Where the Fuel Goes
A HEAVY BOMBER
cruising at a speed of 250
mph. may use 200 gal.
fons of gasoline an hour,
Ihe Cenfre Democr:
WHERE THE
An Army Trans
| port burns 32,000
gallons of fuel oll
| & day
FUFL GOES
VOLUME 63, NUMBER 11.
BELLEFONTE, PA, TI
IURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1914,
SUBSCRIPTION—£$1.50 PER YEAR.
Ast 75 Countians |
For Induction
36 of Group to Go % 't. Meade, Md., from
local Board 2, Bel. , nate, on March 23;
State College Board 1 % nd 19.
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Neidrick, Phil]
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Smeal, Philinsbu
Witter, prictol, Pa
lam L. Grubb, Milesbury
ird Gi. Miller, Bellefont
Id 8. Maurer, Philipsbur
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Fleming Soldier Keeps
Fox Hole Under Bed
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Baldwin, How
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Harold C
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Leighton G. Sweenn!
Harold E. Ritenour
Mahlon A. Quick
Hugh J. Runkle
RD 3.
James A. Saxion, Bellefonte
Alvin F. Shamp, Lamar
Charles R. Dickson, Flemin
samuel C. Croyle, Phil
ick L. McCamlc
ist McMonigal
RD 1
Carl R. Casher, Claren
Ear! Weaver, Howard RD |
John H. Watkins, Bellefonte RD 2
D. Kelley Port Matilda
Lock Haven
Jr Bellefonte
i urg RD
Philipsburg
Port
Pic. Oscar D. Rhodes
Cape Gloucester, New Britain
iDelayed)--The technique of q
arrival in foxhole iz demonstrat
by Marine Private First Class Oscar
D. Rhodes, 19-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs. David M. Rhodes, of Flem-
ing. Centre county, He has his fox-
Bas directly under is jungle ham
wu i
It's like thi i
climbing int
pet “
Arthur
RD 1
Harry C. Menold
Norman G. Parko
imued
FORMERLOCAL MAN
Jr.. Bellefonte
Philipsburs
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His Ashes Be Spread
on Mother's Grave
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Local Man Named
Hotel Representative
Harry
and Mr
street
Hotel in Su
moted to road
Milner Hotel
his new dut
His will incl
hotels located from
York state to Florida
cast to Clevel
will
pany
ation
E. V
Boyd
man
ay
Unn
» pan
and jet
he deceased w )
4 " pilin health for
if weex ition
iflered a he attack abo
art
and
wee that time
n Mr. Otto wa
1 baseball
territory de Mih
northe
and fre
Oi
veeks ago had been in serio
"
m
wide
being
Oast andl had |
L$
noted for |
nd
ayer
visit hotel ’
wil
rej
owl
an
and ot
headquarter Varion
ndepender
I'rib
Rallroad
Ald
but he and
be
most of th n
Mr. Vonada entered the empl
the company three year
night clerk in & hotel In Harrishw
Two years ago he Was mads
ager of the Sunbury hotel
Milner Company, which
geveral hundred hotel from
to coast
Mrs. Vonada is the
Swineford, daughter of Mr
Charles Swineford of Sunbury
were marired on July 31. 1942
-
in othey Fhe
¢ Lane : y "a
oy of
team
rey
ZO league
y Lrens nd one
’
ed
SNOW SHOE HOME
5 RAZED BY FIRE
Hoos low Water Pressure
€ard, Hampers Firemen at Or- |
: . . . ]
At a mpecial session of court here! vig (Gillette Residence
Monday morning Hillary Vieard, 56- | a —r—
year-old Philipsburg man, entered a| Tye nine.room, three-story brick |
plea of guilty to a burglary charge p,use owned and occupied by the!
and was sentenced to serve from oi, Gillette family at Snow Shoe
one to two years in the Western guy burned to the ground Saturday
Btate Penitentiary afternoon, entallin
’ g a loss estimated
Vieard was charged with stealing oy upwards of $5,000. All the house-
$135 in cash and other articles from poly furnishings were saved,
the home of James Dayon in Phil- Starting In the area between the!
ipsburg. coiling of the third floor and the!
Judge Ivan Walker, who presided. roof of the building, the blaze is be-
also heard arguments in a number joved to have been caused by a
of civil actions, among them being ark from the chimney
the plea of Josephine Armstrong, of | “when discovered about 2 p, m. the
Zion, for arrest of judgment and names were just breaking through
motion for a new trial on an Invol- [ihe roof. The Bnow Bhoe volunteer
untary manslaughter charge, and fire company answered an alarm,
an argument in the case of Burr & {but because the house Is located
Co, vs. the Bellefonte School district, atop a hill and because the fire de
in which Ward Tate, formerly of ..riment has no pumper, there was
Burr & Co. is seeking payment [or jn.umeient water pressure for fire
services he claims he rendered the 0 14 be of Any use.
Shoot rics aid Jor hich he has 1, o short time the entire building
rece unera ‘ ‘was a mass of flames and the build
No decisions have been filed In jn’ collapsed, Na brick
either of the cases. (Continued on Page Four)
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const
former Gladys
and M:
hes
Man Sentenced, Two
Civil Cases
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= DEIN IHNSTON
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Harry D. Otto Requests the :
= SEROLSLY HAT
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windpipe,
LOCA
ASM
HOUSE BURNS
Irvin Borger, Alone
House, Aroused From
Sleep By Smoke
in
Bellefonte Native to
Football Mentor:
{ nanimous.
BUILDING. CONTENTS &
TOTALLY DESTROYED
Bellefonte and Snow Shoe
Firemen Arrive too Late
to Save Structure
all » sent to t} Bellefonte
Snow
from
as
Shoe
¢
departments
Bellefonte the Logan
pumper and ambulance were dis-
patched to the scene. When firemen
reached the end of their 35-mile
the home 2 complete los
nothir be done to
rt of if ont ent
A
and
fire
nse
(
(
"et
mn
Wits na
hy
could sve ny
Borger, who
about three had
roof put a ago. F
widences obtained at he scene it |
believed an overheated furnace, or a
park in the caused the
fire
Mr. Borger
mines at Pine Glen operated by his
father, Clyde Borger. The total loss
from the fire was placed al $4000 or
more, part vhicl covered by
insurance
Brockerhoff Member
pi
Mr
home
ita
ureh 4
purchased
VOArS ARC
Fai um
basement
employed the
ol
i
i
J fe
Belle
~oerati
nite
fn named chair
need Col
mer state WPA
head Bresils
Pre in i or.
irer GG. Ha
es part
'
WHILE COASTING
of Campaign Group
School
ESDEATH Gray FureyNamed §
SHANNON B. HL. S. Grid Coach |
Return Next Fall as
Board Vole Is
Seaman Home From Pacific
gy
Donald W. Smith
PUPILS BATT
['se Frozen Snow to Save
Henderson Building
From Destruction
13-Year-Old Boy Suffers
Neck Wound When Sled
Hits Wire Fence
ran nt
moonlit
while }
:
sled
in
irc
field near
€ Was coasts
group of ther youngst
8:30 o'clock last Wednesday
ald Elwood Dreibeibd
of Mr. and M
of Pennsyiva
(
Lt. Get
Id
TUgEn
Dreibelbi
1 reel
ck
The
the
Fur:
evere nceration
itn who an patient
Centre County Hospital here
alone on the sled at the time
in the group of coasters were
his brothers, William, aged 16, and
Robert, aged 14
Snow In the field was covered with
a layer of crust which made coasting
excellent, although sieds were dif-
ficult to control
Dreibelbls remained conscious af-
ter the accident, and was assisted by
friends to the home of Charles My -
ers, who brought him at once to the
hospital. The wire caused a deep
laceration about the front of the
neck, penetrating almost to the
The jugular veins were
not involved, |
Reports from the hospital yester- |
day were to the effect that the
youth's condition is satisfactory
Legion Auxiliary
War Bond Awarded
Mrs. Harrison OO, Kline, finance
chairman of the triscounty council
of the American Legion Auxiliary,
yesterday reported that a $25 war
bond given away by the Auxiliary
last week in a campaign for funds
to be used in the rehabilitation of
service men, was awarded to Bill
Odell, 16-year-old son of Mrs. Grace
E. Odell, of Hugheaville,
In a letter to Mrs, Kline, Mrs,
Odell reports that her husband and
oldest son are both In the service,
and wishes the Auxiliary every suc
cess in their effort to earry an the
rehabilitation program.
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wa
and
a barbed
v
|
Maude Mill
of Fergusor
achey ]
the scl nm
fn
a
in 00 1)
iced wiisy
seen down throug!
the in
the "
chool room
¢ Way thre
La 1 stove w
mm
and
n to the floor
and charred ; { ath Ah
ter began
School was immediztely dismissed
and after all were outside the older
upils took matters into their
hands. While tl smaller ones car-
ried out books, tablets and smaller
pieces of furniture, larger once
using a long bench a ladder
crawled up Into the area between
the ceiling of the school and the
roof of the structure, and hurled
large chunks of frozen snow on the
blazing rafters
Others stood under the
tossed pieces of snow up into ihe
flames, while a few buckets of water
obtained from a nearby well aided
in quenching the fire
(Continued on Page Four)
County Home Head
Is Seriously 1
Rev. A. H. Herr, superintendent of
the Centre County Home, who suf-
fered a severe heart attack Wednes-
i
w
the
as
day of last week, is reported to be township vocational
own |g
Litt Ys
Roar Bee
Nav
mig
the
3
Boul)
xt Ln
thie re PT, %
Solomon Islan
tion of constrict
ui
"OTHE
ands for
| “Which of the
best?” a redortes
youth, who is streaml
to Steyn by physical
equatorial climate
{ “Nome! came
fponciusive answer
short
uke
wd ne
ined from
* oy
Ut La
if
arsed
definite
1h clarified hiv state.
ing hat iL aways hot
and ‘damp, the files and mosquitos
are a constant nuisanoe and the
mes itos 10n are Vers
of
in KGa
resent threat
Rn ver fh
cording to Final Check
by County Chairman
firvn {
} Aa 5
1 Reserve
week
wad fallen
Loan quota
ihsequer
we GG
{ures
margin :
leted by Cia
College ct
War Finan
that cot
$1.943.000 quota by
Total Ny
3
wIman
Committee
ints
OvVer-
845.700
the ubserit
ales
OR8 Tho
figure
Reserve
having met
ignment but
not include sale
Federal Reserve
ed, Mr. Alken
In announcing the
cessiul completion of its part in fine
ancing the Fourth War Loan Drive,
Mr. Alkens released the following
} appreciation workers
Alken
Vere
|
he releasy by th
ted the
per
SOUr i“
mM
these
a cent
a figure
renorted after
ota wore
exvlained
county
letter of 7
(Continued on page Four)
RECORD CONTEST
‘Spring Mills Youth Hon!
ored For Achievement _ :
in 6-County Area |
Melvin Miller, a student in Vo-
cational Agriculture al the Gregg
school, was
i
ANS
TEARN
TAWARDS
Presentation Made
Friday by Judge
Walker
FSA SUPERVISOR
LAUDS FARM EFFORT
Cites Figures Showing
Large Increase in
Production
n
U
fo be
(Continged on | ape Four)
——
Houserville Soldier
ls Nazi Prisoner
Vine
5m 4 Nort}
African theatre of operations since
September 15, is a prisoner of war
in a German military prison camp,
soeording 16 a pail peceived from
the Internationa] Red Oross by 0
friend, Miss Dorlg Yarnell of Spring
Mills, No detalls were elven in the
PRI
W. Baylets of Houserville
bef
ear n
’ ve -—
1641
tf Oamp
ne
or
Wheeler
¥ Bet
paty
-
Ralph Hartsock, 74,
Victim of Stroke
Harisock
' from
that Mr
or no mw
ondition ¢
the
licated
Hin
Lif
od
WIS WARBONDIN |
Harrison F. Housley
Three Bell Telephone Company
employes, who have driven company
motor vehicles a total of 400,000
miles without causing an accident,
were honored last night at a special
safety dinner in the Penn Belle Ho-
tel
One of them, Harrison ¥. Housley,
1201 Pine street, Philipsburg, was
showing some improvement but his awarded a $25 War Bond offered as made a member of the company’s
condition is still regarded as being first prize in a Parm Record Contest Hundred Thousand Mile Club,
or-
serious, He Is under medical care at sponsored by the Centre County, ganization of men who have driven
his quarters in the County Home, National Farm Loan Association, the safely for ten years or more. He was
and is not permitted to see callers. Hollidaysburg Production Credit As- presented with a certificate and In- | omnes also will
Because of his illness all the Herr
children were called here
sociation, and the Parm Oredit Ad-
scribed wallet by William T. Woot-
be sossibly other activities to increase
an
driving, bringing
150,000 miles,
200 Fish Killed.
Poison In Stream
State Ofhicials Launch Investigation Into
Death of Trout, Suckers, in Thompson's
Run at State College.
Reported Missing
-
Sutton Re-Elected
Head of Company
ng us week Laon wi
were re-elected to the board of-di-
rector were Hardm P Haris
H yoprip Re
Fie
¥ i
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Legion Seeks Support
For Veterans’ Bill
»
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Wears Dolphin Insignia
©
»
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Named Comrt Hoase Janitor
SPORTSMEN 5 GLUB OPA PRICE LIS
HERE 15 REVIVED AVAILABLE HERE
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H. Poorman Named Citizens May Call For
President; Plan Fish Copies Showing Ceiling
Fry in April Prices in Stores
>
The. Bellefonte Sportames
sociation, dormant for two years
came to life at a meeting held
the YMCA here Priday night when
officers were elected and plans made
for a membership mpaign
fish fry next month
Newly«elected officer
H Poorman, president Wilh
Badger, vice president; Rev, William
C. Thompson, secretary. and Fred ©
Witmer treasurer
A sommitiee was named to meet
Friday night of this week to ar-
range for a fish fry in April. The
discuss plans
[for a membership campaign and
A Community Celis
have been received a
Price and Rationing
and will be given sway to house
wives and citisens who oall for a
copy, John 8 Sommerville, chair
man of the jocal board announced
today
These price lists Mr. Sommer
ville sald, “show the ceiling prices
fi all classes of stores for most of
{the processed food temas sold In
Centre county stores
“This Is the first time that the
community ceiling price lists have
been published In convenient small
sie forms” The chairman pointed
out that “only a small supply had
been printed and received this time
[because of the national paper short-
‘age and until the number of cone
[rumers who desire the price lists
-
™ Lists
be Jocal War
Board office
(
atl
ara
are Samus]
{interest in the association
To Purchase Horses
day to purchase a carload of horses
which will be disposed of at public
sale at Pleasant Gap on Monday
I be given to everyone
ducal board office f
community ceiling
who calls
or a copy
price list,
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