RE Odd and Curious News - A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION ¢ Cenfre Democraf The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. ey ys Od vor, | 8) ME NEWS, FEATURES BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1938, NUMBER 130, Talk About Luck Speaking of luck: Jack Mitler, high school teacher of Butler, N won four doliars in a baseball A last week. He spent one dollar of his winnings on chances for an au- tomobile at a Fireman's fair and another dollar for chances on a ton of coal. He won the car, but took $500 instead. He won the ton of coal Then he hurried from the fal grounds to a local theatre but had a2 tough break. He was too late to collect another $105 when his name was called during a “bank night.” Moved Stone by Stone The death of John Stevenson, Jr 80-year-old industrialist Sharon and one-time associate of Andrew Carnegie. recalls the time he moved his stone mansion piece by piece, 20 miles, as a result of a dispule with the city of Npw Castle. Angered be cause the officials (efused abandon a permit expan sion of the New Castle Steel and Tin Plate Company, Stevenson ordered his huge mansion dismant ston by marked carefully and moved to Sharon where it assembled. Weighed 747 Pounds Johnny Webb, 747 pound pi! 8 sional fat man, died at Washington, D. C.. last week in his quarters at a carnival. Death was caused by dis- orders arishg from his exce avolrdupois. Mr. Webb, 32 old, was born in Altoona and traveled with shows since the of three, when he tipped the : at 150 pounds. His great cessftated the construct special coffin five feet wide Wives Cost $4.5 Wives are cheap Congo. They can be little as 3450 and ¢ for on installment to Miss Myrtle L ary of the African She says the Zande good managers, providing their many wives with private huts and a specific f ol tw CiLy street tO wd stone, SSI Ve Years had age CAS in the tl LE igian bought Ww Aas ven iid plan, ng Wilson then accordi mission- Inland Mission isband Are each of work his : a tale of tail and anot One of Howard peared without it: ped at flie double tail I= vestigators for the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals pul two amd two together and sought whoever tied the tails together Pet Dog Saves Life Mrs. C. Derick, wife of a Sunbury business man. can thank her pet dog Mitzi, for being alive. While cationing, Mrs. Derick was tu ] said her coma at va- She Mitzi,” she said Five Get Rewerd Five William ceived checks the came fit: news ons when the a bridge a made to nia's jumbering Dog Still Waits While waiting at a Philadelphia subway entrance for his master who had not returned, a small wooly dog, was struck by a truck and its ieg broken, When the injured leg had been treated by sympathetic taxi drivers, the dog returned to its post Sport men of $20 each fon ra and fl reel cameraman drowned last last raft” smasl t Muncy commemorate of seven days Long Time Revenge oh that he had “waited fifteen years” to kill his stepfather, Harold Earl Kuntz, 30. of Dayton O., calmly confessed shooting George Elmer Smith, 61. who he claims, murdered his mother and shot out his right eye fifteen years ago Systematic Holdup A “family style” . holdup cost fill- ing station operator B. H. Weston $50, at Alton, Ill. After Weston put ten zallong of gas In the car driven by a "pretty woman.” a man alight- ed, drew a gun, and took the money while a 13-year-old boy yanked the teiephone from the wall Delays Wedding Because the bride's brother, Dex- ter, had to attend to the milking, the wedding of Herbert David Bou- tall, 63. and Anna May, 18. of Athol, Masa. was held at 0 o'clock. The brother was the groom's best man JERSEY SHORE GIRL SHOOTS SELF RIDING IN TRUCK Miss Betty Bubb, 21, of Jersey Shore, took her life by means of her own invention at 8:40 o'clock Sun- day night, Miss Bubb was riding in the front seat of a truck along North Broad Street, between Seminary Street and Washington Avenue, Jersey Shore, with Stiles Graham, a friend, when she produced a revolver from her clothing and shot herself in the right temple. The bullet was sald to have left the head above and behind the left ear It wags located within the truck cab The calibre was said to have been 38 Death was said to have been in- stantaneous. No inquest was held, Miss Bubb was the daughter of Ruth Bubb and the granddaughter of Wil- dian Bubb, hoth of Jemmey Share. . DOUGLAS CORRIGAN TELLS OF ‘MISTAKE’ FLIGHT TO DUBLIN American Flier, Who Spanned Atlantic In Nine-Year-Old $900 Monoplane, Des- cribes Events of 28-Hour Trip the plaudits ¢ Atlan to Ireland in New York K his nine-year-oid mon- oplane, Douglas Corrigan modestly related the major events of the jour ney and told of circumstances in hi 5 {from s Al Fy ie 84] insists he intended Oo ly Wo Cali- } Dublin was admit that SEN for eral year * OOCAn to Ireland Prowler Shot Stealing Gas Blandshurg Man H: 1s Leg Pep- pered With Pellets by Irate Owner of Car Shot d 4 wn when gs ned act of stealing gasaline Sieve Spanik, 24. of Blandburg, was com- milled lo the Blair County jail early Sunday morning foliowing treatment numerois pellet wounds legs and wrist Trapped by D. C. Wise, of Gap. about 3.30 o'clock LT morning, Spanik was siruch pri in for of the automobile Wise informe taugh, of been missing some He waited confirmation suspicion Saturday night o walt the in- ed JESS had der fi Charged with joe of the larceny before Pe: ace Edgar MceKinrg of Bellwood, Spanik was jailed AWall a Neanng 4 piiyaician re- moved ten pe. Ang wrist right leg State Spanik from bury. sald that filed against Wise for stating that the Bl 1 been caught in the act of commit a felony 1 Spanik's egy iodged in the police, who removed Bellwood to Holi liday on andbur MZ De King of De Boes Rode in Regal Splendor Da king of da boes went through Altoona Monday morning. Yes sir, Jeff Davis went throug He wasnt riding the rods, either He had a drawing room on west bound train No. 17. The 8t. Louis " n 5s wile he is going to Hollywood as technical director of “The Arkansas Traveler.” Bob Burns’ new picture The basooka-playing comedian sent oud a call for Jeff's help and advice on a story about which Jeff knows quite a lot—hoboing Jeff was finally reached! on the board- walk at Atlantic City where he was selling razor blades. He rushed to Philadelphia, got a new outfit and a lot of publicity, and then “rode the cushions” to New York where he boarded The St Louisan for the coast. BEGIN INSTALLING PARKING METERS AT STATE COLLEGE The installation of 32 parking meters on South Allen street State College, between College avenue and Highand alley, began last Thursday morning when workmen started set- ting posts just inside the curb. The meters will be on trial 60 days, and one hour parking will cost five cents. It is hoped to begin opera- fon of the new machines by Satur- Ry A zone lor each car will be mark- ed on the street and each space will have its own meter. A dial on the front of the meter shows the time in figures, and overtime is shown on the Jower half of the dial in red The timing hand starts at zero when the coin is deposited in the slot at the | top-side of the box. coom- | described his un- jmunt in an C. Watson hed. Carrigan heralded Sate atlantic view with Thomas a feature writer: erewy, 1 admit experience in 1't know east nh pik inter that 1 aero from ainly went hay- Straight-awa)y American alr- 360 degrees ma ke: a 3 cert Pioneer ‘hh every ha i Inside magnetic Wes + one circle degrees and the direct ist Ord ¢l lines FAILS TO CHECK COMPASS “Prior to taking off from Plo Field, N. Y. 1 had checked the machine ex- ¢ But, ag I intended » California, I didn't bother navigaling instruments as by map of the country tehed beneath me from which 1 plot my soute from geographical wate with tf Bennett 01 abot stettallv 1s USUBLY LY stret SIgNS Whatever they fark about New flying sk¥ 1 hon- By " COMpRass Eight) Nay say eliberately in into the going west my fale Page Dodlor Fined For Speeding Physician Claims He Was on Emergency Case When Ar- rested by Motor Police of Lock Haven pay a fine speeding LY before Alderman hn H. Schell, at Williamsport Dr. Mervine was arrested in the aliernoon of June 2 near Lindon, Lycoming county, by Private Charles ice, of the Lock Haven stibsia- the Mot Police inder that Dr ase. In = he Joh or Mervine the event fin would be for 8 hearing by ¥ Revenue with the SOO iHamsport i the doc- 1ileg s Ah Dour that he was ase al the Wil Hospital and charged thas appearance laler in was verifying of an emergency the woman's death. Rice ed the room with n of the nurse and alk. the womans husband testified iam the policeman’s » sick doct ned LOTS room, as we Orr's ciaim ener only the permissio wiih Only CHAMPION PICKER SAYS HUCKLEBERRIES SCARCE Lock berry picker ries a much amaller year than last, Mrs. Shroat and Miss Marie Crawford, walked to Sugar Valley last Wednesday for a supply of the luscious fruit but did not find ss many as they had hoped Early this month they went out Haven's champion reports that huckleber Cciop this are for berries and each one picked 70! quarts. They report that they did nog see a snake in their meanderings through the woods. Although nearly 70 years old, Mrs Shroat does not geem 10 mind these tiresome excursions into the berry patches but she admitted next morn- ing that she was “all In” from the jaunt to Sugar Valley. Woman Named Superintendent Mrs. Sarah Kelly, a former resi- dent of Tyrone, was eléctel superin- tendent of the Presbyterian Home at Hollidaysburg at a meeting of the board of directors held on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Kelly will assume her new duties on September 1. The obligation to build up Belle fonte as a trading center rests as heaviy upon our business men as upon our buyers. The progressive merchants can do more to build up business here than all the buyers put together. | the scene, was able to shoot a vol Future Air Service De Luxe! ra——————— WITH TRAAR BE LONG BEFORE A SERVE WiLL RTARTA TS YPAR ~~ IT LOO SCPE TIIN Lin TRANSAT LANTK TE AR LANES Lewistown Fair Thrills Linked racing circuit which America's greatest daredevil pllots ever assembled for Lewistown gasoline festival Comtemplating record -smashing performance, Mifflin County Fair officials will make ready for the aulo-race card with extensive track rovements, noukishing a hope he Jecord established and Roy Lako last Mem - be lowered & app nd u with include the = great Indianapolis Speedway, whe! the international five-hundred-mil sweepstakes are held annually, and Pennsylvania own Lang home Philadelphia I eligible to enrol y Near COU we Sali wird taler 4 “ alcium wack peed fans, wh hay noing in Lewistoy +} t 6, with th mAs ing prog: great thrilled Co Autom anred obile Hankin 1 owist an Association on Speed ais at AHR ding to Ra of I UPTV g the Neild ranes the final 8 EIAMOrOuUs mus) together with the thw { Persona iy gmeniin midway Batur- Clone, Middle- sLrongest Urges Mass Production wes final program 0 a glorious ways of elin sttempled 0 build a8 oar y fifficultiss beset program is f $e : $hynt nouse “ia way we bulid a house tinued would $150.- 5G LHe in. Becau production and coordinated manufacture in assembling all the parts of the automobile at the fac ry. the Inbor cont of putting a oar wet ey it 82 40 $ ire Americas factory : cont duction o ca BE OS cheaply assembled on their sites Sas Harvey Wiley Corbett, architect Rockefeller Center, declared recengs ly In a public lecture at Columb” abhor Pre-fabri will ding pre. id be erecied In provisions for would jit today at SUTrPAss SANDWICHES POISON MEN ENROUTE BACK TO HOMES Farmers and Dog | Battle Bear To | | $1 the of and 62 men of howilzer company are recovering poisoning suffered sandwiches while from camp at Indian- Protect Cattle tional Guard ealing home en- A batile betwen two men. a dog and a desperate half-starved blac Gap. Five of the wn were s0 bear was a battle to h on 1 riously ili they hospitalized part of the last in Cameron cx ) the rain arrived in Conneils- ty. recently. Grove HUI farmers k have been losing many sheep, deer 8D and cattle had been attacked and De residents of the section had become well-nigh panic stricken When Evan Jordan saw a bear near of the farm barns, he went to the house for his rifle, and his father also armed with a rifle, went along with him. They separated when the hear was not where he had seen | When Evan saw {i near the orchard he fired, wounding the bear, which tumed on the boy. “Shep” th farm dog, went to his assistance, and when the boy was again in pos ition. he shot again, but this wound also failed to kill the bear. The father, Alfred Jordan, arriving on were Norman A. Browell said the were given three sandwiches upon leaving Annville where hey entrained. The sandwiches, he i, were made meat and ham after the noon meal at About 9 o'clock. the men ale and ‘then began falling il The medical detachment from Cunnmelisville also was aboard the train and rendered what assistance was possible with limited medical supplies. The chief supply on hand was aromatic spirits of ammonia which was applied in liberal quanti- les, Two practicing physicians a- board the train also rendered as sistance. At the first stop at Altoo- na, additional medical supplies were obtained. each [4 one Oo over ley which brought the huge killer down. Even though guant and seemingly half-starved, it weighed 300 pounds. Applies For Membership That interest in purebred dairy cattle in our locality is growing was manifested by the application of Peters Brothers, R. 1, Port Matilda, Pa. for membership in The Hol- stein-Friesian Association of Ameri- ea whose registry office is located al Brattleboro, Vermont, Since its establishment in 1185 this purebred registry association has recorded over 2,700,000 purebred Holstein. Friesan animals. During this period of time more than 32000 breeders of black and white cattle have been granted the privilege of member ship. No other cattle registry assoc iation has ever attained as great a membership or registered as many cattle as has The Holstein-Friesian ASogiat iam of Ametiea. Motorists Warned The Pennsylvania Motor Police have warned motorists against us- ing the new flood proof road be- tween Lock Haven and Avis, as it is not yet a public highway, not having been turned over officially to the state. Travellers on the road at this time are liable to arrest for trespass, - Adults who keep In mind wha! they did when they were growing up seldom lose much sleep over the ac- tivities of the modern young people WOMAN HANGS SELF WITH SILK STOCKING FROM A BED POST Victim, Resident of Heutzdale, Had Been De- spondent From Ill Health-Worried Over Children Who Were in Sanitarium silk According worker to her husband, a WPA wile had eater 5:45 Thur Reifer gated hi stocking wrapped neck and knotted to a middle-aged Houtz means of ending her Friday moming woman, Mrs. Alfretia Reil« been despondent for some neighbor: noticing no around Reifer open the back screen Mr Rel the littl A sheer around hey bedpost was dale woman's life early last The Dive and ne and his breakfast together at day morning, Mr wife seemed in time. Her neighbor law, Mrs. Mary CAME Worrk Le She a good spirits at and ister-in- Reiter Zeigler od around 11:90 a. m broke in Lhe a“ time signs dence dot Or f y Teen ( » I n Mie of Lhe resl- broke nd 1 Hoon OGY Ol Hout taking ¢ fer the " DUnga. ow stretched found on of SAREINng ner Ki wd DOAY SLOCKINK floor In il Relfer’s physica, dren sent wee ky on health |! suicide was sOMmeLn blamed on ondition. Her three ¥ aged 13, 12 and 10 had been the Mont Alto Banitarium six ago tuberculosis treal- ments. She blamed herself for thei sickness and worried continually ong about them it, Pour 75Tons Woman, 100 StonelnfoHole Yrs. Old, Dies Native of Centre County Mill Owner Near Lamar Fills Sink Hole to Replenish Would Have Marked 101st Jirthday in August Water Supply to Mill or het oung (VV for Naa beer Pon enough Wo De atue | Blaterbeck Rager sald put In the how and tha ing the level stress began to rise. Friday result of the increased flow water the mill was able 0 operals ten hours 16 the course of the past 6 years Mr. Rager and the previous owner dng 1s of the Clintondale Mills J L Ra | ook Fines chau, have spent considerable thay "g 1s Sela and money filling i Fosse i ng Creek, w : to fishermen as Was Inst Thurs ove of the oon Centre had the Logan Mills section all life, except for several years during her seventies, when she aided her operating 8 restagrant in was a member of Khe aveq ints her th 84] that area also ¥ ble effor ng the frequent singh des work often has 10 be repeal fil fisappears, Current di of the problem developed aft appearance of the new, Jarge siDK hoe at the hatchery, where no €i- forts have been made. as yei, 10 clos the large hole. A possible WPA pro- BEECH CREEK MAN HAS ject to be sponsored by the counts HOBBY OF CATOUMHING SNAKES under discussion - Meanwhile, however in order 10 vie Martin, of Mas tin's Grove get the mill in operation. the mill near Beech Creek, enjoys he hobby management ordered limestone OF of catching snakes with his hands the attempt to fill up the hole on the keeping them on display a whik Bieele land Load after oad was and then selling them tO circuses or dumped into the hole which did nO! carnivals show evidentes of being sealed until wimmers ai the grove the lag wheelbarrow load of the T4th been watching his snakes ton was thrown into the cavity which he keeps in an empty oll drum Numerous small sinks remain in Je has five blacksnakes and four the bed of the stream between the rattlers and says is ali an “oid hatchery and the Clintondale Mills | wives’ tale” that rattiers and black and Mr. Rager said he may endeavor snakes will kill each other if placed to close some of them as an indepen- together dent undertaking in order 1% Im-| Mr Martin takes the poison fangs prove the stream flow at the mill out of some of the snakes he cap- fures. It takes only Ii4 days for these to grow back fully developed he reports. Sportsmen in considera 0 but “go devolad the ax Lhe CUSSION is for ae have re- cently i b Return Stolen Loot Boome jowelry and a pair of operas | glasses, stolen from the home of Mr and Mrs. Herbert, of Lans-| downe, last summer while they were on their vacation, was returned this summer, while they were away. with a note: “From some darn fools who A Oonsistent Visitor’ Russell Bacon Wilson, has been deported from the United States to his native Canada four or five times, but continues to re-enter realize the error in their ways. We're | the country as soon as possible. Late v * Thursday afternoon he began the Hor) (Journey oul of the United States again following & term in the Northeastern Penitentiary at Lewis- burg. An immigration inspector ac- companied him to his Windsor, Canada. §-H Clothing Club Meets The Stormstown 4-H club met with their county leader, -. Drum Corps to Go to Canada The co-éd drum and bugle band of the Pennsylvania State College will be a special attraction at this’ year's Canada national exhibition, it was announced last week. Visit of the band will mark the first time it has jeft the United States since its formation, on Pigeon Flies 2,000 Miles A pigeon wearing a leg band read- ing “Notify United States Biologi- cal Department, Washington. D. C.” recently flew to Acapulco, Mexico, after a 2.000-mile journey. 20. Most of the members are pro- gressing nicely with their work Some of the girls were away on va- cations but those present had their work well underway. The next Hall, August 3. "KEEPING uP WITH “THE JONESES' ~— Everybody's Feeling Better Now i SINCE BCALEY HAS Been TELLING BEDTIME STORICS TO TW TWINS “THEY DON'T GIVE ME ANY TIME AT ALL I GUESS THEY DON'T Bellefonte belongs wo you as much | as to anybody else, so don't wait for | Others Ww start everything. home in| | you clothing | Mrs. Eleanor Smith Bekenrode, July meeting is to be held in the Grange | Random ; Items - 4 Scraps: Harry C. Menold, mentor of the Manual Training Department Bellefonte High School, went angling in the muddy watery of Spring Creek Jast ‘Thumdsy. He tarted with angleworms as bait and ail chub. Using the bait he caught a ingsind] Dr. Enoch H. Ad of chief of staf] Wi Lhe ounty Hospital, a two-pack- oker, refrained from snok- had about to quit, he A tele Stock super - Bellefonte morning this culine answer haint here!” of the CRURNDL a sn chub as trout Bel Centre OC elonte { & severe cold he ago. Deciding a A OKs for E pal of WCE K el Naa » ANGuULry CIVOOE, OTe rt the wi if ted when a WIrOuEn a arge had watched him scale Hotel ar Clearfield last Woods, professional unented : “I'll bet three Chery » Pacific in a 1913 colle wo th this Lhe office PRPS BN AVEOrage a week from who use them for elow, however, Was adding 0 his re- Republican sheets They are softer arguments ain't so solid and the n't the cold kind what knocks the points don't stick grt topped in for some old news We Iecelve On TATIIOY | road uth ve Para Cus Give me ou have any hy and enough to & A800 we real issue “Red Blooded he “American we that last week be- he leaders of a move- +1] the American system They should have There's & the Ameri- America than there to educate the belie! that better way of HOrses What 1d 00 Is 0 determining “American System” ands Perhaps honest job of that y let the phrase the halls traditions dusted off convenient herring to drag be- the noses of befuddled voters, note ork Times department { reseilin Sage “mes shor 4 Ls 0 for k place in ns revered Dan ¥eeDing nN Bs a fore Note lo Chamber of Commeros: Lets have a soapbox derby In Bellafonte! You can figure out all the details about prises and rules well ald with sugpestions for speedways,.” Probabiy the best one WG the concrete roadway jesd- ing fro he front Academy building There is 2 curve hrills, and West a be roped off A he 0 Street for the event, Hil North Allegheny or Reservoir Hill on South also would make of speed. Bellefonte has had a soapbox derby. and we focal youngsters should have hance to show what they can do with couple of boards and four wihwels, A - nds on plenty b pyr bh Lah i Trifles: H M. Murtorfl dug a large can of bail the other day in prepara~ tion for a fishing trip. (Bait are hard to find at this season of the and It takes lots of work to get enough for a fishing trip) Any- how, the would-be angler drove gome distance to a4 stream, carrving the bait in the rear of a small truck. Ready to angle, he reached in the can to get a worm only to discover that the sun shife on the can dure ing the trip had killed every last it .... A recent issue of a Belle fOnte newspaper had the wrong heading over the obituary column. The heading read: “Patients Trest- ed at the Centre County Hospitel™ Anyone who thinks Bellefonte police are wool-gathering while standing about the streets, is sadly mistaken If a column could be written about the things local police are not cred- ited with knowimg anything about. the column world have to be printed year {on asbestos paper, and there'd be 8 sudden sale of one-way tickets to China, Patagonia, the South Sea Isles and other remote places, and the purchasers wouldn't be the ones suspect either, Hitch-Hiker, 91, Visits Her Folks 120 Miles Away i § i gas Bei § ith
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