WHERE THE FUEL GOES
An Army Trans-
port burns 33,000
gallons of fuel oil
u day.
Where the Fuel Goes
A HEAVY BOMBER
cruising at a speed of 250
m.p.h. may use 200 gal-
lons of gasoline an hour,
dhe Centre Democrol
S—
VOLUME 62,
ToHoldRallyHereSaturda
In Effo:sto Boost Bond Sales
Bellefonte Within Sight Vi) WE'RE NOT DOING OUR SHARE !
District Quota, Robb
Reports
COUNTY LAGGING IN
ord WAR LOAN DRIVE
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR
T RTINYOUTH O.P.MeCord Wins
SIMLEDIN for Commissioner
[HEFT SERIES
Floyd Warr, Rejected By
Army, Charged With
Taking Money, Cars
NUMBER BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,
21 SELEGTEES
AGGEPTED FO
LITARY DU
“rom College Board
I'aken by Army; 6
Enter Navy
ARMY CONTINGENT
TO GO OCTOBER 4
Recent Penn State
Graduates
Recount of North W: ard Ret turns Shows Er-
ror in Henszey Vote; Board Unable to Ex
plain Tallies; Alert Official Count Board
Discovers Discrepancy In Vote.
going to fall in an
always accompanied
County is
that has
though Centre
style
I00KS 0
the
Dg t
looks as though
War |
Important Wime grand
fall
is a
hort of it
week from
will
that et!
Centre County
oan Campaign
Al
the compiet
the Primary
WRECKED TWO CARS, | Forth Ware
DAMAGED THIRD
day morning
Republican n
sioner which
bond
quot
amount of
fourth
purchased was
a of £2549 000 set
the total
nan one
yesterday
Thi less
county
£604. 500
for the
of the
Campaign Entering Final
Week: Schools Launch
Sales Contest
49.000 § It represents approx
List Names of Board No. Is Parolee
1 Quota For Sep-
tember
week had give
of Industrial
School; Pleads Guilty of State College
NA
at Hearing was made
Board whi
box for
ginal
showed
] wmsn't | ntl wajest \ rid for the County
BULLETIN! Finance mmittee to whip up ping de 0 buy bonds
Bellefonte is within wii I it J [1 plain
quota of S637.400 in the Third War here ve been no Sinatras to create
Loan, Mahlon K. Robb, local chair- rso
man, reported last night
Sales up until
sight of its been | reversa
# Bond-Buying hysteria
available to n men fight for
oeen Ke
i (
booth
vesterday by N the Bond selling busine Jean Laois Caum
banks and postoffices totaled $4232, mu of rious busine a
$563.75, for the Bellefonte area {
Robb said. Certain other sales
sources have not reported, he ad
ded, indicating that the actual to
tal needed (0 meet the quota may ) v nJ rnhart
be something less than $200,000 si , "ive ( the AVY met left io A . urtin, and was held in de- | 80d
Robb expressed confidinee that : his vind ie gin ) ust win over the Sut majority
the quota can be before
September 30
has been
you fight
in Cen
proces
tre County
which
Brett
precy
to think
ted
It 5 CAs8Y
you spot
MIO {
i Of
m Bond adv
Wook
ence
credited Henszes
McCord
Henss
Mi (
or + LUmne air
with imagined
Omeone else
Harry
ceived
reached
The Cent:
Commit tes
county fron
Third Wai
day an
week of ¢
the
the quota
Spearh
§ Lhe
whole
Lreet
life
compare
comes back
hatter by
with that gold
HOPE FELD FOR HOME SERVICE
IS9ING FLIER BUREAU ACTIVE
Parents of Cpl. Wm. Fet- 41 Cases Handled By Red
zer Receive Letter From | Cross Unit Last Month: tion on the Dea: Lt A car to
{ sliefonte } ‘ 1 160 Ms al ] . ¥ youths must res- | ut of Ashiviry Parle NJ TY Fo) MA ¥ Ha Elate
St Belletonte D. 4 : Commanding Officer Explain Procedures ga 3- : CNTR on ‘aay Puc)
cows, Fred Lucas, was $150. Dam- a ape aD a t . member of two hovior societi r———
: id that Cpl. Wil- At the September meeting of the a
2ge to Mis. Furl ” ; in! Bellefonte Chapter of the American wa ge Pati + Countian Reported
L alizer ery tis bot
Missing In Action
Red Cross, the Home Service Bureau A
Police said that Lucas sorted 41 cobs artbd 3 a fi "ties from his plant on
reported 41 cases acted upon for the . | 1 ;
vin and Donald were month of August as street. He that younsg- . Post. American Legion Bellefonte, (Friday) it was announced yesterday
COWs across the highway This division has elected Mrs R.|* ters were taking them, Dut was un- William Lynn Jack” at the annual organization meeting [by Karl E. Kusse, chairman of the
the woman’; car struck {able to catch them in the act, Mon- : Shawiey, | beld Monday night at the post home | Bellefonte salvage and waste oom-
nr fon Bast Howard street. Hckenvoth |mitiee,
CG. Lindquist to fill the vacar “ M
because its brakes failed caused by Mra Osborne Lamberty|8Y RIEHE he set a “trap” and) :
proveriy resignation. Mrs. Lindquist and Mrs | COUght three boys, two of them 12/73 from Penn State in the home| Department to be missing in ion | succeeds Leonard A. Glenn as com-| Newspapers, magazines, rags, pro-
. Alexander Morris will assist Mrs and the other 13 years old. The three econ omica ooUrE Her social activ-iin the Puronean war theater. sc. mander cessed cans, and scrap metals will be
n var. implicated two other youngsters includ pondent secre- | cording telegram received by Other officers named were or- included in the collection, which is
S Shee Girl . n : od 0 1
now ice ir Lambda werk He was fartrs § scheduled to begin at § 3. m. Resi-
Fred Warner in investigating var-| hh Aa ro rig TO bind EE py eins
wo the Red Cross The boys admitted they 1 the tary i local Chapter Pt a radio ace J. H
milk $ 4 : v Prater | operator all scrap
hour so
referred
home : . a Nat il fucatior + {m
where ving with |
ed
omas CG 1
io; Elmer lovine, Mil
ene Eckley, Bellef
(Continued on Poge Six)
present
Youths Arrested In
Milk Bottle Racket
Finance C
the No. 1 bo
111
The
men an
American Le
m
TWO COWS KILLED
STRUCK BY
Ba:
f L pic ¥ 20 pw
(Continued fonte youngsters
Page Four)
ge Five
bees
ek rn Eee — NAME ECKENROTH SCRAP DRIVE 0
Eig Sa FELT SE “a HEAD OF LEGION BE HELD FRIDAY
WHEN
AUTOMOBILE
Hardm: an P. Harrls
teri a bHevere
Jurgess
who alter
eprimand
reby U
Two cows were w——
mornin
& Car operulsd
Oring in
adminis
oom
Her | hon
wien ey
Succeeds Leonard Glenn; Newspapers, Rags, Cans,
Other Officers Elected Metals to be Collected
By Local Post by Borough Trucks
Charles A
pleted rangemont
Ver valine $y
make ven. Police fron
dulently
wr
Ume dairyman
ng milk
North Thom-
Ecken "salvage collection is
nh ! A tosniwide
26th Commander if Brooks-Doll isch Bellefonte tomorrow
eduled in
has elected
alive and well, it was
letter received Satur-
Petae: § parents, Mr. and
Charles Petrer, of the 100F
West High street, Belle. |
Mel-
leading the
and that
the
to
$ suspected i
Miss Caum. daughter of Mr and! 8 Btafl 821
Mra. Jesse H. Coums, of East Linn Shawley. 21, son of Daisy
Bellefonte, graduntod August fof siilesbary. is reporting oy the
Fry by
COWS | Mrs
work | apartments,
fonte
The etter
{ officer
writ
ten by Petzer's com.
Ma jor Phi Miip M io a
lous cases relatives this
" Have
atl
Enfists fn WAVES in tie Sou Pacis follows: of the county. 1 condition
of
gate, of .
WAVES Pitt
1943 nd report
lege New Y
September
go her boot training
Miss Bathgate | .
Snow Shoe High S hh
and of Pott i
Hamsport
for the
Electric
id. whel
oo
alinusrd
ness and
Wing
wh
of
nd
wa Xi
Page Siz
atever
many
1 member
rviceman
Alter
serviceman by
his
ntact
the the
the
they
tele
family has notified
telegraph
presence at home,
Mrs. Lindquist
Mrs. Morris
Woon as possible
will verify iliness
other conditions, and als
+ the §
recomm
of
need for
or
1
tele.
V
His
» WOrKers the
and
facts
dation
DuPont and Glider at Unionville
} RE
"Photo above shows the late Rich-{by an Army plane and released at
ard C. duPont, member of the Dela- 3000 feet.
ware duPont family and famous as went into a
ville after a trip from New York March PFleld
State,
DuPont and two other civilian
DuPont and three other men were glider men leaped with parachutes, |
killed in the crash of an experimen- but duPont's parachute
The glider
spin
tal type glider near March Field, open, it is reported
California, Septémber 11.
of developing glider types.
The glider had been towed aloft!
immediately
from which it
a glider pilot as he appeared in 1938 | could not be freed. and crashed into |
when he landed his glider at Union- [a plowed field a mile southeast *
failed to]
He was One wek before his death duPont |
on duty as special assistant to Gen- had returned from a special mission |
eral H. H. Arnold, commanding the to Sicily where
Army Air Forces and was in charge (operations for General Arnold He
iwag recognized as the world’s fore- |
he observed glider |
(Continued on Page 4
telegraph
the
Continued on Fage Sing
-
to
Conference Honors
Bellefonte Pastor |
te
i
Ho
sllefonte
"
ce hol jer, pas
"United
a named leader of
trict of hurch
sessions of the annual Alle-
onference of the Church of
ted Brethren in Christ a
Sunday
Mr. Householder also
returned the Bellefonte
for the 14th year
One change in pastorates was not-
ed in the Centre county charges
Rev. Donald App was named pastor
at Houserville to succeed Rev. O. A
iWoomer who was transferred to
Beaver Palls
Centre county pastors returned, in
addition to Mr. Householder, were
Port Matilda, Rev. J. H. Weaver, and
i Philipsburg, Rev. Budd R. Smith
Rev. Paul FP. Mickey was returned
ito Tyrone and Rev
was assigned to Clearfield
other year. Rev
i brother of George Einenhizer, Penn.
isylvania Railroad agent in Belle-
the
The
was
charge
to
for an-
| fonte, was assigned to the Woodland |
{charge
Fractures Ankle in Fall
Mrs. Robert Way of the Fye build-
ling, College avenue, State College, |
| suffered a dislocation and fracture
{of both bones of her left ankle in a |
| fal) when her heel caught on a step
on the stairs leading to her apart-
ment. She was treated at the office
{of a State College physician
pin A
WILL YOU?
And if our lines should form and
break
Because of things you failed to
make,
The extra tank or ship or plane
For which we waited all in vain,
And the supplies that never came,
Will you then come and take the
blame?
For we, not you, will pay the cost
Of battles you, not we have lost.
~Unknown Marine.
|
tor of |
Brethren |
the |
at |
Homer Gauntt |
J. E. Emenhizer, |
FATHER CONNELLY
ES SUDDENLY
Had Been Pastor of Snow
Shoe Catholic Church
For Many Years
Der iog
Catholic
i suddenly
o'clock Sunday
| The well kno
| not been in
{some time
even.
wi D
wi
his bouse from
had been resting. He
Fi Peter Devlin, church jan-
or, and death occurred at about
ithe time a physician reached his
side. Pather Connelly had been un-
able to officiate at Mass Bunday
| morning. He was 57
A son of Patrick and Mary Ryan
Connelly, Father Connelly was born
{in Johnstown on January 13, 1886
(Continued on page sin)
——
Glenn R. Swartz
Seriously Wounded
entering
where he
nd by
For the third time since he enter
ed the army, Pvt. Glenn R. Swartz,
ison of Mrs. Mary B. Renninger, of
Salona, has been hospitalized. This
time he was seriously wounded in
North Africa on Aug. 10. a telegram
from the War Department informs
{his mother
Glenn's first mishap occurrea
| When he was bitten by a snake. Lat~
ier he was wounded in action and
hospitalized for the second time
No further information concern
jing his present injuries is yet avail-
able :
Industries Here
Buying War Bonds
Titan Metal Manufacturing Coms|
pany late yesterday bought $200,000)
in War Bonds, which have been!
credited to the Bellefonte district, it}
was announced last night. This pur- |
chase is exclusive of bonds bought |
by employes.
The West Penn Power Company |
this week bought $60,000 in bonds!
which have been credited to Centre |
county. Reports last night were that |
some of the other 25 or more indus- |
tries in the county are considering
the purchase of bonds. |
ment
Her pre.
ured in
ng beet
e H
f 1939
AWARDED $2500
DAMAGE VERDICT
A. H Smith Recovers
Part of Claimed Loss in
Pleasant Gap Fire
for $4.603 58 filed by
by
In
wa oYity
allegedly ause
were not taken
ents of Contractor
ling was being done
¢ equipment. Sparks
rom the welding outfit it was con-
ended, set fire to the builc fing and
before being discovered
were out of control
In another
was reached
civil case a settlement
between the litigants
after some of the testimony had
i heard. Plain? the trespass
niinued ¢
ifr in
a A ——————
Child, Hit By Track.
Is Instantly Killed
Mary Tice, aged about 6, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mre Boyd Tice,
residing east of Zion, was instant.
ly killed about 3:30 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon when she was
run over hy an oil truck driven by
Walter Miller, of Mill Hall
The chiid, pupil in the first
grade of the Zion school, was
walking home with some compan-
fons when she allegedly darted
across the road in front of the
truck,
State Police and Coroner Charles
Sheckler were conducting an in
vestigation yesterday,
EE — cis Mn AN
REMEMBER
The next time you're asked to
buy a War Bond-—and you think
“this is getting monotonous”
remember—so are casually lste—
only Death is more permanent.
the flames |
Sgt. Shawley mad
Bruns
a
1 Milest
nome
her, Mrs Viola Shaw-|
was called into
1942 Alter al
Kee po Field,
the my
rE
MORE TH i Ne
BOY SCOUT CAMP:
Court of Honor to be Held
in Bellefonte; Fall Ac-
tivities Planned
100 member:
Scout Troop:
summer at tl Seven
Boout Camp, It was an-
nounced in the September report of
activities of the Muncy District of
Boy Scouts of America. The camp
was the most successful ever hek! by
Juniata Council, it was stated
Acti
were
than
of Belle-
attended
ye
the
vities of troops in the district
reported at a recent meeting
the Wolf Furniture Company
store in Bellefonte, Clyde M. Stew-
art, chairman of the district, pre-
sided
"1
ai
It was announced that a court of |
(Continued on page Siz)
-
Two to Be Ordained
Episcopal Priesthood
The Rev. Francis P. Davis, pastor
of the Bellerfonte Episcopal church
and the Rev. Neil 1. Gray, of Holli-
daysburg, former Bellefonte resi-
dent, both deacons, will be ordained
to the priesthood at services to be
held at 8t. John's Episcopal church,
| Bellefonte, on Friday, October 29, it
{was announced yesterday
The ordination ceremony will be
lin charge of Bishop Coadjutor John |
{ Thomas Heistand.
| Ordination was recommended by
{Canon Paul 8. Atkins, of York, at
ithe first session of the Diocesan
{ Executive Council at Harrisburg last
week
a — ST ———————
War Bond Campaign
In Milesburg Area
i
*
i
|
| A committee made up of Miles-
| burg and Boggs township residents
{is making a house-to-house canvass
{of that area this week in the inter.
jests of the Third War Loan drive.
Members of the committee are
{volunteers who are devoting their
| time and energy to the government's
| campaign to obtain 15 billion dollars
{to carry on the war. They are entit-
{led to be received cordially and
[treated courteously. They seek only
[to help you to invest your money in
the safest bonds in the world
i
¢
re-elected adjutant
ia re-ewctied
plain,
| Pop
i find
Alr I’ arm
i
Leonard
who will
Mal-
not
were
For
Buller
terms
3 ected
Glenn and Joseph
serve with C. Ros
colin Wetzler, whose
expire this y
The newly
by
commander
at the regular meeting
All post officers of the (
county area
t ceremonies to
8% C¢ mn
Wednes
Ler
ang
did
"ear
will be
Rhinesmith
Lag on,
in October
Jentre-Clear
elected officers
D
of
talled uel
ligtrict
De
at Hout
20
field bi- will
held
October
bx
tale - 4,
Cae gn wd
Voters Registration
Open Until October 2
Mon-
contin
AL stration
day of this week and
through Saturday. O
announced yesterday
{ tration Commissioners
During that tm
gister, may correct
or change party affiliation
sons who will become
before November 3, 1943
| igible to register
opened
will
tober 2. it was
Regis
ue
veiling add
of
Wa rock to Speak
At Bar Meeting
At a meeting of the Centre County
| Bar Association to be held at the
Brockerhoff Hotel, Friday, Septem-
ber 24 at 6:30 p m., Dean A. R
| Warnock of Penn State College, will
be the guest speaker
The topic will be timely
members of the association
Most people who think they have
to say something say nothing.
for all
tion of tow
» day.
lefonte
used in gathering the scrap
11 i 1
OleCy Gly
collect
third
iid Po
material. One tru
paper and rags. Another will
processed tin can the
will collect scrap metals
Newspapers and 1
be securely tied in
tate handling and
from blowing off
gireet
-
must
~i1
1agazines
bundles to facili-
0 prevent paper
ks into the
the truc
must be processed, iL ¢
removed and flattened
or beer cans
not
All tin cans
washed eng
No milk cs oll cans
be actepled, singe Lhe Go
(Continued on pape Siz)
ta —————
County Official
Escapes Injury
D of Axemann, Oen-
of ghtg and
injury on
struck by
iE Dear
A. McDowell
tre coOUNtyY’s
Measures
Saturday
bac
Diamond
McDowell had come 10 Beile-
to deliver three clocks he had
paired for a customer, and while
rossing from the Trust Company
corner to the Brockerhoff Hotel he
attempted to pass the rear of a car
riven by Mrs. Gilbert Noll of Pleas
ant Gap. Not knowing of Mr. Me-
Dowell's presence, Mrs, Noll backed
the car in order to clear the cross-
ing. and struck Mr. McDowell
knocking him down
Fortunately, Mr. McDowell suf-
fered no injuries beyond shock from
the fall, and was able to deliver his
clocks which showed no material
damage. although they had been
scattered to the four winds when he
was bowled over
SCRICT
escaped
afternoon
King
wel
SeTIOUs
when
1 , TA
iim a Ces
1
ai
rel
C
Bellefonte Man Unimpressed With
A picture of extreme heat, extreme
flith, poverty, and disease ig the im- |
{pression a Bellefonte man received
tof India after a period of 18 months
{service in that country with the
| American Army
| The soldier, Technical Sergeant!
William Moerschbacher, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cyril Moerschbacher, of
Bellefonte and Mingoville, Monday
arrived in Bellefonte from the west
coast where he recently returned
from service in Karachi, in the west
ern part of India.
When he got to Bellefonte he had
his first sight of his son, William,
Jr, born last September while he
Was overseas. Mrs. Moerschbacher
is the former Margaret Capers,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Cap-
ers, of East Curtin street, Bellefonte.
8t. Moerschbacher enlis'ed in the
service the day after Pear] Harbor,
received training at Camp Lee, Va.
India After 18 Months’ Visit There
jand Ft. Stwry, Va. and 'n March
{ 1942 salled across the Atlantic in the
first troopship to cross that ocean in
World War II. The ship went down
around the tip of South Africa and
| then up wo India
Moerschbucher was with the first
{American contingent to land in
India, and was assigned as head of
the mesg detail in his outfit, He was
serving as & member of an Army
Medical unit.
Upon the return trip to the west
const, Moerschbacher crossed the
Pacific ocean, hence on his trip to
and from India he traveled entirely
around the world. On the trip over
to India he saw a freighter which
had been struck by a torpedo.
“India isn't a fit place for a person
to live in" Sgt. Moerschbacher de-
clared. "The temperature ranges
anywhere from 100 to 145 degrees
(Continued on Page Five) a