Odd and CURIOUS in the + NEWS FISHED FOR EGGS Mrs. H. H. Jenkins, of Topeka, Kans, told District Judge Dean Mc- Elhenny that her husband de- manded a birthday cake but left only one egg for it and locked the henhouse. “You simply can't bake a cake with one egg," she said, “so I put a pair of his shoes on to hide my tracks, took a big cane fishing pole, tied a tea sifter on It, went out and reached through the wire mesh of the henhouse, and dipped out one egg at a time until I had enough.” She was granted a divorce. PROPHETIC TITLE Last Thursday the Rev, L Vance Green of the Hicks Memorial Meth- odist church, Duncansville, put the title of his regular Sunday night sermon on the bulletin board ou'- side the church. The next day a fire occurred in the basement of the church parsonage. It was then that a crowd of spectators, attract- ed by the fire engines. paid particu- lar attention to the subject of the sermon. It. read: “Ablaze With Glory." BOLD THIEVES Carl Wenski of Johnstown, fig- ured thieves were geiting awfully bold when they stole a section of hedge from his lawn, But a subur- ban woman more than matched his | complaint to police with this tale: While she was at a store for a few minutes, a stranger walked into her | apartment—and took a bath. He dressed hurriedly and fled as she telephoned police. EXCITED FATHER Maybe the person who tried to mail a postcard in a fire alarm box at Spokane, Wash, had a good ex- cuse at that. When firemen ar-| rived, they found this note written | to a Seattle addressee: “Baby girl born, weighs eight and a half pounds, is 21 inches long. I'm awful tired and cranky. Taking 2 o'clock | bus.” KITTENS ‘HATCHED’ Farmer W. C. Carmean, of Berlin, Md., put twelve eggs beneath a Set. | ting hen. A few days later he lifted | the hen and found—six gray Kkit- tens. Carmean said he doesnt own 2 cat, and couldn't find a trace of | the twelve eggs. The hen won a bat-| tie to keep the kittens Fire Destroys Home ; Pire destroyed the farm home of | Mrs. John Cummiskey, of near Du-| shore, the scarcity of 'vater making | it impossible to save the buiding. The blaze, which started in a bed- room on the second floor, was dis-| covered by members of the family, | wha anoke while listening | fo the radio. Disease Closes Schools | Due to an outbreak of scarlet fever in the community among; school children, Castanea schools) were dismissed Thursday morning | immediately after the morning op- ening, and on Thursday evening the building was thoroughly fumis| gated. The closing of the school gives an enforced vacation to about 170 children, Is First Class Office Word has been received from the postmaster general of the United States, that the Berwick office has advanced from a second to a first] class rating. Receipts at the office for 1940 were $46,690.42, while the level required for a first class rating is $40,000 per year. -~ — Nurses Needed for the Goverment | {ing to fertilize and {the Bierly The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. SECOND SECTION he Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 60. rN ris LLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941, NUMBER 21. South Philipsburg Seeks Permission to Become Part Of Philipsburg Borough Claim Lack of Industry Compels Relinquish- ing Charter With Alternative of Becoming Part of Philipsburg or Rush Township South Philipsburg, once prosper ous and flourishing little town, feels | that it no longer is able to maintain its independence as a borough, and | residents have expressed a willing- | ness to give up their borough char- ter and go back into Rush township or become part of the borough ol Philipsburg At a meeting of South Philips- urg borough officials and citizens Thursday night the proposa] to drop the charter was discussed at con- siderable length. Several residen's expressed thelr belief that they would be better off in their own borough. It was pointed out that South Philipburg Is only $1,600 in debt and that Rush township has a Loganton Man Is Hurt; Tegm Bolts Victim Dragged Along Road- way and Rendered Un- conscious James C. Frank, retired rural carrier and Sugar Valley telephone company manager, was badly cut,| bruised and shaken up last Wed- nesday afternoon when the team he had hitched to a manure wagon became fright#hed and ran away {south of Loganton He and George Herman were go- work a small field for Mr. Herman and while near the bridge over Fishing Creek the neck-yoke came off the wagon tongue and the latter hit one of the horses and frightened it badly enough to make the team run away Mr. Frank was jerked into the roadway and dragged some dis- tance. The team was caught near farm by Harry Rishel Mr. Prank was unconscious when brought home and several teeth were Jost, Bank Bandits Use Stolen Car Altoona Man's Auto, Missing 4 Days, Identified by Police An automobile used by five youths who last Wednesday successfully held up and robbed a bank at Eld- red, Pa.. has been identified as the car stolen from Charles F. Diehl, an undergraduate school teacher in Al-| toona i The robbery, which occurred sat |Eldred, near Kane, netted the ban- dits about $6.000. The men, unmask- ed and flourishing pistols, lined up| the bank force of a half dozen | clerks and officials, and three cus-| tomers, while one leaped a counter and picked up cash on the desks They sped off in their convertable sedan, stolen in Altoona, i | ! | } i | Thursday's | debt of about $80,000 and that Phil. ipsburg’s indebtedness is about $17,- | 000. It was also stated that if the | borough was dissolved the residents | would be assessed for their share of | the $1600 debt beside sharing the indebtedness of the township town they were joined with, It was finally decided to hold a mass meeting of South Philipsburg | property owners next Thursday, May 20th, at which time it is hoped some definiie decision will be reach- ed. In the meantime a three-way petition is being circulated among | the citizens, asking each to state | whether they favored remaining in| the borough of South Philipsburg, | going back into Rush township. or | becoming a part of the borough of Philipsburg. This petition will be| used as a deciding measure at next | meeting | Thriving back in the days when the Wigton brickyard was oOperat- ing in Chester Hill and many of the workers were living in South Phil- ipsburg, the borough has been going backward gradually since 1929 when it was closeg and torn down, Now or | the Lop has no indusity to help keep it going and only half the residents are paying taxes it is reported. The annexation of South Philips- (Continued on Page 6) Post-graduate Course Pennsylvania newspapermen will hear about military censorship and community defense measures (n America, and also about conditions in the three major war capitals, from outstanding speakers at the annual Pennsylvania Press Confer ence this weekend at the Pennsyl- vania State College The men who will give authorita- tive accounts of American defense preparations gre Major General Robert C. Richardson, Jr. director of public relations for the U 8 \ i 4 - ud fi) ite \) 1 il A | " A J JY NEWSPAPERMEN TO MEET Army, and Frank Bane, director of state and local cooperation under the Nationa] Defense Arvisory Com- mission. Bane will tell how com- munities can help in the defense program For accounts of London. Berlin, and Tokya, the newspaper publishers and editors will get first. hand impressions from three press association chiefs who have recent. I¥y reurned {from these capitals James R. Young of International (Continued on Page 6) their 22-Year-Old Blair County ~ Highway Office Employe Victim of Brutal Assault Miss Hilda Este p Criminally Beaten Up By | Two Men; Found Clad Only In One Stock- ing and Jacket, Police Report Miss Hilda Estep, pretty 22-year- old Willlamsburg State Highway office employee at Hollidaysburg, is a patient in the Altoona Hospital vic im of a brutal assault by men who atiacked her in a dak passageway al Green avenue and | Tenth «treet, Altoona, early Satur Gay morning Saved from further Injuries by a patrolman on the beat who heard her screams and rushed to her ald Miss Estep was hurried to the hos- pital, clag only in one s ocking and a jacket, police said. She suffered numerous lacerations, bruises and her body was covered with blood and dirt, police disclosed The patrolman witnessed the as- iit it was announced at the police bureau, and managed Ww arrest ons gssallant, George Dent, 20, of 1202 Fiith avenue at the scene but the other, Sidney Kalser, 21, of 1820 Union avenue, fled. Police said they arrested him about an hour later a5 his home where he had found refuge under a bed Both Dent and Kalser gave stale ments admitting the attack ai- though the question of filing charges against them has not been settled, police asserted clined to divulge the motive for the £n Fa MARINE'S MIRACULOUS RESCUE FROM The story of how {wo naval air- men last week snatched a Marine parachu'ist from death in mid-air is described as the most remark- able rescue in aviation history The thrilling event which oc- curred near a Navy landing fleld at San Diego, Cal, is of special inter. est to a number of Centre County peocle who knew the family of Marine Lieut Walter 8. Osipoff, 23 of Akron, Ohio, whose father is a priest in the Russian Or.bodox Church. Having formerly residey at Mt. Carmel, Pa. the elder Osipof | is reported to have visited in Centre ‘county on §& number of occasions, | and scquired quite a number bf ac- guaintances who alsy recall the son whose recent spectacular escape has given rise to much publicity Two fliers, Lieut. W. W. Lowrey 34, of Dallas, Tex, and aviation Machinists’ Mate J. R. McCants 41, of Jordan, Mont. look lightly upon the part they played in the thrilling air drama, but others differ, parti- cularly young Osipoff, who realizes that were {i not for Lowrey's skill | pursuit and daring and McCants’ bravery and s'rength. his life would have been forfeited when he leaped with his parachute {rom a Marine trans. landing Aancing ile , * 14" igh . gh port piane over Lhe field The Navy automatic chuta somehow falled 10 static line snarled and left dangling head down plane Passengers still couldn't haul hi releass function. Tha» Osipo below the big aboard found they yn back, and Capt M. Johnson, pilot, headed for the fleld to draw attention to the pars- chutist’s plight Lowrey and McCant test pilots who had never flown together be- fore, noticed Oaipoff’s predica- ment. They hurried Into a Navy biplane dive-bomber and took off in of the transport Far out over the ocean and up io 1.500 feet went, for the alr over land was 100 rough for the pre- cise flying their rescue plan entall- ed Slowly the amaller up under the larger they » plane nudged Within 20 fest of the transport's fall assembly Pilot Lowrey held his whil McCants reached over the side and baled ( off In. much as he could. u cockpit ship, EAE considering a ne dnt hold two men Then Lowrey pointed the nose of his plane directly at iineg at- aching Osipof! Ww transpors and with a slice of propelier snipped them through. Such close work did the maneuver require that the propeller tickled the bottom of the passenger hip and broke away 3 piece of metal There were stil ticklish moments. th Le 5 ae th wie The partly opened ‘chute, cut free, | flared over the front cockpit and, unt] at backaard blinded “We didnt for a while ol last the flier know where we were the Lieut nn’. said MoCant had his difficulties The foree of the propeller slip- stream against Onipoff's partly ex- posed bxdy and the drag of the ‘chute, to which the Marine was al attached sei up such a pull that Navy officers sald it must have Lowrey’ blew Loo iH Lae “superhuman strength” to ied man abroad 100," Mc- required hold the nest “He took hold of me Cants said. “There was room fof Iboth of us in the cockpit. I gol thim in head first up to his shou.d- ers. 1 don’t believe 1 could have got him loose, He had a death g7 on me” Navy doctors sald Osipoll suffered only shock and a deep arm cut, in which they put 25 stitches And that's the story of a spectac- ular ald drama of real life, which one might only expect to find in the movies or jn works or fiction. Both Lowrey and McCants have been git- ed to receive the Navy Cross of honor Boys Break Jail Sheriff George Calboun. of Me- Kean County has notified officer: in surrounding localities to be on the lookout for two boys who forced a door and escaped during the night from the juvenile section of the County Jail. The boys each 16 were held on minor charges nding a hearing Win In County | Judging Contest Vocational dents Take Honors; Final Contest in June Centre and Clearfielg County Vo- | cational Agriculture students who competed in judging contests held As a part of the National Defense | States, very few nurses apply for | at State College last week were an- program, the Government months ago began preparation to meet an] anticipated need for an unusually large number of nurses, both in its military and civil services. The| United States Civil Service Commis~ | sion has announced open contin- uous examinations to secure nurses, but despite these examinations, there is a continuous acute short- age of nurses for the civil service open the way to an opportunity to schools, took part. positions the civil service examinations, { From all parts of the country, floods of inquiries are coming into washington from women who ask how they can serve their country in| the present emergency. The word to] nurses is that the nursing branch of the service is one that is vital to] the success of the National Defense program. The nurse examinations render patriotic service, and at the] nounced by W. J. Tucker, Coun'y vocational supervisor, In the contest. which was a pre- liminary to the fina] event at State | College in June, boys from Belle- fonte, Walker township, East Penns Vally, Harris township and Gregg | township high schools, and from the Philipsburg and Clearfield High Names of the winners, listed In| The shortage is particularly mo- same time to serve in interesting the order in which they placed, fol- | ticeable with respect to some parts and satisfactory work. There is an low: of the country. Prom some of the] re ————— 1f Ralph Voelker, a 20-year-old Pittsburgh youth sees again it will be through the eye of a dead woman. | Three years ago Ralph's sight) was partially destroyed by an ex- | formed several weeks ago but it ton, Clearfield; Harry Bailey, Har- plosion of a white-wash spray. Re- cently surgeons at the eye and ear know definitely whether it is suc- | Fred Miller, (Continued on Page 6) transplant the cornea from the eye of a young woman dying from | burns, to the eye of their patient. | The delicate operation was per-| may be a month yet before they! hospital in Pittsburgh decided to | cessful. 2-Inch Sliver In Eye M When a sudden guest of wind | shattered a window over his head, | Edward Bickel of Kane suffered. head and face lacerations including | one at the left eyelid, which healed over, A sore spot in the eye PE —— i —— pr ere Annoyance | him, 50 he decided to go to the Sum. | mit Hospital for an examination. | There it was discovered that a two- | Inch fragment of glass was imbed- ded in the eyeball. It was removed, and had not injured the sight, be- cause of the angle at which it had | entered, i eee NB ee Co — Nearly 36,000 Killed In Air Raids Cerman air raiders killed 6065, and injured 6926 civilians in at- tacks on England during April Of the dead, 2912 were men and Britain's air raid toll of civilians| grin, Mills; Lee Gummo, Belle- 2418 women; 680 were children un-| der the age of 16. This was an in-| crease over the total of 4250 Killed | and 5557 injured in March. Including the 61 missing and be- | raises | leved dénd, the new list since June, 1940, when air raids be- gan, bo 35,756 killed and 47,856 in- Jured, Built Own Coffin “Uncle” Elijah Wilson, of LaFol- | lette, Tenn., who bulit his own coffin | three years ago because he didn't’ ike hone Sioke mde things.” ob~ served his 1 birthday last Thurs. Three Years Ago day. Born in 1840, he cast his first vote | for Abraham Lincoln Jor President, He served in the Union Army in the war between the States, Live-Stock Contest—Glenn Wolfe, | fonte: Guy Piddler, EP V.; Glenn | Omndor!f, EPV.; Sam Gill EPV.; | Willlam Hess, Walker Twp.; Dean | Winkleblech, EPV.; R. Carl Stover, | Walker Twp.; Frank Homan, Harris Twp. William Weber, Harris Tw). | Poultry Contest—William Thurs- | ris Twp.; David Shope, Bellefonte; Bellefonte; Charles | Schnarr, Clearfield; Howard Hud- | . Clearfield; Chester Baliey, | Clearfield: Jensin Mingle, EPV ; Raymond Pifer, Clearfield; Melvin | Guiser, EPV.; Frances Stover, EPV. Dairy Contest: —Oscar Dunkle, Walker Twp.; Frank Homan, Harrls | Twp; Fred Wilson, Walker Twp.; | Budg Corl, Bellefonte; Irvin Elsen- hauer, Bellefonte; Glenn Orndorl, Millheim; Guy Piddler, Millheim; James Horner, Harris Twp.; John | Patterson, Harris Twp.; Lester Glad f Telter, Harris Twp,; John H. Hoy, i Walker Twp.; Wilmer Stover, EPV. | Potato Contest:—Dean Zettle, { Gregg Twp.; Fred Evans, Clearfield; | Howard Hudson Clearfield; Ken- neth Beightol, EPV.; Leon Fetter- { olf, Bellefonte; Roy Heckman, | fonte; Ivan Wasson, Spring Mills; Wayne Keller, Harris Twp. Corp Contest: —Budd Corl, Belle- fonte; Dean Wert, Harris Twp: William Turner, Philipsburg; Mel- vin Milliron, Philipsburg; Clair Willams, Clearfield; Fred Wilson Walker Twp.; Lester OGladfelter, Harris Twp.; Kenneth Beightol, EPV.; Sam Holubes, Bellefonte; (Continued on Page 6) Agriculture Stu- Merchant Guilty In Fur Robbery Curwensville Business Man Convicted of Taking Part in Robbery A Clearfield county jury that de- {liberated a half hour Saturday con- ivicted Reuben Robinson, Curwens- ville merchant, of taking part in ithe burglary of $7000 worth of furs {from the Clearfield taxidermy, Mar 131 Judge W. Wallace Smith indicat- ied he would impose sentence some time this week. Three Altoona men who admitted taking tha furs, testified for the state that Robinson pibtted the (theft. The commonwealth developed its case through State Police Corp oral George Funk, who posed as a “go-between” among the Altoona men and Robinson. Robinson claimed he was “fram- === | Walker Twp.: Sam Holubes, Belle- led.” To See Through Dead Woman's Eye — Highway Bids Sought Bids for the construction of the new highway on Route 64 covering a five mile stretch between Blanch. ard and Howard, will be opened by the State Department of Highways | tomorrow. The contract calls for two new bridges, one east of How ard above the dam, and the other spanning Marsh Creek about a tenth of a mile ghove the present Aged Man, Show Girl Auto Victims Youth Driving With Learn- er's Permit Held in Al- toona Fatality Because of the week-end hit-run | deaths in Altoona of a 67-year-old hotel carpenter ahd a 21-year-old carnival show girl, two drivers, in- cluding and 18-year-old boy who was operating a car on a learner's per- mit, are being held in that city to! face charges in the deaths. Arrested in the death of Peggy Smith, Welsh, Va, a concessionaire of the Lawrence Shows carnival which appeared at the Altoona Driv. ing Park last week are Mrs. Thelma Peilmeier, 36, Altoona and a passen- | ger. Frank Kunkle, 40, also of Al- | toons. Charges of disorderly con- duct and dangerous and suspicion have been lodged against Mrs. Pell mejer and drunk and disorderly | lendent of Schools, will present) charges against Kunkle, | Miss Smith, a member of the Law- | rence shows troupe, was on her way | delivered by Rev. C. M. Hammond | Snow Shoe High To Graduate 24 Annual Commencement Exer- cises to be Held Thurs. day, May 29 The 31st annual commencement of the Snow Shoe High School will be held in the school auditorium | Thursday, May 29, at 8 o'clock p m. EST A class of 24 wil] be | graduated, Dr. Charles Coxe, of the Lock | Haven Teachers’ College, will de- { liver the commencement sddress {Class speakers are Cecelia Harm, | Philip Budinger, Jr., Charles Bud- | inger and Lula Herr, Theme of the | program “South America.” The honor students are Lula Herr, | Cecelia Harm, Charles Budinger and Philip Budinger. Jr. | P. Glenn Rogers, county superin- the diplomas, { The Baccalaureate sermon will be two | Police de- | | pair's assault but sald it wasn't | robbery, since a substantial sum of {cash was found in Miss Estep's | purse. Neither was mention made of how Miss Estep sald by police to be sec- | retary to Don C. Stackpole, state | highway department, came Ww oon- | tact Dent and Kaiser, who in their alleged atiack ripped off their viec- Lim's clothes and beat her with a whiskey bottle un broke. It Wag reported that ashe had been ac- companied by another man, who was also apprehended but later cleared of implication, the same evening Miss Estep, a sister-in-law of Po- lice Chief John Liebegoly of Wii- liamsburg, ls being held incom- (Continued on page six) Non-Suit Ends Accident Trial Woman Injured While Re- turning Home From Visit in Bellefonte ti 2 VE | Mrs. Irene M. Smith, wife of Smith, who was injured in an moblie accident, March 30, | while returning to Pittsburgh from trip 10 Belleionle Blalr county Judge George G ed the defense for a non-suit Mrs leaving accident from Altoona tv» Hollidaysburg; that at the Plank road a car operated by O. M. Frank of Altoona passed h and she followed. Whe Oak Knoll, she a'templed 10 the Prank car sald she was about hall way past when ihe Frank car speeded up and she fell a thud, and her car hurtied to the left, tumed on its glide and then bounded (0 an upright position she being able to alight. She claimed {0 have been running 35 mies an hour ang sounded her horn before passing, She sustained a slight | concussion of the brain, The defense won the verdict o a non-suit on ihe contention thal the plaintifis had not shown any contributory negligence on the part of the defendant a the court Thursday Patterson grant- allorney’s motion Jellelon car n at pas and anc ’ a MP mm s— AREA DENTISTS ARE OK'D BY ROOSEVELT Approximately 200 dentists have prepared to assume their posts as additional examining physicians at- tached to local boards of the selec- tive service system The dentists were President Roosevelt upon the rec ommendation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society Appointees in- cluded { Centre county: LB 1, Flegai, Bellefonte: LB 2, | Kilpatrick, Bellefonte Clearfield county: LB 1, Browne, Clearfield: LB ? Harkins, Osceola Mills; Ld 3, 'D. Friday, Houtzdale. approved by Dr. D. L Dr. J * .. J . R 8 E L C Dr ‘FARMERS TO MEET IN COLLEGE FIELD DAY Farmers’ Day at the Pennsylvania State College will be on Thursday, June 12, announces F. P. Ferguson, ‘chairman of the committee in | charge ! ‘The program will include tours of {ihe agricultural experiments, dem- {onstrations, exhibits, music and | speaking. A special program is plan- ined for farm women. > | “I Watched The Old World | Crumble” Extraordinary memoirs of a for- to her lodgings early Sunday when |Of the Methodist Church of 8noW mer jeader of the Russian and she was hit by a car operated by | 8hoe. The services will be held in French aristocracy in which are re- Mrs. Peilmeier police said. Sewing | the Methodist Church on Sunday | yeajeq the tragedies and comedies the automobile failed to stop police- men took chase and overtook it. The carnival show girl in the meantime (Continued on page six) 3 i Albino Robin Seen When a baby robin fell from iis (Continued on page six) New Bridge Planned | The Department of Highways Pri- | day awarded a contract for buiid- ing a plate girder bridge and 26 of {a mile of approathes over Fishing bridge. It is understood that the | nest near a home in Berwick, it was | Creek on Route 10067 in Columbia relocation of the highway will pass discovered that the bird was pure county, The award was made to { of European courts and personali- | ties. Don’t miss this exciting series {Begins June 1 in The American ed with the Baltimore Sunday | American. On sale at all nhews- | stands, | Nonagenarian Injured by Blanchard bearing a short dis- | white, with pink eyes. Its {wo nest. {Paul C. Snyder, New Tripoli, at his, Mrs. Rebecca Porter, 92. is a pa- (mates and the father and mother bid of $68.746. The project is lo- tient in the Robert Packer Hospital i robin are all normal coloring. The cated in Fishing Creek township at at Sayre, with a fractured left hip. tance north of that village. The chief trouble with the human | whi'e baby is the largest and 12a race is human beings. jest of the three fledgings. It will replace a covered | wooden bridge. {She fell near the foot of her bed in her home at Shunk. Yast her case in | | Weekly, The Big Magazine distribut- | Random [tems HESS MYSTERY: One of the trivial, but neverthe- less mystifying angles of the mys- terious flight of Nazi No. 3 Rudolph Hess to England is the newspaper account of his landing. It is report. ed that Hess, arriving over Scot. land and preparing to land by para- chute, turned his plane over on ita back and shut off the motor. As he | was dropping from the machine he {righted Lhe plane and turned the | motor on agsin--at least that's what the newspapers say Pilots claim | such a sequence of action is impos. | sible. We wouldn't know, but we tried the comparatively simple act {of turning on the reading light {while falling out of bed, and now {we don’t have any reading light | SLOGAN: ¥ i | A Bellefonle man who has {eve on the Presidency of the United | States or some other high office, has {devised the slogan “Money in the | Bank and Nothing to do Tomor- | row.” as voles. This department cidedly more and ui a catch-all for feels the slogan attractive than Pass the Biscuils Dollars Every “A Chicken in is ge - “Ham Pap- Thurs- Every Eggs,’ p “Thirty day.” or even | Pot.” GUESS: Bet George Meek was the helm of the column “1 wc have 0 say about | screaming horn-tooting police and Lhe milling around of cars near his home late Bunday night. He might even blame it on his neighbors, the lodge across street RADIO AND LIME: Council met Monday { failed t0 mention either radic noise ime dust he borough fathers however, did vol unanimously to ban parking anywhere on South Whaler street from High street railroad crossing, at the Camrner land Hess grocery. That was a hec- essary and justified move. 1f we'd {gel some aclion noise and dust Belle citizens ready Ww > heartfelt s depart ime is De- coMm- still at nk Slings the the if plenty Lhe u aclivity, i Lhe and night VO the fg. racic TACO We Imagine most would be on Jame fonte that Wo-Cesiralie er | GOVERNMENT: This corner would like | something official from Washington We'd like 10 hear a fireside chat ex- {plaining what this government's | position is in the world picture, and {what the United States proposes to | do if anything. Even the most bit. | ter are tHouling that tc hear sclationists the United Stales take over control of French possessions in this hem isphere, but for all we know the powers in Washington are doing nothing. We're of the opinion that the government would get a lot more cooperation and a Ot more support if the people were permitted 0 know what's going on in official circles, In the absence of such facts people either figure nothing is be- ing done, Or spread wild fan tastic rumors. SPEEDSTERS: If Bellefonte police really want to reap a rich harvest in fines and at the same time perform a worth- while service, they might go up on East Bishop street any day or night and check on speeding cars. Resi- dents of the area report that cars whiz along the stréet at high speeds, and thal no attempt ever is made to check them. Of course there's no use for police to go to the scene in their white ear, for speeders won't {speed If they see The White Ele- phant in the vicinity. But as soon as {it has gone, things will be just as bad as ever. | FISHING: Fishing, generally, has been poor since the first few days of the sea- son. And we don't believe it is be- cause there are no fish. The water has been clear and you can see fish in the streams, but they're just not {interested in biting. One of these days when the moon is right the water i= the proper temperature, and the fish are hungry, anglers are going to have a field day. Then maybe we'll see some 26 to 28-inch trout being displayed as has been the case in other years, | TAYLOR CASE: This department frequently is asked “Whats new in he Taylor | murder? The answer so far has been “Nothing.” And when and if anything ever develops, we hope {we're not playing checkers down at the “Y." HEY, WARDENS! Take a trip down along Spring Creek one of these days and watch boys and young men. Unless we're sadly mistaken they're indulging in the ancient sport of grappling fish, For you modern anglers who never saw the prooess, it is simple to de- scribe. Instead of an ordinary hook, you fasten on Your line a gadget {Continued on page six) ang - ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES' — Eddie's Not So Dumbl!.
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