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BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939.
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR
EXCURSION TO BE GALA EVENT
PENN STATE T0 HOLD OPEN Parade Route TOWN TURNS OUT TO
HOUSE FPR LOCAL VISITORS For, Flag Day
Schools to Close to E. "le
Pupils to Make His“
toric Trip
B. H. S. BAND WILL
BE ABOARD TRAIN
Mardi Gras Spirit Hovers
Over Running of BCRR
Special, June 7
inal plans for
ing excursion
the Bellefonte CC
from Beliefonte
and return
7. were
noon at a
Btate College
The Penn
the Chamber
two towns ar
co-operating
entertaining
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commodation of
persons who
the train
The special tr
Bellefonte Central
consisting of a8 many
Railroad passenger car
essary accommodate the
will pull ¢ Bellef
tion at 1:30 o'clock, and
to arrive in St
later. The return
4:30 p. mn. givi
train two hour
Yesterdays
that
heavily on
the train
will be met
tion incl I
Leitzell College HI
School Band and officials an
members of the State College Com-
merce Club
For the first time in Penn State
history every room inevery building
on the eollege campus
(Continued from Page 4
here
to crowa
the
hed
the
ve
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Stale
COmMIng
Wilbu
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Name Judges For
Flag Day Floats
for +} 'L oy al
107 ne mm ai
ot
The judges are
er, chairman
wanis Club, F
Fleming
Ciub; Mrs
resenting
merce, Mrs
resenting the
Mrs. Daniel A
the Garden Cl]
The director: )
in favor of keeping a
business places in Belle!
all day Flag Day as an ac
tion to visitors
George Hazel
art reported on a recent
of the Pennsylvania Retailers Asso-
ciation at Altoona
Prior to the
Jesse H Caum, manag
Telephone COompan®
Earl H, Mille
ed aseries of np
telephone co
fered to sho
ployes of any
place as ong
available in this
representing
Georg
the nambhe
E E Wi
Womar
HNmMoGs
and Clyde M. Slew-
comvention
id IT OuSine
the projector
GABLE ACR,
i her new position 1
WELL KNOWN BELLEFONTE PAIR |
OBSERVES 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Announced
Establish Police And In-
formation Headquarters
For Visitors’ Benefit
|
Assistance Board
Discusses Policies’
rly appointed
Assistand
in the Alp) BAN PARKING
z IN BUSINESS AREA
= Parade Will Move at 5:30;
All in Readiness for
Legion Carnival
®
wt bu
of Zi
‘
an! LH
partment for
24 GRADUATE ome
Curtin on
ring 10 Ridge on
Diamond hom
Thomas from High to Lamb
Lamb from Thomas to Alle
igheuy. on Dunlap from Lamb to
Pean Belle Hotel. Parking on
on the RIOWInNg
shop
’
{igh from the
to
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(Class Pageant Illustrates i
Theme: ‘Your Life in
the Making’
Wilson
on Page 6)
Allegheny on
(Condnoed
»
Local Woman
Injured In Crash
Willowbank Street Curve is
Scene of Two Motor
Crashes Same Day
Ie }
ranking
(Continued on page four)
honor medal to the highest
Owens and Phipps
Stores Relocated
ished int
F. Bamne
traveling 11
k operated by P
K. Owens Electri temning. which was
40 een emporas 5
the room in the Ber Thrown against
Alle ated windshield
iffered a chest injury
forehirad and numerous
She undersent eatme
Centre County Hospital wn
iii and Ing the foll: night Damage W
Garman store v at $350 and to
ha Cieorge Finnin, of
h Police. Pleasant
releases estigated the mishsD
Dean At bout 830 o'clock the same
be moved 3 operated by Frink J
and W: B
RD. 3, collided
site Mirecti
the steering
the wommal
nceration «
chet
: 4
yesterda
t
the Haracts
J We H sad res
until recently Ie dd he {at the
rat he
ch the Ed
Or man en
bru ws
Ting
estimated
875
The wation « Motor
ae 10
the
change in the
Fura '
the Berardi
Phipps store
thers from
wa m
room to
which vill
ita present site in th
McClain block, West High street
} and permanent quarters
. fs they were
he Owens store are now being built traveling in opposite directions. To-
n a site between the Berardis and
Pod 2 ripe ‘ damage was about $10 and
Bellefonte Hardware Company was injured
bu 3:
dings
» fore a
of Tituavilie Sto
of Bellefonte
of | 5n the same curve
er
ley
tal
me
A
Ancient Stoves Bring
Awards To Owners
Owners of ancient New Perfection
stoves were recognized at the
Wolf Purniture Company store here
during the weekend when prises
were awarded to persons having the
oldest stoves now in use
Mrs. Edith McAfee, of Port Ma-
tilda, won a $35 stove because she's
now using a New Perfection of the |
vintage of 1003. Becond prize, a
£2450 stove, went to Mrs Lottie |
Wallace, Milesburg. who has been |
| using a 1905 stove. Third prize, an |
Gets Position Here
Kathryn Jamison
has received the a
senior stenographic
parole offices
made
ment as
in the Bellefonte
ement was
Atilopney
Mrs. Jamison
fav
GRY
in let |
General Claude
will assume |
announ On
ter from
T Beno
MR. AND MRS. CYRUS A. SOLT
Memorial Day was a particularly
festive one at the home of Mr and
Mrs. Cyrus BSelt, South Spring
street. Bellefonte, for it marked the
fiftieth anniversary of the marriage
of that well known logal couple. All
of their ¢hildren and grandchild
ren were here 10 make the occasion
8 memorable one,
{$8.50 stove, went to Mrs. Elizabeth
| Jackson. of Pine street, Bellefonte,
whose present stove was made in
1908
Many
Centre oon
parts of
persons from all
eo oOntest
inty entered tl
OSCEOLA WOMAN FATALLY
INJURED NEAR MANSFIELD
Ella Odie, 13. of Osceola, died
Coming (N. Y.) Hospital
Tuesday night of injuries received
earlier in the evening, about 5 30
o'clock, when she was reported to!
thave walked into the side of a
feoach operated by Howard Wil
{Mams, 23. Elkland, on Route 49, |
{near Mansfield. |
{ The victim was suffering from a |
{fractured skull, lacerations of the |
ihead and left arm. body brodees |
iand shock, whon she was admitied |
{to the hospital. where she was
{taken by an Elkland ambulance
| No official statement on the fa-
tality was made.
i
Mrs
in ne
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i Pet Pony ia No More
Cyrus A. Bolt and Lidie S8ym-| “Queenie” a white pony belong-
monds were united in marriage ‘ing to Jack and Donald Drefbelbis,
the parsonage of the Pleasant Gap sons of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Drel-
Methodist church on Memorial Day, belbis, of Satte College. BR. D.. wus
1689, by the Rev. J P. Sarvis, then destroyed last week after it was in-
pastor of the church. All of the jured when kicked by a farm horse
witnesses to the ceremony, Mr. and ; The pony had been popular with
Mrs. Morgan Reynolds, Elizabeth | its owners and a number of child
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nt
REVERE WAR DEAD
One of the largest Memorial Day
crowds to assemble here for many
VEAL gat at the Diamond
Tuesd:y morning to participate in
eryice pos red | American
Legion In honor of memory
veterans of all wars
hered
the
the
g cl
hed Kk k a heavy Loll among
the ma and before the hail-
hous
A hot sun, shining I
n
m
eerremmm concl
The parade
marked the
here of the Ty
the Lyre
mique Int
Long
t
{rpre
withh
{ There “
Winding Awd
Bud and other
War tunes
it
M
"
t toll
took ls heavie
{ the Drum and Bugis
EX-SHERIFF
WALKER DIES
Father of Centre County
Judge Succumbs; Funer-
al Held Yesterday
a! 5:4
allernnon, alter a:
mplication of di
have been 84 &
1 efnrte
yeloek 3
finess with a ox
fan He would
Faturdas
Walker had been
’ the past te
eer
(Continued on mage four)
State College Child
Injured In Fall
Peter Fishburn, aged too and one.
half years. son of Mr Hummel! Fish-
burn. of State College suffered se-
vere bruises Bunday night when he
fell from a third-story i
his home
AR x-ray
Centre Counts
window
examination at the
Hospital here Mon
day morning, revealed no broken
bones nd he $5 not believed to
have been injured internally. He is
reported to be resting comfortabls
at his parental bome
The boy was playing with his
brother, David, when he apparent-
ly fell through a screen in the win-
dow. He remained conscious and his
cries brought members of the
household to his aid
wt.
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
AT FRIEDMAN BUILDING
Work on the reconstriction of the
Friedman bullding, South Allegheny
street, which wa: badly damaged
by fire last February, is progress-
ing rapidly and workmen are now
engaged in painting the exterior
of the brick structure Several coats
of buff paint have been applied and |
the appearange of the building has
been greatly improved
Meanwhile other crews
pairing damage to the inside of the
bufiding and are adding a wing in
the
upper floors will house gix apart-
ments while the
rear
considerably enlarged
No estimates were available yester-
day as to when the work will be
finda
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To Extend Rural Route
The rural youte from the Beech
Creek Post Office will bp extended
four miles on July 1, pccording to
instruction received from Washing-
ton. Two changes are to be made, |
one fixing the terminus on the road
east from the Beech Creek station |
on the Pennsylvania Rafiroad to Os- |
car MeOheo's crossing and the
other in from Turkey Inn to the
Peter Moyer lane, a distance a
mile and a half. The romte Will
then be 274 miles in Jength, and
there will be an added compensa-
tion of $200 for the extra mileage | however, would be hard to deter- | poaritt's Drug Store, 24 5. Alle-
planned,
gmonth
{abroad from minority past
When completed the two
store room for-
merly occupied by the Winner Mar- |
[ket will be
£ ihe first
# t 10 vears old
member
fainted
M girl
shortly
ees Deegan. From then
Keealed «
er ano
to b rey mn
Wi an older
end the be
Rhinesmith, Commander
on page Tour)
(Continued
N ACCIDENTS
None Seriously Injured in
Holiday Mishaps; Tral-
fic Was Light
alg
MOT
Mrs George Dunkleherger
and Miss Virginia
ile, received
of Le-
Lowers
i 3 slight injurie
hue Car
ere riding crashe
hines oper:
Lock Have
Tyron»
F'ursdsy mm
SSeNIgers
red in the accident whi
£75 damage
reported
a
sroximately
Cars are
Heghily damaged in
near Howard Tuesdaj
injured
SUPREME COURT RULES
ON STATE TAX POWER
Supreme Court de.
The following
cisions were handed dovn Monda
Held that a state in which a de
ceased person had his legal resis
dence could collec! Inheritance tax-
on Intangible property held
another state
Ruled that & state could Impose
death taxes on securities within the
¢iate owned by a person domiclied
n another state
Ruled that the capital stock
8 corporation was subject to local
taxes In (he state of incorpor:tion
aithough ines headquarters
maintained elsewhere
Held that a person born in the
United States did not lose citizen
thip bv the mere fact of residence
es in
of
rere
of 21 years
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Political Echoes
As Assembly Ends.
Democrats Seem Quite Satis-
fied Over Administra-
tion's Default
are re-|
With the legislative session over
finally, remarks the Harrisburg
Patriot, political strategists now
torn their attention to the future
assurance than they have shown at
‘any time since the setback of last
| November, the Republicans with
considerable misgiving, 7
Democrats are genuinely indig-
nant over some of the ripper legis.
ation that was jammed through
‘the Legislature in the
weeks, but it would be hard to find
a party jeader who isn't convinced
that from a political standpoint the
Republicans have overplayed their
hand
Administration leaders, on the
other hand. insist thal the Demo-
lerats pot more than was coming to
them in the ripper legislation and
{are willing to stake their political
{futures on it. Just how far this at-
{titude extends into the rank and |
{Tie of the Republican legislators
(Continued on Page 6)
the age |
the Democrats with greater self.
jast few |
Season For Family
ENSIGN RICHARD ROBB
memory
nagen
arr oy
Cars ag
(Continued on page four)
x SE FECRE nn I
ie BOYSHELD IN
STS THER SERIES
’
3 Post Bonds for Court as
Police Solve Robberies
Near Centre Hall
have Annag
Erare
EM arraigned be.
Charles
proted
commeneement
in addin io Mr
Mark WW
p
the
Peace
Cet ©
William
I AppDear-
Bev Pa
Hise
Brockerhofr
Postoffice Shows
Revenue Decrease
Total Receipts Last Year
Were $741.46 Below Pre-
vious Year's
(Continued on page four)
Souvenir Stand Is
Opened Near Falls
The Retail Divis
ness wal t Chambdeor
$0 450 0g
had no
master map
dor
annual
masters
ear
Whe her
samp
un or Aon ia
pay for a0 Ce venir road
between 326668 and $44.444 Of to tourna
gross business, the he stand
salary he £30600 1 Memorial Daj
A Ag (30)
Etrest THe
Will
oe
povst- which had
will
Thomas
structure
removed
ter SPR
__
mall frame
and will De
2-0ent
ret
would p
urn A the
ush postal revenues rtable
the question
of the department are no
deh
The Revenue Act
sponsored the 3-0
mes ineffective July 1 of this
and large veers of the malls
fighting for a return to the
postage rate, contending 1
rate would Increase
well as postal
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1932
San he iy
whic Two Orviston Men Fined
William Barnhart, of Qrviston,
Year, | was arrested in Centre © on a
charge of having two black bass out
of season and was fined $20 and
a hearing before Justioe of
Dus nts N. 1. Gallagher, of Blan-
business e Cyphert, als y Orvis
A two-oent rate they claim, would ” sas fined $10 for having one
not only increase mailings by regu- |,
lar patrons of the postoffice depari- |
but would encourage other |
to use direct mall advertis.
in turn stimulate business
such edvertising
ounty
ATE
cheaper
He TWO
al
"
cent Pesce
valle ai
generally as of
: Went
CONCLIna
ing and
| through
i
a m——
| weeks
Graduates Todor | HEAVY WINDSTORM WREAKS
Damaged; Many Trees
Uprooted
HIGEST WINDS IN
MEMORY REPORTED
“Twister” Cuts Two-Mile
Swath; Hail Hurtles
Like Gunshot
their experience
heightened by
a Sows rl s Fy wtall
I Rn Rorieontially
destructis
tasted about
reported
Wines
of &
who watch
prog ess ne unusual
that it Arne :
mounts cut 8 clrele abo
clared Acvary
mld ther
Ay
21
wisled a1
d
4
gave Wo be
rebalit
Grover Corl farm sdjoin-
one side of the barn roof was
carried away by the wind A short
distance further east on the Chsar-
les Homan farm. the west end of
the barn blown
On the Edgar Hess farm at Shin-
gietown, 190 miles south of State
' eye shed © s blown of
the
wa m
a of Pe
thpd
”r
were a tractor, farm.
(Continued on Page 6)
seas ssn
Farmer's Experience
In Raising Cattle
: Lancaster VOCK
$8.10 per one hur dred
freight from Lanca
ven ind the trucking to
two miles east of Salona was
ditional cost. Two of the steers died
during the winter and
#80 he sold the
maining in the Lock Haven market
Mr. Hayes loaded the remaking
24 on three trucks on overnight
trip 10 Lancaster He accom-
panied by his grandson. Joseph,
aged 14, son of Harold B. Hayes It
was young Joseph's first experience
of this kind
When the cattle were purchased
their average weight wag 748
pounds. During the winter they
made an avetage gain in weight of
337 pounds, taking them Into a
well-fatted classification They
(ConVereed on page six)
er 1
about
four 4
~
aii
was
FIND ALLIGATOR ASLEEP ON
JUNIATA COUNTY HIGHWAY
Scotia Picnic To Be |
Held On August 5th
The Scotia picnic
meet al Reeds F i
way between Scotia and
niong Highway Route 322
clock Baturday, June 17
A wandering alligator far
Evergiade home, was found
{ weekend sleeping peace
commitice will fully in the middle of the William |
g Station, mid- | Penn Highway some six miles east |
Waddie Mifflintown i
at 2:30| The ‘gator
to make 4 described by those who
preliminary plans for the annual | gas stretehed across the concrete
Seotin Picnic and Homecoming road when the lights of an auto-
which is to be heid on Saturday, | mobile spotlighted it Saturday night
August 4 [about 9:30 o'tlotk
ho os oi og Re a | The way the story was told Bun- {
{terested in the coming pienie are |8Y night was that an unidentified |
| pordially invited to be present and motorist was traveling west on the |
[take part in the discussion. Sugges- highway when his lights picked up |
| tions for improving the annual out- a dark object lving across the high- |
| ine will be welcomed by the com- | YY With screeching brakes the
: ? ; motorst pulled the machine to a |
Beas
{ mitiee stop and hopped out to examine the |
object {
It was an Alligator ¥ie was sure
ft waz an alligator
from
Ty
r the
of
feet long
saw 3, |
fully srven
A a AN
! Re-elected Hospital Head
At the monthly meeting of the
ard At hd fr rig 1 While he was trying to figure out |
| Bin te College, was re-elected as | Whether to call for help or to at- |
| prectdent for another one-year {tempt a quict get-away an automo- |
{term. Re-elected to the secretary.
| treasurer post was Dr. ©. V. L. Die-
ner. of Philipsburg. Charles Dime-
Hing. of Clearfield was re-elected
| vice president
ibile coming in the opposite direc- |
tion stopped. Out of the car jumped |
Harry Steidinger, of Lewistown H
“What is it?” asked the Lewis- |
town motorist {
“Looks like an alligator fo me”!
replied the first motorist i
Meanwhile automobiles were pil- |
ing up for a quarter-mile in each |
| Abbott's Philadelphia ice cream,
gheny Street, Bellefonte, i.
i eve
direction and occupants timidily ap-
proathed the sleeping reptile to ask
what was going on
Maybe we ean tie him up”
8 motorist
“Its risky business’
said
opined an-
{ other
The first motorist on the scene
| and Steidinger hauled some ropes
snd oheins out of their car and
rather cautiously started the work
of trussing up the still sleeping al-
higator, which didnt even blink an
Finally the gator was tied
tight enough to suit Steidinger and
his friend and they tugged and
pushed the alligator into ons af
| their sutomobiles. Ther hauled it
to the William Penn Service Station
about a mile east of the scene but
the service station attendant didnt
care about playing nurse to sn al-
ligntor
Off the two motorists went again
with their alligator securely bound
in the rear of the car. This time it
| was taken to Lewistown where a
place was found to keep it over
night.
Latest reyorts of the alligator
hunt were ‘hal Steidinger and his
friend are Jlanning to offer the rep
tile to a 200. the Hershey 200, if #%
will take it. They emphatically as
serted that they didn't want the al
ligator themselves.