| Odd and CURIOUS in the NEWS “| The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week SECOND SECTION he Ce nire Democral NEWS, FEATURES Random [tems VOLUME 61. BELLEFONTE, PA., THU RE DAY, APRIL 16, 1942, ——— EVERY THING H. APPENED A chain of accidents almost put an end to John Meier, of Gainesvillé, Ga. Meier, getting ready for turned the electric bulb to cut off the light and the bulb fell from its socket, In try- ing to cateh the bulb Meier broke it against the bedpost, culling his hands. Groping for a match he cut his foot on the broken glass and, stopping te remove he glass from his foot, he struck his eye on a chair pest, practi- cally knocking himself out, BOMB OWN CRAFT In order to prevent the United Nations from securing construc- tion details from crashed planes. Australian pilots report that the Japanese have adopted the plan of detailing one plane in each raiding formation to dive-bomb and destroy with incendiaries any crashed Japanese plane. CARELESS THIEF Apprehension of the thief who stole a bunch of chickens from a Kansas City farm was easy. A biltfold, containing all the nec- essary information for his ar- rest, was found on the scene by the Sheriff. Faced with the evi- dence, the man confessed. WIFE'S GIRDLE An embarrassed individual ap- peared at the J. W, Tipton tire company at Denison, Texas, car- rying a small package. “My wife’s—er—girdle,” he stammer- ed, “could you—ah—fix it.” He waited while a vulcanizer made the necessary repairs. FIRE ORPHAN DIES The Chicago fire of 1871 left Philip Buhler of Webb City, Mo., an orphan. Recently, at the age of 84, he was burned to death in his home when an overturned kerosene lamp set his clothing afire. > TO HOLD EXAMINATION FOR ORVISTON POSTMASTER | An examination will be held at! Lock Haven under Civil Service| Commission rules for the position] of postmaster at Orviston, a fourth! class station which paid $637 last year, Applications, which may be ob-| tained from the postmaster there) or {from the Civil Service Commis-| sglon in Washington, must be filed by April 24. The examination is open to U. S, citizens between 21 and 85 who re- side within the territory supplied by the postoffice. The present post- master is Alvin J, Confer. PENN STATE GRADUATE RECEIVES WAR DECORATION The Order of the Purple Heart was presented to Sgt. Robert H. Martin, of Lancaster, a member of the class of 1939 at Penn State Col- lege and believed fo be Penn State's first casualty of the war, The citation accompanying the medal said that Martin was wound- ed by performing “a meritorious act of essential service during the Jap- anese attack.” Martin was a me- teorologist stationed at Hickam Field, Hawaii, when the Japanese attacked the field on December 7. F. Clair Ross and Senator | James J. Davis Win Highest ~ Positions on Primary Ballot Democrats and Republicans Draw Lots at Har- risburg for Order of Appearance on Ballot; State-Wide Candidates Listed Clair I SS, Senator James Auditor General F Democrat, and U. 8 J. Davis, Republican, won top place on the ballot for the May 19 pri- mary in their candidacy for the par- nomination for governor drawing took place at Harris on Monday The two candidates itions on their respective ballots as state elections bureau comple primary Major General Fdward Martin is the Republican candidate for gover but five Democrats will app the ballot Second, place on the Dx ticket went to Luther A. Harr, back- ed by State Chairman Meredith J Mevers: third to James J, Regan, an ndependent; Judge Ralp drew first pos- } wed the ted the lineup only other not ar on mocratu fouriia to Editor to Speak — The Rev, (above), editor of the Evangelical Crusader, a youth weekly, will be the principal speaker at the Evangelical Young People’s Union meeting of Centre county to be held in the Pirst Evangelical church, Bells fonts, on Thursday evening, April 23, at 7:30 p.m Dr. Veh is a nationally known Youth leader. and he is in great de mand outside of his own denomin- ation as a conference leader, speak- er at conventions, rallies and sum- mer camps, where young people as- semble for religious instruction and inspiration. In addition to being the author of a number of books for youth, he is a contributor to many youth and religious periodicals We are exceptionally fortunate in having Dr. Veh visit our church and city The Evangelical Young Union of Centre county was organ- ized last May at a meeting held in the State College svangelical People's { church. Miss Ruth Poorman a mem- R. R. Master Mechanic Dies Clare O. 8hull, 48, master mech- anic of the Juniata unit of the Al- toona Works, Pennsylvania Railroad, died Wednesday, April 8 shortly after becoming {ll at work in Al- toona. An employe of the railroad since 1909, Shull went to Altoona in 1939 from Wilmington, Del, where he also was master mechanic. He had held divisional positions at Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago. To Be Awarded Medal William P. Hindman, Jr., of Mil. ton, a student at Pennsylvania State College and enrolled in the indus- trial engineering course, has been notified that he will be awarded an Evan Pugh medal for outstanding scholarship on April 19, at the col- lege chapel service, Mr. Hindman is a senior at the college, Game Stocking Reported Several hundred ringneck pheas- ants have been stocked in Clinton county this Spring and more than 600 rabbits in addition to 70 rabbits | which were trapped at the Cedar Run Refuge, established by the Clinton County Fish and Game As- sociation Severn) Years Ago. Lo — | itorium, Dr. ber of the Bellefonte church is the president, Carl Motz of Woodward, is vice-president, Miss Lois Allison of Howard, secretary, and Miss Eliz- abeth Facer of State College, the treasurer. Rev. H. H. Jacobs, pastor of the host church, was appointed Counselor by the Ce vania Conference Board ian Education, Mrs, June Warntz of ntral Pennsyl- Coburn. chairman of the committee | highway j of worship, will have charge of the| | devotions Following the meeting in the aud- lowship hour in the social room. tre county are extended a hearty] welcome to attend this meeting ple’'s Union shall he to group the young people of the Evangelical] churches of Centre county for Chris. | tion fellowship; for mutual encour- | in highways is greater agement in the highest standards of | Christian living and service; and for | the promotion of people’s work in the loca] church, ————————— Ringling Circus at Williamsport Reservations have been made by Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus to appear in Wil- Hamper on Thursday, June 18. Newlyweds Snordiound in Lodge A honeymooning couple and a party of friends from Altoona were snowbound in a Sproul forest hunt- ing lodge 10 miles north of Renovo last week. A district forest ranger notified the parents of Mr. and Mrs, Leroy Ww. Craw, Jr., of Altoona, that | they hey And their friends were suffer. w outside the| lodge was two feet deep. The ranger | Counties and municipalities to make ing no hardships, Bnov gald that if necessary he and some {other men would open up a road to the cabin, The Craws were married last Saturday. °C linton County Chick Has 3 Legs Eugene Baird, of Lock Haven, ex- Mr. Baird says this occurence is amining his incubators Friday after- rare, and is the first time he has ever noon, found a baby chick with three | legs, all perfectly formed, the third leg originating near the chick's tail. heard of a three-legged chick in that | area. The chick is of the New Hamp- | shire Red ! species, When Philip Harris moved d from Chester county to the old homestead in Center township, Columbia coun- ty, he became the fifth generation to occupy the farm. Henry Hagen- buch was the first, establishing him- self there in 1792. Next was his son Samuel Hagenbuch, then in turn his daughter, Mrs. her daughter, Mrs. Frank Harris, and (now her son, Philip. Raymond M. Veh, DD. ! Adult| {elect officers for 1942-43 and to dis- of Christ! state office Veh will conduct a fel-| & | i posed most vigorously and the pre- {vention of which we believe to be William Stahl, | of U. 8 B8enator and fifth to Clar- | Reading manufac. thrown his support H. Smith, choice Joseph F. Guffey: ence P, Bowers, turer who has to Judge Smith The Pittsbur rubernatorial the drawin M. O'Hara monwealth, Representing gh jurist was the candidate present lor in the office of Miss ecretary of the come his 15- Carita, who dip- mail sack assuring th first Ros iehter CANva mboor 86 tor general of for Harr: shaw, Harrisburg tin, and E. C. Marianelll of Bar.e r Davi Ouly a few candidates were | the lottery which determin ed the position on th ballot state-wide offices as well as of state commitisg wa rear-old ds edd into the ped and arew 1 audi | place, Neyer: William 1B. Habby- , for Cieneral Mar- Wilke arew ent for [Or men - © i ber . eral assembly At stake In the November tions lieutenant ernor of Internal 33 congressmen, 25 stale 208 representatives and seat W" supreme and superior court bench- eS Other order they lot: X-incumbent Lieutenant governo John C. Bell Jr. Willlam J {Continged on Page Fire) are governor ecretary Senators, th on u state-wide candidates will appear on t in the bal- 3 “he tenublicar Ham- The Oldtimer (SEEMS TO ME THE SMARTEST STAMP COLLECTORS ARE PUYING DEFENSE SAVING STAMPS WITH THEIR PENNIES AND WHEN MOU COLLECT EIGHTEEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS WORTH AND CON- VERT THEM INTO DEFENSE PONDS UNCLE SAM WILL puY [T PAK FOR TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AT THE END OF TEN YEARS, A NICE PROFIT FOR YOU INVITED TO CONVENTION € mployed in Bell efonte industries are invited to attend fifth biennial inter-chapter meeting American Society for Metal: to be held at the Pennsyivania Sta College, April 24 and 25, Dr. C Austin, professor of metallurgy nounced yesterday of the di cussion will be based on lated to war Industries The Penn State chapter of the s0- ciety will be host to approximately 200 delegates from the Pittsburgh Philadelphia, York, Lehigh Valk ang Sout chaj Frida All persons the of the frie Much subject; hern Ler after swsion I on will be ted t umn Colonel] J. L. Gulon United States Army ordnance Pittsburgh, will be Templin, chief engl of the department, chairman, R, L ser of tests, Al- im Research Laboratories, New Kensington and O. J. Horger, of the Timken Roller Bearing Canton, Ohio, will be Lu The di ing will be A. Dougherty Colonel G Department, of Batur ery Westir weaker: ner addres Priday eve- given by Colonel R of Bethlehem F. Jenks the War will be the chairman morning’ esajon deal- One of ny ~- we H, Jennings, of Steel of day the spe will be Wwhouse § ! i | | | | | | | » NUMBER 16. 1|House and Senate Divided To the Last As Legislature Ends Session in Contusion 2 ~ TEA Bellefonte LO transact AT THREF mal in a Penn Bila afternoon rece ly before 3 iropped thelr re A WIM fice one TAD ! (re pat War-Time Extra Session, Costing $400,000, Passes Nearly Three Score Bills; Reject Governor James’ Pennsylvania's of the 3 ir-time pecial legislature, which journed Saturday in unpreceder arly two major FeEREION nd ed sion, parsed ns three«score } t rejected de Company, 4 of a special a compre penses worked out TINY SILVER CROSS SAVES LIFE OF PILOT A luncheon with a crowd of Am- erican fighting pilots in Australia who have been doing such valiant work in the battle for northern Aus- tralia, last week produced one of the most spectacular stories of the war The story concerns the hair-rais. ing adventure of Second Lieutenant Clarence 8. Banford of Auburn, N, Y. whose life was saved a half doz- en Umes in a series of near mir. acles, About a month ago he and several of his American pals were flying over the Pacific, some distance from thelr base, when they sighted a flight of seven Japanese bombers escorted by nine Zero fighters, and took after them Sanford poured fire Into one bomber and then found himself mixed up with several Zeros dogfight high over the ocean, Diving and twisting in and out of he clouds, he drew a bead on one " Hon Zero, It flame on anot plunged toward the Then her fea 0 he climbed and dived ne gun raking a machi bullet path across the second pliot who is likely to have also perished Coming up for air and taking a look around, Sanford found himself in a bad dilemma. He was all alone in the skies, no Americans or Jap- anese were in sight, and he figured he had flown so far from his base that he couldn't get back. So he decided to iy to Australia his only hope He said he could fly an hour he 3 tralia and he was though it proved believed that to be a long jour- ney with much suffering before hs reached that country He flew above the clouds until his gasoline was ex! then drop ped through the clouds and sighted land. Gliding as far as he could, he landed on the water. His plane at once sank and he took to the sea waisted County Oil Men Urge Lower Tax Decry Diversion of Motor Funds to Other Than Highway Uses The Centre County Division As- sociated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania met last Thursday at Nittany Lion Hotel, Btate College, to representatives of the of the organization, transportation and tax problems, now greatly intensified by {the war. “Oil men of this county have been organized for several years as a cuss with | unit of the state-wide organization,” The youth of Bellefonte and Cen-| stated G. D. Krumrine, chairman of the local group. “We have acted al- {ways in the interests of our auto- The purpose of this Young Peo-| mobile customers. Our keen interest has been in highways, for which our customers pay a staggering load of taxes each year. Today our interest than ever { for war has brought home to Amer- {ica how vital highway transporta- organized young | tion is to our economie security and to a successful all-out war effort, “The diversion of motor funds to purposes other than highway use is an economic injustice we have op- most important of our wartime ob- Jectives. “Congressman Doughton, chair. man of the Ways and Means Com- mittee of Congress hais urged the reduction of expenditure by states, it more easy for the Federal Gov- ernment to obtain the money need- ed for its conduct of the war. It is probable that state tax revenues during the present biennium will! greatly exceed expenditures, there-| by eliminating the present state] deficit and making possible sun- | | stantial reduction of taxes in the| coming biennium. Our customers are now paying a discriminatory | sales tax on gasoline equivalent ‘o| more than 40 per cent of the retail, {price and it is obvious that this | | tax should be reduced. “We, therefore, urge that the - ergency 1-cent of gatoline tax he' | eliminated in the next biennium and | advocate the enactment of a Constis | tutional Amendment to prevent any | further misuse of motorists’ tax rev. | enives.” The list of officers and commit.’ (Continued on Page Five) To Encourage Food Production Farmers U red to Cooperate Fully in ‘Fight For Freedom’ Drive Centre County Supervisor for the Farm Security Administration yes- terday announced that a merit award would be given all Parm Se- curity borrowers who had reached the production goals set for them this year In the nation’s Food Freedom campaign An impressive certificate will be given to indicate that the farmer has put forth the extra effort asked by the Secretary of Agriculture “1 have no doubt but that Centre county will win its share of these awards,” asserted Havens “Judging from the rate of FSA loans being made for additional seed, feed, fer- tilizer, equipment and services, Cen- tre county will distinguish itself by meeting all goals set for us, “The Government is well aware of the importance of agriculture in our war effort, and it tends to recognize the patriotic work of our farmers, It knows that this war will be won on the agricultural front of Centre county as well as on the far-flung battle fronts of the world. “Since: the beginning of the Food for Freedom drive early in January, I have seen apn unmistakable and invincible determination in this county to do all that is humanly possible to feed our boys in the trenches of the world, our allies and friendly nations.” The county supervisor said that the rate of loan applications have been rising week by week as farmers prepared to put forth the greatest effort they have made in Centre county's history. To date 70 appli- cations have been received and 40 (Continued on Page Three) for i tloren, «EPrArs ut three miles ; jacket strippe stated 10 reaching the beach, Pulling ! from the waves, he collapsed He does not know how long he was unconscious, but when he came to he found two Aborigines, native bigckr. who are particularly wild in standing over him with pricking his chest Jabbing Sanford slightly, » Aborigines asked in broken one of Eng~ 8) You Jap?” Replyir ig desperately him tghter to ford cried: No. 1 am an American.” He wore a tiny 8 crucifix on a chain around his neck. a symbol of his faith. As Sanford Spoke the na- tive's rested on the cross, his black face brighter ned and the Ab- AL the the Pears sand Sar iver eves killers the nati stuperh kindne potential ned at once to They explained that Sanford was on Bremer Island off the Australian coast and that they visited the shore where they found him only once a week to fish, The flier undoubtedly would have died right there of exposure and ex- haustion eXcept that he happened to the place on the day of their visit, The nearest habitation sion, was 25 miles away Wheels, Tires Stolen The car of Thomas Cope. of Ber- wick. R. D. was stolen Wednesday from its parking place at Berwick and the next day was found in an- other section of town, with all four wheels and tires miss. ing. Police are investigating jacked up Osceola Minor Is [Orbisonia R. R. Crushed to Death Man Fatally Hurt Caught Under 20-Ton Bull- dozer as It Falls Into 18-Foot Cut Allen Dippel, 26 Edendale resident was Killed last Wednesday afternoon | he was tending, Frank Walls at 2:40 o'clock when a twenty-ton bulldozer turned over and crushed | | East Dies on Way to Hospital After Having Both Legs Sev- ered by Train Thrown beneath a draft of cars Jr 38, of Orbisonia, 8 brakeman on the Broad Top railroad, suffered him on a coal stripping operation | the loss of both legs last Wednesday near Osceola Mills af working there only five minutes ter it had been | night at 6:30 o'clock and died in an ambulance en routs J. C. Blair to Dippel had just returned to Osce- | Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon ola from Scranton dent occurred Tom Galbraith, Chester Hill, strip- ping contractor on the Banner Coal Company operations, At the time of the accident, ating the over into a cut previously made. His and had just | started on the job when the acci-| nearby He was employed by | Walls was monitoring the cars to scales when he was jolted Inose from a braking position | Wheels of the train severed his legs Mr. Dippel was oper- | bulldozer pushing dirt] machine got too close to the hiwall | and dropped 18 feet into the cut! with the machine falling on top of him, Centre County Coroner Charles G. | Sheckler of Milesburg, stated that there would be no inquest for the accident. He =zaid the accident was not the fault of any other person and that death resulted from his head, chest and arms being crush. ed when the bulldozer went down into the canyon and turned over on him. The bulldozer caught fire but was extinguished and the victim was not burned. Dippel was a native of Scranton. He had lved in the Osceola area for the last several years but had gone back to Scranton in the fall His widow, Mary, survives him, tos gether with a four-year-old daugh- ter, Janice, at Edendale, tes iy WS —_—— Bonds buy bombs, Stamps buy bullets! Buy U. 8. Defense Bonds jor Stamps every pay day! | above the knees, His right ear was torn off and he also suffered a gash on the head, it was reported Walls was married and lived with his wife and one child in Orbisonia - COLLEGE STUDENTS TAKE EXTRA TRACTOR COURSE More than 40 students at the Pennsylvania State College are tak- ing an 8-week evening defense course in tractor operation and re- pair taught by A. W. Clyde, pro- fessor of agricultural engineering For the mos part the group is studying the ordinary electric spark ignited, internal combustion en- gines, although two boys enrolled in mechanical engineering are tak- ing apart and investigating a diesel engine. While part of the section studies the working parts of various mo- tors, the other part is studying car- buretors and ignition systems. Some attention also Is being given dif- ferentials, transmissions and power | take-offs. aN Read the Classified ads. 17-Point Program t system scheduled Lt January ring 173 ign ( i ef! 7 Nurses, Soldiers Hurt In Car Crash Jellefonte Reported Among Victims at Indian- Girl town Gap ported In a critical « Other nurses ; Whitsill, 28, Mount Vernon fractured pelvis and brain cond mon Phyllis Penitz Gram and Leona E He an. 27. Grent brain concussion An na Bingleton 28. Che of were 28 DEFENSE SAVINGS: Remember Le emergency oHef program ot inder way some LI ter I Tr al ter, laceration BCA BNG 1 of Rare Dise ave Two Snyder county mes > Hoe : COV they hel} The U timates of the many they year of food p Employment 8 CORNERSTONE: that this year the farmers The poor old ocorne coun will be cfonte Hi thousands more wor Mos in 1620 as been believed set 1 School t 1a { people Lodge on Page Five) calling kere the employed Masonic cntinued DO IT EVERY PAY DAY! PETER PUBLIC—Real Seiniery!
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