he Centre Democral SAVING IN WAR BONDS EVERYBODY EVERY PAYDAY VOLUME 62, NUMBER 34. BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1943 SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR ourt H - i+ " ars rf Ve Pleas of Guilty Rockview Fugitive Pl Grounds He 19-Y ear: First Howard WAC is th» § Wamer 8 31 the year si en radng t Daytona earned daughisg Howard | Enlists in WAVES erg pega ey Miss Teresa Entrekin Miss Entrek makes her home with her un mt, Mr ang Mrs. Charles South Allegheny reeet ly enlisted scheduled to September 8 [or ass It is probable that gn to Hunter College, Th for a four weeks” trainin fore being detail task Miss Ent: by rad Bellefonte His 3 hool, has been employed in change of the Bell Tele pany since that time A talented musician } Entrekin is quite well known vicinity a8 a planist and vocalist Fo number of 3 3 mer of the Bell Band is a member for Choirs of the Brethren church in who and at of Ie Martin Jellefont WAVES and to Pittsburgh ignment Le report clas of 1941, the jocal ex- pi Com- one in thi “ and ET) ~ Inited Bellefont, Re Father, Son Hurt In Cyele Accident B Raiph 8 aged 14, of We fonte, underwent treatment Céntre County Priday night, for lacer that evening when they w riding throwing th tot Moth men iffered lacey the legs which required After receiving treatment they were permitted to return to their home Summer and son, Melvin est B sh op street in Hospital dispensary, ations received motorevele Curtin upset the er near bud 19) wd iw gf ations of eri Unionville Resident Suffers Leg Fracture Harold “Jack” Bish Unionville, employe Metal Company, Is a patient at the Centre County Hospital where he is undergoing treatment for a frac- tured leg Bish was admitted to the hospital Thesday of last week after he had suffered the injury while wrestling with a fellow employe, according to plant officials. aged 32, of of the Titan Aided Dewey dd Man Sentenced. tory double the riginal iber Belle | the | sutures. | rads for Leniency On in New York; fet office om- ¢ Di Attorney's in Ir granted a a lle sent sald worked for th Thomas E. Dewey { { ‘ork State Dewey district fucting ii ! he w under ence a ie attorney atl rk was ie con nad against racket while DeYoung at 8ing Sin Wa entenced 1 Bedford He to two robber: and inmate from ot Mer have been apt New in in id had been week ook a 3 reieased DeYoung ested ‘ork State in Sing up vivania authorities from the New York Like all other pleas flere by Rockview fugitives DeYou made no differe » in his se alse 1931 intil last when nim penn be it mandsa- Judge to of ¢ ntence law make County terms for the Centre n page Two) VFW Auxiliary Holds Picnic Supper Here VV Be veteran » Army Nur spent inl ente Bellelo DANIEL C. BORN KILLED IN ACTION State College Man, 20th Casualty, Dies in North I tender h I in the loss of your C. Bohn, North Africa. Letter message was signeg General of the U. 8S Mr Last jeter received a which he sald that in rth Africa gave no detalls location or whether he had of his been in He was in the in- sVinpathy Pic July Wa Ad Donald 28, in The jutant san, tion follo killed in a by the month and Mrs. Bohn from their son in he had arrived N¢ 14 but action the Service in basic Be- Pvt April training Bohn entered 1942, and received his at Camp Wheeler, Ga (Continued on pages Six) 25 Pounds of Sugar Canning Maximum Twenty-five pounds per person is the maximum amount of canning sugar that may be obtained current- ly through the use of stamps in Ration Book No. 1, and special cer- issued by rationing boards Office of Price Administration reminds housewives Five pounds each may chased with stamps No. 15 and 15 additional pounds secured through use of The certificates, however, cannot be fssued to anyone who has not first used the stamps, the OPA explain- ed tificates the be pur- and 16, may be so os A i Women Organize For War Loan Drive All Centre county women are urged to sign up immediately for active war effort in selling bonds, especially | those who have a husband, son, father, sweetheart or cowsin service War Loan Drive. Offer your services to the Centre coundy chairman of the Thompson, Bellefonte, or phone 3133. No Damage in Fire No damage was caused to a car| owned by Paul A. Mitten of Irvin avenue, State College, late Monday afternoon when plastic material Jeft| certificates, | in the | Women are mobilizing all over the, United States to help with this 3rd] idinner-meeting of Women's | Citizen Committee, Mrs. George B.| bers present Mr. Thompson spoke on by postcard |* “Isolation.” CL S SOUTH PCF end Mrs. Charles Fet- zer Receive Message From Adjutant General WAS RADIO MAN ABOARD TRANSI ORT Recently Returned To New Guinea After Fur- lough in Australia and Mrs. Charles 1IO0OF axial Tue ram fom the office Ini tment evening Ad ning liam H action since Paci ) ed Cien~ tha tant them Fetuw ther Em flies wha! Beef Expr 58 ed four decorats or 1 ful pert Ce of awarded Dist Cross, two oax leaf ciust other medal Monday rd and Mrs. Pelser re. ceived stor Dom James KO Walsh of Salt Lake City Utah Walsh that he turned from He wa Flying an 1p hadE and ie Wr th RECRUITING RALLY LISTED TONIGHT Navy, WAVES to Hold Meeting in Court House; “Cruiser” is Here will be held at House tonight (Thursday) by mem- bers of a Navy Recruiting “Cruiser aided by various jocal citizens, in an effort to acquaint Centre countians with information regarding enlist- ments in the Navy and in the WAVES The Cruiser, carrying a compie- ment of five naval personnel includ. ing two WAVES, is scheduled to ar-! rive here this morning. The program at the Court House will open at 8 p. m. with a concert by the Junior Legion Band Mrs. Aaron fonte, president Legion Auxiliary, preside at the speaking program which will be held In the court room. Judge Ivan Walker and Mayor Hardman P. Harris are scheduled for brief addresses while other speakers will include members of the Navy cruiser personnel The visit of the Cruiser Thursday through Saturday of this week will enable Centre county men and wom- (Continued on age Threw) Rev. Thompson Is Rotary Club Speaker Rev. W. C. Thompson of Belle- fonte, was speaker at the weekly! the Beliefonte| Rotary Club held Monday night at the Penn-Belle Hotel with 21 mem- A rally the Court D. Leitzell., of Belle. of the American Bellefonte, will Former Judge M. Ward Fleming of | Bellefonte, who attended the meet- ing for the first time since his ill-| ness last January, was honored be-| cause of his birthday anniversary He was presented with a birthday will hold a meeting cake, James Y. Bleg led group sing- | in contact with the manifold caught | Ing. i fire. Mr. Mitten, along Locust Lane, stopped his car and turned in an alarm but on re- turning to the car found that Army | trainees had extinguished the blaze. who was driving | Guests present were: L. H. Bell of | purpose of explaining to tax asses fice stated that “we are going to try sors of the county the provisions of and have the program in effect so the new tax assessment law. All 85 we can scoept the September allot- Sitar are urged to attend the ses- ment of funds” The state will have sion i State College, W. C. Undercoffer of | Ambridge, and W. F. Caughenour of | Cettig is president of the club. West Newton. Attorney Musser " | reported to have ‘a relative | Stamp for automobiles was found in'® A Messerschmitt and Instructor ta ued HELD ON HIT-RUN on Pape Siz) YOUTH STEALS CHURCH FUNGS DRIVING CHARGE = Hall Man Posts $500 Bail For Court After Accident 1 Movers of Centre Juvenile Court to Dispose Centre Took $222 of YALA A Collection Money of Case; State Police at thu M har is BeaGlenoe aan int an socident, Gy under $500 | al F his atnearange ol count a Mu Hall ton during weekend arrested a a and give 13-year-old Philipsburg wy who Admin Pie i wilh failing to mt Ue First United Philipsiaure as dd it 3 frietid § irwnas gis nd “robbed” it pottie of Lids vered vic led naa ontinged os Page Biz) Former Teammates Coach Rival Teams Vacation Trip Is Marred by Car Theft A Ir OW bv Mi Ji x ald feivia 1, newly -olected atl fonts Thur ETOup vacation at that ry Cape May N J end etl Hood with iay rove a ¥ oF F5E0 ay. 1 to snparaiiveds with the mbey i regarg to the that the High team game with School, which! Cray L. Purey, for. nite, In 1927 Dry and mbers of the same High hool football iif found good cor M1 Ww exception of a broken light. Two of three ¢ chine when it ered and several gallong ¢ and the radio and rear mis in the ma was Stolen were recov Coming § Inv-conchog CGetivsbure scheduled for ARON is to pins High gasoline tank Mechanie stolen Mrs members of Mra. SBampel Thomas OG by train returned of sburg i by of Dellef were m lefonte remained in After the mach Caldwell and the the group Mr Rumberger and Caldwell, returned Salt Mr. Ru to Cape May to Bellefonte ne vas other ang Mrs home 5 8 B AGAY bring his possession. mberger Howard Man Held On Forgery Count {|N[}S ACCEPTED A former Howard man was taken int ¥ ; " . into custod) by Btate Police last State to Share in Federal and was turned over to authorities from Niagara Falls, NY . Service Men 28. Is under indictment on a forgery : i e So charge committed in May .1942. He' Pennsylvania thiz week joined 45! state police and make his escape into, federal maternity aid program by] Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State coepting a share of a $4,400,000 the state and Wednesday afternoon Vide medical care for service men’s) caught up with him at the home of | Wives. tate’s subscription to the program following a conference between sec state advisory health council and re- | TO EXPLAIN TAX LAW presentatives of the Pennsylvania in the court, Although organization and admin room on Tubsday evening, August 31, istration of the program have not “= JATERNITY AD Cr. | Wednesday afternoon in Mt. Union Fund For Wives of The youth, William W. Rhoads, managed to evade the New York. Other states to participate in the Police traced him to this section of CODEres ssional appropriation to pro- A stolen Federal Use Cov. Edward Martin directed the retary of health A. H. Stewart the The Centre County Commissioners medical society. ibeginning at 7:30 o'clock for the been worked out, the governor's of - (Continued on Page Four) after his Gr had been 155. { Tuesday ithe dog PPE] [ERS of IN YEAR Franchise Los ¢ Many Through Failure to Vote for 2 Years BOTH PARTIES LOSE IN REGISTRATIONS Commissioners Show 5.89) Democrats; 11,9582 Repub- licans: 346 Others (Continued on page Six) ‘Cyclists Hurt When Struck by Automobile | Hosp while the other boy received lacerations of the leit arm The boys, riding iwere struck by a car operated by F HOWhite OF Baring ANE 1D State aid the Hows were on the eft f the. road and thie ow steering the ey was un Wo The DOY were slow ital POLE § Abe sng CIRTIY turning on 4 os YOUTH RECOVERS on one bicycle, ! Farmer R ady lo Harvest Tobacco He Admits, But Hopes to Grown “Darn Poor Crop” Prove High Grade Tobacco Can Be in Centre County. “= FIVE CASES LISTED BOWLING LEAGUE OR GRAND JURY TO BE ORGANIZED Four Summary Hearings YMCA Alleys eing Re- Scheduled For Thurs- conditioned; New Pins day, September to be Used : . i tacsch [VET i onda Ag Tp mM Bellefonte hich time ihe Bel leflonte YMCA ’ Community Bowling League will be One of the bills of indictment asdsamil alia a for a morals charge; two involve as- Myre 101 We 1943-94 EASON ‘ issull and battery charges: one is fon AR tentns whieh participated in ' . . the league #0 past seasons have been larceny and for a motor code’, » . io Sosin irq. nvited and are requested 10 have LO Wg HLS Sra yioal on a representative this meet O30 jure A atiend v eXiends 8 anza~ above CONG ~ PETHONS ist De em ng resur- rm of bhowi- new pins FROM LOCKIAW =: Lester Bruss, 11, Union Township, Survives Gen- erally Fatal Malady ter Mrs township 1, son of Mr Bruss, of Union to his home on from the Centre County Hospital, Bellefonte where the youth recovered from lock jaw disease which generally fatal Several weeks ago the boy was helping his father tear down an old build] and his pet dog ran into the structure. The lad went in to get and in doing so tramped Bruss, aged Charies returned Ix ang 4 © a aE Hg fon a rusty nail which penetrated his | foot Lao admitted August 8 For a time was regarded as being quite serious and hope for his recovery was almost abandoned, but eventually re- sponded to treatment Upon being discharged from the hospital his muscles were still some- what sUff, but ery ia expected Brush Valley | Shed Kiaw developed and Lester was to the hospital here on he Destroyed by Fire | n implement s) shed ( on the William Ferteren farm on the Brush Valley road two miles east of Centre Hall, was destroyed and some implements were Jost in a fire of unknown or- igin discovered about 1:30 a. m. Sat- urday. Centre Hall firemen respond- | led to an alarm and were kept busy, [protecting a barn which was close to {the burning shed A tractor was slightly damaged A metal roof on the shed helped keep the sparks from scattering but ‘hampered the men jn fighting the fire sisi sim A ——. ‘Hazel Johnson Gets Water Dept. Job Miss Hagel Johnson, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Johnson, of! North Spring street, Bellefonte, has | {been named clerk at the Borough | Water Department offices at the Big| a Spring, succeeding Mrs. William Jenkins, resigned. Miss Johnson will begin her new duties September 1. For the past several years Miss Johnson has been employed in the real estate offices of Condon Kise singer in State College. Prior to that time she wae employed in Bellefonte. hiz condition | his complete recov-! lon the east ‘Osceola Boy Falls In ge, violation molor « Sununary cases ior tember 2 Harry Are B. Witherit { Oontinged on Page Fiz) a - - Milesburg Woman Is Bitten by Dog Saw Invasion y Tesi er 70th the result uffered the was severely of Bey {day beiore whey bitten by Mi Jodon home of a friend I when ‘COON Gog Wo wWoundas back of {wounds were quite severe | Medical ald was summoned the elderly woman was given anti- toxin. Whether anti-rabies treat- ment will necessary will be dee termined within a few days when the dog which haz been tied wp since the attack, should show sigus of the disease if he is infected Miss Jodon lives with her sister, Miss Amelia Jodon at the family home on Marke! street, Milesburg a GUE Was walking 10 the central City being a attacked her, threw her ground inflicted bite about the head, stomach and dg. Two of the four described as being described as the anda Oe and Iw ist Eng. Clarence Beightol Survivor of an Axis torpedoing in Port of 8pain, Trinidad, of almost constant bombing for 18 days in Al. geria, and of Axis bombs which blew his ship to pieces off Gela, Sic ily, during the recent invasion of that island, Pirst Engineer Clarence Beightol, 38. is back in a Navy school coast after spending a brief furlough with his wife, the for. mer Mildred Tate, of West High street, Bellefonte. Br a S—-————— Demonstrate Food Preservation Friday All housewives of Be lefonte and vicinity are invited to atiend a food preservation class in the basement of the Wolf Purniture Store, South Allegheny street, at 2 o'clock Pri day afternoon, August 27. The class will be in charge of Miss Janet Soisson, home economist, who will demonstrate various methods of canning, brining quick freezing and dehydration. The class j= similar to lone held at the Wolf store several Five-year-old George Cowfer. son weeks ago and is being repeated be- of Mr. and Mrs. David Cowfer, of cause of many requests from those Osceola Mills, nose-dived 15 feet on who were unable to attend the first Monday afternoon when he slipped, session, and fell in the barn. i — Landing on the floor, he suffered | Truck Kills Doe fractured skull, concussion of the A doe emerging from the Rocke Brain and lacerations. He was rush view nursery grounds at Peru, was od to the Benson sanatorium. | killed about 6 a. m Monday when it Although he has periods of con- was struck by a truck. The identity sciousness, the youngster is still un- | {Of the man operating the truck was conscious most of the time. His at- not learned but he reported the ac- tending physician stated Tuesday cident to Rockview prison officials, that his condition ig improving and it was sald. The impact caused some is favorable. ‘damage to the front of the truck. 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