| 77 Pe “A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County Odd and CURIOUS in the NEWS SECOND SECTION dhe Cemlre x mocraf NEWS, FEATURES Random Items VOLUME 61. | BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1942 NUMBER \ = UNUSUAL When the Navy recruiting of- ficer at Philadelphia called to William Joseph Riley, two re- cruits stepped up. Confused, the officer said, “I want the one born March 2, 1931." Again, both chorused, “That's me.” The two, with the same name, same age, but no relation, had never seen the other before. However, they left the customs house arm in arm. BONDS FOR SMOKES Not only agreeing to put ten per cent of his wages into war savings bonds, M. C. Hughes, of Birmingham, Alabama, state la- bor commission, bought three bonds, paying for them with 1,225 “V" nickles which he had saved to buy cigars when he became too old to work. BROTHER STUDENTS Regardless of anything, if anyone gets a grade, whether good or bad, at the Dolan School near Durand, IL, it's sure to be J. Walsh. Three brothers—Joe, 13, James. 11, and Jerome Walsh 10, make up the entire student body of the school. PROMOTIONS COSTLY When Charles Morrall, Jr, of Chanyron, Neb, went inte the Army in June, 1941, his fath- er promised him $50 every time he got a promotion. This pro- mise has cost Merrall, Sr, $200 so far—young Morrall is now a staff sergeant. COLD C ASH Ralph Dyckes of Marissa, 111, could not believe his eyes when biting into his icecream cone, his teeth struck metal and he pulled out a half dollar. He spent the money for more cones but was disapponited to find they contained only ice cream. FALLS DE AD Just as he finished auctioning off a watch for $1,000 at a War Bond Rally at Waltham, Mass, attended by more than 5,000 per- sons. Mayor Arthur A. Hansen, 50, collapsed and died of a heart attack. nnn A — — Dr. Heaton Elected Baptist Moderator Dr. W. R. Heaton of Philipsburg, | was elected moderator of the Centre | Baptist Association and re-elected president of the Layman's Council | at the 80th annual meeting of the Centre Baptist Association held on Thursdiy and Priday at Lewistown. Next year's association will be held at the Memorial Baptist church in Johnstown. The Centre Baptist Association is made up of Baptist church in the central counties of Pennsylvania Buys Steel Plant The Pollmer Trucking Company has completed negotiations for the purchase of the Bethlehem Steel Company plant at Danville, and will erect a service and repair shop, build an addition to the office and con- struct a platform. The company op- erates 87 trucks and trallers out of the headquarters here, and 155 men are employed. a. Extend Stock Tax Returns The Commissioner of Internal Revenue announced today that an extension had been granted to No- vember 28, 1942, for the filing with. out penalty of capital stock tax re- turns for the year ended June 30, 1942. — wor Victory: Buv Bonds Philipsburg Paroled Youth “Held i in Jail Following Two Alleged Attacks on Women Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Robert Gill Who is. ' Reported to Have Been an Inmate of Men- tal Institution; May Be Returned Gill, 16-year-old Philips- burg boy, is being held in Bellefonte jail following his arrest last Wed- nesday evening by Philipsburg police for two separate alleged “attacks on local women In its account of the incident in last Thursday's edition, The Philips- burg Daily Journal stated that ac- cording to police, Gill was “sent up” several years ago after he attemp- ted two similar attacks. Since that time he had been an inmate at Kislyn, one of the state's mental institutions. He has been out for several months on parole Assistant chief of police Edwin Gustafson, who made the arrest, outlined the boy's activities leading up to his arrest after he had quest joned the boy and women in the Robert Sylvania Plant Plans Housing Five Hundred More Girls to Added to Employes, Report States With the continued expansion of the Svivania Electric Products plant at Mill Hall, there is a growing de- mand for rooms in the Mill Hall, Flemington and Lock Haven areas, and apartments and houses are at a premium. Plans are underway for the renovation of the Russell Hotel Building, which has not been in use as 8 hotel for several years. The building w have approximately 40 rooms available with large dining room and kitchen where a self-serve dining room might be planned. Five windred more girls will be added to the Sylvania Company's employes an official report stated i s——— Crushed by Car ould | Altoona Youth Badly Injured While Working Under Automobile Robert Wiser, 20-year-old youth of Altoona, employed as a truck driver. was seriously injured Sunday afternoon while working under his automobile. Wiser is reported to have jacked the automobile off the ground and propped it with several blocks of wood and bricks and then crawled under to fix the muffler. He had been working for several minutes when neighbors and his sister, Mrs Paul Minnigh, heard a crash moans and rushed to him While neighbors held the car mid-air, Mr. Minnigh pulled the un- conscious youth from beneath the car, after which an ambulance ed him to Mercy hospital. He is reported to be suffering from inter nal injuries Manages Water Company Robert Hess, of Boalsburg, has been named manager of the Boals- burg Water Company, succeeding Fred Koch Army Air Corps. Water Company ‘business is now being conducted at the Hess Clover Farm Store, Boals- | burg FARM QUESTIO ED W. A ; Farm Advisor General Electric Station | case, {to be and in | | Penn State Cow rush | who has enlisted in the | ‘which appeared as follows in the Dally Journal: Following an attempted attack In a local office in town, Gill went to Blue Ball and roamed through the school He then went to Morris- dale and then to Hawk Run. From there he caught a ride to Troy and went over the hill to Graham and then to Mock's Hill and back to Blue Ball On his second visit Ball school, while classes session he roamed the halls a room in which there was class He admitted ramsacking desk and taking a gold watch Returning to Philipsburg, he then hitechhiked a ride with a young mar- ried teacher. As they were driving along. he attempted to attack her | and pinned her arms to her side. He then told her it was a stick-up and I'm not fooling to drive him Houtzdale school bus was approaching and teacher warned that if he did not she would ram the car head on into the bus He became fright- ened and jumped out of the car and ran Into the brush The teacher enlisted the help of two men walking along the road and they went in after Gill and caught him and brought him to town where he was turned over to the authori- ties and placed in jail It was after this that it was learn. ed by police that he entered a local professional office and attempted an (Continued on Page Siz) to the Blue were In and en- tered no a 1 5 and Lo A the t top 14922 - - hic A = eh wat At FN ER Salant Clair Ross Governor General FP Democratic candidate for at a rally in the Altoona Moose home Monday night. called for lib- eralization of relief allowances and emphatically declared if elected Governor, 1 will see that our needy are more humanely provided There real who Ju ist on from the beginning, to destit Auditor for is Aa danger that needy received st enough to will be $Y again reduced Wess relief tio on granis are Lo } declared in his which geared ving Costs the Moos ~ The liked the 1 speech Wo audience crowded the Hall Republican f machine el prog pr! ram under pres making rel pr! al all, ac- cepting ure in the efforts tian fis LUnaLy CEILING ON BUTTER, EGGS f Of Laon el the head put contro! Price Administrator Henderson Monday fect a broadening American food budget emergency ceilings went into effect Monday items herto empt Irom LE eggs. poultry and canned citr and similar commoaod] Monday ~1 tep iting from sale proper- proper avoia rent I that opportunity Ross an on into dumping or market t to charged that that nemployed a of th A . a2 i - 4 ’ { Sixty day id this practice ol treated “i thie GON worst potenti James relief bill that f 4 f - on 100d hit “x . price cont sitter Move flo i emporary Bridge ir. potatos fresh Fempora k ary recent “elect rease of grants 1641 ttle on- « fruit " us iru 10 Lhe time ing was from ) we PO. gesture there will a De- replace flood of of that commmun- state officials on shortage of ma- will be & make- for the war's dur- tie State Highway ple more than a past nce that experience the and every Henderson on partment iriftwood to another swift economic war freezing all the March 1 The OPA head N we ans needy again be polls close Pledging himself to the platform calling for adequate to enable every to maint American in the by signing an rgotten as soon as the incontrolled 1042 level Democra- assistance household standard that ire tie regu- also disclosed amend OPA we uld § ain the vent eviction of ten ain he CHRISTMAS PACKAGES to SOLDIERS If you are planning to send that Centre county boy overseas a Christ mas remembrance, keep this mall- ing hint in mind: Shop early, pack securely, address | carefully, and please, “no purty rib- As Jack Slips bons.” That's the Christmas prescription far gifts to men in Uncle Bam's’ overseas servioe-—-and you be a much more successful Santa Claus if you pay strict attention to the rules The Army, the Navy, the Coast Guard and the Marines 100 are going to do their utmost to see that every last Christmas gift reaches that ger- viceman, be he in Iceland or the Solomons. That is, they will if you do your part. They ask this of you- shop now, don't delay and mail your presents between October | and No- vember 1. November is the deadline for mailing if that service man isn’t disappointed come December 25 Conserve Space Your generous impulses might than 100 inch- comb ber office the same for the Coast Guard as Navy Regardiess of where your soldier or Marine is serving sbroad, you are required to pay postage only to the forwarding post office it is important to remember that routs Do for carry L more and ig post our Cargo vessels munition as } well as ents, and welcome You AWAjy nd the nd rth ined gi pres. a int might be, there's scarcely a comp ison in importance. That's why a four services have put weight and gmith U. 8 N size restrictions on Yule packages But nobody's going to love you. Navy and Coast Ouard packagrsihot even Smith, if you put only that! can't weigh over seven ponds: the address on it. The Navy has more) Army and the Marines wil! allow than its share of Smiths Do first you 11 but they'd be happier if drop a line to John's mom and ask you'd stick to the seven-pound fig- his unit, name of ship, rating, ure. Navy packages are 10 be of shoe and routis office, and put that box size—roughly 4% inches by 12° {f ti pack- inches (unless you wear size 12) either Army and Marine packages can be more than 18 inches long, and it not exceed 42 inches in length girth, combined Those in U. 5 Of course, if your soldier lad is stationed on the Continental Unit od States. regular fourth-class mail or so-called Parcels Post regulations apply. These limit maximums weight to 70 pounds per package and di- ristmas the rex Ciate It if you carried away by the and decide to send Sixth Cousin John mn app ie r= : i the pirit nas sf package 0 iparcel in any one week same person or organization for de- livery to the same sallor, spidier, or Marine Wrap her pos and fuss at dressing 2 securely your package compactly and without You might be an expert up presents with pretty red bows but every package OVEeTSenL must be examined by censors—and they have no time or inclination to retie your bows. That's why the services plead “no purty ribbons’ Marking Packages put Open outside on the er any plainly wutside of age. The Post ‘Office will be New York or S8an Francisco, depend- ing what fleet he's with. Don't forget return address. . 14 0 Hr not on going mu Qa i ana Your How fo Address In addressing Army packages include name, and rank the Army serial] number, | service, organization, Al P. O number and post office used for routing for soldiers; for Marines the name, corps unit num- you should of rating. branch “Merry Until (the You are allowed to Xmas” and “Do Not Xmas" stickers on the (Continued on Page Plz) of include i Sets New Record Penstate Inka Anna Star Re-| ceives State Honors For Production A state production record has been made by a reigstered Holstein-Fries- ian cow owned by The Pennsylvania State College, the Holstein-Friesian Association of America announces from its headquarters at Battleboro, vt Penstate Inka Anna Star is the new champion, taking the lead for ‘Man Struck by Schwab Home to Become College Steelmaster’s Estate at Lor- etto Brings $60,000 at Public Sale To Occupy Camp In 7-Mile Narrows Union County Sportsmen Will Take Over Part of CCC Camp During the recent meeting of the Union county Sportsmen's Associa- tion, plans were made to take over two buildings of the former Joyce Kilmer C. C. C. Camp in the Seven. Mile Narrows, near Hairy John's Park. The camp was suggested re- cently by the Department of Forests and Waters and a committee from the association, searching for a per- Hurtling Knife Driver For Swift & Company Suffers Peculiar Acci- dent at Milton The baronial, of “Immergun” at Loretto, county Andrew Dincher, 3 driver for Swift & Company of Williamsport met with a peculiar and painful ac- cident last Thursday at Milton while delivering meat Dincher was walking through a storeroom whore Miles Balliet., an employe, was opening a shipment of burlap-wrapped meats, It is re- Cambria which the late steel master, Charles M. Schwab, started building nearly a half century ago so he could spend part of his time in its the auction block for approximately $60,000 Candidate Ross Pledges Larger Relief Allovincs To Meet Rising Food Costs Democratic Nominee for Governor Declares _Every Member of Unemployed Family Has Been Treated as a Potential Thief tof living,” the post office will accept only one! from the’ millon-dollar estate | palatial splendor, has been sold on | “~ I'T"S AN ILL WIND A Ki ol of Bellefonters 1 when some Wome ith «¢ pet IH thel w burn them il ers can n For many iffered ruln longer for nave i wt of radio Years mu ‘ nterferen beca or re JUS I b in ow In irner users nes lected tall radi proper thelr furnace WILLKIE FOR PREXY dumni Drew ratic ancidate in 1642 ry the meant i know either ti Demo President M Ones in Ross Governor will return to receiving assistance were, in effect 10 the st ate ent repaymen declared Pennsy needy As of Ivan who nome our Ciera the ip Ld 51 forced to ket that bonds future HORSES, HORSES Clinton Bigamist Gets Prison Term 26-Year-Old Man Sentenced in Clinton County Court, Friday DOOR MATS id m the open - September 2 ) made by sted Y drew nes made heap of it was 8 ised tem Lhe 1 hat six of the spaces at each of the mats from the scrasr service at schoo} ” on their way to mdils Jeanette E Was arrested ried Se ber Scha Castanea for knowing marrying the spouse of another but } plem of 44 wy mats fitted the entrances. so 24 now in fore continuing nation’s rubber -— FIRE: REVIVAL SERVICES UNDER Now that thie Bitate Police sub WAY AT F ADVENT CHURCH station st Rockview has been badly damaged by fire, it would be ga good time to locate the sub-station off the prison grounds and discontinue having trusties or other prison in ma act as domestic help about the place. I has been shown a of many years that the s3 operating bestation in past has been for troub H her case was discharged for lack of evidence at the prelimi nary hearing when Steinbacher was held for court plie are Revival services the Advent ch are being held in ch every evening ex- Les over period tem of the su Ad ng Pls nn ing Sabbath bw we lo an 10 be with us \ he right t di sta L0I it wil] This week we preachers—also ning After that Shuey, assis by carry on the work the greater power even if on the Prison | rection mains GRAPEVINE: Our grapevine stooge reports that Congressman James E. VanZandt off on a junket to the Hawalian Is- jands, We don't know whether the Yeport is correct. but we do know if , James can be counted upon CONE home with a super Cargo so-called “inside dope” to spread through the Congressional District while he's rounding up votes for re- election PILE IT ON: Let's make Diamond 0 large {Continued th & «i111 ¥ ae SUS will i next wave 1est eve Cc. C i, will help of g Tuesday tor Shoi 1 il he pas Orvi with led is > Was Willkie Escort Flying one of two U. 8. Pursuit Ships which escorted Wendell L | Willkie in his recent visit to the North African war theatre was Lt Rodney i11” Weaver, son of Mrs Miriam Shaffer Weaver of Lock Haven. “lI can't tell you much” he said In a letter received by his mother, “but Willkie hasn't seen a {lot more than I have, and I can get around faster than he does i it in an of the scrap that that pile on the the First Na- on page Siz) prot vf / 7 f pp Gres FoR THE Guns OF PIII; N BOX L all of Pennsylvania's senior 3-year- old Holsteins milked four times {daily in the yearly division, with the production of 8489 pounds of butterfat from 21.938 Pounds of milk. The average dally cow in the coun- {try produces only 21 per cent as | much butterfat, using U. 8, Depart- ‘ment of Agriculture statistics as the | wGY Q—How can 1 get rid of termites in a building and in the soil around it? A.~8earch carefully for mud gal- leries or timbers in contact with the ground, and trace back to the nest and fumigate it. Dig down two feet around the house and paint the outside of the foundation with creo- sote tar and soak the soil in the trench with old crankcase oil as you refill it. Termites must maintain contdct with moist earth to live; and one must break that contact to kill them. Q~—~What should be an average crop of raspberries from an acre? A~The average is around 1500 Wir of red raspberries per acre, but the very best crops run up to about 4000. The blacks yield a little] more and the purple varieties best of all, averaging around 2200 quarts an acre. Favored localities in the far west get about double that yield. Q—What can we do to get rid of hen lice? A~~Put a little nicotine along the Whim every week or two. Direc tions are on each package of the Black Leaf 40. Q~—Wheni should trees be pruned and transplanted? A~Priune in the winter when trees are dormant, and transplant early In the spring. Q~What makes honey turn sug- - - | basis of comparison. A~—Cold and age are the principal! Penstate Inka Anna Star comes ported that the knife flew from Ball- iet’s hand and struck Dincher in the thigh, making a deep puncture. He was treated by a doctor and then taken to the Geissinger hospi- tal. Danville, on Friday for addition- al treatmene for a puncture wound of the groin The patient, principally from loss of blood, given a transfusion said to be sufiering was | shooting stand probably will be set | Most of the estate Including a stately twenty-six room mansion and seven cottages, surrounded by pools and gardens, was purchased for $32. manent site, decided on the camp. The large mess hall will be used as an auditorium and meeting room ” ‘while a smaller adjoining building 500 by “Friends of St. Francis Col- will provide space for a display room. ege” who said they wil turn it The grounds may also be utilized | {over to the nearby college within a by the sportsmen and a biwe rock month. Joseph Siciliano, Johnstown real [estate dealer, represented the friends | jal Baturday's auction, attended by | nearly 1000 persons. There was little up there (Continued on Page Five) causes of honey’s turning to sugar. If it is heated slowly bath and stirred, it will usually re- in a water | turn to the original state. It should! be stored in a say 60 to 70 F. Q —Please tell me how to control sand fleas A~~Use fresh naptha flakes the floor to fumigate them Q~—My turnips came up and grew to a huge size but are not smooth. They have cuts in them that seem- ed to heal up. What is the trouble? | A ~—They grew too fast, and those are cracks where they burst the skin. Plant them thicker and use less nitrogen on them and more pot- ash. QI would like your advice about | materials used in making floors for! permanent hog pens, calf barns and | {cow barns? A~Cork brick and sawdust con- crete are best, but these less dur-| fairly warm place,] on | honestly by her producing ability since her sire, Osborndale Chieftain | Inka Ormsby Is proved for high pro+ duction, eight daughter-dam com- parisons in the College herd giving him a production index of 18,750 | pounds of milk ahd 728 pounds of | butterfat per year and a fat test of | i 3.9 per cent, ] The dam of Penstate Inka Anna | Star was also a state champion in| i } | | her day. As a We and one-half year old she produced 14.873 pounds of | milk and 514 pounds of hutterfat in | 10 minths in Class B (three milk- | ings daily). Just to show the world | that her state champion two and one-half year old record was no ac- | | cident, she proceeded to yield 21. | 725 pounds of milk and 749.4 pounds | of butterfat in a Jeas as a four year | old. This cow, Lathrop Anna Star, as | a heifer, was presented to the Col- | lege by Dr. L. M. Thompson, Mont- | rose, Pa. Lathrop Anna Star was a daughter of Dr. Thompson's noted | Holstein sire, Lathrop Star Home- | able materials should be laid over | stead, winner of the Mount Hope ia concrete base. 1 will send you the] {formula for making sawdust cone crete. Q~When should horseradish be | dug? A~~It Is usually dug In and early winter. late fall ered with vinegar and dark cellar. Index Prize in 1933 with a produc- | tion index of 15,700 pounds of milk | and 636 pounds of fat based upon 13 | | daughter-dam com i The outstanding production, of | this family of cows is a real tribute | | {to Dr. Thompson's ability as a! It is then stored | hreeder of Holstein cattle and an il- | in moist sawdust in a cool cellar or lustration of the old adage that, pit in the ground, or shredded, cov- | “Like begets like." stored in a| React the Classified ads | = [competition In the bidding. Several {smal parcels of the estate and choice | | farms included in the property. were {purchased by residents of the sec- | tion. {hem Steel Schwab, president of the Bethle- | Corporation, employed | more than 100 persons in keeping the | estate at one time, His wife died | {in 1939 and he died a few months | later but the estate was in his wife's | { name, Executors decided on the auction | several months ego, the announce- {ment soon being followed by forma- ition of a committee which announ- | iced it would donate the estate to St. | i Francis College if its bids were ac- | { cepted. Among Schwab family mem. ibers at the auction, but not parti- | |cipating in the bidding, were Mrs. | Marshall W. Ward, of Wayne, a sis- [ter of the late Mrs. Schwab, and | | Miss Mary M. Wales, of Bethlehem, ' | Mrs. Schwab's : Three Bears Treed A dog belonging to Rush Rogers, | last Monday night, | mother bear and two cubs. The dog | kept them treed all day Tuesday. | | Eventually the dog became tired and | the bears left for parts unknown, U. 8. Treamury Depts "Tough luck, old Norse money" s all i in nontransferable - Wg are to d determine exactly | t they believe. | $0 busy that they | { MUCH-NEEDED GLYCERINE , MUNITIONS ESSENTIAL IS MADE FROM FATS... SO AMERICAN HOUSEWIVES, IN THE THRIFTY TRADITION OF THEIR MOTHERS ARE STRAINING EXCESS COOKING GREASE INTO CLEAN AND ARE TURNING IT IN TO BUTCHER SHOP COLLECTION STATIONS, EVERY DROP MELPS WIN THE WAR ~~
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