OVER 7,000 COPIES
Printed and Distributed Each Week. Covers
Thoreughly Every Town and Village
In Centre County.
ghe Cenfre Democrat
Econo
MORE CLASSIFIED ADS
Per Issue Than All Other Centre County
Newspapers Combined, A Quick and
mical Selling Medium,
VOLUME 58. NUMBER 38.
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939,
SUBSCRIPTION--$1.50 PER YEAR
.
CENTRE DEMOCRAT QUOTED
IN MOVE T0 BAN PRACTICE
Legislator Claims Price
Increases Are Form of
Racketeering
—————
WHOLESALERS AND
JOBBERS BLAMED
Asks Federal Department |
to Evolve System to
Halt High Costs ed at Nittany this year
Smith, an ardent golfer, who even
A special dispatch to The Centre [On his “off” days never runs ont of |
Swengel Smith
Scores Hole-in-One
on Nittany Course
Swengel Smith, of
| Centre county's Desertion
| and Parole officer,
{ of Immortal golfers Saturday afte
| noon when he scored a hole-in-
{ at the Nittany Country Club, It was
the first feat of the kind perform-
Bellefonte,
Probation
joined the ranks
Democrat from Washingten yester- |enthu insm for the g ie wos play
day stated that a clipping from | Ing Wil h "Squire Rand Miller, of
The Centre Democrat was cited to | Miliheim; A ae rid Kenneth
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace as | Haines , of Reber burg, Ebon Bower,
evitlence that Bellefonte is suffer- {of Bellefonte, ind Willlam B. Wal-
ing from increased food prices, and { 4s, of New York, at the time.
the Secretary was told most of the | It was on fhe short 8th hole
inereases, at least, were due to] Continued on pARe seven)
that
of
profiteering.
Senator James Mend, New York |
Democrat, did the telling. At the
same time he demmnded from the
Agriculture Department a statement
of fmethods evolved for checking
profiteering in foods. I
The item referred to appeared in! FE oN
the September 7 issue of this news|
paper. in which it was reported that |
hundreds of citivens in large seale | Elks Club to Sponsor
buying of sugar, flour, canmed foods | ‘
and other staples, had depleted the | Harvest Queen Contest,
stacks of many local groceries, and | yD
that already the price of some items | Mummers i arade
had an to increase. Meat was a Iu
a —~ to’ have jumped from one | gg was made gester-
to ‘two cents a pound, possibly be- | day that the social and community
calise of the war scare | welfare commit tee of the Bellefonte
Pirst evidence that food prices | EBIKs Club will sponsor a Harvest
were being forced up by profiteering | Queen cont at and Hallowe’ en pa-
methods, instead of being caused rade in Bellefonte, next month
by consumer demand itself, came | Rules governing the selection of
to’ Seyator Mead in a telegram
from the United Master Bakers of | detail: the
New York: citing sharp rises in the nounced next week. The
cost of such raw materials as flour, | parade will be held on Hallowe'en,
sugar, oil, and vegetable com-| Tuesday, October 31
s, and jelly products, and | Members of the committee
charging “racketeering”
“profiteering” by those that control { Galaida, chalrman:
these raw materials.” L. Heverly, Ward Showers, William
(Continued on page eight) Howard, William Waite, T. R. Rush,
- | Robert Morris, D. Paul Fortney and
* J. Harry Eberhart
Rockview Inmate | i
Is Struck By Car S .
State Officers
Edward Regan, inmate o -
view penitentiary, suffered bruises To Address Clubs
and abrasions about the body 3. Cs
Tn when he was struc
Sa ar while walking to his work County Federation to Enter-
on the prison farms. Examinalohi}| tain Prominent Guests,
at the institution hospital revealed
that none of the injuries was of a September 27
serious nature
According to State Motor Police
at Pleasant Gap, who investigated
the accident, Regan was walking
along the back road from Bellefonte |
to State College, near the residence
of Superintendent W. J. Claudy,
when he was hit by a machine |
being driven toward Bellefonte by
G. £ Corl, of West College Avenue,
Stig College,
The Corl machine was passing a
track carrying prison inmates 10)
the felds when it struck Regan, |
who was walking along the left;
wide of the road. The investigation |
was in charge of Patrolman C. J
Conshan, of Pleasant Gap.
SUFFERS SEVERED ARTERY |
WHEN HIT ON HEAD BY TOY
Charles, six-year-old son of Rev, |
antl Mrs. C. Nevin Stamm, of North |
Spring street, underwent surgical
tréatiment at the Centre County |
Hospital, last Thursday, for an in- |
jury he received while at play. i
The little boy and several com- |
panions were playing near the
MRS. A. D. GOUGLER
The Centre county unit
threw a toy metal square which | Magee of Oil City,
struck the youth om the forehemd |the state
just above the right eye. A sharp | D. Gougler, of Middieburg, vice
corner of the square caused a deep | president of the organization, at a
laceration and severed an artery, | meeting of the North Central Dis-|
causing profuse Bleeding. He was (trict 10 be held in the Bellefonte
taken to the hospital where he was Methodist church, Spring
pat under an ahaesthétic while sur« | on Wednesday morning, September
geons rejoined the artery and closed fom, at 10 o'slock
tie wound. Aside frotm a day's Mi- | Mrs. Magee, a most able speaker,
ness resulting from the anaesthetic | will discuss the work of the State
the youth suffered no Ml effects. His | Federation whose motto is: “Better
father is pastor of the Bellefonte | Citizenship Through Better Living.”
Ritoctmed church, (Continued on page seven)
|
ap
president of |
Hl ELA mm
~Rebireburg Man Raises Deer on
Private Preserve as Hobby
John T. Spangler, of ReWtrsurs Game wardens who have visited his
ofcupies a unique postion among place have siutsd that the fenckd-
the hobby fans of Centre county, in area would provide pasture, for-
for he Is probably the only person | age and shelter for a herd of bout
in the county who hobbies his time | 50 deer, although Mr. Spangler has
in raising deer as a private enter- | only ten at the present time.
pris... oo » deer fancier started his re-
mye with deer he purchased from
Williamsport. Siice then the herd
has" indeased fhrough additions!
purchase and though propagation.
- From Lime to time the deer are 618
them to stock private game jands.
(Continued on
tame. One fawn, which recently
on Page §
as well as charge of arrangements are: Jahn
B D Tete RS
street, |
to individuals and groups who ee
CLEAR DOCKET
AS CRIMINAL
COURT CLOSES
Guilty Pleas Dispose of 8
of 21 Cases on
Trial List
JURIES RETURN 2
GUILTY VERDICTS
| Hecla Park Youth Acquit-
ted of Arson Charge in
Barn Burning
The regular Seplember
Court,
| day morning until Priday noon,
with a recess Tuesday for the Pris
mary election, hung up
ing record in disposing of
cases on the docket:
| Pleas of guilty, 8; found not |
guilty, 3 not gulity but pay the
| costs, found guilty, 2: nol-pros
ispoettions, 2, and cases evpitnuet,
the
Sessions were held at night as
well as during the day in order ©
ciéar the docket by Friday noon,
wheti Judge Walker was required to
sapervise the oficial count of the
Primary election returns.
| Ray Dunkle, Hecla Park youth
| charged with setting fire to
‘barn of Nevin Yearick,
Jacksonville and Hublersbutg on
June 16, was acquitted of the
charge by a jury which heard the
case. Although police sald they
had obtained a confession from the
youth, the jury, after a lengthy de-
liberation, found ths »v Aderive diz
a Harvest Queen for 1839, and other | DOL warrant a conviction. Dunkie | scape just as clearly as though yr
contest will be &n-}
mummer’s i
entered a plea of guilty to a viola-
(Continued on Dade seven)
:
« College Student
Takes Own Life thou
Freshman Hangs Self From!
Attic Rafter at Rooming
ing House
James W. Mayers, aged 18, of Mt
Alry, Phfladelphia, a freshman at
Peni State, mbt death at
hard it was reporiéd by Centre
County Coroner Dr. W. R. Heaton,
of Philipsburg, at the conclusion of
an Investigation late Monday
The student's lifeless body Was
found at noon, Monday, hanging
from a rafter In the attic-eay
his rooming house at 157 Hartswick
avenue, State College. Discovery |
was made by the youth's landlord
Mayers had use! the piaited beit
of his bathrobe to commit the sot, |
for which no motive has been dis |
closed.
(Continued on Page
Bellefonte Boy
Deals Out ut ‘Magic’
Woodrow Ww. o Corman Has
Important Part in New
of the
Pennsylvania Federation of Womens |
Stanth home when one of the Boys | Clubs will entertain Mrs. F. Earle |
“migie” of thé General Elecirig re-
search 1dBoretery, and carrying on
hind-the-sceneg activity involved in
Baty a 10,000000-volt lightning |
blic is seeing
New York Fair, and the Centre
County boy Is taking part in inter
(Continued on pags # four)
Local Church Plans
Anniversary Program
Preparations are under way for
the observance of the 58th ane
versary of the founding of the Belles
fonte Evangelichl church, on South
Water street. The celebration is to
5¢ held duffng the week of Ottober
In charge of the event is the pase
tor, Rev. H. Halbert Jaoobs who is
being assisted by a commitiee of
the follow -!
An
the |
between |
his own’
or
time at the |
riminal | =
in session here from Mon-|
J. VICTOR BRUNGART
nto
the two Demotratic nominees
Mr. Hosterman,
i
Centre County
County's bookkee;
gart, former
{| with the ng
RH A—— RIE
thejr candidaties for the offices
bring
2 business college gra
J ing work at the Pennsylvania State (
Commun
syster
would be an invaluable asset to the board
Democratic Nominees for Auditor
HENRY M. HOSTERMAN
of Centre County auditor
wealth of valuable experienve
ate, was engaged In audit-
iege for ten years. Mr. Brun-
ner, is thoroughly familiar
and his shrewd judgment
_
Gigantic Air Map of Centre County
Completed by U. S. Government
Do you know that today
fonte there are glant photographs
of every square inch of
county's terrain, which
little difficulty could be
with
iy 17 by 25 feet In size, and which
would show every tree, fence [id
house, stream. rafirosd and every
other feature of the county's 4
u
wiv
Bir
ae
a3
{ viewed the co from an
| plane?
The map ie even octier than |
for vou are able to look down aa,
| county atl any point and see ot
with the same clarity 8s
ht Fon were suspentiagd indy
three miles above the
"bw
ALY
Just
ground
Aling
{to yor
ing as these fact
camera addict:
may
whe
;ery
think
| Man Found Dead
. With Head Wound
Body of Lawrence Tate Dis-
covered Near Lock Haven
Brick Works
The body of Lawrence Tate
ived 10 have been dead more
a week, was found Tuesday mo
(ing on the abandoned site of the
brick works kilns, corner of Vesper
and Myrtle streets, Look Haren
i An examioalien of the body re-
| Tenled a Bullet hols in the right
{temple above the ear. A 32-calibre
rifie with Stock "moved
barrel sawed off war found under
{the head. Dr. W. J. Shosmsker, 0or-
ener of Clinton county, dedlared it
i suicide. In Tate's dat pocket
(ConVpued On page siz)
A I SA o—
‘Annual CofC Meting
| To Be Held October 6
The Bellefonte Chamber of Comes
| merce will hold ts annual meeting
andl dinner on Priday evening, Oc»
| ver 8, ut 6:38 o'clock at the Penn
Belle Hotel, according to plans ane
han
7)
this week by EL Plumb,
| gue, has been Tortutinte in securs
i Ing as the principal &peaker for the
federation, snd Mrs. A | a running commentary of the be- evening Captain A. A. Nicholson, of
iNew York City, personnel director
iof the Texas Cothpany. Captain
| Nicholson is a widely known speaks
er afd several years .ago ghve AD
interesting efdress before the Belles
fonte Kiwanis Club, His subject will
be: "Oommunity Business”
gram there will be some form of
erftdrtainment. Dinner tickets at 78
Jesse H. Cauth, Armstrong L. Frane
ois, Horace J Hartranft, Paul WW.
Hartsook and Samuel H. Poorman.
DON KLINGER ELECTED TO
THRIFT COMPANY POSITION |
of the Heverly
for the past 13 years
the R. T. Willard
oct ‘as. oer |
sinos complet-
tie |
a iy
success in his new line |
In Balle!
Centre t
™ it .
fitted 10] the
gether 10 make a map approximate | thy
be
and the H
Tn afidition Yo the speaking mos
cents each will be placed on sale
soon. i
The dinner commitiée consists of |
*
i
accomplished something
y landscape pho-
ogether 10 make a continuous
the photos are a reality and
which could be made from
i no pipe dream. for that's
what they were designed
fis
three
map
i OVON
nation
licked the shutter ¢
were made during
i even a br
winch =iagger
of any person who
{
the
has
A Came
the past
study of the
dividual! photos convinees the
wder that here is 4 record more
curate. more getatied, more reslis- |
hic than any map or drawing ever
Fauld nape to be
The pholographic undertake.
ing is freak of the photograph-
ery art It is the resi nd
hf a @&
of a
Ad LH
vast
(Continued on page six)
%
-
Council Approves
Building Plans
Many Hems of Business Dis-
posed of at Regular Ses-
sion, Monday
for a numbe
were approved by Bellefonte
igh Counc B regular meet-
ing In t Logan House, Monday
| night, and a number of routine mat-
jlers were disposed of al the ses.
Ly
Plans app
dgitton to
me on
Plans pew bulld-
ins
ny
T
r of
at
Ww
roved were: for an ad-
the American Legion
East Howard street;
Foerhart
reel: Tor the
homie On North
for the new home of the Owens |
Flevtric Store on South Allegheny |
street: {or a home to be erected on |
North Allegheny
Lewis ©. Harvey
Allegheny street;
on
| five gas
Fram ————
for a |
iregidence 16 be erefted by Walter |
LOCAL TAILOR
ENDS LIFE BY
'G. W. Heffelfinger Found
Dead in Local Club;
Funeral Friday
OFFICIALS FIND
NO MOTIVE FOR ACT
Man Who Last Saw Vie-
tim Alive Discovers
Tragedy
G. W. Hefleilinger, for the past
six years proprietor of one of Beile-
fonte's best
{ lishments, was found dead
second floor kitchen of the
fonte Elks home, East High
about 5:30 o'clock Tuesday sfter-
noon, His lifeless body was found
in a sitting position over a bank of
burners, the valves
wh had been opened
Dr. W. R. Heaton of Philipsburg
Centre county coroner, who
ducted an Investigation
tragedy yesterday morning, declared
that death had been caused by
victim's own act
signed by Dr
}
street,
of
ich
Heaton for the sui-
cide, although he reported that
January, and again in April, Mr
Heffelfinger had written notes In
which a suicidal was ex.
pressed
Mr
Elk:
fey
aa
intent
Heffelfinger, member of the
Club, the Undine Fire Com-
(Continued on page six)
Chapters Observe
Constitution Day
{Joint Dinner Meeting Held
at State College, Mon-
day Evening
The Bellefonte Chapter
of the American Revolution
and the Juniata Chapter Sons of
the American Revolution observed
Constitution Day with a dinner st
the Nittany Lion Inn at State Col-
lege on Monday evening Septem-
{ber 18, at 8 o'clock
Members of the
Chapter of Lewistown
pon Chapler, Philipsburg, and
Gen. Thomas Mifflin Chapter of
Mifflinburg, were present as guest:
The large dining room was filled
with about one hundred men and
women and presented
scene. Rev. William C. Thompson
of Beliefonte, asked the Divine
blessing and the dinner was served
At its ciose, Mrs. Charles F
Mensch, Regent of the Beliefonte
Chapter, welcomed the members and
guests to the first meeting of the
year and called for the salute to
the flag, the recital of the Ameri-
(Continued from page 7)
Official Count
‘Nears Completion
ters
Kishacoquilias
the Moshan-
a
Eist Bishop street by Nelson Billett, |
and for improvements to the room
(Continued on Dage seven)
Beezer Chosen Head
of Local Legien Post
Captain Herbert M. Beesfr was
elected commander of the Brooks.
Doll Post, American Legion, at al
meeting held Monday night at the |
post's home on East Howard street,
Bellefonte
Capfain Beeger, commander of |
the Bellefonte National Guard
troop and active In American Le-|
gion work for a number of years,
succeeds Samuel H. Rhinésmith,
"ho served af Bead of the organi
zalion for the past year
OMeers will be installed at a bi
colinty meeting to be held at Houtz-
dale, October 18.
Other officers of the Brooks-Doll
Post elected Monday are as follows:
| Roy Jones, first vice-commander
Ralph Eyer, second vice-command-
ier. Willis A. Oeissinger, adjutant;
| Robert T, Willard, finance officer;
| Walter Zahniser, chaplain; F. H
Crawford, historian; Johh B. Der-
sine anf Mike Corcevera, Ser
| geants-at-arms; 8S H. Rhinesmith
v, | And Andrew Kachik, trustees.
at |
BREON YO SUPPORT WITMER
AR CANDIDATE | FOR SHERIFF
Elmer ‘Boon, of ‘Betmer
township,
An- | 0¢feated candidate for the Demo-
| cratic nomination for Sheriff, takes
[this means of expressing his sin-
cere thanks to the voters, and yes-
| terday annoanted that he will abide
{by the decision of the voters and
that he wit rly support the can-
|Oidacy of W. C. Witmer, of Belle
fonts, Who received the Darty’s
nomination. Mr. Breton added that
he feels that Mr. Witmer is fully
| qualified for the office to which he
The official oun of the voted!
{cast in Oentre county at the Pri.
| mary election last Tuesday began |
{on Priday noon and was still under |
| way last night
The count, supervised by Judge’
| Ivan Walker, was {allied by Miss!
| Verna Chambers and Mrs, Jos |
ieph Runkle, both of Bellefonte,
| while Boyd C. Vonada,
fonte, and Commissioners’ clerk
Samuel J. MeMullin, of Millheim, | | with the DeHaas store since the silk |
|
{acted as checkers.
| Gate yesterday
{ count board completed the enter-
| ing of names and votes in the offi- |
j cial count volumes, and today the |
| totaling of voles for various can
didates will begin. Board members |
(Continued on page four)
i
BOWERSOX PLEDGES AID
TO DEMOURATIC NOMINEES
Centre County Commissioner Al
fred Bowersox, of State College,
who was a candidate for re-election
at the primaries Jast week, takes
this means of expressing his sincere
thanks for the splendid vote given
port
the rest of the Democratic ticket.
BANJO BAND TO APPEAR
AT CLEARFIELD, FRIDAY
The Bellefonte Banjo Band has
been engaged to play at the Clear.
tomorrow
| sepires.
known tafloring estab- |!
in a !
Belle-
of four |
i
into the
:
the
No reason was as- |
Daugh- |
the |
beautiful
afternoon the |
OFITEERING IS CONDEMNE
Giddap, Dobbin,
There Goes The
Old Fire Siren !
Bellefonte to
| part with I
{It was swell
1916 when 2
sounded the
year
But of ate it hs
80 well Oftentimes
the regular week!)
Saturday ni
{0 have been
{of the disastrow
Just haley
d fire 5
along abou
purchased. It
for many
Council
28-year -ol
A ren
alarm well
| a
501't been aolng
1 falls during
(PSL 81 nom on
pro rally conceded
ponsitle for
fire at the Belle
{ fonite High school last February, be-
cause it Iniled to sound and fire-
| men were consequently late in get.
to the scene of the blage be-
(Continued on Page 7)
SEEK $80,000
res
IE
ocon- |
as Result of Accident
Near State College
Damages totaling $85000 are ask.
ed in a civil suit fled In the ditites
| of the Centre County Prothonota
{ms the result of an automobile mc-
itident on Route 322, about 1 mile
south of State College, on Septem-
ber 30, 1838
| The plaintiffs sre Emma Jen.
nings Howarth street, Phil-
adeiphia, who asks
and her father, Walter D. Jen-
innings. of the same address Whose
claim is for $10,000. The defendants
are Leo Joseph Flynn, of Conners
| town, Schuylkill county: F. L. Win. |
‘ner. 8! Lock Haven, and A, Wilson
Hamilton, of 5043
Philadelphia
| Arvording tb the
'eifitm fied by the
Were Passengers in a car operated
by John J. Byrf@ at about 11:30
o'clock on the night of the actident
Their car wht proceeding south, At
the same time a car driven by Mr
Hamilton, which was folloVved by a
machine
i and operated by
traveling north
The
of 1007
statement
Jenriings, they
Flynn, were
on the same road
statement alleges that the
(Continued on Page 7)
Ra am
DeHaas Electric Store
Secures New Location
The DeHaas Elect
Leo
the
Rumberger, will be moved from its
presenit jocation on West Bishop
street, to the rooms in the Hayes
building, North Allegheny street,
| which formerly housed the offices
{of the Pennsyvivania Motor Police
{ The change will take place on Sep-
| tember 1
i The store opened on November)
{ 18, 1833, will celebrate its sixth an-
niversary this fall in the new Jobta-
HOWARD MAN IS
UNDER WHEELS OF TRAIN
INHALING GAS
part |
IN DAMAGES
Philadelphians Bring Sait |
75.000 damages, |
of |
owned by F. L. Winner!
ric store owned |
by Bossart DeHaas and Marlin E |
et A A AAA Aas
MANGLED
' Both Legs s Severed; Arm
Broken; Condition is
Serious
| TR ANSFUSIONS USED
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE
Reports of [ Accident Vary
—May Have Tried to
Board Train
Harold “Jack” Leathers, aged 32,
of near Howard, remained in serious
condition at the Centre County Hos-
pital last night from the effects of
injuries received late Saturdsy
igh it when he had both legs cut
off by a freight train on the Bald
Eagle Valley branch, near his home.
| Several blood transfusions have
been administered ai the hospital in
lan effort to save his life.
In addition to having his legs
severed just below the knees Leath-
ers suffered seriolis head Injuries
and & broken jeft arm ag the train,
made up of mbre than 100 cars,
passed over him.
Accorging to reports from the
Howard Gres Leathers had 10ld
{friends In Howard lste Saturday
{ night thal he vas going 30. board
the eastbound freighi which passes
through thal section between 1J:30
and 12 p.m. 1 “go.away to look
for work.” The freight usually stops
(Continued oh page eX)
Stolen Coupe
Is Recovered
A Coleville refident’s car, stolen
from the rear of the CG. C. Mirphy
Company store in Bellefonle last
Friday afternoon, was found Tues-
day night sbout 20 miles above
Lock Haven along thé Renovo road
where It apparently bad been aban-
Locust street, | dgned.
| The car, a 1638 Chevrolet coupe,
owned by Oscar Billet, stockropm
mansger at the Murphy siare, was
stolen between 2 and 4 o'clock Pri-
day afternoon. The keys of the ma-
| chine had been Jeft on tap of the
vistr, above the windsiield
Motor Police from the Lock Ha-
(Conlinued on page ix)
Exhibit Paintings of
Pleasant Gap Resident
On display in n the pe Windows of the
| ack Wilkinson stare on West High
street are several! oil paintings by
Mac Stickier, of Pleasant Gap, son
jof J. 8. Stickler, of West Bishop
street, Bellefonte.
The paintings have been exam-
ined by several Slate Opllege art
ieritics who have commented most
{favorably upon the guslity of the
work.
| Stickler, a graduste of the Belle-
i fonte High school in the
1928,
been
tion. Originally conducted at No. g | hobby,
| West Bishop street, the location of
the business was changed to the!
present site th April 1038, when an
thereasing volame of trade demand.
‘ef larger quarters. The Dresent
{hove if being made for a same |
reason, the partners repo:
Mr. DeHaas has leven in Te elec |
trical applisnce business Yor the!
| past 18 years. Mr. Rumberger. Yor-!
Iheré, hat Been actively identified
mill closed its doors
fof thanking the public for the!
splendid patronage accorded the os. |
the
fered for sale,
Shins 10
Frage]
Sovered nite,
trays a warnior
‘
|
of Belle- | mer manager of the Eagle Sifk Win!
{of an in
The mammgement takes this peanat givais
| tablishment In past years, and in- |
{ ¥iter old customers, as well fis new, |
{0 call at the new store after Oc. |
{tober 1
Milk Producers To
Vote Secret Ballot
Will Provide Minimum Prices
To Be Paid For Milk Up
To May 1, 1940
Dalry farmers i Centre County
and elsewhere who vote in the re-
fre | Chum i ah athenimetit which
|
‘Telephone