Odd and CURIOUS in the + NEWS - The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week + SECOND SECTION Che Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 61. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY J 22, 1042. NUMBER 4. Random [tems DEFILED THE FLAG For using the American Flag as an automobile cover and per- mitting his dog to lie on it, Mat- hew Lederer, 22, of Detroit, must contribute $50 to the Red Cross, That was the sentence imposed by Recorder's Judge Arthur E. Gordon at Lederer's arraignment on a charge of defiling the flag. “There are a group of boys who put up a great fight for our flag on Wake Island,” Judge Gordon told Lederer. “For all we know they are all dead now. You ap- parently do not regard the flag very highly.” GOOD REPUBLICAN Farmer E. E. Parsley of Brownsville, Ky., is patriotic— and a Republican, During the World War he made certain the liberty bonds he bought did not show a picture of Democratic Woodrow Wilson. Farmer Pars- ley walked up to a Brownsville banker the other day and said: “Whose picture is on the $1,00 defense bonds?” “Abe Lincoln's said the banker. “Order me one,” replied Farmer Parsley. DOING THEIR PART Chester A. Herbert, of Hagers- town Md. whose brother was Killed during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, tried to enlist in the army but was turned down because of his teeth. Having no money for dental work, he appealed for help through a newspaper ad. Two dentists volunteered. Herbert says he wants to avenge his brother's death. BROTHERS, BOAT ENLIST Robert and Luther Thomas, two Berwick young men and the 32-foot power boat of the latter will shortly be in the service of the U. 8S. Coast Guard in aiding in the protection of the Atlantic coast. The brothers are enlisting and the boat will be used as a patrol boat. PRESSING MATTERS The Rev. Sam B. Stroup, an Episcopal rector of Hickory, N. C., is trying to figure out what he can do with an electric tie presser somebody sent him as a gift. For 28 years he has worn a clerical collar, and hasn't use of a necktie. | HIS OWN PREACHER | | | i i With relatives, narses and other patients about his hospital | bed in Fort Worth, Texas, T. 8. | Cobb, minister and music teach- er, preached what he called “my funeral sermon.” The next day, his 66th birthday, he died. OPEN SEASON ON JAPS They were doing a land office business at the Marine Corps Recruiting office in Los Angeles. A sign pasted up on the wall near the door said: “Jap hunting licenses issued here, Open season now. No limit.” lh Bitter-end, standing part, and) bight of the line are Naval terms used in knot-tying. Read the Classified ads. Furniture Burns While Being | Delivered From Philipsburg Store Forrest C. Rapsey, veteran Phil- ipsburg drayman, had a new exper- fence last Friday when a truckload of furniture he was hauling burned on his truck without his knowing it The Philipsburg Dally Journal says: Forrest C. Rapsey, veteran dray- man, had a new experience last Fri- day when a truckload of furniture he was hauling burned on his truck without his knowing it. “Piker” was delivering a living- room suite, bedroom suite springs mattress and rugs to a family in Offers Tires To G overnment The operator of a fleet of trucks in Coalport, Clearfield county, has offered to the government some of | his reserve stock of tires. “I am the owner and operator of a small fleet of trucks” he wrote the State Rationirg Administrator. “For the past eight years I have al- ways carried in reserve a fairly good An ordinance fixing a maximum penalty of 30 days Imprisonment or a $100 fine for violation of rules and regulations covering “blackouts” | in Sunbury In the event of enemy air raids, has been given approval Ind, went so Lawrenceburg, far as Never A marriage license was issued re- cently at the Snyder county court house, Middleburg, to Francis Clin. Crouse, 71, Penn township house- is in an and { children | Louis Mayes, | dam. Firemen were | scene but Arrest Man As with | tion act | Susquehanna i drown himself, but heard the train ing this letter is to ask if some of Enforce Blackout Law {of the City Commission. The ordin- | | endorsement of the league of third! | class cities of Pennsylvania, Too Old To Mar Two Children Have Narrow Escape From Drowning In Waters of Cold Stream Dam Rescued After Crashing Through Soft Ice; Lewis Mayes Proves Hero The prompt and heroic work of one man forestalled a tragedy at Cold Stream Dam, near Philipsburg, Sunday noon, when two resident nearly lost their lives by drowning after they fell through the | ice while skating Steve Kolosky, 12, ang his young- er brother, George, went through the soft ice into the deep channel of the dam. Their sister, Agnes, was skating with them but she did not fall into the water The two children were rescued by who lives near the called to the was effected the rescue Draft Dodger | Altoona Junk Dealer He Was “Too Ill at Time” to Register to Charged with falling comply selective service registra- Morris Getz, Altoona junk dealer, was arrested Thursday morn- ing by an agent of the federal bu- reau of investigation. Getz is the the | first draft dodger reported from Al- | toona area Getz admitted the violation be- cause, he was “ill at the time.” and unable to register October 16, 1940 He was placed under $1,000 bond for | federal court would court Getz sald he plead guilty to the charge in and would also register for army duty if given the opportunity Unmarried Boxer Kills Self On Way to Camp Young Athlete Lies on Rail Before Fast-Moving Freight Train Stanley Krazkiewics, of near Ber- ! wick, whose parents thought he was | enroute to join the army last Thurs. i day, deliberately placed himself be- neath the whee, of a fast-moving {freight train The young athlete, who was known throughout the Wy- |oming valley under the boxing name of Stanley Lucas, took his own life, the coroner reported ] Krazkiewicz first waded into the! river, intending to! coming and decided on death be-| neath its wheels A fully-clad army barracks bag {lay on the roadbed near the track. A | | railroad ticket { Va., was found In the | pocket to Camp Wheeler, dead man's | Emporium from the Adelman and | Ratowsky store. He reached Wood- | land before he discovered he had a | roaring fire on the back of his truck. | Driving through several communi- | ties he attracted considerable atten- tion but he did not think anything about it until a woman driver in Woodland blew her horn and flagged him down. She pointed to the back end and Rapsey and Brown his helper, look- ed back and saw the blazing furni- | (Continued on Page Five) supply of truck tires, At the present time I have several truck tires on hand, some of which I may not need for six months, My motive for writ- | these tires would help the govein- ment at present and they could re- place them later when I need them.” | The writer's name was not dis- closed. | ance is the first of its kind passed by any community in Central Penn- | sylvania. It is patterned after al plan adopted in Virginia and has the | Buggy Business Picking Up One of the nation's few remain | ing bugfy manufacturers viewed the tire and automobile pinch with par. donable equanimity. Owner Edward Knapp, of the Standard Vehicle Co. to say: “The horse and buggy days are coming back again.” He has or ders for more than 500 buggies his payroll is the largest since 1919] -ten men, Recently he received an order for 500 buggies, knocked down, | from a mail order house. } = | y | ton Kratzer, 70, retired Penn towns | ship resident, and Mrs. Ella Sarah! wife. i iment ternt. in tal. before their arrival Mr. Mayes had been working and had just come home and taken his heavy work shoes off and was *it- ting down eating his dinner The kitchen door was open and he heard the screams of the children Locking out the door, Maves saw | the two heads bobbing in the deep water of the channel as the three | children lustily called for help Maves immediately called to a family member to phone for the firemen and he dashed behind his house and picked up a plank about | 25 feet long and sprinted down the | hill in his stocking feet and raced to the spot where the children had gone through, He reached them with | the ald of the plank supporting their weights on the thin, water-covered His wife sent a length of rope down for his use When the trucks and firemen ar- rived on the scene, Mayes had al- ready pulled the two from the cold water, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Koloaky, parents of the children, live within sight of the dam and they we:e among those attracted there by the excitement. They hwried their children home where changes of clothing and other steps were taken to prevent sickness. Mave who was drenched in the rescue also lost little time In getiing out of hi wet clothing ce the — PA The Navy estimates that it needs 360.000 pounds of turkey to celebrat a holiday. >» Twelve-Year-Old Boy and Younger Brother Fair and Warmer i 1 7 I ~NS 2 STICKERS GO O A minor tempest in a teapot sub | sided peacefully during the weekend | when State officials decided that | despite a Pennsylvania law prohib- | iting the of any stickers | display jother than official inspection stick- | ers on the would to attach the of cars it] be permissible for motorist: | small Federal auto! tax stamp windshields | The auto stamps must be placed! either immediately beside or at the inspection stickers, 1. was 1d State Motor Police that such Word of Deputy John whose offices windshield to top of the decided, ar in missible were trucied iractice is per. the ruling was Internal Rev. M. Boob, of 4 4 in ule 1 } ’ received bY enue Collector, Milibeim 34 are lefonte postofiic € ll ~~ , Va at ! 7 AK A To VA fi A LI bid LISTEN TO THIS BUD, y JIM PRICE HAD BOTH HIS EARS FROST-BITTEN (AST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, (M YOU IMAGINE THAT 7 ole / IN e~4/ Pr 0 sy Y N WINDSHIELD Au tay stamps are now on sale \t all postoffices at $200 each. On July 1 the stamps must be replaced 2 another stamp, costing $5, which will be eflective for one year, With he pu of stamp the postinaster Issues go card must be marked “tax paid postmaster, and which the bile owher must majl to the offices been paid rehinse . ach which by the automo- internal revenue collector's hat the a5 PIoo tax has - Re-elected President Harry W. 8hafl Lock Haven wne re-elected president of Re - tallers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany of Pennsylvania at \n- pany's annual! meeting at Harris. burg TT. Of the the Carole Lombard, Screen ‘Star, 15 Army Fliers and Air-Liner Crew Die in Crash Big TWA Skyliner Crashes on Mountain Near Les Vegas, Nev.; Pack Trains Toil Down Slopes With Bodies of Victims Down tortuous snow-covered trails grim-faced rescuers with pack trains trudged laboriously Sunday to bring he bodies vere hurtled to death the flaming crash liner atop out Friday of a jagged of La: oy “A evivita able Mountain Nevada the al liner were Carole ud wife of Clark Gable: the s mother, Mrs. Eliza- Peters, Otto Winkler, her pu agent: two pilots, steward- ‘ and 15 army air officer: Mise Lombard, 33 ® from Indianapolis with her mother Mrs. Peters, and Otto Winkler, pub- icity man had gone there to Her hus- COI - e 104 ACLress K blicity eth was retumir She help sell defense bonds band is chairman of the actors mittee which assigns motion pictur tars to assist the United Btates Treasury in bond sales over the pT Lombard, born Fort Ind. had volunteered for the trip to her home state She = 500 000 worth in one day Thur ] The a filers aboard the crash- i luxury liner members Of a v command returning to the Pa- { new assignments fic coast i boarded the plane at four other where make ret ” 1 put off to Miss Wayne were or o persons room for the pliots Besides the fifteen Army fliers dead included the plane's pilot 1 Cam Call! co-pilot and Morgan A Reseda I SO-THAT’S THE LAW . The Human Interest Side of Legal Oddities By Elliott H. Marrus AIR RAID LAW-—New York City has just enacted a law to enforce the orders of “duly authorized per. sons,” during alr raids, Under this ordinance, the people must obey all orders of these officials or else face a $500 fine or mix ths imprison- Aleo forbidden by the law is the raising of any false alarms. The ordinance has beer. &rit- icized because it does bot specify exactly whose orders are to be obey- ed during an air pid alarm, but New York's battling Mayor, Fieorello H LaGuardia has sald that this is ag emergency messure which will prob. | ably be amended in the near future MILITARY STATURE—A pew In- vention upen which a patent has recently been granted makes use of a whistle to keep men standing erect. | This device, which is attached to the abdomen by méahs of a corset or straps, automatically whistles or squeaks the moment the abdominal muscles relax and the stomach sags Ws be Generals ous t for tice to a remedy no- supposed “pot-bellies.” take * ® » CATS In Trenton, N. J. several years ago, a man sued his wife for divorce because she kept fourterm cats He clhtined that he bag © wait for dinner until] each of the felines. had Had fits full Another complaint was that his wife spent the greater part of the household money on the animals, Does he deo serve a divoree? » - . » DEAD-—-May the legally married wife of a living man marry another? Yes—if the husband is under. sens tence of death, even though he has) not yet been executed, The law says that such a man is legally dead » * * > LAUGH — Two lawyers were discussing a case when one said: "Do you know the strangest thing about the stale laws against fighting?” “What do you mean?” LEGAL + Ao v 0 “Well, there is no law again ing in the State of Matrimony * » JAPANESE MILITARY TRAIN- ING-—Under the laws of Japan ev- ery young man goes into military ining for two years when he the age of twenty, After that he Is Hable for military service: until he passes forty And they have been doing this for years . is i017 * ON THE WAR-PATH-The Bix Nations of the Irocucis Indians will probably ‘soon take the war-path against the Axis as a result of a éourt decision. Several memberg of these tribes claimed that they are not subject to the Selective Service Act because they are not citizens (In spite of this many of their braves have already volunteered for the Army.) The Indians asserted that ancient treati®s with the Unit- ed States pave them independent gtatus and that the law of 1824 mak- ing Indians citizens invaded their and disregarded their treat- H brave fought the Belec Service Act In the Pederal Courts and Jost. A declaration of war ngainst the Axis by the Six Nations is expected rights Or uve of twenty-two victims | Albu- | Wayne Williams, of | 41, | had served for i lette, of Los Angeles, and stewar Alice Getz Calif Capt, Williams a veteran T was of Glendale the controls h been transferre Albuquerque-Los Angeles Kansas Cit T raid trouble; tha ceived from hi ceived from hi pF Ts | ne gave n * OIUY messas 1 afte: querque was d wealher conditions | a routine * reported good the country’s He ¥ nan + accident most celebrity and Pilot rash of 35, had Lom- G. 8S. Bunows Dies Suddenly Well Known Court Stenog- rapher Stricken in Sun- bury Theatre Gilbert 8. Burrows died sudd 8 heart attack Ina 8 t 2 o'clock ast Thurs He was B7 - 8 £ years ye 29 Years Associatl banguet which was atiended, in addition to aumerous attorneys, by the two { WHAT THEN? a where the government | parking meters OU pennies sbout as useful ao Bpring Creek SUBSTANTIAL: The soldier's monument at burg, which of favorite "target compieiec for Motorists ne -. just J Years ago feet high feet oughh rose-c howid We continue t { biliousness Pa Te f | gress be reocived P iven careiul « GNMASHING: ited, for we Iell officials were not playing hadn't told us about the red ones S80 we called around and investigat- | county judges and Judge Albert W. ed. As a result we learned that there i Johnson. of the Middle District | WILLKIE ws. ROOSEVELT—Did |Uniled States Court you know that Willkie once sued | The deceased was one of the early Roosevelt for $1368.66? Yes the case | members of the Ross Club James J. | founder of the Willlamsport Country of Edward Willkie vs Roosevelt, wag tried in New York in 1802. The sult was oh a nole made by a third person. Although Roose- i ! velt claimed that the nole was USUr- | fous, Willkie won the case. Roosevelt appealed to a higher court, which or- dered a new trial On the second trial] Willkie won again—and again Roosevelt appealed. Unfortunately the records Go not show who finally was the victor. We hope It was Will- | go rriet Norwood and Miss Winifred kie would sort of even up the score iu » * CLOTHES AND THE LAW-—Many (Continued on Pape Siz) Poultry Raisers To Convene Here Interesting Program Has Been Arranged For Publier Meeting Poultry men and women of Cen- tre county will gather at the Court House at Bellefonte on Wednesday, January 28, according to an an- nouncement by County Agent R, C | Blaney. A very interesting and in- structive program has been planned by a special cammitiee of poultry- men {10 a. mA practical Poultry Dis- | ease Prevention Program, 11 a. m~—Poultry as an Important: Part of Centre County Agriculture, 1:30 p. m —~Adjustmeént in the Feed- ing and Management of Our Poul-| try Flocks to Meet the Present Emergency. ! 2:30 p. m~—Business Management and Record Keeping for Centre| County Poultryman. ; Speakers on the above subjects will be Mr, C. O. Dossin, extension poultry specialist, and Mr. E. L.' Motltt, farm management extension specialist. | It is the wish of the speakers that! written questions be deposited in a| “question box" which will be placed | in the rear of the room. They will; be glad to answer any questions re- lating to poultry, farm management and record keeping. The committee is anxious to make this day a worthwhile poultry occa- sion, Man Bsaapes Injury Stepping Into the line of traffic —— County Schools Share $32,257.09 Amounts Represent Reim- bursement For High School Tuition Approximately 1000 school districts in 65 counties thare a total of $1. 428474 In state aid approval last week by Auditor General F. Clair Ross as reimbursement for high school tuition paid during the 1940- 41 school year. Payments to Centre county total, $3225709. to be distributed as fol- jows: | Benner Twp : $2064.10 Boggs Twp. an ABAD 1 Burnside Twp 268.64 College Twp 3.135903 Curtin Twp. . 29548 Ferguson Twp. . 3631.33 Halfmoon Twp 52837 Howard Twp. 571.82 Liberty Twp 963.14 Marion Twp. _. Milesburg Boro, . Patton Twp. Potier Twp. Rush Twp. . Snow Shoe Twp. Bo. Philipsburg Boro... Spring Twp. Taylor Twp Union Twp Unionville Boro. ... 1,568.84 85732 | 8151 . 580233 | - 169070 | 784 42 4.06406 | 60706 | 1.38538 | 504.59 To Take Nickels and Pennies Lesging Rosenwall, chief of the OPM's Bureau of Industrial Conser- vation, made the statement that thers was a possibility that pennies and nickels might be taken out of eireulation to conserve metal for war needs, i i LLP EP Birmingham Man Takes Own Life Kills Himself With Shotgun in Kitchen of His Home, Saturday Forcing his three-year-old son to the rear porch, Samuel R. Neil, 28, killed himself with a shotgun in the kitchen of his Birmingham home Saturday afternoon. Huntingdon county deputy coroner E. Blair | Bhore was quoted as ruling his death a suicide, Neil, a collector for the Consolid- ated Home Specialties Company of Altoona, placed the muzzle of the {gun in his mouth and fired, police; jeald. No reason was given, Neil's i father-in-law, A. J. Stewart, found {his body alter the Neil baby whim- i pered to a neighbor, “daddy’s hurt” | Born May 26, 1812, In Tyrone he {was a son of Edward R. and Eliza- ‘beth H. (Thomas) Neil He was mar- 480 90 | ried May 13, 1936, at Birmingham, to Charlotte Virginia Stewart Members of his family include his parents, who reside in Altoona, his wife and one son, Samuel Jr, of Birmingham; four brothers and four sisters. Mr. Neil was a member of the Birmingham Methodist church. : il Joins Air Corps Harold Spotts, son of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. 8potts, of State College, R. OD. 1. has been accepted as an enlistee in the U. 8, Army Air Corps and left Monday for Harrisburg, going from there to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. For some time Spotts had been smployed by the Piper Aircraft Company at Lock Haven, | — Miss Tyrone 39 Is In Hospital Injured in Collision of Auto- mobiles at Bald Eagle, Saturday {al Sunbury term as chief burgess from 1006 to! | | Wednesday and a Club, He was a life member of the Sunbury Lodge. B. P.O. E Following his sgrapher of the courts, he went retirement as Lycoming to his fc where he had sten- county er home served a 1909 His wile died in 1825 Mr. Burrows are two daughters Survivin g re Ms Burrows. and of Bunbury Funeral services were held Satur- day afternoon at St Matthew's Episcopal church, Sunbury, of which a son, Francis G_ all {the deceased was a vestryman for 125 years | enseller, rector, officiated and inter- The Rev. Wayne M. Waz- ment Was made in Pomfret Manor -- UNIONVILLE MAN HAS FINGER BADLY CRUSHED Joseph Mitchell, of Unionville, un- | derwent treatment at the Centre! County Hospital dispensary, last for an injury received | Miss Tyrone of 1939 is a patient in | while working at the State Highway the Philipsburg State hospital fol- lowing an automobile accident near the Triangle, Miss Kathleen Singler, 18 daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs Patrick Singler, riding cragthed into another 14 miles south of Philipsburg at Bald Eagle, at 1:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Miss Singler was a passenger in a car driven by Coleman Welch, of Ty- rone. They were traveling towards Philipsburg and struck another ve- hicle, stopped on the highway, when they attempted to pass it. State Motor police reported that the car on the highway was driven by Hayes Cassidy, Sandy Ridge. Po- lice reported that Cassidy had motor trouble which forced him to stop on the road and that Welch collided with him as he attempted to go around. Police estimated damage to the two cars at $200. Hurt in Freak Wreck | i i | Department garage in Bellefonte Mitchell was assisting in removing | a trailer from a truck when he had We fourth finger of his left hand | badly crushed i suffered a severe laceration of the) nose when the car in which she was | | | i | ——— A —— i Relieved of Duty | Col. Samuel B. Wolfe of Lewis- | burg, regimental commander, has | been transferred from field duty with the army at Camp Shelby, Miss, to the station complement Although a physical check-up at a | New Orleans hospital had shown him to be in perfect physical con- dition, the change was made in ac- cordance with War Department in- structions to transfer all over-age Jfficers with field units. Second Crash Death Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman, wife of Rudolph Hoffman, of Millville, who died enroute to a hospital, follow- {ing an accident in which their car {and a truck collided, near Berwick, survived her husband only a few Helen G. Cramer of Covington, | hours, dying of her injuries in the Tioga county, is convalescing from | hospital, to which she had been ad- injuries received in an unusual acci- | mitted. dent. The rear right dual wheel of a big beverage truck came off, and struck & car on the street, then -- To Close Feb. 16 Schools, taprooms and liquor stores bounded back across the roadway have been ordered to close February and struck the child, The other 16 when Pennsylvania will register wheel went through the window of | 840,000 men between 20 and 44 years a garage, landed in a wash room. broke a wall clock and | of age for military service under the retective service act, tlcinct of High street, f land 20 nickels. “That's | this morning told | When a plane is arent any red ones—but that NeWsHDEPper reporier Who wrote lie story about them is just as befuddled as the rest of us in regard to this paring meter business the survey of rom the Dia ond 1 Bpring street cars parked Closer observati vealed ihat both of them bel physicians and parked in thelr respecti ed stalls. Some revenue LOVE IN JANUARY: It was early Baturday momming boy and girl, th Penn Stat dents, went into the Cou The offices hadnt open for the ay and they asked a loiterer how much marriage licenses cost Oh revealed t fe) eh 3 {about $150 I guess.” was the reply Theipair left. About 10 a they returned, and Miss Geraldine Bilger deputy in Register Harry A Cor- man’s office, issued them ga license How much?” asked the prospective bridegroom. “That will be $3.30." came the reply. Young Love locked at each other and the future head of the house fished out a dollar bili all 1 have™ he explained. “We would have had enough. but a guy out in the hall us licenses cost only $1.50. 80 we went and had breakfast.” Miss Bilger, long a friend of Dan Cupid's hapless victims, took a philosophic view of the matter “You can pay when you come back after the three-day period” she | opined. Billing and cooing. the star ry-eyed young things went their way presumably rejoicing DETECTOR: There's nothing old-fashioned about Centre Hall's crew of airplane spotters. The listening post is Jocat- jed in the basement of the Centre Hali-Potter Township High School, and when spotters found it most uncomfortable and lonely standing out in the weather these raw nights one of them who is electrically in- clined, went to work. He built an electric listener, designed much like the devices used in the army. The thing is more sensitive to airplane motors than the human ear, and y m out | spotters merely sit inside the school with an ear tuned to the receiver. till five or six miles away they get the hum of the motor, which is ample time for them to get up, don their coals, and get outside. By that time the plane has come into view and they can record the data Continged on Pape Siz) | PETER PUBLIC—Is Always “The Other Guy” jured, Boi walked away af- ter re . Allen's offer to take Longs bo hm The tinlest wands is the. Raleigh Porter, an incubator Weighing ju child, more two hours from a medicine —————— —————————
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