* i Page Six _ Keystone Highways Reveal Scen Thousands of miles of Pennsylvania's tgodern highw ays are flanked by seenes of unusual bea=2s. wi ” A ‘ # THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFO A ————— ic Cha L Highway Building Costs Not Limited to ‘Surface’ What is a road? Motorists, de- | #pite thelr constant use of highways, might have a difficult time answer: | ing that question, Evidence indigates that the aver- | sge motorist considers a road, from | the standpoint of gonstriction cost, | asa slab of surfacing material over | wihteh he drives his car. He Ig- | nores the elements represented ‘in | the rightolsway and the establish- | { ment of grades and laying of base | materials, | permanent; in other words, not sub- | ject to destruction mor to mainte- | nance and replacement costs, The | right-of-way, for instance, is paid { for once and then may be forgotten. If the grade is established to con- form to ofMgcinl standards—and it { must be If jt is partially financed Fenge. Department of Commerce Phete is U. 5. Route 22 following the picturesque J uniata river near Newport in Perry county. app Lock Haven Ready Work Progresses Jan For Convention City Being. Decorated For Central District Fire- men Meet Dect ven lor of the Centr Volunteer be slarted t bv a rating of the city of Lock Ha- the 48th annual convention al Pennsylvania District Firemen's Association wid beginning next Monda: part of thi to we week representing the same company which Was employed for the Republican national convention in Philadelphia All three lLoxk Haven fire com- panies have changed dales and are holding their regular meetings this k to avoid conflict with events wee of the week he earl crew of men decorat ng onvention In order the streets. at least in the business section of Lock Haven, be in fine condition the firemen's convention next week, the WPA and municipal laboring crews are working at ‘top speed filling holes on Main street and mn other repairs Lock Haven expects an Immense crowd at the convention and is pre- paring to entertain it th » n hat all for King arias MP spe — PENN STATE TO GRADUATE CLASS Ihe annual summer gession com- mencement exercises on Thursday, August mark « the cloge of the nain summer term at the Pennsyl- Slate College. The post.ses- sion lant summer terms, will next Monday, Aug- ust 12, and xXtend to August 30 This week graduation. program to be held in Schwap audito ix A dhree regulde ment exer’iees held by each vedr.” The others close of the first and sed ters of the wintey term The post-gession is so that no more than one full-sessi course bx The ma jority of the courses offered are for grad- uate st 8 vania of the three Degin thé “eollegé are at the ong semes- arranged may taken udent C—O —~ — HOY FAMILY REUNION I'he second annual punion of the Harry tany the member Valley wes held Sunday | Mervin Hoey home, Twenty-four Games of all kinds, amusements, and plenty to eat as i Those. present Were: Mr, and. Mré Hay 1. Roy, Mr. and Mes. Willard Hoy and children, Nevin, Homer Ruth and Irvin, Mr. and Mrs. Jos- eph Neff and children, Joseph, John, George, James and Anna, Mr. and Mrs, Mervin Hoy and children, Crace, Dorothy, Earl, Anna Kath. ryn, Glenn, Ray and Mary Eliza. beth A lovely dav had by all © ia were present and a fine time was EE a Kilis Large Black Snake. Mrs. Albert Zimmerman, of Min- goville, heard a disturbance among her chickens Monday morning and upon investigation saw a large black snake in her from vam Seizing a wash rubber off the porch sip soon dispatched the snake which measured 5 feet in length a Sum mer In . pa. | TY Warden C ‘Man Jailed Here As 1. Hew tantly of Little Nite! Suspicious Character Bt pr i. Roy J. McEiro ennsylvania . Woods | On New Highway *aving of College Road May Not Be Completed Be- fore Winter Greene ne, oon- the Bellefonte-Dale of new roag vesterday ixiicated of the road probably completed untill next and of ink College paving nn Putman tractors Summit State that win spring Lhe declared that they are allowed 185 working day: in which Ww fulfill the contract, but added that working days canont in compared with calendar days Sundays. holidays, ang weathe! conditions must be taken into ac- count in figuring working days, they d It is possibile road ill be 137] the he contractor sal that part of the will paved hefore cola weather arrives, a spokesgan con- tinued, adding tha under ideal tonditions much of the paving betfgre the wine hand un- geriously between conld 1 tor freeze favorable weather hamper. the projec and winter In any event the contractor's rep- declared wil now resentatiw he r i v be open to traffic during t maoaonth Work began thi paralions for pew irom the genllentiary road Bellefonte. The right of way {om thousand feet near the Har g4 crew Weex on road construcii sevéra in dairy was dre reads the Wetzel property, The cut will. about 1400 fee: long and 20 feet it depiy at pisces. The cut at the t hay barns, west of the Rockview faattie barns and the fill near De- } p © “Rhoads hom {are progresdng rapidly New ma- chinety bb arriving on the job daily and contractors expressed sa isiac- an with the way the work is pro- gressing The 23-{00t care Al to DEgin a it he 3 ¥ 5 ai 10-100 graded 3 in the Fold Wiki Dave A osc o— aged about 40 who gave his addrée as Pittsburgh, was arrested at a local restaurant Saturday night by Chief of Pulice { Harry Dukeman alter the parents fof fi: 10-year-old Bellefonte girl complained that the man molested the girl in a local theatre that af- ternoon Committed to the county jall as a 3spicious character MeElroy will ‘be detained for ten days untii police check his fingerprints with the Fed. eral Bureau of Identification In Washington, DD. C., determine i whether he has a past record Sm Get Post Office Contract The Publis. Buildings Administea- tion In Washington, D.C. this week annougiCed that Tremaglio Brothers, of Waterbury, Conn, have been | guarded a 363.900 contrac for the construction of a post office at § | Marys. Tremaglio Brothers built the | Bellefonte post office several years! | ngO to | i { . a | ¥ ! i - mr to Piles Up State’s Deficit Governor's “Echmomy Drive” Established State Record For Spending pm gen mes The Pitlsburgh Press in a recent article hy one of its siaff writer makes the statement that Governor Arthur H. Jamey “economy admin. istration,” in the first full fiscal year of the governor's lermin of office broke all records for State spending and piled gp a deficit of 64 mil. lion dollars. Official reports of the Budget Bu. resu of the Governor's office, the article states, place total expendi- tures during the past fiscal year from the Btate’s general fund. which finances most State activities at $276 285 985—an all-tine record and nearly 50 million dollars higher than the previous record high During the same fiscal year—June 1. 1838 to May 1. 1040--the receipts of the same General Fund includ. mg normal taxes, penal'ies and ip- terest, license taxes and special emergency taxes amounted to only $212,137 378--placing the deficit for the year's operations at $64.1485613 Salary Total Climbs Despite Mr. James’ claims of pay- roll-slashing economies, the Biate's salary bill for the fiscal year, paid “out of the General Fund, ameountad fo a total $36,205,061 higher by more than $8000 than the Gen- eral Pund salary tolai for the pre. vious fiscal year, This picture of the States finan- ces hrought Independent predictions thet the Btate deficit placed at 2bout 45 million dollars at the time Governor James took office in Jan- nary. 1936, would amount io at least 100 million dollars by the end of the fiscal bennium next June | The expenditures listed in the re- port for the past fiscal year do not include any of the $71.850000 voted far relief by the special session of the Stale Legisiature in May Repayment Problem provide Ninds the relief of To for deficiency and to finance relief pay « iments until the regular session of the State Legislature meets carly next year, the Legislature borrowed $50.550.000 from special State funds, including funds which were to Dave bean distributed to counties and municipalities The repayment of this money and the liquidation of the soccumulating deficit will provide a serious finan- cial problem for nexi year's Legis lature, most of the members of which are to be glected this Novem ber Governor James claimed to have eliminated 2000 jobs and to have reduced other salary oosts by rigid economies, mostly ordered in the first yesr of ‘his Administration How far Mr, James succeeded In returning the total State payroll to | the conditions of past year is shown bw the following comparison of General Fund salary costs for fiscal, years. Yaar ending 1940 1939 1938 Total £34 206 081 35,196 604 20.913 760 1037 20,733 509 1939 20.069,701 The total State salary hill for the first fiscal rear of the James ad- ministration, by this compsilson, is #0 per eent higher than the salary | bill for the firey vear of Govepner Earle's Administration, abd. almost as much higher than the $21.773280 spent from the General Fund for salaries in the first Gschl year of Governor Pinchol's Administration. | - lh Court Rules on Compensation Case * (Continued from page one) | In December, 1936, Coder sigoed | a final receipt upon receiving $54.12 as compensation for “his injaies, Later, the recofds indicate, he . fered several attacks of prieumania, | and ‘tuberculosis finally resulted. | Qoder alleged that his present Us | ness is a result of his injuries, and | claimed further compensation as a resnit. The claim is denied by the court Every profession suffers a loss of prestige because of the menoenary | motives of some Ts. A nd ——— | — Never denounce politics; it is the machinery of man to determine the voice of the people. Everybody is for national def : especially if the new taxes y to somebody else The voice of the peapie is approv- ed by many citizens when I utlers their views. What the American people need is more attention to cise “pursuit of happiness.” . ’ | Pacific. ; ships have brought Panama almest ‘tno the back door of the United ' { States and its natural advantages | | popular tropical recreation resorts. | | ingh in any car before it heging to by federal ald funds—then it, too, fs subject to but a single initial cost. With road experts making enor- mous progress in their efforts to salvage base materials, about the only feetor which Is subject to de- terforiation and wear is the setual surface. If the motorist thinks of this feature as the entire road, he may get a false impression of the longevity of the highway which he builds, although modern expensive surfaces do show vastly improved durability, In connection with their advocacy of a betier comprehension of what actually constitutes a road, highway officials would have another aspect of highway life more thoroughly un- derstood. IL is that relating to the effect of trdffic upon surface de- struction. The mest searching of all investigations conducted by fed eral scientists reveal that it is not fhe service it is called ypon 10 ren- der so much as the climatic condi. tions which it must redist that de. termines the degree of maintenance that a given highway will require. Famed Wild-West Bandit Was Born in New York Billy the Kid, one of the most famous outlaws of the Southwest was Born in New York city Novem. ber 23, 1850, His real name was William H. Bonney and he was the gon of Wiliam H. and Kathleen Bon. ney. In 1882 the family moved to Coffeyville, Kan., where the father died. The mother, with her two ' children, moved ‘o Colorado, where the married a man named Antrim. About 1865 the family moved to Banta Fe, N. M, and in 1888 fo Sliver City, N. M. The boy had some schooling, bul by the time he was 12 years old he had become a fregquenter of saloons and gambling places and an adep! at capds, When 15 years old he quarreled with his stepfather and left home. Almost at once he em barked on a criminal career and when he was 21 years old he hady slain more than a score of men and | had shot his way out of jail repeat: edly. In July, 1881, Sheriff Pat Gar reil, of Lincoln county, in New Mex: ico, beat Billy 10 the draw sad end- ed his career. Gerretl, who had been elected for the sole purpose of ridding New Mexico of Billy, had captured him once and lost him when the Kid, under sentence of death, tlew two guards and fled the jail. Garrett traced him to the vicinity of Fort Sumner. The two men met with pistols in a darkened room. Garreft fired first Panama City Panama City on the Pacific is filled with fine old churches of the Spanish Colonial era, moss-covered farts and battlements and bistoric buildings. The hotels, however, are new and modern. In addition two the canal, with itz ever changing scene of water-borne traffic, the gay life and round of parties with the military and the navy crowd when ships are ih and the excitement of the carnival season, there is plenty of time for peaceful repose along the miles of beaches. Then there is fishing, both near the mainland and out among the Cocos islands in the Planes and. fast modern have ‘made of 1it one of our mast | The ahd of wastewater gurgling | through soil pipes between the | patiitions is objectionable ‘to most ome owners and heed not be el. | erated. The noise ip overcome by insulating the soil pipes with a pipe covering. Sweating pipes in the basement sometimes prevent use of | | that space as regres tion room, work. | shop or laundry. Cold-water lines | movered with nonsweat insulation | will not drip. Soil pipe insulation | has to be before walls are | closed and plastered, but dripping | 5 3 corrected, Ante Clutch The clitch pedal is move an take effect As the facings wear, | however, this margin of assured by the factory adjustment Ao diminish, = Eventually it reach the vanishing point and the pedsl will rest tightly against | the toebosrd with the result that the clutch springs are . pressed. All manner of nd ble may follow failure to see that proper chratance is maintained. 4 Y Marriage Licenses Victor A Bigns... Bnew Shoe Bernice GQ. Gillette... Snow Shoe | Michael Kaizen, Jr... Philadelphia | Sarah ©. Bullock. ~The family's newspaper | | x House Built of Plastics | Presents Many Changes | Homes of the not tog far distant future are destined for some revolu- tionary and logical changes, accord. ng to predictions made by Alden B Duw, Michigan architect, who has siready gained nationwide recogni. tion for his modern functionally de- signed homes, Dow envisions houses constructed almost entirely of plastic materials as » develop ment in the near futyre. be no cracked walls in the homes ; gonstructed of these materials be- There will | a of ' #4 £ rg ~ 2 The fundamental factors are fafrly | ©8use surfaces will be broken up | | into small units and sealed together | with an elastic material, thereby al- | lowing the natural movement of the | building frame. These small units will be of geo- | matric form, combinations of which | | wil) form the design of the building ~that is, dimensions will be in terms {of units rather than feel and inches. other accessories will be avallable in sizes interchangeable with these units. It will be easy to add to these new hulldings because one system af construction will apply through. out, Ab addition will merely require so many standard unit frames and the necessary units to cover it and line it Other advantages claimed for the pew materials include thelr good in- sulation against heat and electricity, Houses built of them, it is said, will be cooler in summer and warmer in winter. In addition they will consti- wite an extremely low fire hazapd, and be resistant to most acids. Plastic hlocks need no seasoning They are completely waterproof, cannot warp or loge their shape They will not, like wood, be attacked by insects, nor like most other ma- terials, be subject to decay and dis- integration "In hullding with therg, wastage—heretofore a big cost fee tor—will be eliminated,” states Mr Dow These and many other advantages of using plastics for building pur- poses have been indicated for some time but the difficulties of molding farge pieces suitable for use in this field have, until recently, hindered extensive application in this direc tion Stories of Horatio Alger Are Popular at Harvard Harvard men seam to be the only ones around Boston who still read the stories of Horatle Alger dr. The newsboys, about whom Alger used to write, are Nttle interested. At the Burroughs Newsboys’ foundation in Boston the members prefer Tar Ian. Alger, who died in 1899 at Natick, Mase, a! the age of 67 years, was graduated fromm Harvard In 1852. The Harvard library has about 28 titles, many the gift of the suthor, Boston Transcript. They circulate, too, and are slowly gaining in popu- larity. Records show that the books seldom went oul in the 1820s, but have been in demand during the last few years. The librarians can’t Sgure whether this is due to loyalty to a fellow alurapus or a belated interest in the methods of the newsboys and others in the street trades about whom Alger wyole with such gusto All Alger's lads had one thing in com mon. They made a Jot of money pod made It quickly. The Alger herpes were honest and eager, but they certainly got the breaks. There was invariably a rich, kindly old gentleman to make them junior partners. There are a number of Alger's writes Mary Elizabeth Prim in the | | science of | ORY ing Memorial Day honors the ing point ettysburg — Seven heroes who fought bere. Omee (he scene of the Civil War Gettysburg National Mi litary | nb ty-Seven Years a of Park Is now ’ _ ¥a FJ ’ 1 | Poors will be so. many upits high | Arm To The Teeth and wide, windows will be merely | transparent units, while ventilators, | radiators, light fixtures, radios and | In sharp phrases quite alien to his {usual placid style, Secretary of | State Cordell Hull yesterday warn- ied ithe nations of the Western Hem- | lsphere lo arm to the teeth against the “vast forces of lawlessness, con- {quest and destruction.” Implicit In his words was an ap- peal to lLatin-America to cooperate {closely in the military and naval preparedness plans of the United States, possibly by providing air and inaval bases. To the people of the United States he addressed a plea for “sacrifice of time and substance for hard personal service,” which | obaervers interpreted as an endorse ment of universal military training Criticising those Americans who declare the country is in no dsuger, Hull declared that a “relentiess at. tempt” was now being made to de- stroy civilization, adding “The people of this country cal not recognize 09 soon this fact and tg overwhelming significance for pur national safety and for the maintenance of our national inst. tutions.” The Becretary, weary {rom his two weeks effort al ihe Pan-Amer- ican confershce in Havana lo kpit the Western Hemisphere nations in. to 3 strong defense unit, dictating his statement just before leaving for a vacation in West Virginia Hull's statement seemed attundd to Latin-American ears TEACHERS COLLEGE TO GRADUATE FLYING CLASS clearly The initial class in flying at the Lock Haven State Teachers’ Col lege has completed the required work and each member of the group is to be granted a civilian pilot's license Lock Haven, because of wp rea- sons. is rapidly becoming the most ynportant C. A. A. school in Central Pennavivania. The first is, of course the central location of the college The other fact js the location of the Piper Aircraft Corporation within a short distance, The 0Orpor- ation has given "excellent ocoopera- tion to the college’ in offering its planes and flying facilities 10 the students enrolled in the course The city alrport is well equipped and was the scene of the recent Nation. ag! Intercollegiate Fliers’ Convention The college under the new CA | A. program, not only offers train. ing in fiving. but also units In the areonautics, metleorol~ chart reading. cross couniry fiying. air navigation, radio naviga- tion, and celestial navigation A stu. dent may lake the ground odurses without the course in flight train. ing Another class is now In progress during the summer session of the college. Two other classes, one dur. ing the fall semester and one dur- the second semester, are ex- pected to be organized Picnickers Have Hull Warns America Ideal Weather (Continued from page one) team by a score of 11 0 5, but in a game following the Lock Havenite took revenge an the Titan Metal team. Although the store was not available, the Titans are understood to have been defeated The outing was not marred by any accidents, gnd Miss Florence Smith, nurse in charge of a first gid station at the park, was not called into action. A partial lst in the contest outing follow: Swimming Races: Boys under 12 Samuel Coble, prize. a gun. Boy over 12: Dick Ammerman prize flashligh'. Boys over 12 Jerome Leitzell, {ishing reel. Boys over 12 Red Fetaer, box of stationery Three-legged Race: Boys and Walle, knives, Girls Bhuey and Constance Weis Egr Pitching Contest: Won by Bill Morrison and W. Tierney, neck. of that prize winner; featured the Davis Naomi | Lies. Balloon Breaking: Women, Mar- tha Jehnston, pair of hose Cracker Eating Contest: Evelyn Shivery, jar cand; 25-yard Dash: Girls Dolore Crirls 5 Daly | Jar of candy 50-yard Dash: Boys over 12, Ralph Genus, alr sneaker: 25-yard Dash: Girk gloves Semersaull walth strap 25-yard Dash: Girls Patsy Slilzinger, sweater Cracker Contest: Boy: Sager, jar candy 25-yard Dash: Boys under 12 Peteer, palr sneakers a — BOWLING LEAGUE TO BE ORGANIZED AUGUST 'so meeting: will be held at Y. M. C A next Monday night August 12 The first meeting will be the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the YY M C A. which will begin at 7:15 o'clock This will be followed by the annual bowlers meeting at 8 p.m At this time the annual Bowling League for 1940-1841 will be Organs ized, and all men interested In the Beliefoule ¥. M. CC. A. Community Bowling League are most oordially invited to be present Notices are being malled to the twenty caplain: of teams which participated last season. but all men interesteg are asked lo be present and caplaing are requested to sep that all teams are represented Organizations, industries and other interested in entering teams 10 be repre sented One Edith Risen Race: RBM Morrison under 12 Elwood Red 12 groups are requested condition which will be strictly adhered { this August 8, 1940. CL CRI of Peace to this season Is that all men participating on a team must be members of the Y. M Cc A Alorney P, H. Johnston is chair- man of the bowling committee and will preside at the meeting. Any group wishing Lo enter a tam and not being sure of representation at the meeting Is asked to notify Mr Johnston or L. C. Heineman and requesls will receive full considera- tion a s——— ————— Fair Schedule Being Completed (Continued from page one) nomics 4-H Club girls. These dem- on@trations will show work done by the girls in thelr summer clubs Awards for enreilment work will also be made at the close the Tuesday program Those persons 4 os who so thoroughly enjoyed the anniversary program prepared the Lemont Band in 1839 will be glad to know that the same band presenting another special program after the Sunday evening auditorium services again year. A new band st Grange Park will be that of Lieut Child: Post V. ¥ W. of Lewistown sched. uled for both afternoon and even. ing performances on Beturday. The Centre Hall Band will give concert: Friday and Monday evenings The attenlion of campers ai the Fair is called 10 the rule in the 1840 Premium Book concerning bicycles Since bicycle riders proved to be a real hazard lo children, at jes:t during the 1838 camp, thelr use ir the park definitely forbidden from noon Thursday, August 22 to Friday moming. Au ” oy rev iz Fesns Department of Opmmerce Phote Ome of Pennsylvania's natural wonders which is » oconsiant source of amazement to tourists is Ticklish Rock in Sullivan County which can be reached by Roule 4% south of Eagles Mere. The Kock tewers twelve feet over the path leading to - books in the Boston Public Hbrary, | including his Harvard class ode, but none of them circulates, Several are in the rare books collection. - pr—— > mt SSS le PEE EE EE EE EEE REESE EEE EEE EER The public Hbrary in Chelsea. | where Alger was born, has oot » | single title of his on the shelves Home Wardware But “The Masses” were The charaster of the house ag well | at the coloring snd finich of the | woodwork should be carefully con. | sidered in pelecting hardware for the | bome. A hapdware design suited to | & home of ¢laberates architectural! style ip opt of place. in an informal | not so foolish, after all! hohe of simple lines. Straightdor. | ward, unpretentious design is best | for the small house. Since the hard. | | ware of a home gots , good quality here is tance than in some. Frequently the suhsti hardware for old will do much to | liven up the appearance of the en. tire house. tls mths Pro Although Italy bas no need to de velop synthetic fruits as part of the self-sufficiency campaign, since mil lions of tong are raised in the coun- try every year, Sicilian sweets mak: ers still make a fine art of concopt | pipes are easily reached and can be | ing artificial lemons, oranges, sp ples, pears, and even strawberries out of candy, some of which are so perfect that taste is the only means of distinguishing them from the rea! thing. Sicilian Papyrus Masufacture Pas plants brought to Syras. use by the Egyptians about 750 B. C. still flourish in a pond in the heart of Syracuse, Siefly. The art of making roots of the papyrus plant into paper used for tablets and scrolls in ancient times is still pre. served In Syracuse where several families are engaged in the industry. ——— —. — Notice The Union Prayer meeting will be held at the home of Earl Wion Sunday, August 11, at 2:30, at Val ley View road. Everybody welcome. Shop the’ Classified columns, LESS LOUDLY NOW, you may still hear an occasional agitator blasting away at the American system of business—which de- pends on big factories, big net- works of dealers, trade-marked goods, heavy advertising, and low . Agitators complained for years that “the masses” were in- jured by this system, and that we'd all be richer if we went back to the old cracker-barrel days. But in spite of the complaints, little factories which have made ognize. on having trade-marked goods which their customers could rec And the heavy adver- tising helped to give us our #amodern newspapers, magazines * and radio. Who built this system? The mass. es built it, by insisting on crackers they could recognize in the package, on automobiles, soups, soaps, chews ing gum, cigarettes, and all other articles that carried well-knows trade names, $0 the agitators have had to pips big factories, Dealers insistad Bown. They have discovered that “the masses” were not so easy to lead astray after all. Courtesy Nation's Business FOX FX NEN NANNY EEXNNNNENXNRNENE
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