semm—
Jesse |
ADLER
Looks at
. the NEWS
SCIENTISTS at the University ol
of California have developed a drug
they claim may be powerful enough
to enable smaller people to grow, If
successful it ought to be a boom to
some Hollywood stars—giving their
bodies a chance to grow big enoush
to go with their heads!
BETTY JANE VALEE, 3-month
bride of the popular Rudy, made a
very odd comment in applying for a
divorce, “The strange thing, he
said, “is that we still love each other
and I'm sure we'll continue to ro
together.” Gue she just mar
him to find out if he loved
enough to keep steady compan
ter ing him!
THE city manager of Alberquerquie
(N. M.) has applied for meat ration
points to feed the city's rats, Where
we come {rom il don't
1
our 70d we soy hell with
ried
irr
divor
em!”
senator
tied out a dav of eating K-ration
which | be just as hard
digest as a Senato eating 1}
own words!
AN M
MEANTIME have
P. corporal called his
(¥t. Sheridan) explaining he'd
late because he was showing hi
how to put on handcuffs and
couldn't remove them from his
hands, It have been
he might have g¢ married
JAVANESE :chool
forbidden by t
at class
want the native kids *o see any
to look forward to!
AN AMERICAN army
with a wife in Pittsburgh just
came the father of quadruplets born
to another gal in England, Ju
shows you how far ahead that coun
trv is in production!
INCIDENTALLY when his
found out about her hubby hitting
the jackpot, the latter really found
cui why they call Pittsburgh
Smokey City!”
A KANSAS burglar wasnt
mad about being caught for stealing
two suits from a dry cleaning plant
What burned him up was that one
of the suits was his own. Thisll be
one time where a fy won't get a
sult with two pairs of pants—he’ll
get two pairs of pants with one suit
a law suit
MRS LA BLANE of Saugus, 1
was hugged so hard by her son af
ter his return from 16 month
South Pacific, she almost won
purple heart. For he broke one
her ribe and she had to
black-and-blue side
TODAY'S Cripe-line: Some Bee!
about Gas—Others Gas about Beel
A PRIEND of mine writes from
Miami that he bought 5 delicious-
jooking box of strawberries but the
clergy wouldnt wrap them up uriless
IE also bought a box of tomatoes
He settled by buying one tomato,
eating the strawberries right there
and ‘then giving the manager the
razzherries by tossing the tomato
right In the pus
SPEAKING of Plorida
State Atty, H. Prost Balley
now he got hix middle name
born In middle of a
night while his dad va
for the doctor. Frost nrobabl
to Florid thaw t
IT'S A relief to read that
Manville recuperating
operation. You generally
recuperating from a
A CHICAGO motorist, art
driving past a stoplight
Scott-free when explained t«
Judge that he had
and wa
into
camp
be
girl
then
own
could worse
wien
teachen
Ja
they
heen
Sarong Crue
ergeant,
be-
'
wife
Lae
too
Stile
A
eXinagll
He w
the freeziy
OuL «
he
come ax
when he got
notice the light. The judge dismisse
the case { know just what 1
mean,” he sald, rubbing his eye
just paid mine!
Sm ——— ———————
ODD AND
CURIOUS
Never Mind the Coat
following advertisement has
been placed in the Bristol Herald
Courier, Tennessee If the
who stole my coat on March 6 will
look in the inside pocket of the coat
and mail my completed income tax
return and attached check to
collector of internal revenue, he
come back and I will give him
vest and pants, no question
Car and «
The
the
can
the
asked
Good Alibi
Explaining why the Liberty Coun-
ty Times of Chester, Mont was
late, Publisher Tom Busey wrote
“We haven't got a printer and we
can't get one. This publisher has
owned typenetiing machines for 25
years, but never learned how to op-
erate one, He's learning now the
hard way.”
He's a Poor Planter
Asking his draft board for a de-
ferment, a Billings, Montana, mor-
ticlan wrote: “I am the biggest
The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County
A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week |
SECOND
SECTION
Zhe Centre Democrat
Random
NEWS,
FEATURES
Items
VOLUME 63.
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1944
NUMBER rl.
3-Year-Old Boy Dies In
Flames When Grassflat
Home Burns to Ground
Victim Perished Only Three Feet From Safety; J
Mother Collapsed After Rescuing
Two Other Children
wel
|
wand hands
he
within thre
way when wa
urging flame Hi
recovered until some
more 24 hou
Bone and only
v feet
he
E 0 Hold Revival
La a —————
Rev. Carl H. Weir
Revival services will be conduct-
ed at the Bellefonte United Breth-
ren church beginning March 19 and
continuing until April 2. The Rev
Carl I Weir of West Pranikfort.
Illinois will be the evangelist. His
first service will be Monday evening,
March 20 Rev
: Baptist
He h
i
of Wet
Frankfort
Pasi
if
-
Philipsburg Soldier Is
Prisoner of Germans
ir Medal be-
down over
The
neerned
IY were
missing
now that
1
el
of
Ihe onl 344] the fam-
iy has had cone
from the wife of another
ial word
ering their son
officer who
blazing
crew bail
length of one
Alf
tated the ane wa
AW
and that from
hand wa
he x of the
the
ire it
and that
out
P
wha
22 At Meeting of
Local Mothers Club
I'wenty-
witended a
Bellefonts
Lt
two members
Mothers’ Clut
he home of Mrs. Hays W
Jr, on East Linn street
Ray Noll, of Pleasant Gap, and
G. A. Robison, of Bellefonte,
co-hostesaes
Thursday
nignt a
Mattern
Mri
Mrs
were
A report on the bab
sored by the club was read by Mrs.
Charles Martin, chairman of the
clini committee. The report showed
that during the month a total of 51
babies were brought to the clinie, 39
of them being ones who had been
there before, and 12 of them new
canes
clinic spon
was |
DUTIHNe
H in the
three children when
discovered
id Larry
VEOUr-0id
She carried
arm
in ner
tructed Ronald t«
10 4
hand nd had
onto ner Inriec
when
him
ollapsed
ind
1 \ ,
wiried around ne
The mother
reached the doorway
mable to enter the
bullding to reach the cl
ere unaware
found, that he wa
rway
Were
until hi
that
J [3
home * grount
ved (rom it except
kept on the ba
' fire
wa
on had
10 Qe
che short
and everything
il that time. Mr
ippeared
Erickson wn
d about the
NG Her Nair wa
12 through the flames
Beech Creek ‘Girl’
Is 80 Years Young
‘Aunt Alma’ Kunes Does Her pital of a he
Own Work and Finds Time
For Hobbies
Mrs. Alma Kunes,
Alma” to the whole
countryside,
birthday last
and
roup of relatives at
Mrs. Kunes, the wi
Kunes who died about 15 years
never had any children of
but she has mothered
several
tives
who &
Beech
her
Aur
celebrated apr
5 by preparin
serving 10 a fmal
o
§ home
tow of Osca
orphaned children of rela
»
At presefit she Is helping to mo-'
great, great nephews,
Weir is the pastor young Terry and Alan Barr, children
5 Lon Barr, who
ther two
of Ensign and Mrs
making
mother
are
their home
while Ensign
he Navy Despite
tween her age
Alma is able to mee
on theiy own
very fond of her
daughter of the late
Viet
Kune
th
Mr
(real niece
Wis
township and
al tion.
Her BD years
* and i
her, one wWollld never
£fN S50 many
inter She is in excellen
h, her hearing is normal
a voracious reader. She dow
r own work and «till finds tim
make scrap books for favorit
relatives, her most recent
Mrs. Kunes has made quilting
major hobby and it would not
exaggerating to say that
made dozens of quilts in her time
She is a faithful member of t
Dom
lived all he
a al
present re
sit ver
one did
RlUess
summer
knovy ah
na
>
3 f
to
he
the Beech A
Creek P. O. 8. of
A —
Engineer Hit By
Auto; Leg Injured
While walking to his home
Greenwood, Priday night, Harr
Mays, 65, an engineer on the Pitt
burgh division, Was struck
knocked down by a car driven b
Clarence D. Yeatef, of Greenwood
Mr. Mays had gotten off the bu
the Junction and was
at
took the victim to his home
a possible fracture of the right
and shock
>
LATE CHRISTMAS PARTY
fc. Roy Wilfred Ottmer didn’
get a furlough at Christmas, bu
that doesn't mean he
the family Christmas
His parents, Mr, ghd Mrs
Ottmer of Union City, N. J.
the Christmas tree all ready,
Creek
1 the Potis
ago
her own
and reared K
there with
Barr
leve
Mr. and
H. Moran of Dunnstown
Beech
not
and
and
hobby
be
she has
he
Church of Christ at Blanchard and
in
and
walking |
ind guests along the berm of highway 220 when
regular meeting of the Yeater's car hit him. The young man
and
from his home he was taken to the
Altoona hospital. Mr. Mays suffered
leg)
missed out on cation attained locally. he taught!
celebration. school
Pregisics and finally became an agent for a to
ve map company. Always interested in|
the the law, he finally settled in Belle-|'¢T*sted In outside bullding opera-
presents tied In Yuletide fashion, fonte to complete his preparation
The club voted in favor of holding ‘and all the holiday trimmings set for the Bar,
Ww SHOVEL 1S y fa
Rationing—Not a New Problem
00k oT © RY
£ iY ) TWKE re | Hh /
AS YOURS, — )
_AFOR MY THUMB
[ | : “
“ i i | SHOVELED Twit) WHAT 10 MEAN © hy
of A A MLN Snow ( You GET TWICE |
: y / PIONT 1 7 AS MUCHAS |”
\ i —— -_
rs J
|
|
\
py
/
\Pe/
nouse
the
)
and neigh.
(WEY Serves)
. Newsboy’ 78, Dies Youth Held After
at Williamsport Assault on Officer
3
With Intent
to Kill
Popularity as Street sanlt
News Agent
b , COret
MILO
Ch
M Logi
Carrol}
I
ana
Logant
at Will
Ang n, died ¥ri-
day afternoon AMEpOrt where ith a==a and!
Mr in 6
Ar,
he has lived in recent
Greninger wa well known
newspaper boy Sun-Gazetts
building in Williamsport
th VORrs had condu
a
oe agency
Year
the on Market street
injuries and
the officer
held on
v
fiman
where [or head tearing
Ton
wa
e 15 he tee
AR
ast
“treet
Hi
Tuesday
before
h-
§ veteray
Lewisburg poll
t on Mond
meeting of
died DOT IM arrest
he William
:
which de- Shaug
veloped af ankle In
1 in the snr nf 1}
e Sun. member ¢
free, resign
evening
born
an
Gay
Born
»
November 16, 1865 in Logan-
ton, he was graduated from the Lo-
ganton High School, attended
Rebersburg Academ: was grad.
ited from New Berlin College
Commercial College
Williamsport
After teaching C
young man. he started his
as an employe of the ’
line Hardware Company in Wil- nig of the Allegheny Regional Ad-
. Uamsport, later working in exetu- Visory Board at the William Penn
tive capacities in stores at Lindseg.'Hote! in Pittaburgh today, Thursday,
before returning to the Williamsport They are PW
store manager of the
He is survived by the following and A. GG. Morri
sons and daughters: Earl and Tian Metal
Charles, Jr. of Willlamsport: Mrs compens
James Lamitina Los Angeles Ed- What Is ahead for ro
ward, Richard, Beverly and Ange-' i... a ol
> ‘ shippers during 1044
all of Willlamspor:. two bro- CUSSIONSs at the
line of
attended
t
the -t ————
Local Men Attend
and
art
I In linton oo
int
mn
ness
tT take
AGUA meel-
a
'vo Bellefonte
active part in
men hai
the 174
life
Hartsook, traffic
Warner Company,
Tl, traffic man-
ager Manufacturing
»
o
wlroad d
dominate
meeting whi
rMreaentative
al
will
" the
. thers and a sister, William and Min- |, il be
rol Loganton, and Clayton, Raw i industry, agri
di from Pennsylvania
Virginia ang West
Jepson, of Wheeling
will preside
di
he
4 and finance
Ohio, Maryiand,
Virginia EB. O
general chalr-
‘Harvey Reinstated
As Bar Treasurer
"
man
Created
regional
in 1826 ; 13
boards covering the entire
the Allegheny Regional Ad-
v Board is a voluntary organiza.
m of industria farmers, bank-
ers and marketing and trade bodies
cooperating with the railroads in
promotion and maintenance of ade-
quate transportation service and car
one of uch
y ow is vis Harvey, Bellefonte at-
1 recently tendered ois
re as treasurer of the Cen- ti
Bar Association because
er received a call to enter
servic was rejected
and h resumed his post as
treasurer of the Bar Association
In his resignation had been
stipulated that in the event of his
rejection he would be reinstated to
hic post as treasurer, William W
Litke, who had been named as hi
successor, has returned to Mr. Har-
vey all the organization's books and
records
iets
il i
tre Ce
of hay
military
servioe
t the
e, for
af
La
L1ITYE
HNN
Py “
Baby Smothers To
Death in Her Crib
Linda Jean Peters, four-months-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
C. Peters, smothered to death some
time early Sunday morning when
her face became wedged between a
pillow and the side of the bassinet
in which she slept at the Peter
home in Altoona
Surviving are th: parents, one
brother, James, at home; the pa-
ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mr:
Arthur I. Peters, and maternal
grandmother, Mrs, Pear] Smith. all
of Altoona
10th SON AWAITS CALL
Annie Jordan of Boston He.
he is the outstanding war
mother of the current conflict. With
nine sons already in the armed
forces, five In the navy, three In the
army, and one in the marines, a
tenth son is awaiting his eall for
induction soon. “I'm proud of them
but it is pretty lonesome around the
house,” she confessed
i
Mr
lieves
y
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
(By J. THOMAS MITCHELL)
OF THE" LIVES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR
OF CENTRE COUNTY
|
!
DANIEL G. BUSH dwellings on North Spring street
Born 1826 in Bradford County |Were completed hy him in the same
| With only a common schoo] edu-!Y*™"
In 1876 he erected §¢ more homes
in Bellefonte, nd (Jiring the next
few years built 12 more houses in the
wn, while he was also heavily in-
t
t
in several different places,
tions, He seems to have been inter.
to which he was ad-
Pittsburgh Conference
in March 31, 1901 at Mu
. Four Escape Death In
Plane Crash
Duncansville Airport
Forced Down by Bad Weather, Two Nevada.
=
DESCRIPTION
Pe Judg
rey
riul de :
Building
which
wiih
N
Landing at
Bei
EXPLANATION
Columnist W
oh
Wearing
Civil Air Patrol Pilots and Wives Wreck
Their Plane B
bad weather, two
wive
probably beyond
repair
bout 7 o
owned by a
Valley
by
Ne
dent oe
I
irre
Pau
George MeGinni
Reno, Ney wns
nes of R. D. 1
rt
of
piloted
A Reno
mer instructor in the
air “re
in alr oor ae
1 air patrol
if Mr
were with
{ taken off from Day-
feGins
thei:
.
on
ed Loganton Native Gained Wide Defendant Charged With As- a
nlar
plans
wi
and when the wheels
the field, they
st and i
beneath causing the pis
forward on itr
i ba
cru slid forwa
IO
gn
rk and forth
Services Thursday
For Mine Victims
Double Funeral Held For
Brothers Killed By Fall
of Rock
Double funeral services were heid
wt Thursday afternoon for the twe
ine accident vittims, Peter and Al-
bert Simms, who were killad Mon-
ast week in a fall of
Morrisdale Onal
MK
The services were held from the
Albert Simums home at Allport. Rev.
Pannebaker, Morrisdale, and
[Bdwand Utis Altoona, officiated at
{he services and burial wes made in
Allport cemetery
.
the former Mary Jane BSoott,
by four daughters: Charlotte
Ellen. Sara Jane, and Thelma Fliza-
beth Mae .
Peier sas single. He was bom!
n. Albert's]
birth date was April 9. 1904. The)
were sofis of the late John and Mary
Ellen simms, The following brother
and sisters survive: William, Cx
ing. N. ¥Y Christ hiladel;
Wilbur, Munson: Elizabeth
Alex Dickson, Clymer: Ruth
of Rev. Edward Utts Altoona
wife of Dovie Beveridge, Allport
AA
Drops Dead While
Carrying Lamp
Clothing of Aged Man Is
Found Smoldering as Body
is Discovered
o
Dying of a heart attack while
irying a lighted coal oil lamp
Thursday night, William Lyon
Love, an aged Altoona colored ma:
was found seven hours later the
hallway of his hame, his clothing
smoldering after having become
nited from the burning oll
Deputy Coroner Bdgar M. Wall
of Bialr county sald that the aged
man had died a natural death, but
the could not understand why the
man's home had gone H
flames
{ When police and Mr. Walls ar-
{rived they found the broken chim-
{ney of the lamp about a foot from
{the man's body and the glass-bowled
{lamp empty of coal oll, it apparent];
having burned itself out, The body!
{of the viethn was badly bummed]
about the legs and abdomen |
| Mr. Love had been under a phy-
giclan's care for his heart He had
been engaged In trucking for some
{years, but had been retired and lived
{at home with a son, Willlam Jr. |
| He is survived By five children, |
{and a brother and sister i
:
:
K
R-
"ot
D
”
FERGUSON TWP, SCHOOL
SHOWN SAFETY PROGRAM
The Centre County Motor Club, in |
|
Albert fs sufvived by his Widow, lwho had captured her, The story, as
|
day
eyond Repair
ng on in
the sks
propeller va
rudder bro}
Wey
tent of the damage «
determined
rmelstelr
to the
Millheim Man Is |
of Pioneer Family "20"
w lier
Alfred M. Wilson, Spanish-
American War Veteran,
Is 84 Years Old
ton 4
Wilson
1899
Hi
iy
Foyer
ICE CREAM
1 Ji You he
a hy
sree Woman mage
She
grandfather, Georg vho
player and in
the American Army during i v- ed, then had a
Was bom I ’ r i the
and died April
the sge of 104 year
He 5s b in the Quigg
‘ayne township
fife soldier eek chimed
DERDLOr chw
tufl we
desperation
+ "
tien
JQsaon
¢
1+ v
Ireland in
ne das {reeger 10 CRs Ltr
ried crmeter ture wasn 1 )
had forgotier
A ROCCE In Lhe Car
»
| PICTURES
Sooner or :
pacied Wed g arou
week
going
ounc a
brother of
tilled and buried on Ant
tiefield in the Civil war
There are a number of teresting
ores recounted about members
pioneer family. One concery
of the grandfather, George
, above, Lew Wilson
son now living at Pine, nas
to believe
110 vh
fred
killed " 4 pry
ve alway
re
"
had nd hls
¢ found
hrough son
®
1
C #
. a rand . ¥
1 a ETAaly in grade st
bearing the
every member of
We bet we could work &
nice, comfortable shakedown on
gr tells iy story abl some of the photos which appea:
= * COeorge son and here ia fo p ue
Nuk Wetaes Ren Br Lhe There is, for example, Pud
“hide - yo A a Indian
ed 10 get
sheet
photo of
thers §
that Nd
"ey
%
AS
104.
~1
f
{back in fifth grade
of
Honolul
I.
Wi€lof Ravenna, Ohi
frightened looking
(Continued on Pape Pour)
wn m———— i ——
Lock Haven Cars
Reported Stolen
Third Attempt Results
Wrecking Mill Hall
Automobile
d vicinity
G
a ir
i
auto
Mace
a
mgster
Joseph: Shank
famih Owes
nily writing
like this
Rescue Girl From Indians
and Wetzel were the
Indians, killing
guards one or two|
hour of the
Ne Wery
In a run-
very
{ the band of
ine 1)
APINg ¢
he darkest
-
three } a
in
E aie ly
then killed bn
rifle
wa
Wetzel
canoe, Another
’
Indian
shot from
ng
leaped « { the
he
Lock
epidems
weekend
Lawrence FF. Probst
apartments, was ing n a
a . u at the Lock Baven hospits
the border. The Indian hoidl wy (about 9:30 p. m. Baturday evening
thin Over her head aink wil when he saw two boys who appeared
ead And Rid le Pogo allo be 16 or 17 years of age. taking
a Naar 1 ap wa his Plymouth coupe from his gar-
between the mn He followed the they
ww cut off a Jock of hair Bris a mk " .
Wetzel reached the other side of Grove the Cotipe east Wate
: A street, and finally managed to force
the followed the Indian them t0 the curd
the forest and soon returned with a} __" !
h scalp. The tl made They got out of the car and start-
thelr way afety running east, Mr. Probst after
them, but finally got away. He says
he could most likely identify the twe
if te saw-them again
At 3:55 a. m. Sunday
of Mill Hall called the police to re
his ear had just been taken
and was headed toward Lock Haven
At 4:35 o'tlock., 1t was found near
the paper mill, with camages to the
right front fender and the bumper
G. M. MeOormick, 200 East Bald
Eagle street, told the police his oar
was takeg from in front of his home
between midnight Saturday and 4
o'clock Sunday moming., The oar
‘was later recovered, badly damaged
on Route 220 in Mill Hall. It had
4
ew af
Have nn an
hield of
tzel
We
nd
Vere
river,
ped the war
dreaded “De
4 Tr
| hal
«crv of Wet-
h Wind” of
ng
Wilson
. . +» the third ¥
wam the a he this tthe
dian recogni y
ret {re
,
x U the “% call
Lhe
gir
on N§
yt ove QOINg _
age two as
Ww her
i I
on
{yer into
river, ani
(re ree then
i | >
ed
A —
Suffers Burns While
Drying Wet Clothing
His clothing catching
moming as he stood front of
a locomotive firebox in the East Al-
toona roundhouse, John D. Lanta, 27,
was painfully
Guy Alien
port
fire Satur-
"
burned. He was ad-
mitted to the Altoona hospita] for
treatment,
Lantz, a hostler, was coming down
from the pit with an engine, when
a hose stream soaked his clothing
Arriving at the turntable, he stood
near the fire to dry himself gone off the left side of the road
In some manner his overalls mounted the guard rail and traveled
caught fire, the flames quickly eat-|oome distance, tearing out most of
ing through to his undergarments. (he undercarriage and damaging it
He tried to get the flames out, then goverely.
ran for aid to another man working| putting these facts together, the
at the turntable. Here he was old | nolioe pelieve the boys who tried to
to roll in order to smother the geal the Probst car took the Mo-
flames, Some one threw a bucket of | cormick oar, wrecked it, and then
water on him before the flames Were! oie the Allen car, abandoning it
extinguished after it was damaged In an unknown
manner,
SIMPLE TAX BILL
Upholding a family church atten-
A card party early in April for the for their soldier-son’s arrival Sun-
benefit of the Centre County Li-/day from a Wisconsin camp.
brary. : >.
Miss Helen Butler, home sconom- BLANCHARD TEACHER RESIGNS
planter in the county.” Replied the
board in denying his request: “Noth
ing you plant ever comes up.”
se
mitted here in 1857.
{| He started practicing
[1861, when he joined Cyrus Alex-
ander in the firm of Alexander &
dance record of 20 years without an
absence fell to Miss Grace Yoder of
Chairman George (D-Ga) of the
senate finanée committee predicted
Jast week that an income tax simphi-
t
Hog Bats Car Plates
A farmer of Beiplo, Utah, left his
truck complete with new license,
standing In a livestock loading yard.
When he returned a was finksh-
ing eating the plastic plates,
Day and Knight Wed
Add Interesting Information:
Among the couples who recently ap-
for a Heense at
ttle, Wash. Walter J. Day and
Agnes Knight,
ics extension representative for Cen
tre county, spoke on “Household
Care and Cleaning,” and demon-
strated the making and use of home
made sliver polish and wall cleaner,
Miss Butler then distributed pamph«
lets on household care prepared by
the Penn State School of Agricul
ture. The meeting closed with the
group singing of old-fashioned
songs,
The April meeting of the club will
be held at the home of Mrs, Leif A.
Olsen, on West Curtin street
:
Miss Mary Louise Pornof, daugh. Bush
ter of Mrs. Helen Pornof, of Lock
t| Ines George M.
Yocum, and in 1864 retired from the
law to become the great bullder o
eighth grades of the schools at Hor-
sham, near Philadelphia,
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fication bill eliminating the filing
of returns on incomes up to $5,000,
will be and sent to the Pres.
ident 80 days.