A
Where the Fuel Goes
cruising at a speed of 250
mph. may use 2
lous of gasoline an hour,
HEAVY BOMBER
gal-
adhe Ce mire Democrat
WHERE THE FUEL GOES
An Army Trans- ;
port burns 33,000
gallons of fuel oll
a day.
VOLUME 63. NUMBER 7
BELLEFONTE, |
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 17, 1
944,
SUBSCRIPTION-$1.50 PER YEAK.
Runville Roi ior ? COUNTY MEN
Killed In &ors
Pfc. Charles B. Mitchell,
By,
a
. . Lh :
28, Dies .n Action;
Is Believed to Have Been Driving Truck;
Parents,
Pfc. Charles
tive of Union
was killed in
Blair M
townshi
Pie. Chorles Blair Mitchell
December 31, 1943
war department teleg
Friday by the soldiex
and Mrs. Edward Mit
side two miles west of Runvil
details were given in the messa
Pvt. Mitchell had been in «
ucus service in the North
theater of war
United States on
He was in th Air
been assigned to
driver. The Inst Je
his parent wri
2. 1943 i
received numerou
him prior to that
prevented him. ram
location. It Is believed
aceqrding
am rece
nell, wi
wi
hes )
othwry tice
time ensorship
revealing
wever
Local Man Escort
For Mrs. Roosevelt
A ——
Stay Sgt. Lawson J Henry, former
suard al Roowview Ponlienidasy and
on-in~law sof Mrs. Frank Wilson,
of West Bishop “teoel, Bellefonte
recently led a motoryvol ort for
Mrs. Fra: og
chosen |
comin
Dous i
Pick!
8
Gi
“Hem
rt
oul
JURY RETURNS
ithe
"hy
12 Brothers and Sisters Survive
North African et
nd in action elsewhere
rea before participatin
essful Imvasi Cot
west of Italy
Mitchell
tion in the Che
near Runville
afterwards wa
father's farm
to the manufacture wal
several years ago he
tion in a war plant at
N.Y Was
called into
He entered
2. 1942
ter ;
Atlal
n ol
received hi
stnut Grove
ang for
emploved on
When 'ndusts
ine
turned
0. weapor
obtained a pos-
Niagara Fall
and employed there when
service
the October
Army on
City for
as igned to
remaining there unt
North Africa
vit. Mitchell was
His last trip home wi
1042, when he came
day leave. He was well and
ably known in the Bald Eagle Val-
ley sector where ad an enviable
reputation as a steady, dependable
worker Of a serious nature he
shunned tobacco and stimulant
maintained himself in an
physical condition
as ———————
* CAR STRUCK ON
marriec
in December
a one-
| 4
iavor-
never
L]
here on
he bh
ae no
ana
GRADE CROSSING :-
Pleasant Gap Ww oman
capes Serious Injury
Car is Hit by Train
Mrs. Chester N
Crap escaped ser
1 o'clock M
1
fternoon
Cal he ding wa
Whiterock Qua IY mine cars
ing pushed over a rade crossing
Pleasant Gap. Four emply cars of
the train, which was proceeding
from the Whiteroeks plant to ‘he
quarries, were gievalied by the im-
pact
The 1
Hg
naa
at
asl happened on the
between Lhe
Horntown
Cross.
oi a road main
highway and the
Plea
re
i
oad
Lap
Rote
FIVE TRUE BILLS "-
One Bill Ignored as Jury
Completes Work in Day;
Inspect Property
Jury for
comple
in one day,
the Court
bills of Indictment presented
District Attorney Musser W. Gettl
four were true bills and one was ig-
nored. Walter T. McCormick, of
State College, was foreman of the
jury
True bills were
Josephine G. Armstrong, Zion
voluntary mansisughter in connec-
tion with the death December 24, of
Ray Deitrich, of Hublersburg. Deit-
rich was struck by Miss Armstrong's
car at Hublersburg
James Heath, Mt. Eagle, |
Alvin Baine, Philipsburg,
and battery.
Ira Hall
and battery
One charge of assault and battery
against Alvin Balne, brought by
wife, was Ignored. The une brought
by his father-in-law was the
in wifich a true bill wis found
Today Judge Ivan Walker, pre-
siding at a session of domestic re-
lations court, is scheduled to hear
a charge of non-support In which
Baine is the defendant
Of Its inspection. of the county
property, the grand jury reported
that the county Jail was found to
be In a clean condiyap,
mended that the roof be repaired,
that loose r be [Swiivd, that
the jail be painted that new
lights be installed in the Sherifl's
office
The jury recommended that all
the offices in the Court House be re- |
decorated and! that the Judge's
chambers be refinished, particular.
ly the ceiling.
Receives Promotion
The Grand the reg
February court
erations
reported
ted its de
Monday
that of fis
to
returned
in-
and b
assault
8r.. Snow 8hoe, assault
pdt Coulter, of Monument, ‘dog license tags are now available at nue, Damage (0 the
to the grade of
Piva ik cha accord to word
reckived by Ple, Coulter,
« of the Bellefon
id of Dimes
his |
one
hut recom- |
Additional Funds for
“March of Dimes”
Mi Wallice J Ward. «
Borough
commitice for
Paral
reported addit
$31.25
amount |
$100.77 previously r
a grand total of $231.01
said
Contribut first report
were; Newell B. Long, Centre Coun-
ty Board of Assistance, Highway em-
ployes, State Motor Police at Pleas-
ant Gay Fish . Hatchery employes
Centre Oil and Gas Company, Sut-
ton Engineering Company, and Cen-
tre County Men's Republican Club
Mrs. Ward takes this opportunity
to thank all persons who contributed
fund and those who in other
alded with the program
Alan Kotz Now In
Charge of Local Store
——
Just 18 years to the day
nairman
March
the na-
Fund
onal receipt
velopes. This
to receipts of
ported, making
Mrs. Ward
tr
’
tional Infantile Ves.
terda
coin en
of from
in addition
ince the
to the
Ry
Tuesday
after Nelle Flack and Blanche Poor- |
man became managers of the Katz
store In Bellefonte, the establish
ment again came under the personal
control of a member of the Katz
family
Alan Katz, new proovrietor, is now
in full charge of the business Re-
modeling and redecorating is to be
tompleted us soon as possible
During the sale, Mr. Katz said, all
[old stock was cleared out, and new
merchandise Is being received dally
| DOG LICENSES FOR
1944 NOW AVAILABLE
County Treasurer Edward R. Mil-
{ler yesterday announced that 1044 |
his office in the Cou it Bouse.
Fees are $1.10 for
; dogs, and $2.10 1
| cents
excellent Ti
in |
‘a GAPE DE
IN ACCIDENT
Car Skids Onto Railroad
Track, Wheel Hooks
Over Rail
MACHINE STRUCK BY
SLOW FREIGHT TRAIN
Driver Remains in Car as
Companion Leaps to
Safety in Tyrone
Matild
Petty Officer 1/¢ Russell 85. Rider
8S. Navy men
near-
near
Iv op
Potty
Belle-
0
for
y of
anda
early Tuesday morning
Milford Walker, 33. the
who escaped death
approximately 2 m
and Thomas Cowher
vice
ariver ol
Tuesd
aid
30. both
Henry Rider,
ears had been
Bellefonte post.
Rider
Beliefon
an empl
te car,
at
he
that ey
Local Postal io Writes of
His Experiences In North Africa
iuoe (
Hsted In
to the Fl
underwen
Pr
H overscan ol
1942 and ha
since rave
Biclly nd
his work
In World
months h
now with her
Jodon Washington, D. C. He ha
A brown William Rider, residing in
Beaver Falls, Rides married to
the former Knther Kane of Belle
fente, there ave two
daughters, Mavinn ang ay, in th
family, The family lives on East Lo-
gan st
July 13, 1942 when he ens
Navy, He was assigned
Postoffice service and
ainlng in the New York
Liu
uv
tt
Loflic
February 21
it duly ever
Aly
riorma ol
been 10 th
ung =o en rin
[3 : :
mothe;
Mrs. Van 8
ne
and oung
v
LA
housin
0 12 vea
orphnng
from 3
in ail and ti
All are unde;
Cla ns of
5M year
taelr
The ;
windows which he
of aul
hift
Ant
broken, do
and rig up
o they could
then made a
lows on the
clothing which
page four)
id been
11 Kind
Love
heat, Wi
from the
of all kinds ol
(c
repair work
SOE INRKes
have some
collectic
TRE
fe
niinued from
employ { the We
and wert
Paper Mill
t Virginia Pul
traveling along
parallel to the
when the skid-
wheel went
{ hooked over
car
up
the
SNOW SHOE MAN
GERMAN PRISONER
Enemy Broudcast Heard
by Mileshburg Woman is
Officially Confirmed
vher jumped [rom the auto and
side and back of th
saw the freight train
} around the
as he
ach
I don't
time «
Pi
wil Iw
or n
Ki
jump
irying
next thing
Ick my
wieckin
L. Clink of
oun a Fivhie
January 20 was re-
1 bombing mis.
is believed to
war
Victory
steniing to n
woadoast, herd
name read as a prison
ar, and Mrs, Bell immediate -
dy telephoned the missing man's
Inife the former Marie Viehdorfor
of Enow Shoe. The serial niamber
given by the German broadonste:
tallied with Sgt. Clink's serial num-
Mi Ch valed. The alr
1 ¢ I afe and
Sue
1364
Hine]
ix
FP % Bell,
; chow t know f Mik
AL the Altoona hospit
Futures were
close and replace the Up of his Dose
lacerated in the accident
Athy Sir Jamo o Cite KB
skidded, the front wheel going over
the rail
einploye of
ave (German
four tel to
eer Dk mm
ried 1
took the met
wed
broadeast
Foreign >
service of
ations Come
read “The
Clink
pemy broads
erman hands
Adenals
eben
wy contain, But
g the accumao’
vill
ia
’
fil
He enlisted in the Alr Corps Ox
tober | 1947 i" training at
Miami Beach lorida Ama
Fexas, and Washington, be-
fore Ying Clink, aged
i Clink, deceased
N. J. He and
rere martied on
there is a daugh-
whom the father
n. Before entering the
ervice 8gt. Clink was employed by
Snow Knitting Compnii)
STATE COLLEG
lo
Seattle
sent overs
i on of Earl
rmerly of Newark
Marie Viehdor
April 19. 194] and
ter, Judith Ann
has never el
Cas
fer
the shoe
Mary Kathryn Walizer
rtraying the leading feminine
Miss Mary Kathryn Walizer
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H
Walizer, of 403 Bishop street, Belle-
fonte, enacted the character of an
active, vigorous, shrewd lady of sixty
odd years who has a quick and sharp
wit and the habit of saying what!
she thinks, In the annual Vitamard
play, “Every Family Has One,” giv-
en at Millersville Etate Teachers
College on February 5
A graduate of Bellefonte High |
School, Miss Wallzer Is now a senior
at Millerswilie, and Is majoring in
Library Science and English. Miss
Walizer has become a well known
{figure on. the campus through her sage received Tuesday by his moth.
many activities which Include her |er
able work in the dramatic club, her! The latest reported casualty is
work as historian of Speech Choir, | pirst Lieutenant William H. Relish,
her activity In the Library Science son of Mrs. R. A. Lepley, of 228 East
Club, her leadership as vice-presi- Hamilton avenue, State College, He
dent of the Young Women's Christ- lis believed to have been carrying
Ian Association, her activities In the [supplies in the dangerous India-
Normal Literary Boclety, and ber | China-Burma area at the time of
participation In Intremural sports. | his death
Se ———— Lt. Relish, one of the first State
Collision at College College men to enlist in the armed!
Damage estimated at $250 resuit- forces, left for training camp in
led late Saturday morning when cars | April, 1941. In January, 1042, he was
driven by Miss Frances Neldigh and | transferred to the Alr Corps and re-
Charles Taylor, both of State Col- ceived basic pilot training instrue-
{lege, collided at the West College tion at Don Field. He was commis.
|avenue-North Gill street intersec- | sioned a second leutenant at George
tion. State College polive sald the | Fleld In December 19042. He arrived
accident occurred when the Taylor | overseas on March 25, 1043 and re-
ear pulled on to avenue ceived a promotion to first Houten
from North Gill street as Miss Nei- ant in August last year
digh was proceeding the ave
Car was
Kuto.
[
AIRMAN KILLED
Pr
role
in Asiatic Area; Was
Transport Pilot
A lormer State ~ College High |
School athlete, serving as a Wrans-
port pilot in the Asiatic theater, was
killed In action on Pebruary 9, ac-
cording to a War Department mess
ey
Lt. Wi iam H. . Reish Dies
MILESBURG CLUB
HOLDS MEETING:
Miss Brockerholl and Mrs.
Fred Warner Speak on
Red Cross Work
Mis Margaret Brockerhof! of
Stats College and Mrs, Fred War-
ner. of Pelicionte, were guest speak -
rs at the monthly mecting of thu
Milosowr Wie Club a1 tlw
Milesbury choul house Monda)
evening. February
Miss Brockerbofnt
report of Lx |
county Mod Cro tating that all of
He work = done on & voluntar
imtis with po remuneration, the only
wgtiow being thie cose of Uw Red
Toes nurs, Mie TOORNCY. BOY tol
pllinented the workers on their var
was find Cross setivities and urged
them Ww contin we the good work
The speaker then irtroductd Mre
rer, wi old in n interesting
aim nd du-
Gopartiment
wnen
von
{
Ww
DARI LO
Lies « tlw
8 §
ison |
metl
home service
ted that the dut: of this tiv-
to check all requests made
ervice men or their families and
military hearquarters, Mr
informed the group tn
M L. RW had charge ©
that sort Milesburg area
one wishing information of
tance in that line should get In
with cither Mrs. Woodring or
w arner by telephone
pict ITO oo or ti
rating the Importance
vaccination
ntinsed on page St2)
——— py —————"
MINISTERS" PLAN
GETS APPROVAL
School Board Favors Re-
ligious Education; To Be-
gin With Fall Term
The Bellefonte school board, after
consideration of a preliminary plan
presented by the local Ministerial
Association for establishment of re-
ligious education classes In the lo-
cal schools, Monday night instructed
| the assogiation to proceed with plans
[ioe beginning such classes when!
schools open next fall
According to the plan outlined at)
| the session, student participation in
{the classes will be entirely volun.
tary. There will be separate groups |
(for Protestants and Catholics, and |
{classes will be held one hour each
week during a school activities per- |
‘lod. At the beginning, classes will
be made available to pupils of the
11th and 12th grades, but later will
be extended to include all grades In
the high school. No textbooks will
‘be necessary, since material required
will be supplied on mimeographed
sheets, The classes will be the joint
responsibility of the Ministerial As- |
[sociation and the School Board, and |
{the plan has the endorsement of all
local Protestant ministers as well os
of Monsignor William E. Downes, of
(Continged oh Puoe Pour)
Re
srt Ww
Warner
wld ing i
the
wn shown
and
AN th
ie
Paper Collection'Here
Pe Eills Railroad Car ix
A railroad boxcar loaded full of |
serap paper is on its vay to war in|
result of a!
y HOON
[ware stores In Renovo, Jersey
{and Bellefonte were closed this week
SEEK $550,000
Believe Coun Ly
OREOPENORE Near Bond Quota
INEATSCOTIA
RFC Expected to Approve
£450.000 Loan;
Local Capital
MAY BUILD NEW
$100,000
PROC ESSING PLANT
Power Lines, BC RR Spur
Planned if Project
Materializes
Scola ore bank:
the Revolutionary W
ig fron fo:
Pittsburgh
go Into production agal:
impetus of the wartime need
teed
Congr
baugh 1s
The , openeg
ar and once
. ’
DUC L¥ |
tee
the
sman D. Emmert
quoted as
aying
ance Corporation ub
Andrew C
] mills, nu
1 under
after
the
AT -
iy
for
LOI
Brumn-
in Wash-
ington that the Reconstruction Fine |
expected to ap- |
prove a loan of $450.00 Ww re-open
the 275 acre ore banks in
rens, several miles west
College. Local
additional $100.000 to
finding of a processing
power lines and a four mile
join the Bellefonte Central
road. The spur would cross
322 by means of
Jrumbaugh said
and the War
recommended
banks under a
un
the War
ment
ave
the
Cex
will rn sufficient ore
the undertaking worth while
The Scotia mine property o
enter of
of 300. was
Revolutionary
in Paton
Mile A fumsce How
1836 producing the alee
Juniata ron. Carnegie ook
property In 1881 and operated it
tl 1911 ss a source of ore for
Pittsburgh steel mill but
rived 0 the Laks
for ore. Local interests Kept
mine going until 1920
A svar ago the
Cutnpany took over
with, HH. M. Walisce, of Sunbatry,
ret ww
Lhe
opened in
War
and Gen
munity
{for two
Col. Jol
over
Ra
an overhead bri
Depart-
Production Board
e-opening
new water pro-
which experiments have shown
make
of
ne
fourishing com-| Classes H eld Regularly
1791!
heroe
Samuel
shed u
famou
nui
the
Un-
his
then
Superior depos- |
| FFT
Sootia Mining
the property
a
president, and Lov Moerschbacher,
‘of Port Matilde, as manager
Brumbaugh ssid a bureau of mines
representative Is now inspecting
workings and will report his
ngs Ww Washington thi
coommends that the
opened the RFC
be approved
The government
years’ research
work by David BR. Mitchell,
the mining department
School of Mitleral Industries
State, and J. CG. Germain, of
8. Bureau of Mine:
Thelr survey is
turned up pockets
age ore. If
is believed that between B80 and
men will be employed on the
ject when compieted
INFLATION MAY
mine be
action
head
of
reporied Ww
the
the plan materializes
the
find-
week. IT he
expected to |
¢ 'Thursda)
follows two
and experimental!
of |
the
at Penn}
{is
u
have
of high percent.
it
100
pro-
HALT FARM LOANS:
Centre County FSA Su- Fire Caused $100
pervisor Warns of Hard-
ship to Tenants
Inflation of land value
county
ity Administration lo
Parm Ownership loans here
M. Alexander, FSA County
visor, warned yesterda)
Alexander shld tenants
difficult to buy famnily
in Centre! purl Musser home
may cause the Parm Secur-
Cease making
: KK: lg
Super-
financed
by FSA are finding it increasingly | (ome damage between walls
type farms |
at normal earning capacity prices.
inflationary
Alexander
“If the
here continues,”
movement
said, |
“we will have to stop helping ten-|of the attic floor to reach the blaze |
ants 0 farm ownership. We aren't!
going to finance anybody
in thei, nehting the fire
purchase of a gold brick. Unless a
farm has a dollar of earning capac-
ity for every dollar of price we won't
make a loan. Neither will we con-
tribute to Inflation Ly bidding up!
farm values.”
Alexander shld thet In
county, seven Of tenant
(Continued on Pege Three)
Claster's Discontinue |
rdwa laf congressmen who Wag suc
Ha " ware Business . ‘x: by James E. VonZandt
Centre!
families |
The M. L. Claster and Son hard-
{and the
fe
Fi
Shore
fs
sf EB
ia total «
| Bince
fwithin striking distance « {
the Bar-|
of State
capital will provide
complete | campaign the
plant, | announced that all bend
spur 0] dividu
pil |
Route
ige
{Earage
‘our farmers
| Public
{ pany of Beliefonte who answered an
| alarm found it necessary to remove 12-00 a
‘Circulate Gingery
[Survey Reveals Sales Near $1,943,000 Allo-
~ation; Sales to End of Month Assure Suc-
cess; Five Districts Top Quotas
Centre county |
met its thumping $1,943,000
in the Fourth War Loan Campaign
according to a survey ted ves-
terda:
Even though a final
the county is not
is almost certainty
F. and G bond
remainder of Februar
be applied to the 4th
tals, will more than off:
writage which may
Lime
Fit
were
Deueye to have
February
quota {drive
comple
up wu Ww exceeded
Milihelm district
——
COUNTY FOOTBALL
ures on a
not Ua bie
Claude G. Alike
Counts War ¥ ‘
ald that Philadelphia had
of $1,500,000 of bond
county up nil Baturday
then Mr
knows of additional
‘several hundred
Consequently the
Commitee
recorced
todd
Centre
Philipsburg Member of
Bomber Crew Fails to
Return From Raid
thousand dollar
county is well
the quola
if It hasnt actually met the allo-
cation, Mr. Ailkens
Before the start
Treasurs
RRL #1 : Mir ¥
of the # wan
burg. ha
Departmen Dea
Le
geant
throughout! 1 mony p
Ia Ha Philips
been notified | thie /
riment that her fn, §
Braydon Ha nger. |
d missing in ¢ on, since Febru
Hassinger 8 bomb
China, * failed to return
bombing trip on the
23-year-old gunner has been |
oe One Year and cight mont
; been overseas Aug
He wa s based in India for two week
then has been based
re "t.
al
_.
nner on
pd
REPAIR SCHOOLS =
AID TO FARMERS
by
n
ance
and sae
gragua te m
3 1941 and
team
that he
whurg bal
t Altoona bw»
Army
marry
for Repair of Farm Alves
Machines
are finding
of Vocal
help
0
Farmen:
Departments
ture great
county schools
night classes
{keep thelr equipment
antl 10 be ready for pring work folks in one da
Farmers are wiped 0 take sdvan- received wa
tage of the opportunities now avail. | thae transport plane:
able. The schedule af classe: It as ®l and caught fir
ollows: | He eled that they were still
knocking down the Japs and that
the Chitose are nice and co-
operative. He said that thelr food Is
good
SCHOO!
mal Agri
Three Centre
noting
Ellen
a
\a ona
farmer
OO Teall
to htip ou : ’
14 boxes from home
Some of the mall
charred one of
i been down.
had received
{ Le as
Walker Twp, Mondey and Thurs
day, 7¥ Wo 10 p. m., at Btitoer's gar
age
Bellefonte
Thursday, 7 t
Tuesday arn
Jodon
Monday
ip m., at
A c—
[0CAL DARYMEN
10 MEET HER
Centre County Producers
Will Hear Important
Problems Discussed
Thi
county
Court
East Penn's
| garage
A certified
practical experience is availat
leach place mentioned. Ans
who can reach any of these
welcome wi urged
equipment repaired
School authorities in cach arc
will welcome the opportunity to hel;
get more Information
when it desired All realize the
value of food In winning the war
The Penns Department
Instroctio; providing
teachers,
teach good
are:
centers
a to pet h
He
of
the
Pace anc oquipment
through National Defen Funds al-
jotted to Pennsylvania in t war
effort. There is no cost 10 Uw
er for this help. He supplies
he actual repair parts he needs for
own machine which may be un-
repair
yivania Cent
the
annual Dairy Dey for re
gajrymen will be held
House at Bellefonte
Thursday, February 24. according
County Agent R. C. Blanes Thi
program will have additional signif-
cance this year due io the impor
tance of milk production in helping
to provide food in our war cfiort
Speakers for the occasion will be
1Joe Nageotte, dairy extension spec-
lalist, and Fred V. Grau, agronomy
extension specialist, both of State
College. The complete program fol-
lows :
10
next
Ie
farme-
only
is
der
Damage Near Town
Damage estimated at! more than
$10 resulted from a fire at the Mrs
4 miles east of
Bellefonte along the Jacksonville
road about 1:30 p. m. last Thursday
The blaze, which originated from
a flue fire, caused damage to weath-
erboarding along the flue from the
cellar to the attic and also caused
of
2. m~Treatment and
permanent bluegrass pastures for
maximum production
10:30 a. mA practical progr
raising dalry calves
11:00 a. m~Triple purpose pasture
(method of starting and value as
a hay Crop and summer pasture)
11:30 a. m~-Artificial insemination
(Hlustrated with pictures and Gis-
cussion of application in Centre
wp
Care
m for
Members of the Undine Fire Com-
m.~-Noon recess
some weatherboarding and a portion 1-30 p. m—-Mastitis and its preven-
tion (lllustrated with pictures)
Water from a booster tank was used) (2:30 p. me~Making high quality ha
(fertilization, time of cutting, and
method of handling to get the
highest feed value)
3:15 p. m~~Oeneral discussion per-
fod, (Discussion of questions re-
lating to any phase of dalry or
crop production’
Petition for Congress
Petitions are being dirculated In ”
Blair and Clearfield counties in be. | Adjournment.
half of Don Gingery for the Demo-| The program as planned by the
| cratic nomination for ke Hue Don | The ies Extension Service is to
in the 28rd District, of which Cen- | provide Centre county dairymen
| tre county is a part. Mr. Gingery wht 4 the fey information on ime
milk production problems
Fog is hoped that all dairymen or
Mr. Gingery has made no an- other people Interested in these sub-
| nouncement of his candidacy. Ask- jects will Pia to attend and partici-