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VOLUME 60. NUMBER 17.
BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, APRIL 24,
1941,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR
COMMISSIONERS TO HOLD LAND SALE
EW METHODIST MINISTER TO
625 Trad: To Go
On Aucti: n Block
Seated, Unseated Lands Home Damaged When
Struck by Lightning
Being Sold For Non-
Payment of Taxes
SALE BEGINS MAY [bout 12:30 0
27; TERMS, CASH Lucas home on
“ly "
Commissioners Will Fur- Luc
nish Deeds; Buyers Must | 1
Pay Costs
A total of 6325
uneeated
are LO be d:
sale to be held by
missioners in the Coury Room
on Tuesday, May according t
an official announcement made this
week. The sale will be adjourned
{rom time to time until tract
have been disposed of.
The tracts
to the highest
provide that the pur
pay the big price plu
cash, at the time
(Continued Page 6
Cent
Of at
ands in
posed
the County Com
ere
mele:
7
- 0
ng
recept
ail
will be knocl
bidder
of
Woman Hurt In
Fall From Car
Penn State Baseball Play-
ers Quizzed by Police in
Accident
on
Two Diphtheria
Cases Reported
County Medical Officers Ex-
press No Fear of Wide-
spread Epidemic
Despite rumors
the county or cases of diph-
theria have offic reported
to health ithorities, and there is
no threat of an epidemic, according
to reliable advice
Dr. Leroy Locke
Centre county medical director,
W. W. Bickett, of Bellelonte, o«
health officer, both declared thal to
date only two cases Rave been
ported, and both of U are in the
Bellefonie vicinity
The victims are: Virginia Boit,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Soil
of South Spring street. Bellefonte
and Hal Harman of
Continned on
My ©»
veen
onte
and
sept dur
iNLy
Bellef
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em
re
aged 7, son Mr
Page 82nd Sec
Firemen Battle
Stubborn Blaze
['ndines’ New Pumper Gets
First Workout at Brocker-
hoff Hotel
A four-hour battle against a fi
the walls of the Brockerhoff Ho-
tel was won late Friday afternoon
when members of the Undine Fire
Company, using their new pumper
for the first time, got the stubborn
blaze under control
The fire was discovered about 3
o'clock in the afternoon and firemen
found that rafters in the basement newest business the National
of the large structure, nearby a flue {o, (the Temple Court build-
from a HOt Water HERIEr. Were lo. cite: 2 Merhoo. fond Enbp rH
(ing, Bouth Alleghen will
smouldering (take place at 9 2. m. to rrow (Fri-
Fire apparently followed ay) morning
through the partition from the The Notion
(Continued on Page ¢—2nd Sec) tock
EET dp aa
vs
Ask Penn State Alrport manager
‘The General Assembly was urged! here, is
Tuesday by Dean Harry P. Ham- ness
mond, of Pennsylvania State Col-| Free cigars will
lege Engineering school, to pass leg- the men on the
islation providing for aeronautical further details
research and construction of an air- Store's opening
port at the school.
| this issue
Woman Injured As
Car Catches Fire
fire
in
vas able to ret
chine
-
NATIONAL STORE TO
OPEN HERE TOMORROW
The grand opening of Bellefonte's
aouse-
ut rpet
n
up
vey It
PRL Nat
all
jonal Store will carry In
clothing necessities for
and men. B. Goldman, former
of the A. C. Turner store
manager of the new busi.
be distributed to
opening day For
see the National
advertisement in
is
New pumper, &° ...
delivered last week, Is comaanion plece to the Undine Fire
Reopens Fight |
For Reduction |
In Local Taxes!
Brockerhoff Asks Council
to Reconsider Action
on 15-Mill Rate
CLAIMS TWO-MILL |
CUT IS PRACTICAL
Given Two Weeks To
(cather Data; Bickett
Named Health Officer
State College Man
Jailed In Altoona
check
efman Ralph WN 8M
rar A v
Sp A a aH X a iM
ffler
{ Kru
1 Hotel
i the defend:
Railroader Is
Honored Here
T. J. Kelleher Presented Med-
al on Completing 50 Years
With P. R. R.
recognition of his fifty years of
ce wi the Pennsylvania Rail-
homas J. Kelleher, of Belle-
fonte, was presented with a fifty-
year medal by E. OG. Guggenheimer
of Altoona, superintendent of the
company Middle Divisd
propriate Tues
In
TV
road
Se
CINon.es
noon
Mr
wid)
iW
at
Kelleher began hi service
the rallrond on April 21, 188]
15 years when he be-
came a warehouseman at Snow
Shoe. He soon was made a clerk
there and in September of the fol-
lowing year was transferred to Ty-
rone where he served as brakeman
on train service until his transfer to
Bellefonte in 1300
less than a month after hb
(Continued on page seven)
the age of
fe
8
UNDINES GET NEW STREAMLINED PUMPER
Company's new
emergency truck. Together the two trucks form what is claimed to be the most modern fire-fighting unit
in the central nart of Pennsvivania.
The pumper like the emergency truck was buil! te Undine specifications. It has a two-man cab,
500-gallon pump, 200-gallon booster tank, and much modern equipment. Both new machines are mount-
ed on heavy-duty Ford truck chassis, the emergen vy truck being a
finished in blue, with gold trimmings.
cab-over-engine type. Trucks are
The two units were purchased entirely by the Undine Company, which has spent approximately
$8,000 of Hs own funds for new equipment in the last four months
i Btuaenis of
| college life
{ first fifth students made averages
rang:ng from 119 to 2.10, the secs
N
SUCCEED REV. HARTSOCK, HERE
REV. HARRY STENGER
( 8ilen
Be
$161 “0
HOG
‘Paradise’ To
Open May 91h
Season Will Continue Un-
til July 12; French Re-
views Eales for Season.
for
standard
f will be per
project on Bunday
be permitied to kill
and
WAS speci-
the angler must
after two fish have heen
artificial flies with barb-
r hooks
be used
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ite mis ary
y ama 0
It
TegAar
vet may
n Page
f the 10 Liefonte on
bg "ie
REV. HI. WILLIS HARTSOCK
Wiis Willis port Maryiand
ny
dren. three boy
Hof whom are
ool ag He ha
wed on Page 6)
Welfare Drive
Opens Tuesday
Organization C o mpleted
for Annual Campaign;
Red Feathers Popular
- }
out his
feather t
i Belle
Ly Wellare Fund, ap-
yd one
¢ Kita ng
aed
y the
Te
MD an
’
parently is
Althwuglh the canvass {8 not to be
ifunched until Thursday
& pumber of the attractive
ilheis have appeared, adorning
ts of our loyal townspeople
Many have volunteered contribu-
tions already. and this should be a
‘
good omen of of this
"
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LE HE & Op
uiar
formaily
ne Oia
fhe SuUCCess
CRMpaiEn
splendid cooperat
ne by the
elo 4 te
merchan
on given Lo
Boy Scouts
the Bellefonte
appreciated
Page 7)
local
anda
'
is especially by
(Condnued on
The
added.
House O. K's Bellefonte School Bill
A bill designed to speed up the financial arrangements for the
constraction of Bellefonte's proposed
building passed Ms third and final reading in the House, yesterday,
and is to be submitted to the Senate tomorrow, according
telephone communication last night from Henry A. Brockerhoff,
of Bellefonte, who is in Harrisburg in the interests of the measure,
bill, which would enable the Bellefonte School Board to
transfer $85.000 of the funds available for the new building to the
Bellefonte Building Corporation so that tentative contracts already
let could be made final, may be reported onl of committee in the
Senate as early as Monday of next week, Mr, Brockerhoff said,
It is possible for the Senale to finally pass the bill, and for the
Governor to sign it to make it law, before the end of next week, he
If finally passed, the bill will become an amendment to the
1911 measure which established the public school system.
new $400000 High school
fe a
PSC Official
Kiwanis Speaker
Ray Watkins Explains Meth-
ods Used in Choosing Col-
lege Freshmen
Ray Watkins, scheduling officer
at the Pennsylvania State College
explained to members of the Belle
fonte Kiwanis Club Tuesday the
i procedure in admitting students to
the freshman classes at the College
i 8chools are graded according to
their previous acholastic record:
and this grading determines wheth-
er none, the first Afth or the firm
two-fifths of thelr students shall
(be admitieg without examination.
! Any student falling in a grade be-
{low the second fifth must take the
prescribed examination given at
i various points throughout the stale,
| the first two-fifths in
the Bellefonte and State College
{ High Schools are admitted withou!
i examination,
Taking the class of 1943 as an
example Prof. Watkins showed the
influence of High School standin
as it works out in the first year's
The middie 50% of the
end {rom 78 to 164 the third from
{ 48 t5 1.22, the fourth from 21 by
{ 108, and the fAfh from 0 to 94
| There were some notable exceptions
Lin the last three groups, but the
(Continued on page seven)
‘camp
14 Accepted In
Poe CCC Camp
Inductees leave Today in
Centre County's Third
Induction in April
Fourteen bovs from Centre county
were accepted in the April enroli- |
ment for CCC conducted on Friday
morning, April 18, it is announced
by Thomas C. Williams, executive
director of the Centre County De-
partment of Public Assistance
The boys assembled at the Y. M
C. A in Beliefonte and were trans
ited by a COC truck to Poe Val-
ley Camp 5-63, Coburn, for physical
examinations and induction into
Fourteen boys passed the
physicals and one was rejected jwe-
cause of a disability,
passed were kept as members of the
Poe Valley camp.
The selection officers, Mr. Wil-
iliems, exccutive director, and Mil.
:
ton W. Etters, county supervisor of
ihe Centre County: Departmént of |
Public Assistance accompanied the
enrollees to Poe Valley where they |
collaborated with Lt Lee Fox, camp |
commander, and Dr. Henry Thissell, |
Miltheim, camp ysician, in the |
final step of enrollment {
The following boys éntered CCC |
Camp at Coburn: Nathan Willlam |
Anderson, Bellefonte, R. D. 1.; Lewis
Jenkins Williamson, Philipsburg, R
D.; Mike Stago, Clarence; Michael
(Continued on page three) i
Those who |
3-Day (ooking
School Listed
For Next Week
Mrs. Dorothy Bathgate
Again to Conduct Ses-
sions at ‘Y’ Gym,
NEW RECIPES, MANY
SHORTCUTS LISTED
New Model Kitchen to be
['sed at Centre Demo-
crat Classes
Balliga ¢, whow
nd ir
COOKIN
Bellelonis
nd
wnGuy
is wi
wo
oid OW i
ig
Thursday ang Fri.
i Liles COOKINg
tre Demo
Schoo.
\
w
w
rat
C
eo
Fh
(
i the Cen!
K
re
<« OX
Domemagenr:
AVE New
an ordinary
varned beel hash
it appetite appeal. In-
merely warming Lhe
hash, she molds if ino an attrac-
tive cake, places it on a me al grill
(Continued on page three)
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Airport Awarded
Advanced Rating
canned
of uy
Is One of Few of Its Class in
State; Noll Orders $£10,.
000 Plane
Henry LL proprietor of the New-
fay Flying school which is now in
charge of the Bellefonte Alr-
has received Federal rating as
qualified primary and advance
wool, Mr. Noll reported yes-
N¢
The Bellefonte airport, becatse of
its exceptionally fine equipment is
one of only a few fields in Pennsyl-
vania to meet specifications for ad-
vance {iraining, others including
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Brad-
ford. Most airports in smaller come
munities lacking hangars field
Continued on Page 6-—2nd Sec.)
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Young Democrats To
Convene In Altoona
Young Democrats of seven central
Pennsylvania counties are planning
to attend a regional conference to
be held at the Penn Alto Hotel, Al-
toons, on Saturday, April 26, under
the sponsorship of the Young Dem-
ocralic Clubs of Pennsylvania
A highlight of the conference will
be a dinner at the Penn Alto at
6:30 p. m_ followed Ly a dance in
the hotel ballroom. Tickets, entitling
the holder to admission to the din-
‘ner and dance are now on sale at
$150 each and may be obtained
from Marjory Houser, of Bellefonte,
‘or Eugene Burkholder, of Centre
Hall
All members of the Young Demo-
cratic Clubs, or others interested In
the work of the clubs, are cordially
invited to attend
RN a
To Open Tire Store
And Recapping Service
Bellefonte's gewest business house
is the Keystone Tire Engineering
Recap and Vulcanizing service lo-
cated in the former Kofman office
| building opposite the passenger sta-
tion
The establishment js to have two
departments; a store, which will be
opfned to the public the latter part
‘of this week. ahd 8 recapping and
vulcanizing service which will be
opened as SOON As necessary equip-
ment has been installed |
The store is the local distributing
| agency for Goodrich tires and acces |
| sories. Manager of the establishment
is John J. Zimmerman, while Jos-
{eph Ames is the budget manager.
State Col To Go
On Golege Saving
Slate College Borough Council.
end the Pennsylvania State College
are to go on Dayviight Saving Time,
effsciive at midnight this Saturday.
No action toward having Daylight |
Saving Time in Bellefonte has been
instituted, and one is contemplated,
a survey yesterday revealed,
Was
{ the hotel jobby, held ug
Mysterious Assailant
Attacks Howard Girl
Flees in Car When Girl's
Screams Attract Sus-
picion
VICTIM HYSTERICAL,
SUFFERS BRUISES
Resume Work On New
Road To State Colleg
Alter
winter
being closed Gow r
he mont
Bellelonte-Blate Colleg
wis resumed Monday
crew of about 2A
an announcement t
vice of Putman
Inc aclors
Dale
Althe
affect
ing
mer
Incident Similar to Ones
in Bellefonte Area:
Pursuit Fails
president
cont
Summit link
igh wealher
tir your v
Wine requ
the MOURN Eraci
fall, jeaving oni)
ing and
Adan Ross
' ’
ge of Lhe
Cenli~-us
done
TS
chur OJ
Hotel Robber
Is Sentenced
(Gets 4 to 8 Years for
Part in Holdup
Cornelius
ROC
of
December 7
Bully 10 a ¢
belore Judge
special i surt }
gay and =a wntenoced
from 4 10 8 years in the
Penitentiary at Piltaburgh
Mason's sentence was the
as the one meted oul Ww
panion. Nathanie! Payne 25 aiso
colored on April § when he ap-
peared in cowl and admitted
the person who walked
nigh
Page 62nd
AP —————
4... Baby Clinic In
New Location
Moved to White Building;
Woman's Club Plans Cook-
ing Demonstration
Lg ¥
Ww perve
Western
same
a8 oon -
bya
aT
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Decision to move the baby clinic
from the Red Cross rooms in Pet-
rikin Hall to the new clinic in the
White building on the opposite side
West High street reached
meeting of the Bellefonte Wom-
Ciub at the home of Mrs Har-
McElwain Unionville, Mon.
I or wight ot four § $
Plans have been completed for the i Sgt Do hae he I
annual Mother and Daughter Ban- , _.. Gi bpm aonb opi
y 2 [oe ule in ihe Belieionle The cli ric is steadily increasing
May 8, according to an & Jad WAFS hong the mo fut13 0!
ment by L. C. Heineman he witnie arts. las meitth a
of the ¥ 1 of 38 bables were brought in
The evening's program will (Continued on Page 6)
brie! and will consis, of music
der the direction of Mrs, Lenore
Martin, with Mrs, Ear] K Stock at
the plano, and songs, dances, and
other entertainment by loca] talent
Tickets at 50 centg each are now
on sale and may be obtained from
the following persons: Mrs D. A
Grove, East Linn Street; Mrs. O. A
Kline, East Bishop Street; Mrs
Jesse H Caum, East Linn Street
Mrs, H. M Murtorfl West High
Street; and Mrs. L Heineman
Willowbank Street or from the Y
M C A
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mato
cerry
Bac)
(Continued on
Mother-Daughter
Banquet Here May 8
TAL
‘8
Lath
in
to
evening
announce
secretary
be
Hh.
ii
$225 Damage When
Cars Crash Near Town
Cars driven by Junior Corman, of
Bellefonte, R. D. 2, and Paul R
Krape of the same address crashed
on Route 220, two miles east of
Bellefonte about 11 o'clock Satur.
day night. The accident was the first
in the county since April 8
The crash resulted when the dri-
vers were blinded by each other's
headlights, Damage wag estimated
{al $225
No one was injured in the aocci-
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rockey, of dent but Krape cut the thumb of
Mingoville, became the parents of a his left hand while ripping the fen-
daughter. born Monday at the Lock der from his car. The cut required
Haven Hospital several stilches
Girl For Mingoville Couple
‘I AM AN AMERICAN’ DAY-1941
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
No M
ava
.
WHEREAS Public Resolulion 67, approved May 1640
178), provides, in part
That the third Sunday in May each year be and here-
by is set aside as Citizenship Day and that the President
of the United States is hereby authorised and requested
to issue annually 8 proclamation setting aside that day as
a public occasion for the recognition of all who, by com-
ing of age or naturalization, have attained the status of
citizenship, and the day shall be designated as “I Am An
American Day
8iat
That the civil and educational authorities of States
counties. cities, and towns be, and they are hereby, urged
tr make plans for the proper observante of this day and
for the full instruction of future citizens in their responsi-
bilities and opportunities as citizens of the United States
and of the States and localities in which they reside
NOW. THEREFORE, I. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT. Presi-
dent of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sun-
day, May 18, 1941, as “I Am An American’ Day and urge that this
day be observed as a public occasion in fecognition of our citizens
who have atiained their majority or who Rave been naturalised
within the past year. And 1 do call upon 8H State, and
local officials, and all patriotic, civil, and educa organizations
to join in exercites calculated to impress upon &ll our citizens, both
nativesborn and naturalized, the special significance of cliizenship
in this Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOP, 1 have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States of Ametica to De affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 27th day of March, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and
sdxty-fifth,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
By the President,
SUMNER WELLES,
Acting Secretary of State.
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