The Most Widel; Read Newspaper in Centre County. A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. free eee Odd and Curious News SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democraf Random NEWS, FEATURES [tems VOLUME 69 . BELLEFONTE, PA, THL IRSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940, NUMEER 13, | i , wh i . vy. Fi Dog Walks ‘Sitting Spottie, a dog owned by a York man, rides in a sulky every time he goes for a walk. That is, the back part of him rides, and the Iront part walks. It's this way: Run over by an sutomobile, the dog lost the use of its hind legs. His master, Walter L. Hodgson, a machinist, devised a two-wheel cart, strapped it under his pet's useless legs, andl let Spottie use his front legs to OW himself, Fine, Thank You School pupils of Lansford, Pa, had to write a letter to someone, a5 a class assignment, So ten-year- old Glenn Hartranft sent his letter to President Roosevelt, and asked | about his health. Roosevelt, re-| ALTOONA MAN GORED TO DEATH BY BULL der a Fence Gate — No Eye Witnesses to Tragedy — Family Survives Walter B. Fleck well known resi- dent of Altoona, was gored to death | under the fence by an enraged bull on the farm of | Marks on his face and head and Huntingdon, Friday. | his death shoved plainly that the i 18 | r of the Altoona man uniortuiiate farm sud had put Sovering from a cold, replied he al a ua until noon when | up a struggle to cefend himsell feeling. “fine, thank you. | Mrs. Hawn called to Fleck for din- | against the bull's attack ’ . { ner and received no answer. Be- fulowing “he investigaticm by It sa Habit coming alarmed, Mrs, Hawn rush- | the coroner, the body was removed Three times in three months, the | ed out to the barn where Flack lo Altoona for burial. same slim bandit has entered the| had been working, and found nis; Born in Duncansville, January | store of Leonard Goldstein, cloth-| crushed and battered body under | 1887, Mr. Fleck was the son ing dealer, of Pittsburgh, and in al a fence gate. Robert 8S. and Marietta (Reed) has walked out with $1,100. Gold-| Corcner H. C. West of Hunting- Fleck He had been employed on stein now recognizes the bandit | don county said the man had Seen the Hawn farm four or five year and hands over the dough without| accustomed to opening the gate oi | Members af his family include protest. | the barn to allow the cattle to gn | his wife. Helen M, (Grier) Fleck wen—— | cut to pasture, and it was believed | two daughters, Naoma, at home and Mon Bites Man! | the bull, which was standing just Mrs, Mary Watcher, of Altoona Atwood C. Rhoades, orderly at the | Geisinger Hospital, is now a pati-| ent. He was assisting other hospit- | inside of the enclosure where Fleck two (randchildren and his fathe: a H al employes in an effort to viet 8 Woolrich Women was found, had rushed the man, Robe! 8. Fleck, Altoona; one — | brother, C, L. Fleck and one delirious patient, when the man | sank his teeth in the upper part of | . i Hurt In Accident ! Altoona Ministers Rap Jazz | Mrs. Harriet Faus®, both of Altoona Mr. Rhoades’ right arm. He has] Opposing any move to permit Mr. Fleck atténded the Donation Chapel Mission, in Altoona —lthy been quite ill, but is improving. - Ri A t Ri Car Skids of Road Below floor shows or other forms of en- Ice Arrests Rice t Jacksonville, Striking tertainment at places where Liquor Rice meets Rice, and it was no| | is sold, the Altoona Ministerial As- pudding, either. Calvin R. Rice was | Tree | sociation sent this statement to City arrested in Lock Haven Friday by | {| Council: “It has been statistically Private G. A. Rice, of the motor po-| Mrs L R Tobias and Mrs. Earl] and scientifically affirmed tha: jaze lice for operating an automobile | Tate, of Woolrich are recovering | and similar types of music intoxi during suspension of his driving | from injuries which they sustained | cate the emotions, similar to that of privileges. At a hearing Rice Was | in an accident last Wednesday | Alcoholic beverages, and the other held under $500 bond for court, morning below Jacksonville on the parts of the human organism, and ——— ! Lock Haven-Bellefonie road when therefore, the two combined, pre- . M { the Tate car, which Mrs. Tobias was | sent to both young and adult the Buys Lot; Dies and three | driving, skidded on the highway most alluring and insidious tempta- daughters for a Sunday afternoon | and struck a tree, j Wong to which human beings are ] drive, John Beucher, of Columbus, The two women, on their way 0 Subject” Ohio, stopped a: a church and| State College to bring home {oo the | made a final payment on a ceme- Easter vacation their son and| tery lot. Before reaching home, | daughter, Thomas Tale and Miss | Beuchner died of a heart attack ol P70 45 RE Roma Tobias, were brought by a! passing motorist to Bellefonte | Where au Tate and E. C, Tobias | met m and took them back t) Woolrich. The Tate car was badly , FOREWARD--Previous damaged. | mene oF is article sod of Mrs. Tate, the most severely in«| oo? nt Whe Centre jured, has had X-rays which show |oOunty Jail in July of 1904. The no broken bones. She hag a sprain- | ed lef: ankie and injuries ic her right hand as well as brush burns | and bruises and is suffering from shock. Mrs. Tobias also suffered! from bruises and shock and has ai leg Injury Energetic Dreamer Dead tired after driving a truck through heavy traffic all day, Leo Hilton, of Presno, Calif, dreamed he was signalling for a turn, He flung out his arm so violently thal he dislocated hig shosider, - Same Birth Date With the arrival of a son one minute before midnight March 14 Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Oriffin ana | son of Denton, Md. all have the | install sault and battery Ita Oreen, also awaiting trial on a charge of arson. The victim on the part of the two to break jail was Jerry Condo, the turnkey, who was beaten over the head with a plece {of fron taken from a cell and slain birth date—March 14th » . Sue es Two Are Victims { during the action attending the es- | . . Th t Com 100 Swans Visit River of Road Mishaps cape ree other prisoners accom | Residents of Milton were treated | panied the fleeing pair but were not to an unusual sight Friday momn- | t implicated in the murder. They were ing when a flock of approximately Driver in One Accident Fails C¢o's® Henderson, charged with 100 swans was sightel floating) | robbery gracefully on the Susquehanna! to Stop After Striking | stance, awaiting trial for attempt- River at the Blue Spruce tourist] Youth i ing to burn a barn, and George Liv- camp south of the city. The large] { iIngston, charged with the theft of white birds had stopped to feed| oS ———— | a horse and buggy. Green and Dillen when they were firs; geen about 8:30| Robert Marcinko, 22-year-old were tried at the August term of o'clock. They were said to be| Winburne youth, is a patient in the court of the same year, found guilty trumpeting swans, so-mamed be- PUilipsburg State Hospital with a cause they make a peculiar, trump- | Droken arm and bruised body sus- et-like sound when flying. | tained in an accident Saturday night . jon the Chester Hill road near Phil- | ter in the story of a jall tragedy, Townsend Leader Dies | ipsburg when he was struck and relates in detail the incidents sur- Puneral services were held last| knocked down by an unknown mo- | rounding the execution of the con- Thursday for Carl W. Hassenplug, OTIst { demned men. later sentericed to be hanged on ON HUNTINGDON FARM! Battered Body of Victim Found Wedged Un- | knocked him down and pushed him | Abe Hawn in Oneida township near | severe chost mjurie: which caused | the | Gor al aun, Dillen, be | ful day, when it finally arrived, cast ‘given their suits, consisting of black | with intent to! commit rape, and another prisoner, at Julian; Dominic Con-| of murder in the first degree and) May 6, 1908. This, the final chap- I 4 UR (WHHL Servies) CHOPS OFF HAND IN CHURCH Emmanuel Shapiro, young evan- gelist rigged up a crude chopping block in a northside church base- ment at Pitisburgh, Thiltsday, tried slashing a finger off his 1, and then whacked off hand Ai OY han 1 FL rioht Tikal Then he walked more than a mile to his parents’ home shielding the bleeding stub of his arm in a coal pocket, Police, notified by the church janitor who had seen S8ha- piro leaving, found him there and rushed him tw a hospital. Later he was placed under mental obser- valion, Shapiro stubbornly refused to tell police or his parents the reason for his act but Ray Bosworth, a membe: of Shapiro's sect, expressed belief vas prompted by the Bible phrase : he ¥ slumbie i iv | 4 or maimed two hand inquench- ahue fre.’ David Garvin, the janitor, said the 20-year-old Shapiro had ciamp- ed a butcher knife into a vise, laid his wrist on the knife and ham- mered his wrist with a machinists hammer until the hand dropped ofl A surgeon, who treated Shapiro said hand had been severed cleanly, adding It isn't the the would do It cut.” way 1 bul a pretly neat : is 3 Headquarters of ed Shapiro worked as a preacher In a trict church and slept basement the secl repor. Cell 414 f0ii- “” di ENGINEER, FIREMAN ARE INJURED WHEN A BOILER FLUE BURSTS: Engine Crew Narrowly Escape Death As Ac- cident Occurs Whi From Avis to Cherry Tree While thelr train was speeding past Ritchie, enroute from Avis to Cherry Tree, early Saturday morn- ing, Engineer James G. Bridge, of Jersey Shore, and Fireman J. W Hammersley, of McElhattan, nar- rowly escaped a horrible death when flue of locomotive burst showered them with the their and team After the Bridge managed tle and crawl to avold the hot sleam on the wet in mic throt however ispended jalr ing train until the grabway. In bed beside the track his h ome rocks, He suffered painful |i brush burns i bruises, but escaped serious injury In the meantime Fireman Ham- mersiey also crawled out of the cab, i, 1s g to see his engineer entered the steam-fill npart- ment Lo look for him. Mr. Hammers- ley was bummed about the peck and face by the heavy steam and hot water he Jost } eration bg bu Injured in Clay Mine After working in for 25 years without a single a« dent, Howard Woods, of West Philipsburg #§ Hospital with a broken | last week when a large piece of from the mine roof and ro ver an his leg. The accident hap- the Passmore clay ! 1 Run yy the Harbison Wa the Ciay atm ‘gs y 3 v catur, is in the sects Ker mn SE Town Saddened by Event Although the approaching execy- CUils tion of Green and Dillen had been talked of for many weeks, the fate- a pall of gloom over Bellefonte inl general A subdued excitement could be noted wherever two or more per- sons discussed the dreaded event that was 0 take place within a few hours. Centre county had not had a legal hanging since the execution of Alfred Andrews, fifteen years be fore. All the holeis in town were fliled with people who had come to atiend the execution. Some had per- mits while the most of them were drawn here by mere curiosity From 9 to 10 o'clock immense crowds thronged the streets and be- sieged the front entrance to the jail They had surrounded the great stone building. Men and boys climb- ed adjoining trees or perched them- selves on nearby housetops where they could get a partial view of the interior of the jallyard. Preparing For the Scaffold Both boys were shaved on the last morning by RR. A. Beck and then were served with thelr breakfast STORY OF A JAIL TRAGEDY sting of bread, bee! steak, bis- potatoes and coffee. They ate heartily and with apparent zest. At 8:30 each of the doomed men were Al § o'clock, Rev spiritual adviser of men, assisted by the Reverends Johnson, Davidson, Crittenden and C. C. Shuey, conducted the final ser- Both joined eagerly WwW. B. Cox, the the condemped ViDes anging Before leaving their cells the con. femned men became resigned to their fate, both declaring it to be their conviction that they had the fellowship of Cod and would be waved March te the Scaffold The sheriff's party entered the jail at 10:42. In the party were Sheriff Taylor, Deputy Jackson and Deputy Carlisle, of Clearfield At 10:50 the procession from the jail started. Leading was Dillen with Sheriff Taylor and Rev. Cox. Oreen followed with Deputy Harry Jack- son and Rev. Davigson. The boys walked with firm steps. Their arms! | Were strapped at the elbows The procession entered the jail vard at the north side, and as it passed the spectators lifted their hats, and stood with bowed heads Green wan interested in the hanging apparatus and while the sheriff was strapping the legs of the prisoners, Green reached up and pulled the noose from the brace interested in its consiruc- d in the galiows, Both men were cool but tensely nerved which was evidenced by hands behind Neither Had Much to Say i Rev. Cox, their spiritual adviser, Istated that the men had 3 word to say. Dillen moved to the railing and spoke several sentences. but in such low tones that his ulterances were scarcely heard more than ten feet AWAY ! Thase who had heard Dilien’s spoken words were impressed with one sentence, “1 am innocent.” As he concluded he moved back to the trap Green had nothing to He was tian ay won al their cienched low. ' say uniu | (Continued on Page 6) | Mareinko, it is said, was walking | 3 Anish president oo] | from Lobb's Gril to a car parked on | m——— e—————— who died suddenly last Monday h® Opposite side of on me rons AITPOTE d morning. Survivors include his|® Car iraveling down the road XI ne wife, & son and two daughters. In. smashed {nto him, He was picked up | by William Holt, his companion, and | rushed to the hospital. Palrview The Chester Hill road was the { scene of Shithes accident early Sun- . day morn when Samuel Leyton, DOD & ars. |Of Philipsburg, R. D., was struck ik Haven, down by a car operated by Lloyd Mrs, Goss, of Houtzdale, Stopping his Black Moshannon Field, Al- though Not Completed, Can Be Used ‘Esther car, Goss, who falled to see Leyton,!| “The Oasis of the Alleghenies,” and is a grad- picked up the unconscious man and | the state's big Black Moshannon air- tal rushed him to the Philipsburg Hos- port which is nearing completion ipital, where he was treated for a near the Black Moshannon State broken left leg. Park, has been unofficially opened party Is a . Many a life of the 3 —Read the want ads. wash-out at home. ~ HARD HIT BY MISFORTUNE i The Livingston family of LockHaven when Mr. Hendricks alighted | Haven will bear witness to the fact] from a bus and crossed the highway | nouncement, asked that all that misfortune invariably strikes lists refrain from driving over the with triple blows. The latest mishap occurred Saturday evening about 11 o'clock when the car driven ~ | Mahlon Wells, aeronautics eommit- directly in front of her car, In addition to this hardship that | has befallen a member of the fam- | past. The runways, he pointed out, ily, Miss Livingston's brother, Rich- must be kept open at all times for derwent was seriously Injured last year When | state which the large army bombers 3 3 a boulevard light standard fell on! will be able to use under with lacerations of the head. Mis Livingston was driving toward Leck ~ HOPE A in ri E-OPENING MINE | step to be FOR 8k : I i i 37 af iZB the operation decide to resume work at th district 2 2 il 3 235 For Emergencies Substantial Saving to Travel- {tee chairman of the Chamber of | | Commerce, at a conference in Har- | { “will apply to all one-way rides and Mr. Schwartz, in making this an-| motors | runways as has been done in the, ard Livingston, of State College, un- any possible use passing planes, an operation Saturday might care to make of them. It was, .{ morning at the Private Hospital. His stated that the Black Moshannon | daughter, Miss Jean Livingston, | airport is the oniy airport ip the g Penna. Railroad Reduces Its Fares ers in New 2 Cent Rate Substantial savings in ticket prices, both one-way and round trip, will cut travel costs to extremely low and attractive levels through the new reduced rate coach fares which went Into effect Monday, March 25, in Pennsylvania Railroad territory, C. H. Mathews, Jr. passenger traf- fic manager, pointed out yesterday. “The new basic coach fare of 2 cents per mile,” said Mr. Mathews, will save 20 per cent, regardless of distance, as compared with the 2%: cents one-way fare now in effect. It will also apply to all round trip journeys between points up to 100 miles apart, as compared to 2% cents per mile, as at present, for round trips in this zone. “For round trips beyond the 100 mile zone, the present diminishing scale plan, by which the rate per mile decreases as the distance in- | creases, will be continued, but on a (Continued on Page 6) Centre County To Send 22 To Camp Youths to Enjoy 30 Days Out- door Life at Govern- ment Expense Twenty-two Centre county youths between the ages of 17 and 24 will have a chance to attend a Citizens Military Training camp this sum- mer, The Centre Democrat was in- formed yesterday. Centre county was allotted a pro- curement quota of 22 to assure equal advantage to all youthful residents who seek a place in this summer's camps. Successful candidates will be rewarded with thirty days of out- | door life at government expense, in- cluding transportation to and from the camp, wholesome food, athletic equipment, laundry service, uni- forms and medical attention. There is no obligation for future military service, Financial experts continue to ad- vocale that farmers raise big crops and trust to the laws of supply and demand for what they get out of Sunday afternoon when his oar | Two Injured In Auto Accidents Car Skids on Centre Hall Mountain Road; Driver Suffers Broken Rib In a series of three one-car acci- ‘dents in this vicinity during the weekend. two persons suffered slight injuries and total damage was esti- mated at more than $200. About midnight Saturday when his car skidded, hit a culvert and’ overturned on the Seven Mountain road, Merl E. Meyers, of Centre Hall, received bruises of the right side and a fractured rib. Damage to the ‘car was placed at about $150. Homer R. Krape, of Pleasant Gap, suffered lacerations of the forehead ‘and bruises about the nose at 8 pn. 'm. Saturday when his car struck a pole at the side of the road in Pleasant Gap. Krape claimed he was forced off the road by another car ‘which he was passing. Damage to {the Krape machine was placed at $40. | William H. Madara, of Bellefonte, ‘escaped injury about 6:15 o'clock | nishan { mishap The boys finally mounted the steps | | and took their stand on the scaffold. | | NOT QUITE CLEAR: Maybe we we re overl hut that from this ad prop= High- would aie relief last ade n CONKLIUC- b ¢ the Bellelonie-Btate road, but for the Btate Coj- lege-Rockview road road A third man in the cab, Brakeman when completed wi W. J. Wolfe, of Avis with- | from injury, although was drench- the skin ley The train drifted for about a mile before it when Ham. | ey mersiey and off. Going back Ww can't get over the feeling Bellefonte has bottom jefonte-Btate Week retlar been dealt cards off the of the deck | College before last the x fald the road y Becre nol be bulil this surpme: nesQed Lhe + M1 eount Lf oLther counties work more th week the High Dep 4 ¢ + erase 10r bids ior $0 an Way tment le Train Is Enroute tion—not of College Lhe that traffic CHC Ped out od he Cap and to had topped Wolf were the I found the he In ineer. Both 1 Are recovering pyGHWAY 1 inder treatment of a pny 4 5 ana RAGEDY men Girl Struck By Aute 8hirley MoGhes nd 3 Mr Paul MoGhes fil beside Lhe DOAY Lock Ha-{ * n Vidres HWE NEEDS A BED ng the i He re- 0 have { = i Bas Ay aris Philipsburg Lad =: swe rom Alarms Friends °c sen vom Disappearance Leads to Wide Pies I Search by Citi- It zens : Thursday The wandered home of his parents Howard Askey hik mile 10 the William § at Gearhartville community-wid The sounded bringing ou mom tor police, borough police and voi- unteers for a search lad AWAY Mn “er ar Chamber The secretary, the Lieve 3% hours, firemen can do an tense moment was ro {| Chamber presient, C. 'W They found him nonchalantly | stepped into the breach and offered visiting at the Bleigh home where [ihe blessing he had seen the Christmas tree last | gs | December | SPRING SIGN: Jimmie had little after answered the Court House officials and employ- es, regardless of what calendars an al vinced that spring wil until the starlings nesting places in Court House. And ed up y= SCHOOL NEED: | Just ss 8 suggestion to the Belle- fonte School Board it might be well Altoona Mayor - Says Stop Bingo to mention that what Bellefonte To Ineeds, above and before anything Savs Prosecution Will Follow and everything else, i= a new and in : i» permanent building for the High All violations in school City HISTORY: ———— This tale. originating some 20 Declaring that “Bingo must stop years ago when the Bellefonte Trust in Altoona” Mayor Charles E. Company bullding was remodeled Rhodes last week instructed officers recalled by the contemplated add of the police department to make tion to the same bullding which is information against “any and all to take place this summer. In an persons operating or sponsoring unused storeroom in the upper bingo. Raids and prosecution will floors of the old building 20 years follow Immediately,” he warned BRO, workmen came ACIOsSs 8 nhum- The Mayor referred 10 an opin- ber of cases of tonic. The . tonic, jon handed down by Judge Charles manufactured by several Bellefonte C. Oreer, Combria county, at Ebens- men, had been stored in the room burg two weeks ago contending that when the Industry lagged. Natural- the game of bingo is a violation ol ly curious, the workmen invesii- the State laws relating to gambling, | gated, and one man sampled the and any individual, organization of ' medicine. He apparenily found it to group found guilty of aperating or | his liking, for several hours later a sponsoring a bingo game may be fellow workman went down and re- | punished in accordance with the ported to the foreman that “so-and- law, . | 50” was dil. The foreman, upon in- Along with the edict on Bingo. vestigating, found the workman high Mayor Rhodes served notice “to {up on a scaffolding building a chim- any and all clubs—fraternal pri- ney. He was unable to climb down vate, civic or whatever—and other (he scaffolding and was in constant places where gambling is permitled, | qanger of falling off. 80 the fore- thai all siot machines or other am anf his aides got a block and gambling devices must be immedi | gaokje tied the salubrious workman ately removed from the premises.” [in go rope, and lowered him to saf- ,,,,,——— | ety. The cases of tonic were hauled 37 Deer Seen Near Port lout and dumped in a fill near the | Thirty-seven deer, all apparently old Central Railroad of Pennsyl- {in good shape, were seen in fields | vania right of way east of the Na- between Julian and Port Matilda | tional Guard armory post site, and {one night recently by Fish Warden the matter was forgotten. Several David Dahlgren and Fish Commis- years ago when a CWA project for | sioner Harry Weber. The deer were | the erection of backstops on the | scattered in fields along the high- | troop rifle range was under way, | way. Nine deer were the most seen | workmen digging in the fill uncov- {in one herd. {ered some of the cases of tonic. | — | Years had converted the liquid into | Some day we expect to get the a kind of thick syrup, but all the old | shock of our lives by opening the | wallop was still there. Foremen on | morning paper and reading where the job, at a loss to account for the | & young woman, involved in a sen- inebriation of some of the men, hap- | satiomal incident, was neither | pened to hear about the wonderful { “young” nor “beautiful.” i come to the door a o'ciock. Mrs. Sleigh door and the lad walked into the front room and asked innocently where Is the Christmas tree?” Sn a ———————————— wv alls the they haven't waif pe a o
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