WHERE THE FUEL GOES An Army Trans- port burns 21,000 gallons of fuel oil a day. 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, adhe Centre Democrat BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY a —— VOLUME 63. NUMBER S. Pilot Is Killed In {ARDS FIN Plane Crash Here JAN DEA A PRISON Believe Failure of Motor. % used by Atmos- Deputy Warden Reports 9 1, 1944, SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR. NOF Council Proposes tH] New Garl yage Plan E FRIDAY Morning and Afternoon Farming In African Area Primitive, Former College Wrestler Discovers ¥ arming | Innds looked Alexander i 4 pe \ Nn ot valio ctices observed In foreign displaved by Lt. Glen I } { Penn Sta who a N cla of 1942 alr 18 months of servi and Italian n J Knowing th Alexander pri n a aduate « ena Suggested System Calls for Monopoly; Price of Service Over Twice as High As in State College; David W. Keller Named Council- M i Cents pheric Conditions; Light “, ! Power Lines Torn Down: Passenger in * ae Not Ser- tv farmer and : : Pers vis iously Injured, Patient In h eo.ital BULLETIN A spokesman for the Salem En- gineering Co., Youngstown, Ohio, owner of the plane which crashed here Sunday night, vesterday said that the plane was forced to an emergency landing because both moters failed, He declared that it has been learned that the pilot had been having trouble with both motors on Lhe trip to Bellefonte, first one, then the other motor, working im- properly, When both of them fail- | ed at once over Bellefonte, the plane was forced down. | While it has not been officially | determined what caused the mo- tor failures, it is the belief among those connected with the investi- gation that formation of ice in the carbureators may have been the reason. The fact that both motors were affected in the same manner seems to give credence to the theory that atmespheric condi- tions and temperature may have heen responsible, An Belle Sun- airpl ane droned fonte shortly before mi day, its two motors beating deady roar Wich Cent tans for many ! ia 4] customed With startling drone increased to sharp roar a the pilot “gunned” the motor plane circled over Point McCoy the motors cutting and off swung southward Gap, then Bellefonte As | field both motors went brilliant beams of land the wings knifed through darkness. The biz ship, downward with the peculiar ling swish of gliding 1 swooped over the athletic field lights shone full on the front of the Ralph Owens home on East Bishop street. i The pilot swerved sharply to the right and the plane took a course! directly over Bishop street. [ts wings Stand. the. topc.pi (gos. Ang Ieie- | phone poles. was Wo wide to settle between the poles on either side of the road. Tt clipped a succession of trees and poles, tum- ed over on its nosed down and i To Be Bombardier acta 1 inight out re coOUn- eo the VOD 12 V¢ AC uridenness ) nn It toward Pleasant to return te wit on y circled again t athleti The Hughe dead neared noe ide A/c Donald Cole Pinge Mr and Mr James Pinge West Curtin street, Bellefonte week received letter from Col A. Robertson commandant at Banta Ana Army Alr Base Ana, California informing that their Donald - Cole Pinge has qualified and has been sele for training as a bombardier in Army Air Force The letter explains that in order to be selected for the important training it is imperative that an in- dividual possess very definite qual- ifications.” His character, integrity and trustworthiness ‘must “be unim- peachable, as he is one of the few entrusted with the earefully guarded gecrets of the famous U. 8. bomb. sight. The work of a bomgbardier re- | quires the highest degree of coordin. ation between ag keenly alert mind ald a sound body. The success of every mission is dependent unon his skill, the letter points ont, Pinge will soon be assigned to an | Army Alr Porces West Coast Train. | ing Center bombardier school for an| intensive course of iustryction. Upon | successful completion of the course, he will be awarded his wings and ratings as a qualified bombardier. | Aviation Cadet Pinge entered the | service on July 31, ‘1943, ‘and’ after | of this Ww the Santa them 1 on. fod the {100 feet the are I Inmate Hanged Self With Short Piece of Rope TERM WOULD HAVE th and not lunged to ear jst off ide of the road from residence rolled over, folded uj rending crash, twist- incredibls pile of fled wreckage. One the Bea- the ground coming on a drivewn) house. The apparently shaken dropped to earth into an Ken an an motors hurled ocros; front triking three belore 150 opposite motor Is Reported to Have Left ‘Several Notes’; County Coroner Called ina n lawn times away to feet he ide of the a Crawford term at Rock on forgery i ll ty man peniter other erving tiary found hs 1 early from 18 NOOring before the plane fell about 50 feet west of The pilot Pittsburgh and was found charg Wi the Jack Elmer Terry hurled out found alene the from the cupant Forrest Beck- town, Ohio, was found \ kaze. He was con- June rescuers how to Warden © his safety belt 5 was a member airmen w rushed th ’ County Hospital in the ambulance. Terry without re Becket! 1 wreckage 29, of the un- berm ison Monday morning whre makin e pri fon who the wa elea machine and condition 25 feet ~~ h oner « VAS in an conscious some 20 or The other ¢ tt, of Young the plane wre« and told hi man Ross aged about maximum plane whose £ in CIOS releane Both tre ore tn LY Vid wson died the t 12.508 m 1ffering lnced ay. At sciousne badly fractured d laceratic condition, f a critic in his cel that i] : his ire and at A al nat Cause Undetermined That is the tragi whieh began wim STRUCK BY CAR == difficulty nh any oners* One inmate, Deputy Rhoad sald, told officials that Ross had poken vaguely about taking his lide The official added that Ross left “several notes” one of which was addressed to his mother ville. Tha notes were. forwarded without being read, Deputy Rhoads said Upon discovery prison physician County body hanging wn improvised made | rope which Dx being similar the dairy bam rope to ¢ from a art sites uty Rhoads described {to oor He had ancl n the halt 134 4 ot on cell found his th ¥ all and when feet irom floor nid the man was 1 10 hav ¢ been having w of the other pris- Peggy Morris, State Col- lege, Injured Returning Home From School Pegay Morris, aged §, daughter of Mrs. Mabel Wallace Morris, of State College, is reported to be recovering atisfactorily at the Centre County Hospital from head bruises and brush burn the body suffered about noon, Monday, when she was = struck by a at the comer of Atherton and Nittany avenue : State College vid The driver of Coroner She kler H Yoxtheimer, eat wld be necessar building contractor ing north through The driver said § grand - daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Tay- lor, of South Atherton street " her way home {rom ¢ the east side of 8 car going She then darted front of hi of hod was called Coroner Charle filesbur as notified laimed by Ro the the and of of w £0 wa interment ] ana ret ef pid that no Ne the car was George Northumberiand who was travel- St: College eirl gir anil ——————— s—— — MOOSE HOME AGAN DAMAGED BY FRE te the 84 ( A hool the cro west had Acro the The drive: effort on ($84 stood on ing until passed street in Car an tn ide of the Damages Home Second Time Since Dec. econd time slight than two months Belle. Moose home on North Spring treet was damaged By fire, about 11 o'clock Monday morning The blaze, discovered by Mrs [George RB. Meek, who resides on the {opposite side of the street, was burn- {ing the roof area around the chim- iney when Mrs. Meek discovered the [ames and notified Walter Herring i lodge secretary, who was walking festerday Centre ‘ounty Come! a McCord yr Pht ips | ang the nome Al oy me \ Harry V. Keeler. of Bellefonte A general alarm was sounded and and Fred C, Mensch, of Millheim both companies responded. Boostér with their chief clerk. Harry Burd, |Lnet Were carried to the roof on lad- { Aaronsburg their solicitor \ ders and the blaze WAS soon under ‘ard Fleming, of Bellefonte, and éomtrol. Total damage was estimated the newly appointed County Chief ot approximately $100. Piremen said Assessor. John R. Doty. of State Col- that from evidences discovered while went Harrisburg attend fighting the fire, a hole in the mas- i} AD ny, ODry chimney near the roof line, re. p region’ Sonference Count’ | ited probably from the destructive Among the topi cheduled He y! the Nowa a Dectmbet 16 discussion at the convention ws 104 . eved that a short time State's new Jaw regarding after janitor William Lucas opened eSamenis } the furnace drafts sparks were car- {ried through the hole to lodge in the roof timbers In the December fire the first and second floors of the home were bad- ly damaged. Temporary repairs have been made go that portions of the ibullding are in use. Permanent re. ipairy are to be made In the spring [it the materials are pvallable hm hrown to the ut did not lose consciousness office uf who advised the © ae nn taken to the a State College sician that she be brought 'o for x-ray examinatior Hospital attaches that the victim had a onditic } pod | i pn) iy For more f : the in ospital the onte i vyesterds ht n sai good nig and that c— ————— - Commissioners Attend Conference bury C wv | 73 of jege to fe it the tae . sss —— A —— CLASTER TRUCK 5 DESTROYED BY FIRE Damage Estimated at $2,- 000 in Fire Near Blanch- 1.000 POUNDS PAPER SHIPPED TO MILLS The carload of wastepaper shipped from Bellefonte last week contained EXPIRED IN JUNE” "] were | the , that Ross in Mead. forwarded to Mead. | Sparks From Hole in Flue "7" rd } Nori De swrocodures tl old tof + | din 8pri Bellefonte farming Gilley Lie ul 1 vould ne one LOO) begat much about er vers Sl-upn OV ey BYWLDBUFALD OF BOND OTA ~~ Lieut. William Reish Dies Last-Minute Bond Buying While Spending Leave at Hunting Lodge in India ¢ aeath i Lt alrmar artment § fy Tom I State College the War De | £. res ack b nan a eave Major Gen. adjutant Lt. Rel ( 01 State Ty hile in India during it to a letter from 1J. A Ulie U in Washingto: Mrs. R. A Lepl Ham f 5 ren - ’ aven C PL _—_—_ he wt LL Re died February Asiatic area when killed by a water buffalo while £ i etioy ¢ reported t # in the on authorized loa of absence a hunting xige I wish that there were more in- formation “lo give Sou, Cenegal Ulie wrote. “but unfortunately re- ports of this nature contain only the briefest as they are prepared mder condition and mean AMmisson imited ded details battle thelr are The s additional information | will be forwarded Lt. Reish had to his cred year of flying unarmed tran letter ny Lt hea an Ane over the port gerou the India-Burma- China theater. Before entering the ervice he was an ardent sportsman and while in the service was known t take advantage of available portunities to his peacetime 8 terral Alin i OP pursue hunting buffalo of as one of the most in the world and the tiger. I cattle family ix feet high at has large horms which Continged on Poge Fight) WP — 12 Fathers to Enter Navy Next Tuesday hobby «of India ferocious walter known animal the largest and the shoul- he often Twelve men, al] of and all from the area Draft Board No. 2. Bellefonte, are scheduled leave Tuesday, Feb- ruary 29 Altoona for service in the Navy. From Altoona they will be assigned to training stations The George n } } served to for twelve are I. Robinson. Howard, R D James G. Taylor, W Bellefonte L. Lucas, Beliefonte Mahlon T. Letterman, Milesburg Donald E. Dyke, Milesburg Lamb street Lee George W. McCormick, Bellefonte. ' Thomas H. Vaughn, Milesburg Ralph L. Shope, Howard Franklin J. Miller, Altoona Terrill M. Lucas, Bellefonte Andrew G. Bugosh, Clarence | James F. Delong, Mill Hall — ‘World Day of Prayer to be Observed Here | World Day of Prayer will be ob- [served in the Bellefonte Methodist | ehureh on Friday, February 25. A {business session will be held at 2:30 pm, and the evening session will jopen at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. M.A Parrell, of State College, as [guest speaker tha Ma surpassing the of them fathers bs the | Li. Glen Alexander ARMANKLLED COUNTY ON VERGE = Spree Urged to Assure Success of Campaign Centre Oe Off Federal phi; ting 88 ey or : ! Rewerve Phila showed that Ba turda: ens 2% ent Ai Ded The cinde ang inci - had quia P otal " ries ott eped and dan. W mak Ww Loar fen , Chairman a lew urged y i mage # ONE more } tio counts w - oO cn sm—— Drama Section to Present Unique Play our 1 unique village Drama Section | Woman's Club | auditorium {March 13 | Tickets fc drama isale at 50 cents each and proceeds {are to be turned over to the Salva- Army Tickets may be pure ct ased from members of the Drama | Section Rehearsal Our well under way, and a unique fea- {ture of the drama is that scenery of properties are used, This {idea an original one with Mr, Wil. w1 Wilder's pical American presented by the Bellefonte high ~ mion ¢ { R vie i 0 be of the the Mond in on ny enin ir the tion { LON for Town | der, has met with popular approval jin New York and elsewhere ~~ You see a housewife shelling beans without beans, washing dish. jes without dishes, {without a stove, eating without food ‘and keeping house without furni- (ture ———— i ——_— ! Car Owner Foils Attempted Theft Two men wearing s'otch hats and light overeoats at mudnight, Wed- nesday, were surprised in an attempt : “A ana AAvig al Sond ang Hornet 1 Herteonil, Bellefonte sCehond are now on are no stage cooking dmner Sessions Planned at Court House NOTED SPEAKERS machin LISTED ON PROGRAM je Business Session of 57th neh Annual Meeting Sched- uled for 3:15 P. M. voled Wo a discussion §] annual meeting of the garbage coliestion syvilem School Directors of susgestion welter mendation 10 a aedates came tion rooeed the ui eT ( re f f out i monopols jeyr ho i ch : Sch Belong to t Dr. Pi L. Cressmas nt of Public Instruc- Rg, Will be ] noare « ” by Donald V rey whore rent - veoh + © iit rime r followed b Te nf De mace entown ati wi Iw Mar Beven ¥ eport ipsbury Cressman Needs Past 4. Blate Mi 3 will after regional College aT ge i Newmar R. ( Blaney wl Z. Miller presidents Ralph Hall COTeLArY Cormick 8; ring Mill Rev. E. H. Jone dGeirgale (0 state TRIAL LIST IS UNUSUALLY LIGHT San vice Centre {ret Btate Col- convention gr podiitor Scheduled; Civil Court County Officers is Called Off Agree on Holidays Al mee ting of the Court H decided by that all following all Lhe seclive February animou will wi h offers Viday the Armist Thanksgiving Dns C tmas Day Amn ———— SULDIER IN PACIFIC =: SEVERELY BURNED Bellefonte Used Car —- Dealer Cited by OPA Pvt. Walter E. Forster Is Severely Burned When Stove Explodes A Bellefonte youth who has been with the armed forees in New Cal- edonia since before Christmas covering from second degree burns the entire eit side of his body suffered when a gasoline cook stove exploded He is Walter F. Forster unassigned, who left this country in December 1043 to join the U. 8 Infantry forees on New Caledonia He is a son of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Forster, of East Bishop street According to Information contain od In a letter to his parents, Pvt Forster suffered sever: burns of the (left arm, leg, and the left side of his body and face when the stove ex. ploded. He spent nine days in an army hospital in New Caledonia and while he has returned to his outfit he is still under medical treatment Labor Union Gives © $276.78 In Drive «hoo, $3.70; primary school, $3.46; —— igrammar school, $1.90, The girls in n cooperation with the Titan|the Walker Township High School {Metal Manufacturing Co, Federal contributed $505. This makes a to. Labor Union Local No. 10081 con- tal of $3801 collected in the Walker [tributed a total of $276.78 to the township schools iy three case heard be at the « al Lewisburg, Wednesday of week, an information seeking an in- junction Bellefonte used car dealer for trucks violation of maximum price reguia- tions governing such vehicles The information named M. I. Lin- genfelter Jesse Lingenfelter and Helen Lingenfelter defendant O. P. A alleges overcharges on the four vehicles total $445.19 and the information seeks a Jjudg- ment in Javor of the government for treble the amount of the over. charges or $1335.57 tion enjoining the firm from ther maximum price infractions a——— WALKER TWP. CONTRIBUTES TO MARCH OF DIMES last against a selling four re. of that Pvt 20 “ol fur- Walker township schools and Trin- ity Reformed Sunday school, Hub- jersbhurg, aided the infantile paras - {sis drive to the extent of $52.51 The contributions of the schools lwere as follows: Porresy school, §7; Crawford school, $6; Zion school, Franklin school $6; Logan Only Pwo Criminal Cases) The C. P. A. filed in Federal Court |, ini... and an injunc-! man to Succeed Late Harold D. Cowher RED CROSS DRE OPENS MARCH | Lewis Orvis Harvey To Head Campaign; Local Quota is $12,800 sit 1x “re £ vicemen ELUNE ser ang ‘ ihe large we roents © nailons is pation a itie Whiie the 1044 cbioctive is the {largest campaign goal in the hastory {of Red Cross, the job to be done Is ‘greater than ever before, due to war. time demana An apprsa roent ‘ CVers ' mer ory on the home front « ae——————— ————" PTA Hears Address On Child Education McDor SHDeTY iso 12eNe { Pleas- { special ¢ in Centre and Clinton woke before Bellefonte 5 regular meeting he Chool on Tuesday evenit alk was {f ex iragement { has been ag ! the and Flanagan P the one « lightenment nec re} the ve MM d can be dot handicapped child for happy He, like Bovs' Town such thing The proper help at the will make a good man 0 this end, he urged that operate with the Eee. the special educators. Be- often parents feel there tigma sttached to the chilg program, he pointed peroenisge of the cases ar a poor physical background ould overcome due to birth ¥) result of ill. Dr. McDonald the nt possibility available funds whi make thi work possible, and urged every terested parent to contact jegis! regarding this Mrs. Betty Plummer | music State College. Jed group (singing, scoompanied at the pam by her sister, Miss Susanne Harts wick. Miss Hartswick afforded great {pleasure to the gathering by her jrendition of the piano piece, “Fire Dance.” Mrs. Plummer and Mis Hartswick are the daughters of Mn J. M. _Hartswick, of Bellefonte Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDonald {were appointed to the ways and means committee to replace Mr. and Mra. R. OG. Champagne who are mov. ing from Bellefonte the end of this month. A reading on Pounders Day was given by Mrs. Champagne. De- votions in keeping with the occa sion were led Rev Clarence Ar. # nold, pastor of the Lutheran church of Bellefonte f life » { : W 3 Wi at there is 1 a 1 BOY proper time jof him. T | parent 1 . . « is i Ah ¢ nin { Ma out a ree Fs) easily be 1 1] 10 a {n pres ry ni the {ey EN LION ¢ curtail Of curianin ¢ iy the WW } . t Ors i ’ : teacher o m ard Yesterday a total of 44,000 pounds of paper, it! Members of all churches, regard- is sienl n car on West High street, OeDtre county Foundation for Infan. The Trinity Reformed Sunday i spending two weeks at New Cumber- | land was sent to Amarillo, Texas, air base where he remained until Oc- tober 1 when he ‘departed {or Reno, Nevada, to study at the University of Nevada, He is a graduate of the Bellefonte High 8chool, class of 1043, and after schools and during vaca tions assisted in his father's barber shop on West High street. Mrs. Blowers | — he announced by Karl E. Kusse, | A truck owned by M. L. Claster & chairman of the local salvage and Sons, enroute from Lock Haven to! waste , Bellefonte with a load of merchan-| The shipment included contribu- [ ins. wis destroyed by fire about 9 tions from Bellefonte, Pleasant Oap, o'clock yesterday morning on the Snow Shoe, Clarence and Unionville, [highway between Blanchard and Kusse sald | Howard, The driver escaped unin- | jured, Charged With Reckless | Isadore Claster, manager of the| Reckless driving charges were fi | Bellefonte branch, sald the damage hy the State Police before Justice {might total “several thousand dol- tars,” since both truck and merchan- Members of the Howsrd Fite De- partment were called to the scene but when was [was well less of denomination, are invited to ‘tile Paralysis in the recent came (attend the sessions i i ———— County Millage Same | In announcing the county budget [for the coming year, the Centre {County Commissioners last week sald that the millage will remain the same as for 1043, namely: § mills for the county and 4 mills for the Institution District. (but escaped during a chase [school | John Diets, owner of the car, and Roger Poorman, a friend, both of Bellefonte, left the Fenn Belle Ho- tel when Dietz saw his car being {backed from a parking space on the High street bridge (and put the ear in neutral. The ma- ‘ehine backed across the street, He jumped on the running board | [patgn appeal for funds. a total of $1260 to the | The chairman, Walter A, Schenck. Dimes used the Industrial scrolls, which! The committee takes this means were placed In tach department, [to thank those who contributed to The undersigned wish to thank this worthy cause the contributors for thelr generous PLEASANT GAP CONTRIBUTES $1.5 TO PARALYSIS FUND Mrs. Ralph Noll chairman of the infantile paralysis drive in Pleasant Cap reports the following contribu tions Pleasant Gap schools, $1080 Fire Company, $105 Woman's Club, $250 Methodist Sunday School. $12.20.
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