Odd and CURIOUS in the * N NE YS a The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week SECOND SECTION dhe Cenire Democrat NEWS, FEATURES [VOLUME 61. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942, an NUMBER 13. andom tems — a — ASKS DOU BLE PRIC E = Grange of Carlton, Ore, adopted this resolution: “Where- as this is America, a land of justice and equal opportunity, and whereas business Is granted cost plus 10 per cent and labor is pald for a 40-hour week with double pay Sundays and holidays while many farm products still sell for less than the cost of pro- duction. Therefore, be it resol ved that we recommend a de- mand for double the market price for all milk and eggs pro- duced on Sundays and holidays.” FLIP COIN TO DECIDE When Rufus and John Hearne of Bynum, N. C., deferred by the selective service board be- cause of a dependent mother and brother were told that, under a reclassification, only ene of them would be deferred, they flipped 2 coin. Rufus is now keeping the home fires burning and John is in the army. EXPENSIVE LINING Checking up, members of the postoffice staff at Camp Davis, N. C., found their accounts £50 out of balance. After checking and rechecking, they started a wide search. Finally, well-hid- den away, in a little used desk drawer, was a well-nibbled $50 money order, serving as the lin- ing of a mouse’s nest, HOME IN LAKE The rains came just when Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bell completed their ranch home last fall at Alamogordo, N. M. Since then they have been unable to reach it except by boat. The United States Grazing Service, to re- licve the seafaring ranchers, is digging a canal to drain the lake surrounding the Bell home. ENLISTS; KILLED En route home after enlisting in the Navy in order to “get my- self a Jap and find out just where my dad (taken prisoner on Wake Island) is.” Earl Brew- er, 21, of Omaha, Neb, was kil- led when his car crashed through a bridge railing. THREE 13's Stanley Kilmer, a mechanical engineer from Albany, went to Forty Fort for a government position as a teacher in welding at a defense plant. He arrived on Friday, the thirteenth, with R13 in his billfeld and enrolled 13 students the first day. NO BIDS ON WASH A call for bids to launder linen at an enemy alien detention camp under construction at Sante Fe, N. M., presumably to house Japanese brought a con- temptious rejection from one Sante Fe laundry operator. He was George Park, Chinese, WORKING CATS ONLY The cat now will receive a ra- tion of powdered milk in Britain. The Minister of Food has an- nounced that cats engaged in keeping down mice and rats in warehouses will receive a regu- lar allowance of food. a Woman Fatally Burned When her apron caught fire in the kitchen of her home Mrs. Hattie N. Dodson, 64, of Bloomsburg, was turned into a human torch, and burns she suffered caused her death at the hospital here. S8he was heat- ing some liniment which contained oil, and when the apron caught fire she spilled the liniment, which fed the flames. She suffered second de- gree burns over the greater part of hear body before she could summon help a. Bong Prove Fatal Terrivie bung he suffered molten metal while at work at the wheel foundry of the A. C. F. Co plant at Berwick, were followed by the death of Elmer Dendler, at from 35, Berwick Hospital The Berwick man was burned when ‘he was hit by molten metal from a ladle operated by another worker. Part of his clothing wag burned from his body and terrible burns, including some of the abdomen, were suffered, —— S————— Drive Against Pest The drive to rid the Philipsburg areca of mosquitos has been revived, a general meeting having been held to make arrangements for treating the swamps, which will be done largely by firemen, assisted by boy scouts. Oil drainage will be used, 500 gallons being on hand now and another 1000 gallons needed The things you do not know the things you should try to les | SR are Motor Co op Brings Home Bacon Pvt. Joseph Mekuta, of the| Bloomsburg State Motor Police de- tail, armed only with a rope, tack- led over 200 pounds of pig, and after it was “hog tied,” half dragged and half led it to a farm between ET ————_—_, War Duties Cc alls Pair Past 90 Two Northumberland county men, both past 80, have been called out of retirement by the war. David C | Adams, 82, sexton of the Lutheran church at Reed's Station and his| | welcome [TYRONE POLICE mm. Blooms burg and Eyersgrove, 2 | Former Altoona Youth Is Suffocated During Rioting At Eastern Penitentiary | Josepit Anncenski Smothered to Death by Smoke, Fumes from Burning Mattresses In Protest Against Sugar Rationing Joseph toona term tiary as an convicts 23, former ak they pulled to 20-vear | the Peniten- Satirdat aaiuraay Anncenski youth serving ¢ at the Eastern § Philadel; phia, died aftermath of a riot started protesting the wartime 1 gar for their flee r to In hen dis- ' 0 z of su » riot Croc 1ds ar i rted, ac ested all day block r would . Disconnected rr ANTE i OUAER wp BUTZeN. | ALY IN@ [& OTA AM ERI A nol | ¥o por registered tery for een 9.0040 000 had 21 (Continged on had Ome since the Page Siz) Snow Shoe Native, Missing From Veterans’ Hospital, Is Found Dead at Lock Haven Body of John C. Rankin, World War Veteran, Discovered Lying Under Shed; Thought to Have Been Dead Several Weeks " q 14 i 1p of childre she d belonging "ron n playing about to the Buburban ter Company on Clinton street, ck Haven, Tuesday evening of last k discovered the dead body identified by police Rankin, II, World Yor sic formerly resided Mexican border Pershing and the World War the 3rd Fleld Artill Hery rank of corporal, He way under Gen as Over with 504 Battery holding the ’ ’ 3 Oi a a member was and Ray ntly st and Jersey Tor New ly superin- iid be removed for storage TOTL Rock Hits Car W. J. Bhoemaker, ¢« y coulity, said death was aleoholizin, probably n had been dead several roner of ! due Cute ¢ ae me tainside, Causing $250 Damage to Car 1d been re. na time ae £ LUilhe ARO from ‘here “Ide ntificat io his Social B body was ts home, wh nducted T Rev. George "nt wa The mad st emn loved sy hounded «¢ York Central e right side of t served on u o PAE H H 4 to the extent of $250 . . ae br Compan; He APANESE WIVES NOT A HAPPY LOT REV. BESSIE F. HATCHER of {ll be the engag- ed servi ¥ Ch urct h ( f March the Pilg n Port Matilda, t April 29 to 12 lot iz Aor rads : ier just ‘boca: ine she can sh it i her Tau shand Is wealthy, with several CHIET of his Wving.in the same GETS FEDERAL POLICE JOB and ear’ 5 “whom mere lavors thon nso min cn WS ————_— conciibitiies hovme with Tice, protably enjoys [ Police the lawful wife A D “rr Aantnoer, Injuries Fatal To Young Girl Dies After Being Struck Truck in Front of Her Home Jean Sinfelt, of M end | 34 v 68-year-old Mr Mrs, Henry was fatally injured last ay when struck by a coal uck as the child was walking in front of her home at Munson. She died seven hours later in the Phil- pst Btate Hospital, where she hed immediately after the Eugen hool at caped drowni River, near township. W gone to the river to water, and When they boat caught in some br tempted to salvage it. When the boat Gene was ht nto the water, carried 200 feet aught in un shore had da, ng in the home ith other his youths, he had see the hi saw an old ush, they at- ror unset ried ipset, irled by Dav of Mr. and vas driven 18-year-old son Joseph Parkes, North Philips- He war delivering coal with a ich he fast-| Y belonging to Alvin Parkes accident occurred almost in of the Sinfelt home when Nor. ma Jean was walking along the road home A neighbor, who was walching out the window and saw accident happen, sald that the truck seetned to swerve out for something and then seemed to skid The rear end of the truck struck the child. v-00ld id nd der ( nd Mrs Brire waist + had been ae ie front water abot Woman Pays Traffic Mattie R fine ¢ Fine McCool of Cent ff 810 alte n accident at in 14 ck Hav nesday evening. The traveling south on Fairv stop-sign and allegedly re Hall, being in- a street in- en last Wed- McCool car, stopped entered without yield- to other by Clifford slight and pa a volved in tersect ion oy Coroner Charles Milesburg and State men {rom Pleasant Gap investigated the accident. Mr. Sheckler announc- ed that he will hold an inquest this week. The official stated that the i child had suffered a fractured skull 1 and body bruises, Funeral services were held Satur- day afternoon at the Allport Meth- odist church with the pastor, Rev Roy Batdor! officiating. Burial was made in Allport cemetery. Sheckler of Motor Police- at a Peach stre ing the right way car involved, operated H. SBhady. Damages there were no injuries "ry i iY of the were - Tyrone Man Arrested for Theft Ray Brown, of Tyrone, charged with the theft of an automobile was among those named in indictments handed down by the Federal Grand Jury Sitting at Erie on Thursday - w ator Dismissed Walchers appointed to guard the ballot boxes and contents thereof | weed in the election of Nov. 4, 1041, anc House annex at Sunbury, were or- dered dismissed the three judges of the court hearing the contest of Read the C tassified ads. where it was kept for the owner. The pig fell from a truck and the owner had reported his loss to the motor po- | lice, After long search, it was found | contentedly grazing along the high- way. roth to the several courts of North- umberiand county, D. M. Larrabee, {of the 20th judicial district, Lycom. | ing county: istrict, der and Union counties, hia men. { neighbor, both of whom quit farm- | ing several years ago, have decided i to return to tilling the soil, and are | crat cannot produce miracles but it { busy getting out stored farm equip- | ca, have a miraculous effect upon ment and preparing for an active) your pusiness if intelligently em- summer, | ployed. now impounded in the Court | the election of Judge €. K. Morgan- | Cyrus M. Palmer, 21st i Schuylkill county, and A | | Pract; Gilbert, 17th district, Sny- | Advertising in The Centre Demo-! re Women a and animals nr nation of (ee rotizes ome extra When Jap family money 0 buy - hogy hisk , he head of Mag 00k8 over Xho Garvghtery =x The Japs canndt ug were a fomer sizing-u; other races y decide one woud i TT needs UPon ak rein sake, of hoe if Yin LH RL tile perience hich the Jap wie whou Ls Phivers Engoge In Fisticuffs After Bus and Auto Sideswipe on Lock Haven Street n police were called to Adinits Stayi ying of Rose Haber Definitely Clears Bellefonte Man Who Had Been Ques- tioned in Case Exchange Blows zi~year-old Negro held at Pitta. ork Have molesting a nurse, has the bus terminal in that city Tues- . police said, of fatally day afternoon of last week to put Rose Haber, 34-year-old a stop to a fight between a Johnson arug store clerk, in the East End bus driver and a Lock Haven mo- last July torist, The fisticuffs resulied from The death of Rose Haber was an accident shortly before at th case which led intersection of Jay and Main streets, ities to question a block away, in which William Bellefonte, whi Barrett, of Woolrich, driver of the Clinton county bus, and lester 5. Prady, of Lock Lock Haven op Haven, were the principals, yh iid the: Negro Barrett, who was driving the bus tisbur Salg the Neg wast “rr. + . [ . Set war 2 3003. dreom est on Main strect, sald that he Seen apie ad stopped for the red light at story teller or else he's the man | jay also to discharge a passenger we have been looking for more than | when Brady tried to. pass the bus Six month, on the right side, hitting an uni- Miss Haber was dentified parked car and the bus. stepped from a lai found in a Brady claimg that distant to the left of his car and would y not give him the right of way, forc- ing the lighter vehicle into the parked car, which had left the scene when the officers arrived Damages were $10 tc the Brady ve- hicle and 85 to the bus. There were no injuries suffered in the accident, bit scratches were suffered by the principals in the exchange of blows at the terminal, the Pittsburgh author. Hoy K. Houck, of le he was held in the jail awaiting trial at charges of molest. he police “either struck down as bus, Her purse vacant lot a few she was msl Faiis ar A cr——— Sets Army Day President Roosevelt has proclaim- ed Monday, April 6, as Army Day, but announced all of the armed ser- vices would participate in the ob- servance as was done on Navy Day ast fall R— in —————— Veteran Fighter Dies John Eckenlaub, 84, a veteran of the Indian wars on the western piaing and a one«time aide to Gen- eral Sherman, died at Altoona last week ——— a Ends Long Service Jesse HH. Bhannon, for 41 years superintendent of St. Peter's Meth odist Sunday school at Riverside, near Danville, formally submitted his resignation to go into retirement at the fourth quarterly conference of the church last week, For Victory: Buy Bonds, a. - “- Presidents Honored National forests have been named in honor of four of the presidents of the United States — Washington, Lizicoln, Cleveland and Roosevelt. | | they the bus pulled | Sergeant Lockard Weds Sweetheart led her away. She Pearl Harbor Hero and School- the seat was in- : . : : ra ie girl Chum Married in Japs do not offer Beats to Virginia no matter how old or tired | Ba may be. Women bave 0 kel The slopement of a back seal; This ddes of ladies Ort 0000 1° Lockard is another undesirable notion of the hero, and his 19-ve white folks, It is men nat, Inst ad cuaetheart. Pauline always. The women ar not even rr williamsport at thhot i kid cred unt-they are jus red bride's parer ptance the LF Tel! Te WWeG y ¥ realize that man ladies Pearl ear-old schoolgirl Elinor was dis last Mr. and Mr: announosd Lie in the Evangelic Winchester without The leave at y receiving the Seidel] closed Ly the weeken Ronald E. Seidel cou were ma al Reformed chur Va atlendar 18-yvear- 4 43 4 The affectionate term used by the bang In referring to his 1 her “the foolish is in the om.” Jap’s wife is also looked down (Continged on Page Siz) rried ch wife ple person inner on March 10 Lockard was ¢ time preliminary Distinguished Service medal for his unheeded warming Japanese plarfes approaching Pearl Harbor on the morning Decem- ber 7 n the to "Man Badly Burned In Pewder Blast Keg of Powder Explodes When Vietim Attempts to Light Fuse y Gi. Royer. Water Street, was usly injured last Thursday af- ternoon in a powder explosion on, his property while attempling to split paper wood, using blasting powder, Royer went out on his property! about 3 o'%vlock and shortly alter of of RE Twins “Undergo Operations riam and Marie Soo, 2% year n daughters of Mr. and Mrs William Soo, of Castanea, under- ent operations for correction of bow legs at the Crippled Children’s Clinic recently at Lock Haven at— Bm— Religion suffers as much from those in the church who do not thelr duty as it does from those the outside John meric eri Injuring Couple Large Stone Rolls Off Moun- Biafr Sergeant | Harbor | 0 {of burden that usually MR. VanZANDT GOES TO WASHINGTON: This from Allen column Round.” enlightening has permission and Robert B. authors of the widely-read ‘Washington Merry-CGo- to reprint their following story about the pere- grinations of our Congressman, James E. VanZandt, in Washington, nis: department Drew Pearson Here VANZANDT nately 8 PACKAGE: Fortu- most Congressmen co-operal 100 per cent with war reg Washington. But the of James FE Zandi an AlLoonz, tment » ner Rep Pa. arrived at Lhe Li a package not COCKY package before er My But M: TIES FLIES: Frank Pinge James Pay learned the art 01 ng glers who's » relative merits of various bran- ches of the armed forces. Finally he commented: “I'd like either the Navy or the Coast Guard, 1 think They both haul you to work! SIGN: The “Hotel Cale the Hotel Tanney, East High played a trick on the management during the weekend. A stooge rv ports that Saturday night the letters el” in the sign went bad and mained unlighted. The result Cafe . DRAFT DODGING: A Bellefonte resident gan & 2%-year term in a Pederal prison for violating the Selective Service Act. The governmen {adr 1 its provisions for those who have sincere and established objections military service, for it places such persons in special non-combatant work camps. But the penally willful draft-dodging is severe and cannot be measured by years and days spent in prison. It is measured by the span of a person's life. To steal a phrase from friend Ebon Bower, it is better to “fight bleed and damn near die” on the field of battle than to risk the special kind falls to the cleciric sign at et pet re Hot last week be- + is a in for (Continued on Pape Siz was seen Walking into the gas sla- tion disfigured that he had, trouble making H. BR. Metz, who re-| %0 cently leased the gas station from] Royer, recogtize him. He had walk-| ed two mliies. After establishing his identity h wag taken to Dr. Malcomb, Alexan dria, where he was treated for burns of the face, hands, eves and em | He was then taken to the J. C Blair Memorial Hospital at Hunt- ingdon. where he was admitted, | Royer told hospital attendants that in attempting to light a fuse! leading to a powder-filledq hole in a billet of wood, sparks from the fuse jumped into the powder keg | he had nearby, causing an explosion | { that caught him full force, Rover's condition was reported as! | terious. : | AH a — Fishing Banned | As a defense measure, to protect | the gh $A bh borough water | supply, Council has pro-| hibited Haine or the duration of | the war in the impounding dam on | Mill Creek, supplying water to Ridg- | way borough, and as far above the | dam as Nagel Bridge. St —— ITS JUST A LITTLE For Victory: Buy Bonds PIECE OF PAPER — BUT ITS OUR PASSPORT TRE PUT US DOWN FOR PLENTY, UNCLE, RR HR PETER PUBLIC—A Veddy Select Auction [50 TRODIBLY NICE YOU CAME TO MY INATALIE'S DEBUT WINCKLEY~ BUSY |-YOUVE ALL MET W', Ny CUARMING TH BEAUTIFUL TH ANY MARRIAGE BIDS GENTLEMEN! 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