I Jesse ADLER Looks at the NEWS — SECOND SECTION | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County ~~ A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week dhe Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES A REPORT from Cairo says “re- | VOLUME 62. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1942 NUMBER 42. cent photographs of Benito Mus-| solini have been so blurred as to make his identity uncertain.” Un- | certain hell—that's just Mussi shak- ing in his boots. ANDREW TOKIO of Portland Maine, wants to change his name Seems Tokio constantly being Japanned! THE U. 8S. Treasury has six wom- en guards, armed with thirty-eights They're perfectly poised and ef- ficient and calm-—-until some wise guy strolls past humming or whist- ling “Pistol Packin' Mama.” GLORIA VANDERBILT has had her Income Increased $5.000 a Gil month. That ought to enable her tO oon of make both ends Meat! Mi Neal IN ONE of the who move colored soldier preparing Seas was asked to dependency allotment He shook his head sign, explaining, “she able!” ADD to The reason bald is because the problem of who's their hair BY THE WAY, Shop of Hartford barbers running for on the Democratic on the Repubilcan make all the stump ¢hoose—but it won't 11 shave elsewhere unti tion A WOMAN al a Bond rally him a hundred dollar enjoy yourself.” BY dollars of his own he meal at the Stork Club THE BIRTH rate in t increased terrificall) Have you had your East today? THE WINNER City clam-eating 144 at one sitting, still doesn't them. Probabiy them pain in the Little Neck + SQUIRREL meat wit newest London delicacy. They serve the nuts first and then work up an appetite chasing squirrels NEWEST racket was pulled on N. Y. photographer when he wa picketed by a fake union picket lin He got even by taking photographs —Wwithout putting any Jim camera IF SQUIRREL meat becomes pop- ular it'll be tough next season de- ciding whether to let your wife wear her coat or eat it i {| Beatrice Zimmerman IN LOUISIANA the law states | hearty welcome 18 extended to all that if you tell a girl youre crazy EE. Hostetter, pastor about her It constitutes a marriage —————————— contract. Remindiag us of Sam . Cloldwyn's statement that a vera! Observes 71st Birthday contract Isnt worth the paper . . . With Ohio Relatives written on is to McNeal and Edith Bellefonte from rt LeRoy David former aged Fasick) aents Ty- com- [Ps Western camps his place to ior fill his refused t depend a overs in fone a n mitted brother Mrs. Philly had been livi mbes service a fOr > yd 0 whom he an ain't lock Fri- any ed Intelligence are Incidental most army +0 gauge Hi of the | oay LA of blood or Barber two George's Conn Alderman has one the other ihey speeches Revival Meeting and . ———— ticket can " they walked SALIOT | in N and gave bill and nine adding Haag a over 158 of the contest, who ate like considers a ts h nuts is the you a Rev. H. E. Uhrig e be held in th $0 PU Ls ODD AND CURIOUS Ration Blank Unable to fill out a Kerosene ration application and failing to find any- one who would help her with the application, Fannie Rager. 76, df Okeene, Okla, gave up and was found hanging in her home, with note pinned to her dress read “My dear Lord. forgive me thought I could get someone to it out for me. 1 had laid it away Bury me at Appler's church.” Ox frved Old avenue tober LA Fashioned After was Mi evening Mr avenue } A large cake « candles DONoT Those myer's Fuller Blanch 0 i ana and en ji and cof! a It on Gil of b Louis T Mrs Dx Rh and Also I fill ii six and Mrs Ben Steele, and Mrs Mrs Cleveland Curtin Crossmyer, Fritz, Waller Was New York City, Mrs. Donald myer was pie- gifts and a 1ald enoid Mrs present and Wildcat Bests 14 Dogs While W. T. Fulford and a com- pation of Miami. Fla were hunting with fourteen hunting dogs, Fullord spotted a large wildcat There was a momentary uproar, eight of the dogs disappeared and a couple of others quit after being thoroughly scratched and beaten The wildcat was gone and so were the dogs. It took fifteen hours for Fulford to round up the frightened, wounded and missing dogs Of out sister Cros everal nice VAS all had b - - - - CHURCH ANNIVERSARY A Program of special services in the Methodist church at Flemington tend for two weeks marking the 40Lh anniversary of present church building and 5th anniversary of the establishment of Methodism in the town. The first church in Flemi in 1870 and ded building was gregation of A on Houston 1887. Under the the Pins Popping Out Pins which her mother believes are the ones 15-year-old Florence Fordyce of Washington, Pa., swal- lowed 11 years ago began popping out of Florence, Friday. 8he pluck- ed one from her ankle on the way to Claysville High School and Fri- day night a doctor. hunting the cause of pains she was suffering, re- moved another. Both pins came out head-first, unrusted. During the night the pains continued, with the doctor and Florence's mother won- fering if more ping are preparing ta pop. » erected This was 1871 gion eed in of Christ 1865 the Church built in street and dedicated the D. M. Grover the present building was erected in 1002 and dedicated the next veer ree of debt. Improvements costing $0.000 have been completed, leaving $350 unpaid which the board desires Oct. 31 so that the mort - be burned at closing second church was Rav to raise by gage can service tiie Convincing Hubby * And what would you do if a mouse ran up your trousess leg? Mrs. Ruth} Chick. a taxicab friver of Kansas City, held tightly to the wriggling bump under her uniform slacks, dashed for a coal closet in a near. by building—and shed the slacks in a jiffy. Later she displayed a small glass jar with a piece of cloth tied over the top. Inside the jar was the mouse, “Just in case.” she explain- ed, “my husband says it was all in my Imagination.” - SWEET TOOTH FATAL is in Philipsburg, was commissioned A 200-pound black bear's sweet 5 captain on September 21. 1943, at tooth and lack of fear for a woman gicily. Captain Green has been in cost it itg life. Mrs. Leona Lyon of (the U. 8. forces for two years and Emporium, annoyed by raids of three two months, He served three months bruins upon the beehives of her: in the United States, eight months brother, Edwin Anderson, Jaid In| in Teeland, ten months in Africa and wait with a rifle and destroyed one! is now in Sicily. of them with a shot. She said the | . bears had destroyed more than 500 With new taxes coming up it will . - . HERO'S WIDOW MARRIES Mrs. Colin P. Kelly, Jr... widow of the nation’s first air hero of the war, and Lt. (jg) J. Watson Pedlow were married Friday at Crozierville, Pa. Three-year-old Corky Kelly, whose father died when bombs from his plane sank the Japanese battie- ship Haruna early in the war, grin- ned during the ceremony. sitting with his grandfather Colin P. Kelly, 8r Commissioned Captain : | money. pounds of honey and knocked over! almost pay a man not to make more atin the fighting capacity of the en- | cessful business men that advertis- of $100,000. The mies jing pays. : i -— —— considerable equipment. 33, M:Neal hom 1 Ted 5 | TO} . 4 began Monday evening and will ex-| Methodist | | work inter sold to the con-| I Son of Former Bellefonte Family Fatally Shoots = Self at Brother's Home Gilbert L. McNeal ‘Commits Suicide at Philip McNeal’s Residence In Tyrone; Left Note Indicating Intention to Die brother at clock McNeel (] { the kite The note indicated that oing to take his own McNeal immediate ~ of his back porch 1 He immediately police depart- Bilger prelimin- Coronet scene about Philip work note on 3 « from found rit came home clock ’ about and a en table » ten by his hrot the Liv el man wa brother t on the e founda body I'vrone Robert made a notified the Officer Feller, who ] investigetion Deputy Guy Shope came to the ly t is and death of McNeal a wana ment erv pronounced uicide. In mak- the neighborhood po- to find any the ni VAT lice w inquiry in per- Heal a HSCHATRe WRK 14, 1910 former well About Jaints ven He McNeal Eu Neal Wisconsin M: Lannen Jose pa Mc- ing: Robert McNeal Raloh Lonner, Vail Root, Wall gel yile ng ¥. A Four Injured In Car-Truck Crash £1,500 Damage Results From Accident at Jersey Shore received Hees i which in Jer Shore Wednesday last week when the car driven Vivian Kauffman of Mil- ollided with a coal truck own- ed by James Bodle of Williams. part, and driven bj Franklin Damage was cstimated at §1.500 Miss Kauffman, who was driving a car owned by Mrs. Ralph Hoster- man of Lock Haven, is said to have failed to stop at the stop sign at Broad and Allegheny frove into the path of or ing east Al » Nn accident “ rred ry of b 8 Hh ~ comes treets the on gheny cal Miss Milroy. who was Jersey Rhore Hospital from a concussion Miss Showers, 18 Potisy were Beatrice of 1 and Miss Velma and Miss Josephine of Jersey Shore, R. D HH] Piper Aircraft Mowery, b with the are employes of the Company in Lock Haven exception of Velma Mowery The Lock Haven group had driven Shore for ride and t ured Jersey a accident Mowery WO shortly he oc before picked home up the ister had 8 at their ——— Vail Man Hangs Self In Hencoop —————— (lair Nearhoof Takes Life After Period of Ill Health Nearhoof, aged about 45, north of Tyrone, commit Own Clair of Vail ted Monday by hanging himself with a wire to the rafters of a chicken coop some distance from his home time and was believed to be despondent While his wife was doing her in the house he went to the chicken coop. When she missed him | she started a search and found him in the coop. She immediately noti- | fied Blair County Coroner Chester C. Rothrock, who went to the scene and viewed the body. How long | Nearhoof had been dead si not clear but according to the story told to i Bodies son fFenCArsas suicide just after dinner time, ! He had not been in good health | {for some ithe coroner it could not have been | ivery long time. There was nothing to indicate that Mr. Nearhoof had contemplat- ed suicide for any extended period and it is probable that he acted on a sudden impulse. He is survived by his wife COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OF MISHAP AT COLLEGE State College police last week com- pleted investigation of an accident October 10 in which Warren Pyle 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G —- Anchors Fe Aweigh Plane Destroyed In Garage Fire Lock Haven Man's mental Shop Burns; £5,000 Loss ndeterm.neg home-made alr r of the garage atl ra i ne in Lock auned «d making before it ng equipment took, compre | army 14 tended beyond Pa. OCD Bans Air Raid Tests ‘No More Practices Unless the Army Calls For Test Drills further notice might any order time Directoy mid th working Ralph fins Lan Cooper Hutchison Defense system is that surprise dropped aud of Delense The pui- a smoothly be Lon substituted participate i" monthly mobil Corpse workers lic will not the drills The Btate has decided ther in aa Council of Defense until fur- surprise practice and blackouts are ardered directly Army.” he said In a Noting 14 daylight tests were staged so “the public might learn its duties and also learn to work with the Citizens Defense Corpse Dr. Hutchison de- clared to post Poe notice all tinless by the statement air raid drills thes blackouts and eight “This phase of completed.” The director said the last out “was the best ever held.” Tenth Son of Widow Enters Armed Forces Jimmy McCabe, 17, tenth son of Mrs Esther McCabe to enter the na- training Is now black ~ tion's armed forces within the past 30 months, carried with him to the Navy last week the same admonition the grey-haired widow gave the others “Son.” she said as he left Lilly, the little Cambria county mining com- munity near Johnstown, “it's your duty to serve your country. Do the best job possible and with God's good graces return to me after the war.” Sixteen-year-old Jerome, listening, said be couldn't “hardly wait” until he became old enough to follow Jim- my Sgt. William McCabe, 31, is the oldest son away. Others are Pfc. John, Clair, Patrick and Thomas; Pvts. Leo, Jost and Robert, all in the Army. and Roy, second mate, in the Merchant Marine. Mrs. McCabe's husband died about 115 years ago Pyle, of 743 N. McKee street, State | College, was ilnjhired when struck by a car. John Juba, chief of po-! y lice, said the car Was operated by Edward M. Barner of Altoona. Hugh R. Green, Jr. whose home | the United Nations are over-stim- v Special Church Service The public is cordially invited to join the congregation in a service of interest and significance in the Presbyterian church, Unionville, on Friday evening, Oct. 22 af 7:30, The special program will consist of some recognition of the 300th anniversary There is no use 0 remind suc * three § Damage Closes Induction Post Experi- Fire Burns Harrisburg Induc- ! tion Building With Loss of $125,000 oraere. drat Rien registrant i fe pain # PRR Ba the Harn Fiidas fale mace fire te nme) it and groups of registrants Friday { 1 examined there instead to the Philadel- without a day de- Col. Kell manger of and were La B centes Lemmon the inductions until mn 1 i Nays rishurg delayed ang the postponement that dats officials f ew impossible ind er time eit ready in Begin Now To Store Potatoes Consumer Urged to Lay Sufficient Supply For Win- ter and Spring in With this of yeu oumoer M. Price Area Su- announced a concert. COnsSmers pur- store potatoes for winter se would begin October continued thipigh Nove. crop potatoe: War Food Administ pervisor today drive to JO! ’ ration ex chase and ang spring 21 and be ember 6 Pennsylvania's crop coming to market greatest In history condition exists tion Mr The crop is s0 large that commer cial storage facilities are not ade- quate to handle them, Mr. Price ex- plained, and said the campaign will be built around an appeal to con- sumers, Do 8s your grandmother did” "and “store a bushel of pota- toes for each member of your fam- Ny" In this way the huge crop will be { fully utilized and possibility of gpoil- (age will be avoided, Mr. Price said. He emphasized however that only those householders having proper {facilities for storage should under- take to do so. “Generally speaking potatoes can be Rept in any dry, {ventilated place where the tempera- ture does not rise or fall above 4 to 60 degrees and where the veg- ietables can be shielded from light. {They are among the easy products ito store,” he sald | Impetus to the potato drive, which {will enlist the support of all trade jgroups, has been given by their des- ignation as a “Victory Food Selec- tion” by Director Roy F. Hendrick- son of the Food Distribution Ad- ministration Lave of potatoes far the the same tie na- now ja be and throughout Price said a A ———— FIRE-PROOF COAL A certain Brookiyn coal dealer is not expected tw quote Chie! Dis trict OPA Attorney Edward L. Coffey in advertising its product. Coffey, Mill Hall native, complained in fed- eral court that the dealer sold coal that not only failed to burn but “would even extinguish sny fire to which it was added.” The court is sued a cease and desist order against the dealer -~ WOMAN BADLY BURNED | Mrs Leroy Nausser is a patient in the Shamokin Hospital, suffer ing from burns of the head and chest, received while starting a fire in the furnace of her home. She was assisting in starting a fire, and as she opened the door of the fur. nace a gust of wind carried a light- ed plece of paper against her cloth. ing. setting it afire. a—— | CHURCH, HOSPITAL BENEFIT { Miss Ida Fowler, probated last week. The estate is estimated at upwards Berwick Nations! Bang ig executor, i Two Men Face Charges Of Beating Supervisor Of CAB At Lock Haven Victim of Assault Claims Two Lock Haven, R. D. Young Men Pounced Upon Him Satur- day Night Without Provocation they tarted Bagon tarted Walter Express of 0 Alli got in im turned vot a after } that around hen and room 104 W Allison oward |} reat ’ treet ana WV, Arai mprovogea att mm Page Fowr) idnioht inigh Salona Youth Is Painfully Hurt men ubon ground been Thy College two week Teacher Bagon s at other institut Blooms including ing a Bicycle in Mill Hall fle Beaten By Two Men Bagon 0l¢ : Mr [rom Honey-Loving Black Bear Shot Sister of State College Pro. U7 fessor Brings Down Intruder black 1 Ridgway J. Ander Yeioving a 4 i bee. i BO Reformed Synod In ’ bi bruin dened VE by Pro Anderse is Mrs, Leona Lyon Emporium, ast week. Mrs, Lyon was {foreed to shoot the bear in self -de- {lense when it boldly = approached within 25 Teel of her She used a special Over calen on : The fh annual fall meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical & Reformed church Is being held todas ] sweet. church. Lewistown 1 aIN- Prederick A. Rupies much Represeniative; gation 14.140 KYViVanlia 32 500 pound ye destroyed hn bear who the equipment L BONE was T + rinity or ‘ 100 hed bles of Par from 104 a total membership ten central Penn- attending among them being Rev, C Nevin Stamm St. John's Reform- urch onte, vice president the lollowing congregation BR. Owen Harry Cieven- Mrs J Millard Hartswick Miss Susanne Hartswick and Mrs “iC. Nevin Stamm anna M ———— BIG ORDER FOR BERWICK The American Car Company of Berwick to start work on orders it has ever for 8.400 caterpillar tractors, 7800 of them with bulldozers and 1.800 equipped with hyster winches. There is also a blanket designation for gpare parts, in an amount to be stipulated later. and to be built sim- uitaneously with the tractors. The entire order is 0 be delivered dur. ing 1944 ‘ cong vaita ire EE Va with ————— Coburn Couple Is Married 50 Years Mrs. Frank 8 affectionatels people Musser located in counties are the sessions oO Belle! Synod ane the local R ¥ eg Cl Of the members Edward a Mr Coburn mans Gramps golden wedding day. Oct, 10. at were guests of honor at reception given them by dren: Mrs. Harry Ulrich fonte; Charles FP. Mus burg: and Mis. Ge Hagerstown, Md Mr. and Mrs. Musser were married al the home of Mrs. Musser's sis ter, Mrs. James High, in Lock Hav- en, by the Rev. C. B. Gruber. Mrs Musser's wedding dress was gray and on her fiftieth anniversary she wore! a brown dress with a single yellow rose pinned on her shoulder Mr. and rs. Musser received many lovely gifts and greetings. A Musser known Gramm) oclebrated ano ‘ LEH] tapls stine niversary Sun home. They informal their chil- of Belle- of Mifflin- Mizell al ar WCLY an Foundry is preparing one of the largest received, It is { and ' 5 of Yr 's ¢ Session at Lewistown Random ~ INSTITUTE Teachers other year county school sigh of relief ed. Of worthwhile Ln interesting + Insts and w eacher wen Course Ls featur " Hu we tier LIAL worth For MINCion a Dodo the ome Lime w Collides With Car While Rid. *bat mi WOMEN Two won office rents A Pp considered thls week Recommended reading is a letier appearing elsewhere in this Issue. writlen by friend Joly M. Fleming. son of former Judge and Mrs Ward Fleming Beliefonte serving a gun- ners : Pacifi from point who is actually i up some points which mas ering you PHANTOM: ® M of wo is male aboard : Johr lakes the Accordin F HAE a Opera.” a unrevealed, who midnight Fegales residents tain section of versions of Jong-hai: wends his way home | Our super-gdetective deparin revealed gentieman’s us, and fun the young swain be come Christmastide We permitted to divulge his name we. to #41 dails Be) Phantom enti praciically JY eyo 1loed dr~CRiIe0 \ er TINE YOUDE aan own irl has to th the marmea are not While we do not favor cold-biood- ed cruelty toward tl enemies of this country, we r of atrocities against rulily fighting men should be punished nr Tg out Buy Bonds for future neeas note of interest lies in the fact that the miniature bride and bridegroom decorating the wedding cake had been used three times before for wedding cakes in the family All members of the immediate family were present except one grandson, Dick Ulrich. of Bellefonte, who at present is serving in the Air Forces “SBoinewhere in England” Scores of relatives and friends call- ed at the home during the day to offer their congratulations - FARM QU | Pare Adviesr Boners Bectric Station ’ ESTION BOX ED W. MITCHELL wey A ———— CAN GET NEEDED SHOES " serve Kale for winter use? Children who wear out or out- » 2 u A Yes, When cold weather comes grow their shoes at a particularly 1 : fast rate and adults with extra shoe Pull some up by the roots and re- sel in moist sawdust In a cool cel requirements need not suffer hard- ship because of the longer shoe ra- wh Cover the vest win siraw and tion period announced recently by tp use from that until cold mits OPA. If a @ilid ar" adult ‘Deeds:ih® Anal touch 1a Xt. Then we from shoes and the family quota of reg. ‘he cellar. (ular ration stamps bas been spent, Q-—-What is the method of mak He may get a simple application ihg a compost heap? i form for a special shoe stamp from A~Dig a pit 3 by 8 feet by 6 {his local rationing board |inches deep and pile any leaves, ri -y al grass, weeds or vegetable matter SERVING AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY there in a flat heap. Keep it moist, | | Opening of an aircraft engineer- and fork it over every three or four fing course to train girls for work (days. For every 4 to 6-in. layer of dn the Glenn L. Martin plant; compost, spread three or four fork marked the fourth aircral® industry! fuls or shovelluls of manure or rich ito take advantage of the facilities garden soil to inoculate with rot! [of the Pennsylvania State College bacteria and improve texture, also; (for the training of technical per- five to ten handfuls of sulphate of jsonnel. Consolidated Vultee Air- ammonia to feed the rot bacteria eraft jCurtise-Wright, and Hamil-| o 5, carbon pisulphide explosive ton Standard Propellers also have Penn State supervised programs. if the container is dropped? i i A~No, but it ig very inflammable | GIRL BITTEN BY DOG | Little Racine Conway. 4-year-oid, {Coalport girl, was admitted to the Q the fi I a -G. i costs money but it is cheap- defeat. Ask the French. serious, | pected | er War than -1s there an easy way to pre- it! i into va Q~—~How is cider made egar? AAs a general rule. apple will turn to vinegar if left alone Bui to get a good product. it should be put into a clean. sterile barrel, with some “mother of vinegar ~ added from a barre] of vinegar to make certain there is proper inoculation of bacteria. The bung shouid be jolt open till the vinegar has stopped working Q~What king of wax should be used on turnips and other vegetables for winter storage? A~~There are several brands of wax on the market made especia’ly for waxing vegetables and fruit, and your loca] seed and farm sup- ply dealer should be able two get wax for you. Directions are on each package ahd dilution tablets. All you do Is add water, dip the pro- duce, and let it drain and dry. Lack. ng the regular wax, heat ordinary add a little white mineral cider
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