pr — | { Odd and Curious News A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. SECOND SECTION Che Contre Democrat ————————— NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 57 > Imaginary Crime Lee Lucas, of Flemington, had the Lock Haven authorities excited for a few minutes Saturday night when he told some people a fantastic story of being the man who had held up the attendant at the Pas- sell Service station in Flemington last week. He was arrested and brought before District Attorney B. L. Haag, but he was found to be drunk and drawing on his imagine ation. When questioned could tell nothing which would lead the officers to believe that he actually knew anything about it. He was given a hearing before Alderman T. Mark Brungard on a charge of being drunk and disorderly and has 15 days in jail now to think up a new story he Hikes to Save Leg When a New York doctor told Sam Diamond, 44-year-old World War veteran, that they would have to amputate his right leg because of a chronic blood ailment, Sam who had already had his left leg removed because of the disease, re- fused. declaring he would hitch- hike to Soap Lake, Wash. and its healing waters. While the doctos declared he'd never make it, he did, in just 16 days. Old Box Holds $900 For more than a haf hour by ignored an old shoe box & gutter at Muncie, Ind. Finally, a stranger drove up, saw the box, picked it up and exclaimed, "Boy I'm glad to get this back. I've been searching for it the last half hour.” The man opened the box and pulled out more than $800 in currency Bird Causes Fire According to C. 8S. Bagley patcher for the U. 8. Forest Service at Salt Lake City, a bird which lighted on two high voltage wires causing the electricity to arc, was the cause of a raging brush fire Sparks from the wires had ignited patches of the dry spread until 1200 acres shed covering had been ¢ passers iving in fire dis- a- of water ast POV eC Snakes Are Friendly At McClure, Snyder county, snakes are very prevalent this summer an d residents have found them led up in their beds as they were about to retire. A neighbor of Mrs. Arie Middleswarth, noticing a four and & half foot blacksnake climbing up the screen door, evidently seeking to enter the home by way of the tran- som, killed the Tephlle of Honeymoon Express R. T. Foster wanted his Toney Poster, to witness his wed- ding but Papa Foster couldn’ get & day off from his switch eng So bridegroom and bride traded church bells for engine belis—were married in Papa Foster's locomotive during his lunch hour at Oklahoma City Hot Stuff Mrs. John Davis, coming a grocery at Pottsville with a box of eggs. inadvertently let one drop on the hot pavement. Before she could figure out what to do, the egg was fried. Somehow, the yolk didn't even break. A hundred or so townsfolk gathered to see the sight. father, out of Too Considerate Judge A. J. Hedding overruled chivalry when he fined Bernard Schultz, 24. one dollar and costs for driving with one arm at Milwaukee Bernard had explained that his young woman companion went to sleep on his shoulder and that he did not want to awaken her Candles Fortell Death While praying before candles for the recovery of Nicholas Falcone, §, who had been fearfully scalded, relatives at Philadelphia noticed that the candles flickered and went out. Calling the hospital, they learned that the boy had died. Guard Prevents Escape When eight convicts attempted to climb a wall to escape from Kilby Prison at Montgomery, Ala. a guard opened fire with a shotgun and wounded seven of the eight. The eighth surrehdered. None was bad- ly hurt Misses Fly, Cuts Self Pestered by flies while shaving, C. F. Athons, of Las Vegas, with a razor in one hand and a swatter in the other, swung lustily at a fly and missed it. However, the razor struck his arm, cutting it severely. Find Old Lost Watch Eighteen years ago John Palmer lost his watch in a field on his farm at Orinnell, Towa. The other day men cultivating his fields turn- ed it up, battered but not beyond repair, Refuses Parole Although paroled, Vernon Knight, 28, of Elyria, Ohio, refused to leave until he had completed his job grading the court house lawn. He was given permission to stay. Fish Offers Prayer When L. R. Russell landed a 12- pound grouper, at Miami, Fla, a shell on which the Lord's Prayer had been engraved, came out with the hook. i, Almost every individual has a few hesuitarities but they never know | . 1 MOTORIST ESCAPES DEATH AS CAR STALLS ON GRADE CROSSING Williamsport Tire Agent Only Slightly Hurt In Accident At Teachers’ College Rail- road Crossing In Lock Haven Flovd A. Snyder came as near death roitld come and remain afternoon at 2:12 o'clock when car which he was driving stall the Pennsylvania Rallroad tre the Teachers College ng Lock Haven, was struck by eastbound train 6570, usually referred to the ‘flier nd was hurled 50 (74) land as a heap of junk on the road- way running parallel } ; Snyder thhown clear and only slightly to remark Guess hadn't been called.” A salesman Company, he was coming Lock Haven business district when was halted by the age of th westbound train, 571, at the crossing According to the ation McClintick Pennsvivania Ral had with OF ake Williamsport, as Any man alive Frid Cross as feet the heard number injured for the Goodrich Tire he pass Investig eant of Police Soy road ped his and ch MT the pedals and his » glut move h peda forward No track where it stalled The eastbound trair the westbound flie crossing was at this moment within a few feet car. Snyder open- ed the right door of the sedan as train hit the car and was apparently borne into the air with car and thrown clear before it landed, up- side down and completely ed. which passed ust bevond the of the the demolish- Lock Haven Home : Destroyed By Fire Exploding Oil Stove Causes Destructive Blaze at Belle- fonte Ave. Residence ys at Lock Haven, caused Ys Friday afte 814 Belle! pied by Cha I Ol stoves gu tted the house at Ave. owned and oot E. Gunsallis A few articles clothing were removed bu badly water soaked an be aged. The frame house was ! and will have to be decorated rebuilt entirely ] on house and i 1 by Mrs Nouse at having left of furt they were little could interior of the practically sa lv and ere Gunsallus wa time lunch stove in the ki 0 an adjoin Becoming ignited xploded The alarm was companies the after ne oll wn tOvVe destruction of the house on Sou Street occupied by Mr. and Mrs Fount Miller and y Thursda “ ¥ 4 | oh 1 " alternoon, ieaving them out Pras Find Boy Had Been Dead 4 Hours (Coroner's any Lusion Jury Investigate Sudden Demise of CCC Camp Enrollee A coroner's jury, urday night in the Centre County Corner, Dr. W. R Heaton, at Philipsburg, attributed the sudden death of Thomas Mat- thews, 24. of Philadelphia, a negro enrollee at the Wolf Rock Civilian Conservation Corps camp, due to natural causes Opinions of the camp physician, Dr. Henry Russek. and of the cor- oner concurr with the jury's ver- dict-—that an acute heart failure was the cause of death Testimony of the witnesses, five camp associates who were quartered in the same compartment as the de- ceased, revealed that the victim was apparently in good health un- til 11 o'clock Friday night when he complained of being slightly indis- posed and turned the lights and radio off and got into bed. Charles Blake, an associate, dis- covered him dead at 6:15 o'clock Saturday momning. Physicians stat ed he had evidently been dead for approximately six hours. The family was notified of the death and circumstances, and the body was taken to Philadelphia. As the youth was a member of a fed eral eamp and under the supervi« sion of the government, an inquest which met Sat- offices of the was held. No autopsy was performed | as the family did not desire it Members of the coroner's were: Twigg. Melvin Curtis, Lester George, | Merrill Williams, and B.C. Erhard. | “Dead” “ Years: Returns | On Beptember 14, 1808, a Minne- apolis newspaper listed Jesse L.| Stegner as one of the volunteers in the Spanish-American War who | died in Manila. The other day Steg- | ner walked into the newspaper of- | {fice and explained that he had not | been killed, but had beem too busy | to correct the news item. The paper, at his suggestion, printed the lated correction. jury | Warren Townsend, Harry! the be- | included Reuben H 2 car heading » other side Chester a baby car- son, Harr} the to of train the baby been sidewalk and on rossUIK Mr round and Snyder was walk eonqauet able 10 Lae necessary res wg from after the 1 Adis usine i mediately « Oe YU DOT adil 34 Tressler was gineer and W. A Ma Anning conduct Was $3,000,000 Peach C rop Is Forecast Lower Pennsy Ivania Counties @sune Report Heavy-Laden Or- That Section chards in A $3 heavy- Pennsyly 0 O00 neuch Oy ry f vey yeacn FO1 1 81 orchards m Southern for this alints § SE laden season by of Although the Aug. 1 report of the Federal-State Crop Reporting Ser- vice indicated a harvest throughout the state approximately 700000 bu- under last year's, early reports Ad ranklin county fruit Ie i bumper © even year's heavy nels AMF yield {rom recent rains may have curtailed Berks-Lehigh area ach gro wing eC ~ and along the and bureau of the De- ture established reporting service n Chambersburg he southern orchard lands operated two weeks price hh grower for charles L service Packard, chief o a 400.000 to 450 - Franklin county inspection office at Bigiervillie jcated a 300.000 bushels in predicted 000-bushel crop in while the federal up to Adama county oron op Prospect growers this optimistic for year Packard ob- | served. “The size of the peaches is larger, the quality better and they show more color ire very “Most of the other peach-growing states are cleaning up their harvests this week, and should be out of the | market when the bulk of our crop omes in.” He predicted shipments of be- tween 8.000 and 12.000 carloads | from the Chambersburg area, in ad- | dition to truck movements Marketing specialists expected the | southern fruit belt, where several | thousand workers have been given | temporary employment in the or- | chards, to reach the peak of its sea- son this week. TWO TYRONE GASOLINE STATIONS ROBBED SATURDAY Two Tyrone gasoline service sta- | tions were broken into Saturday | night as managers of both places | reported the joss of cigarette vending | machines and some cash. | The establishments included those | of Peter Shulick of Northwood and | the Atlantic Gas station, operated by Charles Rodgers in Tyrone. State and local police who are | working on the cases said that in ad- dition to the cigarette machine at | Shulick’s station $5 in cash wag also | stolen. : —— { sought | buoying BELLEFONTE, I , THURSDAY, wo ———— —— AUGUST 25, 1938. NUMBER 24. The Man Without a Barrel! Fillmore Home-Coming Enjoyable i Ground were enjoy- pres. who thes Sch usements vone., Among those Hambes of petasis ne of Seho0, Oper ng with T ™ tendent Preedy acted ay morn! ITO LeRoy Mr Helen Cummin Corl on 8 nda) » address ng was delivered by Rev a former thi Fuller pastor on will sail Africa gHOrLLy Babcock Methodist F Charge from 1817- i regains i reached of Lhe de partied 105e dors and wd 10 the effory who } els Hard Winter Ahead Says This Prophet yivanis Is in for a long hard take it from David E Croll prophet of the Perkiomen who go bak fifty fire bad encugh to be Penns winter wenther Valley years to comparison had to i one ert he winter of 11 be one of the worst rediction is based 1938-39 on of simply summer 1887 Hie. Oiaz th great aon and Fall will follow much lat- cement usual Then Winter There will be Dumeroius anow- were many Perkiomen wel weather week of raged and generally the rm hours summer there was a oS Prisoners Strike for Ice C ream, Cake Nearly 600 Apt dely i n th ra Phi at Ho Hm . iday night began what Warden William B. Mills terms a hunger strike” after he said he re fused “impossible demands Mills said a commiilee of prison- ers had demanded elimination of certain foods “henceforth and for- ever” from the prison diet, and de- manded that a commitiee of pris oners have a voice in every reguia- tion affecting the prisoners About 600 of the 1481 inmates re- prisc hia county burg last Fy | LINCOLN'S INVENTION FOU Np IN OLD SAFE When an expert ‘Jocksmith “crack- al” an old safe purchased recently from the United States Patent Office iby a tenant of Rockefeller Center one of the unexpected finds inside the safe was a patent application {signed by A. Lincoln, Springfield, II The invention for which Lincoln a patent was a device vessels over shoals or shallow waters. The presence of the | application in the safe was explain- {ed by the fact that the safe had been built for the government in 1860 and had not been opened for many years —— Rain Mars Picnic Record No longer can it be said “it never rains on the Frenchville picnic” for on last Wednesday evening some | 7.000 persons scurried to shelter and { many were drenched by the heavy {downpour at the 63rd annual pic- | nie, tar y thelr said dinner Priday evening foods objected to, Mills said, hamburgers spaghetti and heese, bologna, fried egg plant and In addition. he said. the pris- ners demanded ice cream and cake every other Bunday Every man engaging in the hun- ger strike will be given an oppor- tunity to eat at the regular time.” said Mills. “If he doesnt want to eat we arent going to force food on him.” SOUD ce House Cleaning On A Large Secale In a development the size of Rock - efeller Center in New York, which has a floor area of nearly 5.000.000 square feet in its twelve buildings, and a daytime population of 100.000 persons, such routine work as clean- ing involves a vast amount of em-~ | pidyment. The Center employs more than 500 persons in its clean- ing department, and in order {io keep the development in spic and gpan condition it uses weekly some 2.000 pounds of corn-oil soap; 175 pounds of soap powder, 50 pounds of bar soap, 12 gallons of brass polish, 100 pounds of volcanic ash, and 50 gal- lon: of water wax 6 Babies in 7 Years Married seven years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Perdue, Colo, have had a new baby every year since. They now have six chil- dren, the oldest of which is seven and the youngest only a few weeks old. rh iadpacent story was of Longmont, CONGRESSMAN AIDS MANY RAILROAD MEN SECURE ANNUITIES :: Claimants from Contre, Blair and Clearfield © Counties Secure Prompt and Efficient Ser- vice from Mr. Gingery, Who Has Procured Approval of Several Hundred Pensions Congressman Don Gingery reports that he is receiving an average of 2f letters a day from raliroad men re- questing his help In procuring speedy approval of thelr applica- tions for annuities under the Rall- road Retirement Act. Mr. Gingery nctively supported and voted for the Raliroad Retirement Act has become approval ol ong for claimant Congressional coms y Blair, Centre eld The average pension grant approximately $8500 a month «» gmount of back pension receiv individual case has $500 to $2700 re- by & L ex ) and since a secured indred in ini several hi pen 23rd Hving the District and Clear! ranged as high wn claimant ently } Gingery will be glad oad men roved wit will wed House D apprecial by Mr. Oh the i he wrile Hon Of - r aqgdre New ot gon } a 1028 Pittsburgh August 2 Worker Caught In Stone. Crusher Man Held Minutes Franklin County Prisoner Twenty Between Rollers Dry County minutes sone or rescued A workman QUAITY In held prisoy ween the rollers of a until fellow workers him The workman Emest Traxler, 2, of Doylestown, was taken 10 Chambersburg Hospital where phy- sicians amputated his right leg t arrival. The oon- of Traxler who lost a large of blood. is reported 10 be the hospital al a Franklin wer twenty Run stone Was be. ush- er nt accident occurred at the operated by Binkley d Ober, where Traxler While working at the Traxler slipped and fell s mouth where he was drawn ollers his ned piled by the fellow Pr wer steam engine operating the crusher. To extricate him. the workers had 10 rep ove heavy rollers task requiring twenty min- utes Two physicians gave him first- aid treatment before he was taken by auto to the Chambersburg Hos- pital Hearing ployes tur screams off the em- Sup- the hi oe BR CUTS ARM IN FALL THROUGH GLASS DOOR Bleeding profusely from a severe laceration of the left arm, Adam Bickel, of Youngstown, Ohio, was admitted to the Centre County Hos- pital about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night. The man was found on East Beaver avenue, Slate College, a short time after he is alleged to have fallen through the glass door of a basement beer garden on South Allen street, State College Bickel is reported to have been intoxicated and was asked to leave the beer garden several times before he complied. Given first aid at a physician's office, he was brought to the hospital in the Koch ambu- lance. He was discharged from the local institution Monday afternoon. WILLIAMSPORT CHAIN STORE RUINED BY FIRE A three-story building in the cen- tral district of Williamsport, housing the J. C. Penny chain store was de- stroyed early Priday by fire. Firemen kept the blaze confined to the building, although stock in an damaged by water and smoke, Fire Chief Michael E Clark said the flames started in the rear of the | building. Clark added that neither he nor W. H. Grady, manager of the Penny store, was able 10 estimate the | damage. | signature on your receipt; | valuable in another 2500 years.) my for the est you have thy cause YOu sooner trying to usten deed appreciation nown in inter a moss not when It MeClosk es Joseph ( Alter Join ting, Emmit emt C P. Sh RIenNx Maillard Ww Ryan Eardies (Continu Flemington Child Attacked by Bat Three-Year-old Boy Struck in Face While Asleep Bamuel Henry Danie] Mrs has su Mr ently from s terrifying experience Batur- day evening about 5:30 o'clock The child had been put to were downsiairs out. Investigati and {fered bed when ng im- flying birdie neck STATE COLLEGE DRUM CORPS WINS STATE TITLE IRD TIME Before a tors at irk in ro nor the Nittar : American crowd 13.000 specta- Athletic ni floodlighted on Friday night. the Bugle Corps of wd auxiliary of ate College won the state chs ampionship for the third tive They were awarded a silver cup and a $150 first prize The state title State College unit #6 out of a possible judging. Runner-up was the crack unit of Philadelphia Fifty-three boys and girls, under the leadership of C. W. Taylor and Albert Lyford and with 44-year-old Rachel Fulton acting as drum ma- jor. made the trip to the State Le- gion convention. The State College outfit was the only one in the com- petition to have a mixed member. ship of boys and girls. ——— I —————— NICOTINE PROVES BOON TO PELLAGRA VICTIMS the the OONSeC year was won by the with a score of 100 in the final for the honor from Imhof post Tobacco and its much maligned nicotine may turn out 10 be what the doctor ordered for sufferers of that horrible disease known as “pellagra.” according to the Public Health Com- mittee at Rockefeller Center. Tab lelg containing a new drug called “miootine acid.” a compound derived from ordinary smoking tobacco, has been found useful in making up the deficiencies in diet which cause many cases of pellagra southern United States and southern European countries. It’s never too hot {0 write receipts for subscriptions. (Note: Save our it may be “KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Eddie Is No Welsher, but— E—— WHY DON'T YA YOU HAVEN'T GIVE UP AN’ ADMIT WON “TH PIETY WER NO FISHER: | DOLLARS YET MY LUCK 15 GONG TO MAN TLL. BE GLAD TO TAKE THAT BET NOW AN’ SAVE YA ALL YER YEA A FELLOW JUST UP FROM ™ STRTION N—————— ——————— EXCITING YOURE RIGHT! HE SAVE YOUR MOTHER JUST RETORNED FROM EUROPE AND WANTS ME TD BRING YOU HOME ON TH FIRST TRAN ISNT THAT NEWS? By POP MOMAND | nous — Tf GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO LET TWAT CArZIY OVER TILL NEXT YEAR, SCALEY! 4 in both Random [tems A feature of a plenic of Claster Lumber Company employes al Hecla Park, Sunday, was the awarding of an sitendance prige, drawn lo the RAE Manner as & ground prize al a arnival, Orrie Claster, one of the pe aller partners, and master of cere- mon ar the outing, announced gix-y old son would draw ng card from a box, and ve everything fair ticket drawn The youth he turned arried his own good-natured mightily - had lis wr thar Car- th a 0 ha quare, the third et MEK 10 work, and when ticked wouiQ one went vy Lt} +4 1p Lhe ri her numone g of ! #40 rowd, the Orrie quickly another number HOOL barr assed painter received & for some work he bul up until been abies W he'd been paid or was left for the and wiser the check was dated he painter had TeCOnC ded w yesterday ’ Ru Ire Sle OH sOMe that observing November ANYONE Se ng about ton and resent status i who ig wih- What are the are the and Belle- 0 be Increased of a The The Belle » the her for to answer ¢) definitely two awe Das Deen HD) are living k home atl the ex- of East linn 10 have grown new or eastern eng very OY 10 write 3 00I- The first ohe » YOur column But after ind BEs- sy burly backroom fore- the background 80 the press- { the page on the press your typewriter 88 4 never seen one before have the ability 10 tarn listing paragraphs for the edification of the public and for the continuance of the pay check. Here we gre with half s column filled and not a blessed idea for the rest of the space. OF course plenty of ems we could maybe some people wouldn't In fact they might get guns, arsenic and Before we forget yman sister of Dr of Bellefonte, who : from a trip 0 Europe } 1 the same ship brought Wrong -Way Corrigan to the U. 8 She was a mem- f a reception commitiee for the # danced with him during MrDeyY across the Atlantic names make news. A the street to the Elks tinguished -look - ing Elks sitting comfortably on the porch. All five have white pan- hats whi seem 10 be exactly dens "ae HE hw walting rom You thoug uch r your copy HOOK hn you hess out bright vw about i1 like that Miss "Grace C M. Corman turned that back ber say ACTORS home reveals five dis frond ama 3 RES It is possible we've missed a The five men under the ¢ are former Sheriff W. E Hur- vy. D. Paul Fortney, George A Beezer, Benton Tate and Al. Rishel. oe Walker & Spangler, two of the youths who recently escaped from the Centre County jail and who were recapiured at Indianapolis, In- diana, are reported 10 be guite con- tent to remain in the local jall after their experience in the big city hoose-gow. Ii seems that in Indi- anapolis officials dont much care whether jail inmates are comior- table, or not. NEWSPAPERS AND MAIL DELAYED BY TRAIN WRECK Morning Philadelphia papers, and all eastern mail, parcel post, and express were held up last Thursday as five cars of a 125 car Pennsyl- vania Railroad freight train wreck- od on Warrior's Ridge. four miles west of Huntingdon at 1:40 o'clock that moming Mail and papers which are due to reach Bellefonte and other Cen- tre county communities early Thurs- day morning were not available un- til after the noon hour. The freight train was traveling ils cars deralled damaging the rails. and blocking traffic. Trains following behind the freight were held up as were east- bound trains on a parallel track. Traffic was blocked more than three
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