ODD
and Curious
= NEWS +
Re aaa al]
Cracker for Polly
A $1000 trust fund for the care
of a pet parrot is provided in the
will of Jénnie Thornburn, of Lin-
colin. Neb. The income is to be
given to Margaret Thornburn
Binghamton, N. Y., a sister-in-law
as long as she takes care of the bird
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Caught Napping
A gasoline
Uniontown
napping
station,
11-year
on the
was about
dise the
taken alter
entering the
decided to take
ing
al
thiel
pen the
found an
in & Swing
Near him
merchan-
he had
and
he
eav
owner
Lhe
station
really caught
Preparing
Woodrow Lynn
old boy asleep
station
$20
boy
forcing
to
porch
worth
P lice
a window
He sald
before
M
Ol
told
station
a nap it
.
Arrive Too Early
I'he Sankerton 1 I
of near Cresson beamed at finding
two pupils Who so liked school they
got there a week too soon Two
eager girls, hearing the bell toll
thought school had opened and hur-
ried to the building to get front-row
seats. But surprised workmen told
them the bell was only rung as a
test. The principal, rewarding each
girl with a pencil, tablet and fairy
book. told them to come back next
week
Intrud
tie
ric Whoo] prin al
i
$
for school opening
er
cries
summon
“Come
Brice
50 ne
passing motorist to
trolman Max Brice
I'll shoot.” Officer
There was ponse
ed his light—straight
of a black bear. The bear
into hills. The tra
pants, Mr. ang Mrs. Ci
derson, of Springfield, Ill, were Just
as anxious to get out of that neigh-
borhood as the bear
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TWO MEN RELEASED
AFTER BEING QUESTIONED
a
out
rOAre
Ie flast
into ne
he no
Sunday
men who Were
Olce
Haven
tu
WO
¢
Lock
released
overnight f quest
death of Forest Stev
rich, found along ti
Railroad tracks August
District Attorney B
Clinton county,
dence
stantiated
carrying $300 before
ficers
clothing
Cleared n in
were “Alred Weber and William
Boone, both of Lock Haven, who
were taken into custody Saturday
—— A ————
AUG. 31 FINAL DATE
FOR WHEAT ALLOTMENT
"
was
reports
found only
of suspic
tre county /
Association, announce
31 is the final date for determining
a 1941 wheat acreage all t
a farm. August 31 alse
date for notifying the county office
at Post Office Bullding, Bellefonte,
of a change in choice of the allot-
ment or non-allotment option. Mr
Rishel requests that farmers should
give all possible cooperation to farm
cheekers so that the checking of
1940 compliance may proceed rapid-
ly and efficiently. Applications for
payment in the 1940 Agricultural
Conservation Program are now bee
ing sent to the State office and for-
warded to Washington, The cheeks,
as in the past, are then sent direct
to the participants from Washing-
ton, D. C.
August 31 is the final date for
acteptance of orders for grants of
ald under the 1940 Agricultural
Conservation Program
August 31 is also the final date
for filing an application for 194%
wheat crop insurance with the Cen-
tre County AAA office located at the
Post Office building, Bellefonte
otment for
Sranl
anal
Ambitious Engine
Engine 4204, stationed in the
Pennsylvania Railroad engine
house at East Emporium, preferred
working instead of standing idle
The engine, unattended, started
moving and before it stopped caus-
ed damages estimated at $200, It
crashed through a partition and
broke several windows, i
tabout
The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. ‘A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week.
SECOND
SECTION
dhe Centre Democraf
NEWS,
FEATURES
VOLUME 59 .
BELLEFONTE, PA., THU
RSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940.
Brakeman Ma
Wheels of Car Was Well
Known In Ph
Victim of Fatal Acci
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35.
NUMEE]}
ngled Under
Labor Day Parade
ilipsburg Area
dent at Juniata Had
Summer Home on Port Matilda Mountain; |
Remains Taken to P
His left g virt amputated
when thrown beneath the wheels of
i ht car at the P. R
last Thursday af-
A
IF
Charles
from
died
Al-
le ually
fresg
scales
Brakeman
J
a derallec
R. Juniata
ternoon
Yeater,
10%%
61. of inte
of blood route to
toona Hospital
Yeater
nome on
«d information
had been
which was mov-
hump” when
jumped
braking atoy
ing east
some
track
neath
¥
mai
in
Car he
brakeman
wheels
t
he be-
ruck
fellow
brake-
mine
Tyrone Man Is”
Kidnap Victim
Jandits Take Gas Station Em-
plove 8 Miles Before
Releasing Him
While William Wagner, of Ty-
rone, attendant at the Tyrone Auto
Salvage and Service Station, Graz
ferville, was alo n the building
4:15 o'clock Friday morning
and woman
Ome tobac-
leaning
the
a
middle-aged man
a
stopped and asked [or
over
riicle man
ONely SiGe k
Here Wagner wa
(Continued on page three)
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Escape Injuries
As Car Upsets
Five Young Persons Unhurt
After Vehicle Plunges
Over Four-Foot Wall
ig two Hawk
escaped Injuries Thurs
Inst week When the
ear they were riding in falled
make a curve and overturned
mile west of Winburne on the Wins
purne-Munson road
Occupants of the car which turn-
ed completely over after dashing off
four-foot wall near the road were
Joseph Peterson, 20, Woodland
Margaret Shutek, 18, and Mary
Timko, both of Hawk Run; Jack
Cambria, 22. Clearfield, R. D, and
Walter Peters, Woodland
Philipsburg motor police said the
car, after failing to make a sharp
curve, ran off the wall and then
turned over in the property of
Harry Litke. A peach tree, flower
bed and a wire fence were dam-
aged by the car's plunge
Two Enlist in Army
Two young men from Centre
county were accepted lasy week at
the Altoona army recruiting station,
for military service, both being as-
signed to the engineers at Fort Bel-
voir, Virginia. They are: George
Martin McClusick, of Clarence, and
Calvin Clair Stark, of State College.
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International affairs have aboul
reached the point where the world
hasn't got room for a sissy.
Five persons
Run girls
day night
of
to
one
i
t
RARE ACCIDENT OF NATURE
A five-year-old Houston, Texas,
girl, transformed by an accident of
nature into a fully-developed adult,
is testing the ingenuity of medical
specialists.
The case recalled that of the lit-
tle Peruvian child who became a
mother at the same age last year.
The Texas girl's rare development
was discovered February 5th after
she was taken as a private patient
to Dr. Karl Karnsky. The physician
diagnosed the trouble as arising)
from an ovarian tumor, of which
there are only 10 recorded cases in
children under 10 years of age.
Removal of the tumor in such
cases usually arrests the develop-
ment and the child's condition grad-
ually reverts to normal.
After more than 600 laboratory
tests were made, and 12 other med-
fcal schools had participated In con-
sultation and research, a new diag-
nosis was made.
It was discovered that all the
girl's glands were over-developed;
that shé had reached full organic
development when she was only two
years old
8o far knows,
as Dr. Karnaky
there is no known cure for the ease, |
but he said “we are sil] studying
it and treatment hag not been de-
teided upon.”
The girl's mind remains that of
a normal five-year-old
“However.” said Dr. Karnaky,
“she ig more alert than children of
her age. She is cleverer, her memes
ory Is better and shd thinks faster
than: her playmates.”
The child's physical development,
while not that of a grown woman,
also is abnormal. She is as tall as
(her 10 year old sister—4'% feet... must
and weighs 79 pounds.
HUNTERS AS DEFENSE GUARDS
Formation of the nation’s 3.000. Stephen Early, President Roosevelt's | Charles Peters, of Beech Creek
000 licensed hunters into home de-
fense units is being considered by |
the National Defense Commission. |
Charles Goldfine, © Philadelphia |
theatre operator who conceived the
plan, was informed in ga letter from
secretary, that the commission
would study the suggestion
“Not only do all these people pos-|
se firearms,” asserted Goldfine,
“but they know how to use them.
It would be a comparatively simple
job to erganige the group”
{from which designations
hilipsburg for Burial
|
iy
made
b
but h
arrival
niso
diate It. Nearby
tour nigquet
Yeater's
pronounced
reported workers;
a hasty with a
club on
wa
at
ake crushed leg
dead
The
{
e upon
victim
rt
nospit
iffered ished
ht arm and fracture
Membery
second
Morgan
t
Folk
union
member
Scot
nia
HH }
by Congres
Mifflin
Altoona
of
Killed by Fly Wheel
subjugaied
PULASKI MEMORIAL
and un~
i
Ger € MILT the Vers
freedom
General
rded for
repugn
Day to pay
i COUMAReOU
Yi Deer an
that gave
ribution
an Indepen-
hiest page
t Republic
cons
Blanchard Residents See
No Necessity for Proposed
Change In Highway Route
Protest to Centre
County Commissioners Out-
lines Various Reasons Why Abandon-
ment of Present Route Is Folly
y | ne
road
of
i
Prop Pat a #]
of
eastern
route new
between the boundary
Howard borough and a point be-
tween Beech Creek and Blanchard
with considerable
the citizens of
who have
the
meeting
sition
is OPPO-
Liberty
voiced thelr
by
township
a recent
Commis: i
i JOLIET
county
wnire
Wha leomd
4
{
will be ren
y be seen, as up thi
been taken
It whose
before the
quired
cident
1
the
1
appre
county
ume the
right-of -
can bx
damages
TP
LO ase
to the way
of
by
takes yellow Lg not
follow the present road from begin-
except for short
ning to end
stretch connection made
he recently completed sur
i
road
ves
Proposed ated
does
indi
with »
a
where
either end
Pletcher y
Schen
k (2
Bechde]
Chest
Schenck, Charles
E. E Bmi
Mayes, Fred
er
bert
farms):
Charles
IS “SAFE DRIVING” ALWAYS SAFE?
¢
the fee
5, keep well New
Jimmy Ly
tunt iver
ir in the
mn the hazard:
Jimmie has deliberately
soores of
d ct & Special
American
dr
wrecked
} mn
Ray 100 % Few
aaiLiiOre
of modern vir
while
and engaged
jumps and
many 1
18
ariving
take r {
By demonst
Announce Exams Drive By State
For Annapolis| Against Fraud
Thorough Training Offered; Arrests Made in Alleged Com-
Berths Open to Single Men
From 20 to 27 Years
pensation ‘Chiseling’
Charges
An appointment to the United The drive
States Military Academy by Repre- ployment
sentative James E. Van Zandt is be
the prize that swalls one of the area
fity-four young men from the 23rd Convictions by the
Congressional District who are as ment against frauds
piring for the honor of being named were made recent
to the famous Academy at West H
Point, New York Houtzdale, E. T Marshall of the
The Civil Service Coinmission will legal unit of the Department of
conduct a preliminary examination Labor and Industry disclosed last
at various points in Blalr, Centre week
and Clearfield counties on October | Pound guilty were William E
5. This examination will be follow- Hirsh, West Decatur: David A
ed by a substantiating examination | Richner, Houtzdule: Sylvester Kep-
to be given the principal and the hart and Clark Kephart Osceola
three alternates at Wast Point on Mills, BR. D.: David Godisart West
the first Tuesday in March, 1941. Decatur; Allen Kephart, Osceola
Congressman Van Zandt has one] Mills, R. D.; Wade Anderson, Coal-
appointment for the entrance class! port; Mart Baker, ©. 1. Baker and
of 1941 which meang that a prin-| Winfield Sinclair, all of Coalport,
cipal and three alternates will bel and John Greenland, of Houtzdale
desighated. - The young men who! Boyd Powell, West Decatur was
‘take the examination must be bee | committed to Clearfield county jail
tween the ages of 17 and 22 and | Augusp 19 in default of fine and
bonafide regidents of the 23rd Dis- | costs.
trict in order to take the tests and| My Marshall said the 35 persons
be certified by the Commission. The | who have been found guilty thus
successful candidates will have their | far in the proceedings will be given
‘names placed on an eligibility roster | 4 chance to make restitution
will bel
made by Representative Van Zandt. |
This method of appointing am-|
against
“chiselery’
in the
eg unem-
j
Centre-C
reported to
5
active learfield
tate Depart.
claimants
ly before
of the Peace Charles E. Saupp, Jr
ent
Justice
A total of 177 persons will face
charges in the immediate area for
bitious young men to West Pomt | Sikse fraudulent nemiloyitut
is to eliminate any favoritism be-| resents the "Www et ever
cause of political infiuvence or per- | orosesuted in one district in the
sonal friendship, and is a guaran-| coe.” do
tee of recognition to the successful] °°
candidates regardless of the politi.| Ihe drive has two purpose,
cal, financial, or social position of | (Continued on page three)
{ the parents, relatives ar friends of |
time
d up and down
tact between 4
+
each
established
I»
Kid
is recuced
banked
motorist
CUrves
into a
a "fat
modernized
ig aking
Anca
check their speed
£ not overcome
eo ¥
the centrifugal
} toward the
them
(Continued on page six)
WC Puls
DuBois To Hold
Big Celebration
Old Home Week-End
Include
Plans
*arade;
Circus, Fireworks
Firemen's
the oulstand-
northwestern
Old Home
Saturday, August
Day
ole of
in
je
celebrations
nevivania for
rom
through Labor
ri
REE:
"
i
-£nag
Firemen's Day program
fay will launch festivities
parade in the evening
7:30 ock. Already twenty-five
fire companies from outside Du-
Bols have accepted invitations to
compete for the $400 in parade
prize money
a
oc
atl
Aged Man Hurt
In Car Accident
Zane 1. Woodring of Philips-
burg in Hospital With
Leg Injuries
Zane I. Woodring, 75-year-old
hilipsburg resident is a patient
in the Philipsburg Hospital ag the
result of an automobile
fered a dislocated right hip
abrasions of the head and face
The accident is said to have oc. |
curred about 11 o'clock on the Port!
Matilda road. just below Flat Rock,
as a result of slippery roads
Mr. Woodring was riding in the
Plymouth coupe owned and operate
led by Eugene Mattern, of Centre,
A circus revue of sixteen acts
abetied by the Jack Derby Heli-
Drivers will present afternoon and
evening performances at the new!
Municipal Stadium the entire three
days
| Bunday, September 1, the Kram |
er J. C. league leaders and the Du-
Bois Reds will play ball at 1 0'-
clock. After the game a patriotic |
program and pageant, and address- |
es by Congresman James Van
Zandt, a representative from Gov-,
érnor James office to be named lat- |
er, and labor leaders, will be pres-
ent. There will be no admission fee |
for this phase of the program, |
5
Labor Day will be the biggest and
climaxing day of the celebration.
One of the finest parades ever
staged in DuBois will be presented.
Exactly fifty«five business and in-|
| dustrial firms have already entered |
jl several organizationg
| {Continued on page five)
i
and the car skidded and hit a tree
after the driver had applied the
brakes to slow down behind a truck.
Mr. Mattern suffered lacerations |
of the nose and chin. The two were |
[traveling towards Port Matilda at
the time. Damages to the car was
(estimated at $250.
on
Tent Poles Needed
accident |
Friday forenoon in which he suf-|
and |
jullock, James
W. Prancis Smith
Jacob Brickley, Harry
Mrs. Thompson Bechdel
Bumgardner. To the fir
ed and F }
of land
as the
Neese, James
Jose Bechde)
0
Thompso
ph
and J
Long Lists of Protests
tests
ded
PETIOY of
volved in heavy:
new work
Old For
I
tween
and beiween
College with
existing «
Survey
distance
quently
t
3ciie d State
onsiderable
the new
a
fa .
yunty tha
for
places
¥
ii
the road
bottom lands
overfiow
y fre-
ie
id WOoula regu
(Continued on page six)
pi —
Motor Accidents
Over Week-end
Many Receive Injuries in Ser-
ies of Crashes on
Highwavs
id Hf ‘
lam I. Alexander
Wile
T00 feet aller 11nd
drivers escaped injuries but two
passengers in the Alexander car re-
ceived slight face lacerations Cars
were damaged to the extent of $500
Three persons were injured at
6:45 o'clock the same evening when
two cars met almost headon on the
Clearfield road rth mile
side of Bigler s were ¢
{ to the extent of $400 when the
(Continued on page six)
a o——
oh 3 $i
on Car traveled
the of
wr
wie. fry
one-fo n
on
am
anm-
dd
hai
Pathetic Last Will
His
A prayer that hi friends be
spared “the agony I now have” was
in the will that Joseph B
hh hastily scribbled hile a-
waiting death in Sonmsan co
mine explosion last July 15. Smith
one of the 63 men killed by gas in
{the disaster, penned the 50-word
testament on a piece of note paper
{filed for probate at Johnstown, He
jeft his estate to his brother, Ted
Smith. and added: “1 say goodbye
{to all my friends, may God give
you health and strength and spare
you from the agony I now have
iuded
Wy
eT
8
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i
the
Altoona Cab Driver Bealen
An unidentified assailant hailed
cab driver Bdward C Lehman, 33,
lat Altoona last Wednesday night
and was driven a short distance be-
fore he slugged and robbed Lehman
and then dumped him out of the
¢ab. The assilant then drove off
in the cab which he abandoned ®
short while later. The cab driver
was foung lying slong a road by a
passersby and taken to a hospital
—
Hurricane Vietimg
News has reached Ralston that
the home and all the belongings of
IMr. and Mrs. J. D. Schaeffer, for-
| mer Ralston residents, were lost in
{the hurricane which swept the
{Bouthern states. The Schaeflers
lived in North Wilkesboro, N. C,
HOT DOG ETIQUETTE
It is
least
considered crass wo go Into
Bellefonte weiner es-
tablishment and order a “hot dog”
Attendants and may
slip spoonful of The
Chili hiet
stock
al one
are pleased
ext:
Ie
y Ol
4
1
in
MORE ABOUT FOOD
wr
We
an
you
rad
trade
i a
{ 1 ir
bE 4 vo OT £
As a4 Weiner
4
Wie 4
Oreat
realizes
hope
BOG
We've ma
art find thie
NATIONAL SONG
“God Bless Americ
Lt &
thought
was here Ww
scarcely ever hear
PENNSYLVANIA BARNS
We
1
Pennsylvanians
Darts in
motoring
We might
(Lae
we were
e¥'re three
IT'S A GREAT COUNTRY
We're
Blates
world
date be
glad we Iv
nts! cand
PY. Wee Wen-
wr
Gell wy iu
gove
8h ryt
ibe, ah
Coht
Bun light”
like us?
SHADES OF HUEY
al which
moonshine to
Wendell Will
lance speech
gemblance between
ta
t tt:
WW
expect the people him th
job
DIPLOMAS
1!
schoo)
give
you never got hrough high
hat a high
school diploma would benefit you,
there's hope for you. You can, with
comparatively little effort, get pre-
professional credentials which have
the same rating a high school
diploma. All you have 10 do is fo
send your high school record Wo the
State Department of Public Instruc-
tion. The department tells you what
subjects you lack. You can study the
subjects at home, or under a tutor,
and take an examination The
exams are held twice a year in the
offices of the County Superintendent
of Bchools. If you pass examina-
| tions in the subjects you Gin pass
lor didn't teke in high school, you
get your pre-professional creden-
tials. A high school education en
titles you to Gry for many positions
which are closed to those without
high schoo] diplomas of pré-pro-
fessional certificates.
BURIED CLOTHING
| The finding of what is at least an
*
i
and now fing 1t
as
The Stannart Building Supply where Mr. Schaeffer was employed | oq4 pssortment of clothing under a
Company, of Northumberland, has by the Elk Tanning Company for | rockpile in the Barrens near State
been invited by the War Depart- many years. They escaped JW. | College, last Thursday, may tum
ment to submit a bid upon furnish
ihg 4.000000 tent poles and stakes
for use of the army. Hardwood was
| specified, along with fron fittings, |
and delivery wag to be made with-
in 120 days, The company was com-
pelled to decline the order, because
of inability to secure the material.
So far, no nation has developed
ing planes but it will come in time,
|
|
ro-
Lost in Cornfield
A motorist who missed the road
| below Orangeville, Columbia coumy
| ruined approximately 7 bushels of
! corn before he got his bearings. He
| became lost in a fleld on the farm
of Ray Fritz and apparently circled
the field before he found a way out,
| Indications are that several times
Bre | on effective defense against bomb | he had to stop to free the car from |
| the corn stalks.
lout to be interesting. after all. De
| spite emphmtic statements by State
| Police heads that they are not in-
{terested In the clothing and find no
connection between them and the
| Taylor murder case, it is privately
| reported that investigators are anx-
ijous to interview fe man whose
name appears on one the
of clothing. eves
| young men eager to devote their
i lives to the service of their coun
| try
| The Civil Service Commission has
| designated September 5 as the dead-
{line for the receipt =I spplications
and those young men Who are de-
{sirjous of taking the examination
in addition to those already listed
notify Congressman Van
Zandt not Iater than September 5
{in order that they may be listed
for the examination.
-.
Fractures Right Arm
i township, while loading paper wood
jon his truck recently lost his bal-
‘ance and fell, fracturing his right
forearm. A heavy stick of wood came
j tumbling after and struck him
a glancing blow on the head but
without seriCus injury,
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KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES — Wheres + Work Dine