Where t
A HEAVY BOMBER
cruising at a speed of 250
m.p.h,
lois of gasoline an hour,
he Fuel Goes
may use 200 gal.
enly
| WHERE THE FUEL
An Army Trans
port burns 33,
gallons of fuel ol)
a day.
GOES
ce
VOLUME 63. NUMBER
D9
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 19144,
SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR.
Father, Son Die
s Home Burns
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Parent Loses Life in Effort to Save Boy
South Philirghurg;
Family Flee »
A son who saved his mother
as flames roared throug
home. lost his life early
morning when he returned to carry
his own 4-year old afety
and his body, with that of the boy's
wrapped in a blanket found
beside the child's bed in t home
ino South Philipsburg
Clarence Hoover, 38, died of burns
and suffocation, and John Hoover 4,
died of suffocation, it was announced
2 y
Sunds
m to
was
veri y
[Lid }
MOTHER OF SIX
SOLDERS DEES
Mrs. James (GG. Wallace, 56,
Succumbs in Altoona
Hospital
Ethel T. Wallace wife of
Wallace of Milesburg, and
mother of six in the armed
forces, died unexpectedly at 3:50
o'clock Thursday morning, May 25,
1944 in the Altoona Hospital where
she had been admitted, Tuesday
Mrs. Wallace's suddey; death
attributed to shock following
eration performed at the
the day before her d
not been in g
time
Deceased
Mrs,
James G
sons
rath
ith
daughter of -
Mary Ellen Arrowsmith
was born Gallitain
1888, making age at
death 56 vears. 1 month and
About 35 years ago, while
teaching in the Moose Run schools,
she was united ‘in marriage with
James GG. Wallace wel kn
Milesburg contra who survives
with the following children: Robert
B. and Margaret L of Ever
ett, Mass.. Winfield, of Lock Haven,
Pvt. Frank, Camp Wheeler, Ga.; Lt
James OO. Wallace, Jr, of West Palm
Beach, Florida Master Sergeant
Richard Wallace, of Randolph Field,
Texas: Cpl. Edgar Walldce, of Walla
Walla, Wash.; Pvt Philip, of Vic.
toria, Kansas: Pvt Thomas C., with
the Marines at’ Saf Diego, Cal
Jean Wallace, of Pittsburgh and
Nancy, at home. Alsg surviving are
a sister, Mrs. Samuel! Goodman
Altoona, and 11 grandchildren
Mrs. Wallace was a member of the
Presbyterian the Woman's
Club and the P. O. of A all of
Milesburg, and was past trict
president of the P.O: of A
One of her sons Pvt. Thomas
wallace. left Ban Diego, Tuesday of
last week, en route home for his first
visit since entering the service some
weeks ago. He did not arrive home
until after his mother’s death
(Continued on page two)
yitmire,
April 14,
time
11 days
she was
at on
her
wn
tort
both
#
0%
church
ais
Hipple Presides at
Court Session Here
Testimony and arguments in two
civil cases in which Bellefonte Bor-
ough is Involved were heard Friday
morning by Judge Henry Hippie
of Clinton county, presiding a
session of Centre County Court here
The cases were special to Centre
County Judge Ivan Walker throug!
his Jormer it as attorney for
borough
One of th
Borough's
Mrs. Bessie
relocate a shed
erected on the Kofman property
Wilson street. The other action
in the matter of the Pruner estate
which maintains an orphanage in
Bellefonte
’
_. he
Po
eo arises from the
demanding
of Bellefonte
recently
on
was
CARsrs
action that
Kofman
storage
Magician Here
Fred Robison, magician and ven-
triloquist, Is scheduled to appear at
the Plaza Theatre next Wednesday
night, June 1. as an added feature
to the regular movie program, it was
announced yesterday.
Roblson’s program is designed to
mysteries, thrills and laughs
or the entire family, and Is equally
among children and adults.
regular prices will be charged.
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
Owing to the Memorial Day holi.
day, this week's issue of The Oentre
Democrat consists of one section of
eight pages.
" Saturday
at
Other Members of
med Home
hy Centre County Coroner Charles
wokler of Milesburg, after an in
ipation. No inquest will be held
w members of the household
re © safety after Alfred Schnars,
Jr. a, awakend the smoke
He awakened his cousin, §-year-old
Tommy Hoover, with whom he was
sleeping, and his grandmother, Mrs
Lewis Hoover mother and grand-
mother of the victims, and asked her
to raise his bedrom window Mrs
Hoover went downstairs to see the
cause of the smoke, By that time
her son, who had been sleeping on
a davenport was awake and was
standing He told hi mother to
phone for the fire department while
he got a bucket of water and poured
on the burning davenport
Instead of extinguishing the fire,
the water seemed to spread it and
the two were touched by flames as
they ran upstairs to get the children
to safety
Mrs. Hoover took the two older
boys and got them out the bedroom
window onto the back porch roof
and she climbed out shouting to
Clarence to hurry and get John and
come The two boys jumped to
the ground and Mrs. Hoover climb-
ed down a ladder
The
bay, who had been sic
week and wl
in
a blanket around
making his way
and flame-filled
{Continged
WAS by
out
father
0 Dad
his arm wrapped
{i started
smoke
win
’ t Ives
1 ne
the
the
room
wm Page Six)
MILESBURG BOY
DROWNS IN CREEK
Harris Hendershot, 10," Is
Drawn Under Water
by Swift Current
In the first swimming tragedy
of the 1944 season, a 10-year-old boy
lost his life In the High abd muddy
waters Bald Eagle Creek two
miles edst of Milesburg, Sunday af-
ternoon
The youth, Harris Glenn Hender
shot, son of Mr. and Mrs MecClu
Hender $ J
of
shot who resicae on ne
rent
ne
Jone help
home for hel;
Jr. and Fred Sommers
uncle, went
after diving
at once to t
a number o
cated the body
Thomas Quick
The had
about an hour
Members of th
Company used ar
SOON A
Continged on Page Seven)
-
| Pierre Boal To
Speak at College
Al
youth
° Mile Fire
tificial
wa
burg
respiration
as the body taken from
Pierre de Lagarde Boal ambassa
dor Bolivia, will discuss “Latin
America in World War 11” at a pub-
lic lecture in Room. 121, Sparks bldg
at the Pennsylvania State College
at 8:15 p. m.. Friday
Boal is the son of the late Col. Theo-
dore Boal founder of the Boalsburg
shrine
Ambassador Boal
Prance. was educated at
School, Concord, N H
the diplomatic service
has served in Mexico
perland, Canada, Poland
and Bolivia
During World War I. Ambassador
Boal was first a member of the
Preneh Army and Lafayette Flying
Corps and later served overseas as
A captain in the United States Air
service. He was awarded the Purp e
Heart, Lafayette Flying Corps Ri
bon, the Legion of Honor, and the
Prench Croix de Cuerre
He will speak at the College under
the auspices of the Inter-American
Commitiee
to
who was born in
St. Paul's
He entered
in 1919 and
Peru, Swit.
Nicaragua
Motorcyclist Hurt
At State College
A motorcycle rider was Injured
and his machine slightly damaged
In an accident at Frazier street and
College avenue, State College, at §
pm. Thursday
Driver of the motorcycle, who was
| treated for shoulder and body bruis-
(&s and brush burns by a State Col-
{lege physician, was Jay L. Lightner
of State College, R. D. Driver of the
truck involved In the mishap, was
Charles E. Grenoble of Spring Mills
According to State College police,
the accident happened when the
motoreycle, traveling west on Col-
lege avenue, attempted to the
Ambassador |
LT. JIMMY KELLEY
Additional
week b
Jimmy
information
this
|
non
have
lost his life in
tation on that
land
Kelley, an airplane
parently had serviced a bomber and
had taken | uj flight
when the plane some
undisclosed reason
At the time of his dr 1 he
completed several i
bomber pilot and |
service
who
been
mechanic, ap-
’ p for a test
crashed for
NAC
RA "
) months
WOTSPR had “1 n North
Africa, Italy ar
Lt. Kelley a
Charles J McOow
C. McCGownr
whom he mads
vivor ide h
mother Mr. and
* Pye
nel
ey and nese
all residing in jel
K. Mason, Jack Kelley
Z. Maguire, Jane K
Kelley. Anotl
station at Naval
at Corpus Christ Texas
Mrs. D
William
and Robert
Mic
Als
er harel
ed
Swimming Pool To
Open This Weekend
Fast
! ime
mes eason thi weekend, Russell
Copenhaver, head ndine Pire
ommitiee in charge of the
announced yesterday
past week members of
have cleaned
about
walk
pool
wimming
The Hughs
Bislw Pp street the
{ the 1
Company
poo
Daring tbe
the Undine Company
npleted repa
adam
¥
A Ma
the
opened Lhe
wrete basin
three days
GOR
0 APPEAR HER
Bailey Brothers Circus to
Appear on Witmer Place,
Saturday
MANCes
he other al
Among the sg | acts of ¢
cus will be Dorothy Herbert
squestrienne Cap
and his performing
and tigers; Fred Cal
known as "King of
Stevens High
wees and ponles: Tim Mix
and his Hollywood cowboys and
cowgirls, and many others
Another special feature will be the
super-spectacie “The Fall of Tokio,’
brilliantly displayed with electric ii
lumination and concluding with the
presentation of Miss America
A
we Cy
Amer
foremost
tain Clemens
African |
wi
Silver
School h
ICA»
HONS
walker
Thread
Jey
the
Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs. Prink Gardner, well
known residents of State College
will observe their golden wedding
anniversary on Tuesday, June 6 at
an informal reception for friends
and relatives In the Westminster
Poundation of the State College
Presbyterian church. The reception
will be held from 7 to 0p m
Mr. and Mrs. Oardner have resid-
ed at State College since 1908 when
Mr. Gardner was appointed profes.
sor of Agronomy and head of the
Agronomy Department at the Col.
lege, a post he held until his retire
ment in 1997
Mrs. Oardner Ia widely known
throughout the county for her of.
fective social service work as head
of the County Mothers Assistance
Board
Children of the couple are. Rear
ocal Clubs Hear Retired Famer bies
Talk on Russia
Speaker at Rotary-Ki
Says Russia Far Advanced in
wanis-(, of C, Dinner
Socia! Se-
curity; Karl E. Kusse Honored
th
time the
produces
Russia
socialist
I
JOS
Monday
At the dinner Karl E Kusse, who
gned a ecretary of the
Chamber of Commerce to
similar post at Huntington
presented with
san. ots '
il gu LE AL
three tion:
recently re
accept a
LL, wa
s silver platter anc
friend
]
in
Kusse left
pt
vir , Tr
Organiza wil
8
MTL PAOT |
tional S« ice
two Bouthh America
Ld w! st
(8) is
Commities
»
. re
te T
ME AND MRS H
were
Hammon
v Fi 1
ARLES A. FROMM
ad un Page Five)
CURRENT KILLS
COWS IN BARN
Lightning Causes Short
Circuit in Metal
Stanchions
the Paul Wasson herd
on the Branch. near State College
were killed and 18 others narrowly
escaped a similar fate Bunday morn-
ing when they were placed In the
barn stanchions preparatory to the
milking. A bolt of lightning during
A storm Saturday night had caused
a short circuit in the barn electric
system and charged the metal pipes
of the stanchions with electricity
Discovery of the short circuit came
after John Loesch, farm employe
and Mr. Wasson. saw a cow fall to
its knees when It was piaced In a
stanchion Wasson ran to the house
10 call a veterinary and in the mean-
time eight more cows went down
and Loesch received an electrical
shock
The men immediately turned off
the current to the barn, and inves.
tigation revealed the damaged power
line. Members of the family recalled
they had noticed an acrid odor im-
mediately after a sharp flash of
Hghtning during the previous night's
storm, and it is believed the light.
ning caused the short circuit
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TRUCK AND COUPE COLLIDE
A truck driven by Bernard Irvin,
of Beech Creek, and a coupe oper-
ated by Robert Smith of Salona, col.
wo cows In
ilided on Route BBO near Salona,
Tuesday of Inst week when the truck
pass
west-bound truck, which had stop Admiral Matthine B. Gardner, Jo- In turning into a side road, got in
for traffic before making a left cated In the southwest Pacific; Dr. the way of the car. There was $100
{turn into Frazier street. The truck
[started its turn just as the cycle
passing so that |
chine with its left
ront fender and
!
|F. E Oardner, of Orlando, Florida,
th the U 8 Department of Ag-
riculture, ‘ rdner
amilton, of East Omnge,
:
!
i
|
{In damage to the truck and $30 to
ithe ear, no personal injuries ang no
arrests
19 MEN CALLED
OR ARMY DUTY
Is First Army Call Since
April 13; To Leave
June 7
Thirteen men from Board No
Btate College and two transfer
from other boards will enter the
Army Wednesday, June 7, State Col-
lege officials announced
The group will report at the Elks
Home, State College, at 715 a m
instead of 10:18 as originally order
ed. It is the first Army call from
State Coliege Board since April 13
A Navy call was Nlled May 17
he men are: George H. Cadgene
Montclair N. J. Chalmers W_ Bel
Tyrone James A. Bradford
Centre Hall Lloyd Reber, Paca-
quoia, Miss.. Russell CC. Cain, Belle.
fonte Victor L. Schaeffer Belle
fonte. R D 1 Kenneth Lee Al.
bright, Spring Mills. James Arthur
May. Pleasant Gap: Donald Eugene
Bierly, Rebersburg: Harry Eugene
Martin, Pennsylvania FPumace, R
D.; Jay Landis Lightner, State Col-
lege, R. I: Pred Ward Homer,
State College: and Lee Thomas
Harpster, Pennsylvania Purnace, R
D
The two transfers are William
Martinez, State College, and Keith
Rimmey, Pleasant Gap
va WO —— ——
New Police OfMcer
Eugene Oentzel of Bellefonte, re-
cently was named by Bellefonte Bor.
ough Council as an assistant borough
police officer and has been sworn
into that office. He will be on duty
Saturday nights and on special oo.
easions
5
jers
—A——
If this » your country
do more than talk about it,
So
can
DANIEL F. HOUSER
heart con
» deceased was
Mothers’ Club to
Hold Supper Tonight
B
FIRE DESTROYS
BARN AT NITTANY
Lightning Strikes Twice
in Same Place; Man
Stunned ; Bull Felled
Se] elect
'
H
nea rh
Mr a
bar on what Kt
{mes
ymed
Mrs
farm, an
The far
| C
Howard
netghbors
bam
splinter
While members { the
Fire Department and
battling biage In
nd bolt struck the
the ro
A bu
fence
were
» he
the the the
shed
woixd on f the
and at
{ the shed which had
shed
bolt but
apparently
na near the
i by the “cold
up immediately
1s not harmed
The farm, tenanted by the Nelson
Ouy and Ras was struck
about 7 p m. Ray, who was working
nearby at the time, received a shock
al the base of the skull, but aside
from being stunned for a moment,
was not injured
He and others who rushed to the
scene succesded in leading about six
horses and seven cattle from the
barn. Within 20 minutes, witnesses
sald. the entire bullding was a mass
of fiames
Lost in the barn fire were a mow
of hay. a quantity of wheat, and
some farming implements All live.
stock was paved
and
hrothers
Farm Buildings Near
Centre Hall Destroyed
A woodshed used for storage pure
poses and another small outbuilding
on the Stahl farm tenanted by Wil-
Lam Bechtol, near Centre Hall, were |
destroyed by fire, Saturday after.
noon. The cause of the fire is un«
known, since no one had been In
either building for some time
The blase was discovered about 3
pm. by neighbors who turned in an
alarm, the Oentie Hall Fire Com
pany '
| Lost in the destruction of the
woodshed were garden tools, small dow
| farming implements, conl and wood
[roe and. awn a Smog:
"
iscapes Death In
Thi rty-Foot ‘all
Herman Harju, 62, Foreman in Warner Co.
Mine, Plunges Head First Into Pocket
Miner's Hat Credited With Preventing
Serious Injury
Ee gh ALES A
5 PIRADSE OPEN
Project Season Gets
Shattered as
[| nder Way
BOARD 170 SEND
15 MEN TO ARMY ==
Three)
To Hold Annuol
Alumni Dance
nued on Page
Will Be Sent to Reception
Centre at New Cumber-
land, June 7
Titan Announces wg
Personnel Changes ciph
exe!
oe A
Named Manager of
Dean Phipps Store
came effective
Tressler nar
Hauer, plant pert der Phinops
Joseph Rinse vision street »
forge, trimmiz i
cast
{ Bellefon
¢ the
Une te has
Dean
Allegheny
Sweeney,
K
Gray Tn n
Eimer LE
agent
man for
and die
Ham McClure
extrusion args
welding departments Jan
foreman of extrusion and
departments. Donald Ras
of tool and die departments
Peters, foreman of trimming depart
ment, and Norman Shawiey, night
foreman of trimming department
J. W. Bhook is to be assigned
special duties by the general man
Ager The inspection and tool and
die departments will be made
rectly responsible to Chief Enginee:
Ethan Vars, and other changes have
been made in delegating responsibil.
ites. The personnel of the box mak-
ing section at Plant No. 2 will be re.
sponsible to Foreman Samuel Walle
=a i Agr
Be
Berna
Fare
ceeding
KR department
rod, small How
Abie experience utomoblie 1®.
PARIT and aces a
LLNESS FATAL TO
NEWTON E_ HESS
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Funeral For Banker, Big
Game Hunter, Held on
Tuesday Morning
Newton E Hess. chairman of the
board the First National Bank
of State College. and well known
big game hunter, died at his home
in State College at 12.50 p m. Sate
urday, May 27. 19084. following a six
months’ {lines
Funeral services were held at his
residence on Tuesday mon in
charge of Rev. John F. Harkins
Wm —
Car Damaged When
| It Strikes Young Colt
Damage estimated at approxi.
[mately $35 was caused to a car op
erated by Miss Mary K. McCaleb of
Tylersvilie, In an accident at the
top of the Evergreens hill near State
| College, at 12:10 a m_ Saturday
State College police sald Miss Me
Caleb was headed toward State Col.
(lege when she saw two colts ape
{proaching on her side of the road
| Although she swerved her oar, the
[was unable to avold hitting one of
[Sue anightie, 3n tis Slau, the. iat)
Ad a orum right front fender, '
a door handle knocked off, and Shat- | av. MeCamick
tered glass In windshield and win.’
of
:
time he
The colt was badly frightened but
apparently unhurt, and Joined its
sumpmtlion in galloping off across!
on Pepe Seren)