Odd and CURIOUS in the A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week | | ———— — |__The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County dhe Cenfre Democraf | SECOND SECTION NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 62. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943, NUMBER 10. — — —————— = Random [tems =~ NEWS POWER OF PRAYER “God bless the crew of this plane, 1 will say a prayer for your safe return” An army private seribbled that message on a bomber before it left the United States months ago. Since then it has flown on 15 perilous missions in North Africa, and though hit many times, none of its crewmen have been wounded, On a recent flight an antiair- craft shell hit the engine; shrap- nel hit the drift meter; two more pleces pierced the rear perch a foot apart, in front and back of Tall Guaner Staff Sergt. Emlyn H. Mitchell of Ohiopyle, Pa., and another barely missed the tur- ret gunner and grazed the con- trol cables. A sixth piece struck an inch below the spot where the message was scribbled, but left only a serateh, Reports made by police that a suspicious car was seen around Wildwood Cemetery, Williams- port, during Thursday night's Ibackout created considerable excitement. A guard unit was quickly mebilized and equipped with powerful searchlights and 2 machine gun. The posse took off ready to cope with anything. They got their man but the sus- pected person turned out to be Chief of Police John G. Good. Chief Good had gone to this lo- cation to check and determine if the air raid siren whistles could be heard and distinguished be- tween blue and red signals. Other defense officials were sta- tioned In other sections of the elty. LIGHTS STAY ON Lights gleamed with impunity from the home of Mrs. Elvira Kenneweg, Pittsburgh, during the practice blackout last Thurs- day night. The reason: An eight-pound daughter was born to Mrs. Kenneweg's daughter, Mrs. Bernice Abbott, 10 minutes before the blackout started. As no physician was present, Mrs Kenneweg told an air raid war- she was “plenty busy” and needed all the light she could “Keep ‘em on—and let us " de- SHOE EXCHANGE A shoe exchange, its objective the the three pairs a year which may be purchased will not supply needed footwear. HUNTER'S PARADISE The Cameron Rod and Gun Club, of Emporium, declaring wild turkeys are now a nui sance to farmers in some sec- tions of the district, wants the stale game commission to de- clare an open season on the birds next Fall. Roy Green, presi. dent of the club, said the turkeys have multiplied so fast during years of closed seasons they now are being killed by trains and automobiles, A ams —— Beech Creek Is Honored on Radio A “Salute to Beech Creek” was given in an hour's program at 11 o'clock Thursday night on the Val- ley Forge Caravan program. The announcer gave a very complete his. tory of the town, from Michael Quigley, the first settler, and the land-grants awarded officers of the Colonial Wars, to the present time, having a surprisingly large, accurate fund of Information, Interestingly presented. After describing the old grist mill a chorus sang “The Old Mill Stream.” Personalities were mentioned, in- cluding Mrs. Richard McNerney, re. siding now near Valley Porge, whom the announcer called Elizabeth Mil- ler, her maiden name, and “Betty.” Unfortunately, although a telegram was sent to the chief burgess in the morning, people generally did not know about the program and as a result few had their radios tuned to KYW at the time. Hence many missed the chance of a lifetime to hear Beech Creek described on the air, Lambs Shiver, But F reight Train Crew Escapes Injury As Seven Gondola Cars Wreck at Lock Haven Defective Journal Box Believed to Have Caus- ed Terriffic Smashup at Bellefonte Avenue P. R . R. Crossing Seven cars of a 95-car freight train | the Philadel | enroute from Buffalo to phia were battered and broken and terrific crush of the cars, one crushing into another It is be. lieved that a burned journal box on their loads of iron ore scattered 200 one of the cars caused the mishap yards along the rail line about 7 o'clock last Thursday morning when a gondola car truck gave way and caused a smashup at the Bellefonte Avenue crossing in Lock Haven. Although the lives of at least | persons, in addition to the crew, were endangered, not son was hurt Three crossings were ripped by the rear end of the car which lost two wheels just east of Bellefonte Aven- ue, The wheels and axel bumped and jumped across the neighboring track and stopped some distance AWAY. A telephone pole was hit by ano- ther car and leaned over the Frank Ambrose flatiron” building along the west side of the track. Big steel rails were sheared into pleces under 18 a per Fire at Mill Hall Destroys Dwelling Daniel Kindley Family Lose Most of Furniture and Clothing A fire of unknown origin complete- ly destroyed a large seven-room house in Mill Hall, owned by Samuel Tressler of Beech Creek, last Wed- nesday, March 3rd. When discovered, the second floor was ablaze, and all that could be done was to prevent the spread of fire to nearby bulldings. The house was occupied by Mr and Mrs. Daniel Kindley and family The loss included all of the Kindley's furniture and clothing, except what little was saved on the first floor i > FIFTEEN STUDENTS IN PENN STATE COURSE Fifteen students, all but two from | Pennsylvania, recently completed a (dairy farming short course at Pennsylvania State College, | The Pennsylvania students Ernest Bittenbender, Evans were: Clty: Filmore M, Bream, Biglerville: Lin- | ut T. Bushko, Dalton; Robert Per. guson, Allentown: Joseph G romo, Jr., Coatesville: Conrad Hoo- Wellsville: Ray Kling, Landis- burg; Mrs. Dora Kratzer, Pitt burgh; Donald Lauffler, Herminie; Wwhert Moose, Mercer; Mary C. Rea, Rector; Arnold I. Reed. Genesee and Bruce Sutton, Evang City Out-of-state students were Thom- as Lippincott, Colora, Md. and Jay Taylor, Hurricane, W. Va I'he Pennsyvivania State College cflers 47 correspondence courses agricultural and home ubjects. Such courses were first o fered in 1889 and since then 68.000 tudents have been enrolled -” TS od 4 48 - in economics f Brothers Hurt as Truck Wrecks | Brakes Fail to Hold Vehicle! in Wild Ride Down Mountain Two brothers. Harry Speer, 80, and James Speer, 85. of Altoona, were (admitted to the Altoona Hospital shortly before noon last Thursday, suffering painful injuries after their {four-ton coal truck got out of con- trol, due to the brakes failing, and | cra hed through the guard rall of "the bridge in front of the Mardorf ‘Methodist church, and into the creek. They told eyewitnesses the brakes | failed on the Wopsonock mountain, | truck swayed back and forth! The ml train | | Joseph were the | Pilo- | of | Fleck, A vivid description was given by eve-witnesses, Albert Alkey, a Lock Haven silk mill employe, enroute home after completing his work at 7 a.m. said: “I was never cared in my life Alkey and two Morasco and walking on which the fence, parallel escape i from ushed and running n 80 fellow workmen Russell King along side the track train was moving A the track off to the their headl afety they to cut route ol turn and a right and the walk the avenue While womes M1 § eastward “ I mg toward warmed two short Page di behind Mariori tance Irene Mi and $ completely t East Nireet were le SETIOUSIY men had arimaged and section work Lem 1 ' BOG} : i SMMPOTarily patohe the wreckage More than a of and McElhattan were work ficial + wreckag at arly divisolr to clear the line It was impossible to mediate the amount age which will run into hund dollars One of little wooden people the cars a are than a yard from ling housing a dozer came {0 bulic Tyrone School Fire-Damaged Blaze, Which Started in Fur- nace Room, Quickly Put Ot which started In one of furnace rooms of Tyrone Logan school Monday morning at about 11 o'clock caused slight damage to a partition before it was extinguish- ed by members of the Tyrone Pire Department The blaze is believed to have in a ceiling partition adjacent hot alr furnace, an scoumila- tion of soot becoming ignited by overheated pipe As smoke the Fire Lhe start. ed fo a (1 began (oo pour ir rooms the principal. Harold teachers, immediately evacuated all the children with the sounding of the fire alarm All children were out of the building in 62 seconds. No excitement prevailed and the children left the building in a orderly manner and in complete control of the teachers A general alarm brought out the jentire Tyrone fire department. Sev. eral lines of hose were laid az a i precaution while the blaze was con [fined to a small area above the furnace room Repairs to the building were made about a vear ago under a govern- ment project and some new ceiling partitions installed The school authorities, following the fire. made immediate arrangements to replace the wooden partitions with mental and thus eliminating any danger of fire in the future Ho one and very orem ———— Guest Preacher on its mad dash for more than al mile before crashing into the creek. | James Speer, according to hospital authorities, suffered a back injury, abrasions of the head, a laceration | of the left leg and brush burns, Harry Bpeer suffered a laceration of the scalp War Production { here. Oliver 8 Day of Recko \ Woman Takes Life by Hanging Lock Haven Woman Resorts to Suicide Depressed by Iliness, Titus, 67, widow of took her own Life bn evening in her Bellefon Avenue 1 reported na M ct DD. Titu Banging early Sunday rumen ia ie Haven Sl despondent to a long time and the con- health of herself and her Margaret M. Titus, y lived v y her Titus and Margaret had been Sling together in the bedroom Sun day afternoon. After Margaret went rite living room Mrs, Titus herself, using a bathrobs When daughter went been nan problem ial it f {1 LE 4 y the hanged cord the w reent she Friend: Dr the a7 coud not and Edward SCP openn the door physician, arrived on Hoberman room, the Woman fell to the floor where it was suspended over the door Mrs. Titus was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church, the Mary Armstrong Bible Class of the Trinity Church School Circie of the church, and was faith. family Hoberman, when Dr the the and his w DOCS ¢ . . forced ay into ful in her attendance nt thelr gesiv.- | ities Mr. Tiius tore on W conducted a Main St for many grocery at the railroad rossing, years until his death Mrs. Titus is survived by mn, Gordon Titus of Washington, D three grandchildren and a sister W. E. Marley of Presno, Calif also L] Robert Arney Now At Camp Pickett Robert B. Amey. of Centre Hall, § at the U. 8 Army's | Replacement Training Cen. at Camp Pickett, Va, vhere intensive physical specialized medical th of Flationed fey he undergoing military and training. Upon ¢ completion training, medical soldiers are assign. d to hospitals to tactical units of the Army to serve on the world's fighting fronts along with infantry. men, cavalrymen, artillerymen The only unarmed batiiefield soldier of the Arms the medical soldier's misison is “to conserve the fighting trength”-.a mission vital to vie ter e or fle —————————— Blaze Destroys Garage Fire that spread rapidly, destroved the large garage and service station of John Kline, at Stillwater. near Berwick, with loss estimated at more than $8,000. Drums of 8! were saved being rolled to the street, and safety features of the gas pumps withstood the flames, and the big, buried tanks of gasoline, are safe Benton and Orangeville firemen stcoeeded in saving the Kline resi. hy | tence A si a— Killed by Train Charles J. Prenetta, of Catawissa, R. D. 2, was killed when his truck was struck by a train on a crossing Ozelek, 18, of Cata- {Wissa, R. D. 1, who had been a pas- isenger on the truck, had gotten out of the cab and was cranking the truck which stalled on the crossing He was able to leap to safety Board Doesn't Seem to Understand Representative Flannagan (D- Va.) a Virginia farmer, told this to his colleagues in the house on Pri- day: An Idaho sheep rancher, he said, applied for permission to buy can- vas to build lambing pens, and the WPB gave him this answer: “It is imossible to allow you such a large amount of canvas for the purpose of making lambing sheds, As an alternative, we suggest that you postpone your lambing season until more favorable weather.” Completely dumbfounded by this | wise and “scintillating decision,” Flannagan said, he translated it into verse. “To find out if you can get any sense out of the decision in that orm.” Mary's little lamb at last grew up into an ewe, “And gave birth to a little lamb, the natural thing to deo. | “But the little fellows fleece, while | | snow white, was mighty thin, | “And needed more protection from | | the bitter cold and wind. be fled lamb a shed. “Being short of canvas caused the wonder boys no alarm; “They knew all the answers: solve all problems without harm. {“ ‘Why, Mary, they replied, your claim is entirely without reason, “Go tell the foolish little ewe to change her lambing season.” i «+ Even then, Flannagan remarked, (it didn’t make sense, ! “If you change the lambing sea- ison,” he said, “necessarily you will {have to change the mating season. {Is there anything wrong with my reasoning? If there is, let me know, because 1 need guidance” | “80 to the WPB little Mary quickly | “With a plea for canvass to make the | i |? a | Dr. Charles T. Leber, executive i secretary of the Presbyterian Board | of Foreign Missions, of New York! | City, will be the guest preacher at! [the State College Presbyterian | church next Sunfiay evening, March | 14, at 7:30 oc cific, as a member of the "spiritual | emphasis deputation” sent out by the Presbyterian Poreign Board to! visit missions and national church | leaders in the Philippines, Thailand, | India and Africa. He will have an’ interesting message to deliver hig round-the-world trip. ——————— To End Bus Service The Edwards Motor Transit Com- pany was given permission by the public utility commission to discon. tinue bus service between Sunbury and Mt Carmel. been maintained as a substitution for train service of the Pennsylvania Railroad, discontinued in Pebruary | of 1938. a Centre County Many farmers in Pennsylvania will have less trouble this year in making out their 1042 income tax returns because their children took Pennsylvania and ¢ bedroom some time later, | and the Epworth | The service has SR Boy ning Coming IM SORRY NOW | DIDNT FAY MORE ATTENTION TO MY ARITHMETIC TEACHER Potato Growers At Meeting Here Speakers Discuss Problems of wat Securing Best Pos. sible Crops rowed Extension College County oun {Mon Officers elected ty Potato Grower's J [the coming year wer : {H. Campbell, Pennsyvivania Purmnace vice president, F k Brooks, Belle- ).. Bet ry -reamiirer P. Smeltzer, Bellefont ! Plant ang Extension were McWilliam Lt of Cam Age SpeaKer | #0 Speakers for the Centre Lest tato growing order to will also sted for Centre coun Some of these recommended pr Lites were: use of disoase-! {deep planting (2 to 4 inches) cach week for disease and in President Campbell pointed tet the association anticipated a shortage this spring. Dlared thelr order for D. F. weed last fall Seed is being secured from Pot - ter County Potato Groowe: tion Nirw TE delivered in April made up sets, Babago, Kathadin is. There more avallable, this seed county tices ac program possibile ’ f f lal AG BH ACTA TT ERve sed help « tek pat the As will be of Rus- Rene seed ee VE indeed hel ite is n however, it will & 3 will go a Jong helping Centre South See Queen Hostess Capt J. F. 8mith physician, who | Medical Corps a Clearfield serving in the U « in South Paci- was at y of tors and nurges entertained a banquet given by the queen of the Bouth Sea Island where h guests sat oriental fas! The bill fare turkey. served whole on leaves and two whole roasted No forks were several the fic one of ITO tion ot H located shion on fa icy f of { mats roast large rbanana pigs, similarly served used and one knife served ciwest ———— Shift Eliminated The American Car and Foundry Company plans to reduce by 2.000 to 2300 men the number employed in its plant at Berwick, now converted to the manufacture of tanks, These lwere members of the “third shift.” and the plans are in accord with di- rections from the War and Ordnance Departments of the U. 8. Tank as- sembly work at the plant of the same company at 8t. Charles, Md is to be discontinued also - 500 To Pick Tomatoes Milton's campaign to enlist 500 ‘persons for tomato picking during {the approaching season, in that area, {overpassed the 500 mark, it has been {announced by the Rev. Chir R {James, pastor of Christ's Lutheran Church. who directed the drive through the local service clubs. The | 501at “joiner” was Bertram Gal- [uraith, 78, who states that he will be willing to serve in the fields if need- ed i Helps Bomb Germany Charles Hill Jr., of Baltimore, Md. | grandson of Mrs. Osalena Evans, of Blossburg, was recently honored in England for outstanding and meri- toriotis service, A waist gunner, he [was a member of the crew on the first American bomber to fy over Germany in World War II Contest Winner County winners for 1942 from this ‘part of the state, the results of which have just been announced, in- clude Btanley Koontz of Bedford : i part in the farm record-keeping con- High School, Ivan Wasson of Spring | Dr. Leber left the United States test sponsored by the department of Mills High School, and Claude E. Spring Mills {In August, 1041, by way of the Pa-| vocational agricultural education in Grannas of Petersburg High School. | was awarded & prize in a farm rec. the Production Etanley Koontz was the winner of ord-keeping contest sponsored by the {Credit Association in the state. {the grand prizs in the 8 county area’ s the dd bankme previous week totaled $557.60, [cording to Mr. Wagner. Forester Speaks of Work In Supervising Districts of Centre-Clinton Counties Chas. Hogeland of Renovo, Gives Comprehen- sive Survey of Caring For 600,000 Acres, Most of Which is Timberland The following address was given by District Forester Chas. Hogeland at Lock Haven before a group of em- ployers in Clinton county. It tains much information concerning the vast ex of forest land in the Sproul District embracing part of Centre and Clinton counties. Mr Hogeland follows Ih “ing both encmam oon Danse poke ns ¢ Bproul Forest St District and private the ounty Clinton oom ute land norther: pri PLAS Cy r m half of roughly ) hall of ntre ( and the County are also part of Dis nree olh Clinton trict I'he total area of the Sproul For t District about 800.000 a i Aapproximatel timberland bs res, of i a half } } ite Department of Charge with 1 ’ forest fires over both Biante and privat The Sproul State Fo about 215.000 acres Recent stock of 300 millon bd DBH ¢ is perhap private als rest emoracs irveys show a total ft. of timber 4-0 Wet on this : and. 18 mil Forest are now ui harvesting, worked up Gel { § 4 JOT ana dala na been preparmiory sale There are 23 wm nills in the Sproul Dis hi tion 1 would mention that War Pro- duction Board Chief Donald Nelson has designated lumber i has specified a r lumbering trict. Ii COTE “5 y 4 ™ as a ortical : pr timberiand there ; anned during danger seas in the spring a ined the year around as lect this nearly solid area ar 5 fire towers sie tries. 8, prin ally Oru is mar a part Milk Truck and Car In Accident Milk Truck Turns Over After Crash With Min- ister's Car A Cedar Springs mil erated by C. RB 8mith Bald Eagle street. and the Rev, Edwin V Fairview street iast Wednesda; clock In front Lock Ha result Mr shock. He was n k Haven Hospital for az then According to the police Mr. Hayden was backing onto ew when the raveling east, came along £ avoid truck hit the was hurled against nt on the other where it top slid for that position The Rev. Mr. Hayden ase sponsibility for the accident vehicles were damaged r———— A ——— County Assistance $26,543 for February In the twenty counties of North- eastern Pennsyvivania comprising Region No. 4 of the State Treasury Scranton, $808.084.30 in Special As- sistance war disbursed to persons receiving Aged and Blind Pensions and for Ald 10 Dependent Children during the month of Febroary, ac- cording to GQ. Harold Wagner, State Treasurer. For January a total of $818.45080 was distributed in this area to recipients in these classifi- cations, Centre county residents in the groups received Special Assistance were paid a total of $26533.40 in February divided as follows: Aged $15,679.60; Blind, $1.850; Aid to De- pendent Children, $8.90380. January payments here totaled $39.457.70 During the week just closed direct relief payments in Centre county aggregated $453.30. Payments for the al Lt O yen m ak aliion and to his h r sireet $ could no the collision rear of the then nt a high glide of street turned over on and some distance in immed re- Both Horse Fludes Posse A 1.300 pound bay horse, which escaped the stockade of Ralph Mertz, formerly of Northumberland, at his | home north of Danville, last Pall, is | still at large, th (to capture It . | perienced | successful effort to capture it. : has been securing food from corn left i, made another un- It in shocks and water from small streams, Stndent Wins Prises Ivan Wass student "at 1h Bchool recently department of vocational agricul- Started three years ago, the Vo-Ag served by the Hollidaysburg Produc- | tural education in Pennsylvania and students in Pennsylvania have been encouraged by this to keep records of their met with unusual success, Credit Association. 1 schools! tion Credit Association and will re- the Production Credit Association in contest ceive a free educational trip to Bal- the state, The contest was used to father's timore. Each county winner receiv-| encourage voeational agriculture! on | farm operations. The program has ed a $5.00 prize from the Production | students to keep records of their machine or the father's farm operations. COLLEGE SPONSORS vr. | JOpE the | flood are and tof the Lower: racios There work mainly inspector mpi with on warnu equipped telephone ¢ ” of . are { IOrest rangers who Forest veo CARONARILLY on Stats and 3 10 » control and private land, The spectors and some of the ranger with portable There are about Ihe reiateq equipped racic 100 acti r War £ men ar Ney Be * NOL AIWA)Y av These ward supplied State College Man Medical Graduate Donald H. Rice to Enter After Serving In- terneship Army history of that department that mid. {Ye raexercises have been held Brigadier -General kin, of the Office of the Surgeon General. and also. president of the American Medical Association, will be the principal speaker, and will also receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws Dr. Robert 1 of Temple University, will presid while Dr. Willi Parkin an of the the "i nsan, preside Le ¢ school Course 1 - —— rn CONSUMERS" MEETING ¢ mer held nie rend ems in at the Pea March conie 15~1 This 1TH series 5 Ci a DUD State frat beld last month The ct signed to give coll ter knowledge of economic | oat -war + £ ondition: Bince 1900, in the United Sta alone, more than 4.000.000 have succumbed prematurely tuberculosis germ er a | Pred W. Ran." CENSORSHIP The code of wartime practioe the American Press reads in regard to publishing iflcations The location fortifica for follows of fort of forts ncatin Leement in news ana other Lions the of coast defense empls PT: ant ¢ a ft alrcral other alr defenss fice Bull week MARTIN FOR PRESIDENT? may A THINGS wi | BR-R-R-R-R! Wis cor eight POINTS: FRIEND DIES This department feels a sense of real personal loss in the death Sune day of John L. Wetzler, former Cen. tre County Re In ster unerece anda e County tin ECONOMICS: Would thst our Congressmen who are currently considering income tax would stop a moment nsider that there is group onsiderable group—of U. 8. citizen: {Continued on Page 5) measures io a a Sr aS — FARM QUESTION BOX by ED W. MITCHELL » Farm Advisor General Begpric Station wGY Q coli? A. Get the plants where you buy cabbage and caulifiower plants, set them out. and give clean cultivation Culture is the same as for cabbage What is the enlture for broc- * ™ Q How can one overcome the weed problem in soy beans? A. Some growers do it by growing the beans in a row, like corn, and {eultivating to kill weeds. The Cay- uga variety sown broadcast is a more practical way to grow them, and harrowing the field several times | at weekly intervals is about the mdt economical way to check the weeds, Q What fast-growng tree will make a year-round wind break that | will survive in marshy soil? A. Make a mixed planting of wil. | {low and tamarack for summer, with | cedar and perhaps some Norway {spruce for winter. - * Q. What can 1 use in the soil to kill white maggots that eat the roots of vegetables? A. Use super phosphate, say 1 or (2 pounds per 50 square feet, and ‘some arsenate of lead, 5 pounds to [1600 square feel, and you will get rid of most of them. * - Q What is the best way to make a hay hoist? A. Take either an old mowing from an o%Y'ent and belt the muslin fo SAE . * . | man rod drive shaft or the front end lof the transmission. Pix the drum {of the hoisting rope onto the wheel {or axie shaft, or in the case of the | transmission, onto the final drive shaft. ((I have a free circular on { feed mixers that shows a good way {to make a speed reduction drive for { any machine.) For a drum you can use a block of wood or a section of | oud 40-gallon hot water boiler Ld * - » { Q What i i are the thousands of | ny bugs jumping around on the | snow? A. Wait patiently for them to dis- iappear of their own accord. They (are spring tails or snow fleas that | come for a few davs every year to i bless the maple sugar harvest and { test the map La » Q Would it be possible to make maple syrup in a copper container | without harming the syrup? A. Yes. Copper cans and kettles are all right. Guard against lead solder which permits some lead to {get into the boiling sap. i * = » Q Have you a bulletin on the pruning and care of peach trees? | A. The bulletin should reach yx soon, Cut back and thin out . third of a peach tree severely each year so the whole top is practically renewed every three years. This keeps the tree low and compact and ! full of vigorous new wood. -
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