The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week | | Odd and 1 CURIOUS in the SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democrat 3 Ahad Random FEATURES [tems =~ NEWS - VOLUME 61. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1942, NUMBER 10. | L hie] ROBBED-—OF SLEEP An intruder ransacked the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Shenton, of Woodbury, N. J, then went to sleep in their bed, Awakened when they returned, the man jumped from the bed and pointed a gun. “If you let me dress,” he sald, “I won't shoot you." They did and the man left, FISHERMEN'S LUCK John Beard, his il-year-old son and E. C, Fitagerald of Santa Barbara, Calif, found a school of throw-back size perch nib- bling at their hooks so they de- cided to quit fishing. They pick- ed up and left—minutes before a shell from an enemy submarine splintered the pier where they had been sitting. WAS LOADED When a hold-up man flashed a gun on Emmett Quinn drug store clerk at Pasadena, Calif, Quinn hit him over the head with a bottle and took him pris- oner. He told police that a glance down the barrel of the gun showed that it had no bul- lets. Police found It held five cartridges. WHAT? NO GIRDLES? After more than a month of indecision, the war production board finally made up its mind and prohibited the use of rubber in corsets and girdles. Then, to balance bad news for the girls, the board threw in a general prohibition broad enough to cov- er men's garters and suspenders, CAT HEIRESS Pity Lily, the coal black heir- ess cat! Left $5000 in the will of her mistress, who died at Sacramento, Cal, in 1938, the feline is down to her last $2 686, Her custodian gets a salary of $50 a month. HOME SWEET HOME Miss Marjorie Hammond of Kansas City, got homesick down in Baton Rouge, La—mighty homesick. So Paul Burcham did | | | WAR CAUSING SHORTAGE | OF INSECTICIDES | { will enjoy Truth and Consequences eration and at War creales demands for many materials that hesetofore have been! used In insecticides to protect food ©Vening. and the devotions will be! with the | in charge of the Monument and Or-| navy, has been transporting normal sources of supply of others, viston Societies of the North Braneh! sands of troops and vast quantities H. N. Worthley. entom- | C. E. In Centre county. During this of weapons and supplies crops, and is interfering according to C. | sentatives Centre County Awarded High Position In Diplomatic Circles Capt. Pierre Boal, Son D. Boal, Recommended by President Roose- velt for Ambassador to Bolivia | President Roosevelt, on Friday, raised United States legations In Bolivia, Paraguay and Ecuador to the status of embassies in requesting Senate approval for a series of changes in diplomatic personnel to Latin American nations He nominated Plerre De L. Boal of Pennsylvania, present minister to Nicaragua, as ambassador to Boliva. James B. Stewart of New Mexico, and consul general at Zurich, was named to succeed Boal Acting Secretary of State, Sumner Welles later told his press confer- ence the nominations represented a desire to give the best possible Am- erican representation at the various capitals E. Union to Hold Booster Banquet Seven-County District to Meet at Grange Hall, Pleas- ant Gap The State Convention Booster banquet, to be held by the Central District Christian Endeavor Union, at the Grange Hall, Pleasant Gap, next Saturday, March 7 at 6:30, { promises to be probably the greatest event that was ever held by this or- ganization in Centre county we district includes Centre, Clinton, Juniata, Mifflin, Union, 8nyder and Northumberland counties, and repre. from all the Christian Endeavor Bocieties from all these seven counties are expected Besides the good eats that will be furnished by the Ladies of the Grange, the following excellent pro- gram will be included: Rev. Ivan L Miller, of Pleasant Gap, will be the toastmaster, and the invocation will be offered by Rev. C. R. Howell, of Academia Pastor Counsellor of the District. Kenneth Walker, of State College, R. D. 1, will be the song leader, having charge of group sing- ing. Greetings and introductions by Rev. L. J. Kanffman, of Boalsburg, and Earnest Leitzell, the district president of Richfield, Native of Late Col. Theodore Capt. Boal is a son of the late Col, | Theodore Davis Boal of Boalsburg, {and is well known in Bellefonte and | | State College | Before being appointed to the Nie- | aragua post, Capt. Boal was with the | | State Department in Washington. ' His new post in Bolivia will not be | entirely new to him as about ten vears ago he was attached to the American consulate at Lima, Peru, He also served as consul-general at! the Canadian embassy. The first post he filled in his diplomatic car- eer was at Bucharest, Rumania, Capt. Boal's last visit to Boalshurg | was lust May, ro tM w—————— ——— | PENN STATE PROFESSOR ENTERS U, 8. AIR CORPS | i | Dr. W. M. Lepley, assistant pro- | fessor of psychology at Penn State | { College, has received a captain‘'y| commission in the U. 8. Armed Alr | Corps and has been granted a leave | { of absence from the College to enter! service, It is announced. He left Monday for Kelly Field, Texas, where his duties will be con- cerned with the selecon of force personnel, Obtaining his private pilot's li- cense at the State College Air De- pot, Dr. Lepley has been interested in aviation for some time. During 1939-40 he carried on research for the National Research Council signed to provide better test trainees in the CAA-spon Pilot Training program ————D ————— The search for truth is a ! work that Is not overcrowd Gar Ue. fry red tbrass [or 2.400 cartridge cases Home Work ———————— CrA—"—y Willie bl)? DADDY, ARE vou HAVING TROpB(E WITH YOR ARITHMETIC TOO 7 Tyrone’s Second Major Fire In 3 Weeks Sweeps Pruner Estate Building Three-Story Building, Housing Four Business Places, Is Part of E. R. Pruner Home For Children at Bellefonte —— Tyrone's second major fire In three | weeks Sunday night swept through | the Pruner building on Pennsylvania | ing i 4 avenue, routing five persons, includ. a OGh-year-old invalid woman end causing more than $10,000 dame Ake t tructure alone TH Livres brick building housing four business establishments Is pert of the estate of the E. R.| Home for Children at Belle. 5 in LH# f «story Pruner fonte | third-story gy | Mary | who wig removed by firemen H Mr YOUR HELPING, BECAUSE— That new car you won't be drive ing this year—-here's what it means} to America’s soldiers } Enough tin to coat 1,000 food cans | Enough nickel! to make 100 pounds | of nickel steel {or armor plate, pro- jectiles, and armor-plercing bullets. | Enough zing and copper to make! | Non-production of 24 cars means| enough steel and rubber for a 27-4 ton medium tank; of 700 cars means aluminum for a fighter plane Oiher civilian war notes Can oull get your beer, coffee ham in cans a few months The WPB will allow tin can manufacturers to deliver until May 31 cans completely manufactured by Feb. 1 and longer {burning equipment to Liberty—The Statue of Liberty will be open to visitors for the duration, but its torch has been blacked out Hearses—Rationing of passenger cars has been extended to take in hearses, ambulances station | wagon: Motorists—8ave this Spring: it's chemicals used plane operation Rubber—The country will have to depend on synthetic rubber for the duration of the war, according to Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones Oll—-Deputy Petroleum Co-ordina- tor Ralph K. Daves would like the WPB to require conversion of oil- other fuels possible, because of ofl and your anti-ireege valuable, made of in explosives and wherever transportation difficulties . second-and were Mn invalid Miss and Porced to flee from apartments Candy, 69-year-old Florence Walls, Mrs. Harlow and Mrs. C. OQ. Struble Two firemen, Prank Woodring and Bud Fields, both of the Blazing Ar- row company, suffered minor injur- jes batuling the blaze and were treated by a Tyrone physician The fire, which raged mainly at the rear of the building which rises only one story, was believed to have started in the basement, although the cause has not been established Principal Damage Prineipal damage resulted in Gardner candy wholesale ware- the lhouse and the Fink brothers hard- ware store, both on the first floor The Mang printing company office located at the rear, and the bard- ware store, each were placed at rough $1,000 losses The Levy furniture repair shor also at the rear, was listed a total loss, ER Pruner 030 loss Cox. Tyrone, trustee of the estate, estimated the $10- to just the building alone | received a compound fracture of the — The navy's tp admiral and the army's ranking general disclosed this | week that the American armed | forces are working with all possible | speed to carry the war to the axis | enemies iD a. grand offensive in | Asia, Africa Bind BUFops. | Preliminary to the start of this { offensive, it was said. the novy | {engaged In keeping open supply Following the banquet, the group! lines to the ma theaters of op- and other games. A district board meeting will be held later in the same {Ihe har- 'assing and weakening the enemy wherever he may be found. The army. in epoperation with the thou- fo war ologist at the Pehnsylvania State | business session, those who are not! gones for the batiles of tomorrow College. Marked coheerp expressed by Pennsylvania fruit and vegetable growers, who are begin- ning to lay in their supplies for the 1942 season. by research entomologists at receive increased emphasis during | has been Members of the board will enjoy a! while its initial troops further soclal time The purpose of the banque! is to boost registrations for the State | Christian Endeavor Convention, to| One {tem that has been sirésced | be held at Lancaster, July 6-11th, asg| the well as to promote fellowship and, deavor. All other young peoples’ in combat { fight In the Netherlands Indies and) { the Philippines. i a lgte Statements seemed The overall picture of U. 8. grand strategy came from Admira] Ernest J. King, commander-iti-chief of the: fleet. and General George C. Mar<iyiew of the situation was given out soundly for his defeat” Ih a navy communique in which he! The immensity of this job of pre-| earn! shall, army chief of staf. To some extent at least, their elsewhere that concentrated in defense of shores and waters, where numerous submarine attacks have occurred and air attacks are deemed likely General Marshall, in fact, warned are 10 bE expeeted, rg all-out ‘ } ‘answer demands in Congres and is being made in the wspectacular say may be six to twelve months in| American forces de but vitally essential task of estab- the fullire—was seen In home | lishing cur séas and sir communica-. but authoritative estimates of the | Mercury sedan while Mr. Bair's car " to be immobilized within the contin. lental United Btates ™ A short time later Admiral King's « that “while no mi tions.” “Appropriate measures taken,” he continued, “to strength- en the key points of these communi O SPEED UP GRAND OFFENSIVE ! best with what you've gol.’ | “This means to take and make every opportunity to harass and damage the enemy, while buliding paration before startin g the great offeniive~Whibl~ some . wrwtegists | unofficial amount of material which must be are being carried abroad for each man irans- demolished, ported. The rule of thumb is that for against thus immobilizing striking cations, with a view to developing an every mémber of ap infantry divi- power ‘he declared in a letler to Senator! ceed with the busitess of carrying, the war to the enemy and not per- will gain scope and power tion of wireraft, ships and guns, “Currently, therefore, the Unlied of thousands of tons are. going 10) peck was going toward the Triangle. “The time has now come”! offensive, which slowly but surely, sion 10 tons of equipment and sUP- | iain highway near the Big Pill bridge as we! plies must be transported; for every from Philipsburg. Austin (R-Vt), “when we must pro-i gain streogth, through the produc-! member of sn armored division 100 go returning from an afternoon's tons. Moreover, additional hundreds mit the greater portion of our arm-| States flestly are carrying on with Russia, China, Australis, New Zeal- jed forees and our valuable material’ the basic idea to ‘do more than your and, Africa and England i I. Flemington H College in recent years which will | fun in Central District Christian En- | » i Destroyed by Fire ome Tylersville Man Injuries Result Has Car Ruined In Man's Gov't. Plans Huge tions Plant | story | pered firemen's operations { right leg between the hip and knee, { right arm broken between the elbow FENN STATE: According to the tale we hear our | Alma Mater is being a trifie addle- pated about the Civilian Pilot Train - ing course, and as a result, the story goes, there won't be any more pilot training courses at Penn State this spring after the present class of ten (10) students finish thelr course According to the seemingly well. authenticated version we get, the C. A A notified the College that since facilities for training there are limited, the Bellefonte airport could be wed 0 good advantage an official there is sald to have re- marked, “We'll go instead to Stultz field, Tipton The distance from Btate College to the Bellefonte alr port is about 9 miles; to the Btultz field the distance more than 30 Tear one- wh y miles The C. AL A, It is reported has washed its hands of the mati: and there won't be any more such classes at Penn uniess some- thing new develops. Meanwhile the Lock Haven Btate Teachers College 5 grinding out embryo pilot gratifying regularity REPORT: They tell us that are putling the brass fonte's parking meters have of brass. NOTE TO B. FP. C. A. Over in England domestic animal h as horses, cows, p protected from alr raids mucl same as are humans The precau- tions are taken not in deference to the feelings of the 3} but be- cause they are a def impor- tant part of the w We're all for the animals 10 our own safety RECORD: This corner has been attending meetings of various kinds for many a year, but last Thursday 2 attended the first meeting everybody was present who had been asked to come, It was the first ses- sion of the Centre County Defense Savings Commitiee, headed by Claude G. Alkens, of State College INFLATION: Youll hear much about inflation in coming months and the following explanation pilfered from Karl W Illigen, deputy state administrator of the Defense Savings Stafl, is easy to remember and should be clear td everyone. Here it is: Suppose that all the goods in the nation were piled on one table. The government having first choice for war needs, comes along and takes three-fourths of the pile. That leaves one-fourth of the nation’s goods to be divided | up among the rest of us. What hap- , pens? The demand Is tremendous, people bid for what they want and prices just naturally sky-rocket Your dollar will buy less and less, and in extreme cases such as in Germany in the early 1820's, money becomes of less value than the paper it is printed on. That is inflation. WAR REPORT: Local druggist Monday he was out of Coca Cola. “We're rationed 10 sixty per cent of the amount we used in the same period in 1040," he explained. Looks like the pause that refreshes is going to become the pause depresses Oh, well! BOUQUET This week's sprig of laurel goes to The Navy's Bureau of Ordnance Bellefonte Borough Council, That “No Homes of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 187, on the third floor, and Knights of Columbus, No 1218, on the second, were damaged only by smoke and water A meta] roof over section of 5 he etry the ture ham- until they tore it loose Fireworks Explode A large throng of spectators startied a litle when flame a stock of stored fireworks in Gardner them ¢ ng. A bus of the Logan Valley com- pany, lsden with work-bournd P, R R. workers, was imprisoned on Penn- sylvania avenue between road station and Tenth only outlet, until firemen ders in hoisting enough for the bus Firemen of the borough's companies, Blazing Arrow, Citizens and Neptune fought the blaze Three weeks ago demolished the Wilson court building Penn- sylvania avenue, near Eleventh street State were reached with the store and set Tack the peopl slug rali- the wag- thie streel ort “ up hose lines high i [ od bus to pass under igs three fire on y a . rut Yat'r Sewrale but first let's look ae———— v— Leg Broken In Motor Accident Philipsburg Woman Suffers Severe Injuries in Two- Car Collision Mrs. Joyce E. Bair of Philipsburg, in a two-car accident Sunday even- ing on the Tyrone-Philipsburg road Mr. Bair, driver of the car, had his and the wrist Mrs. Bair was seated in front with her husband. Their son, Joyce, who was in the back seat, escaped with a cut on his lip. Mrs Balr's face was also badly lacerated. She is a patient atl the Philipsburg State Hospital, \ Melvin Fleck, who was involved in the accident, was driving a 1941 was a 1840 Buick. Both cars were Mr. Fleck suffered a badly cut lower lip and the loss of two teeth The accident occured on the moun- The Bair family reported visit to Altoona friends, while Mr A passing motorist telephoned the Hope Fire Company ambulance at Philipsburg, and conveyed the in- jured to the hospital. A patrolman from the Pleasant Gap station made the investigation. A—— ———— that Death Muni | designs, manufactures, procures and body wisely harkened to the voice A. Reams. Osceola Would Cover 8.000 Acres in! maintaing all offensive and defen- of the people and on Monday night the present emergency, is the devel- | groups not in the Christian Endea- opment of multiple means for the | vor Union are most cordially invited | House and Contents Burn. Esca pes With Bruises in Lock Carroll control of important fruit pests. It will be important to have more than one material at hand for a specific Job of insect control. > Pullman Named “Wake Island” Those fighting Marines, who so valiantly defended Wake Island, are t> have a Pullman car named in their honor, it js announced by of- ficers of the U, 8. Marine Corps, the Pullman Company and the Pennsyl- vania Railroad. The car—to be named “Wake Island”—is stream- | lined and of the latest room-observa- | tion type. It is scheduled to leave the Pullman shops in Chicago early in March and will be assigned to one of the Permsylvania Railroad's fast- esl trains, - For Victory: Buy Bonds. Turn In Old Plates Don't forget to turn in your old license tags for war serap, the Key- | stone Automobile Club tells motor- ists in a special bulletin urging the necessity for cooperation with the government in the reclamation of metals for conversion into weapons. Collection pbints established by the Club include all the Keystone offices in Pennsylvania and New Jer- sey and upward of 500 of the club's official garages in the two states. i i | to attend. ssn MP ————_ Believed Prisoner Miss Amy Blandy, instructor of | While Owner is at Work at Paper Mill girls physical education for the Lew- | The recently built home of John | isburg High School has received Renninger at Plemington was com- word that her brother, Platoon Sgt.’ pletely destroyed by fire last Wed- John PF. Blandy, is one of the 26 nesday afternoon, while the owner Americans among the more than was at work at the paper mill. The 2,000 persons believed to have been loss, set at $3500, {s partially cover- taken prisoner by the Japanese at ed by insurance. Wake Island As far as could be determined, the i - jonly cause for the fire's start was Baughman Out On Bail Dean Baughman of Renovo, held Per. who was keeping house for Mr in Lock Haven jail on charges in- Rendinger, had hung behind the | from a hot pokér, which Helen Hop- | Merchant, Patient at Phil- ipsburg Hospilal | Although his sedan was demolish-| Carroll A. Reams, Osceola Mills! ed last Thursday morning dt Lock merchant, died Sunday at the Phil- Haven as it was struck squarely in Ipsburg State hospital where he had the middle by railroad cars and been a patient for several months. dragged 60 feet, Arlie W. Shreck-| Complications resulting from in- | engast, Tylersville, escaped With juries received in an automobile sc- i slight brush burns. cident four years ago were blamed Shreckengast was in the car until! for his death. y it came to a halt after the crash. | 0 The Tylersville man. driving south | Ro 4s Len In was ia Mile het | on Hanna street about 6:45 Thurs- | : Le OL Mrs, | day morning, found the lights blink- { Myers Reams and the late George B.| Haven R. R. Cressing Accident : : | volving him in the fatal hit-and-' stove after i run accident on the Cedar Springs fire {cut-off last December, has been re-| jeased from jail under $1500 ball using it on the kitchen Mr. Renninger has been working for some months ng his home ing at the Pennsylvania Railroad | crossing. i The road's passenger station is| just east of Hanna street and] Reams. He conducted a grocery store | in Newtown, Osceola Mills, prior to | his sickness, Surviving him are his mother, a | pending trial at the April term of land did not yet have the interior court. to Make Cannons They will be turned over directly to steel mills. While nearly all diséarded tags eventually find their way into junk i yards it is the purpose of the club this year to make the collection quickly, so that they may be turned to patriotic use without any delay. Pennsylvania motorists may use their new plates on and after March 15. mitted to use them on and after March 1. Sgt. Lockard on Way to New Staff Sergeant Joseph L. Lockard, | 20-year-old soldier from Williams. port, whose of Japanese | planes nearing Pear] Harbor on Dec. | 7. was ignored by a superior officer, passed through San Francisco Mon- | day enroute to an officers’ training | school af Fort Monmouth, N. J. | Lockard, then a private at Pear] | SEnpm ny rey i ersey Harbor, was working overtime to demonstrate the workings of an air. craft detector to a rookie when he heard the sound of the planes ap- proaching Oahu. Although his warning proved fu. tile, his vigilance was rewarded by promotion and later by appoint ment to the training school. Dr EIIEETSEE rT rr i. Injured Man Crawls _lEl Quarter Mile New Jersey motorists are per-. Alone in the woods more than a|logs from a woodlot, and was thrown quarter of a mile from his home! beavily when he became tangled up and suffering from a fractured right in the chain. He wag unable to ankle, Otis C. Kline, 54, of near mount the horse, and released the Bloomsburg, crawled his hands, animal hoping that ils return would and knees to his ing h rney requiring about an hour, | vestigate, but when help failed to ¢ jou had been using & horse to drag arrive, he crawled home, , the tortur-|be noticed and the family would in- | | finished. Cardboard cartons were used on the walls as a protective covering and it is thought these caught fire, ig gh vin and its con- nts was dest including all the clothing of members of the household. Mr. Renninger had only | his work clothes left, In addition a! jsum of $40 which he was saving to! | pay debts, and some furniture stored for John Bhade were also destroyed Lock Haven's Hope Hose Company responded to the fire alarm and pre. yented the* of ‘the blaze to ou dings st H, J. Rachau home nearby. A high wind fanned [the flames which Were blown away, Father than toward, other nearby omes, ! his home. He ever, A LG Now—A Pillow Shortage A possible shortage oon- fronts the army and navy Ak uo Avr l § come! tracts for 1.000000 duck feather pil.! lows and the nagy one. for 650.000 filled with ch feathers, To the consumer it meant a future with a harder pillow, : Continental Chgress' order form. {Ing a Marine Corps in 1775 called for two battalions 200 men; to- day there are 84 3 % 03d opened offices at 108 South Frazier {sons why majorities should be nice | night in Geisinger Memorial Hos Shreckengast stopped and found son, Herbert Marshall, and the fol- that a train was standing at the |Jowing brothers and sisters. Roy, of station, whereupon he proceeded | Chester Hill, Mrs, Paul McLarren of across the tracks. | Gearhartville, Mrs. Elias Walk of His machine was struck by switch- | Akron, Ohio, Mrs. John Pellow of ing cars on another track. { Osceola Mills, John of Osceola Mills, Only the license plates of the auto | Sylvester of Nanticoke, Howard of escaped demolition, it was said. { Turtle Creek, Mrs. Howard Bricker - {of Millheim, Austin of Harrisburg, Scrap Slot Machines | Mrs. Louella Richards and Mrs. John Connscated slot machines stored | Kanour, both of Osceola Mills, Mar- in police stations throughout the shall of Williamsport, Kenneth of state will be converted into scraplima Ohio, and Mrs. Stanley Gul- metal for war industries under a bernat of Osceola Mills, new salvage program announced by | © Puners] services were - the State Defense Council. nesday afternoon at 2 ay Wes, »- the Osceola Mills Methodist church. ‘Squire Opens Office Burial was made in the Umbria cem- J. D. Hart, recently appointed etery there, Justice of the Peace in Btate College by Governor Arthur H. James, has lho Truck Co. President Dies Frank P. Benjamin, 65, president of the Scranton-Lackawanna Truck Minorities can give you many rea- | Company of Scranton, died Priday street, State College. to minorities. | pital, le Get the Job Done! PETER PUBLIC—To White Deer Valley; Em- ploy 4000 Workers That the government plans to erect | & munitions manufacturing plant covering 8.000 acres in White Deer | {Valley was revealed Baturday when a notice was posted in the Postoffice at Williamsport asking for lawyers to submit bids for handling certifi- | cates of title to land in Washington, | Clinton and Brady townships, Ly- coming county and Gregg township, | Union county, | The plant, estimated to cost near $5,000,000, together with homes for 4.000 workers are expected to cover an ares of 125 square miles, A New | York firm has already been engaged | for architectural, engineering and sive arms and armament Continued on Pape Biz) LiL ABNER - sx AL CAPP | GPATC POST OFF | management services, and an office | has been set up there for a real es- | tate division of the War Department. | Residents of the valley, which les | south of the river in the Bastress- | Allenwood-Elimsport area, have join- | ed together to protes t erection of the | plant on the grounds that farm lands | would be utilized, and such a plant | could be better erected on less val- | uable Jand. ~~. Sold te Gray Port Matilda, re- cently a registered G 8. B. Wasson of State College, to add to his local herd. Aulworth Helen's Select 310190 is the name under which this animal is registered with The American | Guernsey Cattle Club. Guernsey is We hope our neighbors have | completed thelr | i good Pla | ns for a fine veg- ty eee LL etable garden.
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