Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, December 23, 1943, Image 1

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Where the Fuel Goes
cruising at a speed of 250
m.p.h. may use 200 gal-
lons of gasoline an hour,
HEAVY BOMBER
Rwy
”
mocvaf
WHERE THE FUEL GOES
An Army Trans-
port burns 233.000
gallons of fuel vil
a day.
VOLUME 62. NUMBER 51.
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Fhe Centre De
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1943,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR.
63 County Men in
ecember Quota
State Colle Draft
Service,
Fathers;
.
»
-
" Them
L 0 onte Quota is 27 Men.
Board Calls 41 Into
Pre-Pearl Harbor
men from Local ralt
State College--27 of
them Pre-Pear! Harbor fathers—and
27 men Draft Board No. 2
Bellefonte, have been ll
the service within tl
weeks as Centre
quota
Of the 41 n
State College
for the Army
Forty-one
Beard No. 1
frcm
ted to enter
coming
December
I few
thi
Jated
wn arawl by
Board
17 for the
©
Dies In Blast
SCOURGE pan
Pie. Nevin D. Rhine
Pvt. Rhine, Mr. and M
Orvis 8. Rhine Mackeyville, whe
was killed December 6 in an
sion ¢f a Flying Fortres
bourne Alr Base, I!
Funeral services 3
Bethel
Friday.
the church cemetery
son of
Of
Community Sing
Thursday Nigh
A community Christ sing will
be held on the Diamond in ‘
fonte loc
I was
man. re
Chamber
at
ng and fds
the Titan Male Chorus in a group
of Christmas carols. A brass quar-
tette composed of Frank Hartranft,
Ronald Hill. Samuel Rhinesmith
Jr. and Malcolm Wetzler, Jr., will
play. Members of the all
Bellefonte chi
townspeople Irs
sing. Holter's publ
will be install
the
of
occasion
First National Bank
Declares Dividend
of the
Fir
held
annual
able Decombe;
ar
al
board of di-
Nitional Bank
December 21, the
dividend
30
that
to increase
At a meeting
rectors
Bellefonte
regular
declared, pe
It was the
directors voted the
surplus of the bank by $25,000 by the
transfer of a similar ‘amount from
undivided profits, After this trans-
fer, the capital stands at $200.000;
surplus at $225,000, undivided
profits and reserves at about $87 -
000
of the
et wa
1943
n
nounced
ais0
had
and
> Cross, at
. | commander
the Marine Corps, for the Air
Ce
and
rps
Of the 27
Bellefonte
Navy, 1 to the
Alr Corps
The State College board selectee
accepted for service at Al-
toona, December 16. Those taken b
the Army will depart for New Cum-
berland on January 6. The ones ac-
cepted for the Navy left Wednesda)
of this week
Bellefonte selectees were accepted
in Altoona December 15. The Army
contingent will leave January 5 and
the Navy group left Tuesday of this
week
Board No.
| Accepted tor
men from Board No. 2,
13 go to the Army, 11 to
Marines, and
the -
to the
were
the Army were
Nevin E. Houtz, State College
Charles A. Addleman, Centre Hall
Harold J. Reisinger, State College
Ear] H. Gardner, Bellefonte
George O. Delbler, Pleasant Gap.
John C. Lockhart, Bellefonte,
Lee Allen Homan, Boalsburg
Leroy K. Klinger, Boalsburg
George N. Lloyd, Huntingdon
Albert L. Foster, State College
tian R. Smith, Jr., Bellefonte
Carl R. Waltz, State College
John W. Callagan, State College
Henry H. Kennedy, State College
Alfred Manwiller, State College
John Clark Friese State College
Melvin C. Snyder, Spring Mills
William ©. Gladfelter, State Col-
lege
willl H. Poorman, State College
Philip Mitzkezich (transfer)
Those accepted for the Navy were
John 8S. Smith, Bellefonte
George D. Dyke, Milesburg
John D. Cain, Bellefonte
Edward L. Wilkins, Bellefonte,
Carl M. Myers, Williamsport
Everett C. Cox, State College
Stanley J. Myers, State College
Albert 8. Brungart, Pleasant Gap.
John H. Ackerman Pittsburgh.
John K. Miller, State College
Grant Dunkleberger, Pleasant Gap
Robert A. Slegal, State College
Lewis A. Garbrick, Centre Hall
David L. Gatrall (transfer), State
{Continged on Page Four)
ct ———
Red Derr Speaker
| At OOF Meeting
Subordinate Lodge 153, TOOF, of
Bellefonte, heard a most interesting
address by Ralston “Red” Derr, fleld
representative of the American Red
a meeting in the
rooms last Thursday night
Mr. Derr,
Army
state College
ho has been the
the Aleutians and
who witnessed much of the action
in those islands, eld question
period after his address and answer-
ed a number of questions asked by
members of the audience
Harry Raymond, noble grand of
he lodge, presided. He was assisted
Lawrence McClure, genior vice
After a business session
a Christmas party was held and
members exchanged gifts
aims nM d————
(COURT HOUSE RUMOR 4
According to rumors yesterday,
Harry Burd, of Aaronsburg, a Re-
publican candidate for Register at
{the primary election, will become
chief clerk to the incoming board of
County Commissioners. The assist-
ant clerk is rumored to be Walter
Armstrong, of Bellefonte. Ruth Par-
sons, of Unionville, clerk in the Dis-
trict Attorney's office, is reported to
siated for Miss Helen Schaeffer's
job as registration clerk, and Charles
Musser, of Bellefonte, Republican
candidate for Register, is reported
to be in line for D. A. McDowell's
job as Sealer of Weights and Meas-
These rumored appointments
iwere without official confirmation.
wilh
U. 8
LE
a
t
OY
’ a
ures
*
people have much to be
mas Day.
of Men us
truth,
This Christmas Day let
THE
With Hearts That Are Free,
We Reaffirm Our Faith
This Christmas
 o
More than any other people on earth the American
For on this beloved anniversary we cele-
brate the birth of the greatest and most honored
who long ago taught righteousness and
We are thankful that His standards have
come down through the years—to give us faith to-
day in the justness of our purpose .
ards of liberty, equality and unselfishness by which
we can forever live in happiness.
Behind our gay holiday laughter this year, there'll
be a common feeling in the hearts of us all.
be a hope, a conviction, a promise and a prayer all
in one—embedded in steel-like determination. Belief
in our ability to make right triumph over the dark
menace of evil and unholy forces.
It is our faith in true concepts and in HIM who in-
vested them in us, that will lead us to triumph.
With this thought uppermost in our minds we ex-
tend heartiest, most sincere Holiday Greetings!
thankful for this Christ-
. . the stand-
It will
us reaffirm our faith.
CENTRE DEMOCRAT.
‘arated from the rest of
lodge |
$10,000 FIRE
Flames Mushroom From
Grill Through Stone
Building
NIGHT WATCHMAN
DISCOVERS BLAZE
Work Begins on Recon-
struction; Records Saved,
Officials Report
Damage estimated at
mately $15000 resulted early
Thursday morning from a fire wh
originated on the first floor
Bellefonte Moose home
Spring treet mu
through walls and partitions
entire building
last
Of
North
Lhiroomesd
f
of
and
3
the
tie
Bellefonte firemen
credited with having
much more disastrous
Moose home, g stone structure lo-
cated in a row of frame buildings,
for time threatened entire
block flames from windows and
flaming ember ettled on nearby
properties. Firemen battled the main
blaze and kept close watch on near-
by buildings with the result that
the flames were confined to the ong
structure
are generally
prevented a
biaze The
a the
as
Near-zero temperatures prevailed
and water from the fire hoses ran
down Spring street, covering the
road with a sheet of ice
The fire was Giscovered about 6:10
m by Herbert Haupt, night
watchman. Haupt had been in the
cellar fixing the furnace and when
he returned to the first floor he
found the entire grill ablaze
Heat was s0 Intense he was un-
able to reach the telephone to turn
in an alarm, and Roland “Polie”
Bryan, who lives in an adjoining
house, sent In the alarm
When firemen arrived on
scene, flames had mushroomed
through partitions
a
the
up
ture was involved. Fire ate several
(holes through the double roof and
ibarned with great intensity under
the draft so provided.
The only pert of the
and the only damage resulting was
from water on the tile floor,
The grill room was
cooler
was bee
register,
The cash
lieved to
hundred dollars,
liamsport to be opened, Keys were
refrigerator and
register which
SLAVE
i
WPProxi-
chi
i dructare | IE SL the howe of Res. Poster Pipes
: Lin Mesbury, 1 aud parked the
fwhich escaped serious dmmaege was! Band a :
the large new meeting and social’
virtually an;
Aristocrats of Bird-dom Brought Here From |
state Near
Aikens
MOOSE HOME Swans Wintering
DAMAGED IN Above Falls Here MURDER
NOT INPRESSED
_ i
Boalshurg; Town
ADMITS TAYLOR
May Become Permanent Winter Sanc-|Aaronsburg Native Says
tuary for Birds.
nt
hn
Bu
the falls on South
‘arrived!” :
The town's foremost beauty spot
haunt of nationally famou
equally Mallard duck
now the aristocracy
form of
SWan
on
wildlife preserve
Water street
Hefonte
famou
graced by
bird-dom in the a pan
HT white
gorge ul
But wiore wi [4]
with tm
1 be Known now
just "winter-t
Vart iL may a
that th Wins
here
wan LS
roval birds brought fr
Thame river about
present from high!
to officials of the
Mill, were “lent
of nen Box! - §
the paper mill!
irect descendants of
on §
i"
of
and'’s
FOAIs ARO as a
British official
Lock Haven Paper
to Claude G. Alketu
burg, last summer by
officials
It seem
top notch
are ght
mon fowl. They
to trusted person
owner never
birds
Anvhow, officials of the paper mill
last summer granted a pair of the;
birds to Mr. Alkens, to grace thw
ponds and streams of his conntrs
of
hou
EWans the
bird social
and sold like
are distributed only
and the original
interest In fiw
being
girats,
COM.
the
not
lose
{froze
trout itate to solid masse
Titay
the icy
| dnder
neme near Boalsburg The swans
were perfect): home until last
week when sub-zero temperature:
the the Alken
of ioe
fanciers report
at
walter on C8
Svan bird sleep
yf g p " RYE *
ol fondly on the walter and come a cold Police
of | night
they are liable to be frozen
the stream. Gene MacGregor,
Metal Company employe
for the swans to be taken
and who
loan of
fast in
who
arranged
to the Alkens est
negotiated for the
HEE]
pail
Ale
“
of swans {i
iRoy 5 pool
Wis a paper
frequently
dil
reports that while
mill employe, {it
necessary to chop the
more swans out of
on cold mornings, It didn't
hurt the bird but was intone
vernent
war
dozen or
garacterisii
thing they ¢
water The
in the moming
with dew, but
else they eal
swallowing it
Last week when the Alkens pools
ind streams frome up. there was no
apen water on which they could rest
while sleeping, and there was little
fitimed
Another
the bird
must be
will eat
i it
they
AMT
is that every il
“dunked” in
early
Il covered
put everything
water before
v
r
on pape Four)
MINISTERS, CARS
3 Parked Machines Struck|Warns Farmers,
By Passing Car in
Milesburg
(PA PROBES SALE
BADLY DAMAGED
OF MEATS LOCALLY
Others
4
LL
to Collect Points;
Agents Here
{death
He Slew Co-ed at Shiloh
Church
ADMITS FIRING TWO
BARNS RECENTLY
“Scapegoat” in 4-Year-
Old Slaying
Did Daniel Ray mond Bnavely, 38
t
entenced 10 to
to serve from
burning down a barn in
Nittany Valley, bludgeon Ra-
Taylor, Penn Btate co-ed, to
death on morning of March 28
16407
1
20
years fog
i Little
hael
the
€ mystery
of t
i irrounding the
uve college fresh
af aria N
alter nearly four
investigation by
He att;
10 be
unceasing
‘authorities?
These two questions
others have
iin cfMicial
week on
| poried
slaying
But
oi
man solved
Years of
and
been going the rounds
circles during the past
heels of Bnavely's re-
confession” to the Taylor
[84]
ores of
the
O
the t
only drawback ha
{praclcally none of the police or
county officials interested in the case
believe Snavely had anything to do
{with the slaying, despite his
| fession ”
i It's a queer state of affalrs, all
told. Ever since the battered body
of the co-ed was found on the drive-
way in front of the Lemont school-
house that raw. rainy, foggy morn-
ing of March 28, police have cher-
ished the fond Lope that sooner of
{later someone would confess to
crime
Now along
“Con -
ae
omes a oan who ad-
mits the slaying tells police how it
done ang says he's willing to
for the crime—but police
TRS
answer
Three Centre County Methodist i “Three special agents of the Office (alter investigating the story from
of thelr ministerial duties.
The three gentlemen were attend.  Bollefonte
ing a Methodist ministeriten meet
cars In front of the house,
chine blew out, an
McMahon said
His car plunged
into a car owned by Rev. W
forward indo & car ovned by Rev
A and nearly every ministers ran into tough luck Mon- lof Price Administration are con. every angle, are prone
room in the main part of the struc- qv witerncon, while in the course ducting an investigation of the sale jdulgently
including pork, In the
Biate College, Centre
of mest,
io
smile in.
and comment “He's
Thaimy!”
! Police got that
way when they
{County area, where complaints to learned that Snavely really doesn’t
|
3
|
local War Price and Rationing
rie seporilig Ge sale of Ruch
mea
The OPA announcement warns all
into a machine! farmers and sellers of meats that about taking
entire loss, including a large cash... by Rev. C. M. Hammond, of | they must collect ration points for all and they drove to Shiloh
Spring Mills, glanced off and hurtied | meats which they
. E. | neighbors, or anyone else
contained several woipine of State College. The im-|
Wag sent to Wil- | act caused the Watkins car to lurch | amount of pork which the farmer Police claim the man, however, is
{could sell did not suspend the re- vague on the details. He
melted off the drawers and it Was goo © Stenger, Jr. of Belicionte. | quirement that the farmer must col- [to know any more abou
sell to friends,
“Lifting of the restrictions on the
1
tx, without collecting the requir- |
Along came a car driven by Jo- | od points from the consumers, indi- | walked toward Atherton Hall from
jroom at the rear. This room is sepP- | on McMahon, of Media, who wat! cates serious general violation of the (the bus stop ai Co-Op Corner, and
the bulld- | on route to Bellefonte. As he neared | OPA rationing regulations, the Wil- [invited her into his car
ing by a three-foot masonry Wall the pastors’ cars a tire on his me-| lamsport District OPA Office an- |
d he Jost oGntrol, | nounced this week
{have a clear picture of the shying.
He secites, well enough, how he stole
& car, Taylor as she
She got in (even though it wa
{1:30 a. m. and even though she'd
always been warned to be careful
up with strangers),
church
where the slaying took place
icording to Snavedy's alleged “con-
{ fession
wl
doesn’t seem
it the thing
feared that the bills inside may have! "one wae injured but the dam- | lect points for the meat,” OPA point- than anyohe else. Everything he toid
been charred by the
contemplates no loss from this
source since the charred bills can
be counted by experts who will be
in charge of opening the damaged
machine
The game room and ail its equip-
ment on the second floor was Jost
{Continged on page Four)
CRUSHED BY CAR
MAN FATALLY HURT
Max Bechdel, 28, Beech
Creek, Dies in Lock
Haven Hospital
Max Bechdel, 28, Beech Creek
farmer and retail milkman, died at
11 o'colck Tuesday morning at the
noon at his home.
Bechdel, who was a brother of
Mrs. Harry PF. Jones, of North
Thomas street, Bellefonte, and his
wife had been out in the woods to
get a Christmas tree. Returning
from the trip Bechdel was standing
on the running board of the truck
while his wife drove. As they turned
to circle the barn, hde) was
wedged between the truck acs the
barn,
‘the hospital where an operation
was performed in the hope of re-
pairing internal injuries, but he
i failed to rally. a
Deceased was & son of the late
{Edgar Bechdel and Mrs. Maude
| Bechdel. Surviving are his mother,
{who resides in Blanchard; his wife,
ithe former Anna Mae Stiver; two
| children, Charles, 8, and Catherine, |
16, both at home; and these
{and sisters: Claude, Willlam B. and
{Donald ©. Bechdel, all of Beech
| Creek: Joseph W., Thompson 8., and
{ Glenn, all of Blanchard; Robert O.,
tof Hershey; Mrs. Merril] Smith, of
| Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. T, Max Hall,
jof , and Mrs, Harry F.
i Jones, of Bellefonte, *
| Mr. Bechdel, who conducted a re-
{tail milk business in Beech Creek,
Blanchard, Monument, and
[pea class of 1933.
Funeral ts
| eons compieton men thie
[to press
The injured man was rushed to,
Hammond car. $100 to
ear, and $50 to Stengers
an———— ——
‘Brother of County
Car.
Woman Is Missing
14. John Marshall Arbuckle. US
brother of Mrs, William Jeffrey of
Boalsburg and son of Dr. and Mrs
John R. Arbuckle of Charlestown, W.
Va. and Pine Hall was reported
missing in action on Novemie=: =
while serving as a Navy patrol bomb-
er pilot somewhere in the South Pa-
cific, according to a Navy Depari-
iment cfsualty list
the weekend
Lt. Arbuckle whose parents recent
Virginia where Dr, Arbuckle has re-
sumed his practice, was gradusted
from Louisiana State University in
1039 Immediately
| graduation he entered the Navy and
| after taking pre-flight training at
the Anacostia, D. C., Naval Air Sta.
tion. He spent a year on Atlantic
patrol work in Bermuda and Brazil
a visit to State College last June.
Centre Hall Man Has
100 Per Cent Season
Guyer W. Grove Centre Hall
painter, had what can be called a
1100 per cent batting average during
ithe 1943 hunting season.
| He started in by bringing home a
113% -pound wild turkey. When bear
season opened he went out and shot
ia 210-pound bear. Then came deer
iseason, and he added to his laurels
‘by shooting an 8-point buck which
weighed 170 pounds. The turkey, the
on
ibear, and the deer all were shot
| Nittany Mountain.
i iacin
i
‘Scarletina Causes
Closing of Schools
The Milesburg school board closed
the borough schools there Monday
—-——
released during |
wid, |
* was re-elec ; Cet
ly returned from Pine Hall to West 1 ¥a8 elected president of the Cen
following his |
and was sent to Australia following |
|
{and in addition, is grossly unfair to crime of that kind
i
rationing program in Centre County
honest retailers who sell only In ex-
change for the correct number of
| points
{and to bring criminal action in the |
{
i
3
| Lock Haven Hospital as the result was graduated from the Pensacola, |
{of injuries suffered Sunday after-| Fla, Naval Air Station in June, 1940,
|
}
!
i
!
“The assignment of
agents.” it was stated,
the special
“is an indi-
N | cation of OPA’s determination to
stamp out the illegal practice at once
federal courts against all willful vio-
lators of this regulation.”
ww
Re-Elected Head of
Democratic Women
Mrs. Clyde Watson, of Milesburg,
tre County Women's Democratic
Club at a meeting of the group at
the home of Miss Helen Schaeffer,
East Curtin street, Bellefonte, this
Other officers chosen are
gnes Shields, Bellefonte, second
vice president; Mrs. Fred Mensch,
Millheim, fourth vice presiGgent:
Mrs. W. C. Witmer, Bellefonte; fifth
vice president; and Miss Helen
Schaeffer, corresponding secretary
Other re-elections at the meeting
included Mrs. N. C. Neidigh, State
College, vice president; Mrs, Charles
{ Hipple, Bellefonte, third vice presi-
dent; Miss Martha McKnight, Belle-
fonte, recording
nace, tregsurer.
After the regular business meet.
ing and elections, a Christmas party |
was held with exchange of gifts and
carol singing
-.
John Popson to Leave
Bellefonte, January 1
John Popson, of East Bishop
secretary. and Miss,
Maud E. Miller, Pennsylvania Fur- |
intense heat... wo. impressive. Estimates were: | ed out, adding. “This sale of rationed police about the crime, it is said. he
Despite charring, however, the lodge enn on McMahon's car; $400 to the | meat in this area without collecting (could have learned
Watkins’ | points has become a menace (0 the the newspapers
from reading
of
be
capable a
police admit
(Continued on Foose Siz)
10 DEMONSTRATE
WOOD ESTIMATIN
Enavely might
Methods of Rating Valuc
of Standing Timber to
be Shown, Dec. 29
A demonstration on how to esti-
mate the value of standing timber
lin farm woodlots will be given at
1town,
i According to County Agent R. C
i Blaney, there 8 a big demand for
jumber of all {ypes Many farm
{
people in Centre county have wood-| 25, Acacia fraternity,
jots that have reached their growth and Foster avenue, State
land should be utilized during this caused damage estimated at about
i
{war period. The shortage of labor is
{an important factor in lumber oper- about 4 p. m. Friday
{ations, and many farm people could Fire Company answered an alarm
make a contribution this winter hy
cutting some eXtra trees and deliv
lering them to jocal mills.
estry Extension Specialist of State
| MOTHER GIVES FOUR
SONS TO ARMY SERVICE
:
i
This demonstration will be con!
ducted by Mr, ¥. T. Murphy, For-!
{lo eudminate
r the Titan Metal Com- Aaronsburg native who recently was equate dust
he |
itl January
if the agencies falter in thelr duty
|
i
|
‘the farm of A. C. Rockey, Snyder cated at the West High street ade
: next Wednesday afternoon! gress for a number of years
Miss | December 20 At 1:30 o'clock.
i
:
i flreet,
Issues Ultimatum
POLICE on Lime Dust Evil
Councilman Eberhart Threatens Injunction
Against Company, or Organization of
Citizens’ Committee; Gives Six Months’
Grace.
Berating the
not only creating lime
but for “whitewashing
Borough Councilman
Eberhart chairman of
committee of Council
Warne:
Turn Down Willing been working with t
VY
any for many mont
t the
might in a report
iiaty
Lildmas
a powerful
Eberhart
warne;
geciared
Company dos
ollector
in process of tallation w
months, he will recommend 1
cli that an injunction
against the
If Council]
recommendation
he will resign
special committ
a citizen
Speaking to DOT
Councilman
¢
compan
figs
Telus t
£58
“Th
mean
The
JOT,
al
every
statement
mitted written
WAS read at Mr
by Council secrets
introduced by Eberhas i th } )
comment that despite his effor ts warner Company wi 8
effect an elimination ined On Po
ASSURES BETTER COUNTY FIELD
GARBAGE SERVICE ARMY HONORED
¥
J
Boro to Go Into Business
After Jan. 1 Unless Ser-
vice Improves
Certificate Given For 100
Percent Enrollment in
Cancer Control
Wearying -
garbage and
Bellefonte Council at
meeting Monday night
help the two collection agencies w
1 In getting “caught up”
»
removals, and warted that
¢
ol
certificate f werit §
I 1943 was
to Centre County for the 100
cent enlistment citizens In
Woman's Pield Army, the Ameri
f Can-
A
awarded
moved to PH
the
can Society for the Control of
cer at the annual district command.
ors sad capiains meeting in Harri
urg last week. Mrs. D. EB L. Roby
ison. captain for Centre County, ré-
ceived Lhe aware
ah removal
a H
ef
on ash
after that date, the borough will
“80 into the garbage business”
To overcome
that they haven't the
the men 10 remove agocun
ashes in cellars
out town, the borough offer
borough trucks, with
an hour. Furthermore
will provide addi
needed, with the understand
the agencies respons
their wages. The agencies will chy
customers service, as
After January 1, it is
the borough will withdraw the us
of its men and equipment and it will
be up to the agencies keep col
jections up to date
This action was taken when num-
frou: compiainis were receiv ‘
the effect that accumulations of &
es are not being removed Oou
hopes that the agencies will
enough trucks and men on
{Continued on pape Four)
-
the
poy TY.
National
ang Yarg
Smith
fi 4 rid ary r af Ne
national regional oo GF NEY
Hampshire: Dr. §
Led peer
Qn
the Johnstor
borough
nal men
Medical
Ketterer
are Society
gale com
€ tow
107
stinulated
upulaied
to Robisot
Centre County was
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Bellefonte Firemen
Answer Two Alarms
Newspaper Agency
In New Location
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Bellefonte firemen answered (wo
alarms Saturday with damage at
one amounting to $500. Members of
the Undine Company were called i
the Frank Bartley cabin along
Spring Creek at 4:45 p. m.. when fire
believed to have started from elec
tric wiring damaged the kitchen and
living room of the home
Firemen fought the blaze fo
about hour, during which time
a large hole was burned through
the living room floor and the ceiling
of the kitchen was practically de-
stroyed. The fire was discovered by
Fire in the kitchen of Barracks No. | Mr. Bartley, who was sleeping in the
Locust Lane home at the time Chemicals from
College, | booster tanks were used {oo exiing-
‘uish the fire
$100 to floors and walls of the room Both Bellefonie fire companies
The Alpha were called to Plant No. 1 of the Ti-
tan Metal Company at 7.45 9. Wm.
when a cover over a pit in the forge
caught fire. A small amount of
[damage resulted
NERS
from a
The ‘Homer Barnes
agency moved Monday
in the Tate building, West
to a room in the Heverl
building, North Allegheny street,
which until some months aga was
occupied by the Paul Spigelmyer
jewelry store
The Barnes agency
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room
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Fire In Fraternity.
and extinguished the blaze, which is
believed to have started when the
cook stove caught fire
PHILADELPHIA DAILY INQUIRER
RAPS PEACE NOW MOVEMENT
Growing sentiment against the effect a peace dictated by Berlin and
Peace Now Movement, of which Tokio, a pesce that would be only a
George W. Hartmann, formerly of breathing spell before another cata
the Penn State faculty, is chairman, clysmic war.
is evidenced in an editorial entitled! That's why it is shocking to learn
* ‘Peace Now’ Move Helps Axis.” pub- that an apparently organized cam-
fished Monday in The Philadelphia paign for a peace deal that would
operate to save Germany and Japan
from defeat has been started in let
newspaper several weeks ago and we !
reprint the Inquirer's editorial be. the
low to show how “Peace Now" is be- | Mr.
ing received elsewhere in the state.
“Peace Now Move Helps Axis
Proposals in Allied countries for a
a negotiated