The Call to The Colors f Is a Call For Dollars! \ * he Centre Democrat Let Your Answer To Bombs Be BONDS! / —— _VOLUME 61 61. NUMBER 6. BEL L LEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, FEBRU ARY 5, 1942, SUBSCRIPTION—§1. 50 PER YEAR. RE —— HOURK’S BAIL HERE FIXED AT $4.50! Pleads “Ni “NoWGuilty” | to 5 Attack Uharges Jubelirer and Sheriff Mil-! ler in Tiff Over Remark SHERIFF OFFERS TO “SM ACK” AT ATTORNEY Women Take Stand to| Testify; Houck Not Called A flareup between defense counsel Samuel Jubelirer, of Altoona, and Sheriff Edward Miller, a spectator, was a highlight of a two-hour hear- | ing in the offices of Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher, on East Bishop street, Tuesday morning, as| Hoy Kenneth Houck, Bellefonte mu- | sician and electrician entered pleas of “not guilty” Centre county women. "Squire Cowher, after hearing evi- dence presented by the five victims of the attack, and by Detective C. J. Hanna, of the State Motor Police, prosecutor in all the cases, bound Houck over in a total of $4,500 bail | for court. After the hearing Houck, with at- tack charges still pending against him in Clinton county, was return- ed to Lock Haven to await final dis- position of those matters, District Attorney Gettig sald at the hearing that Houck probably will go to trial) in the Centre county courts here] during the May criminal court, | whieh is scheduled to open on Mon- | day, May 18. The verbal tiff between Jubelirer and Sheriff Miller came as Jubelirer finished cross-examining Miss Betty | Schenck, formerly of Howard but! now of Bellefonte, on the facts of the attack on her in Howard on April 19, 1941. The defense atlorney Mise. Schenck must have seen Houck! i in the spring of IM] when he’ WE ais wife and his wife's mother! resided three or four doors from the Schenck home in Howard. When Miss Schenck said she knew Houck's wife and mother-in-law, but didn't know Houck, prior to seeing him in a police lineup in Lock Haven after the attack, Jubelirer paused, asked: “How old gre you?” Miss Schenck replied “Eighteen "| (Continued on Page Siz) - Enlists In Navy in attacks on five then! 1 i [i beverage license law. 'Pre- Lenten Bazaar Is Scheduled Here Arrangements are nearing comple- { tion for the annual pre-Lenten ba- | zaar sponsored by members of St. {John's Catholic church, to be held | February 12, 13. 4, { hall on East Bishop street, A special feature of this | affair will be the serving of dinners { both Thursday and Friday, begin. | ning at 5 po m. Thursday, a spagh- eiti dinner with meat balls, salad, bread, butter, and coffee will be served {or 40 cents, while on Friday a crab cake dinner will be served Crab cakes, potatoes, salad, bread, butter and coffee will be served at 50 cents a plate. Sandwiches of all kinds will be served every evening The following committee is In charge of the affair: Andrew Knap- ik, bullding; Miss Agnes Shields, { fancy work: Mrs. Rose Pearl, cake; Miss Mary Ellen Cunningham, can- dy: Mrs. Ruth Casper, groceries; i Andrew Knapik, bingo; Mrs. Ralph Moerschbacher, kitchen: A. A. Kohl- becker, games: Mrs John Woods, cards; Mrs Winfield Love, jce cream Grand Jury fo Meet, Monday Will Act on n C harges | Against Eight Defendants Including Hoy Houck The regular February Grand Jury, scheduled to convene here on Mon. day. February 9 will consider bills of indictment against eight defend- insisted that! ants. according to a lst released yes- terday by thé District AHOmey's of - Outstanding among the cases are five charges of assault against Hoy Kenneth Houck, of Bellefonte, fe- sulting from attacks on Centre county women last year Houck had preliminary hearings on the five charges Tuesday morning before ‘Squire Harold D. Cowher. If the | Grand Jury returns true bills, he is I scheduled to go to trial during the May term of court. In addition to the Houck cases, the following indictments are to be | presented to the Grand Jury: { Jacob D. Brickley, Jr. Blanchard, F. & B. Richard W. Grant, drunken driving. Ernest Simler, Philipsburg, viola- (Continued on Page Siz) Tyrone Is Scene | Six Families Made Homeless; Two Stores Destroyed; Theatre Damaged Six Tyrone families were made homeless, two stores destroyed, the El Patio theatre badly damaged and the Wilson theatre buflding slightly | | | | damaged in a fire that destroyed the | | Wilson Court building on Tuesday | in the school year's! Btate College, of $70,000 Fire | morn, entailing a loss estimated be- | tween $60000 and $70,000 Savings Chairman CLAUDE G. AIKENS Appointment of Mr. Alkens of IState College, as chairman of the defense savings committee for Cen- tre county was announced Tuesday by Benjamin Ludlow, state adminis- trator for the U. 8. Treasury De- partment’s savings program Mr. Alkens, widely known through- out the county, is a native of Pine Grove Mills and is a son of the late Charles T. Alkens, for 22 years pres- ident of Busquehanna University at Selinsgrove. He is a graduate of Susquehanna University and Yale Mr. Alkens is president of the First National Bank, State College and is publisher of The Centre Dai- ly Times in that community. As a captain during the World War he saw action in a number of major engagements, Mr. Alkens is married to the for- mer Ruth Towsen, of Harrisburg, and there are two children in the family. LT. COL. EUGENE LEDERER IS CALLED FOR ARMY DUTY Lt «Col. Eugene H. Lederer, State College, has been called into tem- parary active duty with the U. B Anny ang is stationed at Camp Lee, . with the quartermaster corps 14.-Col. Lederer served "ith 1h the quartermaster corps during World War 1 and was with the supply di- vision at Philadelphia and in Prance as a captain. Since then he has been on the reserve list and received pro- motions from Captain, then major, and later to his present capacity. Former Scolia ‘Man Is Injured | Paul Baudis, 57, Caught in Blast on Brooklyn Con- struction Job Paul Baudls, 56, former resident of Scotia and at one time a Belle fonte Academy student, was serious- ly injured Monday of last week in| ian explosion on a construction job {on which he was employed at Brook- jlyn, N. Y. | Although given only a few minutes to live by a physician who examined ‘him at the scene of the blast, Bau- | (dis yesterday was reported to have | Forty-Year St it more than 40 years old-—-came out of storage in a Bellefonte store yes- terday and was sent on its way to | become guns, tanks, ships and other (arms to defeat Democracy's eme- | mies. The iron was a part of the stock lof the Olewine Hardware store on West High street. Time was when | bar iron and strap iron was in great demand locally, and hardware stores carried heavy stocks of such mater- ial. It was used for many purposes, isuch as in construction of stone | slides at iime quarries, for structural | re-enforcing of large storage bins {and many other purposes. But of {late the demand has fallen to near the zero mark, and stores have car- | ried it along as dead weight. But these are unusual times The long strips of round and flat iron, useless for many years, have Dr. Edith Schad Dies at Bellevue Bellefonte Native Refused Of- fer to be Physician to Empress of China Dr. Edith Harris Schad, who for | more than 20 years practiced medi- cine in Bellefonte and who once was invited to be “physician to the Em- press of China and member of the royal household,” morning, February 2, 1942. at the home of her son-in-law, Gail Chan- ey. suffering a leg injury the Chaney home She was 77 Dr. Schad, ley College and the Woman's Medi. cal College, Philadelphia, medicine here until some years ago | when she went to Bellevue lo live at the Chaney home A daughter of John Petrikin and in a fall at two years ago Mary Rachel Harris. she was born! tr Beliefonte on Octoter §, 1865 Her {husbari, Hudoiph sora, with whom she was united in marriage in 1893, died six years later, Surviving (Continged om Pope Mz) ————— A so—— County To Get Refund of $921 The Btate laws providing that all {het Income over $4,000 in the Regis- ‘ter’s, Recorders and Prothonotary's offices shall be divided equally be- tween the office holder and the county, will net Centre County 8$821.- 80 It was revénled yesterday when {8. H Hoy, of Bellefonte, auditor appointed by the court to Inspect the records of the three offices, filed | his report The entire amount will come from | | the office of Prothonotary Bond C | White, it is shown, since the Regis ters and Recorder's offices did not net the maximum of $4.000 during the year. The Prothonotary's office lists re- ceipts of $056543, consisting of | (Continued on Page Four) —————— Expresses Thanks For Co-operation excellent chances of recovery. He | is under treatment in the Roosevelt | Hospital, New York City. { Baudis had been operating a drill | {In the rock foundations for the new | Mrs. Baiser Weber, County Chairman, Writes Letter | of Appreciation Bor and Strap Iroh Taken Out of : Bar iron and strap iron--some of | died Monday! in Bellevue, after a long illness. | Dr. 8chad had been bedfast since | a graduste of Welles. | practioed | ¥ Es aan ROY HARTER Harter, 18, son of Mr. and Harter, of Spring Mills, who last month enlisted in the Uni- States Navy at the recruiting of- in Bellefonte, successfully passed is examinations and has been sent to a navy base for preliminary’ training before being assigned to active duty, Harter was a student at the Gregg | Township Vocational School class: at Spring Mills, and would have been graduated in June 1943 had he con- | tinued with his studies. He was a | member of the soccer team which | won the league championship for the 1941 season and also was an out- standing member of the school’s baseball team. Through his participation in sports he became well known and well liked in many parts of the county. Borough Snow Plow Ready fo for Service trucks have been equipped to hitch the plow on a few moments’ | The fire was discovered shortly { bullding when his drill struck an | i after eight o'clock in the rear of the | storeroom on the corner and occu- | pied by the Dean Phipps Auto store. The flames spread sO rapidly | through the structure that the oc- | cupants of the apartments on the | second and third floors were forced | to flee without saving even some of | their personal effects. All the furs | niture and personal effects of the members of six families were con- sumed in the blaze. The fire reached | its full fury at about 9:30 o'clock, | (Continued on Page Five) ok fp Changes Made In L. & S. Personnel { Changes in the personnel of the official family of the American Lime | and Stone Company, resulting from | {the recent transfer of Samuel M. Shallcross, vice-president and gen- eral manager, to the Philadelphia offices of the Warner Company, were revealed this week. | Mr. Shallcross’ post as general manager is being taken by Irving Warner, of the Philadelphia office. | Mr. Warner will retain in Philadelphia, but will be in Belle- fonte from time to time. Frederick Warner, of Bellefonte, iplant to general superintendent of ithe Bellefonte plant and mine, and {the Union Purnace plant. John | Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs, Luther One of the reasons for the purch~| Smith, of Bellefonte, has been nam- of the plow was to facilitate re- | ed to succeed Mr. Warner as sup- moval of snow from metered park- ch aloo Is | erintendent of the Bellefonte plant. | Solomon Koski, of Bellefonte, has been advanced from foreman of the Bellefonte mine to superintendent of the mine, (Continued on Pape Siz) Creditors to Meet The Philipsburg Brewing Company {and Philipsburg Ice Company Philipsburg, was adjudicated bank- rupt on January 15. The first meet- {ing of its creditors will be. held in {the law offices of the Referee, John T. Taylor, Esq., at State College on Friday, February 6 at 10a. m A} trustee will be appointed and other | business will be transacted. The company lists assets of about $177, | 489, and liabilities of approximately $80,975. Okay Purchase of 132 Tires Rationing Boards’ Reports In- dicate Public Cooperation With System Centre county Rationing Boards approved applicants for purchase of 132 tires and tubes during January, it is Jeported by the two local Board No. 2, Bellefonte, allowed the purchase of 15 passenger tires, 46 truck tires, seven passenger car tubes, and 29 truck tubes during the month. Board No. 1, State College, auth. orized the purchase of four passen- ger tires, two passenger tubes, 18 truck tires, and 11 fruck tubes, The month's quota for the State College board was 18 passenger tires, 17 passenger car tubes, 34 truck and bus tires, 20 bus and truek tubes, yor the Bellefonte headquarters, i | Mrs. Balser Weber, of Howard, | Centre county chairman for the Na- { tional Foundation for Infantile Par. | | alysis, in a letter to newspapers ex- presses her appreciation for the fine | | co-operation zhe received from all {parts of the county in the recent! | annual drive for funds to combat in. | fantile paralysis | Mrs. Weber's letter follows: | “I want to take this means to ex- i Press our grateful appreciation for {the generous and enthusiastic sup- | port in the campaign to raise funds | the celebration of our | Birthday, by the people of Centre | county—to fight infantile paralysis. [| "To ths any chairmen and com- mittees, to the churches, Sunday the various organizations and indiv. idual contributors, and the complete cooperation of our county news papers, we sincerely appreciate your generous contributions, and thank you. “To all of you goes the credit for making this 1942 drive the most out. standing and successful, not only financially, but, the sympathetic in. terest that was created by evory one, (Continued on Page Four) ‘Squire Curtin Is Sworn Into Office President’ 5 schools, and public schools, and to s————— orage for War Use becorhie potential sources of fron with | which to feed the nation's steel mills The price of scrap iron has risen to | a point where it is profitable to col- | | lect and ship such material. 80 some three tons of the fron! yesterday was hauled out of the Ole- wine basement by Max Herr, Centre Hall junk dealer, and began its journgy to the battlefronts Some of the ron bore In chalk the name of “J, K. McParlane,” who owned the Olewine store prior to its purchase In 1902 by the late John | I. Olewine. Bome of it may have been well over a half-century old Mr, Olewine decided to sell the Iron last week during a “house- cleaning” of the basement store rooms. There is no local demand for such metal, he reported. and since it can now be used to such advan- tage In defense work, this seemed | the ideal time to close out the stock 33 Pass Final Us Army Exams xamining Station For Coun- ty Transferred From Wil- liamsport to Altoona Local Draft Board No. 2. Belle- fonte, yesterday released the names of 53 Centre countians who have | passed final examinations for gen- eral military service Board officials reported that effec- Uve January 18 the examination sta- {tion for Centre cour nity was changed from Williamsport to Altoona, and henceforth Centre county selectees will be sent to Altoona for army board examinations The 53 who have met requirements | for service are as follows: Andrew Hudak, Philipsburg, R. D.: Kozak, Jr. Osceola Mills: Harold Jackson Kline, Howard: Henry Earl (Miller, Howard. BR. D. 2. Paul G Hyd Philipsburg, RB. D.: Richard { Pradiey, Clarence; George John Cushion, Bellefonte; Clyde LeRoy solr Plas Glew, John “Breplion me Philipsburg, R. D.; Ralph | I, Deliefonte; James Soyast Norris. Philipsburg; Joseph Char 1 Milsom, Lemoyne; Nathaniel WwW Re lam Pietcher, Howard: Daniel Pat- [rick O'Leary, Jr, Bellefonte; Donald Wililam Pisher, BellMfonte: Alfred Raymond Mann, Howard, R. D. 1; land John Willlam Smead Belle. ! fonte: 'E } i | Also Robert Edward Golding, Phil- | ipsburg; Charles Theodore FPelix, | Monument; Wilbur Kenneth Reeq, | Bellefonte; Harold Leroy MoQuilien, | Bellefonte; Peter Sevetsky, Munson: Harry Nuttal Squires, Philipsburg. | R. D.; Walter Bdwinn Mann, Monu- | ment; Harry Benton Johnson, Belle. | fonte, R. D. 3; Bamuel David Falls, Howard, R. D. 1; James Russell {Continued on Page Five) Defense Group | To Meet, Friday - Training For Skilled Jobs in Industry The fourth meeting of the area including Centre and Clearfield Counties, National Defense Advisory Committee for defense classes will be held on Friday, February 6 at 7:30 p. m. in the county superinten- ident’s office in the Court House, | Bellefonte. This committee is composed of | members representing labor and in dustry and has been functioning un- | | } | ! | | ! | | i i {der the direction of the Department | {of Public Instruction in the inter. | est of National Defense. Charles i Martin, of Bellefonte, general man- iager of the Central Penna. Gas | Company, is chairman. Other mem- bers are. Forest Benford, Pleasant Gap: Harry Confer, Howard, Orvis Reed, Willam Troupe and Budd | i a .— _—.e,e5e- 23 Local Men | Are Named On | Liquor ‘Black List’ | 1 shutting off the supply of intoxi- (Continyed on Page Four) Bi-County Committee Offers Roan, all of Bellefonte. School au- | thorities selected to help in the var- | for such a humanitarian cause, in| Continued on page Siz—Second Section) | The “black list,” famed method of | {eants to habitual dyunikards in the | For Tire Thefs Involve Others | Sentences Withheld Until Alleged Accomplices Are Questioned ORV ISTON BO BOY SENT TO STATE SCHOOL Youth Whe Recently Was in Court For Car Theft Admits Robberies Five defendants entered pleas of guilty to an assortment of criminal charges before Judge Ivan Walker at a special session of court here Monday momning, but two of them charged with thefts of tires from the J. E O'Bryan service station near State College, were returned to jail until authorities have insti- tuted action against two other youths who they claimed were in- i volved in the burglaries Since the thefts occured before December 13, 1041, when the Pederal restrictions on tire sales went into operation, the case will not be an indication as to the penalties which may be expected for theft of tires under the new regulations According to the informations, Jesse Dean, 23, and Robert Johnson 18, both of Pine Grove Mills, stole A re-cap Ure, valued at $850 on November 15, and a new tire valued at $15 from the same service sta- tion on December 6 The formal charge of each theft is burglary The boys said that the first crime was committed under the urging of , (8 third youth, who, they said wan- | tad them to take him io Baltimore The second crime. they told th court. was donk at the instance of | still another youth who promised to | take them on a trip 40 Potter coun- Hier % ga After questibning the boys closely | and hearing a full recital of the | crimes, Judge Walker asked the prosecutor, Pvt. Paul T. Ruda, of ba Motor Police, Rockview sub- | tation, and District Attorney Mus- | {Continned in Paps Five) y and Store ~ Here Robbed Loot Totals About $100; Police Claim YMCA Thef | | Carefully Planned | Youths In Courf Meter Com plaints Aired i in Council Milesburg Club to Buy Defense Bonds The Mileshurg Monday night { Bchool house with Miss president, in charge the session included a de | purchase two defense bonds a appropriation of $5 Paralysis Pund Aaron Leitzell ian Defense in t spoke on the duties « dens and explained uu 1 pared for handling air-rald alarm in this area Organization of with Mrs. Ralph tor was approved m which asked aptitude were Leamer Woodring club's Civilian I The cl 1b voted serving ings until after gency Resume Work on New School Woman's Club met Milesburg Jesse Miles ir mn to 0 Lhe campaign club 1» to list of refreshn A nd Po- fo Sieg Names Fire lice Committee Study Matter OBJECTORS PRESENT COMPROMISE OFFER . Leitzell Points to Need of Adequate Air Raid Sig- nal for Town Committee Obtains Prior- « ities on Needed Mater- ials; Steel Promised Because a committ to Washington, D last abtain priorities on certal: terials needed th | fonte High School | | ally successful in its mission 1] i0T wor | on general construction was res med { this week despite somewl { srable weather <on ditions. The general eonatruction was ciosed down Light two ago because of weather conditions ind because of { mat Work was not to have been by Contractor Earl Cump March 1. The committee composed of 5 | McLain, of the E. Keeler Con | Williamsport, plumbing and hes { sontractor; Mr. Cump, general | ractor, and Earl K. Stock, supervis- ing principal of schools, last | obtained priority ratings on certain | items of structural steel and Mr { {Continued on Pape Five The Bellefonte Y M. C. A. and | the Walizer Meat Market, both lo- | 'eated on West Hih street, were , broken into Friday night or Satur- | | day morning {cash and merchandise | approximately $100, ang were robbed of | valued al | | ‘The burglary of the Y. M. C. A. | apparently was carefully { Beveral days prior persons using the bowling alleys in (the rear of the building noticed planned. | to the robbery {that one pane af one of the 16-pane | windows had been carefully washed, | {Inside and out. That the pane was located next to the window-lock | {was not considered significant un- | til Saturday morning when Secre- | Continued on Pape Five) - ‘To Accept Bids For Aluminum {Offer 2000 Pounds of Scrap Collected in Bellefonte to Highest Bidder Bids for approximately 2,000 ! pounds of discarded aluminum col- lected last fall by the Bellefonte | Chamber of Commerce from resi- | dents of Bellefonte and vicinity, will | be received at the Chamber offices until the close of business on Saflr- day, February 14, it was announced yesterday. | The aluminum will be sold to the highest bidder. and the check re | ceived for the serap will ie innlled inet to the procurement division of the t at Har- throughout the nation was devised when it was found that the cost of Eachering vi Sud migigiial on a na- vedo on the scrap must agree not 10 re-sell it at a price in excess of the maximum price ceil- ings fixéd by the Office of Price Ad- ministration. Persons interested In submittiyvg bids on the Bellefonte collection may inspect the scrap at the Bellefonte borough storage J6t at the Gamble Mill, West Lamb street. meni.” eishons Ag Ans wate iy £& i: o nt tended that Be compared ral con. i Wag ten (Continued om Pope Penna. State College ‘Autolab’ to Exhibit In Bellefonte, Tomorrow | —— The Pennsylvania State Colleges “autolab"<—a completely equipped physics laboratory in a truck-—will visit the Bellefonte center of the cols lege’s Engineering, Science, and Management Defense Training pro- gram on Friday night, January 6. it was announced by Alexander Morris, 111. administrative head. Although intended primarily for courses, the demonstration sched. uled for the class center at Spring | students in the federally ~financed | street school gymnasium af 8:15 will that studenls can operate them be open to the public. The local showing of the mobile laboratory is one of a series i is making in all par *: of the state About two dozen cxperiments will be performed with equipment care ried In the truck. In addition, at the end of the formal demonstration and lecture, 18 separate “see-for- exhibits will be set up ‘so Contining oh Page Five) oe
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