Odd and CURIOUS in the = NEWS C—O 80 ATR SA 5 SECOND SECTION | ——— A ————— a ——— i VOLUME 61. | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week dhe Cenire Democvaf F NEWS, EATURES BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1942. — NUMBER 28 == - HELL RECOVER J. A. Smith, farmer ot Italy, Texas, screamed for help, A big rattlesnake had wound itself around his legs. A motorist un- tangled the reptile and rushed Smith, very pale, to a doctor. The physician ripped off one of his trouser legs, found no bites, Then he started on the other. Smith told him, never mind, “that’s my wodden leg.” The doctor found several fang marks —on the wooden leg. ‘MINE IS THINFE’ “All that is mine is thine” were the six words used by a Dauphin county woman to be- queath her property to a broth- er and sister. The will, filed for probate, was written on a small card by Miss Jane L. Care and addressed to Mrs. Marion P. Look of near Harrisburg, and Ezra B. Care, of Linglestown. The es- tate was valued at $700, SAW IT COMING C. H. Jolner, superintendent of city schools, Elberton, Geor- gia, thinks there may be some- thing to dreams after all. He says he was dreaming he was buying a bicycle when a knock on the door of his home awaken- ed him. It was a city policeman come to tell him his car had been found several blocks away with ail five tires missing. HANDKERCHIEF FOR $7.50 Hedy LaMart’s handkerchief was worth $1.50 te Private Sey- mour Moskowitz, He bought it in an auction at Philadelphia to raise money for the stage door canteen. The auctioneer also got $25 for a pair of Mickey Rooney's drum sticks and $6 for a silver dancing slipper contri- buted by Ginger Rogers. > PENN STATE DEAN COMPARES ALLIED AND AXIS EDUCATION German and Italian educational opportunities have been eliminated or restricted in comparison t the American system of supplying train ed men to the armed force production lines of industry ing to Dean Edward Steidle, of the Echool of Mineral Industries at the Pennsylvania State College ‘Continued training of men who are vitally needed for technical and army service wlil be one of the sav- ing factors for the Allled nations in a long war” Dean Steidle said 0 and accord- Badly Hurt in Fall Francls Lovett, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lovett, is a patient in the Renovo Hospital suffering from a severe back Injury received in a fall from a tree on the north side mountain Thursday afternoon. The accident happened about one-half mile in the woods across the railroad tracks from his bome near a point called “Goat's Rock.” The boy and a companion had climbed about 12 feet into the tree when the top of the tree snap- ped off. The other boy received only minor bruises. Ald was secured from Renovo, and the boy carried from the woods on an improvised stretch- er, to a point where an ambulance could seach him —————— 21 Chickens Killed The mysterious killing of 21 pul- lets on the property of Walter Eis- enhauer, near Berwick last week, while members of the family were away, is laid to weasels. In addition to those killed, several of the young Rhode Island reds are missing. None of the pullets was badly mutilated stint MP ne m—-— r— —Buy United States War Stamps one | Howard Two Students Killed, Four | Hurt, In Crash Near Lock Haven Teachers’ College ‘Blow-Out of Front Tire Caused Car to Swerve From Road and Strike a Tree; Bellefonte Physician Renders First Aid the Lock Haven who arrived In Lock Haven early Monday morning to enroll for the term, were killed and four others were injured at 1:30 Monday morning when their auto- mobile into a tree In front Two students of Teachers College ! crashed GOSPEL SPEAKER An speaker has God pastor excep- is using id time de H. Patrick wa Clearfield County h a { Messag of Rev Burnside full time thirty 47 re. mie until God called Gospel ministry years VIVal CRmMpalgns of Burnside alone Meeting are continuing each evening at 7:30 p m. through Sunday the 20th at the Gospel Tabernacle of the Christian | and Missionary Alliance, on East street, Bellefonte Converted he held within a few ago Nas Two Boys Suffer Serious Injuries One Vietim Has Arm Caught in Corn Shredder; Other Falls 20 Feet Two boys were admitted to the Lock Haven Hospital last Thursday with injuries accidents oc- curing at differing locations Ralph White, son of Mr. and Mrs Fred White of Rote, suffered serious lacerations during the afternoon when his arm was caught in a corn shredder at the Millbrook Dairy Farm, near Mill Hall His arm at the elbow was badly torn and man- gled, it was reported Melvin Fravel, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Pravel of Mill Hall, was ad- mitted to the hospital shortly after 4 p. m. after he had fallen 20 feet from the roof of the brick plant in Draketown. He was suffering from severe shock, puncture wounds of the scalp and side and a fracture of the left leg from » FARM QU 4 Farm Advisor ESTION BOX ED W. MITCHELL —-— ——— A —— —— —— — General Electric Station WGY Q. When and with what should strawberries be fertilized? A. Land should be well reinfor- ced with manure or by plowing un- der a clover sod, and be tilled free of weeds and white grubs a year or two before setting strawberries. Then use 1000 pounds of 5-10-5 at plant- ing time, and 200 pounds of nitrate of soda in September on each acre Fall planting is done in September but spring is a better time to plant Q What can be used to get rid of lice on horses? A. There are several good louse powders on the market, However, a remedy that is commonly used and very good is to brush the animal thoroughly once a week with a stiff brush moistened in crude oil or a 50-50 mixture of kerosene and sweet ofl. Do not use too much oil. Brush along the ridge and un- der the flanks. Q. Please inform me #bout grow- ing sweet spanish onions. A. They are grown either from seed or sets just like any other on- jon, but require a rich, sandy soil and a long growing season to do well. You should get from some large seed company plant them in a warm, sandy location as early as the ground is fit to work. Q What can I do to prevent white gt from getting into my squash vines? A. Those are squash vine borers P early squash nearby as a ‘trap’ i eo 3 Keep other squash covered with arsenate of lead to poison the borers as they try to enter, | Q How many 300-watt bulbs would be required to heat a green-! house, size 8 by 11 by 6, built ou the side of a house? A. You should have six 300-watt | bulbs in an insulated greenhouse of | that size, which measures 528 cubic! feet Figure about 3%: watts per| cubic foot. The bulbs will consume about 7 kilowatt hours a day during the colder parts of the winter, and | down to one or two kilowatt hours | in milder weather when the sun is higher in the sky. This averages about four kilowatt hours, or about | rent. Those bulbs should be con. ! nected in series and spaced evenly | over the bed to allow them to be raised and lowered as plants grow, ! and give even distribution of light and heat. A thermostat must be hooked in the line to turn them on | and off as needed. Q. Is it alright to feed brewers’ | grains to pigs, cows, chickens and horses? A. Pigs and chickens have a small | | filled up with a bulky feed like brewers’ grains but in small amounts | it may not hurt them. It certainly théy will probably refuse to eat it, {Por cows, it is a good feed and a-| {bout equal to corn silage—but feed | { troughs must be kept clean and the feed must not be fed when sour or ‘moldy. Feed up to 15 pounds per [COW at a feeding. Willlam TT. Hunt, short distance of the home of East Water street from the College The two who died in the accident were the probable varsity fullback of the football team, Clyde Miller Tucker, 21 Ponchatula member of the senior class Nan Conaway 20 of Clearfield county i 14. & and Mi Cirassfiat of skull frac Hospital Miss Con- ey never They had right { of ir D. Akeley victims died at the Lock at 3:15 a.m minutes later sciousness on the of Haven and loth ture ucker way 45 regained been itting the two seals of the Injured were James of Coudersport, owner and drive Miss Sally Loncoski, 18, of Walter Ganz, 21 Pit- Arthur Sherman of Ganz and Sherman were from the hospital Akeley and Mi Loncoeke kept for further treatment atisfactory Doris Huffmen the seventh Was Lhe Only one to ex returned to the all examination at the hospital Wh Ble also a T. C. student Akeley, who Is the son P. Akeley of Coudersport of the college board of trustees h just purchased the car, a 1929 Ch and arrived Sunday to registering at the college He told Qriving on tinued Cor Sle the car Ridgway cairn Grassfiat of ) both dischadged while were All conaition 19, of Wil passenger are in Mi Hams port Wi the car i pe injury. She college alter disclosed she unhurt of Dr. A a member vol rolet prepara- tory ollege authorities he Water ™ Lt treet } page wiz econd Sectd ‘WE AMERICANS LIVING EASY By JEAN GRAFFIS NEA Service Staff Correspondent You're gas-rationed, rubber-hun- gry, short of many once-plentiful household articles. Now meat rat- loning casts its shadow over your dining table. S50 maybe you think this war's getting pretty tough for the home folks Well, to one who has lived under war conditions in Europe. each new wartime regulation in the United States more sharply spotlights fact that we Americans are living a free-and-easy life in contrast Europe's man-in-the-street That contrast is, perhaps, my most vivid picture, now that I have been back in the United States long enough to achieve some perspective of my own country against the back- ground of my years in Europe's warring nations. Particularly vivid is the contrast with Germany, where the last five months of my stay were ’ the to Here mean If Joe Taxpaver wants new Vict wim, when nerve it what thi will mean tof snd gre pa sre 447 about it $3,000 and { ts ict the tax bill Id be $154 80 Tax applies ve $62 y id 4} ¢ $118.80 ion center of the wr Le mn centration enemy spent the apo Con alien ‘guest Shopping Trip Opens His Eyes For instance midwest, I accompanied my wife the grocery a8 marketing trip The place was crowded, she was in a hurry we left and bought our goxis at another store It was impossible not the German housewife In the same situation She may trade only at the store which her ration tick registered There line ahead of her exhausted before head of the line £0 to another store of the German each store its on 80 to think of al been mg be the els have may be a k oO Supplies may she reaches But she may not This is the result system allotting monthly supplies on the basis of ration tickets taken in during the previous month Jews may shop back home in the death » so A a) only bet A familie ween OU RG 6 pon n America, i of uni noticable 1 laying wtf oodstult HUGE & i LOCKS t al ioned | In Germany against anrker days this i= punishable by However, the urge to convert into goods-—against inflation has gripped the Germans fatally Old jaloppy bring fantastic prices Old bedsteads, dressers, an- clent curt other var- fetes of “trash” are easily marketed One German girl wrote to a friend of mine I have just bought a marvelous lampshade Pretty well and torn know but I'm keeping it in us investment It was amazing. upon rteurning to America, 10 hear persons in restaur. ants. trains and on the OV - erely criticizing our government, and often taking a black at titude without fear In contrast is a scene which oc- money Cars boards and nd battered YOu the ati an streets defeatest $5.00 Banknote Grows to $5,000 Fund Used For Emergency Loans to Needy Penn State Students A $5 banknote, left anonymously jupon the doorstep of the president lof * two years ago, has increased its val- the Pennsylvania State College ue almost 1.000 times. With that banknote as a starter, Mrs. Ralph D. Hetzel, wife of The president of the College, established a loan fund which is available to students when they need it in an fmergency Total loang of $4981 have been made to students. With $10 named !as the highest loan, students bor- row money from this fund to meet emergency needs for food and room rent, special visits home, job inter- views, and medical expenses No interest is charged and no! time is specified for the payment of | such a loan. The only requisite is that a student must need the money to tide him over an emergency. Up | to and including August 31, 338 stu- | dents have borrowed 524 times from the fund Nearly two-fifths of the loans! were made to men and women who | needed money for food and living | expenses. Graduation expenses, | books, and shoes, eye glasses, clothes and personal reasons were other, necessities which brought the stu-| dent to the emergency loan fund. | Donations, many of them from al- | have increased the fund to its pres- | ent status of $2367. Last year, the! class of 1942 contributed $720 of its! class dance profits to the fund. Bee Enters Ear | A 10-year-old school boy, son of | Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pry, of Roaring | Branch, Lycoming county, Priday | had a bee, not “in his bonnet,” but | in one of hig ears. The insect, from | a hive some distance from the school | ear, and he was taken to Ralston where the physician removed the] bee. He then returned to his studies, | appreciate while the bee remained in | the ear. If you want to be happy, never | set your mind upon anything that | is within the power of othérs to is for Service Men In Uniform Admitted Free to Mammoth Bloomsburg Fair Bloomsburg Fair, day and night are exceptional throughout the week of September 28, will admit free all servicemen in uniform during the presentation which will feature agriculture’'s ma- jor part in the war effort The school ow, long a distine- tive Bloomsburg Fair feature, this year will emphasize the school’s part in a nation at war, and educators of Central Pennsylvania, without ex. ception, are putting forth every ef- fort to make this the finest school show yet staged at Bloomsburg Hundreds of school boys and girls will take part in the judging con- tests, those for the girls on Tues- day, September 28. and for the boys on Friday, October 2. One of the features for the girls is the selection of the one most suitably dressed for | {gylvania school will in school All contestants clothing that they made economics classes Wear home Despite the fact that the women | war tax on these guest tickets i From a mid.western army camp comes this story, which may be told without violating a military secret A rookie, green to a fare-thee- well, was given permission by his first sergeant to take a night off when he first reported to camp for duty. Armed with a pass, he left the orderly room for the nearest town On the parade ground, he ran into a Colonel. The eagles meant practi- 10 cents a day for operating cur. | umni, faculty, and undergraduates, | cally nothing to this one-day soldier “Hy'a, bud,” was his warm and friendly greeting. The colonel looked the man over, {quickly saw the score and answered, | “Hy's, bud.” “Say, admired the rookie, Kept Thrilling Rescue a Secret | “you, ly busy in this time of crisis, early entries indicate that they are finding time to prepare ex- hibits for the Bioomsburg Falr. En- tries already in are evidence that a new high is to be established In all these classes, annually one of the standout attractions of the fair There will be plenty of music with | more than a score of high school bands to appear during the week These are in addition to the cele- brated Stetson’s Radio Band which will play in front of the grandstand during the afternoon horseracing programs of Tuesday through Friday and the rodeo of Saturday, October 3, in addition to playing for the spectacular night show, “The Victory Revue,” each evening More than 50000 central Penn- childrén will be | guests of the fair during the exhi- | bition. The fal will even pay the ~ 3 | | looked damn good in that uniform. | You must have been in the army | quite a while” “Yes, I've been in quite g while,” | was the reply The soldier slipped up closer. | D'you ever take a drink?” i Nonplussed but still game, the! colonel admitted he did occasion- ally “Well, conle on over behind the P-X. here, I've got a quart here” This was the payoff “Corporal of the guard,” shouted the finally aroused officer “Hey, take it easy,” warned the soldier. “I just have enough left for the two of us” | Although he arrived in Milton on | mid-Atlantic. Although he escaped Year's Day. | digestive tract and should not be |bullding, burrowed deeply into the Monday evening to visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn John- son, Allen W. Johnson was not then is not a safe food for horses, and minus the “music” which he did not | Permitted to reveal that he had been A passenger on the Navy transport Wakefield, which was burned re- | cently while making a crossing, in! with all passengers and crew mem- bers, he lost all personal belongings | excepting the clothing he was wear | ing. He is employed by a construc leas No. 1 Ace of the First World | tion company which has just com- | pleted a big project in Scolland, | and expects to go to Brazil for the | r— SEIS sr pn ars One reason for so many accidents | We have never understood why that so many people take them ux people have © be driven tw! company in the near future. i i | Life, in Lock Haven, ; T|Clearfield ‘Amateur Pil ot Killed Instantly in Plane Crash While ‘Stunting’ Franklin Orcutt, Restaurant Proprietor and = Amateur Flier, is Reported to Have Vio- lated Government Flight Code twenty-nine year! old Clearfield restaurant proprietor and amateur pilot, was killed in- tantl about 5:30 o'clock Bunday afternoon when his plane crashed parking lot the Clear- airport fire Franklin Orcutt near The nwo a field county plane did not cach Lhe n hip based a He Look every day ana Int was one of who Kept hi Field, Kylertown thie all t plane Owner: t Armes Rilo over Philipsburg 1 Ww Cleary On red inday be ore gi eld where he had repor been tunting over the Clearfield alrport before his plane a parked itt had landed on nd was taking struck a power li stunting a short time bef itt is reported to have his plane with iring Al BAL) LIKE 4 4 EVelLng of se in 8 small beer Some solciers were a GAngerous pas-~ of them belliger- | we'll show the ed ohe in Berlin issing the war time at best, One ently remarked “Well world when this war is over™ Another soldier at the table ans wered simply: “Yes, but war is not over yet Someone Fifteen is and left quietly Cresta po got minutes entered, arrested the soldier who been “defeatist” by suggesting war still had some time 0 gO Sitting in an American restaur- ant here one day 1 was startied by the blaring of a radio loudspeak- er. Then as it brought the play-by- play description of a baseball game, 1 sank back thankfully in my chair Momentarily, T had been thrust back into my days in Germany where every hotel, restaurant or other public place is provided with on pape ond up later the had the (Continged Sig Jeo Section) Smullton Man Takes Long Walks Performs Hiking Feats Usual lv Left To Much Young- er Folks tire rationing dont M. Bierly of Smull- Gasoline and bother Warren ton M:. Bierly, who boasts 76 years, is remarkably active for his age. Sev- eral weeks ago he took a notion he wanted to see his daughter, Mrs Howard Orndorf. who lives 32 miles away, at Jacksonville. So he just walked the entire distance from Smuliton to Jacksonville The following Saturday he decided to visit his niece, Mrs. Howard H 80 he started out from Jacksonville and covered | the road to that city on foot. He took a side jaunt (also walking) to Salona the next Monday to call on! other relatives, returning to Lock Haven (also on foot) that evening Tuesday he returned to the Ome dorf home at Jacksonville. He walk- ed MA ——— Schoolboys Pick Apples A group of senor and junior agri- culture students of the Orangeville Vocational! High School near Ber-, wick, with their principal, Carl W Davis, were excused from school on Friday and spent the day and Sat-| urday picking apples at the farm of | Lester Shelamer, about two miles out of Berwick. The students are do- ing this to save the crop and to as-| sist in alleviating the farm labor shortage | BB ——.—.—. ° Captain to Ensign f Penn State's grid captain of 1941, | Lenny Krouse of Rochester, is now an ensign in Uncle Sam's Navy at the Navy Drydock, Progress Depart- | ment, Boston, Mass. Krouse was the leading pass receiver in the East). in 1941, ahd played in the East West game at New Orleans on New | -» Plane Every 10 Minutes Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Ameri- | solini: “We are turning out planes at the rate of 4.000 per month. That is one plane every ten minutes. And shortly we will the assembly every four | stream y Berwick has been ad) form from the clearance officer at the Ames Alrport After taking off at 4:45 o'clock he ow the Clearfield Court house zoomed the roof his own homes circled around Gown nome county aimost Lo and the friends and then road bridge Hi and governmen tracted Lhe Motor Police owed Police ner violation 4 attention NOWGETa} Cri Pp Held For Theft At Bellwood Inn Former Resident of Roaring Spring Charged With Larceny wocaled route 220 ro | # alig the fi Motor police sald Eagler had the inn Saturday evening had called Cox over to his striking up an acquaintance him and buying drinks According to the police by the victi during the cours was folk [4.1 wie are ad been ana tabie with i sLOrY LOT it the inn 1g agler g “It Cox took $120 5 even and wed « ide bv E The avin wed NANTY GLO MAN RESCUED FROM RIVER BY PAIR A 69-year-old Nanty Glo man was rescued from the Susquehanna river by two youths at Front and Calder streets recently after he fell into He was unable to swim According to city police, Stanley Laskey, 240 Emerald street. and Morris Klein, 1511 Green street, were walking near the river shortly before 10 o'clock when they heard a splash and saw the man floundering the water Klein the river in in the the youth pulled him from and he was taken to Harrisburg hospital by police The rescued man was identified as John Hanich, of Nanty Glo. He told police he came to Harrisburg lately | in search of work Can Bay Fire Truck Reilance Fire Company informed that can purchase a new fire truck, pre- liminary steps having been taken for the securing of priority ratings It is planned that an old pumper and a hook and ladder outfit, both nearly 20 years old, will be sold The of it Admiral King, of the Navy, says that when the Navy has more ships the enemy will find it out Se i i —- “¢ Deite "En Laskey, with the help of the, Random [tems SPIDERS Little Miss Muffet would have a bad time of it this suruner, for from all parts of the county come reports of unusually large numbers of spi- | ders The above-normal rainfall is given Lhe probable reason Twice In past week this corner plder we never big LOGY Iu about the size would nr the as seen a kind of aw before. It one with a pread of a sliver lake prey a yellow eg bright ft Wo Qolar, ana ough Mis GAS THIEVES: If wi Your § ar youd 9 4 I Make 6&8 practices BOOTIE i keeping Wri DOOK in beter 1 your Dogs has cincovered f y HLT your WAYS Le - prac- ans without persons are Ne Teserves from parked (a hat Cause *ncants tically never I DOCKS book cepted TIE Past week IMBER The ed ers HOME-TALENT SHOW in Bellefonte and vicinity to produce a two-hour entertainment that resil- Iv would entertain. We Know a coue- ple of guys who are anxious to get to work on such & production POLITICANA: Political dopesters claim Charles | Watson, of Bnow Shoe, will be a : Republican candidate for County Commissioner next vear wouldn't be surprised to see Weber of Howard liam H. Brown of Bellefonte, and Raymond Brooks of Bellefonte, am some office or PROFESSION: Mi iS 8 good in now, for there are more. jobs n teachers to fill As a result of this condition, three Bellefonte High School teach- are gerving in other towns until the local High School opens. An English teacher is helping out in State College; another teacher is assisting in the Clinton County schools, and a third one is in Land- isburg Bellefonte officials are scouring the east fi math and a science teacher PLAQUE; The Special Committee of the Bellefonte School Board may be torn asunder over a problem the com- mittee is now debating. The ques- tion is: “Whose names shall appear on the marble or granite plaque to be placed in conspicuous position in the new Bellefonte High School building?” The names of the School Board members certainly will appear thereot!. But how about the Bellefonte Building Corporation, the wraithlike group which is financing the building, the attorneys who ‘worked on the legal aspects of the case; the architects who designed the building and supervised its con- struction; and, when you get right | (Oontinued on Pape Siz) The teaching pr one to be I them wae or 5 SCHOO! ir oa a - — a Letter”
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