Odd and
Curious
News
\.
Kicked About Pants
Nick Theiphonis came to court at
Chicago the other day in a blanket
bed room stppers and hgh dadgeon
He complained against the relief ad-
ministration as follows “1 ask for
sige 42 pants. They give me size
38. 1 send them back." Judge
Thomas Green informed the defen
dant was an alien, stated: “You
have a lot of nerve, After being 'n
this country 19 years without be
coming a citizen and after living off
relief for five years, you kick about it
ff you don't like this country—or the
pants-—get out’ He fined Theo
phanis $200 on a disorderly conduct
charge
$500 For Stone
Last year a stone was found along
the Carolina Coast which carried a
message of the hardships exper-
jenced when colonists’ supplies from
England failed to reach this coun-
try ‘in 1587 It is believed to have
been carved by the Lost Colony
Roanoke Island and mentioned
second stone. Dr. H. J. Pearce, pres-
ident of Brenau College, Gaines-
ville, Ga., has offered $5600 reward
for the finding of the second stone
believing it might solve the 352-
year-old mystery of Vitglua Dare
and the Lost Colony
on
No Bum Steer
it's time for spring plowing in
Berks county and time for Blackie
the tO start dragging a
horse plow. Blackie the
licized Ferdinand
chance to loll about
smelling flowers. Fou
been helping Charles
the earth of a nine-a
Reading and Miller Blackie is
better than any horse he ever own
ed. When Blackie Isn't the
lion's share of the plowing he
drags logs and hauls his mas in
4 cart Into to
steer two
[ib
had a
EWee!l-
unlike
never
snidiing
SIX yeul
Miller
farm neal
hes
turn
re
Says
doing
ter
wn
Big Goose Egg
A goose egg, even larger than
proverbial zero
tion report, has
Miffiintown, by W
Mifflintown R. D. 2, who
#2 Bock of geese ON his
monster egg measured ni
in circumference len gthwi and
was six and one-fourth inches side-
wite. Tt weighed
JUST- {WO ounces
This weight
much as that
giZ7¢ hen eggs
Rattle-Trap
Charles 1. Esheiman, sdvertising
executive of Cleveland dgecided 10
vestigate tha! rear-end raftie in
his esr witch had been bothering
nim for weeks He threw open the
trunk compartment--and a rattle
snake greeted him with a thrust of
its fangs The thickness of 1
coats prevented the fangs from
piercing the man's arm Eshelnan
kilied the snake with an umbrella
Softies
Cornell university
ers will have t their traveling
ground the 1200 acre campus on
bicycles. Head Coach Carl Snavely
Fas ruled automobiles out as means
of transportation and prescribed
bikes for travel wo cla and the
practice fle “American youth has
softened up, physically Snavels
said, “through the modern t
to rage arcana
100KS cn an exami
been exhibited
ince
more
of a
Acer
Qozen
wo
football play-
i
ao
Ses
i automo
Accommodating
Noticing s fire on the roof
fe Ne WAS pass Truck Drive
George Hunter of Denver, Colo
turned in a fire alarm and proceed
ed on his way, only to be stopped a
few minutes jater and Informed
that his truckload of Turniture was
on fire Sparks from the blazing
roof had apparently ignited his
load
Chairs | 19 Years Old
A Northumberland County grand
jury's complain: that chairs in ifs
quarters were uncomfortable and
hould be replaced sent the county
commissioners to investicate, Alter
digging through musty records for
the date of purchase, the commis-
sioners agreed the chairs had been in
service long enough. They were
purchased 119 years ago
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of a
Shou
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SECOND
SECTION
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Cenfre Democral
VOLUME B68,
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TRAGEDY AVERTED BY
DISCOVERY
OF MISSING
STICKS OF DYNAMITE
Morrisdale Coal Company Workers Search
Loaded Cars for Bag of Explosive Acci-
dentally Mixed With Coal by Miner
When Paul Lubuda, a young Hawk
Run miner employed by the Morris-
dale Coal Company near Philips-
burg, forgot to remove a bag of
dynamite from an empty car awalt
ing 10 be loaded, he unloosed a
chain of events that kept official
and fellow workers in a sweat Tor
several days
Possible tragedy
averted by the
take alterwards
eighteen of the 20 to
company s siding
and could
irs
and disaster wa
discovery of the mis-
By that time
30 cars on the
Deen
which
sO0n
loaded
of the
They
enough
had
tell
we explosive
that it was
no one
wed tl
Knew, however
to wreck a train destroy a house
if by chance It exploded
Miners officials at
Searc fOr yhnamite
raliroad car
ding
contan
or
and once be
the d and
run
1)
ne
Ding
Empty
the
al
Hix were
parallel and
Philipsburg Boy
Doomed To Die
Philadelphia Specialists Un-
to
Tumor From Child
able Remove Brain
Little Johnny Zurick
schoolboy of Ramey
ipsburg, is die
Philadelphia ts wh
ed him last declare t!
10 remove a
nine-y
Phil-
because
exam
can
ear-
old near
doomed to
speciall
week
Lumaon
ey
that! lurks nn
the childs brain
Johnny, the
War veteran
phia by the H
Post, who
purpose The boy wa
following the announcement by
surgeons that his wa
now will
youngster | incertain
tated
gead World
was sent Ww Philadel-
utzdale «Freeburg Le-
fumis for the
ne
brought Iu
the
hoe le
hope les
gion raiseg
Case
come to
medical
Just eight months ago Zurrick
Was a normal brigi id in every
way. Teachers first notic change
in his physical makeup when he
was unable to make his writing fol
the lines on the paper he used
at school Exhaustive examinstion
disclosed the suffering
from & brain
WOW
DON was
tumor
Zurrick is one of five children of
Mrs Katherine
Zurtick
Rl
Runaway Youths
Return To Home
Three Inmates of Children's
Institution at Clearfield
‘Visit’ Philipsburg
A desire to visit a realtive
of three youths who ran
of ane
away from
Home at Clearfieid
Was given
their
leave
the Children
last Tuesday
by the
0s Without
the reason
boys for EWO day ah
The youth
Chester Hil
Moran
Walker New
Liberty, and William DeCario, Falls
Creek, left the home at Clearfield
Tuesday, following a check-up
the bovs had not attended classe
Following 8 search of nearby
counties, the boys were returied to
the Institution Thursday The
youngsters told the superintendent
of the school that they had walked
to Philipsburg to see the uncle of
one of the boys. The uncle met
them at Phillipsburg and inuned-
iately returnad them to the home
The head of the home said the
bovs, who are In the early ‘teen
age, would not be punished for their
abeenice without leave
William
Merle
FiCK
that
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People in middle-age are apt to
overlook the Importance of reading
the Bible but it's a mistake
TL —
LOCAL PAROLE OFFICE
MAINTAINS FINE RECORD
Any criticism of parole, especially
in District No. 5, State Parole Of-
fice, located at 20 West High street,
Bellefonte 4s dispelled when the ex-
cellent record compiled during the
past three years by Joseph R. Mil
ier, Senior Agent in charge of the
district, and his Junior Agents, Wil-
Ham F. Lucas and Joseph L Paglia,
is rontidered Miss Helen M. Schaef |
fer of Bellefonte is the stenograph-
er.
Only 16.1 per cent of the men on
parole wnder the supervision of
Bellefonte office had to be returned
to penal irstitutions for general
viclgtion of parole rules or for com-
mitting new erimes during the past |
three years. This makes a yearly
average failure of
compared with from 16 to 26 per
cent per year in Pennsylvania snd |
other states
52 per cent as!
report to Mr. Miller
Investigations made
past vear by the Agents
vers
by mail
during
are fe
the
fol.
33
14
45
Eoard of Pardon
Fastern Peritentiar
Western Penitentia. v
Pa. Industrial School 119
tozether with 98 special investiga-
tions and arrests reports, and 37 for
other states. This makes the total
muimber of Investigations completed
ms
The total number of visits made
ito Parolees’ homes during the 12
months period waa 26515, or an av-
erage of over 200 visits per month
The agents attended 11 Magistrate
‘and Justice of the Peace hearings,
and 4 court trials, approved 22 per
mits for parolees to secure thelr
operator's licenses, and dis-approved
138, gave food and shelter to 14, fi-
During the past year Mr Miller's | nancial aid fo 10, and shelter to 5,
office supervised an gverage of 209
parolees from Penneylvania institn-
tions, and 32 {rom other states whe
are vesiding in the 11 counties ém-
priced by District No. 5 These men |
gre visited at least onee a month by |
the agents sand their activities
checked through the parolees local
sponsor and other reputable people
in the community. The parolee is
also required to submit a monthly
approved 12 marriages
proved 9
To complete this large volume of
work the agents traveled 556508
mils or enough distance to cir
eumvent the world twice during the
past year. All records of visits are
written, which requires many reams
of paper and a huge amoum of
ciericul work. However, the yearly
(Ooutinued om Page §)
and disap-
| the Joseph stable,
| stood an impassible barrier to the
spread of the fire to the northeast,
mine: were
ring the coal
The workers were cautioned to be
careful in uncovering the hidden
Menace so as not i explode the
dungerou
What
pat
by
to work
hand
transfer
shoveling
Cap
was [first
a long drawn-out
18 loaded ralirosd
a brief hunt when
wens
fTenred Le
fine
Cal
8 $1
found the
would
combing ot
proved but
anda ay
day
Cap
numite
the
R'%
uMain
next
SCONGa Car sear
¢ nding the
Tol
innocent
moved owl
the
hiipment
Calise of
Lubuda
the excitement
miner
had been nn
them on
ti
Lae ane
rect
aeemed
Cops To Have (
Pict i
vidence Lid 'h Cha
of Bev ¥
midget
4
ane
AIeTas
VIN Are
te ¢
Blair
dered
(} has oF
regulation
equi;
radio patrol
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Ridge Man Hurt
of Sandy Ridge
Sandy
A Visitor In Seven ' Thousand Homes Each Week. =
EELLEFONTE, PA
THURSDAY
The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County.
Random
NEWS,
EATURES
tems
APRIL 6, 1939 NUMEER 14
Esler
() S Dorin
RING-NECKED PHEASANT
HOW TWBY Cad
AFEOLD YT ON
PROJECT PLANNED FOR
CENTRE COUNTY AREA
Propogation Scheme Explained At Annual
Fishermen's Banquet at State College;
Expect to Rear 500 to 1000 Birds
VRLION | UU 8 ERsall Ca
ermian
Hi
WV Js
COLIegs
180
PRISONER SALVES BODY AND
ESCAPES JAIL
THROUGH HOLE sc cri fie Siu: oop fy Come wr
To Go On Trial
For Slaying Baby
COC CAMPS
CENTRE (0 BOYS
New Bloomfield Attorney
Ac
Ap
pointed to Defend
cused Youth
Bellefo
three thealres
tage
any
PETA
‘Opera’ being acceptable for
every form of entertainment
upon the stages O°
Sribes
The ea public amusement
halle were Reynolds opera house 10
cated on ficor of a build
ing adijou v Ie present Wei
Food store oi legheny street and
the Hume ra houses that
pied a f the Hume
where Exchange
sucosesively
rtering
respeciive
then as
aimaost
shown
traveling oom
i
17
the setOng
WO
Crider
port
the
hs
ang no stiempt
them. The Garman
later by Daniel
raman used 25 A Wie
theatre is t OTUY eINRining piay-
ie to remind of former day"
can recollect the Re
the town
made
T_T a a
PETAR DOA oo
ite left
Those who
ids opera house
thealre }
number
I
168
fell pre
wiped out business place
m of Harel
to the Wei
It was th
the present }
Allegheny street
al Bann treet
toric fire that sept away
part of trye nnine Corner
tion of the town that becime famow
for its unsavory atmosphere
About 8 o'clo
March 20th. th #8 I ery of fire
rang out on the frosty air sand was
taken up by the startled citizens all
town. Flames were seen issu-
fro mth eprivate stables of the
the
night
over
Brockerhoff estate at the rear of the | |
jot adjoining the alley. Both the
Undine and Logan fire companies
responded and went to work in
sarnest to subdue the fame
The horse and vehicles were re-
moved from all the stables adjoin
ing the burning structure but
nothing coulll be rescued from the |
Brockerhoff stable except a
which was turned loose In the
Cow
yard
A valuable team of horses, carriage, |:
buggies sleighs, ete were
destroyed
harness
northwest and the greedy flames
soon wrapped in their embrace the
stables on the east side of the alley
that ran north from Bishop street
Joseph Brothers, who conducted
the dry goods store now owned by |
Hazel & Co., maintained a stable atl
the rear of their store, and adjoin- |
ing it was the stable of Cal Lose and |
a shop used by R. B. Spangler who
was engaged in cabinet making and
furniture painting. The Lose stable
and Spangler building were of frame
construction and quickly burned, but
built of stone,
To this fact, and the watchful-
ness of people on the ™ofs of their
houses, was due to the safety of that
portion of the town, south of High
street. By 8 o'clock the firemen had
the conflagration under control ani
confined their efforts 10 keep the
smoldering embers from being blown
about the premises,
During all the time the sparks
and burning shingles were flying in
every direction. and men with buck
ety of wEler were on svery roof, put-
ting out fires as fast as they caught
Tyrone and Lock Haven had been
telephoned early in the evening for |
| assistance, and afterwards when the |
pr—
Centre Democrat's
ne of the events not
of a famous Bellel
Democrat which
ner bullding. The
ms Dery WRY au
of pment when
ing opposite the Bush J
suffered Ly The
nls fire
nag it
paper
ont
quart
aw my
Lent
{ the roof of
i respons:
hoCses an wet
gheny steel were saved The 1
desta of that section again
SREY SO host
the
went on
Disaster Starts Anew
tigen f Grea en
g
¥
Oe
x
4 ewine
alter
moxe
N. Bauer
nobody bel
in the bullding
smoke from the fire
I For twenty
SETI]
but no one
it
Finally 1) We cox
and firemen began io play
and crockery
Ww rooms Lhere
BOL appear 10 be any fire. Ina
minutes ver the flames bu
forth from a doen places and from
building
Then began the second and mot
destruct of the evening
as much of a
the stables
thie alley
been
SAE
Bishop
thers was
it was old
back in the al
ninut ea soe
of the
paid any attentio
¥
Gn
ved
vr raid mn
POAT of Duy
wr was broke
HINA WaAre
we, but 8 1
Wwe
the
he fire
7x origin
the fire
wa mysiet
aga in on the we
of
i
ais
It has said that the firene
: | were denied permission (0 enter
A high wind was blowing from the |
budlding, a
ol be
Li0%s
n 1d
WOuld
refs
that
fire
proceeding
found in today's
This delay, it is beld
bie Tor the destruction of the
in the entire block along
wa
buildings
Allegheny street
The fire forced ita way
i Bishop street and north along
| West glde of Allegheny street until it
had enveloped every building on the
along
{he
First Baptism of Fire
Bi
Le D008 cl }
i WENe arTesies Severs
other opposed leaving the hd arr - Jt. v Wl
Fortunately the fire uy #4 Corp ithary y, TE Sy TA ne gives
“401 State Motor Policé qo the : Aas : : x th
4 ‘ r— A “- Gown a: ar w¥ the 7, Vie ey ok]
aia LEN QEVESGD SaT0UN. Walle
extinguished a few were Tiel “Wiiite or buff, the
would: be im-
and
ver & oat of
the gide-
cetling
larger fire
win
Eels Of water
nie fire-
2 Firemen Hurt
When Inn Burns
Suffer and Cuts
fingers and
as though they were fread ONAL When Chimney Collapses
&ICLU
are
the firemen Nad also
aad
Bruises
included
Alleghes
store: § z Sidelights of the Fire
nith Bros While nobody threw
furniture f the windows
Tad 3 ; fe wr bed do
expedition at Spruce Creek Fire
Gidsr i
pangier's
iunteer
mormimng
the O0KINDE firemen were
and
ywiistalirs
ve 4 4
CRITieq
many
ial
FO00
OVe wa
wang
i ot st
Lae
principal of
Saved
x Robert Porter
oi
mEeEmne
Bay
com;
tly after
Thy oe v4 cafsl
lailiag Beda Tat
reet
srming
has
he Bee Hive was bumniz
: 3 £ endeavoring to
Catholic Church on Fie th ral seichels
headed off the fire a seven
ghooter. Te dropped plunder : Dullding
ii Eilenberger
(Conoued on page sx) arge of ® caretaker, who ‘was | Tig INS)
leap to safety from an up- | certainly goes 3 jong way tn many
window | Insta &. This department congrat-
Pressure from a hose stream col- | TiEtes- The Bank wnd Messenger
the two tall remain- | JONES on thet ‘mutual step forward
and as the other top- | .
a Yidse PR vrs i Boned
own ¢ three Hiremen without | Beefonte ahd Hfes
warning. They were able &« to | that on June 1 he
their homes aftér tredtmen an | Dimsel a candidate Tor the
lexandria physician | Sherill, om the Re; .
: | We have ‘no busines: meddling In
| Republican patronage, Hut Jim has
epent enough campaign money and
sapuioty time In running for office
{0 deserve § pretiy good job from
ithe Grand Old Party. Hes gt a
{way about him and = following
in this fall's elect ghi mean
the difference between surres: snd
| failure for other Republicans who
aspire to the Bhrievefly DOMins-
tion
dine hos -
gel awa
Was Thu
voluntee
summoned sho
va: discovered
said to be owned
of Tyrone, was in |
firmer ang Quicker ang
| pearing has been stu
note sounded By the uniform. Cloth-
not make but i
Ig res 0}
OR Tes of
the Cal
the
ithe § f the second bs ned (0 the new
conflagration holic church
Was twWite on Bre nan
and the deep tone
A ¢
a a LL ar ——— GW
——— r= eee
Payment Begins On Sewage Plant
First pas of the
Administration 4
of $55,800 00 for th
| lapsed :
| lg Chime ,
ati Work friend, Jan
grant
construction of
Disposal plant in Bellefonte
a aS last week, PWA
Resident Engineer Inspector Howard
F. Meixner has announced
The check |
Pederal
Belle fonte
m
Public
jrigm
With
MMcials
the money received, local
will be able to dompiete final
| dmtalled pans and pay comtractors,
who will carry on the work. They
in tum can pay their men employed |’
on the construction site and order |
the necessary materials Jar con-
glruction, a process which will cre.
fe Over two and a half times a
much employment throughout the
nation's Industrial structure
go
Sewagy by
siibalde "al
ved here
- .
A Romance of Two Worlds
Telling how the yearning svir't of
| a doctor's departed wile assured him
| ft would be all rig it for a 20laer wo-
man 0 substitute for her on earth
“The contribution of the Federal | One of many illustrated features in
not only makes pos- | the April 16th is The Ameri
construction of this and | can Weekly the big magazine dis-
the prelimin- | of other new faclilties | tributed every Suaday with the Bal-
ary expenses of the propeet and en- { throughout the country, but is al- | Himorg American. On sale by all
ables local officials finance the | TOY having ‘a marked effect On | “EW dealers and newsboys
first part of the work ! the building materials Industries to
jand the transportation system of
The purpose of the Act which | the country,” Engineer Howard F
makes this money available is t™ | Meixner stated, “Aside from the em-
provide employment and to ald the | ployment of local men here on ‘the
nation’s hard hit heavy industries
by enabling communities to bulla |
| construction sité, we will soon be
able to feel the effects of the seo-
Worthwhile permanent public im- |
provements
#20
or $1800 00 from Lhe
Govefnment received by
officials marks the first
actual transfer of Federal funds on
the new project. This check for!
Ripon pero of the total Cost re | Cravarmmem
present Federal Government's | le the
contribution towards | thousands
11 ai
we of
is
Lae
This writer tever
Mitchell Cunningham his
younger dave. Practically our en-
fire mow iadge of him came through
sitending Councll session during
the past 16 years He differed from
{most Councilmen in the! hie had a
imind of his own. He wasnl afraid
Oo
Garner Fingerprinted i 3
Following the suggeilion of Pres.
{ident Roosevell the! it would Iw 8
{good thing for evervone ‘to submit
| voluntarily to fingerprinting, Vice
| Pre: ident Garner submitted to bes
ing fingerprinted by J. Edgar Hoo- |
| ver, head of the FEI
knew the late
iw
ondary employment created by this |
progress.”
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‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Alarm Clock Proof
HMOW ARE YOu
COMING ALONG
WITH YOUR BODY
SUARD, THESE
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