Ii — MAKE EVERY PAY DAY BOND DAY { THE PAY. ROLL SAVINGS PLAN -o— adhe Centr emoctat FOR VICTORY Buy 7, UNITED STATES DEFENS ¥ BONDS » STAMPS VOLUME 61. NUMBER 19, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1942, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR. Hal f-hsa Ir Bir I's Slated ® ‘or Ma Oo UNTY Tl | Period | y I> Regulations For First Bellefonte Central Blackout in County's History Outlined MAJOR INDUSTRIES ARE NOT AFFECTED Homes Must Be Darkened — Motorists to Turn Off Lights safety of t 4 144 i In addition ali of Centre County, tle towns of Osceola Mills, Chester Hill, Hawk Run Munson Win- +} fala * } frie earfiela ( and sounded to the curb lights for the duration of of the test Through traffic on ti highways will be kept moving by Motor Police who wil be stationed (Continged on Pape Srven) Aid Is Offered To Registrants ti I felp in Filling Out Question- naires Available From Several Sources this occ when co ernment of Brown expi hy we (Continged on Page Seven) sa i Locomotive Derails Near Snow Shoe @aiiron hoe near M nannoy while empty ip OC hie Per Se : had & A . i ANOLE “rn fy ent Ire known lacomo sllefonte railed engine Damage w m : fv tstilld tha A to assist In pulling the de- back the track on i Re-Elects Officers ew School And Carpenters ” Vs oar otumms oc a Seek Union Recognition; Prevailing Wage Al I.aborers cimately 30 atlafe i Delelionte carpenters and Higt - ————— County Farmers Vote ‘No’ In Referendum Pre-Vue of Juckson Four, 943 Model Pui RS NATIONAL A Sa i WILBERT JACKSON, HORSE, AND WHAT HAVE YOU? Outfit above, sometimes referred | Millbrook and formerly drove Dream, : is one answer to the problems which might face the average motorist in to as a Rationing Board's 1943. The Jackson Four Wilbert Jackson's (four legs) contribution is to When it looked an a were on the way out, Wilbert stud- ied an old buggy with renewed inter. est. The thing needed new wheels 0 he remodeled the axles Ford wire wheels, and fitted ancient the car-less gasoline-less, ang tire-| tires on the wheels less Motoring Age. Wilbert resides at (Continued on Page Eight) a Crash Victim | jing though cars FRANK A. ROSENHOOVER, Workmen Idle a defense Wyma in Fellow employes of thy plant where he was employed in Chicago took up a subsription among them. Page Four) Walter Cohen Dies Suddenly Heart Attack inent Bellefonte Man; Fu- neral Held Sunday Fatal to Prom- Oak Hall Man Is Injured In Crash i OQ) | for y mol Bhilch emploved rdan Hall, Penn State i ’ th $14.7 rin g Oak the hos Wily re Wiibu ought to pital Fire Company community the viel ina According to re kKidded off the road Ort Today Is Deadline For Ration Cards Today, Thursday, is the last day to register for r rationing cards, officials remind Centre Countians Since the sugar rationing books may later be used to ration other commodities, it is highly important that every person be registered To accomodate all applicants, of- ficials said that registrations today will be received in elementary schools throughout the county from 1 to 9 p. m Bellefonte Man Is - M Being Investigated Joe Matuzak, 50, of Bellefonte, is lodged in the County jail State Police at Rockview are con- ducting an investigation concern~ him Matusak, native of Croatia, was Dukeman and Officer Donald John- son : . Installed | when he could not produce evidence on suspicion. He was jailed of having registered as an alian, or for the draft. Matuzak can neither read nor write, it is reported. while | picked up by Chief of Police Harry | Local Girl Who Witnessed Attack On Pearl Har girl who Pi Harbor when launched thely tin Island on Decem and heard ember 7 Caldwell planes on Deliveries fo Be (urfailed Local Deliveries Must Be Reduced 259, Accord- ing to New Order eral orgs Arecling ment in delivery service in or gave rubber, gasoline and other materials The ord provides that raer Lo vigid at ng distance hauls will eliminate lex on Page Three) > Truck Rams Into Car During Storm of Centre Hall the chest in ut a mile east AL oy MONGa ta drove him info car. During Zimmerman € Bellefom drove alon Blinded by the rain, Mr. Zimmerman failed to ¢ the parked machine and ran into th of it Damage: jow: va tvs ain shelter downpou i (5 id }) vi heavy real were cstimated ! Zimmerman's truck, and to Weaver's car. $40. Mr. Weav- was brought to the Centre County Hospital for treatment. Mr, Zim- merman suffered a cut lip but hj wife yon, Harry R.. escaped in- jury. Pleasant Gap Motor Police investigated the mishap to and Ducks Disrupt The birth of nine ducklings to a pair of Mallard ducks just above the falls on South Water street, last Tuesday, stirred the town as it hasn't been stirred since a couple of beavers began building a dam across Spring Creek near town several years i ago { In short, Bellefonte, like most any | other proud father, is slightly slap- | happy Witness: Items 1: The Undine Fire Com- {pany was called out last Thursday | evening for a rescue job when all { nine ducklings were washed over the falls Item 2: Hizzoner Hardman P. Har- | { ris, mayor of Bellefonte, missed his {dinner when he remained at the Beene to oversee the rescue opera- | tions. | Ttem 3: Garageman Sam Poorman | oi south Water street, Is considering em ler June bor Arrives Home Ab Countians In Draft Call Group Slated For Final Examination in Altoona Saturday, May 16 ALOK Ad i INGLCW BOTINK “ } Meinl William NY Point jz} Dunk A It nued Mother and Daughter Banquet Is Postponed arg on Page Biz) ner and Daug yy the Bellef ‘Squire Cowher Moves Into New Location The offices of Justice of the Peace Harold D. Cowher were moved yes- terday from the Berardis property on East Bishop street into the rooms on West Bishop street formerly used as the Centre County Demo- cratic headquarter: Mr. Cowher had maintained fices in the Berardis building the past three years of - for Town's Routine the erection of a duck bulletin board in front of his place of business so he can get some work done Item 4: Searcely a day passes but what some spectator along Walter street doesn't volunteer to wade out into the creek to rescue one of the {ducks washed over the falls Add to those items hundreds of spectators who line the railing from morning to night watching the nine {young ducks proceeding about their business, and you have some idea (of the reception being accorded to nine animated balls of fluff which only ten days ago were a bunch of CEES Everything was comparatively quiet in the duck family from Tues. day until Thursday of last week The youngsters sat around for a day after hatching, and on Wednesday | were taken on brief swims by their mother, (Continued on page Five Second Section) Thursday the family got to’ FHILIP SAYLOR EA 4 expressed a belief Ye y tt id Presses Org a (Continued on Page Seven) Academy Banquet Plans Completed Alumni and Friends Invit- 3rd Annual All ed to teun- n Sit, mi wil I» EAT ajumni ana in {Continued on 149 at Rockview Receive Diplomas Page Ser oekview tificates v complieti Ex- Ru i I. Bunnell, of the College i taff, and Lau storat Director at the penits ary, were this year marked by interest in defense work, and special instruction wa d in answer this demand. Classes were held two evenings a week for an average total 60 hours A College sponsored program of this type has ried on at Rockview Penitentiary for approximately 15 yearn ———————A———— tension oN n ion jo an adde to of been car Kiwanis Fish Dinner At Penn Belle May 14 { The annual Fishermen's Dinners sponsored by the Bellefonte Kiwanis Club on the eve of the opening of Fishermen's Paradise, will be held next Thursday night May 14, at 6:30 p. mat the Penn Belle Hotel The Paradise will open the following | day All members of the Commission Will be invited, and Charles A. French, chairman of the (Commission, will be the principal speaker. Those who don't fish may order other foods at the dinner, members of the committee i said. Reservations should be made at once at the hotel. State Fish | care for! HAVE TEST BLACKOUT [New Boro Manager [PRR May Curtail assenger Service ‘Oscar O'Neil’ Is Kidnapped Third | | . | Time In 3 Years | True Bills Ignore Burglary Charge Against George Reed, of Bellefonte Nurse To Speak In Bellefonte, Monday Cath Amn ogram are ues "Paradise fo Open May 15. Two New Rules Will Ban Feeding of Fish, Aid in Landing Trout The ninth annual scason at Fish. ermen'’s Paradise, four miles west of Bellefonte, will open on May 15 and will continue until July 18 it was announ®ed this week bv C Ross Buller, of Bellelonte, State fish | cultaurist Fishing will be permitted from 9 a.m lof p.m War Time daily, with Sunday fishing prohibited Two new rules will be in effect at { the Paradise this season. They will ‘ban the feeding of fish during fish. ing hours and will bar assistance in hooking and landing fish, The first rule, Mr. Buller said, wil] prevent fishermen {rom creating an artificial “feedirtlg™ period. The sec. (ond will prevent anglers from Scoop- ing large fish from the water with | long-handied nets before their fight iis over. | AS in past years, each angler may | cateh ten fish daily but may kill only | (Contingyed on Page Four) south« Withdrawal of 2 Trains Daily on Valley Branch is Imminent NEEDS CITED CHIEF REASON Wi Bellefonte Only 1 WAR A 2. Le: i ‘ (Change uld y £) Trains Daily ~~ Jury Refumns wa inusually hea 15¢ weeks the movement of fre the Branch Lock Haver between TT WILLIAM WAG NER Cia | Junior Abeer] anin Wagner is ional reputation of the Bociety of and has been av stinction by simila; London and Paris. His spectacular magic and chology will be the curtain Friday evening An outstanding feature Wagner's program, ac entertainmen’ committe fact that many of accomplished in the midst dience, with sheciators on every sid The Linkitg Ring” the publication of the Soclety of American Magi cians, states “Wagner makes no ate tempt to imitate the style of anyone else, and a brilliant future ig pre dicted for this artist.” The commit. tee pointy but that this American organization boasted that among its | members were such names as Hou dini and Thurstone Following Wagner's magical pro- gram, the patrons of the Prom will enjoy dancing with music provided by the State College High School Orchestra, and card playing. Re. freshments will be served. The pub lic is invited, and a nominal charge will be made to include all of the i features of the evening's program. da Gi Dis ¢
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