106 CASH PRIZES FOR THOSE WHO SHOP IN BELLEFONTE! re he Centre Democra $600.00 GIVEN AWAY BY BUYING IN BELLEFONTE YOU MAY BE A WINNER — —— VOLUME 57. NUMBER 50. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1938, SUBSCRIPTION—§1.50 PER YEAN 'ABDUCTORS PLEAD HOWARD GIRL Defendants in Two Paternity Cases, Found Guilty; May Seek New Trials COLLEGE MAN GETS $300 FINE. 3 MONTHS IN JAIL Howard Man Freed by Jury on Charge of Drunken Driving December Tuesdly afternoon when a docket of nine cases was cleared in two days through five jury trials and four pleas of guilty. The regular criminal court closed Two of the defendants against whom juries returned verdicts of guilty are to seek new trials, it is understood Both are paternity cases. In three other Jury trials, the defendants were found not guilty, but in two instances were directed to pay the costs. In the remaining acquittal verdict the costs were placed on the county In an unexpected move, Howard men charged with the “ab- duction” of a 14-year-old Gravel Point school girl, last October, waived a trial by jury and entered pleas of guilty to formal charge: of “enticing a female child” "ny Earl Mann, 24, of near Howard who with three other men from that area was charged with taking the girl to Carral county, Md. putedly so Mann cotld marry h was sentenced to serve three months in the county jail and to pay the costs of prosecution. His three com- (Continued on page three) Te yo po Fire Damages House At Gap T. E. Jodon Family Suffer From Smoke and Gas in Barly Morning Blaze ! i i \ < < MARYLAND Car.” Sing Every I sht Next Week The community carol sing spon- ored by the Bellefonte Woman's Club will be held every evening the week befor Christmas at the Li- brary building The ing will each night leading the ferent evenings: Mcnday, The Church Choirs, un- der the direction of Earl Campbell; Tuesday, The Kiwanis Club, under the tion of Cecil Walker: Wed- nt Woman's Club, under the Miss Lenore Mor- The Girl and Boy direction of My ; VICAN The High Ch under the direc- Lenore Morgan; and High School Band tion of Harold Wion charge of the Mrs. Hen- Miss Ellen A a o a V i be held at 8 o'clock the following inging the ~ 4 group Gil~- dired HN Thu direction ol Thursday Scouts, under william Sieg School Glee tion of Miss Saturday, The under the direc The committee in carol sing iz as follows rv Auvinen, chairman, Hassinger, Mrs. John Widma Mrs. Cecil Walker, Mrs. Harry er and Mrs. Philip Wion tA — ean . gan the F i} 10, HABEAS CORPUS HEARING TO BE HELD HERE TODAY hearing in the Ross, who es- penitentiary A habeas corpus matter of James A caped from Rockview in 1931, is scheduled to be held be- fore Judge Ivan Walker in the court room this morning Ross contends he was witeniced when he was directed serve the maximum of his original 6 to 12 vear term in addition to another 6 to 12 year term for es- caping Rockview, fllegally 10 from Probe Sale Of Illegal Drinks | Treasury Department Warns | Merchants to Stop Sales to ‘Rub Alcohol Squad’ Damage estimated at approxima- | War was declared upon Bellefonte tely $1000 resulted from a fire of undetermined origin in the home ol Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E, Jodon, al Pleasant Gap, early Saturday morn. | ing. Members of the household their bedrooms at the time the blaze was discovered about 6:45 a. m.. suffered considerably {rom smoke, and from gas « an electric refrigerator, ¢ fought their way down the to Jeave the burning home Most of the damage was caused by fire, although smoke and water also took toll. The living room, {Continued on Page T7-Ind Sec) Fi] their Brother of Centre County Man Drowns Word was received last week from Portland. Me., of the. accidental drowning at that place of Earl E Love, a formér Lock Haven dent, and brother of LeRoy B. Love, of Mt. Eagle. No details of the fa- tality were given except that it oc curred at the Portland walter front and that the body up to that time had not been recovered Mr. Love and Lis wife left Lock Haven about two and a half years ago to take up residence in Port- land. He is survived by his wife, two children, his parents and several brothers and sisters, resi merchants who sell alcoholic pre- parat to members of the loca “Rub-Alcchol Squad,” thiz week when a represeniative of the United States Treasury Department after investigating conditions here an- nounced that the Federal laws gov- erning such violations will be iy enfor “The investigation was jaunched, he said, after the Treasury Depart- ment had received complaints that some Bellefonte merchants havo been selling preparations such Jamaica Ginger, lac, Vanilla, rub- (Continued on Page 6--2nd Sec.) HONS ————— f———————— ‘Burglars Break Into Beezer Garage Here The George A. Beerer garage on North Water street was broken into sometime early Tuesday morning and about $5 in change was taken from the safe in the office Mr. Beezer believes the burglars got into the bullding through a window which was not securely fas- tened. Going to the door, they apparently opened it with a skeleton key. Inside the office the burglars pried open an inner door of the sale and removed the money from a cash of the safe were not locked, it reported. The burglary has been re- ported to Borough Police who are | conducting an investigation. om Collapse of State Authority Plan Ruins $2,230,295.90 County Program A $2,230 20590 building program in Centre County calling for the erec- tion of a number of schools and a riding hall for Troop L. Bellefonte, hag been abandoned through the failure to finance the State Author- ity"s ambitious $150000000 suppie- mentary construction program (0 provide 704 new schools and 135 institutional additions in Pennsyl- vania, Maj. R. Douglar Andrews, regional PWA director is quoted as saying: “of don't gee how it would be human- ly prssible for many of these 839 pro- jee:s io go through now. The State Authority bas never shown us that it has the abiMiy to finance ts 556 per cent share of thé cost, Practically all of our money has been allocated. There is very, very little left for this pending program.” PWA regulations provided thal ground was to be broken on all of the projects by December 21, Col. A. 8. Janeway, executive di- rector of the Authority, sald flatly the pragram is “dead.” In Centre County, the death of the ram sounds taps for the follow- ing buildings: Machine Gun Troop, Bellefonte, riding hall; total cost $65,000. An 1l-room addition and double gymnasium for the Bellefonte High Bchool: total cost $244. T7842, New High School building at State $093,080. College, total cost, New wing to the Philipsburg High School; total cost $120314, New grade school bullding for Har- ris township, Boalsburg; total cost $29.700. Two new school building projects for Centre Hall and Potter township, at Cemire Hall; total cost, respective Iv. $63,163.40 and $85,520.50, An entire new high and grade school building in Snow 8hoe bor- ough; total cost $153 .0186. Grade school for Snow Shoe town- ship; total post $50 977.75 Additional facilities at Port Ma- tilda for borough and Worth town- ship pupils; total cost $158.047.20. Addition to the grade and high school facilities for Walker township al Hublersburg: total cost $135,000. Addition to the East Penn's Valley High School, near Millheim: total cost $80326250. Three projects in Rush t calling Tor new buildings to effect a partial consolidation; total cost $213,157.82. County Superintendent of Schools PF. Glenn Rogers, who aided materi- ally in preparing the plans for most lof the school propects, declared that under current developments he could see no hope for the realization of any of the Centre County projects. He declared thas since none of the ggen- | trict- | as | inside office | box. The main doors | is | } the | the homes of the victims have been quarantined, UILTY | Rector Nears Fugitive Is Rev. Father Wm. E. Downes to Observe Anniversary Next Wednesday HAS SERVED LOCAL { mark tin the career of the Rev, Pather Wil- DOWNES REV. WILLIAM E. — BE Relatives of Howard Woman Are Injured Al- | with Mrs he mis. when » day and y had t ty Mey- | isited former's son-in- r., Mr. and Mrs were nearly home with accident d to seek medi- Mr Harold Betz wh they Tet Bot met the compel the Aloo "1 en ¥ L ~ wh 1 were wild mwa oe tal na hospital fracture of wh on “11 aisiereq ( edo Mrs deep g Luca L. E. Davidson Dies Suddenly | Heart Attack Fatal to Prom- | inent Wingate Merchant; Funeral Monday Stricken by a heart attack at his Faotme shortly after he had driven ithe Boggs tosmhip school bus to Certtral City, Lewis E Davidson, prominent resident of Wingate died almost instantly about 9:40 o'clock Priday morning. His lieleass body his daughter, Pauline, | yiier he had been seed ME WSU | dulles at hi vidson had been in falling gt year, bul township a duty he had (Continued on Page 6) the B the tral City tg & Loses Part of Finger In Mishap Near Home Jacob Smith ter, was well known carpen- painfully injured Sunday imoming in a fall at his home in| Bush Addition, near Bellefonte Mr. Smith had gone into the shop | near his home to get some drill bits | an to friends employed in opens | ing a grave in the New Union| { cemetery. near Unionville, and was | returning to the home carrying the | i sharp bits in his left hand when he | | stumbled and fell | In striking the ground, his fingers | were forced against the bits, and the middle finger of the left hand! was severed. The index finger of | the samé hand was lacerated. The | man Was brought to the offices of | a Bellefonte physician where the | injuries were treated, and yesterday | I Mr. Smith was reported to be re-| covering nicely at his home. He is! a brother of Lewis Smith, Bellefonte | contractor, by whom he is employ~ ed : | ir $11 * @ to | Ag. Extension Elects Officers Speakers Discuss Farm Prob- lems at Annual Meet- ing Held Here § The twenty-first annual meeting of the Centre County Agricultural | Extension Association was held in {the Court House at Bellefonte on | Friday of last week. Officers elect led for the coming year were: presi- dent, J. Poster Musser, of State Col- lege; vice-president, Harry Confer, Howard; secretary, William Camp- bell, Spring Mills; treasurer, W, C Smeltzer, Bellefonte, Reports of the year's work were made by the Agents, R. C. Blaney, agric and Helen 8S. Butler, home In ade dition to these reports, the following (Continued on Page 8-2nd Sec.) New Arrivals In County A daughter was born at the Lock Haven Hospital to Mr. Jerrold, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Heverly, at their home in Beech Creek; a son, who has been named Thomas Edward, to Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Gray, of Orviston, at their home, Chicken Pox al Snow Shoe Two cases of chicken pox were re- ported at Snow Shoe yesterday, and | Coroner's PARISH SINCE 1917 Is Member of Diocesan Mal- rimonial Court; Holds Other Church Offices December important Wednesday, another 21, will milestond lam E Downes, rector of 8t. John's Catho church, Bellefonte, for on day he will Ob» ~Trve the 85th anniversary of his entrance into the priesthood ag The well known local pastor, who July 1 of this year reached nis L Year of service In the Bellefonte Parish, has attained outstanding prominence (n the Altoona Diooese of the church, He is ong of the few Irremovabie pastors in the Diocese: {5 secrelary of the Diocesan School Board, is one of the Judges of the Diocesan Matri- monial Court and is otherwise active in the work of the chureh in the dis- trict Father Downes was born in Tyrone (Continued on Page 6-Ind Sec.) on a3 semen A. p—— Jury Reports On Hunter's Death Inquest Reveals Sunbury Man Was Killed By a Party Unknown Meeting at county's only hunting fatality of the antleriess deer season, a jury under the direction of Coroner W RR. Heaton decided that Victow Frank. #4, of Sunbury, was killed by gun of a party unknown. Frank was fatally wounded just as he was preparing 10 leave the woods In the southeast part of Haines township on the last day of the deer season A striking coincidence was brought out at the inquest when It was shown another Bunbury hunter, not a member of the party with which Frank wns hunting, had been hunt- ing on the other side of the crest of the hill where Prank was fatally wounded. Charles Bayler, Sunbury, hunting independently (Continued on page four) i — ——————— Sewage Plant Bonds Are Sold Money to be Turned Over to Borough Upon Release of Final Legal Opinion Former Judge M. Ward Plemine, | a licitor for Bellefonte Borough, yes. terday was notified that the three! firms which jast Wednesday night tentatively purchased a $70.000 bond issue by Bellefonte Borough for the construction of a sewage disposal plant, have sold the Honds. The Borough Authority, in behalf of the Borough, 5 to receive the! money as soon as an independent bonding firm has a final legal opinion upon procedure fol lowed in setting up the Authority ia expected to be merely a mater of routine, The three firms which purchased the bonds are: Burr & Co. Inc. MacGregor, also of Pittsburgh. They submitted a joint bid calling for an interest rate of 4 per cent. A special meeting of Bellefonte Council was held late Monday af- ternoon, when the Borough Asthor- ity, ghost organization of Council, officially leased to Council the sew- age disposal This was a tech- nical ing to empower Coun~ cil to act as the real owners of the pliant, NAVAL ACADEMY STUDENT REPORTED SERIOUSLY ITLL Samuel R. Noll, Jr, a third-year student at the United States Naval night was reported to be seriously ill at the Academy Hospital where he underwent an operation for ap- pendicitis about ten days ago. Sev- eral days after the operation he is reported to have suffersd an ob- struction of the bowels, and Tues day a specialist from Baltimore was sent to the Academy for a consul- tation in his case. While there re hopes that the cause of the obstruc- tion can be corrected, members and friends of the family are greatly concerned over the young man's condition. Mrs. Noll, who has been with her som since he became a patient at the hospital, was joined at Annap- olis Tuesday by Mr. Noll and his sister, Mrs, ©. Meiroy, of Pleas~ ant Gap Woodward, Monday, | to investigate the cause of Centre | 8 struy bullet fired from the! had been shooting | and preparing the bond issue. This | | SON 35th Year In. Arrested At | | BE Priesthood Girl's Home i 6 Persons Held For Shelter-! ing Asthmatic Rockview Inmate | WILL BE RE-SENTENCED | Officers Suspect Prisoner May Have Been Assisted in Escape Thomas Lycett, asthmatic Rockview prisoner who amazed of- Hoeiads of the institution by escap- Mg to the mountain Tuesday morning of last week, and who was | focuptured al the home of his girl Washington, Pa. Bun- friend near {day night, is lodged in Centre a9 the county jull awaiting appearance be- | fore Judge Ivan Walker this morn- ing on charges of escaping from {the institution Six persons charged with tice are being held for count The six are: Isaac Whiteman, at { whose home the man was found; | Jesse Lycett, the prisoner's brother; {Ethel Ullom, 28, the fugitives girl { friend, and Clarence Sediker, Del- bert Tenney and Hilda Williams (Continued on page seven) Predict Large Crowd at Ball Floor Show, Dance, Favors and Refreshments Scheduled . For New Year's Eve Event a floor the new Troop, With a dance featuring and refreshments, inrmory of Machine Gun 1 BION mise of wing iy bright spots on New Year's Copnmittes members yesterday re ported that ticket sales af exoeed- ing all expectations for the semi- formal military ball, and that practically everyone” will be there The evening's program will begin promptly at 10 o'clock when Judge and Mrs. Ivan Walker and Captain and Mrs. Herbert M. Beezer will lead a grand march through the spacious and brilliantly decorated ballroom Music for dancing will be pro- vided by the Keystonairs Orchestra ols of Bellefonte, and a floor show will be an added attraction. There will be favors and refreshments for all, and the festivities are scheduled to continue until 2a m Plenty of parking space 8 available at the Armory Tickets to the eveni now on sale al the Johnston drug store, the American Legion Home, and Mont gomery's store, are priced at $1.50 | per couple, which includes admis- | sion to the dance and floor show land entitles the holder {and refreshments Last night it wis announced that a number of out-of-town guests including high ranking military of- ficers, are expected to be present 110 welcome in the Dew Year, Clinton County Man Dies In Fire Frank Burfield Burned Death as Family Makes Escape to | Frank H. Burfield, 65, was burned {10 death about § o'clock Tuesday "morning in a fire which destroyed { his home at Birch Island, near Pot- { tersddale, Keating township. in the | j western end of Clinton county. | Burfield, his son, aged 26, the {latter's wife and two small children {resided In a three-room bungalow {John awoke nearly smoke, to find the roof of the dwell- ing in flames He awakened his wife and each carried a child from the building through a window. As he left the room off by flames. John called to his father who was deeping in another bed and reported that the elderly man answered, “Come and get me.” When he returned to the room, (Continued on Page ©) PLEASE NOTE. The Centre Democrat will be isswed Wednesday noon next week, in order to give the advertisers the benefit of the remaining shopping days. It will therefore be neces. sary for advertisers, corres- pondents, and persons submit- ting news to get their copy in this office on Tuesday. Your co-operation will be Hpreciated, and Smale us to get the paper your home one day earlier. aiding | {and sheltering a fugitive Irom jus- | in Washington under $500 bond each. | iefonte, hut east of town, shows | the brightest of | to favors smothered by | the door of which was cut j John said he could not find his Academy at Annapolis, Md. last | | phi, and Paul Knight, of the John | : IN COURT TODAY | at 1 United vened | Jue ELMER L. BOWES Completes Forty Years of Service Jellefonte Man Has Splendid Record of Employment With Penna. R. R. Forty years of oontinuous em- ployment with one company means exactly two things: Loyalty on the part of the empioye, and a full meas- | ure of appreciation by the employer Emer L. Bowes, well known rail man of Eas ha the forty service WIN svivania Railroad Company aller having traveled the rugged ladder of experience from (he jowes: For the past Lhirty- | he has been owe of th company’s trusied engineers. With thought of retiring until ocom-! polled 10 relinquish his job (Continued on Page 6 nity CAP sin tse Christmas Music at Presbyterian Church clint orrte ALE # adel Years the Pen rung wo the OP {One Feary ney rough | ind Sec.) { Special Christmas music will be presayed 16 the BMlisfonte Prechys terian church on Sunday evening, December 18, at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced yesterday. The Junior gram of Christmas moming service al The program for t vice follows: “10. How a Rose,” by Praepor- fous: “The Sleep of the Child Jes Cevaret women's voices; “The Christmas Heralds” Whitney Coombs, cholr. Car- Come with Torches,” Gean- Laabwelin and “When the Sun.” choir. Tenor solo: “O Holy Night” by Adam, Wayne Bryan music 10:45 Pp - & a + anthem by C E) nette Crimson Drive Last Rivet | On Steel Structure State College Building Pro-! gram Progressing Rapidly | The last rivet for the steel work for the superstructures of State Col~ {lege's College Expansion Program was oompicted Friday, Public Works | Administration Engineer C. E {Btrausser announced this week {Construction of the $500000000 {building program has been made | { possible by a Public Works Admin- | {stration outright grant of more than $1.00000000, the remainder | of the cost being met by the Com- | monwealth, While this last rivet was being driven, every emfloyee on the entire project laid down his tools and list~ | ened to the pneumatic hammers’ asi | {Continued on Page 82nd Sec) | Gas Co. Employees Guests at Dinner The annual dinner and get-to- gether of the employes of the Cen- tral Pennsylvania Gas Company was held at the Brockerhoft Hotel, Bellefonte, Monday evening, with {18 persons, including guests, pres- ent. {| After a sumptuous roast turkey jdinmer, C. E. Martin, manager, pre- | sided over a brief speaking program, {during which he Introduced two out- of-town guests: H. 8. Weeks, of the | Martin Stove Company, Philadel Wood Manufacturing Company, also (Continued on page six) TRUCK STOLEN HERE FOUND NEAR FILLMORE A 1835 Graham pick-up truck owned hy Hagan Motor Company, Bellefonte, stolen from its parking space beside the garage on North Thomas street early Saturday morning, was found about 8:30 o'- clock Monday moming in a ditch along a rural road near Fillmore, | Bellefonte, {Camps of the county and after in- | tiation Prof, Jame | school building, Damage Suit to Open In Federal Court Bamuel J. McMullin, of Millheim chief clerk to the Centre County Commissioners, is defendant in one several civil cases listed for trial December civil term of the Court, Middle Dis- ania, which con- the atl the trict of Pennsy Monday msport Ape All rt ton Iv alternoon Office B Sang will College died several hours after muy y notice when his case called would be Lodge Initiates Ten Candidates P. 0.8. of A. Camps of Coun- ty Hold Ceremony in Bellefonte | committee of 10 candidates from the | A Camps of Centre’ county were initiated meme bership of the P. O. 8 by th Mill Hall degree Satur day night The P. O. 8. of A, Camp B87 were the hosts to cla ) o A P.O of of A ~ team last - fr 3 ol the R. Hughes at- | dressed (he meeting, talking on the Paroseal situation of today. Hi talk wad very interesting. At the close of the meeting luncheon was | served Those present from the different Camps were: Bellefonte No, 887 7. Om Hall, No. 888, 13; Le- No. 888, 4; Spring Mills, No 3: Woodward, No. 35%, 4; Mill V0. 337. 20; Beech Creek, Nc Na. 161, 1; Car- 4 ne 1; Lock Haven in 8 1 well for their si » team oon- members: four) of the fo (Continued on j ng age ¢ #0 mss A a —— | Board Plans To Remodel School Failure of Building Program Makes Change Mandatory; May Revive Patrol I plans With proposed for a new | PWA building and a new Thompson | Plan bullding of through [financial a standstifl difficulties, the { Bellefonte School Board at a regue- | nr $e is meeting Monday attention to the turned high to the night present in an effort make changes demanded by State to remove fire hazards. With safety for pupils as the keynote of the meeting the Board (Continued on page six) {will draw a Tull all {ond list | fective on Pebruary L WINNERS OF $600 IN CASH 70 BE DRAWN DECEMBER 29 Selection to he Made at Plaza Chamber of Commerce Commitiee Theatre by 106 PRIZES, FROM $50 TO $22, ARE OFFERED 50 Local Stores Participate in Holiday Distribution of Gifts in the $600 cash fund Bellefonte mer of local stores, t the Plaza theatre Thursday night, December 20 announced yese terday by Chamber of Commerce official ors of the gift fund. The drawing will be made on the tape of the hreatre by members { the promotion commitiee of the Chamber, who have charge of mrrangements. One hundred six awards, ranging in value from $50 Por sales 110 $2 will be drawn, and the nume {bers posted In a conspicuous place roy { 401 ready reference. At the same time, the set of commities duplicate be used In the event the winners in the first group are not claimed. The first lst will be effective all during Janusry, to give ticket holders full opportunity 10 check thelr numbers. The sec- if needed, will become ef« numbers, to Members of the sales promotion Walter QColien, (Continued on Page ©) Asks Aid For State's Industry C. of C, Official Scores High Tax on Indusiry; County Group Fleets Officers Declaring that if Pennsylvania gives the same consideration to the conservation of its industries as it does 10 the conservation of its wildlife and natural resources, S. 8. Riddle, manager of the industrial relations bureau of the State Cham ber of Commerce, principal speaker at a dinner of the Oentre-Clears field County Councils of the Chame ber of Commerce wt the Penn- Belle Hotel Monday night, declared that this state can regain 5 posi- tion the leading industrial state in the Union, 8peaking at length upon the many faults of government to which the State Chamber of Commerce at- tributes the decline of Pennsyivania as an infustrial state, Mr. Riddle xpressed the hope that future leg- i % will seek © remove the taxes which he claims are draining alive, as | industry of its lifeblood. and which he of declared have been the cause the States industrial decline, Fifty-eight business men, Indus (Continued on Page T-2nd Sec) Farm Brings $6000 A new high in the price of Cene tre county farms was established on December 10th when the Daniel C. Hapster Est. farm, east of Stormstown, was sold for $6000. The farm oontains 120 scres End was bought by Miss Juliet G. Gmy, of Pittsburgh, who is owner of an ad- joining farm. Hey ! You Puzzled what to buy as a gift problem, all you need to do: one dollar and a half--the price Use this form when ordering Bend 10 ovovinan. Street Christmas Shoppers ! Take the advice of one who knows, and send & year's sub. scription to that relative or friend whom you have been wondering The cost Is 0 small and the effort so casy, you will be sar. prised how effectually it will relieve your mind of that gift Now i the time (0 arrange for your subscription gift. Here's Cul out this blank, fill in the blank spaces with the proper information for mailing, and send or bring it to this office with of a years subscription. We will begin sending the paper with the first issue In the new year. In addition we will mail a yuletide card to the recipient bearing your name and greeting, in lime 10 reach nim or her by Christenns Day. your gift: THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Enclosed you will find $150 for which enter Christmas gift for one year to the following my subscription address: PARANA NRAB ERASER RNSR ERNE RN rss racers Ed De City and BIRR. «oonvonsacisssnasissnitiassatunss sss sssitl sme i EE EE EE ER ETE
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