Odd and Curious News AAA Not Qualified A visitor In Lewisburg, blissfully ignorant of the identity of the two persons he was addressing on the sidewalk, strolled up to the Rev. L Elbert Wilson, local Methodist pas- | tor, ang Chief Burgess Samuel B | Wolfe, and queried: “Say buddy. | can you tell me where 1 can get a | good glass of beer?” In true minis. terial style, the pastor retorted. | “There isn't any such thing as 4 good good glass of beer.” Burgess Wolfe chuckled, sald he was not a) drinker himself and could not vouch for the quality of the liquid | but pointed down the street to sev-| eral nearby signs, ‘Rough Box’ Boat Mystery surrounded the theft ol a rough box from an open grave in| St. Mary's cemetery at Hollidays=- | burg last Sunday night but was| later cleared up when it was dis- covered that two boys in their teeng had ‘swiped’ it to build a boat. The boys had taken the box to an oid swimming hole for the purpose ol converting it into a boat, but evi] dently became frightened and hid it in the weeds where iL was found Hit and Run Cow William Patton, of Altoona, em- ployed in the Juniata E. & M. shop of the P. R. R., was taken from his work Wednesday night to Altoona hospital dispensary where he was treated for a possible fracture of the right wrist, When asked how he received the injury, he replied: “I was hit by a cow that was running through the shop.” Where Belsy came from or where she went was not determined Ungrateful Herman Hernfield, a kindly resi- dent of Monticello, Ind, was awakened by the howling of a dog trapped In a fence. He went out and freed the animal but his own dog became 50 interested that it too, got tangled In the fence. So Bern- field started to free his own pooch While he was doing so stray dog bit him in an exposed section the Bees In Pants Truck driver Frank Prater Toledo, Ohio, is still squirming over a recent experience he had with bees. They swarmed into hig truck “cab and settled in—of all places his trousers. Prater promptly stop- ped the vehicle and stripped beside the highway but he wasnt quick enough. A number of the insects stung him Entirely Too Much Miss Zoe Holliday, a telephone operator at Oklahoma City, didn™ mind go much when a burglar rob- bed her home of 17 articles of cioth- ing. but when he took time to cook himself a meal and left the dishes unwashed-—well, that wag taken ad- vantage of her, she said Not Seen Lately ¢ LA} } The Most Widely Read Newspaper in Centre County. A Visitor in Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. - SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democrvaf NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 59 BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940, NUMBER 28, County Civil War Veteran Survives Battle Wound to | Die From Result of Fall David Williams, 95-Year-Old Philipsburg Citi- zen, Was One of County's Few Survivors of War of ‘61 — Was Born at Curtin (Fram Philipsburg Daily Journal) | has been out walking on the streets David Williams, genial 95-year-old Civil War veler- Philipsburg's been for | 8ince has rides Christmas and automobile since several an who saw President Lincoln twice | Christmas, he has lived ai the home | | and who was wounded and captured | of his daughter, Mrs J F. Stolt, on! by the southern forces at the Bal-| Spruce Street tle of Petersburg, is dead today. | After having survived a southern | she gtaff musket ball in his young days, he| succumbed to illness which followed | a fractured hip which he suffered in | He died at) 8:20 o'clock Sunday night at the | Philipsburg State hospital where he | falling last Thursday His condition the was taken Saturday was regarded as serious from time of his fall Mr. Willams has enjoyed re- markable good health. He was up | and around almost every day. He Roof Crashes Car After Accident Dog Running in Motorist’s Path Blamed For Acci- dent at Houtzdale A dog running out on the road was blamed for the accident at | Houtzdale Friday night when a car driven by Robert Caldwell, of Nanty Glo, crashed into the house owned by Mary Saber State Motor Police Investigating the accident report that Caldwell was driving towards Houtadale from the direction of Madera when a dog ran out on the road and he swerved to avoid striking it and ran into the porch of the Saber house 8:45 o'clock Friday night The porch was ruined and the roof tumbled down on top of the car, nearly hiding it. Damage to the porch was estimated at about $75 and damage to the Dodge coach was fixed at about $25. The perch roof had to be propped up to get {the car out Falling Pole Kills Workman Vietim Engaged in Erecting Timber in Mine Near Philipsburg AP — — sor £ ig While engaged in erectir imbes in the Joe Rice mine between Phil- ipsburg and Osceola Mills Tuesday evening, Walter age. 2B, of New Liberty, by a falling and fatally in- poi e last Amalav- was struck | tended the District al ' A postal card arrived recently at Appomattox, Va., from New York addressed to “General Lee and General Grant, Appomattox, Va' Postmaster leroy Smith returned the card to New York with the no- tation, “they were here in 1865, bul haven’, been seen since.” | jured Death is believed to have | resulted from suffocation, as the victim's head was found imbedded in the mud and water on the mine floor, | Amalavage was born in New Liberty, June 24, 1017, a son of Wal- ter and Rose Amalavage. His fath- er preceded him in death. Surviv- ing are his mother, step-father, and several brothers and step-sisiers. Peeling Him Down feeding him gland extracts and a gpecial diet, Kanstg City il From Hornet Stings doctors hope to cut 300 pounds off Reynolds Pisher, of Catawissa, the weight of Tom Grisnick, 27. was made seriously ill when bitten who now weighs 568 pounds. Gris- on the leg and a finger by a Japan- nick is said to be suffering from a ese hornet, while he was picking gland ailment which causes him 10 cherries at the home of his father, gain excessively, | Bruce Fisher. AND THE FARMER SLEPT ON Matthew Sharer, Bald Eagle Val-] The one truck operated by Leroy v y ley farmer, doesn't allow trifling noises to disturb his shumbers. Early last Wednesday morning three of his cherry trees were mow- ed down, his poplar tree knocked | yam Yopp, of Caledonia, N. Y.| down and his milk house destroyed in a truck wreck, but it didn't awaken Sharer. The truck finally ended its wild dash 50 feet from Sharer's house. The wreck. which occurred at 2:45 o'clock in the morning on the second bridge between Bald Eagle and Port Matilda, was caused when two trucks ceilided on the narrow bridge. : Dealer's Cream Several Clinton county milk deal- ers paid fines last week on charge of selling cream containing too much butterfat. They were arrest-| ed by agents of the Milk Control | Board, who called them before Jus-| tice of the Peace A. 8. Cross of Mill Hall, to answer charges of dispens- ing cream that was too rich for the! price they were charging, under the provision of the Milk Control Act. Blair Earon, owner of the Bald Eagle Dairy, Lock Haven, and Har- | ry Yearick of Mill Hall, paid fines of 85 each, plus costs of $425. It Frank Vince Sharp, 30-months- old son of Mr, and Mrs. Frank 8, Bharp, Lock Haven, escaped un- scatched but very likely got the thrill of his brief lifetime Sunday! afternoon when he was given a ride backwards down Bellefonte avenue for more than a block. The child climbed into the coupe of his father, parked in front of their home, and released the emer- FR eer Le ecm Br Re a Corl of Boalsburg, left the bridge and the highway and tore through | Sharer's property. The other truck, driven by Wil- was damaged on the side of its body | ang its cleaning fluid fugs fell on | the highway and were broken, } | Estimated damages to Corls ! truck were sald to be $1500, while Yopp's damageg were placed at $700. | Sharer's damages will reach $300 Corl, the only one injured in the wreck, feceived a slight cut on his | finger. Proves Too Rich : Iwas also reported that another dairyman, Robert Fortney of Mack- eyville, had paid a fine on the same charge. It is alleged that the cream sold {by the dealers mentioned tested 26 {per cent butterfat. The Milk Gon- trol Act, designed to protect the farmer, requires a charge of 20 cents per half pint for cream test- ing 26 per cent butterfat. The min~ imum price for cream containing is 15 cents {20 per cent butterfat VEN rth es CHILD GETS THRILLING RIDE The right | torn oft sign, but the Hi | | This local veteran has served in| of the National Com-| mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Two years ago he attended the state depart- ment reunion held at Washington Pa. and a few days later went 10 the big Gettysburg encampment where he stayed for the duration of the historic gathering. Three years ago he traveled across the cantinent alote to spend the win- ter with his daughter in Califor- nia | Two years ago Mr. Williams al-| Boy Scout Rally and spoke to the audience of 600] persons as he presented awards to several of the leaders. Al this time Davie.” as he was affecuionately called, was still walking down Wwown by himsel from his Eleventh street | home This white-haired firm-voiced veteran punctuated his Interesting, tales with chuckles and laughs as he told of his iron working, lumber cutting, and soidiering days. He wld of coming to Philipsburg when his Eleventh street Jocation was “away out of town and a corduroy road was out Presqueisle street During the siege of Petersburg Mr. Williams helped camry the 6- (Continued on page eight) Tourist season is here | |] i | feet above ‘gram of Trapeze Artist's Thumb Torn Off at Osceola Fair In Thrilling Mid-Air Act ‘Crowds Thrilled at Daring Exhibition of Grit and Nerve as Injured Aerialist Endures Torture to Pro A thrill not scheduled on the pro- the outdoor aerial exhibi- tion at Osceols Park was enacted on July 4th, that left spectators gaping with wonder and horror It came when Torrence, famed aerialist formerly with Ringling Brothers Circus, had his right thumb torn off as he swung by his the heads of the aston. ished crowd which packed the park {to watch. him and his wife perform Finds Interesting Old Newspaper A 108-year-old copy of The Cen- Democrat brought to this office this week by H. A Brockerhoft is an interesting relic of the days! when this newspaper was In is in- fancy. tre In those days, ten years after ihe founding of the paper, The Centre Democrat consisted of only four pages, and the pages measured 12%; by 16 inches in size. The publish- er at that time was 8 T. Shugert The entire first page and most of the two inside pages were devoted “The Governor's Message" (ic reports on the activities of Congres and other governmental matters, Of especial to present | to nterest recent is An ap- subSCribers pay up thelr Pare of appeal reads In order that our m know a we do Democrat without expenses, we day newspaper publisher peal Wo to SAI TILS the th not in- annex May the publish cur: ing heavy (Continued on page eight) -— Graduation Record for the year an all-time high In degrees awarded by the The to0- al Graduation records 1939-40 show number of Pennsylvania Slate College wis 1670 r 1157 June commencement - - tal inclu the wp the Classified columns thelr trapeze feats The 2 o'clock performance was on ola on the Six Mile road to Philips- | 251% and Torrence was swinging by his DWE, and took some clothes, food | board to decide which feet and whirling his wife, Victoria at a dizzy pace, when his right hand became caught in the whirling swiy- they found the door burst open and{ the el. In an instant his thumb was severed as If cut by a knife The gaping horror and watched bered thumb drop to the ground, followed by spurts of bright red blood which covered his wife's w costume and fell many of people watching below spectators stood In the dismem- hite on the [| An outcry would have meant stant death his wife who was suspended by her teeth from a strap which Torrence held in his own teeth, Even the surprise and a severe pain Talled to bring a sound from him and he hung to the fiy- ing trapeze until after an ant had climbed up thelr aid and lowered the pair to the ground with a rope in- to to Torrence was rushed to the Phil ipsburg Hospital where the in fury JET) EARLY ALIEN AND SEDITION LAWS ' These troubled days of suspected Communistic and Fascist activities throughout our land is not the only period in the nation’s history when feeling became aroused against for- eign residents Indeed. as far back as 1797, feel- ing became so aroused against tral worous-minded foreigners that the President of the Unlied Blates was given authority by act of Congress to order aliens owt of the coumiry At the time of the accession of John Adams to the residency March 4 1797, party lines were tightly drawn, and having been the candidate of Pederalists. he and his measures were closely watched by a well-organized and very powerful opposition known as the Republi- can party The difficulties with the French government were the first to stare him in the face. It seems the French Director had treated our minister, Gen. Pinckney, in a very insulting manner, and he had retired to Am- sierdam to awall instructions. Out- rages were committed upon our commerce by French vessels, and measures had to be taken without delay. Feeling against foreign na- tions was crystallizing into hatred Congress which | 15th of May. 1798 laying duty on parchment and very unpopular the people looked as un-American Along with this, Congress ad- journed without passing Upon the acts of violence of the French Di- rectory. Frequent occasion was tak- en to Insult the United States gov- ernment, and in fact open war was being waged by the crulsers of France on our commerce These indignities aroused the pub- lic sentiment to such an extent that an act was passed May 28 1788, authorizing the President of the United States to raise an army of ten thousand men for three years of which Gen. Washington was ap- {pointed commander, June 25th. The act concerning aliens was passed, giving the President power to order aliens out of the United States, and ion July 6, 1788, another act respect- convened on i an act Hum wa of PRES stamped ve paper, which A% a majority upon a stamp ad T? previously amend ng fourteen WD passed the dig alien enemies: flat with that 18, 1798) tion laws resident naturaliza- year: to a citi- commonly sexlition grder 10 become aL were alien wn Lnown and MWe This law, likewise, was unpopular, and resulied in a petition being sent to Congress a number of Centre! county citizens, who obaracterizsed the law as lable produce more disunion than union and to bear too much of the face of persecu- S80 it will be seen that we had 8 cerialn pacifism in those days In July of the same year an act was passed providing for the valu ation of lands and dwelling houses It created a host of commissioners assessors, surveyors and clerks. This was followed by an att imposing a direct tax on dwelling houses and the Jol whereon the same are erect- ed, not exceeding ten acres in each came i This was an evident discrimina- tion in favor of holders of unseated | bey £4) tion ¢ of or uncultivated lands, and wag re. garded as an obnoxious law In thelr objection, tax payers contend- the law for assessing and collecting a direct tax, would result in 4 great Increase revenue of- ficers and result in expense in levying and collecting the money Petitions against the law were sent to Congress by a large Centre coun- ty group In connection with this petition we have the interesiing faci pre- served by tradition thai there was a prosecution under il against one al least of the inhabitants of the county Complaint was made against Thomas McCommon (McCalmont) for using seditious language, in 1708 or 1798. John OG. Lowery and Andrew ed in great Boggs, the lawyers, were sent down Officers, Attempting to Serve I Nittany Valley to arrest him MoCalmont asked permission to go to the spring for a drink, and did not return. They were very glad he did not, and returned to Bellefonte with a fixed resolution not to have ‘anything more to do with sedition law ! i Farmers Due To Save $4,000 More Favorable Interest Rates Enacted By Legislation Farmers in Centre county willl save about 84.000 a year as a resulli of legislation just enacted by Con-| gress affecting interest rates on; Federal land bank and Land Bank Commissioner joshis. | The temporary mate of 3% per) cent on first mortgage land bank loans will be continued for two years ending June 30, 12. During this period the interest rate on first and second mortgage Land Bank Commissioner loans will be reduced from 4 to 2% per cent. Land Bank and Commissioner loans were ori- ginally writien at contract rates averaging about 5 per oent. At present about 110 Centre county farmers have land bank and Commissioner loans outstanding aggregating $264.000. The differ- ence between the contract rate and the temporary rate thus effects a substantial saving for farmers In a statement from Baltimore, Charles 8. Jackson, President of the Federal Land Banz, said that the saying to farmers through the re< duced interest rate will have the, same effect as an addition to the! farmers’ net income. i i | | i | saleguard- ownership and in, helping to raige farm living standards.” on his body. AMendants at the hos- Robbery Motive In Altoona Death Two Men- Held on Murder Charge; Wives Said To Be Implicated Murder charges have been filed against two Altoona men in the death of Cornelius A. Hanlon, 66, retired railroad employe of that city, on May 9 Hanlon was found fatally injured on the stone steps leading to Gospel Hill Park A two-months’' investigation by Blair county authorities led to the arrest of Elwood Maher, 24, and William I. Palmert. 45. Police sc- cused them of persuading Hanlon to leave a cafe after he had cashed a $00 pension check. or taking the money from him and pushing him down the steps. The men's wives, Maher, 26. and Mrs mert, 32, were held of being accessories. Believed at first to have died from a heart attack, Hanlon, a P.| R. R. veteran who had retired April, Mrs. Theresa 1da May Pal-| under charges i {30 of this year as a carpenter, was found to have a number of injuries | pital announced at the tiime that | he suffered from two f{ractured! ribs, a bruise of the forehead and’ a broken wrist, cause of Youth Is Shot While Hunting Muncy Young Man Seriously Wounded Near His Home Charles P. Hall, 18, is reported to! be in a serious condition at the Muncy Valley Hospital, Improved Plans For Driver Tests Announce That More Time Will Be Spent With Applicants Another step forward in highiway safety was reached this week When suffering | Secretary of Revenge William J.| stables broke into his room. assist. | tect His Wife. received surgical attention. He will probably be compelled to give up his exhibition work during the bal. ance of the season > HOME ROBBED WHILE FAMILY WATCH PARADE While Richard Powers was taking part in the Fourth of July parade last week someone broke through the door of his home of Osceola Random [tems www BIG QUESTION: One of the being asked by questions currently many persons Is “Who robbed the Bellefonte Bor- ough Poor Home?” Before the sale of the home and personal property Baturday, a number of persons had visited the place to inspect the goods to be sold. Many had their hearts set on certain items and showed up at ithe sale in the hope of getling them. But when sale day came many of prized tems Were missing. No ane been to explain the mystery, but dents of the area tell you of see- ing moving Lights in the spooky ok buliding a night or two belore 4 sale looked,” they though someone carrying was going through SNAIL'S PACE: The tempo Board meetings {hectic during SIONS earier in for 300 tons of coal I the has able res « iq A be It tell you, “ws a candie op the 1 th pia of the rip-roaring “" Wher were the year of located about & mile out Once and money When the family arrived home portions of food lying upon the floor, They believed that the person had been In the house when they approached and had been frighten- od away Tyrone Boy Dies From Shot Wounds Four-Year-Old Victim Fatally Injured By Youthful Companion Four-year-old Joseph Woodring, son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth { Woodring, of Stevens Park near Tyrone, died Sunday night at the Philipsburg State Hospital where he was admitted with a severe bullet wound in neck, inflicted soci- dentally by a 22 rifle the hands of neighbor's the in a child The termed occ shooting, which was coroner's fatal sccidental urred Sunday afternoon uth who discharged the 22 Wolfe, 8. a playmate ¢ know what he was doing.” the coroner sald The children were playing “Indian.” and the Wood- by a YO James ring boy ran under the porch as aj dart of the game, to “escape.” The sr Rac al Monday's meeting ninuies by u it we COCK of thr lone for $2.35 ( ia ton and one for $23 low ong During {there are long periods {broken only by the hiss {when a school official attempts fire the dampened 11 ES a won Tie 4] iB ARE 13.9 « a ac © y g Calsed to i | restore in Ow | bacco of his pipe bowl 12:30 a. m. when Monday’ up newsmen came {a feeling that they {of time. The raie of | any meeling progresses {rests with the chairman | FERSONAL TAXES: was ION Lroke ang AWAY with nad t 0 2 peed 1 of Bellefonte citizens more than 1400 {1838 per capita per capita is $4.00 which five per cent penalty added. $4.20, For 1400 persons this means ia past due amount of $5880. For reason, many local residents | | ] £2 now & DU w Lhe Ww 5 { some {seem to have the opinion that a | per capita tax cannot be collected {But at the schop] board meeting, { Monday, It was brought {wages may be stlached {is probably the will suthorize. 1f now you may be barrassment of having the boss take $4.20 or $840 dor good wife) out of w your taxes MURDER PROBE: The investigatior hel Taylor continues th Wi at al ou Al the board pay the tax spared of the em- 2 ad that action vou YOu ang lhe pay ithe sl ayn unabatl- ano Wolfe lad pointed the gun Under .q with a slaff of State Motor Po- the porch and pulled the trigger, The | bullet went through the side of the spinal not knowing it was loaded {youth's neck, severing his cord The parents and one other child survive Constables Find Victim Dying Warrant, Arrive { lice deteciives devoting their full {time 10 the task. While police are | none too optimistic about the final {outcome of the case it was hinted yesterday that the real story of what occurred in the State Coliege- | Lemont area between the hours of {1:30 2. mi. and aboul € a. m. on the {bleak morning of March 28 might | seem quite fantastic. It is report- ed that possibly the greatest draw- back to the solution of the crime is that Blate Police experts (photo. igraphers, fingerprint experts, path- {ologists and detectives) did not ar- irive on the scene alter the {body was moved i 3 unt Too Late | PATRIOTISM: DuBois constabies, attempting tc | A Bellefonte resident who took a serve a warrant on Paul R Ritter | Walk through town on July Fourth of DuBois broke into a room of |Claims thai evidences of patriotism his house one afternoon of last|Weren's very plentiful He began week and found him dying of a rifle | 2s walk Dear the Jospital, came Nn shot through the beart. Other | Wailer street to High, on High to members of the Ritter family had Allegheny, on Allegheny to Curtin, jefy the house when they felt their oD Curtin to Wilson, on Wilson to vy was endangered by Ritier Linn and on Linn to Allegheny. In ; that distance he complained he arrest feounted only 23 flags in front of Ie Constables found the Ritter hore | homes and business places | Jocked and all the rooms bojted | CREDIT: | when they went to serve the WaI- | With the contract for the long- | ran. On knocking on one door they awaited new road between Belie- | heard groans. Baflering in. the fonte and Stale Coliege awarded, | door they found Ritter writhing in (and with work slated to begin in | agony. He died soon after con- the next week or so, lets not for- | get that the Bellefonte Chamber of asafet and had a warrant issued for his from a gunshot wound through the | Hamilton, Jr, announced that im- top of the head The youth was! proved facilities for handling ap- found late Tuesday afternoon of | plicants seeking drivers licenses Inst week in the woods near his have been made and, effective July home, Muncy, R. D. 2, where he had | been hunting groundhogs, ! At the hospital x-rays were taken | of the youth's injury ahd an oper-| ation performed. The wound was! described as Indicating the shot had | penetrated through the top and out | the side of the head ] An investigation fs being con-! ducted to determine whether the shooting was accidental | | i Eye Badly Injured Boyd Allen, a WPA workman re- i | siding near Beech Creek, is suffer- | where tests have been held one day per week, the Secretary of Revenue said the examination points would be held open for applicants an ad- | dith ! conditions warrant. ing from a badly injured left eye, | hurt when several brush thorns] pierced the lid while he was work- | ing. Despite a serious infection, physicians are confident that the sight of the eye can be saved. ! | Regis Hanlon, asked for an investi- the examinations, have Not satisfied with the reported gation, which resulted in arrests signed to the task of testing appli his father's death, the son, | last week. i (also been increased and in many 15th, more time will be spent with each applicant with a view toward an even better and more exhaustive At the same time and with the same purpose in mind Mr. Hamilton stated that locations of many ex- amination points have been changed and that holders of learners per- mits will find it still more conven- fent to take their final tests Hours when these applicants may take their examinations have Twin Brothers Reach 81 Numbered among the oldest twins in their section of the state, William Henry Haas, Sunbury, and Charles F. Haas, Bunbury, R. D. 1, near Klinesgrove, observed their {81st birthday anniversary Satur- iday. They were born and reared {there and have spent all their lives in that immediate vicinity. Charles Haas is a mired Pennsylvania Railroad employe, and his brother is a retired employe of the 8Sun- bury Converting Works. Both are enjoying good health. Fireman Falls From Track Albert Hatch, 38-year-old Wil liamsport fireman, became 8 patient in the Philipsburg Hospital last Thursday after he fell from a fire onal day each week as long as More members of the Pennsyl- {vania Motor Police, who conduct! The complete effect of War upon been as | -1 (Continued on page eight) 4 L truck enroute from Osceola 0 Philipsburg. He is reported to have suffered chest injuries. our internal economy, including ag- riculture, is not yet realized Ly any of us. | Commerce had much to do with |changing the State Highway De- | partments mind about not build- ling the Bellefonte-Dale’s Summit link at this time. Although the pow- ers that be in Harrisburg indicated that the Bellefonte section was not to be built, the Chamber went into action, and with the help of ser- vice clubs and local political big- wigs, got the Department to change ite ruling INTRIGUING: The unofficial police report that the blood-stained handkerchief found near the Shiloh church mn the moming of the Taylor murder, has loomed as a major clue in the solution of the crime, intrigues this department no end. The handker- chief, sold for a nickel at virtually {Continued on page five) er ——— ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE J
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