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Random
A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week
dhe Centre Democrat
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1943.
The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County
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VOLUME 62.
Child Killed, 5 Members
of Family 'njured When |
NUMBER 4.
David Blair Mingle, 80,
Dies of Heart Attack; Car
N
RUBBER:
A Bellefonte bank bought a pound
of rubber bands the other day. Rub-
bands used to anywhere
from 65 to 85 cents a pound. The
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FACTS OF LIFE
County clerk Charles Ozias,
of Colorado Springs, Colo, as-
sumed the fellow at the other
end of the telephone wire had
od
News from the Front Lines
(1 WAS WITH TWO TNARTHES FOR A bez cost
ORE MART PLE OF DAYS. IN A BRUS
WITH A JAP PATROL, MY TWO BUPDIES WE
8 SLAIN BUT NOT" BEFORE
the
cartes
an automebile in mind when he
inquired: “Where can I get a
license?” So Ozias connected
him with the auto license bur-
eau. “What model and type of
body?" inquired Norman Short,
chief of the bureau when the
caller had repeated his mquiry.
“She's a girl, but what's that got
to do with it?" said the fellow
rather sharply. “Naturally 1
wouldn't be taking out a mar-
riage license to marry a man,
Marian Kushner, 7, was killed in-
stantly and all five members of her
family were Injured and taken to
the Philipsburg State Hospital last
Thursday night after their car was
struck on Glasgow railroad cross-
ing when they were returning to
| their home at Conemaugh R. D
from Becarria, where they attended
the funeral services Thursday afl-
ternoon for the girl's grandfather
The girl's father and mother, Mr
and Mrs. John Kushner, and a sis-
ter and two brothers were injured
The Pennsylvania railroad
freight is the only train to operate
on the tracks and it makes but one
trip daily. It was said to be travel
ing slowly at the time it crashed
into car bearing the Kushner
family The car was demolished
and pushed up the tracks for a dis-
over HOO
the
The ration clerk at Elkhart,
Ind. told of a “quiet little old
lady” who turned in her sugar
and coffee ration book a few
weeks ago with the explanation:
“I'm returning this because I
won't be needing it any more.”
The little old lady returned,
however, asking that her book
be returned to her. She had
another explanation. “I thought
I was going to die,” she said,
“but I guess that fortune teller
was wrong.”
coal
BLACK SHEEP?
Stormy weather cut his church
attendance so the Rev, CC. L.
Moser of Fairview, Okla., adver-
tised in the lost and found col-
umn. His sheep had strayed,
the notice read, and “only 23
came for their feed in the morn-
ing.” Shortly thereafter his tele-
phone began to ring. Each time
he said “hello” he got the same
reply: “Baaa-a-a!”
the
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tance ol feet
Neither H
railroad engineer
Man's Body Cut
In Two by Saw
Victim Drawn Into Revolving
Saw When Glove Catch-
Pennsylvania's new governor, es on Guide
inaugurated last Tuesday, ought 5 ; .
to feel at home in his official fen his glove caught
residence. Most state linen, sil- 1 a saw
verware and other houvsheld
equipment is marked “EM"-—for
executive mansion. The gover-
nor's name: Edward Martin.
DOUBLE PUMPKIN
Double volk eggs are rather
common, but Mrs. Joseph Platt,
of Towanda, believes she has
something really rare in a dou-
ble pumpkin. She cut pumpkin
No. 1 to make a pie and found
pumpkin No. 2 inside it.
LONG LONG TRAIL
A movie fan got in line to buy
a ticket at Fall River, Mass.
But when he got near the head
of the line he found that it led
into a grocery slore, one that
had butter. He got a half pound.
Dui.
Office Location Changed
The office of the United States
Employment Service of the War
Manpower Commission located at 5
West Market street, Lewistown, was
moved to 117 South Main street, on
January 25. 1943. Lee V. Alexander,
manager of the service states that
every effort will be made to imorove
quality of service to employer gn:
and employes new
“All persons with skills not er
ed In g war indu
the office as
Mr. Alexander
thre
of Wesley
of Sonestown
inches below
; operation
tate about five mil
father of
with
me
volunteered to take his
} experience
job
place
No one saw the tragedy. the saw-
behind him if
was clear
to see the carriage
eM cs en——
H. B. SCOTT ELECTED
HEAD OF MOTOR CLUB
ly ele ted at
of
are
Dresi-
{ directors
Motor Club
ilipsburg,
Bellefonte, first
f. E. Townsend
president:
Colle are
Scott of Ph
T. B. Beaver
vice presiden
den
at the
sotors elected at the an-
wal meeting recently, include W., J
Emerick, John L. Holmes, Dr. Fran-
cis Tschan, L. R. Woodring, W. J
Woodring, Dr. A. W. Gauger, J W
Pritchard Dunsmore Ww. J
Bales A. Frost
y should contact
as possible,’
§
§
ait
SOON
a
Report of Direct Relief
Direct Relief funds distributed in
Centre county during the week end
ing Priday totaled $545.30, according
to G. Harold Wagner, State Treas-
urer. This amount was paid to 132
Last week, 132 cases received
a total of $541.80
+ 8Na
Woman Found in Well
Angel Jordan, 45, whose body
in a well her home
Utahville Clearfield county,
apparently was drowned when she
slipped into the well as she attempt-
ed to draw water, Coroner E. 1. Er-
hard said. No inquest will be held
Miss
WAS
near
forint
found at
When the world fits your
you will be the only person in it.
notions
Ex Libris... By wittiam Sharp
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the USSRis so vast #at DA
BREAKS ON ONE FRONTIER
JUST AS NIGHT FALLS ON THE
; Shamokin,
| ver at the moment having glanced |
Jue RUSSIANS
ALBERT RHYS WILLIAMS
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Train Demolishes Auto |
Kushner Family Were Returning from Funeral
When Car is Struck at Railroad Crossing;
Injured Are Recovering
B. Estep, of Bellwood, nor Kushner
saw the other vehicle approach the
crossing The train was shifting
coal cars between Irvona and Bland-
burg
Following the crash, rallroaders
and nearby residents, attracted by
the noise of the collision, extracted
the victims from the demolished
car. They were taken to the nearby
home of John H., Hommer, lumber
dealer, and Dr. E. B. Pern, Bland-
burg, was summoned
The Philipsburg and Irvona am-
bulances were summoned to trans-
port the victims to the Philipsburg
hospital
State Motor Police and Cambria
County Coroner, Dr. Patrick Mc-
Dermit, of Hastings, investigated the
fatality
Officials at the
scene stated that
John Kushner, 36, the father, suf.
fered a possible fracture of the
skull, a broken collarbone, and facial
lacerations; Mary, 36, his wife, was
reported serious with a compound
fracture of the left leg and possible
internal injuries: Jane, 11. suffered
a fractured collarbone and shock
Jack, 9, received a serious head in-
jury and possible internal injuries;
Robert, 2, was hospitalized for ob
servation pending possible internal
injuries
Hospital
Robert's condition
that the other
ie
fairly good.
officials that
and
are
reported
is “good”
four victims
m—l———
Sworn as Chaplain.
Rev. Lester C. Updegrove,
was sworn in as chap-
lain the House Representa-
tives at Harrisburg last week, at a
salary of §7 per day. Other appoin-
tees from nearby counties are Ed-
ward W. Hawk, McClure R. D, a
day watchman at $1800 per year,
and John J. Silverwood, Winfield,
a paster and folder at $6 per day
ss A S———————
f
The of
to of
Two Escape Injury
As Truck Upsets
Traveling Library Truck
| Bhoe.
' Meets With Mishap on
| Narrow Road
Miss Isabel E. Welch, librarian at
the Ross Library, Lock Haven, and
her assistant, Miss Mary Hand,
caped with nothing more serious
than bruises when the traveling li-
brary or book truck went over a six-
foot embankment and turned over
several times last Thursday morning
Miss Welch was driving from the
Sugar Run schoo] to the Plunkett's
Run school, in Clinton co . when
the mishap occurred. The road, a
narrow one, was heavily covered
with ice on which there was snow
After having driven on cleared roads
to Bugar Run. Miss Welch said she
did not realize that the Plunkett's
Run read was in such bad condition
By that time it was too late to turn
back on the narrow road
As she and Miss Hand were near
the Plunkett's Run school, the truck
skidded, went over the bank, turned
over several times and came to rest
The damage was estimated at $200
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Home Burned at Madera.
The home of Bill Hensel, Madera,
was heavily damaged in a fire early
one morning last week. The entire
inside of the house was destroyed,
the blaze, of undetermined origin,
starting in the cellar and spreading
through the structure. Damage was
estimated at $1,000. When the Ma-
dera siren sounded at 9:25 o'clock,
it was responded to by Madera fire-
men and the Houtzdale firemen
also were called. It required two
hours to bring the blaze under con-
trol. Firemen were served coffee by
Mrs. Cormnely at the scene of the
fire,
of.
i.
Suffers Bad Burns.
Mrs. Sadie Hopper, aged nearly
80, of Sunbury, suffered burns of
head and body, when her clothing
caught fire while she was working
in her kitchen. S8he was wiping the
stove with a rag, which caught fire
and the flames spread to her dress,
She was half blinded as she drop-
ped to the floor, where the fire burn-
ed the clothing from her body. One
side of the face wes terribly burn-
ed and most of her hair was burn- |
ed from the scalp.
Old Howard Bridge Razed
| The old bridge across Bald Eagle
i Creek east of Howard, rendered use-
{less after the erection of the new
bridge on the relocated state high-|
jway, formerly Route 64, now U 8.
220, is being dismantled by Reed &
{Kuhn who had the sub-contract for
bridges on the new six-mile streich
of highway. The old bridge was of
{if not used for scrap. When erected
| after the '36 flood It was made as a
{ temporary structure.
i
]
:
| Treasury officials regard the pur-
{chase of life insurance as particular.
| steel girders which ean be reclaimed, money for food to
WE KNOCKED OFF
CHOPPING TRAILS NEARBY. | STAR
ALL OF A SUDDEN A GRINNING
WAS FACING ME - | LET HIM HAve
FAGHT JAPS . HID BEHIND A LOG THAT MIGHT. OUR
ARTILLERY SHELLED THE AREA THATMORNING . | COULD HEAR THE JAPS
PACK THROUGH THE TALL GRASS WMENES
AND we
Appointments
To Annapolis
Congressman VanZandt An-
nounces Results of Ex-
aminations
Congressman James E. VanZandt
has announced the results of the
preliminary examinations for ap-
pointments to the United State:
Naval Academy
The examinations were conducted
October 3 in Altoona, State College
and DuBois. The following designa-
tions for the three appointments to
academy have een announced
according to the relative standing of
the participants
Richard
first alternate
Ramey: msecond alternate,
E. Feeny, Wililamsburg:
mate, Warren Levi Ollbert,
the
Principal,
Altoona
Bussier,
Charles
A. Patterson.
John M.
third alte
Hoona
Principal, John H. Pownall, State
College alternate, John M
Gabel, Clearfield alternate,
Robert D. Hetrick, DuBois: third al-
ternate, Paul J. Mikelonis, DuBois
Principal. Wiliam Sykes, Clear-
field: first alternate, Charles T
Luddy, Altoona; second
Robert H. Hoover, Altoona; third al-
ternate, Theodore W. Musser, Snow
first
second
According to the regulations of the
United States naval academy, the
principals and allernates are re-
quired to present themselves at An-
napolis April 21, for the substantiat-
ing examination. To meet the re-
quirements, should the principal fail,
the alternates are considered in the
order of their designation until an
acceptable candidate is found qusli-
fied.
Those candidates who failed
reach the place high enough to mer-
it designation for these appoint-
ments will have an opportunity next
fall to enter a similar examination
for the United Slates naval acadeiny
and military academies
to
If you have one two good
friends you are lucky; if you are
friendly to only one or two persons
you ought to be ashamed of your-
self
or
HOW NEW POINT SYSTEM FOOD
TAND DUCKED (NA HOLLOW TREE ) WAS GETTING PreYTY HUNGRY
fdriving
{of the
alternate, |
ry |
—
‘So
ger
Youth Dies of
Crash Injuries
Robert Strayer, Altoona, Suc-
cumbs Two Weeks After
Accident
Severely January 8
when the produce truck he was driv-
ing figured In a head-on collision
With a street car In Altoona, seven-
teen-year-old Robert Strayer died
in the Altoona Hospital last Wed-
nesday
The
injured op
afternoon
youthful been
a Patl's
when he
when at-
tempting to turn out of the trolley
tracks head-on into the Hollidays-
burg street car which had stopped
when the motorman saw the plight
of the vehicle and its driver
The lad was at once taken to the
hospital from a fracture
severe lacerations
bruises and brush
and fractures of
had
with
truck
ruck
driver
into Altoona
Wholesale Produce
lost control of the
suffering
forehead
above
burns of the
the ribs
An oc the truck at
time, Edward Koshorek, was u
Jured
Robert Btrayer was born in Al-
toons, May 28, 1925, the son of Ed-
mond and Carlotta (Hileman)
the left eye
body
upant in
(Strayer. He 5 survived by his par-
jenis and two sisters
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Equipment Sold.
Machinery, equipment and other
property, excluding real estate, of
the former Danville Btove Com-
pany, was sold at auction sale last
week, for a total of $19.000. There
were no bids for the real estate, 11
hufldines, including the large foun-
dry and an estimated 35000 tons of
moulding sand.
EE ——
Killed by Car.
Miss Anna Hosler, 76, of Berwick,
was instantly killed when she was
struck by a car driven by Frank L.
Tucker, Wilkes-Barre. She had left
her home to visit a friend, and is
said to have stepped from the curb,
about 20 feet above an intersection,
directly in the path of the car.
A salesman is now able
suade you that you can sell
a8 he does
fo per-
as well
RATION BOOK WILL OPERATE
The OPA has issued the following
questions and answers on the forth-
coming Ration Book No. 2, under
which canned, frozen and dried
fruits and vegetables will be ration-
ed on a point system:
Q-—~May War Ration Book Two
be used by any member of the fam-
ily?
A~Yes. Ration Book Two-like
War Ration Book One (now used
for sugar and coffee) may be uscd!
by any member of the household to
{whom the book is issued. Any mem-
ber of the family may use all the
family’s ration books.
Q Will all persons be given the
same number of ration stamps?
books,
ber of the family.
Q Will processed baby foods be
rationed on the same point system)
as foods for grown-ups?
A. ~The processed baby foods that
are made of strained or chopped
| fruits, vegetables, or meats, or com-
| binations of those, put up in sealed
{glass or tin containers are included |
lin the ration order.
icanned milk formulas,
Canned milk,
and canned
{prepared cereals will not be ration- |
iBook Two,
used all my will be used by the dormitory org gs
{family's point stamps and run out sorority house in which she eats to]
Q Suppose 1 have
{of baby food?
period, just as you now budget your
last until next
| payday.
Q.—How will 1 know how to bud-
get my ration stamps?
A~The food value of all rationed
foods will be published and posted
{in each store at the beginning of
A.~-You should learn to make your
points last throughout each ration |
set aside enough stamps
to buy
you must
for this particular purpose
them
Q
dried,
when
me
“Will it be better for me to buy
fresh, frozen, or canned fruit
rationing begins?
That's a question you may
want to answer for yourself. If no
fresh fruit is available, your choice
of a processed fruit will depend on
your family’s likes—on how you
want to use the fruit—on the cash
as well as the point price of each
kind—and probably on the varieties!
available |
Q.~May I use the point stamps in|
Book Two to buy coffee?
A No. Coffee will continue to be
A.—Yes. Exactly the same ration | rationed only with War Ration Book |
with the same number of
stamps, will be issued to every mem- |
‘tion stamps if I eat a meal in a res-
One.
Q~Will 1 have to surrender ra-|
taurant?
A~—No. You may continue to eat
in restaurants just as you do now.
Restaurants will be rationed in the
total amount of processed foods they |
may buy according to the number of
meals they serve.
Q ~My daughter is away at school.
May we use her ration book at home
for food for the family?
A~No. Your daughter's Ration
like Ration Book One,
buy her share of food while she is
living away from home. She will
bring her book home with her when
school is out.
Q My housekeeper lives with her
own family, but eats all her meals
at my house. Should she give me her
Ration Book Two or does she keep
{it for the use of her family?
A~1f she eats all her meals at
your home she should give you her
lly helpful In heading off inflation|each ration period. You will also, ration book so that you can buy her
because money pald for life
{ance premiums {is definitely with-|ily
{drawn from
Imore permanently than through
pd forms of sa ;
insur- know how many “points” your fam- | share of rationed
will have to spend during that
spending channels—and | period. If you know that you must unitary, and you may make any ar-
have a certain number of cans of
baby food during a ration period,
food. However,
such arrangements are entirely vol-
rangements you wish that satisfy
Iyou both,
Crashes Telephone Pole
| Aged Blair County Real Estate Agent Found
Dead in His Automobile After Acci-
dent Near Tyrone Paper Mill
David Blair Mingle, 80, a resident | nie Mingle, of Washington
of Camp Dabby at the Triangle
Blair county, died uddenly of
heart attack last Wednesday
ing while driving hi
which left the road and hit
guard rall at the curve near
paper mill at the entrance to Tyrone
about 11:15
Mingle a
Lhe
o'clock
prominent real esta
dealer and long associated with bus-
iNess and civ
community
interests
was
within
Tyrone found by
paper mill employey attracted to the
scene by the crash
The Tyrone
was called to tl}
James W. Hutchinson and
I Robert Bllger making
vestigation called a 1
Mingle dead and
f ‘
police department
we
Patrol-
the In-
vIOL
who pronounced
attrib
. $73
tack
It |
Ll
when
ited the cause to a heart at-
believed th ad
tele
al Mingle was de
his automobile str
t the
ick
It
Was a very
was evident that
y driving very fast
because of the small amount of dam-
» to the car
as reported th Mingle ap-
peared in {alr health when he left
his home at the Triangle on his wa)
to his office on Eleventh street, Ty-
rone
David Blair Mingle wa
Joseph and Susan (Branstetter)
Mingle and was born near Birming-
wm November 3, 1862. November 5
1891 Tyrone he was united in
marriage with Caroline LaPorte
He is survived ]
brother, Rev. Wi H
Middletown: four sisters, Mrs. John
Lower, Mrs. Mary Galbraith, Tyrone
Mrs. Minnie Galbraith and Miss An.
a
phone pole Wis
ported that
ful
he
a scene re-
M Care-
dr
had
w at
W al
a
son of
at
wld
Wile one
Mingle, of
Milesburg Lists |
Area Honor Roll
Woman's Club Sponsors Dedi- |
catory Exercises For Men
in Service
Names of Milesburg and Boggs |
township service men have been
gathered by members of the Miles
burg Woman's Club, sponsors of a
project to erect an honor roll board
in the town. To date, 114 names of
men and women have been received
by the committee
Persons are fsked to examine the
list for errors and omissic Any-
one having additional names or
changes should phone Mrs, James
Wallace, committee chairman, Belle
fonte 6153
Sponsors of the honor
that corrections be made as
possible so that the names may
properly mounted in time for the
dedication service February 14
The Hst compiled to the present
time follows
David M. Mumper, Jr. Floyd J
Lucas, Enoch W. Smith, Enoch W
Smith, Jr, David N. Wagner, James
E. Peters, Leonard R. Glenn, Jr,
James A. Mumper, Foster B. Baird,
Dallas W. Alexander, William E
McDowell, Charles 1. Sheckler, J
Linn Sheckler, Bruce W. Sheckler,
James C, Sheckler, Robert L. Mc-
Dowell
Kenneth A. Shultz, M. Lewis New-
man, James G. Wallace, Jr., Richard
G. Wallace, Edgar M. Wallace, Rob-
roll ask
SOON A
ert B. Woodring, Alfred H. Shope,
Edwin W. Lambert, Paul P. Wyland,
Harry E. Lambert, James J. Leitzell
Jerome R. lLeitzell, Thomas B.
Quick, William B. Spear, Donald G.|
Newman, James C. Peters, Gerald L
Mann, Woodrow W. Mann.
Russell W. Snyder, Maurice
Seeger, Paul E. Billett,
0 "n
morn-
automohile
the
the
aoclor
be |
B.|
Charles F.|
Fogleman, Mark E. Fisher, Paul H.
A Two sons
| Blair, Jr
grave. The one son
was killed
while
World
Chester Doyn and
preceded the fat
David B
an airplane ar
serving as
War 1
A member
or
iad
A naval
Le
brother, the late Adie
the general merchandise
Tyrone
of the Tyrone Laundry
During !
the
ater being one of
+ past years he
real estate busines
Funeral services were
afternoon at
and Getz |
charge of
pastor of
church
Burket
1
b
Methodist
2 o'clock at U
INCra] Daron
Rey
4
he
a kxist od
“ weg
astor of
Train Kills Man
Near Bellwood
E. C. Beebe, 66, of Altoona
Believed to Have Leaped
to Death
E. C. Beelx
hanger, who occupied
Thirteenth avenue, Altoona
stantly killed Sunday afternoon
o'clock when he appeared to
weap in front of the t
train No. 72, The Juniata
hal! mile east of Beliwood
Beebe, it was reported
walking down the track
back to the oncoming
traln, in charge of Engineer ¥. A
Potleiger and Conductor R. F. Sau-
cerman, both of Altoona
According to the landlady at the
{home in which Beebe resided, the
victim had been very despondent all
{day Baturday.
| Beebe, it was reported, has a wife
iswrviving in Lewistown
66-year-ol
ard
had been
wit} ie
passenger
‘Bad Newy' For the Axis
“Bad news for the Axis”
word description of a new fighting
jalrplane — the Constellation — just
recently turned out by the Lockhee
plant at Burbank, Calif. 1t can carry
a light tank and iis comple t of
troops across ocean. Fivh
full load at 35000 feet, the
plane uses onl;
a mile. If an engine 1:
can fly at 25.000 feet: §
die, the other two will
plane at 16500 feet
is a five-
an
One RAL
Carr
Suffers Leg Fracture
Charles Wagner of Sunbury, suf-
fered a compound fracture
left leg, severe lacerations of the
head and possible internal injuries
when he was struck by a truck. He
{wis taken to the Mary M. Packer
Hospital in an Americus ambulance
{The truck was operated by Crayton
G. Culp, a shopman in the North-
umberland yards of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, and is owned by
Ralph Waldo Culp.
A aims —
of the
r
| —Are
bill for the pound the bank bought
last week was $5--and let's not have
ny jokes about making them stretch
furth or
further
MESSAGE:
We received interests
week
Rochester, N
ol Bellefonte
training with U
Riley, Kansa
message from
an g oom
Jack
Y
munication
Montgomery
f Yur
formerly
last from
of
who nos
in |
Ft
the
We
the h rrr
ie ERED
general interest
rigid
rep
is Hi
SHARERS:
restr
rint his letter
Cold out
MERCHANTS:
To date, this ¢
ing the con
nutter p
always show
roblem and th
the grocer
No how
receives
If he
each cus
matter
butts 4
he
its
tied because
even at tha
0 OF
K
pet
gel
arou
wha
1
Ad
ol - Tx
aon’ an
he makes excej
larger
lieves
the
arent
amounts
have
or YOUus
preciou
the oolle
caught squarely between
and lower mill
Moses cou ¢
ments to please every
solution we see is rationing—an
the sooner the better. Then every
one will know how much he is en-
titled to, and the grocer won't have
to put on boxing gloves every time
a shipment of butter arrives. P. 8
This department is in a better hum-
or this week. Monday we got a
pound of butter—the first in =a
month
PROGRESS:
results. Officials report a sharp de
crease in the number of calls for the
services of the local Red Cross nurse
since home nurs began
DOG HAVEN:
Residents of
Roopsburg are
war-time problem
] 1 i8 increasing
it is reported
roam over the region i
and at night the howling
ing is fit to make your nd
on end, residents say. Perhaps you
don't see the connection
war? Well, its this way
ing classes
by leaps
The anims
supply of gasoline and tires, t
on the main highway through the
area is heavy, and the dog popula-
tion is kept in bounds because
enough of them get killed by cars to
keep pace with production. Now
that cars are a rarity, dog fatalities
| have dropped to practically nothing
Continued on pope Siz
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[FARM QUESTION BOX
by
ED W. MITCHELL
} Form Advisor
Fisher, Malcolm A. Swartz, Robert|
P. 8hay, Frank T. Dyke, Clarence A.
Kellerman, Leonard J. Tyson, Rus- |
isell 8. Yorks, William J. Edmiston,
Harold L. Price, H. Sheldon Ross-
man, Donald OG. Letterman, Elmer E.
Bryan, Robert B. Miller, Charles F.
Sherry.
Lyle R. Hastings, James P. Holt,
(Continued on Pape Five)
Get Legislative Jobs.
John L. Bruch, of Muncy, last
week started work in a legislative
job, after being approved and sworn
by officials of the House of Repre-
| sentatives at Harrisburg. As a ser-
| geant-at-arms his salary is $7 per
day. William Moore Fredericks, of
| Lock Haven, received a similar ap-
| pointment. Sara Jane Jones, Clear-
(field, is a clerk to a committee, at
{the same salary, and Grace Gill of
| Philipsburg, a house stenographer,
Bomb Planting Charged
Charged with having made a bomb
©eneral Electric Station WGY
| Q Can an old vinegar barrel be
cleaned and sweetened for sauer-
| kraut?
A~A thorough scrubbing and
{sealing and sunning would fit an old
vinegar barrel so it would be all
{right for kraut. To make sauerkraut.
{take solid heads of late cabbage and
{discard outer leaves, and then core
land shred the better parts on a
{ kraut cutter or with a butcher knife
| Mix thoroughly one pound of salt to
{40 pounds of cabbage, pack firmly in
| a barre] and cover with a clean cloth
{and a plate or board weighted with
a brick. Store at around 65 degrees
F. for 10 to 12 days till fermentation
{and bubbling cease, and skim off
scum daily: then seal with paraffin
and store in a cool place.
Q-~-How can I prevent tools from
rusting?
A ~The most convenient and eco-
nomical way to keep all tools bright
and free from rust is to save some
old engine crankcase drainings and
an old paint brush in a can in a
convenient place, and daub them
with oll when they are put away.
Q How are Evergreens reseeded?
A. ~The seeds are in little capsules
that make up the cone. Gather the
cones; crack out the seed; store in a
cool, dry place from rats and mice
and red squirrels, and plant one-
hall inch deep in late fall or-early
spring.
Q~Can you send me a bulletin on
the care of tree roots?
A~For most trees and shrubs no
| special treatment is needed, al-
{though mounding with earth and
{spreading mulch does protect from
!mice and winter injury and heaving
of roots. Roots used for root graft
ing and other special purposes and
specimens recently transplanted of
i trenched for future
{need heavy mulch over
area. I know of no bulletin
{covers this subject
transplanting
the root
that
Q What will kill lice on primrose
plants?
| A~~Try Black Leaf 40, one table-
{spoonful to one quart of soapy wat.
ler. Dip the plants or spray very
{ thoroughly.
Q@ What type of cross-cut saw
i best to purchase?
| A~That depends a little on the
type of sawing to be done. We have
{two types of saw, narrow pattern 2
{to 1 and wide pattern 4 to 1, and 1
{notice we use the narrow 2 to 1 a lot
{more than the other one. For gen-
jeral use, a five-foot narrow pattern
‘2 to 1. flat-ground 14 gauge steel
would be about right; or perhaps a
3% or four-foot one-man saw with
extra handle for two men would be
good,
Q Are coal ashes good for all
vegetables and flowers as fertilizer?
A By analysis, coal ashes contain
no plant food. About the only way
they can benefit plants or improve
soll is by aerating heavy soll and
making it more open and porous. 1
would not yse ashes on light sof)