THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA.
July 27, 1944.
ive :
Survivor of Plane and not a darned match in the outs
fit!" He discovered later tlmat some
Crash Arrives Here friends from the same carrier fell
into the sea several hundeed miles
away and that on thelr raft they |
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had lots of matches and no clga
back to
ettes
lorries to deliver a
{You know what they
awoke everyone on
mall call-and the
did? They
shipboard
guys loved dt!’
V-mail isn't so popular with most
{men because jt lacks the personal
{tough of the original,” Whiting ex-
plained A typewritten letter is also
not popular for the same reason.”
serious side, Radioman
whe participated In such
battles as Baker Island, Tas
Vake, Kwajalein, Truk, and
ald the Japanese are odd
Sometimes they appear to
young- be inordinately brave, and at other
times they appear the opposite
heir planes flimsy and can't
ike much punishment added
United States
South Pacific
mmlified "Shell
sed ov
ued him ar
certificate
As the plane was enroute
the carrier, darkness fell, and as
time wore on the fuel supply got
lower and lower. Finally, it became
apparent that they weren't going to
make it back to the carrier
tiwwee kept a close watch on the ¢ {
meter in order to judge the distance Wouhga hen he and tall gun- awa,
between the plane and th wean nee pu y the rest of the time Guam
in’ the pitch blackness below ww wi flot kept watch, fighter
meter “erroneously indicated that a Shey
they were still a safe di id ready
the water when suddenly the plane wit, esth that since her enlisted
plunged into the while
Beeause none of the I A Wim
ed the plunge so
thrown about the
plane, Whiting, crippled b
earlier injury suffered Injurie to ooking back on the 23 South - equals
Hoth knees and both ankles becau ic a n \
of the sudden stop. The other men pated and recalling his $7" a week | L occa
were unhurt | During the early
Clambering out of the canopy of think I'd rather th wn Service, ne
the doomed aircraft, the three men hind ¢e man behind Eh unt!” Pearl Harbor for
inflated thelr life raft | t : I t
gboard. The equipment
included food water
ing the entire time none (
touched either, aving
event they were not rescued
“We had two
elles among Ww
The trio
raft
them and ent
the thre
16 hours
patrol plane
ald In
were «1
on the
spotted
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You couldn't buy a better ice refrigerator loward). =
if you paid twice the price Beautiful white George H. Kane, How
enameled cabinet, 75-lb. ice capacity, two Stake 11 Xonish, Fort
steel shelves, completely insulated to pre- Bellefont
vent warm-air seepage. Keeps meats tasty,
fruits and vegetables garden fresh.
BRACHBILL’S
Spring Street
Sieve
Matlida
Cleveland
Sn Beliefonte
Milest
{ pre!
Bellefonte, Pa.
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am a i= EE I .
Play Shoe Clearance
Starting Today, Thursday!
ALL SPRING AND SUMMER PLAY SHOES
REDUCED TO
2.00
A Pair
Formerly $3.00, $3.50, $4.00
ALL COLORS! BROKEN SIZES!
GET SEVERAL PAIRS - SAVE YOUR STAMP
THEY'RE ALL OUT FOR YOUR INSPECTION!
WE STILL HAVE A FEW PAIRS OF
O.P. A. ODD LOT SHOES
25% off
YEAGER’S
BELLEFONTE'S HOME SHOE STORE
Women's
load of mail. |
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pert
Nudd
¥7
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RECENT LY MARRIED
"Trout Refuse to
Be Decorations
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here were approximately @
dozen goldfish five trout
each fountain
The
playing
perfectly
and
goldfish behaved beautifully
about the
contented
pool and
But the
from the moment tiv landed Int
on basin howed definite sign
resentment They swil
bout, refused
Complete Harvest
240 Acres of Peas
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he was |
.
Pleasant Gop
Merchant Dies
(Continged rom page One)
pied
eVeTal year
we 0 m
ao 0D
indred mile
Stitaer alway
affairs and
was a member
Spring township so! board He
ber of the FP A AM at
Centre Hall } nsistory
at
My
civ
was inter
al the t
his deat) the
"a A hen
and of e Cx
Willimmesport
Surviving are his wife t
Pease Williams
w former
of Scotia three
hildrer Mrs. Charles Kelser of
New Bloomfield. Cpl. Harold Stut.
por of Camp Carson, Colo, and Mra
William Walle, now at home duriog
her msbant'y service in the armed
forces Also surviving are three
grandehiidven and two sisters and a
brother: Mrs. Frank Bitner, of MI
Hall. Mrs. Albert Beck. of Clinton
ane. and Marry A. Stitzer, of Hub.
lersburg
Of a courteous and friendly dis.
position. and endowed with ebarac.
teristics of generosity and absolute
integrity, Mr. Stitaey had a host of
friends throughout this area. His
skill and his workmanship in build«
ing radio equipment were known
far and wide
Puneral services were held at the
home yesterday allernooh, with
Rev. Donald Raup officiating. Inter.
ment was made in the Pleasant Cap
cemetery
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| JULIAN
Sgt. John LL. Bary and wile of
Cape Charles, Va
end with his mother, Mrs. Lydia
"Barr, st her home in Julian,
spent the week-|
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Housing Survey
Downs 2 Nazi Planes
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MARTHA
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SATURDAY
FRIDAY and
(Comtinuous Shows Saturday From
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JILL EOE ALBERT
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WESTERN ACTION CO-MIT!
BOR STEELE and HOOT GIBSON
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