1 — wd OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week, Covers Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County. — @he Centre Democraf | MORE Fer Yssue T CLASSIFIED ADS han AN Other Centre County Newspapers Combined. A Quick and Economical Selling Medium, a BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR VOLUME 59. NUMBER 37. AGGUSED OOM Richard Millinder Contends He Confessed Because Was Tired, Sleepy and Deprived of Cigarettes SAYS FAILURE OF RELATIVES TO VISIT HIM PROMPTED LAST STATEMENT Textile Experts Find Suspect’s Sweater Fibers ond Victim's Fingernail Scrapings Identical; Police Used No Force, Threats Richard Millinder took the witness of scientific ph; to show that he i Spook Hollow detour 1: Millinder, first witne of Bellefonte Rockview State sleepy. had of water during the gus He related from the stand that hi nie jail, June 17 se¢ him at th € stifie Mot been deg te Millinder « detour about 12 a the Gates residence, one nill overlooking his horn far back of thisty sky He the following mornin Was Not Beaten Millinder declared was J not beaten by police during the times they had him in custody, He sald no threats or “direct” prom- fses were made to him in geting him to sign confessions. He alleged Bowever, that Deteg William A Miller told him of a similar case in which the del it Wa guilty, got a life released under tén years this was Faye's Hair on Stone Agains. the of guilt from monwealth In nearly two day testimony, produce t exhibits as well testimony slayer with Dr. Milton ology inst: lege, said tha found mat it blood and mud on the stop whicl the prosecull Oni Le W death wea x tified by | of Puaye that sample Anis td 1 from the stone matched the fur o the collar of Fa Claim Fibers Match Dr. Pauline Berry MN ston Fred Qest i® chemist State, hed £3 bots nes { 34 ¥ PX H Penn vies of y Oepa t at toe ; N sweater Millindes the murder the on the the of ’ th : 28 of 1t i ind Ve istry parole or Millinder in indirect ater an promise IelenGan ¢ Of 50 d toot odd JeCie expert to COI accused cour Brie ‘ rau { * Human Bleod on Stone £ Dr. Eddy also said ves ( oO . Lad kK and Millinder made were The late Faye Gates, whose accused slayer, Richard Millinder is on trial in the Cenire Comuty Court here this week, E fibers found in scrapings taken from ‘ Claims Confessions Are False; Prosecution Produces kxperts May when. police went 6 the Mil-| grey of paren to the first of Decem- | linder home and Mrs. Millinder| "of cach year This year how. | | gave them the items voluntarily " 1 Par o ! | he said he could not find them : | been glad to eat more if I'd hag it] i i : : : : jquestions by his attorney, sald he lr Ww | A total of 77 of the panel of 100 Charles G. Broberg, Osceola M jurors were examined by District garageman p——— Attorney Musser W. Gettig and de-! Garman A. Matter. Centre Hall DENIES GUILT fense attorney Lewls Orvis Harvey, salesman Monday before a jury to serve owl G. H Wilson Bellefonte RD —— the Millinder trial was selected { farmer ’ Some were challenged because Clell O. Miller, Blanchard, labor- they expressed conscientious objec- | qo, lo capital punishment; some " . tions to apt . pti 4 WAL Ti bad Robert E. Struble, State College were rejected MCAUS Wey merchant formed definite opinions on the Doro " i" } Bhont hilipsburg matter, or because they were related othy D. Shontz, Philipsburg, y re to some of the principals in the clerk case Still others were excused Lucy H. Merre Philipsburg, through peremptory challanges, In housekeeper which no reaso; were given by the Harry W. Masden Howard, labor- | challenger er The jurors, in the order of their y Nora. Bekenroth Pleasant Gap, acceptance, follow WUsekeeper ) Aes hs The two alternate jurors named R. P. Dunsmore, PRINpSDUIg, MET=| of wrve in ease of the lliness of any chant of the above-named jurors, are John W. Perks, hardware clerk, Guy aA Symmonds, Bellefonte ma- Philipsburg chinist, and George Summers, Phil. Lawrence Weaver, Millhelm, mill ipsburg, R. D. service stallion oper- worker Long Senfence 714 to 15 Years Meted Out Richard CC. Millinder, on trial for his life here, vesterday told . y the jury he had nothing to de to Man W ho Attempted | with the Faye Gates slaving. to Kidnap Patrolman William Howa sach. of Pleas | DEFENSE ATTORNEY rd 1 iantville, N. J. drew a sentence of { from 7% to 15 years when he enter- | armed robbery, at a special session. {of Court here Friday morning I Leach, who attempted to kidnap Pvt. John A Amick, of the Pleasant Gap sub-station State Motor Police Inst June 23. drew ¢ term on ia formal charge of ts t pistol ; point a Plymouth and a pol- {ice revolver, both property of the Commonwealth Judge Ivan Walker also sentenced Leach to sevve 1; to 3 years for carrying firearms without a permit and 1 vear for wantonly pointing a firearm at Amick, but the two lesser sentences are to run concurrently with the 7% to 15 year term ! The defendant wise-cracking with his jallers as he was being taken to the Court House for sentencing, was | noticeably quiet on the return trip | to the jail, attaches said. When he received sentence, a kind of grim . t he sein ' thie smile passed over his face. A erim- | inal record in four states dating from 1928 to the present Lime, was hn " carefully scanned by the Court be- LEWIS ORVIR AREY fore sentence was pronounced. Late Friiay, Sheriff E. R. Miller and dep- uties took Leach to the Western pen- | eard d M ward | itentiary to begin his sentence R. Mi to § testi- Highlights of Leach’s record are: | assault and battery in Rahway, N. | I'he Sheriff and Mrs. Miller both | J; two burglary counts in Patterson. | related that op the afternoon of (Continued on page three) June 17 when Mrs. Millinder and | - Lewis Orvis Harvey paid their first $ vigit to the datencam at the ail 2nd Anniversary Millinder told them several times hat He aig 10 wars nineer n- Gf Howard Camp | ted that he didn't, and told him not to say again, the witnesses a stiffied. Harvey tcld Millinder he been retained a3 his attorney (elebration Sundav and instructed hie aot to sign any- y thing or talk about the case to 8ny- Afternoon one, the Millers said i | Sheriff Miller further said that The second anniversary celebra-| on June 14 when Millinder’s father ' } tion of the founding of the Howard | and two brothers visited him at the Nyrsery Side Camp will be held on! Public Invited to Attend CCC had jail, Millinder told them he “did it." geptember 15, 1040, from 2 to 4 p.| Clothing Missing m., the public being invited, The clothing ===tnder wore on 80 men was first occupied by COC enrollees and supervisory personnel on September 15, 1038. Since that! time it has been reopened on the! the night of the murder apparently has disappeared The scrapings were taken from it about the middle of ever, the camp opened for an in-| definite period : The work program consists of; nursery work. The enrollees pull; and grade trees, transplant small, ones, weed trees, and prepare the seed beds for seeding. At the pres. | ent time there are close to 25.000, | 000 young seedlings in beds 100 feet | long and 4 feet wide: 35 miles of! (Continued on page two) sin a ap PROSECUTOR They were later reurned. On June 20, after the suspect confessed, when Sheriff Edward R. Miller obtained a search warrant and went to the Millinder home to get the clothing, Suspeet Not Starved Millinder on the stand yesterday admitted that when police had him under questioning June 13 ang 14, they brought him sandwiches ant | coffee. Under gross examination by! the District Attorney he said he! wasn't starved but that he'd “have! § Says He Saw Photos When asked how he could re-| enact the crime for police if hel didn't know about it. he said that | on May 15 when taken to Rockview | . sub-station for questioning the first] time, he had seen photographs of the crime scene, He explained that he looked over the shoulder of Btate Police Commissioner Lynn O. Adams while the Commigisoner was inspeet. ing the photos. At several points In hig testi mony. Millinder, in response to j cheeks for Samuel Capparelll of Caleyille ‘run away an foot { church at Flemington, | Fritz, was struck and did not kill Paye Gates, (Continued on page four) aor GunmanDraws Police Arrest Auto Thieves Bellefonte Youths Surren- der After Speeding Car Overturns on Curve Two local youths Austin Keith 21, of Coleville, and Earl Page. of Logan street under $1300 bail are ied a plea of gulity 10 a charge of (each for December court on charges stealing a car, a and forging 15 lal of Msi on Arrest of Keith and Page, as well as of William Bryan, 19, of Quake: Hill the lstier of Whom fs charged with the larceny of 8 car at Lock Haven, was made late Thursday af- ternoon by Pvia. HR. HancoCk and FB. Barnie, of the Pleasant Oap sub-station State Motor Police after the stolen car in which Bryan and Keith were attempting to evade capiure wrecked on the Buffalo Run Valley road near Waddle The two youths crawling from the overturned machine, started wo but gave when (Continued on page three) ————————— ————— Lingenfelter Leases Geo. Beezer Garage J. M. Lingenfeiter. of the Lingen- felter Motor Compan) Al- legheny street, announced yesterdsy that he has leased the George A Beerer Studebaker garage on North Water street, and will take pos- sion of the property October 1 Mr. Lingenfelter said the garage will continue the Studebaker agency and that the master mechanic at the Beezer garage will be retained! to service Btudebaker oars The Lingenfelter Buick agency, now in the Lyons building at the corner of Allegheny street and Cherry Alley, will be moved to the Beezer garage after the'end of this month Mr. Beezer, who has not been in good health for some UUme, expects to retire temporarily, and upon re- | gaining his strength may accept a | position with the Lingenfelter agen- cy. Mr. Beezer, Studebaker agent in Bellefonte ever sinee that car pas- sed the “gasoline buggy” stage. is one of the oldest, If not the oldest of South i This camp, affording facilities for | and several years ago was awarded | istrar a bronze plaque by the Studebaker Company for more than two decades {of faithful service B ———— DS A——— Flemington Boy Fatally Injured Six-Year-Old Child Reported To Have Run in Front of Car Running directly in 8 car as he attemptled street in front of the path of cross fhe Methodist about noon Tuesday, Dean Ivan Fritz, gix-vear-! old son of Rev. and Mrs. Ivan W. | fatally in-| : jured The boy was struck by a car driv. en by George 8. Moore of Mill Hall, who was traveling toward Mill Hall when the child ran across the road, Mr. Moore swerved his car abruptly toward the I#ft to miss the child, but the was struck by the right front fe . He died of a com- pound fracture of the skull before being admitted to the Lock Haven Hospital, Dean was the elder of the two children in the Fritz family, His sister Is less than two years old. Me Fritz teaches at the Plunkett's in Bald and ga ed Sn | ex-champion, Carey Alexander 1-ug Jailed In Shooting Garfield Gardiner, 80 (above of near Osceola Mills ses fo ot at Centre county Jall where he inder 85000 ball on a charge of as sauit with intent » er. His victim, Mr: Jane Mille 39-vear- old wife of an Edendale WPA work- ¢r anc mother 7 el re ported 0 have a 50-50 { ile 81 the Philipsburg g Sic. pital where surgeons last week re- moved a SB-calibre bullet from her spine. Cardiner, father of six ohil- | dren, is said 10 have fired the shot! when Mrs Miller spurned him. Mrs Millers condition at t regu ried to be { good Lie night was Shooting Victim Has Operation Osceola Woman, Victim of Shooting, Given 50-50 Chance For Life Surgeons on Priday removed $) 38-calibre bullet lodged against the pinal cord of Mrs. Jane Miller, 30. ear-old Osceola, i. DD woman who! shot by her G0-year-old spurn- ed neighbor, September | Dr. A C Lynn hief of slaff at Pt sburg State Hospital where M Miller was rushed f{ol- lowing the shooting disclosed that the operation was performed by use Ww a local anesthetic because of the woman's condition The bullet Miller's backbone, | splintering part of it and severing | part of the spinal cord Splintered | {Continued on page 6-—2nd section) | struck Mrs I————— 83 from County Enter Penn State 1500 in Class Will Include 51 From State College, 18 From Bellefonte Eighty -thiree students from Centre county will be among the 1500 freshmen who have been accepted | | Studebaker agent in the country, for admittance to the college, Reg- { by William nounced today ging today State College will send 51 to the college. Bellefonte will advance 18, while 14 others will come from | other communities in the county. | Students from the county will in- | clude Bellefonte: Thomas Beaver, Jean L. Caum., James B Craig, Harry H. Curtin, Walter E Forster, Rich. ! ard Hartswick, David C. Kachik, | Margaret A. Kelly, Willard H. Kis- | sell, Donald A. Montgomery, Wil. liam T O'Brien, Even R. Pow- (Continued on page 5--second sec) J. Rand Miller Regains Title Alse Wins Medal Honors: Downs Alexander and Mor- ris, Former Champs 8 Hoffman an- Freshman week be- i 1 J. Randall Miller, of Millheim regained the Nittany Country Club Golf Championship for the sixth time, on Labor Day, when he de- feated the runner-up. and anothei on the nineteenth hole Miller reached the final round with a victory over Robert Morris Jr. last year's champion while Alexander defeated Hugh Quigley | { | (Continued on page Stone Base Being Hauled on New Road ry fF 2h ihe fi of Lhe ly Di se JUrs €1 fi EL fron | State Colleg Le gl f Mill | brook the State Colle ew section of the moder § which i Slate College Bellefonte The sex w ynpiet ex- Olid wes York on 1 ins g¢ ONE ove 8; H Houserville tt : a1 th structure now ready for the i The, from the Klinger farn the Hous ‘ tum ¢ 5 per oer mpleted rt wo s— To Survey Hospital Sites Here, Sept. 21 An engineer from th . ” 411 Com will e U8 Vet- be in Belle- September 21. 0 pro- hospital to be sites for * bye #3 local veterans tak tt ey in central Pennsyivanis, ace rding to a schedule received this week by Karl Kusse, secretary of the Bellefonte Chamber of Come merce Bellefonte, located the exact geographical center of the state, is believed to be a strong contender for he hospital site Four properties in this area will be shown to the engineer, it is reported One is on the Zahnizer lands near Unionville, another is on the Al Rishel and Epley White farms ob Rishel's Hill, south of Bellefonte another is on the Dr. Brockerhoff farm glong the Jacksonville Road and the fourth: i= on the Roy Bay- AI f Grove farm on f Bell Charg Firing Woods Arrest Follows Investiga- tion Into Shooting Com- plaint by Linemen Charged with setting fire to wood- land, Clarence Jacob Sager, of State Coliege. R. D. 1, was committed to the County jail in default of $1000 bail after a hearing before Burgess Wilbur F. Leitzell, at State College Priddy afternoon Sager was arrested last Thursday ' Pyvis. George A Panrock and John L. Eisenhooth, of the Rockview sub- station State Motor Bell Telephone Company emploves placing poles along Route 322 near Woodyerest complained that some- one was firing a rifle in the direction of linemen on the poles The officers found Sager seated on the ground against a tree shout | 80 fest west of the highway thru H—aecomnd sec.) Two Arrested For Mo —— Two persons entered pleas of Ruilty to relief chiseling during the weekend when arraigned before Justice of his Peace Harold D Cowher, East Bishop street, Belle. fonte, Steve George, of Philipsburg. in custody of Cpl. Robery Raymond of the Philipsburg sub-station State Motor Police, was released from custody upon making restitution of $1602 fraudulently obtained, and paying the costs of prosecution. R D 1 wis commited to county jail in default of $300 bail He is charged with having ileg- ally obtained $32. Pvt H R. Han- oxk, of the Pleasant Gup sub sation, was the officer arresting Information ageinst both defend. ants was obtained by Merrill A Sweitzer, an agent of the Depart (Continued on page four) ment of Public Assistance. Police, when | Relief Chiseling Steward Ross, of State College | the | YER TAKES STAND TO ONWEALTH EVIDENCE Boal Memorial to be Dedicatec | Saturday Maj. Gen, Edward Martin Will Be Principal Speak- er at Ceremony PROGRAM SLATED TO BEGIN AT 10 A. M. Shrine Will Perpetuate Record of Bealsburg Machine Gun Troop The Department of Military Al- fair n conjuction with the Soci- ely of the 28th Division, A E P will deditate a Memorial Altar 10 the late Colonel Theodore D. Boal a the Boalsburg (28th Division) Shrine, Boalsburg, Centre county Sunday. September 15 1040, at 10 A M_ standard time al Edward Martin Commonwelath expecied 20 addr Ww Nationa! Pres- the 28th Division A of Wilkes Barre, will rep- r » Bociety, Colonel Wilbur Sate College will read ry record of the late Coi- on Reverend Owen M Gal- lagher, Rector, Our Lady of Victory Cathol Church of State Oollege will give the invocation and bene- dictior The Btate College Veter- of Poreign Wars Post ans will pre- sent an American flag which will y be raised on the new flag pole at | the shrine with fisting ceremonies VA ssGule wide fired by the 166th | Head Arilsery of Delsionie, wiiie [the 186th Piel Artillery Bang of Lewistown and the Jnior American Legion Drum Corps of State Col- lege will furnish suitable music for the occasion Williams A. Miller of Harrisburg Past National President, Society of {Continued on page three) —— - DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS OPEN TO PUBLIC The Democratic West Bishop street Open each Gay 0a mtwodpm headquarters Bellefonte, are the public from § J. Frank Smith as Miss Marjorie Houser are in charge Any person desiring campaign literature including bump- on insted BO er cards should feel free to call at ny me No invitation to call is ecessary. The doors are open 10 all interetoed the Roosevel: ren a A ————— School Plan Is Considered Local Corporation te Fin- ance Building Seen as Last Hope Definite announcement was made | Monday night that one way and only one, remains for Bellefonte to {finance a new school building The announcement was made at {a regular meeting of the Bellefonte {School Beard. The only way the {town can obtain Wmoney for a new building ts by providing the funds locally This factor was agreed upon by {virtually all members of the board ‘which in recent months have been | trying every possible avenue to find money to replace the building de- stroyed by fire on Pebmary 13, 1839 But if the citizens of Bellefonte, iand of the districts surrounding | Bellefonle which send thelr child. lren to the local schools, cooperate, | there is every hope that an adequate Tbullding can be constructed and paid for, it was pointed oul. A system under which the re- quired $200000 can be obtained was {Continued on page two) West Penn Moves Into New Offices nag eg vn Bagge moved {is o e to the formerly coupled Hazel grocery Store In the 1 THRE Paehi cit is g d
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