— , | Odd and \ HELD PRISONER Pinned for six days beneath a fallen tree in the sparsely set- tled woods of Northern Adair county, Oklahoma, a 63-year-old farmer is recovering under a physician's care. The farmer, Kenneth Wallace, chopped down a tree August 17. It pinioned him as it fell. His quart bottle of water lasted only 12 hours After that he chewed what wild grapes he could reach, and suck- ed leaves for moisture. A search- ing party found him, suffering from severe shock and exposure, ‘FIRE-EATER’ BURNED While “eating” flames, Sidney Brown, billed as a carnival “fire eater” at Marion, Ohio, accel. dently spilled some of his meal— gasoline-—down the front of his shirt, The gasoline ignited and to the amusement of the spec- tators who thought it was only a part of his act, the fire-eater leaped from the platform and rolled on the ground. He was taken to a hospital badly burned about the face, head, hands and chest. The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democrat F A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Weck NEWS, EATURES {| VOLUME 61. BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1942. NUMBER 6. ’ ) Hundreds Receive Prizes For Exhibits At Grange Encampment Last Week AM Departments Drew Attention of Visitors and Won Numerous Awards; Amateur Contest Wins Praise of Spectators seconds. 2 thirds Rus Mark, 2 Virginia Decker Saran E. Watson, 1 first, | # Vesta Watson 1 The 60th Annual Grange Encamp- jer, 2 ol ) ment and Centre County Fair ended | ond last Thursday night with Fair offi- | third: clals expressing satisfaction that the fond: event, despite the inroads of war| Bowen, preparations, had again “Justified | second: its existence.” Ciladvs Camp was disbanded Friday and !terolf 1 the exhibits were removed from the Tom Sander Eugene Wi many exhibition buildings 1 first: Leona Wolfe 1 As the 1942 fair came to an end, | Reeder Shar 3 firsts officials at headquarters were gnirley swamped taking reservations for wife tent sites at next year's fair Following are some of the prizes awarded in various departments at the {afr last week. first Robert Myers: 1 first 1 Donald : Eugene Spotts Fet- first 2 firsts fe, weona f third; » i 1 first Harold Wolf HOW? The National Pickers’ Associa tion is faced with the problem of getting the necessary number of pickers to insure an adequate supply of pickles for the coming season. The question they pose, which has not as yet, been ans wered, is “how can a packer get a peck of pickles packed if there aren't enough pickers to pick the pickles for the packers to pack?” MATCH REUNION While awaiting a bus, Andrew J. Poulton of Farwell, Texas, asked an occupant of the bench for a light. The two men struck up a conversation and it was dis- covered that the other occupant was Thomas Jefferson Poulton, of Maydee, Tenn, the twin bro- ther of Andrew. They hadn't seen each other for thirty-two Years. river Is Cremated In Huge Mass of Blazing Butter A Pittsburgh truck driver, roasted alive last Thursday morning, when his trailer-truck crashed into the middle pillar of an overhead bridge on the super highway about ten miles west of Bedford, bursting into 8 mass of blazing butter. The driver of the truck, who was pulled from the blazing inferno of butter about six hours after the ac- cident occurred, was iden George Schwartz, 42, of Pitt: His helper, Thomas Tasker, also Pittsburgh, was thrown clear of the of Treats Turpentine, and lots of it, is Margret Roberts’ snokebite and she went back to her mous home at Spencer, W. Va., ves as lving proof of its efficacy The 74-year-old went to see Dr. J. M. Denue pue hospital and report twice bitten by days ago. “I just came in she said I'm prett right. After that snake bit the hand and near my eye, some turpentine ight away rubbed it on the wounds” rs. Roberts sald the snake ered onto her bed while she Mrs remed terday at De- he erhea d Wa a Cupp for a checkup, I'm all me in I got and i” ¥ sure slith- slept | ‘Am i Snake Bite With Turpentine grandmother Dept. “F." Poultry Prizes J. R. Hartle, 4 firsts: P. G rong, 1 first; Mrs. Scott Deck- » A AAS Salona Youth Dies of Burns ar » Dept. “H.” Home Economics, Food Injured When Gasoline Pour- ed Into Washing Ma- chine, Exploded son of RA Stover Mr. and Salona R. D in the Lock spital of third degree burns is of his body. Dr. W Clinton county coron- 11 be conducted home n explosion occurred being poured into Dr. Shoemaker Jesse, 14, was burned tinued on Page Four) 11 Core iH Dove George B » died last Haven H over two-tl Wednesday Hu ed at 1 Elmer (Continued on Page Seven) Casting the aps Will Fig | They're Utte nk ht Until rly Crushed, Warns Ambassador Grew Former Envoy, Recently Returned from Japan, Sees Hard Struggle to Avoid Stalemate; Confirms Ja that the | the nil wiemn warning ght t thelr command x » whed.” NCESEATrY will 1 pOWeEr a I | they “with foroe x mre and utterly cr re ' grea Atl the same time Grew gave his official confirmation to the ac- county of atrocities reported and others, including » detailed ac- count of the “water cure” admin. istered to three elderly American missionaries and a recital of the bayoneting to death of captured soldiers, County Bond Sales Quota Togo's Deceit also recounted - Pree ta presenta The diplorat Hul manner reign ’ 4 Tog President reated his of Pooseveil’'s elev. wreckage with resulting cuts and bruises. The wreckage continued to blaze 15 hours after it first burst into flames Police refute a statement that a deer had jumped into the path of | the truck causing the driver to to avoid hitting it, saying that all evidence showed the driver of vehicle had fallen asleep, losing control of the huge trailer with butter The Titan Metal Company, hon- ored with the Army-Navy E vester- day for its fine war productior record, started out to be an auto- mobile manufacturing concern, the product of which was to be the Bellefonte Six It was in 1013 when the automobile industry was in its infancy that William Philip Sieg, Harrisburg na- tive, came to Bellefonte to organize an automobile company But the middiewest, which robbed Centre County of its flourishing iron indus- try many before. was able to offer special inducements to the automobile industry, and the Belle- fonte Bix, like many other cars scheduled for production in the east died on the drawing board W. P. Sleg had leased the Lingle Foundry near the present site of the Sutton Engineering Company. and was casting about for something to replace the Bellefonte Six when he | swerve the 4 loaded The at + truck was traveling east on npike from Pittsburgh he tur > ir the 3 » fangs awakened decades int find the copperhead next morning discovered a corner of the house rabbin~ the it chair for sup- snake shotgun woman ack of from rested a th ne against the rt an toed the ort and ed the for continued to treat her injur- oefore coming! jes three days Hennig, a Ger. had invented a alloy 1 od maze iments ipha Metals Com- a larger plant The name company’s m Creek mytho- experi there was a Iar- market for bronze. World demand for 1 kinds and an opportun mse the entire plant Brass Company were {actors ite heavy that lishment of t its present site along Company, obtained his masters’ de- gree al Penn State and then worked for four years at the Rome ¥. Brass and Copper Company before g Titan's personnel in 1929 As general manager of the company the responsibility for the well being has fallen on shoulders ririn Hui tanh of much of industry's } h fu Another of the industry's foremost executives James B. Craig, who came to Bellefonte as an Academy student, was graduated in 1918, and here because he liked the He got a job as a day laborer Titan and worked in practically every department of the company He now vice-president in charge of sales In the past three vears Titan has expanded considerably. New addi tions the main plant south of town seem always to be under con- struction while in 1839 the company {Continued on Page Eight) severe that plece mail n entire busj- installed equipment i is of tarried town some $ modernized at depression develop- was by William W who graduated from the Belle forte High School and Penn State College. After compieting a course at Penn State. he in the heat-treating of the Ingersoll-Rand | Nn of lhe is ment handled £2 foncr Deg to in metallurgy spent a department Year to the doctor There wasn't anything we could sald Dr. Depue. “Turpentine is more or less common remedy and in Mrs. Roberts’ case it took care ofl the situation.” | do.’ Jurors Blame Park For Girl's Death | Cite Lack of State Supervision | A Farm Advisor Fd FARM QUESTION BOX ED W. MITCHELL General Electric Station WGY of Amusements at Bland Park A coroner's jury meeting in the Municipal building at Tyrone, on | Thursday night, agreed that the { Bland Park management is respon- | cible for the tragic death of Evelyn | Edmondson, 17, August 6th, who was killed when a riding device collapsed. | | The jury stated in their report: | ’ i Q—Is the rotenone dust, which you have spoken of as good for hean bugs and corn borers, poisonous to humans or animals? i A. —Rotenone, derris or cube pow- der is the ground root of a tropical] plant that is deadly fo insects but does not harm people or animals. | This is why it is such a popular! material for protecting crops, It will not kill the insect eggs, but should | be applied just before or as the eggs hatch so that it will kill the tiny! larvae at their first breakfast. Q-~My house is full of little brown, hard-shelled beetles. What | are they and what can I do to get! rid of them? | A Open the windows and doors, | and they will fly away. I wish all) our insect control problems were as! simple. Those are elm leaf beetles! that hibernate In your nice, warm | house over winter; now they want] { fruit, then seal the jars fay | “We, the undersigned jurors, find | _ opened, it is customary to|that the death of Evelyn Edmondson can three quarts in glass so that! Was caused by an accident August 6 | one quart may be used at a time. |at Bland’s park on an airplane swing | The remainder keeps perfectly, ex-| ride which was faulty in canstruc- | cept that it looks so tempting we | tion and maintenance. We feel that | cannot resist eating it. To can|the lack of state supervision and maple syrup, heat and can it like | inspection and laws to govern such {should be brought to the attention {of the public. As the result of this | Q Where could I get vaccine for | lack of supervision, we feel that the | my chickens? | owner of the ride and the park man- | A. Get it from your veterinarian | agement are responsible.” or through your county farm bur-| Witnesses Robert Hughes, 18, of | eau agent. As a rule, the farm bur-| Tyrone, and Donald Hubert, 16, of | agent has a qualified expert Tyrone, also injured in the same ac- come to the county once or twice a year to vaccinate all the flocks ap- plying for the service, That is the best way to get it done unless you become proficient in doing the work yourself. Q—What can IT do to prevent worms or bugs from eating my po- 00g? A ~Feed them poison. Apply ar- i cident, told the jurors how they | heard the snap of the supporting | cable and of knowing nothing until | coming to their senses in a hospital | bed in Altoona hospital. | Private Henry C. Herman, Penn- | sylvania Motor Police, stationed at} Ant Hills barracks, Hollidaysburg, | testified that as a result of investi- | gation and inquiry, the state depart- : ‘degrees in ceremonies on 27 From County Receive Diplomas (Class Completes Work Six Months Ahead of Time on War Schedule Graduating six months ahead of time the first summer semester commencement class in the history of Penn State College, including 27 Centre County students, received the mall in front of the library at 6:45 o'clock last Thursday night. Three of the 11 honor students in the class are from State Colleg?. They are Elizabeth J. Billett, Eliza- beth J. Posa, and Aleda Snow. Graduates from the county were: Eugene T. McDonald, Bellefonte R. D. 2, doctor of philosophy in psychology: Herbert B. Charmbury, Lemont, doctor of philosophy in fuel technology. From 8tate College-—-Robert G Alexander, bachelor of science in! mechanical engineering: Jacqueline 8. Ballantyne, bachelor of arts in psychology, Elizabeth J. Billett, bachelor of science in agricultural {Continued on Page Fight) rr c ouple versary day for the Thomas Askeys of Cold Stream, reports the Philips burg Dally Journal of August 27th, Students Win Prizes at Fair Boy Dies Under Portable Sawmill Four-Year-Old Juniata Child Bellefonte Voc. Agr. Students’ Suffocates as Vehicle Capture Coveted Cash Rolls on Him Awards Robert Strawser, 3, only child of The Junior Project Contest for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Strawser, Honey students of Bellefonte Vocational Grove, Juniata county, suffocated Agricultural Group, held at Grange under a portable sawmill last Thurs- Pair last week resulted in many | day prizes being awarded. Two of the Juniata county Coroner Karl B. boys, Mark Pisher and Frank Mus- Guss, Mifflintown. said the boy was 5T. took part in the junior contest, playing near the woodshed and corn Fisher winning first place and 75 crib at his home and that he evi. [cents for baby beef project dently pulled a wedge from under | The following boys took part in| a wheel of a portable sawmill. Ap- the Senior Project contest: Robert parently the vehicle rolled over him | Houtz, Bamuel Holubec, John Spear- | and depressed his chest, making it ly, Willis Yarnell, Richard Allen, | impossible for him to breathe, The Charles McKinley, William Ritchey, boy was dead when found by his John Snoke, Thomas Petzer and | parents, who immediately notified Paul Grove authorities. Pollowing are the prizes won in this contest: Add peculiar types: The man who Dairy Cattle, Robert Houtz, second woudn't buy a book because he had Prize. $150. a book | Corn, Samuel Holubec, first prize, $1.75; John Spearly, third prize, India as a nation, in any sense of $1.25 the word, is a fable of magnificent | Potatoes, Willis propaganda. prize, $1.00. | Poultry, Samuel Holubec, second | A yg / Prize, $150; Richard Allen, fifth March | prize, 50 cents. | Swine, Samuel Holubec, first prize, | $175; Charles McKinley, second | | prize, $1.50, It was not long after their mar-| riage that Mr. Askey brought his| Small grain, Charles McKinley, young bride to Philipsburg to live | first prize, $1.75. | i | -» Yarnell, fourth | i ssl a ; | : i i i Jap-1enth hour p Atrocities m m hito, keeping Grew In PABARE to ance” of the a Second Victim of Crash Dies Glenn Miller Dies From In- juries Received in Auto Crash Glen LaRue M Creek R. D., died at the Hospital Wednesday l week accident Miller of Beech Lock Haven afternoon last the second victin war when their cs Lock Haven ey Ar» NL » ii : r : pr Taver Pars Lock Haven Pag at Beech Cr short of the Ch arc two brothers ville, and Loren sisters, Mrs R D.. Mrs Creek: Mrs of Mackey- and Howard of Beech ome lips d Mantle Clair Dorman. Mrs Floyd Garrity, Mrs. Roy Wells, of Mill Hall: Mrs. Floyd Welty and Mrs Paul Heimer, of Lock Haven Clair Shope, of Emporium Miriam at home Funeral services Satu day at the Blanchard Church at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. Howard G. Young pastor of the Pirst Baptist Church Lock Haven assisted by Rev. C. F. Johnston Mill Hall Interment was made the Disciple Cemetery at Blanchard Mrs were held r officiated, of CARPENTERS END STRIKE AT ORDNANCE PLANT - fior = After a 8 toy pentlers ve-day strike, io the Pennsylvania near Williamsport 12% -0ents an The raise protest, said ternational Association ters and Joiners (AFL) had asked an increase hourly to $1.25. Edward Fim Wilkes-Barre, presid of Penn- vania Council of Carpenters, an- nounced that an official of the Lab- or Production Board in Washington 1.200 car- Oo work at oe Works a voted ret Ord and accept wage boost accepled under for the In- of Carpen- The men from 81 Finney, of vps # ent | had promised further consideration | of the union's request for the larger | increase. _—— —— Oil Stove Explodes An ol] stove explosion in the home of George Shoemaker, near Swiss- dale, Clinton oounty, Thursday morning, caused a $500 loss when! fire burned through the kitchen oril- ing into a bedroom and the attic Firemen used booster streams, spending an hour and a half at the | fire. There was no insurance. | | Random [tems I ————— —y) MYSTERY Harry R. Wolfs mg the middie” of Centre Hall, are beginning to believe their prop erty i nomenal the Grange membpers ing road, three miles east nic Das strange ANG phe powers Falr was the Wolfe from certain they could hear ar | muse from the Grange Fair, me distant Tracing ¢ ‘ at iouna tha of 4 wry! Ie it seemed the barn we had a radi barn f aid BARITON}E YY y Pp 1 OUnNR 10 Bellefonte h ou don’t know it duped Remember you volunteered to help ground on East Bishop street where the Bwedizsh-American Athletic Clul was establishing ali ve Big John Mil ! t th i School Perhap but you've beer some time len r iCal ler, coach AED the oa a horseshoe pitch Remember Gilbert Ar delegated number of stones derson work he found stones into his member he told someday bought a bushel nd p ber you remarked ( potatoes seemed when yc the somehow? potatoes, into n't done so uj . po you bought one peck and three pecks of you heaved onto Git potato patch! COMMENTATOR: Junior. aged 8, upon bein form- ed that 52 men from Belicfonte and vicinity left Monday, and 70 Tues- day, to enter the arm) commented all seriousness: “Must quite a war!” DELAY: We hope there will be no more labor squabbles on the new High School construction. No matier how excellent the reasons for such dis- putes may be, they fall on deaf ears insofar as the public iz concerned The taxpayers of Bellefonte and vi- cinity are interested in only one thing—getting the building ocom- pleted and opened as s00n As POSSi- ble without sacrificing good work. tatoes out of the bag po ir = i ir in to get back to your elm trees. You senate of lead or mercuric chloride should spray or dust your elins with | to the soll before planting to poison arsenate of lead in June when their | the white grubs, wire worms, click larvae first appear and begin to feed. | beetles, and such insects that live ment of labor and industry informed | and continues with these interesting him that it bad no control whatso- | facts: ever over such devices. He also said | It was just 88 year sago today that that the fatal cable apparently had | lumberman Thomas P. Askey and been damaged before, and that other . He built for her their present home on East Presqueisie street, near the banks of old Cold Stream Creek and Bees, William Ritchey, first prize, { $1.75; John Snoke, third prize, $1.25. | Farm accounts, John Spearly, first there they have lived together for a ' prize, $1.75. They do no damage in the house] but are a nuisance. Q~—Should three-year-old peach | trees be sprayed? | A ~They should be sprayed about | April 1st for peach leaf curl, anal belore and after bloom for brown] rot, and every two or three weeks! all summer. 1 will send you a page on the subject, Q~Is it true that maple syrup will not keep well in glass jars? A~Yes and no. When a gallon | Put calcium arsenate on the tops on grass roots and your potatoes.| cables on the amusement ride were when potato bugs start to feed! Deputy Coroner C. E. Shope, in there. charge of the inquest, said the jury Q How many cubic feet are there Charles 3 Baldrige in a ton of ice after it has been packed in an ice house? |B Ga Miles, L M1, Dic A That depends on how well the | ice is stored. In theory, one cubic, Congress may not have adjourned foot of jce weighs 57.2 pounds; 50, but many members have “ad journ- it would take 3496 cubic feet to ed” believing, no doubt, that they make a ton. Allow about 10 per cent can best serve thelr country by at- kson and J. Br his wife, n lumberman’s daughter, { decide it ‘hitched.’ damaged. | ecided to get ‘hitched It was no small decision to make back in "74 it was recalled, for the young couple walked from Bald Eagle to Bellefonte to have the marriage peformed. The young bride's home was located at a Bald Eagle lumber- ing operation where the bridegroom [was employed. Today that hike to the county seat seems like a lifetime ago, but it's still fresh in the minds of Mr. and Mrs. Askey who are now 88 and 86 more cuble feet for loss of space in tending to the matter of being re- storage. elected, years old respectively, and Mrs. As k add another year to her {full lifetime, Back in that day, it| Vegetable gardening, Thomas Pet. was recalled, that was a remote part zer, fifth prize, 50 cents. lof town and there were only a few Saiiuel Holubec, Irvin Eisenhauer, {houses in the area and Charles McKinley entered 3x3 | | Their daughter, Mrs. Robert Moore Individual Exhibit booths. Samuel's | and her son, Maurice, of Altoona, booth ranked 5th. Each boy re- {and Thomas Askey and son, William, | ceived $3.00 for his exhibit. ] lof Ashland, Ohio, grandson and Samuel, Irvin. Charles and Prank] {great grandson respectively of Mr, Musser, also took part in the live. | land Mrs, Askey, are here to enjoy stock judging contest. Irvin Eisen i the anniversary occasion. {hater placed fourth in this contest Mr. and Mrs. Askey's granddaugh- | and was awarded a $4.00 premium. | ter, Mrs. Herbert Wilson served the - | honor guests and visiting family The more readers the better an| members a special chicken dinner advertisement and, naturally, the Thursday evening more sales, b i ERS wm . Chr vi ev in | Copyright 1942, 8.P. O. ELKS "GONNA 3F DULL WITHOUT LETTERS FROM HOME, AINT IT"
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