- SPEAKING of gifts, - ree bk. % Jesse 3 ADLER % Looks at | the NEWS - The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week SECOND SECTION dhe Centre Democrat NEWS, FEATURES ——— HEADLINE: “Female Santa Claua- ses appearing in Hollywood." Any- thing to bewilder Errol Flynn, ! huh? AND In New York a department store Santa asked a customer what he wanted Jop Xmas. “You,” was the reply, “I'm frém your draft board and youTe five over- due.” A COUNTERFEITER New York complained his busines was lousy because of priorities “How can I make genuine half dol- lar pleces when I gotta use pewter wns instead of re AN ARMY bugler at Camp blew reveille an hour too early week. The boys voted him their 3: most Hated Man of the Hour: lst, Hitler ;2nd, Toje. 3rd, the Bugler CLASSIFIED ad in San Francis- co Examiner: “Will exchange bottle 20 year old brandy for pair of Ny- lons.” Both make the legs the ob- ject of attention HOLIDAY CARD to Strip-Tease Artist: HAPPY NUDE YEAR. GREETING Suggestion for 4th Bond Drive* Happy Nineteen-Forty Fourth War Bond Drive HEADLINE: “Churchil] to Normal." That's more weeks arrested in ily ties SAANE Adal 1 Hs > Returns than the SL od, VOLUME ¢ v BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944, NUMBER ! . State’s Death Claimed Li Since Its Chair Has ves of 293 Installation First Electrocution Took Place February 23, 1915; Irene Schroder, Gun Girl, Only Woman to Pennsylvania's death chair electric “killer” at Rockview Peni- tentiary,” is claiming fewer with each administration, but neve ertheless has snuffed out 203 lives since its installation nearly 290 years ago . Until the term of Gov, Arthur H James began in 1839, the chair took an average of 12 lives a year, but the number gradually declined un- til the annual] average now is 10 The greatest toll was taken in 1822 {when 28 criminals paid their debt to society, while the low was re- icorded this year when only two Nazis will ever be able to say about] Hitler. THE OPA declared a 5-pt dend on pork for the holidays. And you shoulda heard approval. HERR Hellmut Stelbracht “In Germany—death on the battle-} field should be regarded as the ar-| ol dently longed for termination life." We'll try bracht. LAST WEEK the Army L. C. Smith Co. to start typewriters again-——we've got enough Garand rifles. Garand news, that FAVORITE Silly Gag of the Week: A rural doctor got a call from a farmer who reported his young son had just swallowed his fountain pen. “I'll be over in about an hour.” the doctor replied. “in the mean- time I hope you know what to do.” “Sure,” replied the farmer, “I'll use my pencil” OVERHEARD at the Stork, Morocco, Lecn and Eddies, the Club or maybe 1 just made it up 1st Dowager to 22nd “Sometimes I'm taken for my ow daughter.” 2nd Dowager to 1s “Good gracious—you don't jook enough to have a daughter old.” Blackout told $ ‘ E £8 8) that ke gave you all those ifts?2” “Oh nooooo—I just remained A and collected.” mad at me since Xmas. Said I should have forgotten her past and remem- bered her present WHETEHR you're a Democrat, a Republican, whatever you are this Presidential Year—remember that first of all You're an the World's Best Reason for look- ing forward to a Victorious—a Hap- py New Year. BUSINESS was so York before New Year’ waiters began talking tomers again ANYWAY wor in New Eve that the to the cu I made this Army is even the tles any resoiutions NOW that over the railroads £2. 1. THE British Parliament just put through a bill making it a law to pay housewives wages of $4 weekly At that rate, I wonder if they would mind finding a maid for me IF MUSSOLINI is dead as rumor- ed. it is about as important as what your ex-mother-in-law thinks about you. year ne are divi-| the hogs grunt MYS: | to oblige, Herr Stel-| thie making | 18! Dowager: | ro | tance OVERHEARD at some spots: She- | Wolf: “Weren't you nervous when expensive | American | one resolution | Iwill keep—a resolution not to make | taking | Agricultural Group to Meet Centre County Extension As- sociation to Hold Ses- sion Jan, 7 The annual meeting of tre County Agricultural Service will be held in House in Bellefonte on ¥riday, Jan- uary 7 from 10 a. m. until 3:30 p im. According to Henry Btover of Aaronsburg, president of the associa- tion, the program this year will em- the Cen- Extension the Court that! imple but effective oak constructed | executions victims Die In Chair last mile No are pending valked the currently The last two were Philadelphia, March 29, and Herbert {Greene, Philadelphia, April 26 were scheduled be- Gov The = was in myer whose executions fore inauguration of ward Martin last January took 19 lives while Jame flce {| The electric {was on Feb, 23 1915, when I'Talap, 32. Montgomery county to his death for slaying his wile Irene Schroeder, 31, gun-girl who {murdered State Patrolman Brad) Paul on the New highway following a holdup Dec 11029, was the only woman to die in {the chair. She was executed Feb, 29, 11031, seven minutes before her ac complice. Glenn Dague. former Wes Virginia church worker, followed he {to the chair in probably the {publicized execution session istate’s history. Josephine Romualda, convicted in 104] participation in the Philadelphia arsenic murder got the death penalty but her the $ of - $ first fi Dalr John oy “i in who was for ring senten imprisonment, The first woman executed State was Mary Hall, who hanged in 1781 From 1887 to 1915, when a « (Continged on page Siz) - ~ 13 in wa phasize food production and preser-| vation Speakers State College will be Paul assistant director of extension, Miss Lydia Tarrant, extension nutrition specialist, and Mr. J. M. Huffington, vegetable gar- den extension specialist. Mr. Stover stat that the iduction of canning crops is increas- ing in Centre county. The acreage next vear will be approximately 50 from Edinger, £5 old per cent over last year, with sweet] leading in ffir corn ahd peas i anpor- Mr. Huffington will discuss the raising of these and il- lustrate his discussion with pictures, Crops, "In addition to the production of} canning crops. many people, both farm and non-farm residents are etables and meats, as well as other methods of food preservation. Miss! will devote her discussion subjects Tarrant to these All interested Centre county peo- ple are urged to attend this meet- 3 83°4 a ODD AND CURIOUS Boy Weds Girl Pourteen-year-old David Meach- am, Jr, was granted a license in Jackson county, Ohio, probate court f to marry Mary Lou Spires, who has | pro- | | daughter-in-law County Native Was 98, Friday William Fleming, Tyrone, Was Born at Hecla, Centre County William Fleming, Tyrone's oldest and most highly respected citizen, celebrated his 88th birthday anniver- sary on December 31, a privilege few {are given to enjoy Mr. Fleming is in fair health Mr. Fleming was born at Hecla Furnace. near Bellefonte, on Janu- my girl Is interested in quick freezing of vei-| hr 25 hoaapent his carly. 5 He to Blair county more than! | moved half a century ago. first jocating at { Birmingham (then Tyrone). For imany years he was a trusted and faithful employe of the Tyrone bor- ough, retiring some Years ago owing to advanced age. He has made his | home of late years with his son and Mr. and Mrs Fleming, East Twelfth James W street Mr. Fleming's he recails well the turbulent days of another era. He has lived to see the days of the Civil War, the Indian | War, the Spanish-American War and { World Wars I and II ————— —" Health For Victory Meeting, Tonight just reached 16. Parents of both con- | senoed to the marriage Crash That Helped. Larry Hightower New Tricks with Canned Vege- i tables” is the subject for discussion {January 6, at 7:30 p. m.. at the next three, of Bamn- |Health for Victory Meeting at the berg, S. C, got just what the doctor | Presbyterian Church, Milesburg, it! John Childers, | most | os the | later was commuted to life the! [174 i thers, { Hamsburg. was seriously injured iast|cises «Mr ; |W A (OMFS BOME {1H TAN rem { oor ou Thad) [WE MO PETTER | - } WIT UNTIL (115 1S A JOB | | fakr Row seu” | Dany COMES FOR JOHNNY. Ao SVTTER | HELL KNOW vr S Wow To FX A ir Ed- | ate execution | went : Castle-Butler | P.R. R. Employe ‘Madera Boy Hurt Dies From Fall In Bicycle Crash i Fatally Injured While En. gaged in Switching on Juniata Hump pital in Semi-Conscious Condition Thecdore Herman 12-year-old Madera bov, became a patient in the Philipsburg State Hospital last Tues- day evenin 5s 8 result of a bicycle accident Herman was delivering newspa- pers Tuesday evening on his bicycle ang was coming down the grade by the Madera school when acc happened Another { Falling from a car, while switcii- the Juniata hump, Harry Davensizer employe hs ing jast Thursday R. R killed instantly His railroad on ‘ vor Or Years, vy Whe Lie track no one which happened Thursday coroner, it wa foun: along As far as could be saw the accident after afternoon Blair Chester C. Roth- accidental death body learned . the shortly 2 0. N boy, a friend who was accompanying him was riding on the handlebars The rider was tossed off and suf fered scratches and bruises when he wis thrown off when the bicycle went into the ditch bat to feel and wenl home Herman, however, landed on head and was preit; lock dent rock sald Mr. Davensizer had been employ- ed at the Juniata scales for the past He was born in Altoona, 2. 1898, the son of Mahlon | Emma (Powell) Davensser. and was united in marriage Jan- uary 25, 1821. with Miss Della Ment - zor. He was ag member of the Meth- up. He was in a semi-conscious oon- odist church Brotherhood [dition and had a large lump above of Railroad Lodge No. ithe right eye. The skin was off the right side of his face and his mouth Surviving are his wife, four Wro- afd teeth were battered He could Ray. of Bellwood: William not get his mouth open and Walter, of Juniata, and John,| JHe was taken to the state hos- of McConneilsville. , fal in Mie Hope ambulance, One Dead, One Hurt [Nurses Aide Group In Highway Crash. Forms Organization Carl Aurandt. 25. of Robesan's ex-! A permanent organization of wom- tension, Williamsburg was killed, jen who last Wednesday night were and Amos Rabenstein, 76, of Wil- [graduated as nurses’ aides at exer held by the BEeilefonte and { Wednesday forenoon when the truck | State College Chapters of the Amer- 25 years Pebruary H. and he got his [4 ii the and the {a Trainmen {they were riding in left the high-iican Red Cross, have formed a per- mind is clear and; {ment embank- i manent organization Mrs. Ralph Dale, ©f Bellefonte, Reports from the crash scene said {has been elecled president of the Rabenstein attempted to close group and Mrs. Samuel Guss, of way and went down an § ‘a truck door which had come open! Bellefonte, and as he was closing the door helteen women who were graduated {lost control of the truck and it dash from the course are charter mem- ied down the embankment He was bers of the organization taken to the Blair Memorial hos- masses A m————— pital suffering from contusions of {the body, lacerations of the head! Pennsylvanians To and a leg injury. At the time of the | Meet in California accident he was on his way home from Alexandria » Pennsylvanians, i All whether in or MI a — SUGAR RATION UNCHANGED iattend a get-together of Pennsyl- Admitted to Philipsburg Hos- is secretary. The sevens | 3 Workmen B urned, One Fatally, In Paint Shop Condition of Injured Men Reported ‘Satisfac- tory;’ Cause of Explosion Undeter- mined; Coroner Investigating workman was fatally burned and two others injured Friday in fan exp in a paint booth at th Piper Aircraft Corporation plant Lock Haven Harvey L Bhore, died of bun Haven Hospital several ithe blast, Aselio Ca Lock Haven, ferty, 52 One 01 WON at al Jerse: in the Lock hours after 58 of Bennett of 20 AKIO, and Lock Haven, were burned. The condition the injured men was reported satis- factory Both have seriou burns, chiefly on the upper part of DON The cause the explosion established The men were work cleaning the booth and officials sald, did attempt get out through the fire doors close hand. They were apparently con- fused and made thel main door fire the sprinkler of Jess BETIOUSBIY ’ vet a“ yesterday 1 iy the ({ ti { wa not not to at i the ! The wis quickly extinguished cm went into operation. Damage was estimated at $1.000 to plane parts in the paint shi The covered by insu ance The shop is located between main bullding and a warehouse, The explosion was confined to one of the booths in the shop Ambulances were rushed plant. The city ambulance took Cal- asandro to the Lock Haven the Private Hospital r ons on - the Lif ’ to Lhe , my huey pital ambiu- | Dies After Dive Through Window Pp. R. R. Conductor, Pneu- monia Victim, Escapes From Hospital Paul J. Miller, 63, a pneumonia | patient, in a delirium, dived through ‘a window and raced some distance down a Oreensburg street, Sunday. | before he was captured and returned to his bed in Westmoreland Hos. pital, where he died 20 minutes la- tar. well battered | was pronounchd dead gue to expo- sure to the wintry weather. Miss Edith Irwin, superintendent at the hospital, said Miller knocked an orderly down with a water bottle, then eluded three nurses and two doctors to spring through a 10x°0- ground. i | Lock Haven Man Brings In Badly Crippled Plane First Lisutenant Robert G. Kem- meter. Jr. 500 East Bald Eagle St. {Lock Haven, has been awarded the | Distinguished Service Cross for {bringing in his badly crippled Lib- | | $ i i military or civillan life, are urged 10 erator. “Little Butch.” after a se- | vere 45-minute serial battle over ordered—in his automobile wreck. was announced today by Miss Janet| Rations of sugar-for housewives vanians at the USO building in| the Kurile Islands. A piece of apple had lodged in his | Soisson. windpipe and his parents were rush- ing him to a nearby hospital after , many tasty and economical methods Will not change between now and Inglewood, California, Tuesday eve-| “We're going to taik about the!APril 1, the OPA has announced. ning. January 25. according to an. { Bugar stamp No. 30 in War Ration | announcer Forty Zeros came up to defend w Paramushiru-Shimusht Army ithe Charles McCaf- | Mri ¢ Oi plant way trough Hos- | inch window and fall six feet to the lance carried Bennett | {ferty was taken in el The fire quickly by tl city firemen Private Tuesday for Mr neral homie Mr w i inkier s; were funeral servi Bennett Jere Bennett is the Charles C. Bennett Haven wife, Hoy: on and is the former son, Robert ther; LaRue, U. 8 U. 8. Navy: Edward land Dean, U, 8. Arm i Dr. W. J. 8hoemaker investigating the “ ( fatality fatality Tipton Youth Dies In Action Had Served With Guard Casablanca When Presi- | dent Visited at of Tipton Fifth Army I 9. according t telegram to his Private Taylor serving with th Qocupied by {his meeting Winston Chu William Ray Tay! jof Liovd atid Isabelle and was born ff» red a » 3 4 wa wi Hooper J 8, 1821 or Bellwood - Antis of 1834 W {graduated the High School ducted he was empi {toona shops, He was Method ; Private Taylor Altoona, June peas March 1 survived rey nn clans hen in- Ee yea u ¢ 8 member the xiist churi He Us by sisters, Corporal V. M tached to the Women's iin New York City, and LaVerns { home; nd four brothers, Dean iMernill, Roy and Paul Tavier, at Am an ieiected home. . He sisp ds. survived by his | Hooper of Tipton, His sister. Cpl i Taylor, joined the WAC on Feb. 2 | 1643 | ‘Clarence Soldier | Weds English Girl | | Announcements have been receiv. {od of the marriage of Miss Edna {M. Bodham, a member of the A. T {8. of England and daughter of Mr. {and Mre. J. R. Bodham, of Shrews- {bury, England, to M Sgt. Jack E Bell, son of Mr Mrs, | Bell of Clarance The wedding took place at {Chad's Church of Shrewsbury, at 14 p. m. December 15. A reception | was held immediately following the { ceremony at the American Red Cross Service Club at which about 250 | were present. Sgt. Bell who has been {in England over a year, is with the Air Corps i The couple are now at home in { their partment in Shrewsbury, En- gland, and he St —— iy So Serving in Italy. Mr, Miller, for many years a Penn. | maternal grandmother, Mrs. Grace sylvania Raliroad freight conductor, 1 Random [tems ": HO HUM! READING w wea | 3 v (Te eels Centre FUT sworn into office i whether the Court House cle slow or fast, It ight have Hoenn 53 omer; pointing © ficials are going to cob ;offices In the next four years INVITATION: Because we'd gunn written by hereby invite h _. ai CH wr like read a Phil Witeraft , ayy 14 14 in uml 1 aii a publication COUNCILMAN: Nevin Smith night was sv Bellefor after the session tyre te Council Oliver |... aph ol Smith the oid { a session these days ing to bring n vou could harpoon Coun- one of we'll € rt - nh. { five count al’ or 4 be ayy IE i8s public ity I any session, glad to see proper given Otherwise we'll have to continue our attendance at the meetings with hope of anything ! news story for page 1 TIP: 1f this department’; any iE byrsd aA a t name chanced obtaining their doctor's advice. Their car and another collided. Larry was shaken up a bit and the piece of | apple was dislodged. ADD Leap-Year notes Hitler should hope the war is over before the end of 1844 so he wouldn't have to endure those terrific bombings that extra day and pight! HAPPY ‘#4 folks—and instead of trying to humor the news next year, I hope the news humors us! ! fm ee A ———— | | { | i \ Gas coupons representing 1,500 gal- lons of gasoline, six quarts of ofl reserve of fat, then feed a high- name was shortened to “Larimer” ent issued jointly by they Naval bases and several con- etables—yes, those very same veg- | It Will be good for buying 5 pounds Commerce. i ¢ ¢ {OF Blanchard. after a wait of two the possibilities of a slight refund in etables we wisely ‘put up’ from our Of sugar during a period of two and| The evening's festivities wil be. | 18 4 canton shel Soros fs the trast | months, finally received a letter [borough taxes, We hear tell from a | variety we can buy with our valu-| March. The current sugar stamp No. im. A program of games, speaking,| " , .._ | Who advised them that he was with |Angeio has been paying taxes on & The man who aiways borrows and | able ration points,” the home econ- | 29. Will expire Jan. 15 music, yi other entertainment has! ldttle Butch” returned with two the U. 8. Army in Italy, was feeling | vacant lot that was sold six or seven way. | Miss Soisson pointed out that “by | KILLED IN CRASH sponsored by the: Inglewood USO, (And the radio antenna shot away.| ree — making use of every speck of every Lieut. Melvin Skerpon, 23, former | ~~ Two other Pennsylvania members | | tron Zetos Were i housewives can do a lot to help the [Teachers College died in a plane! William Kelley, assistant cashier |S Ihe. 4 gunner Bail 54%. James Vv J Tho as Mitchell Writes | Aoversment's Pod Fights for Free- | crash in Northern Ireland, Dec. 9,!0f the Market Street National Bank, | : : 1 Walter] A m om crusade, , * ow “ - Philadelphia i Be rv | Special ways to add “oomph” to pon, Bayes, have been notified. | dren were wholly or partially over- imap 1 hit | Credited ) by Three brothers, two of them in U. 8. y home, : and demonstrated. In addition, the d y | come hy gas fumés in hil . {January meal planning guide pre-|yive seriously ill. |E ics Institute will be distrib. Stati f Cou A 1 | Economics Institu pon | a wWGY 1851 -1850—Terms of Judge James T. He was a descendant of one of the uted to every housewife attending on 9 $ Generel Bectric Statics Hale, Judge Alexa Jordan, 3 fany Mountain. In later years the many recipes for serving vegetables This was the “pre-Civil War” per- lod. Judge Woodward resigned from His brother, Abram V, Laurimore, of his daughter by drowning in mediately left for a western state. 1851. James T. Hale was appointed With a younger brother, William H., ward term, and Alexander Jordan, With James H. Rankin. J. Harvey succeeded him in the fall of that started his practice placement of Judge Hale was much in action on the battlefields of An- regretted by the local Bar, since he tietam. In 1854 William H. Blair of that period. Under Judge Jordan same conflict, and wag promoted to only one member was admitted, Ww. | brigadier-general for gallantry in attention to the law, ited the mores death. Upon his return fo “Centre Democrat,” had two terms Bellefonte, where he resumed the “Bellefonte Republican.” He went er of the temperance forces of the Mest, returned to Bellefonte on a county, Ira C. Mitchell, of Howard, With the elevation ounger | Abandoned the practice of law for Burnside to the wh) "1853, a |that of the ministry in 1861. Thirty- to use our canned or preserved veg- | Book 4 will become valid Jan. 18 Inglewood USO and Chamber of | centrated on “Little Butch” send- Mr. and Mrs. Maurice D Shilling. | to be Angelo Genua we'd look into | Victory Garden surplug or the store [8 half months, through the end of gin with a basket supper at 6:30 P.| gommerer. {from their son. Pvt. David Shilling, {source that ought know that never repays is usually broke any-|omist said. -- |been arranged. The get-together jg | bullet holes through the propeller | fine and that the country was nice. (Continues on Pope Sia) | vegetable we canned, America’s| student at the Mansfield State] GAS OVERCOMES SEVEN | Of the crew who alded in shooting | his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sker- | Shamokin, Mrs. Kelley and five chil- with one, and Second Lieut. Walter | . {cooked vegetables will be described : History Of Bar service, and three sisters also sur-| Monday. Five of the family became Thieves Loot Gas ED W. MITCHELL Ipared by the West Home ale. Juss Mesa {first settlers west of the end of Nit- the meeting. The guide contains L , the bench after the startling death had been admitted in 1852, but im- in that year to fill out the Wood- admitted later, they gall read law year for the next two years. The re- enlisted in the war, and was killed was one of the outstanding lawyers was admitted, He also served in the W. Brown, in 1853. Brown paid little action near the scene of Lauri- a8 county treasurer, and edited ‘he practice of law, he became the lead- visit, and died here in 1881, was admitted in the same year, but new generation began to take charge three years later he returned to in Bellefonte, | {in new and tasty ways. | The use of herbs and cheese sau- | ces to flavor vegetable dishes will be lexplained, as well as such ideas as (using bread crumbs and even pop- corn for topping. An even more important part of the meeting will be an explanation of what precautions must be taken with canned vegetables before serv- ing them. Miss Solsson said one such precaution is that all home-canned vegetables which are non-acid and which have not been pressure-cook- ed must be boiled for at least ten minutes in a covered utensil before of the Bar. The elder Burnside was still on the supreme bench and the Bar consisted of Valentine, Mac- { Bellefonte to resume the practice of ithe legal profession, and died in 1807. William P, Macmanus, a son of James Macmanus, was admitted in 1855. He spent his time in prac- ‘Itice with his father, and died in HISTORY OF SCOTIA By Harry M. Williams Socialized medicine, about which there hag been much discussion in recent years, is nothing new, 358s. 580 i {and $12.60 in cash from a cigarette & windbreak? A ~~Norway spruce. Q~How much floor space would machine, were stolen from a gas to seven baby : i : s I8E gE § is g : §% -r 200 chicks require up to three weeks! H] Q~What king of tree is ideaj for i protein mash to induce jaying. When production starts, one encourages the consumption of laying mash, and feeds more or jess fatlening scratch grain as birds Jose or gain weight 50 the weight does not change much All T can suggest is the best feed and care you can give them and to use an electric light over them all 328s § « TH 8% a3 HH 2 g Ah 4 § 9 7