Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, January 06, 1944, Image 1

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    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,
WHERE THE FUEL GOES
An Army Transe 3
port burns 232,000
’ BR / gallons of fuel oll
NS \ h : R Ra au day.
50 PER
J
SUBSCRIPTION #1 YEAR,
Ilness Fatal io
BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911.
UNTY NOW ‘Centre County Youth Aboard |
Navy's “‘Fightingest’’ Destroyer
VOLUME
Hospital Patient |
63. NUMBER 1.
Cdl .
“
- Rs
Sheridan Roland, 6a
foot Plunge from I >
Coroner Pronounces
Centre Counts
kler
listed
idan Roland
Clearfield
Monday
ATE TROOPER
She
SECONBS HAE
Pfe. John J.
Dies After Long Illness:
Here Five Years
Pie. John J. Mignogna
Pele ohn Josenh AMisnnons, mem
ber of the
Pleasant Gap 3
m
year's iline
Pvt. Migncena
pendectom;
marriage to
vember 14. 1042
covered from the
tracted blood stres
which t
in 1843
guties with the State
but his {
office work
tion belame
underwent
ment at Haht We
adel phis t i
wre
he
onl
Worse
obser
(Continged on Page Six)
ali —— B—
Ward, She Named
Paralysis Chairmen
preparation
for
In
campaign
nationwide
paralysis,
Howard,
nOUNees
and Malcolm
local chairmen ;
Mrs. Ward have
The March of Dime !
while Mr. Wetzler will be in charge
of activities celebration of
the President’
drive
M
COUNLY
Mrs
Wetzler
nthe yes
Webe
chairman, an-
Wallace Ward
will serve as
$i
that
for UU
birt
16
hea
Mignogna |.
i Ezra Clayton
“it ing in
i The
the
Lo De ath
\S us Shortly After
thurg dies 25
oath a Suicide
morning walked from
ward IH ne i ital
hat
concrete
pproximatel
the man !}
it the inst
had recover
early
discharged
to come [or
appear New
for the
v didn't
: were made
him Saturday
Appointed
mor
onion,
m
to call for and again
was dis
Monday
nurse
while the 3
in caring for
Roland,
around
ni
wi
» contemplated takin
nducting
Coronet
In mnmQuest wi
The body wa
i terinent
nece
Punx
WOODSMAN 73, 13
FATALLY STRICKEN
Found Helpless After
Plunge Into Stream; Fu-
neral Friday
is believed to
heart at-
alone
home
¢
tricken with what
have stroke or a
tack was walking
through the woods near his
Confer, aged 73. of
Mills, died at 12:13 p
January 3. 1944, alot
i Bas OuNG :
state in
man is believed
nearby stream
discovered
and his It
it had be
Den
while he
near Spring
Monday,
FAILS
a hel
stricken
¢ fallen into
ortly before he +
his clothing was Ww
box appeared as though
ibmerged in !
Mr ; r., employe at the Myer
wmill 1 3 3 et out from
home clock Monday
ir work. Arriving
ned that be -
tk for the day
the
ARR 8 |
the snow
to
pless
inch
een
aries
County Coroner Ch
y investigated the death
i
whi
eckler,
{Continged on Page Three)
Wc
Fire Near State College
hole was burned in the roof of
Philip Armstrong
Hall Road State
a fire viich broke out
m. Saturday. The
from sparks from a chim-
extinguished by members
of the Alpha Fire Company of State
Co ege who responded to an alarm
tal damage was COM =
any officials to be
Woman's Club to Meet
Milesburg Woman's Club will
Monday, January 10, at 7:30
at the Milesburg school house
ing class SpONsor-
scheduled
has been
A
hotlse on
College, R
about
which
wi
1
ite
by
3:30 p
started
ney, was
fire
anid hw Bre
SRiU Dy re
small
The
meet
p.m,
The surgical dress
the club which was
last nizht,
postponed until Wednesday night
January 12, because of the preva-
fence of illness in the community
Eh
eed by
to have begun
NEW OFFICIALS =
ticipatiy
ments;
battieshi
Receive Oath of Office at
Brief Ceremony Here
Monday
destroyer
wi
SALARY BOARD IS er
COMPLETING DUTIES ni
Many Appointments Made
—Nome to be Announced
Within Week
unty's newly
wlucted
in
Nay
bhe
The
been
elected of -
office at
a orief ceremony
1, with Judge Ivan
Judge Walker ad-
of office to Pro-
wi who In ven
nite
officials
Qu
into
en
the
rey
N AV)
» oath
to othes
Three Rescue
i
eg to
{
cong iment
Helens
Jattie of K
180
the United
14 month n the
Cora Ol pars
Ln CNAs
In pa ness
fF
ree cruiser and
ner crew
Con
Hockman
» Hockman
meme 0
Oouth
i wi 17
1 the Walk-
nt Hub.
He received
1 Whe Isl 41]
Leaning in
wigned
O'Bannot
rt recent.
week
ental home
» O'Bannon
d the “Little Halens
baths to her a 14
133
he O'Bam
Tasks
1
At La
Gunners Mate Dick 5. Hockman
Aly
J APRNese-
GH Skee
Costinged on Pape Six;
holida-
Past
Bit or n
offices remain
closing. "Thi
much inconvenience
expense lo persons
t) »
other
aused
needless
He
hedule
1 pti be
normed
ved on holidays
on ceremonie
rv Board--a
the Sixth Cla
v which
falls the first time
has been engaged in fixing
for the various: county #m- ternoon
According to statement by the 4
yesterday, some Pet
been fixed dy
settled
E The
officers! 5 oust
under h
either a
influence
after a st
Hab n
for
State
¢ Commiss
salaries
remain
woner
the nave
hile other: to be
id
Va
of the new county
the appointments made up to wv.
this time are reviewed belbw inw-
far as information avallahle
yesterday.
Eis 14s ASS pe
Bellefonte: ©. P
(Canlinged on page Four
PARALYSIS GROUP
PREPARES wi
Annual Drive For Funds
Jan. 14-31; Mrs. Balser
Names
and
House
Fre x Lo
art
) Fi
Awe
np
eo
Thile
Lol lice
{ bec ame
door and
Car
{ licemen
{ business
w
at
in search of the soldier, Chief
companions
(Continued on page Siz)
and hie
Q3
+33
Coliege
Keith
tof the Bt ate
idier
appeared
on
Wednesday
having arrived oni the morning bu
McCord, Philine-{hecame alarmed
Jmol ier kept
ntelligible
ees abotits of
employes were
about
alarmed
POLICE SUBDUE
VIOLENT
State C
Damaged in Battle With
Man From Ft. Dix
|
ollege lege Lockup Is
oldier
ental ¢ OF un
drug
Jast
John
{ was
Wednesda
R. Juba
police, assisted
Pane and J. E. Tierne
Police,
ater
18, of
st the CGrevhot
Nort Atherton
morning. apparentd
uggle
Chief
identified
Brooklyn, N
ind Post
dax
tae
nn, Pret Thus
when
up a Stream of aimost
questions about
aman.’
calling the
6:15 a. m. the soldier)
and ran out thw
the atreet Chief
“the »
down
Juba answered the call in the patrol
scoompanied by
the stale DoO-!
ho were at the office
the time. Driving around i
found him « ea lk-
Weber, Chairman
Announcement of the 1044
fund-raising appeal for the war
infantile paralysis, January 14 0
31 inclusive, was made this week by
Mrs. Balser Weber, of Howard
chain man of the County Infantile
Par sis committee he campaign
as al will be highlighted with the
celebration of the President's Birth
day
Ever since
day
to
annu
al
SIRRNEENG
on
Williams
College,
Patrolman
the dedication of that
in 1934 by President Roosevelt
fight infantile paralysis, the Am-
erican people have taken this cause
to their hearts
Although facing the multiple de. Ng
s service
mands of war, the question may be | Haven
asked: “How is it possible for the...
American people to devote time, en-|
ergy and money to fight infantile
paralysis?” The answer is that to do!
otherwise would be to lose, in a very
real sense one of the four freedoms |
Long's
to
his arrest.
oner by
James Long.
31,
the Harrisburg State Hospital
apprehended at
House, North Atherton street,
at
State College police force on charg
of disorderly conduct.
arrest followed compiaints
made to police Sunday
the demented man using the name
Willioms was loudly demanding taxi
and
Other suspicious actions resulted in
Demented Man Is
Arrested at College
alias Ken neth Charles
an escaped inmate of
was
the Greyhound Post
State
m. Monday
of he
of
2:30
r
A
A. Johnson
night at
and Lock
telephone
Williamenort
use of a
Questioning of the pris
Police Chief John R. Juba
led to a telephone call to Dr. H.K.
{Continued on pape Sin)
i
street of 1!
the gnknosn «om
{Claster’'s
MRS. FLUKE WEDS
T SOLDIER H. A. BROCKERHOFF
Ceremony Last Thursday
in St. Patrick's Cath-
edral, Harrisburg
suited
io the mull. Her «
oy daughter,
v wht
Los ke
the
Broker Seb §
brens E19,
ert s SHERT
C
per of the
{
iret
Juba | day
at home at 4
gt the
EER ow ah
now
ence
Qnring
i. Wn i
Youth Seni to Boys’ Town
William Cummings, 14, wihu
found guilty of the voluntary
ter of Fr x Bucking
Clin nity «
slaugh oer
ki] by a
October
Neb weekend
sened ie
this pas
ry Hipple
Dee. 31
institution lor
jury had request
ont his behalf
cting io
training
el
————————
Promotion Announced
War Department has an-
promotion from second
Hieutenant the
Wayne Harve
The
nounced
lieutenant
Infantrs
Milesburg
pe —— ————
simple 40 buy
house how on
Bellefonte Pa
fo fird
fRonald
in
Of
of
and build
display
a
at
brooder
: 1
slricia Fluke.
! for,
| licenses,
TAINS ALL
1943 OFFICERS
Sieg, Re-elected President,
Names New Com-
Rev. (. (. Shuey
Retired Grocer Who Became Minister, Dies
at Age of 87; Was Ordained 2 Years Ago;
Funeral Services This Afternoon at Home
mittees
RADIO PROBE TO
BEGIN THIS WEEK
Borough Authorizes Roy
('lements to Aid in Gar-
hage, Ash Removal
annual orgs
COUNTY NATIVES
“= WEDDED 50 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
Jukeman of Clearfield,
Observe Anniversary
n
New
od 30
Bd
days tinue
] Mrz. Dukeman was the Jorme:
that the | Miss Delingda Leiteell of Spring Mil
Ane
it was repaofted
foi fad
VWhen
PLES TAL iA
Centre oo
iB A
born at
He § 350- First Baby of 1944
Hany Born In Bellefonte
- MER BEER as
VOTES VODED
1 Judge W alker C ites High!
Couri Rulings in Setting |
Aside Referendum
vii IB uiation:
homes Lyi [y
niinusd on pape Sig)
IRInens urn
ic
he ———— so
3
Among ho
Du keman hom
cluded Mr
M1
Leot n Clears
Bilis Me ver i
Mrs. J. C, Osman,
Mr: Howard Ma¥Min, o
My Laura Barnhart
) prepared weddl
Mrs. Duken
Clearfield
5. B. Conier
a
and
was in
daughter, Mrs
severe cold was
Mrs. Osman alse
Dukeman
filed yesterd
in the
the day, Judge Ivan Walk- |
er declared the beer referendum in|
Milesburg Borough at the primaries |
last fall to be null and void, and
directed the State Liquor Control
Board to reconsider the application
of Russell Stover, Milesburg busi}
nessman, for the renewal of his bey
erage license,
in Opinion
eRing matter |:
earlier in
10 a
present
Mr
jof ged > i
Bellefont
————— Mo ———
AR FUND DRIVE
TOTALS §22.826
‘ounty Chairman Reports
Pledges Near Quota
For 17 A seneles
rs
Bellefonte Couple
Wedded 35 Years!
Stover appealed the case to court | - |
when the Liquor Control Board re-| Mr. and Mrs
fused him a renewal of his license | West Lamb street
because Milesburg citizens voted | IV celebrated their 35
“dry” last fall by a vote of 100]niversary, Saturda)
to 151 against, the granting of {bration was planned.
Stover, however, contend. | Many messages of
ed that the referendum was illegal] Edward A. Kline, the late
since notice of the time and place. | William Kline of Bellefonte, and |
(Continued on Pape Four) Mrs. Emma Commer Kline, of Oak-
land, Cal, and Miss Pearl Duke-
Edward
They
Hor which we are fighting—{reedom
from fear
Infantile paralysis gs all parents
man, daughter of Miles and Mars
Ann Shultz Dukeman, of Curtin,
were married at Loc x Haven De.
TITAN DECLARES
STUCK DIVIDEND
Local Industry Also Ap-
proves Reclassification
of Stock Issues
Al a meeting Ins 5k week,
Metal Manufacturing Company of
Bellefonte, in recent vears one of
Bellefonte's fast-giowing industries.
declared its first stock dividend :
A dividend of 10 cents a share |
was paid on cosnmon stock, some of
the Titan |
CORONER AWATS
AUTOPSY REPORT
Analyze Vital Organs in!
Pine Grove ‘Food Poison-
ing’ Death
Definite decision as to the car 150 |
of the death of a 20-vear-old Pine
CGirove Mills
{morning awaits the results of a lab-
{oratory analysis of vital organs now |
nn ‘made, Centre County Coroner |
Charles Sheckler of Ailesburg.
yesterday.
youth early Friday]
nid |
Bellefonte Native Doing Fine Work
A Bellefonte native who has just completed
twenty vears as principal of Northeast Junior High
School at Reading, was given a fine tribute from
faculty, pupils, former teachers and alumni of that
school at Pounders Day Assembly recently, and
George Furey Sells | Pounders’ Day issue of “The Northeaster,”
Dairy Business Here school publication, is devoted almost entirely to
| the principal and his achievements during the past
George Furey, for nearly thirty |
two decades,
years owner and operator of a re-! The principal is James Ambrose Shook, son of
{tail milk business in Bellefonte, this| the late James M. and Sarah J. Shook, who was'
{week sold the business to the Tay-! born in Bellefonte and who was educated in the
lor Dairy, of Willowbank street | public schools here. He was graduated with high-
Mr. Furey first efigaged in the| est honors in his class at Bellefonte High School
dairy business when he resided at)
in 1900.
the Haupt place, north of Bellefonte, | After graduation he was employed for some years
iand continued in that work 25 years| in Joseph Brothers’ store, Bellefonte, as a clerk. In
‘ago when he moved to his present! 1908 he was graduated from Juniata College, Hunt-
{location on East Linn street. ingdon, with a degree of Bachelor of Arts. He holds
Reason for the sale, Mr. Furey! a Master of Arts Degree from the University of
realize, is a fearful disease, It strikes
without warning, rich and poor
‘alike. And because it threatens each |
(Continged on Page Three)
cember 31, 1908. Rev, Milford T
| Shriner, former pastor of the Belle-
fonte Methodist church, performed
the ceremony at his home
The first nine years of their mar
ried life was spent at the Dukeman
home in Curtin, and since then they
thave lived in Bellefonte,
| Kline is employed as a carpenter
Mr. Kline has two sisters and a bro-
ther. They are Mrs. George Fergu-
son, Mrs. William Crowel and Theo~ |
dore Kline, all of Oakland, Cal The
and sisters
Chief of Police Harry Dukeman,
Mrs, Howard Martin and Mrs Clark
N. Aikey, all of Beliefonte; Mrs
John Osman, of Lewisburg:
rison Dukeman of Clearfield, snd
William Dukeman, of Altoona
where Mr.
following are Mrs. Kline's brothers |
which is held by local individuals,
and a quarterly dividend of $195
a share was paid on preferred stock,
officials said,
At the session certain re-group-
fous classes of stock were approved.
Authorized capital stock was rear-
ranged to consist of 319500 shares |
divided into 3.000 Preferred shares,
par $50, and 211.500 Common shares,
par $1. The 4.000 shares oi 7 per |
cent Cumulative Preferred stock,
Par $100, was reclassified to 8.000
Preferred Shares, par $50. In addi-
tion, 11500 shares 6f Common stock
without par value was ¢hanged into
111,500 shares of the 311500 Com-
mon shares of the bar value of $1.
In each instance ‘whete the par
value of stock was reduced, a soef-
ficient number of additional shares
is to be issued stockholders to offset
the reduction.
*
The youth, Robert Johneon, son
of Mrs. Edna Johnson, of Pine
Grove Mills, died at the Centre
(County Hospital here at 8 8 a. Pri-
ing and reclassification of the var-| ; 3
day morning a short time after he
had been admitied for treatment of |
what was believed to be food poison
ing.
An autopsy was performed at the
Koch Puneral Home, State College,
Monday afternoon after funeral ser-
| vices had been conducted at the
youth's parentals home, Interment
was made Tuesday morning in the
Pine Grove Mills cemetery.
During the autopsy, which was
conducted Dr. H. Richard Ishler,
of State Col , in the presence of
Corcner Sheckler, the stomach and
some othéf organs were removed for
laboratory analysis to determine the
exact cause of death. Coroner
(Continued om Page Siz)
said, is that his phycician hag ad-
vised him to take 4 complete rest
for three months becatise of a con-
dition from which he has been suf
fering for some tims, As a result,
(Bis plans for the future are indef-
inite. i
>
‘Altoona Man To
Be Store Manager
John Koehile, of Altoona, has been
named manager of the Claster
Hardware store on West street,
Bellefonte, succeeding Mark W, wil.
Hams, of Belleforite, who recently
resigned.
Pennsylvania, and also studied at the University
of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia, spec-
Annual Welfare Fund
The annual meeting of the Belle-
te held in the court room here at
7:30 o'clock Monday evening, Jane |
wary 10, at which time officers for |
the coming year will be elected.
session and participate in the elec.
suggestions regarding the operating
of the fund will be received
The public is urged to attend the
tion of officers. At the meeting any |
Pen.
$2282
Robins
fhe National
E. Clark.
chairman
this werk
of tw
ieted with
area to x
"
ot. 71
"
re giready com
Ba Philipsburg
are the
very Inve
for the
LAOCES
of a
county
rabily
grive,’
of the
total i CIPATY
with the spt
Mr. Clark said. “The
campaign fs a result
combination of a worthy cause with
{the effort
ts of good workers”
Agencies benefit from the
drive Included 17 war aid orgenisn-
Har-
tions, heated by
vice Organisation
of the beneficiaries
the United Sere
(UBO:, largest
Other included
{the many relie{ grouns for people In
ithe ocoupled countries
those aiding refugees in
Meeting, January 10
ease in staging the drive Included
[in some cnses only
fonte Community Welfare Pund will | neitips, in oth
ships and smaller boroughs
as well as
thiz Oban.
try
The county districts set up for
boroughs and
In other several towne
were
{grouped together, Revoris filed from
{the following districts are included
in the total, Mr. Clark said;
Enow Shoe Mountain area, $1008.
£0; Ferguson ‘township, $830.32;
Centre Hall Ry SRIRYS. Upper
Bald Eagle Valley area, $7534
Harrig township, $101.29: State Col-
iege borough. $8376.20; student cam-
Paign at College, $1,335.95; Pleasant
Sap borough, $196; Bellefonte, $8.