THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Jury Finds Man {address to the jury, the first wit- Page Six Pickpockets, Beware _ December 14, 1939. land administer contributions desig- sponse for Finnish relief. Please also | week-end and scores of the nation's inform the public that the American Lewisburg will pick=pockets the week of Bucknell University a conference of i) . ¥ Ff as - WEN AW WNW WL WW WWW A [/ 3 » ~~ & & = Z & Zz y ® WWE ¢ 1 [¥ Al} \T/ A x} WI » y 81 TAN 1 v x . REWIND ¥ Aid 1 » 3 He $e LZ » LA €, 4 ) a SR RS CR CR LR RY » ho be no criminology A A di a a a a place for!leading criminologists will attend January will conduct thi at Ea et be te i i ira sa a tT el tT i ited nid LE a -- Veh - Hand Bags. . Gloves—Fabric and Kid____ Umbrellas Pottery Crystal Glassware... ........... Costume Jewelry. Nightgowns Pajamas—Novelly and Silk____$1.00 to $2.95 pr. Lace Table Cloths Chenille Bed Spreads Wool Comforts—Silk Covers___ Towel Sets—Boxed. Bedjackets Nwenlors .. _.... Housecoats—Cotton, Silk and Chenille Scarfs HAZEL & CO. 17 S. Allegheny St. RFT TOTS TRI RNTRSSSRISIRARITITYTRRINAA priced from $1.00 to priced from $1.00 to cmenn-n==appriced from 20¢ fo priced from $1.00 to priced from $1.00 to priced from $1.95 to Silk and Woeol.............. ~The most news for $1 50, | ARR RI RUIN | County Home Is Opened | (Continued fro DAKS one) Nettie Palmer, Elizabeth Orndord nr - Nora Pry and Sarah Hoy, all of " whom were transferred {rom the] MN former Bellefonte Borough Home; John Ferguson, of Lemont; Thomas A. Williams, of Nittany: Ellie Harp- ster and Rebecca Thompson, both! of Rush township The present personnel of the home is as follows: James Hugg, Philips- burg, superintendent; Mrs, Hugg matron; Mrs. Wiliam Keen, Belle- fonte, for many years matron nat the Bellefonte home, cook; Mildred Reed, also an employe at the former rorough home, housemald, and 1talph Haag, of Bellefonte, and Earl Bhreckengast, of Zion, [firemen Other employes will be added to the staff later, it is reported, All the present guests are able to be about, although three of them are confined to wheel chairs. Dr. J C. Rogers, of Bellefonte, makes calls at the home on an average of every other day, and is summoned at other times when his services are required So far the second floor of the home which 15 to be used for invalids and mentally afflicted persons, has not been opened, all guests being taken care of on the first floor When he second floor facilities {are placed in use, it Is expected that nurses, a dietitian and other em- ployes will be added to the staff of the home Mr. and Mr. and matron of the institution residing in the quarters provided for them on the first floor. For some week had commuted daily from their residence in Philipsburg Attendants at the home report that the guests are delighted with their new surroundings. They ecom- ment favorably on the com- fortable beds, the light chee: rooms and the completeness equipment, it is reported The laundry is now in use, efm- ployes being instructed in the oper- ation of the various machines by a representative of the manufacturer Because some of the furniture sup- plied by a contractor was rejected and was returned to the factory, a few articles of furniture” from the Bellefonte borough home are being used untill the new furniture rives The Bellefonte Borough rented by the county to digents pending completion of new county home was again revert. ed to the borough No indication has been given by Bellefontr Coun cil as to the final disposition of the property p-—, - . Ed —- Poor? E — mn — $4.95 $1.95 $4.95 $1.95 _.-29¢ to S1.00 priced at $1.00 ea. $4.95 PAE $1.00 to MRTPOTETIT - V- PEST a CE Hugg, superintendent are __$52.95 to $4.95 ea. priced $1.95 to $6.95 they 89.75 to $12.75 from $1.00 to $2.95 most $1.95 $2.95 fs 14 #44 of the $5.95 _50¢ to $1.00 A A I I I i ar- a Home hotise in the Bellefonte, Pa. ROASTERS Complete with Oven Ware $29.90 Warming Pads As low as $3.95 —————— a ———— TOASTER WAS » »e 3 SEA ¥ 4 LLRLH be A % pu BR FAS nn a LA 3 LS pd " SUITS A: Not Guilty (Continued from Page 1) recklessly, negligently, carel and at a high rate of speed James Moore, who sald that he was standing about 20 feet [rom the scene of the accident at the time It occurred, took the stand a first witness for the sate to tel how saw the truck approach at a gh rate of apeed—50 Lo 65 miley per-hour in his estimalion—swerve from one side of the road lo an. other as it went around the left. hand curve below him, overiumn, and roll over a bank 10 feet Moore testified that he heard the people In the truck singing screaming as it passed him. An ob. jection was made by the defenw to the statement of Moore regard. ing the speed of the truck, charging he was incompetent to judge speeq The objection was overruled by Judge Ivan Walker In cross-examination Fleming, former Centre Judge and one of the two defer attorneys, used photographs oi th cene of the accident in an endeav. to establish the exact of Moore when he saw the truck He also referred to records of ios. timony given by Moore al Loe « oner's inquest, asking the wilne if he had not sald at the inques he did not kKDow at what spes the truck was going. The wit admitted these statement mey Fleming how been driven a Moore wered that he had driven about 14 miles in 1917 and had he ans or position chen asked ong iL had had car Any rae] his home direcily he spot where the accident oocur- red. Vaughn's account of } ruck’s approach and the crash a substantially the same as that of previous witness. He estin ed the truck's speed at about € miles-per-hour. The wilthex that he had driven a car 1914 Cross-examined by William Litks the other defense alioMmey witness admitled stating at the n inquest Lihat truck going 50 miles-per-hour and it turned over five or six times I never in my life saw a truck £0 any faster!” Edward Cartwrigh who said he saw the truck BO by Liv Retort store ¢ declared Cartwright, third w» 5 for state, iestifled that three pecple were hanging on the cab of truck and that he was blinded by dust raised as it went by. He sald that he saw the truck sway The crom-examination of Carl- wright by Atlornely Fieming open- ed with angry words when the wit ness vehemently dended driving his cows down the road at the time the truck passed, Ted Hoover next took the den of OPPO ’ the — fhe it FORCES frie) "that, although he watched for ff ne du v i Te RAT LLL TRL TOASTER = > 1 he 2 | -- m = Oo Zz AL J TURD IT LWA ANS »e Bi »f Be From $4.95 up ALLL ta » Automatic—only $9.95 oe ue, ap nay $ B. a 5% a 3 He | 28 r » Automatic Percolators Irons wa: re ta LEY As low as $3.95 ARAN AARP, 4 From $4.95 up WW 1 HEL HEL A pd We invite you to visit our store for other Gift Suggestions. D=HAAS ELECTRIC CO. 18 North Allegheny Street We Give S. & H. Green Stamps. passing his home some distances back toward Sandy Ridge from the scene of the crash. He slated thai seemed to be picking up Peed as it reached the lefi curve ou hich the accident occurred, and hat. although he watched for it, he did not see the truck's stop-lgh go on “You didn't say anything at the coroner's inquest about watshing for the tail-light to come on, din you?” asked Attorney Lilke in cross- examination “1 think I did.” Hoover answered Following this tes!imony, Defens: Atterney Fleming moved that all testimony given by Vaughn, Moore and Cartwright regarding apeed be stricken from the records. Judge Walker overruled the motion Next on the witness stand wa: Paul Rosnosky, a middle-aged Li- thuanian who told in broken Eng- lish thai he was riding in the truck close to the cab. He identified the defendant, Oravish, as the driver He then explained how he became frightened a! the speed of the trek and asked the driver to slow down When cross-examined by defense council Fleming the witness de. clared tha tbe window in the back of the cab was open and that every. body on the truck was singing and having a good time On being asked by prosecutor Cettig if everything was quiet be 14 i when he spoke to the driver, the witnesg replied that it was, Several unsucoghsful attempts were made by Attorney Fleming and Judge Walker to induce the {| witness to show tfiem how loudly | he spoke to the driver of the truck Next, Josephine Adams, 13, tes- tified that she had been riding in | the middle of the truck bed, stand- ing. She also reaffirmed the fact | that the defendant had driven the truck, and described its operation | before the accident as “zig-zag” Questioned by Attorney Fleming ‘a fatherly manner, she said tha: there was much on the truck: some of the picnickers singing the | “Beer Barrel Polka’ ‘and others jus ! shouting. Victoria Sokol, also a member of the crowd on the truck, testified ang { declared, “The people were ‘holler. ing’ as loud as they could for the driver to stop. A few were ging- ness for the defense was Mrs, Bes- Coal Operator sie Slegiried, the photographer who took the set of photographs being by the defense. These pic tures, she Lestified, Included view { 15 points along the road from the plenic grounds Lo the scene of the accident. The delense al then brought John Matia, 23, and Mary Shincarick, porn of whoin were passengers on ne truck; Miss Bhincarick in the cab and Matias In the truck-bed ie defense then brought to the itness stand Andy Kisinkei who said that he turned his car on tu the Osceola Mills road just ahead of the truck driven by Gravish. [is testimony consisted of the fact that he noticed nothing unusual in the operation of the truck and that, though his speed was 35 miles-per hour, the truck did not gain on him p to the time he lost sight of it In rear view mirror, just before it came to the place of the wreck Inder cross examination he decler- { that the truck was about 1,000 {eet belind nim Frank Katules, a passenger in the cab of the truck then took the tand jo testify that he saw noth- unusual in the operation otf the truck and that its speed was in his opinion, nol over 35 miles- er-hour when the truck passed the school house 1900 feet from the seene of the accident Cloyd Broberg, Osceola garageman who towed in the wrecked truck, then testified that he found the emergency brake set later found that the foo brake had to be pumped at leas {wice before It would take hold men the defendant the mids of a light murmur from the spec- Cou room, Look the i the story of the crash C ed Mills follows } the eft grounds about On the way n road 1 noticed the [oot-brak: take hold. When pence in ae evening Lhe mountai t I had Ww pump tie tO get IL WO I reached the curve beyond house, 1 tried the fool-brake nd then got excited and pulled ! brake. The wheels go : cross-wise the people go ¢ truck swaying, and we went i™ toh, up the bank, across the upped over.” gave his speed before he started down hill as not over 3b mies-per-hour. According to hh mony, he did not hear anyone outing at him or talking to him ince the window: were shut on ac- n f the Always before, people rapped 1 Le cab to get me to slop” the endant explained. “The window the back of the cab does nos Gravish declared that he did noi remember talking to Paul Rosnos- 1 4 Following the defendant, Charles E Sharpless, road commissioner was examined by Attorney Fleming, testified as to the condition of the road and shoulders After a brief recall of the defen- dan: to the stand six withoesses we ad rgency ttie A ana Gravish £30 Gu He estified to the law-abiding char- acter of the defendant Dorothy Mower, of stenugrapher at the coroners in quest. brought out the following {acts trom her records of the in- q FL Patrdman Royko closed the tes Philipsburg. given him by Katules and Oravish The fist case called for trial Monday moming was that of Hore ace Shope, of Beliefonte, charged with statutory rape and f and b Shope entered a plea of guilty to the latier charge, and was sen- tenced to provide for the support of the child, being required to post a bond guaranteeing compliance with the order. The rape charge was dis- missed after the trial had gotten inder way when Shope indicated that he would plead guilty to the f. and b count Chester Squires of Philipsburg, was found not guilty of a charge of assault and battery, but the jury directed that the costs of prosecu- tion be divided between him and his, wife, who was the prosecutrix in the {ase James H Bird, of near Bellefonte, entered a plea of guilty to driving a car after his license had been sus- pended. He was sentenced to pay a § fine of $100 and the costs of pros! R. 8. Ripka, of Bellefonte, plelading guilty to a similar charge, and who was a previous offender, was sentenced fo serve three months in the county jail Christian Heaton, of Blanchard, found guilty of a charge of assault and batlery, was sentenced to serve ecution RD {10 days in jail and to pay the costs of prosecution. According to District Attorney IMusser W, Gettig. the case agdinst William E. Weldser, of Port Matilda, who Is alleged to have set fire to the barn on his property, has been nol prossed MUNICIPAL THURSDAY (Dee, 14th.) “Espionage Agent” Joel McCrea. Family Night: Adults 15¢ Children 10¢ FRIDAY & SATURDAY (Dee. 15 and 16) “THE OLD MAID” MONDAY & TUESDAY (Dee. 18 and 19) “The Amazing Mr. Williams” Melvyn Douglas and Joan Blondel. Chapter 5: “Adventures of Kit Carson” WEDNESDAY & THUR. (Dee. 20 and 21) ‘Lone Star Pioneers’ Dies Suddenly (Continued from Page 1) ome hours earlie: The deceased, a former student of Bt. Mary's College, 'Emmiteburg Md. and a graduate of Villa Nova College, for many had been operator of conl mines in the Snow Shoe region. He was a native of that community, having been born there on February 12, 1880. His par. ents were Lawrence Redding, who passed away only two months ago, and the late Mary Kelley Redding The family has long been promin- ently identified with the history of the coal industry in Snow Shoe Surviving are a brother and two sister Thomas Redding, Mrs. Leo Kelley and Miss Marcella Redding all of Snow Shoe Mr. Redding was a member of Bt Mary's church, Bnow Shot; was a member of Bellefonte Elks lodge, and formerly was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Belle- fonte year: the ] be held at § morning at Bi Mary's church, Snow Bhoe, with the Rev. Pather J F. Connelly officiat- ing. Interment will be made in the church cemetery Funeral o'clock Saturday BOTVIOeS - — Seek Funds For Finnish Relief (Continued from page ode) ies men ct which wiil women ana become increasingly ic as winter advances These emergent needs for medical, hospl- nd other ipplie d sist I'he Red Cross ha already shipments of mecicine freviele f for fulure increas. Red Cross ecrive Hussein osu unsere amin m ¢ OPTOMICAL ve installed the latest sh and Lomb examina- equipment Quipt Ww give com plete optical service Broken lenses replaced with- in 24 hours. Bring the broken pleces DR. EVA B. ROAN Bellefonte - State College Bellefonte Office Hours Wed- nesday 2 to 8B; Baturday #:30 to 3:30 nated for Finnish relief and that all funds so designated will be applied Red Cross continues to welcome cone wholly to ths Purpose tribhitio SATE LEY for piready S0c--65¢--81.00 Get these ties by the dozen and give them to every well dressed man vou know! We've herringbones, stripes, dots and solid colors in fine satins and erepes. LEVINE’S Allegheny Street FOOD MARKET (SHAAN 7 BE a A a a » Lat “Quality is Our First Consideration” BROCKERHOFF HOTEL LARGE NUTS La, - Maxwell House «= = 25¢ Kaffee Hag Kiefer Pears JHC sms russ sean. 3 wn 1c P:G Soap ww wm 8 w-25¢ Post Bran ; Pumpkin Pie Spices 10c¢ i Gold Medal Flour --89¢ Walnuts... . Ib 25¢ Pecans... .. 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