OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Theroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County. — Week. Covers he Centre Demorral MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per lssue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined. A Quick and Economical Selling Medium. VOLUME 59. NUMBER 11. a ——— BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR Highway Head Quoted In| Notice of Indefinite Postponement SAYS OTHER AREAS IN GREATER NEED Claims Centre County is “Fortunate” in Not Needing Ww ork The proposed new Sta between Bellefonte and lege, virtually promised struction this spring by Highway Department, shelved, it became known terday. The Centre Demoerat has learned from authoritative sources that State Secretary of Highways I. La- mont Hughes, while admitting that the department has gone ahead with the plans for the project, finds it necessary “to defer its immediate construction.” The reason for holding up con-} struction on the much-talked-of and long-planned road is allegedly assigned by Secretary Hughes as being because of “the heavy direct relief and unemployment situation.” which requires the d t allocate construction unemployment most “Centre county,” the secretary is quoted as stating, “fortunately is not in this category.” The Highways head is further re- ported to have added that he will be glad to give further consideration (Continued on page 3) DRE. — Over $30,000 Is Grossed at Sale Two-Day Auction at Stuart Farm is Held Under Mammoth Tent e Highway State Col- for the has here con State been ves department work acute wircre is A new hich for livestock and public sales of farm implements in Centre county was established last week when more than $30000 was grossed at a lwo-day rale Nittany Meadows Farm 2 miles of Boalsburg, College township Monday and Tuesday. The sale was held by Mrs. Mary K. Stuart of the well known farm The sale was held under a mam- moth tent, 50 by 100 feet in size, in whieh grandstands were erected for the use of patrons. To the center of ts arena, white coated colored grooms led the hundreds of Regis- | tered cattle, high class horses and other livestock Buyers from many neighbor and distant states were present (ConMgea on page six) - Jury Awards $164.08 For Damages to Car at owner ing and A by a jury Wednesday terly court The verdict was in favor of M. E Smith, of Scranton, who brought suit against J. Arthur Shuey, of Milesburg, for damages resulting from a motor accident. The amount represents the cost of repairs to Smith's car In another case Elizabeth Hee- man won a verdict of $385, and her husband was awarded $15 in a suit against O. P. McCord, of Rush township, whose car struck the Hee- mans. n here night at 9 o'clock las to close the quar- ession of Centre county civil rE — - indnistration offices { fice bullding. Mr : | verdict of $164.08 was returned’ - _— _— -— — ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS SHELVED BELLEFONTE-STATE COLLEGE LINK SIDETRACKED BY STATE \Rumored Sale of Variou terday denie Brant Ho! el gheny and Bisho sold One of the rumors wa fect that the hotel been sold for $3 that the |} Bell Tele Compan officials and the present W. W. Bickett "ot phone Telephone sl] own- denied the not er 84 ro } i wi hospital will following the increase Wi\ion contract he Gen- $7.000.,000 contract to pace at 26 state more than 49500 have been awarded eral equ! beds The under State / rity pment i 6. Earle Hoffer Is Found Dead .: Prominent Bellefonte Man Takes Own Life With Revolver Hoffer, aged well lefonte insurance » Peace, ended his afternoon at the fam- on West High street revolver bullet through his agent » Tuesday : apartment with a head His lifeless body was found shortly after 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Hoffer az work In the Soil Conservation Ad-| in the post of- Hoffer apparently had stood in a hallway just out ie bathroom door at the time the WR committed The J bre through hrough Ps sitio y2~call causing inst Coroner Milesburg, 5 a ant deat h. ha 131 lee timated th red bet tween al tine busines As apparently his (Continued on Page 2 Local Beto Held For Court Charged Ww ith Aggravated ° Assault and Battery by Automobile number of rot and © ys ana w in Charged with aggrav and battery hy automobile Hoy, of Beliefonte, $1000 bail for court after a hearh before Justice of the Peace Eugene H Lederer, of State College, Thursday The charge was preferred by Charles O. Dreese. of Millbrook, whose son George Dreese, aged 15, allegedly was struck by by Hoy on Saturday night, March 2, while the father and son were walking along the road near Mill- brook. The driver of the car took the injured youth to the offices of (Continued oh Page 6) ated 2 Clar was held last she returned from | a oar driven, | To Give Lecture || BELLEFONTE COMMUNITY WELFARE DRIVE TO OPEN DRE. CHARLES BAL AER - Noted Lecturer To Speak Here gi Charles Barker to Famous Address on Health Give and Right Living Four m gh school 1 been Dr h i! teacher « *s of health : quarter this work erN- to Bellefonte add: hamber of Com- dices of the ess the Uni tod States, Baker ent an "hour a day with keeping him fit for his job began his lecture work de. to the. young people of States and Canada and parents Millions of high sthool st a and thelr mothers and fathers have ii on Dr him Then voted United the to their went Contlir page 3 lies Nine Homeless In Julian Fire WPA Worker's Family Made Destitute by Flames; Sew- ing Machine Needed Daniel north i and their seven child- Straw, a WPA worker, was home at the time and blaze was discovered the of the building e family escaped they were Aris ar before the entire was inv upper part olved and th the clothing time be done to fight the 2 to great headw an made before the fire was The building was an oid vre and burned with unusual (Continued on page four) a. Medical Society to Meet the J the 3 had discovered struct The tre County Medical Bociety will held Thursday evening, March subject Appendicitis” the discussion BELLEFONTE GETS FIRST CARLOAD OF HEATERS The first carload of electric water | heaters ever to be shipped from the General Electric Company's plant at Chicago to a local dealer arrived in Bellefonte this week, consigned to the Electric Supply Company. In | photo above, Electric Supply offi- cials and employes are seen as the car arrived in the local yards, Btanding in front of the car, from lelt to right, are: Ralph Evans, Chi- ® cago; Lester Hopkins, Willlamsport,; A. H Forbes, State College: John Popson, Bellefonte. Ray Rewbridge, State College; William Whitehouse, Bellefonte: Russell Fisher, manager of State College store; Frank Hofl- man, State College; Otto Corman. Bellefonte; Berne S8heehe, State Col- lege; and C. Ward Fisher, man- ager of Bellefonte store In the carload were 42 healers, some of 66-gallon capacity, and others of 86-galion capacity. The Electric Supply Company, with sales totaling 36 units last year. is so pleased with the satisfaction the heaters are giving users that ne hesitancy was felt in ordering a full carload for this year’s quota In honor of the arrival of the! shipment of heaters, officials and (Continued on Page 2) March meeting of the Cen | be | 14, | at the Centre County Hospital, with | under | | taken from the D. H. Heim service | £ | trance to both places | through windows which were bro- i ers have appointed Ody I. Jamison, | Court House to i Musser, { appointment became | Monday i Mills and { E. T. Jamison of that community, i | was employed until recently at the | | Spring Mills hosiery mill. He is un- | decided at this time whether he will | move his family to Bellefonte, | near Bpring Mills, | the cows was killed, » Welfare Fund Drive is about pen in Bellefonte In anothe: week be citizens of the town of Pl Milesburg, and tricts, will dig not only for pinach and west a lt. happiness of And ant Cmp, ing di CANS hal to buy y to 1 t ely Jel wellare Centre nunity Ath- Girl Beout Fire Compan- Centre County 80x AM least y Of the A. the Boy Milesburg Army a tety ut not ed Charilies A fated Charities cares for ealth case Cooperating i Cross nurs~- { the Under- the organization money welfare fund. | SOCial of last year it by Favors Short Death Walch Atty. General Would Keep Condemned Men From Long Stay at Rockview pore ithe allotted ; filed Saturday, Attor- il Claude T. Reno de- convicted murderers un- sentences should be kes ¥ prisons in most cases un- likelihood of re- nmutation has passed.” decision was given in an- a question raised by Wel- fare Secretary E. Arthur Sweeney, who held that prisoners under death sentence should be moved to the © Western State Penftentiary at Rock- view umstances, as 8 safety meas here facil- ities are not adeq uate te take care Ch A ¢ +1 Oo em; deat all reasonable spite of cor Reno’ swer to nder special circ ire Of of m Re view the Rox K- t genernlls (Continued on Page _n A — Maurice B. Runkle To Open Drug Store Here Runkle will open a drug store { the Roy Uhl ciga: wore in the Penn Hotel bullding West High this weekend, he announced irice street ofie-1 B wif o and confects onery Beile ¥ o being enlarged by re- partition to include up to this time he used by the holel as a cloak room. One balf of the en- larged room will house Mr. Uhl's business, and the other half will be devoted to Mr Runkle's store Mr. Runkle began his career as a druggist in Bellefonte in 1900 when he entered the employ of the Par- rish Drug Store. After some Years there he purchased the F. Potts Green drug store on West High street, conducting that establish- ment for a number of years tore is Ng A rear her room which been Police Checking Two Bellefonte Robberies Bellefonte police and State Mo- tor Police at Rockview barracks are | investigating the robbery of two Bellefonte business places Sunday | night Several hundred pennies were | station on North Water street; and ! | while the Smith Motor Company ! arage also on North Water street | { was entered, a check-up revealed that nothing had been taken. En- was gained ken out of thelr sashes Guy Jamison Named Court House Janitor, The Centre County Commission of Spring Mills, as janitor at the | succeed Bond O Millheim, resigned. The effective on | of Mr. Jamison, son native of Spring | of the late "Squire | a Train Kills Cow When the Lewisburg and Tyrone | | freight train ran into a herd of cat- tle which bad strayed on the tracks | Priday, one of according 10} reports. Several other animals were | struck by the locomotive which oar- | Hed the carcass of the dead animal | for some distance. it is reported. | The cows were owned by HaITY | Horner, of near Spring Mills. 'F than 3 ; was denied Sat : Bellefonte { and struck a snow bank on Fish Fry | Held April 4 Ready ip In where immediate medicine the to he any fund other » for upplies glasses Ol AS are need- ed ocinled ay rson Most of tl cnidren, whos ives have help In a crisi wduled been riched The drive Ma) Final thi week whose executive War Phillp H sci start on made meeting follows wo plans will be directory board Is as ner, president, Earl Johnston L. Orvis J. Mac C Have er, and Mrs. Ethel secretary nt a meq On Har- irtin Mat. tern oy treasur NLRB Denies Tifan Plea Petition For Re-Hearing of Labor Case is Re- fused by Board A petition by the Tita Manufacturing Company H fontle legedly Metal Belle. a re-hearing its al- unfair labo for AY by L t Board The company asked for a re- INE on the al Labor Rela MOAT. 8 that compliance with the tate 140 strikers wold resus in complete insolvency and labor violence Hor to the pedition Company had fully to the Third Cb Appeals and Supreme Court Alter o rein tye appealed ut C United to the affilialed he case at the Board's on —— A ————— Bellefonte Girl is Injured in Accident When Austin, of CA griven by Ri South struck a hard Thomas street guard rail on Route Skytop about § o'- glock Saturday night, Miss Preda , of East Curtin street senger in the car, suffered a of the right cheek. The car owned by Charles Bheckler, ¢ burg Damage to the car was at $80, and to the fence, about $25 The ear struck the guard rail after the right wheels ran off the concrete the berm FEY ve THORAT estimated C—O ———_ To Be Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap, Units Joint Sponsors of Event Centre County The annual Fry, the Sportsmen's Associations of Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap, will be Fish { held on Thursday evening, April 4, atl the Grange Hall in Pleasant Gap, i it Is announced. The committee announced that the menu, usually heatied by Lake Erie blue pike. will feature another type of fish this year. The entertainment program. reported, will be more varied and) complete than ever before. Speak- ers will include Alex Sweigart, edi. | tor of the Pennsylvania Angler, and Attorney Lew Kunkle, Harrisburg's | traveling fisherman, Motion pictures, one featuring bear, and the showing how rainbow trout are i taken in the Rockies, will be pre- sented. Other events are being i planned for the evening. Combined membership and dinner | tickets are now being sold by the | Bellefonte organization at $1 each. The Pleasant Gap group is to open ticket sales in the near future. i RETAIL DIVISION TO INSTALL OFFICERS, FRIDAY A dinber and meeting of the Re- tail Division of the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce will be held al 6:30 o'clock on Friday night at the Lutheran church. At the meeting newly elected of- fleers will be installed, as follows: Ward Fisher, chairman: Malcolm | Yeager, vice chairman; George Ha- i zel, treasurer, and W, H. Browse, Malcolm Wetzler and Cecil A. Walk- or, members of the executive com- | Mitton. sponsored jointly this year by| it is | other | Legion emergency F. CLAIR ROSS State Official To Speak Here Work to be Pre. sented to Legion at Birth day Party Sculptured urer ¥. Clair Ross rmmander o wr Amer. will bx principal birthday mrt to be Post home lefonte 18 ary fore tate Co Arooks-Daoll Legion Bel ist annis the Legion has been act for many years peaker which er ding of Ross cles ve In Leg- on cir and is a most forceful » The program will Ir ort wh will the begin at presenta- ) about a doren + held continuous ciud tion ificates members members! § in extabiis hme nt 2 years years Bago Major Ralph T. Smith, of Bellefonte, | the bird of the chairman charge of clared Another presepiation A plece commitiee hiday party, in dee feature will inciude the io Bothy Doll Post of of sculp dep difference between preter (Continued on page New ‘Minister At State College Rev. L. lL. Stabler to Succeed Rev. J. W. Zang at Evan- gelical Church ly one char ge in Centre Coun- Evangelical ; astorates w listed Poin stents announced during ihe pt atrmn sessions of 10st annual Central Penns a Con- ference of the church held at York The confer. fure L-Qny four) Aas the Ivan during the past week ence closed Monday afternoon The Rev L. L. Stabler present pastor at White Deer, Union coun named to the pastorate of John's Evangelical church, State College. 10 succeed the Rev. Jacob IW. Zang. who has been stationed there for the last five years The new pastor is a graduate of Albright College and Seminary and (Continued on page Tour) A —_ Y., Was | 8t ‘Approve $39,859 Road Project i in College Twp. Presidential approval of a WPA! allocation of #30858 for the im- { provement of roads in College town. ship, Centre county, was announced in Washington, Tuesday The project calls for grading, draining. excavating, clearing, grub- bing, installing drainage facilities, laying pipe. surfacing. constructing | base, berms, And gutters, and per- forming incidental and appurtenant | work The project, to be carried on on township-owned property, is spon- sored by the supervisors of College! township. i > DAMAGE $115 AS CARS CRASH AT STATE COLLEGE Total damage was estimated at $115 about 11:40 o'clock last Thurs. day morning when cars operated by! Harold D. Albright, of State College, | risburg, collided on Bast College | avenue, State College | The Bogar caf, traveling west, struck the rear of the Albright ear 8s it backed from a parking spage. Damage to the Bogar car was Placed al $100. TO PRESENT PLAY AT WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING The dramatic section of the Wom- an’s club will meet next Wednesday, March 20, at the home of Mrs, Ed- ward Miller on High Street. The pro- | “Mad! Mad! by Alice W. Chaplin | and directed by Mrs. Philip Wion | The characters are as follows: | Miss Lewis. the schoo! mistress, Sue | Armstrong; Agatha, pupil, Catherine Anderson; Naomi Eleanor Wion; Catherine, Kathryn Mokle; Tillie, the maid. Martha Jobnston. | | who was | stolen machine | Cruise to this county and George W. Bogar, Jr. of Har-| 0 speaker | NON-RESIDENT PUPILS BIG ASSET, SURVEY REVEALS Rossman Has Clear Field For G. O. P. Chair Rossman, of Milesburg Re of Centre Mac H. Hal Pre AxeMann a Tr £ have clear field for the chalirmansiig ast week w township. and ary Bond C. White grew their Det her nhonoe- of Hon ames place on the primary that office Hall for withdrawal While A BIEN ed lc Da Per gave nh iC reasons Prothonotary ed statement releas- ares his ac- 1 the belief Prothonotary’s dorm ews jecls rompted throug? elected » would becom the a political yhasized that he re- center of a fac- says he had adds that he 12 the field for 1s0 em; to become the fight which 30 part in creating. He was led into enters the chairmanship through assur- that he would be a “harmony” idate, acceptable to all Repub- licans. This, he has tumed out to be false assurance. He nti- mates strongly that in running for the wmirmanship waz being into he ance cana sa el he Yes li a pouvital Borough Sued For Damages Parents Ask $17,000 For Death of Son at Gamble Mill Bellefonte borough is being sued for $17,000 damages as the result of the death of Roberi Quicl aged 7 son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Quici, of North Spring street, Bellefonte, 'n the Gambie Mill walter June 23. 1030 Suit was filed in tary office this week the parents of the child by Atlomey Arth C. Dale. of Bellefonte. and the law firm of Margiotti Var i Pugliese, of PHitstburen Quici, toget ert Lenker 8 apparently fell from the Prothono- in behalf of - 11 ul rie Iie wr with Rot when they a low roof over we pit at the mill, were drawn into 10 or 15 feet un the water I » statement of claim by @ meys Mr. and Mrs Quici (Contintied oh on page three) Stolen Car Is In Two Accidents Coupe Taken in Williamsport Makes Eventful Trip to Centre County be aged died turbine some surface of the for A car stolen in Williamsport las | Wednesday night, visited Oentre County and left in its wake the wreckage of two accidents before it | was found abandoned by police at Williamsport, Friday morning. Po- lice are trying to locate the person behind the wheel of the on its eventful The car, a Chevrolet coupe, was stolen from Car! IL. Hoffer, of Ho- (Continued on page four) s——— A —— AO. Fishing Ban Still - » Under Discussion Members of the Spring Creek Property Owners’ Association and representatives of the Centre Coun- ty Federation of Bportsmen’s Clubs met at the home of Guy Stearns, | near Lemont, Tuesday night. to dis- cuss terms under which the ban on | ishing along Spring Creek from {Oak Hall to Rock might be lifted.’ | but no decision was resched. The property owners have closed the stream io fishing because of vandalism and annoyance caused by some fishermen. i Among the phases discussed at’ | Tuesday's meeting were proposals n ban Sunday fishing; regulating the hours of fishing, and prohibit. , ling camping on privately-owned lands. Further meetings are to be held in | the near future in an effort to once | more make the well known trout | stream available to public fishing, Open House, Friday, at Scout Headquarters rs —————— Tomorrow night (Friday) the new | Girl S8cott headquarters in the gare age building at the rear of the Kiks' formally opened. “Open house” will be observed at | the headquarters from 4 to 8 p. m. and the public is cordially invited wo! call between those hours to inspect the new rooms, Gir! Scouts will be on hand to show visitors hingagh the premises, and vea will be served wheel on { by the | guest is Frances Depew, 1939 Figures Show Actual Profit to District of $12,315.94 Lay) GIVE REPORT ON STOCK RESIGNATION Board Denies Teachers Right to Meet on School's Time Bellefonte public to the exien year encing Agi Bellefonle Bel meeting Monday ni y the anting firm of Charles J. Row- and Company, of State Col- employed by the board to de- ne whet or not oul-gf-tow wre being educated here at a the Bellefonte lar anc iege term her pupils f HNAncial Oss Pras] strict Chol di C the ounlanis excluded ed fucated only Acoordl a Ww 0 Bellefon i nos ~ le / would represent an increase in the borough tax rate of between 6 and 7 mills The figures the the submitted by St College firm reveal that revenue arising from non-resident pupils for the year was $2832647, while the cost 10 the district of pro- viding them with an education was $16.01113 leaving a net gain from non-resident pupils of $1231534 The report continues: “Il may also be pointed out that even if the cost of the non-resident pupils is as ate sumed to be as high as $21682.35, the figure computed by President Moore, there would still be an ade (Continued on Dade seven) Women of Moose Meet Here Today Four Chapters Participating in Conference on Chapter Development jay the Bellefc Women of the Moose, is being host to the Williamsport, Lock Haven and Huntingdon chaplers al a con- ference on chapter development at the Moose Home, North Bpring street. The conference sponsored “College of Regents” has as theme “We Strive for Perfection in Our Social Service Work” and called by Katherine Smith. P. D., grand recorder The honor chapter the unit from Williamsport, while the honor of Lewis- of the Te ante Chapler ry was H is town. central state regent 1 ot lege of Regents. Nellie Ryan, of Danville, central state dean of the Academy of Priendship is another conference guest The general chairman of the ses sions is Ruth Weaver, of Beliefonle. Her committee consists of the {ol- ljowing members: Grace Haug" Sally Huff, Nellie Hull and Eva (Continued Om page three) State College Men Are Held For Court C. N. Fisher and William Rote, both of State College, were placed under bail for court after hearings before Justice of the Pesce Hareld D. Cowher, of East Bishop street. Bellefonte. on Saturday Fisher is charged with selling lot tery tickets and his bail was set at | $400. Rote, who roomed with Fish- ler at 232 W. College avenue, State | College, was held in $1000 bail on ! forgery charges. Police Chief John R. Juba, of State College, made the arresis, while Privates James H. Griffith and | Andrew Royko, of the Rockview sub- station Motor ‘Police. aided in the investigation. Rote simitted forging the names of State College residents to four checks totaling slightly more than $50 -»> Auto Store to Open in Friedman Room The vacant storeroom in the | Friedman building. South Allegheny street, has been leased to the West. ern Auto Associated Stores, and the new store will open about April 15, with Paul P. Leffler in [a anager. for | years haz been manage gram will consist of a play entitled | Home on West High street, will be | Somery, Wate & Co. store the x
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