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SECOND
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| VOLUME 59
Consolation
Two months ago Percy Himes, of
Meadville, found his cocker spaniel
dog dead on the highway, The col-
iar had been removed, Christmas
Day another pup was delivered tO
his house, apparently sent by the
motorist whose car killed (he man
pet.
Still? No Cow
Seeing a man walking
every morning with a sack
quart jars, police at Elkhart
became suspicious and concluded he
wis a bootlegger., They followed
him to an out-of-the-way shed
where they found-—not a bu
a cow,
around
full ol
nd
n
Come Home, Dogsy
Patricia Weitzel, of Rad 8
set over the dissppear
dog, made public a letter ples
with him to return, “You're
a little dog—eleven years oid
old to take care of yoursell
wrote You're blind
got to make this plea for }
' $3, 200
Sow Earns
George Putoff, Hatfield
has & brood sow th
most evervining
years he says, the
duced 331 pigs and
have been marketed a
of $10 a head. Thus
earned him $3200
OO,
of
that
{
a
he
In the
50W has
320 ol
ink
last
.
Dream Fails
Last May, Mrs. Th
dieton, of Detroit,
there was treasure in her
and so convinced was she
was true that she hired a seam
shovel, at $50 per day, to dig
it. She found nothing. Recentl
dreamed that two col ored men
shovels, were digging for
in the yard and so sh
colored men to dig
no treasure, a bill fo
hole in the yard.
mas J. Mid-
dreamed tha
backyard
that
four
07
Tried Everything
band from drinking, a
appeared before y el
Chief Hal Phillips, at Indepen-
dence, Mo. reported that she had
hit him with a broom; locked hi
out of the house; left him: taken
him back; filed suit for divorce;
withdrawn the sult; thrown cold
water on him; thrown a pot of
hot coffee on him, and then hit him
with the pot; knocked some of his
teeth out; and, finally, in despera-
tion—quit drinking hersell; and |,
all to no avail
Hand Injured By Door
When his hand became caught
between the seat and the door of
the car he was riding in, Samue:
W. Layton, 30, of Philipsburg, R
D. 1, suffered painful hand injur-
jes. He was treated for contusions
at the dispensary of the Altoona
Hospital.
Many Cards and Letlers
There were 2031 cards and letters
received at the Methodist Home
for the Aged at yids. over the
Christmas holidays, striking ex-
ample of loving tribute for the
guests there. As well hundreds of
packages were received parcel post
express and other delivery.
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DESTROYS
BUILDING
$15,000 LOSS AS FIRE
OLD MOOSE
AT TYRONE
Firemen Hampered by Frozen Fire Plugs;
Three Families In
Adjoining Building
Forced To Flee by Smoke
wit
$15,000
ment building on
I'vrone, was destroved by
Thursday morning,
walls of the ti
ture remainin
buildin
a total loss estimated at
the Moose store and apart-
East Tenth street
last
oe
brick J
¢
Art
firemen
Howard Brothers’
Case Undecided
Justice of Peace Reserves De-
cision in Butlers’
Game Case
v ) 4 a
Molor Police-
ped, Game Reedsar and
Deput y Came Prot ector Parwell of
Beech Creek came un and with
He Patrol
orothers resis
Of their car
ted
testified
search
he defendants
protested against the
absence of a search warrant
because the game officers were
in uniform \
They were represented at the
hearing by A. H. Lipez, while Dils-
trict Attorney B. A. Haag was pres-
ent in behalf of the Commonwealih
The justice deferred his decision
one
in
for week
The hearing
able attention
attracted consider
The Centre Democrat
1.5€
year
SOJOURNING IN FLORIDA
The second personal letter received from Mr. and Mrs. RF.
Williams by a friend in Centre County.
Sarasota, Florida,
Dec. 22, 1689
Dear Bess:
Por the present we are parked
at Arcadia Florida but will move
to the above addres) next week, The
T. C. T. i858 holding its Christmas
Jubilee and Homecoming here for
two weeks. Each night they hold a
program, and the city of Arcadia
furnishes some attraction. One eve-
ning the Florida Baptist Children's
Home held an entertainment, next
evening we had a violinist, Haroid
Moreland, of Fort Meyers, who
played for almost an hour and a
half old-time selections made by
the audience. The Arcadia Music
Study Club sang for us one night.
Bach entertainment is followed by
a dance. One night the T. C. T
held a barn dance and the costumes
for this were weird and varied, The
City Slicker, Hank, the hired man, |
, the hired girl, the Preacher
and Rube and Manda were all
there. The Country Slore was in
evidence and lucky winners of the
door prizes were privileged to make
a selection of any article display-
ed therein, There will also be a
Christmas party, with Banta Claus,
Christmas (ree and a gift for each
T. C. tourist. Bingo with handsome
(Mrs. Dutrow won a whist.
motion piciures and the city of At-
caria has engaged a famous Rodeo
| ern markets
we
£1 ioe
intending to inquire i
there and of course we
and parked thére also
we have been together
ing the trip in each
company Daytona Beach
we stopped ff WeeK Wal
ularly Chris
and t¢ colored
reflected on
gorgeous, One feature
ure which city was providing
for is northern visitors was
music, coming from concealed loud
speakers all along the Daytona
Beach park, oid Christmas Carols
and hymna ringing out; “music
the air,” indeed,
The friends we had met
are all here; Mrs. Dee, of Roches-
ter, N. Y., who has acquired a Shult
trailer which she hitches to her big
Buick car and travels alone, and
who has fold ts many interesting
things of former trips, and also
stopped,
were
them
tien
SNK ¥S
met
a 0e
and
other's
wire for
Hluminated for
he effect
pari
Le
walter wa
of the
of
the
plea
this
Lhe
fore
many jolly good friends we met last |
year. I think it does one good to
know that the friend whom one
made long ago can remmin your
friend through years and miles of
separation.
There are many more things
tell you but this letter is getting
lengthy. We were through several
to
orange packing houses, It is a most |
interesting sight to see the oranges |
and |
coming in from the orchards,
washed and packed for the horth-
“| brought a triek load of oranges and
| tangerifies &s gifts for tie tourists, |
and everyone that wanted to, could |
go with a cdontdiner and have all |
they wanted,
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A
aga
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| orately furnished,
Some of the trailers parked here
(and there gre alinost 300 of them) |
are large and expehsive—and elab-
All are comfort-
abie und provide a home for the s0-
| journer Trom the Notth thet have |
all the comforts of home on a
| smallér scale,
Florida has been designated as
“Playground of the Nation” and
is entitled to it. Its healthful ¢li-
mate free from extremes of heat
or told make possible all the year,
life in the open. It is a land of mar-
velous beauly;
two days before
fire early
in
The city of Arcadia |
tropical, colorful,
furniture, all { wh
troved
Families Forced to Flee
i A ' wis 0
nd Hewel
thle
MAN IS INJURED IN
FALL ON OPEN KNIFE
ned
-blade i kn fe : -
He is a patient in the
Private Hospital
BE L L LE FONTE, | PA. THU RSDAY, JANU ARY 4, 1940,
NEWS,
FEATURES
Random
Items
NU MBE R1
nae Year
| io2 A J 1928
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a.
Si
FAMED DIONNE QUINTUPLETS
MAY BE UNITED WITH PARENTS
ALTOONA APARTMENT “=
HOUSE DAMAGED BY =z
FIRE AND SMOKE 5% med i
Defective Furnace Blamed for Blaze In Which is to the
Tenants Suffer Heavy Loss; ing em
of Physician is Damaged tin bs + political fortune
defective and
ead
Pag
m a
NACE BnG Spl
brick and
{ where
aster
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A Ha AWAY LOCOMOTIVE
How many of us who lived through
that period before the automobile
nd took the piace of horses
of transportation were
the sight oflar
team? No mailer how of
orf when a driveriess vehicle cz
lashing along the street or
way iL created all the excitement
that one might expect from a poten.
tial calamity thai promises to end
in disaster. We, as spectators, were
eager to follow it through, even at
the risk of our necks.
But, as exciting as an UnManage-
able irightened team can be, a run-
wway locomotive can be even more
thrilling
Although
occurrences
Svs nke
PULA
B85 | mean
thrilled by
RWaY
there are few of such
to relate, a locomotive
actually did run wild for twelve
or fifteen miles one time on the
Hald Eagle Valley Branch between
Unionville and Howard
The thrilling event occurred one
Saturday evening sboul forty-five
years ago, and although no one was,
seriously hurt it provided an ordeal
of consternation and dread for rail-
road men the time, who were
fearful of the danger entalled
on thi particular evening engine
No. 1506, under charge of Engineer
userman and Fireman Amimer-
man, was bringing a freight train
at
yrone to Lock Haven. At some | plied, bus
oils
between Unionville and Snow! eu one _
on the engine
discovered
ng and sent
t) ”
fir . bevy 3 : M Ya
em x over he cars fo Vall
happened. At the same Passing Bre
ed UD the speed of his the runaway tv
o the of
graphed
Mi re
ii
all
what had
time he slow
It ter pection,
discovered bj
tiv tele
¢ Tyrone
ge CAME
funiass
Vere not
Re
en intend ‘ : along
very slowly until his fireman re-
i oried
As Ammer man reac hed the
car, and while standing on |
he noticed the rear of A
ming down the
rate speed
engineer to
they
the
een
the afta
+3
Quick! :
ihe line to diteh
Mi but
uned and
rear over
ts roof, below lesburg
¢
5 Were sent to the
He signaled : ry Curtin and
ahead, bu we r. Parker, the agent, quickly took
started the rear of in succeeded In
em with train
a high The
to
beef
Erade at same ©
of
1M
:
into
Af»
Mi:
> ul collj-
¥ Soon came
nn of ties and
H but the iron
ied from ster brushed through it without
. - Rr = 5 rive :
BCKS. | checking iis
Ammerman wag thrown {rom
ihe car landed in a
Mr Sau rman, who
les aning out of the indow
farther than usual. was hur
cab and clear of the
Both men were considerably
but not seriously injured
The of the collision was
sufficient to break the couplings of
the air brakes between the engine
and the This resulted in
first car
the brakes being automatically ap-
and nearby
field was
rather
mors
the
having been re-
ceived at Ho 8 gang of men
there began up the track
in orfer 0 ditch the runaway and
no doubt would have succesded in
doing so it did not reach that
point
biruis- he same orders
ward
fearing
ed
force
| Do not blow the
The engineer who had sl0pD
Curtir 10 allow the ridtriess mone
wer to get by, pulled ot on U
wk and gave chase Foriunstey
e had litle difficulty | verh
: the runsway, For want
slowed up On
Mt. Eagle, and
without causing =»
or serious damage to liself
It was ope of the most exciling
widents in the reliroad annals of
Bald Eagle Valley Branch, and os
fortunate inn the absence of serious
consequences as the more recent
freight wreck at Miesburg last
Veal
we at
engine
EinGe near
ured collision
sams iss o—— A———
Machinist in Your Home?
The Philadelphia Navy Yard
plied homey touch to a bid fo
Officials issued this nc
you have a machinist
5 family or someone who is a
machinist. tell him there are 400
Jobs going begging at the Phledel-
phia Navy Yard"
inns i tot AI SOA——
To Check Nosebleed
When suffering IMoan excessive
nosebleed, try the following rem-
8it erect with arms raised and
ithe head thrown slightly back. Ap-
ply ice or very cold wet cloths to
the back of the neck and forehead
nose
a
orkmen
“If
Military Funeral
For Lieut. Gray, ,
Remains of Former Centre
Countian Buried in Arling-
ton Cemetery
With full military
Jackson Holt
was buried in the Aslington Na-
| tax applicable to employers?
honors Lieut :
Gray, of Phillipsburg.
tional Cemetery at Washington, D. |
C., last Wednesday morning.
ipsburg were Lieut. Gray's parenis,
Mr, and Mrs,
Nancy Holt and David Hol
Attending the funeral from Phil- |
Walter Cray, Miss Q
$, as well |
as friends and relativeg from other | ment begin?
sections along with his wife, Linda!
Height Oray and young son, Jack-
son Holt Gray.
Lieut. Gray was Killed October
when the U, 8. Army plane he was
piloting crashed Into the Bay of
Manila at Manila during a routine
| army practice flight. An investiga- |
tion of the crash disclosed trotbie
| must have developed In the air-!
plane as Lieutenant Omy had un-
fastened his safely belt before the
plane crashed. He was nails to
| jump with his parachule because
[of the low altitude at which the
piane was flying at the time,
{ Puneral services for Llewtenant
| Gray were held in Manila Ociober
| 6 at an Eputopalian chilrch there.
| Cause to Resorce ih Altoona,
i Employes of the Penhsylvania
Railroad shops at Altoona Tound
added cause for celebrating the new
year Saturday with announcement
that the Jubuaty Work schedule
would insure fuli<ime operations »
repair 135 locomotives, 80
gor cars and 583 freight oars Th ad-
dition to building 20 electric loco
motives and 2500 box ohms.
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QUESTIONS ON OLD AGE BENEFITS
When does the old age, or
Ao become effective?
A. Tt began Monday, January
1, 1940.
What
dependent parents ol
ers 1 die.
Q. Are workers over 65 subject
to the act?
A. Yes, Stop date at age 85 re-
moved as of Jan, 1, 1938; wages
earned after that date taxable and
counted towards benefits regardiess
{ of age,
@ What
are the new rates of
A.) 1940 to 1942
2% 1934 {0 1945
214% 1946 to 1948
3 1949 and thereafier.
Q. What are the new rates of
tax applicable to employees? |
A. Same rate as for employers. |
payment of
Old Age retire-
are the requirements
for receiving monthly benefits be-
| ginning in January, 18407
A. To receive benefits a worker
must have reached the age of 65 and
retired;
ed for six calendar quarterg after
1936, and in each of these quarters
instend Of his wages must have come to a
Jan. 1, 1942. least $50.00,
we What are the revised supple-| Q How are workers how already |
entary benefits? | 65 or approaching that age effected? |
Monthly benefits to wives! A Workers who are 85 or arc)
over 65 and depehdent children un- nearing tha: age have an
When does
monthly Pederal
A. January 1, 1840
oppor |
| der 18. monthly survivors’ benefits| tunity to get monthly bensfit. Un-| hy a a Job covered
| for widows ahd dependent chlidren' der the original law no one who, gardless of how
became 65 before 1041 could qualify
for monthly payments, but instead
he received a imp sum based on
3% percent of his tolal wages
Q Wil the payment of lump
| sums to workers reaching 65 con-
tinue?
A. No. With the removal of the
stop date at age of 66 all workers
in covered employment, regardless
of age now have an opportunity to
| build up enough credits to qualify
he must have been employ- |
for the monthly retirement benefits
Q. How are wages determined?
A. On average monthly wages
instead of total wages as under the
old program.
Q. Must worker retire in order 10
receive his benefiia?
A. Yes. But under the revised
| law his 65th birthday doe: nét ne-
cessarily mark the end of his par-
| teipation in -ghe insurance plan
He will otntinue to accumulate
age oredils as as he works
program re-
he is
ODDS AND ENDS
Holter, Jr a
Belle
ng system daur-
not acs
ns
he clarinet solo over
iblic-speak]
mas week
ne
Wa
organ oy
werk The
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fonts
officers ar
County
he Dest
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Office
replace
as
depart
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all
John ™
w be
gler George
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as ad-
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( OL DEST JOB:
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new slate
church
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tempers
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EXTRACT FROM OAT FLOUR
CHECKS OXIDIZED FLAVOR
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bot th \ fing this oxidioed Naver unde.
sirable
Dahle and
and
ti-0oxi-
hich
wiata
Josephson have fot
undesir-
extras
add 1 the oat wr 1
{ the milk
t to milk However
piaced in milk boli
cardboard sized with
re paraffinning th
vor can be largely, |
preven.ed marke!
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Life and Beats Meet.
Thomas D. Au ne, driving to
hospital at Fo So where his
fe was expecting their fifth child,
yas killed Priday when his auto-
mobile collided with a truck, Soon
ter the husband died, Mims. Au-
tine gave birth to a daughter
he
“eid
A FEW PROPHECIES FOR 1940
gs have sought to penetrate the
wad of Hime what is coming
in the prophecies of simanacs
Purope, for wany years, Old Moore's
among people who fall for such
be Interested in ils predicuons
an belr
Know,
alia i
a great vogue
readers may
Bome
1940
Accords
fall and
this may
100
unidentified savant, Hitler's bealth will
Field Mars! Hermann Goering will succeed him snd
open a pathway to a reconcilistory pesce. Generally, it
says that there will be a strengthening of the monarchies of the
world and a disintegration of authoritarian governments Impor-
tant monthly predictions for 1940 follow:
Soviet political leader will dle; in
Imperialistic aims will be sharply checked,
probably by the United States; Germany and Italy will have
economic and political crises; something sensational js promised
in March about a Nazi leader; Prime Minister Chamberlain will
make a major political achievement in April, leading to pacifi-
cation of Western Europe
In May. there will be a cyclone off Florida, adverse condi-
tions in Wall Street, possibly revolutions in Germany and Italy
and much mililary activity in Poland, Russia and Rumania, In
June, Premier Mussolini and King Victor Emanuel must watch
their steps because the signs are bad. In July, military activity
will threaten Russia, Iraq, Hungary, Poland and Rumania,
In August, the United States will break off diplomatic rela-
tions ig the tOwmiltarinn states, either Mexico or Cuba, In Sep-
tember, international affairs will take a turn for the better, and
in tos, will follow moves for peace, which, in November, will
continue, and, in December, there will be a Dew Orientation of
world politics, with the United Siates taking the Isading role.
These are the prediclion: given by this British Almanac. The
render cen (ake them, or leave them, as he or she seeg fit. Per
sonally, the Cehtre Democrat will leave them.
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January, an important
February, Japanese
KEEPING up P WITH THE JONESES’ — Sq Suspicion Stalks Eddie
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