Odd and CURIOUS in the “= NEWS * AMAA Snakes at School If pupils at Sunrise School In Union county, are learning nothing | else—and well they may be because of the disturbance—they are learn- | ing how to handle copperheads Thi seventh copperhead in recent | months was killed last week, when | the snake crawled from under ine schoolhouse during the noon hou! The school grounds, west of West | Milton. are being carefully inspect- | ed daily, Millard G. Reedy, teacher has sald. » Grafting Pays E. L. Nolting, of Elgin. Ill ed an apple tree in his Years ago and then wo subsequent years, When to pick his crop year, he found 58 varieties flourishing on the three trees, the resuit of a care- fully planned grafting program through the years, plant- yard 39 more in Je came he said thi Lain Shocking Patriotism 58. of Muncie urge, i Mounting station When John Short Ind., felt a patriotic something about it roof of his gasoline up a flag pole. he left on a 2300-volt wire. He knocked unconscious and had be worked on for forty-five minutes before being revived. ie 1 Lo he pole A Change at Least After being a “human cann sometime, being county Jor cannon at amusement if spectators, Kennedy, 19, of Ralei cently signed up for “a life" as a private Marines nice Uncle quiet Sam's — FRIENDS SURPRISE FORGE COUPLE ON ANNIVERSARY On Friday night a number neighbors and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mackey at the Forge, as a birthday surprise f both Mr. and Mrs Mackey Those present Johnston, Mrs Rachel Robb clovd and Mrs. Charles Rockey, Mr. and Mrs. James Saylor, Mr. and M: Ed Hartman and granddaughter: Rosanna, Mr. and Mrs, Mann, and Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Thomas Miller and son Jackie and Mrs. Prank Mackey, two daugh- ters, Verna and Alice At a late hour refreshments were served. A number of useful presents ; were received by the guests of hone or. ¢ of or were: Mrs Anna Sarah Ayers and son ————— om—— Fall From Bleachers, Four spec at Milton- Jersey Shore chool footbal game Saturday were injured a railing atop the west stan Milton Island Field, gave way afte a youth is reported to have weak- ened it in atiempting to jump from the top tier to leave the game number of others escaped wilh 1! nor injuries. Herman E Fox suffered broken ribs and a back in jury; Clair T. Landis. 24 fracture of the arm; Florence 8ny- der. 10, collarbone and rib frac- tures, and Nelson Bit tuden collarbone fracture - - {Are iN alors te hi oh INES wile i y LR double Reprint Amusing Third-Term Item From Whig Weekly An amusing item. in the form of an advertisement, is reprinted from the Knoxville Weekly Whig and Chronicle, published at Knoxville Tenn., under date of March 1, 1876 “The Third Term —A great many very good American citizens are gravely exercised in regard Grant's renomination for a term. Let them goathe their troubi- ed spirits with Tanner's German Ointment. Keep it in the house as a positive specific for burn wounds, bruises, and a thousand other ‘ills that flesh is heir to." Price only 25 cents. Sold everywhere Canford Chamberlain and Albers, Wholesale Agents, Knoxville, Tenn.” EARLY CLINTON George C. McKinney, of McElhat- tan has prepared an interesting story of Clinton County's first fly- ing machine, which was invented by his father. Andrew C. McKinney. some 25 years before the Wright brothers became successful in alr- plane flying. Mr McKinney had been engaged to describe the flying machine his father put together in 1878, on the “We The People” program last week, but by reason of too many participants on hand his engage- | merit was postponed to some future date. In relating the early event Mr, McKinney stated that he was only 14 years old when he witnessed his father's experiment with his in- vention, a kite-like framework with a rudder and wings which flapped WEDGED amin Es IN ROC The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. SECOND SECTION Sd A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. Centre Democrat Random NEWS, FEATURES K vOLUME 69 BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER © o 1, 1940. NUMBER 44, MASALA WW Four Hurt As Train And Car Collide On Railroad Crossing At Winburne Victims Treated in Philipsburg Hospital After Removal from Demolished Automobile; Failed to See Oncoming Train A backing locomotive trailed by 15 t Lomo- jured ¢oal gondola irned an au bile four nesday New York at Winburne Injured into a junk heap and rsons ab 8 o'clock Ia ni mauled In were G, A Ma izal both of NKe and Helen rescu | treated broken in his shoulder, hi ceived lncerated Maschke rece and Miss Merritt nip 14 F344 Salvation Army Secks Funds Here Organization Formed in Seven Townships of Centre County al Bank RBierly., Rebersburg National Bank, Rebersburg 8. W. Gramley, Parmers National Bank, Millhelm Claude E Musser will also serve as a member for Millheim nd Ha ge NM: follows the plan ile rrangement wed recently widen Army's ac- maller com rogram to Salvation tivities and bring munities the fuller ser of the organization (Continued on page Six.) the iif to North Bend P, O, Burned Important post office records and equipment were as an ex- ploding oil stove in the bath-room of the second floor of the building occupied by the North Bend pos! office set fire and destroyed the tructure CO. INVENTION The ac- saved like the wings of a bird count he was prepared to give over the radio would have told his lis- teners that he flew the device him- self in a large building owned by his father Bellefonte Avenue, Lock Haven. and that later a bal- ioonist who came to. the city made an outdoor tes: of the device, fly- ing it over the roof of the McKin- ney building until it crashed into the tower of 8t John's Lutheran Church. The flying machine disappeared when the McKinney's moved to Chathams Run, leaving it behind in a loft temporarily. When they re- turned to get it, it was no longer there! Mr. McKinney adds that his father had taken steps to have the device patented and foresaw the use of the flying machine in modern transpor. ation, on KS FOR 50 HOURS Four year old Rudy Kuchnick, | trapped accidentally in a rock pile Jr., of near Shenandoah, is recover- | ing from exposure to below freez- ing temperatures while wedged be- | tween rocks for more than 50 hours in dense woods a mile from his home, i The frail boy had been a patient in Locust Mountain hospital at | Shanandoah since he was found | last Wednesday by Mrs. John Bar- na, Onedia housekeeper, ang her daughter, Pauline His feeble cries were heard by the women as Slate Police and hun- dreds of volunteer searchers, aided by bloodhounds and an airplane, scoured the woods over a radius of two ang one-half miles. yanoe, to see the approa was backing down hke saw his car ] and t} nen which Mas coal gondola 175 feet be Miracu down the track wilted collision had been force resembled a moor polic tated - Turnip Develops Large Size IMins grows n 4! Scola on u | Selecting A President Bellefonte Youth Gets Term In Workhouse For 7 Theft of Lock Haven Car | 2 : ; § < FRESIDENT This nk pr Corner ofoundly bore the man weil mon We'd 10 Sentenced In Clinton County Court After He Pleads Guilty to Charge — Other Cases Disposed of at Special Session ing belore Hitler realizes he war and that he 1 ganize Europe to support Germany in her prolonged effort. Moreover, he is hoping that Spain will join in an attack upon Gibraltar The of the manoeuvers i portance to Ger- if Anxious OWN German Balkans to Germany of Rumania to Great Brit- Milton Father Killed by Son Fires Three Shots in Parent's Chest After Wordy Quarrel Ralph Dreisbach, 43 gontown truck driver, was shot and } -floor 7 i mer Wat- killed in the Dreitbach second apartment in Milton early Saturday morning, foliowing a quarrel with his zon. Emerson Drelsbach. 21. who confessed to the shooting to Emersons brother, 18, and Miss Mildred Miller 34, who witnessed the shooting after § o'clock In the morn- the son awakened Philip Mar- tin, occupant of a first ficor apart- ment, told him of the shooting and asked him to =i the police, The vouth surrendered quietly Young Dreisbach in his confession, stated that he and his brother, Wil- is, who had retired about 11 p.m Friday, were awakened shortly after 5 o'clock Saturgay morning by their father, who had returned to the apartment, accompanied by Miss Miller, The father, the confession states, began to censure Emerson about a hook on the apartment screen door and about the condition of the apartment, which the parent is said to have reinarked was untidy Emerson arose and went to the kitchen to put on his shoes and while there, he was again encoun- tered by hig father, who struck him over the head with his hand, At this point. the confession tells, Emerson returned to the bedroom and took the 22-calibre revolver from a drawer. The youth admitted he knew the gun contained six long- | rifle cartridges. i Prior to this point, Miss Miller | and Willis had attempted to halt] the argumedt, but did net succeed. | Emerson returned to the kitchen with the gun in his pocket. In the kitchen. his father again advanced toward him to take up the srgu-| ment. i The son t the gun from his pocket, he dictated In his confes- According Willis, about shor ing in sion, and fired twice into the floor ahead of his father to halt his ad- Dreisbach continued to threaten, Emerson sald, and the) vonth fired three times into the man’s chest, ; Emerson is being held in the Mil ton borough fail ! The victim, a widower--Mrs, Dreisbach died at Danville about three months ago--was a former Watsontown resident, (Continued on page six) es, thie (anise Wag «O y either side i= rend 0 give } oy attack. halk Two Women Get ‘Death In Chair’ Sentenced to Die at Rockview For Part in Insurance Murder which has taken life of only one woman in is eiec- tric chair at Rockview, has de- creed the same fale for two others the investigation of notorious murder- the convicted Philad phia Friday senienced Mrs phine Romualdo, 41-year-old er of two, and Mrs. Grace Giovan 55, to death. Both were convict- the poison of thel: ti. ed husbands Irene Schroder. slayer of a State policeman. who was electrociied at Rockview in 1831 is the only wo- man to die Pennsyivania’s elec- tric chair Mrs. Romualdo broke into tears when she heard her sentence and cried: “I'm not guilty, but I am willing to plead guilty for the sake of my children.” Mrs. Glovaneiti was calm and asked if she had anything to say remarked: “What can I say?” deaths an fry in The federal grand jury at Scran- ton today had returned indictments agains: six men on various charges, ranging from theft to ownership of a bootleg still, Among the indict- ments returned was one against Miles A. Aurand, postal clerk at Sate College, for theft of a letter from the malls, fim Hain WO | plane and Spa Crashes To Death Near Lock Haven Florida Pilot Found Dead in Ruins of Newly -Pur. chased Plane missing Baturday in a Lock Haven to Boston 38, of Orlando. Fla. a ound dead Sun plane cuntain side in near the Lycom- ine He was plane by Btate ently having Thomas C. Bran- ounty coroner, said irom a ection Tn unity the Appar death ture skull frac- Pleus, who has six years flying perience, was missed Saturday morning by hiz companion after the two planes had flown for several minutes through a heavy Bearch at that time failed to reveal the The hunt was resumed the following day, the body being re- moved in the afternoon fog Americanism Exrlaining why you lost an election by pointing out how the other side corrupted the electorate io na: In a world that admires valor a British citizen can hold up his head | ang look his neighbors in the face ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE A Attempied Invasion niddie ui Setpember unewhat general cl Alr Ministry report, thal (Continued on page | Hunger Leads To Youth's Arrest Stranded in Tyrone, Pair is Arrested on Stolen Car Charge stomachs ied oo the arres ¥ in Tyrone of two Phila. via youths implicated in a stolen accident at vail Saturday mom. ng while their two companions were wing picked up on a road near the of the accident at Xi- mately the same The youths, ail being held in at Hollidaysbu leged stolen car they were rashed into the rear end of a are Robert Welfield, George MeCul- lough, Christopher Koutsomikas and William Boorse, all of Philadelphia Philipsburg motor police, called to the scene of the accident on Satur- day morning, found the battered car, which had been stolen in Harris burg, Friday, but saw no signs of any occupants, The truck had al- ready pulled away. Traveling down the road several miles they picked up two of the youths, In the mean. time two of the other boys, sup- posed to have been in the car at the time of the accident, were seiz- ed at the Tyrone police station when they attempled to bum a meal from the chief of police there The youths will face a hearing in the case Cone appro time of teen age. who the Blair county irg after the al. are n tail Jali — ——. ———— Sincerity of purpose is not a sufficien; excuse for dumb intelli- gence that works havoc when it occupies high position, | and 500 bream. Woman Crushed Through Window ioe INDIGESTION: Severely Injured as Runaway Herr Hitler Car Strikes Her on Street CHAMBER MUSIK Pre THY b ELECTION: Tuesday is time most of y¢ ir minds on how cast ur ballots Eve nits ing swiftly in the Balkans national administration releasing Cat traveled the inlerseclion, d pine hereby Altoona Woman Killed by Truck Struck While Walking With Children and Mother Roosevelt, at tion for eight capable policy to ments ireiy keep Hitle: . al of him Along Street chat h abd ha knowledge of mm Fogel the campaign Choose wisely CONGRESS: James E. VanZandt sii ing the mails with franked bearing copies of a speech in congress about war hie is stirring. but we can’t forget that the speaker voled against conscrip- yyy ens Sheridan Brown, her 1wo Pauline and Willlam_ and 4, because he sald an army could Mrs. H. H Colyer. were no rajsed by volunteer efforts, but way to the East End (Continued on page five) a Hallowe'en party ick driver, Chester Dewald of Montgomery. Pa. who was trav- wes. ward to Pittsburgh with gs owner, Hughey L. Wood- told police he was blinded bj f oncoming traffic andl failed Brown untll she appear- the right of the cab, the corner of which struck her Mrs. Brown was taken to Altoona hospital where she died two & later of internal injuries and unctured lung ————— Houtzdale Miner Injured Robert Love, Houtadale miner in- Jured in a working near Atlantic. is a patient at the Philipsburg State Hospital suffering a broken right thigh and left ankle. His condition today is listed as “fairly good” Love was injured while working in the Mascot Mine near Atlantic. He was struck by cars be was taking from the mine Bald Eagle Stocked With Fish The Clinton Fish and Came as- sociation has stocked Bald Eagle Creek between Flemington and Beech Creek with 1000 large catfish alley avenue and street Altaona, where Mrs children her mother on their school to atiend The tn ————— PROHIBITION CANDIDATES DENIED PLACE ON BALLOT eung the true Prohibition candidates dent and vice president denied a place on the Pennsylvania ballst by the Daup cour Judge John E Pox med that the candidates Roger W Babson {or president, and Edgar V. Moor. man, for vice president, {ailed to file their nomination petitions with the state elections bureau within time prescribed by state law $y 2 FREE, ¥ o un % gl] * tae Cleaning Fluid Burns A new twist was put on the fry- ing pan nto-the-fire story a: the Russell Birchard home at Lewis- burg jast week, but the effect was nonetheless disastrous. When a cloth which had previously been dipped Into inflammable cleaning | fluid was used by error to clean a kitchen range the cloth burst into flames and in the excitement which | ensued, the flaming cloth was toss- ed directly into the open container of fluid. Mr. Birchard was burned on one hand Damages totaled $200. By POP MOMAND v3 I auass T™' ONLY WAY TO TAs OFE ANY WEIGHT 5 TO Exgpcise, S80 I'M GONG TO ™ PAIK AND JOG oFrF A FEW hy — NOTHIN Live BxXERCISE TO MAKE A GLY PEEL ToueH ~~ Thi. BET PEOAE THN T'™M A FIGHTER ho TAKIN A WORVOUT, JONESES'’ — Timothy Knows His Sports J hot * r) Sp HARDLY == NOT WITH THAT BIG BAY WINDOW = MUST BE A IL WRESTLER" . Oni!
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