Odd and CURIOUS in the “ NEWS Just a Headache En we his freight train, D House brought train to a stop as quickly as he could near Montgomery, Ala, but not soon enough to avold runing over the man. Three cars had passed over him when the crew rushed back to pick up the body The victim Oliver Guaham, wa found sitting beside the track, daz ed. his only injuries being a fev cuts and bruises headache Double Helps Being twins has seem, The other of Waco, Texas well and not up registratic {ay S0 in font of gineer H and a wasn't the Bay ner ordeal ol lor Univer- twin sister ana Lo nm at 14 to he; resc twice Ly uise came through herself and once for Lois Marked For Death Hubert Fulks, 24-year-old farmei of Guntersville, Ala, wa by a truck as he walked the highway. The truck did t but Fulk suffered oni juries. Three block the 1e went \ y y mes 10 the lines once lor ruck along not minor ner highway viol PUCK Disgusted 33u agonized cries ol help!” under wreckage bombed residence sondon, men ra.d 10 profane parrot Help the of & braved ovel nead the re . Courteous Bandits Two young bandl apologized to a filling station atendant, at Bir- ngham, Ala. after robbing him of £10.20 in the broad daylight, declar- ing “Sure sorry we have to do to you,” as they made their getav Revival Bite Fatal Grabbing the Evan ing aloft, at Cordle, 48 and died hi ila rattlesnake gelist J PENN STATE COLLEGE RADIO STATION CITED Back in 1938, during Pennsylva- ia’s spring flood emergency, the short-wave radio tation at Pennsylvania State College worked day and night to relay more than 600 official flood messages Today. a new citation is hanging in the office of Professor Gilbert L Crossley, in charge of the College sta‘ion, in recognition of that 1936 service. The citation is from the Western Union Telegraph Co. the fourth to commend the Col- lege for its work A staff of who radio operator’ fessor Crossley in station, which trol In the Army the agency emerge students licenses assi operating ncy 26 is an aiternate amateur sy e * NONE INJURED IN TWO COUNTY AUTO ACCIDENTS n the Central part re- Tio ac of the afternoon sulted the machines ’ considerable damage « involved but in no in t the 5:30 occurred Milesburg atl o'clock when a couple driven by Eli's W. Hall, ef Julian, struck the rear Of a sedan operated by Charles A. Shaulis. of Rockwood, Somerset County. Total damage was placed $50 A car bebleved to have been traveling at high speed, overturned on the Waddle road. None four occupants was injured mishap was not reported to police — a ss AP ———— Buck Injures Two, Neidig, proprietor of a dairy store at Sunbury, suffered leg in- juries and his daughter, Helen was bruised in a scuffle with a buck which bounded through a window into the store. The atiimal, over- powered by customers, was turned joose in the woods 4 “ Monument at “i HD Big Copperhead Killed Myron Hopewell who resides on the William Vastine farm, below Danville, alonz the Northumber- land road. killed a large copper- head recently. When he killed it twenty-one small copperheads were released and they showed fight un- iil he killed them sms an MP ——————— Beauty contests are still being held all over the country but the idea has about exhausted its possi- bilities ' VOLUME 69 EAA | Minister Exonerated Of ro | Seeing a man's head on the rail | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. SECOND SECTION ———————————————— ——— ——————— a a —-—————— ————— A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. Blame After Car Fatally | Injures Old Moshannon Man Former Well Known Baseball Umpire is Struck Down on Philipsburg Street. Coroner's Jury Declares Act ““Unavoidable” O Rourke umpire Francl baseball Philipsburg and Clearfield sec- Was ally injured Wed when he w knock- "NUIPS~ ¢ Rev TY rone ilipsburg being a one nou throughou! he tion O Rourke Hospi admitted al Held In Theft Of Farm Implements Altoona Man Accused of Rob- bing Port Matilda Farmer Alleged theft ments from a farm September 13 Fr iat oV of on arrest Osceola Woman Hurt In Crash Mrs. Herman Hirsh in Wreck Near Altoona, Thursday Injured Mr hn wh Philadelphi ribe 3 ng face several broke: broken nurse al lacerated re and leg cuts C. M. Lukens Cohn's chauffeur, not in crash, will face a reckless driving) charge. He was unable to an | explanation the crash in which] car struck the rear end of the which was traveling upgrade a——— ———— a— Mt, Jewett Man Killed Hanlen, 48, of Mt. Jewett, the Kane Summit Hospital skull received when he apparently fell against a moving engine belt at the Phoenix Oil Com- pany pressure plant, where he was an engineer. The accident apparent- ly happened while he wag alone at the plant ceived a lacerated Mr 50. Altoona ured in the give nt Oi Clair died in of a fractured a ea Bradford Boy Killed Nearl, 17-year-old high school student, was killed and two other students hurt Friday in an automobile collision at a street in- tersection at Bradford. The boys were on their way to school when their machine and another collided The two cars were struck by a truck John il If everybody who expects to write a book would buy one, the book. sellers would enjoy a big spurt in sales ‘THIS PASTOR WON'T REGISTER In his Sunday sermon, the Rev Allen Clay Lambert, told his three Blair county congregations he woul. refuse to register October 18 for the draft Rev. Lambert is pastor of the Sinking Valley charge of the Unit- | ed Lutheran church in America He was pastor of the St Thomas’ Lutheran church, the Bronx, from 1932 to 1935, In registering he said he would r sign away hia libe whos 35 5 He said that he wauld in no ‘way directly or in- directly go along in the “greatest crime that has been committed against the citizenry of the United States since the founding of the! Republic.” Rev. Lambert probably neglecied to inform his hearers that should the national menace which he re-| fuses to oppose, triumph, he and a | lot of his kind will be out of a job, HUBBY WILL PROBABLY BREAK IT Justice of the Peace Dawson M. Yerkes, of Milbourne, near Philadel phia, has a brand new idea for gifts to newly-weds, The marryin' squire has installed gives the participants a disc on which the whole ceremony---miusie| rand all-is transcribed “IV's better than a marriage cer-| itificate,” he sald. “It’s something | that every couple can keep in their | time fa«| he rer Corie rODE rt | perty he Centre Democrat 0 oy BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1940. F// NEWS, FEATURES NUMBER 40. The World Series COME RIGHT IN AND LISTEN TO | po THE WORLDS SERIES Mm A (OM a. FORUBLE (HAR A PLAY-BY-PLAY MNLOUNT OF THE GREAT GAME SEATS ONLY FIVE (ENTS HURR HURRY ! THE GAME 1S ABOUT TV START STEP RICHY IN MISTER " ————————— Oc LA v, tion of Men 21 to Away at Schools DRAFT MAY BE PERMANENT Oude, Mayer's Wa er 8t years ago, at Judge C A hoapilabie home on West reel, Lock Haven, the late ‘aptain W. C. Kdess provost tar the d ' be Ev hy r the dist + which 8 Coal Gas Fumes Kill Two Children Four Other Members of Lew- istown Family Overcome in Home Two children Mr. and Mrs Nieman, residing at Me- near Lewistown were discov. ered dead in their home last Fri- day, overcome by coal gas The victims were {(wWoO- Thomas Nieman and Rose, 5 Their mother, Mrs grandmother, Mrs. Marguerite Ga- hagan, about 50; their brother Robert Nieman, 10, ang their step. sister, Thelma Isenberg, 13, all are reported recovering despite expos- ure to the fumes for approximately nine hours The victims, most of them fully drekseqq were discovered in up- stairs rooms and halls Friday even- ing when Mrs, Nieman's gister. Miss Marguerite Gahagan 22, returned from work From the fact that nothing was amiss when Mrs Nieman's hus band and her sister Jeft for work Friday morning, and that Robert apparently was ready for school when overcome, leads to the con- clusion that considerable quantities of coal gas pervaded the house about 8 a. m NE of Clarence Clure year-oid sister ¥i4 is Nieman; their Deer on Town Street Tuesday afternoon as he emerg- ed from the office where he is em- ployed, at Dushore, Kenneth Baub hearing the sound of hoofs on the pavement, turned ang saw a fawn] deer coming through the Main] street of town, The fawn went all} the way down through the Main! street and disappeared up Mosier Hill, | I ——— a ———. —— 1 Knows How to Fish Where's the man that said wo-! men never dig and never will know | how {6 fish? Mrs Russell C. Heim | of Milton is making a vigorous bid | for a retraction of that statement, | for she returned recently from al Canadian fishing trip with her] father-in-law, bearing a large seven | pound trout which she caught in| Georglan Bay, i | . | ! Next to making a speech about a phonograph-recording device in parlor to play on wedding anniver- the most useless thing 1s to listen his office and after each ceremony igarles and other occasions.” ito one, {recent devision by Council to crack | Veterans’ for 3% Oh ¥ r ‘ . ¢ vy N rof easi i! m } ¢ Aprat v on a Proiessona. erase Apia Rill atl live Largets fact it was said lege of Richunond Petersburg, high Meer § oa A , f0 I0D8 lads were sold 10 the specials Where cant 8 copy of that strange oein be found? The late John H Chatham MceEina tan 10%: f wide as the i +8 nsvivanis brogdsioes and unerring. In Fey vive ihe GUIing tn al pent about ¥ : A - ¥ al and Pen ra ail LO sre enjoyed the especially i UTeMorning” neadquarter Lhe: i Stove Explodes, Tears Up Floor Nine Coal Cars Tear Up Track Unusual Accident in Home of Burned Out Journal Causes Flemington Family Mon- Freight Wreck and Tie- up of Traffic Shooting Victim's Condition ‘Fair’ Slight Encouragement Shown For Mrs. Jane Miller at Hospital being “not good” for | the Philipsburg State Hos- Mrs, Jane Miller's condition for the first time Monda: showing a slight improvement, condition was listed as “fair The 38-year-old Osceola woman was shot early Sunday morning September 1. The shot entered her back and severed part of her spinal cord paralyzing her body below the waist She hung between life and death for four weeks following the shoot. ing and Monday's change of con- dition has been the first encoul- agement attending physicians have received Garfield OGardner, 60-year-old neighbor. who shot the woman with 38-calibre revolver, was placed under arrest immediately following the attempted murder. He is belug held in the Centre county jail a ios —— Two Pound Girl Born A two-pound gi:l was born to Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Johns, of Ber- wick, R. D. 2, at the Berwick Hos- pital. The diminutive arrival, scribed as a “perfect doll” has been day Morning An um sior sual accident wl caused nine nn 1 of 2a bucket-a-day the home of Dors A. Peters in Fleming ) ton Monday morning at about 7:30 McED o'clock caused considerable damage !V af to the house, but fortunately no in. Suit Juries to anyone in the family Mr. Pelers work place Ma vg vp the explo- rut “0 Cart at stove at road ¢ noon hour Friday of traffic for ral te-up hours ffcials one Railroad Hoke ¢ the axle about a The ragged along the rails until .t crosing at the McElhattan said of Cars west of the crossing was just ready to go when the explosion took The top of the stove was Dall blown through the living room floor C871 and up through the ceiling to the hit the second floor, tearing up half the station living room floor and breaking glass Here the train buckled. eight of No one in the family was in the the cars zig-zagging back ang forth room at the time tearing up both tracks dumping The small fire, started by the scat- their joads of coal and coming to tering of the fire in the stove, was to th rest, tumbled together overturning quickly put out and no major fire On the eas; bound track damage resulted No one was injured. Howeve: Mr. Peters reports | passenger traffic was delayed a hall ered by insurance, day by the wreckage obstructing the tracks, The east bound track was cleared during the night and al Ban All-Night Parking 1 o'clock Saturday morning trains State College police one night last| "= © runing in both directions week placed tickets on more than A Mh s—_—— 200 cars parked overnight on the Drops Dead in Parade. borough streets, in violation of a] A trumpet player in the Steelton of Foreign Wars band down on all-night parkers, Viola Robert SBanuom, dropped dead Sun- tions of the law will result in a fine day while marching in a parade a! of $2 and costs, Lebanon iis los: is cove -~ poried to be in fine condition de- | | Sick Must Have Someone Register For Them Oct. 16 And Notify Local Board County Officials Must Arrange For Registra- 35 Years, Who Are or In Institutions Woman To Face Robbery Charge Relative of Slain Bandit Said to Be Involved in Car Theft Ke Pra: ther association Selvage was al i : awa She and her broihe sald 10 have robbed attendant Wagned al xjucted him and A rural 1c & esuit of Selvage. Ms Hollidavsburg Ruy action in-.aw were ea v gr: MANY COUNTRIES SEND STUDENTS TO PENN STATE far away as Tur. Yugosias sylvania Teal 1 80 per and tudent from Turkey is Rem- resident of Istanbul 7.000 miles to study Penn State He return to Tur- of improving and culture there of the new students ad- abroad are American Yierbrauer, of Zu- land was born In retained ci lzen~- travelled iculture at utitimately ‘0 1 ob ject with ihe fruit vegetable Several mitted from citizens. Cora rich Switzer ! America ship and he BR HEAD OF MURPHY STORES DIES AT AGE OF SIXTY John Sephus Mack, under whose leadership the G. C. Murphy var- iety stores grew from 11 stores in Pennsylvania to a large chain with 205 outlets in 9 eastern states, died at his summer home in Indiana county Friday night Mack, who was 60. was chairman of the company and had been its president since 1812. He was bom in Indiana county and attended public school there In 1809 he start. ed work as a stockroom clerk in the Johnstown store of the Me- Crory Stores Corporation, He rose to general manager, then resigned in 1911 to buy majority stock con- trol of the Murphy firm a ————— New Pastor in Charge Rey. Orin Womer of Richfield, assumed his duties as the new pas- tor of the Houserville United Breth- ren church on Sunday. He succeeds Rev. Homer CGauntt, who has ac- cepted a charge in Clearfield. Rev. placed in an incubator. and is re-|Gauntt held the Houserville charge ‘for nine years | i Random Items ARVANA CHURCHES: Church people and others wight profit from reading “Why 1 Don't Go Ww Church,” in the October ssue of “The Reader's Digest.” The magazine for comments pro and the author Gaerive ark con in anc regarg Ww b valuable should vies interesting and information on the subject forthcoming Personally we've wonoe reg whe ther it wouldn't hose Who run a good Cea i Lhe SPEED: y i ag: murder GET THE MOTORIST: State College Council has enacted a law prohibiting all-night parking on borough streets, thereby creating 8 New source of revenue. You fet fined there if a polictMan With a yardstick finds the wheels of your parked car more than 6 | A Penn three-day jail 3 0 ’ a minor 4 aclion fic regulations THERE ARE Next time you hear bing about the of WPA workers You may find that } ing his pay from may find that he HOON - doggling on his i ) cause even the most iftles A drone blush THERE'S NOTHING NEW: Mr. Willkie’s present claims that he can Go a beller job of making President Roosevelt's policies work tl Roosevelt himself sound vag- uely familiar. A clipping from the New York Times in 1020 said: “Re- publicans say that President Wil- son's reforms can be better carried out by that sound man Warren QO, Harding." We tried that once THE WHY OF WILLKIE: You hear a lot about Willkie these days. but you must remember that (Continued on page six, OTHERS: someone crab- ed 80 ea -Cail to nan at “ai Women Looking To Draft To Correct Domestic Troubles A 12¢ of women are looking to the new dralt program to solve domes tic problems, gocording to a Wash- ington announcement Officials of the Selective Service Commitiee are getiing numeyous letters dally from wives who want erring spouses conscripted to Keep them from “running around with other women” and mothers-in-law who think a year in the Army would be just the thing for their sons-in-law, “1 have 8 husband that iz a me- chanic,” wrote a South Carolina woman. “lI hope that you can use him in the draft as he is 80 mean at home that 1 think a year's train ing might help him.” mid cid ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — A Very Definite Difference TAKE MY ADVICE , BDO =~ 1 TOOK OFF TEN POUNDS WN THREE WEEKS -- STICK TO FRANT JUICE FOUR TIMES A DAY = EVERY OTHER DAY | TAKE A HALF A Bowl OF NO MEKXY - NO POTATOES OR STARCHES ~~ LAY OFF TH VEGETABLES AND RAVES, NO SLOAR , BREAD, OR MILI “== NOTHING ELSE - AND I GUARANTEE YOU'LL Lose! By POP MOMAND
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