Odd and CURIOUS in the = NEWS = BRUIN AT SCHOOL Game Warden William W, Britton, of Franklin County, kil- led a 250-pound bear in the out- side cellarway of the consoli- dated school of Stoufferstown, near Chambersburg, one night last week after it had escaped from its neighboring pen and Terrorized residents of the neighborhood, Owned by Joe Stickel, farm laborer, who had had it since it was a cub, the bear broke out of its pen located on a knob near Keystone and wandered about until it came to the schoolhouse, and there de- seended the outside stairs to the basement, NO SOUND EFFECTS It looked like a silent movie in Grocer Charles E. Williams’ store at Evansville, Ind., as he and a holdup man engaged in a “gun” battle. The bandit op- ened fire on Williams but there was only the harmless snap of the firing pin. Williams grab- bed his gun and fired, Again only a snap of the firing pin. For a moment both men stood there “blazing ’' away to the tune of snapping firing pins. The holdup man finally gave up and fled, only to be apprehended la- ter. Officers found both guns were loaded. HOT MONEY The government has given $40 in new bills to Mrs. Joseph A. Welsh, of Bedford, in exchange for $40 which she roasted in a stove at her home two weeks ago. Mrs. Welsh noticed smoke coming from the chimney of her house and suddenly remembered hiding the money in a compact which she placed in the stove, She sent the compact unopened to the treasury department in Washington. Although the mon- ey was burned to ; crisp of- ficials were able to determine the bills’ denominations, GENEROUS STORK Being the proud parents of four boys, Mr. and Mrs. William Snipes, of Rochester, Ind., were anxious for the expected baby to be a girl. Instead of one, however, three baby daughters were added to the Snipes fam- ily by the stork when he arrived with triplets. DIZZY RESCUE While walking a six-inch gird- er, 80 feet above the ground on a construction job at Wilkes- Barre, E. R. Davia, rivet heater, was struck by the falling body of the water boy, Stanley Ritzie, Davis managed to maintain his balance, caught the boy and car- ried him to safety. ad Two Injured in Wreck Hayes Cassidy, 30, of Sandy Ridge, and Bert Baumgardner, 47, of New Liberty, were both treated at the Philipsburg State Hospitaj for in. juries received Saturday in an auto- mobile accident on the Tyrone mountain, 10 miles south of Philips. burg. A total of $375 damages was reported to the Pord sedan and Ford truck. Cassidy suffered lacera- tions of the face and head and Baumgardner of the head, left arm, and knees tate Motor Police of. ficers said that the cars sideswiped Killed in Boating Accident Nelson L. Grove, 38, of Hunting- don, was killed late Sunday in an unusual boating accident on Rays- town dam. He and a companion were boating in a 16-foot inboard motor launch when it was capsized by a wave. After they were in the water, the boat swulig around and the propellor struck Grove's head and killed him. The companion was rescued by another boater but Grove's body sunk and was recover. ed with the aid of grappling hooks. = - With its first birthday last week, Pennsylvania’s $70,000.000 high-speed | turnpike was acclaimed as the fore. runner of similar highways which will net-work the east and connect Atlantic and the Pacific coasts, “Before many years, at least one highway of the same type will reach from coast to coast” predicted Cahirman Walter A. Jones of the Turnpike Commission, long an ad- vocate of express highways, He declared the 180-mile highway has "justified not only its construc- tion, but also its exiension to Phila- delphia and Ohio, and in fact throughout the east” Commission officials sald the all. weather highway would return $3.- 000000 during the first year of travel as compared with the income of $2670000 needed annually to Ee Sf Tr effects to his home ee Religiously- nclined Wasps Routed | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County. ———— SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democrat A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week. A NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 60, BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1941, NUMBER 41. | Earl W. Gaines, 21-year-old Penn State junior student was found dead of a shot gun wound in the attic of his parents’ Seventh ward home in Altoona last Wednesday morn- ing. Eligible for army service but de- ferred six months by his draft board to take preparatory aviation training at college, it was at first presumed that the young man had taken his own life, through worry over the change in plans of his ca- reer. The tragedy occurred] just after he had returned {rom Mercy Hospital where he took his father by auto for a tonsil operation While this version was accepted by the family of young Gaines later evidence was unearthed which lead to the belief that the shooting was accidental. When relatives returned ‘irom State College Wednesday night to return the dead youth's personal a checkup gave Penn State Co-ed Drops Over Dead Brooklyn Girl, Filed Card Showing Good Condition, is Fatally Stricken Samuel C»olliss, Brooklyn, N. Y, a sophomore at Penn State College fell dead Friday in front of a dor- mitory a few minutes after she had filed her personne] card and had | been pronounced in good health The Centre County coroner's of- fice attributed her death to a heart attack. Th s physician-father reported to college authorities that he had never detected a heart con- | dition in examinations of his daugh- { ter. | Miss e girl Colliss had entered Penn | State this Fall as a transfer stu- | dent in home economics from New | York University ——— ———— Polio | Outbreak | Closes School 7-Year-Old Chester Hill Youth Stricken by Infantile Paralysis The Philipsburg area was hit by infantile paralysis Monday when Rembrandt Jackson, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rembrandt Jackson, Chester Hill, was stricken with the disease Chester Hill's school, with an at- tendance of approximately 150 stu- dents, was shut dowp in the after. noon by the school board there The child was found to be suffer- ing from the disease which has swept the state this year when he complained of severe head and leg aches. The attending physician di- agnosed the disease as infantile paralysis then placed in a cast Room No. 1. in which the young- ster was a student, was closed im- mediately, Shortly afterwards the school board issued orders for the entire school, comprising four rooms, be closed until further notice 1f every little boy and girl meas- ured up to the expectations of fond parents, the human race would be too good too soon. ; Turnpike Makes Profit for Year meet expenses and bond interest During the year, more than 3 per. sons have been killed on the twin | lines of ebnerete upon which a max- imum speed of 70 miles an hour has been placed. | Jones, who Inspected German highways prior to the current war sees the express-type highway as al i | “double-edged military weapon effective both for offensive and de- fensive operations “It is for the latter use that 1 urge immediate construction of an 1800-mile network linking the in- dustrial centers of the midwest with | the ma jor cities of the Atlantic sea. board.” he said recently, “1 am not looking for the United ¥Btates to wage offensive war at any | time; but if England falls we may | (Continued on Page Three) ———— 21-Year-Old State College Student Fatally Shoots Himself In Attic at Home Death of Altoona Youth, First Thought To Have Been Case of Suicide, Now Believed | To Have Resulted from Accident | — | last Shirley Colliss, 18 daughter of Dr | The child's right leg was cerity is published herewith: i strong evidence that the youth had | not meant to take his own life Among the articles brought from | State College was a box of shot gun | shel). None had been removed from the box which had been given | to the youth by his father when the former entered Penn State last | month, Another supply of shells] kept by the father was likewise un- | disturbed This is accepted as evidence that the shot gun which killed the youth was loaded, presumably last fall, It is believed that rl Gaines acci- dentally struck the floor with the] butt of the gun, causing it to dis-| charge and inflict the fatal wound The youth was accustomed to hunt small game each fall and was member of the National Rifle as- sociation. It is supposed that the| accident occurred when he prepared to examine or clean the gun Born April 1, 1820, in Altoona, he was the son of Charles E and Mary Olive (Good) Gaines | Members of the family include | his parents, three sisters and one brother, Mrs, John Shull, of Lang- horn, R. D. Ered of Canton, O., Mrs Melvin Es of Baltimore and Mrs Benjamin Shull of Newtown, Pa A graduate of the Altoona High school in 1839, the youth attended the University of Cincinnati for one year but matriculated at Penn Su year in a dairy husbandry course, He was a member of the Grace Methodist church and held an Eagle Scout rating and was a patroj lead- er in the Boy Scouis, American Le- p. “nev 5 TS gion Lrov Frost Expected (wn pf A Eo aa a” ® On Sunday evening, October 12 gd co-ed from the Pennsylvania State College will make her radio debut on a coast-to-coast broadcast The college singer will be selected this week when members of Phil Spitainy's All-Girl orchestra in New York listen to recordings of voices, selected last Monday open to all State of Spitalny's or- State College to ollegiate songsters, At a public audition they chose Shir- Ives, of Scranton; Betty Platt, State College; Ruth Davey, of State College, all freshmen; and “At am Rhein, of Harrisburg, a jun- f four night women at an students audition at Pen Two members chestra n came to audition the ey of Ie One of the above girls will sing cn Spitalny’s “Hour of Charm” pie IO0- ANY ALUMINUM LADY ? | | CO-ED ON RADIO BROADCAST gram this Sunday at 10 p, m. 8he will compete with other college girls from Indiana, Ohio State, Illinois Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Bos- | ton University, Rutgers, and Cornel] Fnging weekly programs {rom | September 28 to November 30 Three of co-eds will $1000 apiece and enter the “finals to be held in December, The winne: will carry t college a $4.- on the receive back to 000 music scholarship to be awarded in her name to worthy students her sc a The chur offer us real The wonder i go to church sts A — ches of County small cost yf us fail to Centre value why al all « fine, if your own products controls don’t affect Price are they | Lock + NCA Camouflaged Bomber and | Crew Fly to Canada via Lock Haven After Forced Landing | Four Members of Royal Canadian Air Force Bring Ship to Earth Near Jersey Shore After Becoming Confused in Storm Jersey Shore, Montoursville and Haven were unexpectedly hosts late Baturday and Sunday to Royal Canadian Alr Force aviators, State Motor Police furnished bar. | acks Saturday night for four C. A F. flier whose bomber the police helped safeguard from the time Saturday when it landed, to the south until Sunday afternoon plane was flown Ww where it Joined its and returned Can- afternoon : arse J Shore 0 flyers were ieported safely base, No. 33 Aerial avigation 8chool, Mount Hope Hamilton, Ont, Bunday even- having taken off from shortly before noon The yack at their after lock Haven Sunday Confused by a storm which siruck a twin-motored camou- flaged bomber, the flyers continued thei; confused course until they landed shortly after noon Baturday farm of William L. Hayes of the Susquehanna River williamsport Joined Sunday Morning by a crew from bomber, sent to their aid the men cut several trees from Hayes prope:ty, and with Bquad Commander W. Dougall at the con- trols. and Radio Operator IL. A C Strong aboard, the bomber was Iift- ed from its emergency field and flown to Lock Haven Alrport be - fore the return flight Was started In the original crew which land- Saturday, were Sergl. Wood L. A. C. Johnson, navigator their craft on south A C SO-THAT’S THE LAW . The Human Interest Side of Legal Oddities By Elliott H. Marrus Corpse Department—-Can anyons own a corpse? That is one of the strange problems with which couru have been faced. This particular case arose in Ohio In 1817. A wo- man's body was delivered to a sur- geon for a post mortem examina- | tion. ‘The physician promiied thal when his examination wes ove. 6 he would give it a decent burial lgter when the coffin was sent to the hus- band, he found a dummy in it Outraged at this, he demanded body of his wife, ang threatened that if the corpse nas not delivered immediately he would see that the surgeon would be put in jail. A this. a horribly mutilated body was produced. The husbang sued the doctor for damages which the court awarded him on the groung that a person has the right to the corpse of a near relative for the purpose of burial. In other words a hus- pand owns his wife's corpse until the she Afterward nothing . » » * Attorney for the Defense Bar tholomew Chastenee, a French lawyer of the 16ih century became famous because of his defense ol animals charged with crimes. One of his better known cases was Lhe one in which he att ome rats arrested ata} slealilyg de wa rey io were for won! Telephone Operators-—North Cars olina has a law An Act to Proect Female Telephone Oper ators.” The profiibits using of indecent, lewg or language while talking to a telephone operator. Operator! OP erator! entities Statute profane * heat while You ever Legal Laugh Did the story of the doctor who female! be. ng nes detained as a wit- complained to the judge that wes he was permitied (0 make his calis on his patients, they would all recover! Against Capital Punishment-—-Un- der laws of King William I, of agland (1807) it was against the AW 10 hang & man or pul vim W death for committing a crime. How- the jaw specifically provided thal criminals be putiish by having taer pulied oul rely court ‘ the ever sould ed aT the yr fast rut ut off, or then hal bodies mutilated, amb NSaeer ussell Bage financier was once vailed by a man who said The bag I hold in my hang con- tains, 10 3 dynamite, 17 1] drop the destroy this building in it Give me dred thousand dollars Le p os 1 8 Or DO R ings of bag will ARG ever) ne milion » »O BETROT person t20 hun I'l drop threat, Sage remained slowly walked into an room and stood belund @ his, Mr Laidlaw. The At this calm. He adjoining friend man kept bag killed him and severely Laidiaw, Sage was not of injured Laidlaw sued Sage Je damages) of Jer-| | Lester, also a navigator, and Mr Btrong The 360-mile flight from Hamil- ton 0 Jersey Bhore was said to have been made at a 9.000-foot ele- vation, because of the foggy weather and other detrimental flying ditions They passed Lake without knowing it Directing the crew to the assistance was Dougall His COon«~ Erie which came Commander 3 was landed at Lock Haven and the trip to Wil- damsport was made in a station wagon. Both bombers were recondi- tioned ships which had seen in England, being returned to Can- ada for training purposes Both showed signs of having been palch- ahir Wiig J ed after being ghot by Nazi marks- men Bark night, t English- men, were singing the praises of the American people. They commented on the hospitality extended and the assistance given Emergency ing county at their home base Bunday he “lost” fiyers, all Lycom- 0 ; at the said (Continued on Page MNOIng .o . . “ field was have Siz J Youth Will Get National Honor American Farmer Degree to Be Conferred on Mill Halli R. D. Man Richard Fox, son of Mrs M. Pox, of Mill Hall ning to Oct City, where he will have can Farmer degree him at the national Future Parmer The announcement th the first to be conferred on a Cline ton County man, was made by H Conley Hayes, vocational agriculture supervisor at the Lock Haven High School with whom Mr. Fox studied pilot; | Charles RD. is 17 for plan- Kansa the Ameri conferred pt ity meeling of America of the eave his word and dropped his| who with Donald Davies, assistant The explosion of the dynamite ggricultural instructor, formed the] injured | jocal committee which rescommend-| | being distressed. Maybe juvenile de- ed Mr. Fox to the national group The young man won prizes at claiming that he was Injured be-| the State Farm Products Show each cause the latter tried Lo use him as a bomb shelter. Uniortunately, the court records do pot show who won the case Whom do you think should have won? Trusting Seuls—In Carolina passed a law Indian traders oid indian for more than one powder or four pounds of buliels Lie Detectors—The police are be- ginning to use Le deteciors more and more in their efforts to ont down crime. The evidence of thess (Continued om Pape §iz) South that an 1731, staung trust Teacher Among Contest Winners Warriors Mark Srhoolma’am Wins Recognition in Na- tion-Wide Event Miss Myrtle Andrews of Tyrone licensed minister in the Methodist Conference, and teacher in the Warrior's Mark schools, won third honorable mention In a nation-wide contest for letters oh Evangelism sponsored by the “Christian Advo- cate” the official publication of the Methodist church in America Miss ! Andrews letter, which is written In direct style and with a marked sin- “1 belong to the youth of our | March 31 while hitch-hiking to Pat- ton after a visit to Pittsburgh. his | church, the majority of whom know | evangelism only as the exuberances of grandfather's day Once I thought it was nothing more hysterical | | tangle of underbrush 200 yards off than that and I discounted its value | because I feared any prick of emo- | Stephen Nosal of Groveton and his tionalism might burst my balloon’ of religious complacency. | Coraopolis “Then I heard my preacher speak | of a Christ who died a horrible] death; not for Caesar's satisfaction! { or the whims of ancient Rome—but for me! That realization made me | peared to have been fractured. Two conscious of my debt to God for | hats were found, one under the re- such a sacrifice. With modern sag- | acity, I sought to pay the debt mon- etarily and increased my giving a |] | hundred percent. Then I waited for | | the blessings I felt were due a good ‘and faithfu] servant. | —newsroom | “When 1 could not measure my | blessings according to what 1 had | given, I doubted the value of Chris- | tian effort, But from the lips of a | lay evangelist, T heard the simple | definition of what 1 could expect if | 1 really followed Christ. I learned Wasps in two neighboring Clinton | instance. At Flemington the unwel-| ya: 1 could not give Him away county villages “got religion” over | the weekend and invaded the two) come church-goers were put to rout {by means of red flares, which sent forth sulphur fumes In Mill Hall Church of Christ charges of the | sect spray and fly-swatters were Rev. William V. Nelson in Fleming- |g ccessfully utilized to rid the prem. ton and Mill Hall, and the Meth- je. of the insects. odist church in Mill Hall The insects were discovered Sat- that the drove which invaded his |! The Rev. Mr. Nelson estimated urday evening, having descended charge must have numbered more from the church belfries in each than a thousand. Double ‘Squalls’ For Hospital Maternity and nufsery attaches] were born. Their double-duty period | unless I had Him, and the only way 1 could keep the Christ, when I { found Him, was to give Him away | 1 would never have found the joy- ousness and adventure of following Christ if I had not been won by evangelism.” Jurist's Will Filed Judge C. E. Krelser's will, as ad- mitted to probate at Danville, lists an estate estimated in value at more than $10000. A third is for the jurist's widow, Mrs. Minnis Krei- gher. The other two thirds are di- : ! i | | i 3 | | H i Patton Man's Skeleton Found Identified as Cambria County Man Who Disappeared March 31 Th zkeleton of a man identified as Charles A. Baranik, 28 of Patton Cambria county, was found in Ken- nedy township, Allegheny county near heavily trafficked route 51 Saturday, and police immediately | sought to determine whether foul] play was involved in his death Baranik, former state highway department laborer, disappeared brother, Peter Baranik of Coraopo-| lis, notified police at that lime The skeleton was found in a the highway, on a ridge between Fleming Park and Groveton, by Kranis of gathering father-in-law, Michael who were mushrooms. Deputy Coroner J. P. Galiandino said %e skull which had rolled 2 short distance from the body, ap- mains and the other nearby. E. E. Keefer Retires After 60 years as a printer, Ed- ward E. Keefer heard his last “30” “end” symbol—-as a memniber of the Sunbury Daily-Item staff on Tuesday. He is the first employe of the paper to retire on pension, willie We dont care what philosophy the Red army soldiers enjoy, they | are fighting for the best interests ol! the world, Retired P- R. R. Veteran Dies Native of State College Served 42 Years With Railroad Company George W. Blair, well known re- tired employe of the Altoona rall- road shops, died at his home in Al- toona Bunday afternoon, aged 85 years Born in State College, October 9, 1856, he was the son of Joseph and | Margaret Swineheart Blair He went to Altoona in 1872 at the age of 16, He was first employed in the car shops and later went to the Toundry where he Served 42 years until his retirement in 1921 Mr. Blair was a descendant of the pioneer Blair family for which Blair county is named. Hig wife, Mrs. Annie (Davis) Blair died in 1924. Members of the fam- ily include two daughters, Mrs Ora Sickles, Altoona, and Mrs. Gertrude Oreen, with whom he resided; two brothers and one sister, all of Al- toona: Thomas, Howard and Mrs Anna Coleman. | a i Suffers Fatal Injuries ! Carl Hanes, 19, of this place, died in the Maple Avenue Hospital, Du- Boils, of injuries received in a crash | in which three other youths were injured. A number of St. Marys| young men had attended a dance, and Carl was driving the car on the | return trip, when in passing another machine it got off the road and onto | a soft shoulder. In getting back onto | the highway the car skidded and striick an embankment, Carl being | thrown out. He died of a fracture of the skull. i - |. Clmtfied Ass tring sesana, {and auditors associat.on and Clearfield Man Killed In Crash Fatally Injured Day Presiding at Supervisors’ Convention Thomas 1. Kerfoot, of Pleasant Hill, near Philipsburg. was killed in a truck-car crash Saturday alter- noon on the old Curwensville pike about eight miles west of Philips- burg. He was taken to the Philips. burg State Hospital in the ambu- lance but was pronounced dead upon arrival For the lat two years Mr, Kerfoot had been president of the Clear. field county township supervisors on his Friday, just the day before | death, he presided over the associa- tion's meeting held in Clearfield, Witnesses report that Kerfootl was driving a Pord truck owned by his brother, William, and that he was going towards Clearfield. Police say that he had evidently been on the left side of the road and tried get over on the right when he saw a car coming around the turn. Kerfoot was thrown out of the small pick-up truck when the door flew open & craghi with the Buick sedan driven by rry Cur- tis, 67. of Clearfield. Kerfoot suf- fered a fracture at the base of the skull wien he landed head first on the 20-foot macadam road, which he as township road supervisor, had supervised building. Deceased wis & son of Mrs, Har- riet Lucy Kerfoot and the late Wil- liam Kerfoot, of Pleasant Hill. He was aged 44 years and had never married. By next March most of us will realize that defense takes money. pound of | After! { year he exhibited and was awarded the Keystone Btate degree by the Farm 8how Committee at Harris- burg in 1838. He was graduated hy the Lock Haven High School in 1939 and while there was a member of the Bald Eagle Chapter, Puture Farmers of America The state degree was { Mr. Fox for scholastic ing leadership ability and having $250 productively invested Eligibility for the American Farmer degree shows $500 productively invested | community ability, leadership and | po-operation. Only five other young i men {rom Pennsylvania have ever ! attained the honor of receiving the | American Farmer degree, Mr. Hayes i said awarded standing ——— ——————— Concreting Started on Route 64 Concreting of the surface on one {side of the new section of State | Highway Route 64 was begun from | the Beech Creek end Tuesday moimn- ing of last week and eleven hun- dred feet was laid that day. Since then with the exception of inter ruption by rain, the pouring of con- crete has been progressing steadily A section two miles in length will be laid full width. By that time It is expected the making of the big cut | through the limestone hill at Hunt- er Run will be finished and the laying of the concrete surface can {be pushed on towards Howard as far as the bridge across Bald Eagle! creek. i — Flees Burning Home | Mrs. Clem Hock, mother of Mrs. | George Wagner, had a narrow es-| cape from death in the fire which| ruined the home, at Selinsgrove She was on the second floor, her arms Jaden with clothing of the children, when she found the stair- way impassable, and smoke and! fire coming into the rooms, She went to the window of the child-| ren's room and directed firemen in| the placing of a ladder, by means of which she descended to safety. | Child Fatally Burned | Trapped on the second floor of | her home by flames which swept up! a stairway, Ellnne Elizabeth Rock-| well, 8, of East Troy, was burned to death. She came to the top of the stairs when her mother called | her, but frightened by the smoke and flames, ran back to her bed and rolled herself in the blankets where the body Was found by] searchers after the fire had been | extinguished. pervice | . old to | together | of rugs Random [tems | HORSE SENSE Although slick city police In Pitts. burgh still maintain there's a mur- der charge agamst Hoy Houck there the finangling, the secrecy and the garbled ports thet featured Houck's return from Lock Haven last week smell strongly to this corner like a couple of super-sleuths trying to drop a hot potato with as little loss-of-face as possible, Seems that before they'd have even breathed a suspicion against Houck in the slay- ing they'd have quietly investigated to find out whether or not he could have been in Pittsburgh when the girl was biudgeoned NERVOUSNESS: We like the comment of the judges who swarded place to the Legion Junior the National Convention In Mil- waukee recently. He on his score sheet: “Intonation fair--get- ting better. I think there is a litle nervousness.” He THINKS there is a little nervousness! A hal! hundred youngsters, taken on t} trip of their young lives one third the way across the continent in chartered Pullmans to play before the crown- ed heads of the nation’s band- dom! BSmall wonder judge thought he detected vousness!” There who similar have been struck {from ordinary stage-frig DOGS: Bellefonte, after a comparative civilization dogs again. Unlicensed packs of dogs once more willy-nilly, com: decencies and pawing u shrubbery with oc For a time Council employed a dog catcher, but when expenses office far exceeded | catcher became just another in Council's little closet! il skeletons, (P. B. A skeletons the rattling in And one skeleton or rather dried QUESTION: Two one of second Band s! noted we He ttle ner- 18 might completely dumb “a many of conditions are in bos going Ww regeed the the roam ot roaget reels H lete ough other on neither over: walking on Duniop st urday rom Titan Plant ra yards near field milk plant What be doling down there at that hour? And why wouldn't parents keep closer tabs on thelr youngsters? Some day we'll see the two in court The parents will be back in the court room making sa great show of boys midnight, Sat crossing street | the gould be. better handled by handing ou! a few sentences to parents, rather than to kids who gt no consideration st! home JURIES: Have you ever thought system is slightly cockeyed? have we, The verdict of a jury must be unanimous to be a verdict, and we submit that it's practically im. possible to pick twelve persons st random Who will agree on anything much less an involved and contro. versial court case. We had a fine example of how the present jury system works at a recent session of court. In an attack case the jury acquitted the defendant although, according to reports, the jury at one time was 11 to 1 for conviction The lone rgged-individualist on the jury apparently swayed the our ury 50 | eleven other members When a jury is hung up for any time the women members begin to worry about get- ting supper, puting the kids to bed The men get tired or wonder who's going to do the chores at home They often change their vote to get out of the jury room. Why not per- mit the jury only two or three bal- lots and make a two-thirds or three-fourths majority sufficient for conviction or acquittal? The pres. ent requirement of a unanimous verdict looks to us like a gigantic millstone around the neck of Jus- tice. Majority rule is recognized in virtually every other phase of Unit- (Continued on Pape Siz) POMONA GRANGE The ninth meeting in our series of Neighbor Night gatherings will be held with East Penns Valley Grange at Millheim, Wednesday evening October 15th. The theme of the program to be presented by Marion Grange is “Hallowe'en” and the farm subject for the evening is “Pruits” Notice to Patrons: Each patron attending this meeting is requested bring 3 pn of fruit for display . fruit to be presented after the meeting to some worthy cause as & gift from our Pomona Grange. If fruit is unavailable please bring potatoes or vegetables At the last two Neighbor Night meetings all patrons did not un- derstand 10 bring vegetables or po- tatoes 80 any product from the farm will B¢ appreciateg in this gift on the 15th. % Port Matilda Orange officers will have charge of the meeting and will present a drill emphasizing the gilt and Hallowe'en products. ———————————————... NEWS, PETER PUBLIC—“Oh Say, Can You See ...!"” vided equally among the three chil- dren, Margaret, Kathryn and Wil- Ham. Use our Classified Ad columns, t {lipsburg State Hi tal mark. was climaxed September 28 with #t Prilipsburg aap ithe bi.th of twin girls to Mr. and ed up a sorte: of quintuple record! {Mrs. Ralph Cleaver, Osceola Mills, of their own during late August and pirst twins in the series were born September, when five sets of wins on August 27,
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