RE COUNTY'S FAMILY NEWSPAPER @he Centre Democrat Ti THOUSANDS READ CLASSIFIED ADS VOLUME 57. NUMBER 44. BELLEFONTE PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1938. SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR ‘NEW DEAL’ SAVED B Over 2,200 Unemployed Wage-Earners Put Back to W , k-Few Centre Coun- | ty Stores Wou.* Be Open Today, Had Not The Dc % ocratic Admin- . istration Come 2 Their Aid It would be well for every merchant and business man in Centre county to conscientiously ask himself this question before he voles next Tuesday: “WHERE WOULD 1 BE TODAY IF THE DEMOCRATIC NEW DEAL HAD NOT COME TO THE RESCUE OF OUR PEOPLE?" If he lays aside partisan’ feeling for the moment, this challenge to his better judgment will reveal a startling truth: HE WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS ENTIRELY or ON THE VERGE OF BANK- RUPTCY. This is a fact that should be carefully considered by every busi- ness man who depends upon the community for a livelihood. It cannot be disputed that every business pursuit in Centre county actually owes Its existence today to the present’ Administration. In reality, there would be NO BUSINESS outside of the Sheriil’s office if money had not been poured into our community through New Deal work projects. What this means to every merchant of the county was his ability to remain in business. The question of restraining or losing this life- saving assitance is still a matler of tremendous importance. If there be any doubt on this score, consider the fact that while industry, paralyzed by depression, was curtailing employment to the point of distress, the New Deal was providing jobs for approximately | 2500 of our citizens. This meant a monthly payrool of $133,000 for Centre county wage- earners, practically all of which found its way into the hands of mer- chants and business men. How did this effect business? It actually lifted the threat of ruin that hung over the entire community. It is really appalling to think what would have happened in our county if this aid had not been extended. Without question it would have resulted first, in privation and suffering to thousands of our wage- eamers and their families; second, frightfully high taxes on property to maintain the unemployed, and third, merchants would have been com- pelled to close their doors Business and our citizenry would practically have been reduced to a state of beggary, and let no one mistake In doubting this assertion. The fact is undisputed that stores in Bellefonte and other commun- {ties are able to conduct their business today because the Works Progress Administration, sponored by the New Deal, spent $2.730657 in Centre yr rg ork of A w ns conditions have improved unemployment. Of the amount spent in Centre county, $2544.863 was PAID IN WAGES, and $175,794 was spent for material and equipment. Centre county has much to feel grateful toward the New Deal. Par- ticipating in every phase of the WPA program, our county has reaped the advantage of constructive work, women's and professional work, education and recreation activities and numerous state-sponsored welfare work projects. Statistics show $2497.732 was expended for construction work, which $2,339,332 was paid in wages; $173,943 for Women's and Profeasion- al projects, and $58.682 for Education and Recreation projects. WPA's largest payroll in Centre county carried 2.563 persons At the present time only 1843 are employed. Of these, construction projects em- ploy 1.722; Women's and Professional projects, 100, and Education and Recreation units, 21. Of the total employed. 106 are women WPA Work on Highway and Streets A monument for future years is WPA's work on highways, streets and roads in Centre county. This major part of the works program has given communities and rural sections improvements that otherwise could never have been undertaken. All projects on the state highway system were supervised by the State Highway Department, and conformed to rigid specifications. As In other counties, Centre county highways were widened, shoulders and berms stabilized, ditches and drains improved, bases of broken stone laid preparatory to surfacing by the highway department, curves eliminated, (Continued on page six) ee oe EAT Raccoon Hunter Accident Victim Suffers Stroke, Is Buried Here — Son Carries Father Two Miles 0. L. Waite, 54, of Washing- | ton, D. C., Killed While Driving to Bellefonte Through Dark Woods; Vie- tim Seriously Ill Suffering a stroke while on al Funeral services were held Tues ‘soon hunting expedition with one! day afternoon at the E. E. Widdow- of his sons in Green Valley, Tues- | son Funeral Home, North Allegheny day night, John Confer, aged 56, of | street, Bellefonte, for Oliver Lewis East Logan street, Bellefonte, father | Waite, aged 54. of Washington, D. of five former Bellefonte High K C.. who was fatally injured in a school football stars, les in serious motor accident Saturday afternoon condition at his home. at Bhade bap, 18 miles southeast Faced with the task of getting hia of Mt. Union. stricken father out of the woods, | . Services were in fuarge of iis the son, Harry Confer, aged 30, Rev: G. E. Householder, pastor o picked up the unconscious man and | he United Brethren church, Belle- struggled for more than two miles | fODe, and interment Was gohe in with the heavy burden through | the Meyers cemetery, Buffalo Run dense undergrowth until exhaustion | Valley. ! Waite, who was enroute to the compelled him to seek assistance. |, oo of relatives in the Bellefonte The two men, with two hunting grea at the time, died about 11 o'- dogs and lanterns, left Bellefonte gion Saturday morning while he about 7:30 Tuesday night, expect- | (Continued on page seven) (Continued on Page 6) Paraders Burned By Flareg Held on Liquor Charges | Two young people were painfully During the weekend officers of burned at Philipsburg on Monday the State Liquor Control Board ar-! evening while watching the Hallow. rested Mrs. Margaret Wilson, of en parade. Margaret Gunta, of the depression until June 30 of this year. | employment is still being maintained, ' of ————— $133,000.00 Monthly Payroll | Is God-Send to Centre County | Democratic Rally | To Be Held Tonight David Williams, secretary and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Fed- eration of Labor, an orator of out- standing ability, will be guest speak- er at the final Democratic rally to be held in Bellefonte before the election next Tuesday. The rally, to which Labor, WPA workers and citizens are cordially invited, will be held at 7:30 o'clock | this Thursday night at the Court House. The program inside will be broadcast outdoors through a pub- lic address system Other speakers will include Con- gressman Don Gingery: Senator Edward J. Thompson, and Assem- blyman John W. Decker. - Local Merchant Takes Own Life Despondency Over Ill Health Assigned as Reason; Pri- vate Funeral Yesterday Private funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Charles P. Brachbill, well known resident of Bellefonte and one of this commun- ity's outstanding merchants, whose iifeless body was found in the base- ment of the Brachbill furniture store about 10:30 o'clock Monday morning. Services were conducted at the home on South Spring street, by the Rev. William C. Thompson, pas- tor of the Presbyterian church. In- terment was made in the Union cemetery. Believed to have been despondent over ill health, Mr. Brachbill hang- ed himself, presumably sometime between 9 and 10:30 Monday morm- ing. When his absence from the main Soreroom Was noticed, son, Willams Brachbill, discovered the tragedy. | A physician summoned immed- | iately to the home pronounced Mr (Continued on Page 7) i Commissioners Make Fresh Lot of Registration Totals || Although registration of Centre county's voters for the coming elec tion closed on October 15, three dif- ferent sets of figures have been re- leased since then by the Centre County Commissioners purporting to show the respective totals of the two major parties. Yesterday the third set of totals was handed out by the Commis- | sloners with the admonition that | | “this set is correct and official from | a special count of registration forms in the precinct registration books” Yesterday's count gave the Re publican party a majority of 1288. | Last week the Commissioners re-| leased another supposedly “official” | count in which the G. O. P. lead (Continued on page seven) ! se MP t— ] y | } | Legion Plans for | Armistice Day | | ————— World Traveler to Speak at | | Services on High School | Commons - | Preparations were completed yes- | terday by Brooks-Doll Post Amer- | jean Legion, Bellefonte, for the an- nual observance of Armistice Day. The ceremony, beginning shortly before 11 o'clock Friday morning, | November 11, at the High school bands, patriotic and military units will appear. | The speaker will be Dr. Michael M. Dorizas, of the Wharton School | of Finance and Commerce, Univer sity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, (Continued on Page Eight) Tyrone Woman Killed By Auto Mrs. Mary Pisher, aged 76, was | | side at the organ. 31 Small Game 2, Peppered With Shot, Recov- | ering; Third Injures Eye on Thorn RABBITS PLENTIFUL, OTHER GAME SCARCE | Dr. R, L.. Stevens Bags 14- Pound Gobbler; Many Get Limit of Rabbits Two hunters were shot and third Injured in accidents marred the opening of the small game season, Monday. a Bellefonte man, is recovering from an eye Injury caused by & thorn, Bo far the one for turkey hunters, but many Nugrods have brought hose thelr | limit of rabbits, squirrel ana grouse. Comparatively few pheasants have | Cars thal been caught, according to scattered reports. Theodore Wood, 34, of Chester Hill, received 42 shotgun peliets In (Continued on Page 6) Sayre To Give Armistice Talk ————— Rector of St. John's » New Episcopal Church Wili Offie-| jate at Legion Service Next Sunday, November 6, the Sunday preceeding Armistice “Das he Ninth Annual Armistice Day Service will be held In St Joha's Episcopal Church with the new rec- tor, the Rev. Bamuel H. Sayre offici- ating, and with the Brooks-Doll Post of the Ame:ican Legion and other | organizations faking part The service will begin at 11:00 a m The order of gervice, including the musical program hag been gomewha: | revised. simplified, and shortened njured As | Season Opens Truck Wrecks Store and Postoffice ai which | 1038 | The | victims of the shooting mishaps are | patients at the McGlrk sanitarium, | Philipsburg. while the third victim, | season has been a poor | A moe f the childhood story of the bull In the china a8 enacted here carly Saturday woming when a truck loaded with fine tons of coal ran completely Viirough the pos: office and grocery | shore 4d by Mrs lda Witmer od Snow Shoe Intersection. IL wa | he fourth time gs than 15 i the property has been damaged by cars and trucks The accident happened about 5:40 yelock Saturday morning when the orakes on a truck owned by E J. sorsan. of Jersey Shore, and operat~ 4 by Clem Shoeman, of Jersey Share, falled take hold as the ruck atiemptled to stop at the iIn- jersection of the Snow Shoe road with the Bald Eagle Valley Highway he driver, acfording to reports nowing he could not stop, decided » take his chances on running wad-on into the store rather than trike gasoline pumps concrete hases Mare Charlies White, 27 racy Shove a der in the In painfully injured about the back In the crash {but Bhoeman escaped Injury. E R § Lata member of the { hao narrowly escaped being crushed 10 death when be dashed out of the store into the house when he eard the machine strike the from: | SR RE SS, Sr ™ vet on « hop COTY in ta in 1054 Wo mounted on I DAVY to the left i just of th % ud, 'Award Prizes at Hallowe'en Fete over previous years and will be un- | der the diretion of the rector assist | ed by Mrs. Paul Beaver who will pre- The order of ser- vice will be as follows: Processional Hymn “Onwar (Continued on Page 7) a —— TWO INJURED IN MOTOR CRASHES DURING WEEKEND Two persons escaped with minos injuries about 4.35 o'clock Saturda afternoon in a collision of two car ead of Unionville on Route 220. One of the machines, driven by Charlie D. Rumberger, of Philipsburg, had stopped on the road when a machine driven by Clyde Stover, of Clearfield ran into it. police report. Mrs. Rumberger suffered slight ia- cerations about the back of the head and G. H. Zimmerman, of Berwin- dale, was cut and bruised about the | knees. Total damage fo the two cans was estimated at $40. About 5:30 o'clock Friday night = | machine driven Hy Raymond E Murphy, of Lemont, went out of con- trol at the intersection of Beaver Avenue and Frazier Streel Stale College, and crashed into a parked oar owned by Metro Malski., The damage was slight and no aie was injured. DETECTIVE TO SPEAK HERE ON DEADLY DRUG | “Marihuana and its Demoralizing Effects on a Community,” will be the subject of an address to be given at a public meeting sponsored by the Centre County Hospital Nurses Alumni Association, at the Court House, Bellefonte, at 7:30 p. m. Sat- urday, November 22. The meeting li one of a series in an educational | program being sponsored by the As- | sociation. The speaker will be Joseph M. | American Lime and Harman Dairy Win Loving Cups For Fioats | A safety-first float entered by the American Lime and Stone Company and an advertising float entered by the Harman Dairy were awarded loving cups In the annual Hallow e'en parade sponsored by the Reo tail Division of the Bellefonte iChamber of Commerce, Monday night I In addition, hundreds of other groups and individuals were award- ed merchandise prizes by a board of judges headed by W. Harrison Walker, of Bellefonte Always a popular event this year's Hallowe'en celebration was no ex- (Continued on page eight) NITTANY COUNTRY CLUB PLANS IMPROVEMENTS ! A special meeting of members of | the NRtany Country Club has been | called for November 10, for the {purpose of considering the advis- | ability of increasing the Club's in- debtedness by not more than $10.- {000 for remodeling the club house. | The meeting at the Club will be | preceded by a dinner. { If the increase in debt is ap- { proved, the directors plan to refur- nish and redecorate the club. in- {cluding the first floor grill; build an addition to the locker room, in- cluding additional men's lockers, women's showers and lockers, pro and taddie house, and a garage for {the steward. The plans also call for changes in the second floor bed- rooms and baths. a at MP — | —— Youth Hurt Playing Ball Claude Rupert, 11-year-old son of r. and Mrs Fred L. Rupert, of Schmucker, Captain of Detectives 8° | Beach, Creek township, broke both Williamsport. The program is £r6€ bones of his right forearm at the of charge and all school and civic | wrist when he fell while catching organizations and citizens are urwed 5 fly pal] on the Sugar Run school to be present, Sunnyside, Bellefonte, and Charles Luther Sunday, of State College, on charges of violating the liquor laws. At hearings given them both de- fendants posted bonds of $500 each for their appearance at Court, Transferred to Rockview. Private James Oriffith has transferred from Harrisburg to the | motar palice sub-station at Rockview, | Corporal 8. 8. Mollenkopf, who is in | charge of the station, announces. | Privates H D. Ream and W, C. Myers | are also stationed at the Rockview | barracks. i i : : i Dr. and Mrs. George Badie, ot | Lock Haven, have presented fully 200 | books belonging to their daughter, | Graham Station, was burned on the neck and face when a flare if the hands of a spectator was accident ally thrust in her face. A small boy who refused to give his name had {a hole burned through his cloth- JAng when he got too close to a flare. Night policeman MeClellan ripped the cowboy outfit from the boy's body and took him to a drug store for first aid treatment. eclipse of the moon at sunset will be visible to residents of this sec- tion of Pennsylvania next Monday it has been announced. The celestial display, which will oe cur between 4:46 and 4:52, Ll i 2 iv Q = of ell #3 R be 1 i : : ; + in the Hospital where their | i i According to reports, Mr. and Mrs. | ODay were driving toward Mont- Population June 1937 gomery when their car made too Net National Income, 1937 a regarded as good, Dan are given in the following table. UNITED STATES they approached Interest Bearing Public Debt 3-31-38 .... (Contipurd is that it is undermining the nation's credit and driving his term of office , and consider the i i : i : 120,257,000 | 69,800,000,000 | 37,000,608,000 PRs issnnrnivans on Page © Wilner of % Nine Tons of Coal “On Hoof” Smash Through Wingate Building MRS. IDA WITMER her property four times has been hit nt ¥ Ww OAs 4 MacMillan, ¥e | Witherite, all of whom were sleeping in bedrooms above thi store. sere (Continued on pag» seven) To Break Ground For County Home Contracts Awarded; Work On £231,000 Structure to Begin Monday thur ar broken fo be ng, November r fav Monday the round 8 i 0r oon- INLYy's new nn the streets All truce scheduled to be completed ptember 1838 (Continued on Page Eight) GLIMPSES INTO THE POLITICAL AREN With the end of campaign but a few days in the offing, the proposition in Pennsylvania is an easy one 10 determine. Here It is ready to paste on your windshield: “Are you for Roosevelt or against him?” Many site issues have been injected into the battle of the bal- lots. Smear, brother, smear, has been the order of the day in some camps. Those candidates who have used their heads and spoken 10 the voters as intelligent citizens, state the point clearly, to wit ocratic platform of Roosevelt is a liberal declaration of principles. The Republican candidates, from United States Senator down, are opposed to the liberal policies of the New Deal, as established In the state Judge Arthur H. James promises a huge bonfire of all the progressive laws the Democrats have enacted In fact, all the legislation for the benefit of the masses, of which the Democrats are proud-all of those humane laws James would destroy 3p 1841 There is a likelihood, however, that | when the voles are counted the only burning will be in the red face of the Red-Haired Breaker Boy. History frequently reveals that all the real friends of the poor have been denounced by the oppressive class and their paid agents. Governe- or Earle is no exception. He is the best labor governor Pennsylvania ever had. There Were more Jaws passed in favor of the poor during than were ever government straight into bankruptcy. ***** Human values, passed during the history of our health, the physical and mental condition, the esprit decorps of the Commonwealth. His record the country do not enter into their calculations. us therefore disregard all the Incalcuable benefits that have ac- !erued to the nation from =sending In the way of education, of better liv. rescued homes, of intreased courage a bookkeeping basis, the basis which the authors of | is a guarantee that the interests of the common people will be well taken care of in the United States Sen- | ate. One of the GOP stock campaign complaints concerns the govern- ment’s interference with business. When you hear squawks of this kind, make up your mind the com- lainant's business needs overhauls | Somewhat like the Snyder | county fellow who runs a sawmill in the western part of his county. During his visit to Selinsgrove the other Saturday night he became quite abusive of the Roosevelt pol. icles, and was quite blankety-blank about “them goings on down In Washington.” He boas run his business all ply Co The Dem- | SINESS | Claim Tressel Law Practice Is Illegal State and County Bar Groups Ask Local Court to Re- strain Bureau OFFERS SERVICE TO LICENSE HOLDERS Statement Says Activities Are Prejudicial to Bar and to Community ations Al ¢ of Bellefonte Walker ue an order restrain- and hi ME East Bishop street, Belle trading and doing business as Peruuyivania Licensees’ Service Bureau, from the “practice of law.” and to grant such further relief a the Court may deem necessary The complaint that the Bureau writes applications for beer and liquor licenses, amusement per- mits and offers si services, The concern it will give legal advice in conbection with such (Continued on Page 6) Highway Head Is Speaker Here 250 Members of County High- i Lessee) wile Tre: fonte el. of the aleges agver - nat way Workers’ Union Attend Dinner and Meeting § Roy § H Hon. Ron owrnimilier Te of the Penney ivania Department of Highway Me aker @ iney 4 meeting of nearly 260 members and officers of the Centre County Highway Workers’ Union at the Brockerhoff Hotel, last Thurs- day night, declared that nothing In recent years has cast a blacker re- wo guest al ang flection upon the courts of this State | than Judge Arthur James” refusal to lay aside his Judicial robes before | entering the mire of a political oam- paign Mr. Brownmiller and other speak- ers al the enthusiastic rally declared that organized labor throughout Pennsyiy has come to realise that have benefliied more through the past four years of Dein- ooratic rule than they did during the previous forty years of Republican misrule, and that Labor has unani- mously endorsed the Demooratic candidates for the coming election. Continued Page 32nd. Sec) ania Whey Election new: Tube testing service at Hectic Sup- Bellefonte, Pa. . suit himself and cited his three farms to prove himself a success. “1 pay 10 cents an hour for ten hour's work.” he bragged. “A dollar a day, $6 a week.” he eontinued, “and if the government does not like it, I just shut down and reiire, for I've got mine. The gang can go on relief.” That's the Joe Grundy style of fel- low who wants the government to cease looking after the wage-earn- er's interests. ! labor EE Removal of ; Bones Causes Legal : Battle Huntingdon V. F. W. Officers Counter Criminal Charge With Injunction HEARING SCHEDULED TO BE HELD MONDAY Fate of Armistice Day Ceres mony Depends Upon Rul. ing of Court or n obscut ina ily burial plot near Boalsburg the disinterment of the remains of General John Patton, Revolutiona war veteran, has caused on the strangest lise torical and legal sensations ever 10 pecur in this area, Suits and counters scan ry of over the uneagy bones of the founder of the First City Troop of Philadelphia have developed during the week, end the plans the Huntingdon Post V. F. W. 0 reinter the remains beside the body of his wile in Riverview cemetery, with a fitting ceremony tice Day, hang in the balance (Continued on page three) ts of ncssnamam——— Motorists Face Postal Edict Drastic New Regulation Ap- plies to All Whose Ad- dresses Are Incorrect ~ n » hose addresses han the ones shown on thelr auto registration and driver's cards will not receive applications for 1938 licenses unless they notify the Department of Revenue at Hare risburg of their correct address, Post- master George R. Meek, of Belle fone announced yesterday, Ni. Meek reported that unde new postal AID PINE Tis mediately, postal employes are pro- hibited from delivering registration and operator's license applications unjess the address shown on the ap plication corresponds exactly with the applicant's current address, Mr. Meek pointed ou that the new regulation is the same az the one now in force in regard to Old Age (Continued on Page 7) Bresant present ane HIT pret are Qizerens Dr. Corman Named Bank Director Al a regular meeting of the Board Directors of the First National Bank, Bellefonte, Tuesday, Dr. Paul M. Corman, of Bast High street, wag appointed a director to succeed the late Charles M. McCurdy. of Zr Kinds of relief, they get chance.” i the Nothing is quite s0 pathetic as the Republican “hope” of defeating Don Gingery, Edw. Jack Thompson and John Decker by calling them {| “rubber stamp” representatives of the people. Their records for good service, well performed, stands out unchallenged. Were this not true, organizations, charitable | groups, ete, all over the state would Judge James wants us to know that he once was a common labor- | of the | er, and has the interests common wage-earners at heart. He fails to mention that he was lieu- tenant governor during the turbuil- | ent industrial disturbances of 1927- | 28, when union workers were club- | bed mercilessly at the hands of | State police and company thugs for demanding a bigger meal ticket for! their wives and children. Is that the | the Judge in-| | Deal policies in our county. defeat might result in a curtailment kind of dorses? “interest” There seems to be some disagree- | | ment over Senator Davis in Cone| of Senator! gress. “An analysis Davis’ voting record during the past | six years” sald P. T. Fagan, State! chairman of Labor's Non-Partisan | League, “shows that he has failed | to vote on most of the important | measures of benefit to workers, | farmers, consumers and the gener-| al investing public which were pass- | ed during this period. In addition,’ not endorse their re-election. Cen- tre county has never been 50 greats Iy benefitted as it is under Cone gressman Gingery's term. Senator | Thompson has been an outstanding figure in State affairs, while As- semblyman Decker has shown marks ed ability in representing Centre county. Three better servants of the people could not be found than the men Who now ask your volte of ap= preciation. Their re-election will guarantee a ¢ontinuance of the New Their ol our present welfare benefits, Teachers attending the oonvens tion of the Pennsylvania State Ed- ucation Association, held recently at Allentown, the social security extended 0 them under the teacher to any modification of the act. This is one of the many acts passed the Democratic Legislature to these years 10 sands who he has also voted against a num- ber of measures of utmost import ance to large groups of workers and farmers.” Well, isn't that what he is | there for? | Judge James would destroy if elects ed to office. To those who may hesitate | tween voting for a continuance of {the New Deal or its opposing In spite of paid advertisements put | there is this tC say: You know w out by the Republican party de- | to expect from the former, but have | nouncing Gifford Pinchot, many fol- | nothing but rash promises from the lowers of the twice former Govern- | latter. After all, the Democratic or are inclined to agree with him. | party is the party of the present “Like =0 many other progressive of the approaching tomorrow. It Republicans throughout the State” | lead us away from the dark said Pinchot in a public statement, | uncertain Hooverism. It is the “I am taking no part in a cam- to which youth paign run by and for (Moe) Annen- | in berg (publisher of the Philadelphia | Inquirer) and (Joseph N) Pew, (multi-millionaire off baron) and their subdrdinates™ And adds this warning: “I hate to think what tha g A Es ; i : iit: X ' : E ¥
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