The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. | { Random Odd and CURIOUS NEWS, FEATURES SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democrat BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1941, [tems VOLUME 60. Rumor has it that a petition is being circulated in this ares 0 have in the ute N EWS -te NUMBER 28. CAMMAMIANMALAANNVNAY | | BEES IN DAIRY D : L S M ‘ Wh M k . VETS HOSPITAL REPORT: Lynn Sweeny, of Roaring esire to earn wimming | Independence Day | eat ar eting uotas Latest development in the pro- Branch wax lucked in the Had. : t 7 on EE bs Io, . posed new Veterans’ Hospital for lord sounty Jail ot Towsnds, ih T Q ! 4 4 N C -~ K E J d bh c AAA Central Pennsylvania is that one day Sunday, after he was seen plags 0 ua I y or avy, os S iN . &) SRGES UNITED WE STAND 13 xp aine y ounty | lust week a prominent Centre Coun - ing & hive of bees in the Shef= og 4 is i e ’ Rg” PIVIDED WE FALL= J | . ty official punched an elderly Belle- field milk plant at Canton. Ph ! b Y h » rye " x, d C d R d N fonte politician in the mouth In &n Found on him when he was ar- i Ips urg ou ; ¥ / ( 2 oe od) ca / ar S ea y ow alley argument over the Hospital rested was a dead skunk, which | | . | Boys will be boys ee tea vreamers Em. | Body of Carl Richards Recovered from Cold With Wheat Harvesting Started, Farmers Are rumor: to leave in the creamery. Em y ployes of the Canton creamery | Stream Dam by Searching Party After His Advised to Get in Touch With Centre County and steam, killing them before they could do any harm. The incident Is an aftermath of the ‘milk holiday’ of the dairy farm- ers union in protest against low milk prices, ALLERGIC TO POWDER Losing weight and feeling ter. rible, Allen Johnson, of Norcross, Ga., after trying various medi- cines and taking a seaside va- cation, falled to improve and so he went to a famed clinic. There he found that he was highly al- lergic to his wife's face powder. Mrs. Johnson changed brands and Johnson is now doing fine, RECORD RYE STALK The Rev. Ira M. Wallace, pas- tor of the First Lutheran church at Jersey Shore, raised a record stalk of rye in his garden. The stalk, which is six feet, three inches high, is composed of 28 stems, bearing 28 perfect heads, with approximately 3500 grains, FREAK CAT H. A. Van Stemm, of Hones- dale, has a cat which recently gave birth to five kittens, one of which has the head and body of a dog, while the feet, ears and tail are those of a kitten. The “freak” is a male, yelps like a puppy and eats twice the ration needed by the four other kittens. GOOD PERCENTAGE The hen which W. A, Wilson, mail carrier at Abbeville, Ga. set on 17 eggs hatched 18 chicks and four of the eggs didn't hatch at all. a — - Married 74 Years Married more years than the nor- mal life of most people, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Parks, of Howard Siding, Cameron county, near Em- porium, observed their 74th wedding] anniversary. Mr. Parks, 85, is a vet-| eran of the Civili War, who met Lincoln, and fought in important | battles, including Gettysburg... Mrs Parks is 91 years old. They ware married at Jersey Shore - i Tire Does Damage While one of the Swayze trucks was passing through Alba, Bradford county, Friday morning a tire came off and rolled through Ray Mur- ray’s garden, jumping a fence Ww land in the cemetery where it broke two stones, moved one from its foundation and came to a halt! on top of the stone a—————— OW cs————— $1,500 Fire at Danville Damage amounting to approxi-| mately $1500 in a fire of unknown origin in the three-story brick building which houses the Danville Furniture Company. It started on a stairway leading to the second floor of the building, and was confined to that floor by firemen, Awarded Contract The Pearce Manufacturing Com- pany at Latrobe, a branch of the Woolrich Woolen Mills, has received a contract from the U, 8. War De- | pariment for 20000 wool blankeis costing $133,400 and 200 wool blan- kets costing $1,100. : ts op Declares Roosevelt Alone Should Injured On Way Absence Had Aroused Concern Robert Car! Richards, a 16-year- old Philipsburg youth, was drowned | last Wednesday evening in Cold | Stream Dam_ where he had gone | alone to learn to swim. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richards The young high school senjore death is believed to have resulted from a heart attack brought on by panic when he found himself in | deep water in the dam. He could | not swim but, looking forward to joining the navy when he finished | high school next year, he went to the dam each day last week in an | | effort to master the sport i When he {alled to return home for supper, his parents became worried and went in search of him. It was To Philipsburg Victims Were Enroute to Scene of Fourth of July Celebration Enroute to Philipsburg last Thurs- day morning to attend the Fourth of July celebration scheduled for the following day, Mr. and Mrs. William Hopkins, their eighteen-year-old daughter, Rebecca, and Miss Helen Johnson, all of Saxton, met with an accident when their car collided with a truck under a railroad bridge in the Water Street area Hopkins, driving the car, received a fractured right wrist and lacera- tions: his wife received contusions of the forehead and face, the child general contusions. All four were taken to the McGirk Sanitarium at Philipsburg, for treatment Motor police said the accident hap- pened under the railroad bridge when the truck, owned by Mrs. Rebecca Swartz, Mifflintown, skidded when entering the underpass and was struck on the rear wheels by the car Exploding Cap | Fatal To Man Vietim Attempted to Connect Dynamite Cap With Battery ‘Hng a stork: . . {lawyer palm and a lawyer vine All of which reminds us of what S8hake- | John W. Blackwell, 36, of Larry- ville R. D. 1. near Jersey Shore, was fatally injured Thursday evening when a dynamite percussion cap ex- ploded while he was attempting to i connect it to an automobile battery for use as a noisemaker on the 4th tof July The victim died in the Jersey Shore Community Hospital of shock and hemorrhage resulting from the explosion, which collapsed his left | lung and severed an artery | Blackwell, who had been employ- | led on the Salladaysburg road con- | struction project, is survied by his | wife, Ethel, at home; his parents, | Mr. and Mrs. John K. Blackwell, | three brothers and a sister, | dm ——————— When the call comes for scrap aluminum, every old coffee pot can render service again = —— | decided that he had likely gone to Black Moshannon or some other pool It was not until Carl's clothes were discovered along the bank by his younger btother, Tom, apd Bil Mitche!l that there was Indication that he was still in the water, The clothes were the oly ones there and {i led to the belief that he had droaned The fire chief was notified and firemen Red Cross swimmer Penna, Electric ald crew, and friends responded / Braydon Hassinger and Herman Pazalsky were the first divers 0 brush something along the bottom which they believed was the body | Jack Ammerman established the lo- | cation of the body and Lyle Musser { brought It to the surface. The four swimmers carried iL out and artifi- cial respiration work was attempted y the Penna. Electric Ald chalr- man of the Red Cross First Ald commitiee The boy was pronounced dead b3 Dr. John K. Henderson. The death | was said to be due to hemorrhage and fright and not by drowning Carl was reported to have been la seen Wednesday afternoon about 5 o'clock. His clothes were discovered about 7 o'clock and the (Continued on Page 8) 14 xt the lem 300 WOMEN AT INSTITUTE Nearly College More than 300 delegates from 70 wome:: = clubs throughout the state attended the five day conference on international relations y the College and the Pennsylvania Pederation of Women's Clubs half of Pennsylvania's 67 counties were represented at the Sth annual institute of Social Relations eager to discuss public opinion recently at the Pennsylvania the Americas threats to the sponsired a small opinion of past, Pennsylvania Club’ Wamen who attendee dhte institute largely concerned with prob. of the household and garden The go-to-church movement be given your it any community drive Agricultural Conservation Office With wheat harvest now under way in Pennsvivania, in some of the south-eastern courts, farmers who wish to market thelr wheat immediately are advised to get In touch with their county agricul- tura) conservation office to arrang: to obtain a wheat marketing card Under the wheat marketing quotas, which are effec. ive for the marke: ing of the crop now being harvest- ed, it is necessary for a farmer Lo present a marketing card to a buyer when he sells his wheat, otherwise all the wheat he sells will be subject vo a penalty of 49 cents per bushel The wheat marketing quota pro- visions of the Agriculiural Adjus*- ment Act have been put inlo effect this year at the request of wheat farmers, more than 80 percent of whom voted in favor of the quotas in a recent nation-wide referendum The marketing quolas, it has been pointed out, are necessary in order 10 hold surplus wheat off the mar- ket and thus divide g limited wheat market equitably among all wheal growers The Centre County Agricultural Conservation Committ composed of W. F. Rishel, Blair M. Plelcher and Danlel J. Beck, who will ad- minister the wheat marketing quotas in Centre County, have been | Pushing plans for administration of SO-THAT’S THE LAW - The Human Interest Side of Legal Oddities By Elliott H. Marrus What is a Lawyer? , . . If you wii ook in the dictionary, very prob ably you will be surprised at the definitions given the word “lawyer For example, a lawyer is a brambis or thorny stem of a brier, generally applied to a particular New Zealand bush. The word also means a bur- bot ia fresh water fish) and also {a black-necked stilt (a bird resemb- speare wrote in the play Henry VI (Part II). “The first thing we do let's kill all the lawyers.” Wills . . . Although Abraham Lin- | coin left an estate valued at $100.-1 000, he had made no will Grant | was another President who left no's . : | Helen Carson of Chicago husband for divorce, because will. Neither did he have anything at his death to leave to his heirs | George Washington, by his will reed his slaves Webster, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick | Henry, Chief Justice Marshall and Robert E. lee. P. T. Barnum left | So did Daniel | = " | Ang Strip Tease | | one of the longest wills on record. [in Detroit must be artistic It provided that the “Greatest Show | Jo not divert themselves of their (railway reus, should be Florence Nightingale, In gave her body for medical Probably the oldest will was made 4500 years pian, It was drawn many respect lke 3 modern testament Rabelais the French when he died left a will read 1 have no available _ Then there are a | Property. 1 owe much; the rest I {give Lo the poor.” { me day, he took all her clothes, put in a rallway station locker i#ft them there for several | months that the po- being annoyed the burlesque do not undress In Canght In the Dmaft | than 116 persons have already been convicted for violations of the Be- Some of the wills jective Service Act of great men which are a public are those of Plato, Aristotle Petrarch, Shakespeare Napoleon Augustus Caesar Not a Thing to Wear . feminine complaint, “1 haven't thing to wear,” has become { problem for a Court to decide Mis Is suing information . « The us- have been caught cases arose when men had tried to had falsified | Some of the hoy: . Strip tease queens; which did not add If they feelings clothes both gracefully and rhyth- employer to recover money which they claimed was due them under that the Minimum Wage and Hour Law This law provides that all persons who work for employers who do business in more than one stale to must receive al least 30¢ an hour for 80 hours work a week. Alter that they must be paid time and a half. The railway guaranteed the porters the minimum wage II they | { received less than that gmount In! tps from passengers, the company would make up the difference. The question before the court was, “Are | tips wages?” The federal court ruled jthat tips were Wages and as long | jas the red caps received the min- ’ { imum wage, no matter who paid it, {the company was within the law It Really Is . . . If you have any idea of exhibiting in Jowa a cow with ten legs or a horse with four talls, don't do it. It is against the law By a Georgia statute a horse” includes both the mule and the ass One Free Bite . . . In some slates, (Continued on Page 6) Repeat Yows On 50th Anniverary Important Station in Life’s Journey Speaking the vows that united {them in marriage 50 years ago, Mr iand Mrs, Sylvester Cowher of Sandy | Ridge re-enacted their wedding | ceremony Wednesday evening when | members of their family, four gen- | erations of which were present, and Heads Dept. At Six Injured In State College Sandy Ridge Couple Reach Dr. Glenn W. Hedlund to Di- Head-on Cras | rect Agricultural Econom- ics Teaching Dr. Glenn W. Hedlund, at pres ent a member of the Cornell Uni- versity faculty, was named head of the department of agricultural eco- nomics at the Pennsylvania State College this week Doctor Hedlung will Auto Collision h Occurs Three Miles North of Triangle Near Tyrone Six persons, including two chil- dren from Altoona, were injured in head-on collision of two auto- Friday afternoon three I miles north of the Triangle, near replace Dr.| ‘Taken to the Philipsburg hospit- Two Hurt As Car Hits Tree Driver Believed to Have Fall- en Asleep at the Wheel Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simcox, of Mill Hall, were injured about 6 o'-| (clock last Thursday momming when | their car struck a tree at the west. ern ond of Howard. Both underwent | first-aid treatment at the offices of {a Howard physician and were then the program locally For the information of farmers the committee has outlined some of the most importany provisions of the marketing quotas Any farmer who has 15 acres or less of wheat planted for the 1941 harvest is eligible to obtain a wheat marketing card (form 511) immedi ately from the county agricultural conservation committees, He may then market gll his wheat The wheat grower who has more than 15 acres of wheat planted-—if he has planted within his wheat acreage allotment as determined by (Continued on Page 6) Judge Lesher Dies of Stroke Union County Justice Expires in Hospital After 3 Weeks’ Ilness Judge Curtis C. Lesher, 50 Sunday in the Geisinger Hos Danville, after a three weeks’ iil- ness brought about by a cerebral hemorrhage The jurists term would have ex- pired next January. A Democrat Judge Lesher served for the past twenty-five years as district attor- ney and on the bench ponderantly Republican i Snyder counties Buffalo township, Union August 17, 1881, Judge Lesh- iuated from Bucknell read law untill admitled to the in 1810 Judge Lesher was president Lewisburg Gas Company director of the Union National Bank, Lewis- burg, and secrelary of the Lewis- burg Cemetery Association He was a prominent Mason, member of the Williamsport Consistory, Knights Templar, Royal Arcanum and Odd Fellows nesday afternoon Assn A A sarin DAMAGE $38 IN AUTO CRASH NEAR PORT MATILDA jans driven by Lester P. Gal- lagher of Tyrone, and Stanley J Jaswick, of New Salem. R. D. coi- ilided Friday afternoon two miles east of Port Matilda on Route 322 with total damage of about $300 Nobody was injured in the acci- dent. which is said 10 have happen- ed when one of the drivers got on’ the wrong side of the road while lighting a cigarette. The cars were ‘going in opposite directions Gallagher's damages amounted to $125. while Jaswick had damages of 17 Cars Crash During Storm | Cars driven by A. GC. Pundit, of {State College, and Waldo Corl, of {State College, R. D. were damaged [to the extent of $146 during a hoavy rain last Wednesday Police reports said that the Oerl car was driven {in front of the Pundt car which ‘was moving north on Atherton I street at College avenue, State Col- lege Three in Service Two sons and a son-in-law of Mr {and Mrs. C. A. Tomlinson, of Loyal- sock, have been taken into the Unit- | ed States Army service, Lieut Wil- Pishermen's Paradise either closed or abandoned. Reported reason for the alleged petition is that the pro- ject takes up several miles of the best fishing water on Bpring Creek The matter is most interesting, par- ticularly In view of the supposed backers of the reporied movement HEIL SCHICKELGRUBER: This corner would like to see the world begin calling and referring Ww Adolph Hitler by his real name Adolph Behickelgruber, because we don’t believe his power would last long under those conditions We don't believe a whole carload of Schickelgrubers could strike terror in anyone's heart, and that's half the secret of Hitler's success SEEN IN THE PRESS News item last week read: “Mr Blank, whose injuries at first were believed to be fatal is slowly on the mend As a student of the trif- ling, this corner has been trying Ww imagine under whal clreumsiances a person could suffer “injuries be- lieved to be fatal A person Is either alive or dead, and we've come to the conclusion that In the case of a man pinned under a huge rock in the bottom of a mine in such a position that no one could get him to find out whether he was alive or dead, it could be sald that his in- juries were believed to be fatal THEME SONG: Officer Donald Johnson walking down High street, Monday, was heard to be whistling softly, “Root De Toot” If he isn't careful he's going to deprive the town's young- sters of their favorite sport for there's no percentage in trying to irritate police by whistling & tune that police themselves seem to en- Joy DOUBLE TROUBLE: Pauli Emerick, manager of the Penn Belle Hotel, was supervising the moving of a heavy range, Sat- urday, when one foot of one of the men carrying the stove acposs a bam floor punched through the ancient flooring and the stove dropped jon Emerick’s foot. That was bad Puneral services were held Wed- enough But on Monday, while working about the hotel a heavy scrubbing machine which was being moved slipped and fell—on Emerick's already Injured foot. Latest reports are that while the painful injuries are mending slowly, Emerick re- fuses to have anything to do with moving anything heavier than a box of matches POLICE: Bellefonte Council. in accepting the resignation of Ralph Ever, Mon- day night, made growling noises in its throat about the rest of the town's police force. At least four councilmen said the town police werent doing their job and that they failed to carry out orders given them One Councilman went so far as to suggest that the entire force be fired, and that new officers, preferably former State Motor Po- lice officers, be hired in their place As we've pointed out before, Council occasionally enjoys the thrill of “talking tough” and of saying nasty things about its employees—when they're not around. But when ft comes 10 action, or to telling its employees face to face just what it thinks of them, Council is as meek as Moses, PETITION: You folks who are complaining about the lime dust nuisance now have a clear path pointing toward relief. All you have to do is to get up a petition and present it to coun- 1 ’ i : : v i | take the Lock Haven Hospital ; | close friends gathered at the P. O.|Pred L. Lininger who will devote] a1 were: James Smith 28. driver ‘Axen to en liam J Leight, and Lieut. R. Bruce Decide Country S Entry Into War 8, of A. hall to celebrate their gold- [fun ime to his duties as vice-dean | of one cat: his wife, Alice 25 both | Both Mr. and Mrs. Simcox suf-| Tomlinson, both stationed at Camp : | en wedding. lof the School of Agriculture and! qf One Mile Run. near Philipsburg {fered chest injuries, fractured ribs! meivoir Va. and Theodore R. Tom- A high-ranking Catholic prelate] Since the Nazl has from the first | Mrs. Cowher was formerly Miss vice-director of the Agricultural Ex«| ond their nephew and niece, James | ®nd lacerations of the head and j,e0n recently drafted and location expressed the view Sunday that marked us as his enemy, it is well | . | periment Station face. Mrs. Simcox also received a President Roosevelt, as commander | that we accept that fact, even | Christina Nelson, of London Eng- | Morrison, 7 and his sister, Lois | not announced, comprise the trio : i /| The new department head grad-| May, 4. the child {J yp, | fracture of the left ankle in chief the army. rather than! , ‘land, and she same to this country | Bevis | May, 4, the children of Joseph F.| st no of the army, Jute han | Jaough it han not J Dieaed him | when she was 18 years of age. She Hated from the University of Ne-| Morrison, Juniata; Milford Walker, | According to reports the couple! Draft Evaders in Prison when the United States should en- | of limited objectives, that policy | #04 Mr. Cowher, who is a native en ga in XK ang received his! driver of the other car, and Walter | had Spent the night fishing in Bald | geventeen draft evaders, senten- at Monday's session, would be just ter the war against Germany. | by which he betrayed and enslaved |Of Port Matida, were married ia | €or Of phlicaophy ng ig | Pink, both of Port Matilda. | Baie Sens and Were Pog Wa¥ ced in Ohio, were brought to the the thing to prove that Bellefonte Bishop Joseph P. Hurley, of the | a continent, is fast approaching the | Newark, N. J, and have spent their | ember of the teaching staff at Walker, Pink and Mrs. Smith] : Pederal Panifintiary a lewishisy People actually object 10 Yme dust. ! ito have fallen asl at the wheel | diocese of St. Augustine, Fla, said | point of a showdown with us. x x x | entire married Ife in Sandy Ridge | oil since September, 1930 | were reported more seriously hurt [rhe car struck A tree in | 1st week. The men and their guards With a petition, one Councilman _ | Pre- trate p | where Mr. Cowher was employed | - occupied a special car attached to said. the town fathers would have ee ea th soumtns | today that wars are won of loot be. | by General Refractories untfi two| Prom August, 1936, to July, 1987, | het ome —— — and. Waker (front of the Harry Butler residence , "pennsylvania Railroad train and plenty of moral support in taking relation to the European conflict | fore they enter the shooting phase. | years ago when he retired from 1 re iy wipe. tea Dro1esor | was believed to have sustained in- (and was damaged beyond repair. | after arriving at Milton were driven definite steps to relieve the condi- y ia % . active service, {of wgricultural economics at el {to the prison in a school bus oper- | tion—or would have authori re Srna of | "My great fear ls that we will] Ab the ceremony Wednesday evens | ULYEIt7 of Nanking, China. da vai a w Snake Bites Hand ated by Daniel Rearick, Montandon. | necessary to refer the matter to strategy.” Therefore, he reasoned, | not be permitted to have the choice | ing, Rev. J. P, McCurdy of the Coal- {1938 he served aso Menibprtof 43) ; F'n | Arthur Coulter, 23, son of Mr. and | Kicked by H | State officials for action. Those at lagricultaral investigat'ng ¢ommit- | law's children were returning from | i | the problem of strategy should be | between war and peace; that the | port Methodist church and a close | to. cf turee for Te UTI of | Port Monroe, Va. A oer evden by Mrs. William Coulter, Lock Haven, 110i meciing Soukint escape the f left to the commander-in-chief | Nazi will not let us have peace as| friend of the couple having been a | dermuda { an automobile belongt Mrs. “who alone, in constant, loyal Ean. | he did not let the Ratios of Eu- | minister to them 16 years ago at! oo wmoalund fs a member of | Smith's brother, who rr munication with congress and in rope have peace. Most qualified ob- | Sandy Ridge, officiated. The bride | ley | ferr rom gt nia ’ consultation with his military and [servers think that our only cholce had as her maid of honor her hus? he Awerica Farm Economilos: As. | ed § Lo army post ‘0 said to be good. naval advisers, Is capable of bring- [1s when we shall enter the war” | band's sister-in-law, Mrs, HEia soction. Sigma Ri, Pid Bapps LL om was driving his car south ing us safely through the dangers | myn. people, Bishop Hurley said, | Cowher of Sandy Ridge, while the | : - wus The impact of the cars was so great which encompass us. | have neither the experience nor | bridegroom's best man was Henry | Classified Ads bring results. (Continued on page four “In the present circumstances” | access to the facts to decide wheth- | T, Neison of DuBois, a brother of | : : he continued, (Ve must not Jos er we should go to war, the bride. The bride wore orchid! ~ Se g AEE a sight of the fact t the a “Nor does the constitution de-!| chiffon and a mi i tion of war, the constitutional per- {mand it,” he went on. x x x “I have | and ti obi Sorsage of pink ‘KEEPING uP WITH THE JON ogative of congress, is no longer an abiding faith in government by | p. grandchildren served as : t page m five; th Nai Tas nen Jo tha _.. (Continued = ye aia); flower girls and boy and included: Bridegroom of 7 Months C hanges Sex oo The strange case of a man chang- | paper reporters how they had fallen | Walters, ing to the physical {in love at first sight while guests a!’ daughter of a woman comes from Los Ange- the home of a mutual friends, of cil--at least that's what Councilmen said at the meeting Monday night It seems that Councilmen (and vou can't blame them two much) dont want to act unless they have con- crete evidence that lime dust is a nuisance. A petition. it was hinted be the (Continued on Page 6) By POP MOMAND OM! THIS 18 AWFUL ~-X JUST HAD A TELEGRAM SAVING DAISY WOULD ARRIVE TODAY AND I'M NOY HALF THROUGH les, Calif.,, where Edward P. Rich- ards, 20, has asked the court for permission to change his name to Barbara Ann because of a pronoun- ced sex change. In his appeal to the court, Rich- ards disclosed that he and Miss Lor- raine Wilcox, 32, were married last November, Dressed in contrasting frocks, “Mr.” and Mrs, Richards told news- | their elopement to Yuma, Arizona, where they married November 13, and of their decision to remain liv- ing together after Richards’ chang- ing physical characteristics had be- come known to his bride. “We were married at a churen ceremony,” said the dark haired Miss Wilcox as Richards, his blond hair curled in feminine coiffeur and his fingernails tinted, gazed demur- ely at the floor, Pa; Mrs. Leonard Heller, ‘ Harry Bierley and Mrs, Donald (Continued on page six) @ hy The Associated wavs pune al —
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