Odd and Curious News A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION The Most Widely Read | Newspaper In Centre County, dhe Ce nire Democral VOL UME 57 BELLEFONTE, PA. > Never Forgets A Pittsburgh woman “Peter,” a pigeon, back to cited proof today that a bird an elephant, never forgets. Mr Nellie Mitchell looked out her wine dow about a year ago and saw a featherless, helpless pigeon fall to the sidewalk from its nest. She picked him up, took him home and fed him from an eye dropper. He regained rena. and flew awny The next day “Peter” was back every day since, apecking window for his bath and Robbed By Gypsies Charles M. Bryant Valley township, near Danville, was sitting on his front h when a sedan drew up to the called to him the ol und a tioned next reply the party Ryp pocketbook containing al ey he had, $14 of old-age pen State Motor Police are tigating Good piss. A Le wisbur g 4 caught i who nursed health Ike Fe ’ ie, Of pore curb and a Woman When walked to edge 1 i nan woman adgn him as to ident woma the door Was ing res of les Ril mon- ion inve forge spectacle The for bass, happenec spot where the §l ASSES Plunged to Death Missing his grip while d smokesta smokestack Mill Company burg. He ladder when he the bulld was JR "Paid in Full” The 2.232 pow er and ' Yan N. Y ceive their om operated pov wer “dividends the in All Night Pa ring When Martin Horn's car stalled in a deep rut caused by recent heavy rains town road ton Wis. left it there When he came back the i the car had sunk out of sight Th erstwhile roadway was 4a mass water and muck for 50 feet. A cr equipped with 20-feet able to locale the car board the past on a near Crand overnight nex: he POey Wa Ring Found i in Potato A wedding foun large potato by a cinnati, was cls is, daughter Twin i grandmother's by Miss Davi his fields. Cha rmed Life ‘hile standing the railroad locomotive struck beth Hulburd and hurled her about five feet in the She landed face downward in the cinders at the gide of the track and was unhurt except for minor cuts and bruises Ends Monkey Strike When a keeper wanted to clean the monkey cage at the Philadelphia 200, but was unable to get its oc- cupants to leave, he recalled that monkeys are afraid of snakes Se. curing a king snake, he carried it into the cage. That ended the mon- key's sit-down strike Chewing ‘Gum Bait When the usual bait, erawdads and smelly cheese, to give her any luck, Mrs. EW Erickson, of West Branch. Iowa, wouldn't give up. 8he put chewing gum on the fish hook, and a two-pound bass struck stuck ring tatoo grower Idaho, as ] The ring father a that was in the middle of ks at Bufaflo, the little Alice Eliza- trac air worms falled rast and Iron Steps Stolen the Leitereg Imagine Elizabeth who, upon door, discovered made way with which weighed pounds surprise of Mrs of Newark, N. J. looking out her front that some one had her iron front steps, more than 500 of “Generosity” An excellent piece of hard-sur- faced highway, 2.000 feet long, was built by authorities of West Vir- ginia into the northern section of a Virginia county. The mistake was discovered too late to change. Hopper Bite Fatal An infection which began after Charles Dittler. 54, had been bitten on the face by a grasshopper, caus ed his death at Council Bluffs, Ia. Polson affected the farmer's lungs and liver, physicians said. Thoughtful Thief A thief who visited the garden of Pietro Severino, at Lock Haven last week, stealing sweet corn and toma- toes, dug around a number of pota- | to plants, evidently to learn when to seturp for 4 supply of thet vegetable. ! DEMOCRATS CHARTER TEN SPECIAL TRAINS FOR HERSHEY PICNIC Advance Ticket Sales Indicate Largest Crowd Ever Assembled for a Political Gathering In Pennsylvania — High Class Amuse- ment Program Scheduled ng made to accommo rowd ever assemo 1 Peni Farmer Rescued As Tractor Burns Trapped Under Blazing Ma- chine Until Neighbors Ar- rive and Rescue Him flames whi tractor react tractured pely 3234 4 leg heed vis and a He Was to the Lewistown } THY machin wag thrown Daughenbaug Daughenbaugh ralsed the machi farmer away fron moned from took Thi County farmer was When tra embankment Township near Marysvil Killinger was thrown chine was August 1. Newport Dai igher nbaugh this me pinned his tor ar Rye W plunged on his farm in Harry under the ma- fatally injured on ” wr and 's British Train Sets Record at 125 M.P.H. A new train speed record for the British Empire of 125 miles an hour Was set recently by the streamlined Coronation” of the London Eastern Railway in a trial run, according to CC. M. Turner. traffic manager of the railway's Rockefeller Center offices The 125-mile-an-hour speed was sustained 306 yards and was reduced when the train approached an intersection. The recs ord 120 miles an S18 ~ tained for The locomotive for the test express & North for previous hour was three miles which was used was of the Pacific type edd ves designed Gresley, chief mechan- of the railway Al- normal se these not exceed ninety miles they have been driven s at more than 100 miles tests » ——. Last Raft Memorial A two-ton boulder extracted from the Busquehanna river at Rocky Bend has been erected at Burnside, Clearfield county, as a silent mem- orial to the seven men who lost their lives last spring in the ill-fated trip of the “Last Raft.” The stone was dedicated last week during the annual reunion of rivermen and timbermen. The ceremony Was at- tended by survivors of the expedi- tion and John B. Connor, nephew of Harry C. Connor, of the “Last Raft” when the craft bridge pier. of streamiir locomoti Sir Nigel engineer by ical though trains an hour many time an hour in in do rvice pilot who iost his life struck a railroad . Women May Be Priests Under terms of a recently passed bill. women have been given equality | in competing for Nor. with men wegian government posts or even | fests in the government-control- official Norwegian church. , When Jr. i tANeOw the Doris ACA ALL GIRL ORCHESTRA won Ray i Youth Ends Life With .22 Bullet Former Stale Athlete Dies After School Shooting Following the shooting. College High 2 Days Self he weed to the hospital where an em- oeration WR Blood clot sticdddenty performed foe “ formed topped back the farewell nots ontent His Witherow his H same tion (3) acquainted with boy's ing cotild t the bls Accord yg ne negiagl tatement El shend w= ndent Poli quoted h ne im vit Mrs from St ago INE Man Was a Larry ate College and abo to 1 shot OM Bloom. wh wh own nothing Hs and As saying himself of Mi moved VOAr ho it a Hurt; Car Hits Truck Gerald Replogle, 22. of received treatment at County Hospital last Thi ctits and bruises suffered Woodbury the Centre irsciay when for the car in which he was riding collided with a coal of 8Btate College on about 3 o'clock car, driven by Charles H College, of the slow-moving truck was about to pass timated about $100 ———— > at truck a few miles west route 322 that morning. The at ale, State struck the left rear corner | as Hale Damage was es Eight-Column Page Adopted by Centre Daily Monday of this The College Times, Daily State week bee came the second newspaper in Cen- tre county the imn page to adopt eight-col« The Centre Democrat was the first in the county modern form the seven-column discontinued. newspaper the more to adopt last year page was was sos f som VALKT Von ms RAINED BvEaty ev TiN , THUI RS NEWS, FEATURES DA Y, AUGUST 18, 193 MBER 35. Random [tems NUTTIN Line "ROUGMN' ITY Bm, le ST ON EOD ~~ MaswY THREE YEAR'S PROGRESS TOWARD SOCIAL SECURITY Reprinted from compreh Federa BES Nor is the Social Security with the RIT theory of the Socials Act new to America Liew (x00 Bulletin rmment Mar inemplo a ! ve the Americar Lhe mo yoo benison of substantisl secure ig against what President Roosevelt calls "the major | and Woward achievemer the Ara ras vicis- Harry The Hermit Is Willing To Marry a Woman With $50,000.00 ¢ hermit bobbed out tree at Kittanning, Mor to volunteer t with 850.000." b proposes | bothered heeded spring leave nty home and 60-foot poplar tree a warm added ms natur A nione like ti Rive me a woman with 850.00 Il get married I will World war veteran has live the tree the two summer winters he at the count wh An time one want tw rk wh 5 to won ar E741 wprbg gee " the home ar y live ot ou sure past h spent home He came to public attent Inst when a depttation of Armstrong county officials removed him from the tree where he had hunkered down” to wait out siege 15-bwlow zero weather first winter of slong some HE Bor. etimes visit ry shid h lived chiefly cheese and bologna { diet is bread little settlement Monday buy on Bu item © the every tapie hikes 1 Oak Ridge and tobaood Soest \ care uncie’s for 0H to hotties Not home burned and him by the Amer was destroyed for alss uncle alone his Ying with Hike H He formerly lived He said he grew 0 wien and walked the front door 1 hollerad at im. ‘where you going?’ He didn't answer nothing just kept on walk- ne. He went down the road and Uncle Baul got up i hitched a ride to the county home.” MISSING WPA WORKER'S BODY FOUND IN CR Missing for almost two days Babby, aged Winburne resident, was found In the Red Mothannon Creek last week by a party of Boy Scouts The body of the former miner and WPA worker was found about one fourth mile from his home Family membegs became alarmed at his prolonged absence and in stituted a widespread search. Fol lowing the discovery of the body whistles were blown to tell other searchers that the hunt was ended Joh EEK BY SCOUTS it is presumed that the aged man wandered to the creck and, becom- nk fil, fell in the water The victim is survived by lowing sons and daughters: Mrs Pete Mandel Philipsburg: Mrs George Charney, Akron, Ohio; Miss Elizabeth Bobby, Brunswick, N. J.; John, of Clarence; Joseph and El- of Pittsburgh; George, of Kit tanning, and Mike, of Winburne. The deceased is said to have been born and lived most of his life in Winburne the fol- fis FEDERAL AGENTS HIND STILLS IN OPERATION IN OSCEOLA VICINITY . Swoop Down Upon Clearfield County Homes and Arrest Five Men — Unsigned Letter Contained Tip Which Led To Raid letter Penn ied mnsigned the Bon vicinity numix New Cell Block Near Completion Rockview Prison Will J 256 Individually Unit at Contain Equipped Cells h one oontain ing va wash bowl 1 cabi and mirror. The interior of ech room measures 8 feet by 8 feel. ALL the rooms are of talde ire the interior are med ' or § net XO walls oyerng nes featyu IR Gevioe A Ruard with Hensyey the a i the system UUme H new John det general oonsts sald men were about f 4 0 bi | the construct the Was erior ted ral cleant § of the gene A few yel 10 im being arted int ie details have be comp Rooms That Hang From the Ceilings The studios of the National Broadcasting Company in Rockefel- ler Center, New York, are actually suspended from the ceilings. walls and Noors the RCA Building by steel clips paddad with felt. At no point 45 the studios touch the building structure proper; the rea- son for this peculiar construction being to insulate all the studios sompletely from Outside and vibration of noise Beer Truck Damaged Damage estimated at $250 resulted about 3 o'clock last Thursday morn- ing when a3 Wilkes-Barre beer truck skidding on a road made slippery by rain. left the highway, hit a telephone pole, and ups*t on Route 322 about nine miles west of Port Matilda. ‘The driver of the truck. Robert Lower, Wilkes-Barre. and another occupant escaped injury The accident was investigated by motor police of the Philipsburg de- tail. ————“—»- RE May “Jack” Bridge Up A “crew jack” bridge, which may be raised during times of high wa- ters is being considered for con- struction over Crystal Brook at! Warsaw, N. Y. Engineers said the bridge eould be “jacked” up three or four feet, out of the reach of flood waters. — New Aid to Part- Time Farmers : Housing Commission To Enter Farm Mortgage Field Federal Ready According to rooent § y sus, there gre about 700 Dart time farmers in Centre county: and many of these according the Pederal Wan. new Hous bo nt tO funds harrower imum rate of anteeing that the done will be Grade A bulldings will be erected plan, the FHA contends - Man Exonorated George W. Martin, Howard R. D was discharged by Alderman Lipez of Lock Haven, for lack of evidence He had been charged with leaving the scene of an accident at Church and Grove streets and later appear- ing at the police station to report his car stolen. Evidence introduced was not sufficient. Mr. Lipez held Rescued, Dies Miss Mary lee Nicol and three companions clung for forty- five minutes 10 a boat after it cap- sized in a squall at Galveston, Tex- as. Just as she was about to climb a rope ladder lowered from a rescue craft, she fell back into the water dead of a heart attack i Auto Victims Young More persons between the ages of 20 to 24 vears died from antomobile socident injuries than in any other age group, the U. 8. Census Bureau reports by intere construction work No shoddy under this 101800 ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Eddie Has a Big Problem By POP MOMAND | FOR’ ME AT TW SUCH Luck !! MERE I DION'T HAVE A SINGLE Bre TODAY AND I'VE SGOT THAT BiG BET UP WITH SCALEY ~~ THAT 1 CAN CATCH TH BIGGEST ism! LOOK AT MIM “= wWiarTIN' DOC! WAL, wev v J THET'S TOO BAD ~ I DIDN'T Luc, pa NAQOW += MUCH BiTwnn! ONLY BEANG IN ONE LEETLE 4 FELLER — MARDLY sae 4 BNOUGH TO “on THOUGHT YCOWD DO BET TEM THATY - - — NO OSE TRLMIN ~- TVE L | GOTTA FiGusE OUT SOME WAY TO GET OUT OR THIS CRAZY won. James, Jr. | the share. The older man, and tread light. the Centre next time. The spent 8144 bo cweaned! to culled upor Merve AR 1 better depend to relain wt. yOu'c Ir memory thu stimony yo In other word apparently is ho Pe | 1 roniiviting jurors from tUmony, the oursge the pon this M. Ward clared that permitted nuse of ns may ceptions i hear ire making craft rag ed ptr fm . he fellow aroung wanted wo lead pipe—¥o dey- ughts of nk rob. bery, short-changing, cheating or whatever you think you'd be 3 volt werent what you are? Theres & ride gulf between the thought and and fortunadely most per. the chasm ve awa: il Portrait of 1 Session long and not President with gavel J. Emerick terested in what W. W. Bieg, i with ser- Thomas matches on cigar: intently at Teaman sits sted pro- urer George stacks of newspapermen, from being oom- {older { draft Cherry gazes Edward J seems intere in an through * Cha rged With Giving False Information with withholding ine n and making false state. Department of Reve- n applying for a learner's per- Clyde Peden. aged 23, of Spring Mills, at a hearing before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher, Saturday, was piaosd under $500 bond for his appearance at court Peden, it was reported, once had a driver's license but it was sus. pended for an infraction of the mo- code. His license has never been re-ingtated because he apparently could not comply with the financial responsibility regulations Accordingly, officials report, he attempted to secure a license by starting all over again as a begin- ner. He received his permit, took the tests and passed, and was Issued a regular license. A short time later the Department of Revenue discov ered his old loense record. and noted wide discrepancies on the ap- plication for the permit just issued, Corporal Robert Raymond. of the Pleasant Gap substalion arrested Peden and when the man was brought before Justice Cowher, he is reported to have admitted his guilt. Charged format} ments 10 the nue tor Meeting in Bankruptcy, The first meeting of the creditors of Mary Eleanor Lowther, individu. (ally, and trading as Mary-Kay Oof- fee Shop. State College, who was | adjudicated bankrupt August 8, 1838, will be held in the law offices Of John T. Taylor, referee in bank- ‘yuptcy, in the National (Bank Building, State Coliege, at 10 (o'clock Friday moming, August 19. At that time creditors may prove [their claims, appoint a trustee and 'con@uet any other busihess hs MAY | drowned in rescuing his 14-year-old by pushing him R [swim and exhsusted by his | | fell back into the water and drown- | reseh him. led before bystanders were able to RE SA
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