FRIDAY APRIL 3, 1941
Increase In Bellefonte
Traffic For Weekend
Reported By Police
BELLEFONTE, April 3
State police here have noted an
unprecedented increase of traf
fic on Route 45 between State
College and Bellefonte, it was
reported late today.
Hundreds of cars, many of
them bearing Penn State stu
dent license tags, traversed the
13-mile stretch to the county
seat. All of them, it is report
ed, stayed in town only a ■ short
time and then returned to State
College, loaded with bundles—
and not for Britain, it is be
lieved.
Checkups at local -grocery
stores revealed that business
was worse than usual, thus giv
ing no explanation for the larger
number of grocery packages
seen in the State College-bound
cars.
Other local establishments,
including clothing stores, flor
ists shops, and laundries, were
equally unable to, account for
the unprecedented caravan of
students shopping in Bellefonte.
Garages were also contacted
on the possibility that a recent
gas price war might have at
tracted the students, but this al
so fizzled out since gas prices
had been readjusted two days
ago to six cents over their pre
vious rate.
With the cayse for the in- ,
creased traffic still a mystery,
State Police decided to give up
their search as a bad job aftep
contacting every business man
in town except one.
Only the manager of the State
Liquor store could not be reach
ed. His assistant, who answer
ed the phone when the investi
gators called, " curtly told the
officer that “We’re too damn'
busy to answer silly questions,”
and. hung up. .. ..
WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO!
As a matter of actual fact, we really didn't" have to have a
Are; sale. We got our merchandise out of our store before
the fire or water could do any damage. True, smoke did
sift, through, but not enough to impair, in any way, the
value of the merchandise that we now have on sale. The
real reason behind the sale is a psychological one: we felt
that most of our customers would regard our Spring
clothing and haberdashery as having been in a fire and,
as such, not worth‘their original retail value. This, plus
the fact that scores upon scores of friends and customers
have asked us, “When are you going to have your Fire
Sale?,” prompted us to decide on this value-giving event.
Stop 'in, look around, decide for yourself whether the
merchandise is worth the prices we’re asking.
SAVINGS UP io 50%!
New Spring Sweaters
Formerly Sold at $2.00
NOW $1.55
Formerly Sold at $3.00
NOW $2.35
Formerly Sold at $4.00
NOW $3.15
Famous “Lee” Hats
Formerly Sold at $3.95
NOW $3.15
Formerly Sold at $5.00
NOW $3.95
SPECIAL LOT NOW
HALF-PRICE
New Spring Neckwear
Formerly Sold at $l.OO
NOW 75c
Formerly Sold at $1.50
NOW $l.lO
Foulards . Reps . Knits . Wools
Formal Shirts
Regularly $2.50
NOW SL9S • '
Regularly $3.00
NOW $2.35
Hold On To Your Seats!
Joint’s Jumpin’ 7 Tonight
Lovely Doris Disney will beautify the chorus line of the Thes
pian show tonight and tomorrow. A glance at the above picture will
tell you why.
* * *
By NICK VOZZY
Hold on to your seat, brother,
’cause “The Joint’s Jumpin’ ” in
Schwab Auditorium at 7 o’clock
tonight and tomorrow night!
The Penn State Thespians,
directed by, “Sock” Kennedy,
have molded the varied talents
of students into a fun-packed,
music-laden . spring show that
fulfills all requirements for en
tertainment, enjoyment, and
amusement.
The formula? You take a
liberal sprinkling of the Three
Stooges, add a dash of Singer
ettes, season with Les Lewis
and “Pappy” Bartholomew, stir
in a dancing chorus of eight
guys and gals, flavor with vocal
ist Joyce Strope, and let the
mixture simmer, to the music of
New Flannel Slacks
Formerly Sold at $5.50
NOW $3.95
Formerly Sold at $7.50
NOW $5.95
Formerly Sold at $8..50
NOW $6.85
Shirts and Shorts
Shirts Formerly Sold at 50c
NOW 39c
Shorts Formerly Sold at 65c
NOW 49c
Special Lot Shorts, large
sizes now 25c
Newest Style Raincoats
Formerly Sold.at $10.50.
NOW $7.95
Formerly Sold at $11.50
NOW $8.95
Formerly Sold at $14.75
NOW $11.85
Summer-Weight Suits
Formerly Sold at $16.50
NOW $12.75
Choice of Sizes and Colors
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
* * *
Jimmy McAdam and his Thes-
pian band,
Of course the whole concoc
tion would be flat without the
antics of Mike Kerns as “Su
perman,” Ted Clauss as a drunk,
Leon Rabinowitz as a Russian
Rajah, Butler Dickie Hertz,
Jack Mahoney in the role of a
Greek cook, Joe McCoy as the
ghost of Shakespeare, and the
Three Beats and a Pick-up.
Musical numbers have been
written wholely by students.
Their worth is attested to by
the fact that Will Bradley is
playing two of the hit tunes at
IF Ball tonight. You’ll hear
Joyce Strope warble, “A Fel
low Fell In Love,” and you’ll
roar to “Ya Ain’t Seen Nothing
Yet” as put over by Ned Start-
SALE STARTS FRIDAY AT VM A.M.
A! Our New Location, 140 South Allen St.
Gabardine Shetland and Tweed Suits, Camels Hair, Shetland and Gabardine
Topcoats in the Newest Spring Styles.
Special Small Lot Shirts
Formerly Sold To $3.50
NOW $l.OO
MEN'S APPAREL—NOW LOCATED 140 S. ALLEN. STATE COLLEGE—DIAL 3311
Terms: Cash—Alterations at Cost
Spring Formats Appear
As Welcome Change
From Winter
Left-over March winds and
April showers not prevailing,
coeds and imports alike will
emerge tonight in auras of net
and posies, in graceful lines of
flowing chiffon, and in the re
freshing crispness of stiffened
organdies.
Hints of spring have brought
hints of pastel formals and
lighter wraps. Bengaline, quilt
ed taffeta, and light-weight
woolens will dot the contingent
of furs and velvet while cor
sages turn to violets and sweet
peas in a welcome change from
the rose-gardenia pattern.
Long-sleeved gowns and ap
pliqued jackets will give way
to scantier sleeves and more
decollete necklines, as women
take to lighter, airier, more
breathless perfumes in place of
the heavier winter scents.
zel and Les Lewis.
“The Joint’s Jumpin’ ” has as
its setting the Long Island man
sion of the Van Smyth’s. Mrs.
VanSmyth (Les Lewis), a lover
of swing, has converted the
place into a home for beat-up
actors and musicians.
Mr. VanSmyth (Bill Barth
olomew) can’t stand swing and
the mad antics of the unem
ployed actors. He hires the
Three Stooges to rid him of the
whole group. The Stooges take
the troup on the road as a mu
sical show. With them go Mrs.
VanSmyth and her three daugh
ters (the Singerettes).
Everything comes out fine, of
course, and the story provides
some good spots for numbers by
the Singerettes, Stooges, Les
Lewis, Joyce Strope, Jimmy
Leyden, the Three Beats alid a
Pick-up, Leon Rabinowitz, and
the band. So everyone’s happy.
(FORMER GERHERD STORE ROOM)
SPRING SUITS AND TOPCOATS
Suits
Regularly $25.00
NOW $19.50
Regularly $30.00
NOW $24.50
Regularly $32.50
NOW $26.50
Regularly $35.00
NOW $28.50
Topcoats
Regularly $20.00
NOW $16.50
Regularly $25.00
NOW $19.50
Regularly $30.00
NOW $24.50
Regylarly $35.00
NOW $28.50
Shirts
Formerly $2.00
NOW $1.55
Formerly $2.25
NOW $1.85
Infirmary Oases
Mark A. Oliver ’44, Ruth M.
Storer ’44, observation; Charles
C. Lubach ’44, Martin B. Corb
man ’44, Jack W. Brown ’44,
Richard P. Barton ’43, James Mil
holland, Jr. ’44, Thomas P. Mc-
Connel ’44, Florence A. Hawkins
’42, German measles; Doris Mae
Serfas ’44. Robert K. Swanson
’43, grippe.
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Nettleton Shoe Samples
Formerly $lO.OO
NOW $7.85
Formerly $12.50
NOW $9.85
Small Lot of Shoes
NOW »/2 PRICE
Formerly $5.00 to $7.50
NOW $2.50 to $3.75
Handkerchiefs
Formerly Sold at 35c
NOW 25c
Formerly Sold at 50c
NOW 35c
Special Lot
Sport Shirts
Now HALF-PRICE
Formerly $l.OO to $5.00
NOW'soc to $2.50
Special Lot
~ Sweaters
Now HALF-PRICE
Formerly $2.00 to $8.50
NOW $l.OO to $4.25
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