Odd and CURIOUS in the =“ NEWS = SHORT SENTENCE A two-minute ja'l sentence, one of the shortest ever record. ed in the State, way imposed last week at Chambersburg on a trucker who pleaded guilty to speeding through the nearby town of Fayetisville, The sen- tence wag handed down by =» justice of a peace on Harry C. Popes, Chambersburg truck driver, who was charged with operating a truck at 48 miles an hour on the Lincoln Highway. | Poper was given his own com- | mitment papery, and went to the Franklin county jl to serve his two-minute sentence, CANNED REQUEST Seventeen years after the death of his mother Jess Teve- baugh of Glendale, Ore, receiv- ed a $440 bequest, He found a tin can on the back porch cup- board of the farmhouse once occupied by his parents. In it wa; $405 in gold cein, $33 in currency and a note from his mother bequepthing him the money, CHOSE WRONG COURT A plea by an attorney that his client never had been in court b fore was of no avall to a de- fendant at Barlington, . C, charged with possession of il- legal whiskey. “I think you're mistaken,” said Judge H. J. Rhodes, “as 1 represented him myself several years ago.” SNAKE BITE Add Miss Mabel Hammar- lund’s automobile to the list of snake victims, Mabel resides at Lyons, Kans, Mechanics seeking to learn why the car wouldn't run found an 18-inch bullsnake wedged in the carbureator, They figured the reptile entered the exhaust pipe and crawled until it was trapped. IT ALL DEPENDS A Negro draft prospect at Eatonton, Ga., appeared puzzled by the term “dependent,” and a draft board assistant undertook to help him. “I mean,” he said, “if there is anyone depending on you." “Oh yassuh” exclaimed the Negro happily. “Mister Alex Roasse ‘pending on me being at work ever’ mo'ning.” DIGS OWN GRAVE Pasquale Cemimele, 83, of New Columbus, wasn't forget- ting himself while digging graves for hundreds of his fel- | low parishionery in Mt, Carmel Cemetery the past four years, During spare time he's prepar- ed his own and lined the sides with stones. ——— 4 WEST DECATUR CHILD INJURED IN ACCIDENT Gerald Woods, 5. of West Decatur, R. D. was seriously injured early Sunday afternoon seven miles from West Decatur on a country road when he was struck down by a car operated by Kirby Woods, 23, also of West Decatur, R. D Clearfield motor police said Kirby, a distant relative of the injured youngster, struck the boy when he ran across the road into the path of the car, The injured boy was rushed by Kirby to the Philipsburg hospital where his condition is serious. He is suffering from a laceration of the head and serious shock. Centre County Asso, to Picnic | The Centre County Association of Philadelphia will holq their annual basket picnic at Belmont Mansion. Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, on | Saturday, June 2ist. | { the | Altoona | tween i when, as police reported, Mrs The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. ! SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democrat NEWS, | Random FEATURES [tems VOLUME 60, BELLEFCGNTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1941. © | =] NUMEE} Popular Young Brakeman, Former Resident of County, Crushed to Death Under Car | Robert H. Barr, 24, Former Tyrone High School | Football Captain, Is Victim of Distres- sing Accident at Altoona Robert H. Barr, 24, of Tyrone and Jatesburg, Centre county, former captain of the Tyrone High School football team of 1935 and Mercers- burg Academy graduate, was crush- ed to death under the wheels of a | freight car Saturday night at 10:30 o'clock when he fell from a freight train in the classification yards Pennsylvania railroad at East ol! been employed as brakeman in the East Altoona cis sification yards only two month His body was found bv membe: the crew at 10:30 o'clock lying be- the rails and it ls believed that a: least two empty car passed over his body. Deputy Cor- oner Dr. C. E Shope of Blair County sald Barr had suffered crush in- juries of both hips and the peivi Robert Hoffman Barr was born in Two Port Matilda Residents Hurt Mother and Son Injured Three-Car Crash Sat- urday Evening Barr has 15 o! nai in collision near the Idlewhile Inn, Bellemeade, midway between Altoona and Bellwood on route 220 early Saturday evening re sulted in injuries 0 Port Ma- tilda residents and a Coalport wom- an The accident occurred when Lud wig Keinzinger Altoona, R D ¢ { A thy ece-Car tw to ( | 8 driving north on route 220, attempt- ed to make a left turn through tra fic to get to the inn. In making the turn his car collided with a cm OmMInE In opposite direction driven by John R. McGuire of Port Matilda, A car, driven by Clyde Ginter, of Coalport, following the Keinzinger machine, crashed into the lalter car The injured included Mrs. Ber- nadine Maguire, 24. Port Matilda, | the third | who was treated at the Altoona hos. pital dispensary for bruises of the right hand and arm, {ace and legs. Her four-vear-old son was also treated for two lacerations of the back of the head. Both were passen- gers in the Maguire car. Mrs. Emma Peacock, 65, of Coalport, passenger in the Ginter machine, suffered a concussion. Motor police sald charg- es against Keinzinger violating the moto would filed f OT be code Minister's Car Damaged In Crash Autos Driven by Loganton Man and Jersey Shore Woman Collide driven by Jersey Shore Mrs. Agnes E and the Rev. Thwman R. Husler, Loganton, fig- ured in a collision Sunday after- noon at Bridge street, Jersey Shore, Bow- | er falled to negotiate the turn onto! the bridge Charges will be placed against Mrs. Bower for driving to the left of the center of the highway S————— There js, and there always will | be, only one answer to force Cars Bower Trick Pony Follows Big Top in Death | “Pepo,” the $2000 boxing pony who was the hit of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum-Balley circus, followed the “big top” even in death “Pepo” was drowned in the Mon- ongahela River at Pittsburgh last Tuesday, and on Priday its body was washed up by the Ohio River, at Wheeling, W. Va. as the circus | was getting ready to move on after a night's stand. In the confusicn of loading at Pittsburgh, Pepo broke away from | a groom and raced toward the river. | Before anyone could catch him, he | plunged ints the muddy river and | ee Charles F. Kettering of Detroit, | predicts completion of a device to drive German submarines from the! seas “within a reasonable time.” Predicts Device to Beat U-Boats was carried down stream rapidly He was seen to strike an obstruc- | tion in the river and disappear from | view, | Last season Pepo delighted circus | fans with a boxing act, in which he | sparred with a trainer after his| front hoofs had been cushioned. near Nittany village, about 4 o'clock pot “serve Nears $107.37 Tyrone, October 16, 1916, and wa: a son of Lloyd A. (Ray) Barr. He was united in marriage January 21 1939, at Tyrone with Miss Marjorie Louise Eckert he ceremony being performed by Rev. Edgar A Henry He from High Mer ended C ’ 4 was graduated school ersburg Tyrone from the nag at- Southern act later and Academy the Uni He hool versity alifornia Look HEN al as cactain of the year Lioyd an Ve part nielics an football his senior His fa February Members of the family include wile, mother and 5 sls brother M: Gerald 8 Mr McKibbin, bot ford, New Jersey: William and Richard Barr of 8S ate David Barr of Mr Barr was a First English Luthe Tyr ther Barr the E Gatesburg memoer an i ———— A] ton ——— To Build New Bridge uw § Yul S0n., Millest will oon Routes 3:7 between Mill Hall are at placing ment in position the new bridge Mill Hall nine byt din building ing Creek, at Triumphant Mrs. Harold Wertz, Wifeof "0200... ovine nave name Coleg 2 ~ thw who to ws .. Proprietor Historic Indian 5.000: Cave, Killed In Auto Crash Bellefonte-State Daughter Seriously Injured as Fire Destroys Their Car While Enroute to Tyrone from Jacksonville, Florida nigt interest that Belle ay have created such Commerce Lhe Comme mmber of ‘ ard ana OLE nave name whic commitiee of notify other relatly motoring to Lewis notified hi wi Martha E Bateman motored Washington where Doarced an au wra Ba'eman W A Werle Indian Ca a: most daughter iu Ld es there later wown where mother Mr The two then D 0 liner for proprietor Fran) Y ki Lenor congition he + at ‘o's Peggy ¥ + they Department nie; James RECALLS KIDNAP ATTEMPT ’ i ’ " 8 J he death last Weg . . Wilhelm and of inesday of for- [1 recalled the American soldiers neutral Holland {vy 0H" oo 1 an eflort Ww Kalser if Uy Cok United Stale castle Amerongen n emperor had re- fing am evaded anc room ilhelm » ¥ ngaged i her activities » PM 4 advent Young Boy Killed id hes } Wilhelm receniials oduced Wandered in Path of Auto I'nknown to Grandfather at the Wheel Ronald Philipsburg there was af MOE metbers RUMOR DENIED: Luc A A v mor wi » ¥ (Continued on page six) ele PIONEER FOUGHT CONVOYS ial ing at Henry W. Shoemaker devoted M day morning Altoona Tribune story a Clearfield eer With so much space In the prints these days devoted the subject of “convoys, “patrols. “armed alds,” eic., one recalls the convoys of the second war with Great Britain which were harassed by American privateers one of the most successful being good old Pe er Abelard Karthaus of Mosquito Creek. Clearfield county. not a Pioneer o COR. ping from th isquenanna bhead- waters to sea board but operalor of a feet of swi privateers wh made monkeys ou British voys during the war of 1812 and en riched coffers of hard- healed old Pennaylvania Duich tain of Several Hess, “Clear was living, he had campaigned with Parson Brown (0 have the state his- torical commission place a marker on Karthaus' stack the fur- In his eres Ji Comments” to the following f saint olor ol COUNLY Oa hy publi to on Bail ” 3 4 : ow ¢ tf © Of con - 3 a Ie industry years ago, fal eG 8 when C. F First Citizen’ first n Clearfield right-hand man that sturdy Penn- Captain Joseph da one of the most resource. ful and able of the most Baltimore privateers,” according to Cranwell and Crone’s thrilling book of priva- teering days, “Men of Marque, These able writers thus praise the commander of the “Kemp~ Kar- thaus' flagship “Almedas eGucation w undoubtedly scanty but h? British seagoing men thal 5 a Lough opponent, regarcioss 4 against him. His War of 1812. however rough prominence among h fellow Americans gave him taste for the life that set him apart from most other privateer and kd him to further adventures The ory of the Baltimore privatees and privateersmen does not entirely cease with the signing of the peace treaty between Great n and the United Btates It 1818, It was carried farther by such men as Almeda to the South American provinces which were re As al- ther iy LB LER IND Lhe Hy irys adam h | | and officer nist men Against hu 150 men Joined the ors Rio forms the Argentine is Dooley's su nothing tw indicate that Almeda ho was known during that period dz Don Joss Almeda—had lost any est stroke delivered by 4 the bravery or resourcelulnes. privateersman that he had shoBn when he wat ienemy.” nh Almeda 4 lady at the mouth of Mo- ‘child Caroling Or Mrs. Miller from her Karthsu } fieey of 4) barg . ary s fo yy Pr] $ er rks from Mosul Term In Prison back again afler Baltimor TI re revolution ne was } r & his ar to Clear- ¥ Ronald y had come from his home next Yo his grandfather's house The young boy ton and Janet ther, Preddie is Ne eXorpLIon of de achievements ( ie i od 1 department feel t toward the betterment mankind and the enlightenment of human rate have nol been en in vain. A local journal has fitting to devote consid- space IWo-Coiuimn Randon a Hal cy H _ eM orts against } Davis the Tomer ¥ ; ~OBEPI tirely deemed bile ners - i" Doctor to Serve ver the stull u He made two famous cruise both of them Almeda first pri- nd equip his vateering ; line, a1 helped AS COMManc La oy INSPECTORS: that the way warn ye perfectly all 1 Work, beware 0 pt ow der Snyder County Physician En- ters Plea of Guilty to Dis- pensing Narcotics fosr ¥ ng 05 JUS a const: Dorn work | or ¢ whether w that groundas 3 watching the construct ac without bothering about such thing The architects have a well paid s : becoming the the i 100K to railing on the vertight and Delaware, and finally Baltimore where he lell in with Mr. Karthaus, Almeda sas somewhat of a mystery man (0 th mountain people and the oid lady's grandmother used to tell of ring { (Continued on of Lehigh wocated ali fleet of seven oyed by a Brit. decoyed the convoy of the traders worth returned tw port all within eight days. During the fight with the merchan: crait and con ¥, he pitted six little cannong an well urg yder before Judge Al- United States Potter Midd known 8n Joseph merchan'men the frigate captured five $500 000 and cony of cian i trength of materials have enough Go jx? y " a il appeared Watson William entered nes at sport, Saturday 0 a guilty plea counts the if Le) ciment Of the an i Narg ng narcotic a page six) nine % dizstencine of cispensing of So - Vida Damage Suit Lost By College Man Jury, in U. 8. Court Session, Returns Verdict Favoring Defendant A sealed verdict in the civil case in which David G. Meek, of State College, plaintiff, brought suit to recover injuries sustained in an automobile crash July 24. 1837, be- tween State College and Boalsburg, was returned in United States Court al Williamsport, Saturday morning The jury presented a verdict in favor of the defendant The accident which resulted in the damage suit occurred on the State College-Boalsburg highway, 2 Draft Violators Get Three Years Penn State Student Claimed He Was Conscientious Objector Prison sentences of three years were imposed by Federal Judge Al- bert 1. Watson, last Thursday at Williamsport, on two Pennsylvania men, one of whom was a Penn State student, charged with viola. tions of the selective service act The men, both of whom pleaded | guilty. were Frank Osborn, 34, of Straban township, Adams county, and Barnett W. Junker, of Galeion, Osborn, who earlier told U. 8 Marshall Robert W. Robb he would in the army at $21 a This season he danced and cavorted on the afternoon of Saturday, July month” but was “willing to work at in the main ring with a 2.000 pound | 24, 1937. The crash occurred during 5 good defense job” was charged percheron draft horse. Pepo was a heavy rainstorm. Mr. Meek, driv | with refusa] to sign selective ser- | only a little larger than a big dog The two boys who recovered Pe- po's body received a reward from Ohio car was proceeding in the op- | gylvaniy = State College, 1 | posite direction the circus when they returned his costly, spangled harness, i Then, just at daybreak, it sub- merges to cover the cenning tower and makes its attack. “All you have to do is locate him ing alone, was traveling in the di. rection of State College, while the Mr. Meek, 60 years old at the jeft arm, face and body | bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller, | occupants of the Ohio car, were elso injured. Mr. Miller sustained | a fractured hip and bruises of the face and body. Mrs. Miller suffered concussion of the brain and lacera- | vice papers. Junket a student at the Penn- pleaded guilty to failure to appear for a | physical examination under the act. | === | time, was injured to the extent of 2a | He had protested selective service dislocated hip. broken | abrasions of the on the grounds he wag a conscien- | tious objector, i - 5 The Greatness of Power Power equipment needed to oper- ate the 184000 U. 8. factories has] generating power capacity equal 10] over 51 million horses. Youth Killed In this brother. Milton, crashed into a outstanding contributions lcar operated by {of Philipsbu ¢ (was fractured in the crash is Mrs. | {while Mrs. Blake is suffering from { bruises of Out prescrij man on the job constantly to do nothing but worry about whether the contractors are doing things the way they should be done But if you're really perturbed so you can?t sleep, over some phase of the build- ing activities, hunt up the archi- tects man and we feel certain that hell explain things to your satis- faction MISCELLANEOUS: Martin Cooney, West Bishop street, driving =a spirited horse hitched to a two-wheel] cart out Allegheny street at a full galiop, Friday afternoon aitracted much attention from pedestrions. Time was when such sights were common in Beliefonte, and when Mr. Cooney was only one of a large number of Bellefonte men who were interested {in good horseflesh. Today he is vir- tually alone in his hobby, but on the faces of many a man who watched the aged horseman ride by there could be seen plain evidences of envy THE OPEN CAR: This department somewhat de- plores the almost complete absence of touring cars, roadsters, and other open cars, among modern automo- biles. A ten-mile ride in an open car can do more for your disposition and for your inner sell, than 10.- 000 miles of driving in a sedan can accomplish. It's nice to feel the sun and the wind full in your face; to have nothing but the sky overhead; to marvel at the quietness with which even an ancient open Car (Continued on Page 5) tions Dr. Potter Judge Watson penitentiary bs fed- sentenced years in a was West Penn Gets Crash; 2 Injured Coveted Reward Philipsburg Residents Involv- Wins Prize on Outstanding ed in Accident Near Le- Contribution to Promotion Contes Mills Electric Cookery An automobile accident Sunday West Penn Power Company has morning near LeContes Mills, Clear. just received an award coveled by field county. resulted in the death electric utility companies — third of eight-year-old Robert Dean Leig- | prize in the Hughes Award Com- ey four hours after a car driven by petition, based on the years most to the Ernest Vinton. 58 promotion of eleciric cookery. This award of $200 and a handsome cer- Serfously injured when her skull |lificate. presented at the Edison | Electric Institute of Buffalo, N. Y. Ernest Vinton who was rushed to On June 3, was one of three prizes the Clearfield Hospital, vihile Mrs [donated annually by George A Nora Blake, also of Philipsburg, an- | Hughes, chairman of the Board of other occupant in the Vinton auto. ‘he Hotpoint Company of Chicago mobile, was taken to the Philips | Mr Hughes, who is known through- burg Hospital out the electrical industry as the a “father of the electric range” and Mrs. Vinton received who developed the first practical domestic electric range, made the presentations personally i Harry Restolski, Sales Promotion! Motor police zay the accident hap- | sanager of West Penn. accepted the pened one quarter mile from «award on behalf of the company. At Contes Mills on a dirt road leading the time, Mr. Restofski spoke of the ¥ 4 _ b into the Caledonia Pike when Leig- | (remendous improvements in electric ey's car cut across the road into the ,, 000 made by manufacturers since Path A riven, DY onion Mr Hughes brought out that early / ‘ y n the os direction. (Continued on Page 5) Health is as important as brains, io 3 eral Lali aE Blind Man Killed Henry McNeish, 65-year-old par- | tially blind man who lived at the Williamsport Sightless Home, was struck and killed by 2a car while he was crossing at Fourth and Rose tireets, Wednesday evening, The driver of the car, Edwin Lowrey, of Newberry, said he did not see Me- | Neish because of the rain of - sist I nS ta — Dog Bites Mater While endeavoring to separate his dog and another with which jit was fighting, J. C. Klingerberger, of Montoursville, was badly bilten on the leg in several places. Mr. Kling- enberger, who was camping in his cabin on Gray's Run was brought to the physician's office at Ralston, where the wounds were cauterized and dressed PP. Third Fracture of Leg Paul Rittenhouse, of Berwick, suf- fered a fracture of the left leg for the third time in as many years when his car went out of control lat Hicks Ferry, sideswiped another machine and then plunged over an | embankment, Both previous frac- tures were due to automobile acci- dents. Police said the third crash jwas caused by excessive speed. lacerations the leg. Milton Leigey was reported uninjured. The end of a friendship: “And you know what she said?” Going to church may hurt some people, but we are willing to bet it won't hurt you. The famous inventor, who devel-| when he’s on the surface at night if you know what we mean. oped the self starter A me | nd you've got him. Detectors will other aids to the automobile, said | find him when he's under water.” | the device would be used to catch| Kettering said the General Mo- | 988 following the accident, submarines on the surface at night. tors Research Division, which he| All of the injured were treated “When the convoy comes along heads, had been working with the a! the Centre County Hospital the submarine moves right with It.” | Navy for six years and added, “It's| -, he sald. “It stays some distance from not going to be too hard to beat the | Win in Cempelition the nearest ship and cant be seen. subs” Among 27 men who scored highest Rr ch am EC - = === | in competitive Sxim Sations which . _» . | entitled them to a $-mon'h course Profess 80 Religious Faiths |i: te renusyivanis Game Commis- | | sion Training School are Fred L ab- | Meyers, of Muncy Valley, and John | | 1. Hendricks, of Sunbury, in Divis- | fon C, i tions of the scalp Ehe was In a semi-conscious condit'on for several ‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — No Help Needed!!! By POP MOMAND Mare RABIES tir A Be . Soldiers Eighty religious faiths are rep- resented in the 28th division per- sonne] at Indiantown Gap, accord- ing to a census taken Sunday by Lieut-Col, Percy N. Houghton. his information. A few were sent, and the 104th cavairy's 1,100] officers and men were not included, | since they are separate from the i division though training with it. Hurled Into Car i For a single denomination, the! When his bicycle collided headon Three guardsmen classed them- selves as atheists, and scores of de- nominations claimed one member Roman Catholic faith had the most members—4313, Next was Metho- dist [Episcopal with 1.509 The apiece, Col. Houghton questioned 10332 officers and men, almost down to other numerically largest ‘groups | were Presbyterian, 1002; Lutheran, | | 860; Baptist, 402; Protestant Epis- the last map jn the division, to get | copal, 345; and Jewish, 382, | Mary M, Packer Hospital, ) with an automobile Francis Bros- | fous, 19, of Bunbury, was catapulted through the window into the car He suffered iaceralions of the head, | nose, eye and other parts of the | face, which were treated at the | |
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