July 18, 1940. EBENSBURG FAIR TO . OPEN ON LABOR DAY Plans are rapidly being completed for the annual Cambria County Fair, which will open at the Ebens- U. 8. NEEDS WORKERS Employment needs of National Defense Agencies were announced recently by the U. 8, Civil Bervice Commission. These are in addition Tenant Purchase Program Active (Continued from nm page one) Murder Suspect Denied Fr mm enied eedo | Scout James Clark of Troop 2, (Continued from page one) to vacancies announced recently and for which many workers are still needed. Workers with Sxperitner or You n rom three Noval training Jug yp nied af {lowing coun'les: Berks, Butler, Cen- the Philadelphia Navy Yard in the | tre, Chester, Columbia, Crawford, positions of Alreraft Fabric Work- | Cumberland, Erle, Fayette, Frank- er: Helper, Aircraft Instrument Me- | in. Greene, Lancaster, Lycoming, chanle; Hammer Runner; Heat Mifflin, Montgomery, Northumber- Treater: Temperer: Helper Ship- land. Somerset, Susquehanna, Tioga, fitter: Ordnanceman; Welder, Elec- | Washington, and Westmoreland tric; and Welder, Gas. For the pos-| Mr. Havens Is In charge of the itions of Aircraft Mechanic (Mo- | program in Centre county, tors); Alrcraft Sheet Metal Work- | Congress has au'horized the Re-' er; Alrcraft Instrument Mechanic; {construction Finance Corporation Anglesmith; Flange Turner; Frame to advance 50 million dollars to the Bender; Rigger (Qualified as DIv- Farm Security Administration for er); and Sheet Metal Worker; appli- | the continuance of the Tenant Pur- cants with four years of experience chase lending program, which en- or apprenticeship are desired. ables deserving farm tenants, share The Frankford Arsenal at Phila- renters and farm laborers to buy delphia, wants Lens Grinders and farms of their own Machine Adjusters with six months | “The amount of money which of experience. The Arsenal also has | will be available for the making of vacancies in the position of Assist- | farm tenant loans i Fennsylvania ant Inspector of Engineering Ma- will be announced shortly" Mr terials, Mechanical, requiring ex- | Havens stated “The funds are allo- perience on optical instruments. {cated among the sta'es on the At the Philadelphia Quartermas- {basis of total farm population and ter Depot there is a nesd for In- {the amount of farm tenancy” spectors of Miscellaneous Supplies “Farm tenant loans ior the pur- Involving work on Leather Gloves, chase of family-size farms are made and Bedding, in determining com- On & long-term, low-interest pay- pliance with contract specifications. ment plein 40 x ars 5 kien Jet . . (cent Interest.” he explain : r- The salary for Aleta Welders. rowers operate under their own needed at the badd ry bar. in. carefully prepared farm and home pot. Middletown as vg management plans, receiving tech- creased from $1620 a year lo nical guldance from the Farm Be- 860 a year. curity supervisors Coples of the announcements and “Loans are made only to persons application forms may be secured o,.. .onnot obtain adequate finance from the Secretary, Board of U 8 ing from other sources for the pur- Civil Service Examiners, at first or ,..0 of a farm.” he added second-class post offices Interested farmers who would like SE —G a ru to become owners of their own w Burgalys | in the Classifieds. farms under this program should cor file their applications now. Appli- cations should be addressed to Oak- ley 8. Havens, Supervisor, Farm Se. curity Administration, Post Office bullding, Tyrone, P2. Farmers who applied last year, but did not re- ceive loans, may be considered again this year A county committee, composed of farmers appointed by Becretary Wallace, reviews the applications and approves of the farms which applicants propose to purchase. The committeemen then recommend loans, to the extent of available funds, to applicants who have the character, abllity and experience deemed necessary for successful farm ownership The Bankhead-Jones law was en- acted three years ago in an effort to counteract the alarming growth in farm tenancy in this country Tenancy has jumped from 20 per- cent of the farmers in the United States fifty years ago, to 42 percent, according to latest available infor- mation During the first three years of the law's operation, Congress ap- propriated a total of $75.000000 for the Tenant Purchase Program, en- abling close to 13.000 farm tenants Expenses of Instruction and farm laborers to purchase their teacher-librarians) worried a family -size farms. burg Falrgrounds on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, and continue ughout the week to Saturday, ptember 7, Ira Bloom, manager the Fair Association announced, ores of exhibitors of Industrial and mercantile products have al- ready contracted for space, while some ‘of the best livestock ever shown at a county fair are assured of exhibition. Farm products will also be exhibited by scores of farm- ers. Races, running and trotting, will be seeh on the track on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Satur- day during fair week. Prizes total- Ung $4,800 will be offered and many entries of fast runners and trotters have already been received. One of the greatest mine meets ever staged in Pennsylvania will feature the closing day of the Fair. Teams of miners, experts in first- ald work, will participate in the statewide meet. One of the special features of the fair this year will be Firemen's Day to be held on Friday at which a myriad of fire companies from a wide area will participate in many contests, The fun side of the fair will not be neglected. The management of | the fair has contracted for the] Frank Wirth musical revue, “Salute to Freedom,” which will be seen | nightly in the arena. Staging of the revue in the arena will assure patrons of comfort regardless of weather conditions, The Midway will be given over to the attrac- tions of the F. E. Gooding Amuse- ment Corporation. - — ford, Bradford, Cambria, Lehigh, Mercer, Montour, Perry, Potter, Snyder, Wayne, and York counties, | It has already operated, and is be-' ing continued this year in the fol- Want to buy something—try the | Classified columns in this paper. AUDITORS’ ‘REPORT of the Centre Hall Borough School District For the Year Ending July 1, 1940, ee Assessed valuation of taxable real estate—§203 380.00, Number of mills levied—.018. Number assessed with per capita tax—474. Rate of per capita tax—$4.00. Total $5532.84 74.00 7168 567850 186 84 4848 43 Per Capita Property $1.87200 $3,660 84 24.00 Amount of School Tax Amount levied (face of 1939 duplicate) Penalties added after Oct. 1, 1939 Additions to duplicate ; Total amount of tax collected 1938 tax returned. Net grout of 1939 tax collected CURRENT EXPENSES A. Expenses of General Control Secretary's Office, Salaries Tr iCqmmlasion or Sainty) Tax Co Levins pul don 47.66 189 84 75.00 75.00 159.08 | 20.00 20 00 7.50 26.75 Service Census Enumeration Other Expense of General Control Total General Control $ 38333 B. Salaries of Teachers (Include A. Textbooks .. . —— used in Tnstruction (Include library supplies)... — Attending Teachers Institute o Other Expense of Instruction—High School. wi oe Heirs to Receive 5891.75 Civil War Fortune - 1020445 (Continued from page one) ~3 180.00 tate was to revert to Mr. Miller's heirs. Mrs. Norris, for a number of 51.72 | years a well known resident of Belle- “2 | fonte, died about two years ago, leaving no children Upon her death, Mrs Norris left ' 378.20 | rast of her estate to the Harrisburg | Hospital and gave the Blanchard $ 1203 ramily, of Bellefonte, a life inter- 240 est in the remainder. The Dauphin Trust Company, of Harrisburg, and 1481 the hospital, seeking to confirm the | bequest, obtained a ruling from a 5786 | Kentucky county court approving | Mrs. Norris’ disposition of the prop- me - . 3600|* Since the decision seemed to be aie m————— 10306 |i conflict with the will of Mrs. 1048 | Norris’ father, who had provided | ese | that the estate should go to his bro- - a — ~- 4 26.79 | thers and sisters if Mrs. Norris died . oy meee | githout children, one of his des- Total Current Expenses (Items A, B, C, D, E, F) $11.360 63 | | cendants, Isaac Miller, of Philadel- *This includes only board's payment to the Retirement i phia, acting for the group, appealed Board and not teachers’ deductions. {the decision to the Kentucky Ap-| RECEIPTS pellate Court, which reversed the Balance on hand July 3, 1939, General fund... $ 645.34 lower court and upheld tha original Property tax 19398350443. Per capita tax 1939—41.344.00 . 484843 will of William Miller, The appeal Delinquent tax (Previous to 1939). ———" 461.32 was taken in the name of J. Thomas State appropriation: Teachers, Transportation, Tuition, | Mitchell, Bellefonte attorney, who is Vocational — non- -resident pupils ; 6.18150 | one of the Miller heirs. All other sources . Total Expense of Instruction _ D. Expenses of Operation of School Plant hibiig of Janitors and Other Employes a s RARE: hana smibsasn ios : Light and Power Janitors’ Supplies Care of Grounds Total. jExpenl, of Operation Expenses of Maintenance of School Plant Repair of Buildings . Repairs and Replacement: “Heating, Plumbing and Lighting Apparatis Used in Instruction Furniture Total Maintenance M F. Expenses of Find Charges. State Retirement Board * 910 16 During the time between Mr. Mil- 305.14 | Ller's death in 1862, and the pres. mnie | 118, the families of his two brothers | $13,351 89 and two sisters have increased 80 | { that, with each succeeding genera. | lf 360.00 | tion receiving a smaller fraction of | 36.10 the total estate, some of the bene-| | ficlaries will receive as low as one- $ 396.10 three hundred and twentieth of the | total. $ 17601 Among the descendants of William | 15.00 | Miller's brothers and sisters who are | to share in the estate are the fol-| lowing: J. Thomas Mitchell, Mrs. | John P. Lyon, Miss Grace D. Mitch- | ell, all of Bellefonte; Joseph Miteh- | {ell, Lewistown; Malcolm Mitchell, | Greenwood, Miss: Mrs, James Lane, Bellefonte; Miss Ann Shafl- ner and Mrs, Howard Bishop, of | Summit, N. J; Clifford 8. Thomas, of Potter township: Joseph, Arthur and Lula Thomas, Bellefonte; Wil liam Thomas, Mi : Isasc Mil- ler, Philadelphia; Mordecai Miller, | of near Axegann; 3 Mrs. H L. Cur- | tin, of Curtin; Mrs. John McCoy, Mrs. Van Pelt, and John Sommer ville, of Bellefonte, and Mr. SBom- merville's brothers and sisters; the Orbison children, formerly of Belle- fonte but now residing elsewhere; Prederick Reynolds, Jr, Summit, N. J.: Phillp Reynolds, of Chicago, and others The estate consist of considerable personal property and a large block of real estate in Louisville, Ky. Total receipts Payment of Interest on Bonds Total Capital Outlay 0 I $3 Nor SUMMARY TOTAL PAYMENTS: Total Current Expenses (Items A-P inc.) Total Debt Service (Item CG). Total Capital Outlay tem | HY eceirees Total . ..$11,360 63 396.10 nm 31184774 Balance on Hand (To Be Available for School Year 1040). $ 1504.15 ASSETS Bchool Buildings and Sites Textbooks and Equipment LIABILITIES Bonded Indebtedness (With Vote of Electorate)... $ 9000.00 Total Liabilities 5 9,000.00 ** Include only tax which remains unpaid at the end of fiscal year. We hereby certify that we have exémined the above accounts and the officers of the board are | the officer {lar's worth of gasoline not only is ‘good cheer for car owners but it slightly. An instant later he raised hig head and continued as an In. terested spectator of the proceed- ings in which his liberty was &a'| stake, The former highway worker, sti) bearing much of the tan he ac- quired before his arrest on a mur- der charge, appeared in court In his shirtsleeves, He wore a light blue tie with white stripes, and ap- | peareq bright and well rested, He was accompanied on the trip from | the jail to the Court House by Sheriff Edward R. Miller and Depu- Ly Sheriff James Hugg. Defense counsel entered objections strong claiming that the State had falled to produce facts sufficient to sup- port a first degree murder charge and that any lesser degree charge could be sustained, Harvey only If the slaying took place dur- ing an attempted assault, or if the crime was premeditated The Coury held that the evidence indicated that Miss Gates lost her Iife through her refusal to accede to Millinder's advances, and that a first degree charge was therefore |o order. District Attorney Musser W Getlig, who presented the Common- wealth's case, also added that the fact that Miss Oates was sruck several times Is sufficient to bea out the premeditation necessary or a first degree charge Most of (he testimony given al the hearing wag a repetition of the evidence given before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher, Belle- fonte, on June 17 when the youth was formally charged with the crune Richard Wallace, of wld of the discovery of the body along the road about 2:20 a. m while he was on his way home from a date with one of Faye's sisters Under cross-examining by delense attorney Harvey, Wallace described the position of the body when ne first examined the scene Dr. Joseph A. Parrish, of Belle- fone, who with Dr. William J Schwartz, also Bellefonte, per- formed an autopsy upon the re- mains, at the Nef! Puneral Home at Howard on May 5th. described in detal] the many severe wounds about the victim's head and face adding that death was caused by multiple fractures, Dr Parrish declareq that a plece of the girl's underclothing was forced in het mouth Detective Hanna reiated the »ub- stance of a confession allegedly made by Millinder at the County Jail June 17, in the presence of wit- nesses. He said that in the con- | fession Millinder sald he met Mish Gates early in the morning of May 5 along the roag between the Nancy Leathers home and the scene of the crime. He got in the car and made advances, the officer quoted Mil- linder as saying. She stopped the car and resisted his advances and) in the resulting struggle Milinde: Milesburg | of Ql 10 the Commonwealth's’ evidence produced at the hearing | said, ! BELLEFONTE SCOUT SIGNS FOR WORLD'S FAIR TRIP | Announce Exams for WHO KNOWS? Civil Service Post The United States Civil Bervice| Commission announces &n open | competitive examination for the pos- 8 Bellefonte, is the first Scout in the now? {Juniata Valley Boy Scout Council area to sign up for a trip to the! {New York World's Pair Boy Boout | yoion of Assistant Land Appraiser | |Bervice Camp this year. There are Negotiator for filling vacancies {30 Many Scout activities going on | S04, Negotisic Btates wir De- ne "canon Wiot 1t has been Wibos, (priory, at Large, at Baltimore, 0p Of | Md. the usual entrance salary be- Juniata alley Beouts 0 for m yisit| %0 the Pair. However, there are nu- | '"é $2000 & year merous opportunities for individual | Applications for this position Scouts or small groups of Scouts Must be on file with the Manager, to go to the Fair with Troops of | Fourth U. 8. Civil Service District, | fother Councils. | Washington, D. C, not later than | { Scout Clark has a August 14, 104 friends in Rigmber ot | Competitors will not be required the Orange-SBullivan | | {to report for written examination, [Council at Middletown, New York; be rated on their educa- | {80 he has taken advantage of an | but will opportunity to go along with g | Yon. training and experience Troop from that Council, Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the Any Beouts who have registered Secretary nd of U. 8. Civil Ber- for a year or more and who have ‘ vice Examiners, Post Office, Belle- {had at least one week's experience | e010 Pa in camp can qualify. If they desire | to spend a week at the Boy Scout Camp at the New York World's! Falr they should get in touch with | the Council Headquarters In Lewis.’ town. Complete Information will be sent to them mo as———— — STATE COLLEGE RESIDENT SEES AL BINO SQUIRREL may be vital Wo the defense of this country? 3. What modern nation has the i longest workweek? 4. What taxpayers are required | 10 file Income tax returns? 5. What was the gize of the U 8. Army when Henry L. Stimson was Secretary of War under Presi- dent TafL? 6. When 4id Rumania acquire Bessarabia? 7. When did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia? 8. Does the League of Nations continue to function in any way? 9. How old is Henry Pord? 10. How old must a citizen be 10 become eligible for the presi dency? min ————— CONTROL LARGE BROWN PATCH GRASS DISEASE ! Approximately 00 2. Great Britain, France land and Denmark 3. Japan seventy week 4 Bingle persons of $800 or more a ——— Hol- Weather conditions indicate that large brown patch will be a severe | Idisense of grass this season, says County Agent R. C. Blaney Outbreaks of large patch are most destructive during July and AUBUSL| persons with incomes when high temperatures occur. Pre-| ore per year vention is better than cure and is 5 85000 men obtained with regular appMcations y { of mercury 5 : ro 3 ! : Greater than normal rainfall, ac- ig on usion following the Worl companied by cool weather, has pro- - duced rapidly growing grass which 7. In 1867 is very susceptible to disease, It has 8. Practically all | been found that large brown Patch | resigned occurred on 82 per cent of the days when the night or minimum tem- perature was above 70 degrees F Most greenkeepers report the best contrel by the use of a mixture of two parts by weight finely di- vided calomel and one part of cor- rosive sublimate. To prevent in- Jury to turf in hot weather, two ounces of this mixture are used on each thousand square feet of tur! The two ounces of mercury mix- ture may be applied in 20 gallons of spray, or may be thoroughly mixed with eight pounds of sand and broadcast dry on the turf. In either case, buming will be pre- vented If the mercury is washed hours per wilh Income year, married yf $2000 or An albino squl irre], considered an | oddity in nature, was observed early last week by Dr. C. E. Myers, of State College, near the Myers home on West Fairmount avenue, Dr. Myers, a wildlife enthusiast, attempted 10 get a photograph of the squirrel but the animal scam- pered away too quickly. It was the first albino squirrel Dr. Myers has seen In his observations of wild- life $7,200 000 for employes have §. Beventy-seven years oid 10 The at 8 years old Constitution President be at requires least 35 sd tr tf ussein - Logan Grange Pienle Logan Grange, of Pleasant Gap, will hold a picnic in the boarding house at Grange Park, Centre Hall on Wednesday, July 24. All Grange members and friends are cordially invited Ww attend AP Auto Inspection to End on July 31st Pennsylvania motorists wer: warned of the approaching suto-|into the turf immediately mobile-inspection deadline today Applications at 10-day intervals , Revenue Secretary William J (during July and August will in amilton, Jr, who urged them tc inearly all cases, prevent large] complete Inspection as soon as pos- | brown patch. If the disease is un-| cible usually severe, the amount of mix- | Deadline for inspection of all ma~- ture may be Increased to three chines licensed in the stale is mid- ounces per thousand square feet] night, July 31 {and additional applications used - L ». » essons in English Words Often Misused Do not say, “1 am satified that we shall win." Say, “I am convine- ed (or sure) that we shall win Do not say, “Yourself and ly are invited.” Say family are invited ” Do not say, “I motion cept this bid” Bay we accept this bid” Do not say, “All that Is hearsay.” ‘All that is conjecture” is prefer- able The adverbial form mulchy is ob- solete In good usage Do not use the term | Bay, maid, maldservant of ———— fam- “You and your that we ac- “1 move that hired girl” or servant 2. What Buropean nations hold territory in this hemisphere which | Rumania seizes the region in, THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Page Seven Words Often Mispronounced CARAMEL. Pronounce kar-s-mel, How many war planes aren... o os in at, second a unstressed, being produced in this COUntTY |e us in bell, accent first syllable ONYX. Pronounce on-iks, o as in on, | as In licks PAROCHIAL. Pronounce ph-ro- ki-al, both a's unstressed, o as in roll, | as in it, sccent second pyl- lable STUDIOUS. Pronounce first u as in use, not stoo TEMPERAMENT. Pronounce tem- per-a-ament, four syllables, not | tem-pra-ment nor lLem-per-ment EON (divigion of time) Pronounce e-on, ¢ a8 in he, 0 as In on, accent | first syllable Words Often Misspelled Embarrassment; two r's and wo 8's. Cheyenne (Wyoming). Monot- ony. three o's. Effervescence; five ¢'s this word Ammonia; two ms Word Study ‘Use a word three Umes and it yours Let us Increase our vo- cabulary by mastering ohe word each day. Words for this lesson INDEFATIOCABLE; incapable of being fatigued, or not yielding to fatigue (accent third syllable). “He was the quickest, most indefatigable player on the field" —H OG Wells FATALISTIC,; pertaining to that which is fatal, or prophetic. “She was the fatalistic child of circum- stances CONTROVERSIAL controversy, inclined “No controversial answered.’ ENVIRONMENT: whatever en- COM PDAsses one's surroundings or circumstances collectively “Every- thing that is, is the ordered and calculable result of environment Arnold Bennett ICHTHOLOGY of zoology which treats of fishe (Pronounce ik-thi-ol-o-ji, all I's as in it; first 0 as in of scoent third syllable.) DEPRECIATORY ; tending to les- sen in price or estimated value “The possibility of war had & deprecia- tory eflect upon certain stocks ang bond: subject 0 Ww dispute questions will be the department ————— — LIGHTNING VERSUS WORK Recently a bolt of lightning shot into Mrs. Pete Silvus’ kitchen at Marietta, Ohio, knockeg a skillet {from her hand jumped 10 & Nearvy field and knocked a pitchfork from her husband's grasp 8lvug Was unhurt but the bolt burned Mrs Silvus severely ————e— accomplish much more if belief was Religion can but it could do made manifest by contributions BELLEFONTE MOTOR dragged her from the machine and! hit her gver the head with a stone. | continued. Then, he} sid, Millinder tuned Miss Gates Car around on the road and walked | home Mr, Harvey objected to the detec: | | tive's version of the reputed con- | fession on the grounds that a sien. cgraphic record of the confession: was made al the time, and that the record would be the best evidence. | The Court over-ruled the cbjection When the Commonwealih rested Mr, Harvey declared that no evi- dence had been produceg to show that the crime was intentional] oO that ii ‘was committed during the commission of a felony (attemin- ed assault). The attorney sald thas no evidence had been given to show the size of the stone with which Miss Gales is believed to have been bludgeoned to death. Judge Walker, after hearing the] arguments of Mr. Harvey and Dis- | trict Attorney Gettig commenced | that the Commonwealth had shown | that Millinder got into the girl" car; that he made advances and that Miss Gates resisted those ad- | vances, ang that in the course of | the struggle Millinder struck the girl in such a manner as to cause! her death. On those grounds the Court dis. missed the plea that Miilinder be given his liberty under bond until September when the trial is sch-! eduled to be held : Several hundred spectators o¢-| cupied seals in the Court room dur- | ing the proceedings. Among them | were residents of Bellefonte and’ many surrounding areas Alsc | present were all the detectives who since Millinder's arrest have been | devoting their entire energies to the solution of the Rachel Taylor mur- | der at Lemont on March 28, BOOKLET TELLS MOTORISTS HOW THEY CAN SAVE MONEY Getting the most mileage and mo- toring satisfaction from each dol- | is good business for service stations. That is the reason the Gulf Oil Corporation has published a clearly Hlustrated new booklet entitled “21 Ways to Save Money,” and is dis- tributing free coples at Culf sta- tions from Maine to Mexico, How to save gasoline in starting, running, and stopping in both hot and cold weather, how to use the choke most economically, and even how to save money when stopped, is explained in the booklet. 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