Odd and Curious News | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION Che Cenfre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME B58. BELLEFONTE, PA. we . . Traveling Famil A palr of baby seventy-mile train Chicago, because built a nest on of North Western Old 1007, operated by Engineer George Heldson and Fireman Frank Fessler, leaves at 9.58 a. m. dally for Chieago and returns at 5:13 p.m The baby birds ride in the nest, which ap! on has been on the brake rigging for several weeks. In the Chicago yards, M. M. Hayhurs,, coach yard foreman, feeds them angle worms amd gives them water before the engine leaves on its re- turn trip. Back in West Chicago, the mother robin greets the train and flutters down io see her off- spring robins ride dally near the mother bird the brake rigging locomotive 1097 . Very Herro-ic Foliowing an old family stom, Josephine Herro, 22 of Milwaukee, recently got married but didn’t change her maiden name. She Is now Mrs George Herro. Her mother, also a Herro, married Charles Herro. George's mother was also named Herro before she married another Charles Herro, None of the Herros who married other Herros were related. - A ‘Rare’ Animal Fort Worth, Texas, citizens take a lot in interest in the city zoo, but there was one animal on exhibit which attracted more attention than any other recently. It was a fox terrier pup. The attendants put cu him in a big cargo all to himself, Y.... FORMER BLAIR COUNTY - WOMAN SLAIN IN BED AT PITTSBURGH HOME Police Searching for Man Who Beat and Stran- | — gled Mrs. Laura Gormely, 46-Year-Old Widowed Storck Mrs. Laura Gormely, who before] her marriage was Miss Laura Bur- kett, & former resident of Altoona and Claysburg., was foully slain at | Pittsburgh on Saturday The 46-year-old widow, who con- | ducted a little dry goods store, was found beaten and strangeld in her bed. Mrs. Gormely was severely beaten, police sald, that they believ- ed the hands of the slayer would show bruises. There was no evi. dence, they added, that she had been hit by a weapon. The coroner's of - fice reported death was due to a brain hemorrhage and strangula- tion The body was discovered Saturday morning after 17-year-old Rita Har- rity, a clerk in the store, was un- able to arouse her employer, She called police Mrs, Gormely Police Raid Farm During Cock Fight 50 s had sleeping quar- with no sign to say what he was— | and were flooded with questions all day. Real Trouper The show must go on even in a high school operetta. When Fran- ces Hamilton Jost her voice just be- fore curtain time during an enter tainmens at Sugar City, Idaho, she bravely went through the motions and mouth movements on the stage while a prompter sang her songs and read ber lines {rom back stage. Robs 42 Schools In the past 18 months Robichaud, 52, of Mu kegon, broke into and ent school houses Michigan Elon upon Archie Adich . in vari according arrest ranged from a few pry open desk combinations on ving and breaking ing sales, . - . Determination Wins Leaving her home in New York 4 otlock one morning in order first in line at ® o'clock the follow. ing moming to file an application for a job. Mrs. Frances Culhane, widoted mother of two boys, was the first in a line of 4.138 applican nd got the job. » Bees Kill Man Attacked by a swarm of and stung fifty times Christian Conrad, 79, died a half hour later at Orrville Ohio. He had been mowing weed near beehive, disturbing the ut mates at bees 1 a No Wonder ! In order io secure a “shorter and more euphoniotus Dame” gix per- sons bearing the surname Zboraen- cki petitioned the court at Towsen Md. to change their name to Riley Escaped Beath in © Crash Charles Peters, of Lock Haven, formerly of Bradford, escaped seri- ous injury or death at Renovo, when a plane he was flying crashed at the Community Park field, South Re- novo, went over on its side and down | the river bank. He had decided to land at the field here to check his gasoline supply, but just before his wheels touched the ground, he no- ticed two boys in the path of the ship, and attempted to ger it into the air again. A strong cross cur rent caused the accident, a d———————— Queer Characters of Paris. An intensely interesting story de- meribing the exotic habits, startling costumes and unique escapades of eccentric people who make the French Capital picturesque. One of many features in the June 25th is- sue of the American Weekly, dis- tributed regularly with the Balti- more Sunday American. On sale by all newshoys and newsdealers. Advertising is a good way to In- vest some of the money that you have for the development of your business LIME AND SUPE to bel : | and Glenn Confer, R" ON PASTURE Arrest 60 Spectators at ‘Ring- side’ as Fights Are in Progress A cock fighting pit In full blast was raided Sunday on the Kenear farm, north of Irvona in Clearfield county and 60 or more persons were in connection with the affair, including a number Altoona residents Officers of the Women's Pennsyl- vania Society for the Prevention of to Animals from the home wladelph were joined police as well as Hquor en- officers In making the arrested of affice by forcement in state iA the police closed in as the in progress, a number managed to escape but persons were arrested 48 put up $15 hen were spectator more than 60 Of those arrested each a ecurity for a hearing and the rest were commitied to the Clearfield county jail to await the we officers confiscated 60 fight- The liquor board men quantity of liquor, a number of cases and several cases of A slot machine crap table” layout state police evidence gathered indicated that whiskey lasses of beer on ice empty beer bottles and an alleged were claimed by Officers sald the gaming (Continued on pege three) rit [41 in am» Four Accused of Chicken Stealing Centre County Youths Under Bail For Appearance at Court Charged with stealing chickens four Centre County youths are un- der bail for their appearance at the next terms of court. Three are be- ing held at the county jail, while a fourth bas posted a bond of $300 At hearings last Wednesday af- ternoon before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher, of Bellefonte Eimer Robison, Bellefonte, R. D, and Lester Confer, Beech Creek, R D. 2. pleaded guilty to stealing 25 chickens from the Milton Kline farm in Potter township. Robison of Beech Creek R. D., admitted stealing 35 chickens from the Clarence Robb farm in Liberty township George Robi- som, of Howard R. D. 2, entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of be- ing an accessory after the fact. El. mer Robison posted bail The arrests were made by officers from Rockview sub-station State Motor Police, who claimed they un- covered a series of chicken thefts which the boys admitied commit- ting aver a period of several months. George Robison, they sald furnish- ed shelter and transportation to the other three hoys in stealing the Nickens, LAND IS GOOD FARM BUSINESS The plan of the 1989 Agricultural Conservation Program to supply lime and fertiliser to farmers for pasture improvement is a good proposition, the Centre County Ag- ricultural Conservation Committee stated yesterday, urging farmers to make requests for these materials early. Under this plan, for a small out- lay of approximately $100, a farmer may secure sufficient lime and su- perposphate to treat an acre of pas- ture. This is on the basis of a cash outlay of 50 cents per ton for lime | and 10 cents per ewt, for 20 percent | superphosphate. The remainder of the cost of these materials will be deducted next fall from the amount | of money the farmer earns for car- | rying out approved soil-buliding | practices under the 1980 Farm Pro- gram. This one dollar cash imvest- ed in an acre of pasture wili pro- duce a feed value of $30 or more, the committee peinted out. The amount of these materials a farm- number of acres of cropland, pas- tureland and orchardiand on his | farm. In addition to this, the committee states it is sn established fact, em- phasized by all agricultural author. | {ties Including the Extension Ber- vice, that good pmstures cut feed costs, reduce overhead costs, reduce | soil erosion, lengthen the grazing season, reduce the crop acreage re- | quired, permanently improve the soil and provide feed rich in miner. {als at low cost, This plan makes it possible for all | | farmers to obtain materials mow to improve their pasture. It likewise | makes it possible for farmers to par- {ticipate In the Farm Program who {in the past have been unable to take | part because of lack of finances, Complete information may be se- cured and requests for securing same may be made at the office of | the Centre Oounty Agricuiotral Conservation Committee located at | | days one-third of a loaf of bread each. down ceper, Saturday in the rear of the sture, where the body was found in night cloth- | ing, covered with a sheet. The wo- | man evidently had not been Hmin- | ally assaulted Police found $2 in the cash A and Mrs, Germely's watch lying on top of an unopened safe. They at ounted robbery as a mo- | tive the slaving, but later an empty money bag was found in the slore Mr had in Ma: Cla ters first dis for Gormely, a widow 13 years, | daughter, a nun teaching Alabama. One of her brother tin Bulkett, is a resident of vsburg where the mother is re- ted to live, Martin told authori- | last saw Mrs. Gormely two mi nth ago when she visited him and their mother at Claysburg - se ———— Aged Lady Steals From Mist, 71-year- woman worker Inited States mint at Philadel- as indicted oft a charge of aling $1155 from the nickels, 's and quarters she inspected of five children, Mrs. Eliza- h Cook, “I don’t know F T did it. We are not in finan- traits and I didn't have to She was to have been retired nm pension in November. She earn- ed $30 a week on her job as an ex- aminer and passer of finished coins —— one ties old declared do Clearfield Attorney Disbarred Acting on the recommendation of the Clearfield County Bar associa tion Judge Wallace W. Smith last week disbarred Attorney N 4 Wormer on a charge of misconduct in handling the funds of three clients. The disbarment was the first in the county's history mn | THURSDAY, JUNE —————— 15, 1939. NUMBER 24. Father's Day wy, U SOMERSET COUNTY BUYS COAL _ MINE AND TOWN FOR $8,750.00 Somerset county self a full-fledged coal mine wn that goe nity of Maple | 1 barrel Maple trict of mile for Ridge Holisopple, abot s northeast of Somerset nearly fifty have lived in the Mining Corporation, rent The mine, 200 workers ary, into bankruptcy Somerset Countly tax cleim agains and decided to "pr of taxing bodies” mine, equipment office building. At county offered the There two year: families house of free n , was closed U had the - tect the interest by buring the houses and an public sale the only bid 48750 poration | i made no sans for no pans for twenty! Shalimar | 1 H ! Xes which employed about | Febru- | 1938, and the corporation went H a $24000 {Or the enti wry $50.000 e property appraised at The commissioners have resuming opera - the mine They would ke or ase, preferably sell, the es and property but buyers and communities are these days they added Pur. ermore, there the matter of which have prior rights in all proceeds {rom the sale But the filty families now on WPA or relief, arent going to be dis - turbed at east not for a while H said the commissioners to give the occupants a buy homes but then could together the county 15 al acy of eon] mine Aree andis he e in Chal the many rape neantime Somerset Coun - flord fant charging rem ‘GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL Random Items > This writer, long a citizen of Bellefonte, and for the past 17 years OUTLAWING SIT-DOWN STRIKES BY LABOR Approves Act of Recent Legislature Repealing |. Salary Fixture of Treasurer of Centre County; Other Measures Become Law Governor Arthur H. James on Pri- day put into law with his signature three labor bills passed by the recent legislature. They were Among =a score or more signed by the Cov ernor The bills, opposed by AFL and ClO leaders as “anti-labor.” revised the State's “Little Wagner” Labor Relations Act by defining the rights of employers and workers, extended from 10 p. m. vw midnight the per- | missible working heurs of woman in industry, and relaxed the anti-in- junction law to allow courts to s- Sue restraining orders in labor dis- putes under certain conditions | Governor James stoully refused vv» velo the measures, holding that they conformed to his campaign promis- | es and asserting thal “nething had been produced of any valuldity to show that they will be In any way detrimental 10 proper labor relations in this State ” Labor leaders hinted al testing the new laws in the courts Bars Sit Down Strikes Changes in the Labor Relations Act include those giving employers ns well as employes the right to pe- tition lor a collective Dargening election: declaring as unfair labor practices, sit-down strikes and In- timidetion either by employer or Ia- bor organisations and permitting a “check off” of union dues only after 8 secret vote of the employes Another provision prohibited a member of the board from engaging in other activity. It was aimed at one of the members of the present board, Patrick T Fagan, burgh, who is district president of the CTO United Mine Workers Shortly after signing she hill THEY ENDURED PRISON HORRORS ’ Bellefonte Man Twice Re fused to Give Information Before Firing Squads ! | ! Wrst World ed this mer since the stirring days of the | War has Beliefonle witness the military enthusiasm it did week. With thowsands of for- serviee men assembled here, the town has practically | been living again the days of more than (wenly years ago. when its own young men went forth to take t in the great world strug- a day heir part gle Reminiscence are always in order when veterans get together, so we may be pardoned if we relate the | following experience of a Bellefonte veieran who underwent the horrors of a German prison pen. It is the story of Captain E. R. (Dick) Twy- | or and his thrilling attempt to es- which was prevented only by | of the Armistice the morning of July 15. 1918, a large body of German troops sur- rounded and captured an Allied de- tachment consisting of 13 American, | 40 Iialian and 150 French officers. | and 980 enlisted men. Among the officers were the three men shown in the picture, one of whom is Capt. E. R. Taylor, of Bellefonte The prisoners were taken to # prison camp about 15 miles north of Fismes where they were given their first food after traveling several The “meal” consisted of about CADE the he signing On i It was raining when they arrived af the camp, and the camp being on | low ground was flooded with water | from one to six Inches deep, without shelter and without a place to lie This prison was divided into three sections, one for Allled officers, one for French and Italian enlisted Three American soldiers whe underwent the horrors of a Hun prison camp. Left—Lieut. Barringer, Philadelphia. Center—Capt. Truxal, Somerset, Right—Capt. E. RB. Taylor, Belle - fonte. men. Each compartment ready been filled Captain Taylor spoke to some of the British prisoners and learned had al- {they had been captured about four | months previously and during the days following had been compelied to work under shell fire carrying ammunition for the Germans, and work in the mines They had not been permitted to | shave or bathe from the time of {their capture. Most of them had no | shoes but had pieces of wood tied to the soles of their feet for pro- tection. Their clothing was torn to ribbons. They stretched their ‘hands through the wire and begged for bread The bread which had been issued to Caplain Taylor and his fellow prisoners had not been eaten be- cause they were not yet hungry enough to relish it. It was broken up snd given to the British When 8 prisoner got a piece of it, Captain Tevior related, the man ran away from the rest and began to eat it July 22nd the march was resumed across Shemedy Dam sector to Lay- don where the prisoners were load. ed on Fremch milrosd cars and transferred to Raastatt The oars held eight horses crowded closely Fifty-two officers, Americans and Ialian, were packed into one car (and not permitisd to get out for threes days Upon srrival at Raasstatt the off- vers were placed in an oid German prison polluted with rails. oooties snd Cerman fleas. At Raastatt bread was issued, the second mes) since they passed through Pismes, and by this time it tasted good The prisoners were kept a week ‘at this place and then transferred to Carlsrube. This was the principal intelligence station. All the officers [were separated from each other and todged in a room filled with cooties ‘and fleas. They were to appear lad- i (Oontinued on page three) Guests Entertained At Farmers Mills Mr, and Mrs, Merl J. Walker and Mrs. Ida Frederick entertained at 2 lawn supper on the Island at their home in Farmers Mills, Tuesday evening, June 6, in honor of Mrs, Walker's brother Boyd C. Freder- ick and family, of Predericksburg, Va. Among the guests present were: Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Prederick, Guy and Marjorie; Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Rossman, Mr. and Mrs. John Ross man and Mrs Harvey Corman, of Bellefonte, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wagner, of Oak Hall; Mr. and Mrs. | Bdgar Peltenberger and sons Fred | and Richard of Madisonburg: Mr. | and Mrs, Willard Foreman and son, | Mr. and Mrs. Lester ligen and! daughters, Sara and Ruth, Mr, and | Mrs. Merl Walker, Harold and Ro- | sella, Mrs. Ida Frederick, Violet | Walker. Verna Hogan, Audme and | Kay Musto, Randall Homan, Mr. | and Mrs. Jolin Wagner, all of Far- | mers Mills; Paul Walker and Don | | ald Rossman, of Spring Mills, Mr. and Mrs, Boyd Prederick and | It is easy to stamd on the sideline | er may obtain is limited only by the the Post Office buliding, Bejicfonte, | and criticize the players, | 5 PERSONS UNHURT AS CAR AND TRUCK SIDESWIPE Five persons escaped injury about 1:30 o'clock Saturday morning when a sedan driven by Morris PF. Bench, of State College, R. D., and a pick- up truck operated by ‘Theodore Hildebrand, of Bellefonte, side swiped on a road near Millbrook. Damage 0 the two machines was estimated atl $50 J. La Charles and Mrs, Catherine Bench, both of State College, were passengers in the Bench machine, while John Tressler. ¢f Bellefonte. was a Passenger in the truck, i MP ———— ~Classified ads are thrifty. FORMER HOSPITAL PATIENT FLEADS GUILTY To FORGERY While he was a patient at the Philipsburg State Hospital, Robert MeCulium, 35, of Off City, forged & cheek and beat Robert MeCul- Osceola man. Police ssid he en dorsed the check and had a friend cash it for him. The check, which was sent to the lum, of Osceola Mills, out of $20.80. | motor police at Rockview report The Oil City MeCullum pleaded | guilty to charges of forgery at a | hearing held in Philipsburg before | Justice of the Peace E. R. Hancock | According to the police, while the Oil City man was a patient at the | hospital where he was being treat. | ed for mjuries received from a Port | Matilda highway accident, McoCul- | Pred W. Brown of Peabody. Mass, | ip suceivee ucheck uypasit 1s dhe | sal down, collapsed and died of Pitts | | James appointed Harry Gifford, of Reiffton, Berks County, as Fagan Gifford been gen- eral organizer for American Federation of Labor in Eastern | Pennsylvania. ‘The new law cut the salary from $9000 to $7000 Courts May Intervene ™ amendments to the present anti-injunction relaxed statute ris Lo restraining in case of it-down strike; viola- tion of a habor agresment’ where the court finds nion sought to compel an empl 10 have his employer lavor particular labor organization and casey of foreed vilation by an employer of the bor Relstions Act Governor Jame SUCOeRHOT na the ww aw that permit oraer to cou Wsue a valid au wer a advocated enact- (Continued on page three) Mother and Son Hurt In Crash Port Matilda Residents Meet With Accident Sunday Afternoon A port Matilde mother son escaped sertous injury afternoon when the car they were riding and a oar ceeding in the opposite direction sideswiped esch other on the beck road between Bellwood snd Tipton The woman is Mrs. Vesta Dixon 37. Bbe suflerved a deep of the left ear and right son, Raymond, 14 tion of the upper hip. a possible fracture of the right shoulder and severe shock. Both were rested by & Tyrone physician The accident urred about 3:30 o'clock when the car, driven by Frank Dixon, her husband, eodiided at the crest of a slight grade with | an sulomoblie operated Wolke, of Altoona The Dixon machine struck embankment along the right side of the highway and turned over. It is said the roof of the ear had to be torn off lo extricate members of the Dixon family. The car was de- molished and her Surday knee. Her suffered a lacera- OC an Telephone Pioneers Held Annual Outing Sixty-five telephone Pioneers from Bellefonte and other commit unities in this district attended the annual outing oi Bedford Saturday, June 19 Pioneers are retired or active Bell Telephone velerans with 21 or more years of service Jesse H. Caum, local manager, as- sisted in arranging she progran, and H Poster Bollinger. of Harrisburg general commercid manager, was & speaker at the reunion “There are more than 3.000 tele- phone Pioneers in Pennsylvania whose average length of service in the Telephone industry is nearly | 80 years.” sald Mr. Caum. “ The’ combined service of these men and worsen, many of whom are now re- tired. totals more than 90,000 years.” Dog Leads Way Home, Lost and bewildered a 70-year- oid woman with her dog wandered aimiessly of Jersey City until police took charge of her. Unabls to show them where she lived, police decided to let the dog lead them to her, home. | With the woman in an sutomobile, | the officers urged the dog to trot ahead of them He led them to | house a halimile away and stopped. | It was the home of her son, John | According to Dr. Donald H. Davenport, of the Harvard School of | Business Administration, cash save ings of individual citizens amount | to more than $89.000.000000 an ail- time peak. Included in his estimate | were the savings of bank depositors members of building and loan as | sociation, life insurance policy- holders and credits in old-age retire | ment or pensions system. Falls 3 Stories; Unhurt, i Paul Vachon, one-year-old aon a police officer, of Montreal, nurs | ly escaped death when he fell 1 from | a gallery on the third floor of his | home. He landed in soft earth in| (the yard below and suffered oniy | minor bruises. { pany and a member of the Logan ! ! post | afer in labor disputes | La- | in which | pro- | laceration | by Carle | | a member of the Logan Plire Com- | uniformed drill team and marching unit since it organization threes Years a has not missed one drill or parade (or feed) in that time The writer with all other members of our team spen: many even- to master the difficult urs right” and “col marching around Bells office and occasionally over of the streets of the towr jark 10 attain the art of per fection, mnder the capable hip of our former drillmaster, John Smith Was suddenly taken from us in death last November, We f hay e sat In the reading room gt the fire hall and suffered in silence while other members of drill | eam discussed public several first jocal aithough we always coul big hit ( and win some prizes) away from home | The spirit of the went down | $0 near zero after the death of John | Smith gnd remained 30 the ap | pointment of Ted “Mickey” Love as | drillmaster a few weeks fore Me- { morial Day. But with fighting spirit of Bellefonte 0 they came out on Memoria the Dest Appeara (har none). This is the of | the writer, who marched In ; tage position, and also the inion } of several men with years of ary | experience, yet this fine exhibition did not rate one line (or word) in any locel paper (Local Bdor's note gpi— ‘Ghest Cars’ to Continue The white “ghost are | continue louring the igh WBYS un | der the administration of Lynn G Adams, motor police ‘commissioner, {but there will be plenty of black ones, too The white car,” Adams said “is like the policeman on the | beat-he's there {0 lend assurancs protection But the black ones are necessary. Many motorists slow down when they see a white car and then speed up alter if is gone The force now has one patrol car to jevery 30 miles on the main high- Ways & go n tril) arin oof ¥ of fe oy 1 mn | Tiam fonte's me Pe eader - no 50 our or.licisms on Appearances meke while our 4 Ko teary rit men Day we made wr mii ~Ouch 1) are to of em—— WP ——— Fell 25 Feet From Scaffold Joseph Btokes, 85, a patient at the Bloomsburg hospital suffering Irom serious injuries received when a scaflold broke and he was huried 25 1 the ground The injuries | include a probable ure of the | scapula, back of the shoulder, a frac- { ture of a bone of the left hand and a ruptured blood weasel of le Tight leg above the knee. Four years ago be suffered a broken back and frac tures of both legs, when he fell from a roof while working in Cala- 1584. o Lt to H fract +e Twice Bitten By Rais & rorice within 2 week 2 nine- months-old baby was attacked by rats while sleeping in its home at Danville. Pauline Bressier daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bressler was bitten gevera] times on the righ leg Monday night when rats invad- ed the second story bed room, and Thursday night the child suffered several bites on the might arm nesr the stist. She was treated at the Geisinger Memorial Hospital EE Cooking For the Outdoors colleciion of fine recipes sug- gestions for camping and other hints for those who want enjoy the greal out doors this Summer A feature im the June 25th isSue of The American Weekly, distribuled | with the Baltimore Sunday Ameri- can. On gale by all newsboys and newsdenlers, Motorist Killed at Ramey, Danie] Rodkey, 42. of Johnstosn. | was killed Sunday night when two sutomobiles collided at a highway { intersection in the village of Ra- { mey. near Philipsburg Rodkey's { hrotler, Henry, 41, also of Johns- town, ws in Philipsburg State hos- | pitad with ga possible skull frecture Mi; condition wes good Food Poisons 200, i jane thith 300 of the TID who pat. took of the buffet meal served at & | Wahabi Shrine Temple upper at | Jnckson. Miss. became violently ill | within » short time and required medical atention An ofchestra player said that numerous coupies collapsed ag if an “invisible hand” | had struck them. Years Best Detostive Story A io to get his man Dont miss this thrilling story in the June 25t issue of The American Weekly, dis- regularly with the Balti- can. On sale and newsdenjers. Advertising what you haven't got, is money wasted, nol advertising what you have, is opportunity wasted. Ee ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — My, What Luck for Eddie! ——
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