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WEEKLY FEATURES
THE ENTIRE FAMILY
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BELLEFONTE, PA, THU
RSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR
VOLUME 60. NUMBER 26.
DRMER LOCAL GIRL
Former Bellefonte Youth
In Sex“2us Condition |
From Sx'all Fracture
Ts & |
Miss Dorothy Peters, 15,
Lock Haven, Waylaid
on Main Street
SUFFERS CUTS AND
BRUISES OF HEAD
Father Formerly Conduc-
ted Peters Auto Wreck-
ing Service Near Here
The condition of Miss
Peters, 15, daughter of Mr
Albert Peters, of Lock Haven
mer well known residents
Bellefonte area, who was brutally
attacked on a Lock Haven
late Monday night, late yesterday
was reported to be “very serious
he girl, suffering from a fi
tured skull and cuts and bruise
about the head and face, remains
in a semi-conscious condition at the
Lock Haven Hospital. She has been
unable to give a coherent account
of the attack
The victim is well known in the
Bellefonte, Pleasant Gap, and Mill-
brook areas. For a number of years
her father conducted an auto
wrecking plant near the fish hatch-
ery between Bellefonte and Pleasant
Gap, and the family resided in
home near the car plot
Later they lived In Millbrook
where Mr. Peters was engaged in
(Continued on page six)
Alpha Firemen
Plan Celebration
Many Attractions Scheduled
For Annual 3-Day July
Dorothy
and Mrs
for-
of the
street
ac-
oot. AL CACHYHL
The Alpha Fire Company has
promised State College its biggest
Four.h of July celebration in yea
with release of a three-day program
of activities
The program will open Thurs
evening, July 3, on the South Allen
street midway, continue all day Pri-
day, the Fourth of July, an
Saturday night. Ordinarily, yo
celebration ends on the Fourth bu
with July 5 a SBaurday, the celebr
tion will be continued an extra day
As usual, the Fourth is t
day. This year, activities will start
with the Soapbox Derby for boys 8
to 12 years of age, inclusive. Rules
stipulate that the racers must
built by the boys and must not ¢
(Continued on page three)
ay
{i Close
A=
he big
De
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Milesburg Grocer
Gets Bogus Check
V. O. High, Milesburg grocer, was
victimized by a bogus check passer
who left a series of worthless checks
in central Pennsylvania during May
end early in June
Mr. High cashed a check for
$3655 on June 6 Rockview State
Police report. Like similar checks
passed in Greensburg, Lewistown
and Mt Union, the check bore the
name of the Mellon National Bank
as the depository, and the Standard
Oil Company as the payee The
check was made payable to John
Walters and was signed J W. Mil-
son
The min cashing the checks is
described as between 35 and 40 years
Truck-Trailer Upsets
On Coleville Road
A large truck-traller outh
by the Ward Trucking C
Alt loaded with
mpany
ix
road
it 10
ona, and about
"
groceries, ran off the
tons of
and upset near ‘oleville alx
yelock Friday mor
iman
men
W. Blain Por
Seriously Hurt
“e
tor
ok
Festival Queen
MARY
GRACE HARTSOCK
i
f Ay
f
East
<d queen of
¥
rowne
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1
88)
vo fier
eT |
en!
Local Tailor and Wife In *
Hospital; Car Overturns
Near Elk Haven
m
morn.o
ay ri E wien i
which he was a passenger os
turned near Elk Haven, west of Por
Matilda
| Mrs. Port, also in the hospital
sufiéring from bruises and a poesi-
ble pelvic injury. Her condition 1s
oe TIONS
J. H. Fulton
Mrs. B. Hassinger
Bellefon
Sund
or
ne
37
i Dd
Street 4 bot
Porgy was brought
by Patsy ‘Torsell,
who passed the
{ while Mrs
i institution
Bellefonte
scene
ac
»
Joe Venuti to Play
At Hecla, July 4th
old, is 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighs |
about 185 pounds. His complexion is
dark and he has dark hair. His vic- |
tims for the most part have been
grocerymen, from whom he
chases a number of articles
Charged With Theft
of Railroad Material
Charged with the larceny of ma-
terial belonging to the Bellefonte
Centra! Rallroad Co. Frederic
Peters, of near Tyrone, was placed
under bail for court al a hearing
before Squire E. J. Rosas, of near
Warriors Mark, last Thursday nigh’
Peters is charged with stealing 8
quantity of tie plates and other
material piled along the right-of-
way while the Falrbrook Braneh is
being dismantled.
Company officials reported that
prosecutions will be instituted
against all persons trespassing on
the property while the work is in
progress.
Investigate Robbery
of Service Station
Rockview state police are investi-
gating a robbery at the Kenneth
Miller service station, near the
Titan Metal Co. plant, Bellefonte,
pur- |
|
Joe Venuti, who is appearing with
his orchestra at Hecla Park on Fri.
day, July 4, is known as the hottest
fiddle player in the world Since
the early days when he played with
Paul Whiteman, Venuti is the vio-
linist musicians talk about when
they have a “Bull session.”
When Roger Wolf Kahn assemb-
led his famous orchestra he picked
the top notch musician on every in-
s'rument and modeled them into
what might be termed “the al] star
orchestra.” Such well- known stars
as Frank Trumbauer, MIiff Mole,
Red Nichols and Bix Beiderbecke
(Continued on Page 4)
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i
SEY !
Meyer Named Head |
of College Democrats
3
State College Democrats met on |
{Monday night and elected Marion |
{B. Meyer chairman of the party]
and Mrs, E. M. Grove, secretary. |
ew thousands to Wellsboro ar
ennsylvan Grand Canyor
rby Harr Park
Ii Hartsock received a
price of $100 and a silver cup. The
$100. she sald will go toward her
educntion at Penn State
which she expects fo enter this fall
chemistry, in the
A'S
ison Blate
cast
f
will major in
{Continued on page eight)
She
Kiwanians Hear
Talk On ‘Courts’
Bellefonte Club Listens to In-
teresting Address by Roy
Wilkinson, Jr.
Tuesda
was Roy Wilkinson
ngaged now In the
meeting
Jr
practice
ery
al y
lawn alter ng a
[ year as clerk to Judge Stern, of the
Superior Court
Law, Mr. Wilkinson stated, is
regulation of the conduct of indiv-
iduals in relation to others, Courts
have been originated therefore to
settle disputes, There are two kinds
of courts in the broad analysis, the
criminal, which deals with the
lations of the individual
(Continued on page three)
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Draft Registration
Tuesday, July Ist
the
re-
to the
Tuesday, July 1, is the date for all
men in the United States who have
become 21 years old since last Oct-
ober 1. to register under the Selec-
tive Service Act
The Registration places for per-
sons in the area served by Centre
County local Board No. 2, with
headquarters in Bellefonte, will be
at the Bellefonte and Philipsburg
post-offices
In the event any person within
the age classification is unable to
appear July 1 to register, he should
get in touch with his local board
immediately and special arrange-
ments will be made for registration. |
The penalty for fallure to register
is severe
Logans Fight Fire
In Parked Automobile
Members of the Logan fire com-
pany extinguished a fire in a car
owned by John Finlander of the
Crider’s Exchange building, Belle
fonte, Monday afternoon. The car
was parked on West Howard street
Firemen had to break one of the
i windows in the parked automobile
to put out the fire which burned the
seats, The fire was discovered by
Mrs, W. J. Bager, who lives across
the street from where the car was
| parked
>.
FAREWELL DANCE TONIGHT
FOR HOWARD COC MEMBERS
College |
Aboard lll-Fated Submar
Among the crew of 33 men aboard
the obsolete U. 8. Navy submarine
0-9 which plunged to the bottom of
the sea off Portsmouth, N. H., dur-
ing a t last Friday,
which as given up as lost when
its hull was found resting 440
Che Lee Mil-
well known
1 dive and
w
feet of water, wa ster
of a forme;
woman
known in Bellefonte
it his vouth, and where
December and again
year, had a number
the Bellefontie-Miles-
ler, 24, son
Bellefonte
Miller, widely
where he sper
visited In
April thls
relatives in
he
in
of
Area
mother was the former Eliza-
daughter of the ate
McMullin. Ehe
marriage with Lee
r Some wa
Mrs
inited
and Oscar
Years
Bellefonte
aged about
and Mrs
married R. C
raliroad
Har-
equently
Harrist
f irg
I'he Tre
a
»
Nat year
fest
FO
mothe
ti
protests of hi
gn his papers because
He was stationed
U. 8 8. Pensacola
transferred
y last Christmas
His mothe
hes! the news of
the
¢ Was under
t Hawall on
m Whi h
age
the
{1 ub-
he w
marine dut
J father first
submarine’s
and
the
He
ey
later
Navy
Mg
Wicaaon
Board Chooses
Three Teachers
Decide to Employ Full
Time Teacher Instru-
mental Music
Ver
Three new teachers were elected
ior the Bellefonte schools at :
inl meeting of the school
Monday night
Jean
pe
bourd
Elizabeth
chard, wa
her. Mrs
liams of
teacher
Kunes, of
first grade
named ad
Coon
Margaret ey Wil-
Bellefonte, was .
elementary
Beatrice Masteller
elected to a bertl
n the ial department
Miss Kunes was educated in
Blanchard schools: graduated from
the Lock Haven High school in
class of 1934. and from Lock Haven
State Teachers College in 1838 She
Was interested in the Y. W. C A
nature study and musi
hers’ college, and wath a
Sigma Sigma Sigma sor-
the past three years sh
first and
chosen 4
in the grades
Sarah
WAS
» f
and Mi
’ stain
f P Ville
Mmere
the
iE
the
dramatics
the ten
al
member of
rity. For
been
-
has teaching the
Ee]
i)
(Continued on Page
a
Local Firemen Win
Awards In Parades
The Undine Fire Company, Belle-
fonte, won first prize for the best-
appearing equipment in the Dia-
mond Jubilee Celebration parade at
Emporium, Friday, The company,
which was accompanied by the
Bellefonte Banjo Band, received a
prize of $20. The Undine's equip-
ment was rated by judges at 100 per
cent, according to reports
In ile Volunteer Firemen's parade
at Tyrone, held in connection with
the Moose convention in that city
inst week, Bellefonte's two fire com-
panies captured major honors
The Logan Fire Company was
awarded the prige for the best-ap-
pearing company and the Undines
won the award for the largest com-
pany in line and also for the best-
appearing truck, All awards were
for 810
The American Legion Band, Belle
fonte, led the Undines at the head
of the parade, while the Logans
were accompanied by the Bellefonte
High 8chool Band.
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Gregg Carnival To
Be Held July 4 & 5
i
iupon the school grade and the num- |
{ Plans have been completed for the
{fourth annual Gregg Township Civ-
{ ie Club carnival to be held at Spring
Mills, Friday and Baturday, July 4|
and 5 |
The 73-«piece Spring Millis Band
will be present each evening while
itwo troupes of radio entertainers
have been booked as added attrac-
tions. The Tyronne Sisters, of ra-
dio station WRAK will be present;
Friday night, and on Saturday the]
{Royal Entertainers, of station!
| Alberta Sager. daughter of Mr and WKOK, Sunbury, are scheduled to!
{appear ]
| Refreshments of all kinds will be
{available on the grounds and aj
inumber of gifts are to be distrib-|
uted among the crowd each night!
the czmijval committee announces. |
They left immediately
| tember
ine
for the
SORT
of the accident
There w { trouble
bout the old submarine
As an aura
0-8 a:mont
(Continued on page three)
CHESTER LEE MILLER
Morton Smith
Will Retire
J. Millard Hartswick Will
Be Elevated to Assist-
ant Postmastership
Morton Smith, of North Alle-
$i ny street, aoudsiant postmaster at
the Bellefonte postoffice, is expect
ed to voluntarily retire from the
postal service within the next few
months, after more { de-
* hase n
San Tour
cades in
the Service it was an
nounced yesterday
Because postal regulations do not
permit him while he Is
position of assistant post-
Mr now voluntar-
seeking reduction in standing to
the next lower rank, which prob-
ably will be Grade A-1 clerk
When Mr. Smith receives his
reduction in rank. J Millard Harts-
wick, of Reynolds avenue, will be
advanced to the position of assist.
ant postmaster
As clerk. Mr. Smith plans to im-
mediately apply for retirement. and
estimates last night were to the ef-
fect that the jeilirement may be.
come effecfive on August or Sep-
tember 1. He may relinquish his
duties some time before the retire
ment date because of the fact that
he has an accumulation of vacation
time to his credit
Ms —
to retire ©
in the
master
tly
Smith is
Close Library
During August
Move Necessitated By Redue-
tion in Staff; Open New
Stations
The Centre County Library head-
quarters at Bellefonte will be closed
for service to the public from Aug-
ust 4 to September 3 due to reduc.
tion of staff. Beginning July 28
adult borrowers may draw eight
books returnable during the week
of September 3. The number of
books jssued to children will depend
ber of books available al the time
Regular service on Mondays, Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays from § a. m
to 8 p m will be resumed on Sep-
3. This closing will in no
way effect the circulation of books
at branch libraries
Three new book
been opened for the summer months
as part of the county library service
for the benefit of both adults and
children. At Nittany the collection
has been placed in the Peck store
(Continued on Page 6)
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Barn Shingles Are
Tough, Thinks This
Port Matilda Youth
Eugene Orwick, 14, of Port Ma-
tilda, R. D., is willing to vouch that
shingles from the Beckwith stable
at Hannah Furnace are mighty
tough articles.
Sunday afternoon Eugene pulled
out of a side road and was almost
stations have]
IS ATTACKED
Bills Outline Hundreds Witness
Opening of Road
Procedure for
Birth Records
Expect Early Enactment
of Law to Aid In Estab-
lishing Facts of Births
WOULD ELIMINATE
PRESENT CONFUSION
Orphans’ Courts Would
Pass on Merits of Peti-
tions; Fee Fixed $2.50
Eithey
enti
ne of tw of
bills aimost
al nature now wending their
way Llhrough
in Harrisburg
fixed
recording !
sons whose births
records, or whose
or inaccurate
The two bills are: House Bij] No
1543, and Senate Bill No. 8. Legis-
lators clahm there ls little difference
between the wo
The advent of
age pensions, and the nation
fense program have made birth
re almost a prime necessity to
every
tabi
H) ang
the
"
Puc record
ineorrect
social secur
ords
citizen. Older persons often
find It practically impossible
ish with the |
pirths
Prior to 1883
records were Kept
the Orphans
counties kept birth records
1906 U Bureau of Vital Stalistics
atl Harrisburg has been in charge of
wore
Under either of the two new bills
proposed, a person whose birth
the public records, or whose
record is incomplete or inaccurate.
may have the information entered
or corrected on the records only
through petition to the Orphans’
Court of the coutity in which he Was
"born
If the court is satisfied with the
truth and accuracy of the informa-
tion st forth in the petition
record of the birth of the t
petitioner
(Continued on page
10 es
certainty acts of
thelr
no public birth
From 1883 to 1806
Courts
Lhe various
Rin
Sin
!
a
oP
1
the
ye
is
not In
the
the
six)
Find Child Lost
Near Altoona
Rockview Penitentiary Blood-
hound Aids Search.
ing Parties
Parties of searchers hunting
through the heavy underbrush and
along the streams of Brush Moun-
tain, Blair county, yesterday, found
three-year-old Betty Jean Bossler,
of West View, near Pittsburgh, who
disappeared Tuesday
reports the little girl was safe and
unharmed
A Dblood-hound from Rockview
Penitentiary at Bellefonte, was tak-
en to the soene by a prison guard
in the hope of picking up the trail
of the child if she had wandered
off into the dense woods
A pair of overalls worn recently
(Continued on Page 7)
St ———— A
College Girls Report
“Mysterious Hand"
Three State College High school
girls were frightened about 11:20
o'clock Friday night when “a mys-
terious white hand” reached out
from a hedge as they passed, ac-
cording to reports
led that the hand clawed out at
them. They fled from the scene.
Boalsburg Chef Held
On Charge of Sodomy
| Russell L. Campbell, of State Col-
{lege, employed as a chef at Boals-
burg, was lodged in the Centre coun-
ty jail, Thursday, on a sodomy
charge. The prosecutor is Pvt, Paul
T. Ruda, of the State Police at
| Rockview,
| Arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Harold D. Cowher at his of-
fices on East Bishop street, Thurs
day afternoon, Campbell pleaded
innocent and was remanded without |
{bail to the county jail to await ac-|
tion of court.
COLLEGE DRUM CORPS WINS
IN TYRONE MOOSE PARADE
Another first prize went to the
State College American Legion and
| Auxiliary Jimior Drum and Bugle
| Corps, at the largest parade in the
history of the Western Pennsylvania
According to |
The girls are said to have report. |
| Army Nurse
Large Delegations From
Two Towns Attend
Ceremonies
JUDGES NAME NEW
"ROAD ‘BENNER PIKE’
LT. AMELIA COPENHAVER
L
nat
Amelia
if Centr
officer the
Aberdeen Provin
Maryland
Lt. Copenhaver, daughter of Mr
H E Faust Potters Mills, and
! sister of Russell Copenhaver, of Lo-
gan Street, Bellefonte, was gradu- |
ated from the Centre Hall High
| School in the class of 1831. Pive
| years jater she was graduated from
the nurses’ training school of the
Philipsburg Hospital, She then
served one night superin-
at PpEbDUrg
d in 1940 entered
the Chambersburg
ve
in
a.
4
r
ol
year
tendent Hi institt
an
‘
Man Struck By
Rock In Mine
Stone Hurls Lime Work-
er Aside; Escapes With
Fractured Pelvis
Struck a glancing blow by a 900-
pound limestone boulder in the mine
of the National Gypsum Company
in Buffalo Run Valley, Monday
morning, Doris “Ike” Eckley, 33. of |
Valley View, owes his life to the!
fact that the blow hurled his body
out of the rock's path
Eckley, a patient
County Hospital, escaped with a
slight fracture of the pelvic bone
and minor lacerations and bruises
about the head and face. His con-
dition is described as being “good.”
Although there were no eyvewit-
nesses to the accident, it is believed
(Continued on Page 7)
1.0.0.F. to March In
Community Parade
The Bellefonte Lodge, 1. O. O. F.,
at a meeting Monday night aban-
jdoned a long-standing “unwritten
law” and voted in favor of enter-
ing 1. O. O. F. marching delegations
in parades sponsored by other or-
ganizations, The move was made
in the belief that it will foster a!
better spirit of understanding smong
the various lodges and organiza-
tiong of the town
: The organization also voted to
change the regular meeting time |
from 8 p. m. (DST) to 8:30 p. m.
| (DST) so members living in areas’
where Standard Time js in force
will suffer no inconvenience because |
{of the difference in time i
at the Centre
{of band members for
Julian Man Elected Teacher
The Philipsburg school board at
i Monday night's meeting elected W.|
IH. Alexander of Julian, industrial
arts teacher for the high school. |
Mr. Alexander succeeds Robert]
Barto. industrial arts teacher for!
{the past three years, who will be-
(come affiliated with special work for |
[the defense industry. Mr. Alexander |
is a graduate of the Williamson
{Trade School and of the Pennsyl-
{went
Speaker Asserts Highway
Makes Two Towns Sub-
urbs of Each Other
Lhe {
Gi of
{rom the Belle-
lege areas a
Opening Lhe
College High-
o'clock
Dale's
midway be-
owns
presence
citizens
Sta C
ndreas
anc
na
riooon hed
new Bellefontle-Btate
Way to traffic was
afternoon
We
Mola)
4
reg
3
hie
Judges in
1 announced
: Benner
} the title of new road
Claudy, superintendent of
prison, cl the
board judges an-
ounceinent iat the per-
on submitting winning name
acd remained anonymous and that
hal name
should go
the Red
the
Dr
Rockview man of
¢ .
of who made Lhe
Geciarec that tt
’
WE
that
’ ind
Hau Midas
a all
0 win
walled
the $10 prize
ty Chapie {
declared that the
that the name should
significance ang
Was because
ued on page three)
Claudy
JECI0eg
istorical
chosen
t
$4
wali
(Con
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Man Burned While
Repairing Fuel Line
A Circleville man was painfully
burned about the left arrand right
hand early last Thursdsy m®TGlE
when & lantern exploded as he was
cleaning the gas line of a friend's
automobile
Mr. and Mrs. Orrie Parker and
Mrs. Tom Wilson, all of Circieville
had neared their homes when
Wilson's car stopped. The men, with
the aid of a lantern, were allem
ing to clean the gas line when the
biast occurred
Parker suflered second
while the others were un-
touched by the flames which de-
stroyed the car. State College police
were summoned and Officers Grant
Kough and Donald Hay took the
injured man 10 a State College phy-
sician for treatment
B. H. S. Band Clears
Over $400 aot Carnival
At a two-day carnival held on the
school playground last weekend, the
faust
A
degree
EF eer
ari
! Bellefonte High school tand cleared
more than $400, it was announced
yesterday by members of the com-
mittee. Total receipts at the carni-
val were $661.80
The ground prize Friday night
was awarded to Margaret Kustan-
bauter, while Saturday night's award
to Arthur Houck, of East
Bishop street. Mrs, C. WW. Showers
of Beaver street, wag recipient of a
quilt which was given away
The carnival was sponsored joint-
ly by the band and the Woman's
Auxiliary of the band. They take
this means of expressing their
| thanks to the public for the splen-
did patronage, and to the mothers
their dona
tions of cakes and for their help
during the carnival
A ————
Board Cracks Down
On Collection of
Per Capita Taxes
The Bellefonte School Board at a
special meeting Monday night
{ brought to bear the full force of
laws compelling the collection of
delinquent per capa taxes for
school purposes.
A motion calling upon the tax
collector to use all legal processes
available to collect the outstanding
per capita taxes wis unanimously
| approved by the board. Thig action
| makes it mandatory for (he tax col-
lector to “crack down" on collect~
fons, and directs him to use distress
warrants or wage attachments
Necessary.
For some years many persons re-
garded per capita taxes as being a
tax Sieh h Shey could Jay, oF ignore,
as it being general
belie! thai collections could not be
enforoed.
Association of the Loyal Order of vania State College. Car Passenger Injured
Moose at the association's fifth an- | Ruth Benson, of the State College
nual convention in Tyrone on Sat- | Recvives Law Degree | Hotel, suffered & deep laceration of
L. D. Fye announced his candidacy! A round and square dance will Child Gets Corn in Nose | struck by a car operated by Lucian
for tax collector at the meeting. | be held at the Howard Nursery Side | Louise Kerr'etter, aged 2, daugh-| G. Dale, of Grandview, Pittsburgn.
A committee appointed to select| Camp, Howard, this Thursday even- ter of Mr. and Mrs, Guy W. Ker-' FBugene thought he had a nar-
| candidates to run for the positions] ing, June 26, as a farewell party for stetter, of Coburn, was brought to) row escape when Dale swerved and |urday afternoon. | Thomas H. Moore, son of Mrs the forehead Friday when the car
of burgess, councilman, and school | the boys who are going to be dis- the Centre County Hospital, Fri-| avokied hitting him but--Daie| The State College unit, sponsored | Thomas H. Moore, of State College, in which she was riding struck a
director is made up of William | charged at the end of June, day, for removal of a grain of corn struck a barn in his avoiding effor:s by the Beflefonte Moose, took top was graduated with the degree of bump near Lemont, throwing her
| Litke, Mrs. E. M. Grove, William | Dancing from 8:00 p. m. to 12:00 ' from each of her nostrils, The ker-| and one of the shingles from the awards in the drum and bugle corps | bachelor of laws at the 97th annual against the roof. She was brought
{M. Garner, John N. Krumrine, Dr. | p. m. Refreshments will be served. nels were inhaled while she was barn struck Eugene in the body divition of the Hospital
seven division pa- commencement of the University of (to the Oentre County
|A. A. Donahue, and "A. L. Bowersox, No admission. Everybody welcome | playing in corn, it was reported. ' and broke one of his ribs. [race The prize amounted to $50, Michigan on Saturday. {where the wound was sutured,
—
The station was broken into last
Thursday night between 10:30 and
11:30 o'clock. Entrance was gained
by removing a window. Cigarettes,
tobacco and eandy valued at about
$3 were stolen. The theft was dis-
covered by persons Jiving nearby,
police said.