Is a to our staying qualities a rather than to the Numbling naleur minstrel ioe of our doting whiers 1 can remember ‘way back when mothers nursed babies, Today, fathers fix their formulas. Right at the beginning we have eliminated mothers. And why do fathers have 0 fix formulas? Vecause mothers ant add.” After those bold faced remarks irom a mere man, mothers should find ‘he pleasure of revenge in the 1510 of Mis. Lane's reply "Mr. McBvoy's article” write: Rose Wilder Lane, “is proof of be- ginning success. let men call themselves mothers if they like; the word is unimportant. It makes no difference what word they use; the cheering fact is that we have at last taught (hem a fact we always knew tha: they love their children “Multitude: of men are discover- ing that babies have fathers, that fathers have duties and emotions, and that they-—bewildered, appalled and frightened--are fathers. I, m (Continued on page six) hardy tha (i pte ya Des SPURNED, HE BEATS WOMAN AND THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF Retired Farmer Wields Hemmer on Landlady Who Rejected Him, Then Sets Fire to Her Juniata County House and Barn ime $4000 BEATS HER WITH HAMMER Where to Report A Forest Fire List of Wardens Who Super- vise Wooded Districts of Centre County the counts of District Maroy. whos: Reedeville 20+ nder the directior ester Paul B Maliord, : “ & lelrphione number TYLERSVILLE WPA WORKER LOSES FINGER IN MISHAP Tier a WPA hig! ot at Cher: d finger of h day morning while at Poreman Danjel Tyson the office of Dr. A. B. Painter, Mil Hall, who advised his removal to the Lock Haven Hospital where the finger wag amputated the following day He i recovering satisfactorily Gay Appointed Senior Forester Benjamin R. Bush has been ap- pointed by the Pennsylvania Depart. ment of Forest and Waters to the position of District Senior Forester serving as first assistant to 8S. W Chubb, chief forester of the Bald Eagle Forestry District, with heads quarters al Miflinburg. Mr. Bush 28, a graduate of Pennsylvania State College with the class of 1834, had bren engaged as camp forester al the Milroy COC camp. Legioner, and later was employed in the district {foresters office at Stroudsburg Purchase Home in Beech Creek. Jogeph C. Baron, farmer of Beech is ¥IA Creek Township, hag purchased trom ! Mrz. Sadie E Johnson, widow of G Mack Johnson, the recidence and several acres of and in Beech Creek borough on the south side of Main ; immediaiely east of the New Sireet York Railroad crossing wt wi » CAPES BY LADDER Late Answering 28 Years Too | His Morning Mail — Junk Dealer Placed i | Under Bail for Court “BOY MEANS SERVANT IN JAPANESE SPEECH hn I Alita Rocke- feller Center and throughout Orient, a3 In some Burobean inl tries means »rvant Pad word meaning ‘mister of Ores i UsuAlly added tO a I wi Lame, oven when addressing servants. I iz omitted when one is talking of one's self or to some par- ticular intimate friend.” ———————— A SUGGESTION Mis Catherine Williams, of Hub lemburg, makes the timely sugges- tion that we change ithe name os Penn State to William Penn's Unie varsity. She writes 1 suspect tae “Sylvania” was In adoration of our | woodlands, forests, and perhaps of father Penn's wife. But why nol honor our honorable Penn when we name this State institution?” Sn New Serial Story “Ark of Fire” a siiring story of he Year dream of a super<Clentist stars the April 3rd seus of The Ameri. Weekly, the big magazine dis ibuted regularly with Balti- more Subday American sale newsstands Can { thu Om at all SPAWN! Wily, UP A SKILLET Tid GAME waARDEN onE THEE SIZE BR HELL SEND Y& V'OUGHT BE ASHAMED Savin’ suen Nl HE AIN'T WUOTH HBATIN' FER -~ BETTER NOT LET KETCH YE WITH UP FER Lea! By POP MOMAND [wns Just outside on prison wa I DIZOPPED A LINE OFF'N TW BANK st A MINUTE THIS MORNIN AN DRUG THIS'N OUT HE AIN'T REALLY WUTH SAVIN EITHER BUT IT "THOUGHT WE MIGHT pss ir hy MAKE A LITTLE SOULE! 980 revealing the fantassic | IR. O. Norris, of Memphis, Tenn Te TR ts | Odd and | Curious | i News Lyra anu EATS FiRsT wes 4 —— OLID FOOD wT FRENZIED FINANCE A TCH HIE} BABE IN BOX manners Searching FINDS FATHER Brought ur AFTER 2% YEARS nage COLORFUL SICKNESS a Hn & «40 QW are eagle nd one for anhothe T™ WHOA, EMMA! It was 00 Joke when of Mankota, Minn uot fool.” Woll was wagon when grabbed the the Pavesi} shoe HE LIKED POSSUM brough jailed ait when he walked a dead ‘possign < ter and told the it abd you Ox Lie ODUNR 1 premneus i aan THIEVES AT THE PEN This message fashed over poli Wietypes throughout the Philads pila section: "Send officer: to a pawn 3 TV] Til froen thefl urred at a WP A HEARTLESS THIEN It waant the groceries (hal a thief made off wilh which upset Grooes at | much, but it was a batch of filled-in income blanks over which he had labored for weeks a mm oh A —_——— AIDS FRIEXD; GETS AID While driving with a sick fiend {to a dootor’s office, William B Roem ier, 38, of Baltimore, emerged from an automobile accident more in need of medical attention hin his al- ready sick friend : TENANT TAKES ALL. When the tenant in Robert Mer. rill's 2-room tenant house, at Phoe- | DiK. Aria. moved, he really moved, | taking house and all,
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