s======\| The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County ~~ AVisitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week | Jesse ADLER Looks at the NEWS THE U. 8 Treasury announces a shortage of $10000 bills. Now the war's beginning to strike home, huh! MEMBERS of the Bermuda as- sembly wore shorts during the re cent hot spell. Like our Congressmen ~whose tempers come in short pants all year ‘round IN Oklahoma City a man sued his wife for divorce because insist ed on undressing with the shades vp He probably didn't want his nelgh- bors to know he married her for her money! she Wis " Farmer the FOOD Gag of Week guy: “Are your eggs fresh? “Fresh? They're fresh doesn't realize I've got ‘em ye AS VARIETY food situation £ Seram for 1g Veal” Hidde MES F ther of Weldon fon fifteen she call it "Caboose Can CHARLES BEAN. a ] half year old baby of Berkeley al) drank a bottle of suntan lotion. Af- ter stomach hild was proclaimed than out STATISTICS babies were increase over diately promot 1A to 3A TWO YEARS ago Hitler predicted German troops would march ti ) London st Tho them did just that the ot day-—as Brit- ish prisoners, which prompted Joey Goebbels they ] ering material for a book—y a history book of Hitler's IN Malden changed it ably want that's ver ware ARMY I-Q long does it missioned off It all depands the hen 50 ’ 1 cover the C 7 4 Budder might Battle f« ymb for 1a’ atti x] for M re her any line on two nd a ( pum y the er-looking inside 3.000.000 18 imme- dies from that year—an rmal times some dad v, ng ad \ ro ree! sands 161 to sas were just gath- al, yan defeat! Mas s name to Pull tO Nave ir table had Prob- the on the Question make * voles 0 iss on the girl ————— » oa —— Eating Places Must Keep Prices Down Operators of bar cafes, clubs fountains, boarding houses and all eating and drinking places, the Wil- lHamsport District OPA Office em- phasized this week, “must not sell any food item, beverage, or meal at prices higher than prices charged between April 4 and April 10.” “Eating and drinking establish- ments” the OPA stated. “are pro- hibited from dropping food items from meals, deteriorating quality, or reducing quantity without making appropriate reductions in prices be- low the April 4 to April 10 levels The District Office pointed that “each menu must have and plainly written on or attached to it the following statement All prices are our ceiling price or below By OPA our ceilings are based on our highest prices from April 4 to 10, 1943. Our menus or price lists for that week available in spection.’™ ‘If menus are not used,” the OPA said, “then the operator must post the statement at a place where it can be easily read.” rest hotels soda aurants delicatessens, out clearly are for IRI —— Fire Destroys Barn An early morning fire of unknown origin leveled a barn and straw shed on the farm of Mrs. John Hugh ROeS, situated along the Benton -8hick- shinny highway in Columbia county loss was unofficially estimated at 83.000, There was po stock or crops in the barn inasmuch farm is operated on shares Robert Cordon as the by ODD AND CURIOUS HENERGETIC Leonard M. Larsen of Free- mont, Neb, is waiting patiently for announcement that the Ar- my-Navy "E” will be presented to one of the hens on his farm. Regularly she lays 5-inch eggs shaped like airplane bombs. SWIMS AT 84 When Mrs. Susan Lebherz, 84, of Waynesboro, arrived at a pool, Life Guard Boots Meagher hur- ried over to help her into the shallow end. “Young man, I'l dive in!” she declared—and she did, into the deep end. She said fater she has been swimming since she was 53 years old. ANSWER NOT LIKELY The following advertisement which appeared in an Emporium newspaper on Thursday prob- ably will remain unanswered: “If the persons who tried to steal the two calves from my place will return, I'l give them two Colts—A44 calibre.” The ad was placed by Dr. Leon R Fell, of Sizerville Road, operator of a sanitarium near Emporium. CHASES THIEF Mrs. Adela Apodaca of Los Angeles, has something of the spirit of the Army Chaplain who inspired Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, i, e. praise the Lord and then go into action yourself. She was praying in St. Joseph's church when she saw a man steal her purse. She left off praising the Lord, gave chase to the thief, captured him aud varned him over to the po- C—O A Cn SECOND SECTION be Cenfre Democral NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME ¢ 0 LIN BELLEFONTE, FA.,, THURSDAY, JULY of( it 1943. a" hy | Lock Haven Junior High School Teacher Found Dead of Gunshot Wound * Clinton County Coroner, After Investigation, ; Decides J. Allen Miller Took Own Life While Despondent from lll Health teach High inday Miller, 34, : Lock Haven, Junior found dead 8 J. Allen er in the Sc morning bark had | lence was beside hi road 1 hool to Swissvale. He through the heart 30-caliber Wincheste In means fp rifle body, and Coroner decided that he had life and no inquest was ne Mr. Miller arated re LK his pwn COSSATYS the couple hom whicl Dunnst opment own along posite near this 1 Police Cannot Sieze Gas Books OPA Sleuths Warned Against Modifving Gas Rations in Any Way OPA uthorized and to veo on foros 't enlorcemen tt 2 he Mo- ial hearing in piace of and OPA inves. receive local boards.” Police tigators are thorized to ration books of th surrendered by mot of non-essential driving, but they do not have authority to require sur- render of books, Stedman sald a - . vrlisrrd a eile © volunsaruy are rists suspected | Ration Reminder =A" hook four gallons outside area, must Within ons coupons shortage Septembe A + 71 Ll “ih book cou gallons each, area All gasoline possession of car own the owner’ gistration dorsed wit} ber and SUGAR through Augu good for 5 Nos Stamp No . 13 15. Stamps Housewives may to hoards purposes their local if necessary COFFEE good throug apply ration for more n i stamp 1 August FUEL OIL--Period 5 coupons val- id in all zones through September 30 Period 1 eoupons in new fuel oil ra- are ten gallons ~ach Occupant homes are urged to applications for next year War Price promptly SHOES-—-Stamp No valid through October 31 MEAT, ETC. —Red stamps P, R, and 8, expire July 31. Red T is valid July 25, expires August 31; U is valid August 31. W is valid August 15, ex- pires August 31 SLEEPWALKER IN PERIL ih} No 11 ii 41 tions good for of neated thelr oil retum and Ration cM i A —— automobile on a hi: day 18 (1 pair) is! Township firemen } i Police found not taken mnie Miller pent the he Mill told hi In he had ome IY ion of M1 to the h Elz wand had left t mother vheth Flemin Lhiere hie hn * Ang roner elf on t rifie at i with a Richard I all of Mr. Miller fo os 8Y fered fr {Continued on Fage Nix Allport Native Fatally Injured Imprisoned Under Truck Which Upset After Striking Tree John George Beas, 23-year-old native of Allport, near Philipsburg was killed recently when a truck in which he was riding upset and, caught fire Connection Beas was a son of the ate Julius and lsabelle Beas He was born and at Allport. The family home burned down about four Ago and shortly afterwards some of the family members md Derby Conn. He was single. Two brothers, and Edward two sisters him fatal Ie in reared VEArs ve br ved to Joseph and acrident happened accident. Beas v The ruck © steel] a WAI stated tha peared sifted truck rounded a f about 50 miles an hour broke loose from 1! tractor tractor part loaded with Eve lod when trailer t fOr * witnesses the to have nuge at ved speed Curve a trailer he overturned into flames and the against a tree and burst i A is —— 13 STEERS DIE IN BARN Thirteen head of bee! cattle destroved with sixty hay and feed and three silos when fire, caused by lightning leveled a large and modernly equipped barn on the farm of Harry Brest, abatoir located tly opposite Meadowview, near S8unbury. last Fri- mont Loss he blaze was placed at between $8,000 and £10,000 The structure burst into " - were 4 Of alon tong dir over, direc fey & HNg in entire oil rations to their! a, mee 5 few minutes after lightning Boards | truck. farmers in the vicinity id Elysburg and Raipho responded to a call for help and saved nearby build. ings Shamokin, — eri MP rs — HURT IN PLANE CRASH Air Cadet. Beecher B. Bowman, gon of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Bowman, of Orangeville, Columbia county, is confined to 8t Luke's Hospital at Utica, N. Y., with injuries received When Robert Swasnick, Sr. 62, of [when a burning plane, occupied by Emporium, he found himself hanging awoke » few night ago.!an instructor and three student pi- by his!lots, including Bowman, crashed in- fingertips from a bathroom window to a potato field east of Utica air- ledge, Fifteen feet below him was a cement sidewalk Unable himself up to the window, he drop- | hag a ped to the hard surface. He suffered | swollen eye a broken left arm, which had to be in a St Marys hospital. Mr Swasnick explained that he had been idreaming that he was climbing a {tall building, While still asleep, he evidently had walked into the bath- room, squeezed himself got found himself hanging precariously RE BY COPPERHEAD BITTEN Robert Gelse, 18, Dornsife. R. D. 1.1 is a patient in the Shamokin hos; pital, receiving treatment after he was bitten by a copperhead snake He was in the woodland near his home Thursday evening, when he felt something strike his left leg, looked down and saw the snake wiggle away. The bite left two small !marks on the leg. which immediate- ly began to swell Direct Relief Payments State Treasurer OG. Harold Wag- iner reported that direct relief pay- iments made to needy residents of | Centre county last week totalled $536.30. Previous paymnts totalled £537.70. we a through a} window, and did not awaken till he| to puliifore the plane struck the i i ] H Bowman, who jumped just be- ground, brulsed back and a Two of the men were seriously burned. The pilots had been based at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY port badly Snake Hard to Kill When Mrs. W. B. Mclarin enter- ed a cave at her home at Salladas- burg a large spotted adder struck at her. Mrs. McLarin called to her grandson, Mac Norman, who cut off i two pieces of the snake but it got away in a stone wall Several days later when Mrs. Mclarin went into the cave to get some canned fruit, she stepped on the remaining part of the snake, which was very lively considering the fact that much of it was cut off. Mac again came to the rescue and killed the snake this time. : Close Observation Towers The Milton observation lower, which has been manned on a 24- hour basis, is one of the eleven in| Northumberland county which is be- ing discontinued at the present time. L a0 Tie | America, their role in Natio Holding The Line “* PREMIER MUSSOLINI OUSTED IN ITALY; KING TAKES CHARGE oor f mot th erin nore than threes { directed th people 1 re- emp Receives News of Relatives Killed Mrs William Pruch, of Lock Jgav- 1. received word from the War es In teiling Lhe Lt | partment of " irndas death « sing | Raymond Lov io was killed y Pacific " aN a BUYS REGISTERED JERSEY Ross D of Oak Hall Sta- tion. has }§ the registered Jersey cow, Penstate Dreaming Lass 1177740, from The Pennsyivania State College Lowder nirchased The whereabouts of all registered known and carefully watched over by The American Jer- sey Cattle Club, with offices in New York City. This important job is made possible through registrations and transfers made by Jersey Breed- everywhere, Tattoo identifica- tion, somewhat similar to finger- printing. keeps individuals of this dairy breed always known. Jerseys make up 42 per cent of all dairy cows in the United States, Be. cause they produce the world's rich- est milk, and because there are more Jerseys than any other breed in Jerseys is ers -t Thon fense is an important one. Increas- ed production of Jersey milk guar- antees the protective food needs of here and abroad w— AUDIBLE ‘ALL-CLEAR.' Future blackouts and air raid drills, in Pennsylvania will be con- ducted under an audible all-clear signal. The state defense council announced over the weekend that the Third Army Service command has approved an audible all-clear signal of a 15-second blasts from air raid warning devices. Last Pebru- ary the audible all-clear was aban- doned and an inaudible radio signal was substituted. mess A IS ITALIAN PRISONER The War Department announced last week that Cpl. Edward T. Sher- lock, son of Pete Sherlock, Lemont, is one of 40 Pennsylvanians held as prisoner of war by Italy. The 40 men are among 312 soldiers held by the Italians . Prices for Lettuce and Cabbage According to announcement by the OPA. the highest retail price that may be charged for lettuce is 12 ieents a head weighing approximate ly 1 pound. The highest retail price for cabbage was fixed at 5 cents a pound. To Keep "Em Flying High To help keep our. fighting planes Suggest Changes in Judiciary Offices haz been judiciary offices Gave of Wil- y Bn extensive Pennsylvania H £48 v4 Trantit insu No change or made In the minor i Stale he { the AOOOTGINE Dro ress Since Lhe stices may be elect 1 eliminate excess J sufficient evider ry 0 the « the fee 3 1 si€iye Pe inform prac- justices’ claims 4. Abolisi tem. since r judiciary to overs- and adminis tive supervision sight stratis county cout by the ris and legal justioe of the 6. Set up educational andards for offices of peace and aldermen 7. Create other type minor courts, organized on a modern basis, alongside the justice of the peace courts Small claims ootirts have been successful and popular where- ever inaugurated, the survey shows ———— Pa SAW BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Five months after celebrating a contury of life, Mrs. Margaret H McClear died at her home in Gettys. burg last week. President Roosevelt and Governor Martin sent her cone gratulatory letters last April on her 100th birthday anniversary. Mgs McClear watched from her front window as the Confederate Army marched on Gettysburg in the Civil War and for three days during the Battle of Gettysburg heard the roar of cannons. She was Adam county's oldest resident and the widow of a Civil War veteran ¢ ol —— HAS CYCLING RECORD Miss Ermine Btuart, of Detroit, a native of Lock Haven, visited the C. J. Reish femily at Sugar Run Clinton county, over the weekend en route by bicycle from Detroit to the Maine coast, a strip of about 1.500 miles. Miss Stuart, told reporters she had made a 5.000 mile bicycle trip through the Can- adian Rockies several years ago. Her present record is 9.000 miles without ia flat tire and she averages a hun- dred miles a day in flat country and (hetween 60 and 70 miles in moun- tainous regions. i aso SS SISTERS JOIN SERVICE The Misses Betty and Jane Ranck, {twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs, Wil. | liam Ranck, of Watsontown, visited Philadelphia last Tuesday, where {they were examined and accepted {for service in the Marine Corps. {They are to leave in the middie of Milton D. Moore, Sunbury, county flying high, General Electric has 21) September 10 begin training at New supervisor of observation towers, an- | nounced the closing as effective at] duty with the men in service In for! | #ign lands, midnight Wednesday. turbosupercharger speciaiisls on ‘River, N. C. A ——— -Buy Bonds for future needa a silversmith, ! Two Women, One a Centre | County Resident, Achieve Success in Running Farm One Pays Off $20,000 Debt In Five Years; Other Builds Up $25,000 Business of Raising and Selling Turkeys fr article is yf the of taken Phil local In- lowing the July 21 issue ¢ Record because of its reference Kepler Penns Kepler 1 who Millie of vivania M ‘happle Ki the widow nier WAS A liam Kepler d by Edwin eo Reve on The Kemy ord It takes hold a mar wrt trie Hoover, Chambers- n county, and Mrs. Mil- Pennsylvania Furnace t prove They from five As and now thang you that i virt scratch THI ABALY 10 are doing very weral far husband Lo support an she m Kepler Fer nel Be “a [id 1 Her a family which a $20000 debt § died on GlsCoverea five years since then {A oft every cent of that d own management and 1 extent her own labor 5 40 acre juire frequent spraying the spre EPIray- i= hard Aying rig? the chemi- Sprays More Than Usual She deviates from the pray- pray First normal Application $1,000 Stolen From Lock Haven Store "ey woegure in the about Empty Money Bag Found Along Railroad Tracks Short Distance Away The Myers farm supply stor | Haven was broken into some. time Saturday night and checks and money lo the amouns of $1000 stol- en . thats » n tf adhe iv LAR i! D. Myers was not aware of nti] Sunday 30 o'ciock when Robert Eouth Fairview street for ev bag al morning § N mg the tracks ella =i about a block from ¢ Myers it checks written contain ing g a number of wa yment of Myers Myers i the proprietor then went to the money $1000 In been taken. A bankbook with $800) in cash Was overiooked. Both bags and bankbook the safe, whi of | 148 where he found almost h bore no evi- gence of hs y been forced open With a good iead to work on immediately into custody a suspect 1 The man, who is credited with a jong criminal record Altoona A 1 Lb po busy on took and &% sapnich ray 443 JUesIONIng Lod in was apprehended ————— ——— WORKERS’ BUS DYNAMITED An explosion that was heard three mi Away as an ACP workers’ the Drums route was dynamited near Berwick State Police of the Hazleton bar racks are seeking the man or men who wrecked the bus with the damage estimated at about $500. The hood was ripped apart and torn from the bus in the explosion. One front tire was ruined, the fenders were damaged, the windshield and most of the windows were broken and damage to the metal body was caused. It ig telieved that the ve- thicle can be repaired. i | jes resulted bus on for ‘Shooting Stary’ to Be Seen In a few weeks many “shooting stars” will be seen in the sky, ac- {cording to James Stokiey of General Electric's Research Laboratory, Mr Stokley, former director of the Fels Planetarium, says that “we will cross the path of the Perseid meteors about August 12. Around that date as many as 50 to 100 meteors an hour should be seen after midnight.” Meteors are commonly called shoot- ing stars, but are actually small bits of celestial dust. which vanish in a flash of light when they encounter the friction of the earths atmos- phere, SUGAR TO REMAIN RATIONED The Office of Price Administration intends to keep sugar on the ration list, at jeast for the time being, an OPA rationing official said Sunday. Speaking on the Blue network pro- gram “This Is Official,” Martin Hil- by said that no change is contem- be possible to remove sugar from [ration controls because of the im- provement in imports. | INFANT SMOTHERS TO DEATH ‘Gainesville, Fla. smothered to death {Baturday while sleeping with her imother at a tourist camp near Oestysburg., The family, including Swo other daughters, stopped over night while en route to Loganton by . mathe. ® LO plated at this time. President Roose | veit recently had suggested it might’ Pdwinna, |-year-old daughter of | ‘Mr. and Mrs, Bdwin A Ziegler, of Second. where most about eigl Mrs Keple crop 21 The resul on her effort Ir - iil A © ! fered Kepler's a perfect cr ner the Epherries gross $500 to $600 per acre (Continued on Pape Piz) ce ODT Announ Area Examiners Four Branch Offices Serve VANDALIEM Truck Owners and Drivers in 7 Counties juntingdon count Lock Haven, located in House, Lock Haven, with William B. Swarly of charge Serves the Bale and oounty eastern arfie i Ti Bran id mine 1 mes Clearfield examiner essential effected section | omission to ations break this year and cancel th Court eRRminey College 1 county ne = Random | ' [tems Ln. WAGON Remember Lhe which us 1 At 1 old Brookville farm ord to be popular in Edward 1. Hea along the WRROTS he ale Jul 17 Wad Heaton the lod a Brookville wag 4 wht 3 John G slement dea } $55 2 years + Hts $75 WHO! on o I fonts fon ler, for The Helle ash. was fon in ecxellent oid }! ond} good car during it Heaton, who lost had the tion, having Ife £20 Wag Yeo Mi only deal we of Lhe QUESTION: ely fart ‘ ; we Dalh DOus rvy eet f0r ¢ he sand deed Why arent some mila . sand placed here the young MISCE a - LLANE Doge r wonders why i ut 1 i etropt tn inn street TRE oy EAEHOPD these shine down tow: the ming of driving way down 1 “Tt i= be cause the Ration Board chairman lives at the foot of Linn street?” the stooge asks MUSSOLINI Linn street man can fall { week Mus still he was ul of powerf head he ion Overnight nd now we look being nothing more Hitler Overnight ler of the sup at history WE i ME BOMBED : nm tis #8] Ol R( Allied Nations’ bombers dumped tons of bombs on » Jast week it proved that Axis % are no longer can hide pow tars fons in the the Eternal City, expecting be spared from destruction of the danger of damaging shrines and landmarks The raid, most all, proved the strength of Allies takes plenty of strength to announce be- nd that you're going to bomb : ne capital, warning the enemy of what is coming and giving him a chance to prepare his strong. est defense. In spite of that the Al- Continued on pape Siz) frat n lat ATEELALAA CAUSE of the It A 3 foreh you mvs 4 : — Form Advisor ; | FARM QUESTIUN BOX ED W. MITCHELL @eneral Electric Station WGY A Q What causes a black, dry rot on the bottom of tomatoes? A. Bome of It is due to "potato blight.” An oodasional dust or spray of bordeaux will help control if, but some ig caused by weather, sun scald ani soil conditions, and cannot be remedied. Q What will get rid of lice In a garden? A.~1f they are plant lice or ophids the remedy is Black leaf 40. T sus- pect, however, they are tiny black flea beetles, and a spray or dust of bordeaux and arsenate of lead is the proper remedy. Q. How and at what time of year should a grape vine be pruned? A. During winter when it is en- ‘tirely dormant. Cut back to four jarms two feet long and four stubs of one bud each for renewal arms ' the following season. Save this from | the best wood of the past season's | growth tutes for flushing mash for chicks? A. The flushing mash is usually !50 per cent dried skim milk, so if | you can get skim milk or buttermilk, (that is the best substitute. Lacking | that, get the ofleacid-iodine or simi. {lar preparation for cocicdiosis from jauntomobile to visit Mrs. Ziegler's your poultry supply dealer, and use { that treatment. Q. Do you know of any substi- Q. What causes bunches to form on culves' jaws? A. It is hard to say from your description of symptoms, but as very common cause is a barley or some (similar sharp thing puncturing the mucous membrane of the mouth and followed by an infection. Call aA veterinarian Q. Where can sorghum be grown? A. Sorghum is a hot weather, long SEASON Crop. Q Why is milk put into a cooler right after milking? A. In most dairies the milk is cooled ax quickly as possible and as low as seems necessary or practical, usually to around 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit Warm milk absorbs odors and flavors readily, and bac teria start to increase shortly after the milk is drawn; so prompt and adequate cooling is one of the most important steps in preventing milk from becoming bitter. Q. Ix there any way of getting rid of rose beetles? A. No, but screens, lights and ree pelient sprays help a little, Q Do you have a bulletin on ‘measuring and marketing logs for lumber? A. Yes A good one. 1 have re. quested a copy for you, and it will {reach you soon, a
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