OVER 7,000 COPIES Printed and Distributed Each Week. Covers Thoroughly Every Town and Village In Centre County. @he Cenfre Democral MORE CLASSIFIED ADS Per Issue Than All Other Centre County Newspapers Combined. A Quick and Economical Selling Mediom, ————— VOLUME 59, NUMBER 4. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR —— LOT Hundreds or Board 2 Eligibles Are Listed Believe First irst 3,000 Nam Stote Yroppers bers Will Provide Army | of 800,000 Men OTHERS “BACKLOG” FOR FUTURE CALLS More than 300 trappers from all parts of the state were in Belle- {fonte Saturday and Sunday for S their annual convention held under the sponsorship of the North Am- lerican Trappers Association The 5 Hours Required For convention had its headquarters at the National Guard armory fearing Involving 17 | The convention followed Million Men {tensive program outlined by the {committee in charge of the event, The grand conscription lottery, which held marching orders for 17! An eX- sleep- ning Monday, December 9, because two of the murder trial for Oarfleld Charles, 60-year-old Osceolan Mills | hie slaying of his neighbor, Jane Miller, aged 40. No official comment regard! ng any additional panel was avallable yesterday The Grand Jury will meet here on Monday, November 25, and crim- inal court will convene two weeks later. Civil Court will open on Mon- day. December 16 The jury list prepared Hows: GRAND JURORS (Meet Monday, November 25) Nancy, to dale Bellefonte Bellefonte Over 100 prizes consisting of traps, some 5000000 young Americans, at the armory which was equipped officially with two numbers more able for those who preferred the big draft bowl, a last solitary service director, It was 547 a. m. 1 D h bowl before the drawing opened al precautions, six number-bearing Grand and Traverse jurors to To make sure that every special “junior drawing” of those and John W. Vonada, assisted by The official last number drawn tan aditional panel of 50 jurors may “mising™ numbers | should turn up earlier in the draw- immediately discovered as to how yesterday aware that 800000 of fill the November 18 quota or come defense in a. flaming world. Baird, Kathryn, hk Lemont (Continued on page seven) { (Continued on page sever) axes, hunting knives, and other outdoor equipment were given away gates the conventi ot finished in an unlooked-for flurry Da 1 Ne Jesterduy morning with six num- to accommodate the sessions. Space bers missing, but finally wound Up gues provided for those who wished to sleep there and tents were avail- than it should have had ag hp , . In the rainy dawn after 17 hours io outdoors and 31 minutes of drawing from —_— ha lue capsule was picked up from the glass bottom by Brig. Gen. raw urors Lewis B Hershey, assistant selective | That capsule should have been the 9,000th—the number of capsules originally believed placed in the 1218 p. m. Tuesday. Criminal Panel May Be Instead it proved to be the 8-| . 994th. Despite the most elaborate Increased Because of capsules were missing. The mas- Murder Trial ter list disagreed. however, showing eight unaccounted for. . number Serve during the regular December missing from the master lis; would SOU were drawn this week by Sy be drawn, General Hershey had a Commissioners Merrill E. Pletcher eight numbers—a brief sweep- Sherif! Bawaid R pili. Bes Vir- stakes witnessed by a handful and vs terd yn rots hak over in five minutes, esterday there were reports tha I was the §.002nd--num- event the dublous among the eight ing lists, the result of the "junior draw” will be disregarded as far as they aré concerned. No clues were the missing numbers vanished from the bowl. By the millions young men arose them in a few months. .30.000 by November 18--will be Inducted into fo the army. Volunteers probably will close to it, officials said. But the draft {5 on. The United | Anderson, Mrs States is preparing to fireproof its| hk Selective Service Director Clar- | Benner, Harry R., clk, ence A Dyksira estimated that the Bilger, Jesse, biksmth first ‘1,500 to 3.000 numbers drawn | State College R. D = .. VanZANDT TALKS OF DEFENSE; BUT GIVES NO VOTING SUPPORT Congressman James E. VanZandt, currently running for re- election in the district comprising Centre, Clearfield, and Blair counties, would have the voters believe that his hands are clean on the recent eonscription vote in Congress. The record reveals a different picture—a picture which co- incldes with President Roosevelt's contention that Republican Con- gressmen for years have blocked every attempt on the part of the New Deal to build up our national defense, on the plea that such action would be “war mongering.” Congressman VanZandt now contends that he voted against conscription because he was advised by a host of Generals and Ad- mirals that conscription was not necessary, and that a sufficient army could be raised through volunteer enlistments, But when the Fish amendment to the conscription bill was pro- posed—the amendment delaying action on conscription for 60 days to give the nation an opportunity to try volunteer enlistments VanZandt voted AGAINST the amendment, After a long wrangle in Congress, the conscription bill finally came up for action. Our Jimmy, who says he thought there would be sufficient vol- unteers, but who voted against a 60-day tryout of the volunteer system, was finally forced to a showdown. And Mr. VanZandt voted AGAINST conscription. It does seem strange that a man who was formerly come mander of one of the nation's leading ex-service men's organiza- tions; who is sending out franked copies of speeches he made in Congress on the subject of national defense; and who wants the voters to belleve he is much agitated over our lack of an adequate army, should vote against the only certain way for providing the national defense he orates about so impressively. Two possible reasons suggest themselves for his action on 2on- « geription. We recall with a sense of nausea that Mr, VanZandt was on the platform with Col. Lindbergh when the latter made one of his horrid speeches advocating appeasement toward the warlords of Europe, 1s he alighed with an appeasement group which fears the calling of a strong army may incur the wrath of the dictators abroad? Or did he vole against conscription merely because he was afrald he'd tread on someone's toes back “home” where his votes come from? Either answer leaves our Congressman in a bad light, Either answer, we feel, is sufficient cause fo oust Jimmy from Congress and replace him with a candidate, William M. Aukerman, whose legislative record will bear the closest scrutiny by the majority of residents of this district. be called for Criminal court, begin. | D. miner, who is charged with | Mrs. | Stage Parade Here Tonight Convention Here 1 apital Prizes, Over 700 Smaller Prizes to Be Awarded PARADE WILL MOVE AT 7:30 PROMPTLY Marchers Floats, Bands, to Pass in Review Be- fore Judges Bellefonte's annual Hallowe'en parade will move promptly at 7:30 o'clock this Thursday night over a route which will include all the iness district by the retall divi- of the BellziGiite Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event Thousands of mummers, and a number of floats and musical or- ganizations will appear In line of march, accordine to early reports received by <Cnamber officials Hundreds of valuable prizes, con- tributed by local merchants, will be awarded by a committee of fudge headed by W. Harrison Walker Chamber of Comunerce official emphasized last night that no ro- advertising of any king will permitted in the parade ion parade will The three divi Capt, FPrederick directed (Continued on page seven) bus son Hiical be Wa be L b y Legion Band To Present Concert Year-Old Junior Legion Or- ganization to Play at The- atre, November 10 In accordance with an establish. ed policy of the Band committee of Brooks-Doll Post 33 of the American Legion, The Junior Band will pre- sent its first Armistice Day conce~t on Sunday, November 10. at 3pm in the State Theatre at Belle! onte It is the Intention of the Post Band committee to present a free concert for the public on the Sun. day preceding Memorial Day and also Armistice Day each year This will be the band's first Ar. mistice Day concert and will mark the end of its first year's existence It was on November 11, 1839, that the public had its first glimpse of the organization, Since then they have made phenomenal progres During the first year the band ae played approximately forty engage ments and in addition was crowned champions of its class in the Amer. ican Legion at the Legion conven- tion in Reading last August 17 The public is cordially invited to attend. The program will be an- nounced in next week's paper Weather Factor In Road Progress Bellefonte-State College High- way Construction Nears Final Stage Construction ‘of the Bellefonte- Dale's Summit section of the new Bellefonte-State College Highway is ** progressing on schedule and the section from the residence of Dr. J W. Claudy, on Rockview lands, west to Dale's Summit has been paved From the Claudy home east to the | Fishburn farm base courses are be- ing lald and parts of the section are ready for paving as soon as weath- | er permits, The large cut just south of Belle. fonte and anotner cut about one- fourth mile further south are un- finished, but work is continuing on them steadily, it is reported. Con. tractors Putman & Greene declared | | the weather is the biggest factor in! | determining how far the road will Firemen Sponsor § (Continued on Page 7) —— a - Weekly Entertainment Sr " i Bellefonte firemen last Saturday | | night began a series of weekly en. | | tertainments at the former A. & P. | store room on the Diamond, in an {effort to bulld up a fund to meet | the expenses of the District Fire- | {men's Convention to be held here | next summer. | | The entertainments will be held | His | every Baturday night, and if they | prove successful financially, it | be unnecessary to use any other| means, such @as a house-to-house | | canvass, to secure funds for the) convention, Games and other entertainment) lv be provided and 4 number of | | awards will be distributed each! night, The patronage of the pub. | { le Is solicited and your cooperation iit be be deeply appreciated by the | company expected in ROOSEVELT OR WILLKIE? finish of ancther important politica) but a matter days The a few It is doubtful if any national election ever of contradictory statements and plain invention Franklin D. Roosevelt have brought forth, It state of confusion existed in the minds of taken the time to study the facts as they act It should not be a difficult matter to arrive at a choice for the Presi. dency {f careful consideration is given the qualification he candidates In making a comparison the mental caliber of each candidate should be carefully studied, and most important, the backer of exy jence in domestic and internation Wendell Wilikie, the Republican €andi fused in his mi 8 of facts cone his election would hes of ced total | the enemies of would be little wonde; those vi who } ro 50 gross a ier not uve ually exist of what is ind al affa Cone that shown pre parednes ilernational situatior Like Hoover, of right years ago, Mr, Willkie has reverted to dire proj of what wil happ Roosevelt continues in the Presidency, even going so far as to declare that it will resul ‘restrict lon and limitation to the clergy and to the preachments dividual religions. and offering little hope freedom of the and expression Isn't that a marvelous picture of what w humanitarian President continues in office? It may be that the Republican candidat politics, simply took what was handed to him faith. Mr. Willkie simply doesn’t know wihiat about President Roosevelt, first of all, has one policy-—America Fu He hag proven during the years of his term in office to be 100 per cent Amer} More humane legislation has been er under his sdministra than under any other President in the ust of our The greatest tribute to President Rooseve Lites fact that he is tiding over the most « tuation In Ou 3 by his matchless diplomacy. It is safe to =a) the best informed pefae n on domestic and foreign affairs 1 bringing about an adequate defense and opposition by Republican members as a highlight in national history By his record President Roosevelt big, efficient independent America The * 80 vigorously fi gruntled little if oF le and not for thi more terms The deg U3 te himself at thi i Franklin | Over 2500 Attend Democratic Rally tatement eem to be a national biunder, Mr, Willkie ha that he is deficient in knowledge ity acts, and IE abot Lhe by his sj the social program former Presi Herbert nhiecies sor he fent for the il ens new to 71 and broadceast ies iis al st wmcted OunLrs mana w in today third tern enemie voters, It | a President any eff ne or voter renomin hey exist vole for Te at rut sek 1 » mom vB J , lar yOu can afford Two Injured In Weekend Mishaps Girl Undergoes Treatment | After Car Overturns Near Hublersborg Dr. Robert C. Ww hite Deplores “Short Memories,” Cites New Deal Gains Two persons were admitted to the Centre County Hospital for treat. ment of lea received In motor accidents this area during the weekend Christine Patterson, 17, 8t. Mich. | the city of aels, suffer od an injury to her neck aL all enh wil and minor bruises and cuts, She was than 2500 Cen re a passenger In a car operated by Hecla Pak BF Ray Relghard, Salix, which left the ed 20 ma) road and turned over near Hublers- Roosevelt burg about 9:30 o'clock Sunday 3 Patterson was discharged he hospital the owing day nthony Compana Avis, re- ceived cuts about the face and neck (Continued on page seven) —— J ———— Reorganization For Chemical Is Approved Federal Judge Albert Watson, of the Uniied States District Court at Scranton, on Friday approved a proposed reorganization of the Chemical Lime Company of Belle- fonta company officials reported yesterday No objections were raised to the proposed plan. Clarence Wynne, trustee of the told the court that the program had been approved by all secured creditors, 98 per cent of the unsecured creditors, 81 per cent of the preferred stockholders and 65 per cent of the common stock holders Chemical officials yesterday de- clared that no steps have been taken | t this time to act upon the courts approval order, but that action is the near future, ort memory” Rowevel guide Lh A pyres depres Dr. Rober: in Hie) fry of ol noone; 1 ang wages 1 general wage abolishm ang the (Continued on Page 62nd Sec.) Pleasant View Man Held In Lumber Theft Emil, aged 25 between Belle. is under $300 ppearance in court on a charge of the larceny of lumber from the John McCoy property Bunday night Al a hearing before Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher. East Bish- {op street, Bellefonte, Monday. Dep- uty Sheriff James Hugg said he had arrested Emil, Sunday night, upon investigating the theft of the lum- ber. He sald he found Emi] using {some of the allegedly stolen boards s—— ———— in repairing his house. The defend. tant furnished ball and was released Firemen To Hold from custody Dance At Hecla Park | «ow <nor yourn | IS AWARDED DIPLOMA The International Correspondence 8chool, Scranton, recently announce. ed that Eversley W. Russell of Snow Shoe, had received his diploma for i successful completion of a course in Carlton of Pleasant View, fonte and Milesburg ball for his a Andrew a — A —— —— — At a meeting of the entertain. ment commitiee of the Firemen Convention Association here Tues. day night, tentative plans were made for a public dance to be held at Hecla Park sameiime during the middle of November, | accountancy Proceeds from the dance will g0| The dean of the Scranton school to the fund for convention expenses, also sent Mr. Russell a letter of it was announced by Harry Beck [congratulations {and “Bun” Beaver, co-chairmen of | Mr. Russell {s employed by his un- | the committee. Purther details will ‘cle in the operation of a grocery be announced later. | store in Snow Shoe DEMOCRATS M NEEDED IN CONGRESS Every man and woman who votes for Franklin D. Roosevelt next Tuesday should vote for the Democratic candidate for Congress and the | {was driving along Route 322 one Democratic candidate for Senate. This is of the utmost importance to the welfare of our nation. President Roosevelt's candidacy today rests upon his record of pro | gressive achievement in behalf of humanity, and his safe guidance up to, this time in keeping us out of the entanglements of the World War. election is a guarantee to complete this record by applying the new! progressive safety laws fairly and efficiently. When you vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt you vote for a continuance of his humanitarian policies and deeds. Wher: you vote for members of Congress, you should by all means; vote for men who will support the President in the House and Senate. Only by this means will the Chief Executive be able to carry out the progressive program he has planned. The fact that it was a Democratic Congress that put through the President's record of achievement, Is evidence that another Democratic Congress must be elected to apply and complete the good work, A vote for Joseph F. Guffey for United States Senator and William M. Aukerman for Representative in Congress will be of the utmost assist ance to the President. | shot which struck an | Bunday afternoon and caused slight of hit ear. NEVIN N., HAZEL x Jr. Red Cross Chooses Council Organization Plans {0 Enter Float in Hallowe'en Pa- rade Here Thursday Rod Cross arsugh its ¢ Widdowson Mary Lou the eiellion yAnD ra ang 1 ALG ammunition vor and Barrac Viee-w (Continued on — —————— —- 400 Here To Get First Aid Course CCC Camps in County Train Enrollees in Ex- pert Work oximately 400 first trained in Centre coun winter by the Civilian on Corps, The Centre informed yesterday ut 200 men, all CCC enrollees, trained at each of the two forest cBmps now working in e county, which have just been designated for winter opera- Both camps are now working Coburn, the page seven) To aid experts ty dur Con- Demo- crat Abx will stale Centr newls tion on state land, one near other near Philipsburg According to J. J. McEntee, CCC Director, these camps will be up to their full complement of enrollees within ten days Each enrollee Will be required to fake the standard 20-hour Red Cross first aid course, which here tofore has been limited to truck drivers and a few other specialists, In addition each enroliee will un- dergo a daily calisthenics course as a part of the CCC “toughening up” program Stray Bullet Hits | Car Near College Polite are be investigating a rifle | automobile injuries to one of its occupants Harry J. Marchetti, of Altoona, {mile west of State College when | a bullet, apparently shot from a | high-powered rifle, struck the hood | The bullet bounced off | iand shattered the windshield. Glass | | flew into the face of Mrs. Marchetti, | | causing minor cuts. | Barricades and fares have . placed for the protection of the | public at various points on the borough streets where excavation fs! in progress, Police officials warn! that the removal of any of these fixtures will be dealt with to the full extent of the law, ERY AFFECTS MANY IN COUNTY Mummers To | [air Corps Graavare| Gardner Faces Trial In Slaying of Woman Vietim Dies of Complica- tions After 55-Day Jattle For Life CORONER'S JURY STUDIES EVIDENCE Defendant - Pleads “Not Guilty” When Arraign- ed For Murder Chemical Employee Victim of Rock Fall ntered at a hear aie the Pes ace Har. Claim Tifan Wages Frozen’ Failure of Congress to Support NLRB Agency (Given as Reason hearing Oar R82 Former Judge James Furst Bellefonte, declared the defendant ning whereupon orney 5 WwW. Get Cowher to enter guilty” upon the Pvt. J. P. Jordon of the Btate Motor Police at Rockview sub-sta- ton, prosecutor in the case, lesti- fied that he viewed Gardner in the Osceola Mills lock-up shout 2 (Continued on page five) - opened Po had District Lig ans * rie 1 on Burs no I Rt as tl} Eng” of back w al $200,000 due worker the Titan Metal Manulactusing Co.. Beilelonte, it was reporied this week by Harry Flaugh, of Pitts. burgh, distr representative of the American Pederation of Labor Flaugh sald he was told that the {funds were frogen when he asked Pres iden: William Oreen of Workers ". ; De NAONAL 5 assigned eslimalad of (Lad nter adah the proceed to ( for the Titan th * Dunlap Motor Co. To Help Firemen’s Fund Dunlap Company, Bellefonte has started ag private to help Beliefon firemen the expe the annual t Firemen's Convention to be i here next summer COMPANY anno ig al onte ten per cent of all ges for washing and lubrication ¢ will be deposited in a special each cash register and the s0 collected will be turned to the conventic comunitiee. procedure will be carried on til August of next year—the date any for the convention -™ # The Motor b nises Of inces that be. * NLR LRB the comp : bank at mor workers money dedu over strike may hay oeived nile This employed tions HAINES PROMISES RETURN OF FUNDS -BUT STATE IS “BROKE” gh his support of the James Admin. his unworthiness to be re- County's representative in the Kenneth G. Haines, throug istration in Harrisburg. h turned to Harrisburg as neal AL nera bl) General Assembly has proved Centre approval of the tapping of relief funds purposes-—an act the Centre County Commissioners road damage claims and which has deprived Belle of from $1200 to $1500 in firemen's reliel—is the a vicious circle of encroachment by the State on designated for local communities id fuels tax funds and the which made it borrow $55. Hie firemen’: DECeSSAry 000 to meet fonie firemen beginning of funds specifically liqu for relief for to Mr the funds next year, Haines says the Legislature will pay back But money we'd like him to explain where the State is to get the to pay back the funds “borrowed” from the counties State Treasurer F. Clair Ross predicts a $75,000,000 deficit in the State government a deficit unprecedented in the State's his- tory, and one-and-a-half times greater than the one compiled by the Earle administration. Ross said “the present record-breaking expenditures will make inevitable a 25 per oent increase in State taxes when the Legislature meets next January.” The increase, he pointed oul, will be in addition to the Earle emergency taxes, every single one of which was re-enacted by the James admin. istration at his insistence Under these conditions we ask Mr. Haines how the State is going to get enough money to pay back the funds it took for this year's expenses? Mr. Haines, who approved the railing of funds earmarked for the county, isn't likely to have a complete change of heart next January when new taxes have {0 be imposed. The James admin. istration might propose a sales tax, or § Wage fax and since Mr. Haines has listened to the James crowd! once, he most probably would do so again. The record of Mr. Haines’ opponent for thie unsmirched. In the two terms John W, represented the people of Centre County-—not who railroad legislation through to gain their
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