Odd and Curious News at Farmer Calls Bluff A Holiidaysburg lawyer lost out al the grand game of bluff last week. He bad 2 note against a farmer to collect. The farmer put him off a number of times, saving that he would pay as soon as he soki four fat hogs In his pen. Fin- ally the lawyer in desp told the farmer to bring the to hls home and fic would sell them, be- Heving the tiller of the soll was only bufling and had no swine for sale But at 6:30 one morning, just as the limb of the was having beauty slumber, the farmer rapped at his front door and four blues eyed pigples over the top boards truck. It took quick ac- tion and much ‘phoning before the porkers could be led ighter in an Altoona plant Saved by ‘Slack’ It may have dignified performance, but none the less Howard williams of Uniontown owes his life to the quick action of Policeman Orangie Show. Willlams, downeast by desertion his wife, whom he alleges took all money and baby daught at- tempted to commit suicide by fump- ing from a hotel window. He Kick- ed out a window about 235 feet above the sidewalk and Ww preparing for the death leap. when the patrol- man up behind him a made a grab to stave off the jump. His hands caught Williams' belt and it broke. Making another grab, Show caught Williams by the seat of the pants. There was a rip, but Williams fell inside instead of out- side A Big Job Herman Grieco bler of Memphis, task of ays. Grieco ur hogs aw gazed out of a been a slightly une- of his i 5 » ie er, 83 "ie HG slipped T4-vear Tenn, $30,000 : said his mother died in Haly, leaving him an estate val- ued at about 830000 but Italian of- ficial: advised he could pone of it from Italy. They cated it would t fe tO COL 10 paturalize to beet able LO day passport ed what it away, b lel me bring show them spend wine spending taka La nl indi im ne Italy but Griec is a od Ameri WAN lve in the old country and we 1 2 ott #@il obtain only nine Pickup Two Pill: polices ed up lke wealthy women adem Wt all they | torist macher hailed with a “hi, honey!” To hide hid cmbarrasament, Pag Jevonde, one of the officers, lighted 8 cigareite - atl = fee Ww iN vell ————— cs ——— Lucky Miss George Ries didn” go ofl when he tried to shoot 3 rab- on a package at Wauke- i. He had forgoiien load t i ¢ packs dress Seinen s gun to Al he SOL sticks conclu is just ) buliet. His contaibed Qin tL 850018 Ee A L3E d3 package namite tm Gets Bride Pontius pester of R: Ww en | his § ntld-be bride said he rec similar propositions from 2300 ott h women. His bride, Mrs Mary ol ant, whom he recen.ly married. was among them L? He Fomianies] ninds ; . 1nd : first cor- wer pd ear fin ¥ has a respondent back hom if rile on A Good ‘Wa tch A waleh that had becn lest 15 years was found in a field that was being disced on the farm of Olio Neuvians, near Agenda, Kans Tie watch h only wratch aid the or broken although farmex cach year. ior 14] LE stal had not been he field had been - Uneven Swap Mrz, Madeline Puda, of Syracuse asked police to search for a boy 10 whom her 10-year-old nephew swap- ped $195 worth of her jewelry for a cheap harmonica. The swap was made in a darkened moving picture theatre and the boy couldn’y identify the “ swappee.” on WS“ Find Leader Dead While waiting for the leader of taelr prayer meeting to arrive at Beavilie, N. J.. 20 women heard a crash hey ran to the curb and foun d taeir leader, Mrs. Nellie Van Ciiilder, 52, and her companion, Mrs Fiarence De Vaul, 60, killed by an iulomobiic I a Two By Two Mrs. Grace Hornshaw, 30. steited her husband, James 8. Horn- sliaw, 60, with a second get of twing within 20 months, The twins, 7- pound boys, make 13 children from Hornshaw's two marriages, eleven of whom are living. The couple re- side in Detroit. Mich - ree i" hd 1} Corrigan” Hunter A farmer, clad in a hunting out- fit and seated in an sutomoblie with a 12-gauge shotgun at his side, was arrested on a charge of drunken- ness. “Been bird hunting.” officers at Paducah. Ky. From the hunting coat a patrolman pulled— a six-pound fish! Slow But Sure Forie Smith was repairing the floor of her house, once used 4s a postoffice at Canyon City, Ore. Be- neath the boards she found a pack- age of 1911 magazines—addressed ed them to the one-time subscribers still residing in the vicinity. EG | his | i avenue, tearing out the pillars, he told | ‘placed at $200 and to 1850, police said and stamped. The postman deliver- | A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democraf The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. I NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 67 BELLEFONTE, PA , THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 193 NUMBER Bu. Random Items PENSION CHECK LEADS TO FINDING BODY OF MAN DEAD TEN DAYS Mutilated Body of A Old Santa's Got the Right Idea! | wa OLD SAMTAG GONNA WWE TO Jat oo Te TING READY FOR The BIE Diy Fo ANY OF Ta VOUMNBDTERS - “TWEY roe ar Ww BLE A” TERT wal «0 SANTA CLs oF PIOWT GY SOMETMN FOR CMRIST mA BRCHS few otil CAN'T MBE ‘EM Tuloduin THAT. AWRY, NOW CAN WIE, FOULS TUES ged DuBois Resident Thought to Have Been Attacked by Rats, Difficult to aroused unable when a mail locate a re- an old age istance Pri alternoon led $s overy of the mutilated body aged DuBois man who had dead for ten days within the w DuBols pping area Suspicions wa 10 ah posla brok« dilapidate sting at the request riment DuBois He Gc {nve: . n death and Luce mdetermined cause tion of the body it is believed F MIAN WAS OVere when about ire and tbat he had died with- ng able to s } ummon | help hi body falling came dieg d AT From the Saad me W0 Was resp the det SUSDICIOUS Houtzdale Man Fatally Injured From Fractured Skull \fter Being Hit By Automobile Dies was an “Bud” wr SAL la received when he by James sont of Marin carly fatal § R 1 to th JOEY ital alter valking along the home and Ma- Arion Gist agen ders Howe was walking against traflic along the Madera-Houlzdale road 20 mies wes. of Houtadale when the fatality curred. He was pick- up and rushed 10 Houtzdale for medical treatipent and then laken to the Philipsburg hospital on th advice of Dr. R. L. Williams, He was ftad upcn arfval as the result of a tured skull Peay +h0 Howe Houle ale traveling the od motn Oli the cident said been walking towards and that McCamiey was same direction to the pedestrian, Swing- ym Su oi rs Fa x Fhe ing ; { man t ¥ aim UK yYivania Blale investigated * ag rear of i he h sed Ho \ Fungd bag LOC aig down and then turning ATOU MeCamley retraced his way where he {elt the impact. After going up and down the road several times and failing to notice anything McCamiey stopped ‘his truck and be- gan to sear sides of the high With the aid of a nearby dent they searched with lighted lan- terns and finally Slscon ered Howe 1v- ing at the bottom of a ditch at the end of a zix-{oo: berm. With the aid of a passing motorist, Howe who was sti time but unconscious from Lhe impact the collision, was taken to Dr. Wil- Hams' office in Houtedale . Truck Hurls Brick Through House Strikes Alloona ‘Woman Head After Demolishing Front Poreh A runaway truck that sped down a hilly section of Altoona lt Pri. day. wrecked two porches and hurls ed a brick through a window injur- ing a woman Mis. Margaret Bloom, of 1908 Fifteenth avenue, was struck on the’ head by brick hat crashed through a window as a grocers de- livery truck demolished the front wamirch of the residence. Efforts of Charles the truck driver, to- mount the hine when It broke away from him in front of a hilltop Fifteenth avenue home where he was making a delivery, were un- avaliable, police said Jumping the carb after careening out of control for more than =a block. the truck literally ran through the front porch at 1910 Filteenth bes adjacent ba Ts no . 0D ied pos way 1 living at the of on fore smashing down the poreh. i The impact was so great, accord. | ing to reports, that a brick column | supporting the porch rool at the! home of C. 8 Magill. with whom | the Injured woman is living, was | thrown 15 feet. Bricks were tossed in every direction ! The porch roof collapsed on the | truck. practically reducing the ma- | ‘chine to junk Mrs. Bloom. seated in the ying | room of the Magill home, suffered | i contusion of the head and from | shock. i Damage to the truck. property of | Nazaruk's Beonoig store, was the porch at Gift suggestion: A subscription to the Centre Democrat. i Recuguize what wiwen Lace been make tified ae happened every occasion, had check, did noi I'he carrier 0 contacts home miss dead walting All appara He y police wl the coumy poor locate the the Y i Poi some Lime believed to be about Wis one the { DuBols and had known character about many He is bY a brothe; a sister ol Luvs fog town fo Vears and PURTY SOON CHIMSTMAS Willi @f WORE - AND | rm CANT ry How Bellefonte Uses Electricity Ranked 100 Kilowatt Small-City Town Lowest For Hours in How Beilelo Tossed out of moving automobile, daughter of Prters 3-vear-old Mrs. Hamry iTered severe ones we . The pi. Kilowatt olan Mil pap CONR Iki ad 230 rn roar sent i rear sus trend Fa mother quickly A hia red wa nig : report are Hats differen namely owait h 10 inst accident erviee Pugw 100 ki When {rE CUTS, of Yo ryis h . show Lhe onsumplon what the bill of $1.50 491 ania’s : between ; i th sixty- also ‘reporting $1.50 Grove City and . lace, each from $275 of 1 highest the $381 ff, Pd ne ofl the fall ToaG Mion group for 100 kii- y similar bills arted the highest ol of ¥) 40 kilowalt hours, Belielcnte”, was again jowesl in the group, + again tying wilh $hirty-three other uw why reporting 86.69 bills for the Aspinwalls $1500 bill wa for the group U ol A of Mra. R.A Neb. & clock of its servi © highes YOArs It Fa Sandy Ridge Tot Hurt in ob ident River from Bridge Suffered Painful Face Lacera- tions When Tossed Out of Rear Seat of Car the facial week na boal happe 3 the the car with leed f 43 mw her and ner the on Old Clock Works grandiaiher’s ciock, the Seasonigood, of belioved (0 be the cides: malignant tumors In type having been made shill koeps Woman Leaps In Carrie Harris, of Lock Haven, ¢ Rescued After Chilly Experience rear seat be 4 Barbara Peter: Mr n Sandy RIG Ay moming, a Lock TOUng roman was taken LE 0 iy 8 Busquehanna more than an hour Bun- Haven R. D. to safety trappers rs of tht OF lacerations YOLNE Lock Haven treated lor Was re- the WHA ee nar chil ia site ing y and handie nn head fi the door Le Harris, had 30 he railroad jumped bridge near about 15 she re. the cold oF 1 is T youngster shock otier badly frozen Tun face berm . ith grappling id thelr use unNeoesIary. —— — proper Wy. United serrert for 48 wd nt ote idl RAE Cant country in Germany i150 periect ROOT fig L 5 Be § Resi or jrtt ane : § ex » A CHRISTMAS SERMON Told In Many Languages, In Prose and In Poetry, Is This Old Legend of the Humble Cobbler and His Vision ved « howe Ina of Marseilles centurie and honored by ail of ionately called “Father the city ker, loved wis affect in Fathi er Martin of alone Wie they were the born in would give “al the gifts visit of the LOmOTTOW were 0 be whet 1 xid to hin tmaz and i this night, i he Chris Marseliles Him!" He arose softest % Jesus I know hell two little shoes with bright silver Ang took from a of «white leather buckles "1 would His Fee Him thess, my finest work. How But Im a foolish old thought, smiling. "The Master bas no my poor gifts” Replacing the shoes, he the candle and retired to rest, Hardly hod bis eves, It seemed, when he heard a volee call his name, “Martin!” Intuitively, he felt ware of the identily of the speaker: “Martin, you have longed to see me. Tomorrow 5 by your window. If you see me and bid I shall be your guest and sit at your give pleased mother would be! HRD, fieed blew oul he closed of I shali p me enter, table . He did not sleep that night for joy. Before was dawn he rose and swept and tidied up his little shop. Fresh sand be spread upon the floor, aid green ughs of fir he wreathed along the rafters. On the table he placed a loa! of white bread, a jar of honey. a pitcher of milk, ang over the fire he hung a pot of coflee When all was in readiness be took up his vigil at the window. He was sure he would know the Master. From childhood had he not gazed in love and reverence at His image above the great allar in the cathedral? And a3 he watched the driving sieet and rain in the cold. deserted street, he thought of the joy that would be his when he should sit down and break bread with his guest, Presently he saw an old street sweeper pass by, blowing upon his thin, gnarled hands to warm them. “Poor fellow, he must be half frozen” thought Martin. Opening the door he called out to him, “Come in, my friend, and warm them.” No further urging was needed, and the man gratefully accept- ed the invitation. § 10 Martin carrying Al hour jue rably paused ciothed wearily 1 While he asked waspital. 1 hope they my baby.” she expisined and I am il without a son’ the old man You must are getiing warm, No? p of milk to the lillie One. little fellow he ist x shoes on him!” ots Jor | Cl sighed the mothe: have going fake me In and husbasd is at sea Poor chad!” eat something while Then let me give Ah, what a bright Why, you have put I have Tien Yestopadsy™ And Mar thices he hed dipped “hens fectly. And 10 ¥ he shall vely pair 1 fnksced 4iy Bn COR Lown the sedi ode snow -while woked wt the evening before, anc on the child's fee! They fitled pm- shortly the young mother went her full of gratitude, ang Martin went bk tw post al the windo Hour after hour by. and many needy souls zhared the meager hospitality of the old cob. Bier, Gist the expected guest did not appear At last, when nighi had fallen, Father Martin retired to his cot with a heavy heart “It was only a dream.” he sighed and believe. but He has not come” Suddenly, so it seemed to his weary eyes, the room was flooded with 2 glorious light. And to the cobbler's astonished vision there appeared belore him, one by one, the Poor street sweeper, the sick mother. and ber baby, and all the people whom he had aided during the day. All smiled and said “Have you not seen me? Did 1 not sit at your table?" and vanished! Then softly out of WaY. E88 ils wend 1 did hope stienice he heard again the gentle voice, repeat old, familiar words: “Whosoever shall receive one of these little ones, receiveth me. I Was hungry and ye gave me meat; 1 was a stranger ang ye tock me in. Verily 1 say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” o af ing ACCUSED SLAYER Commits Suicide on trial asl irs. Smith a Wash. for the murder 10 for : aro of James Eugene Bassett Annapolis, Md civilian em- ged to death in an to Earl Mayer teaiing toid her story « L# | Years naval himself jal a unking ne Ave Beatie a al age, serving Prison years of inder n the Stale w dia Walla as an habitual by uffing trangled himself i at and then of paper down his Uw lashing mouth shut with his belt strap. In is sald Maver tied the chin and around the apparent belt under his top of his head and then, i to {ree with a ama wad } Hy fap ] 4 alTiid he himself tied piece of rope Bassett, for which Mayer mother were being hew of Prof. J. R, Hughes Ww and in his early a1 the Bellefonte He later became aitached naval service, and was on Honoltdu to a new job when he appeared reaching Seat The body never was found and thal fact was one of the key points of the Mave murder trial The Stage ded He a Mrs Smit ih killed Basset! und put up a omoie ; : completed gt Mayer and who said she was 1 who revived the old in- Maver several months ago with ed wu Ww confession from her what you nck." would attempt Nig Dancs We crume upposediy as a nep- of Belle- FORTS Was a Academy 0 tae way Ww TT dis~ : wi Prin implicating Lire or Warren Mrs. Smith his mot £ +4 oi . the Ire, Ww Sa evigendl ni {ler Ny cotter I asked him ing about. The ith, 73, wen Have ” Man Paralyzed After Accident Pedestrian Seriously Injured Operator of Jv Car on Gearhart- ville Road IRE Pparadvesed Mile Run, near Philipburg, ss in the Philipsburg } ital in a serious condition after ruck by 8 car Wedbesdas wiek as he was walk- t along the Cearhariville road Tubo was slruck by a or driven by Joseph Horton, Philipsburg, D D. on one of the curves of ro nar- row rural road jeading from Chesier | found Hill Gearhariville the death Horton who wae traveling behind Morrisdale Tubo saw the pedestrian walking at along the berm of the road on the Scott w right hand side and also saw a car Edw which was approaching in the Oppo- King ite direction. Seeing he had enough room 10 pass Horton slowed dow n but did not stop. As his cal pas weed Tubo the middie of the vehicle giruck the man, throwing him off the road Horton stopped to give ald to the #Mricken man but the as traveiin in the opposite directs failed to stop to render pSiRance: Tubo Wasi ..q the time aken to the hosplial jor treatinent. | sven several I iz believed the man stumbled or town of fell against the oar as it passed him An examination of Horton's car dis- closed 5 handle of a door was miss- ing. It i believed Tubos head struck the handle with such force that It was dislodged from the door. State motor police who investigat- ed the accident slated that Horton had pulled over so far in his ai- tempt 10 miss hitting Tubo that the fenders of his car scraped against those of the missing car which was going in the other direction iH 2430 Tubo One Philipsburg with Pollard was of mvoluntary mediately at Morrisdale w of ond Ww he Ren 10 Lhe where EY AE R07 oraing wo inques companions I" al to Lum hap no one in the At the office said to a walk Pennsylvania investigated th time, that at cident a nigh Bi-County Legion Names Committee Members elected 10 the Centre [Clearfield Committee at regular Wie of Niitany Post No. 245 of the American Legion. last Thursday night at the Legion Park State Col- lege, were: Irvin Billet, Dan Krum- rine, M. H. Knutsenn, R. A. Lepley. William Minshall Wiliam Pownell and William Young, Commander R J. Miller, Vice-Commander C. Dl Deitterich, Adjutant R. R. Bloom and ! Bervice Officer Elliott Armstrong are also on the committee, | Didridt<Deputy Commander Aaron Leitzell and Alex Stergiakis ‘of Beliclonte attended the meeting ‘and invited the Nittany squadron of | song of Legionnaires to join the | | Brooks-Doll Squadron af Belle. | {fonte on Friday night. December 16. Daniel Frank, expert checker player, entertained the group fol-. {lowing the business part of the pro- | gram. Mrs. Scott's Fi man’s car about t The Spuhler, injured Bi MYR al of Mi criminal, |g. today on defense AD Pea v hard fight said we #LU had a aid Xow following him criminally WOnar $1.000 Oclot son she died the next Cecil Morris inquest, the 24th to occur roads of the Clearfield-Centre dis- Three persons were ‘day afternoon when an Altoona crashed on Roule 220, wo miles west of Julian. The [car struck » pole alter it got out of control while traveling east. It was operated by C. E Claybough. IN 10- YEAR-OLD CRIME DIES BY OWN HAND IN CELL DeCasto Earl Mayer, on Trial For the Murder of Former Bellefonte Academy Student, LO 0 IE a ymnoblle Aan aut y 4 Slale Da p rEVInaEn CASITe ns roan i man's body Ayer WARY were Plans Basse! anoe of ou CC wi he case wasn't over Weil Cu hed Car Absel From Charges in Auto- mobile Accident against COearniariy who wag char mvoluniary manstaughter arrested on cha manslaughter a hearing here § coroner's Mr i. His bond as struck br a ard Pollard spend the ne in 19 ¥ 3 night 8he Bla being g $94 gunk agmilied negligent Willtam Scott mn an ard aaa ‘a ye lot of fight left, I jut want Cleared of Blame In Woman’ s Death ved | so at # ille ged rges me heid jury in was Car ale i at Morrisdale, testimony given Pollard and occupants of of the accident, vardz through sale and were around when ned Car saw Mrs testimony Motor Police ¢ accident at tgown, believed Three Yjured As Altoona Car Crashes were Edward had the pre- the Pollard stated Scott. which was con- ducted by Dr. E. E. Erhard, Clear- field county coroner, given which showed that Mrs had been taken to Dr Morrisdale, where haye said she stepped from the sidewalk into the ditch where she is believed to have been hit order to avoid a mud puddle in the was Scott Cornely’s she is in who the the scene of the ace to have been dropped by Mis. Scott was found near the spot where tire tracks showed a car had swung. tragic death marked | on bi-county injured Sun- N Alloons, deep lacerations of the scalp; Eleanor Spuhiler; back injuries; Jean Cilaybaugh, bruises i above the right eve. usage w We | Mod the classified ads aod profit. ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Can't Scare Eddie Wl: \ BAL THERE'S TREROSRIDING TWis PART OF TOWN WHO CALLS HIMSELES “vue CAT" .. HE'S BREN OPERATING IN THIS SECTION FOR THe a By POP MOMAND £4 TTA Yer £2 BURGLAR GOT A LAST AND HAS Dome THEY HAVEN'T BVEN COME CLOSE Fh WE'RE AL. TO CATING wim I! ws LOT OF NERVE 75 PLENTY SMART Y I Be NEXT! 12 7a at Said an irate Bellefonte her COMPpanion while 4 small stream on Bpring at the Farmers’ National Bank during 4 heavy rainstorm Pri i night This, Mabel, 8 what from thelr having filled up front of gasoline there!” woman 0 WHC through 54 pest tier in that Over indy for was given an unoffici the offices of BPanYy her unit requires bottoms of ting v# urs pe of heating Algo denon Wess | tration in serinn Power Cot noon. The tensile, the n pas the 1 ’ On iiss on we is png turned on F108 Na kf remove the neal BB wrnec cooked a mes you can place Y On the un urned, tor goes directi can place 2 the unit anc medal. ang upon the paper will SOOT hed. bors gly wating quail a pot of Ler at the a jon las ight to a boll in one 50 seconds er LK was turned on oy is datm- ed that there is no wear-oul Ww Liv unit and that it never Josey is ¢ Ranges carrying the Dew nit are expected 0 be placed the near future wo men POU so ialely being nest You r bebwosn oxy a » utensi] was br nutes and reoryt ciency in a truck the intersection of glreels early one : and who ener themselves by trying 0 get he Farmers National Bank ding. They tried all the doors windows, it is reported Cumming: former he Diamond this the at Spring snd g recently an of We Miss Betis odd experi walking up EN 4 WOImAT stopped took mo LP Ww Ladwwe an we wi vICaly, “You back Cu AA B the ‘woman per - accusations. ‘Tak- hands, Mrs d the woman's fac: ASE of DETVORs : fterwar Woman wou ld er and battery. apartment on High Hamsport, Mr. and Mrs. H formerly of Bellefonte Have & sguirrel entertainment The squirrel has evidently been pel of tenants of the apartment fo some iime, {or the Prices were amar ed one day recently when the little animal, which seemed extraordin brave, ran through the open They soon made hbacher, Ge change but 1 fear the i assault - wil Sireet, Wil 1. Price, hi ee rer “a Ariiy kitchen door with the pet. and now it fre- comes 0 the back ps Jor admittance pn dili- buries in the back yard ibs that are given him. The De» rel runs through the entire apart ment, will climb upon Mr. Price's shoulder if he can™t get a proffered from the foor, and otherwis does not act like the ordinary sguir rel Goo ward au Bicycle Rider Victim of Crash Brother of State College Woman Fatally Injured at Williamsport Clifton Miller, 58. a resident f Williamsport rural section and s Soler of Mrs. Zells Zimmerman of State College, wus fatally In- jured In Willlasnsport Saturday ‘evening when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a csr operated by LaRue Sevbert of that city Miller died at 8:30 o'clock, three hours alter the accident occurred His injuries included fractures of the skull, both legs. ieft arm, nose and internal injuries, examination at the Williamsport Hospital dis closed. An Inquest will be held by the coroner, it was sald Sevbert driver of the car. is 18 years of age and lives at 653 Fourth avenue Private: O. J. Finster and R. F Wood, State Motor Police. investi. gated the fatal crash. They said Miller was struck by the right front of the Serbert car. just after a car driven by Wellington J. Btroud Williamsport R. D. 2, had passed the soene According to the police. the Sey- bert car was being operated with lights on, but no evidence has been found to indicate Mr. Miller was carrving a light or had one on his bicycle. Mr. Stroud is quoted as having told the police he heard the noise of Berbert's brakes, and that, ‘when he looked through his rear view mirror, he sw Miller fall un- der the wheels of the Seybert ve hicle. by two J Mr. Miller = survived ‘mons, James and Kenneth, at home. ia sister, Mrs. Zells Zimmerman, | 8tate College: two brothers. Daniel Benjamin,
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