A cruls lons Where the Fuel Goes mph. may use 200 gal. HEAVY BOMBER ing at a speed of 250 of gasoline an hour, dhe Ce nire Democral WHERE THE FUEL GOES An Army Trans. f port burns 335.000 gallons of fuel oll a day. wy util wa | VOLUME NUMBER 18. BELL EFONTE, 1 THU RSDAY, MAY 4, 1944, PER - on om—— SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 3 EAR 39Men In S pec al Draft Cyl for May 20 Slated for Army; Quota for Month Is Officials Announce, Local Draft Board No. 2, of Belle- fonte, yesterday released the names of men summoned fill special quotas for the Army and Navy on May 12. Twenty are listed the Army and 19 for the Navy The men received their pre-induc- tion physical examinations in Feb ruary and March. The special calls are entirely separate from regular Army and Navy calls which are pected this month ft official said Men in thu lows _ Allred ESCAPES DEATH IN AGGIDENT HERE Injured Man Crawls From Track Ahead of Moving Car Randall Glasgow, 30 Hall, mill operator and at the National Gyp plant in Buffalo Ru himself from serious sible death about 4 p when, after suffering a fractured leg in a fall from a slowly moving box car, he dragged himself off the tracks before the car ran over him The accident happened loading warehouse while and Martin Arda of B were preparing boxear of lime form According to reports, Glasgow hu placed a brake stick in the wheel, preparatory to releasing the brakes. When he kicked at the rr chet to release it. the wheel re- volved quickly and the brake stick is believed to have knocked the man off the car. The release of the brakes started, the car down an incline just as Masgow fell on the tracks ahead of i With mare of mind | the man realized his danger and? scrambled off the track only inches ahead of the wheels He was brought to the Cen County Hospital in the Widdow- son ambulance, and examination revealed a fracture of the ft leg below the hip Lo for eX- dra are as fol- Arniy quota Arlington, Philipsbur Ol lime Company aved Centre loader m injur at the Glasgow ry ellefonte to move a loaded away from the plat- wel brake tre wl - Named Postmaster At Centre Hall The postmaster general announced Saturday the appointment of H M Potter of Cenire Hall, as acting postmaster in that community, suc- ceeding Estella Hosterman who had been serving temporarily death last December C. W. Boozer Mr. Potter for a number of year has been active in Democratic po- litical circles and was chairman in Centre Hall for eight years He served one year as a member of the party's county executive committee and for two years was chairman of the Jefferson dinner Mr. Potter Is chairman of the Ag ricultural Adjustment Association in Potter township and is Centre Hall borough tax collector. He is a mem- ber of the Masons and is a patron of the Order of Eastern Star in Cen- tre Hall and Bellefonte Por the past 12 years he has been employed at the R. S. Hagan garage in Centre Hall Mr. Potter will assume his new duties as soon as the usual postal inspection is completed - since Lhe of Postmaster Exams Here Friday State scholarship examinations will be held at 8:30 a. m. Priday May 5. at the Bellefonte. High School, it was announced yesterday These examinations are conducted for outstanding pupils throughout the county, and are open only those recommended by the various school principals to r Navy; ‘ted Soon, |} k ao Regular Local (Philipsbur Franklin Melvin C, William Torsten V. Bjialme (Bellefonte Robert LeGrand burg Stove Philipsburg Bellefont CGermantow! Dewey James S. Parson Philadelphis (Julian) Carl H. Spotts, Julian, RD 1 Norman L. Crago, Philipsbury Elton B. Tait, State C Pete P. Slother, Ph ii Clarence M. Yh (Philipsburg Robert Davidson Dong lege pst Hpsburg ald Philadelphlis Rus Rober Ceorge Merle RD 1 Kermit ollege Collegs nte RD 3 Men o nto the induc- 12 rdered u Navy report for tion on May are Thomas E. Gummo. Ji Howard Bellefonte Waite, Philipsburg tler Ros w She 1 Isenberg. DuBois lark Shultz, Bellefonte Fred R. Fisher, Be Paul Matthews. Ph Harold W. Coble Bryce H. Fisher, Philipsburg RD William R. Miller, Osceola Mills Edward Sistrunk, Ph Melvin D Kashuba (Philipsburg) Chex Donald Six Hefonte vilip Milesburg xsburg iladeiphia Shamokin Mileshurg Bellefonte Killed In Action wrge W. Sheckler ckel Lieutenant John Hoffer { Mr f Phill John Hoffer Mrs. John Hoffer WAS tele received from the War March na 8 reported that was m mt time the alive leutenant ins. ng iu ction and family since t held hopes that he was isoner ol Lieut. Hoffer wa U.S Alr Forces i missions he h the Army Alr Cluste He was a graduate of the Philips {burg High School and from the Pennsylvar College with an | industr engineering degree In : | 1042 | wal based with the England. For past decorated with and Oak Leal! avd beer Medal in State ini Pals From Guadalcanal Foxhole Meet Again at State College When Chief Pharmacists’ Mate H Franklin Alters, who has just re- turned from the South Pacific, dived into his first foxhole on Guadalcanal to escape a Jap bombing raid, the first person he saw was Pharmacists’ Mate Walter McLaughlin, of Chi cago. The two became firm friends, and were together in many of the earlier engagements in the South Pacific. McLaughlin returned to the States some months ago to receive added training. Alters was on way to Bellefonte last week for a his parpits Mr. and Mrs. Hath AL t with | Japanese alr attack on more than 60 occasions and has been under enemy | shellfire even more frequently Although he now is 25 years old, he has been in the Navy for seven years, having enlisted on September 1, 1837. He received a wide variety of training at numerous bases, in- cluding Newport, R. 1. the hospital corps school at San Diago, Cdl; An- napolis, Md; Key West, Plorida; Quaittico, Va. Omslow Beach and New River, N. C., and was on man- euvers in Cuban and Puerto Rican waters | On May 15, 142 he was with the origihal group of Marines who effect. the | ed the first landing on Guadalcanal, ‘and was a member of the medical outfit which established the first | hospitals there for the treatment of the ill and wounded After serving for five months on that island, he spent eight months in Australia, nearly three months in | New Britain, und for the remainder | of the 22 months he was overseas he (Continued on page Siz) | one made arrangements to pag a fine | * $110 and costs Before May § | Child Suffers Cut 5 FISHERMEN PAY $30 00 SMALL FISH Clarence Men Guilty to Havin ¥ Trout Each CAUGHT AT CABIN IN ALLEGHENIES br Only Three of 58 Fish Reported to be of Legal Size weekend hing experience woved a ident the law ordered to pay for 5 trip | ’ N » for five res we who fell afoul ve been at the rate of $10 per E "1 before wh ed Si trout Hayne om the five Just yf we | { the Pend Lo Snow Shoe were ATTRUIRD men night, said the received th nnimum pens» ality The five Andrew Alexander St ka permissible men are eve Shuth of Clarence tr hunting anda . hey camp by Ce David Dahlgre: nd two of h found a total of the pos legal officers Poss he ten 0 the man trout illegal When t Micers made Ne arrest been beheaded, but the i that with three of th all trout hs officers esti: ittached o have 3194 heads been ¢ fish were headless definite at hand, the men were charged only with having more than they were entitled All fendants pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of 11 trout and each and Sle Was no proof of their to the de- In Mishap at Play “Weber, f Mr. and Mr Philadeint Donn VEYA Wa LAY ANNOUNGE DATE FOR GRANGE FAIR Scheduled Aug. 26 to 31; G. W. Ralston ‘ . Chairman held In Centre Hall the committee for 'he Encampment and Centres Pair announced August 264 the dates for the 1044 Pal: camp will open on August fair was cancelled last if war conditions ame meeting the 1944 or- was effected with the election of the following officers: O W. Ralston chairman; Henry J Stover, vice chairman; John B. Wert Sr treasurer, and Mrs. Sami el | prove, secretary Department superintendents follows John B. Wert grounds. T. I. Mair, BR C. Blaney, general livestock: F ’ Keller and Harry Confer, dairy ¢ (te; CG. M. Fry and Joseph Mitchell | | horses, sheep and hogs; Henry Zerby | land John Dulaney, poultry ge | Rogers and Harry Fisher, | MA Burkholder. "Mahlon | (Continged on page Two) College Man Hurt In Motor Accident Robert Walker, 22, of State Col- lege, R. D., is undergoing treatment at the Centre County Hospital for a fracture and laceration of the arm suffered about midnight Tues- day when his car a ma chine driven by Clair E. Hall. 20, of Julian, R. D. The accident happened about 2 miles south of Snow Shoe. Hall was At | last Grange Counts 31 as The fal 25 The ALS At the ganization » meeting Tuesday 1 Year Ir | AS i 2 ] i ture; morning of Mile dyery matier Wedded ry Century and Mrs, ( worge | Peters WORLD WAR VET AKES OWN LIFE Wilbur Rhule Sends Bullet Through His Chest Deut i A 4 8 H LS TH nm N b Sunday 41 & been IORI d a sticide hy Coroner Charles Sheckler, wha Gove! Watney fhe yetleran of wi wWour : 41 Best early The 1 fe ad Local Man Held on Bad Check Charges Henry Ki lodged in the efelter Appearance in court x! Friday | Jame Was arrests x able if Spring townsh Arraigned Peace Joh: lege, the Lewistow? mist Connor, « in before D. Hart Man was Justice ) State Col charged with passing bad hecks State College stores, for a total amount of about $70. Later in the day he ap- peared before ‘Squire Willlam H Brown in Bellefonte on charges of passing two similar checks for 85 each on Bellefonte stores. He was committed to jall in default of ball yt : en in TONING ORDINANCE FINALLY APPROVED ——— : Boro Issues Warning to Garbage Route Patrons ——————— : The longest law in Bellefonte's | history received final approval after | second and third readings in Coun- | ell, Monday night, and within a matter of weeks the new zoning ord. inance will be a part of the borough | regulations The measure provides in general | for borough control of the uses to] i 3 GRLHLEDB TRUCK AT PORT = Driver Not Held In Death; Vietim Ran Into Machine 1] Fun re Crab ne Mis LE EE hh faday alt Thrive of : 1 K | 9. daughter of WwW, Carner of ® Aisraatiy killed gt CH LeRoy Port I hwunia wn . Rotary Club Hears interesting Talks Are that fight exciting tory College Blamed For Fish Killing Engineers of the State Sanitary Water Board Friday declared Penn sylvania State College responsible for the death of an estimated 500 legal- ized fish in Thompson's run, a small stream on the outskirts of State Col- ege The fish described oh nissioner C. A oy most beautiful trout he ver were killed on March 10 ile JR HofTert, of the water board, said pol luted water was responsible We recognize that it was unin- tentional.” declared Hoffert, “and may have been due to fallure of Fish Com- | someone in the College 10 realize the damage which results from using ‘sewers of the College to dispose of anything they want to get rid of “College authorities regret the oc Continhag on page Sa) ‘Hospital Auxiliary Plan Rummage Sale! The Ladies Auxiliary of the Cen. MAN Probe Death of IESINARMY Lock Haven Child AINING GAMP Failure Machine Gun Rest Believed Cause of Fatality AT TODAY WARL Mother Tells Conflicting Stories ter’s Death; Body Found in skirts of City; Clothing Wet, Daugh tril Out. ol ar SERVICES HOWARD Pfe. Toner B. Hoover, 24. Victim of Acei- dent at Salina f Dies In England H L 38 ‘ Watson f 4 I: A EE wrote. He wed LAAN i8 years old | Accepts Similar Pos- ithom at Hunting = [as ay A a «Sn don, L. I. e Hy ehttted the the Br Pi WAG RALLY 10 B HELD, SATURDAY Legion, VFW to Par- ticipate in Parade; Speakers Toner Su Hoover Schools Plan Two Music Programs A) er the Diamo inclement the progr We In 1 House s of the Cory ill parade Legionnaires and Veterans wi Band un rd 8. Calhoun Fife and Drum Corps will take part in the celebration. a part of a nationwide observance of the second anniversary of the WAC. which ox iV Va Gets Biggest Trout Principal speakers of the evening Reported So Far will be Hardman P. Harris, Mayor of ft wn North Sg Bellefonte: Col. Kelley B. Lemmon Centre County anglers have a high lo Jommandant of the Harrisburg Dis mark to alm at if they expect 10 top Crmtrnund on Page Min) A catch made early Saturday morn ing by John “Moose” Ammerman, of West Logan Street, Bellefonte, who Midnight Shaw at Plaza Here, May 10 while angling in Spring Creek oppo. site the William Wolf home on North Water Street, within Bellefonte Bor. ough limits, landed a rainbow trout A “spook” stage show and a screen which measured 290 inches and mystery thriller are billed for a mid- | which weighed eight pounds, four night show at the Plaza theatre, Bellefonte, Wednesday night, May 10, #1 was announced yesterday by Fred Fisher, theatre manager ounces The trout is the largest one report. od caught In Centre County so far The stage show features ghosts of the Inner Sanctum, while the screen film is entitled “The Mons | this season, and ranks high among the big fish caught in this locality In {ster Maker” The program will begin | (al 11:30 » m take § the ( it » 5 aid Bellefonte Central Re-elects Officers “Moose” Ammerman oliioamt’ Amd gireebars of the direction and the Vet. der Crane wer Wnua MEAs the general Mon- wing street he stockholders Claude B. Wagener, of phia, was renamed D. Goeghegan, of C. and Swengel H fonte, were retained as directors Officers re«elected at board meeting were. George EE MeClelian Bellefonte, vice president. treasurer and general manager. Earl M. Cart. wright. Bellefonte, assistant (reas. urer: Robert 8 Walker, Allentown secTelary W. J. Emerick. Belle fonte, assistant secretary, and Mr Goeghegan, traffic manage? a ——————— Want Bids On Two Star Mail Routes The postoffice department reports it Is having difficulty in obtaining bidders on Wo star routes serving Centre county One of the routes is the Important one between Tyrone and Bellefonte meeting Philadel. resident, and 71 Washin Smith the previous years Ammerman made his cateh about 6:30 Saturday moming. He wm | using a plain cane rod with angle { worms for bait. The fish was hooked {securely through the wp of the! mouth, and Ammerman sald he “landed him fast” to keep him out of nearby swift water. In his haste 0 get the trout to shore, Ammerman | broke his rod in four places E— —-— Child Suffers But In Fall on Radiator William Flack, aged 14 months,