Where the Fuel Goes A HEAVY cruising at a speed of 250 m.p.h. lons of gasoline an hour. BOMBER may use 200 gal @he Cenfre De ocvafl WHERE THE An Army Trans. port burns 33.000 gallons of fuel oli a day. FUEL GOES VOLUME 63. NUMBER 27. BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1944, SUBSCRIPTION-—$1.5 0 PER YEAR, Valuable ltems To GaAl Auction Public | Saturday Night; Get Articles Free of Something new even In a town auctions—will be the Court Hou day night the local 5th The sale o'clock rough merchants an citizens, ¢ of ev new to All he or will be to U1 bid in War complying SIATE COLLEGE WAN 15 WOUNDED ‘Tony’ man in Navy, Report- ed Casualty telegram follow as is obtained theatre of w but it is believed hy memtb family that he invasion of Fra: Seaman Droege on a destroyer. ha YOAT beer He in Was In And for over four land for D partic pated in the Medite Tan cam Fag Tony was graduated | State College Hig where [or three regular member Following employ enlistme ried with Droege esid The woundec Joe Droege Jr. Mrs Pr Sopl Lad Riding Bicycle Injured by Truck Jay C. Pletcher, 8. son o Mrs. Harold Pletcher ard was Inju ing of tractor-tr Herbert | RD cycle on the treated at for lacerations burns and | Both t were attem; left how the left to avoid The truck came tree and the re dams traveling we to make ight ght | The ri the driv wed as er ¢ aged when around and hit | State Pol investigated ce m Pleasant Gap -. w— Countian Reported Missing In Action Pvt. Edward J. Beebe, 19. son of Rev. Lyle J. and Mrs. Beebe of Pennsylvania Furnace has missing in action | Ita June 1 Dis parents were informed Sunday Young Beebe ' the Anzio bead sens In March Camp Wheeler been nee fantryman left for training at and Fort Meade. He entered Army In September 1043 Rev, Beebe is pastor of ‘he Spruce Creek Presbyterian charge — Falls From C yele; Suffers om Injury ! Rhoda Roan, 15 daughter of Ar- thur Roan, of Bellefonte, R. D. 2, received treatment at the Centre Centre County Hospital dispensary Tuesday for a laceration of the left Arm received in a fall from a bicy- cle The wound was sutured and tet. anus treatment was administered A Child Injured by Glass Mae Ann Custer, 10-months-old deughter of Mrs. Mary Custer, of Milesburg, received treatment at the Centre County Hospital dispensary Sunday for a small laceration below the eye, received when she fell on a plece of glass near her home. undrgoing treatment the little was permitted to return home (Wer tl ae Sale to be Ho Sat Court House Lawn Bid ars Invest in Bond, A Ly Charge Droege, 26, Radar- ~ PROWLER SHOT A STATE COLLEGE Public Asked Report Anyone Seeking Treat- ment for Wounds to of State matter operation Col. the reporting trent ment f made by The name fired the shot Her seeks nshot { the householder wi was withheld i ——— Local Girl Injured In Fall from Truck + Helen Keel er, 19, daughter of Centre County Commissioner end Mrs. Harry Keeler of Blanchard street, suffered a head injury early Wednesday night in a fall from & truck while enroute home from a picnic near Biack Moshannon park Miss Keeler, who was unconscious for more than an hour after the fall, was brought to the Centre County Hospital where x-ray exam- nations revealed that the injuries, although painful, were not of a sere lous nature. Bhe was discharged from the hospital, Friday, and re- mained under treatment at the family home for several days The accident happened when the driver of the truck In which the last small group had gone for an outing, | {turned sharply into a side road to visit the Black Moshannon airport iss Keeler, , i i Miss Keeler, standing in the rear Of | esterday attendants at the institu. tion reported her condition as being ' the truck, was thrown off balance by the turn, and fell out, her head | striking the road. A member of fhe! State Motor Police, who scene np short time later, brought id [injured girl to the hospital. Miss Keeler is employed In the Wilkin. son store on West High street, ) } ICT Hazel Drowns Mrs. mel Hum- in Black Moshannon Creek BODY RECOVERED AFTER HOUR SEARCH Goldie Holiday Picnic Results in Tragedy; Local Fire- men Summoned ‘ H] y McComiey A Foner Ch Mileshurg visited i that death wa a1 hes the due NR Lt. Eugene Shultz Is Prisoner of War COUNTY NATIVE GEIS PONGTIN:- Stewart M. Ww cher Award- ed High Position in Postal Service M. Weber wn Centre int Stewart former f Rebersburs Car ORs wid ¢ he Department ir the over a! Washington promoted to Lhe nment D C. was position of of Inter Ber the r der, signed by make 1044 Weber the son of the Weber. of Rebersburg Condo Weber who at Lock Haver He was born reared In Rebersburg and af attending the public schools of home town, he taught school several years in Centre county. Later, for a brief time he was employed as & national Postal United States The the Postmaster Gen- eral the position effective June | Mr 304 inte Qe and resides and ter his (CAanGace nlinged on Pape Seven Bellefonte Girl Is Bitten by Dog Nancy Tanney, 10-year-old daugh - ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tanney, of Bellefonte, suffered a severe lac. eration over the left eye, Tuesday when she was bitten by a large dog The family was spending the day at Hecla Park and Nancy walked up to a dog owned by occupants of a neighboring cottage, when the dog bit her The girl was admitted to the Cen- tre County Hospital where sutures were required to close the wound Tetanus treatment was given and wmtisfactory EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK Because of the July Fourth holi- day, this week's issue of the Centre Democrat contains only eight pages Council Studies ime Dust Suit ( Trial Would Be Expensive, Outcome Uncer- tain, Solicitor Reports. Warner Company Reviews Efforts to Curb Nuisance Meeting Scheduled IH SERVES 60! ANNIVERSA Mr. and Mrs. John Nighthart Entertain at Family Dinner OPENED SHOP HERE 29 YEARS AGO Veteran Barber Still Fol- lows Trade at Age of 80 Years I. Letter Is Read rough de- tion again to eliminate fn Geary seri rant and boro Judge p based would large iy on ex- require a The ox aration \ rh emphs he clared, cou om Page Three) - CW CENTER = 10 OPEN MONDAY Two Daily Sessions Sched- uled at Local Project Mon- day Through Friday The Hefonte nlinged Six Fined Here for Disorderly Conduct HEAVY LOSS WHEN BOLT HITS BARN Barn on Earl Orr Farm Destroved By Fire; Man and Wife Escape Bel SON WAAL Thurscay nigt were fined 8750 each at a hearing before Burgess Hard man P. Harris Bellielonte,. TO srrests were madet by Ohie! Har Dukeman of the Bellefonte polic DOYS of cannu can take bean ik oenter n-ackd ited t6 pm fay W nn a and RR Only 11,150 Pounds Paper Collected Here A GepPu CARrTots a nominal will be open aay 1 1 pp m Mondss Appointments the day before SINE Lhe canning H anning each ection ir abou to be Beliefon Mrs WW. Harrison Mrs. William Em (Continged on Page Three) - Woman Injured in Leap from Auto Howard Logan Fire C suUmiIme ater Try L. McCloske of fron | Hall I i mpar iN . : ned [4 received one S m booster t she jumped week wi 3 ie. u he McCloskey i backward on an incline whi McC King hases at to She was taken to the Lock Haver {for med treat. t ds le Mr MEEY Was n pure LOOK piace yn the Orr farm § marbies A violent about two miles Ir Hall as large antitie ital ical fell in large he MceC n h hard luck of Kr r irmed Geisinger he he was family inte. Mr recently Dans patient mikey the wpital at Pr A Surgical homes the absence Mrs Nn bre Ng hi Ken te rear Yard the in titches to about with ir its for next : rer three a short "ne intest Or misi Bond Sales Total $1,346,000 to Date Total Cer sales in the 5 ap ne is tre County War Bond Sth War Loan Campaign as of July 1 were $1.346.000, it was revealed yesterday The county quota a $2.238.000, leaving a balance of $802.000 to be purchased if the quota is to be met Centre county led all the other counties in the State as of July | in pereentage of E Bond sales, It wins revealed At that time the county had met 51 per cent of the E quota--higher than any other county It Is disclosed that Pennsylvania Is approximately $36.000000 under its quota of Centre Hall, suffer ed body bruises and injuries about {one jeg. last Thursday, when he lost Paul Ross A — Suffers Head Injury Solomon Benford, of Willowbank street, Bellefonte, was injured last week while working with the Penne sylvania Rallroad track crew al a switch operated at the Titan Metal Company Mr. Benford received a blow on the head from a jack lever which struck him as they were rising a car. He was admitted to the Centre County Hospital for x-ray treatment “Lassie Come Home” at Plaza Because of a popular demand, European war area, according to | Roddy McDowell in the technicolor word received last week his mo- when he fell Mory “Lassie Come Home," ’ ved from ’ A return engagement at the Friday and Saturday of this the theatre management | yesterday. C. of C. Seeking Complete Information on Available have had 9 from ————— an Pte. Bruce Sheckler In anticipation of the : necessity in gor and dur Is Wounded in Arm ar future for 100 new families in glass in the Bellefor the local Chamber of of Centre Commerce during the next few day County Coroner and Mrs close. She was able . the ald of etubaluas Sheckler, of Milesburg., suffered a home, asking whether there in France, according to a letter his now within the parents received from him early this months Pvt. Sheckler reported that out the questionnaire immediately now in a hospital In England and and they will be collected by Boy nature He was serving as an anti. $5 reward to the Scout bringing in tank gunner in an infantry unit go. createst number of completed early In the invasion. Pvt Sheckler Rev. Harry C. Stenger. Jr. will be has been overseas since Pebruary , .harge of the Boouts. who are to operation of the public is requested since a compiete report of avallabie On Mountain Road: «mo - - - Maj. Curtin Wounded, control of his motorcycle near the Garbrick property on the Centre ao. George P. Curtin, son of Mrs | struck a pole at the side of the road slight wounds 15 minutes after he Ross was admitied to the Centre 1,404 on the beach during the Nor- amination revealed a fracture of the 1... od this week by his mother right leg between the knee and hip| pe way able to rejoin his unit right ankle been awarded the Purple Heart. The S— {latter award was received by his \ w d | package which was addressed In her ounded in Europe 1 few weeks AW — Rooms, Apartments Oobable and dur of finding {near | x p Pic. Bruce Sheckler, son Iry requiring " Charles’ will mall a questionnaire to every me bet het wound of one arm while In action | rooms, houses or apartmes week Each householder is asked to fill that the wound is not of a serious guts The Chamber is offerine a and Is believed to have been wounded questionnaires this year | collect the completed forms. The co Motorcyclist Hurt housing facilities will aid the war » Receives Decoration Hall mountain road. The machine gy | oq Curtin, of Curtin, received | County Hospital where an x-ray ex- mandy invasion, June 6. it was and an incomplete fracture of the after undergoing treatment, and has | week Port Matilda Soldier | mother during the weekend, [son's own handwriting ———— Pvt. Raymond Dixson, on of Mrs Child pnures Arm John Robert Duke, | clers from : LOCALCOUPLE Meningitis Fatal To Two C hildren "Port Matilda and Yarnell Children Die In Hospitals; “Miracle” Drugs ne 34 FATHER OF FIVE KILLED IN MINE Houtzdale “an Crushed to Death Under Fall of Huge Rock . » =o Pigeons in County; One Hit By Car bel ween pits ianded in OC weekend Ife THe 10s and when str ar and b | day near Unionville Holtzworth of Union n vi umint of the bird's legs inscript Al The pigeon. in condition, was found Sunday b) William Emenhiaser of Unionville who took the bird home and is viding it with is located The leg Is Inscribed According the ; m band fron THe band bore 4 BP 11842 eXA wn other food until m band 43 55% 10 reports, pigeon fan- Pittsburgh took thelr birds to Lewistown while Lewiston) fanciers took birds Ww Pittsburg Both ots of birds were released at the same UUme, the purpose being to determine which ones reached home in the shortest time —» War Bond Dance to Be Held Here Friday Plans have been completed for the War Bond dance sponsored by the American Legion and VFW 0 be held at 8:30 o'clock Friday night at we Owe a Sage aldininu ‘AU its | the new Bellefonte high school gym. of Mr. and Mr | Pleasant Oap, underwent treatment Two Others Under Treatment; Effecting Cures (ED OAR PRICES GIVE JULY 10 Rationing Board Ready to Help Both Consumer and Dealer 3,550 Registered For Soldier Vote KILLED IN GRASH Harry Hunt, 28 Dies in Philipsburg Hospital; 2 Others Injured Harry Hunt, 38. of Woodland, died at the Philipsburg State Hospital at 235 pm July 4 as the result of injuries received i Aan automobile accident near Wallaceton at 12:40 A mM the same da) Centre County Coroner Charlies Sheckler, of Milesburg, sald death resulted from a skull fracture Two other persons injured In the collision of the two cars Involved, are patients in the Philipsburg State Hospital. State Police from Clears field are Investigating the crash Ci ———— Child Falls, Tooth Causes Lip Laceration Robert Burk, aged 18 months, son Willard Burk, of at the Centre County Hospital dis. perpary, Tuesday, for a lip injury boardwalk, the
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