LEE BE BE BR I A A CVERYBom EVERY INWAR BONDS kok kh hw W adhe Cr nire Democraf % —y = EVERYBODY SAVING IN EVERY priv AY WAR BONDS Te orl PY. VOLUME 62, NUMBER 3. BELLEFONTE, PA., THU RSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943. lid ————————————————. ————— 50 PER YEAR Commiss ioners Cut 3 Mills Fr om 194.3 County Taxes MAL CELIVERT™ HERE THRATENED Lack ‘iden Men House Numbers, alks, Becoming ce to Service Sieg Urges County Aid For Library to do ail Lo ald the Library ancial orig Continued om Page Str Enlists in WAACs Miss Marilyn L. Miles (above) Miles burs, recently arrived at 2nd WAAC training center at tona Beach, Florida, and has her basic train ing there Miss Miles, daughter of W. B Miles, Jr, Milesburg, was grad- uated from the State College High School and attended Penn State College She is family to of the Day - begun 0 of of the third member her enter the armed forces A brother, Pvt. Russell C. Miles, is with the Medical Detachment at Port Hamilton, N. Y. and another brother, Richard G. Miles, is in the Army Ordnance Department at Proving Grounds, Illinois. Richard recently received a promotion as private first and WAS sent to Illinois from Miami Beach, Florida. RR Se elas CiaAss, von West Ling Release Statement Show- ing County Finances in Excellent Condition PAY MANY DEBTS IN PAST 3 YEARS Tax Cut Will Mean About $48,000 Savings to County Taxpayers Training sy furl taking assignment up Petty Of- cCorres~ 1 the a— S——" Red Cross Sewing Is Moved to Penn Belle WwW. J. Emerick home y street has been closed for the winter th ed Cross sewing had been conducted moved to a room Hotel, where the residing Because the t eR groups wi there have in the Penn Emericks now Additional ch been Belle are workers are needed to help with the work and volunteers asked to call Mrs. Emerick, Red swing chairms The sewing week day. or gsks at home are room is workers if ments form their ~ lthe postoffice ‘Electric Eor’ Provides Sootters With Interesting Variety of Sounds The aircraft spotting station at the Community Athletic field, Belle- fonte, is one of the most comiort- able and best equipped of any to be found anywhere. : A modern fuel oil stove provides ample warmth in even the most se vore weather, while the newest de- vice is an electrical listening outfit which makes it unnecessary for the observer to go outdoors to obtain in- formation on passing planes, The ¢lectrical “ear” is highly sen- sitive to all sounds, and the spotter who finds time heavy on his hands can while away the hours in an in- teresting manner by trying to dis- tinguish the non-military noises which come over the speaker. «Bounds which ordinarily would not b> noticed or which would be over- jooked as commonplace, are brought ints the cabin faithfully and cis-’ tinctly by the new apparatus. A roster of sounds heard during the four-hour shift from midnight, Sunday, to 4 a. m. Monday offers quite conclusive proof that after midnight these nights, Bellefonte definitely is in the bag. and by “bag” we mean the sleeping bag. It's a far ery from the activity we considered normal before the younger element stitercd the armed forces Here are the civilian sounds heard during the watch: 12:05. James Marshall's footsteps in the i22 as he trudged toward home after serving an 8 to 12 o'clock shift His footsteps could be beard until he reached Bishop street—-a con- giderable distance away 12:08, Train whistle 12:12. Car approaches from the east and continues on to Bellefonte. 12:18. Rooster crows, 12:24. Unidentified sloshing. (Continued on page Siz) to make ar-' BOROUGH WORKERS GET PAY INGREAXE Grant 5 Cents An Hour Raise to 6 Workers: Lo- gan Drivers Approved EE ——— Executive Committee Agricultural Extension Service LT 04 MEN FOR CLUB OBSERVES CREDIT GROUP IN FEBRUARY QUOTA Final Exams February 22; 93 Leave For Recep- tion Center cough and 1 of chicken the re- This week while Local Board Ne port showed. 2: Bellefonte, sent 83 meh to Oy The Water Committee reported ern center at New Cumberland (Continued on . Page Four) as January's draft quota, names nh irawn from Bon VERAL (RRORS EE Af Te fk Men to Be Inducted on February 22, 1942, POX, id men tha wel Mixup in Signals Causes = Confusion at College and cu. In Rockview Area ntiary the signal for of the blackout was t 20 m inutes and wi hen the pris’ i sounded » didn’t an delayed Lewis withis $ os€ ¥ uh Ralph know whe hi escatw or wheth- Siz) wmymond J hn Pp opovitch Ruling Atects Mail |Join Popori Servicemen Overseas i. o Robert 1 B William R (Cc iner Martha ¥ Char Weller {ove Kay nitny Because of great demand cargo space for munitions, food and other supplies for army overseas parents and friends were restricted, effective last Friday. on the ship ments of packages and news pape 5, Bellefonte Postmaster George Meek sald In order to send a package soldier at an APO address, the dier must request it and receive the approval of his commanding off This written approval must be at- tached to the package before the postoffice will accept the package for mailing No third class mail will be sent Newspapers be sent only when the dressed requests them in writing. fx fap the 107 ed on Page Pour) ESCAPES DEATH IN PLANE CRASH Donald Brown, 20, Belle- fonte, Only One of Four in Plane to Survive W. Brown, 20, son Bellefonte tax collector George M Brown and Mrs. Brown, of Logan and they may be sent only by the Street, narrowly escaped serious in- publisher, who is required to certify JUry or death one day last week in that the subscription complies with the crash of an airplane at the Col- rules. Subscriptions Umbia Air Base, Columbia, 8. C. | already ordered are not affected. according to reports. The postoffice reports that V-mail| Of the four men to soldiers overseas is the most ex- Brown was the only peditious, and the only type of mail Alive. The pilot. sent as far as possible by plane, Or- ¥ineer were killed. dinary air mail frequently is forced Brown was in a turret where he to give way to other important plane had been taking aerial photographs. CATROES. d | He suffered minor injuries to a a cer or circulars Donald of and magazines may soldier ad- in the plane, one {oo escape co-pilot. and en- resulted when one of the landing OPA Agent in Surprise wheels of the plane broke while it Check on Motorists was returning from a training flight. The ship nosed over on the field. { Brown entered the Air Corps only A representative of the OPA was two and one-half months ago. He in Bellefonte Tuesday night taking is a graduate of the Bellefonte High the license numbers of cars parked School and before entering the ser- along the streets and in parking vice was employed at the Bellefonte areas in and near the business dis- Body Shop on Willowbank street. trict. i Since the mishap his parents have According to reports a number of received several Jetters assuring cars were found parked in the down-~ | them that he has recovered from his town area, some in more or less juries. private lots near clubs, others on side streets just off the business POSTOFFICE OPEN district, and elsewhere, | The Bellefonte postoffice now is Reports are that the OPA expects open on Saturday afternoons, the to make additional “surprise” checks change having become effective last {locally on the use of gasoline for | Saturday, postmaster George Meek | | unessential driving. said yesterday, a a ? | According to reports the accident : ANNIVERSARY Ww anions Hear History of Organization; Ob- jectives Rev iewed Ki ye ‘ye g Toc 28h anniversary of Kiwanl Batiohul Yas a wt T NSLS meeting of th: Bellefonte Club. The Kien Education Cc yy i 4 fain 11118 oy I MILK PRIGE 1060 UP FEBRUARY 1 Increase to! 14 Cents Expected By O.P.A. rder of I Comimiss Approval of An « Contre tall prices for Central Mills : the 1 slivery in the ting Area, Zone 2, including Bellefonte-State College district, from 13 to 14 cents per quart effective Feb. 1. ap- proved by Governor James day While the price incre Hres OPA approval action has been given in previous cases and is ex- pected for this area ions b home Marke the ase req such other sections of the statg, The commission said the orders iwere primarily to return more mons- ey to the producers in order to maintain the necessary supply of milk “that will be so vitally needed.” It added milk production increased | from 1039 to the middie of 1942, but had declined since, while consump. (tion gained. “The testimony at hearings given throughout the state.” said the coms mission, “is unanimous that condi- tions are Serious on the dairy iehlefly to labor shortage and ag- igravated further by increased feed costs and a limited supply of labor. ‘saving machinery. It is of the high-| ‘est importance that milk production | be maintained or increased in Penne | | hig against the other truck. |syivasila. " | Harrisburg Monday ‘day of each week while the A reas Fas 8( fered for, 3 The increase was also ordered | Nature is in session. Pridays and Sat. farms ANNUAL MEETING H. A. Corman Presides at Session in Pleasant Gap; Directors Named Centre county farmers wives attended the ninth. ana’ stockholders’ meeting of the Produc- tion Credit Association held in the Pleasant Cian Orange Hall on Weds - Local Men Heard in England Broadcast Harold D. Cowher Named to State Post ce of the’ D her of West Bis Belle fonle, has been appointed clerk of a Senate committee in Harrisburg and departed Monday for that city to take up the duties of new Harold Wp street his active area county * has long been circles in this formet ly was Centre antile appraiser Cowher will be employed in through Thurs. legis mere Mr urdays he will be at his offices in Bellefonte, ET ult Coleville Man Injured In Kylertown Mishap been catied away to Thomas Evock, 2, son of Charles Evock of Coleville, was dis- | task u chargad from the Philipsburg State These boys 5 Hospital Monday after having un. Which {oilo ,dergone two days’ treatment there. Mr. Evook suffered chest and shock Baturday when injuries he was coal mines near Kylertown. The man was Injured when a large truck with which he was working! {alid a short distance Review 25 Years of {xtencion Service [4] in & R. C. Blanes Centre County 1924, was among ! ers at the 25th anniversan of the Agriculural Extens vice here Friday night Injured in Crash on New Howard Brid Hospital Head Is Injured In Fall Lincoln Day Dinner BOY SCOUT PROGRAM DOUBLY VITAL DURING YEARS OF WAR and their Today, ideals of vicinily, each efforts more Reon be Hin the lives of 1 i nation Mrs, | plac wd § i caught between two trucks at the K. | cand J. and prot] ihn ln distribution of leaflets for | the O. P. M., messenger sorvice for, ization will not {ward trend {as has been th i {other countries where yd Sev en dollars the six © LG Men called y Cag Ty char | try RY on ay ts this af tH EB Wate vs can help to the Belles PTY We d fa sitgan of th ¢ Bos in mind each 100 IHS sible dd a heey it leaders, rooms and al g in sien Atal 0 an orEgan- of this aot. hd
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