{ u————— Odd and Curious News b A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 57 BELLE FONTE, PA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 193 NUMBER 16 3 Tornado Quirk A tormads which ripped through several farms at Sustis, Neb, wrack- ed William Hansen's house but left one wall standing, On it was framed motto: "God bless our home." Still Pretty Long Reading of the entire New Testa- ment at the Christian Church's Good Friday service at Bonner Springs, Kansas, was completed in 16% hours—the shortest reading time known to the pastor, the Rev Willlam Babb Routed by Hot Spell One black bear In Wisconsin had & momeniary conviction that Sum- mer arriv early. Forest Ranger Thodore W. Schmall notified the state conservation department about it. A WPA crew clearing the road- side piled brush around a huge pine stump and set it alire V he it was blazing hotly, Schmall poried, the bear leaped out of the hollow stump, cooled himself by roll- ing in the snow, and then hurried north. Escapes to Make Good Leaving a note, pleading for time to make good a bogus check, John B. Matney, of Las Vegas, Nev. a- waiting transfer to prison to serve térm on a bad check charge, es- caped from jail, He promised to re- turn as soon as he secured funds to cover the check Didn't Learn Apparently Mr. Billy Hill, 66, of Oakland, Calif, didn't learn by ex- perience. Pive times he stepped into the same hole in the boardwalk over the mudflats and each time he broke a leg Shoes Cost $100 Robert Wodlow, 20-year-old giant of Alton, Ill, who is 8 [ 8 and a half inches tall and weighs 460 pounds, finds it rather expensive to be so large, His shoes cost more than $100 a pair not hard to believe when one realizes that they are eighteen and a half inches long, nine inches high and weigh almost four pounds each Surprises Doctors Although Mrs. Pearl Caligari of San Prancisco, was given eight years to live following an tack of sleeping sickness, she is alive today (fifteen years later) and is following a normal routine of life. Doctors term her recovery re- markable, due primarily to her de. termination t0 live a » » Feels Fine; Dies When asked how he was feeling on his return from a vacation to Florida, Dewey Hammond tire businessman of Iona, Mich was about to reply, “Fine,” when he collapsed and died of a heart attack Too Busy to Die Although he “preached his own funeral” to a curious crowd of 5.000 last spring, Wade Milliman, 89-year- old farmer. of Coatesvil serie he is “just too derned busy to die eet aione This is 45 only le. a . Swallows Pins Frances Pilone, 15, of Newark, N J.. was sitting near the window of her home sewing, holding 10 straight pins in her mouth. A car, passing on the street, backfired. Frances jumped, swallowed the pilus and was taken to 2 hospital for their removal Huge Cake Mrs. G. L. Meares, of Atlanta, Ga. spent nine hours bazing a 25-pound cake which she later travelled 300 miles $0 present to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The cable was a gift from the women of *» Curb Mar- ket at Bairbridge, C Unusual Record Herman A. Petty, of Washingion, N. J.. has attended Sunday scaocl every Sunday for the past [ilty- nine years, He has been secretary of the same Sunday school for fifty- one years Courtesy Pays Miss Ruth Haag, «f Detroit be- lieves that “courtesy pays” She #24 recently informed hat she had beeri bequeathed $5000 by James L Higgins, 94, former 'nsurance bro- ker, “for twenty years ~ unfailing courtesy.” Miss Haag 3 2 bank em- tn or plowe Kitten Saves Six Six persons at Luton, England, owe their Hives to a biack kitten which jumped on the bed of Mr and Mrs. Harry Price, awakening them. They found their house on fire and the staircase impassable They, their daughter, 12, and three lodgers escaped the flames. Jolting Nerves to Help Cure Diseases Divitiging how science plans 10 treat afflicted internal cells by send- ing X-ray messages from the brain, sparingly healthy tissue and permit. ting the mind to correct disorders One of many intéresting articles in the April 24th. issue of The Ameri. can Weekly, the big magazine dis- iributed with the Baltimore Sunday American. On sale at all news stands. Recovering From Tliness Frank Mattern, prominent citizen of Warriors Mark who suffered in- fury in gn auto aceident many weeks seo and who ‘was a patient in the Altoona hospital and later bediast at his home, was able Lo be out about | on Friday for the first, | pital, BODIES OF 3 RAFT VICTIMS RECOVERED FROM STREAM Remains of Harry C. Connor and Harry G. Berringer Found Sunday at Montgomery. W. C. Proffitt Located Near Lewisburg The swollen Susquehanna gave up another body Monday morning at Lewisburg when searchers found W. C. Proffit, of Chester, news cameraman who “went down cranking” In the “last raft” disas- ter March 20 at Muncy Reading bridge. Sunday the bodies of Harry C. Connor, 74, Burnside, chief pil- ot of the raft and Harry G. Ber- ringer, 40, Tyro: were found near Mont gomery Caught in debris along the edge of an island in the Susquehanna River opposite Lewisburg body of W. C. Proffitt, was found about 9 o'clock Monday moming by El- mer Brouse, of Lewisburg Identification was not several hours. The body ly decomposed that it was to remove it from the rubber blankets fur wWillia Cameron of Lewisburg Strunk Puneral was from ti fleation wi made the made for was so bad- Necessary river with shed by the En ee Comps At the Charles Home, the clot! e body m n oat an through ' wiation Find Picture sture of the “Prof fitt wa a passenger crashed March 20 was also his person. The body was badge A ‘last raft” on which’ when it found on Man Found Dead In Stalled Auto Muncy Resident Had Been Dead Over Week Before Being Discovered iden- 1e 35 found car whi 4 er Run, » y of Lit tie A Cree about jes from coming Count) Dr. Thomas C. Brandon, county coroner, who made an investigation stated that the man, about 25 years of age. bad died of carbon monoxide poisoning, probably a work or en days ago. Death, tar i bs nme m the coroner sald, apparent. accidental nh 5 bell haved made by Joseph Blair and Lewis, both of Barbour: gone to that section to lumbering somes ons rin Car in Opera ! the run and upc the man slumped The ignition switcl the motor ap- un until aso exhausted sr resident of Muncy tiy having the ine supply was Ca wa Wilkes Barre last Augus ha rolled in the CCC car ville. He boa ¢ K. Kline, of om ployed Mills. He worked until about two weeks mills ceased ope firey and ved 10 on ft alier go when Uo ation RINGLING CIRCUS STRIKERS HAVE RETURNED TO WORK The first major s circus history ended New York. as 400 a Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey back to work under a compromise agreement Performers, including midgets, the | fat lady, and an 8-foot giant, had refused to join in the two-day strike, They worked at rigging apparatus | side by side with circus executives | to put on three performances of the ghow-—minug elephants, peanuts and gargantua, the Gorilla—in Madison Square Carden after the walkotit was called. Arthur 8. Meyer, state mediator, said the agreement provided a $45 | 2 month wage, plus board and room, during the engagement in Madison Square Garden and in the Boston Garden The union had demanded that the | men be paid the same wage for the | Paston and New York engagements | that they receive “under canvas” ont the road-$80 a month--instead of the $30 minimum they were paid HAA tm —— trike in American last week at tendants of the and went Plunged From Bedroom Window A 30-foot plunge from the window of a third-story bedroom, while he was walking In his sleep, sent Henry Welliver, 30, to the Bloomsburg Hos- with a laceration of the left ear and other injuries of the face and body. His fall was broken some what by the striking of a roof and then of some scaffolding, before he landed on hig head in a stone pile. Ink Blotg Betray Your Character Science makes curious discoveries | about ink blots which reveal your | true self. Interesting illustrated ars | ticles In the April 24th. issue of The | American Weekly, the #gz magazine | distributed regularly with the Bal- timore Sunday American. On sale | at all newsstands. Racing Car Kills 10 When a racing car skidded on 2 | street cap track st Bologna, zal, | and crashed into the crowd watch ing, tefl persons were killed and | | thirty vwo severely injured. ia result, is expedied discovered cene of the mile 20 of the Ducky's Island west shore north of Mr. Brouse wa island fishing when body and returned hore for help. A plane which had been cir- cling over river during morni ighted it. The tr the shore to body : pervised by ell Lewisburs : Pri Ww angmany membe: south of the the edge from of a miles crash along 100 vards and a quarter Lewisburg rowing he saw the to ¢ fire as ahd ng al wi ir an 's) wk taken to 151 sporting the the WCOVEerY wi nt pb police ) Pp burster ates a tate Motor Police foun Identified By Cards identified bodie und nd 8} were of the Brandon pocket WPA Worker Hit By Ball of Fire Group Burned and Knocked Out But Not Badly In- jured at Munson came toward them highway through the huge ball of fire Xnocking them open came toward them, all fiat and stunn In the gfotp two men had wood- en legs and for reason these men were than rest doorway, a some struck harder the these men of Munson worse than He was taken ! g¢ his Injuries and his Dr I. Comely, of Mori wa immoned Cornely th bad were Benjamin of the foliow- jetan, dale, Holdsworth was hurt others me rhe py Mr Holds- burns covering his scarlet and resem- tree roots in shape. The barn around the abdomen and the good leg His clothes were burned pite of being knocked out and burned, Holdsworth hi are in good condition spirits and eem 10 be g no injuries Cornely treated pronounced his patient as perfectly alright” CENTRE CO. POTATO GROWERS DISTRIBUTE SEED POTATOES Dr found worth wi back bled went down also In badly companions and good suffering Dr and ing that and burns be- the ‘The Centre County Potato Grow: ers, according to Charles Campbell president the Association, distrib- uted jast hl to the growers of Cen- tre County 800 bushels of certif disease free seed potatoes. This seed was purchased from the Coop- efative Potato Growers Association of Potter county. and included 600 | bushel of Rural Russetts and 200 | {bushel of } Nittany Cobblers are an early var- Nittany Cobblers, fety which has been developed in recent years by Dr. E L. Nixon of State College, It is a variety that matures approximately two ¥ etka later than the Irish Cobbler and as to produce somewhat better According to President Campbell the use of disease [free seed stock is an important step in producing a higher quality of table stock for market, Long Courtship Ended Following a courtship of nearly 40 years was the marriage atl Carlisle of Miss Winifred Woods, 60, member of the faculty of Crier School, Bir- iminghafn, Pa. and Ebert V. Brown 85, of Clearfield. Their romance be- gan when Brown was a student at Dickinson College in 1900 along the, the His Favorite Dish! ¥ Questions and Answers on Pump Priming Questions Q How $1612 $1. 50 OX rer The EY about The Natior ing phy dan and Fon on 0088s and inland The Pederal Court Rules Jury Can Determine a ‘Jag’ The state what WSL Week to determi iad vhether a le Operating a mols The decision ik ran off rary 1 1 William ome the men t ALOONa ar i because Seibert Miss Long near Altoo curred a q inn The jury charges of wd ag tery Several she had been drinking before get- ting into the truck and the su court asse evidence h she wasn? ing Hurt in Unusual Accident Miss Henrietta Segar, ville. R. D the left stitches to hen pheasant flew through the wind. shield of I were driving on near Dan was driving the car, in which were seven members of the family ly one hurt Road, was the on Lewistown Man Low Bidder J. Dean " he according What does rurity Ad: ypove rished Seibert Kimmel eve, low bidder for the construction of 1.92 miles of road in Lock Haven Bald Eagle and Allison Townships to the announcement of the State Department of Hizhways, at a figure of $240685 The road will have a native stone base with macadam surface, and will [one beam bridge on it. Intended the to Clarify Depression Answers “Lick and —— the program propose ; iad fut much would be spent? e to 000 000, broken 0 DOO ( }00 250 000000 for WPA YU 1, 1938 0) 000 14 TO MX ww ALG Lae ores her pe 000 fo Q Presidnnt Program” ta tes largely gram au be lent Roosevelt's New calls {or Publi lend and d towns §1.- erest, PWA seli-liquidating nvolve $300.000, - 4 3) b 1 free ¢f In are vy) 0 cities Aut} How will the program encour- age credit extension and lending? A yn asad First terilized ) i Re Yd t 3.4 aK relief 2060 On Q $1391 000000 in erve Board has reciulr What does the Treasury has re segregated Ped relaxed bank $750 000 000 goid. Second, the on oy release of segre- gated gold mean? A. That inisiration farmers to the gold will reddit a release of reased MIE Daan ulted for farming Q. this? A 1 plentif erdird by walerways buildings ul Two fan 1 ry heigh: of ne rom person have 18 district Was One alr county Cale i oonvicted Edit: Long other truck while Base the road Hotel near Alte gauge © and inj alors Miss Long 12d invited her 3 that she insists wis Was a Wal at 8 na and the accikie; jarter of a mi Nas on on 937, at bridge pier of ven {tres the e from the at 585.195 i elevaiion Long © Geodetic al the P feet. At mess acquitied Miss Involuntary ma: gravated assault ar witnesses testified that janitor of WOT poy wtont how driv- ried that no com: ad been offered to intoxicated while A What That money and Continued on Page 6) pe: the been by Department been Vesper Main Irvin An be easil the change and a be placed on Engineers mark on bridge between Lock Hae and Lockport with {owt ial bench mark for Loc in Survey ia RR present ured by a chain gauge lowered | from the bridge by Alonzo MeGilL H. Ohl, city engineer, will pro= | vide markings from the bench-mark | commissioners will | ave painted on a bridge pier and which will give the height of the water which the county 5 the theory behind will be cheap and sufliciens of it avail- Gauges Placed ot River to Measure Rise the reading of river at Lock Haven placed in the busines employes of State of Foresls and Walters jocated at Dunkle Street Buildin ET og the he Decker Street, across The Vesper y read by the oper- Bell Aird ¢ Aad nver uge wil pier of the have placed a a comer of the first ® the mark set above sea level. The k Haven's the U 8 Coast apd on a window sili station and i flood heights ar the Court House. War- an easy reading of Turbot- 1. received a gash over which required four close, when a four-pound car a: they held in Washington Her brother her father's the ile She heim: At Bl a ANNUAL MEETING OF BEE KEEPERS HELD LAST WEEK week, re- President, Max Miller, Hublersburg: vice-president, secretary -treasurer Houser, Bellefonte, R. D. the meeting Mr M. LL Breon, Mil- A R E. J. Ander- son, Extension Apiarist of State Col- Clark. of Lewistown, was ine ing Bellefonte, It was decided to — have a We are convinced, in the Soring. a flower is a pretty thing Telephone Fx- | MISSING EXPRESS AGENT IS LOCATED AT WILLIAMSPORT Apparently Sufering From Loss of Memory, Victim at First Claimed to Be Lewisburg Citizen of Another Name George Rhoads, 42, agent American Railway Expres Company at Lewisburg for nearl) en mysteriously disappeared last Wednesday, causing widespread alarm among his friends. Thurs- ernoon he was found wander. . p wr { Sou W Samuel for the VCArs O sport stice of the Peace Amasa O. Ball naiable Maurice Kahler were who took Rhoad conversed wit) before they could story from h our coherent im Apparently gia, or Joss of irs. denied his taining he was Ray Isburg. This was Lh ised to identify ort police earlier ir euffering from Ri gent Hanke £ game name to Willlams- the day amne wads a maine. of Lew- he memory real himself It was while Rho Market Street en by the Lew ee 1) ads wa the bridae Bre looking f« WO tre 0 had falled 10 €rnoomm et day af Frankstown Baby Mystery Cleared Solution Explodes Theory That Bodv of Child Had Been Buried in Thicket explained wvsterious about A tale told bn ont a detall of on a hurried hunt mountain thickets. Her story was that she had aetn iw0 men, one CAITY A pick and shovel and the her bionde baby. enter WW WOOKis near home last We inesday and return a hours gter without bs inj ements Dr ass told the he was interested in in ‘the Frankstown mountains and had gone there with J | Mel donald to jo some work I young son. Drass said } tered the woods Dear Mr but came out by Maa nam naired I's Puees few f= afm » had ent Moser’s a different route Both men are residents of Holli- daveburg. It was believad the mys tery may have been caused by two other men coming out of the wood near the spot they entered nN WOMAN ASKS AID IN LOCATING MISSING NIECE cottage Thirty-six years is a long time Mrs. T Stonebraker, of Tyrone sends out a poignant plea for as- sistance in ocating 2 niece whom she says has no recollection of her burt i mother or date of birth 5 660.230 | of | The Centre County Bee Keepers Association at their annual meeting Bellefonte last tlecied the same officers who are: | Mrs. Btonebraker, who lives at 412 Twenty-second street, Tyrone reveals that her niece was taken from an “aims house” when but two years old and adopted by & man named Philip Pea The Tyrone woman states that her niece was born March 2, 1800 a daughter of Elizabeth Hand who also “went by Hand.” Relatives of the long lost niece all reside in Tyrone borough Crushed To Death Caught between two cars while e was feedi the crusher ai the | h be : he { to Blair Memorial hospital Hunting- Harbison- Walker Refractories come | pany at Mount Union. George Dog- inar of that place was crushed to | the accident lege, showed two reels of interesting | moving pictures llustrating spring bee management have a spring demonstration meet at the home of A. B. Houser secretiry of the Associa. tion, on Priday afternoon, May 20 at 2:00 o'clock death Wednesday afternoon 2:30 o'clock. He died shortly after at the J. C. Blair | Memorial hospital in Huntingdon where he was taken Killed by Mother's Car Run over by an auto driven by his mother, Peter Glannaris, five, was fatally Infured at Coatesville, re. oently. Mis. Ous Gisnharis was backing the machine rut of a garage. “Come On dack, mamma, come on back.” she quoted the lad as saying. She could not account for how he got under the wheels | on the name of Graoe | | Jured about { ¢ither fell or about | Gala Event For Jaffa Shriners Polentate’'s Reception Sched- uled for Thursday, May 5, at Altoona waiLia - a notables expected other mosque; to attend the alfair The reception will open with ¢ hand concert at 5:45 o'clock Thurs- day afternoon. Jafia band. an out- organization H from landing s held, extend- order to give ladies an new poten- in 4 oP the tate and his diva? guests ree banguet bang short riainers will have 3 mniform bodies of temple will stage 2 colorful pageant and drilis the floor of the main auditor- jum. Participating in this section of evening's activity will be the Jaffa band, Jaffa drum snd bugie corps, Jaffa patrol, Jaffa chanters and the Jaffa Legion of Honor. Jaf- fa Chanters will render a concert from 9:18 to 9:30 ter a ente the the ALTOONA OCC WORKER RNAED NEAR SAXTON Edward E MoQuait, 42. of Al- toons, 8 COC worker, was fatally in- noon Friday when he jumped from a truck that was running out of control nea: Saxton. MeQuait who was Jocated at camp 8-57 Paradise Purnace died enroute don, of internal injuries, fraciures of the right arm and right leg A broken rear asxie on the machine which was driven by Henry OByine { another CCC worker stationed at the same camp, seni the truck out & control and as the car gained mod- mentum in descending a grade, Me- Quait. who was riding in the cab stepped out on the running board Women Present 315 Cakes Thirty-five Easter cakes, made and presented by women of the Win. field Pvangelical Church, were among the many Easier gifts pre- sented (0 the guests of Whe Home for the Aged al Lewisburg. — A AB A 5B ‘KEEP ING up WITH THE JONESES' - — Eddie’ s Jinx Is Sul Active I CAN'T PER WELL , KEEP TW UFR OF ME | YOUR BYERS Coen) I'M SCALEY ~~ Thi. CASY HOOW, LI 2 whut Uhavhir ¢, k ha? By POP MOMAND EE Random [tems 4 you can't help who wis hole over advice There OAT ke about “There's one when DOCK OnLVo thing the angler in that foliow woul you fils A Ang Peace Harold D performing his first marri- Court House MOrTLngE., was a the bridegroom witli» dignity of Age ceremor ube ary Crean y va i fig~ te cast for candidate i traj All privately and Ge- “second ballot to vole ho had received only he serond ballot cions proved Oia Lee te Drug “Peanut #1 there is no ay Tl SURG eight-year-old nik the Re ¢ ore, vided Finally charge iC over Repu Park Monday 3 mber Oe 1 the County 8 55 fas 10 be seen rink} Democratic one seemed 10 be having time, with the exceplion of Sherif Harry V. Keeler who was stationed more less in the rain putzide the pavilion to fasten ad- mission tags on the merrymakers. group were good ala 0d OF Frank Hockman owner of He Pa:k. is hoping to bring some of the country’s leading orchestras to the Centre County resort this summer. He is angling for several prominent bands. but declines to identify them any further until he's sure he can arrange to have them appear Undergoes Operation Miss Margaret Nicholson ter of Mrs Helen Nicholson, of Mackeyville, a student at Rider Qol- jege, Trenton, N. J. returned 10 her home early this week to cohvalesce after an emergency operation for appendicitis performed several days ago at the St. Prancie Hospital, Trenton. Mrs. Nicholson went 10 Trenton and accompanied her daughter home daugh=- ‘Teo Explore Ocean Bed A bathyvsphere, with a diameter of 58 feet and walls more than an inch thick, is being constructed at Mos cow. for nee in studies of the herring and cod Ashing beds at the botiom of the Barents Sea. The bathyspere will carry a crew of three who will photograph the underwater life through four large windows New Canyon Appears A new canyon, half as deep as the famous Grand Canyos but buried under a mile of water off the Oali- fornia coast, has been discovered, according to Dr. Prancis P. Shepard, | who worked on the Scripps Institu- tion of Qeeanography research ship. New Geyer A new geyser has made its ap pearance. besides the Los Angeles Reno highway, pear Bishop, Calif, The water has shot 10 a height of 80 | feet continuously since it broke out
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