mph. Where the F ued Goss A HEAVY BOMBER cruising at a speed of 2 Ions of gasoline an hour, 50 may use 200 gal- dhe Ce ir ¢ Democrat WHERE THE ¥UEL GOES An Army Trans. p port burns 33.000 gallons of fuel oll wu day. VOLUME 63. NUMBER 13. BELLEFONTE, | Th IU RSDAY, MARCH 30, 1944, SUBSCRIPTION-$1.50 PER YEAR. 116 Men in April (QIN —~ E all to Sy, sellefon 34 Front. April 13. el 82 From April ter Navy, total ¢f 116 mu irom Promoted to Major - - nsrsmmsnannassnen. Major Ernest Burghduff Burghdufl : Bellefonte moted to the rar capla at Lhe Alr Service Field. Ohio Assigned afte: ing Course ni Beach, Fla Ma j« rehduff now he bom- bardment branch of the Air Service| Command's maintenance ‘division. | In this capacits Is TeSDons hie for the maintenance of all airplanes | that are used as bombers-——light, | niedit im and heavy Jl part hie rl Comm Er treet in Offi AAT 1943 f of ¢ wr ho i» iu be bn of | F HEART ATTACK Charles Suddenly at Home in Port Matilda from the suffered th nome tack Woodring had been in hi tack, Mr usual good Mr. Woodring tilda’s outst promine part i ties. was past mmander of the Port Matilda American Legion Post and was president of the Port Matil- da school time of hi death He was a member terisn church Lodge, both at Decensed, a Harry C Maude Chaney Woodring, wa Continued on page Fowr) La BM 3 took Civic activi- anding tizens a board at Presby - Fellow of the Odd Matilda and the Port on of and born ® E. Woodring Dies Services Le Army, to En- ave For 2 i yy College i | Walker, Mile J. Tamminen (Bellefonts Smead Lewis, Philipsburg Confer, Bellefonte Neff, Howard RD 2 Faust, Philipsburg Peters, Howard RD 2 A. Casher Snow Shoe Hass Bellefonte Pennsylvania Fur- Matilda) Walker, Orvisic Paul N. Jones, Port Matilda Jahn P. Davis, Reynoldsvillie Lewis L. Willlams, DuBois, (Mun- sony Carl R. Jones Matilda) John 8. Spangler, Orrin M. Bedell fonte) Elmer L. Schnars, Richard J. Behmer, (Philipsburg? H L. McCamie is, Bel Ohio Joseph Fdward F Orvi I on on K inger wld iN C Dot John Rudy nace, (Port McDowell P Hi Lock Haven, (Port Howard RD 2 DuBois, (Belle- Philipsburg Huntingdon, Phill lefonte psbursg 1th util « 8 Philips- ] liefonte uste: Mil esburg Leathers, Howard Nikita Newport Jellefonte) 1 W. Stull, Blanchard 31 isnak, Philipsburg J. Symmonds, Bellefonte Wenrick, Snow Shoe D. Rhodes, Fleming Geor ge Socash, Osceola Mills RD 1 ym G. Stover, Monument ry Gardner Binet d ne C. Miller, Mtleats Herman FP. Koenig, Bellefonte RD Burwell F. Brungard Bellet onte RD 2 Boyd A. Gensa RD | Earl L. Diehl tussell J. Nelson, { Bellefonte). Ellsworth B. Hutton, RD Johan R. Gingher, Bellefonte. Elwood © Derr. Bellefonte William B. Howell, Curwensville, (Clarence) WwW. Calhoun, Rocky J. (Port Matilda RD) niinaned on pape Four) 100F Plans to Build New Bowling Center | RD 2 ph O J New Theodore mer, Port Matiica Il College, Rockford State Philipsburg » nN Hill (Co Lodge 100F, on ; on West High rmer Claster Hardware have decided to modern nel street In 5 located h into a Net CAL bowling The room, an unusually | one, is to be equipped with three bowling | amd two in the rear The alleys will be ngth and expectations a modern ng GE . in fron Me) of the jocation THEATRE KATES EFFECTIVE APRIL NEW | t of the local the- price in- Magemen attention to will become call which 1 in al Excise the HA ill be: evenings, #4 cents and 18 cents for children, s for adults and 14 cents at matinees. The State will be 44 cents for adults in the evenings, and 35 cents for matinee. Children’s rates will be 14 cents, afternoon or evening Alie CIreass April Feder At April 1 for aduits 35 cent ch 4} Tax Increase and for chedule aren Betty Shuey Engaged and Mrs. Willis F. Shuey, Addition, Bellefonte, announce engagement of their daughter Ann, to Elmer E. Rockey, Jr., gon of Mr, and Mrs, Elmer 8r.. of East Lamb street, Mi of Bush the Betty 8 1/¢ E. Rockey, Bellefonte Police Still Hope for “Break” In effective | compliance with the new | acmissions effective |, [Srosetne of the TY YOUTH [£0 PACIFIC Seaman George Meckley, 19, of State College, RD, Buried at Sea NO DETAILS OF DEATH ARE GIVEN Left For Sea Duty After Thanksgiving Fur- lough at Home William Mi College while Cc (George Mr { State acuion Nav) wCifie, Seaman ley, 18 E. Meckie) 3 killed the U South Pri Department rent ana 8 nnewher accordl telegram re nh Inst week The message stated th Meckiey had been burle full military hon but no further detalls concerning the death of the youl Me area which he was serving the exa date of his death tances surrounding it name and type of shiv on was stationed are hs family Seaman Meckiey entered th on September 13, 1943 and boot training at the Great Training Station at Til After spending nksgiving holidays at hom he Was pieced on Pacific December attended chools Mills at Boalsbur the State ool at the time the Navy last fall Leslie E. Meokley the U. 8. Army depot Seaman ea with contained the circum and th whieh bh Lake Creal ee Naval Lakes his parents the “ auty in The Pine on 10 youth Grove WAS a Juno: High Sch try Into Pi Serving in Chamber org ig supply depo $000,000 GATT at College of his en A Oro- Her, “TO OPEN ORE MINE == | Government Authorizes 1 [bertang to begin training. He is mars Contract With Scotia Scotia Mining Co. Plant ne Corporation, a aul ized $500,000 £ 3 Yor for with Mining Company to re- abanc Scot once Wie 80 terda) scotia Oey the ue floned Ore mins r Can bY ontr n Pittsburgh steel mills poration announ the at Washington for plant | to include construction a processing plant, a power line a four-mile spur rallroad Ir Scotia nv State College The old ore holdings abandoned in 1920, were taken over two 3 ago by the Scotia Mining Company with H. M. Wallace of Sunbury as president and Leo Moerschbacher of Port Matilda a8 manager Carmegie operated the at the Barrens near Stale College from 1881 until W11 when he tur the Lake Superior ore deposit Loc al interests kept the mine i1 1920 when it was closed Truck Damaged at Milesburg Crossing ®ie's " COT ed Ret at ana om HON mits ‘ ned ’ {to | going p— int When a tow chain between rucks broke near the Weaver grade Pennsylvania Rall- road west of Central City at 11:15 o'clock Friday morning, the towed truck went out of control and nar- rowly escaped plunging over a 10- foot embankment intg Bald Eagle Creek. No one was injured The two trucks, both owned by | L. Auman, Bellefonte coal dealer, were enroute to Bellefonte, the ma- chine ahead being driven by Walter 8. Perryman, of State College. The other truck, driven by David E Perryman, of Centre Hall, was load- ed with coal and was being towed to Bellefonte because of a broken axle, The two drivers told State Police of the Pleasant Cap sub-station who investigated the accident that the stop signal at the crossing flash- | ed red Just as they approached from the west on Route 220. They said "0 2 wit ears Wal Six Sons wr One Daughter in Service James Wallace Edgar Wallace He He oO Prank, who was oswoumeat bustriese ursday of Ast week engaged in the at Howard. eit ‘or New Cums the father of four ¢ ried aren and i One Tw Pays ia earl Wallace of C ma departs | roe of Pag ron on ww a M For of i » He oper 7 before Med a Water being ; oh July 22. 1941 alled wa Jr., who in } a member of the tn treet Lt ay Air eoond one James CG. Wallace 1942 became Richard Wallace Phil Wallace Thomas Wallace Pitist In sddition vice Mr. and Mrs two other som and two daughiler Robert BB. Wallace and Mis Mar garet Wallace both of Everett, Mass © Winfield, of Lock Haven, and Mix set t the Beliefont Ig to those In Loe 8er- Wallace have Nancy, who is a 1 Jean Wallace ir Sam Wallace 113) 11vt Ia MyLn 16 nept ¥ erating vice station T0 DEMONSTRATE HOME BAKED BREAD Health Club to Meet To- night in High School Auditorium Outhi-watering homemade new Sova i the Belie- litori im LO- He alth «for-Vi The ler Fi High when th Wor will fonte night Club hold sion will be a during which o its meeting bread OCCHR~ baking session Miss Louise Smith home economist, Westinghouse Elec. tri & Manufacturing Company hiladeiphia, will explain and dem - onstrate how to make golden-brown loaves that are tastier and more healthful, too, “than grandma used to bake! To help homemakers of Bellefonte turn out delicious, nutritious meal: the home economist will distribute to every Health-for-Victory Jub member a copy of the March and ED CRISS DRVE FAR UNDER TT S12.800 Fund Only $5. 775; South Ward Total £1,106 MAJOR HOFFMAN RECEIVES HONOR Cited For Meritorious Ser- vice, Extraordinary In- itiative and Ability jor Richards H. Hoffman Ivsician whi with the "Med ical C mmended ous service as during the Tunis Sicilian and Malian cam- from November 12, 10M2, to 9. 1084. it was announced week by the headqua of the Fighter Group e commendation made E. Bates, Jr of the Toth group Belie. Air orps in Italy, has exceptionally a Rroup sure iar Pantel. ast hE 8 : ¢. the Belle- » American Red wa en To date 86 The South Ward plendi howing with a of $1,106 turned ub and the Ward total is 81.050. All other solicitors are urged to do their ut. most lo complete their collection and turn their money in as possible 850 far ployes h mately $350 made a dot roe ¥ ind been for yl a {it nT 5 | if till {f $12.800 sllected menritori a8 Deen « ROO werian Pp . Sl January this Toth ™h Earl ficer Jows “Major Hoffman has been directly responsible for the maintenance of the excellent medical record of the 9th Fighter Oroup, while operating under the desert and semi-desert conditions for the first eight months | has made total Nort : a riers N SOON A by Col commanding of the is as fol- ave Warner Company em- contributed aApproxi- The Moose Club has ation of 8100, and the (Continued on pape Three) a cm — 3 Local Airmen issing in Action William MeNichols Lost March Mis- sion Over Italy FAIL GUNNER ON FLYING FORTRESS T-Sgt. Charles W. Risan, Radio-Gunner, lost Over Jugoslavia MISSING YOUTH BELLEFONTE NATIVE S-Sgt. Melvin J. Houtz, of Had Completed 37 Pleasant Gap, Was in South Pacific Are: Ne Set. ‘3 Mis- Planned to Come After 50th I'wo Cenu ounty airm a“ ¢- 3 sions: Home ported Mrs. E. M. Grove to Head Cancer Drive £ pla v aul April, U officer Robison are Mi Jtant: Mrs. WW. O jchaliman, and Mr son, eutenant. ———————— RALPH HARTSOCK DIES AT HOSPITAL Former Centre County Auditor Suffered Stroke on March 13 Ralph R. Har fan, for four Centre Counts died at 6:40 March 23 Hospital stroke suffered He had been a patient at pital since suffering Mr. Hartsock itor expire was a son of Williams Hartsock Clearfield county 1870, making his death 74 year ¢ Caplan Other WOMAN'S CLUB IN REGULAR MEETING Music And Play Feature Entertainment; New Members Introduced CK CAT a mem Board o'clock 1 1944 ner ing i Ig County of at on Marc! the a win aq ’ days (Contin 5 Page Fowr MS ———— Local Organizations Aid School Milk Fund : Bellefonte organizations have con- tributed an additional $240 1 Bellefonte Parent-Teacher tion to continue U gram in the grade s hools announced Tuesday nig! ular meeting of the PTA § schoo] auditoriug ued the an The business session Mrs Edward sident, who calle allegiance to Christian nging of was led by Mrs ist ship OCIA - Dro- hn WAS PEND reg Ie penny pire atl a y the high Lhe fi Harman Ga America 1 Beautifu Mrs. Ernest Mart Harry N. Meye a Miss Winifred chairman introdu Marie Nelo and Susanne new members of the club The board voted to contribu to the jocal cancer fund and $15 to the Red Cros cision was reached to hold annual dinner in May as has been the custom for some time. Depart. ment chairmen announced the time and ge of April meetings ak As ICAGETr f The new contribution lows Veterans Foreign $100; American Legion $80 Elks Lodge, $50, and Logan Fire Com- pany, $10. The penny-milk fund en- ables every child In the grade schools to have a hall-pint of milk dally in school at a cost of one penny a day The auditorium was filled 10 ca- pacity for the meeting, and enter. tainment consisted of a program of songs, dances and playlets presented by the pupils of the grade schools nt as Wars Are of (& ir » CAMDAIET drive. De- the club's 4-Year-Old Faylor Murder Mystery ————— they believed a signal repairman!April Meal Planning Guide, In ad- Swans Continue | flashed the light just as they neared | dition, the guide contains recipes from Egypt to Cape Bon, which in- dicated an exceptioanlly low loss of | March 28 rocked by the most county Early 1M0 Centre county the discovery of one brutal murders in crime annals taal morning the mutilated | Was of the and beaten body of Rachel H. Tay- | lor, 17-year-old Penn State fresh- man, of Wildwood, N. J. was found | in the driveway of the Lemont school. Discovery of the body by Marold | Leightley, of Oak Hall, janitor of | the school, when he reported for! work about 6:30 a. m., launched one | of the most intensive police Investi- gations ever held in Central Penne sylvania<an investigation which has | comtinued uninterrupted ever since. But today, Just four years later, police admit ‘that they seem no near- | er a solution of the baffling crime | than they were the day the body was discovered It lsn't that investigators have) been lax in their duty, or that they | at Rockview sub-station, headquar- tery for the probe, there is one en~ tire steel fling cabinet containing nothing but reports and records of the investigation In the eabinet are reports of no {less than 5.000 interviews with per- sons in every walk of life in towns and cities throughout the entire eastern part of the United States, There are more than 2.000 other re- ports filled by police Investigators, There are countless other sundry records, all carefully gathered and filed against the day vhen the case finally Is “broken.” When will that day come? Carl E. Hartman, of the State Po- lice Detective Squadron, Harrisburg, who has been specially assigned to [the Taylor case for the past two years and four months, makes no rash promises, Neither does Corp, Samuel Mol lenkof, in charge of Rockview sub- haven't been putting plenty of ef- station, who keeps a close watch on fort and thought into the task, for (Continued on page Four) the crossing. +The driver of the second truck, | seeing the signal, believed a train was approaching and tried to stop (Continued on Page Four) | Boalsburg Firemen | Aid Red Cross Drive Twenty-five dollars was given l the American Red Cross by the | Boalsburg Pire ny in honor of ench member In service, ofM- | cers of the organization announced. A dollar was donated for each man serving his country. Ofcers of the fire company for land menus for every meal in the month; hints that will be helpful in meeting food shgriages and rations ing. suggestions Tor using cereals to ® make a little meat go a long Way, | and other valuable Rr lormation or To Idle; Ignore Advent of Spring According to latest reports, the (Ume due to sickness His interest in the medical probe | lems of each squadron resulted in| :iwho has three sons, ap i lig NEW PHARMAC AST AT PARRISH DRUG STORE H. Franklin Staub, of State Col- lege, on Saturday began his hew {duties as pharmacist ut the Parrish {Drug store in Bellefonte in the post made vacant by the recent death of James Fox, of Bellefonte, Mr. Staub, who is married and two of them serving in the Navy, came here from Altoona. A native of Lock Haven he was Pharmacy and since, that 0 swans above the falls on South his monthly medical reports, He has | Water street, Bellefonte, are contin- | the confidence of all personnel, in-| uing to be carefree jitterbugs and cluding the squadron surgeons and | so far have shown no inclination to was of greal assistance to them all. settle down to family life “Due to the scarcity of medical | 10 other words, even though Spring | { supplies, he acted as the group med- is here. the two swans apparently | ical officer for all units, He Main | are giving no thought to the future,’ (Continued on page Four) and are idling their time away float. ffi ing about on the water, foraging In| May Move Offices the moss for succulent bits of food! The Centre County Commissioners and cavorting and splashing about | who have been seeking office quar- for the entertainment of the spec- ters for the ay indian Superintendent's tators along the sidewalk bordering | stafl, yesterday the stream. | office To the serious side of life es rs, bon have given no Shougit, There is no street, je of Me hankh RE Anat the day of # por |fic8 now the College things Hon nit, bows been employed by large sible increase In the family, and for House, drug stores (Continued an Pape Four) i ed for Little News, Plenty of Views In Ancient C opy of Centre Democrat The oldest copy of The Centre| [scription was “two dollars {Democrat known to be In existence annum. Ane in advance, and ad was discovered recently in the of- dollars and twenty-five cents will be [fices of Register Harry A. Corman {charged if not paid until the expir- The discovery was made by Mrs. | ation of the year; subscribers subject {N. B. Spangler, of East High street, {to postage.” | well known Bellefonte historian and! Page 1 of the paper is devoted en- (genealogist, who came upon the tirely to political articles, with the | newspaper in ancient files of legal exeeplion of the top of column one | papers, The newspaper Is serving as, which carries a poem “Love Vindi- the cover for a “list of goods and | cated.” Most of the political articles chattels sold March 17, 1838, which are trades against Gen. Harrison, were of John Schlegel, late of Gregg the Bank Federal candidate for and the list is carefully President, who was reported to be in the folded newspaper. favor of selling poor white men into issue is dated October 24, 1836, slavery. Other articles are entitled {complete coordination and effective medication, which was reflected in
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