CENTRE COUNTY
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dhe Centre Democrat
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BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1938,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR
HALLOWEEN FETE MONDAY
BELLEFONTE TO OPEN GATES
70 COUNTY FOR PARADE
500 Prizes to be Awarded for
Best Costumes; Loving
Cups for Floats
MASQUERADE AT SCHOOL
FEATURE OF PROGRAM
Parade to Move at 7:30; Ex-
pect Attendance Records to
Reach New Heights
Bellefonte will swing wide its
gates Monday
from all parts of Centre county in
this town's annual spectacular Hal-
lowe'en celebration. Always a popu-
Jar event, this year's frolic shows
promise of shattering the unpreced-
ented attendance records of for-
mer years and preparations are un-
der way for a full evening of fun
Upwards of five hundred individ-
ual prizes have been secured from
Surgeons Remove
Student’s Eye
Injury Caused by Discharge
of Small Bullet in Pile of
Burning Leaves
Surgeons at the Centre County
Hospital last Thursday afternoon
removed the left eye of a Bellefonte
High school student after an x-ray
examination revealed the eye dam-
aged beyond hope of saving.
The you h is Harry Bathurst, aged
20, son of James Bathurst, of East
Linn street, Bellefoute, who last
Wednesday afternoon was struck in | «
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DISLOCATES HIP IN
FALL DOWN STAIRWAY
in a fall while descending the
stairs st the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Ferris Walker in Bellefonte,
Monday, James Gardner of Howard,
suffered a dislocated hip. He was
removed to the Centre County Hos-
pital for treatment.
Mr. Gardner has suffered for
some years with sciatic rhepmatism
His condition at the hospital last
night was reported to be fair. The
injured man is a brother of Thom-
as Gardner, who passed away
Tuesday night at his home at How- |
ard.
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THE REGISTRATION?
Last week figures were re-
leased by the Centre County
Commissioners purporting to
show the registration totals in
the 65 precincts of the county.
Immediately upon publica-
tion of the list some precinct
leaders familiar with the reg-
istrations in their own dis-
tricts questioned the accuracy
of the figures.
As a result some of the dis-
trict registrations have been
recounted by persons not con-
nected with the county gov-
ernment, and a great deal of
error has been found.
Picking one instance at
random-—in the West Ward
of Bellefonte, the Commis-
sioner’s figures showed 221
Republican registrations and
202 Democratic. The recount
by outsiders showed 216 Re-
publican and 232 Democratic
registrations.
in other districts in which
a recount has been made even
more pronounced discrepan-
cies have been found, Conse
quently, early this week the
Commissioners appoiuted two
additional persons to make a
complete recount of registra~
tions.
At the present time no fig-
ures are available for publica-
tion, but in about 20 precincts
checked to date, the Commis-
sloners’ figures of last Week
have been shown to be In er-
ror in more than 300 registra~
tions,
er ore
Local Residents Heard Broadcast
night to mummers |
{
local merchants and business places
| for distribution among the hun-
dreds of mummers who are expect-
ed to pass before the Judges’ stand
in front of the Elks Home on East
High street,
A number of industries and or-|
ganizations have indicated that they |
wlll compete for the two loving cups |
to be awarded for the best floats |
in the parade. A committee from |
the Retail Division of the Belle-
fonte Chamber of Commerce, spon-
sors of the parade, have planned a
program beginning at 7:30 p. m
and continuing until after
! night,
|
be Captain Herbert M. Beezer, of
Machine Gun Troop, 103rd Cavalry
Bellefonte, who will be assisted by
Lt. Pred Shope and Sergeants Har-
ry Symmonds, Paul Fanning, Boyd
Yarnell and members of the troop,
mounted
W. Harrison Walker, chairman of
the judging committee, has named
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et en =
Civil War Ve
| Dies at Howard
| George P. Thomas Succumbs
at Age of 95; Served Two
| Enlistments
With the death Friday afternoon
of George P. Thomas, the last Civil
War veteran in the Howard vicinity
the roster of Centre County's surviv-
ing Boys in Blue was reduced to five
Of the hundieds of youths from this
area who answered President Lin-
coln’s call for volunteers to preserve
the Union, seventy-five years Ago,
ss than a half dozen remain
Mr. Thomas, who cast hig first vote
for President Linccin while he was
still in the army at Petersburg, died
at his home a mile north of Howard
‘at abou: 3:30 o'clock Friday Afters
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LOCAL YOUTH
1S HIT BY CAR
Philip Fromm, 10, Suffers
| Fractured Collar Bone, Pos-
sible Skull Fracture
Struck by a ear as
friend attempted to cross Bishop
street near the Catholic church
about 4:30 o'clock Tuesday alfter-
noon, Phillip Fromm, aged 10, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fromm
of Burnside street, was painfully
injured
The youth last night was reported
to be in fair condition at the Cen-
tre County Hospital where he is
receiving treatment for a possible
fracture of the skull, a fractured
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he and a
JULIAN MERCHANT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Forced off the road by another
machine, J. H. Turner, prominent
merchant of Julian escaped with
minor injuries but his car was con- |
siderably damaged when It turned
| over several times before coming to
rest.
The accident happened shortly
before noon Tuesday near the rall-
road crossing at Pleasant View,
mid- |
Chief marshal of the parade will |
Death Claims THE NEW DEAL ACTUALLY Man Is Held WOMAN'S CLUB HEARS
John J. Bower
At Hospital
Succumbs to Heart Ailment;
Was Member of Pioneer
Centre County Family
FUNERAL SERVICES
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
Was Boro Fire Marshal, Ar.
|
| dent Sportsman, Leader in
Democratic Party
|
John J. Bow: Si
widely known attorney,
and descendant of one of Centre
County's pioneer families, passed
a%ay af the Centre County Hospital
at 8:15 ovtlock Monday morning
after an lines; with a heart condi
ton. He was 63 years old ast May.
At the time of nls death Mr. Bower
was a Justice of the Peace and chief
{ Fire Marshal in Bellefonte: was the
local legal representative of the
|Btate Department of Justice: and
| was prominently kientified with ec-
{ tivities of the Centre County Bar As-
sociation, and with the work of loca
sporiamen’s groups.
Death came at the etd of an (liness
which began suddenly on Friday,
{October 7, ‘when Mr. Bower suffered
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{ Bellefonte,
sportsman
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FORMER SHERIFF HENRY
KLINE DIES YESTERDAY
Henry Kline, of Bellefonte, for
mer Sheriff of Centre county, passed
away at the State Hospital, Dane
ville, about 4 o'clock yesterday af-
terncon. He had been a patient at
that institution for about two years.
Mr. Kline was a son of Harrison
and Anetta Oentzel Kline and was
born in Bellefonte. He was aged 70
years, 7 months and 13 days at time
of death. Surviving are his wife, the
former Bertha Miller; a daughter
cago. Also surviving are two broth.
iors and a sister: D. M. and Robert
| Kline, Bellefonte, and Mrs E E
Showers, of Buffalo, N. Y. and a
half-sister and half-brother: Mrs
Clark Carson and O. A. Kline, both
of Bellefonte.
Funeral services will be held from
the Storch home, 248 B. Allen street
State College, at 2:30 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon, followed by Inter.
ment in the Union cemetery, Belle.
fonte.
| For many
proprietor of
Bellefonte
J. R. Hughes Is
Injured In Fall
Former Academy Master
Suffers Laceration of Head
in Mishap at Church
years Mr. Kline was
the Haag Hotel in
| James R. Hughes, former head-
master of the Bellefonte Academy
and prominent resident of Belle
fonte, was painfully but not ser-
ously injured in a fall at the Poes-
byterian church property Sunday
Mr. Hughes received a deep lacer-
ation above the left eye and bruises
{about the hip and arm. After re-
{ceiving medical treatment at the
{offices of a local physician he was
| rapidly.
The former Academy headmaster
SAVED CENTRE COUNTY!
| aon
Taxes on Your Home or Farm Would
Be 14 Times Greater Today With-
out State-Federal Aid
Look at The Facts! :
| taken home and is NOW recuperating |
The New Deai epent $13,634,557 in Centre County in
five years to feed the starving and give work to unemploy-
od—an average of $2,726,911 a year. Your total county and
| poor taxes for 1935 were only $190,385, 1-14 of the aver-
-
Uh
age State-Federal annual expenditure,
Many Saved From Sheriff!
Thousands who could not have paid this increased tax
would have lost their homes or farms. You would not have
let your citizens starve.
Had your county taxes been $100 annually, they would
have been raised to $1,5632—without the New Deal. Instead
your tax rate was reduced during the
last 5 years,
No Burden on Real Estate!
Remember, not a penny of this State-Federal money
was taken by a levy on real estate. It was raised chiefly
through income and inheritance taxes on the wealthy and
by taxes on corporations making large profits.
Your Only Hope!
Unless you want this enormous tax burden for relief
thrown back on the county, vote DEMOCRATIC on Novem- |
ber 8th.
Rockview Inmate
Still at Large
Police Continue Search For
Man Whe Escaped Early
Tuesday Morning
Rockview officials, guards, and
State Motor Police throughout
Pennsylvania are continuing an in.
tensive search for a ne
mate who escaped from that Insti-
tution early Tuesday morning while
he was assisting with the prepara-
tion of breakfast
The fugitive is Michael Douglas
George, aliaz Douglas Smith, aged
20, of Greek nationality, whose ab-
sence was noted during a check-up
about 6:30 o'clock Tuesday morn-
ing. The escape is believed to have
taken piace about 4 a. m
George was serving a sentence of
from three and a half to seven
years for breaking, entering and
larceny, and receiving stolen goods,
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CHANGE SCHEDULE OF
WESTERN UNION OFFICE
In order to meet the requirements
of the #4-hour law which went into
effect Monday of this week, the
Western Union office schedule has
been changed.
The new hours are from 8 a. m
to 12 noon and from 1:15 0 6 p m.
dally except Saturday and Sunday
The office will close at 4 p. m. Sal.
urday, and on Sunday instead of
being opén for an hour morning and
afternoon, the office will be open
only from § to 104. m. The § to 10
a. m. schedule will also be followed
on all legal holidays. At all times
when the office is closed, messages
may be sent by calling the Brocker-
hoff Hotel where a branch line is
in service continuously.
Heads Bi-County Legion Group
Afiron DD. 1eitsell, of East High
A.L.S. Celebrates
Safety Record
Employes Attend Dinner at
Country Club; No Lost
Time Accidents
Saturday the employes of the
Bellefonte plant of the American
Lig: & Stone Company altended |
Py at the Nittany, Country
, erielirating the contpietion of
two years’ operation of the plant |
without a single lost time accident
A total of 120 employes from the
plant were present and Charles
warner, of Philadelphia, president
of the Company, was present 10
personally compliment the men and
‘congratulate them on their fine
record He spoke briefly on the fine
spirit of cooperation which the em-
pioyes have displayed in making
this safety record possible.
In former years there was never
a month elapsed but that some
employe was (hjured. A determined
effort was launched by the Company
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STATE COLLEGE MAN
CHARGED WITH SODOMY
Charged with sodomy, Guy Em-
tick. aged 36, of State College, was
committed to the County jail without
bail after a hearing last Thursday |
afternoon before Justice of the
Peace Harold D. Cowher, Bellefonte
Embitk was arrested last Monday
by State College borough police of-
ficer John R. Juba, and is reported
to have mmde a six-page confession
to Burgess Wilbur P. Leftzell of
State College, before the hearing
A conference of County officials
resulted in Judge Ivan Walker ore
dering a mental examination of the
prisoner by a psychiatrist from the
| State Hospital at Danville. Disposi-
| tion of the case will depend largely
upon the psychiatrist's report.
midway between Bellefonte om
Milesburg. was a dinner guest at the home of
Mr. Turner told police he was! age . Harry ©. Menoid
forced off the road when a machine | Ms. Und Mm street, Cane Ai
traveling toward Bellefonte foreed ning, and left the home about 7:20
him off the highway. Turner, Who | n m 15 walk to the Presbyterian
was proceeding toward MIlesburg. | oyyrel where he has served as usher
lost control of his machine when he
turned the wheels sharply to avoid
a tree. The sedan is reported
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LAND SALE POSTPONED
| Announcement was made last
night that the Treasurer's sale of
| seated lands will not be held be-
cause a recent act of the Legisin-
| ture provides for a stay of the sale.
Long Before Radio Became Popular
before radio receiving sets
were built, Bellefonte residents Msts
ened to broadcasts. The first one
on record occurred in 1878 when 2
telephone line
Bellefonte and Snow Shoe, it was
recalled here this week by early
phone
Long
wis built between |
'H. Caum, manager, reminded local
(residents. Tours are being made
through the building from 3 t0 5 p.
mand fromé to9 p.m.
Belefonte’s original telephone
subscribers and employees |
who attended the Bell Companys |
ram.
nih ay house program ls being
open
continued today and Fridey, Jesse
edi
(Continued
{for many years. He remembers
| leaving the Menold home, and of
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CENTRE COUNTY YOUTHS
HELD IN TYRONE ROBBERY
Two Centre county young men
were taken into last week
by state motor police and Chief of
| Police Dewey Mencer of Tyrone, on
‘a charge of breaking and entering
and larceny of several firearms,
Joseph Maguire and Sherman
Power of Taylor township,
:
Evans, Tyrone R. D. 3, in Bny
township on October 8.
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ormerly of India, and Mrs. Kung
, Chinese Associate Director of
the Ming Quong Home at Oakland,
California. There will be a box
at noon. the hostess
Centre |
Beautify Hublersburg Church
The approach to Trinity Evangel-
ical and Reformed church, Hublers-
wurg, has been greatly beautified by
the planting of 25 fine evergreens.
The planting is an Evergreen Mem-
orial to Henry and Amanda Deit-
rich, provided by their children. It
and Clearfield cotintties, at a meeting
held at the Freeburg Post, Houtz-
dale, last Wednesday night. R. T
Willard, of East Bishop Street, Belle-
forte, was chosen adjutant of the
group. Joe Forster, of Bellefonte,
(one of a number of Bellefonte Le-
won a Legion uniform as a door tle Nursery, Altoona, R. D. 3, grow-
\ ers of ornamental shrubbery.
D THE NEW
ee
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| THE OLD DEAL A
a.
4 | themselves have ceased fo exist—
: 5 [only the name and the party mm-
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by side
While the name of Franklin De-
The whole truth in refere
[this mighty pol ;
simply this: the old ideas and
mic beliefs which once géparated
! voters of the tation
have
was designed and placed by H. 8.
| lopnaires to attend the meeting, Riddle and Son, proprietors of Ket-
Death of
| Pedestrian
Philipsburg Resident Found
Criminally Negligent by
Coroner's Jury
WOMAN VICTIM IS 24th
IN AREA THIS YEAR
Driver, Charged With Invol-
untary Manslaughter, Held
Under $1000 Bai
Found criminally neglig
accident which resulted in the
death of Mrs. William Scott, of
Morrisdale, Inst week, Cecil Pollard
of Philipsburg, R. D,, driver of the
car, is being held under $1000 ball
for his appearance ut court. This
action was taken after a coroner's
Jury reviewed the case
dule, Monday afternoon
Mrs. Scott was struck by the car
owned by Edward Pollard, an occu-
pant of the car at the time of the
accident, Thursday night, as she
was walking to spend the night at
a friend's home in Morrisdale. She
was taken to the Philipsburg State
Hospital where died Friday
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ent for the
at Morris-
she
RELEASED ON BAIL AFTER
HABEAS CORPUS HEARING
:
After a habeas oorpus hearing
held yesterday morning before
Judge Ivan Walker, Charles E. Benn
of State College, posted $500 ball
for 30 days to guarantee his appear-
ance in the event further prosecu-
tion results from 8 charge of nou-
upport lodged against him in Wil
mington, Delaware
At the hearing State Motor Police
H.D Ream and W. C. Myers, of
the Rockview barracks, stated Lhes
wrested Benn on October 21 at
State College upon a warrant re-
cetved from Delaware authorities
charging that Benn has failed to
provide for his daughter, who ©
(with her mother 1 Delaware
Judge Walker declared thal non-
{support is not an indictable offense
in Pennsylvania and that therefore
unless the laws of Delaware declare
the offense an indictable one, no
extradition would be allowed in thi
state. In the absence of information
upon Delaware law on the matter
Judge Walker reduced Benn's bail
from $1000 to $500, and released him
from custody to await further ac-
tion, if any, by Delaware authorit-
He
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Inspect Sites
For Postoffice
| Action Begun to Give Centre
| Hall a New Federal
Building
The movement 0 give Centre Hall
2 Federal bullding progressed one
step further toward its accompiish-
ment last week when an investiga
tion was made by P. L. Dunham,
post office inspector, of Altoona
Inspector Dunham conferred with
Postmaster C. W. Boozer as to the re-
| venue derived from the Centre Hall
[post office, one of the four second.
class offices in Centre County and
the only one not jooated in a Federal
| building. The three others referred
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ELKS DEGREE TEAM
Members of Bellefonte's Elks de-
| gree team last night at the DuBois
| Elks home initiated a class of more
than 100 candidates from various
lodges throughout the South Cen-
{tral District of Elks. The initiation
ceremony was preceded by a dinner
at the home.
Members of the team who made
{the trip yesterday were: Leslie
| Shultz, exalted ruler and captain
|of the team; Guy O. Bitner, loyal |
| knight; John ©. Anderson, lectur- |
os. |
|ing knight; Malcolm Wetaler,
| and George Sheckler, pianist. Other
| members of the local Elks lodge who
accompanied the team were: O. A
Kline, Leamer Woodring, Gottlieb
Hag, Fred Clevenstine, and John
| Galaida.
DEMOCRATIC RALLY TO
BE HELD AY HUBLERSBURG
A Democratic rally will be held
in the Community Hall Hublers-
burg at B O'iock Friday evening of
October 28.
in
. Edward Haupt, of Bellefon
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INITIATES AT DUBOIS |
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quire, Theodore Rush, inner guard, |
TALK ON CANCER, SYPHILLIS
Crowded For
Interesting Address by Dr.
S. J. Waterworth
Court Room
County Bar Meets
To Honor Late
John J. Bower
: 7s.
| SAYS EARLY TREATMENT
KEY TO CANCER CURE
Reports And Entertainment
Program Features of Pub-
lic Meeting,
a
Py
}
Monday
omprehensive talk by Dr. 8. J.
ort of the Memorial Hos
arfield, on the causes ef
parent cures of cancer
{featured
Bellefont
Court House
regular
Woman's
Monday
A
Court Room was crowded ais
io capacity for meeting,
the attendan being near the 400
mark. Dr. Waterworth's address was
preceded by a regular business gas
E. E. Widdow-
{ the club, presided.
»n mu chairmen
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ATTEND FORMAL
OPENING OF NEW GARAGE
th
LIE
¢
sion over which Mrs
JOHN J. BOWER
president ¢
of th
Member Centre ‘
Bar As
Room ¥
the funeral
Bower. to adopt
of memory
fellow member
¥ tA at iow | %
presided in he
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nittee sub
yAALION
esterds:
Oi
3,000
the
ICRC
absence of
Covrry
bh Approximately three thousand
Peo] atlended the formal open-
ing of the County Chevrolet Com-
pany last Saturday and inspected
BOY (HARGED the ‘new cation, talked with the
Ch v
onnel, inspected the new 1838
and came away pleased.
of building has
show room
The interior of
been painted and
redecorated. The and repair
ro.et
the
he
parts
departments have been moved from
t second to the first floor where
nstalled the latest type of
and accessories display. Mr.
D. Fritchman, manager of the
company, states that the reception
given the local company and new
products was the finest he has ever
seen. and pledges equal satisiaction
dhe public in ell departments of
dealership.
Joe McCulley Admits Guilt at
Held For
Juvenile Court
Hearing;
Joseph MoCully, aged 14 ol Belles
forte, aflfr a hesring Lely Justice
of the Poor Harold D. COwher here
yesterday afternoon, was placed une |
der the custody of Chief of Police
Harry Dukeman until tomorrow
morning when he will be arraigned
in juvenile Court on a charge of
stealing a diamond ring from
South Allegheny street apartment
McCulley, who 3
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Bellefonte Man
Found Not Guilty
Odor of Copenhagen Snuff
Used in Defense on Drunk-
en Driving Count
a
V
ice say has been
nber of
was arrested yo
alter Chie! Duke
i Johnsor
bery of a ring
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MRS. CORA LUCAS TO BE (
HONORED HERE TONIGHT -
an previou
sterd
man
tr ve tio
DVesELiE
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and
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“a
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ut it pay the costs” was
retuned by a jury at the
Clinton County
at Lock Haven,
in the case of
of Bellefonte,
1 driving.
for the state included
of Lock Haven driver
ved in an accident
car duiven by Harju ob
east of Lamar, who said
driving om the wrong
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Today
Mrs. Cora
ior Regent local Chapter of
the Women of the Moose has in-
dicated that the Chapter here will
take part in the nationwide cele
bration this Thursday night, the
program fo be in charge of the
Mooseheart Alumni committee of
which Mrs. Maude Kelley, of Belle-
fonte, is chairman.
The celebration here tonight will
be one of interest to everyone and
the public is cordially invited. It
will be In the form of a masked
Hallowe'en party al which dough-
nuts and coffee, pumpkin pie, ei
will be served. Hallowe'en games,
is Mooseheart Day
Lucas, of Bellefont
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of the
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June 27
Harju was
Wingate Family in Need.
Mrs. Jean Noll Hargis, State Nurse,
reports that Mrs, Chester Parks who
resides at Wingate, is badly in need
of a double Ded, bedding, a table and
chairs, and a oabinet for dishes.
Mrs. Harris asks anyone having such
items to contribute to get in touch
novelty bingo and other forms of With Mrs. Parks whose mail address
| entertainment are on the program. is Milesburg.
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New Deal “Must Go
| The GOP rally held at Osceola Mills last week lacked nothing in
numbers and enthusiasm Neither did the speakers use the velvet hame
mer to urge the smashing of the New Deal Samue] 8. Lewis, candidate
for lieutenant governor. the principal speaker of the evening, voiced the
sentiment of Davis-James crowd when he declared with glee, “The
backbone of the New Deal is broken.”
That has been the theme song of the Republicans all through the
campaign. “Smash the New Deal” A glance at the article at the top of
this page should convince anyone that the “New Deal” has kept all of us
from going to smash. Very few home and {arm owners would have sur-
| vived. had it not been for the New Deal policies of providing for the un~
employed.
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A Questionable Attitude
From one end of the state to the other Judge James’ point-blank
refusal to resign in the face of precedent, ethics and canons is being
condemned and is a source of embarrassment to his friends. It can
even be described as a “tactical error” It §s an open disregard of the
best judicial traditions and opens for question his fitness for the office
which be seeks but which, fortunately for the people of Pennsylvania, he
{iz not in our opinion very apt to win,
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Another Terrible "Mess"
The Republican high command got all worked up this week over
what it termed a "new macing wrinkle devised by the Democratic
strategy board ™ Republican headquarters had been shocked beyond rea
[son at the discovery that State employes were “required to spend
| twenty-five cents for postal cards, “which they must address to friends
and scquaintances, asking that the recipients vote Democratic.
What's 50 wrong about asking your friends to do a good deed? Any-
way, a local GOP follower less concerned over the fact that a great many
_{ voters will cast their baliots for the Democratic ticket on November
pointed out that his party probably would have made a chain letter
it and offered a prize for the best letter.
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Tried and True
Don Gingery and John W. Decker have both served