A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. | Odd and CURIOUS in the SECOND SECTION | _The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. dhe Cenlre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES “ NEWS + VOLUME 60 BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941. NUMBER 2. WAY Coughed Up Twig One year ago. 16-year-old Robert Thornton, of Greenbsoro, Md, swal- lowed a cedar twig during the ex- citement of a baseball game, Fleurs isy developed from the poisons ot the wood, then pneumonia Seb dn Eight bronchoscopic’ treatmerits fill- od to produce the twig and finally, in a delicate operation lobe of the lung was removed and a | drainage tube inserted to save his Mfe. During @ll the treatments and gperation no trace was found of the wig. The boy suffered a coughing | spell recently-—and coughed up the twig of Mosha Plans for non creek, desire of Philipsburg citizens for- ward to a possible solution recently a long-cherished moved —————— Bonnie Japanese Peggy Jean MeChouden, 15, of | Irish-Scotch-Portugese parentage, | ties met in Philipsburg and inspect. ranked second in a Japanese song ed several miles of the streams and dance contest at Walalie, near | ,.., They termed the Honolulu, against 40 COMPEIOTS, | o.oiohien the creek bed as all Japanese. Peggy began hum- cal. feasible and possible.” ming Japanese melodies three| ry. group were iuncheon guest: months ago—aided by criticism of | or purgess J H. Wallin and Coun- Japanese friends—but can't speak | ciiman Roy Rowles, who accompa the language ied the Commissioners and eng eers on a several mile Moshannon from a point Philipsburg and Chester Hill fo a place below Hawk Run The county officials from Centre and Clearfield coun- plan to practi- tay { ———— our : Santa Rescued Santa Claus made an unschedul- ed landing at Rochester, N. H during the Christmas season, when their amazement that a descending in a parachute from &n' water could so itself airplane, he landed on the roof of | in some places the water is actua s business block, instead of in the pushed up hill. An inspe street where thousands of children | course of the stream resulted in the had gathered to greet him. He was rescued by firemen, Double Trouble George Wolf, 51, of Easton, says he already has had his share ol trouble for 1941. Wolf was taken to a hospital after a ear struck and everely injured him. A friend went to ger Wolfe's parked automo- bile—but came back to report it had been stolen. between expresseq stream ol contort tion of the Four Injured In Head-On Crash Receive Painful Facial lacerations our women two automobiles Must Show Us on near the Lobb Grill Nimrods, here's something to read pill, Philipsbur to your bird dog at the end of an!g'eclock Sunday unsuccessfil hunt, L. G. Kee, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., went quail hunt- ing 11 times this season, got the limit 10 times and nine birds once His “bird dog” is a bull pup Mr: Five Children den A vear to the day after the birth sak of triplets, twins were born to Mr, ‘ and Mrs. John Feilmeler, of Hart- ington, Neb. The latest additions the Dod “ : arm {ami n p g¢ SEQan ariven 3 the Jam the a and i Moriarity, 23, of Hawk to fourteen, + jy ———— $40,000 in Pennies {satisfactory Mrs, Anne DePalma A shipment of $40000 in pennies, abd Julia Gusak, were taken to the weighing fourteen tons, recently ar- i MeQirk sanitorium, and thelr con- rived at the Federal Reserve Bank, ditions are sted as being good Minneapolis, to meet the demand ; for the coins cawjed largely by new defense taxes Good Investment After buying a chest of drawers at a sale for 40 gents, Tobe Catlett, of Aurora, Neb, was carrying it home. A drawer came open and ou! fell an envelope containing $165 received when estimated Cars Florence dale, the drive; I ck DePalma s about the fas Anne DePalma and Alice Heb- of Philipsburg, and Julia Gu of O Millis all cuts about the {ace Alice Helxlen was a dan belonging t § chest fered cut anda 3 - a i CPOs HITTER passenger in Thomas Hhe by dun Hunters Mast Report The game commission has issued a lastsminute warning to hunters to report their kill in 1940 before January 16—or pay a $2 fine. Last year few fines were imposed, the commission said, because 98 per cent of the sportsmen complied with the law requiring a report the game bagged i — — Tyrone Legal Firms Merge on To Baila 25 Cars An order for 25 coaches for the : New York Central Railroad Com- | William L. Hicks. Benjamin C pany hag been assigned to the Ber. Jones and John W. Newlin, have wick plant of the American Car announced their association for the and Foundry Company. The cars. practice of law under the partner- will be of all-steel construction, ship name of Hicks, Jones and New- eighty-four and a half feet long lin. They will occupy the offices in Scant diets retard heaith, 40 per | Tyrone which Colonel Jones hag oc cent in a Gallup survey assert | capied for the past eight years i RETURNS FROM ALASKAN TRIP | Miss Alma Hefflin, of the public- to continue with her magazine writ. ity staff of Piper Aircraft Corp. | ing. Lock Haven, who, with Miss Margie | The trip was uneventful in so far McQuinn, also an employe of the as accident wag concerned, Miss Corporation, left by airplane June! Hefflin said, with the exception of 13 for a flight to the west coast and | damage to her ship at McKinley over Alaska, bas returned to Lock | Park when she was being photo- Haven, minus her flying companion, | who accepted a position in Fair- | Hefflin and McQuinn repaired it banks, Alaska, Miss Hefflin made | sufficiently to enable them to fly the trip home by easy stages, spend- | 200 miles to Fairbanks, but the C ing some time in New York City A. A ruling would not permit long before returning to Lock Haven to] distance travel without a new piece! begin work at her old desk with the for the ship and a delay of more | than a month ensued before the re- | new year, They were entertained by dozens pairs could be made. of borough and city officials, and Miss Hefflin says the hospitality several governors, many positions while on their trip. is the zero temperature, Lock Haven and finish a book on her, Lock Haven seemed a veritable her trip she is writing as well as' “haven” in comparison OLD SHOWMAN BURIED ‘HAPPILY’ Dode Fisk, master showman, died | at his home fm Columbus, Ohio, at | the age of Bl He went oul with Rev. William 8. (Doc) Waddell of the old year and Mis remaing were | Springfield, Ohio, an ex-showman buried Thursday at Als native home | cautioned the nearly 300 who at- in Wonewno, is. : | tended the funeral ts heed the red The fu | af Brique and car- rand white placard hanging above ried out wl king had | the coffin with its long sunflower wanted it. I {1 Old Dode was | It read: peeping from behind the mystic veil | “No crying or whispering. Laugh! he must have shuckled in satisfac | Talk! Walk around and have a good i m was be- | time,” by the bom! The show folks and friends tried (as Dode’s show always did). of the 25 car girciy Fisk's Great Combined Shows. The #Wung into “Happy Stra lowed her husband's west that Days Are Here Again” as the ser- vy (Continued on page five) ROCKVIEW MAY GET 100 ‘GUESTS’ According to announcement by | the State Depzting Dt Weltare, | moved to Rockview pproximate 0 i aly Penitentiary at Phil- | Belietonte: a branch of the Wester: adelphia will be transferred to an- | O'0t¢ penitentiary, it was stated. other prison to alleviate over- Only short-term prisoners with crowded conditions in that “insti- good stilutional records were ex- tuidon, | pected to be transferred. The prisoners will probably be prison near fo, WS di - straightening Moshan-| when full Boards of Commissioners; Woman Victims of Both Cars {and Florence DePalma were taken to the sthte hospital for treatment. | {Their conditions are reported to be’ the First National Bank building in’ graphed as she took off. The Misses und offered as in Alaska is unequalled, but so also | and with' Miss Heflin elected to return to promises of 35 to 50 below facing | vices began sharply at 2:15 p. m., The | § Ofice known as | bravely to oblige Dode, but thers | were a few tears. Mrs. Pisk, fol- | Commissioners Consider Plan to Straighten Course nnon Stream the lover| Centre and Clearfield County Boards and En- | gineers Inspect Site and Agree Plan “Feasible and Possible” county officials straightening have the desired effect It would drain swamps and, by permitting a straight down flow of water, would relieve much qf the local ood dan ger \ While similar plans to straighten the Moshannon creek have existed for more than 30 years, it remained for Philipsburg's burgess, Mr. Wallin to work out a practical plan for the work to be accomplished. Instead of the mass projects, which because of hugeness and anteipated expense defeated themselves, Burgess Wallin worked out a plan whereby many { » desired effects could be got- ten from a project done oh a much scale Centre County Engineer son Henry spent a day at Philipsburg studying over maps troublesome stream. After he out a practical plan, Mr. Hen- submit an estimate of the proposed project to Commissioner plan meet Clearfield county ome future date iwvey data with stiggested th nh project be sponsored by wl Clearfield counties ar hh of Philipsburg CLPY urve agreeing the that the of creek would smaller Thomp- ast week of the ' he t he Mr to of the © 1 ~ = wy Tae 3 ES = $s ak YOUTH WINS SEVENTH PLACE Lt Nel-! for his crop Bele - rofit Word has i that This of $248.14 — Urusnal Accident of Edward LL. Smith, of vs damaged in unusual los being estimated He was ascending a road macs an ir Loren immit | Chain Of Tragic Events Follows Death Of Woman At Lewistown Last Week Son Falls Over Dead at Side of Mother's Bier; Sister-in-law and Husband Injured Enroute to Funeral Grace Methodist Lewis. death town A peculinr train of unfortunate incidents have followed the last Thorsday morning of Mrs Sam- | Injured Enroute to Funeral a P f i anely ht Jaw stown Wii Enroute to attend the funeral ser- VINgE Ym idden GEath| oc for her brother-in-law who Foster K. Kennedy, who . fred art dead Saturday while succumbed to & heart attack while aimee an +8 . Observing a wake at his dead mo- nother's remains, The . t tnitha tin ther bier, Mrs. Rosanna Murray y 3 sy 68 ber husband Clinton OC Murray, 64, of Altoona, were injured and admitied to Lewistown Hospi tal Monday following an crash mis Mount Union The condition of was described as the hospital, Mr: a broken left arm her husband (Continued on page six) church of *t © the oo Over cond incidey vi the acc.dent ahi! 1 OG. Murray nvolved in ¢. enrout nd the fw brother-in-la 45, ol! Lewis- morming at home his morn- an am » 10 Cras} seven vy «itp p" era thelr K. Kennedy died Baturday 2:10 o'clogkk at hi while standing at mother who died T ing at he: hotne Lewistown Murray suffered cuts and shock * oi received a bro- bier nursday ith while S50 treet He was the son of Mr. an Samuel P. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy emploved for the foreman « Lewistown Memoers of wife, Mrs Wina nedy, wo Fatally Injured at Fort Wayne John H. Behrer, Former Res- ident of County, Dies a al rm els.D, After Accident i “a in the {amil; R w brother pn ni Otha M. John Hoffer Behrer n M George | Fort Wayne Alex Haywood and | of Bu Run Ray Foster Kennedy, ! and fatally Lewistown, and his fa day. Dec. 2 Lewistown Avenue Fort Kennedy was 8 member of the | (ata) fu Wilkinson grandson of flalo th py Mr traflic i from the thr UNINOUS mining nel name to Bellefonte § I dest steam railroad in all tral part outstanding a remarkable feals construction W be found an in the Commmwenlith The method of overcoming insur, mountable iliep grades. b, swilehisg backing along the tortuous moun tain right-of-way was at the time of ita construction considered an unusual feat of engineering, and re. mains at this modern age one of the most successful railroad enterprise record Locomotive Brought By Boat The first locomotive for the Snow Shoe road was made at Bald- win Locomotive Works in Philadel phia, and it was shipped over what was then known as the Catawissa nbor hoo the £ most on ' the Year in ind Laowk Haven. losated by BER somning | energy Kil ed in C woration wei ment Oo H and who miRny Yes The con of the Eastern boating, had charge dividdon, of which there were 10 so. responsible for the eb Lions, was I to William Pearon fraction followed of and Was Cun gige’s safe welvers al Delefortty, Be and Taniel Welch | the Tira two sec. | alto supsrinfended the afipsing of Hohe of the Western division fo ralls from Willlamaport to heir John MeDermot ang Charles Mee destination in Belicfonte Callerty, while the remainder of the The 8now Shor Railroad wa Western dividlon five se was ginally known as Ly Jarre Bald Eagle Rallroad trated the heart of tions Allegheny ar by George OGraham Laughlin LEWOrk. wh then ang it pene. Gilliland and P. © they 144Y ET iy ow wel The iarge 1 ich was abandoned more thirty-five in length and venre aro, was built by Robert Lun. terminus is on We on of Milesburg at § 3-4 cent er Allegheny moumi- {euble foot, The excavating was done the other contractors at 11 cents per cubic yard for earth and 40 cents r cubic yard for rock known Snow Shoe bituminon field It is 25 miles the northwestern srg § OR very op ts: bt tains Numerous Sub-Contractory How to get Py -n Former County Man Ends Life Ill For First Time, S. W. Wright, Aged 86, Carries Out Vow The body of 8. W. Wright {found by neighbors in his {quarters at Hermosa Beach, was living Cali- fornia. adjoining his business estab- lishment on Friday, January 3rd. and the police captain of that city sald the eiderly man had shot him- self through the head Mr. Wright, aged 86 years, was for many years a prominent resident of Philipsburg where he was in the coal businéss and conducted a jew- elry store. He was also a real estate holder, having erected a business es- tablishment on Front street. A num. | ber of years ago he left Philipsburg | with his family and located in Fhiladelphia. Mr. Wright went to California 10 Years ago after retiring as supervis- Lor of the jewelry department of the Wanamaker store. He was born in London ang ¢anie to this country in 1878, when he went to Wyoming to go into cattle ranching | Surviving are three sons, Dr. Har- | ry B. Wright, of Philadelphia: Dr.! i | William Wright, of Pittsburgh, and | : Dr. Louis W. Wright, of Harrisburg; | also two daughters, Tillie and Sara. | Dr. Harry Wright, an anthropolo- | gist explorer and orthodontist, stat- | ed his father, Sigmund Wright, i inever iil in hig life, always threat. ened he woulld end his life if he | were ever “knocked off his feet” by | i sickness. He was taken to the hos- pital in Hermosa Beach and when | timplored by his son, Dr. Harry | Wright, to take a plane and return | {to Philadelphia, he wrote that he {had recovered. Df. Wright further | #tated that he was very active and [hated the thought of illness Inspection Deadline {| The deadline for the current auto- | are already are comihe in at the rate of 40.000 daily. A tolal of 2500000 cars in the state are expected to be inspect. ied before the deadline, it was esti- AP ——— Study finds that 1940 output set (record. exceeding 1920 by 10 pe: Fl LO —————— ! act He died her Mr ure of both } Wa inlernal injuries 10 keep his into the stree: and the accident fainted. The driver the car which hit him, Edwin Rebber. of Fort Wayne he did not see the pedestrian too late (0 avoid body was taken ww i Perry and Pook Funeral The funenal was beld oer pila art mong stepping ars m— tried The First Engineer William Graham was the first en. gineer and Henry Dyke was first fireman. The ia lived at Miles- burg. He consequently first man to build a fie under 5 railroad ww in either Oritre or Clinton ountly. He came to Centre county from Tamaqua, where he had gained an enviable reputation as s machin. ist. For a vannber of years he was Rey, pond. 70 -age | 1 risen ler near was the Home Monday, Newion Weber nginesr. capacilated him The original object of the pro. moters of the Snow Shoe Railroad was to bring coal from the moun- tain to the Bald Eagle canal, whenoe it could be more Hipoed 10 eastern “markete. The sleep grade is surmounted bs of “switchback and forth on ow, Mrs Marie Wallace Behrer, six sons, Richard, John, Wendell. Ray- mond, Robert and Ronald Behrer all at home; and three sisters, Mrs Lena Palmer, Hazleton, Mrs Sarah Blackburn, Saint Louis. Mr, and means Mr: Hannar Grove, Lemont back | Mr. Behrer had been emplo) side of the 3 zawyer by Diester Construc- Alleghenies st that point. It Was a gon Co during the past 5 solid piece Of construct He was widely known though quite a hazardous route t igh esteem throughout Run Valley. where he former) Gea cChesiny moun- tain extending the mmiith i 8 7 OIL the al ai and {Continued on page six) Clearfield Man Woodrow Bierly Dies by Own Hand Joins U. S. Army Despondent Man Shoots Self Lancaster Reporter Covers With Rifle in Chicken Recruiting Office; Succumbs Coop To Lure of Service Daniel Blair Luzier, 36. of Gothen | Township, Clearfield county. kille< himself Tuesday Decembe- 31, it by friends of the vic. Lancaster's first reporter to for- sake the field of news gathering to become a soldier in the United States Army since the expansion of the armed services under the De- lense program is Woodrow W. Biler- ly. a member of the staff of the Intelligencer Journal native of Rebersburg, Centre coun- ty 18) was revealed tim His body was found in the chick- en coop of his former home, about three miles south of Bhawville, a 7:30 a. m. Wednesday by his broth. er. Death acoording to Clearfield County Coroner E 8. Erhard oceur- | Strangely enough it was one of red about 12 hours earlier his assignments as a reporter that It was revealed that Luzier had led to his enlistment driven to his property. the hous! He joined the staff of the Intelli- burned down several weeks before, Bencer Journal on November 7, 1938, located his car in the garage, car- #8 one of its reporters, “covering’ ! ried a Christmas tree from the car | 8! various times city hall, cvurt and | to the chicken coop, then shot him- | Police “beats” as well as doing gen- | self through the left breast with hi. [ral assignment work. With the 45-70 rifle | quickening of the National Defense The high-powered rifle slug tore Program last Spring, one of Blerly's upwards through his body and lodg- assignments was to gather the news ed at the base of his skull pu ID the Army and Navy recruiting health was blamed for the man's | offices in the post office building. He suffered from a heart and | As the list of recruits grew long- stomach condition for some time er, Bierly became better acquaint Five notes were found in his car. | ®d With the reeruiting officers. One was addressed to his wife, one | About two weeks ago Sergeant to his mother, one to his brother. Rothauser gave Blerly a “story” one to his two sisters, and the other, About openings in the detached en- written in the form of a will, was llsted men's list—qa branch of the marked “to whom it may concern.” Service under the Adjutant General's ’ {ofice. It includes personnel work, 40867 small homes begun with RO. T. C. teachers, clerks, ete. One FHA help under defense drive {Continued on Page 4) a ————-———— ——— Bierly is a Visits Brother In Jail; Is Arrested Altoona Youth Discovers He is Wanted For The Same Crime Three Hurt in Auto Crash Three persons were slightly jured in an early New Years day crash at Cold Stream. near Philips- 1g, when cars operated by Clar- ence Bunnell of Bigler, and William Hummel, of Philipsburg, collided The accident is said to have hap- pened when Bunnells car swerved and crashed into Hummels car. In- jured were: James Helsel Jr. lacer- An Altoona youth, 18-year-old tions, his wife, head lacerations Donald Lindle, visited Blair county and his sister, Miss Ethel Helsel, jail at Hollidaysburg one afternoon Osceola Mills, who received chest last week to seek the reason why his bruises and leg lacerations. They older brother, Russell, 23, was being Were occupants of the Bunnell car. held there. Ev cal - ~ He soon found out when he dis. : . ary ; Bishop John F. Dunlap, D. D. a closed hig name to Warden Henry leading Evangelical minister for 40 W } im placed under A Deioziet, Bo bad Bi An oe his | Years, former president of Albright brother was blamed. The youth later College, and guiding figure in the confessed that he looted the Al- merger of the Evangelical Associa- | toons Brewing company office the Won and United Evangelical previous Saturday night of $63 in Churches in 1822, died unexpected- cash {ly at his home, in Williamsport at In his ‘confession the younger | an early hour Wednesday morning, | Lindie related that he originally] Yah. 1, 188. Death resulieg from | walked into the main brewery office 2 heart aitack and Soliowsas an il. | with the intention of selling some! ries of less than two hours. He empty beer bottles. The office was, Was 19 years of age. ivacant at the time, and seeing an ——— {open safe and cash drawer o©on- . Sworn As Army Nurses | taining some currency, Lindie grab-| Word has been received that ‘bed the money from the drawer 2MUDE Pennsylvania nurses sworn | and fled. He had taken off his shoes In Saturday for duty with the Unit. i g ed States Army was Mary Hartzog, : and whi he to prevent detection oN sof Renovo, She was one of eight fled left his shoes behind. They led |. 0t0s of the Presbyterian Hos. | 1¥0 Ris suspicion. pital at Philadelphia to be inducted. | Lindie told police he was a Hunt | f van | ingdon Industrial School parolee Aother from Cen ral § una ana | Everybody is for economy until Individuals who set out to reform | they need an appropriation or an! the human race will find themselves | improvement for a pel project of | pretty tired before the work is com- their own, | plese. N= in | SAA AW {Chief of Police Dukeman {night, s0 they set out s | Lhe Dec, 30 at the Funeral Hote with | rooms. They at Jeast catered only : ———— Burial was rage at Hivile, Ono | Sent Rtnnet dus & wink The viethm is survived by the wid. | n——— Random [tems ON THE JOB: Councilinen wanted milk to Monday Ww find him Just ax you and 1 would if we found s burglar In our house, They called the Diamond restaurant and asked for him. The call was made at exact. ly 8:13 p. m. The Chief wasn't there 0 the red light on the Diamond was Lumed on, AVES pn m. Duke. man called Counell anc, was asked to come to the Conbreil rooms. Al B:17 p. m. the Chief walked inte the room, Four mn ineindine time out for a call, and he wasn't even out of breath! Some how we find it a little difficult wo believe these stories that find police when you want CALENDAR: The 1941 to tele nione a sy yOu all them Pennsylvania Rail calendar is In Circulation among artist Grif Tellers bes in this department's opinion, It shows a passenger train, drawn by streamlined mammoth locomotive made in Altoona steel mill, But we're a ke our friend and the | rallroads, Mr. Oakwood { burg, who still think romance and glamour ir streamlined but beaut tives on which wheels go around TROOPERS: This department “memorable” speeches at a pig roast held by Battery B., National Guard the Armory one night last week The speech, which wa he neigh- borhood of 35 words in length ex. pressed the belief Bellefonte owed the Lroopers feed a send-off before years training in Miss that we hoped t time we had even then Consequently was with h joy that we learned Monday from Alex Btergiakis, Commander the local American Legion, that Legion will hold a free feed and nee for the trooper thelr wive d sweethearts in the near future We were particiiarly pleased that we were able 10 wangl vits 1 from Alex TAPROOMS: And while we're rooms, (or weren' ask us how harping at them cause some of them need harping at When people begin telling about the evils of the oid saloons, we get a laugh Somehow or other we're of the opinion they couldn't have been any worse than present-day ros and it 1} Lt one eam PASS - ing a ie rienc of wait NL LRes~ Wore imn- locumo- oe the the 0g made one of its wt as ivy they an ‘rave for = issippl, and get one, At the wes thing muck speaking of tap- we’ reader we're alway ris be. COR The ar when any bartender sold 10 minos FAUTR: Cotton, Junior has just informed is mate either of milk or of snow. By the same token the Moon is nolhing hut a thing which has beell dipped In butler. The world after all, Is really very simple MUSIC: How many of you are ured of heariug *There I Go,” on the radio? Of course when you get that tune, you can always dial to the next station where an orchestra will be piaying the other number the Amer. ican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers doesn’t own We dont know anything about the clilms of writers or radio men in the present music war, but we do know that since the first of Janu- ary racic music hes been sufficient to give listeners the fitters Of course, there are compensations. We havent heard Amos and Andy's theme song for nine days, and that in itself, can be considered a major blessing. Then, too, “God BRless America” is being given a well-de- served rest, 11s LAWYER: Some time ago this corner report. ed the suspicions of officials that somewhere in the prison boxiy at Pittsburgh or Rockview was a law- yer of no mean ability. The suspi- cion was confirmed Monday when a fugitive in court here told Judge Walker that such a lawyer existed in prison. “And he's a good one too,” the prisoner said. To the un- identified lawyer, who prison offi- cigls would like very much to find. are attributed many of the pleas for review of sentence which are being received by many counties [from prisoners in the twd branches of the Western penitentiary. This department contends the lawyer, whoever he is, has access to law books, One petition filed here con- tains a Jong list of citations of other cases, with numbers, dates and other references. Ahd we submit that un- less the lawyer has a super-super memory, he could never remember material which all attorneys get out of referente and case books. 80 it would seem that the way (o find the lawyer would te lo find the books. ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES' — Now What? us xT wee ne Ben Onan MAY SEEM A Bir Eda i No
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