Odd and Curious News A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. '1 SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democraf NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 67 BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938, NUMBER 19, Random [tems J A Heavyweight Mrs. Sarah Dye, colored, is rest- ing on two beds in the county hos- | pital at Chicago. She weighs an es- | timated 700 pounds. She made the | trip from her home in a private | ambulance after a police patrol | proved too small. Three policemen | beside the ambulance crew lifted | her in, Her husband, Adolphus merely held the doors open. He is a WPA worker and weighs 135 pounds. He said Sarah only weligh- ed 350 pounds when he married her 93 years ago. She is suffering from | high blood pressure After 40 Years Max Lowe, a funeral direct Evansville, Ind calle office by an elderly stranger man asked Lowe if he to EW. Lowe once an undertaker in Princetorr. Max Lowe wi the former Princeton resident grandson and the stran pulled a tatiered piece of paper and a $100 bil} from his poci “Your grand- {ather buried more than forty years ago bill was! never paid.” he » handed ver the money | was were relat sald he ror Rel wife and the ald as } my » Poisoned by Ivy Biting a root to test whether of not it was sassafras, \ h he ahd a group of companions were dig ging. Bobby, 12-vearsold son of Mr and Mrs. Ernest Knofr, of Bast Ber- wick, found that it wag not the t for which they were search Later his mouth and tongue becam blistered, as did also his feet, hand and arms, and investigation proved that he had been h ling and tast- ing poison ivy. . . Carnival Driver Hurt Slipping from rung her diving ladder » performing at DuBois, Miss Ells ver, sen tional high diver shows. was injured the oti Several watching as through space striking the v her side. For her act and the tank are ignited on fire dives into fire To Build New Wark was § the of Wop Bantly thousand people she slipped her nel Bridge started under the su- Departmen of Highways on the erection of new bridge over Nichols Run tween the borough line, . Shore and Porter Township at Staver- town. A temporary bridge has ben erected and rapid progress is being made on the new structure, Relo- cation of a short portion of the road adjoining the bridge is siso planned Cost-3560; Upkeep-? After the departure of a ner couple who applied for a marri Heense at Detroit, Clerk Tony Na der picked up a crumpled envelope on which was penciled: Ring, $250 cake. $10: whisky and B., $650; Johnny. $10: flowers. $8; picture $5: rent, $8: license $1: priest. $8 Nobody explained who Johnny wa @ be- Greedy Just because he was hungry. a big black bear came to an untimely at Miszoula, Mont He entered an unoccupied cabin Lolo National Forest and gorged himself on food stored there. When he tried to leave he became wedged in the win- dow. Forest rangers found him dead Uses Gold Bathtub In the villa gt Cannes, Prance cently leased by the Duke and Duch- exs of Windsor at a cost of $16000 anhually, is a twenty-carat goid bath tub, located in that part of the house which is reserved for th Duchess’ apartmenis The estate intludes a 250-foot swimming pool and harbor end in 0 » Finds Fortune Mrs. Mabel M. Bowes recently al- tended an auction of unclaimed patkages of the Canadian National Express Company at Toronto. She botight a package containing a pair of hiking boots for $1. In the boot of one of the shoes was $56.000. In another parcel she bought at the same auction was almost $200. Seeks Damage Suit to recover $8,000 damages has been instituted in the Northumber- land County court, by Mr. and Mrs Harold Woodruff, of Treverton against a beauty shop proprietor at Shamokin, for bums of the head and heck and shock allegedly suffer. ed by Mrz. Woodruff while receiving a4 permanent wave, Mother Instinct Everyone in the Emery Norberg family at Woodhull, 1m. Thought their black cat had given birth to kittens. But they couldn't be found Then Norberg saw the cat climb up a hollow tree. He followed and. Instead of kittens, found the cat was mothering five baby squirrels . Ks 6 Suits for Divorce For the sixth time, Mrs. Josephine Kowalski, of Worcester, Mass, wants a divorcee from her husband. Three previous suits were with-drawn, a fourth she won, and later remarried the same husband. A fifth was filed and later withdrawn. 8he mean business this time, she declares Heavy Payment Automobile Dealer Ed Plumb, of Bisbee, Ariz. collected 175 pounds, American money, fof a car. The money was in silver dollars, 1 of them, and it required an hour to count it. —r— CONFESSES SLAYING FORMER BELLEFONTE MAN, YEARS AGO Life-term Convict in Washington State Peni- tenaiary Admits Guilt After Mother Un- burdened Her Cons cience By Relating Details of Son's Part in Crime May 43, servi Washington Walla Wig uthoritie tudent ten vear La 5 VICTIM WELL KNOWN HERE Jam Eugen Basseilt was wideiy wert been found Bassett Ame 10 at t Smoking Fatal To Man in Bed Altoona Resident of Shock After Re- ceiving Burns Aged Dies smoking & iy] report by Bh according ’ of Railroad Trainm Tractor Topples And Crushes Man Driver Fatally Injured as Ma- chine Strikes Stone and Falls Over Backward Karl Miedl, 47, of Williamsburg, R. D.. Blair county, died Saturday evening at the Mercy Hospital in Altoona of internal injuries suffer- ed earlier in the day when a trace tor toppled over backwards and pinned him to the ground The mishap occurred about 9 o'- clock Saturday morning when Miedl, who for the past 24 years was employed as a machinist in the Juniata shops, and a helper were plowing on Miedi's farm in the Clo- ver Creek district It is believed that the tractor struck a stone and reared over backwards before Miedl could leap to safety. He was trapped beneath the engine Miedl was a native of Germany Members of his family include the wife. a son and a brother, living in Altoona CENTRE COUNTY BREEDER WINS WIDE RECOGNITION A Guernsey bull. Broadwater! Wambbgo 165220, twedt by 8. J Brownell of State Collage Pa. and owned by Alvin L. Funk, of College- ville, has just swon national tecog- nition. This bull, having six daughters which have made creditable official records, has been entered in the Ad. vanced Register of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, at Peters. burg, N. H. “Broadwater Wambogo™ {will be known hereafter as an Ad. vanced Register sire. Only Guern- seys which meet high production re- | quirements are eligible for entry BABY DIES OF BURNS One-year old Murle Dippold, « St. Mary's who toppled ffom his | A200 high chair ohito an open gas stove, | She was the daugh- E | ter of Mr. and Mis, Albert Dippiid.' died of burns. AcCad~ rraduated IY cholar rioonist of Clark.” and whe ne to be Decasto Farl Mayer t the Winter d CAr whyy home, and sal Arrangement Bassett was « ollowin togeihet E nued or page six) Flemington Lad Killed By Truck Reported to Have Run in Front of Howard Man's Machine Nd Roy Prank, 3rd ss ill at ast Thursday 1 3 when hit by a truck on Fredericks Stree at Flemington in front of the home of mother. Mra Evelvn Fiber Prank State Mot Robinson. 23, of Howard 4, . L¥ Lae wi + Police reported Cordi R D3 2 enild ren cle, which was w paper mill with io CHArges were Droughl The boy was rushed (0 the Lock Hospital by Harry A. John- Flemingtoh, but was dead upon According to Dr mas and Coroner W. J resulted he base of the skull 4 sum 4 he M en a load 3 there deat} from the {ace sr A ———————— FAREWELL PARTY HELD FOR RECTOR AT CLARENCE f irprice farewell party was held at the Moose Hall in Clarence, Sal- irday night, in honor the Rev Father J. W. Pally, rector of St Michael's Catholic church, who leit for New liner for a cruise. The members of Folowing of four months’ European the congregation. a delicious dinner 1¥ in the SBlavish tongue was present. ed gation spoke briefly, while childsen sang a farewell song. Other speakers included three visit ing priests, and Mavor Hardman P Harris, of Bellefonte, flowers nished by the Snow Shoe band. Among the guests who attended the party in addition to Mayor Har- ris were Mr. and Mra. Joseph Miller, of State Coliege Ne] i 150,000,000 Trees More than 150000000 trees and shrubs are (0 be planted this year by the United State Soil Conservation Service in the semi-arid plains of (the “dust-bowl” area in Texag in the | = greatest tree-planting program In the history of the nation. The trees | are useful as windbreaks in the Gov. ermnmment’s fight against duststorms York, Monday, to board A | affair was sponsored by | ai farewell ceremony conducted entire. | Elderly members of the congdre- | several | | in pestering J. Harris Clark Father Pal-! fy was presented with a bouquet of | as a token of esteem from | the congregation. Music was fur | Thursday i { About two months Let It Rain Now! FOR ONCE, THOSE HAT DESIGNERS HIT ON SOMETHING WHENEVER YOU WEAR THAT HAT, X DON'T HARTA CARRY AN UMBRELLA J an ( REGISTRATION BY COUNTIES Pennsylvania primary revealed in Registration by counties for ompared with ast election May following venus the 1038 Rep 1637 Dem 7.942 330 208 0.626 20.191 7.244 50 369 19.977 T7420 16318 11.742 36 921 1.008 Rep 7.452 252 642 16.067 30 604 8.767 30.236 34354 15.908 25.853 18,186 35329 2.101 11.857 10 463 32370 TARR 15.139 7811 1.953 18.820 15200 82553 SEAS 5511 34.048 Fa BE 1.485 13.459 1.976 4612 10260 16.927 11.553 361% £1219 53.338 23934 16 548 264 W780 16 847 13.062 21.790 7608 3.202 T2836 1.77% 22.480 WP eS 6.458 450 961 1.746 4 851 50 840 5812 17.530 1.980 86815 8.006 30.686 34.082 16377 26.189 18.365 37.266 2317 12.344 10 533 36.487 7.506 1587) 8215 8.556 rd 18.126 umberiand 16.363 16.112 54.148 104 782 Bradford Buck: Butler Cambria Sameron Carbon untingdon Indiana Jefferson | inista Lackawanna Lancaster e Fal) 10 10 Mercer Mifflin | Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pigs 645 1.0m 3 206 802 084 5.000 Rich] 2.2N : B33 3.644 ang 120 1.587 6.246 528) 2.652 8018 7.083 44.364 4243 63813 2182 30.948 Hit Second tning This Spring 76 O89 12 23.334 25 BOK 6.763 485.106 1.878 46M 5002 17815 2.0m 9.962 2.084 6.152 18.86) 10.281 20.300 B.484 «3.082 5.200 32320 15507 1.692 6.552 5592 o oh BOX? Susquehanna Tioga Union Venango Warren | Washington Waste Westmoreland Wyoming York i Blanchard Buildin Time by Ligh Lightning seers to be persistent | went out including the street lights in'in part of the town Blanchard Lightning also struck a tree in During the terrific and prolonged the yard at the home of Herbert electrical storm just after dark Harpster in Beoch Creek township evening lightning struck to which was attached an aerial the chimney of the tenast house | The bolt came down the tree as far of Mr. Clark, which adjoins his own as the aerial which it followed to | residence opposite the school build- the house where before the storm } ing. Mr. Harpater had disconnected it However it Jumped the gap in the | struck the chimney of Mr. Clark's Wire and entered the radio set. | home, shattering it and doing con- | Torrents of rain and hail the size | siderable damage. In neither in- of moth balls fell for a considerable | stance did fire ensue. Residents in time. Hill-side farms and some gar- | the vicinity felt the shock and in dens were hard hit by washing. The | | many instances the electric lights electrical display was terrifying. 2 bolt CSR | co e a | In order to protect his budding wafer which formed a protecting [trees during a cold spell Paul C. ice film around the buds, saving ‘Stark, nursery operator of Louisiana, more than 50 per cent. of the buds (Mo, had the tiees sprayed with from damage. — WOODLAND MAN KILLED AS CAR FAILS TO MAKE CURVE ©: ‘Clyde M. Shirey Thown Through Roof of Sedan Onto Concrete Road-Dies Instantly of Fractured Skull-One Eye-witness Thrown through the roof of his the 3 TY dan onto road, Clyde M. Bhirey instantly of a fractured 11:36 Friday night Clearfield-Philipsburg conerele of Woodland, died f skill ast on roaq mile southeast of Bigler when ithe in which he was the sole occu- pant failed 10 negotiate a lit hand curve Shirey was Clearfield when he apparently ed 0 make the sharp curve th ing the car against the guard and tossing him through the The car, turned completely aro the force of the impact proceeding t by sige Ehires of the road Robinson ! ony Edward who Lhe Jigen walking rOn( v the car Hindenburg Dirigible Disaster Occurred One Year Ago Friday Fr cometed 1 pyre Just one igible Hindenbur in flames the 97 year age person 1 board Lake- hurst, N. J T ] the ship the murky ocean dusk first CoN min lengtd The Zeppelin in sight of vi sonnel of the St nt ther mn. but faith as Charles great «RIF DIOS burg fell Choice Between Wife and Dog? 63-Year-Old Man Takes the Dog Aked by his wiley counes] U choose between her and his German Shepherd dog, John F. 8pen K retired Bs of vead-oid Balem. M etter carrie chose the dog “The way things stand right now Spencer lesiified at 2 probate court hearing in which Mrs. Spencer sved for separate support, “11 choose the dog.” He's faders 1 aim, 1 animal wife a good ike my different was Mrs. Spencer abusive should not chagging eatment, pleaded t be f forced Crue at Ke Wr share a little cemetery near Mastontown a southwestern Pennsylvania min ng community, became a mystery with the return of 15-year-old Don- ald Fiore from a two-year hitch. hiking trip For Donald's parents buried there a year ago the body of a lad they beileved was their son. missing since February, 1936 The body was thal of a boy shot accidentally while playing “post office”-4 kissing game—in a dark- ened oom Of an Olive Hill, Ky home On a little steel marker above | the grave, tended carefully and cov- ered with flowers by a grieving mother, was a card enscribed “Don- ald Fiore, Died April 26, 1837." Donald. a tall, handsome lad with a friendly smile, came home Satur- day-for Mother's Daya visit he said he had planned as a surprise i for his mother for months. TWO BOYS DROWN NEAR CHERRY TREE Two ten-year-old boys who left Sunday school to go on a Towers picking expedition drowne( Sunday in McKeage dam, near Cherry Tree. They were Craham Miller and Francis Westover, both of Cherry Tree Becoming alarmed when a dog the children bad taken along came home wel, their parents organised hrband’s year-old ar 17 miles of he $101 Francis Kolb As he walked into Father Kolb's home. the priest looked up from L desk, incredi Ww ‘Why. 1 buried didn’t 1? ‘hen Donald hear time of his the priest he the west coast ed oranges in worked on a lina Donald's stepfather Raymond Fiore, operates a tailoring shop with the Fiore home in the rear As Donald walked into the store, the father hurried to the front, expect- ing & customer. He stared unbeliev- ingly at the husky youth “Hello. pop.” Donald smiled The father called Mrs. Fiore “Hello mom.” Donald greeted her She moaned and fainted rend sed is you a d for the first death” Donald told had hitch-hiked to drifted south, pick- Florida, and last farm in South Caro- a searching party. They found the bodies after a short search Nearby was floating a small raft Searchers said they believed the children had gone for a ride on the raft and drowned when it capsized Wisdom includes 8 willingness to recognize that another man, who disagrees with you, might be right Read the classified ads and profit BIA———— ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE. JONESES’ — [y's a Good Fish Story, Anyhow ! County newss we Into Lhe sea matrimo 27 when Miss Helen Jack, charming liver, Pa. pill bride of Bhel A mar ry Mn Mire Hoffman and nother man Centre will sy lear Pig “Aa papel ef ee e Collrae rother of ™ Rn hiards eon Ws ( Hollman, H oor ed) i Be members Clarence J W 4 H vy fs : prefaced Falher talement that [reviou peech. All i been made etic nary seems ix the oore newswriter’'s big oom- just loves to be might add that listed 82 8 r Dan Club ste for too 5 trousers fis pping were oes to be well seeel known is He MERLOT mitleetnan on commitiees We he missed being ber of the Dappe warring Nn the A with th ¥ 3% in the Drees He ne arn——— — AUTO RACING EVENT AT FAMOUS ALTOONA SPEEDWAY g Day Lon Revival of the nator championship Vears the east's spring chedule was } 11 at Altoona yesterday Dick) Morgen N TE » £ eClor of Thu L. announced OR Der Speedway The 100-mile Flag Day lest, again edinig a pn ent yr th national discontinued find the cream of merchants competing modeled speedway for and championship peinis The sharply banked curves will enable contestants to register speed increases estimated conservalively a between: 20 and 25 miles per hour, thereby making the speedway the fastest as well as the largest of its kind in the United States Pager 10 test the speed and stabil- iy of twelr machines over the cOmM- pletely remodeled speedway, more than 50 topflight drivers will be on hand to engage in qualifying trials June 8. 8 and 10 he over Le FOSSILS OF MASTODON GIVEN TO PENN STATE The best and most complete fossil remains of a mastodon ever found in Permsylvania have been added to the geological meseum at the Pennayl- vania State College, Dean Edward Steidle of the School of Mineral In. dusiries announced this week The fossils consist of enormous tusks, part of the jaw bone and three remarkably well preserved teeth They were discovered by C. R. Cor nelius, principal of the South Hunt- ingdon school while digging a drain in a swamp in his land near Saltillo Huntingdon county. The hairy, elephant.like creature became mired in this swamp ap- proximately 30000 years ago when the Jast ioe sheet was melting in northern Pennsylvania, releasing torrents of water into the country- side farther gouth. Purther exca- vations are contemplated hy the Col- DYING KICK POWERFUL Joe Rodrigues is convalescing at | Bakersfield, Cal, after having ad- ‘ded A new chapter to the archives ion the obstinacy of mules. He tried it succeeded in giving § { final kick that sent him to pital
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