Odd and Curious News Bm The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. SECOND SECTION A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. Centre Democrod NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 69 BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940. —— . N ud Spike Pierced Jaw Marcel Pepin, 4, of Montreal, re- mained impaled on an iron spike of a fence for a half hour before it was passible to release him. The child had slipped on an icy stair and slid down onto the fence, the spike piercing his faw. Pearing it would take too long to saw through the spike, a hospital interne. as- sisted by an ambulance driver, carefully lifted the child off the spike, applied a dessing and rushed him to a hospital. - . Unique Incident Answering an emergency call on June 4, 1921, Patrolman John Smith, of Ridgefield Park, N. J. helped the stork deliver a son to Mrs. Harry Kelty en route to a hos- pital. The child was named Vin- cent. Several days ago. the same patrolman, answer an emergen- cy call, found a had been killed by an automobile while changing a tire. The victim was Vincent Kelty, 18, son of Mi: i Mrs. Harry Kelty ing ing youth r aids » . Poison-Oak Furniture Delighted with g¢he bright new wicker furniture they had bought from itinerant peddlers, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Farrens, of Redwood City, Calif., were surprised when, a few days later, Mrs. Farrens and their childmn were affticted with a sirange skin poisoning. Investiga- tion showed that the backs of two of the chairs and a bench were woven from strands of poison ocak Shell Explodes Using a one-pound shell found recently at Manhattan Beac to chip ice on the sidewalk in oy of his house proved costly to Berend W. Baas, 18, of Brooklyn. The shel exploded and Baas suffered a pos- sible fracture of the right hand, burns and lacerations over the right eye. : oe h It meant hard beds. but the Jas- per Smith family, of near Towanda snowbound since Valentine's Dav needed food for their three cows and three horses. So, they told res- cuers who dug through five foot drifts, they emptied straw from the mattresses of their four beds to feed to the starving animals. New Burglary Plea His gurgling caused his burglaring, Lester Snyder, 28, of Ashland, told | Judge C. 1. Herringer at Danville | in pleading guilty to robbing a night’, club between RBRicomshurg snd Dan- ville. “I gurgle too much booze” Buyder explained. “I only do things like that when I'm drunk.” No Wonder When Miss Madonna Lamb of ichmond, Va. couldn't start her car, she called a garageman. He wasn't surprised that the car wouldn't start when he looked un- der the hood the carbureator, Local Mat Champ | nlen Someone had stolen Gordon Giles (above), former Hu- blersburg High school athlete, is one | of the three undefeated members of the Lock Haven State Teachers Col- | lege wrestling team : Giles, a Junior, in his two years! on the local mat squad has not yet | tasted defeat. He is a member of | the varsity soccer team in addition to wrestling In the 155 pound class Giles jis the son of + Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knoll, of Hublersburg. Sarasota, Florida, Feb. 24th, 1940 Dear Bess: Answering your kind leiter re- ceived some time ago. We are still in the Municipal Trailer Park in Sarasota, The sometime in 8t. Petersburg so thev moved there about two weeks ago. However we had been to Tampa last year and we like it. here very much, 80 we remained, However we expect to meet the Dutrows somewhere on the roule afid travel seem to be having a fine time too, Just like all the sojoutners from north are when they reach land of sunshine. Also we have had com Centre Hall on three casions, and when people other an unfamiliar meeting seems to lend a singular joy to ny f erent know SOJOURNING MOTHER WHO SLEW HER | CHILD NOT AFRAID OF ~ CHAIR AT ROCKVIEW| ‘Would Be Secend Woman to Be Put to Death at Centre County Penitentiary- The Oldtimer CNQWS IN THOSE DAYS WOULD Bt EIGHT 1 TEN FEET DEEP, AND NOWA DAYS WE GET EXUTED LVN A SEW INCHES OF SWOW FA(LSY% 4 Calm at Fate. Mrs. Matilda “Tillie” Irelan, 35-1! be rus! year-old Philadelphia woman, is destined to become Rockview's sec- | one woman victim of the electric chair. The darkly attractive for- mer serving mald was sentenced last week to death by electrocution for the smothering and dismember- ing of her 20-monith-old Mlegiti- mate son, Charles When told of her fate, Tillie Ire- lan touched up her lips, tucked back a stray lock of hair and sent word from prison to the allorney who tried unsuccessfully to save her from the shadow of t electric chair "To's he . all to I'm not afraid right ) everything you ve done Surprised at Life, on sources at the old Moya- prisen, Philadelphia Tillie Irelan surprised that still alive. She expected ic re- Discover Sandy Ridge Man Dead n L Expires in Cell at Philipsburg Jail After All-Night Sleep Plummer Pizer, Sandy Ridge {foun last Thursday moming Philipsburg borough jail was d dead in the » Chief Nate Lamoreaux dis- the man's death to awaken ver when attemp macie hi morning wip to t Pizer was placed in af Wher Lamoreaux visited ti afternoon day ernoon nd Pizer sleeping Coroner Charles Sheckler, who in vestigated the death of Pizer that the Sandy Ridge resident had died of natural causes Mr tated Pizer was born December 26, {1 y Tt 1897. He was a son of womas and | tre coun Martha Evans Pizer. For 11 ¥ he resided in Sandy Ridge. Surviving him are his wile, {former Anna Dean and the ing children: Kenneth, Philipsburg: Elizabeth Pizer, Wharton New Jer- Gertrude, at home, and Plum- Jr. Powelton Funeral day inte charge of with | follow ov mer services were held Sun- afternoon at 2 o'clock from his residence. Bervices were in the Rev erment in Philipsburg rc te AP c—————— Saved Life by Phone Crawling fifty yards to after having severely leg by a buzz saw, Irvis 32. of Greenwich, Cor to police and 1 1o ” INSLTUC HON He was | ¢ i around his thigh to form a tourni- quet. This checked bleeding until an ambulance The Kill Finding a rat in nstructed SLA Dy $F wie ed 1 arTived any, Mo. tossed the {family cat into the barrel, then went to « without waiting to watch | After dinner, Mr the barrel and there snuggled contentedly purring cat Meanest Thief Court Officials at Ebensburg. are convinced that Glenn Hildebrand, 26. is cne of the meanest thieves the kill the rat beside WAS, the imaginable, after he was convicted | of stealing pocketbooks from autos in a cemetery--while their owners were placing flowers on the graves | of loved ones Cow Lost in Haystack of his cow, R. L. Butler, of Clark, A members stated that they believed " y { the gun empty since it was placed Mo., stuck a pitchfork into a straw stack and there she was—still moo- ing but weak from lack of waler | and food. IN FLORIDA. { Mr. and Mrs, Irvin Zettle spent two | days and two nights parked beside | Ws. They are traveling with car only. They were enroute to Cali- have them call, Perhaps you have all been won- dering how the unusual winter af- fected Florida and ths northern vis- Hors. We were of course not ab'e devotees of rod and reel chafed con- fiderably. Plshing there was, of course, but no large catches 27th and 28th the fish were picked banks of bayous, rivers and bay. meeting and there is the surprise and a thrill to it not soon forgotten. | fish, (Continued on Page 6) Merrill Cowher, CATS | has consented to devole several is- the | of the tragic sequences of the ocour- ful carrying is home | me vorom or » Fatally Wounds barrel, Mrs. Harvey Lewis of Beth- | Lewis locked into! | family Ten days after the disappearance | found Hudson on the floor, Famiiy i i | i them and we were glad indeed to! Two | mornings (the coldest 00), Jan. |drowned. up by the thousands along the | gossiping of her « 30 year h LN C same calm room speclator unflinching with block old con abd { g cards occupants * prison the mstantly that when I'¢ @& murdeross (hibited the wh ared AQ an earlier hir remembered kept over tl an who came out room neariy on her own in a week two decades ago Second Woman to Go to Chair Since electrocution was introduced * only woman to go to r in Rockview Penitentiary Irene Schroeder, gun-gir} a State to death with her lover policeman, She in February, 1831 and partner {n mu Gienn Dague. Before th years had passed without the execu- tion of a woman In this State Centre county has never had an execution a woman | (Continued on Page 6) der . Wwirient fired in which HEured (SHOELING SNOW Ef, MAN O MAN THE SNOWS WE USED TO HAVE, WHEN 1 WAS A (AD BACK IN THE SEVENTIES, SHUCKS THE Ime exper- them for better ire time Ooneged on pAge SIX NUMBER 10 Random [tems MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE AS TOWN SINKS 2000 Residents Flee IN CAVE-IN Cracking Homes as Part of Shenandoah Settles Into Old Mine the Shenandoah, residents in of uylkill county’ communities terror + of nort one thracite aroused Ir oer chief an- were early under- of B« mining from sleep in four-block affected windows establishment framework damaged Fearing earthq many sidents fled « an axe § thing HE Ci aun I difficuity them retum Ng STORY OF A JAIL TRAGEDY (NOTE) been received time to concerni in which Green cuted wa pi : I and Dillon were hanged in the Cen- conspirators had walted until every- ty jall yard, that the writer thing possible was in favor be- striking. Circumstances had Ei inquiries have tierra JI ne the wear ng the vear their . fore { sues of this department to a resume ut of the evil dood rence. The story begins with the slaying of Tiwmnkey Jerry Condo on of July 235, 1004 the escape of five soners, four of whom were Inter bre the Rhierift HH 8 * © Crime the evening and Sati pri captured a short ught time and Ther tn hist ustic to justi ws la Park same grapevine intelli hat Deputy 1 had walk- ments Ee wl i inn Iam | attending a plenic at He and ra Green and Will were oonvicted names Dil Ie) [4] po " ons Constance and All were jail in mates, prior to their escape serv ' sentences for minor offenses minic George Livingston - few m concert by - a A progress. Al Story of the Crime The rapidly spreading new I immer eve the +r nt i pr iirdered and the d asEassins had « an large wave of consternation the town and county created througho stemmed! Lo combine for the aUcontse dan Ke the in- were sight CO - tion and careiul de, AY the Time, 1) § 4 } ir Were One of inoffen- shat is ) was in assisted hores ing ov ing When MeCul the second do wa; on } ard 8 landing, and a r the second step, Willlam Irs Greet ho had Anon v DOMBCIVOS nn We floor, came bye} a weapon the head ana were in . § ¢ y “w ane of th hed from a bed in one of ihe (Continued on page three) teen Ten DRUNKEN DRIVERS TO BE EXAMINED AT ONCE Self in Bedroom -....... —— ruling. Clearfield Man Accidentally Discharges Revolver on Bureau Pulling a bureau drawer open in { hig Clearfield home resulted in the almost instant death of Willian Hudson, 55, last Wednesday noon Hudson was dressing and as he pulled the drawer open a shot gun | slid from its resting place, along- side the bureau, and acidentally dis- | charged. The blast giruck the vic- tim in the right chest Hearing the shot, members of the rushed to the room and by a justice department ! State Police Commissioner Lynn G. Adams directed motor po- lee this to take all per suspected of drunken driving to week SOS the nearest physician for r immediate ex- amination In response to a from Adams, Attorney General Claude T Beno ruled stich compulsory examinations are not in violation of the rights of the individuals guar- anteed In the state and federal con- eA {or itiane stitution request that Leaky Exhaust Fatal The body of Edward I. Duell. 28 Austin, was found Wednesday in his car, which had left the road and run into a snow bank near Austin. Cor- oner Philip R. Shaw and State Po- liceman William R. King expressed the opinion that the man had been overcome by exhaust fumes while driving. Improvised wire repair work was found on the car's exhaust pipe, which had been split, and friends informed that a recent passenger in the machine had nearly been over- come there at the end of last hunting season. Clearfield County Coroner Dr. El- mo E. Erhard pronounced the death accidental and sald that no inquest would be held. cust MP —— ————— HOLLYWOOD'S DIZZY “MARRY-GO-ROUND” Arthur (Bugs) Baer, famous hu- morist, ponders over trivial reasons that movie stars give for falling off | I — ir — Pacifiste might as well jook world facts In the fade and realize tha! force is what some nations respect Skunk In Prisoner's Coat Pocket ‘Reeks’ Havoc With Officers When Jesse M. Hager, who had been at Beoootac, was come mitted to the Lock Haven City Jall Friday ght after his arrest by for being drunk and disor- rly. Officers Fred E Miller and John C. Fisher found themselves confronted with a problem Hager had been carrying wi five VidlE " ud For al dead gkunk around in the pocket of | his hunting coat “He (Hager) smelled terrible.” according to the entry on the police blotter, so the divested their prisoner of before incarcerating him, the offending garment ge- creted in a convenient hedge. Now the officers complain that Hager should be made to pay for having their uniforms cleaned Hager was released Saturday morning in the custody of an Os- nt officers his coat saving ceola Mills coal dealer, who promis-' ed him a job there, a Japan is abrogating a treaty with the Netherlands that wag designed 10 avoid conflicts between the two nations and the Dutch are wonder ing why. Horses Used To Free Airplane! Hitch Team to Ship Maroon- ed in Snow at Kvler- town Qld and new means of ranspor- {ation met last Wednesday at Ames Field, Kylertown airport, as a team of horses and a aled were hitched to the overturned airplane which wrecked there last Sunday night, and the partinily dismounted plane was pulled over on its wheels and hauled to the hangar. The plane was dismantled still further and then stored in the hangar until better wheather con- ditions permit when jt will be Joad- ed on a truck and hauled back | home to the Lewis Holy Catholic School of Aeronautics, at Lockport, | aa, The pliot, who crashed at Kyler- town, Sunday night because of the 14-inch snow which covered the air- port, left town the following Tues- day after the arfival of J. H Wil- son, superintendent of the school. Mr. Wilson's version of the $2,000 accident was that the pilot, ran low on gas, circled the field three times, and set down with instead of TWO WORLD WAR VETS oi ~ { Diggings } J. traffic | entire sec- being thoroughfares are men - TAKEN TO ASPINWALL Two Centre county were admit mced yesterday of How n C. Boob vard tr ney Lhe i A Retired Minister Victim of Stroke Rev. H. K. Ash Was Well Known in Local Religious Circles le In the Cabins ville, Three n > I Ennis shurg Hamilton North { Marysville ’ $4 oi 1 8 Cire mfield Martin Newtor a, Mill Hall Rioo He wt n Bloomfield Free A gt . 2 the Boy New Acorpled Mas flrumental in a we ng Scout movement and was active young peoples work h. He was afleclionately vis friends ax Pop Ash and in all community enter- inception nf rises Bir member ce his retirement he had been the First Methodist ] Juniata and was the cher of the largest Bible class § niata. the Alexander Lamberson Memorial class of the First Meth ofist church Members { family his wife, Mrs. Nan (McCauley) two and pt of ., n p of the Ash; Dr. Shore: BONA daughter 1 Ash Jerrey Girard Ash D. Wright, of State granddaughter, and two brothers, Hughesville, and of New York City Me af of at home Wilbur Ash, of Vincent B. Ash, against the mph wind The pilot, who calls himself Jack Horst, has no connection with the school, and according to Mr. Wil- son, rented the four passenger Stin- Wilson disclosed the pilot's correct name as being Horst David Lowen- thal The four passenger Stinson plane remained far out in the snow cover- ed field from Sunday to Wednes- day. During that time it was up- side down. The plane turned turtle in making the landing. Marks in the snow indicated a good landing but the snow was s0 deep that it pulled the nose of the ship down and turned it over > CONFUCIUS ard Woolrich, * KAY Confucius wasn't the foul old ma him by nanities dirty many if they DEFRONA WH fudge of libels wi | plain stories cur the rounds as the ancient Chinese s PATE 1 moder: hora WILL POWER: A Curtin street Anite her f stmt ol stalrs Aron pped off considerably FEBRUARY 29: A local bank clerk whose make out mo ; reports that this is leap year and practically all day last Th performing the monthly Came Friday, the 28th, and reports had be made out clude that day's business NOTHING NEW: When the Hunter Stationery ou it to ro to SGI ery became pre the store present Locke the Hayes b ter safe was purchased from the ale George Rees in the who cond grocery in t R room int ne # "ry WE YO Thos roes back wher Es t occupied nd fresh from a INSPECTION: of the Brocker firemer the swinging cine i down { least three fir to pull is supposed easily as soon as a p his weight on the top step ti gation after the blaze revealed Lh the swinging section was locked position with a heavy wire, whic! apparently had been put in some workmen whe move it. Informed the hotel management had the entire d and tested. How mans buildings, perh AN pisce by to m f forgot of ng fire eo cal APs also unkn to owners and occupants, have sim Nan | {lar serious fire hazards? How many us laymen know 3 fire haz when we see one? In ithe answers to these questions this department feels that George Carpeneto’s recent sug- gestion to Council that local officials be given power to all buildings, has a wealth support. Fire officials could hazards in a ten-minute that most of us wor overlook in lifetime. At any rate, the town could breathe easier in the knowledge that when fire comes there would be no unnecessary loss of life or property damage through oversight in fre nf fire inspect nt | Of Teal Spot rate inspec prevention. i FATHER AND DAUGHTER: We're all for Father and Banguets and get-togethers. They're a great institution and we believe Son {they carry a significance which all | too often it lost in the routine of | hat's the mat. son plane to fly to New York. Mr |C C17 gay life. But wha e ma ter with a Father and Daughter din- ner? Bo far we've never heard of one, but tha! still doesnt convince us that such an event would not be a thoroughly enjoyable one, Fathers tare fathers and boys and girls are children. equally and in the same measure. Anyhow there's nothing i After the arrival of Mr Wilson on | Tuesday, an effort was made to se- | cure horses to aid in getting the thip turned upright and hauled to shelter. At first no horses could be located which were shod for winter | harmed, their work in the snow and crust. Horses | and a sled were, however, secured | Wednesday afternoon Mr. Wilson and two students of | the aeronautical oollege who ac- companied him, Leroy Lyons and William B. Gorey, removed the wings, tail parts, engine and landing gear from the plane so that it may be trucked home after the snow leaves the ground. like the gals 10 add color and charm to any otonsion. So let's have a Father and Daughter dinner! UNDER SNOW TWO DAYS A flock of 450 sheep belonging 10 Burns Huffman. of Waynesbury, was lost, buried under the snow for two days. They were dug out un- breathing having formed air holes in the snow, thes saving them from suffocation. DOG HERO Pive members of Mrs. Burt W. Ritter's family of Denver, escaped being burned to death. having been awakened by the howling of Heine, a dachshund puppy. Heinle died of suffocation in the fire, which threatened the lives of the others the matrimonial carousel. One of many interesting features in the March 17th issue of The American Weekly, the big magazine distribute. ed with the Baltimore American. On sale at all newsstands. Deer Drowns in River Three deer broke through the ice! {on the Susquehanna River at Tank | | Hollow, east of Danville. One got! out of the water unaided Another, | to play out-doors so much and the | # G0¢, was saved by Mark Hagen- | buch, game warden, of Bloomsburg | {and several Danville men. The third | | disappeared beneath the joe and was Ladies! Always Look Your Best Famous dieticians and beauty ex-| They had become chilled and float- | perts will help you. Follow the many | ed to the surface. All the camps haa | splendid women's features every, Sunday in the Baltimore American. | ; On sale at all newsstands, |
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