Odd and Curious News *> Challenge Stands An offer of $100 to any person who can prove a scientific error in the Bible has withstood the chal« lenge of more than 2000 persons over a 15-year period and the offer still stands, Dr. Harry Rimmer, of Duluth, Minn. states Dr. Rimmer who spoke before the Missoun Christian Endeavor convention head of the archeology department of the internatior Ig ition of research bureaus The purpose of the organizalion every scientWic touches on the the scripture made the 0 discovery 3ible agrees : Hi organization offer Bull Dozed The bull in the china couldn't have done more damage than a 1.500-pound short! uch walked on the Pennsy rajl- road track freight train engine The bul ger train \ wreck backed and three cars was hurt Crook Elected ide nop arn wi The AVE ele beat a The official Roy Crook a Rep Fred Slick, a Democrs 10473 to 4.448, One publican campaign you guessed jt—"It to Caich a Crook voters of White Il t He ed a crook a candidate called Canvas SHOW of Dead Votes J. K. Towne of Carroll been dead since October parently 1710 Carroll county didn't know it. They cast th lots for him for the of for which he was nom publicans in t tion last J heart attack the campaign Furnace "Went Out’ The First Christ Columbus, Mis ha the return of sald no questior “if the party from the turn it.” years old ( T Negro Pallbearers Because of his °* terest in the welfare and well colored people In comma James H. Drummond, 64. Iarmer. merchant and former state jegizla- tor, of Poumain, 8. C. left written request that "six Neég- respectable roes” be the pallbearers at neral. special #n the nity being of ES Lu » » FJ ‘Flying Postoffice A flying postoffice, which picks up and delivers mail without land- ing was recently demonstrated at Wilmington, Del. The plane, flying at about ninety miles an hour. pick- ed up a dummy sack of mall from a rope attached to two 23-foot poles at the same time dropping an- other. A Costly Nap Allan Thomas, who “dozed off” in a restaurant at Lexington, Ky. a- woke to find that someone had stolen his shoes from his feet, a ring from his finger, a stickpin from his tie, 8 hat from his head and $12 in money from his pocket ‘Ri ghting’ Wrong A how held at Hopkinsville Ky. by police on a charge of forging checks offered a novel defense. “1 can't forge a check,” he said 1 cant even write my own name." Building Rabbit Traps. The NYA of the Philipsburg school is engaged in the construction of 2.- 000 rabbit traps for the State Game Commission. The traps will be used in catching rabbits in sections of the state where they are plentiful and the rabbits so caught wil] be redis- tributed in gections where there are few rabbits. Under the present plan, rabbits for restocking are shipped lo Pennsylvania from western states, at an approximate cost of $1 for each rabbit, and this expense is expected 10 be saved by the use of these traps Brought Bown Onime Killer Norman Bauer, son of a farmer of Long Level, near Ridgway, after shooting a large goshawk on his father's farm, found a pheasant in the goshawk's claws, He had thereby cleared the country of one more goshawk., he had procured a fine pheasant for the family table, and in addition he had eamed the bounty offered by the Game Com- missicn for the killing of the gos- hawk. Wisin a — Falls From Barn Loft A 9-year-old boy is a patient in the QCeisinger hospital suffering from a fractured skull and frac tures of both wrists the result of a fall In the barn at his home in Danville B. D. The boy, son of Mr and Mrs. Charles Robbins, had climbed to the top of the barn loft to fasten a swing for his playmates when he fell, headfirst, landing on the barn floor 2 feet below. Fatal Fight Over Candy In a scuffle over a piece of candy, sustained "berland - Danville A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 57 BELLEFONTE, PA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1938. NUMBER 46. EX-COUNTY AND WIFE TREASURER CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. George G. Fink, of Philipsburg, Enjoy Sunday Even Fifty Years of County Treasurer George G. Fink and his estimable wife were guest of honor at a golds wedding anniv celebrated a their hom Second street Philipsburg November 13, 1838. The for the casion were planned by their eight Ons an woked + pleasant and 11 ' ued Former ar t OC» { daughters, who overlk thine nui t Commemorating Wedded Life during to the their The family the day to pay Finks and nd friend asion dey and friend evervane enjoying utmost Thy served Lhe guests wi their pects meet many of res Oe eloped into a with y tot reunion them gra wlve he wddaughte: h refreshment Dally (4 ipsburg hard w Lana We together.” they both declared memonris bu he far and have been hey say iL was en in ame Fink n and ner ye ff word Mr reads oes het Her chil own n vouch ¢ 1 never tld an HT d on page four) dre; (Contin MR. AND MES, GEORGE G. FINK, OF PHILIPSBURG Whe Celebrated Their Golden Wedding Annivemary Woman Found Dead Near Home Coroner Finds Mrs. Joseph L. Peters, 77, of Peru, Succumb- ed From Natural Causes Going into home at Peru hunters off | nesday ers, aged 71 heart attack found a hose by gone in Mrs. Peters 4 oclock en returned an hour at the barn to find started a search for her dead near the house, Mr had suffered from a h Some & her prope {fternoon Was or husband r from cl wer absent, her, 107es he finding Peters eart condition for ime Dr. W. R. Heaton inty of Philpisburg, Centre cou coroner, who exam- ined the body and conducted a investigation, Thursday morning, declared that death had resulted from natural causes Mrs. Sue R. Peters was a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomis B Jamison and was born at Spring Mills 77 ago last September She was twice married, her first husband, Allen Swyres, of Miles- burg. having passed away a num- ber of years ago. Surviving are her second hushand, Joseph L. Peters, and two glisters: Mrs. R. E. Hock- man, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. | Robert Miller, of Tyrone; Mrs Cora | Gross, Lewistown: Homer Peters Lewistown; Nell at home, and Leon- ard. of Philadeinhia. The deceased was a member of the Presbyterian church, Milesburg, and Crystal Springs Rebekah lodge, of Bellefonte Funeral services were held on Sat- urday afternoon from the E E Widdowson Funeral Home on North Allegheny street, Bellefonte in charge of the Rev. Howard E. Oak- wood. of Milesburg. Interment was made in the Union cemetery, Belle- fonte "n vear —— Legion Post Burn Mortgage Post 44 American = Legion, of Northumberland, and invited guests witnessed the burning of the $18.- 000 mortgage on Ozk Hall, the post home located along the Northum- highway. The privilege of setting fire to the docu- ment went to James J. Kerwin, member of the post who conceived | the idea of purchasing Oak Hall, and who pushed pians for buying | it. Father and Son Lucky ; Father and son reported a nice | kill Monday when Associate Judge | Howard Leiser and his son, Harold | Leiser, Lewisburg taxi operator, each | killed a wild turkey while hunting in Centre county. The birds weigh- | ed 17 and 14 pounds each. Harold | Leiser was displaying his 13th cone secutive wild turkey and his father the second, Dog Chews Owner, Bites Police Chief Mrs. Susan Scheu, of Philips- burg, is Bitten By Blooded Pet Pekinese a biting spree a thor- ferrior chewed mistress Saturday Gieseke apartments, cont its bit nip g Chief of Po- Lamoreaux who took observation nan in the inued the DWNer ¢ { tog Mrmr ken to MceGirk's Se I re her wolind was the ¢ Scheu tariim ed Mr © treat. cheu had judd taken the dog a walk and had entered her apartment when she was bitten The dog seized her by the thumb and middle part of her hand az she unfasten the leash of the and hung on until it was pulled away Taken to the borough where {i is being kept during an observation period to determine whether or not the dog has rabies, the terrior bit Chief of Police Lam- ealUx as he attempled to feed it The dog will be kept for seven days at Philipsburg to ascertain whether orf not it has contracted rabies. At the end of the observa- tion period the head of the animal will be sent to headquarters in Har. risburg for further examination. EE — ——_ Rescue Stranded Trout Deputy Game Warden Robert Johnson of Lock Haven, assisted by Roy Mayes. George Kiinfelter and David Bixel, officers of the Clinton County Fish and Game Association, last week went to the rescue of fish in the dry section of Fishing Creek in Sugar Valley, where the lack of rain in recent weeks and the ten- dency of the stream to seep away through stranded rock formations, had stranded numerous fish in rap- idly dwindling pools. They trans- ported two tubfuls of trout a dis- for atiemnled to harness buliding re for The Envy of Them Al Industrial School Officer Acquitted Former Assistant Superin- tendent Cleared of Negro Youth's Death Samuel M Washabaugh, former assistant superinten ant at the Huntir adon State Industrial School, was exonerated Saturday a charpes of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal gassing of a Negro inmate The charges were dismissed bY Judge Chaster D. Petterhof, Gover nor George H. Earle dismissed Wash- abaugh from his post aller he charges were brought. Judge Fet- terhof, clearing the former official of blame, placed the costs of the prosecut upon Washabaugh., He had pleaded guilty the charge “Constant strain and highly ner- vous tension under which you and the other fellow officers of the ins jabored, due to the attit the present management,” Jud Fetterhof declared, “wrought you up to such a pitch that you unfortun- ately committed the act of which you Aare charged ™ John D. Pennington superinien- dent of the school was indicted on a gimilar hi in connection with the death of Daniel LaMaurr, 19, of Philadelphia, but was acquitted bf Cambria county Judge John H. Mo Cann last month, charged The prosecution after {esr sms was Murr died wlitary confinement into a where he had been placed for an in- fraction of rules. Mt. Union Man Victim of Hunting Accident Ceorge Makris, ©, well known on to de ia shot cell "Mount Union restaurant owner, was tance of about half a milg, return | ing them to the stream below Ruhl’s Dam, where the water supply is suf- ficient. found dead Sunday morning Oo Jack's mountain, the apparent victim of a hunting accident. A posse had searched (he vicinity for several hours after Maskris bad failed return at the designated time Batur- day night His pump gun nearby when dis- covered by Richard Price, a posse- man. Makris had a severe wound of the head. He had gone to the Sin- der’s Gap district at 6:30 o'clock Sat- urday morning with John CGerhole, Mount Union poliseman, whom he had planned 10 rejoin after geparat- ing to hunt, — wl ssi MILL HALL ROY HIT BY CAR SATURDAY A Mill Hall boy was bruised and cut Saturday afternoon when he rap out on the road in front of his home and was struck by a car Harold Myers, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Myers. Mill Hall, R. D.. was hit by a car driven by James F. Slattery, Geneva, N. Y Slattery took the boy to the Lock Haven Hospital where he was treat ed for lacerations of the right leg, brush burns of the face and right knee and contusions of the fore- head. The boy's condition is not con- sidered serious. Slattery was not held by the Motor Police Does Cooking Become Tiresome? For housewives jooking Tor new ways to prepare appetizing dishes the Food Almanack offers many in- novations to make meals more en- joyable. The Food Almanack ap- pears regularly in The American Weekly, the big magazine distributed with the Baltimore Sunday Ameri- can. On sale at all newsstands. Few citizens ever decide volun- | tarily to give up a job that pays off | regularly » ude of o rOmnge and Grangers Observe Neighbor Night Meeting At- Many From Clinton County tended By Centre County bor Night County rsda Neigh linton st Thu i by about 125 Gran Creek Woodward Valley, Avis and Clini county as { children and from Centre County meeting Grange Y EVENIng Was gers nm Lamar Nittany on well & group © KEV - range officers gave WOT Wis cb Grange: am with presi ding ch C Mrs P Peters whi M Mapes (George Haagen Martha rans Misse Ray Mapes we CX were players Mupe Rowe, Mis ner the Min Mary Miss James Mapes David and ° Doris Rowe and ise Haagen t pe in a mock wedding and Ge M Mapes and David M: pes presemtoed | acelever stunt. The daging was also in charge of the Beech Creek A Qua composed of the Rev. and Mrs. Dav Neilson Mrs Walter Giock and George Eaton entertained. Mrs Confer and Mrs. Glock presented a piano duet ret $d 24 | Cars Collide, Then Hit Two Porches on one ued into After colliding on the highway iwper end of Morrisdale night last week. two cars contir their damage trek by smashing two porches Involved in the crash were cars operated by Charles Cutaeo, Morris- dale, and John Penak. Philipsburg R D Petdk was proceeding toward Allport and Culzeo toward. Philips. burg when Penak rounded a sharp curve and swerved inte Culseo’s car, the Cutzeo machine being knocked against a porch. Penak's car ran off the highway and hit a porch on the same side of the road. Petak stated, according to the Philipsburg motor police, that chil- dren caused him to swerve his car fo the left side of the road where the accident occurred. b— ps A mn a Shares Author's Distinetion The annourforment of the award. ing of the 18988 Nobel literature prize io Mrs. Pear] Buck carries with It specia] dgnificance to Miltonlang, growing out of the fact that Wiss Adaline Bucher. native of Milton, is Mrs. Buck's private secretary, and has traveled over the world with the {famous writer. Miss Bucher met Mrs, Buck in Nanking. China, where the Milton«born woman was secretary to a professor at Christian Church Coliege. Miss Bucher is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mm. John Bucher, of Madison, Ill; formerly the of Milton. PENN STATE PROFESSORS PUBLISH EIGHT yoru MES Eight books on current economic problems have been since 1936 by ‘members of the faculty in the division of econtmios at the Pennsylvania State College. Authors of the books are Profes. sors Carl W. Hasek, head of the division: Sheldon ©. Tanner, Ed- ward R. VanBant, Richard H. Wat- ers, Paul H. Wueller, jana Arthur 8. Reede. C. B. Wyand FORMER COUNTY LADY BURNED TO DEATH IN COAL GAS EXPLOSION Body of Mrs. Minnie A. Johnson, 57, Found In Corner of Cellar at Her Home In Lock Haven Trapped by gas from her furnace, M Johnson, 57, a former resident of Nittany, Centre County, was burned to death shortly after 8 o'clock Sun- day morning in the oellar of her home on North Jones # Lock Haven an explosion of coal rs. Minnie A reet, Her body, burned sp with only her stockings remaining of her clothing, was found by her son, Dean 1. Stevenson, at about 10:30 o'clock, two hours after her daughter Gladys Peters, had heard her descend to the cellar to fix the fire as was her wont No pound was heard from the cellar or from Mrs. Johnson in the mean- time, the daughter on reported Dr. W. J. Shoemaker County coroner, clared that an held. The woman's oonner 0 a cri and mn tigated and de- would not be Clint inves inques was found in ¢ stair: v OPEL body Iaar £ D f iu hese Circumstance POXer door. From Damage Heavy In Truck Fire loaded With New Cars Catches Fire : Convoy Muncy Gamage . y mw V Morn which onrried To damaged of 300 and the the mately the tuck amount $200. The iam front of the garage. causing damage estimated at $150. Three windows In the front of the build. ing were broken by the heat The Keystone Hook Ladder Company wis summoned and tinguished the blaze ang TS Named To School Beard Al a special meeting of the Blate College School Board last week. A Howry Espenshatde, of Fast Beaver avenue, was named to ye caused by the resign as OG. Haugh. The for one year. At the election, a school named for the two yrars Haugh unexpired term. Mr. Espen- shade hag been a prominent figure in town and college life, serving au College registrar for many pears and liter as head of the hii artment of English Composit “Bury Me Near My Dog” An imteresting Dustreted story relating inspiring examples of af- factionate relations and devotion between human beings and their an- imal friends. One of many features in the November 27th. issue of The American Weekly. the bly magazine distributed with the Baltimore Sun- day American. On sale at gil news- stand appoin js Novemb bye 1939 will of director br “Ey M1 Couple | Kills Girl Becoming ‘obtesned with the idea that their maid, WMarisn Doyle, 19, was “devil possessed.” Mr. and Mrs Wilfred Pitchetie, of Houghton, Mich. killed the gir! with a fatiron and a poker. The irs neck was broken and her head mashed in. Boy, 3, Kills Sister, 5. While his policeman father slept in an adjoining room, Harry Menger, + of New York, found his father's Bhoemaker concluded that the wo- was SUIRF ised by the explosion and had run in the wrong direction missing © stairs and running mto the corner, where the of her ried from her body. Valley daughne: ¢ Beck. She had I and had moved 10 Lock fv 2 of yyy ATom Bellefonts five man rest ciothing du Mri Mr ved any of Years 1 and daugh- three £i5- Clinton- Jersey Willa Cling Georg whringer : Mrs. Thomas Greninger, Lock anid Ywo trothers, Albert and alr Beck, Ml Ball RR. D Funeral servioe Brown Funeral Tuesday alter J. Kelle wETe eid al Lhe Home at 2:30 o'clock The Rev, Paul pastor of St. Paul's La- of Which Buria ooImetery. Body Found By Cambria Hunters Thought to Be Man Who Dis- appeared About Two noon MILLAN offs aur meter the Cod aled wr Hill Years Ago aig a was | wd 50 Ther wh vicience and ft was believed the man died about «ight months ago Dre. Harry J. Bennett ang seph C Anes Ison, hoth of burg body man had inches tall pounds A check back on seit out at the walked away from after having been resident Judge to two it and bat similarities In {e6! £ DOCS no sgn ol E bike the the alter reported been and police that five feet weighed about 135 n0n about tet teletype message: time Kushwars the couribouse gentenced by Jom J Me Cann for wr {elo one VEeArs tery. revealed m ark- ed description bee tween Kushwara and the unidenti- filed man Kushwara was ber 17. 1938 } ibbing of his brother-in-law Pyshnick, also of Park Hill walked away before being ret fo Cambria county —- Earle Says Defeat will Add 10 Years to Life Governor George H. Earle blamed a "nation-wide trend to the right’ for hix defeat by Senator James J Davis for the U. 8 Senatorship from Pennsylvania Resting with Mrs. Earle at a Phil- adeiphia hotel the governor oom- mented: “1 played polo far a num- ber of years and so 1 bave been licked before—plenty™ Remarking that the defeat “prob. ably will add 10 years to my life” the chief executive said he had made no future plans “beyond a long va- cation.” He and Mrs. Earle will em- bark on a cruise expected to Iast ‘several months” the governor @is- closed 3 “Its all right Mrs. Earle, “you fight.” entenoed Seg th the John but urned TR wme- nn oon: Honey,’ put consoled up & fine nn ———— Valuable Cow Killed A cow valued at $300 by ite owner was struck and killed by a truck Inst Tuesday morning about three miles west of Mill Hall on Route 64. The truck was damaged about $100. The driver, Floyd L. Smith, of Curwensville, who was uninjured sald the cow walked out on the road in front of him. The owner of the cow wag 8S. C. Spotts, Beech Creek. R. D. whose farm borders the road. A good card player is never too laxy to cut the cards. A “KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Habit Hos Eddie i in Its Clutch MERCY SAEs! DID 1 HEAR YOU SAY AIN'T C WAT By POP MOMAND Jo- | couraging gains | power sales, { factory payrolls, | ising, postal receipts, telephones in Flection when the Note: Pour years ago + Barle administration went into power, Samuel Blerly, well kncwn resident of Rebershurg and a salwart Democrat in that commu- built a good ~sized boat and presented to his enemy, EA who lives Crone the street, and who is an ardent Repub can. Pd stored the craft away and forgotten until last week's landdide w he got torage, decorated it atirace goed IL in front of his home, For Rent” sign on It Bam looks out his he rues the day he iver Clipper, my Ml riend) Ontlsewh ite vy hen Avenue a Dole society “Have new Onur eporier Pr iv ; ut River starir r pouring over Lh chore deparunent showing considerable skill mechanics hammer on >-pound anvil expects to be : res the next 1 has anvil beer ith the light anda Se pound {or aking 1t work of the conoery, 1s } about the tate Republican organiza. i gigantic task of re- Btate ment won orga Admi the door, gover: sion free. Check guns ] be si statement of the woek Gove r George H. Earle, in congratu- 5 upon Pr we 3 eo s column Saturday morning Bellefonte gathered in front of wale A. A wwnship business pay off an dlec- John G. Love, 10 a. m. Kohl- appeared, walked up to Mr 00k his hand, tipped his hat, 20wWed and scraped, and the bel was nals ‘e thought we saw Governor Curtin’s statue smile but it might have been the way the mornin ing Struck across his face ne rection eweepines | and forget them, ths Di alle rps mong ix 8 COUL~ crowd House Boggs Democra Attorney appointed hour 10 nhlbecker 0 ANC ~;m The official count of the vole cast in Centre County last week reveals that Thomas B. Beaver, of Belle- fonte, received one vote for Line tenant Governor. Mr. Beaver was not a candidate, his name being writ- ten in on the ballot What started out to Jook Mke 3 Communist plot to discredit the BelleTonte public school system was brought to the attention of the schoo! board Monday night at a reg- ular meeting when Director gon R. Hughes pointedly asked why large flag was not displayed on he main pole in front of the High School building on Armistice Day Supervising Principal E K. Stock blasted the mystery Shen he ex- ned that the pulley a the flag- pole is either broken. of yA chain is jammed, and that the flag therefore cant be hoisted into position. He added that the fire companies will have 10 be called out to make re- Dairy at the tip of the 75-10+100 foot pode, plai BUSINESS GAINS SHOWN IN SURVEY BY PENN STATE The number of building permits ‘nd building contracts and the vol- nme of postal receipts in Pennsyl- vania during September showed en- over the same month of last year. the Pennsyl- vania Business Survey, a publica- ion of the division of economics at the Pennsylvania State College, renorts Building contracts amounting tw £10850.000 were awarded during the month, representing a gain of 17 per cent over those reported for September, 1837 “Contracts in the western part of the state were up four per cent | while those in the eastern part of the state gained 26 per oent™ survey commented “The amount of the building permits, $5051.87, was a substantial gain of 28 per cent over the a mount of the permits issued in Sep- tember of Inst year and represents the first month in 1938 in which building permits exceeded those is- sued at the same time last year. the | Thirteen of 22 cities reported higher permits than in September, 1837. From August 10 September pers mits rose more than 22 per cent” Business indices which showed | gains in September over August are electric factory employment, newspaper adver anthracite coal production, service, and retail trade. The survey predicted a continued rise in Pennsylvania business. a Landed Pheasant With Stone Ray Troutman, of Renovo, did not Bohn Sud elit 3. noth observed or, ag apa | thei Bicitilny samiversaries. tage.