Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, December 12, 1940, Image 1
Gift Edition dhe Cenfre Demorral | A —— Gift Edition _— —— — A VOLUME 59. NUMBER 50. ——— a BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1940, SUBSCRIPTION-~$1.50 PER YEAR A ——— ALL OSPITAL SITES TO BE VIEWED Veterans’ Board To Telephone Co. Bellefonte Postoffice School Plans Hunter Kills Friend Scan All Locations No Official Decision Ex- pected Until After First of Year BOARD MEMBER ON PRESIDENTIAL TRIP Bellefonte, Conceded Top Rating, Has Many Competitors In spite of reports to the contrary, all the Pennsylvania sites which have been surveyed as possible loca- tions of the new veteran's hospital will go before the Federal Board of Hospitalization subcommitiee consideration, it was learned today.! Several of the sites are In the vicinity of Bellefonte, The was made early this fall for the pur- pose of finding a suitable location for the new facility to be establish- ed in central Pennsylvania. Among the sites which are known to have received a high rating in the survey are Bellefonte and Car- lisle, and it had been believed that olly these and other sites receiving top rating would be considered by | the sub-committee. It wus stated today, however, that | the many factors in-| in view of volved, all the sites surveyed would be considered, regardless of rating. It is probable, however, that the sub-committee appointed to select the Pennsylvania site will not be- gln its consideration until after the (Continued on page six) Hunter Granted Parole From Jail Harry Williams Released Af-. ter Serving 17 Months of 210 5 Year Term fori Survey | their! | robbery | jailed late Saturday night when IRockview Fugitive Arrested in Ohio A prisoner who escaped [rom | Rockview penitentiary in July, 1837 {has been arrested in Akron, Ohio {and is being held there for Penn- [sylvania authorities, Deputy War- {den C. C Rhoads, of Rockview, an- {nounced last night {| The fugitive is Raymond Hill, who {with two other prisoners, Master- i mak and Burke, stole a Rockview | officer's car at the prison on July { 24, 1937, cut a hole through the wire stockade at the prison, and away to freedom { At Stormstown they abandoned the officer's car, stole one owned by Penn State students and drove to the vicinity of Vail, where they took [to the woods on foot Burke injured his leg and surrendered. Mastermak was apprehended In Pittsburgh two { weeks later. Hill had not been heard {from until yesterday At the time of his escape Hill was | serving from 5 to 10 years, He wa Vv | sentenced in an eastern county roared i Local Woman Is Alacked Wife of Jeweler Escapes As Screams Frighten Unknown Assailant An attempted attack known Bellefonte woman as the presumed m we! with moive the woman's scream; frightened the as. sallant. Police are virtually with. out clues In their search for the man. The victim of the atiemp. was Mrs. WE Crosgley wife of the owner Of the Crossley Jewelry Store On her way to her home about 11 a | o'clock Saturday night, Mrs, Croas- Harry Williams, of near Beech Creek, sentenced 17 months ago to | serve 2 to 5 years in the Centre County jail for shooting and kill ing George Winters, also of near | Beech Creek, June 20, 1929, in mis- | take for a groundhog, was paroled Friday by Judge Ivan Walker. Under the terms of the parole! order, Williams is required to pay | the costs of prosecution; $500 for | the use of the family or heirs of the deceased, and may not hunt or trap in Pennsylvania, with or with- | out a license for ten years, In granting the Boalsburg Boy in Paul V. Lindeman, Boalsburg, is now stationed with the U. 8. Army at the training base at] ii parcie Judg” | (Continued on page 3-—second sec.) | Camp formerly of | ley was walking along Bast Bishop Street, near the L. A. Hill garage when she heard someone walking { behind her A momen: later the steps came closer and the would-be attacker grabbed her around the neck, plac- { ing one hand over her mouth. In the resuiting struggle the man’ (Continued on page 6) ———— py i ——— ‘Rescued From Neighbors of Woodyerest Man Lead Him to Safety; Damage Totals £1500 Platisburg, N. Y.. the War Depart-| Fire of unknown origin destroy- ment has Boalsburg, enlisted for a three-year period at Altoona, on November 25. He was sent to Harfisburg and from ther: was designated to the well-known New York camp. «Fur Dad and the kiddies. finest Lionel electric trains Haas Electric, The De- ——— I—— ———— ho Deer World's Mrs. Rip Van Winkle Roused by Hunters | ce — This yarn about three basket. hearted hunters and a sleepy doe, which sounds like something torn from the pages of a child's book of fairy tales, is vouched for by three well known hunters, whose reputa- announced, Lindeman! who lived with Howard Swank at| ed the home of Forrest L. Lutz a Woodycrest and slightly damaged the Leon Parker home nearby, early yesterday morning Samuel Intore of State College i about 1:20 a. m. He drove to the Lutz home. a one-story frame build- ing, he said, and found nearly the whole inside of the house blazing After pounding on the door, there was no one inside, but neigh- { bors, by that time awakened, en- { (Continued on page eight) Gregg Alumni to Banquet The annual banquet of the Gregg Twp. Vocational School Alumni Association will be held at 27, in the school auditorium Spring Mills. it was announced yes- terday. All former: students tong for veracity have never been | attend. questioned up to this time. The three hunters are: Lewis Or- vis Harvey, Bellefonte attorney; State L. Flegal, Bellefonte dentist, Before we go any further, let it be understood that few humans have ever seen deer asleep in the woods, Deer are chary about their sleep- ing habits and practically never are caught napping. Last Wednesday of hunters were “driving” along a mountain near Brush Valley. Flegal was near the top of the mountain; Haines was near the bottom, and 7 bres Assemblyman Kenneth GO. Haines, of Reberaburg, and Dr. D.| | ~~ Christmas A Christmas program will be given by the Pleasant Oap grade school Tuesday evening, Dec, 17 at 7:30 o'clock in the Grange Hall, A play by 1st grade, an operetia, “When Toys Come to Life,” Christ mas Carols, and orchestra numbers will be features of the program morning the trio, COPtain F. L. Shope Called For Army Duty Captain Frederick L. Shope, com- manding officer of Battery B. 100th Field Artillery, Bellefonte National Guard, has been called for active duty with the U, 8B, Army. Captain Shope will go to Carlisle. Sunday for a physical examination, If he passes he will be sent to Fort Braggs, N. C., the 36th Field Artil- lery, regular Army post, for inten- sive training for a month. Second Lieut, Harry Symmonds will be in charge of the Bellefonte i troop during Captain Shope’'s ab- sence, Lieut, Symmonds went to Altoona yesterday to take examina- yx ‘tons for a first lleutenant’s com- - bb amhone — - Burning Home discovered the fire while driving to- | | ward State College on Route 322 | Mr. | Intore came to the conclusion that | 6:30 | o'clock Friday evening, December | in of | the school are cordially invited to! New Building J. H. Henszey Gets Con- tract; Work on Founda- tion Began Yesterday DIAL EQUIPMENT READY LATE IN 11 Program Will Involve Ex- penditure of $260,000; $75,000 For Building The contract for the erection of a dial central] office building In Bellefonte has been awarded to John H. Henszey, State College con- tractor, by the Bell Telephone Com- pany and the structure is scheduled for completion In June, 1841. The {transfer from manual to dial tele- phone service will be made late in 1941 Yesterday morning a power shovel id a crew of men began work on excavating foundations for the new tructure The site of the proposed new ex- change is at 113 North Allegheny street, formerly occupied by the Talleyrand Inn. Jesse H. Caum, lo- cal manager for the Bell company, sald the property was purchased last October. The old inn has been razed The lot has a frontage 66 feet on Allegheny street and ex- tends 200 feet to Locust alley in the rear The new Ny Al | | of central office 1 be two stories high, of brick wtruction, with a slate roof. It H be of the Georgian style of ar- | chitecture, The company's business offices will be on the first floor, All jof the dial mechanisms and asso- | ciated equipment, including batter- lies, will be on the second floor. The { size of the building will be approxi | mately 50 bv 65 feet. The entire dial building , OUgn | the basis upon which The Bellefonte readiness for mas rush, it day who declared will be the sea postoffice is In the annual Christ- Was announced yYesier- by Postmaster George R. Meek that al] substitute regularly employed during n in addition to three extra helpers—all of ahd have bee! 108en The local postoffice this year fers a unique Mr. Meek Through the establishment pick- up airmail service in Bellefonte will be possible local mall Christmas cards 0 n the United States three days be. he holiday with surance ry will be delivered on time “a service of 10 for citizens anny pla fore a special delivery cards sende il them as late gs December : they will be delivered ristmas Day, Mr, Meek said cards must carry 6-cents pait- age. For sped delivery an addi- tional 10-cen tage is required Commendng upan Christmas cards, Mr. Meek warnsd against the use of flimsy envelopes, which quuntly tear i the cancelling machin the and Alr- ial nO "He 4 Borough Cracks Down On Laws Carpeneto Announces Be- ginning of New Era of Enforcement Here In a statement released yesterdav George Carpeneto. who last week was delegated by Borough Council 10 collect fines for violations ¢f bors traffic ordinances, explained traffic and othe= borough regulation: are ™ rprogram will wolve an “eXpendi-| he enforced from Now of {ture of approximately $280000, of {which approximately $7500 will represent the cost of the bullding The present manufl exchange is [at 132 West High street, in Bush Arcade Gap Firemen Name Officers ‘Roy H. Adams Elected President; Community Xmas Party Planned tH Le At a regular meatine of the Pleas daily untill Christmas day, it wis re-| the | ported yesterday by officials of the! ant Gap Fire Company No. 1, following officers were elected President. Roy H. Adams; vice. | president, Jacob Corman; recording secretary, Ralston Deir: treasurer, Harry Bilger; fire chief, William { Shuey: new trustee, Hoover Noll; {and assistant fire chiefs, Stellard i Beightol for three years, and Vin- cent Hoover for twa years. | It has again been found necessary to ask the general public to refrain {from wsing company equipment { Legal action will be brought by the {company against any further break- (Continued on page seven) mn ——- > ‘Court Approves New Corporation | Organization to Finance New | $365,000 School Here Gets Official! Sanction Approval of a corporation to con- | {stiuct and maintain the proposed | { new $3€5.000 high school building { Tor Bellefonie, was granted last {| week by Centre County Judge Ivan Walker. | Approval of the articles of incor- | Carpeneto, who established some- what of a precedent in law enforce. ment here when he declared that he'd administer justice wiihouy fear or favor and collect fines from (Continued on page three) asm A A —— usic Programs To Begin Today Speaker System Installed ; Concerts, Recitals Sched- uled Every Night M Bellefonte's Christmas music pro- gram will open at 7 o'clock this Thursday evening, and will continue retail division, Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event Tonight's program will consist of an organ recital, which will origin. ! ate in St John's Lutheran church Friday night another organ recital is scheduled at the same time Or. ganists are Miss Mary Elizabeth Sloop and Mrs. Paul Beaver. The program will be audible throughout the business area of town, a system of loudspeakers hav- ing been installed at strategic points on High, Allegheny and Bishop (Continued on page six) S—— Training School Sessions Close Certificates of Recognition to be Awarded Students of Milesburg School Certificates of Recognition will be given to those meeting the require- which is being held at Milesburg. Edwin C. Keboch, executive sec that each year thousands of greet- ings carrying 1's cents postage end up In the Dead Letter Office, Such cards arg third class mall, and in Lhe event the address is inco:rect the letters the Dead office, Consequently the acesn’t 'W Qidnt arrive ft atte” Lelie ende: g0 tO kn his while the didn't WO-andad-so wonder he can avoid such pitfalls ing cards as firsy class mall; iocally, or 3-cents if delivered 1 Other postoffices. Put your re- address on the upper left hand corner, and if the addressee cannot be the greeting will be re- the sender, Mr, Meek ad- D 2 iocated Mail Parcels Early Mall early if you want your gif delivered before Chilstmas” Mr Meek continued, predicting a heavy bart ge or holiday mall Holiday mal] 5 approximately 200 per cent heavier than the nor- mal joad revoriy the United State Pcst Office Department Pos (Continued on page six) Purse Stolen From Woman WPA Employe Victim of Purse-Snatcher on How- ard Street, Tuesday Bellefonte police are investigating the thelt of a purse from Mrs Har- fy Miller, aged about 70. of South Spring sireet, on Bast Howard street about 8:15 o'clock Tuesday night The theft is believed to have been cof” wild by ‘he same person who (altempled to Tob Mrs. W. E Cross. ley on East Bishop sireet, Saturday night, although descriptions given iby the twp victims do not tally i Mrs. Miller, who is employed on the WPA sewing project the County Home, had worked until 8 (Cuantinuea un Page 4 a. | Warns Against Aid To Britain V. F. W. Banquet Speaker Sees Threat to U, 8S. in Extending Help Detla:ing that the United States has the only form of Democracy that amounit to anything. Former Judge M. Ward Fleming, of Belle- fonte, speaker at the Bh, annual banquet of Jackson-Crissman-Say- lor Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bellefonte, at the Brockerhoff Ho- tel Saturday night, warned that additional aid to Creat Britain may invalve ug in war. A total] of approximately 17 imembers of the V. PF. W. ang its | Auxiliary, together with their guests, attended the dinner, John G. Love of Bellelonie, was jloastmaster, { In his arguments against further aid to Britain, Judge Fleming (Continued on Page 5--2nd Bec.) Football Team Is Entertained Penn State Coach is Speaker Motion Pictures of Games Are Shown Members of the Bellefonte High school 1940 varsity football squad, {ments of the Central Pennsylvania] managerial and coaching staffs were | Conference Board of Education at|guests at the third annual football | the Training School for the Belle- | banquet given in thelr honor by the {fonte group of Methodist churches, | Bellefonte Rotary Club on Monday night at the Markland Hotel. Fol- | lowing a turkey dinner, the group poration for the group which is to | retary of the Conferénce Board of enjoyed a program of short talks be known as the Bellefonte Build- ing Corporation, clears the way for { the financing of toe contemplated building to replace the ane destroy- : ed by fire on February 13, 1939. | According to the articles of incor- poration the new body is authorized to “purchase, own, marigage and lease real and personal property and to construct and maintain suitable building or buildings to provide more ample facilities for education- al purposes.” The incorporators, who also will serve as directors until the election of their successors, aré: Horace J. Hartranft, newly-elected nt of the School Board: W, H .Brouss, (Contined on page eight) rm — A ———— Troop Te Mobilize The Bellefonte National Guard organizaticn has received word that it is t5 mobilize December 31, in- stead of January 3, as originally ordered. The date of the unit's de- pariure for camp at Shelby, Miss, remains January 19. Education states that ten hours of study are required to meet their (Continued on page six) Man Acquitted Here of Crime Involving 6 Cents The ponderous wheels of justice ground exceedingly fine in Centre County Court here, Tuesday, And when George Harris, of Phil. ipsburg, had been tried, a jury re- turned A verdict of “not guilty.” The County, the Jury indicated is to pay the costs of prosecution, which total about $24. Harris was charged with receive ing stolen goods. temized the goods which Harris received and which he allegedly knew were part of the loot taken in a robbery. were: 1 candy har, value 5 cents, 1 cigarette, value 1 cent, {and the showing of football moving | | pictures. James B. Oralg, president {of the club, presided at the ban- {quet. John Miller, coach of the Red Raiders, introduced each member 5f 1 the squad, giving his position and] Iyear in high school, He also stated that because of the necessity of (Continued on page six) 1 ———— Se — ‘Continue Probe of Hunting Mishaps | State Motor Police are still inves- tigating a hunting accident in which Mr. and Mrs, John F. Lewis, of largest | | Pittsburgh, were injured near Phil- |ipsburg during the second day of | the hunting season. | Mr. Lewis, who Is a patient at the { Philipsburg hospital, had a plece of bone removed from the calf of his leg by the shot which struck beth ‘him and his wife, ! “Police have concluded their search for their hunter whose stray bullet i {Continued on Page 7) Board Session Plans Have Been Ap- proved by Committee and Officials in Harrisburg MAY SEEK BIDS IN NEAR FUTURE Schad Suggests Purchase of Community Field for Night Games Plans for Bellefonte's new $365. 000 high school building have ceived the approval of the School Board's bullding committee, and of | Various department heads in Har- risburg and soon will be ready for | final presentation to the local 8chool Board, it was reported by the build ing commitiee at a regular board meeting here Monday night The repory was submitted bv R C. Blaney. chairman of the build- ing committee, who declared that specifications are now being pre- pared by Hunter Caldwell, Al- toong architects, and that the board soon should be in a position to ad- verilse for bids on the structure Mr. Blaney stated that during the past month the building committee, Supervising Principal E. K. Block and High School Principal O., F Bollenberger, spent a day with the architects reviewing the plans and making certain changes The changes suggested then were made and the revised plans were Inspects ed by the commitiee before being taken to Harrisburg where they were inspected by various officials, who recommended certain other changes. When these recommendations had been incorporated in the plans, Mr Stock returned them to Harrisburg where heads of education depart ré= & 'ETts, muse] ary ENG others reviews the sketches and spproved them Copies of the final plans are ex- pected from Hunter & Caldwell in tie near future, Mr. Blaney said and he recommended that each board member study them carefully and become familar with every Ce. Continued on page xix) Six Cases Are Heard In Court Two Defendants Found Guilty ; Three Acquitted in Brief Session Compleling "ihe docket of &ix cases in Jess than two days, the re- gular December criminal court com- | pleted itz work Tuesday, with a re- cord of two verdicts of gulliy, three of not guilty. and the sixth case dis- posed of through a plea of nold contendere Ray Patierson, of Altoona, charg- ed with burglary, was found guilty and was sentenced to serve four i months in the county jail. Patter. son was charged with s'ealing junk a: Port Matilda, the evidence re. {vealed | Pred E “Ounder” Meyers of Bellefonte, was found guilty of a tharge of drunken driving and was | sentenced to pay the costs of pro- | sfcution and serve 60 days in the | County jail, The usual sentence’ { when defendants plead guilty to | drunken driving is 30 days in jail; {or 10 days and a fine of $100. Meyer": (Continued on Page 6) Kill Light As Season Wanes i —— Two-Week Buck And Doe Slaughter Expected to Set County Record ap With the two-week open season close, Baturday, Game Warden | lerday reported s that insofar as respondingly week of the counted hundreds of doe and were taken out | shows every ind { kin county. i {ries , died at the Centre County Hospital Monday. ~DeHaas Co. the door. way to A Merry Ld ments including those for industrial | of buck and doe deer scheduled to | a bring it to this office with one dollar and a helf the price of a | Thomas Mosier, of Bellefonte, yes. | Awards Bid On Prepares for X-mas Discussed At In Mistake for Deer ‘Second Fatality of Season in County Claims Pitts- burgh Man TRAGEDY HAPPENS NEAR PORT MATILDA Poor Visibility in Dense Woods Cited as Factor in Shooting st Hunter Is Found By Searchers enmiinciin Miller 30-year-old school from Thomasville, York is back home with his deer © Lo John teacher county kill after being lost overnight irday In the Snow Bhoe mountain area After shooting a doe Baturday afternoon while hunting in he Al- legheny mountains between Bnow Shoe and Yarnell, Miller trailed the wounded deer and then finally sh it at dusk, Not knowing the Miller lighted a with his quarry three shots from his rec | which was hunting him but could | not reply because had used his ammunition P| il- nA fat artidens of pr * 4 2 fata. accident fire, sper 3B ary . season in Centre C 48. of North Sid o) wo wa al ne members of | s.e. and Pvis. ... Smith, of | Residents of Yarnell Miller's hunting party Joseph Jordan and C Rockview sub-station, Motor Police, organized a searching party and finally located the lost hunter Sunday morning 10 o'clock Hunter Sho! Through Arm Penna. Furnace Man County Hospital; Con- dition Not Serious E Blate ng t acooral Mob Sheckler vig * as on. about tw Matilda At inques Sheckler na conducted n — WV an bs C Memorial Thursday that coroner the etl Chapel Mileghurg night was explaines while Woodring was standing comparatively close to the time the shot was fired, was poor at thal early (Continued on Page ¢ airlines AND GLOOM CHARERS TO APPEAR AT HECLA at fo in ot Lim & hai 1 his 3 nis vi visi ry FEAF ED, E —- - through | SO. 8hot shoulder ang SUM arm while near Pennsyie vania Purnasce, Monday afternoon Lester Dean, aged 32, of Pennsyl- vanis Furnace, is undergoing treat. ™ ment at the Centre Cointy Hos. 03! a free Big power farm vaude- pital, Bellefonte, His condition is Ville enterizinment will be beld = ‘pot regarded as serious. { Hechn Park on Wednesday evening Dean was digging for skunks in { December 18. beginning at 7:30 o'- in woods on the Paul Snyder prop. Sock BL i [erty about 4:45 o'clock that after. All farmers and their families dre | noon, and was standing erect at the Cordially invited to attend Enter moment when he heard a shot and 'ainers will iIncinde Slim and Hu felt the billet strike him, When his Gloom Chasers, nationally knows efforts to attract attention failed he entertainers; and sour novi began walking to his home more I his entertainment has . many communities through han a mile away ; country and is receiving wide ————— Emerging (rom the woods he met three men who helped him to their “8M car and took him to the office of a . AAA Discuss Nation's D ation’s Defense Consider Close Cooperation of Stale College physician, and later brought him to the county hospital Agriculture And Labor in Emergency Charles FP. Hipple. Belicioute Mc- Cormick-Deering dealer announces here, His wound bled considerably The bullet entered the front of the arm just below the shoulder and came out about six inches below and at the rear of the shoulder Dean is a son of Amos Dean, of Pennsyl- vania Puinace There was no Indication as to the identity of the person who fired the shot, but authorities are conducting an investigation amass MP m———— —r Youth is Wounded Robert Gilliland. aged 5 son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gilliland, of Oak Hall, is reported to be recov- {ering at his home from the effects of a 22 caliber bullet wound in the leg. The child was injured Satur- day morning when a gun in the hands of a playmate accidentally discharged, it was reported ——————— Victor classical and popular records, albums now half-price Fine gifts! Large stock and 3«dav order service. Pifer's. Phone W. F. Rishel of Spring Mills, ha just returned from New York City where he represented Centre county farmers at the annual conferencs of the Northeast Region of the AAA during the period December 4-7 More than 500 farmer committee- men, exiension workers, oounty agents and representatives of other agricultural agencies in the nine northeastern States joined with Mr Rishel in discussing problems of sg- riculture's contribution to defense and the adjustments which may have to be made to protect agricul- ture in the fate of the present world crisis The conference also paid partics- lar attention to problems dealing (Continunsd on Page 52nd Sec.) tg ~ “i . “ ——————————" cai, N——— Give a SUBSCRIPTION GF To Someone You Have in-Mind . . . Especially to the Folks Away from Home . .. 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