The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. Odd and CURIOUS : in the SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democrat NEWS, Random FEATURES [tems - NEWS VOLUME 60. CMMI IA BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1941, NUMBER 28. | WHAT AN ELECTION Domestic strife is expected to flare in Yatesville, Luzerne county, between now and the November election as a result of Tuesday's primary. Domi nick Mirabelle was nominated for burgess on the Republican | Youths Who Held Up Lock Haven Doctor Get Long Sentences in Penitentiary ticket while his wife, Rose, se- cured the Democratic nomina- | | | tion. John Bell and Louis Ales- ‘Ordered by Court to Se sandro, Democrats, will oppose | Republicans, for two borough council seats, Pasquale Acierno, Democrat, will campaign against his wife, Lena, Republican, for school director. Anthony Bono- mo will oppose his brother, Frank, in another director con- test. ALMOST RESCUED While digging a well at the home of Benjamin Dougherty at Gainsville, Ga., Luther Martin, 40, was overcome by gas. Help- ers drew his body to the top of the well and just as they reached to take it out, it toppled back into the 70-foot well. A helper who volunteered to rescue him was overcome, but was revived. When Martin's body was finally brought to the surface, it was found that his neck had been broken in the fall Pleading guilty to holding up Dr.| { William E. Welliver in his office a' | Lock Haven early last November at | the point of a gun and robbing him {of about $30, Jay Hill and Luther Aungst Avis young men, were brought in Clinton county court | Saturday morning for sentencing On one gharge, robbery while | armed, they were each ordered to | pay $1 fine, costs and to serve from 10 to 20 years in the Western Penl- tentiary. On the second charge, robbery, they each drew $1 fine, | eosts and 5 to 10 years in the peni- | tentiary, sentences to run concur- | rently and to be computed from the | time they were first committed to | the county jail, where they were | held while awaiting sentence, Hill {who is 26. has been in jail since | Sept 2 while Aungst, 19, has been in jail since Sept. 10 A RINGER! | Morris Klewans It must have been a big sur- | rise to Frank Ratcliff, seaman | arr the U. 8S. Navy at San Woman Shocked By Lightning Bolt Diego, when he bit into one of Beech Creek Home Slightly a batch of cookies he received from Houston, Texas. Neatly | Damaged During Storm Last Week their wives, Josephine and Lucy, | | attorney imbedded in it, according to a letter he wrote to the sender, Mrs. Mike Katribe of Baytown, was Mrs. Katribe's platinum wedding ring studded with about fifty small stones. | KEPT SECRET: Here's one woman who could keep a secret: Goldie Van- Zandt, of Point Marion, surpris- ed her friends with the disclo- sure that she and Arch Cameroy i | | | | During the electrical storm which | passed over portions of Centre and { Clinton counties on Wednesday | afternoon of last week lightning | struck a chimney on the residence | of Devester Lindsey, at Beech Creek, | knocking off some brick and shat- a were married thirteen years ago, after a seventeen-year courtship. They started housekeeping Sep- tember 8, their thirteenth wed- ding anniversary. LUCKY CAT Realizing that his truck had run over a cat at Rochelle, Ga. the driver stopped, jumped out expecting to see a dead cat, but, instead, he found it wedged be- tween the dual wheels of the truck. The cat was unhurt but badly irightened. - Judge Named for Union-Snyder Cloyd Steininger, of Lewisburg, was appointed judge of the Snyder- Union County district to fill the vacancy created by the death of Judge Curtis C. Lesher. Steininger was not a candidate at the primary polls for the judgeship nomination, which was won on the Republican ride by Francis Gilbert, and on the Democratic gide by Clair Crover The new judge will serve until Jan- uary, 1942, | | i | i | paring knife tering the electric meter on (o back porch Mrs. Lindsey porch pickling in in was busy on the mangoes with a her hand and a dishpan on her lap. She was stun- and her tongue became thick she had a helpless: sensation the shock. Mr. Lindsey was ned and from lon the porch observing the overflow | the shock. of the spouting but he did not feel No fire from the bolt resulted. During the progress of the storm the wind was especially strong along Route 84 east of Beech Creek, and at the Lester Corman farm a wagon shed was blown to the ground snes WP ————— Child Born in Car. an automobile along a mountain road near Renovo last Monday, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Singer of Two Mile Run is doing well at the Renovo Hospital. The birth occurred along the road as a physician was taking Mrs. Singer to the hospital Bom in Letter Bitizkreig’ For Men In Camp Well, it seems something new had to come some day, and the latest fad now sweeping the country is the writing of fantastically long letters to the boys in army camps A girl in Greensburg, Ind., wrote a private at Camp Callen, Calif a letter 39 pages long. It took him a whole day to read it. Then she was promptly nosed out by a school teacher in Lancaster, Pa., who wrote a private at Luke Field, Ariz, a letter 65 pages long, about doings in Lancaster. Busy place, Lancaster. This soldier read it through in an hour, so apparent- ly Camp Callen needs some prac- tice. Then some folks in St. Paul sent a private at Port Lewis Wash, (doesn’t anybody ever write to ser- geants?) a letter 25 feet long. Read- ing time unreported: maybe he strangled in it But wait—this record was beaten by a letter from friends in Spar- tansburg. 8. C.. to a private at Fort Bragg, N. C—-30 feet long. Maybe you've been wondering about the etiquette on replving to such oversize letters. Well, this fel-| low solved the problem by just ask-: ing a newspaper to publish his thanks. The slacker! But you haven't seen yet— Some friends in Chicago sent a soldier a letter 340 feet long And a group in Aurora, Ill, sent a Camp Croft, 8. C. private a letter 417 (count ‘em) feet long. Siz) i i anything (Continned on Page Greatest Naval Broadside Ever Fired | John G. Norris, writer in the Washington Post, describes his ex- perience on the U, 8. 8, North Caro- lina during its first gunnery trial “somewhere at sea” A blinding curtain of exploding steel was sent skyward from the deck of this battleship tonight. marking what may be sea-power’s answer to airpower. The greatest shipborne antiair- craft battery ever built sent aloft the heaviest antiaircraft barrage may be powerful enough to stop | aircraft, Officers of the North Carolina and officia] observers from Washington | were hesitant to make predictions as ever fired at sea, as the new dread- | naught North Caroling concluded its first gunnery trials. Ten powerful S5-inch guns-—but half of the ships main defense against aircraft went off simultane- ously with its main battery of nine 16-inch guns, The noise and total projectiles fired were hailed as the greatest salvo in all history, but to whether the vessels 20 5-inch and ang other lighter but potent antiair- craft weapons constituted the Navys | answer to air power. They were emphatic, however, in asserting that the Nations newest battleship had the most powerful antiair battery ever put aboard a man-o-war. Defensively, too, the North Caro- lina embodies the most modern pro- | | tective design against aerial bomb- { ing. Turrets and armored shields ' surround the antiaircraft guns and all unnecessary metal which bombs might splinter and wound crew members have been removed, The salvo fired by the North Car- olinas main guns and port antiair- i bankment at i started to climb it, rve 10 to 20 Years On| One Charge and 5 to 10 Years on Another; Sentences Are to Run Concurrently Aungst, told the court that the | young man has no previous record, | He reported that the youth had| tried recently ta join the U. 8. Navy | but was rejected because of a minor | physical defect. He then procured a job to earn money 50 that he could have g slight operation to correct the defect, when he would reapply for admission to the navy. Mr. Klewans sald the youth has | always had an excellent record, was a regular attendant at Sunday School, was partially supporting his parents and had been influenced by Hill, his older companion Hill's counsel William Hollis, in- formed the court that excepting for an assault and battery charge five years ago, his record is clean In answer to questions put by the court Hill sald that he did not know whether or not the revolver was loaded when he pointed it at D Welllver the latter's inner evening of last Nov. 4 sald that he and Aungst were icated and that they had sev- drinks of beer and whiskey at o taproomg before they went he Welliver home Il tieq Dr. Welliver's hands to 'k of his chair with a belt, ding the gun to Aungst to hoid did it. Then they closed doctor's mouth with adhesive admonishing him that if he attempted to call out, they would put more tape on his mouth. They told the doctor not to in the ' he he tape, an make Six (Continued on Page Welded Together y 3 STOP FOOD WASTES iN HOMES Stopping unnecessary food wastes al home has become a basic in the nationwide con= serve thi ources step ' movement tw Hl 14 . ¢ all country 100d re Groundwork for laid In unplanned out Miss Helen “CONOMmk exten of Centre county their shopping mea) plans. And ¢ getting Of EELUng waste point home tat . [Se R8RY | much shopping, 8. Butler Hon Wise pia they represen buyers or unts bas 1 advance learn make Y's worth Qquan- ' vi sure thelr 1 hecking both quis ” of Juniata One Caught by State Police on Highway Near Thompsontown; Accomplice Captured at Washington, D. C.; Both Confess Frightened by the actions of the cashier and his assistant, two young | men fled empty handed after an at- | tempt to rob the Parmers National Bank Thompsontown, Juniata county, about noon Wednesday identified as Pvt James int One man Howard Dippery, 19 was captured by State Police, walk-~ ing on the Willlam Penn highway near Thompsontown, and the other said wo be Corp. Corbin Bhelton, 25 of Washington, D. C,, was taken in- to custody Washington Both men admitted the hold-up attempt and one is quoted as say- ing he did it because “1 needed mon- and to help the other man whose was expecting « baby at wife, he said The attempt at robbery was made Tuesday noon when the two men walked into the Thompsontown bank and asked cashier George W. Gray- to change a $5 bill. After re- the change, one of the men the money in the cage other man told Assistant Cashier J. 8. McCormick to go Ww the back of the bank. Both appar- ently lost their nerve and fled when told them to “beat iL.” cases are potatoes peeled Wo thick y mons only » leaves of let- orange and partially squeezed, and oulsh n Lui Mice or cabbage bit cooking CeIVINgE demanded while the matter of Poor Cau« PA other food I can be a tot improperly taming may An the walter been { A Breall many Juried food vegetable: of If ed al loss COOK off are able vi go Graybill in " Police said Dippery changed an earlier story to admit that his pris- oner was armed with a 25-calibre pistol which he sald was thrown away during his flight. He wid olf- ¢ ficers., however, that he was armed « only with a pocket knife After leaving the bank the men fled have woked both vitamins ' go along with it ll Away and may When you thin) £0 ahead, People svloWt righ u'll find It out Two Army Men Arrested . For Attempted Hold-Up | hiking toward Lewistown of Lewistown, | STATE COLLEGE WATER: We see by the papers that Btate College Borough is having much difficulty in finding enough water to supply the needs of ity citizens Wells go dry, and thelr output is curtalled in seasons of drought Wonder if State College ever real- ized that every 24 hours a total of §.000,000 gallons of water from Belle fonte's famous Big Spring goes down the creek? Bellefonte uses only 2.- 500,000 gallons of the Bpring's 11.- 500,000 gallon dally Blate College might bulld a nine-mile pipeline between the two towns, and provide pumping facilities to force the water through the line, and up 8 total of 427 feet, which is the difference in eevation between Bellefonte and Btate College Per- haps the expense of such a system would be prohibitive Goes seem a shame Lhat Coliege much difficulty in finding while Bellefonte has more Lime; 1 can County Bank output into the woods and hid in deep un- derbrush near the Juniata river, Af- ter midnight both started hiteh- Shelton succeeded in making his way to Washington, but Dippery was caught before getting out of Juniata county Both men were turned over to a federal agency and are expected to be taken to Scranton for a hearing but 1 Blate has walter than four 80 Gry rit Lhe atnoull Salona Boy Hit by Car Richard Muthler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Muthler, of Balona, was hit by an automobile on Thursday afternoon last week at the school- house. He was on the bus whép he discovered he had forgotten his lunch box and went back the school for it. In crossing the road he was hit by a car driven by a salesman. Richard sustained a bro- ken collar bone injured about the face use WHITE WOLF: Franklin Gregory the Philadelphia Record ten a hair-raiser White Woll,” which now avall- at local libraries n ancient in 8 modern setting, the story recounts the trials and tribulations { a palr of werewolves which ap- hiladelphia ares 4 pear in the Scores white cars of the Blate the search { Motor Px join for the wolve which kill youngsters In case you've ck {resh oOrpses gotten, & werewol! a person having sold his soul to Batan ws 4 Thing which Nn Assume characteristics of # at Col 4 i of the staf! o has writ. entitled “The to able theme ia ar and chest 174 | was of Howard Minister Has Car Damaged ioe in ix a ui De ca ne wolf r shape and This corner Lynn G. Adam: Motor Police keep Gregory handy for quick reading when = crime investigation gets tough No matter what the Major is liable to run into in the way of hopeless as- os M13 he probably will never nd the going as rocky as in the writlen G " ctairireats UgEesi head of 1 th Involved in Three-Car Crash, Fridav Afternoon, on Route 64 An automoblle accident last Pri- day on Route 64 three miles west of Lock Haven, resulted in estimated damages of $200 to three cars, State Motor Police report Involved in the crash were auto- mobiles driven by the Rev. Wallace N n he Btate § Volume ents fi nightmare Gregory SHY DUCKS: This has has been hanging corner SO-THATS THE LAW . The Human Interest Side J, Cummings of Howard, Glenn L Weaver Monument, and O. D Sush of Lock Haven The police sald that the Bush car entered highway from a rural of Legal Oddities Y By Elliott H. Marrus he Star For Sale--Thisg is a story ol a lawsuit to determine two men owned a star which had to earth from the sky 1 the night of May 2, 1880 shooting star flashed through and janded “plop” in a field owned by a Mr, Goddard in the fair state of lows. Several days later, Mr. Goddard's neighbor, Mr, Winchell, by name {as Jar as we know, no relation to the gossip coi- lector), while go through God- dards fields came across what was } this meteor. Its passag: the atmosphere had bummed to a mere 60 pounds. Loading it on a wagon Winchell took it Ww toan and sold it for $105. When Mr. Goddard heard of he de- manded the $105, because he claim- ed that the star was his since it was found on his property Winchell disagreed with him, saying that the meteor belonged to the one who found it. a skies Liat in ing @ i ’ ¢ 3 i LEO this I Lawyers were called in, and the case came to court. To whom does After tion, the {earned hat the $105 to Goddard bec the much delib- judge decided hould be turned over 8 siar DeComes owner of Such ether His Hon- the stars before mak- ing his decision A French court decided a similar case differently. It held thai a meteorite belongs to That is the law ess tL) changed trouser Higa aan (he States nane olher the United Mary ore mens Congress a physi- clothing for pages a4 special 10 do 0 ause Walker ’ per 03 —_— $ ad * the Ie clan who s is the law permitting her Words of the Wise—A New Yorg Judge onoe wrote an opinion hich he sald that the mere fac: that a husband once threw a pair } wife, wuld not J of legal separa- particularly if It was a Missouri coniulted ir Wa finder . §%a 5 pei os Fra: wes al hi Ling coup ouj n} Nag 18~ we ins Ne INAS “ 3 MM $8 He the an a Lax t ¥ on Indispen able Man Edward Pin- fom hy missed erana foreman of the Midvale Steel 4.0 who wrote—"For a man to s recently sentenced 10 four...» ot trying to button his for drunken driving. | 50 collar is not to be regarded as the company loid the symptom of soft of the hat Fineran was indispen- n.” in the company’s manufacture armor plate for battleships. In Hoochie Koochie— Under the interest of national defense the of North Dakota sentence was suspended. Instead a koochie donoe is fine of $200. was imposed, and Fin- about jitterbuggin'? rot ry 7 » 3 5% n 3 eran returned to his $18 a day Job Telling The Judge~John A Pants—Not Panties—~A woman Campbell, wb was appointed a who died in 1919 had the legal right | Justice of the United States 8u- ue n jail oH bad laws hoochie « How re aT Saif prohibited 0 Three Injured In Auto Accident | Car Gets Out of Control and Upsets on Road to Renovo Three Renovo people were in- jured last week when the automo- i bile in which they were riding to- ward Renovo got out of control, ran into a bank and then over a cul- vert, landing on its roof alongside { the highway, the radiator pointing | toward Lock Haven. The car, one of this year's sedan i models, was practically demolished The accident occurred on the Buck- tail Trail four miles west of Lock Haven. . Francis Martino of Renovo, was driving the car, the property of his brother, Leonard, also of Renovo. He escaped injury as did also the fifth and last occupant, Jerome Fantacki of Renovo. The group were returning to Renovo when a sudden shower came up. The car skidded on the wet con- crete, got out of control, and ca- reened to the left side of the high-| way, where it first struck the em- an angle and then Then the ve- hicle was thrown to the right hand side of the highway where it hit’ a culvert before turning over on its top alongside the road. Passing motorists brought the in- | jured to the Lock Haven Hospital, Mrs, Mabel Mix suffered contusions on the right side of her face and her right leg. Her daughter, Miss Anna Mix, escaped with a laceration route where the vision was ob- structed by a sign, and thal it hook- ed the fender of the eastbound car driven by Weaver which swung around Rev. Mr Cummings’ car, which was traveling toward in 1857, dent which occurred while t a lawyer. One day ¢ trying 8 caze, he was continu- being interrupted by the Judge asked questions. Finally be-| Howard the future 8Su-| No one was injured in the acci- preme Court Justice turned to the | dent Bench and slowly sald: ts A tnt If the Court will listen, the Court will learn” After that there were earn” 4 Sudden Deaths no more interruptions i . C oe d geation—Among the new In Clearfield Co. laws and decrees of the Petain gov- | unent in Prance one which { bits coeducation except in the lowest grades. Can it be that the New Order does not trust the boys and girls? This is New York City-—Accord- | Budd eae ; " ing to the city's ordinances, you yg but natural deaths claim- may not open an umbrella in the | od the lives of fbur Clearfield county residents between Monday evening told the story Sell Mis Bay re | err is Coroner's Investigation Re- veals All Resulted From Natural Causes m 5 OG A. a Huey Family Has Celebration Fillmore Home Scene of Hap- py Reunion to Honor Mrs. Huey T. B. Retest Being Made In County Tri-Ennial Examination Cattle Started Here This Week The tri-annual T. B. retest of cat- tle in Centre county started Monday morning of this week, according to Chairman Ward Krape, of the Cen- tre County Cattle Disease Control Committee, The work is under the direction of Dr. H T. Craven, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Harris- burg The seven townships being tested this week are as follows: Rush, Dr T. E. Jabbs of Clearfield; Halfmoon, of Children and grandchildren of Mrs. Gertrude Huey gathered Sun- day, September 7 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hull of Fill- more, to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Huey. who was 74 on Septem- ber 11. Two of Mrs. Huey's grand- daughters, Miss Rebersburg. and Mrs. Blair Homan, of State College, also celebrated their birthday anniversaries on the same day. Nannie Huey, of | presence of 3 However, you | presence 01 a horse id and Wednesday noon of last week or's permission....You don't need |S. Erhard’s report anyone's permission to drive a cow | Were attributed fo heart conditions, of however, Dr. Erhard stated that no | sena resident was the first to die {| He was seen at the postoffice when Nursing Careers 9 | dead in his home at 3 o'clock I Tr { James William Reese, 66 of Kar- b ed by dropsy and cancer tion Class | Mrs. Margaret M. Reed, 71, of county, enrolled in the Philipsburg | Tuesday morning. State Hospitals School of Nursing| Henry A. Mignot, 69, of French- during the three-year term of train- | died at 3:35 Tuesday afternoon nurses Auto Crashes Net | The girls will go without caps for can dig for buried treasure in the - Bast en if you first get the May- { according to Acting Coroner Dr. E All four deaths (Continued on Pape Five) inquests Were heoessary Al Berkhoider, 73-year-old Bel- . B . 26 Girls Begin ithe went for mail about 1 o'clock | Monday afternoon, but he was found *hilipsburg State Hospital! thaus, died at 8 o'clock Monday Enrolls Large Proba- | night, His condition was aggravat- { Clearfield, was found dead in the Twenty-six girls, four from Centre | bathroom of her home at 1 o'clock on Monday. Those who successfully | Ville, who was suffering with arth- meet the standards of the school | ritis and a chronic heart condition, ing will be graduated and take state | examinations fo become registered the first six months of probation $164 In Damages At the end of six months they will | ¥, d the falls the past week wail- ing to get a glimpse of the two Mallard ducks Lois Bloomquist re- leased there last week. Every we visit the place the ducks absent Residents of the area ex- plain they're sleeping uncer some bushes, or have gone upstream for the moment The closest we've COMmhe to date was about 1 2. mm. one night last week Walking near the Penn Belle Hotel we heard quacking which seemed to come from the 1 4 +i vine are | Gamble Mill race FAST ONE: Election day report had it that in one Centre county borough a can- didate conducting a sticker cam- paign had little piles of stickers in each booth st the polling place When the fact was discovered it was too late for the election board do anything about it FOUL CALLER: Centre county has a outstanding hog callers, but as far as we've been ab learn, there's just one “foul caller.” He is J. Frank Smith. of Bellefonte, who has been delegated to call fouls on bowlers in the ¥. M. C. A. bowling league. Bit- ting on a raised platform at the foul line. Mr. Smith calls them as he sees them, letting the chips fall where they may JOKE: About 11 p. m. Monday night the telephone in the American Legion Home rang, and Legionnaires, anx- jously awaiting word from Milkau- kee where the Junior Legion Band was competing for the national championship, listened closely while one of thelr number answered the telephone. He wrote on a pad for a moment, and then turned and read the following message: “Boys came through with flying colors. Won Na- tional Championship, Playing in stadium tonight, Signed Crawford” The man at the phone said the message had come from the West- ern Union, There was widespread joy at the Legion home for about fifteen minutes until somehow a suspicion arose that perhaps the message was not on the level Fran- 2 0 number of to | Fretz, iock Haven Dr. Edwin B. Peck, Tyrone; Huston, Dr. H W. Underwood, Philipsburg: Penn, Dr. H. H. Taylor, Bureau of Animal Industry, Harrisburg: Har- ris. Dr. 8. M. Nissley, State College; Walker. Dr. M. W. Neidigh, State College; Howard, Dr. Darwin 8 According to Dr. Craven, it is the plan for these seven veterinarians to continue until the county is com- | pletely tested, Under this program | all of the cattle are tested for T. B every three years. Three years ago there were twenty-six reactors out of approximately 24.000 head of cat- tle. It is not expected to find any | higher rercentage in this test, The Centre County Cattle Disease Control Committee are asking all herd owners in the county to coop- erate with this program, and in ad- dition, sign blanks for the Bangs test which will be presented to them {Late in the afternoon, the guests Ann The day was spent in chatting and be “capped” and will become full- listening to music played by a fledged student nurses. grandson, James Huey, on his gui-! ‘The girls who began their careers tar. A few selections were sung bY as nurses Monday are: Nancy Nich- James and his mother, Mrs, G. L. olson and Mildred Wood, Philips- Huey. At the noon hour lunch was burg; Lois Burns and Bette Dresso, spread on a large table in the yard. Osceola Mills; Margaret Dugan and Rodgers, Houtzdale; Hilda departed for their homes wishing Peterson, Morrisdale; Agnes Shed- Mrs. Huey and her granddaughters lock and Avonell Kyler, Winburne; many more happy birthdays. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs, Earl Huey, J. Clayton Huey, of Jun-| fata; Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Huey and sons, James and Tommy, of Rebers- burg: Mr. and Mrs, George Koon | and son Dale, BE. L. Huey, Mr, and Hester, Lester and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Blair Homan, Miss Barbara Ulmer, of State College; Mrs. Paul Homan and daughter Harriet, of Baltimore, Md; Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Huey and daughter Arlene, Mr. | { | Mrs. Harry M. Garner and family, | Mary Williams, Julian; Ruth France, Snow Shoe; Ruth Lovell, Coalport | Also Margaret McKivigan and Joyce SBunseri, Spangler; Betty Nie- bauer, Hastings: Geraldine Hanna land Betty Merryweather, Barnes boro: Ruth Liberati, Jersey Shore; Mary Sechler, Cherry Tree; Mar- garet Liebold and Alice Steige, Punxsutawney; Geraldine Price, williamsburg; Mary Jane Hill, Cly- mer; Ruby Worthing, Saxton; Pear] | tic calls were made to Western Un- | jon offices in Bellefonte, State Col- |jege, Altoona ang Lewistown, but { they hat no record of such a mes- sage. Meanwhile the sensational news of the band's supposed tri- $164 in four umph spread like wildfire through- minor crashes investigated by State out the area. It wasn't until the Police in Clinton county area over | small hours of Tuesday morning the weekend. Two Oentre county | that answers to telegrams sent to motorists were among those involv- Milwaukee were received, and they ed | indicated that the band had won A car owned Ub second place. Legion members turn- Beech Creek, R. » Viea Suite | ed detectives to learn who had sent to the extent of $30 carly Sunday | he spurious telephone call, and if on Route 220 in Flemington, when | the ohject of their suspicions had it sideswiped the car of Richard 8. | showed himself at the Legion home Quigley, Mill Hall, damaging it to | about 1 8 m Tuesday he'd have the extent of $50 and continued to | received an unusually attentive re- Suse slight damage to the parked A ception. machine of Mrs. Ruth Jackson, of pHONE CALL: Flemington i Telephone calls seem to be in the | Two From Centre County In- volved in Weekend Accidents Damages totaled Copenhaver, Sommerville; Lenore Thomas, Patton. f A sideswiping early Sunday at | the Staveriown Bridge caused siight | P°™S thi week. Three Bellefonte i. craft guns—acclaimed as the grea's | .¢ the rorehead. John Barner suf-| the significant thing was the emer- est volley in naval history—was im- gency of a weapon aboard ship that | pressive almost beyond description. | Eats Nails to Atone for Misdeeds | When Donald Lester Lotz was | two jack-knives and an assortment | hailed before President Judge Paul of nails. i { He did it to atone for the actions N. Schaeffer in quarter sessions! which landed him in court, he told | court at Reading Monday morning Judge Schaeffer, The court was | his troubles were not all with John vaguely skeptical but ordered X- | Law. He had a terrible pain in the ray. i stomach, { The films, specialists at St. Jos- | Ordinarily, the court would have eph's Hospital reported, showed sev. taken no judicial notice of Lotz’ eral large nails, a knife handle and | cramps but Judge Schaeffer, the another object—presumably a knife district attorney's staff, and sundry plade—in his stomach. The court + ~asste were pulled up short will postpone sentence until st. | when the defendant, who faces a' Joseph surgeons remove the hard- | morals charge, confessed to eating ware. \ fered a laceration of his left shoul- der. — Grazierville Man Killed Leland Edmiston, 40, a former resident of Grazierville, near Ty~| rone, was killed almost instantly! late Saturday night when he was struck by an automobile near Ault-| man, Indiana county, where he had! been making his home with his sis- | ter, Mrs. James Bennett. Edmiston, | according to State Motor Police, nad | been staying with his sister at Ault- | man, near Indiana, for the past! month and a half and had been! employed as a miner. i i ! People who extend liberal sup-| port to the churches seldom worry { about what they get in return, | ties surrounding Centre have been by the drivers who are assisting the veterinarians. Practically all coun- (Continued on Page Three) and Mrs. Earnest Long and family, | damage to machines driven by Ar- | burg; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Huey Mary, Ruth and Junior, of Rebers- Hard work hasn't killed nearly as | many people in this country as on {Continued on Pape Three) might suppose. youngsters, Tommy Shallcross, Hugh Manchester, and Charles Schaeffer, le away a Sunday after- noon at the Shallcross home on West Continued on Pepe Siz) thur McCaslin, Jersey Shore, and | Jr. to whi Clifford Boddy, Cooks Run C. C. C. - {Continued on Pape Three) PETER PUBLIC—The Old Story!
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