— ~|| The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County Odd and | CURIOUS in the ~ NEWS SLIGHT ERROR A middle-ared woman walked into a high school at Towanda, N. Y., where blood was being donated to the Red Cross blood bank, joined a line of other women, was asked some ques. tions and a doctor and nurse withdrew a pint of blood, Lift ing herself from the cot, she asked: “What am | doing this for?” “For the soldiers and sail ors of course,” the nurse replied “All 1 wanled was » sugar ra tioning book,” the bewildered woman explained a she discov. ered she had entered the wrong school. MULE MUST LEARN A balky mule won't appreciate this sugar rationing business. The rationing board at Rich- mond, Ind, received a plea from the mule's owner for book of stamps for the animal It was vital, he explained, because the mule refuses to move, much less work, without frequent rewards of lump sugar. The board in formed him it was sorry but no books could be issued to animals CHICKEN RESCUE Miss Veromica Abell, of Leon ardtown, Md., didn't have much time to act when she discovered a setting hen dead, and the nest of egrs near the hatching stage She couldn't locate another sel ter, so she took a rubber water bottle, judged the temperature to what she considered about right, and placed it over the eggs. A dozen healthy chicks are peep- ing around the Abell yard today. TO SHARE SUGAR Sightless Paul Oliver asked at sugar rationing headquarters in Philadelphia if he could register his “seeing-eyve” dog as a mem- ber of his family, He was told he could net, “I'll just have to share my own ration with him then” said Oliver, A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week i | Cenfre Democraf —————————— a —— ——— —————————————————— EWS. Random FEATURES SECOND SECTION Items 1942, NUMBER 2 “For the Duration” “| Great Six-Day Sea Battle : ay Ends as Jap Warships Flee United States Guns in Defeat . Allies Claim at Least Temporary Victory Off Australia; Military Authorities Declare Fight Has Ended Jap Invasion Threat THURSDAY, MAY VOLUME 61. 14, BELLEFONTE, PA. “WAR-WEAFPED Former Bellefonte Youth Piloted Bomber Which Took Part In Raid on Jap Base Lieut. Christian L. Herron is Hero of Thrilling Adventure in Southwest Pacific; Story Told by Accompanying Newsman WELL, WELI A thrilling story of an bomber attack on Japanese Harold Guard, 1 American superintendent of the bases vania Industrial Sch Pennsyl- State ol until written by nited . Pre Orr €¢ Ameri ron GAS SAVER AMERICAN HEN MUST LAY ¢ hic, spp on the bo : Negro Sentenced To Die In Chair William K. Wilson to Be Elec- For Killing Haber EVER HAVE THIS HAPPEN? ( Rodeheaver At ATE To : eport oe SuSSOR (TUG SPREE ak t ol : Milton, May 28th : in J ! I iy et oa the Gets One Year in Jail frocuted Rose Enemy Route § William H VCN 14 Yue Impl rT : NEW (CLUB MEMBER ts WORLD WAR 1 SUGAR ; : ; ; An elderly couple, applying for Se ag FN " a sugar rationing book at Salis- 3 bury, Mass. told Superintendent of Schools Fred R. Small they had forty pounds of sugar laid by since the first World War, They were refused » new book. sa — R— AMERICAN DINER IS DESTROYED BY FLAMES world, Hi i a Sard i ——— ause nn G i i¢ fy : 1 5 : Tu HE H.1} a Flames completely destroyed the N ! Carl Byoir, New York public relations counsel, wa ne of the ioil- HY nan h | i ght a r than . American Diner located on the Port o lio: who heard Joe's w | ut he the only man = cow «1 marl fie W — a0 1 wr that n ne. dike Hi ol K k d (9) b Matilda road, shortly afternoon on griized the fact the oe Ny named the war-—a war which Presi Ju ie 1 hit was God noc e ut y Thursday. Philipsburg firemen Roosevelt has pointed out AE 1 od & DAN Avid Yin oki : . Ihe ( ry of mankind sponded to the alarm but were han It } dicapped at ene by of water. Booster the Rel ce y were pu Flame started from an a-day used Tables BOMBS FASCINATH Heavyweight win chamt (RR RARRS Ie M + Shy ALOT « eraleg be we are i grend stand seat at 1 kK on Pearl H Kick of Horse ns st whic " wa Turkey Bar-B-Q Proprietor Received Serious Cut on Top of Head re m in dent rey the hs hie 1 Hi ne for | and equipmont It was damage ance A Crazy Quilt Not So Crazy Many Centre county women de- She gol a surprising numb serve praise for signing unique cre believe national honors Mrs. Ethel Sampso Illinois, for the one she i on right now. The quil Fo down in history the actual warp time Mrs (Cantinued om Page Six) Sampson y % Ago write over the world, piece of pers could include _—. Drives Into Side of Freight Train to \ asking them mal material that in her ‘Man Meets Death By Electrocution Stephen Bilanich Vietim of Accident in Philips- burg Area » Aged Tyrone Man Brakeman Killed LJ » NM Killed by Auto As Train Shifts Struck by Car While on Way Jerry Dixon Caught Between : a Home From Praver Two Cars Near Wood- A cat owned by Mr. and Mrs. | the snake was having the ' . Frank Cole, of Weston, Bradford until a neigh Meeting land county, was nearly squeezed to death rence a: lled Mr. Cole, who cu h— by a blacksnake recently. How the off the i Harry £. Blake, 02, of Tyrone, was conflict started | known, | killed Wednesday night of last week when he was struck by an the way from masterpiece. Cor pron THAT'S Cat and Blacksnake Tangle BOY FRIEND! DEFENSE Clinton County Man Escapes STAMPS Serious Injury in Ac- cident William McGinnis, 20, of Far- randsville, Clinton county, received bruises of the left leg and both arms and a laceration of the forehead on Sunday afternoon when he drove a car into a moving freight train at the Farrandsville crossing The Motor police who will bring a charge of driving without an oper- ator's license against him, said Mc- Stepping backward into a live wire while working at the Maxton Jerry P. Dixon, 29-year-old Os- ceola Mills rallroader, was killed late Saturday night as a result of a rail- near Hawk Run, Philipsburg area. road accident which occurred be- Stephen Bilanich was electrocuted tween Woodland and Clearfield as 1ast Thursday evening shortly before the night shifter of the Pennsylvania | 11 o'clock raliroad was shifting at the Barrett First ald crews brickyard, near Woodland. Dixon, Vania Electric Company and a squad who was a brakeman on the train of five men from the Hope Fire was caught between two cars Company of Philipsburg were rush- and crushed when the train shifted. [8d to the scene in an inet antl not but the cat insiantiy slope Fe - ————————————— 3 automobile on home A DAY OF GRATITUDE—POPPY DAY prayer meet ng I'vrone police that 18 sald Paul H Baker, struck Mr. Blake nigh the air for a dis. tance of 84 feet three inches, as he a car of Al- hurtl- driven by from the Pennsyl- ¥ Did you ever walk down the long the Hving { the World Wa No? toona, had lie disaster « him thik aE crew, was to then Come along Jet Here is He was made Shell shock! Here is He i Polson gas! Here is another waiting final deliverance How his state Riddled by a machine Amd here are other men-—at They are busy--they greet us cf on. They are MAKING POPPIES One of them filled with joy, tells us buy his little granddaughter a new dress How beautiful--yet how it grips And there are hundreds more How eagerly they greet us We are STRANGERS one—walking slowly another emaciated describe gun! angely hs file WOLALY he ha our hearts! AND LEFT THEM Let us help them while we may 8quads of them answer the LAST CALL each day Buy a Poppy. The first of the 1942 poppies will be sold for their days are elgn Wars, is supervising the sale of memorial poppies here, made enough to but we are from the world they gave us so mueh to save—~the WORLD WHICH HAS GONE AWAY numbered in Bellefonte on Baturday. Bellefonte Post No. 1600, Veterans of For- crossing the street at the inter- section of Pennsylvania avenue and Cotthage street on the way his home iG Baker told police he could not see the man in time to keep from hit- ting him because it was so dark at that particular gpot and it was even made worse because of pouring rain Baker's car was damaged to the approximate extent of 835. The left headlight which was determined to be the object that struck the vic- tim was completely demolished, and the grill and the hood were also damaged Witnesses told police that {Continued on Page Siz) Plant 800 Trees Forest Ranger David N. Bixel | Dean Schade, Porter township school teacher, and Fire Warden E. L. Har- | ris supervised the planting of 800 red and white pine trees by pupils | of the seventh and eighth grades of the Porter township school, on the Cherry Run road recently, The Forestry Protective Association of Bouthern Clinton county, which as- sociation sponsored the planting of 2000 trees of the same kind on the Charles Brungard farm, four mile east of Loganton also. a Car The accident occurred about ten o'clock Dixon was taken to the Clearfield hospital where he died be- fore midnight. He had been employ - ed by the railroad only 5 months Dixon was born at Edendale, No- vember 20, 1912. He was a son of Jerry and Maude Emerick Dixon His ‘parents survive him together with his widow, the former Pearl Spittler, and four sons, Ronald, Wil- lian, John and Wayne, The following brothers and sisters also survive (Continued on Page Siz) attempt Rescu Friday revive squads morning Mr. Bilanich the injured worked man until 2:30 was born August 8, 1886, in Troy and had resided there all his life, He had been employed most of his life as a shot firer in the local mines Surviving are his wife, Julia Thomas Bilanich and the following children: Mrs. Alfred Harvey, Mrs Joseph Franek, Kylertown: Louise and Gayle, at home, Andrew Bilan- ich, the father, and the following Continued on Page Siz) Ginnis, who was coming from Far- randsville, apparently became con- fused as he approached the crossing McGinnis’ ear hit about midway in the train, but the freight did not come to a stop until a considerable distance beyond the crossing, as the train crew were unaware of the crash until those on the caboose saw the wreckage and signaled for a stop He was treated at the Lock Haven Hospital Once upon a time husbands did not stoop to housework. 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