Where the Fuel Goes
A
cruising at a speed of 250
m.p.h. may use 200 gal-
lons of gasoline an hour,
HEAVY BOMBER
he Centre 7
WHERE THE FUEL GOES
An Army Trans- |
port burns 33,000
gallons of fuel oll
emoctal Lo
|
VOLUME 63. NUMBER 21.
_
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944,
a ———
SUBSCRIFTION-—$1.50 PER YEAR.
Abandon Sepa ale
Army,
Ld
Draft Boards to:
Armed Forces,
at Induction Stati
Regulations
Important Selec
tive Ser
yesterday,
upon the
wanch of
delegated the
final decision to the
tions, rather than
stations as has
this time. The
effect at once
Beginning immediately all regis-
trants who pass pre-induction phy-
sicals will be designated as accept-
able for general military service
limited military servige, rather than
as acceptable to the Army or as ac-
ceptable to the Navy
Until July 1, local boards
new
regulations
new
Selectee’s
in
ann
limitation
Choice
change
vice unced
plac
the
4
{
1a
of
ervice he ist
i y enter, ar
power of making such
induction
indu
CAS
sta -
the pre ‘tion
been the
new
up to
rulings go into
or
will con-
3
WOMAN DIES OF
BULLET WOUND
Mrs. Lee 0. Overholts, 52,
State College, Ends Life
With Revolver
ver
is assigned
suicide of Mur
Of State C
daughter-in-lav
Overholt
Overholts he
hours
Centre
Sheckler, of
gated
holts apparently had
from a revolver int breast, the
bullet penetrating the heart. Death
is believed to have been almost n-
(Continsed on page Four)
a ns
Coroner Charle
Milesburg., wh
matter, sald Mrs
sent
investi
Over
a bullet
the
0 her
Former Port Matilda
Man Killed at Sea
Frank
vig
resident
at sea
he was
Ariny was {
enemy Act
Frank is marrie
of a baby
Bertha My
Port Matild;
ing before
He
Allport
The ship h
torpedoed on November
died the following
word received by
Two Children Are
Treated at Hospital
Pets
Irwin of Al
Port
n Lhe
ipping
ocd wel
S01
iport :
Matilda
transport or
of
whe
sh Overseas
aid
wife
daughter
wa
the Army
Fe
i
lived
286 and
secording to
day
wife
I'wo children were treated Friday
County Hospital
peying .
daughter «
Meyers f
sy fracture ol
when fell
home
Centre
at the for
while
Meyers, 2
Mrs. Joseph
Gap
ollarbone
from a porch at he;
Nancy Schlegel, 5
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Schlegel of Belle-
fonte received a severe laceration
of hey while riding a bi-
cycle vicinity her home
Sutures were supplied to the wound
at the
injuries received
Marlene
Mr. and
Pleasant
left
received
the she
white ‘
daughter ol
lof heel
left heel
the of
hospital
Rural Carriers of
County Nome Officers
H W. Fetteroff, of Spring Mills
wis elected president of the Centre
County Rural Carriers Association
at their annual picnic meeting held
Sunday. June 11, at Spring Mills
CG. Blaine Bitner was elected vice
president, and Willis H. Gelssinger
of Bellefonte re-elected secre-
tary After meeting ice cream
was served the members and
their guests, numbering 35 persons
TAN
the
to
neg
avy Calls
We Combined Calls for
ignments to be Made
According To New
[e]
induction calls
for the Navy
Army quotas to Army reception
Navy quota
tations fn na
After July 1, however
will receive induction
for t instead of
* Army
for the
ending
orn
tinue
Army and
' fill
0 fil
ters and to Navy re
cruiting been the
custom
boards
local
one
force:
call he armed
separate one and the
Navy
When
boards
then
such calls received Jo-
will
first non-fathers,
fathers within each group In
cordance with Selective Service
These men will be sent
an armed f induction center
specified in the call, and upon
rival there will be assigned wo
Army or the Navy
Men who have
examinations pri
d who have been
ally by the Army
now considered a® accel
armed and may
fill combined Inductic
Another
July
aminations
be forwarded
are
cal swelect volunteers
and finally
al
reg -
ulation to
oree
fr -
the
pre-induc-
July 1,
peci-
passed
tion ir Lo
an
fi
accepted
of the Navy
table
be drawn to
are
to the
forces
m calls
that
who pass
Service
and
ox -
may
even
new ruling 1 on
after persons
military
tion
for mau
the pre-induction physical
J0 days
registrant
within
more
Lime
any
on
eX
Billy Fritchman Suffers
Head Injury, Leg Frac-
tured in Two Places
Fritchman
and Mrs. Harold
{
4 son
isan
nd oper
The
Peter Brown
n an effort
the child
wa
when
wrt
eported
Avoid
Tierney driving east on
the Fritchmar
Dave run
treet child
to
treet Tierney wiung the ca to
d Billy is said
ne arrive;
miss him a tno have
back i ARAN
the machine
him
irned
changed his course
struck
ro
but
the youth throwing
ad. The car rammed against
andard breaking the light
off at base Damage to
| a broken spring
cracked windshield, rumpled fender
and a blown-out
The Fritchman youth and
Brown boy were taken to the Centre
County Hospital, and both were dis-
charged af undergoing treatment
Brown visiting his uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Devling
North Water street
Milesburg Soldier
Ill in Base Hospital
74)
he
we st
upport
the car included
tire
the
ter
of
Sgt. Wayne Alkey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Alkey of Milesburg, who
has been with the American Forces
in England since last fall, is recov-
ering at a base hospital in that
country from an attack of pleurisy
resulting from a cold, according
a letter received from him by his
parents
Sgt. Alkey has been in service for
more than three years and last fall
[WAS sent overseas
Bellefonte Soldier
Is Home From
the Invasion of Sicily and Italy
Home from the invasion of Sicily
and the battle of Cassino, Cpl. John
Ebeling. 22, son of Mrs. Nora Ebe-
Hing, of West High street, Bellefonte,
member of an anti-alreraft unit,
sald the Infantry is bearing the
brunt of battle in World War 11. de-
spite the contention, now being dis-
proved, that the infantry was losing
its importance in modern warfare,
Cpl. Ebeling landed in North Af.
rica sometime after the original in-
vasion of that continent, but took
Sart in the entire Sicilian campaign.
He was with the troops who landed
on Sicily on September 22, 1043, and
remained in fhe fighting until the
island was in Allied hands,
sieca where he remained until late
in May when he began the journey
home. Enroute to the United States
he spent a short time in Algiers,
North Africa, where he met and had
a brief visit with Earl Heverly, of
East Bishop street, who Is with a
headquarters outfit in that area
Cpl. Ebeling was under bombings
during frequent air raids in Sicily
and Italy, and commented that
tracer bullets from anti-alreraft
guns during raids on such large
ports as Naples made an awe-in.
spiring network of lines through the
sky.
He recalled that a flight of Cer-
He then went to Italy where he
wag In the allied drive toward Rome,
40 days on the front lines
Cassino.
Mtaly he was sent to Cor-|
convoy in which his ship was num-
bered, and that while the
| dropped heavy loads of bombs, not
(Continued on page Four)
80,
ficiating
J
planes on Monday.
3 INJURED IN
2 ACCIDENTS
AT MILESBURG
I'wo Titan Workers Hurt
When Car Rams Into
Rear of Truck
DRIVER OF CAR
BLINDED BY GLARE
lock Haven Man, Fatig-
ued by Long Drive, Loses
Control of Car
Her Son
pet
were
accident
Milesburg,
reported
State Police
Damage to
involved
Three injured in
Route
Sunday
today by
two
220
morning. it
members of
Pleasant
automobile
west i
on
Wa
the al
Gap the ve.
hicles and property totaled
$905
Two pa
accident
Milesburg
wh
WNRers were
injured in
about three miles wast
at 6:30 a. m. when a
ich five employes of
Metal Company
their work in
rear of ™
same direction
19 f Fleming
an
’
i
sedan in
the Titan
rm to
were
Bellefonte
f{ truck
en-
ite
ran into
traveling in
Fred Boreman
suffered a cut above
small
Edward
receive
ne end
the
HL
right eye
'h nd brust
other anc HUSH
il
ana
burn
which resulted
k of Fieming
Car Was
Ve.
ick
Waller
and oper
Fli
ator Of thie
and the
of a ir
Old Record Found
In Sale Purchase
blinded by sun Riare
ran into Ne rear
tinued
Mrs
Lock Haven
ton C
Frederick 8 Pletcher iH
secretary of Clin-
write
Historical Society
J. Kane
June 3, at the Mary
shir P I~
Bellefonte
& Ives framed
when she took Lhe
frame to clean it she
baptismal certificate
following information Unto
these two parents, William Long
and his wife Jean Watking Long,
was born a daughter on the 2ist day
of March, 1880. This child received
the name of Nancy Ellen.” The of-
minister was Rev. Bamuel
There is ne rch
the
rrier
hat
t from the
und a
ie
WH of
M. Cx
Historical Society
Meets in Bellefonte
Snyder
Northumberiand Historical
WAS speaker a meeting
Centre County Historical So-
Friday in u Library
Bellefonte, with James (
of Beliefonte presiding
Snyder presented historical
Sunbury formerly called
and the site of Fort
one time the largest
in Pennsyivania
Almost all the well known Indian
trails of this area and the principal
trail to the west, which ran through
the northern part of what was to be
of Centre, to
gheny rt were vividly
the speaker
Mrs. Snyder,
Fisher secretary
{ the
Sox
of the
forty '
ety a
fety held ve
bullding
Furst
data
Shamokin
Augusta !
wttlement
the count
described
by
the former Bertha
Detrick of Bellefonte, was also pres- |
ant
at the meeting
Shallcross Resigns
Warner Co. Position
According to reports reaching
Bellefonte, Samuel M. Shallcross, of
Wynnewood, near Philadelphia, for-
mer vice president and general man-
ager of the warner Company plant
in Bellefonte, has resigned his posi-
tion as research engineer in the
Philadelphia offices of that com-
pany. It is reported that Mr. Shall
cross expects to engage in efficiency
engineering work in the Philadel-
phia area
He went to the Warmer Company
as treasurer in 1922 and three years
later was made vice president and
general manager of the local plant,
retaining that post until February
1042 when he aEcepied the research
position in Philadelphia. The family
moved from Bellefonte to Wynne-
wood at that time.
National Gypsum
To Employ Women
The National Gypsum Company
of Bellefonte will combat the cur
rent manpower shortage by employ
ing women for all types of plant
labor, It was announced today. The
women will be employed for general their first nest at the foot of Rey- Alumni Association to |
Meet Here Tuesday
maintenance work and in assisting
skilled labor and will be given all
opportunities for advancement and
promotion, Bayard Magee, plant out the iden that the nest ought
manager,
reports,
| Pay rates for the new women
'been hired and will report for
for the
with women
company
call
about 20 men
'
with
the Alle-|
Present plans of the
War Loan Drive
Now Under
1000 Soldier-Vote Canvassers to Sell Bonds
on House-to-House Visits: Book and Au-
thor Program at College, Wednesday
rApid progress be- an’
the Invasion armies tion
Centre County War s}
Commitiee Monday rr
War Loan cam- which mas
what promises to be one | served seat
t complete efforts to pro-theld at 2
Bond in auditoriun
™
ogaen
Lhe
by
the
vliing
made
OVerseas
Finance
launched the Sth
paign with
of the
Eq
Ing
Club American
of University Profess
Bellefonte
cely
ang
ww
on
mao
War
county
mots sale ever seen
the
With
army
CRIOVARNET
double duly
of absentee
Bond:
progr
sistance of a reaay
of nearly 1.000 soldier- appear y Ferber
who will serve Lhe i vasl Edgn;
of enrolling names istanding writers in their
voters and selling War field In Bellet
it is believed © that every lobtained at the
family in the county will receive &'and in
personal invitation to buy bonds pe;
soldier-ballot canvessers, many {agency
of whom have served in previous Four
War Loan campaigns, are performe-jof the
ing their duty om a volun-
tary basis without remuneras-
tion of
Special
Sth War
the as Nash and authors
maae
ballot and
the }
nte may
Bob Davi 1
ate College the Jack Har-
wii
St
store Serve as reserved seat
The
DOOKS written by esch
g authors, will be
one
given
double away as door prizes Mo rEOn
written I:
fauthor take
a feature of theitorium to have
Loan The book the w
and author program to be held at The
State College next Wednesday al at the
ternoon is proving to be a most vOp- East Bi
ular Innovation. Anyone purchasing , week
a War Bond of $1875 or more from
representatives the Sponsoring Stam at ths
the College Wom-'* .
ang |
by
them Wo
and
kind
event
having
Any
$ over
Are them au
campaig: rite
Kirkwood Shor
Carn
street
Witmer: val
Bel
grouna
op
yesterday
J tnyone
of
State
agencies niinged
CHILD. 3. STRUCK REBERSBURG MAN
BY FATHER'S TRUCK 10 BE ORDAINED
son of Lawrence Auman
Suffers Fractures of
Hip and Pelvis
‘Public Ceremony to
Held Tonight For Har-
lan Clayton Musser
truck | Licentiate Haglan Clayton
father Larry Leroy will be ordained th
won of Mr. andl of the Evangelical
of East Lamb ch t g
be In “satisfac- i
the Centre Coun«! im i
which 3
fractured:
and brush
Run over a loaded coal
gariven by hi
Auman, aged 3
Mrs. Lawrence Aumail
street is reported to
ondition atl
Hospital
include a fractured peivis
hip. and severe bruises
burns about the hips
The child was injured about 4.36
last Wednesday allernoon wien his
father drove up in front of the
family home in a truck loaded with
five Lona coal The youngster:
ran off the ont porch and, unseen
the run-
Oy
Hal a public
despite injuries seryive of
ted by Dr
president of he Jenteal yi
ivania Synod of the Evangelical and
Aplormed church. Ur. Ray H, Dot-
wirer, head of the Philosophy Dee
partment of Penn State and former
pastor of the Reformed
Re Albert Asendor!
Pail
rol
church
of {
’
Paalon
Rel
by fathe
ping board o
He 5 believed
the running
wheel
r
ron
the r. ¢ lege. Re
M
PASO
West
board and the je! Weaver -t le
of the heavy vehicle Om trnnsd on Pape May
Presides at State
Insurance Conference
over or heavily grased his hij
Loule Lalli, =
. ; [J .
chiid fathes
neighbor, anc
rushed nim
where X-<r'aj
frou
Centre Counts
examinations
tures
Mr
dear
Hospital
revealed ther
Fi
wis
and
aver
Aank M. Fiabe {
Harristy Inst
where
Centre
Wedne
he
Hall
MeAY
presided
Auman
in
Ih
the
rsa y
38h
Pennsylvania
of Mutual Insurance
whi he is 4
Al Wednesday
Fisher gaye the
-
address
The ¢ was
Penn Harris Hotel, with
{f most of the 171 member organiza.
tions in attendance. J. H. Mitchel
ff Lemont, president of the Farmers
Fire Insurance Company of Centre
county. attended the
delegate from that organization
10 Men From College
Board to Enter Navy
annual conference of
Slate Association
Companies, of
retiring
the
h e president
night's sion Mr
pwresident’s annual
aes
Tens men from Local Board No. |
State College. will be inducted into
Navy Wednesday June 21
Selective Service officials announced
ference b : a |
onfer p rl § the
the on ni ' ' 4 i
delegates
The inductees will report at the
board office on Alien street at 6 a
m. that day will travel to Al-
toona by bus on the first leg of their
trip to Navy assignments
and
conference as
Those slated for induction are
John FPF. Fishburn, Montoursville
John R Suydam, State College
Irvin M. Zaleski, Weedville
Gilbert H Dawson
Ind
Barrett
Black Box Personnel
Continuing On Duty
rumors to the contrary
personnel of the black box in
Bellefonte will continue to perform
James A their duties as usual, it was an-
D. 2 [nounced yesterday by Mrs. Mar)
James Edgar Hess, State College. Harvey Scott, chairman of the pro-
Ralph William, Bohn, Coburn Itective unit of the local Civilian
Donald E Weaver, Bellefonte, R Defense Council
D 3 { The army telephone for alr raid
Robert W. Jones, State College a! WArnings has been discontinued, but
transfer lother telephones at the contro] cen-
{ter are being used for blackout sig-
‘nals. and these telephones must be
manned 24 hours a day as usual,
Mrs. Scott said. She reported that
all black box personnel would be
notified if and when their services
{are no JoNger Necessary
104 Innoculated At
A combination of well-meant med. :
diing and high water seems to have | Clinic In Milesburg
conspired against the pair of swans '
{in the vicinity of the falls on South, The MUI Weihan Arg heid
| Water street deprive them of * | school in Milesburg, Monday eve
family this year
‘ning. The club sponsored the diph-
Residents of the area report that thera clinle in the Milesburg
the swans so far this year have .
built & total of two nests and have sno ein raculations
| produced eight eggs, but as of Tues- | Tar LT Ti sating was Mrs
ID. A. Sowers, and Mrs. Roy Bryan
{day of this week, only one egg re-
was chairman of the committee In
mained. That egg is believed to be
charge of the entertainment pro.
gram.
Hammond
Despite
the
Rubin h
Johnson
1 State College
Belicfonte, R
Swans Stake Hope
For Family on
Last of 8 Eggs
past the BH-week Incubation period
land little hope is held that it will
hatch out.
' Late in the Spring the swans built |
wiles
‘nolds avenue,
and four eggs were|
deposited in the nest. All was going |
[well until a local man hatched
1 A
§
meeting of the Bellefonte
{be protected. Accordingly he had |
nest partly encircled by a section
3
i
i
:
g
i
Lie
SCHOOL
ay RATE REMA
Boar
A
NO
[LS
$1
AT 34
d Also Continues
Per Capita Levy For
$61.1
1944-145
19 BUDGET IS
Begin Enrollment
Of Servicemen
‘ast Army of Volunteers Begins Task of
Listing Names of All Persons in Service;
To Complete Work by June 21
\
FINALLY APPROVED i,
Mrs.
ter
Tax
ouel
ii
ning
Teguiar
Monda
Be |
Was
$4 00 P
Krader Resigns Af-
21 Years as Music
Supervisor
Bellefor bor-
retained at 34 mills and
ment for the
milage
er capita asses
year, it y announced al a
meeling of 0] board
¥ night
Hospital Officials
OMcials
Hos dts]
quests
friends
the
turned
single §
n
i
wers
places quite a strain
serie
fit ’
nam
Ask Aid of Public
of the Centre County
tlds week made !
persons naving
as patient
of relatives
- the
1 VASES
rootns
each
ratient
the task of
walered
each
morning
receiv
carin
on
help
the
shortage at
spoResman said
IOOF, Rebekahs Hold
Memorial Services
Members of th
‘rystal
past
Friday
ye
5
The following were honored at u
peIvices
wel Me
lan of
Carbric
Mrs
Miss
tress, and members of
Bella Out
IS | £0) OU
Rebekah
memorial
died within
¥
F. and
Springs lodges of
held services
the
-
ar, at room
night
the 1. OO. O
ae
Rankin Sam-
Kinley and Allen McClel-
the Jodge., and Mrs. Miriam
kK. Mrs. Helen Hartswick, and
of Crystal Springs
Verna Ardery degree mis
the memor-
William B
ial staff were in charge of the ser-
vice At the close of the ceremonies |
refreshments
were served
Howard ‘Man Held
On Burglary Charge
Earl
is
county
being
Dean Crotaer. 20. of Howard,
held without bail at the
all in connection with the
burglary of the H. D. Pletcher ooy-
fectionery store in Howard,
June
® He was arrested Monday by Pvt
Eugene
lice at
Arraigned before
Peace Hugh L. Curtin, Jr
B. Barnie, of the State Po
Rockview
Justice of the
at Cur-
tin, Crotaer entered a plea of gulity
and was commitied to jall
In the Pletcher
robbery Items
taken were valued at about $25 The
man also is reported to be wanted
in Clinton county for implication in
a service station robbery there
i ———————--
Seek to Organize
A movement was on foot In Belle- |
Local Ball Team
fonte yesterday to stimulate action
High
School Alumni Association will be the count
of
beter
Luzerne county
y have completed organiza and
LEGION BAND 10
PLAY AT BUTLER
Titan Chorus Also to Ap-
pear in Programs at
Veterans’ Hospital
tions in
band still retains
Twenty-four
the service but
TAR
RIT
PUC Sanctions Railroad
Span Over Highway 322
in Patton Township
If
GRANT
replaced
replaced
bandas
Wingate Fugitive
Found Hiding at Home
The Law. in ARALL
ed upon Russell Spicer
gate, Monday and ook
custody for the third or
on charges of escaping from a
institution
Spicer
anc
north west
same
mn
foros desoer thie
of Win-
him into
tourt)
fourth
Lime
17 rises
grade
townshi
Lime
penal
who fled
on
from
May 31
prehended after State Police
Rockview and Pleasant Gap
stations and Bellefonte borough po
lice found him hiding under a
in his father's home at Wingate
It usually requires a car load
men 0 csplure him. for oh one oc
casion he fled Into the brush Dear
the house, on another he swam Me.
Coy’s dam to elude pursuit, and one
time secreted himself in “a small
Space he made under a stalrwas
The youth is now in the county
Jall awaiting appearance in court
Prior to this time he had been a
Juvenile court case
Kis-Lyn
Was ap- the
from ricige Is 24 foet
sub tructed on ;
Lt
ETRGeq
“on Muwed
by .
ux Pope Four
- .
Wolf Store Awards Prises
of three mes ds
he
"ni
pw arte
$25 War
Yamell of
ANGLE ANA
' vi n Kat » ! nt al
Wolf Pumniture O
South Allegheny street
ed 10 Lhe following
Bond, Miss Pa
Bellefonte. BR. 1) 3. chatr and otto.
man, Mis W. P Kelley of North
Potter street and Congoleum MUR.
Mis R. Mitchell, Beliefonte, R
D3
Father In Hospital Writes Letter
To Son on His First Anniversary
Pvt. Samuel J. Ray, of Camp
Wheeler, Ga. returned recently to
his position after spending a ten.
. wa :
mpany store
wer
SNOT
ne
¥
we are prvileged to reproduce, a8
follows
Patient in Station Hospital,
. Camp Wheeler, Oa
MY Dear Son
Here it 8, your first birthday, or
5, underwent a jeg operation It will be over by the time you get
now les at home In a