OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week, Covers Thoroughly Every Town and Village MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Issue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined. A Quick and In Centre County, he Cenfre Democraf Economical Selling Medium, — VOLUME 59. NUMBER 32. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, AUGUST B, 1940. SUBSCRIPTION—3$1.50 PER YEAR ILO go } RR Sherman Lutz, 3 “ Student 16, Injured Plane Drops 1000 Feet Near State College When Controls Jam FEDERAL INSPECTOR ARRIVES ON SCENE Accident Happens During Flight in New Plane; Victims in Hospital BULLETIN: Attaches at the Centre Coun- ty Hospital last night reported little change in the condition of Pilot Sherman Lutz, seriously injured in yesterday's plane crash. He is reported to be “quieter” than he was, but otherwise his condition remains the same. He has not regained consciousness, it is reported. Sherman Lutz, 37, State College pilot, was serjously injured, and 8 pilot, Charles Neyhart, 16 son of Prof. and Mrs. Amos Ney- hart of State College, escaped seri- ous injury about 10:30 o'clock yes- terday morning ] tl plane they were [flyin on the John Stoner Centre Hills Countr east of Stale Colle The. plane den (two-seate height of a on was demoali Rushed Hospiial lance, Lutz ing {rom a i right leg ist, crush juries and lacerations of t face and lacerations of the chest and arms. He is suffering greatly fron shock, physicians report Neyhart escaped with a fractur- i ea leg. bruises and lacerations The crash occurred as the two, were en route to the State College | airport from a half-hours flight the plane, wh had been flow: from the factory in Ohlo pre- vious According Lutz, the controls to fly the ship, which wa ped with dual controls it is reported, began flying when he noticed the controls not operating pro (Continued on page eight) student 3 crashed farm, near v Club. 3 mile orchard in. al ne ich the to reports told Neyhar equip- day a Ney the plan wer: asked Deriy and Court Rules On Compensation Case on filed vesterday Walke the upheld a ruling Compensation Board claimant's petition to agreement which In Judge Ivan county courts, the Workmen dismissing a set aside a fnal he had signed The claimant in the case is John B. Coder. of Blanchard, who suffer- ed chest inj s on September 28 1936. while blasting stumps neag Beech Creek for the Pittsburgh-Des- Moines Steel Company. He received a fracture of two ribs and other in- juries of the chest Continued on page six) of Centre of {babys father is Pilot's Father Mints Sabotage in Plane Crash Charie Valley Lutz who terday mornin try Club sabotage cause the 0 earth sllefonte after a fruit he inge of idden Saerm wad 300 young men would have him work i ed, Sefs Record Child of Former Local res Resident Sets Precedent in U. S. Birth Annals 15 pound ) I record in the atlending physician m. on Sunday at St. Prancis Xavier in. Charleston 8 C. The a former Bellefonte firmary in resident The baby is the eighth living child of Mr. and Mrs. Claude M. Johnson of Charleston Two others died They twins wh weight 14 pounds Mr. Johnson is a Johnson of ¥ ry f , had O84 Was An- eet son of Mrs Valentine str a brother of Belle er Donald Johnsor 1 be remembered Bucky and has been in On page seven) na llefonte, and is ite Police Offic hnson, who tainnal £iNa;: “ continued A crams— Property Owners Pleased With Rules that members well given organization th the of are Tation to the regulations Creek dur pleased 3! gard on Sprix season President Guy Stearns said that the regulations had worked to the the land owners and in the rules was this He AS togd y ed 5 trout satisfaction of that no change contemplated at time thanked “all parties” for their sistance in enforcement of the rules which “eliminated ag number of past annoyances.” Two Centre Countians Honored Ww. P. SIEG For the first time in more than two decades since the founding of Rockview penitentiary, Centre County has more than one membel on the board of trustees of the in- stitution The action of Governor James in naming 1. Frank Mayes, of Lemon® and W. P, Sieg, of Bellefonte, as) trustees, gives the county two rep-| resentatives on the prison board Mr. Mayes, prominent Lemont marble dealer and auctioneer, has| been a lifelong member of the Re-| publican party and is widely known | throughout the county, His ap-! pointment comes as a fitting tribute | to many years of activity on behall | of the party, to his outstanding | business ability, and to his wide re- | putation for honesty and falr-deal- | FRANK MAYES ing Mr, Sieg. one of the founders and president of the Titan Metal Manu. faciuring Company, Bellefonte, has demonstrated executive ability of the most progressive order in the establistiment ang development ol one of this community's major in-| dustries, tered politics on an active scale, he has always been a staunch support er abd member of the Republican | party. In the selection of Mr. Mayes and Mr. Sieg as trustees of Rockview ihe State has secured the services of two men who undoubtedly will | give the affairs of the prison the | same intelligent and efficient care that brought them success in their private lives, While he has never en: | | According to a lst of appointeet beld at Lock Haven from Monday {through Thursday, August 12 to 15. Plunged 1,000 Feet ! SHERMAN LUTZ Prepare For Possible ‘Fifth Column’ Moves Centre Miiler, of County Sheriff Edward R Bellefonte, and State Col- Police Chief John R. Juba » Cu on Monday attended a meeting at Williamsport held un- der the supervision of John F. Sears, ecial agent in charge of the Fed- Bureau of Identification, ern Pennsylvania Division Police officer 1 10 countieg in area the meet- receive instructions in the of We with FBI In to complaints relative espionage sabotage iim tactics in damn ACLICS In lege of Qt lege of eral east. fron were called to ‘0 rking the to and any local- the AL meeting the representative of the FBI declared jon has been designated to any indus determine whether such pl adaptable to war-time production Any Cen. tre county Industries may have such an inspection made by getling ir touch with Sheriff Miller, who will FBI suthorities in Washing - that organiza-« inspect trial in notify ton - — Picnickers Have Ideal Weather Many Win Prizes at Com- munity Outing at Hecla Yesterday A fair crowd and ideal weather marked the community picnic t retail division of Chamber of Commerce ecla Park yesterday shows during the » crowds and are re- ve been well received Cooke Hollywood clowns Three Ems were Lhe fea- Epon = he the y free stars The Belleforite High School Band, American Legion and Auxiliary Jun. Band and Bellefonte Banjo Band were on hand all day to pro- vide music. A baseball game between Port Matilda and Bellefonte was won by Port Matiida, the score be- ing 8to bh The A. & P. mushball feated the Lock Haven (Continued on page i I ——— — Hand's Hand Lands Handler In Jail Harold C. Hand's visit to New York turned into a busman’s holi- day Monday when Re grabbed an alleged pickpocket who was jost- ling him. Hand Is a member of the police force at State College. The suspect gave his name as David Libin. Libin has served in jail Officer and Mrs. Hand, who live in the Heatherbloam apartments, left State College on Sunday for a vacation at the World's Fair a ————————-— College Girl Hurt In Collision of Cars A State College girl suffered in- juries about the nose and face about or team de- Silk Mill six) 5:30 o'clock Monday afternoon when | a car driven by her mother was in- volved in an accident at the inter section of Hillcrest avenue and Burrowes street, State College | The girl, Marilyn Doan, daughter lof Prof. and Mrs. ¥. J. Doan, | North Holmes street, State College, wag treated at the office of a State College physician. Police Officer | Grant Kough said the Doan car and {a machine driven by" Paul Linde- {man, of Boalshurg, were involved {In the crash. Damage wag placed at simian A———— Named to Farm Board to the tenant purchase committeed for 32 Pennsylvania counitigs an- | nounced by Oakley 8, Havens, farm security administration a in Centre ana Blair counties, G E Ardery, of Port Matilda, succeeds J. J. Markle, of State College, onl the new board, Other board mem- bers are OG, Mac Pry. of Pennsyl« vania Furnace, and CGeorge Moth. ersbaugh, of Boalsburg, two terms ‘Boom Bellefonte of | it wag reported yesterday, ing. Plans For Service Station On Hotel Site Are Approved | In County A I e Construction of a modern fire- proof Bunoco service station on the Brant Hotel property at the corner! of Bishgp and Allegheny streets in the near future was virtually as- sured Monday night when Belle- fonte Council at a regular meeting tentatively wed plans for the building The building, which will replace the ancient and historic Brant Ho- tel, will be of modern concrete block construction, and will be one story im height. Facllities will include a car-washing bay, lubrication racks, washrooms, an office, and gasoline service bay in front Driveways across the sidewalk will be provided on Bishop and Allegheny streets Pedestrians at the busy intersection will be by two safety Zong beiween driveways Council's final approval of plans submitted by Company hinges upon whether the company complies with require- ments regarding the piacing of street lights, sewer openings, safety gones and sidewalk facilities. The Lewistown representative of the Mounfain Road To Be Widened appr protected the the Sun Oil New Lane For Trucks on Sky-Top Route; Survey B. E. V. ‘Missing Link’ A special 13-foot truck being bullt by the Works Progress Administration on Route 322 from the foot of the mountain near Mar- tha. to the summit at 8ky-Top. The work ix being done under the super- | vision of the Pennsylvania Depart. ment Highways, Aaron D. Leit. pell, county highways superinien. dent, sald 9 The present two-lane highway, | (Continued on page four) sc MP ——— Fall Fatal To Aged Man Capt. C. T. Fryberger, 96, of Philipsburg, Succumbs at Hospital ane is of Philipsburg is mourning the loss Ol and itz last Captain Charles f its oldest resident Civil War veteran Theodore FPryberger Captain Pryberger, 96, died at 3:3C | o'clock last Thursday morning August 1. 1940, at the Philipsbure State Hospital, He was admitted suffering with a broken leg receiv- | ed in a fall in his room at his} Bouth Centre Street home when | he Jost his balance while turming | round from the window, Captain | ryberger enjoyed remarkably good | health and kept abreast of world events by listening to the radio. Military funeral services were conducted by the members of the John Ashley Dennis, Jr, American Legion Post, Philipsburg, from the home Saturday afternoon in charge (Continued on page 6-—second sec.) Escape Injury When Car Hits Garage When the small garage in which they were standing was struck by a car and forced off its foundations, Harry A. Corman and his grandson, Eugene Riter, aged 6, of near Belle- fonte, escaped injury. The accident happened about § o'clock last Thursday night when a New York State car which was in- volved in a sideswiping accident with an Ohio car near the Corman | home east of Bellefonte along the | Jacksonville road. ran off the road | (Contined on page eight) | i | For Convention Firemen Wage Intensive Drive to Bring District Meeting Here in 1941 Bellefonte firemen are making great headway in their efforts % have Bellefonte chosen as the place for the 1941 convention of the Cen- tral District Firemen's Convention, The 194] convention place is to be decided next Wednesday during the annual district convention to be Firemen from the 19 counties of je district will cast ballots to the host town for next years meet- Bellefonte representatives at the convention next week will be Paul (Continued on page seven) : company who submited the plans to Council, gave every assurance that the borough's requests would be given full consideration Anderson sald that the company usually leases its stations to a local resident, who conducts the business as a private enterprise, He added that construction wouki begin at the earliest possible moment. The building proper, he said, will be 41 feet, 7 Inches long on the Bishop street side, and will be feet, 4 inches deep on the Allegheny street side. The Brant Hotel lot has a 50- foot front on Bishop street, and the Sun Company purchase extends back 100 feet on Allegheny street and includes the entire hotel bulld- ing. The hotel, owned by W. W Bickett, has beenn conducted for some time by David Love Council] approved a request by the Logan Pire Company for a complete rebuilding of the pump on the Lo- gan's Buffalo pumper, which Is rapidly losing efficiency through wear. The machine has been in ser- vice 10 or 11 years, and the pump (Continued on page seven) 27 Court Hears 6 Guilty Pleas Fugitive Gets 5 to 10 Years For 2 Hours’ Lib- erty; Local Man Jailed Six defendants, eptering pleas of guilty 0 an assortment of crimes were senienceg ai a special session of court here Monday morning by Judge Ivan Walker. The heaviest senience was meted out to Joh Fiickner, of Venango County, whe drew from 5 10 years for two hours of “iresdom” from Rockview eriteniiary According 10 a statement made ini Cour: oy C. C Rhoads, Depulj Warden Rockview, Flickner serving a 5 to 10 year term for bur- ang larceny, left the farm about 4 p. m_ July 30, and was apprehended by a guard two hour: later than two fields lengths outside the priron lands Fiickner, i= known at the prison Lying John," had nothing say in his defense Daniel P. O'Leary, 8r, of Belie- ‘onte, chargeg with the theft of I Continued on page seven) Sn RP ———— ——— Wolf Employes In Annual Picnic, ne to ail Bias prison less ag Full Day of Sport, Entertain- ment and Festivities Fea- tures Outing at Loretto The Wolf Furniture Company held its annual picnic for employes last Thursday at St. Frantis Col- lege, Loretto, and according to re- ports it was by far the most excit- ing and outstanding one ever held Because of the rapid growth of the Wolf Purniture Company each year, | ‘there are more branch stores em- | ploying more people, this being the | first Wolf picnic for Clearfield, { All the stores groups’ met at the i college at noon when a cold lunch- eon was served | The annual roll call was held, with each person rising and calling out the name and store where em- ployed, Songs were sung by the en- tire group under the direction of meal with the patriotic song, “God | Bless America.” i After lunch the most interesting | {Continued en page seven) i a ] i | Youths Are Injured | As Car Is Demolished | Donald Holter, aged 21, son of | Mr. and Mrs. David Holter, of How. | |8rd, and Frank Miller, also of How- | ard, both employes of the Piper Alr-| craft Company at Lock Haven es! caped serious injury about 7:30 o'-| clock Monday morning when the car in which they were riding was badly damaged. The young men were on their way home from work at Lock Haven when Holter, who was at the wheel uf the Chrysler sedan owned by his father, fell asleep and the machine lett the road near the James garage al the western end of Blanchard, ADLY HURT IN PLANE Sold For Taxes Court Order Halts Sale of 216 Rush Township Tracts for Taxes IRREGULARITIES IN ACCOUNTS CITED Petition Says Many Prop- erty Owners in Rush Twp. Have Tax Receipts A otal of 169 tracts of seated land in Centre County were sold Monday by County Treasurer Harry PF. Jones for non-payment of taxes It was reported yesterday by the Treasur- er's office. Of the total, 35 tracts were sold to individuals and 134 were sold 10 the County Some 216 tracts of land in Rush scheduled for sale were not put an the block because of a Court order postpoining the sai until September 4 1040 a; 1:30 p m. The Cour: order was filed in compliance with a joint petition by the County Commissioners and the Treasurer, who averred that certain irregularities In the tax re- ports from that township require investigation before final Jdisposi- tion i= made The Commissioners’ petition aver: that there are evidences that many of the Rush township propertie (Continued on page four) Youth Held In Wounding Of Boy Ernest McChesney, Boals- burg, Pests $500 Bail For Court Charged with shooting a human being in mistake for game, Ernest McChesney, aged about 27 burg, was released under $500 bail alter a hearing before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher, East Bishop street, Bellefonte, Saturday night The charge against McChesney was lodged by Pvt. George Panrock, of the Btate Motor Police at Rock- view, after a buliet fired by the man struck and serjously injured Lester J. Kauffman, Jr. 13, of Boalsburg The shooting took piace last Wed- nesday while McChesney and Kauff. man and others were hunting groundhogs in Harris township The wounded boys father, the Rev. L. K. Kaufiman, of Boalsburg, township and police who investigated the ac- | (Continued on page eight) GAP FUTURE SPORTSMEN TO HOLD FESTIVAL, SATURDAY | The Future Sportsmen of Pleas | at | Noll's Grove, Pleasant Gap, on Sat- | negle among a crowd of more than 400 ant Gap will hold a festival urday, August 17. Music will be fur- nished by the Pleasant Gap Band and a wide variety of entertainment | and refreshments will be available | oo. woo dedicated to the memory | of Andrew Camegie who founded { the fron industry around which the | now abandoned village grew. on the ground: The purpose of The Puture Sports. men, a junio’ organization for boys | between the ages of 10 and 18, is to | teach the nuembers the advantages | {of conservetion of our forests and | stieams, how 10 handle the rod £nd {gun propery and safely, the diffcs- ence in game birds, animals and fish, and the good of organized | clubs tf accidents by the means of frst | Preddie Glover, ending the noon | 2id and prevention of accidents Banjo Band Festival Will Open Tomorrow | The Bellefonte Banjo Band will hold its seventh annual festival and jamboree this Priday and Saturday, | August § and 10, on the Undine Fire Company plot, East Bishop street. Entertainment Friday night will feature the popular Bellefonte High | i 5 4 =f » E a Jit g of Boals- | ASH 169 Properties Expect Decision on Millinder Hearing Japanese Beetles Shun Bellefonte's Coating of Lime Bellefonte's lime blessing in disguise it al a meeting of Borough Council Monday night when Council Presi- dent Thomas Beaver related a con- versation he'd had with a visitor to Bellefonte Beaver said visitor seemed surprised when toid him fonte had no Japanese beetles. The guest of an inquiring tun of mind rubbed fingers a piece of foliage, looked at the finger and ex- claimed “Ha! That's why Bellefonie has no beetles! Look at that lme! They wouldn't touch foliage like that! Bomelimes we think we'd rather have the beetles ————— FBI Gels Three Spy Complaints Federal Agency Investi- gates Reports From Bellefonte “SBpy complaints” received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from residents of Bellefonte reach- ed a otal of three by the end of July, it was learned today, accord. ing 0 a dispsich from Washington D.C Complaints or “tps” on spies sabotage plots, and other subversive dust may war DE a earned the ne his over | mctivities are deluging the FBI at! the rate of nearly 3.000 per day, ac- | cording to a spokesman for FBI Di- | {rector J. Edgar go i Though many of the complaints are unfounded, FBI is still invesl- gating them all, it was said No person who hes furnished the FBI with bona-fide information on sub- versive activities should sssume his tip has not been acted upon just because the suspect is still at large it was added. Some cases ii was €X- plained, may require weeks or months of investigation during which an immediate arrest of the suspect might enable his employers | Or associales 10 gel away lie 400 Present At Scotia Picnic 17 of Original Carnegie Em- ploves Attend Annual Out- ing, Saturday Seventeen of the employes at Car- were original Scotia persons who attended the annual Scotia picnic there on Saturday. The Arrangements fo have severs] Camegie-Illinois Steel Company of- ficials present to speak Were can- celled when Harry M. Williams, of Bellefonte, secretary of the picnic committee, received word that it would be impossible for them to at- | tend | Tt also teaches what to do in case | © The speaking program was Car- ried out by a number of former res idents, who recalled the days when Scotia was a thriving mining com- munity. A display of old photo- {Continued on page three) GIDEONS PLACE BIBLES The Altoona Camp, Gideon As- sociation Intemational which re- oently placed 42 Bibles in the Osn. pital, Bellefonte, for the use of em- ployes and patients at that insti. tution. Belle. | Counsel for Accused Slay- er Denies Action Was ‘Fishing Expedition’ STATE SAYS MOVE MAY WEAKEN CASE Judge Hints Evidence Sought is Result of Police Initiative conclusion of a bearing morning, in Which argu- ments were on the legal as- pects of a petition by Lewis Orvis Harvey, attorney for Richard Mii- linder, accused slayer of Paye asking that the Common. Gates, wealth be required to tan over evidence” for pre-trial study Maria Monday heard | “real by the defense, Judge Ivan Walker reserved immediate decision The proceeding was instituted by | Harvey, who contended in his peti. tion to eourt that he should have {an opportunity to examine the evi- dence against Millinder if the lat- {ler is to be properly defended. At A hearing in the matter Monday morning belore a crowded court room, Harvey dended an inference by District Attorney Musser W. Get- tig that he was on “a fishing exped- ition.” and declared his sole purpose in taking action is “lo be able to explain any evidence which the prosecution may produce at the trial.” Millinder was not present at the hearing The District Attorney contended that the defendant has no rights under the Constitution, under stat. utory law, or under common lew to inspect the evidence the State has amassed against him, before trial Such an act, Mr. Gettig declared, would shatter the very foundations of criminal] procedure During the hearing Judge Walker expressed the belie! that most of i {Continued on page "Ean. Fair Schedule Being Completed County Youth Temperance Council to Crown Queen Wednesday, Aug. 28 we The program for Crange Encampment and Centre County Fair is nearly completed An entirely new feature in 1940 will be the presentation by the Centre County Youths’ Temperance Council jof a program on Wednesday after- {noon, August 28 About! © members of the Y. T, C. comprising a chor- us, band, and drum majors will par. ticipate in the crowning of the Cen. {tre County Temperance Queen | Wednesday being Organization iDay, the Townsend Committee for ithe county will present speakers at {11 a. m. the County Democratic {Committee at 7 p. m., and the Re- | publican Committee at 5:15 p m. (Weather permitting, all Wednesday programs Will be held outdoors. A new feature of the Tuesday 4- H Club Round-up will be a series of demonstrations held in the aud. itorium by the county Home Eco- {Continued on page six) the sannusl MILESBURG FIREMEN'S CARNIVAL OPENS TONIGHT The annual carnival sponsored by the Milesburg Fire Company will get under Way this Thursday night and will eontinue through Saturday, with a different program scheduled each evening The Milesburg band will play to- night: the Bellefonte American Le- gion and Auxiliary Band will be present tomorrow night, and a Lit- tle German Band from Lock Haven {will entertain Saturday night Among a list of prizes 10 be given away are 2 single blankets, Thurs day night: a 32-piece set of China, Friday night, and 5 tons of coal Saturday night. All kinds of amuse- ments and refreshments will be available on the grounds [ We Admit It Could Be L. P. 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