| Odd and Curious News The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County, SECOND SECTION A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. ’ he Centre Democraf Eqs. Random FEATURES Items VOLUME 58. } | NUMBER 36. | Help, Police ! Not so long ago the San Francisco police department had a telephone call. "Hello, Police Department? There is a burglar in the Southern Pacific sheds at Third and Fourth streets. This is the burglar speak- "A car was dispatched to the immediately. In a few minutes another phone call came through. “Hello, Police Depart- ment? This is that burglar In Southern Pacific sheds again I forgot to tell you that I'm in shed “M” at Third and Fourth street, but Il turn on the lights so the cops will know where I am. Good- bye !” The police arrived at Shed “M"” and sure enough, there was the burglar. The man wasn't crazy, or was he a practical joker. As he stated later in court, he was sick and wanted to be sent to San Quen- tin prison where he could be treated for his illness by a certain well- known physician. It’s the Law ! Unele Sam has some very funny laws. All laws cited are still valid, and all who violate them are tech- nicallyy liable to imprisonment | anniversary of Ken-Rad with a big { outing which turned into a person- r ROY BERLEW, NATIVE OF BLANCHARD, FETED AS INDUSTRIAL LEADER A ————— Head of Ken-Rad Radio Tube, Lamp Company | Has Won Unusual Success—Keeps in Con- tact With Centre County Friends Residents of the Centre county | Fast. Growing Concern village of Blanchard share with! The Ken-Rad corporation, found- Owensboro, Ky., In the pride they 4 by Mr. Berlew in 1022 after he take in the speciacular success 0 hag left the Sylvania tube plant at Roy Berlew, a native son of Blan-' pmporium, is now rated the third chard, who was recently feted In| jargest radio tube manufacturing Owensboro as the founder of the | concern in the world and the sec- huge and growing Ken-Rad Tube ong largest maker of metal tubes and Lamb Corporation. OWens-' p x the largest industry of Owens- boro recently celebrated the 17th.| boro with a pay roll of 2200 to 3.300 people Developing into an enterprise of its present size from a “shoe string” factory employing 26 men, the Ken- Rad Company, under Mr, Berlew's leadership, turns out 65000 radio tubes in a normal day's work. The! firm pays out nearly $2000000 in al ovation for Mr. Beriew. Mr. Berlew, the only son of Mrs D. Marshall Berlew, who still re- sides in Blanchard in he house she has occupied for 68 years, was pre- sented with a platinum watch Here are a few. In Ohio all cats going out on the street at night must have a red light tied to their tails, In Boston it is forbidden to | play the violin and to have dogs | more than a foot high. In South Carolina it is forbidden to go to church with a revolver in your pock- et. In Virginia baths in rooms are forbidden. People must bathe only in the yards of their houses, Sand Saves Man A dive into a nearby sandpiie saved the life of Edwin §. Cropper, Ocean City, Md., oll company work- man, whose clothing was set afire when a short circuit occurred while he was working on a gas pump. The sand extinguished the blaze and Cropper suffered only minor | burns about the hands and arms. Swallows Alarm Clock in order to he sure Lo gree: Lhe dawn regularly and on time, a white! leghorn rooster belonging to F. A. Bennett, of Holrege, Neb. proceed- ed to “eat” an alarm clock. When the roofer was killed and dressed, Bennett found 59 pieces of metal in its craw, most of them from an old alarm clock. Bolt Detours A bolt of lights hit a ree at Schenectady, jum to a plow. caromed off a barn. struck a truck in which Philip Piglioventd, 21. was sitting, entered his body through a metal ring In his cap, killing him and then grounded on an angle fron in the truck body. . Vinegar Shower When the water gave out while firemen were fighting a fire which threatened to destroy the Rudy Oehiman vinegar factory at Santa Rcsa, Calif, pump lines were sunk into several 5.000-gallon vats and the blaze was extinguished Removes Pins Mrs. Virginia Rivas, of Baltimore, was temporarily blinded and deal- ened by a bolt of lightning, which struck her to the floor and remov- ed all the bobby pins from her hair When she revived, the only effect was that all her teeth ached Bath Causes Riot Notified by neighbors that two parents were “beating their child to death,” police at Knoxville, Tenn., investigated, only to find a worn- out mother who admitted that she | was giving her son a bath and he “didn’t like it so much.” Death vs. Life In the maternity ward of San Jose Hospital, California, Joseph Robles receplion room of the hospital, Her mother, Mrs. Paul Mejia, died of a heart attack Money In Fish Catching a nice kingfish while surf fishing, Mrs. Stella Hudson, of Selbyville, Del, took it to the home of a polativee. When it was cut open, she found three dimes, one nickel and five pennies In it. Some people have the idea that going to church and putting a quar- ter in the collection plate is all there is to religion. ae The Wallers reunion was held Mrs. | rejoiced over Lhe | birth of a daughter, while in tho | WALTERS REUNION chain and pendant and a book of resolutions of congratulations | adopted by more than 50 fraternal and civic organizations of Owens- | boro, at the anniversary celebration, | attended by 3,500 guests | The felicitations showered upon Mr. Berlew on that occasion, have | been reiterated by his Centre | county friends on the subsequent | visits he has made to his old home, | | where he arrives every few weeks | to see his mother and call on old { friends wages yenrly. Achieving his present success In a compuratively brief span of vears, Mr Berlew started, as a boy, “from scratch.” On the recommen. dation of the late Capt. James A Quigley, a friend of his father, young Mr. Berlew became the pro- | tege of James Lingle, who was as- sociated with Josiah Howard at Em- porium in the lumber business, He | was in his late ‘teens when he went | to work for the Howard Lumber Co. | | Emporium (0 Kentucky | | With the deel { the lumber ‘State College R. D. | incurs, a: he years vent on. | industry, as the years went on, Mr { {| Berlew turned his interests to the | Man In Wreck ! Sylvania plant manufacturing elec- i tric light bulbs. About 20 years (Continued on page egnt) Car Operated by W. V, Den- LOCAL BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 19329. —o In a dog show which featured the State Centre Game and Fuh AssO- clation’s anpual! picnic last Wed- nesday afternoon near Black Mo- shannon Slate Park, dogs entered by prominent Bellefonte and Port Ma~ tilda dog fanciers were among the | winners owned bv Dr. £ won first Bellefonte Bob H. Adams, of Bellefonte place in the pointer class Dogs owned by ‘Squire Ralph C English of Port Matilda, came away with their share of awards as f ows: Mountain Mald son swara In DOGS WIN AWARDS AT SHOW NEAR PHILIPSBURG I. ilh- | of depart who re- The following is a Tist | winners in all exhibition ments of the Grange Palr | cetved awards last week The following won places in the | education division of the Grange exhibits in the order mentioned | Balleyville, Port Matilda, Walker Victor, Half Moon, Bast Penns Val- ley, Howard, Logan Rebersty Progress Marion. Respec places the fuy Granges Logan Progress: ror and tive award are enile and School awards are grammar Bellefonte, Ferguson, Centre Hall Shring Townghip. Coleville, Half | Moon and North Philipsburg. in- termediate: Pleasant Gad, Centre Hall, Ferguson and Hall Moon; pri mary, Ferguson, Centre Hall, Pot- Spring and Hal! Moon. country schoois, Gregg. Beaver Dam, Hoy, Marion and Henderson Faoliowing are the placements in the Homemaking Contest: special Fair Associalion award, Harris Town- ship: individual display booths con- test, Virginia Patterson Har- ris Phyllis Jodon, Maria Trout, Gregg; individual ex- hibits, wash dresses, Mary Zeille Oregs. Peg Delong, Howard, Lou- ise Swartz, Bellefonte; silk dresses, hyild Bellefonte; Barbara Gregg Alice Brugger Woolen coals, Virg Harris; Marjorie Homer ' $f DD respective Vocational inter sporting group and r#t among female pointers Ack Falls Betsy won an award in the English setter class and also » first place among female Eng- ers i B supe of Teich ATIN 1 seller owned by J. W. of Houtzdale, was judged best dog entered of the entire -one entries Ol ———————— ——— ———— of the the United reds vernment s founded by tin of Paterson | mis Crashes Into Morris- | dale Truck When a car operated by WV Dennis, of State College rammed into a truck d by Alvin C | English. of Morrisdale, R. D. Fri- { day night at the junction of the Allport-Bigler road and the new Wallace ton-Woodland highway Dennis and his wife were injured. During the years 1880 and 1800 five murders were committed In Centre County, the most sensation. al being the shooting of his wife and mother-in-law at Philipsburg of Sealey Hopkins, and the alaying y is. e of the Of Clara Price near Karthaus bs a A ee taken 10 the, Alfred Andrews. Both crimes were : She will be reviewed in previous lssues of this | column. Scarcely had the trial of Andrews bean completed when the citizens of the county were shocked to learn that another murder had been com- i mitied in Penn township, this time i | a desperate woman coming on the | highway and Dennis unable to stop, scene and taking the life of her struck the truck father-in-law, The dale was Jan- The accident was the second the uary 27, 1800 same evening on the new road De- The murder occurred about (wo tween Woodland and Wallaceton miles west of Coburn, and in the i - mountain south from Greenbriar Here Andrew Weaver, Sr. the mur- dered man lived, with a number of relatives near by. Mr. Weaver had lived with Mrs. Susan Auman for a number of years. Mr. Weaver, Sr. had a son. Andy Weaver, Jr, who was married io Fietta Auman, daughter of Susan | Auman, the woman who lived with Andy Weaver, Br. Jonathan Au-' man, a son of Susan Auman, lived | with the old folks, and Andy Weav- Two Projects in County Approved $38,186 Authorized For En- larging Fish Project on Spring Creek Two Centre County projects of | | they puss Alidy THE WEAVER CRIME OF 1890 Quarreling Among Members of a Family Leads to Stabbing of Aged Man er, Jr. lived in a small jog house close by. Their family consisted of a child 3 years old and a son of about 12 years belonging to his wife On the morning of January 27th, Jonas Auman and James Weaver, 8r. left Lneir home together to visit a relative. As they walked Weaver, Jr house As they reached the house Pistia and the old man began quarreling They are said to have thrown stones ai each other, and at the storpiest period of the fight. Fieta ran ir her house. The old man followed Der The evidence that Weaver forced produced showed open the doar | went Inside gnd grabbed his daugh- | « ter-in-law. He threw her floor and choked her terribly She managed to gel clutches, and as he went cut the door she grabbed a buicher to the » out of hi £ nf i knife that sas lying on the table Mr and plunged it into the elder man’: side. piercing the heart and c8us- ing instant death Blood over the door and | nn the } ib the Works Projects Administration | have been approved in Washington, | Colonel Philip Mathews, State Ad-| ministrator, announced Saturday The Pennsylvania Fish Commis- sion is sponsoring the project to construct ponds for the propagation | of fish along Spring Creek between | | State College and Bellforfe in| Benner Township. Federal funds { amounting to $38,186 have been authorized for this work The Game Commissioner has pledged $31000 for equipment, materials and other non-labor costs. The | project will provide an average em- ployment for about 75 men for 8 months, Pennsylvania State College Is sponsoring a while collar project to summarize da‘a from question- { naires and schedules collected by the college, of cost, caloric content and nutritional values of represen- tative restaurant menus: the dura- bility of fabrics used in womens’ | and childrens’ garments and home activities of families. For this work | federal funds amounting to $36,080 have been approved against a sponsors’ contribution of $840 for! professional services, equipment, | materials and other non-labor costs. The project will provide employ- ment for about 10 persons for six months. Monday of Last Week y Admitted: Mrs. Pred E Cain. Bellefonte, R. D. 3: Mrs. Maude E | Coll, Bellefonte; Miss Margarm I. | Muirhead. Bellefonte. Discharged: Ward PF. Young, Howad, BR. D. 1. | Expired: Edward C. Witmer, Belle- ‘fonte. R. D. 3 | Tuesday of Last Week Admitted: Miss Marie E Browse, | State College: Paul § Kersteter, Spring Mills; Discharged: Mrs. Lis- | zie Lose, Lemont, Mrs. Joseph L Mitchell, Lemont; Miss Elaine: i Snyder, Centre Hall, David F Weiser, Millheim: Dean E Wert, | Centre Hall, R. D. 1. Births: A | daughter was born to Mr, and Mrs. W. Leonard Witmer, Bellefonte. Wednesday of Last Week Admitted: Mrs. John D. Cross myer, Howard, R. D. 2; Mrs. An- thony Coco, Bellefonle, BR. D. 3. Discharged: Harry Musser, Lock Haven: Mrs, Harry N. Lyons, Belle- fonte; Mrs, Albert W. Pry and in- fant son, Pine Grove Mills. Ad- | mitted Wexinesday, discharged | | Thursday: Master Torrence O'Neal, | { Bellefonte, R. D. 1. Miss Celesta Straub, Bellefonte, R. D. 1; Mas- | ter Richard Fromm, Bellefonte, | Thursday of Last Week J Admitted Thursday, discharged lence Johnson and son Dale, of | | current week. HOSPITAL NEW and Mrs James O Summer r. hen Admitted: Mrs William 1. Star, Spring Mills. R. D2; Mrs. Clarence Sprankle, Btate College. Mrs. Pred Lose, Jr. Pleasant Gap. Dischars- ed: Mrs. John A Long, and infant | daughier, Bellefonte, BR. D. 2; Mis Anna L. Hall Fleming. Births: A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. W Bradiey Yearick, Spring Mills. There were 30 patients in the Hospital at the beginning of the New Non-Glare Light Welcome news to motorists who travel al night is the annoufice- ment of a hew automobile head- light which greatly reduces glare! and provides sharper and lofger projection. It Is understood the new lamp will be used o= all M0 maocdiels. Fugitive Begs For Capture i With feet aching and hungry, 2 {Marlin Watkins, of Summit | Mr (er, of Howard: Mr. and Mrs. George! that ward Packer {Gtace, Earl and Phyllis, of Oefar {Eprings; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hannah, ol Lock Haven: Edward and Jacob Bunday., August 27, at Grange Park, | State College: Mr. Wilbur Walters | Centre Hall, for the descendants of | and sons Ernest and Oliver, Mr, and | Mr. and Mrs. Moses Walters, boih | Mus. Kermit Walters, all of Illin-} deceased. lois; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Korman Saturday: Master Bobby L. Warr, Howard, R. D, 1; Births: A son was Those present were: Mr. and i Mrs. Charles Wallers and son Ol- | iver, of Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. | Hassel Martin and children, Junior, Donald and Nancy, of Bellefonte; Laird, of Pleasant Gap. . and Mrs. Edward Walters and r. and Mrs. Howard Smith, of Williamsport; Mr. and Mrs. Clay Johnstonbaugh and children, Leoda, Gladys, Grace, Paul, Betty and Mar- ecilene, Mr. and Mrs, John Johns- tonbaugh, all of Pleasant Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Johnstonbaugh and daughter Shirley. of Valley View; Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Johnson, of State College; Mr. and Mrs. “Walter Johnson and children, La- verne and Stanley, of Pine Hall; Mr. and Mrs. Easl Harper and chil- , Dean and Pauline, also Mrs. don Harper and daughter Ada, of Bafleyville; Mr. and Mr. Clar- | and children, Savilla, Margaret id Friday } | Ralph, of Roopsburg; Mr. and Mrs.!| aamitted Friday, discharged Sat- Frank Young and son Forrest, of | yrqay: Master "Bon G. Young, | Sunnyside, and Mr. and Mrs. Rae Bellefonte, R. D. 1 . The dinner, consisting of all te) Soin M. Snavely and Master Henry delicacies of the season was held on | L. Snavely, both of Spring Mills, R. | he Saities reserved by some of the D. 1; Joseph Cain, Bellefonte R. | : D 3 : “The Mummy's Foot"—New Serial! Saturday Opening installment of a new! Admitted: Miss Mary Confer, | $07ial by Pred, Maslsane, noted au-| Spring Mills. Master | of, Discharged : in which is related the as- William D. Woodring, Bellefonte; tonishing adventures of a young Mrs. David E Long, Rebersburg: | man who found love, fame and for- Admitted Saturday, discharged tune under the weird spell of an Sunday: Jos¢ph C. ancient talisman. One of many fonte; Masou features in the September 17th. js- | lege. Births: sue of the American Weekly, the big | Mr. and Mrs, magazine distributed with the Bal- | Bellefonte; a daughter to Mr, timore Sunday American. On sale | Mrs. Prancis Benner, by All newsdealers, {P 1; a daughter was born to Re : 4 . Ww 1 / When he arrived found Mr Weaver dead and empanneled a fury at once to investigate into th manner of his «death. The consisted of D. E Gentzel Hoover, J C. Stover, William Har- ter, William Hoy and Benjamin Wingard. The result of thelr de- libetation was $l Mr. Weaver came 10 his ne jam indicated that the deed ommiited under the open door for he fell face forward snd There had been [frequent quarrels it the father and daughter- inedaw, Jt was sald at the Ume that he had acoused her of taking feria goods from his house, and had gone down 10 the house on the mening he was killed in recover them between son's wile Mra, Weaver and eral members of the family brought to Bellefonte and placed jail Mrs Weaver was brought to { the May, 1880 term of oourt Mever was district attorney the time, while the defense looked after by Wm E Gray The defense sough. to prove Jonax Auman had commitied deed, but it proved a failure Mrs. Weaver, the defendant, was sald, had a number of inmates of the jal lo teriily against Jonas that he mole a note offering Firtia $2 and a hat if she would plead self defense and clear him, Jonas; {Hint Jonas said he was there when the murder wag committed: thal Jonas told Andy Long in jail that he "fag- (Continued on page eight) aud and children. Lenore, Nancy and Raymond, Marie Petzer and dauch- ter Eleanor, of Milesburg. Mr { Mr... Floyd Woomer and fami'y, s Verda, Relda, Elaine. Adeline, (eos- | ter. Richard, Lee, Ralph and Lois, Mrs. Frank Boone and sons Paul ileRoy and Ginny, Mrs Waller Fye. daughter Margaret and son Dandel, Floyd Ware, all of Marsh Creek; Dorothy and Beatrice Zim- merman, of Banbury. Alfred Bow- ers, of Williamsport, Mary, Fay, Creek; Mr. snd Mrs. Ray Miller and Harold, Merrill and Harry Woomer, daughters Patty and Nancy. Mr. and | of Marsh Creek, and Harry Herr, Mrs. Fred Watkins and family, Ev-!of Orviston tly, Bamestine, Marie, Pave Ethel| Beulah and Eby, Floyd Aribur and | CAR AND TRUCK COLLIDE Hill; and Mrs. Harry Walker, ofl ON MARTHA JULIAN ROAD Mill Hall; Mr. and Mrs. Paris Walk. | 8ev- in The said Weaver goor and When small vest she we firs of the himself examined a the bul =» man a forced out 3 tabbed ihe body was pocket was uw ith the bade open ound was Over an inch long and ulte deep, it was supposed thal the woman placed it there (ao give the deed the appearance of suicide A ghort time after the murder had beeny commitied. the body wag dis- vered lying on the doorstep by Susan Auman Weaver gntl her Jon. They informed James Auman and Benjamin Wingard sho atl once sent for ‘Squire John Garthoff., of Cobum trial ' WHA od al wa Esq 3 Len oe fariys A pound a w the aon second Miller reunion was on Saturday, September 2. ing he grove near the Wilson Miller in Lower Bald Eagle Valley Those present were: Mr. and Mrs Wilson Miller and children. John! Floyd, Earl, Guy, Dorothy, Mary, Eva, Prancis and Reida, Mr. and Mrz Howard Miller and children | Junior, Jimmy. Shirley and Dar! rell, Mrs. Edna Heverly and daugh- | Celia and Viola, all of Marsh The _— EL : me bere ters Walker, daughter Kathryn and son | er and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Packer! all of Orviston; Mr. and Mrs. Ed-| wae Setinauing at $165 and no One and children, Lois, ! The truck, driven by John B Elsie. Edward, Bsther, Doris, Oavle,| Miles, of Port Matilda, was making a left turn from the road when a Jyoraien be . w Miller, of Plemington; Raymond od Mrs. Lalu Bisley and a at the time, know their tones, you can get a PRIZES AWARDED AS GRANGE FAIR COMES TO CLOSE LAST WEEK | Many Exhibitors Win Places in Education Div- ision—18 Centre Countians Compete in Horse Shoe Pitching prize | Harris, woolen suits { Grege., { Bellefonte; Millheim May Bellefonte | | ing the tract info a death from a knife wound under his left arm and in- | flicted by Mrs. Fietia Weaver, the | were | and | i they also seemed to be working sat- In a collision between a car and | a ruck on Route 200 between Mar- | BON tha Furnace and Julian about 3 | LeRoy, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Walk-| oioio0r Friday after : ge] | worker, Informed | not increase his arvey was attempting to pass the truck) *» NEW CHAIN LETTER APPEARS: The best antidote for war we've heard since Hitler last claimed no | minorities have been mistreated in Germany comes from Big Charles McClellan, who brought home with him from Harsburg during the Labor Day weekend a new chain fetter which is sweeping the ooun- try by storm. Here's the letler: “Reno Prosperity Club, Falth, Hope, Charity. This chain was started in Reno in the hope of bringing hap- piness to all. Unlike most chains this does not cost you any money Drop the top name on this list and add your name at the bottom. Send a copy of this letter {o five male friends, then bundle up your wile and send her to the person who heads the list, When your name works to the top you will reoelve 156825 women. Have faith do Dot break the chain” MORE “BEER BARREL" “The Beer Barrel Polka’ rap- idly eoming into its own in foreign fields, we hear. A radio announcer in London the other night claimed that British soldiers marching ww railroad stations io leave for war sang nothing but “The Beer Bar- rel” Why knows? Maybe in an- other month couples will be mareh- Virgin ing down the aisle to the tune of crocheted accessoricy, Hazel Mc- | (he bar-room ballad Cool Gregg Loraynne Grove Gregg. book covers, Theresssa Fick- | WAR OBSERVATIONS: es, Bellefonte, Virginia 8lover Wonder {f Hitler's address to the Bellefonte; Virginia S8meitzer, Belle effect that Germany didnt Deed fonte; canned cherries, Elsie Bhow- | faiv's help, wasnt just to bolster ers, Gregg, Loraynne Grove, OregE. | Germany's courage and al the same (Continued on page eight) time cover up a seli-oul on Wusso- — finf's party? Benito might have told Hitler privately that Maly | wasn't going to get Into the mess. but that he wouldn't do anything to hurt the German Cause One radio commentator diagnosed the situation aptly when he sald the United Stales has no business In the present war. The citizenry of the United Btates he pointed oul, 15 made up entirely of natives or de sendants of natives of European countries who fled to “The Promis- si Land” to escape Lhe religious in- wierance, the poverty, and he | madness of thelr native lands. We owe it to ourselves to keep this na- tion from becoming ike the Euro- pean nations [rom which our an- cestors fled, the commentalor de- clared WAR JITTERS: You have probably noticed that v Violas Crader Sager, Beliefonte Phyllis Jodon Musser, Gregg. Bellefonte, even- Krader Gregg. Marie Long Marie Bhow- Long, Gregg, cotton blous~ Harris Barbara renovated Pauline aAresses sabe) Caroline Kachik ing dresses, Viola Isabel Musser, Gregg Gregr: silk biouse ers, Bellefont Marie Isabel M r, Gregg ex Vir Palierson Phyllis te MceDowe garments Wail Howard Wool Jodon, Belielon } Bellefonte Marie Lomg. Greg Jean Gregg lips, Eleanor Mann Mildred Pravel, Hublers- rg: Martha Vonada, Hublersburg Aprons, Pauline Casper Belle fone. bolemros. Alice Brugger, Mary Ann Cherry / Bmellzer # bu ™ ~th ————— Get Public Park Legion Post Officers to Buy MeMullin Dam Site And Donate If To Boro. have 2 winter park the Miilheim Legion, 00 ma- and if bs American pal suminer launched No 444 Legion has offered io pur- chase the 7-scre E B. McMullin dam site and 0 turn the property over to Millheim Council if the lat- ter organization will sponsor the developmen: of the park In addi- tion, the Legion has indicated thal | unee the weekend you have been it will assist with whatever €X- more or less troubled by the disturb- pense may be incurred in develoP- | ine events in Burope. You have nicely appolnt- apprehension. You wy to ed public park for year-'Tound USE. (of ourself that there's nothing io The park would be a communRy | gyorey about, but at the same tifpe project and would be open to the | your's definitely a wiclim of Jitters public | We know a man Under The suggested plan, Mil- | heim Council would sponsor a WPA | project 10 rebulld the dam which was washed out in the flood of 1938 A wooded area slong one side of | hanging the 3-acre pond, would be equipped with tables, benches and freplaces (Continued on page eight) Driver Cleared In Truck Wreck pe forge: the war when sojems- | voiced announcers in Paris, Landon Cleared of All Blame For Wamsaw and other cities in the wa! Fatal Crash Near Tyrone Paper Mill Charles Peters, of Fostoria, Ohio, | driver of the Monark truck which | “that a large feet of upset at the Tyrone paper mill! planes is passing over curve August 6 and fatally injured! easterly direction? A William A. Cramer, was cleared of is like a Sunday School all blame by a coroner's jury at Ty-| comparison with the real rone Friday night | bm of radio's contribution to war Peters took the witness stand and | 10 the days of the Work War, you told the jury that he had just tak. | [CREMmDEr, we didnt have radio as en charge of the car at Sky Top! ¥ know it today. The pews in the " ” {dally papers was sometimes days on Hald Eagle mountain and hed! tested the brakes at that time and 4 ahd kes vg Sage ge found that they were in good con- | a radio dition. At the time of the accident |. trouble least, been hit isfactorily. he sald He estimated 3 his gpeed at between 20 and 256 miles SLIGHT ERROR: per hour ax the fog was thick st! me meports were that point at 4:30 o'clock that morn- | shat our comment Iss ing. the time of the accident week his hobbies He IS 8 English of the Philipsburg of the slate motor sisting of pigeons, two posts and dog—because family finances not afford them George Quigley, 12, of Norristown, hung himself a rope from a high fence. We can hardly imagine a he-man Percy but we hope nO S0n-0f -a-gun fair idea of what they have in mind. | anything personal in this. named Percy, will think there is a — ONESES’ — To Him That Ha A —— : TH SWEEPSTAKES POR THAT THOUSAND WAS LICE MANNA ¢ FROM HEAVEN IT SURE 8 NICE TO HAVE MONEY AGAIN AND A OUT AND BLY WHAT I WANT i,
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