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, ¢ Cenfre De WHERE THE An Army Trans. port burns 235.000 gallons of fuel oli s day VOLUME 63. NUMBER 19. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944, FUEL GOES ar oy SU BS( RIP TION ry 50 » ER YE AR. 61 FronsBoard 2 To Be Ex mined Group Scheduled to Go to Altoona Examin- ation Centre Monday, May 15; Board Awaits Call for Quotas. from Draft Board receive INuve mol Sixty-one men No. 2, Bellefonte to report Monday at the Bell Altoona for tion terday The men who pa the tons wii go selectees from which q the Army. Navy and ol of the ser are filled Board No terday no Information avail obable ize of h the Army fon nr 4 boa m exXaining- on POO May ils ora board's ota her hl nenes B. Plet Harbor tHoward) Falls, Mon W. Dunkel burg h E. 8hoy Watkin Page, Lock harles Oak Wash Joseph FE Sherwood Miles Eliswort) Elery M Earl R fonte) Lather E. Kane Philly Witcralt Robert Si Blaig ey 9 ye expected to unent Pittsburgh Missing i in n Ac tion Miles How Haver ww mire Helle » Bellefo felled mite Mite Orvi " Bellelo earer wv 1 UL Seller nite Howard RD | ri Port Ma- S/Sgt. Eugene Harpster Sgt. Eugene Harpster son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Harpete er, of Pennsylvania Furnaces is missing in action since April a result of a bombing mis where over og ing to a Wai recently received by his parent S Sgt. Harpster CIVIng ns a radio operator-gunner aboard a B-17 Plying Portress operating from bases somewhere in England with the Artillery Piece Eighth Air Fpree i The Pennsylvania = Parnace fer MemoMd! services will be held in entered the Army Alr Forces on Jan- the Snow Shoe Methodist church at wary 11, 1943. He was first stationed 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May at Miami in and then attended 14, for Pvt. Harry ¢ Watson of various training schools in Chicago, Snow Sh who recently died Il. Arizona, Ut Texas. After England spending New Hamp shire he few over with bomb er Crew of February, 1944 His last tie i6 just ed mi Staft lll HOLD SERVICES OR PVI. WATSN snow Shoe Youth While Firing Large ao i on some - upled Europe Department Was and in abig Neighix ent i 5 bs A Grove Mill graduated High hoot Following ployed at h Hospi ai unti try into A sister Army Supply avenue, State other, Ve Harpst a Ea ’ wil Hig! is hool home State sister College Emaline at V. F. W. Auxiliary | H dbook Operate Speed Trap Pugs Troe At State College Twenty-one ed Monday speed trap being College State C Jahn R Violators mies borough b nly be mere ough are or mended to the Revenue (or ator’ boards for k { gasoline Chie! Juba said The speed trap day and night State College enough to make children their school. the State ( indicated Aged Man Hurt In Fall at County Home Frank Lee Ihe vi tory litt member f Jackson-Criss- lor Post Yttarans Bellefonte, is pow by Auxiliary Handbook teresting le book pre- operated on is area mem- treet member lege borough + booklet nnounced (enerous a who exceeded the 25 speed mall margin ding to However while 11 ive rate of with the Juba a 1 business recipes des stan Noses contain man ratu y ' fre | 2 Qiet fo «per-hour mit of the gig will he bor- who wis! wi an ex- recom- hook let t of PrVice ONT = tants ned to ald the n-Conscious usewife. Th fined fee ' ) gain weight those who The rear tan the d . those ¢ y ordinance hose 10 other for caugnt aveling at will Dey pension the all the Belle. Diamond cents each any Auxil welthi peed State be tmen of names of on the ar men as listed Honor Roll ot handbook, at be purchased fi nember Heenss and to their ration The 80 : rations, may nm nry Lt. Col. Hoffman Returns to States parated motorist in their peeds treets for will be until reduce the safe and from police on way to lege head Col. Richards Hoffman, Belle physician who had been with the medical unit of the Alr Corps In the African, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns recently arrived In Charleston, 8. C.. from Italy and ex- pects to enter the Walter Reed Hos pital at Washington, D, C Col. Hofman is reported to be suffering from a condition of the larynx and vocal cords and wag sent back to the United States for treat. ment. He had been overseas exactly 19 months Lt fonte ed 80, of Centre Hall fA guest at the Centre County Home Bellefonte, suffered a fractured right hip recently In a fall gt the institu- tion According to reports Mr. Lee was walking along a hallway when he fell. The fracture was not revealed until several days’'later when a port- able X-ray machine from the Cen- tre County Hospital was taken to the home to examine the injured man. Latest reports from the Insti tution are to the effect that he Is resting as comfortably as ean be ex- dent of Schools, F. Glenn Rogers, pected under the circumstances were moved yesterday from the County Office in New Location ———— PRIMARY 00ST 66 CENTS High Per Capita Cost Re- sulted From Light Ballot of For- Deng Two offices of County Buperinten- cals 4 y 5 pA Killed Under Fall of Rock p fant Fatally Injured in Under- ground Quarry WILBUR J (yypsum Shaffer Deeside Orn moment wo before Killed Wnaed shoulder Shaffer ran to the scene Immediate ly and was able to bar the stone off Orndort’s body. Other workmen car ried him to the surface on a stretch. and the EE Widdowson amin Innee was waiting there 10 ring him Cet aunty Hospital He his to the ground to ihe ire Cx % page Three) VOIES here yesterday Commi o0ets of condu IMAary inciu ment of wages and fees officials, delivering election printing ballots and other costs wpproximately $4,100 Elect turns revealed that 1505 Democrats and 4709 Republicans went POLLS, OF a of 6214 voters Had all of the county's 19.682 vot. ers exercised their rights per vole would cents onet ciared that tot ai eleclion dir the ung pay tion ipplies ryt Pp owe was om fe- lo the total to vote have been figures re the only vealed about 21 the Election machinery for every ele tion has 10 be set up so that every qualified voter In the county can east his ballot. The cost, therefore, remains the same whether the vote (Continued on page Sir) —————————————— Man Suffers Bullet Wound in Thigh Lloyd L. Smith, well known Miles burg stock dealer, is confined to bed as the result of ¢ gunshot wound suffered Wednesday of last week Mr. Smith was about to destroy a mule and placed a 22-callber revol- ver under his arm while he removed a halter from the animal's head While in the act the trigger of the' gun was released and the bullet penetrated the upper inside part of Mr. Smith's left jeg, traveling down- ward toward the knee The following day Mr. Smith came | Hospital where | to the Centre Count surgeons removed t bullet, after Anglers Stranded By Flood Waters Two Couples Spend Night Marooned on Is- land in Bald Eagle Creek; Howard Resi- dents Effect Resi ‘ue W ith Boat. ‘ who u Bald He when the creek ( 10x fy day pil Sunda) aitemnt party morning Employe ©" B HS. GRADUATION ASSOCIATION PLANS SCHEDULED JUNE § NEXT CONVENTION Be County Sabbath School Group Met Sunday at State College Commencement Will Day Before Last Day of School Bel cement ¢ he anhiua School commen be Tw the ol wr Fdwa the : harge The ¥ | cert 10 continue the present old armory the of motion tax office in the wiead of merging Principa (Continued on page Nin) TWO MAMMOTH ROUT ARE CAUGHT Former Fish C ommission- er Gets 33-Inch Rainbow in Spring Creek A hool Gets Air Medal Fg th Lhe Supervising except nally large trout were Centre county during the Both were rainbows one 33 inches and the other we caught in past week measuring 30 inches Oliver J former State Deibler, of Greensburg Fish Commissioner caught the 33-inch trout during the weekend while fishing on his pri. vate preserve in Spring Creek just below Pishermen's Paradise. He was using a bucktail as a lure. The mam- | moth fish, when opened, was found to have dined only a short time be fore on a seven-inch trout The 30% inch trout was caught in Penna Creek below Penns Cave last Wednesday afterdoon by William McHenry, of Ebensburg. It was hooked on light tackle with a min-| now as bait, and was netted by R K. Dippery, of State College, alter a 10-minute struggle It is generally believed that the, trout caught by Deibler is the largest ever reported In Centre county. | A — ——— Lime Worker Escapes | Injury in Accident ing a rest period granted airmen after a series of combat missions, ! LL Philip E Haupt Headquarters of the 7th AAF in the Central Pacific announces that ind Lieutenant Philip E. Haupt, of Bellefonte, who has participated in 7th Alr Foree aerial action sihoe jast October, has been awarded the coves eled Alr Medal In recognition of sucessful missions against positions in the Marshalls Haupt, a bombardier-navigator, also has received the Oak Leaf Cluster In a recent letier to Nis parents Mr. and Mrs Spins Haupt. of Bouth Allegheny street, Bellefonte, Lieut {Haupt re deat that he had com pleted 27 bombing misisons against Japanese Lt the Japanese Some weeks ago dur- | of C See i 1 Paradise Season I'ish Commissioner FP }¢ Brought Up at Ask OPA For Stat sgt. WILLIAM MceNICHOL " Sgt. McNichol :: . Gunner, Dead : War Department Reports Bellefonte Man Killed in Action * To Exhibit Prints At County Library = BORD 1 ALS 20 NEN TO AY For Induction Wednesday, May 17 scheduled to Report URGES UNITY IN LABOR BLEN (Claims Farm Help Difli- culties Can Be Solved hy Cooperation Bob 1 RD 1 Lowel) Lester Mot M Gu Pa Douty Breon, ( Harold H Ham Jerse: Raymond W. Ca port John F Albert ¥ Approximately 85 transferred me: from the State College board will sent 10 the Altoona examining sta to take pre Nurses’ Alumnae Meeting CRIMINAL Hi] ~ GOURT CALLED 0 No Business, So Judge Di rects Jurors Not to Report for Duty ¥ the Belle compete Court 10 I» lack of business Thi became when Judge first tin i he 1 nites erm ry " County of Wn | ge y is Ch Ul Known ve Ivan Walker canning the prospects for nal Oourt beginning May 15, and Civil Court beginning May 22. issued an order to Sheriff John Galaida ine stracting him to notify jurors sume moned Wo appear Tor the two weeks, not 10 Appear, Judge Walker, in issuing the ore der, pointed out that only one orime- inal case and only one civil case are listed for trial The defendant In the crimingl case 8 out on bail and terday alter Crim which he was permitted to return | : Lt. Haupt went to the Hawalian 18 in Bellefonte, according to Lee V | whether your subscription is paid ome lands, where he met another Belle. | sjexander, manager in advance fonte soldier, James Caldwell, who! The new office is located In the We also wish to remind parents Is with the Air Forces in those is- | Arcade bullding on West High street || and friends who have ordered the Mr. Lee Is the father of Mrs. Earl Court House to the rooms in the Tibbens, of East Howard streét Masonic building on North Alle. arnt gheny street formerly occupled by WOoTY Te Meet the Co-operative Potato Orowers | Charles Tierney, 52, of near Belle. [ tonte, a member of a mucking crew at the Warner Company lime plant, | Bellefonte, was caught between 2 there i5 a possibility the civil case will not be tried. Por those reasons, the Court declares, the expense of {oalling jurory would not be justified, ”y Announce Engagement The regular monthly meeting of | Association | the Bellefonte WOTU wi > held! The offices being vacated by the Wednesday, May 17, at 2; in County Superintendent will be turn. the WCTU rooms In Petrikin “Hall ed over to John R. Doty, of State A goed attendance ls desired —_ ne WE ——— Mr. and Mrs. George Strickler of | Spring Mills, announce the engage- {ment of their daughter, Pauline E. 'Strickler, to Sgt. Raymond A. Long, lands. He attempted to see Joseph morning and painfully pinched, (Herman, also of Bellefonte, who He was taken to the Centre Coun- [stationed with the Bea Bees near ty Hospital for observation but was Honolulu, but was unable to locate Pie ear and shovel early last Thursday |College. who is the Chief Assessor of Madisonburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. discharged Friday when no serious, him at the time, (of Centre county, This new office Harvey Long. Sgt. Long is stationed | injuries were found. It was at first, LL Haupt has a brother, A peaceful world will be a policed | was created in compliance with state at Presque Isle, Maitie, No date has iitlietny both legs had been frac: James R Haupt, who is In the Field world; let's help police it, law, |been set for the wedding. | Artillery, OMee hours will be from 8.30 a m to 5 p.m dally Including Saturday The re-esta mt of a full Ume office wis made necessary because of the increased labor demands of loca] Industries and the need of a more effective control of labor turn Centre Democrat sent Lo persons in the various branches of the armed foroes, to see that the sub- seription is renewed before ex- piration date, otherwise the paper will be discontinued in accord. ance with postal regulations particularly since no one will be in- jured by Postponement. In past years civil coum has been (postponed time and again beeavse lof lack of sufficient cases to justify [holding court, but never in the past, [insofar as Is known, has criminal over, A court here gone begging for cases,