Odd and CURIOUS in the = NEWS Il The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Weck | SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democrat | NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 61. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1942. HOME, JAMES! Arthur Helfrich, employe of the State Liquor store in Ply- mouth, home town of Governor James. Monday night sent a telegram inviting Gov. James to the Plymouth store Tuesday night at 6 o'clock for, Helfrich said, “him to see if the clerical and accounting work we're re. quired to do every night between 6 and 9 o'clock isn't worth $150 a month.” Helfrich said he had been attempting to reach Gov- ernor James, by telephone dur. ing the day but had not suc- ceeded. “We not only have to sell the bottles,” Helfrich said, “but we have to keep all 1700 of them dusted every week and have to sweep the floors and wash the windows and walls.” ALL FOR HIM Seeing a crowd of about 2,000 people and police stretching nets below him, Joseph John Sirrelli, 32, left the roof on which he was working in New York City and went down to see what the ex- citement was about. He learned that someone, seeing him on the roof, concluded that he was in- tending to jump; had notified police. Sirrelli explained that he was only cleaning the gutters on the roof, HENBANE’'S NEST EGG A brown - leafed mountain plant interested George Camp- bell. at Big Timber, Mont. He took it to a chemist who identi- fied it as henbane, used as a drug, Campbell went back to the woods, gathered over 10,000 pounds. A pharmaceutical com- pany took it all at $1.25 a pound. A WARNING BIBLE Wayne Fellows, of Stockton, Mo., recently inducted into the Army, carried with him the 100- year-old Bible that his grand- father carried through the Civil War and his uncle during World War 1. Firemen Receive State Refund Tax Thirteen Communities in Cen-| tre County Receive To- tal of $3,737.27 Auditor General F. Clair Ross last contributed to the obser- vanée of National Fire Prevention Week by approving the second of five requisitions which will bring payments totalling $050.000 from the Fire Insurance Tax Fund to relief associations of fire companies—both paid and volunteer The following 13 communities in Centre county will benefit: Bellefonte Boro $ 980.65 Centre Hall Boro 85.26 Miliheim Boro 97.26 Philipsburg Boro 7.77 Snow Shoe Boro 34.87 State Colloge Boro 1308.44 College Twp 40.18 Ferguson Twp 28.94 Haines Tw). 13.75 Harris Twp 2266 Penn Twp 10.92 Potter Twp 19.04 Spring Twp 8 197.53 27 Total $3,737.2 a Dies Before Induction A man described as an admirer of Adolf Hitler died at Philadelphia, three days before his scheduled in- duction into the army, after swal- lowing seven vials of toothache rem- edy. Deputy Coroner Torchon iden- tified the man as Henry Stowe, 40, and said his landlady. Mrs. Freda Gilber, told him Stowe often prais- ed Hitler for “the wonderful things he is doing in Europe.” for Victory: Buv Banda smn { changing jobs at will ting of one employer's President Roosevelt, asserting the | Allied strength was “on the upgrade” and the enemy growing nervous, on Monday night in his fireside radio chat to the nation urged the draft- ing of 18 and 19-vear-olds so that an Army with the spirit and hardi- hood of youth may shorten the war | with annihilating new offensives At the same time, the President called for the rationing of man- power. Workers must be kept from he said. Pira- labor by ano- ther must be forbidden. The objec- “the right numbers right at of the must be in the right time And he held out a possibility that legislation of a drastic nature may be tive people places — necessary to keep the farmer sup- Guest Speaker gL | The Rev. Luther E. Stein, DD. Secretary of the Division of Church Relations, Presbyterian Board of Christian Education, will be the guest speaker the Pennsylvania State College, October 17 and 18. He ly with the West- tudents Satur- 17. and will Sunday m. he will t forr minster Four t tober meeting At 10:45 a day speak morning will preach Presbyterian church ¢ Service Dr. Stein began hi Board of tian Education on March 1, 1942. He came 10 his new work from five successful pastorates in California; the most one being that at Glendale, where he as stor since 1937. While serving the in California, he found numerous fields of service in Presbyterian summer conferences, many Pacific Coast Christian En- deavor conferences and conventions, and particularly in growing Youth Work of the Synod of Cali- fornia. Within his church at Glen- dale, with its large membership, a Sunday school of over 1.000, and nu- merous Christian Endeavor Societies and Boy's Clubs, he had a perfect laboratory for applying and testing the great principles of Christian Ed-! ucation in the life of individuals and the church Dr. Stein is a graduate of Hast-' ings College, Hastings, Neb, and of San Francisco Theological Semin-| ary. San Anselmo, Calif at § recent served e the | FARM QUESTION BOX ED W. MITCHELL ;, Farm Advisor General Electric Station WGY i i { Q—When should currant bushes be pruned? A~—During the winter when they Q.—How can I poison the Mexican | yetle on my pole beans? i A ~The Mexican bean beetle is id | speaking, ‘of Lock Haven, were pleasantly re- i minded of thelr 50th wedding anni- i versary by greetings and best wishes {of their numerous friends, including | | Adam Bierly, 80, President Roosevelt Asks Nation for 18 and 19-Year Draft for Youthful Army Allied Strength Shaking Enemy Morale He Says; Calls for Rationing of Manpower | in Fireside Speech to Nation plied with hands to harvest the Na tion's food supplies. The American people will not “shrink” from such action, should it become necessary Optimistic Report president was delivering his radio report the Nation weeks It was, generally an optimistic report of found on his recent tour defense plants, Army posts and Naval stations Already, he sald America is getting ahead of the en- emy in the battles of transportation and production In addition there was another hint front plans. The officers f general staff, he sald, were In general agreement that it was nec- essary to divert “enemy forces from Russia and China to other theatres war by offensives against Germany and Japan.” The objective and realistic,” he said the The second in lo five what he of at second of the of new clear to de today Is “It is completely military of Germany, Itally Japan such good purpose that their threat against us and all the oth Nations can not be revived a gen- eration hence’ of stroy power in and er United Axis Leaders Jittery jittery lot of watching strength of the United Nations and their own diminish “The strength of the United Na- tions is on the upgrade in this war” he said. “The Axis leaders, on th other hand, know by now that the already reached their strength, and that their steadily (Contizsed on Page Siz) Axi the row He pictured a nervously » leaders g fell dU have — - aa Two October ia by the at night surprise air-rald tests during Pennsylvan- Defense Council and the other in day- light during school hour Dr. A. C. Marts sald neither would be given advance publicity Meanwhile the ¢ efense cour are promised State Onhge council director asked the to act joint. Attest) ounciu d cils county district ers ir ly with forest in appol ing chiefs for the new forest fi fighters service Dr. Marts volunteers it~ re for Defen stead of i 15.000 to 20.000 1s new branch of the e Corps be 19 As would 12.000 to 15.000 iy estimated state council also announced barring unseen developments outdoor Christmas tree lights will be permitted this year “so long as the AIR-RAID TESTS COMING Hghts can be extingt ent's notice lished at a mom Philipsburg Dentists Enlist circle of Drs. Frank H Claude and Luther Gette, of Philips. burg, has been broken for the dura- tion of the war with the enlistments of Dr. Claude and Dr. Luther Gette into the U. 8. Army Both been comr lieu- tenants Dr. Claude who left October 6 The dental service first A Gette and was sent to Area, Headquar ters altimore, Md. is w stationed at Post Holabird Ordnas Mot Baltimor Dr. Luthe: leave October 24 for th arters at Baltimore have oneg Jr t wt If n Getle ¥ Area Hea Accidents are § bie but most Americans act otherwise FLIERS Seven American fliers, rescued from the South Pacific alter drift- ing on a four-man raft for seven or ‘days, saw two members of their B-17 bomber Orew die of exposure The men eXisted oh a sip of water rationed morning and night, and a bite of chocolate dally. Twice they saw airplanes, but were unable attract attention either with flares or their frantically shirts They fought off three sharks shot two of them Raft Bottom Ripped They were surprised to learn later froun a news correspondent that a shark had ripped the bottom of the rubber raft end-to-end, but fortun- ately had not pierced the air com- partment. The fliers knew the bot- tom was torn, but had no idea of the extent of the damage Survivors of the bomber's crew are First Lieutenant James P. Van Haur, 24, pilot, Missoula, Mont. Arvid W (Bud) Anderson, 28, co-pilot, Brem- erton. Wash, and Sidney 1. Darden, 28, navigator, Waco, Texas: 8Ser- geants Joe Gaynor, 23. bombardier, Tupper Lake, N. Y.: Richard Paul Anderson, 23, radio man, Brookline, | to waved and NUMBER 42 Jury Acquits Altoona Man on Trial for Killing Wife's Alleged Paramour Court Room Spectators Cheer as Verdict is An- nounced; Victim's Wife Declares Freeing iwritten law was upheld by a jury of 11 woman in the Blair Hollldaysburg Friday verdict of guilty wa Hileman, 64 The county court a night hen ¢ not fore A \narew with tu m eh 42. an Altoona huckst £ alte irs’ dell cheer + spectator Story of the Tragedy M. Hileman, employ a construction worker at Chamt Andrew burg. retu toona o + testified h Mass, and Constantine Rusesky, 23, engineer, Shenandoah, Pa. and Pvt Virgil L. Murray, 25, side-gunner, St Crazed By Suffering Corp. Lucien de Amour, gunner of Beveriy, Mass, craped by his suf fering, leaped from the raft the rished + $4 v ©131 ant Uuli- HR LEE ner address died of exposure and lliness three hours later The Flying Fortress | Southwest Pacific base September 11 tw and at the | 4 its misgion, linder head of the port engine blew out Bud Anderson said With only three engines we behing the formation The radio compass falled next. Then thunder- heads bounced us up and down to beat hell. It took Van Haur and I both to handle the ship “With Darden’s navigation we got over the island base about 8 p. m We could see the shoreline, but no lights because of the heavy overs cast, We circled and kept calling for searchlights without success no | ’ x oid eft it with te ell SURVIVE iaround the edge. Our cramped knees | WEEK Dangerous Mountains We were afraid 0 try a janding Regis, Mort wah 4 DECRUSE you haven't got a praying chante in those dangerous moun tains. At 11 p m. we had only 20 minutes gasoline supply remaining and knew we would be foreed de 3 > as a sorta sick feeling not to CK ryt we of afraid ™ walter looked “Van Haur made crash landing. Most planes break two but ours held together because it dropped flat « honey of a in probably ul “There was a big blinding crash like someone hitting head, and great water “Van Haur's window jammed, and he and I went out my window. The others used the radio escape hatch “All ne were forced crowd on one four-man raft. We were un- able to inflate the two-man raft and another four-man float went down with the plane No Room to Move sat you over the a white flash of mi ni to We shoulder to shoulder were Ww ON RAFT couched. There was IO room 0 move lie down “There were only five quarts of water, rationed a swallow in the morning and a swallow at night No one cheated. One took his gulp from the can, then passed it next fellow “The only rationed and accepted In 1 ; No one asked time to the food was one-ninth chocolate. It a bar best " ut more a of TL] ’ ne of fc “The first day we plane and fired four did not see us. We Were ne and were confident we picked up soon. On g we saw nothing. On the thi an Army transport plane anc flares, but it did not see Follows Raft We were attacked shark but fought him with a paddle. The shark returned and 1 shot him between the eves when he was close to the boat “Another followed the raft all of the fourth day and night, licking at the paddies. His fin made a phos- (Continued on Pope Fiz, BAW BPY a Na reat bs HATES, ou il t worried the 1 us bs om Yai a toer A Rel all Couple Observe 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Motter Be- gan Housekeeping at Millheim Although no celebration had been! planned, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Motter Rebersburg, whose home in Salona at they were imarried in 1802. Mr. Bierly visited { Mr. and Mrs, | week Motter earlier in the Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Mot- | ter were tendered a surprise party iby their family and friends to cele! brate the occasion. They received! many gifts and flowers and a large wedding cake. The only members of | their family not present were their {son Russell, and three of their ele-| from one side ven grandchildren. ler arrested and held ‘Man Captures Hit-Run Driver Pursues Alleged Intoxicated Motorist After Car is Damaged Like the Northwest Mounties, John 8. Schultz, president and gen- ‘eral manager of the Jersey Shore Steel Co, got his man, but it cost him a new suit and a pair of shoes The incident occurred ong morn- ing last week when Mr. Schultz's car was struck by a hit-run automobile on Route 220, near Newberry, Ray- mond Stahl of Jersey Shore was lat. under $500 bond, after he was trailed by the owner of the damaged car. According to the Motor Police, Mr. Schultz was traveling east when he noticed a car ahead of him sudden- ly forced off the highway by the Stahl machine, which was weaving to the other. Mr {Schultz also drove off the highway | shewing insect, and a stomach poi- won is the control tead arsenate or rotenone, and try to get the deposit of poison on the un- der side of the leaves where the feeding occurs. Get it on when in- sects are small and easily killed are dormant. This will sound se- vere. but each bush should carry only 12 canes, three each of new suckers of the present season; 1. 2 and 3-year-old wood. Once you get a bush into proper shape, pruning is simple; cut out the three oldest canes and all but three of the new ones. Q —How cabbage duced? A ~The usual commercial practice is to pull mature plants in the fall, store them in a temperature around 40 F. reset in the spring and set the seed crop from the two-year-old is seed pro- Q—What is a good fertilizer for red raspberries? Her manure or nitrate of soda . or stable not one for the amateur to attempt on a large scale. Most of our seed Is grown abroad or in Wisconsin, Q-~1s nicotine sulphate 40 per cent good for aphides on vegetables, flowers and fruit bushes? A~Yes, It is the standard rem- edy. I will send you a page on Lhe subject. Directions for use usually come with each package Q-—Are rusty water bowls harm- ful to cows when they drink? A ~The rust in the bowls will not hurt the cows but may add enough fron to the ration to be of some benefit. Use calcium or | plant. It is a specialized business and | | After their marriage they went to | (Continued on Page Siz) Shovel Operator Badly Hurt in Fall Father and Son Killed by Train Machine and Man Topple Over Meet Instant Death as Train Quarry Ledge at Ty- rone Plant George Lynch, Tyrone Forge, was seriously injured Saturday afternoon while working at the quarries of the Tyrone Lime and Stone Company just south of the forge. A large gasoline shovel which Lynch was operating, slid over the | ledge of one of the quarry holes, {toppling over and falling nearly 50 feet. Lynch was caught under the shovel and it required the services of several trucks and another shovel {to release him. He suffered compound fractures of both legs, severe chest injuries and shock. He was taken to the State hospital at Philipsburg, in the Blaz- ing Arrow Fire Company ambulance. Buy Defenses Bonds now! {housekeeping in Millheim. Mr. Mot- | iter wag a lumberman and they! {moved from place to place before | I settling in this city. Later Mr. Mot- | ter retired from lumbering and went! Many of our readers may already {to work at the paper mill. For the be familiar with the double tragedy {past 16 years he has been janitor at|oocurring in Snyder county last { the First Lutheran church. { week, in which “Moze” Boonie, who | ! : ar, ur (SOME years ago served a term at, Wo Ang ars. Hotter. ee Corie | Rockview Penitentiary for shooting {inally from Loganton. They ve | his brother, choked and beat his [three sons And two daughters. An. Wife to death, then fled to a nearby [other son dled shortly after birth, [lonely spot and ended his life with They also have 11 grandchildren. /® Eun. Two song and two daughters reside] The Boonies were the parents of in Lock Haven, Merlin L. and Allen |14 children, 12 of whom are living. L. Motter;” Mrs. Charles E. Bower “Moze” and his wife had lived their, other son, Russell H. lived here until jearly in the spring. Mrs. Boonie | recently. He now resides at Middle- swore out information recently for town. ithe arrest of her husband for deser- ition and non-support. That action | ! works every day diootte tl. find enabled her to receive the family’s there Poi yi I two pleces of a bullet (Fehef Shc in her own ae. : Dis | fn iis right hip, the result of a hunt. | PU" pandh is meag ies oped ing accident im this section about 20 ' i mi Another Jacks M ountain Traged Boonie and the children resided. Ar- riving at the house, Boonie showed the letter to Mrs. Boonie. She read it and “Moze” shook his fist in her face. His next act was to grab her by the throat. He pushed her back- ward over a chair, he had left on the porch he reenter- into and Mrs, Lawrence McNerney. Their poverty stricken lives apart since 0 spot pulled a woods- Hits Auto on Crossing at Muncy A Pennsylvania Railroad passen- ger train, running five hours late, crashed intd an automobile SCemMIngiy men and one 4 | years for rape of Husband's Slayer is ‘Justified’ RE a Altoona Man Gets Penitentiary Term Eugene Stoltz, Twice Conviet- ed by Juries, Sentenced bv Court for sodomy to of prosecution } 5 years ran oc and pay the oc a 81 fine each on both counts Judge Walker lowered the sen- tence formerly meted out by Judee § former by _ - Horse Injured, Car Damaged A horse owned by E Lock Haven Thursday Lie § port on Route 64 al of Lock Haven led west being ac w» road 8mith of Mill Hall. R 1. son, Dewey, Jr. In the accident Dittmar’s car received the windshield rig rear fender. A veterinarian treated the horse's injuries agamage right door and ri —————— — The income tax in Great Britain has about taken the profits out of WAr | ps —_———_ Random [tems HEIGHT height TH opin 10 publish the mud ir Btate this cor G. oO slinging pam- ia Buffer a 3 when hime mat. Gov. fon for the Governor of self over the store Wage ter ermo ft ted life- ing about WOrror Roseanna ttle book imably of Yoders Valley : the Kish por. dmirable sh dic oo Indicate marriageable rst EVERY INCH A PHONEY: R. Hugh other 8 New recor 33 DAL ever gone 0 ademy, so, suspecting that all was the former headmaster had his bn Charles. of New York, on the gent in question. Any- who ever set foot at the Aca< would know Charlie Hughes anytime, any place. The city slick. er didn't know him from Adam. Nor well other cal one dems i did Charlie reveal his identity. When J. R Hughes broti the report back merely wrote an a letter explaining that the w 1 he ever any ano tried of the same got er, De Vears i education ir way, Mr. Hughes CLERKS: wt Te —_— report clerks are reper i seeking an $2350 es administ 1 80 liberally Let's t their store clerks have 10 ] Service ex Liquor increase in the Ja wage: the ee aii ok a fart ivi y and honesty. ified and effi. ! be ene 1 WaAREes, even no Mos { of them ¢ Why itled to an increase if had been the cost of living in recer beyond particularly liquor store system netting ter. rific annual profits FREE TIME: Bellefonte woman wants to know why relatives and friends of Selec tees are required to feed pennies and Continued on Pape Siz) cient they sho nt there Us is Sr———— Ex Libris... By william Sharp at al; grade crossing near Muncy, Friday, | {killing ‘Raymond Basore, 41, and his | son, Kenneth, 17, of Muncy. R. D. Ww I. Hain, engineer of the east- | ? {bound train from Rochester, N. Y. | to Harrisburg, failed to see the train | approaching and that ionto the track just (reached the crossing. they drove | as the train | | | | The wrecked car, containine the | bodies of the two victims, was car- ried on the engine tender for about | {100 feet when it rolled down to one | {side of the track. The bodies then were thrown from the wreckage, {that of the father landing 50 feet | away and the son 25 feet. Pvt. George O'Day reported that | {Mr. Baysore had left his farm home {with his son at 6:40 a. m. to take | {Kenneth to work at the woolen mills. The officer described the visa. | {bility at the crossing as very poor and sald the smashed car east of ithe crossing could not be seen from {the crossing. The fog was very ‘heavy, Private O'Day said. Cut Down en Trucks | A possibility that the least essen tial of the nation’s 5.000000 trucks ied the house and shot several] times | | ! | | | { i |
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