EC ———————— 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK LARGEST C TION IN COUNTY. IRCULA- dhe Cenire Democral |i PAGES OF COUNTY NEWS AND WEEKLY FEATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY VOLUME 60. NUMBER 2. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR | PRELISTS MORE ROCKVIEW ESCAPES Convict Tell 37 Are Officials Admitting Grape- vine Rumor, Comment: “We're Ready!” 7 ESCAPE IN WEEK; ALL ARE CAPTURED One Admits Presence of ‘Lawyer’ in Prison Population Thirty-seven inmates of Rockview penitentiary will escape from that institution within a week or so, ac- cording to a statement made to Judge Ivan Walker here Monday moming by Leland Stanford Stim- mil, one of a group of five Rockview inmates who fled from t prison January 1 The statement, ne together with charges that prisoners are mistrést- ed and ill-used were made by the five as they appeared before Judge walker at a special session of court to enter pleas of guilty to leaving the prison Deputy Warden C. C. Rhoads, commenting to newspapermen alter the court session, declared that prison officials learned last week through the prison “grapevine” that 37 inmates planned to escape, and added significantly, “We're for them.” Some indication that Stimmi! have been voleing more threat may be drawn from the that a total of seven have escaped since the beginning of the new (Conlinued on Page 7) - - ready m than iy a Howard Woman Enters Damage Suit Legal action was instituted this week by Mrs. Ray Allison, of How- ard, to recover damages totaling 549 from Ervin L. Eckert, Windsor, R. D. 1, and ' Ean Grimm, of Red Lion, R, D. |, sulting from a motor afcident on the Howard-Jacksonville road on June 14, 19040, Fleming & Litke Beliefonte attorneys. represent Mi Allison in the matter According to the statement claim, the Allison car, driven by Allison, was proceeding from Ja sonville to Howard while a Diar T. truck, owned by Eckert and d en by Grimm, was traveling in opposite direction. It is claimed that near the Mil- ler stone quarries, the truck to its left side of the road crashed into the Allison car. Repair to the car are listed at $389.05, and depreciation to the machine because of the accident, an additional $150 Impersonated G-Man; Gets 15 Days In Jail Ralph Kersietter, of Penn Town- ship, entzriag a plea of guilty to impersonating a game protector when arisigned before Judge Ivan Walker at special court here Mon- cay morning, was sentenced to pay the costs and undergo imprison- ment in the county jail for 15 days Accordiiig to a statement by Dis- trict Atiorney Musser W, Gettig, Kerstettir displayed a Junior G- Man bavige to Fred Hendershot and J B. Ring of Prossertown, while the latter men were inspecting thei; trap lines. Kerstetter's attorney claimed the defendant, who has conducted 2a trap line along Logan's Branch for a number of vears. has had a num- ber of traps stolen recently, and displayed the badge to frighten others from his trapping places Kerstetter had no previous crimin- al record Governor Certifies New County Rating Centre County Recorder Leamer Woodring this week received from Governor Arthur H. James notifica- tion that this county, because of the findings of the 1040 census, is now a sixth intsead of 8 seventh class county, The official population total of the county In last year's census, ac- cording to the Governor's notifica- tion, Is 52808. The notice neatly printed and bearing the Governor's seal, will be preserved in the county records, Mr. Woodring stated Move Offices of State Health Nurse The offices of State Nurse Miss Mary Slagel were moved the first of the year from the Court House into rooms on the second floor of the White building on West High Street, Bellefonte. According to a tentative schedule announced yesterday, the ches: clinfe, with Dr, Leroy Locke in charge, will be held every Friday morning. The veneral clinic with Dr. Richards Hoffman in charge, ls scheduled to be held from 10 to 12 Tuesday mornings, Ww re- Mir by gv veered and Laws nw friends Scheduled AftribufedTo To Be Ordained | Heart Attack State College Plumber's Body Found Near Branch School NO EVIDENCE OF VIOLENCE FOUND | sied an nas one cn Police and Coroner Con- duct Investigation; Body Not Claimed I Fat of th Ham Smith plumber ed nt ths Pennsylvania whi Hivle bit Branch Fuesday morning mn ath of Wil- eMDIOY State Cq ¢ af yh it ¥ Wa sion was Motor Police Harrisbu stigation, and after of Bellefonte auto} a page Continued on BHS Senior Wins Vocational Prize —— more than others. Ministers churches will have charge wdiniton ceremony The service is being at thi request of a gumber of Mr. S8huey's preached {or and of held to Baltimore in Record. Keeping Contest Biddle, 3 senior High school a farm accounts recor Donald Bellefonte se in ytisored by n Credit Firemen Here ° HE Name Officers . ~~. iatior M Charles Schaeffer Elected ND Ce ote. We. 3 President of Logans; Sax- Bedford, Cambria. Clearfield, . . . tre and Huntingdon counties ion Heads Undines Donald Was awarded both of thes the stockholder's Bellefor held th meetings Charles irl - president fs two annual Tuesday Schaefler fire \ “sociation High school, ! wke on the benefits ga held eir of § Saxton i Indine C Other Logan officers ch Murray Decker ie Alexander Morrison, treasurer: Col- Shoemaker, secretary: Ar i Boob, chief; Philip Gross, 1st sistant chief; Ambrose Smead. Ind assistant chief; Pred Blair. 3:4. a:- sistant and Wade Witmer 4th, assistant chief: James Beaver trustee for three years: Herman Hazel, delegate to State Conven- on Edward Markley. alternate (Continued on page six) following persons accompan- I Donald to Morrison's Cove High school: Mr. and Mrs, L. E. Biddle Charles McKinley, Irvin Eisenhauer Samuel Holubec, Budd Cori and vocational agriculture instruct- Korman These boys an similar contest for vice Diesiden’: fs nA chief Air - Express Service Opens Packages Picked Up by Speeding Planes, Dropped at Destination With little fanfare and with only a small group of spectators present the Rallway Express Agency on Monday morning “inaggurdated a daily alr cargo service over the 205- mile pick-up route of All-American Aviation, Inc., between Pittsburgh and Williamsport Like the recently instituted air- mail pick-up service, the new air express service is available in Belle Local Teachers Hold Meeting 1941 Committees Nam e d; Teacher Writes Article for State Journal regular monthly meeting of the Bellefonte Teachers Association was held Monday afternoon at the Academy building. The newly elect. ed president. John 8. Dubbs sided After a report of the finance mittee, the president following standing the ensuing year Program committee Franklin Hoy, chairman: Miss Genevieve Ricker, and Mrs. George Martin Finance committee Paul Beaver chairman: Miss Mary Underwood and Miss Annette Decker Publicity committee Mrs. Marie Mallory, chairman: Mie Dorothy Bixel, and Miss Ethel Crider } Resolutions committee Floya © Hill, chairman; Miss Helen Harper and Miss Catherine O'Conner (Continued on Page 7 ta — i —— i 4 CAR HITS TRUCK DURING neAvy svow storm Orvis Reed Heads County Labor Group yo The pre. come appointed commitiees #14 ne for The service Is geared Into the na- tion-wide air express service oper- ated by the express agency on 17 major airlines over 42.000 miles of alrway with direct air service to 255 airport cities Frank M. Rachau, Bellefonte ag- ent for the American Railway Ex- press, reported that of the new service here was highly (Continued on Page 6) Cl artnatuon WP —————— During Salturday afternoon's brief but severe blizzard, a car driven by | Ivan Pluebell, of Pine Glen. struck! the rear of 2 Widm ann & Teah Ing of the Centre County Central truck on the Snow Bhoe mountain Labor Union, held Saturday night, road near Snow Shoe, according to Orvis W. Reed was olected presi. reports. Mr. and Mrs, Pluebell and | dent their son, Pred. aged 1; years, suf-| Other officers chosen were Charles fered minor bruises but their car A. Fetzer, vice president; John H. Was considerably damaged | Weaver, financial secretary; Clyde According to reports the truck | Watson, ] was forced to ston because of storm, the ve liston, i the man, recording secretary: C. A and Mr. Pluebell didn’t see| Petzer, Oscar Wensel and W. RH hicle in time to avert a col. | Garman, trustees, and Claude Poor- Iman, guard. Donald Biddle to Receive Trip the Hollidaysburg fonte, State College and Philipsburg. | the first day] Atl the annual organization meet. | treasurer; George Keller | | covering nicely. Accep 34. 501 Knap- Phi morning William G. Knapper Jr of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam G per, of South Cenire Drive burg. left last Thursday for Ottawa Ontario, Canada be come a flight officer of the Roy Forces, He will be stationzd ips. al iy Ww GO 5 Mar- ail oungest of He i Wd a a graduate of the Philipsburg School, and on April 10, 1836 graduated from the Spartan [ Aeronautics, Tulsa, Ok 1 jeaving Tulsa he purci artan Plane Oklahoma City from there to Kyle: » opened a (Chool ang oper- hild Year i 1 S84 al Bell Official Retires WILLIAM G. KNAPPER, Jr Woman Struck by Night Prowler hree New Incidents of Moles- pic tation Reported During Week Belinfontey 1atche tom Parse - and moi- ey ; Strick three more ert Fyn htt men 8 werk which iited par eeier of times , of Incidents may be atts Last Thursday night at TE yelock, operat h series believe tara fo tory o GUTing 1 ii Bellefonte ightened Ls st the telephone exchange were ir REITIOO! 8 Gx of the Bush chief operat ( in whey ¢ atiempled 1 belwye ! pub Arcade and ~ he Way Vhisuc that attemp JOHN T. HARRIS fter more than 42 years employ- t with the Bell Telephone Com- WW of Pennsylvania, John T. Har- ris, Bellefonte native and brother of Mayor Hardman P. Harris, will retire from active service, effective March 1. 18041, according to an- ouncement this week, For the past three years Mr. Harris has held the position of vice president in charge i eperations, Frank J Chesterman Pittsburgh will succeed Mr Har- as Vice president Mr. Harris’ retirement comes after more than 42 years of telephone work which began as an installer in Altbona. He served in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Philadel. phia prior to his appointment in 1927. as vice president and general i manager of the Central Pennsyl- vania territory. He was elected vic president, in charge of in 1038 n n of Wl e— CCC Member Held David Johnson, 23.year-old Wall Rock CCC camp enrollee. is in the | county jail at Bellefonte on charges of assault and bat'ery agains: a Philipsburg girl, | Johnson waived a hearing Mon. cay afternoon before Justice of the Peace J. Mac Pearce ed under $500 bail for appearance } in court and upon failure to furnish bond was taken to the county jail. A Philipsburg girl was attacked New Year's night near the corner | of Ninth and Laure] sireets. The Negro youth came up behind ler and grabbed her by the #houlders | &he jerked away and screamed at- | tracting several residents from | nearby homes, The youth. was pur- {sued a short distance and lost Assistant Chief of Police Clarencs (Continued on Page 8) i Nittany Lady Bitten by Dog A bite in the arm was what Mrs {Earl Peck of Nittany got for her i pains Tuesday of last week when the tried to separate her dog and a | neighbor's canine, which were fight. (ing. A physician took all precautions ito prevent infection and she is re. Philipsburg, | operations, | He was plac- | ‘ to have tr Operator but whe: ing trace found About § o Alberta (Continued on page seven) st a————— Undines To Hold . Birthday Ball The Undine Fire Company. Belle. fonte, the organization in Centre County to announce plans for a Birthday Ball f the Pres. dent The dance will Bager fleas «iTat J be held at the Un. dine House on East Bishop Street on Thursday night January 30. it i Was announted by Frank Sloan and Harry Beck, co-chairmen of the committee in charge Tickets will be sold al each and the public invite Cards, a floor show and other en- tertainment will be rrovided in ad- dition t» dancing. Proceeds from tickets, as well as from all opera- tions of the club that night «ill b turned over to the national fund for the battle against infantile par- A is is . Sutton Employe Burned About Hands Bliss Meyer, of Milesburg, an em- | ploye of the Sutton Engineering Co was painfully but not seriously {burned about the hands while at work in the plant Saturday Mr. Meyer, better known as “Bune ny.” was making some adjustments [about the runway of a traveling [crane when he inadvertently touche {ed electric power lines leading to the crane. { Meyer was leaning over the run- {way at the time and could not free { himself immediately. He was taken to the office of a physician where the burns were treated He is ex | pected to return to work within a' | few weeks, LICENSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE 1941 DOG County Treasurer Harry F. Jones | yesterday announced that 1041 dog | licenses are now on hand and that! 1840 licenses expire on January 15, The fee for leenses for male or spayed dogs is $1.10, and for female dogs, $2.10. Orders to be sent by mail should intlude three cents extra for postage, ! ot Farewell For Troopers Here Buffet Luncheon And Dance to be Held Tues- day {or Battery B OFFICERS, MEMBERS, GUESTS TO ATTEND Band Concert Wednes- day; Troop Roster is Released Field h Natjor Guard ur } an APproprise are elore | he organ zation shelby M Monday F Wer Of { Auxilia aad oF Page 6 Injured Worker Gets Insurance Court Upholds Grant of $2. 127.30 to Titan Metal Emplove The insurance carrier for the T Metal Company. Bellefonte directed to pay 2.12730 Paul Krumitine, of State College, ax come pensation for Injuries at ; on February O An opiniot tan io a received ihe 1 coradir 3 Ivan Walker last week was injured when 3 IX him on Iran Krum: brass ne wt ruck ST L¥ WM v May 21. 1 u ins and Krumiine ment providing and including a2 final 19, 1938, Krumrine asking that the final aside on th had been signed by A referee for the Workmen's Com- pensation Board hearing found disabled and that the final reced been executed by mistake viii Tus ee reached payment an ¥ disability July a petition be ip cept set that it after conducting a the claimant still 42 The g§ was appealed by the to the Workman (Continued on pages seven) nag referee's ADNCe carrier HAE Council Poss Reward of $50 C. of C. Also Offers Fund for Arrest of Street Assailant The posting by ough Council of a 850 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person Who has been molesting women on Bellefonte streets ine creased to a total of $75 the price now on the head of the phantom purse snatcher, Late last week the Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce posted a $25 reward Council took action to put a ston to the “incidents” at the request of Malcolm W. Yeager, Chamber pres. ident, and after Chief of Police Harry Dukeman was summoned to tell Council what steps have been taken to apprehend the assailant Chief Dukeman declarad that an almost constant patrol is maintain. (Continued on page seven) Bellefonte Bor. Watchman Again Is Reorganized The Watchman, successor to The Democratic Watchman, which has changed hands several times in the past year, again was reorganized izst. week Eight local persons have been taken into the corporation. Mrs, Winifred B. Shallcross was elected | president and editor; William Litke. | former owner of the paper, is vioe | president; Hugh Crumlish, of Pleas- ant Gap is secretary, The names of other new members of the corpsration were no: reveals ed. J F. Bryan is acting superin- tendent, ang other employes ame re. | tained. s Court Man's Death Philipsburg Youth Legion Plans 3 Killed; 3 Injured d by RAF. In Crash at Tipton | Farmer Succumbs | Be llefonte Man, Seriously Injured, Blamed For Accident BOTTLE OF LIQUOR IS FOUND IN CAR Mother And Son, Instant- ly Killed, Have Rela- tives in Bellefonte CHARLES H ne th County Debt Cut by $35,000.00 In 1940 ship and during his school days A —— spent the suuner vacalions yelping | During the » father on the farm. Mr, Lee | Centre County turned to farming as 8 vocation and | duced the bonded indebiednes became 8 le of the 3 otal of £35.000 bonds on 15.000 ret { the bonded debt i i Bo dir y y aan ang w» » Februa if at tim i IB Qavye. He 1s ica tion in the sel of Walker town. oo deat ¥ t3 . rye Woah Fras ’ ented " R ’ his ¢ of B ’ PY ! Conti Page 4 State Liquor Store Robbed “= 1 were edd waned ire " schedule set u fuaranieed previons board of commis A spokesman Over $2000 Damage In Fraternity Fire 16 Cases of Whiskey, Val. the ued at S800 Taken at Snow Shoe aC wt ‘ For cases of il $800 were st Liguor Store at the New Year's learned when th Thursday The. robbers entered the store in the Buddinger building by breaking | a transom and are believed to have used a truck in hauling away the! pie college students, sieeping on oot. The helt was discovered by (ine second Noor, were awakened Paul Beardslee Willowbank | snout 8 a.m. by smoke. Savage pe street, Bellefonte, manager the ; store, when he opened the estab- (Continued on Page 4) lishment at 1 p. m. last Thursday NE The robbery is the second to oc- cur at the Snow Shoe store. On the (Continued. an page 8) P. B. Ray Named To Defense Post The National Defense Committee | for the Conservation of Manpower | in Defense Industry is pleased to announce that the chairmanship of | the advisory committee for Oentre! county has been mccepted by Philip B. Ray. personnel manager of the! Meta] Manmfuactfiriney Come EiX whiskey valued | from the Snow Shoe Davy ye State ing was Tact JAR Ey A Wid basement fire damaged Sigma Phi State College th via he Al ¥ a0use Oi more dur frate io the exile n $2000 Sunday morni The blaze apparently originated in a ple of coals taken from the furnace oh Saturday while heating plant grates were being replaced al x iiday opened * th Mi of LH] ¢ eH | First Aid Instructor ———— ys i EEE EE EE ee Titan pany, Bellefonte The national committee is charged with supervision of all plants work-| ing on Government contracts in the | matter of safety from the stand-! point of manpower, materials, and] hygiene, as required by the provi-| {Continued on page eight) tm os A — Property Tax Agent To Be In Bellefonte Chaitles A Knepper a taxing of- ficer in the Pennsylvania Depari-| The two Weeks’ course in first aid, ment of Revenue, Personal Prop- | Ponsored by the Beilefonte Chapter i Tax Division, wil] sit at the Of an: Hor i Motil entre County Court House, Janu-! * pen inl - ary 15. 20, 21, 27, 28, and February || except Rating =a punday in 3 4 10; 11 and 12. : ’ ’ The duty of the representative pyre, oon Belieseitie Wik De 10 Msist all PEFSORAL TOD: | invite ty trai INSLIGEONS in Bice ¥ taxpayers in computing their | : ta | cident care and emergency first aid. amount of tax due. He will also bei, interested. A mien arg - authorized to administer the affi-|oy conte will cover the cost of books davits required on all returns filed. of ;noruction and other supplies. It Knepper will be present betweed i; oypected that interested persons the hours of 8:30 ang 4:00 p. m. on from towns in the vicini - {he dates mentioned abave, with the Yienhy win al tend. exception of Saturdays, when the The Instructor Rober Yubrod hous will be from 8:30 to 12:30 4 : $B. Jyjitad, field representative for the Ames. noon. ican Red Cross and comes frum the Ail personal property tax returns national hesdguarters in Washing - must be filled between January 1. ton to give instruction in first afd 1041 ang February 15 194, . 1 | ROBERT G. ZUBROD life saving, and accident prevention,
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