Al
mph.
Where the Fuel Goes
cruising at a speed of 250
Ions of gasoline an hour,
IEAYY BOMBER
may use 200 gal.
he Centre Democraf
WHERE THE FUEL GOES
An Army Trans
port burns 33,000
gallons of fuel oil
u day.
NUMBER 50.
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1943,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR.
VOLUME 62,
TitanWorkers Get
e
Fifth Annual Chris
sent About 272 Wee
vice to Receive S100 Ea
sons Benefit,
© WAVE
Action
4
Pvi. James Shilling
Pvt. Shilling, zon of Mrs
Marshall, of Bellefonte, w 1
ed in action In Italy on ember
Ao receives
™
{i
w
ature ol
BYETIEY Ee
Pvt, Shillin
armored division i
ng at ¥
orvice
if 3
ived train-
ie entercd
1942
» public
High
a
the
He
chools and ¢
SChoor ang pri
vice was emploved b
ro Con
—c———
Belieig
State Ci
{wr Clseiing he
the Wolf Fur}
Bolle
the
re iege
rite
pany in
Pfc. Nevin Rhine,
Killed In Bomber
Blast, Is Buried
nen were 1
flight. Brief
home of his
lowed by ser
el
David
officiating
HAT
church at
Qty
Str Reformed
rites were
ed under the direction of mem-
bers of William Marshall Crawford
Post, American Legion, of Lock Ha-
ven, and burial was le in the
church cemetery
Pfc. Rhine
was graduat
LF
$
moth
born Fed. 21
m the Hubl
burg High School in 1930, and work
ed in the P. R. R. shops in Renovo
before entering the servi He had
attended chool Denver
and ioned Lockbourne
Air Base, Columbus where ti
accident happened, as
the Fortress crew
Surviving him in addition
parents are three brothers and
fiancee, N urietta Clevenstine,
of Mingo
o
wa at
Ohi
a member of
0 1 VE
* 3
0 NES
nis
He
107,000 Bonus [§
as Bonus Will Repre-
ay; Men in Ser-
About 1000 Per-
were mailed Tue
Checks to
employes
21
the iriy an {
will be mailed Dec
who will s!
Nara
Among thes
are Mi:
High 8
t Eb
We: :
Erne
JON
¢
last summer
Japanese prisoner of war cal
Robert Forsburg
n employe at
estate
218.37
gory will
check for any
be about $300.
The Titan
re iched
» largest
worker will
1943
+ hig! about
he same period
an Li- Line
g 1
1411
($101
24
officis
4
ued on Page Eight)
ni. A ———————
DESTROYS
wa TOXi~
ls sald
as bonus
FIRE
FARM RESIDENCE.
High Wind Converts Blaz-
ing Building Into In-
ferno; Heavy Loss
Fire, starting from an overheated
tove in kitchen, destroyed the
large frame tenant house on the Ar-
hur Garbrick farm just st of
Zion, shortly before noon, Friday
Fanned a strong and steady
wind from w west, the flames
pread through the house and with-
in ont If hour after the start of
the fire, the building had caved in
Nothing remained standing as the
high wind converted the Haming
structure into a kind of giant blow-
torch. Loss was estimated at between
the
we
w
WW
$3,000 and $4,000, with some insure
nee
Members of the Russell Yearick
family, tenants of the building, suc-
ceeded in saving much of the house-
hold goods and a quantity of cloth-
ing and bed clothing. Lost, however,
was a quantity of meat from a re-
cent butchering, a large quantity
(Continued vn Pape Eight)
Youth Injured As
Gun Discharges
Bill Bryan, 16, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Bryan, of Milesburg,
suffered a minor wound of the right
hip Saturday afternoon in the acci-
dental discharge of a gun.
Bryan and several companions
were preparing to go hunting when
the accident happened. The bullet
grazed the fleshy part of the hip
The youth was brought to the Cen«|
tre County Hospital where 12 stitch- |
es were required to close the wound. |
After receiving treatment he was
permitted to return home
Bartges Family Hears
From Interned Minister
Last Friday was a day ¢
ing for Mr. and Mrs
of Millheim for on that day they
oeived this first tw
vears from thelr son. the Rev
Woodrow A. Bartges who with his
wile was arrested hy the Japanese
in the Philippine Islands in the
month followng the Pearl! Harbor
incident :
The letter, dated August 21, 1943,
reveals that the couple have been
interned since December 31, 1941,
at Camp Holmes Interment Camp,
Baguio, P. 1, and that both had been
well up to the date of writing
Camp Life Revealed
An interesting informative picture;
of life In a Japanese prison camp is
contained in the letter, which is
quoted In full, as follows:
“Dear Dad, Mother and All
“Through the services of the In-|
ternational Red Cross and the cour-|
tesy of the Japanese Imperial Army |
we are enabled to write. :
“We are living under the protec
tive custody of the J. 1. A. here on
our three acre camp. Of the 517
British and Americans here, about
150 are missionaries. Our living
letter in over
quarters: three barracks, one man, live there are two Mennonites, one
cottages Our)
two women, five
{| healthful
imntain climate is comfortable and
The weather is very
nt except for the two to three
months rainy season. We had a 23-
day typhoon In July. We are glad
mc
’
pies
for our raincoats, rubbers, adequate}
clothes and covers. Our supply of
soap and precious personal articles
is not yet exhausted.
“The variety of our food is nat-
urally limited, but with such regu.
lars as rice, bananas, string beans,
sweet potatoes, gabl, etc, we
getting
plans meals hotel
the A former
{chef is our chief cook. Memories of
mother’s cooking linger indelibly.
“Our medical care is adequate. A
surgeon, four medical doctors, and
10 nurses compose an efficient hos
pital staff. A very good dentist does
essential work on our teeth. Neither
iof us has been ill with any of the
diseases such as dysentary,!
local
malaria, jaundice, ete,
“We are blessed with
church services which have been
held weekly since June, 1942. 1
‘1 Cro
regular! Christthas shoppers
}
|
MISS
2
ER
Father of Cpl. William
Fetzer Receives Awards
Won by Son
STATE OFFICIALS
AMONG SPEAKERS
Commander Calls on Gov-
ernment to Aid Re-
turning Soldiers
3ellefonte
a I uth
ervice before he
South Pa-
the
boy's
dur-
1
Head
Belelionte,
Charlie
apartment
ceived
lusters
H
won by h on, Cpl Villilam
Pelzer { mi
in which he
Force
Pacifi
an Alr
South
took
radio operato
resentatic
wns made by Captain
Leet, commander the
trainee Penn State
Principal speakers included
department commander of the
Earl Seitz, of near Pittsb
Lt. James E. Cashon, adjuts
Capt. Leet. Members of the
department officers’ staff, Bellefo
VFW officers and members
their guests were i1
itroduced by Jol
G. Love, Bellefonte
served
¢ he
Thomas E
of Alr Porc
4
al
attorne:
toastmaster
“In honoring Cpl. Pelzer we
his family, his friends and
community.” Capt. Leet said h
ted the medals to Cpl. Pel
Citations outlining the
vice Cpl. Fetzer rendered
as
hon
or his
as |
presse;
“rs
father
Page Eight)
—————
Jesse Sowers 30 Years
With West Penn
Jesse M. Sowers, Mill Street
bury, received recognition §
West Penn Power Company
v1 F : 30 g
Miles.
esterday
the :
Yous OF Service
eer for the Key.
Decemn-
transferred
Employed as engi
stone Power Corporation on
ber wns
Emporium in
ne Division was or-
t year he was
and made sub-
here January 15
watch engines
when the Key
ganized. Later
moved to Milesbhbu
station operator
1932
Mr
Company
burg
wy
hat
ro
a]
,
i
the
Mites
Sowers i till erving
in that capacity
5 MAN FROM
DEATH INT
Sgt. Edward Hall, Snow
at
Shoe, Rescues Soldier As |
Boat Overturns
First Sergeant Edward Hall, 23,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hall, of Snow
Shoe, recently saved one of the men
in his battery from drowning in a
canal that flowed by his outfit’s anti.
aircraft position in IHaly. the War
Department annou ped this week
Private Michael. QCingerski was
irowing a boat in a canal. It hit a
strong current and overturned. Un-
under the water. Sergeant Hall div-
led into the stream fully clothed and
| pulled Gingerski to safety
Hall is seeing extensive action with |
the Fifty Army in Italy, the War De-
partment announcement adds.
Sgt. Hall, better known in the
Snow Shoe area as “Duke,” entered
the service on Beptember 28, 1042,
and received his preliminary train-
ling at Ft. Bliss, Texas. From there
lhe was transferred to Camp Sutton,
IN. C., and later was sent to Camp
Davis, N. C. He was sent overseas in
| May 1943 and took part in the battle
for Salerno. He has been with the
{Fifth Army in Italy since then.
Sgt. Hall is married to the former
| Margaret Sherman, daughter of the
late Rev. H. H. Sherman, a former
i pastor of the Snow Bhoe Methodist
| church. He has one son, Eddie, who
i is now 15 months old. Mrs, Hall and
{young son are residing with Mr.
are| Hall's brother, Pred Hall and family, |
along O. K. A dietitian in Snow Shoe, during Sgt. Hall's ab- |
sence,
| Prior to entering the service he was
| employed al the knitting mills at
| Clarence.
RAY |
i
‘Lock Car Doors,
:
:
Police Head Warns
|
Chief of
iyesterday
Police Harry Dukeman
issued a warning to
i to keep the
{doors of their cars locked.
i In previous years, the Chief ex-
ERE
awards |
= SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
to,
1929,
able to swim, Gingerski disappeared |
Meek Resi ons As
Postmaster Here
Ancreasing Duties, Poor Health Given As
leason: Has Served in Office Since July
1, 1934; Will Devote Time to Personal
Business,
ler a
ha
that
ntinag
1934
from
t
4
but §
post
1
atl once
retiring
Work som
nt Roosevelt's first
when the term of
nisely as post
pired
handled
of
¢ number Car
al help as when Mr
oie official
govern-
TITAN METAL 10
Postmaster Geo Meek
R.
10 BEGIN FRIDA
Board Grants Pupils’ Pe-
tition for More Vacation;
Committees Named
North Water Street,
Added
, tare
ie ead
Mon
#
rn
regula i 3
onte School Board since its an.
OTR R. €. Blanes
ident of the board, “presidha
elon
meet
A. Beceer gor
rect, which
J
want
¢ tie Ceorge
Wolk J Water
a fares $4 our
nis 1053
.
£0
nn cxtra
en
HA
3
peti
undred
Deoriniber
Wednesday, December 22, as
ly planned
"
the holidays be
¢ . yo
1 f ati; ar ge
oe
7 and that pax
mist begin
rst monthl
insted o
plant
the fl
forth that
employed
and he
rusn te mostly
hree days Christmas | be needed tho
n more” to pupils than
corresponding time in June: that it
is the “general practice™ of school:
to give two full weeks’ vacation tim
istmas, and that the closing
sis would help the war effort
mand { :
could In order to begin
ip ou
are production, of
a mone t declared. a total of about 105
i women-—-will
i"
work
By €x-
Ofi=
a
(Continued on pepe Five
1 home row
Christmas
not to be held before
The £
next
12 0"Clock noon this Frida;
ts had been planned for
even
" | 4
for the
placed two board
members on committee and ro-
ntinued on page Three)
Thermometers Drop
To Sub-Zero Marks
got their first
ing Held at High School
Cafeteria
The Muncy District of Boy
of America held its annual dinner
and business meeting in the cafe-
{teria of the Bellefonte High School,
{ Tuesday night. Parents of Scouts,
| committee members and district of-
ficials attended the dinner served by
tthe school home economics depart-
§ ment
i Bpeakers were
ap
It commitiee:
' , \r : NL .
yea i Aes
each
c
Centre countians
real workout of the year at coal
shoveling. vesterday. when the bot.
tom dropped out of thermometers
| and the county had its initial plunge | Lewistown. new
| into sub-zero temperatures. I Juniata Council:
| Reports of temperature readings |executive of the
| ranged from an official recording of [Ciates, of State College, council
| 1 degree below zero at the Bellefonte chairman: and Ralston Derr.
| airport between 7:30 and 8:30 a. m. | Pleasant Gap, field director for the
| yesterday. to 18 below zero on an | American Red Cross who recently
{exposed hill near Karthaus. That's returned from the Aleutian Islands,
[cold weather even for January and | Clyde M. Stewart of Bellefonte was
| Pebruary. | re-elected chairman of the district.
| Windows of stores and homes Others re-elected are William J.
| were covered with thick coating of | ryoker. Pleasant Gap, vice-chair
frosted ice—always a prime indica- | man. Earl M. Cartwright, Bellefonte,
| tion of unusually cold weather here- | district commissioner, and
{ : Thomas
| abouts Cars with insufficient anti- (Continued on Page Seven)
| freeze froze up. Many persons had |
| difficulty in getting homes and bus- .
{iness places warm. In Bellefonte Local Couple To
{ temperatures ranged from 5 to 8 .
{ below; in Philipsburg it was 15 be- | Observe Anniversary
| i
Robert Smith, of
executive of the
Karl Disque, field
council. Theodore
In celebration of their 30th wed.
its ears, jangled its hands and mut- Pog 7 ahiiyéssaty Wein Tova
tered dire things about the rigors 114 an open house at AD in
{of winter, the Mallard ducks down! " 8h
{at the falls were meeting the situa- [the Evangelical Teplory, Witlowhani
| tion in their own fashion. [wires], Ulipinlmag day.
| They swam in a body out in
imid-stream and had a grand time
{splashing water over themsel>ss,
| bobbing their heads under water ana
chasing each other playfully around
in the stream.
Some fun!
Opens Photo Shop ‘Army In England.
| William J. Sager, of Bellefonte! Rev. Jucobs entered the ministry
{this week opened a photo shop in the(in 1915 at New Kingston, Pa, and
{room formerly occupied by the Zeig-isorved in various pastorates before
While Centre county humanity |
i shivered, stamped its feet, rubbed
{ried in Carlisle on December 25,
11013, by the Rev. L. A. Pubrman,
i brother-in-law of Mrs. Jacobs, There
are three children in the family:
H. H. Jacobs, Jr. of Williamsport;
Mrs. Vance Dimmick, of Bellefonte,
jand Pvt. Jay B. Jacobs, with the
teach a class of boys each Sunday plained. there always have been ler barber shop in the Farmer's Na- coming to Bellefonte five years ago
and preach once in three months. some loses through theft of pack-|tional Bank building,
West High from Danville.
We are many denominations. In ages placed in unlocked cars. “We'd street. Mr. Sager has had 17 years! The couple will hold open house
the 10 by 12 foot space in which 1
(Continued on Page Thres)
i
{like to have no losses at all this
year through this type of theft”
Chief declared.
{experience as a photographer and from 2 to 5 o'clock Christmas day
for a time was associated with the and extend a cordial invitation to
laste R. L. Mallory here (friends to call during those hours
+ Information
STEWART RENAMED =
|
Soouts |
COBURN YOUTH
1S WOUNDEL
STRAY BULLET
‘Wendell Musser Struck
in Thigh While Resting
on Mountain Path
WOUND NOT OF
SERIOUS NATURE
Other Victims of Earlier
Hunting Accidents Re-
ported Improving
OPEN PLANT NO. 3 2-2:
- = j . i
Former Beezer Garage on
nilnsed on Peye Fight
—————— py —————
State College Man
Is Nazi Prisoner
$
LR
Capt, P
ig
r 10, &
AOCCT Clay
hil F
action In Italy
miler of St
tol
10 the Nazi
cso
The news was received by
mothe
College
Mm
from various owner
ave radios who picked
y broadoast Sunday
ned the Foster
family has re
’
up a
y
Germa n
a
tele}
Th
frogn U. 8. authorities
reported missing but very
from prisoners
from QCerman radio sources. Ac-
cording to those hearing Sunday
st, Capt Foster spoke over
» and reported that he was
Ceivex] no wore
was
first
comes
since he
ofte
”
iu
bros
the rac
well
ras with an artillery unit
thick of the Fifty Army’
Shortly before his capture,
was surrounded two
enemy troops but finally es-
He told of this experience in
home
—. tar
3 07
dass by
letters dated
mother also learned this week
grandson, Lt. John
y prisoner the
» the fall of Bataan till a
well. They had beard
gome months ago but more in-
y arrived just recentl)
-
Lee Gettig Kills
Unusually Fine Buck
aeT
of
ta wtill
and
him
fopevn tis
ornate
|
:
i
|
i
|
Lee Gettig, 23. son of Mi
{Harry Getlig, residing along the
Jacksonville road, last Thursday
ishot one of the largest bucks Killed
lin Centre county this season
The buck weighed 165 pounds alter
being dressed and had a splendid
rack of 11 points. The antler:
spread of 21 inches
| Celtig was hunting on a ridge in
Li
ithe big buck, which apparently had
{been chased from anolher
{walking in bis direction.
and Mrs
tanned! a
ita =
ishoulder and passing through
Gettig fired a second time and the
buliet entered the neck, causing in-
stant death. The head taken to a
{taxidermist in Clearfield to be
imounted, was the second largest
{among a large number of heads tak-
en there for mounting.
1 main si A ————
Bomber Pilot Home
After 50 Missions
:
|
{
‘A
ranean aren. During his service in
that theatre, Lt. Warnock took part
in 50 bombing missions against the
enemy without injury except for
shield of his plane was twice shat-
tered by enemy gunfire,
Lt. Wamotk, who {ok part in
campaigns in Tunisia, Pantelleria,
Bicily, and Salerno, made his 50th
combat flight on the east coast of
Italy. The Btate College flier will
remain at his home until January 3,
when he is to report to Atlantic Clty.
N. J. for routine examinations and
reassigument to another station,
i
College |
Ol) :
scratches received when the wind!
Gets7to 15
1 ? ] -
i
since Oc¢- |
a prisoner in Germany, !
SL0Tt wave!
Capt :
(Foster's wile In Hartsburg and his)
Phillp Foster of State |
of
“Father”
ttle Nittany Valley when be saw |
area, |
He fired |
jonce, the bullet striking the deers
his |
{body. The buck charged at the hunt- |
|
|
3
1
:
|
|
First Lt, Arthur R. Warnock, Jr. the U. 8. entered the war
json of Dean and Mrs. A. R. Wars | that time Lie had served an en
nock of State College, arrived home {ment in the Hawaiian Islands, and red to his present outfit
| Rev | Friday after spending nine months after that had worked as ¢
to! . and Mrs, Jacobs were mar-|as a medium bomber pilot with the various restaurants
rmy Air Forces in the Mediter- gang vicinity
ears
On Morals Charge
Lemont Janitor Found Guilty of Attack on
14-Year-Old Girl; Juries in Two Other
(Cases Recommend Mercy.
und 1
Fe
tat
5 CHINE REPARS
S255 00 RSE TO OPEN
Farmers of Walker And
Nearby Townships Asked
to Bring Implements
Priest 40 Years
nue on pape Bin)
Three Injured As
Car Rams Truck
4 mpeet
i REG
Rt. Rev. William E. Downes
Tuesday, December
E. Dos
Catholi
$
William
John’s
pe ) 1 tg PN
will observe
October!
——————————————
Rotarians Here Buy
$52,675 In War Bonds
Beliefonte Rotary
Penn Belle Hotel
David E. Washbu
arner Company, gave an
talk on the chemical
a products
nk Gryciko
g f ¥
e of th
“Pat
tx
re aed Criersids
er ana Tie a
vation in 1941
SARTO
y
Club
na Bi .
Catholic
C.. receiving
in the
Was
© club projec
ounced
Musser W. Getlig
called the members’ atten
fact that Rotary Internations
requested its club members to sub-
scribe to War Bonds to the amount
of at least $200 for each member
He added that 19 of the Bellefonte
members had so far subscribed $52. -
675, or approximately twelve times
the amount asked for
Only one member wa absent
from the meeting, which closed with
a session of the sims and objets
1
oommillee
upon th
?
McAr
fonte in 1917
late Father P
| church
aon
addition to
{from i
(Continued on Pape Siz)
In
ceived
Lie uren
si
STORES OPEN EVENINGS
Beginning Monday of this week
Bellefonte stores are remaining
open evenings for the convenience
of shoppers. Grooery stores will be
open the three evenings before
Christmas
PLEASANT GAP SOLDIER GETS
$1,028.50 BACK PAY IN ARMY
and! The Sarge. » baker in the EMs
who mess here. was by his
iu George F
N. YY. and
of 254 pounds
inn back pay.
Hoy received
when he was
squadron
was transfer-
A case of
a cook iniover-aliotment developed prior to his
Sgt. Rex W. Hoy, son of Mr
Mis. Harry Hoy, of Bellefonte,
ject of a feature story in a recent) Pisa, of
issue of the “Stars and Stripes,” handed the tidy sum
publication of the armed forces 18 shiilings--81.028.50
8gt Hoy. now stationed in Eng-] The jast regular pay
land, enlisted the service after was Sept. 30, 1942
Prior to attached 10 a service
he
list | Shortly thereafter
iss on
in
Bellefonte reporting here, and when thiz fact
was determined it was too ate to
so clear up the matter. The service
“ squadron had departed for another
Stars and Stripes theater of operations.
By Sid Schapire | Hoye pay was held up pending
An Eighth Bomber Station, Nov. word from Finance in Washington.
11-8gt. Rex W. Hoy, of Bellefonte, The long-awaited news finally came
Pa. who hadn®t drawn any pay in through the other day—all of Hoy's
over a year. had a &8-hour pass aliotments had been discontinued
coming up today. No folding green, a year ago. All during this period
no fun, as the boys say. and it look- he had received but two partial pay-
ed like a gloomy 48 hours stuck in a ments. one for $40 in December,
Nissen hut { 1042, and snotber for $10 in Febru-
But vesterday Sgt. Hoy became ary, 1943.
Golden Boy. the Cinderella man of! So today Golden Boy Hoy started
this station—maybe the wiole damn | out on his 48-hour pass, loaded for
Army i (Continued on pope Fiz) :
in
Heres the story about him in 4