Odd and CURIOUS in the = NEWS FULL SCHEDULE Radine Carlson charged in a di- vorce action at Duluth, Minn, that | her | “like a horse,” to wit: She sald she | carries in the wood and chops It; milks cows and raises cattle, takes | care of and does all the work on | including the | her husband, Anton, treated their 10-acre farm, Housework, and then goes out and does day work whenever she can BAWL ROOM For crying out loud! And that's just the reason for the crying room at the new Corpus Christi Catholic church in St. Paul, Minn. The room, bullt for the convenience of mothers with crying babies, is sound-proofed with glass partitions through which they can watch the service, An elec- tric sound system also is being in- stalled. EVIDENCE Toothprints — not fingerprints — landed a Negro in jail. Police, inves- | tigating a grocery store robbery, not- ed a large hunk was missing from a cheese. Prints of somebody's teeth —one plainly missing—were visible Chief Frank Bouldin took one look in a suspect's mouth—and filed burglary charges. SURPRISE An old-age pension recipient of Columbus, Ohio, wrote state officials: “I wish you would take off that in-| crease you just gave me. I've been getting along all right on what I, have been getting. I guess you won't find many like me.” agreed. BIG HEARTED JUDGE Frank Pigga was fined $1 and The officials sentenced to jail for one year after pleading guilty to the theft of dy- namite caps at Scranton, "Can you give me a week to raise the money?” | he asked Judge Alfred E. Swoyer The judge did—and also suspended the sentence. TOO ENTHUSIASTIC teer Company, answering an alarm | at Westville Grove, N. J., found en- thusiastic non-members had broken | down the fire house door and driven | the truck to the fire. The firemen | had to follow on foot. SERMON TOO TRUE Rev. J. R. Potts, pastor of Presbyterian church at Southport, { bansky, | in the mine several years The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 6¢ BELLEFONTE, PA., THURS SDAY, MARCH 6, 1941. NUMBER 10, Second Outbreak Few ‘Vacant Tannery at Lock Haven Razed by Flames Causing Loss of $10,000 Hours After Firemen Retire, Results In Additional Damage; Five Fire Units Respond Lock Haven had its most spectac- ular fire in years, Friday night when a blaze that kept more than 100 firemen busy, completely des- troyed the former Kistler Tannery buildings located at the northwest section of the city, The firefighters who were called out at 9:30 o'clock when the blaze was discovered coming from the rcof of one of the vacant buildings, fought the conflagration all night and retired at 4 a. m. A little more than two hours later they were again called to the scene as the blaze broke out anew and caused additional damage Apparently no cause can be ig $3000 Fire Burns Home at Munson Woman Burned in Attempt to Save Valuable Papers in House 1 i A widow and her eight children lost their home and all personal be- longings at Munson last Thursday night, when fire completely destroy- ed the house owned and occupied by Mrs. Bertha Urbansky Mrs Ur- bansky is the widow of John Ur- the miner who was Killed ago by a | dynamite cap explosion Mrs. Urbansky was engaged in . | dressing the of her crippled 15- Members of the Tacoma Volun-| . leg year-old son in his room when she heard a peculiar crackling noise the kitchen. She found it a mass flames. After taking her son, and her other seven children to safety she tried to re-enter the burning in I nf Oi | building to save some bonds, money {and the | valuable papers. She suffered (Continued on page six) N. C.. took “Ashes” as the text or Wallaceton Trio his farewell sermon. Thirty minutes later firemen were extinguishing the blazing roof of the church Four Sens in Camp Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reinaker, of Danville, R. D. 5, are lonely, as four of their seven sons are In training at Indiantown Gap. Mr. and Mrs Wellington Young of Riverside, have’ the same feeling in a lesser degree, | perhaps, with three sons at the camp. Provides for Dog but Not for Sem According to the will of the late Mrs. Gertrude H. Wilson, of Ports- mouth, N. H., Puzzy Wumy, her 132- year-old fox terrier, will receive life care, but her son, Richard H. Dick- inson_ of Danville, will get none of her $50,000 estate. Young C A death diary, written while he was walking to the spot where he decided to take his life, revealed that family troubles played an im- portant role in the decision of 31- year-old Russell Corry, Hastings coal miner, to take his life Friday by hanging from a tree in the woods of Clearfield county in the LaJose region. Curry toid his wife he was going to look at some traps he had set in the woods. When he failed to return, a searching party found his lifeless body hanging from the limb of a tree off his hat and coat lof Wallaceton were Hurt In Accident "Car Rolls Over at Irvona and is Struck by Trailing Vehicle When a car upset at Irvona last Thursday night and was then struck by a car following it, three residents injured Mrs. Warren Bryan was taken to i the Philipsburg hospital and treated i oat Miner Writes Death | Diary Before Taking Own Life (down a note on his % | wanting to die. Before deciding to take his life did not seem his former self. He had | for chest injuries, her husband was treated by an Irvona physician for head lacerations, and her mother- in-law, Mrs. Bertha Bryan, was treated at the Philipsburg hospital dispensary and then discharged. (Continued on page five) taking his life were written to “dod.” Curry had attempted to trace the last three years of his life in explaining why he was making the | suicide attempt. Police in the mean- | time are tracing down some of the statements Curry made in his death book. Curry was evidently upset since his sentences were incoherent. In| some spots his thoughts were jum- | bled and his writing scribbled to-| gether. Tracks in the show showed that Curry had stopped every now | and then in his walk to death to jot | reasons for | | For the last several months Curry | in a nearby bush, had severe headaches following an | the diary in which automobile accident three years ago. | death log. The three | He was married a year. There are | reasons for no children. Find Parents He Never Knew Fortified by his capital of 84 and | when the shirt was sent to the wash | a boast that “I'm used to knocking | In 1918. around,” John Sandor, Jr. a young WPA worker of Johnstown started Monday on a 1500 mile hitch-hiking | have migrated to that territory after | trip through the wintry Middlewest on another lap of his search for the parents he has never known. Sandor bears the name of 3 ! a Pilitsburgh in when he was an infant. He doesn't] even know the names of iis real] During the trip, his wife, parents. The only clue to their iden-| behind me 100 per cent” will stay tity is orphanage records lost from| home and take care of their two u shirt pocket of the e¢lder Bandor'children. iwondering who my mother and the | father are.” the paung man said, “1 {oster-father, who adopted him from | want them-whether rich or ragged. 1915! Good or bad.” To Sandor plans to visit cities as far | as Chieago and along the Great | Lakes. He thinks his parents might | placing him in the orphanage. “I've always been worrying and Three years ago he got married, “who is Radio Played Month For Cats and Dogs After Woman's Death “ES been playing more than a month, The woman was identified as Mrs. Anna Carson, who purchased the house three years after her hus-| band’s death, No money was found | in the house but in an assortment of trunks, boxes and l his cold i shattered signed for the fire. Max Herr, Centre Hall who with Aaron Stal- man, Willlamsport, had purchased the tannery for a sum near $10,000 last year, declared there was no nsurance on any of the burned buildings. He added that the only insurance he and his partner had taken out was on the two main of- fice buildings, which were unscath- ed. Mr, Herr placed his damage estimate at $10,000, Despite the difficulty experienced in playing streams of waler once the hose was in place, there were no firemen injured although Clyde Waterman, brother of Robert J Waterman, Hope Hose Company driver, was overcome about 11 p. m by smoke a5 he and other men held a nozzle in the doorway in the large firewall which separated parts of the largest bullding attacked by the flames. three Lock Haven companies rushed to the scene. Ml] Hall and Flemington ‘quikklyl responded. Howard and Beech Creek were in readiness to answer a call but their services were not needed. Jersey Shore and Avis also offered their services, Howard's firemen, anxious to repay Lock Haven for its help in (Continued on page six) All weld There's work to be done fellows! Lewistown - DIES ON EVE OF For many years Mrs. Lavina Agnes Flickinger, of New Bloomfield, had looked forward to realizing her cov- eted goal--her 100th birthday anni- versary. Mis. Flickinger died Sun- day moming, just on the eve of reaching the century mark She was bern in the northwestern section of Madison township, Perry county, on March 23, 184], and was a resident of the county all her Her husband, James P. Flick died forty-four years ago life inger | Shoe Salesman Killed As Car Hits Pole; Bedford Man Is Arrested Victim Dies From Los Hospital; Accident s of Blood in Altoona Occurs Near Dun- cansville Road Intersection A TS-year-old Lewistown shoe salesman was fatally injured Friday night near the Duncansville inter section of route 22 and 220, Blair county, when his car struck a util- ity pole after being knocked out of control by a motorist whom State police later arrested victim, E. H. Molly, well in many sections of Centre disd from loss of blood at Hospital, Altoona at 7:08 His head was thrust through the car's windshield when the car struck the pole, inflicting a severe ge? + the left. side of the neck His chauffeur, Frederi 32 ol Lewistown, suffered cuts of the mouth and left knee. He was also taken to the same hosp.tal Charles M. Griswold. 68. of Alum Bank Star route, Bedford county, the other driver, was taken to the county jail at Hollidaysburg, and held without ball by Justice of the Peace E. H. Hite, of Duncansville, on aggravated assault and battery charges state police made Police said they learned that Gris wold was driving west on route 22 and made a quick Jeft turn, crash- ing into the left rear of the other car, sending it out of control While careening off the highway the auto struck the pole, the Impact his0 100th BIRTHDAY Until recently Mrs. Flickinger was in comparatively good health For several years she had been remain- ing in the house, usually sitting in a rocking chair. She is believed to have been Perry county's oldest res- ident . — — Imlation is an idea, designed to gather the fruit without perform- ing any of the labor -=300p the Classified columns OLD-TIME ENTERTAINERS The story of Peter Hauntz Centre county's one-time traveling enter- tainer, seems to have aroused flood of memories with the older re- sidents, among whom is Edgar Me- Murtrie, a life-long citizen of Cole- After reading the brief bio- of James Sharp, or Peter Hauntz the ventriloquist as he was known during his career, Mr. Me- Murtrie contributes some [nterest- ing sidelights on the younger gen- era‘lon of his day, as follows “Anyoné living today who “ ville graphy went to school in the little old red school | house on the hil above the Beles fonte Central rillroad engine house nd which is still standing there will remember when Peter Haunt: advertised his show, Why, we kids nearly went wild walting for Peter Hauntz to come, 1 would like again to see the puppets I saw seventy Years ago “If 1 am not mistaken, James Sharp had a brother, George Sharp living in Coleville, who had severa children. One daughter, 1 believe away. James the old ventrilogquest's name- passed away aboul three Years near Pittsburgh “When James Sharp Hauntz, ended the show business Charley Rote Philly, OCarbrick and myself conceived the notion that we would like to t show business { and decid on an entertal ment in the li hose on the hill “We bought white pine boards §- feet jong, 14 inch thick and four feet wide which we stood up against the wall Each one would take his turn standing against the board while one of ib thers would take 24 bulcher knives and throw them around the bods from head to fool. We never had in accident, but we had to be per- ‘ect or It would have been too bad for the fellow acling as a target “Another stunt was performed by Philip Garbrick, a (rick that was or Peler v the ded to put tile red school i fo nr un » Proceeds of Sale Willed to Charity Disposal of Millheim Man's Property is Last Chapter in Decedent's Life The execulor’s sale of the real estate and persona] property of the late 8. M. Campbell, held last Sat- urday at Millheim, was probably one of the largest ever heid in the borough, declares the filheim Journal, whose editor proceeds to | delve into details ag follows: “Practically all the items of per- sonal property, and they were nu- merous, brought top prices, These itema alone brought in the sum of $1170. Articles of antique value were the objects of spirited bidding, and more than one brought more than its estimated value, “The home was knocked dfwn to | Walter C. Auman, of Millheim, for $2600, and the mountain land was bought in by Bland Frankenberger, | latter being for ap- | proximately thirty acres. for $26, the “Amusing and interesting inci- dents occurred during the time of the auction, which began at 9 a. m. and lasted until late afternoon, all {of which added color to the pro- | ceedings, “An antique item, of some value, | | was purchased by John Hite to add | i to his collection of shaving mugs and mustache cups. Tt was a hand- painted shaving mug, bearing a re. | production of Mr. Campbell's hearse and team of black horses, with two male figures seated on the vehicle. This old hearse itself was sold. It | was bought by L Rs Zettle, of Spring Mills, for $4. We are tok that the two antique ofl burning lamps that gdorned the hearse mys- feriously disappeared at some un- | known time within two weeks prior to the sale. These lamps were per. haps the most valuable part of the equipage and some one, 65-plece set, and fragile cup, that he was holding stiffened fingers, fel Mother, Daughter Trapped In Fire Former Philipsburg Resi dent's Family Have Nar- row Escape Newspaper reporis of a recent disastrous apartment house fire at Wilkinsburg told of the thrilling escape of a Philipsburg man’s wife and daughter, who was trapped on the second floor of their home. The victims of the grueling ex- perience were Mrs, Lee Stonebraker and her year-old daughter Marjorie. Mrs. Blonebraker discovered the fire when she was on the second floor She dashed up the stairs to her own apartment, on the third floor and gathered up her daughter and Jimmie, a 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. 8, Dick who was playing there. She oarried them to the second floor where the other moth- | er tock her son. She had difficulty in regaining the second floor be- cause of fames in the stairway, In addition to the four, Mrs. Anna Hill; 64-year-old grandmother ol Mrs. Dick, Mrs, J. W, Boost, and 13- year-old Dorothy Lock were trap- | ped by the flames sweeping up from the basement, Mrs, Btonebraker carried Marjor- ie and crawled out onto a back porch roof and jumped to the ground. The baby was uninjured { except for slightly singed hair, The mother’s hair was singed, face { slightly burned and her ankle was | twisted in the jump. | Mrs, Dick and son tried to gain (Continued on page two) nson's circus, The lale Samuel r leader for a number : He would lake a n the floor Robi Bryant was ou of years “1 presume there are some people living who remember the old Fair Grounds at Coleville, and the balioon ascensions made by Mr Phillipl. He would fill the balloon with gas at the old gas plant that stood on the corner of Lamb and Spring streets, openated by Robert McKnight. The old Falr Grounds where James Hughes introduced the first curve-ball ever pitched around Beliefonte, People came for miles to gee Jimmy. He wonld place the ball ground to his right gide to wind up irr delivery, and when he threw it he ball had » much curve the batter couidnt tell on which side it was coming “There was a family living Fair Grounds house by the name of Kilepper who originaled some idea of the fiyingmachine although somewhat different from Wright brothers. Dave Kiepper (Continued on Page 5) y believe p chimney to break it, pick up piace in his mouth. He would grind them up as you would roasted ¢ snd then take a glass of walter asl down. His stomach st have been lined with tin, He lass tory for ving t Kane, tobacco or oy Lo LR the pleces and th \ sin wiem F388 w it reed the far and Philip k a drink of there Fo now never WHisEey was Charley Role 1 a dog show with trained dogs you He traveled and per ine of the largest Lown: Perhaps some of you show. He (raveled ‘or a time with Spencer's carnival I think he now is located In Bajti- YEA P sind IR HEE is ns & Blate witnessed his in the Rot Philip Garbrick sif organized the Colevill it the year 1888. It had { being one of the Later Joined a se Mi the the country the band members Four Months To Two Babies Die Secure Bounties Near Same Area Bounty Regulation Allows Flemington Child Suffocates Plenty of Time to File Mill Hall Infant Thought Claims fo Have Strangled In response to a4 number of in- Two babies, a boy and a girl, both quiries, John B. Ross, game super- less than six months old died, one intendent for Division © of the of suffocation early Monday morn- Pennsylvania Oame Commission, 'ing at their homes near Mill Hall stated last week that trappers and! The boy, Ronald M. Ilorner. five hunters have four months in which | months oid son of Mr. and Mrs to file claims on red fox, gray fox | john Henry Horner of Flemington, and weasels | was found dead early Monday morn- The pelts must be forwarded to |ing. The baby had apparently suffo- the Bounty Division of the State cated in the bedclothes Game Commission at Harrisburg, | The girl. Dianne Catherine Barn- with affidavits as to thy time they | hart Fon months ou daughter of were taken and the place, within nr ‘ang Mrs Clair Barnhart, Mill four months after the animal i Brook Parm. was found at 10 a. m. trapped. : {She had been suffering from a cold Mr. Ross explained that while and Mrs. Barnhart had visited the there is a bounty on gray fox and crib early in the morning to care {weasels throughout the state, tat- | for her. IL appeared that ghe had ji08 rea jos is legal only in 28 coun- [died of strangulation ities, Including all the counties in| Division. ©. Dr. W. J. Shoemaker, Division C embraces Lycoming, Tioga. Bradford, Sullivan, Montour, | Northumberland, Columbia, Union|, parents, a sister, Betty. and three and Snyder counties. grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey The other 16 counties in which it Horner of Salona, and Mrs. Kath. Lean a take red fox Include: erine HafMley of Mill Hall {C . Centre, Cameron, Elk, Jef«| oq. Barnhart baby ’ ferson, McKean, Polter, Butler, its parents, two aby is Sutvived bs Clarion, Crawford, Erle, Porrest.| carroll and by three grandparents Lawrence, Mercer, Venango and afr and Mrs. Bray Yost of Flem- Warren. |ington, and Harvey Barnhart of Howard, R. D. mm Io — cases, The Homer baby is survived by Bometimes wise men ang women fall for fascinating hokum, i Tt is 100 late 10 be careful after doubt, but there are individuals | the accident, | who over-emphasige it. ck Reynolds, ¢ Clinton | {county coroner, Was called in both Sex is very Important in life, no | LJ starting a fire in the engine At. tendants at Gearharl's nearby fill- ing station rushed to the scene with fire extinguishers and checked the blaze shortly before Duncansville firemen arrived Front end of victim's car was demolished Constable Daniel Moses of Newry took Reynolds to the hospital and Molly was removed by D. M. Booth Griswold received slight cuts Molly and Reynolds were return. inz to their Lewistown homes {from Pittsburgh, police sald, Molly has been a salesman two st Com - panies for 60 years His » dt veral children we frye y $07 noe 5 in- fF (Continued A ——_—— Property Owners Favor New Road Express Approval of New Highway Spur in Mill Hall Area or [£] Page €) The proposed relocation of Lock Haven-Bellefonte road, via Beech Creek, in the Mill Hall area was discussed Friday morning Lock Haven by prope: OWNers fected, the Clinton county sloners and OO H Rickenbrode Clearfield State Highway Depart- ment right-of-way supervisor Eight of the met With the . 8 $x P {- A comms 12 property the officials gt the misisoners’ office and apprared favor the new road, leaving on h matler of damages 10 be settled pre vided the four other own ers are The owners oot - 0 property satisfied state and the commissioners will have to work oui an agree- ment on the damage llabili The borough of Mill Hall has refused to Assume any share It is possible that the commission. rs may later appropriate a flat sum be given to the state which will iso contribute sume money and as- me all Uability Wed Two Weeks, Bride Dies at 18 Mrs. William Miller, Lock Ha- ven, Victim of Pneu- monia : less than weeks died early Baturday morn- ing at the Lock Haven Hospital ar a result of pneumonia which devel- oped after an eme'gency operation ‘or appendicitis which she had un- jergone Monday morning Married February 17 at Hagers- town, Md.. the couple had returned to Lock Haven and were living tem- porarily with Mr. Miller's sister, Mrs Henry C. Summers. M's. Miller had 3 severe cold when admitted to the hospital Sunday after being stricken ith appendicitis In addition to her husband survived her grandfather George H. Fisher, of Mill Hall: her mother, Mrs. Mabel Bammer, Lock Haven, and these brothers and sis- ters: Melvin and Mrs. Richard Brown, of Salona; Mrs. Martin Bartiey and Mrs. Joseph Rupeks, of Lock Haven; Bdith Betty, Julia and Miriam, all at home, She was a member of the Reform- ed church at Salona. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Brown funeral home. the i Fae is vy - DAMAGE $275 IN CRASH OF STATE COLLEGE CARS | torists collided at the corner of Pugh street and Fairmount avenue early last Wednesday. Total damage was jestimated at $275 According to the account of W. |R. Hickey, State College, his car, was moving north on Pugh street | While that of Mrs. K. D. Hutchinson, | Btate College, was traveling west on Fairmount. Hickey's car received §250 dam- ages. Nobody can complain that the | Italian journalists are not fighting [a serious war. The cars of two State College mo- | | ihc ch Random Items AMAR EWR AAS “MORE ACTIVE ROLE:" Under a headline, “Senator Letz- ler Assuming More Active Role; Wants Patriotism In Our Bchools an Oscesia Mills newspaper infer entially admits the Centre-Clear- field County leglsiator been what might, be called Oly- scure, But now that he's zg t town in such a big way, we suggest that he also propose bills the continuance of the American that he have Benatorial placed on Motherhood launch a movement 0 recognize the horse of transportation We support to all such moves CIVILIZATION: This corner if mankind for ita own good office recently was a modern lighting stalled. There is lamps, which The place ig gorgeously lighted the heat generated makes is necessary Of the radiators tu co.dest weather, that a ha trifie a gon 0 for Home a Frey 8 BPYPTOVSE and that he the Benats Af 8 INeans piedge our s wonders pomeLimes isn't getting toc v A lk ciever busines: bulbs vy the keep med off even In by to ost Gespite the I use a gian nstalled to ¢ whether generate s0 much heat t cant keep th July and August EARLE: We liked the s'ory from Bulgaria t week about the brawl! ! 8. Minister George H y unidentified German engaged in a bottle-tossing in a res- taurant after Earle asked ihe chestra to play “Tipperary nothing if not was Oovernor occasionally newspapers wi'h left much of the eleciorate gasping sightly. But with all his foclery as Governor he act ed a great dea] me Mr. James of the manner and the buttor CALENDAR: Belatedly we re;ort receiv of the years most endars he gift “Doak” Ke.chline tive of The n Insurance Company The page for each month carries a large and beauti- fully colored reprint of a Currier ang Ives lithograph. And chances are that the frames Currier Ives prints you see in many homes and business places days were clipped from calendar of this years, MY, OH MY! Council Monday mously passed a motion to require Bellefonte's three police officers to aprear in Council st the nex; meei- ing. From the tone of voice and other expressions of ire on many OCouncilmen’s faces at the time the police are due for a dreadful “go- ing over.” But this department isn't much excited. A similar sc- tion was taken some months ir and the police appeared as notified Meanwhile Councilmen had cooled off, and seemed :ligh ly embarrass- ed as they questioned police gently about various phases of the police department. There was some fosh- ing and Jaughter, and everyone was in a bappy frame of mind Finally however, Council became serious when the failure of the police car's electrical system was mentioned Council siesed upon the car on which to vent its ire. and Council- men ang police alike figuratively kicked the poor car all over the Council chamber. As a result it was decided to install an over-sized | battery and heavy-duty generator in the car, and the police were dis- missed. You got the ideas that { Counct] felt that with the new gen. erator and battery, all police de- | partment problems would be golved | But apparently they werent And | Council hag asked the cops to again appear for a scolding and unless a “goat” similar to the police car turns up, police may hear first-hand some of the nasty things Council- | men say about them in their ab. sence. P. 8 to Mayor Harris: You'd better attend the meeting, or Coun- | cil's jiable to blame everything on you. BUS FIGHT: | The battle In State College over { the joading and unloading of buses fon College Avenue somehow sug- | gests that State Odllege Council | has created a Frankenstein that (Continued on Page 5) Wa What contest “ he C007 he scme deed which Fy wm-~ atiracti local representa velers Ins r T woe A and JOT A. TT ESO A SA 4A USAR LL AA | | : ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ Sv_— a Scientific News ~ Eddie Spills Some 1 “. 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