OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week. Covers Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County. he Centre Democrat MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Issue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined. A Quick and Economical Selling Medium, ——— VOLUME 59. NUMBER 16. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940. SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR de _—_— PLEASANT GAP MAN CRUELLY BEATEN Claims Attack Took Police Take Place During Harry Keller, 35, Tells| Sheriff Three Men |! Took Part VICTIM REPORTED | IN DAZED CONDITION Struck on Head With Butt of Gun; Wound Be- comes Infected Brutally beaten about the head and face during a “ride” on which he was taken by companions last Wednesday night, Harry Keller, aged 35, of Pleasant Gap, was found ves- terday afternoon In a semi-dazed condition at his home when Sheriff Edward R. Miller and his deputy, , James Hugg, visited the residence to Investigate the reported attack. Keller, the Sheriff reported, was] struck a heavy blow on the left side | of his head with the butt of an old | muzzle-loading gun. The wound has | become Infected, Miller stated | A complete investigation of the reported attack is to be made today | by the Sheriff's office with the aid of | an officer to be assigned by Corporal | 8S. 8. Mollenkoff, of the State Police | sub-station at Rockview. News of the reported attack reach- | ed the office of District Attorney | Musser W. Gettig yesterday morn- | ing, and that official immediately | notified the Sheriff's office. Sheriff | Miller and Deputy Hugg went to the | sc:ne upon their return from an- other trip. According to the story related by (Continued on page aix) Pine Hall Boy Killed By Car Coroner's Jury Exonerates Driver of Blame in School Boy's Death Darting across the road in front of a car, Charles E. Evey, aged 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer C. Evey, of Pine Hall, was instantly killed at 8:15 o'clock Tuesday morning Waiting for a bus to take him to school at Pine Grove Mills, the youth, playing games with a group of about 15 othér children who meet | ° eath morning at the C. M. Johnson | garage, ran out into the road in the path of a car driven by Miss Blanche Shoemaker, of Pine Grove, Mills, who was traveling = toward State College. Miss Shoemaker swerved her car! sharply to avoid striking the lad, (Continued On page ix) Daniel Snyder Real Estate Brings $10,250 Al a public sale sale of | the real estate | of the late Daniel N. Snyder of Bellefonte, held by the “Bellefonte! Trust Company at the Court House Saturday morning, six properties! were disposed of for a total of $10. 250. The Daniel Snyder homestead property on North Allegheny street, ! went to the deceased's son, Donald Snyder, for $3.000 William H. Brouse, of Bellefonte, purchased the double frame dweli-| ing at 37 and 39 Pine street, for $1.060 The double frame dwelling at a) and 43 Pine street was knocked! down to C. F. Hoy, of Zion, for $1.- 100. Niles Davis purchased the frame house on East Linn street, for years the home of the Morton Smith fam- | ily, for $2200. One of the two frame dwellings! at the rear of the former Smith | home and facing on East Lamb] street, went to James C. Furst, at-| torney, for $1.375. The other house | was sold to Clarence Hamilton for $1525. Auctioneer L. Frank Mayes, of Le- | mont, Sap n cltge OI the sale | The | key | fined $70 and ! back Pinch-Hitter Steals Show t held Priday night at ‘Ride’ Mother And Daug ter Banquet Here ry 9 Plans are being completed for the annual Mother and Daughter ban- quel to be held at the Y. M. C. A on Thursday, May 9, at 6 o'clock affair Is being sponsored hy the Woman's Auxiliary af the Y. A tur- dinner will be served he Mother and Daughter quel is not a money-making ture, but Is a real social affal the women and girls of the Y tendance is entirely voiuntary tickets may be secured from Mrs. J H. Caum, Mrs. D. A. Grove, Mrs. O A. Kline, Mrs. Bayard Magee, Mrs E. O. Struble, Mrs. L. C. Heineman and at the Y. M. C. A. Only those nurchasing tickets in advance will be certain of reservations a — ban- yen- for At- and Court To Hear Angling (ase Milesburg Man Takes Ap- ‘peal From Charge of Fish- ing Out of Season Charged with possession of trout before the opening of the season, | D. P. Sherry. of Milesburg, mtanu- { facturer of electric welders, was the costs of prosécu- morning when ar- {tion Monday | raigned before Justice of the Peace | Harold D Cowher | East Bishop street at his offices on Seven trout were found in Mr Sherry's possession, Sunday night, Wardens Thomas Mosier, David Dahlgren and Samuel B. Reed con- | tended. The fine represents $10 for each trout, At the hearing, the wardens testi- | fled that Sherry was arrested along | Spring Creek near Milesburg about 6:30 o'clock Sunday night. In his car was found a jar containing the | seven trout Sherry testified that he had driven i his daughters, aged 12 and 14 years to the creek to instruct them In the {art of fishing. They were along the creek about one hour, he sald, and when they returned to the car they found the jar containing the fish in- side. Sherry said he presumed they were placed there by someone who knew his car and expected to ride to town with him. The arrest was made shortly after Sherry and his daughters returned to the car. The defendant was given five days’ time in which to pay the fines or appeal the case. Since he has de- i cided to take matters to court the fine will be held in abeyance pend- {ing the decision of the court EE al a. "Ghost" Speaker Heard At Rally at Annual Jefferson Day Dinner A pinch-hitter stole the show at the annual Jeflerson Day dinner the Nittany Lion Inn, State College. under the sponsorship of the Democratic Com- mittee of Centre county. The man who was called upon for the principal address when the scheduled speakers, Dr. Herbert Co- hen. af York county, and Dr. Luther Harr, Philadelphia City Treasurer, were unable to be present, was Dr Robert White, city comptroller of Philadelphia, and recent candidate ifor Mayor of that city Nearly 300 persons, men and wom- en from all parts of Centre and ad- | joining counties, who filled the spac- fous dining room to capacity for the event. sat mostly at the edges of their hour-long, rather informal address, in which, strangely enough, the sub- | (Continued on Jee three) S| —— Over Thousand Volumes Added | To Library Since First of Year «x one thousand volumes have a Leaf; Maugham—ast and West: | Hirst-4ife and letters of Thomas Jefferson; Coatsworth-—Here I Stay: Pinkerton—Three's a crowd; | Frost—-Uncle Snowball; Saint orl upery—Wind, Sand and Stars; | Priestly—Let the People Sing: His- | cox~Henleys Twentieth Century bock of Formulas, processes and trade secrets: Pennsylvania Dutch | cook book; Califf—Permanent bird Houses; Scotts Standard Postage Stamp catalogue, 1040; Hehtige No, arms, no armour; Gf Morning # near us; Everyday things in American Life, 1607-1776; Tee 3 Cotupr.| er; | ; Pusher— | eee | il—| Relch—Oonsumer Masteting ie ‘about; ng—edical Career; (Continued ou Page 6) { burg headquarters track down the slayer of i year-old Penn State co-ed chairs during Dr. White's’ | street, i beans Negalives Of | MurderPhotos 14 Views By C entre Dem- ocrat Cameraman To Be Studied ENLARGEMENT MAY REVEAL NEW CLUES Source of Handkerchief Found at Shiloh Church Being Traced The negatives ol fourteen pic. tures taken at the scene of the Rachel Taylor slaving by a Centre Democrat photographer, were taken in custody yesterday by members of the State Motor Police from Harris- as investigators sought new clues in thelr efforts to the 17- The Centre Democrat photos, the only ones known to have been taken at the Lemont school house March 28. before the body of the girl was taken to the Koch Funeral Home at State College ded three differ- ent views of the scene showing the position of the slain girl's body at the time it was found. Undercloth- ing which apparently had been thrown above her head are shown the views of the body, which was (Continued oD DARS seVeD) —— Aged Physician Dies At Millheim Dr. inclu in G. Frank, cumbs; Was BS County Coroner S. DR. G. 8, FRANK ty's oldest practicing physician, Dr. George Schmucker Frank. one-lime county coroner, died at 1:15 o'clock on Saturday ternoon at his home on Penn street Milihelm, after a two weeks lilness | a complication of diseases He | Centre coun with had mouths Dr. Frank, of a group of Centre county phy- sicians honored i6-1033 by the Penne sylvania State Medical Socie'y for fifty years of active practice in their profession, had prescribed fo: office patients up until one week beiore! his death A zon of distinguished pareataz. (Continued on pags six) ART Tasty Dishes Given Out at Cooking School § the first ses- mocrat cook- Dishes prepared sion of the Centre | ing school at the Y. M. C. A. yester- day afternoon were awarded as fol- lows: Mrs. C. W. Blair, Milesburg, black- berry jam cake Mary Krape, Aaronsburg, savory chicken Mrs. D. F. Houser, Willowbank street, fruit bars. Mrs. E. H Adams, street, pile. Mary Alexander, street, N. Allegheny | angel food cake. | the Mrs. Brooks Binns, North Spring! twin rolls. William P. Sieg. Burnham’ Swedish tea ring L P. Croft beans. C. L. Krape, Hublersburg, street, Mrs Place, Mrs. Willowbank Mrs, Suc been in failing health for fone | last surviving member | | | Anglers Suffer From Cold Low-hanging clouds and a cold, bitter wind which froge ice along the edges of the streams of Centre county greeted first day anglers here Monday as S the 1940 trout season got under way It was ideal weather for hunting and the general aspect of the weath- er was reminiscent of late Novem- ber, rather than the fringes of nring Ix Pp Ls th nauspicions Lreams id ahd the conditions. the couniy’ frayed from stem to stern by a army of fishermen who, according to reports. had what considered to be a fair eateh Some went home eariy with day's limit, while others gave up when trout falled to show much in- terest in what was transpiring Angleworms were the most effee- tive lure, while a few fishermen had fair success with wet and dry flies and artificial lures. Along the posted areas of Spring Creek, the new rules in effect were rigidly observed Youth Held On Hit-Run Charge Police Claim im Lock Haven High Student's Car Hit Local Boy An apparently clueless ren accident in Bellefonte on Sun- day night, April 7, wes solved here Moiiday by Chiel of Dukeman, Bellefonte, after of the kind of she thing for whieh the Chief hag long been known The driver arrested in connection with the accident is Christy Tall- | man, aged 18, son of Waller Tall | man, of 5 South Grove Street, Lock | Haven | Taken into custody Monday j{ moming by Chief Dukemas, { Officer Ralph Eyer, of Bel jefonle, | the Lock Haven High School whera he is a stu Tallman told po- lice that he did not stop because he believed he had “brushed” Eckenroth as the latter stepped | ont into North Allegheny Street Ih the Boston Candy Kitchen arraigned fore Justice of Peace Harold D. Cowher, of Bishop Sireet, later in the ming, Tallman entered a plea of (Continued on page -n) Bani o Band Will Give Concert Here Accordion Band, Solos, And Dancing on Program | For May 3 bilter ox were Yass only ’ Of When tae East mo front af- | The State Theatre, Bellefonte, will be the scene of the Bellefonte Ban- Jo Band concert on Friday, May 3 { This will be the first concert pre- { sented by the band in since 1038, although befor: that year the conceris were an annual event For the last three years the band busied itself oulside of Belle | fonte, playing in most nearby cities May 8 will find the band in Tyrone playing its fourth annual concert’ al the YMCA theatre and the usual | Continued on page seven) ERR. SS-R— 2 Hurt in Crash Near Spring Mills Has Two persons were injured about two miles east of Spring Mills, Sat. | urday night in a two-car collision, | in which one machine damaged the jextent of about $350 was slightly scorched by after the crash The injured were: Martha Foley, ! South Spring | of Washington, D. C., lacerations of | face and head, and George Stine, | | of Millhelm, lacerations of the face] {and head. Mrs. Stine was a passen- | ger In a car operated by Elwood L. Foley, of Washington, Stine was g§ | passenger In a car driven by H. A | Orwig, of Aaronsburg, who escaped | | Injury State Motor Police at the of hit-and- Police Harry a week flames which broke out | | Cars were parked in long along the roads bordering Bpring Creek as fishermen sat, stood and shivered shoulder to shoulder along the banks, trying to find enough clear space In which to cast a line On some streams, the number of anglers In evidence was noticeably lower than on other first days, the weather being assigned as the Everywhere eamp fires, car and trailer: used as places t from the low . wes when fshermen could no 1d the cold st trout caught the open ing day a ral boy A } and col i Cason were temporary retrea we large ty on SEASON WAS uring 24 inches pounds, 3 ounces The monster was caught by Ed- ward Nelson, of East Lamb street, Bellefonie, early Monday morning he was angling in Spring Creek, just below the Lamb street bridge inside the borough limits | {Continued on page seven) Pills Cause Child's Death Dies After ‘Eating Medi- cine Found in Father's Coat Pocket Mistaking pills father's coat Charles Jo while he his pocket found ion candy Tones Aged 1 J 4 months and 26 days, onl child of Jose and Olga Ligi Tos- cano, of pris w College avenue, Biate College, died at his parental w al 8 o'clock Saturday night as it of eating the medicine ¥ in afternoon the child while playing about the house re- I moved from his father's coat pocket ian envelope containing pills tor | igh Bland pressure. About 3 o'clock | oly phat: the iis mother saw the the floor and some of the pills scat. tered about. The child showed ho of ilin and Mrs. Toscano (CG Page 2) dens bad one ont inued on Few Contests In Primary Election State ( ollege V olers Interest- ed in Outcome of School Bond Vote one local contest the n to be held in Cen- Tuesday, April 23, | devold of great popular interest in ares Aside from primary electic tre county on this The lone contest involving Centre the office of State on countians is for Commitieeman ‘ing, of Bellefonte. and John G. Love, also of Bellefonte, are matching ition Another vole which will be waich~ ed with considerable interest in the | State College area is a special elec. tion on a proposal to increase the | bonded indebtedness of the State | College school district in the amount | of $110000 for a new school bulld- ing. | Claude O. Alkens, of Boalsburg, is | ! a Republican candidate for delegate to the National Convention. Two | delegates are to be placed and there (Continued on page three) Madisonburg Man Is Injured By Car { Charles Racha. 60, Madisonburg, is a patient in the Centre County | Hospital receiving treatment for a dislocated knee and contusions of {the right arm and head which he | suffered when struck by a car in Madisonburg about 8:15 o'clock] Tuesday night. | Figrence M. Beckenbaugh, Madi. | sonburg, was driving down a hill in| Pleasant | Madisonbiurg and was uhable to] rowed a couple of suction pumps Adaline Resides, Milesburg, Ima | Gap said the cars were traveling in 8V0id Rachau while she was passing | beans, Mrs. John Neese, North Thomas . lima beans. Mrs E. Proudfoot. Orider's change, wax beans. Ex- | Mrs. R. Allen Cruse, East Linn | street, peas. Brouse Re-elected President of Elks William H. Brouse was re-elected president of the Bellefonte Elks Club at a meeting Held Monday night at the Elks home on West ish Sireet, Otis ra-elected were gin Cam’ president: Wii. itiam H. Brown, seeretary-treas:icer, and William Yates, Jatin Miller, 0. A. Kline, William H. Brouse and John Galaida, trustees, Before the a turkey din- ner was served at home. Misic was furnished by the Little German Band of Lock Haven. | opresite directions and collided | { head-on. SP ——— A Deserving Candidate Centre county Democrats could | perform a no more creditable act | at the Primaries, Tuesday, than to { vote to send Mrs. Lucy Howe Merrell | of Philipsburg, to Chicago, to rep- { resent the 23rd Congressional Dis- trict as delegate. The Centre Democrat has a rigid policy not to take sides In any Pri mary campaign, but in this instance since Mrs. Merrell is the only Oen tre county candidate the office, we feel that the honor is due her. in behalf through For her untiring efforts good times and bad; for her sincer- for is of the Democratic party | another car, motor police said. Rachau's condition is not regard- ed as serious. beginning this coming Market will be held every Saturday and Wednesday, from 6 to 11 a. m. All mens are requested to come early. Howard Man IN firm of Neff & Son, Howard Funer- lines | torn envelope on the Republican! ticket, Pormer Judge M. Ward Fiem- | Willard Neff, junior partner in the | Nittany Man Hartranft May Be As 1940 Trout Season Opens | Fires Bullet New Head of School Wilbur L Yearick, M4, Is Found Dead in Bedroom of Home ( FATAL SHOT HEARD BY VICTIM'S FAMILY Worry Over Health, War Conditions Believed Reason For Act Ibur Irvin any day moming by fi a JdB-caliber head This after Year ick aged ended his ring revolver 34 of early Mon- a bullet from through his wr Nit life jon was reached shortly the tragedy by Centre County Coroner Charles Bheckler, of Miles- burg. Bheckler added that the man was reported to have been despon- dent because of ill health and be- cause of war conditions Yearick is reported to have the shot which caused instant at about 1:10 o'clock, in his bed- room at the family home near Peck's store, RNittany. He is believed red then got up and tec: death to have retlr and dressed himsei! Members of the family who had not retired and who were gathered | downstairs heard a report and upon investigating found the man life- lets on the floor. The bureau drawers (Continued on Dae seven) - Record Crowd At Cooking School Sessions Today and Friday; Hundreds Pleased With First Day's Class The thing housewives praise most about this year's all-electric Home. making School being presented by The Oentre Democrat is that it's so practical. There's none of the cav. lar and champagne sort of thing all the suggestions are for common, everyday housekeeping Another thi ing the women appreciate is the ack of advertising Opening the first class, Wednes- day afternoon, Mrs. Dorothy Bath- gate was introduced to her audience, moet of whom fell they were wel- coming an old friend, for Mrs. Bath- gate's lectures have always been | popular here Mrs. Bathgate was generous with recipes. Bhe announced that she sould be the hostess and pretend (Continued on page 3) A persistent rounds yesterday, rumor going the but which could Bellefonte | their strength for the honorary pos- hot be officially confirmed, was to | the effect that the American Stores operator of chain groceries, has {eased the room in the Brockerhoff | | Aotel building on the Diamond, for. | metly ootupied by the A & P P. lease on the building by reporied to have expired on April 1 Sm — A — ia Cistern Tragedy Turns Out To Be | Haystack Comedy | Joe Blazing, who lives on Collins | Row. near Bellefonte, counted his {pigs one day last week ahd found | one of them missing. There were ev- | | idences, he thought, that the pig had | { fallen into the cistern Since the family gets its drinking | {water from the cistern, the neces- sity of getting the pig's remains out of the water was apparent. So Joe, who works for the Amer- ican Lime and Stone Company, bor- and after some hours the bottom of the cistern became visible. The man fixed a ladder in place and lighting a lantern erawled to the bottom. There Wis no pig corpse or any indication that one had been Shere. As he emerged, perplexed, the cistern his eye happened to gh ‘on a haystack. Crawling out of the hay with an fired | Rumor American Store’ Leased A. & P. Room Through Head Fire Destroys Roof Is Of Milesburg Home Th Milesburg resi- was desl! and igh- ing building slightly dam- aged about 7:30 Sunday night when fire broke out at the Elmer Gordon ome in Lh comm uniy Believed tw have origing ie ¢ roof of one oyeao two Lif were nl {rom Le aled ark on the shing roof of nome jo Gordon Dias caused ad joining and William fire by members Company, Belle to the Gordon residence more than $500, includ. walter damage to the wr floors he Undi ne fonte. Los estimated at ed fire and ire uf c—— ——— Stone Wall Is Cause Of Sui Blanchard Man Claims $2,500 Damages; Says Wall Halts Drainage A stone wall erected on a line viding two properties in Blanchard, Liberty township, is the cause of a $2500 damage sult instituted In the { Centre county Courts this week The suit was instituted by Dal J Heverly, of Blanchard, who hat because Mr. sand Mrs. James J Mart in, who occupy the adjoining property erected a stone wall 1B ches high on the line, the natural drainage of water from the Heverly! to the Martin lots has been stopped. | | face at a special meetin | Mr { dent, { nominated : . | calling for a di- | Sole Nominee For Post; Will Accept Only on Own Terms FINAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN FRIDAY Brouse, Schad, Balk At Demand That Stock Be Cleared { Horace J. Ha: ft as president of the Bellefonte ol Board to succeed Horatio 8 Moore, resigned, hinges upon whether or t the board will rescind action In requesting BSupervis Principal Earl K. Stock for his fgnstion THis inl Elect fis recent vor oh res. development came 0 BUre 1g called by vice presi. Hartranft, by ihe Hartranft Tuestay to the presidency board member William H. Brouse, declined to accept the office unless the board acted upon a five-point program which he presented A discussion of the Individual mands made by Mr. Hartranft showed the board a variance on | only one of the stipulations—the one recall of the Block | resignation request Members Brouse and Schad both interposed objections to thal poin but Hartranft remained firm and contended that unless that reques as well as the others, are met will not serve as president Final action in the maller of (Continued on Page 6) Traffic Laws To Be Enforced Here ACLIng as night dew he claims | Heverly claims that his lot, con-| i (Continued on Page 2) ‘Driver Exonerated In Death of Child of Julian. R. D ver of a car which fatally injured James Bhuey. Jr. aged 2 ire, last Wednesday night, was ab- solved of blame by a Coroner's Jury which met at the Wetzler Funeral Home. Milesburg, Thursday night. The inquest was In charge of Charles Sheckler, Milesburg, Centre Earl Weston Avi Aid ’ oi Witnesses heard included Weston his brother Harold; Theodore Dubbs, and Delaun Holt, all passen- gers in the Weston car at the time of the accident; Mrs. Mary Baird, of Milesburg, and Pvi. William How. | ell, of the Pleasant Gap sub-station State Motor Police Funeral serviges for the child, of Mr. and Mrs. James Shuey of i Milesburg, were held Sunday after- noon at Rev. H. E. Oakwood, pastor of the Milesburg Presbyterian church, offi- | | giating. Interment was made in the Curtin cemetery The child darted beiween two cars neat his home into the path of the | Weston machine which was report- {ed to have been traveling at a low speed. He died shortly after being | brought to the Centre County Hos- {pital here Lee Tice Gets $1860 State Position Here Lee Tice. of Howard, deputy sher- | iff under the former administration, | yesterday was named Junior Field :{ Agent in the Parole Supervision of- | ifices of the Pennsylvania Depart- | ment of Justice, at Bellefonte. The | post carries an annual salary of §1.- Tice succeeds William Lucas, of | Corsica. who has been affiliated with | the Bellefonte field staff for several {years When Harry V. Keeler was sherifr Tice was his aed i ply Mijes- | | at son | the family home, with the! | Council Orders ders. Mayor And Police to Curb Parking | Violations Beginning tomorrow, Friday wo-hour parking law: the busi- ness district, regulatl against double parking and Wo, and other traffic rules will be enforced in Bellefonte This decision was reached by Bor. ough Council Monday night, when members of the police force and Mayor Hardman P. Harris appeared Council's request to explain why borough laws are not enforced For a number of years Council periodically has attempted to en- force laws, but on every occasion the “drives” have bogged down afler several weeks’ time and lav enforce. ment again returned to a hil and miss basis The Mayor and police broiight ou no new factors at Council to ex- plain lack of enforcement Police heve contended that when they is. sue tages for vialatjons the Mayor (Continued on Page §) the in . Three Trout Fishermen Are Fined $860 Fines tolaling $860 were levied | against a Williamsport R. D. wom- an and her brother and nephew from York, after they were arrested by Game Protector Miles Reeder on a charge of taking 58 fingerling trout from Wagner Run, near Care roll, in Sugsr Valley, Clinton coun- ty The three are: Mrs. Helen C. Fen. temaker, Oeorge W. Wagner and hiz son, Cardber. At a hearing before Alderman T. Bellefonte, Pleasant Gap, Howard, Unionville, Milesburg, Zion. Curtin, Hublersburg, and Spring township was started ten years ago by Bellefonte Kiwanis Club. Today, exe for ijn thelr cars for transe and 3313 H] | tr £ { g a £ & ] : : il § i tad i | ! 3 E : i hi
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