February 1, 1940. Mother Set Free As Jury Acquits Her (Continded from Page 1) charge had not been pressed by the prosecution. Mrs; Diehl was accused of smoth- ¢ring her infant san, The body of tHe child, youngest of her four chil. dren, was found last November 23 in Mrs, county. According to her testimony on the Witness stand, Mrs. Diehl was born in Marton township, Centre county, | January 1, 1907, graduated from the! Foward High school and was mars) ried on her 21st birthday--January | 1, 1938-—to Joseph Diehl, of Howard. | She has three children, Natalie, 10;] Bobby, 9. and Sally, 7. She and her Rusband were separated in October, 1834, and divorced March 17, 1936 Since their separation she had heid | various jobs as a domestic and wait. | ress at Bellefonte, Lewisburg and Montandon before starting work at the Laurelton Stale Village, April 8,! 1936, as supervisor of the dining room for officials and attendants, Tells Story of Birth She started for Jacksonville the afternoon of June 20, after finishing her work at the Village, but became ill and went to the home of her! friend, Mrs. Sara Morrison, in Wat- | sontown. There she was pul to bed.| Dr. Amos V. Persing was summoned and he delivered the baby at 12:35) o'clock a. m., Wednesday, June 21 The following Monday, five days] later, she borrowed a clothes basket from Mrs. Mary Eisenhower, an ac- quaintance in Watsontown, put the baby in it, and went to Willlamsport | in an effort to find a home for the child, Mrs. Eisenhower driving the | { | window handle on the After two unsuccessful stops at the Florence Crittenden Home and the Children's Ald Society home there, they returned to Watsontown, Mrs. Eisenhower got out of the car there, taking her clothes basket with her, while Mrs. Diehl again contacted Mrs. Morrison. Although in a weakened condition due to after-birth compleations, ln | cluding severe hemorrhages, Mrs. | Diehl sald she announced her inten-( &long the 8% suitcase under a cabin rented tol ol : tion of going to Lock Haven, where | Diehl, near Hartleton, Union |ghe hoped to get the assistance of a | former friend, Mrs. Carl B. Hager, | of Lusk Run, either in caying for the child or suggesiing some other action. he and Mrs, Hager had met sev- | eral days earlier in the month in a Lock Haven store and had renewed their acquaintance begun when they | both worked In the laboratory at the Kistler Leather Company. She knew Mrs. Hager had no children On leaving Watsontown, and dur- ing all subsequent driving, Mrs Diehl said she had the baby on the back seat of her coach, «= head rest- ing on a small pillow, with a larger pillow protecting its head from the side of the car. She always carried these pil- lows in her car for her daughter, Natalie, since the child is partly paralyzed on one side and they made riding easier, she sald Stayed Night in Car Alter frequent stops to rest on the | way, she finally arrived at the Hager home, knowing its approximate lo cation, and rapped on the door, but received no response. She then drove away, without any destination in mind, stopped at the Atlantic Ser- vice Station at the junction of routes 64 and 120 for a soft drink and ice cream cone, and then con- tinued west on the Bucktajl Tral to Hyner There she turned around and came east again, turning off on the Green Run road to the right, about defendant's car. | | half-way between Lock Haven and TAUB'S |x For Big Savings in New or Used §J| There she fed the baby, using Furniture. Come in and see [both the breast and the botlle, for yourself. i changed its diaper, drove down the Ice Mine cut on the Buckiall PARLOR SUITE | Trall to wash the diapers, and back $9.75 {to the Green Run road where she Only One more left. {dried the diapers on the engine | Taking the front seat, with the baby { on the back seat, she spent the night | there. The next morning she cared | for the baby in the same manner. | { going down to the Ice Mine cut and | back to the road, and after noon | drove again the Hager home. There | was again no response. She did not | know that both Mrs. Hager and her | husband are employed in Lock Ha- { ven. ONE AUTOMATIC Washing Machine $18.50 Eye it and you'll buy it. Pillow Fell on Baby ONE BEAUTIFUL She spent another night along the | mountain road at the same location, | | she told the jury, caring for the! SPINET DESK baby with what little she had, with! $7 50 | the intention of making still another . | attempt the next day, Wednesday, Ito locate Mrs. Hager. It was While | driving east that she chanced to look | Brand New 50-1b Weight | in her rear view mirror and saw that the pillow protecting the baby’s | MATTRESSES | head ad fallen over. Quickly dra%- | , $4.95 oot into the back seat and found the | . THREE DRESSERS . $3.75 12 WILTON Rug $10.00 Taub’s Furniture Ex. + Next to Farmers Nat'l Bank W. High St. Bellefonte, Pa. SPECIAL THIS WEEK! | screaming hysterically. She sat thus for almost an hour, | she said, ther decided to dispose of | | the body herself as she did not wish ito hring disgrace upon her family, | especially her three other ¢hildren So the suitcase which she purchased) {later that day in Lock Haven bee came the baby's improvised casket! {and she then drove to the Bennison | | sald. until a mile east of the farm. { There she again took the baby out] | dead, she turned the key in the lock {and it accidentally broke. to the left side Of the road, she ratios, THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. She kept the suitoase under her bed at the Bennison home from that night, Wednesday, June 28, until sunday evening, July 2, when she! reported to the Village at Laurelton | for duty. The next day shé took the | suitcase to the eabin she had rented. | nable to find a pick and a shovel | with which she wanted to dig a) grave, she pu hed It under the bulld- | ing after noting “8 loose board! foundation, Tried Te Protect Friends She Lad the jury and court she | had said the baby was bbrn along | the Green Run road near Lock Hae! ven, according to her confession, as | she did not want to Involve Mrs. | Morison and Mrs. Elrenhower, She | gave the atlending physician the! nam: of McDowell Bennison, her brother, as the name of the father, since she wenied to spare anyone else from any disgrace. Band Nets $250 From Play Here (Continued from Page 1) The thirteen acts of the revie comprising the first half of the program and the minctrel with songs and entertainment whieh closed the program brought an ex. ceptional amount of favorable com- | ment A feature ¢f the entertainment | was the appearance on the stage. be- tween ats, of the entire uniformed junior band for a ten-mibule pro- gram of music. The quality of their playing is remarkable considering the comparatively short time the band has been in existence In the cast of the revue and the minstrels were many persons famil- jar to those who have patronized home-talent nroductions in past years, while many new faces appears | ed for the first time. Most of them showed outstanding abllity, The production moved swiftly and without hitch from start to finish “Rollin’ Rhythm" was good enter- tainment, and the patronage accord- od it was a testimonial tO the fact | that residents of Bellefonte and vi- cinfty have lost none of their en- thusiasm for or appreciation of home-talent entertainment Wm Branch Library Is Now In Use (Continued from Page 1) production used schoolhouse, just outside Snow Shoe borough limits. Mrs. Frank Shope, of Snow Shoe, aided the cause by having two poles installed to carry electric current . to the bullding. ‘A fund of $33 was sub. Sctited by Snow Shoe rtesidents to defray the cost of wire and other materials, and Jack Shope wired tiv building free of charge. shelving was’ rovided and installed by Mr. Vieh- | rier, and coal was con'ributed by | Michael Koshko. As the result of a canvass by mall for books, Mr. Viehdorfer and Mr. as coligtt- | serving ed a total] of 307 books which have She took it And peen. turned over to the County Li- | sat on the running board, shaking IL peary for county-wide distribution { ang blowing into iis Yace, crying and The Clarence Parent-Tearhers As. | sdciation has subscribed to five per- jodicals which will be on permanent filx al the Snow Shrwe-Clarcnce! branch. This’ Spturfay night, Pebruary © | the Banjo Band of Clare: ce Ulder the direction of Mr. Tarman, will give a concert for the benefit of the new library. ies So enthusiastic were the readers | farm. She did not shut the case. she of the community that the allotment | of 100 books sent by the County Li- brary was exhansted on the first day nd tried to revive it. Certain it was of opening. It was necessary for Mrs Harris and Miss Budinger fo make a hurried trip to ‘Bellefonte for = fresh supply before the library could open for Its second session, stn a— a M—————- Father and Son Banquet Planned ‘ (Continued from Page 1) perve a turkey dinner. Tickets wi be 50 cents, Entertainment will be provided by the Hoosier Corn Huskers, 0° radio station WRAK, Williamsport while group singing will be Jed b5 Cecil Walker, with ‘Mrs. Earl K Siok as plankst. The dinner ha become an institution on the calen- dar of the local “Y" and is open tO] all men and boys of Me community. | NO man is admitted unless aocom- panied by at least one boy. The object of the Father and Son Banquet (5 10 create inspiration and fellowship and to cement the ties of father and son. It is not money-making event since the en- tire receipts are expended on the banquet. The committee in charge consis ’s of H. C Taye, PH. John- ston, J. H. Caum, E. E. Widdowson Horace J, Hartranit, George I Purnell Sr, and L, C, Heineman —— « v— Women Shop for Sick As Worth-While ‘Hobby’ Her generous gesture four years - —— | ago became an unpaid, full-time job for Mrs. Harold Kinsley, 50-yenr-old mother of four boys; when she of- fered to shop for patients in the tu- berculosis unit of the Ann Arbor Mich, University hospital. Now, twice each week, she buys merchandise from downtown slores for 40 patients and sorde of the staff while a volunteer helper, Mrs. M W. Wheeler, 53, mother of two | daughtets, shops for 50 patients in another ward, Both women admit they like tu shop, even though it lnterferes with bousehold work. Both agree that men sre easier to shop for, becauce “they know what they want where 10 get il, and are Detter satisfied But, admitting the women patients beve whims about thelr purchases they say women are grand, too, in their appreciation, Imporiant Tews Thy Wildlife wwchniciats of the nation. al patk service, consulted as to what should be done with fegard to the problem of skunks in the vicinity of hotels in Glacier National park, Montaha, or other national park areas, contend that it is hot the ¢ sgunks that constitule the problem if any, but the attitude of the public “Alay the fears of the visitors se garding these harmless and interest. ing mammals, adeile We wildlife experts. "Educaie the people 10 be cote better scquainied with skunks ~at least on papr—atd ib Une (he prejudice thal has so lohyg prevented the skunk from epjoying fr.endly relations with visitors to the coun * try will be avercome.” ct os A A” ‘Jake Foot’ Victims. “Jake loot, the mysterious die- {ease that struck drinkers of Jetneida gipget in the Rliddlie West 40 yedts #50. sll exidls. A survey tnade in Wichita, Kan, where 500 periots were aficied with or died from Yee malady, showed that mafly have recovered, but others have since died from effects of the drink that was 8 populsr substiiute here Sur. ng prohitftion. Twenty victims of the disease still live and receive treatment at’ the “jake farm’ es- tablighed b7 fhe county for victimes of the malady that caused, loss of control of the foot and hard muses 7 ey pueney Jf pov Jf pay B ot [pd | p= 4 . roe ATTENTION! Again we are forced to reduce our stock of shoes. We must rid our shelves of all fall merchandise to make room for our beautiful new line of Spring Merchan dise, to be on display in our store soon. DONT WAIT! | This will absolutely be the last reduction on this fine quality footwear ! Buy and Save! ® Red Cross * Treadeasy ®* Natural Poise ® Lady Fashion ® Connie oi Nationally Tweedies Alluring Footwear Regular $639 Values, now $2.88 reir f ; Advertised $2.00, $4.00 3 8 iN it ’ b : | ; 5 ¥ Compare These Prices! 250 PAIRS EE 120 PAIRS of Men's Black and Brown OXFORDS and $5.00 Values, now 1.99 voir er —— ® Paris Fashion ® Red Goose Advertised Quality To $6.50 Values, now $1.99 poir Footwear, 25 Allegheny Stree ee [ee [eo [ed fo=2 [2 [ wu 200 PAIRS Children’s Red Goose and JUNIOR FASHION SHOES To $4.00 Values—now 109 PAIRS of Men's High Quality WORK SHOES Regular $4, $5 and $6 Values, now 2.88 © $3.48 MeClure’s Boot Shops, Inc. EVERY PAIR EXPERTLY FITTED BY X-RAY v IV i F Yb i 4 / & V ; ¥ 14 4 1 Wednesday | the complexion. Baths filled with Page Seven | | { | Boalsburg Lutheran | Sunday school, 9:30; worship, 10:- (90; C. KE. 6:30. Shiloh—S8unday school, 9:30: Vespers and sermon, { 7:30. Lenlen wmervice, 7:30, Tuesday, {February 6. Public invited. Pleasant | Gap—8unday schopl, 8:30 worship | February 11 at 10:30, Thursday, Feb 8 al 7.30 p. m., Union Lenten sere {vices In Methodist church. Public Hinyited - United Brethren, Bellefonte G. E. Householder, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m., John R. Bhope, { Supt. Preaching at 10:46 a. m. ana {7:30 p. m. by the pastor, Christian {Endeavor at 6:30 p, m, Groups for {all ages. Prayer and Bible study evening at 7:30. Choir rehearsal Friday evening: Junior choir at 7; Benlor choir at 8 o'clock Special musical program at the Sun- day evening services. The Male {chorus will sing at this service, Ev. terybody Is invited to attend all the | services Reber burg Evangelical Rev. Royal A. Babcock, pastor Sunday school at 9 a. m. Observance of Missionary Day of Prayer. BSer- mon theme: “The Harvest is White {Follow Thou Me." Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening in annex | Paradise —8unday school at 9:30 a m. Prayer meeling on Wednesday evening at the home of William Hoy Madisonburg-—-Sunday school at 9:15 8. m. Worship and sermon, 10:30 a 'm. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening in homes of membership as announced Methodist, Bellefonte II. Willis Hartsock, pastor. Church whool with World Service offering at 9:30 & m., C. C Bhuey, Supt Morning worship with sermon by the pasior at 10:45, Bubject, “The Uplifting Hand of Christ.” Epworth League ut 6:30 p. m. Evening wor- ship and sermon st 7:30. Subject, “The Indwelling Bpirit of Christ” Tuesday evening the Ladies’ Volun- teer Bible class will meet. Junior and Junior Hi Epworth Leagues Wednesday evening at 6:30. Meeting {of the Official Board, the Corpora- tion, and the ladies of the three | societies of the church at 7:45 Si. John's Episcopal, Bellefonte The Bev, C. Warren Newman, rec- tor. Friday (Purification). 7:15. Mat- ins; 7:30, 9:00, Holy Eucharist. Bun- day Quinguagesima). 7:45 Malins; 8:40, Roly. Eucharist; #:45 Church school: 11:00, Sung Eucharist, sere infor: 5:00, evening prayer. Ash Wednesday: 6:45, Mating; 7:00, 8:00 | Holy Fucharist; 11:00, Litany, Peni- tential Office. 5:00, evéning prayer Thursday. 7:30 Pp. m., Vespers, Lit- ahy. Sermon by the Rev. Grieg Ta- iter, rector of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, New York City Fir Evangelical, Bellefonte . RR. Halbert Jacobs, pastor 9:30 a. tow BAday . Churels. sthool, Mr. E id Tedman; Gef, Bupt. 1030 a.m iDay of Prayer for Missions will be cheetved wilh the Women's Mis- siogiary Society 4n charge of the tserviee, The pastor will preach on (the ruggested theme: “The Harvest "2 White Follow Thon Me” 6:30 p ‘me Young JPegple's league. Miss Veda Mcy, leader 7:30 p. m.. The Young People’s Migsloparg Circle will have charge of the service. Miss "Roxie Johnson, | presiding. Special Imusic and addresses by she Young People. Prayer Ineeting on Wednes- idiky evefiing “ap 1.30. The Official Board will met following this ser’ ‘Yiee. You kre welcome to worship { with Gs. wt ou es Romantic Southern Town |. Bo haughtily romantic were the builders of Columbus, Miss, that | permission to build a railroad through Columbus was refused for | years on the grotinds that If was unsightly, ungecessaty, and would bring the menace of undesirable per. | sons, Not until 186] did the planters | | conse to ship on the navigable Tom- | | bigbee river, and when the railroad | {was allowed 2 few diehdrds econ. | i tinued Ww plant thelr coftoti between | the rails. Today the beautiful homes | of Columbus vie with the old cam- i pus of Migeissippl State College for | | Wornen and the site of the first free | | Punt school in the state for interest | : the 1410 16. i | Mask Wearing Custom i | “Eath family of Tami in the Huon | | gulf, New Guinea, has the right to | one or more masks of a type ! known as tage. Each tsgo has a | special name and Iv distinguished | by certdin definite characteristics. | | The musks represent spirits sup- | posed to visit the village at the | time” the musked fAgures appear. | | The man wearing the mask is com- | | pletely covered by a sago leaf dress | | and under no circumstances may he | be seen or recognized by any wom. | "an, child or ocninitieled person. | | Should this bappen by sccident the | observer is killed. Examples of ta. | | go are on exhibition in Joseph N. Field hell ut the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Yesterday's Strange Baths In the days before good soaps were manufactured many strange preparations were used by beauty | seeketd in thé hoped of improving ilk spd the juices of strange hetbs | were not unusual. ¢ -Aceording ie some fastidi- tus Roman rd 0 anoint themselves with’ crushed sttawber. fies while the yolks of 100 eggs went oth the bath tub of en ebrly Eng. lish geathete.. Now, good soaps do | ‘he job, ahd Ove beauty doctors rec. | ommend soap.-and- water cléanliness. mt Mn as Rescue Exhausted Deer A half | ered Sunday In a state of exhaustion {on the ice of frozen Penns Creek near Welkert the glass-like surface on which it { had fallen, while attempting to go ucross Tate, the ride from Musco- ison, Kas., if a his late uncle's 1 ticket « no time lim- the Missouri at 8t. Loul August Korten and James caretakers of the Witmer and MeConnel preserves discovery, carried Lhe and fed it wi Bent 12th may take a train Johnson tah, Kansas made the ticket he found In to shore pag is still § to Atch starved doe was discov doe ond - 1884 1654, 1 Unable to rise from =» - - - i ® 841 ing it All Aboard Griffin an LF - Aer the water to get some food Harry of Bt. Joseph, Mo 0 find out whethe ; valid { % BY. I. Genuine “DEFIANCE” THIS WEEK'S SENSATION GENUINE NEW HAVEN POCKET WATCHES HAS ALL THE FEATURES OF EXPENSIVE MODELS tm : amma! garden pligrimage, | i which Mi 1980 ig scheduled for April | Ra TN A FU AND GR TE ad we of ENTERS 5 . AF 2 2 n BUY LL POLISHED OUND MAGNETIC \prior su SHEARS a 2 WICK FOR CAREFREE MOTOR J IP RL I IS AN Wo, Suni SUBJMCY wl a advx CASH ALLOWA WORTH MANY TIMES THE LOW SALE PRICE Ad Pr, ’ CREPE RUBBER SHOE sos New! Cp ‘ “Ensationgl! 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