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,
he Centre Democral
An Army Trans-
port burns 33,000
gallons of fuel oll
a day.
WHERE THE FUEL GOES
VOLUME 63. NUMBER
BELLEFONTE, TH
URSDAY, JANUARY 13,
1944,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR.
oun ly
For4th W
Committee Chairmen and Members
Here to Launch Campaign for
Sales, January 18 to February 15.
Qrepares
50 r Loa 11
Meet
Bond
vious rapidly and
With the ell
War Loan
urelh ivh
ip DOYS
hree
ich the county
Alken iM Stat
n of the County
Committee, who |
unit in three outst
ful earller drives, held a
ting of approximately 50 com-
mittee chairmen and members at
the Penn Belle Hotel here last night
In his remarks to committeemen
last night Mr. Alkens urged that
special emphasis be given this time
to new source ~buying now
er, while at the time
looking none of the former
which & heen resnonsible
county meeting its previ
The nationwide
fourth drive, January
ary 15 1 billion
than the 15 billion doll
third loan last September,
more stress is to be placed upon
sale individuals. The goal in thi
bracket is set at five-and-a-half hil-
icn dollars as compared with five
billion in the September drive
This change means that the
purchaser will be asked to
least one extra bond
lid in September.
Pennsylvania's port the na
tional quota has been set at $4323,
000,000, as compared with $388,000
000 in the Third Loan when $405.
000,000 worth of bonds were sold
As In past drives, Centre county
will conduct Fourth War Loan
as a unit consisting of separate di
tricts. The distriet chairmen are a
follows: John Laux, Philipsbure ;
Clair Hall, Snow Shoe: Horace J
Hartranft, Bellefonte; Harold R
(Continued on page two)
-~
PORT MATILDA
RESIDENT DIES
————
Woodring, 53,
campaign,
v College
War Fin-
led the
andintly
13
He Needs a Pistol
ee E————
of bond
UM over-
OUrces
for the
quotas
for the
18 to Febru-
dollar
Ar
ve
one less
quota fo
the hut
to
mall
buy
than h
more
ion of
the
It. Ravmer4 A
Ordinary uu
under the cla
because thi
“Want Ad
Lt. Popson
John Popson
Bellefonte, is f
in the South
are cannons, machin
other weapons ai sudden
the Japs, but Pops
more weapor wd
Popson
em shoud appear
fied advertisement:
effect, a glorified
My
treet
plane
plane
nd
on of
if Eas
lying
Pacific. In the
Mr. and
Bishop
f 2 fighter
The pilots of fighter planes are
furnished with a parachute and in
the shrouds of the parachute is a
(Continued on page two)
EE ———— a SRE
‘Harry C(.
Progressive Citizens
arlet Faver Closes |
Se Harry C. Woodring, 83, one
Port Matilda's outstanding citizens
Patton Ywb- Schools.
died at his home there at 2:30 o'-
1- clock Monday afternoon, January 10
1944, as the an attack
influenza suffered about two
result of of
week
Woodring
wa
and
apparently
lines
about hi
death
ws
Action 1 ) 3 |
boy nresident f the Patton town the day befo
BD :
proximate]
be
played :
f
woeased
ung
"
his home com
of its present ind
reational facilities
borough sch
the new high school wi
wa thr W ofr
ough his
and
tair
many
re
ior
He
and
president of the
when
sel it
park
Woodycrest children attend all four that a
of the Pr $ rah ’ : i Page 2)
ntinued or
| Was One of Town's Most |
of i
home
a prominent
Wills~-
ee
Hores
wimming pool were
District Quotas for 4th War Loan
Centre Count :
JANuAry Febru
College, chairman
last night
Of that
for all other bonds sold to individuals
to be sold to corporations, clubs and other
The co
assigned a
low
Bellefonte
porations
Centre
total $87.11%
Howard
total S&§7
Millheim
tonl $854578
Philipsburg: E. bond
$140.000; total $423.135
Rebersburg
porations $6300
Bnow Shoe
total $95678
Spring Mill
total $27,734
State College: E
$00.000; total $411.82
For the Fourth War Loan campaign, the various township agri-
cultural committees have been assigned definite quotas for the first
time, Mr. Alkens sald. These quotas are not in addition to the dis
trict quotas, but represent the amounts the agricultural sales are ex-
pected to contribute to the district quotas
The township agricultural quotas follow
Benner: E. bonds $6 840; others to individuals,
Boggs: E. bonds $4900; others $2.900
Burnside: E. bonds $850; others $500,
College: E. bonds $6,080; others $3,600
Curtin: E. bonds $2860; others $1,600
Ferguson: E. bonds $6.00; others $3600
Gregg: E. bonds $4800; others $2900,
Haines: E. bonds $3800; others $2,200,
Halfmoon: E. bonds $1500; others $000
Harris: E. bonds $3300; others $2,000,
Howard: E. bonds $2280; others $1400
Huston: E. bonds $1900; others $1,150,
Liberty: E. bonds $4840; others $3,000
Marion; E. bonds $1,500; others $800
Miles: E. bonds $3800; others $2,300,
Patton: E. bonds $1500; others $850,
Spring: E. bonds $12,000; others $7,200,
Taylor: E. bonds $1,400; others $800,
: E. bonds $2,200; others $1,380,
for the Fourth
$1.943.000, Claude
War Finance
War Loan campaign
G. Alkens, of Btate
Committee, announced
is to
E. bonds, $600,300 is the goal
and $655,300 is the goal for bonds
large purchasers, Alkens said.
each of which has been
The district quotas fol-
total, $677200 is the goal for
districts
quota
unty is divided i
definite
nto nine
part of the county
25
£160.300
£348 000
F.4d
others to individuals $152.525: Cor
Total $660.825
$36,480
632: other corporation
$36,480; corporations
837246; others, $33432; corporations, $15,000;
£148 084
others $134,151 corporations,
(new district E $203168
total 844.901
ds 837.246
bond others, $18.285. cor-
E. bor others $33.432; corporations, $25,000;
E. bonds $1354; others $12,190;
corporations $2,000;
¥
bonds $160300;: others $152525; corporations
$4,100
REPLENIOH
MA BANK
HOSPITAL
Mobile Laboratory Ex-
pected Here Soon to Re-
ceive Blood
1943 DAILY COST OF
PATIENTS WAS 85.19
Board Thanks Red Cross,
Nurses Aid For Aid Dur-
ing Nurse Shortage
* plasma bas
nty Hox Dita)
Belle! on sometime
mon
nign
next
Tuesday
it wa n-
* pe, 111 »
fi Peguing
board
the mobile
laboratory of h Found of
Clinical : Research,
Philadelphia will + brought here
blood Irom
on
tO receive
voluntec
Last
wa e
year when t
tablished lLere
eived 77 pints of
processed and
y obtained
ital, Most
plasma bank
the laboratory
blood which
most { the
retur
he
O
A
ned to
Po
en t
£5 19
reimburses
£3.50
1 pati
during 1943 wa
charity cases the State
the hospital at the rate
it pointed out
The
of
Cay wa
board expres
TWO PHLIPSBURG
SOLDIERS THE
Marine Dies in in South Pa-
cific; Pilot Meets Death ovo
in Accident
the
this
growing
hilipe-
week
Hint
Two casualties from
y ares ANNOUNCRC
is to Centre
war heroes
Their names are: Secon
ant John Walter Crago
t Plc. Francis XN
85. Marin
Crag
Yolo
Otis
i Lisuten-
bomber pi-
l and fat
the U
Lieut
twin-n
iplane based
thew:
’
wis the pilot of a
ed Lightning
omewhere in England
His death curred just before dawn
December 31 whey
quadron was taking
ne of its bomber
enemy
fichier
at
on fighter
air
escort
territory
that Crago’s 1 lane
runway during the takeofl
rick a fence light
One of the tow engines caught
but the pilot couldnt tell th
(Continged on page your)
am
over the
learned
off the
AWerved
and ard
»
}
To Show Tarawa Film
At Brooks-Doll Home
U. 8. Marines Capture Tarawa.
sald to be the greatest battle pic-
ture ever filmed, Is scheduled to be
shown at Brooks-Doll Post Ameri-
acn Legion Home, Ballefonte, after
the regular meeting of the post
Monday night, January 17, it was
announced by John Popson, who i
in charge of the program
Gripping action fiimed by daring
cameramen during the costliest and
‘most desperate battle in Marine
Corps history is reproduced in all its
grimness in the film. Jap shell-bursts
throw up fountains of water close
to the landing boats. fighting men
in the surf up to thelr chests push
on to the shore through machine
gun fire. Marines are shown throw.
ing hand grenades and firing at
running Japs in plain view, In the
same flim are shots taken at historic
meetings of Roosevelt, Churchill,
Chiang Kai-shek, and Stalin
All members of the Legion post
and of Club 33 are urged to be pres-
ent
Port Matilda Man
tilda, reports she has received word
from the War Department stating
| that her husband, Cpl. Frank Peter- |
| son, has been missing in action since |
| November 26 in the North African
area,
Cpl. Peterson, 31, who entered the |
| Army on March 23, 1943, was sent
overseas in September, shortly be-|
Hore his first child was born. He was
[serving as a gun camouflage expert
{with the artillery at the time he was
reported missing.
Before his entry into the Army
{Opl. Peterson was employed by the!
{Penn State College grounds and
| buildings department as a fireman |
{and operator at the power plant on
West College avenue, State Colleze. basis
}
Here
hin. 8. Hoy, of Bellefonte, ap-
go Sonduct the
the
“and the Recorder's
offices, began hig duties this woek,
Is Reported Missing
Mrs. Frank Peterson, of Port Ma- |
TURRET CAPTAIN ON CRUISER
A ————
gi
Mrs, Jose
{
a
nh Fdward Caldwell
fw ue 114
Clarence Youth Lecated in Persia The resignatio
Finds General George Marshall OK :...
MeCiusics
ther tr
Wi other !
Moin) s met there
MoClusick, 28 1
Ignace MoOlusick
ted August 20
Cumberland
Va. Late;
Louisiana
Middle Fr
M of Clarence
\ 1640
mm New sen
Ft Belvolr
camp
ent
1943
The article appedring in
tread MAC ok
from Clarence,
T 8at
conl miner Pa
T/8gt. George MeChusick
év told Cleorge
: tough the door RS
an okay
What will 1 do 4 You
doar?” asked Ceorme
Don’t Jet anybody
evaly”” sald the shavetail
George obeyed! the rule
exception Adm. King and
The Gey
are not
with 1
Adm
<0
£
Leahs
about admirals
ve beer
ti P privileg
Spam and
t Spam and
ii
[1 FATHERS IN
COLLEGE QUOTA
19 Men Pass
tions at Altoona; 10 Ac-
cepted for Army
Eleven pre-Pearl Harbor
are included in a
from the State College area induct-
ed into the armed [orces at the Al-
toona examining center Thursday of
last week as January's guota of
selectees from
State College
Ten members of the group
accepted for the Army, five for the
Navy, and two each for the Marine
Corps and the Army Air Force
fathers
were
to Pittsburgh by bus,
those chosen for Army duty will
leave for New Cumberland at
expiration of their three weeks’ fur
lough, January 20.
Fathers inducted were as follows
Charles L. Beamer, Tyrone, R. D
3
| Russell Houser, Bellefonte, R. D
(Continued on Page ikiingg
————— ph] FS,
Order Officials
Not to Give Credit
The Centre County Commission.
ers have notified the Sheriff, the |
Prothonotary, the Register and the |
Recorder that from now on their
offices are to be conducted on a cash
The order suggests that any ored-
it, or extension of time on payments
permitted by those officials will not
be hotsored by the Commissioners
De rr ole honmmifonets: h
held respunsible for any sueh
amounts due.
Examina-
group of 19 men
Local Board No. 1,
Those taken into the Navy will go
Friday, while
the
TRAIN HITS CAR
ON GROSSING HERE
Occupants of Car Escape
Injury; Driver Blinded
by Lights of Car
When their car
irnin on the grade
C. & H, grocery
Walter street, about 7:30 o'clock Fri-
day night, two Bellefonte youths es-
caped injury but their car was dam-
aged about the right side to the ex-
tent of approximately $180
The youths, Harry Menold, Jr.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Men-
old, of West Curtin street, and Hugh
Manchester, son of Mrs. Louise Tay-
lor, Manchester, of North Allegheny
street, were driving south on Water
street, while the freight was back-
ing from the Bellefonte station to
the Titgn Metal Company plant
was struck by a
crossing at the
tore on South
|
Hl EXCEDL @PN- ranging for band member
foefve thelr letters alter they have |
Ward,
SCHOOLS MAY
LANES
NR
f.ocal Board Asks Minis-
terium to Submit Plan
for Course
hot
STRUCTION TO
BE NON-SECTARIAN
BHS Well Supplied With
Football Equipment,
Report Shows
IN!
possiility that
denominational
become a
religiou
wil Ire
Director Samuel D
{ school band
should
warding of letters
MEVETB] Years ago
ja approved for awarding
uch but that zpparently ‘he
matter had been overlooked The
iSchool Activities Commitiee, of
which Rhivesnith is chairman, was
ithbrioed 15 tate sharon of
to Te-
Rhineem
bers
i ~
rem
ted tha
erviee
the §
mem
feel thelr be
with
developed that
Jans were
tiers
LS a
met the requirements
Clayton Royer,
t. former Ck
} il a
South
House
YVaROancy mn
the Belief
Water
janitor
13
of
Te rt
janitor nt mts
Bchool
nol. TViSing pr
F107 u
onfinued
CHAIR
MED FOR DRIVE
Mrs, Balser Weber An-
nounces Aides for Coming
Paralysis Campaign
Mr Balser Weber
Centre County Infantile Paraly
Campaign chairman, yesterday
leased the names of local chairmen
who will be in charge of the
palgn in the various towns and
munities of the county
The complete list ac
Mrs. Weber follow
State College: Mrs. Edwin Grove
general chalrman, and Miss Mildred
Rubin, chairman of Penn State Col-
lege activities
Bellefonte
chairman of celebration for Presi-
dent's birthday, and Mrs Wallace
chairman of March of Dimes
Fred Hoffer, g
of
oor
announced ody
Philipsburg eneral
chairman
| It is reported that A. G. Hall, of |
Unionville, flagman
| tradn,
(flag the cars at the crossing, but
[that Menold, who was driving his
father” 8 car, falled to pee the watoh-
iman or the train, because of the)
headlights of a ear which had come |
{to a stop on a slight rise on the |
| other side of the crossing. The head.
| Hghts of the car were sald to have
pina Menoid,
The Menold machine was nearly
across the tracks when a box ear on
the rear of the train truck the ma-
«minor bratses
riding on the
ran ahead of ihe freight to!
i
.
i
Port Matilda: Mrs. C. M. Lingle
Julian: Harold Alexander
Fleming; Mrs. Jacob Fox
Milesburg: Mrs. Jenette Wetzler
Snow Shoe; Ira Viehdorfer
Clarence: Miss Zoe Meek
Moshannon: Miss Martha Kern
Mt. Eagle: Mrs. Alice LL. Confer.
Howard: Mrs, W. K. McDowell,
Blanchard: Mrs. Russell Spanglen
Monument; Paul Wood.
Orviston: Joseph Smead
Livonia: Ralph Harback
Rebersburg: Mrs. Emma Winters,
Madisonburg: Mrs, Boyd Hazel
Millheim: Fred Mensch,
Woodward: Earl Motz,
Aarons , Miss Mae Rachau,
Spring Mills: Harry Corman.
Hublersburg: Robert Corman,
Zion: Mrs, William D. Shaffer
Doty Named Chief
Assessor In County
The Centre County Commission
ers yesterday announced that John
R. Doty, Btate College insurance
man, has been appointed as chief
assessor for Centre county at a sal-
ary of $2500.
William W. Hampton, of Belle
fonte, has been retained by the Com.
LIGION-
|
Coun ty |
In
I'homas Ryder, 52,
Hospital; Struck
at Tvrone Paper
town.
10:63 o'clock 8
Altoong
Hur rece
WIL
Pulp
I'vrol
County
Th
Workin
aeath
He
hospital
Mr. Ry
iris
appenes betwee:
after: WOO!
MATERNITY AID
NOW AVAILABLE
Wives, Children of Service
Men Eligible for Care,
Red Cross R eports
At the December meets
Bellefonte Chapter of
Red Cross, the Home
partment reported
are available for
maternity care,
‘ed upon request
i Any prospective mother in Penn.
itsvivania whos hadend Bb 8 the
{Armed Foroes of the U. B, of the
4th, Mh. 6th and 7th grades, #& eli-
gible for medical and hospital ser-
vice without cost to the family. Also
any infant under one.s ‘
whose father
bile for medical
tal Care
The
oh
the
ci Jee
cember,
including
women
iW +
American
De-
ation
infant care and
and would be mail-
Lie
Rervios
that
eAr oli ag
service
mwgical and bh
Home
the
Servi
r
American
many
45
most
Red
varied cases
CARES Were
During De-
acted upor
regarding ser-
seri
inquiries
verificat us ill
Anancial assist
discharge reports
ness or
dependency
social history reports
However, this Department
fContianed on Page Three)
a.
Receives Prometion
Hunts Knisely i
treet ia
death. A100
8)
Spring beer
Mmnos
Howard, |
in!
re- lo
CAame-|
- 2 AWOL SOLDIERS
{NABBED FOR THEFT:
]
]
Malcolm Wetzler,!
Arrested at State College
After Arriving There
in Stolen Car
Toe A WO L soldsers identi-
fied as Harold Wagner, 20, of De-
{ troll, and Ova Gillispie, 20, of Walsh
Ky., were arrested at the point of
a gun as they left a State College
restaurant about noon Friday in
Police Chief John R. Juba, assisted
by Pvts. John C
gene Bamie of the Rockview State
Police substation
The soldiers. stationed at Camp
Shank, N. Y.. were armed with a
{arge knife at the time of their |
arrest and were lodged in the State |
{Continued om Pape Four
st —
‘Brockerhoff Named
Director of Bank
Henry A. Brockerhoff, of Belle.
(fonte, was elected a director of the
First National Bank, Bellefonte, at
the annual organization meeting
held Tuesday at the banking house
Mr. Brockerhoff succeeds the late
Rev. ©. C. Shuey, of Bellefonte, who
for a number of years had been a
director,
Other directors re<elected were
Newell B. Long.
i]
ed, ag follows: Newe
Isenhoof and Bu.
an Die
Succumbs
in
Abdomen by
Mill;
lill Accident
Altoona
Timber
Storms-
in
Born at
Launch Drive To
Find Idle Appliances
1OWH-Wi
recondition
! for resale to families now
ons ld
i ng of a cooperative
campaign to unearth and
die electric appliances
unable W
betause of
restrictions
RC
of the
Belle
sch eQuimmer
w manufscturd
beer;
ng
announces by
District Manager
Powe: mpas
'y of participa
telephoning the company or
t its offices will be the
where they cs
{ War
appiances or
8 told
An © x =
Stamps,
ocation
COUNTY BANKS I
AN
NUAL MEETINGS
National Banks Name Of-
fic
ers and Directors
for Coming Year
Banks
organization
ofReery
Lhe
uled
the
The
ers
heid
| First
coming
to hold
next
Nationa]
Wednesday
National
meeting Tuesday
National
al
elected
ring
sched-
within
Cour
this week held
nual
meeting
director
Ot
their
week oF
annud] meeting of the
Bellefonta
Januar
Bellefont
ATX
ana ve du
Vear Ww are
meeting
1 Wy
Farm-
will be
19. The
held ite
results are
’
of
| published elsewhere
| tional
{elected
the
{eral di
Knoll
Pvt.
Pvt
Henry 8. Lisn, Thomas B. Beaver, been stationed at
James ©. Purst, Paul M. Corman, station of the State Police since Oc
L. Frank Mayes, John McCoy, and! tober 1842, last week was transferred
| to
the bank officers were re-elect | gun his new duties there.
Pvt
All d
expected 10 be
organisation
layed because of the
Directors named
Behrer,
irectors of the
Bank, State ©
Tuesday, and
chosen
Peoples’ Na
Hege, were res
officers are
this weekend,
session being dee
iliness of sev-
rectors
ane Haury J
Earl] V. Dyn. Prank P
EF Lee, M. B. Meyer, M W
(Continued on Pope Three)
Joseph Tierny
Receives Transfer
Joseph E. Tierney, who had
Rockview sub
A, Harrisburg, and has be-