Odd and CURIOUS in the = NEWS | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County —_——s | SECOND SECTION a — — ———— o— ———————— Bh ———————— A Visitor In Seven Thousan ws—— dhe Centre Democrat d Homes Each Week | Random NEWS, FEATURES [tems 'VOLYME 62. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1943. NUMBER &, GOOD TRICK For $25,000, a Philadelphia man offered to tell the Senate | Finance committee how to pay | the war bills. “My plan is better thah the Rumi! plan, will reduce corporation and individual in- dividual taxes by one-half, and will meet the approval of the people,” he wrote. Chairman Geo (D.-Ga.) said it sure would be worth S$25000 if it worked. The man's name was not made public. ATTENDED FUNERAL Five years ago, Felix (Uncle Bush) Breazeale, then 71-year old Negro farmer, of Kingston, Tenn., sat before his homemade walnut casket and heard his funeral preached while several thousand invited persons looked on. Breazeale died on February 9th this year. There was no funeral service at his burial. CAT'S MEOW Worried about his cat's dinner when meat rationing comes in, Wallace H. Hannah, superinten- dent of music for Vancouver, Wash., public schools, ran this classifted ad in the newspaper: “Wanted—on account of the pending meat rationing, will pay good price for pair of mice. Good home in basement.” ENCORE Sliced bread reappeared but briefly, in Houston, Texas, and housewives almost trampled each other in the rush. The shices—just two in a packet— were distributed as free samples by a baker. Customers tried vainly to buy them by the doz- en. NO PIANO? Mrs. Gesina Holmes will— and two sewing machine draw- ers—were filed for probate at Freshno, Cailf. The will was pencilled neatly on the bottoms of the drawers. COLLEGE VACCINATES OVER 2000 STUDENTS More than 2000 students and fac- ulty members were \.iccinated last month in the Health Service at the Pennsylvania State College, accord- ing to Dr. J. P. Ritenour, director The smallpox epidemic in and eastern Pennsylvania was sponsible for the large number o vaccinations. In all, the College Dis- | pensary handled 9.391 calls during, the month of January. Infirmary calls also showed an increase above normal Students Spent 257 hours on the sick list as compared to 174 In January, 1042 Typhoid inoculations numbered 34, while 74 X-ray pictures were taken PENN STATE TO GIVE COURSE FOR HERDSMEN A course for dairy herdsmen will be offered by the Pennsylvania State College from March 8 to 13 inclus- ive, announces A. 1. Beam. direc- tor of agricultural short courses Many practical problems facing dairvmen in this wartime year will be discussed in the course. Among the chief topics will be feeding home grown grain antl roughage, pasture management, growing legumes, se- lection of the herd sire, and disease prevention and control Re Missing in Action. Among Pennsylvanians announced by the Navy Department as miss- ing in action with the U. 8S. Mer- chant Marine between Dec. 22, 1942, and Jan. 31, 1943 is Henry Edward Harris, Jr, of Shamokin, who is a junior third assistant engineer. His father has been notified, Suffer Frozen Ears An epidemic of frozen, ears been experienced in Berwick lately. The physicians and staf of the ACF plant, were called upon to treat a 1 central R I 1 has large number of cases among em-i® ployes, and many town residents | were also sufferers, caught by the 10 to 15 degrees below zero weather Stove Explodes. Frozen pipes caused an explosion | in the water front of the kitchen stove in the F. J. Hanrahan home at Rupert, near Bloomsburg. The ex- plosion, which blew out the front of the stove, smashed the windows! in the kitchen of the home. No one was injured. K. of C. Chaplain Dies. Rev. Dr. John E. O'Connor, 57, pastor of St. Leo's Catholic Church, Altoona, since 1932, died last Thurs- day night in the rectory after a brief iliness, He was state chaplain of the Knights of Columbus in 1938 and 1030. | | | | | | | | | i forced to go in i determining surface Family Loses Third Child In Burning Accident When | Drip, Drip, Drip, Drip! Little Daughter Succumbs |Grim Hand of Tragedy Again Reaches Into Home of Poor Family Near Tyrone; Two Children Burned 4 Years Ago Mary Elizabeth Zindel, aged 17 months, daughter of Wayne H. and Cathetrine (Fisher) Zindel, died last Thursday morning in the Altoona Hospital where she was admitted on January 22, suffering from burn received in the home along Janes- ville pike, northwest of Tyrone This is the third child in the Zin- family to meet a similar fate suffered severe burns of the body when her romper suit caught afire from a stove in the home Surviving are the parents and one brother, John and ister Constance Louise, Margaret Cath erine and Lorena Theresa The family resides in a small house in what was formerly known as the German tlement which replaced a log house destroy- ed by fire about Feb. 24 1038, when two small children were burned to death, Patricia Ann, aged and Wayne Howard, aged 1 At that time the mother del 0 She She three ’ aysed Sel and by noon on “ with Child Falls Into Well and Drowns For 20 Minutes Be- Absence Was Discovered Missing fore 141) ob ’ While well at Blue Kn o'clock Ia Robert, the five- on of Louther Houck, was the y of playing about a randparents’ home at t about 5 Jair cou covers » Was the gave wal the icv 3 r about 20 min- absence was discov- ¢ had been outdoors play- | i when hi bark what he boy had | grand- * GOR re Mrs. Houck 1 a ladder down the well and climbed down but was only able to recover his cap. Fin tally, Samuel Berger. Luther Berger {and Al Ritchey were able to get him | ‘out father and one Jean Houck. His moth- 1941 hildren made their home with their grandparents. Mr Mrs. Wiliam Houck of Blue The father is employed in oF a bo Surviving are his sister, Patty er died September 186, The two ¢ and Knob Tennes- - Arrest Soldier On Charge of Desertion deserter i living » two officer: the army, was a hunting camp by who early Wednes- day morning received a tip as to his whereabouts Page barricaded himself building and the two troopers were him, He was taken to Carlisle where he was tiurn- ed over to military authorities Page is reported to have been in- Cucted into the army last July and is said have deserted last Oc¢- tober from Camp Shelby, Miss. Since then he had spent the time wander- ing through the central part of the state. officers said in in the afin aller to STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPS FLOOD PREDICTER DEVICE A new type of stream control which will aid in predicting floods on ismall and large drainage basins has! been developed at the Pennsylvania | State College. The new device, hydraulics laboratory, also for both power and human use, and gives measurements from which the size and type of highway and rail- iway drainage structures can be de- termined ns anti inrnsa MP So —— lt ——— Newspaper writers, who are intel- lectually honest, are careful about the adjectives they use a — Ra The experimental rats in labora- tories at the Pennsylvania State Col- ts Qualify As Weather Prophets {air-conditioned surroundings, ino view of the outdoors, thrown sch | week an invention of | James R. Villemonte, director of the | aids in| water supplies | ' week that they must register for with | this although | American Weekly, the Big Magazine lege are not bothered by lack of gov- | the laboratory is brightly lighted in distributed with the Baltimore Sun- | her daughter, Constance, had gone to the home of a neighbor, leaving the children in the home, which be- came ignited. The fire had gained such headway when seen by neigh- bors that the children could not be rescued. The bodies were recovered by Tyrone firemen after the fire had been extinguished Following that fire a small dwell- was erected and the family mained at the The home latest chapter later ing re- settlement was destroved in this the tragedy Funeral services held urday morning at in Matthew's Catholic church, Ty with Father James A. Tolan in to were 8 o'clock Lb 39 Injured As Beech Creek Boys Bus Is Wrecked Make High Scores Serves L Injured Son to Return m ali Bowe ceived reo y ’ 4 g that } at Military Camps Embankment And Catches Afire 3 : ne Persons were in RE and other f . 1 accident ——— School Fire #t Emporium panel OH get out After Kidded ! k CK All auld and then embankment and burst | I Accidents Occur On Icy Highways Two Crashes West of Mill Hall Saturday pas ! a tru and s " : F BWANded a 8 reported toppled . ‘ : iready MARTIN SIGNS BILLS SETTING LICENSE FEES 1 Involved Four Cars - » AN . A patch of icy pavement on Route | companion bills 0 220. the former Route #4. af the istration fee for Spotts-Hanna farm two mile d of Mill Hall was responsible for two crashes earlier Saturday morning investigated by the motor police. No one was injured, but damages to the four cars totalled'®lmost $300 LeRoy T. Dunlap, of Beech Creek R. D., was driving a truck east and lowed down preparatory to entering 2 private drive to his right when a sedan in the rear, operated by How- | cation ard L. Johnson, of Mill Hall, skidded | bile on the slippery road and crashed of li into the truck. Mr. Johnson applied | his brakes when he noticed the truck lowing down, but his car went into a skid A minutes later, while police officer was still on the scene two more automobiles figured in an accident there. E. H. Miller, Beech Creek. while driving a8 coach, was proceeding east. When he noticed the two cars involved in the other crash. he applied his brakes at the same spot and skidded to the left of the highway into a sedan being driven west by Ployd Gray, also of Beech Creek. Damages were $150 to the latter vehicle and $30 to the Miller machine racunats wk H 1008. ANG An CINieoNe ’ aver Lr - $ . MARTA f 1) " $f Eig § passenger asiomeo. reducing from $26 to $16 5( irerait Corporation belore the arms Biles ' went 1} licen Killed in Auto Crash few the car pole near S was traveling struck an icy ws 2315 § pet mounted Danville his car { highway 1 a pole eckage “being Wn over jx a member of Company 305K an area of 75 feet. Removed from Infantry, 77th Division, which was the wreckage, Nichols was taken recently moved to Shreveport, La the Shamokin hospital, | dead on arrival wT $4 Oo Deer Killed by Car; Venison Goes to Jail “Smoke and Joke” Time A smoke and joke” feature helpmg the Piper Aircraft plan It's county | 10ock Haven off to a good start on | of a 48-hour week. Twice during each i eight-hour shift the workers take a 10-minute rest period to smoke and engage in a “bull session.” Com. pany officials say the idea is work ing out fine Defense Plant Hampered Emporium borough and buildings shut off all gas jets and business establishments maintained a temperature of only 50 degrees on Wednesday of last week to help re- lieve a critical gas shortage which officials of the Sylvania plant de- clared was a threat to the operation of essential war industries. During nn 48-hour cold wave early in the production at the Sylvania plant was curtailed as much as fifty per cent by the gas shortage, it was! reported y oat meat Game Protec. Reeder, “providing the been legally ok'd for for several days inmates the Clinton county jail feasted on venison illegally. legally It all came about when Pauline Fleisher, of Lamar, struck a large spike buck with her car on her way home from work early last week The accident was reported to the proper authorities and through the co-operation of “Spider” Showers at Lamar the animal was prepared for consumption dents. deer SEASON | # has So, SAYS to Miles meat use.” of Stocked With Rabbits. Ten crates of Missouri rabbits were stocked in eastern Clinton county last week by members of the Clinton County Fish and Game Association. Sixty, half of the rab- bits, were placed in the Mackey- ville-Rote area and the other half were liberated in the Rauchtown vicinity, —— A — - BOYS MUST REGISTER ON 18TH BIRTRHDAYS TRUCKING CONCERNS SEEK RATES FOR DISTANT POINTS Two Centre County trucking con- cerns, Shoemaker Brothers of State College and Kofman's of Bellefonte, who send their trucks to distant points loaded with war products of the Titan Metal Company, Beile- fonte, will present their new rate schedules covering these points at hearings of the pennsylvania Public Utility Commission sometime in the near future. The two cogoeerns, under legal pro- cedure, must get the approval of their rates by the two commissions {before they may be fixed on a per Pennsylvania youths under eight. | een years of age were warned this, Judging from our past experience, the United States will econcmize, possible military service on their | after the war, by withholding funds {eighteenth birthday—not a day or from ‘the Army, Navy and Air two after the birthday. Only ex- | Corps ception to this is when the birthday falls on a Bunday or legal holiday. Failed to Contact Her Dead Hus- band’s Ghost | An unusual article revealing how a i prominent woman tried for sixteen | years to contact her dead husband's i spirit, but was finally convinced that | ithe feat was impossible. Don’t miss illustrated feature in The ————_—————— — | Easter This Year Occurs on Latest Date Possible wmisssggio I ¥ { If the old saying “a late Easter makes a late Spring” is true, people jare in for the longest Winter they | have had in a half century. manent basis. Easter falls this year on April 25. liminary steps, the PUC conducts an by the jail resi-| As one of the pre-| Distinguished - Service si Cross Awarded Former State College Soldier EAE ‘ Second Highest Military Decoration Confer- ” erd Upon Lieut. Robert Emery, Killed In Action on Algerian Front Greyhound Bus Plunges Over Make ‘Mark’ in Rifle Shooting rin. | 4-H Club Members Mobilize For Work An Increase enlarged indicated membersiip anda program as reseults an of Aare cent 4-H Mobilization cording 0 reports 4-H Club office at t} Stats Coll ounty all the 4-H Clube ring mobilization 143 program club which i Cannery had meetings aur week to A grew pian Lhe Somersel county weet oor . « 1g wi wha IMLAY The recognized need for mot and a patriot country clion iC C animating girls wip thelr are the 4-H Club boys club leaders have found Schools Aid Junior Red Cross Fund The Bellefonte elementary grades and Parochial schools as well as rooms of the High School have con- tributed 100 per cent to the Junior Red Cross War Pund, according to Mrs. James B. Craig, Sr. Junior Red Cross chairman of the Belle | fonte chapter In several instances the student groups dispensed with the usual Christmas activities, such as the {exchange of gifts in the class room. jand this fund given to the Red | Cross War Fund. Following is a list {of the rooms and the teachers mak- {ing the 100 per cent contribution | Mrs. Daisy Henderson, Mrs. Betz, i Mr. Philip Wion, Mr. Pierce, Ralph i Dale, Mrs. Martin, Mrs, Coll, Mr THingworth, Miss Nuss and Paul | Beaver. Surely if the children can {make such sacrifices the older group can do even better, and not only give {the usual $1.00 membership fee, but {at the very least double the amount this year | Remember when you give to the Red Cross you are helping our boys Hin the armed forces, az 65 cents of ievery dollar goes to aid the boys, {while the remaining 35 cents is re- | tained by the local chapter to main- (tain such worthy projects as the | Red Cross nurse, whose services are | available at all times: the Home | Service committee, which contacts and 10 { the boys through the Red Cross field | | director, wherever they are, and aids the sewing, i {in many other ways: f « Tylersville Men Struck by Train Car Wrecked in Accident Lock Haven Railroad Crossing at « (3 NO BANQUET TUNISIA kt “es had entered Lock Bellefonte Ave Miller Haven way of } ue, turned James Nicholas were - FATHER-SON BANQUE Books ; si : Give Many COLICRY . S.a84pa Ay rea Mosh in y but t experience-——ihe boys who Wink thelr and dads who look Blowtorch Starts Fire al? hatire 3f AB Holt i hours Gi re GEN Five ar ing in sub ) weat perienced by Kane firemen after the dwelling of Dr. E. H. McCleery was ignited by a blowtorch. used thaw frozen water pipes. The stone dwelling was badly damaged Her. were ex- £4) FARM QUESTION B ED W. MITCHELL ; Form Advisor Ceneral Electric Station WGY 0X Q Have you information on the one can do; the only thit® to do growing of flax and cotton? ‘to harvest and sell the crop when it A —There is not much in the form [1% ripe and ready Thee ane com;i- of free bulletins that will give you a Caled factors affecting the ear general idea on these subjects be. Seeding, but mot of them are lem- cause most of them deal with spec- perature gnd weather which are be- jal phases or problems For geucral Yond ous control. Select varieties informations jet me refer you to the #nd strains that form a good, solid encyclopedia ip the public library, Dead. Walch the culture to get a Y . t Hi abaly fast growth at the start, and check Q Where may I get a 50il analy- iy when the head is well formed sis maaqe . Ch. Od] §14 1 WR A Take a two-pound sample to Q My sol} has quite 3 joit of no unty form orm office and is on top of a sunny hill. What your county Au OF kind of vegetables would you advice testing. It will disclose whether growing? ig [the soll is acid or alkaline, rich in| lorganic matter or not; but that is] A~—TI¥ to work a lot of humus into that =0il to lighten it up a lit- ernment weather forecasts during! the daytime. Most of them have nev. dey American, Reserve your copy | the war. |er experienced any other environ- at your favorite newsstand. a It has not been so late in the wear investigation to see if the rates ace| King and sunyical drauing pro- iabout all. Add lime and complete {since 1886, and will not again occur fair to all parties concerned. It was | Jects. dist.let will ied solistion am {fertilizer to your soll and then plant ity, Start wi In fact, these rodents have never | ¥ENL ; {#0 late during the twentieth century. pointed out that such an investiga- | 10 month of March and AY oe whatever you want to grow. ing capacity bry oii the more had much use for advanced weather| ID the new labs” Dr. Guerrant| Another Great True Detective Story | April 25 is the latest date possible | tion is a routine affair and is no re-| C30 FLO (ERIC BIC SAY FOUR po Fol oie me a Spray for | ee ee torino. cats reports, according to Dr. NB. Guer- said, g. is hot ecessury to watch | “The Case of Madam Ladyfinger” [for Easter, The time is determined flection on de conduct of the con- . 4 : a for eventing Die Andon 5. onan, spinach, Suruips, eatidts, ar. | them clotely, but in their old non- fifth in a series of thrilling articles [by reckoning from the first full! cerns involy , : ; | LE va pant, Jrofestor oy Ce. barn | air-conditioned quarters, we always| relating adventures of the world's moon after the vernal equinox. It! The rates to be set have no bear- | Direct Relief Report | from setting Pre! vk wt when you get around to it pered strains kept in luxury for ex- | Knew it was time to close the win- most brillant detectives. Don't|could fall as early as March 22, hut ing on rates charged to other points! State Treasurer, G. Harold Wag- | Aeagd gle SHOES ™ ge ui Q~1If 1 paint my small apple and perimental purposes are quickly | GO%S in winter when Mrs. Rat start-| miss this feature in the March 7th not later than April 25. This year, and do hot concern rates charged ner, reported that direct relief pay- | 10 the pin) a SAYS Spias. a i peach trees after rabbits have chew - aware of the approach of storms and | ®d_to make her bed.” |issue of The American Weekly, the March 21, is marked by a full moon for other types of business such as/ ments made to needy residents of burh the foliage 840. Bt It WE Te led at the bark, will that save them? ad Wolter This solves a problem which has| Big Magazine distributed with the/so reckoning for Easter takes the family movings. | Centre county during last week to- COVer. Any seed and fertiliser dealer | , _ put pelps repel mice and ; long puzzied farmers and warehouse-| Baltimore Sunday American, Re- entire moon cycle, bringing the next masa esas |taled $552. Previous week payments CAD supply Jt. rabbits, but half-inch mesh wire “Here in our cages,” Dr. Guerrant men. They havg always wondered | serve your copy at your favorite full moon on April 20. Bids on Muncy Job | totaled $537.60. Q~last year my head Jeftuce guards are better. After the damage sald, “Mrs. Rag—with 60 generations | what becomes of these animals dur- | newsstand. Up until the year 2000, other late. The $3890 bid of Albert Boyer, | (grew fast and was tender but Noli done, the only remedy is to bridge of ancestors who have lived thelr ing periods of sub-zero weather, No | Easters have been figured as follows: | Northumberland, was the lowest of] When the bombs begin to drop Very firm The stalk grew through {graft from root to the trunk above entire lives in confinement—still doubt. Dr. Guerrant reports, ratsi, The only reason the “big naval 1946, April 21; 1062, April 22; 1073, five received by the property and| regularly upon Tokyo, and other {the head and soon went to seed the girdled ares, or start a new scratches a of litter around her seek warm, dry quarters a day or| battle” did not ocour in the Pacific! April 22, 1981, April 19; 1984, April supplies department for a contract!Japanese industrial centers, you What can I do about this? {trahk fropt a sprout coming out be. family when weather threatens.” | two before human beings begin to early in Pebruary, was that the 22. 1087, April 10; 1992, April 19; to alter barns at the State Industrial | will hear less about this fight-to- A-—When lettuce is mature it will low the girdle but abové the original The rats are kept in completely look for galoshes and gloves. | Japanese were unwilling to fight. |2000, April 23. |Home for Women, Muncy. | the-last-man idea. |somnd up a seed stalk in spite of all ibud or graft. | i tic and thus incréfase its water hold- * -. A J— ’
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