The Call to The Colors Is a Call For Dollars! —— adhe Centre Democrat Let Your Answer To Bombs Be BONDS! NA VOLUME 60. NUMBER 52. A —— Man, Womar:Victims| In Bellefonté Area; | Edward Kline, 30, Waddle, Found Pinned in Wreck- | age of Car CRASH HAPPENED 12 HOURS EARLIER| Mrs. Agnes Humphrey, 64, Milesburg, Struck by Passing Car Two Centre Countians were killed in two motor accidents during the | weekend. Mrs. Agnes Humphrey, 24, of Milesburg, was almost instantly kil- led about 5 o'clock Saturday after- | noon when she was struck by a car driven by Martin Barnyak, 32, of | near Moshannon, in front of her | home in Milesburg. Edward Kline, 30, of Waddle, was killed sometime Saturday night when his car plunged over an 18-foot embankment on the Valley View road. His lifeless body was found in the twisted wreckage of his car gbout 7 o'clock Sunday moming. | A coroner's jury which met at the Wetzler Memorial Chapel, Milesburg, Monday night under the direction of Coroner Charles Sheckler, re- turned a verdict that Mrs. Humph- rey had met her death through ac- cident and that Barnvak was in no way responsible for the accident. In the Kline death, Coroner Sheckler deemed an inquest unnecessary since there were no known witnesses According to the story related at the inquest Monday into Mrs. Hum- phrey's death, Barnyak, driving a i i Bellefonte when he noticed two cars parked off the road to his right, opposite the Sherry welding shop He was traveling about 20 miles an hour, following a line of traffic, he sald. i As he was passing the first of the parked cars, he said, the woman stepped rapidly out on the road from between the cars. Barnyak said he apolied the brakes and that he swerved sharply to the left. The action caused the front of his car to miss the pedestrian, but the han- dle of the right door struck her on the head. throwing her to the pave- ment. Barnyak said he stopped his ear within a distance of 20 feet, help- ed place the woman in the car and started st once for the Centre Coun- ty hospital. Mrs. Humphrey was dead upon arrival there. Barnyak's testimony was substan- tinted by Marvin Lucas, 18, of Miles- burg, who witnessed the accident from a point across the highway. He said the woman walked directly out in front of the car, adding that when Barnyak halted his car it was cross- wise in the road with the left front wheel on the left berm, indicating the sharpness of his turn to avoid the woman, he said. He said it seemed to him that the woman wal- ked Into the side of the car. Pvt. J. M. Amick, of the Pleasant Gap sub-station Motor Police, de- clared that his investigation sup- ported the stories told by the pre- vious witnesses, and expressed the belief that Mrs. Humphrey had fail- fr to see the Barnyak car approach- z. Kline's death was not discovered until about 12 hours after the acci- dent is believed to have happened. The badly damaged car, with his body pinned inside, was discovered about 7 o'clock Sunday morning by Howard Watson and his two son, (Continued on Page Seven) Hospital Gets $1,000 Present Titan Metal Repeats Gift of Last Year; Committee to Buy Equipment : f - One year ago the Titan Metal Manufacturing Company donated $1000 to the Centre County Hos- pital for the purchase of new equip- | ment. To supervise and expedite the spending of this money, a commit- tee composed of Dr. BE. H. Adams, chairmdn, Dr. J. A. Parrish, and Dr. W. J. Schwartz was appointed. On December 2 this committee made a written report to the Titan, outlin- ing the equipment which was pur- chased. This equipment included an oxy-| gen tent; a short wave diathermy machine for use in treating various inflammatory conditions of the Joints, nerves, and muscles: an op-| erating light for the dispensary: a tall fan for the children’s ward; a , an instrument used in the laboratory for determining blood chemistry. A further gift of $1000 is to be presented to the same commiftee this month by ! yesterday. This! money will be expended under the same conditions as the company’s gift of last year. TWO KIL | burg i i idriving toppled over on him and] loner from Curwensville, investigated BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1941, SUBSCRIPTION—£1.50 PER YEAR. Truck-Trailer Upsets at Milesburg Crosisng A large truck-traller outfit owned by the Yankee Truck Lines, of Ak- ron, Ohlo, skidded and overturned near the Weaver crossing at Miles- about 5:30 o'clock Monday morning, coming to rest in such a position that one-way traffic only was possible around the machine until wreckers succeeded in moving it off the road late Monday night. According to reports the big ve- hicle, loaded with mixed freight which included a 2800-pound cast- ing, was proceeding from Tyrone to- ward Milesburg when it went into a skid at the crossing. No one was in jured i DECEMBER CIVIL COURT ENDS HERE FRIDAY The regular December civil cout came to a conclusion Friday morning when a jury returned a veidict in favor of John W. Kimmel, a Penn tate College student, defendant in a damage suit The suit was brought by Gerald R. Schrefller, of Bellefonte, who was injured in a coasting accident last January. The jury verdict did not require Kimmel owner of the ca which was involved In the accident to pay damages Mike Zuzick, plaintiff in a case resulting from an motor accident, was awarded a verdict of $838 bv a jury Philip Morrone was defendant in the case A jury also awarded Harold Wil- Hams, of Port Matilda, 8138518 in another case developing from a mo- tor accident. The defendants were C. P. Hassinger and Harry W. Has- singer, of Philipsburg. In a dispule arising over reat, Peter Mendis. of Pelietonte was awarded $50 by a jury. The case In- volved an appeal {rom a justice of the peace. Howard F. Hicks was the defendant Recruiting Office Open in Bellefonte The United States Army has open- ed a recruiting office at the local post office building to Iacilitate the reciuiting of yong men jocally and {from the surrounding districts Sergeant Oscar L. Hardy. who in charge of the station, is avali- able to any interested young men He has arranged for physical ex. .aminations to be made locally, there. | by eleminating unnecessary delay Openings available are: Alr Corps, Jefferson Barricks, Mo.; Air Corps, Biloxi, Mist, (for qualified mechan- ics ofily): Signal Corps: and Army of the United States, unassigned. There are a few minor relaxations whereby married men having only one dependent, may eniist, {f they can get sald dependent to sign a dependency release, i It is sOQggested that anyone inter-4 | ested In any further informalion on the above, to inquire at the post | office BHS Alumni Dinner- | Dance December 30 Reservations for the Bellefonte! High School Alumni Association din. | iner-dance to be held at the Penn Belle Hotel, Tuesday evening, De- cember 30, must be in the hands of | dance committee members or at the | hotel not later than December 28, it | | was announced yesterday. { | The dinner will begin at 7:30 p.| im. and dancing will be held in the | dining room immediately afterward. Members of the committee iy charge | are Frank McGovern, chairman | Annette Decker, Joseph MoGowan, | Gertrude Poorman and Kathryn Coble, tion. iB est Becomes Pri ¥ io Arg os oh Dr. Herbert Koepp-Baker (above) | of charge church, the priesthood In a mony at Christ Memorial Episcopal church, Danville, Saturday morning The Rev, Canon Stuart F. Gast willlamsport, formerly of Belle fonte, vas master of ceremoni the ordination Dr. Koepp-Baker, head of the Penn State speech clinic, has bern in charge of the Bellefonte cliurch juring the Rev. Robert H Thoma ek leave in the soulh State College, temporally u of Bt. John's Episcopal Bellefonte, was elevated ! of Wn — Prisoner's Term To Be Adjusted Man Who Pleaded Guilty in Indiana, Pa., Sentenced on Wrong Count Acting upon a habeas corpus peti. tion presented by J. Carl Riebel, in- mate at Judge Ivan Walker at a special ses- sion of court Monday morning indi- cated that Ricbel would be felensed {rom prison, bul Would be 18k 1. back lo Indiana county for resentencing District Attorney Musser W. Get- tig told the court that: Riebel was sentenced in Indiana county on Oc- tober 19, 1936 qn, pleas of - guilty to charges of arson and operating a ear without the gwnel's consent. On the arson charge he was given a 5 to 10 year term, Ang ont the other charge the judge, apparently in er- ror. gave him a sentences of from | to 2 years in prison, owner's permission. Rieber's attorney, William W. Lit. | ke, related that the mah has served his minimum time of § yegrs on the arson charge. The motor viglation with which he was charged is aot a penitentiary offense, but caries a jail term, so the local court, with the concurrence of the District At- torney and the defense counsel, Is to send Rieber back to Indiana county court to have the sentence adjusted REUNION FEATURE OF CENTRE HALL BANQUET The Centre Hall Parent-Teacher Association will serve & roast tur. key dinner for the annual Centre Hall-Potter Alumni banquet gymnasium Tuesday evening, De. cember 30, at 6:30 o'clock A special feature of the banquet program will be celebrating the tenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth and {thirtieth anniversaries of the classes | of 1031, 1921, 1916, and 1911 respect. ively. according to Donald Ccldron, chairman, Casey's Rhythmaires have been engaged for the dancing. 75 ATTEND DEFENSE MEETING AT YARNELL colorful cere- entering the | charge on the docket as larceny of a | car instead of driving without the and | dance in the school music room and | | | | EBBY., (HRISTOAS With these simple words . . this simple wish . . we bring to all our readers and friends the message that is highest in our hearts today ! H That's why OW this year has sped by concentration on the speeding up and moving forward of our own defense program, the days, weeks and months have folded each rapidity, that most of us just a few weeks back had to stop th our tracks and re-gear our thinking, our activities, our emotions, to plan and carry out the business of Christmas we want to do our endow this Christmas with welcome old-fash- Fraught with share to ioned sentiment, a blessing that only we who are observing Christmas preciate This Christmas, jet in America can ap- there be a prayer In our hearts that the word of He whose birth we celebrate, be re-heard and remembered around the world: and that it will leave an unfading echo of the soul-satisfying stillness of peace And at this dawn of & New Year, we wish to convey to all our readers and patrons a merry * portion of good health prosper - ity and good fortune always, and may 1842 bring about the reali- zation of all your hopes. THE PUBLISHERS. Rockview penitentiary,’ coneoern over world affalrs—wrapt In into the other with such seeming Titan Workers | Get 5% Bonus 1$38.000 to be . Distributed in: Defense Bonds; Wage In- crease Announced Announcement of a 5 per cent borius on all earnings for the past 11 months, and a wage increase of 3 cents an hour for all wage earners, brought an extra megsyre of cheer for the Christmas season to the 780 employes of the Titan Metal Come pany. Announcement of the two benefits was made in the monthly issue of Titan News, publication of the per.’ sonnel department of Titan Metal | which was distributed among em- ployes, Monday | The bonus for salaried employes will be one month's pay, officials said, while the bonus for wage earn- | ers will represent well over the two weeks’ pay. The largest check to an hourly employe was $165 The total amount of bonus money |to be distributed will be $6442255 The 1940 bonus was $38,000, ang the | 1939 bonus was Zbout $18,000, | The bonus this year is being paid in Defense Bonds instead of cash, ithe hope ¢f the company being to encourage employes to start saving money for a time in the future when | conditions may be vastly changed) | from the present high earning per-| | lod. | To pay the bonus | purchased 331 of the 81875 Defense | bonda; 318 of the $3750 and 527 of {the $75 bonds or a total of 1.176 the company ; Gets Government Post Pet. James H Grimth, of Boals- | burg, has resigned his post with the | State Police at Rockview sub-station and has accepled an appointment to the U. 8. Becrel Bervice, acoord- ing to reports Pvt. Griffith, one of the first police officers at the scene of the Rachel Taylor slaying Mareh 28, 1840, had been working steadily on the investi. gation ever since that time, The in- vestigation has been turned over to Pvt. Carl Hartman, of the State Police detective bureuu at Harmris- burg, who is being assisted from time to time by other officers, Pvt. Griffith is now stationed tem- porarily in Philadelphia but is ex- pected to be given another assign. ! iment in the near future Unti] his plang are definite Mrs. Griffith and | their young daughter will continne to occupy their home at Boalsbun County Library Gets New Bookmobile The Centre County Library Book- mobile was delivered here Monday and Library officials announced yes- terday that Bookmobile service to ithe rural schools will be the first service to be opened. Mrs. Carl Ifverson, librarian, re. ported that contributions to the Bookmobile fund are still being re- ceived but that the total cost of the | vehicle, approximately $1200 has! not been subscribed at this time. The machine was bulit by the A total of seventy-five men and | The bonds mature in a period of ten Brumbaugh Body Works, of Altoona, president of the organiza. DOYS, ranging from 12 years and uUP| years at which time the $1875 wil {In age and representing a one-him- | have 4 value of $25; the $3750 wil | 1 1 designs drawn by Mrs. Iiverson. to It embodies a number of features Tickets will be $1.25 each and the | dred per cent turn-out of male eiti- | jhorence to $50. and the $75 to $100, | Which Mrs. Ifverson believes will give dinner dance is open to all alumni zens of the area, attended a civilian | The ponds are convertable into cash | defense meeting at the Yamell ixt selling them back | [dn sixty days by ng “% lon a Dodge chassis secured through | {the Decker Motor Company, Belle- rinterests, general intelligence, per. | and guests, | CLEARFIELD LUMBERMAN KILLED BY OWN TRACTOR H. M. Sharrow, 45-year-old Clear. | [field county lumberman, was killed instantly one morning last week when the caterpillar tractor he was crushed his head. Dr. Gerald A. Erhard, deputy cor. the tragedy. SBharrow was Working on a logging operation for the Mur- phy Mill at Falls Creek, where he lived, when he met his death. He was shaking a heavy log and it is believed that the log became snub- bed an a4 root while the tractor was turned. This caused the machine to upset and crush the driver, Sharrow is survived by his widow and six children, Gradudtes at Army School Dr. Bugene H. Mateer, of State College, a leutehant in the Medical Corps of the U. 8. Army, was grad- uated from the Medical Field Ser- vice School at the Carlisle barracks Saturday moming. Dr. Mateer Is stationed at Port Knox, Ky. school house, Tuesday of last week. Malcolm Wetgler, of Milesburg, civil defense leader for the area, who called the meeting, presented tentative plans for defense measures {to be followed in that section, Var- fous branches of the work have been apportioned among the area's volun. teers. 100 Dressed Turkeys Burn One hundred dressed turkeys, on their way to a Williamsport market for sale and consumption as the fes. tive holiday bird, were burned when the crates in which they were con- tained on the rear of an open truck caught fire two east of Muncy Bunday evening. on the rear of the light truck were 200 other tur- keys, which were rescued in time to prevent any damage. Milesburg Pastor Resigns the Miles and Blanchard Bap- tist churches in order that he may accept a onl from the First Baptist church at Milton. His - last at the Milesburg and Blanchard churches will be Jan, §1. | to the government, | Details of the wage increase were | contained in a supplemental agree- | ment between Pederal Labor Union | No. 19981 and the Titan Company. | The matter of adjusting base rates) on a moving cost of living index | was a matter of discussion between | the parties to the agreement for a period of over nine months, It was finally, on November 28, that the present agreement was signed, This increase was based on a 43% In- crease In the cost of living index! from June 15 to October 15, 1941 More Goals to Be Kept ! increasing—possibly because of the, to W. R. White, professor of am and maintenance of milk goats, ac- | cording to Professor White, Use our Classified Ad columns. of tractors and f Interest in keeping goats for milk! the : production in Pennsylvania has best | immediate return, he pointed out, i Director of Short Oou Building, State College, Pa. he sehicle a maximum of service- ability. The Bookmobile is mounted fonte. »> SHORT COURSE IN GENERAL AGRICULTURE OPENS JAN. 7 a — A four<weeks short course in gen- | eral agriculture, covering ihe fim- ‘damentals of good farming as ap- plisd to Pennsylvania, will open at (the Pennsylvania State College Jan. inary 7. i Farm youths will find this course mation given in the care atid repair machinery or uss of fertilizer may Yield on The course is considered basic nnd rising cost of cow's milk—according i; recommended to those who intend and Priday ight 1-10 take the animal husbandry or Council 1 cultural correspondence courses at dairy farming courses which Toliow. mi. The course Will be given by the The Rev. Hasry O. Kline has an- | the Pénnsylvania State College. mm gddition, knowledge of best azri- Red Crofs. nounced his resighation as pastor of | Sixty-eight Inquiries have been re- cultural practices helps to solve ceived within ten days regarding &' farm problems when labor is scarce training are requested to register as newly prepared course in the care gng materials hard to eviain, Further informa the regarding course may be had by writing to the colm Wetdler. Miles announces Duy (that » daft Jo I will be or- | rSes, ‘Murder Investigator Youths Burned in Explosion Air Raid Watchers at Snow Shoe Showered With Blazing Oil Two Snow Bhoe High School stu- dents were burned. one of them ger. jously, when a kerosene stove used {to heat an &ir raid observation post at the fire tower at Snow Bhoe ex. pioded. showering them with flam- ing oil vincent Durachko, 18. of Clarence, suffered third degree burns of the | Jeft log and first degree burns of the left hand, arm, and the face David Etters, 17, son of Mr and Mrs: Ralph Etters, of Snow Shoe, had burns of the [ace The accident happened about noon, Saturday, vhien the youthy re. i portedly attempled to refill the stove reservolf without first exting- ‘ulghing the fire. The two Were belp- led to the offices of a Bnow Shoe | physician by tWo other boys who had | Bone to the tower to relicve them ! Durachke's burns were of such na- ! ture that physicians advised against taking him % a hospital and he is | now undergoing treatment at his i home, Hig eondition is reported to { be “satisfactory.” ] 1 ls | DEFENSE COURSE STUDENTS | COMPLETE GROUP OF TESTS The approximately 175 students | taking courses in the Bellefonte cen ter of the Pennsylvania State Col- {lege's engineering defense training program completed a group of perv. chological tests last week, according ‘to Alexander Morris, III, adminis. | Sieg to Speak at trative head for the center, Tests were given for vocational sonality and aptitude. Intended to | igive each student an indication of | i hig special abilities, they will also | | be used for research at Penn State i and as an ald in placement The tests, which were similar to those given during the Collegé’s pre- vious defense training programs, will | [be interpreted individually and re | turned to the students before the i end of the ocdurse, ! OPENS AT MILESBURG | ' The MilesBurg Woman's Glib will | sponsdr a home nursing course bee | | ginning on Tussday, January 3.) Classek will be held every Tuesday | in the Milesburg , from 7 to © PD. Persofts wishing to enroll for with Miss Besse A t, or Mrs. Mal- | Boon Bs Miles, chub {the Milesburg Woman's Club to le 16, at the Milesburg | Mr. Sieg's topis will be ing will be held after the most profitable, A. L. Beam. director HOME NURSING COURSE ! {of short courses, said today. Infor. LED IN MOTOR ACCIDENTS [ vouns smer_| Roast Turkey Is Fealure of : County Menus Fine Meals in Offing For Inmates of Prisons, HOSPITAL PATIENTS 950 Rockview Inmates Will Dine on Fried Pork Chops RONALD E. KING Ronald Eugene H 8 month: liefonte shopping ast Brothers pipe one of the nation's yout the vy he You 1ohacen wher OXI Ronald Forrest eats, atl Pine Glen to Bellefonte 3 a Ive ‘BB HVes wiih end his he Was a grandparent [4 pa - areal James Mackel MR RE EE) mokes quit “Ve goes manned to see hin pulling ne ox Ronald 1 hie he y hight s employed at the he at the nurses exchanged and ¢ perves The County Home meny wil clude HIG, giblel grevy. meshed potatoes, eranberr? sauce milk oole- slaw, coffee And bread and buiter The evening meal will oonsist of fruit salad, cake: and asparagus on way 48 Or hor f gi pital held tif Gifts refreshments me { rugged bull perfect health, : ir ile uF wit) apparently is in »Heves In Canl reservations Af a Jocal hardware we picked up at had A walking away vou going with ioai grandmother Aa wf! . ell on men exhalling a Santa Ciau f C Services ut © i group were ip from Howard Christmas decorations at clude 8 Christmas trance. The institut ite gifts, candy and © among the guests At Rockview the Chi gram will include appears prison band at the morn and during the dinner movies will Two-County Probe of Suicide Victim Investigate Death of Man Who Succumbed to Self-Inflict- ed Wounds on be shown in ing. Approximately 850 i be served the following ing the day, according nouncement from the Superintendent J. W. Claudy BREAKFAST Wheat Krumbles with and sugar Mixed Fruit Butter, Jelly Roll, Bread, Syrup Coffee, Milk and Sugar One Apple DINNER Pried Pork Clix Browned Potatoes with Brown Gra? Sage Dressing Cranberry Sauce Creamery Butler leed wiry van the a Ee {io én an offices VAs which of Grassfial Mi OWED iamed led Adolph ) to make a double ! life last Thursday aftr templs resuled McGirk Sanit: Wednesday He was found hy bin Anderson. Th noott. He had st eft chest, above ihe paring knife and he ha on the head with milk als |000 NO > Coroner Charles tre county, and Erhard, of Clearfield cou . ducted a double investigation of the A death on Wednesday as the suicide Bread ang Syrup attempt was made Clearfield Coffee, Milk pnd Sugar confity and the death occurred in Ice Cream Centre county Stogies Death was said fo have resulted SUPPER from internal bieceding {rom the Sliced Salami lung. resulting frm tre knife stad Mustard The knife missed the heart but punc- Riced Tomato Soup tured the lung, He suffered severe Cracke Raisin Pie lacerations of the right side of the end and Syrup skull and forehead and concussion Coffer with Milk and Sugar of the brain. The deceased was il — married PENN STATE STUDENT ON FRED ALLEN MROGRAM Cake in on A Pennsylvania Stale College stu. dent, Leon Rabinowitz, of Philadel phia, who impersonates the radis and movie stars, will appear on Fred Allen's program on Wednesday, Jai. uary 7 Rabinowitz was selected for the radio appearance hy Penn State siu- dents after g “talent night” In which 25 studetia participated. The wine ner receives $200 for his personal ap- pearanc? with the Fred Alien show A — p—— MORRISDALE MAN IN JAIL ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT Milesburg Meeting W. W. Bieg. of the Titan Metal Company, Bellefonte, will be the principal speaker al a meeting of held on Tuesday evening January plist church “National Defense.” Entertainment will include selec tong by a men's chorus. The meet. | service | being held in connection with the | Week of Praver. The public is core dially invited to attend George Dullen, 24. of Morrisdale, [is In the Denlre county jail under 13300 bail awaiting appearance in 3 Centre Countians | ut on an asault and battery . a {charge Enlist In Air Corps =e was committed to sail after a {hearing Friday afternoon before Carl Beach, 18, of Philipsburg; Squire Mac Pearce of Philidsburg. John C. MeClaekey, 28, of Millheim, | - and Fred A. Stover, 21, of Bellefonte, | Sguare Dance, Friday R. D. 3 last week enlisted in the U.| The weekly square dance held by 8. Army Air Corps. Beach and Stover | the Logan Fire Company will be held at the Altoona recruiting station, | at the Logan House, East Howard and McCloskey at Lewistown, street, on evening, beginning All will receive their preliminary [at 8:50 public is invited, training at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. | Admission 25 cents. 1 | § § AS
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