Jesse ADLER Looks at the NEWS | | | | | A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County SECOND SECTION NEWS that the Allies will meet August 21 to plan the Postwar World met with only g¢ mute gnnouncement | from Germany, who according to the Fuehrer, threatens to get rid of the world by time HEADLINE Hitler Hangs 8 More Officers.” Well least he gave ‘em enough rope! HEADLINE: "Himmler! and 8. B. Chief, Killed in That 8. B. part ain't no t Cal error. bub! IN CHINA a bx Costs $50 in be sullering that at Créestapo | evo! pographi- tle ninese Of milk money Wi wall-size War QOoesn t use neg Of the Nothiu tring! fram a ON nis on the } Stomps follow ogress uses shoelaces ig like staru on a shoe IN NY ing a two Ne purning «ge. Lhuse pr a AUNT Ella Mae Nitchins ose 0 95 nle granddaughters ang graunisons nearest Aunt named Uncle a number of firemen, fight- of with drum of pur- | alarm blaze, strode out bullding pt A Kled in thelr irple su-gal f IK EX face: of Ohio nas es, nephews I'he | fecord comes | to Ella's a gent Sal A MARINE the Macine Both (ieep Yahk to A WOMAN in Cor Ion RrLrm riend of curs now in Japs ana pares 0 girdies up on you it takes a | get ‘em down Toledo Is suing a a Hig an operation Sand’; penal ved lg Teo ii Lp Claudiung elu SIX Fir Mig witli Hey HEADLINI 1 Last wan Sa previous Lalie Clialige [amper Male lackmarket TALLY Hitler tho INCIDEN Rauminel icpuitleg Himmler € are being Mus- ail DUSS Kilied J frequently must i i AW idly t oeen A FELLOW | way complained t bor that the | paper up Was Lhe ide easy’ A NATIVE us CHIEF, ta'king Naval officer In Lhe Solomons S Hag a Asked hh We revealed that the Ja} women Knew he with them replied ate them COONEY BALL of drilled a well In his ing to Ww digging LIERES IN ner get HO EL RIO a grandmother granddaughter gave birth daughters the same day. Musta made that famous bird stork-crazy GEN. MONTGOMERY'S two pet dogs, named Hitler and Rouunel, are causing quite a bit of confusion. ! We knew all slong that the twg of them were three-letter, four-footed! things—but we thought Lhe we spelied r-a-t Chaplain Denounces Alleged AWOL Rumor The Centre Democrat is of a letter from Chaplain 1s W. R. Mudling, of the Deshon Gen eral Hospital, Butler, Pa, who quests that it be made public ir der to clear up certain rumors cir culating throughout the count Under August 9 1044, Chap- Mudling writes 5 spec wal date of lain It there cerning he was nis post Pa. and even Lion I we he is place cone Lo my attention Sprung 8 TUmnor Pvt. Samuel J. Ray: that absent without leave from Deshon Hospital, Butler ome of deser- lias that nas up on- talk inform you ths office at hi MUL any charges of these rumors Deen a good Clear record ua Ow of like here in duty with against nam All are false. He h Ciel and Has a my a very » POTTER TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS TO OFEN ON LABOR DAY The schools of Potter township will open on Labor Day, September 4, it Was announced last week Teachers assigned 10 the various schools follows: Potters Mills Sth grades Intlusive, Mrs Mary Williams: 1st to 4th grades Mrs. Madeline Dutrow; Tusseyville Mrs. John Neff: Tussey Sink, Mr Mary Spyker; Colyer, Mrs. Bertha Wagner. Centre Hall Mrs. Nelle McCormick: Plum Grove, Miss Helen Miller, and Earlystown, no assign ment made at this time Rie AS to 8th | VOLUME aliments of foot plains now HL Upon his death 63. NEWS, FEATURES Former Bellefonte Man Helps Keep G. I. Joe of Infantry, ‘Foot Happy’ + ‘Magazine Article Relates Experiences of Sgt. Elliot Bernstein in Keeping Doughboys’ Weary Feet Fit Dos wr ide , the RA. } uthor tied the the foot Joes ex being imniantry Doings i olf American legion } reviewed and the chiropodist are World War 11 fiers foot happy ig the ration amp Rucker, Ala some of expel t. Elliott Bernstein, chi camp. Sgt. Bernstein f Mr. ang Sid Bern formerly of Bellefonte, but now of Atlantic City Excerpts from the Magazine story {« mechnanize( are | ised In the tO keep sol of the In expla care at C relates Op foot author the nees ( ON Gpodis the a4 son o Mrs stein Ane 1 Leg- on HOW Motorized nat and «Last Member Old Family Passes On Miss Harriet Woodward Was Granddaughter of Former Governor Packer. Her family estry it the West to Michael Ross Ly Williamsport title firm ernment member the § ernment Miss Woodward was well known in Howard where ashe resided with her | tather, the late John A. Woodward. some twenty years Willamsport and an apartment until ast h impelled i ago, she moved maintained neat her home Hadeiphis Woman Honored on 93rd Anniversary ireck f Lemont f the Houser of ane Mr ny ner mbers the i ae cla f Brethren A member daughte Schreck Aw Church at the h in-iaw last Tues elebrated ANNDIYErsary ented a basket of hreck, known to all Grandma Schreck were served to the fol- pre y Mr her associates Hefres WWineg Rev. and Mrs. Donald App and Mrs. James Reese, Mrs Balley. Mrs Bernlece Gulswhite Mr Mrs. Andrew Dale, Mrs. Ken- St Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wertz Lee, Mrs. Berlin Chil- Vincent Hoover, Mrz. Roy Earl Neldigh, Mrs. John Robert Walters, Mr. and Schreck, Miss Mary Alice Miss Thelma Chilcoat, Mary Walters as himents Mr Jean and neth Mr Marvin mt, Mn Houtz, Mrs Boal, Mrs Mrs. James Emenhizer and Miss wer - SOCIAL SECURITY WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU INo. 4 of 5 Series of six) Wives of workers who are receiv. ing old age benefits under the in- surance provisions of the Social Se curity Act may also be eligible for monthly payments on reaching 65, John D. Teasdale, manager of the Willlamaport office of the Boclal Security Board explains “The wife's monthly payment is equal to one-half of the amount be. ing paid to the retired husband” Mr. Teasdale sald, and “The Old-Age and Burvivors in- surance provisions of the Boclal Se- curity Act also provide for monthly payments for children under 18 of retired workers receivl benefits This Includes step-ch and adopted children under certain con- ditions, “If a qualified wage earner dies, leaving a widow 65 or over, she may receive monthly benefits equal to three - fourths of the worker's monthly benefit, Where the wife who is receiving monthly benefits survives her husband, and becomes entitled to widow's benefits, the amount of her benefit is raised from one half to three-fourths of the worker's benefit Neither the worker nor any member of his family may receive an insurance benefit for any month in which he works in employment covered by the Bocial Security Act If a member of the family Is work- ing, only that person Js disquali- fied A person Is considered ‘work ing’ only if he earns more than! $14.99 a month In a Job that comes the boy was down Off his knees put- | hospitals in Bagland under the law “Persona receiving monthly bene fits must notify the Social Becurity Board promptly when they return for Locomotion Army than a little of fout-slogging { 8 quarter-century the Company Clerk the during wal pee 1 Of oul Ie plo ed nas AY have this Ps planes like stand idelines Jeeps alligators and parachutes, and innum- of transporta- the Impression that riding” war. But once the gOU Into action and began belated recognition, it all to the same old situa- Joe still has depend old dogs the ultimate wcomotion final analysis fogs of Joe Again need special that the old won-glorified iryman push - ing forward ward bis timate goal the arour in Italy, and ch Jn Burma and on Pacific island t Johns H. Harrington 200th Infantry, Camp teps forward with this vital ($11) worldwide truck glider: erable tion wll gave this is a Infantry tO recely bolled und Nd due: other means @ down to ns the therefore, Doglace attention now Infal into Fran of Berlin is e 10 shoving asing many Nazi the Jap Southwest Lieutenan Headquarter Lucker, Alabama HOWINgE story i how in his ou buck private Sergeant Elliott od ist the 264th Infantry ary ompiained foot it 1 just interpected pecialist } i ret fli mel tht saint hobbled Bernstein at one anda SAW 5 the ou running here pedal extre- mity Ye 0 thie soldier but (Conlinsegd on page Four) Held on Charges of Poisoning Dogs tered intereg Lock Haven Man, After Admits Poisoning One Animal Ar- rest, Following number of dogs Ly Lock Haven, police arrested Victor E Clark of North Hauna street {last week, who is being held for coum Clark 5 said to have killing one dog in hd nel with strychnine Thi Were missing, however the bottle found his iIxXteenth of a nly thal dose for dog the recent deaths of a puisSoOning in a ghbo rh Seven grains from He 8 Was Te- IE CaM Clark's arrest, leaving eve that it is the work in ohe person Richard Moore has d through the Society | of Crusty Animal prehension of the the hill section wCial session Clinton Friday morning, Clark to be sent 0 Danville pital for 30 days for ob- De offered r to dog pol- Bellefonte Marine Wounded on Saipan Marine ( f Mi: East Pike wounded In theatre pl. Kenneth H Ania Mary Walker street Bellefonte Was action wn the Pacific war ording Oo a telegram re- ceived by his wile, the former Betty Jane Wian, of Bellefonte, from the Navy Department last Thursday morning A few ceived Walker of wi wife re- Walker 8 days earlier a letter from tating that he Is paw in the U Naval Hospital at ttle, Wash He enlisted during November, 1942 and compisted his basic training at Parris Island, 8. ©, from there he Was transferred 0 Dundin, Fis then to New River N. CQ. prior to going to the South Pacific section from California The Bellefonte corporal took part in the invasion of the Marshall Is- lands and the gonguest of Saipan and It is believed that he was wounded in the battle for Saipan He was attached to an amphibious tractor battalion His wife and infant son, Ken- neth, Jr, are now living with his mother his Col So — CLINTON COUNTY BOY HAS LEG FRACTURED A. Brown, 11, son of Mr and Mrs. Elwood N. Brown of Case tanea, Clinton county, received » fracture of the left leg near the hip, a severe brush burn on his right shoulder and brush burns of his face and head late Saturday morning | when he was struck by & car driven by C. B. Harvey of Castanea The mishap occurred In front of ‘the Harvey store In Oastanea, while Clifton a Operations | {ting alr into one of his bicycle tires The victim is at the Lock Haven | hospital, placed In a cast, to work or get'a job for the first! time law." Mr. Teasdale will benefits’ payable to widows with young children in the August 17th) Issue of the Centre Democrat “If you have any questions about the Social Security Act” Mr. Tens axes dale says, “call or write to the Eo. cial Security Board fleld office, Wil- the Uamsport, Pa” Af the Job Is covered by the explain the : Stroble were painf [swarm of bees while [ting logs near | Kirkbright, w man, Jorg 18 nd other Lambermen were a thelr woods wi Posed petth Yai where the leg has been! rr BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1944. Zhe Ce oo Democraf UMBER gg 3d, Streamliners to Victory 3 Unhurt When '2 Hurt When Car Car Strikes Train Turns Over on Hill Quick Application of Emer- gency Brakes Causes Accident Occupants Escape Injuries By Abandoning Car Be- fore Impact ree lu £t Ww The quick application of the em- eTRenCY brakes while descending a hill the car containing two Chilo wome swerve off the road ang upset Priday night. Both wom- fn were admitted to the Altoona Mercy hospital for treatment of in juries The k Haven Thursday of 1 men escaped evening by just before ingle line Fallbrook Rallroad west of the over- ton Route heir car caused train on the n Ww of the t distance bridge at Stave: on are Miss Iva M wl teacher, and her Valeria Reade, 72 of The mother is reported more seriously injured of injured Reade, 50, a seh mother, Mrs Cleveland ta be the the two The a er Wig Willlam E ving the Mrs Pol Fisher of Fiem- sedan belonging Bertha M. Daley that they no flashing he after it had r brakes As drift toward the Mrs. Daley and hird occupant, Mrs. Samue] © f Mill Hall got out Car was damaged to $325 wi il ran train ioe ident happened, the daugh- the state police at Ebens- burg when the brake of thelr Buick coupe falled while going down hill She then applied the emergency brake and the grab on one the wheels was good and swerved the Car out of its off the highway and it turned upside down and was wrecked The esti- mated ange wis about $600 falled sheer of the #x- into the en CUuUrse and then Were Mr returning from Daley nad » at Cieisinger ‘ip Danvil where check-up Memor State College Mc Awarded Bronze Stor it College Bronze Lorious Observes Birthday i in Opi Kenneth Kunes of State Col- lege. with the U 8 Army Field Ar. tillery. veterar the African ocam- paign. spent his 2nd birthday In an army hospital in Naples recently SETVICe In action” against He wasn't home celebrate and Wat announced last nelp eat cake as In Naval District Head- former years mother baked commanded an LCT the cake as The candles y engaged in the resupply were there to decorate it and New Britain his relatives in State College and craft wa vicinity came 10 his birthday dinner Japanese party But he had a surprise party in the hospital arranged by the Red Cross His brother, Plc. Charles Kunes, of the Army Alr Forces, celebrating his frst anniversary in the Army oon- tacted him for the first the since he has been stationed overseas He walked in on the corporal with some birthday gifts and spent six days at his bedside Mr. and Mrs Miles street. parents received word of the envelope containing each arrived last week Cpl Kunes told his parents they wouldn't know Charles as he has grown taller and heavier Charles’ stated he was equally surprised to see the corporal was looking. They both agreed it was a ine party but they had no car to add to their pleasure — Blow-out Causes Car to Hit Telephone Pole Mr. and Mrs. Asbury Pletcher siding on Marsh Creek at the for mer Binger farm, with their two | young sons, Were on their way home from Lock Haven shortly before noon Tuesday of last week, when the right front tire on their oar blew out as they entered Beech Creek on Houteé 2200 Mr. Pletcher lost control and the car sheered off the road and struck a telephone pole. All were more or less injured, none seriously Mrs. Pletcher’s injuries were the D. Osman, State has been awarded the for "heroic and meri- Ig Stanley RD Star of Pol the Japanese, it by Third 1's He & conv { Arawe His by 14 fighter though craft was light, he enemy planes Lt. Osman Oran F back to Bufial the 34 1937. and He was Mutual birthday but usual us wWirk his hi Tix subjected to attack dive bombers and the citation And maneuverability of his limited and its fire power assisted destroying four tates the in 24, son of Mr. and Mrs Osman, who recently moved State College RD. from N Y was graduated from College High School In from the college In 1041 employed by the American Insurance Company of Ro- chester and then by Glenn Martin of Baltimore, Md He was in July, 1042 April, 1043 ale Kunes, of the boys when an letters from Charles of visit commissioned an ensign and went overseas in where he served with amphibious forces He Is now at Solomons, Md, where he Is taking additional training. A brother, Cpl Devoe Osman stationed with a motor division at Camp Polk, La It. Osman was married 0 the former Lois Gayo. of Baltimore, on June 2 i= State College Airman Receives Citation Te I'Sgt. William E Watkins was awarded the alr medal on June 6 which he has sent to his parents Mr. and Mrs William Watkins of State College RD. An accompany - ing letter stated that he had been awarded this medal In recognition of his meritorius achievements while participating In aerial Nights In the invasion of the European theatre of on the head as she went against the windshield A physician was summoned from Lock Haven and took them to g hospital where they were given attention and then con. veyed 10 theif home, The car was badly damaged. The tire that blew out had been recapped and was be ing used for the first time Magnificent spirit and enthusi- asm combined with skill and courage and devotion 0 duty were shown by the sergeant.” the letter sald The letter Stated that “his duty assignments were performed in such an admirable manner as to produce exceptional results In the greatest and most successful operation in the world's history of aviation.” Sgt. Watkins has been overseas ‘since M 11, 1944, where he is an | and Mrs. William Ba engineer on & transport. His ner, of Chester Hill, have received takes soldiers and nurses into battle '® card from thelr son, Second Lieut areas and returns the wounded to Wiliam J. Baumgardner, who is Card From Prisoner Son L LO Broadeast August 20 Ten years of participation by the i «Hospital at Naples [cape death by drowning Wednesday’ Camp Blanding, Fla how well | most serious and she bled from cuts upon | Wednesday ‘Receives Word of Aged Philipsburg Man Killed While Crossing Street, Saturday Night :- Victim Walks Directly Into Path of Moving Automobile; Coroner, After Investiga- tion, Waives Inquest | Michaels cross | istown D iy attempting to Baturcay of Walking direc into mobile while Presqueisle street night William Hayes, 74 Philipsburg Funeral was Killed instantly, almost directly the Flegal funeral chapel in front of the Hotel Philips {afternoon in charge of accident occurred 10:15 Maclay, Presbyte while both sides of Presque- Made in the street were lined vith for bus Annis? Edwin Gustafson williesses 10 an aulo- Mrs N «an and Charl services Hes The y'elock tle RLBVITT I Police | the ian Philip shout Was people | tery Chilef Was one the fatality i ot! ant - - 2 Naval Vessels Lust The loss of The sutumoblle was driven by Arthur long street, Philipsburg. He that he falled 0 see Hayes prosching the car. Withesse fied that Long was moving 8 Sow rate of speed Mr. Hayes, it was stated, had J inquired at the hotel regarding the 10:15 bus to Clearfield He lived at the foot of Mock's Hil Was planning on skiing the The bus, however, had out a few minutes earlier The victim 5 arrival at the he was taken in Ut pany ambulance i Centre County Coroner Charles Sheckler of Millesburg, In gated the accident aft ing testimony of the that no inque Mr Hayes was 1868. He is ters Mr: al "299 a Dodae > Ld Ji tated up testi east at st Former Osceolan Fatally Injured ana bu “ Victim of Age ident Was Em- ployed in Steel Plant at Eddystone WHS pronoun hospital 1 Hope Fire ( ed [#8] vest ali Nears wilhes would Li be a ne Nove born survived by Walt Baker Ohio; Mrs. Lewis Jacobson burg: Mrs. CM. Pe : ipsburg. Two grand following two also survive: Mrs three ( } Massilon Philip sleters Sally ang Escapes Death as [> Well Top Drops Altoona Mother's Quick Wit Prevents Plunge Into Deep Water Lar: imer William South Pacif hyvill Mary Kathryn Ls : The quick wit of an Altoona mo- town, wife of Cpl. Willian {ther, whose four sons are in the with the Army in Pranoe; armed services, enabled her to es- James, stationed with the Arn the M: (3) 5 Launty ahd Reght “ of last week, when 8 well covering. gave way 85 she stepped on it Al though she suffered a fracture of the back, as well as numerous ture i the ribs ang bod mdition was reported at the Mercy | admitieg lowing the apcident The victim, Mrs ge shout 41. hed Just returned the Pennsylvania railroad station where she bid her ew goodbye after a thr furlough, ang was cutting the Jot of her home at teenth streft, when the mish A repair crew had been working | on the cellar of her home and Dis of cement were across the causing Mrs Rath to step on ement block cover of the well Mrs. Rath heard the cement cr threw herself Ww the sige avold going into the well which 15 feet of water in it. The split in two ang one half back and forth as the other down and lodged itself of the well Had Mrs. Rath not jumped in the direction she did, she'd have been crushed between the two large | Dox Ks of cement 5 Bmaline at home Tw deceased, Betty Clalre 1926, and Harw { fra pire i id Larry Rodge nmer al wh $f ox bDrulses a8 satis- mpital where mmediately fol her factory she LT Grassfiat Woman Takes Own Life Oe Rath from son Andry Ill Health Blamed For Deed Mr: Augusta Andersor of the late Eric Anderson flat, took own ivsol She died § 11:15 clock’ al tate hospital after a half after taking the Despondency resulting health was blamed for She had been sickly thr winter pring wd Heh and hac been in the hospital several and had recently undergone erat Charis Sheckler burg, Centre county r tigated the death and quest would be held Mrs: Anderson. who had beer fast quite a lot of the time ahd around Friday two-thirds of a Ix ttle of poison ¥ day moming and was discovered few minutes afterward by Mrs. Shes man, who was preparing breakfast A physician was called and an em etic given. Friday noon she seemed {to rally and her condition improved | enough 10 permit her being taken to the hospital. She lived until nearly 65, widow iH Gras ner life by drink RtUrday the ' ® to had block rocked slipped the side a and al ner on mn Slated Death of Husband . Pvt. Bright M. Strassner, 33, hus- band of the former Pauline Wagner of Coburn, was killed In action on July 18 in the European war the atre, according 10 4 telegram re- ceived from the War Department goiurday midnight. She was « by his wife recently Isclous at times Pvt Strassner, son of Mr. and Mrs The decased was born in Lewis Strassner of Lewisburg, has June 7, been oversels sitios April. His wifey and and son art living with her sister, Mrs. Leroy DeHart of Milihetm one Bweden 1879, and came to this coun- 10 Grassfiat 40 vears ago Her husband died several years ago She Is survived by five children |and six step-children Albert at Escapes Drowning | home; Herbert and Mrs. Ellen Dem Miss Bertha Cross, 17, daughter of mick, of Grassfiat, Walter, of Nor Mr. and Mr. William Cross of near ristown, and Mrs. Elizabeth Pope Axe Mann, narrowly escaped drown- | of Akron, O The ste p~children are ing at the Pleasant Gap pool last Mrs. George Cook and Mrs Joseph Sunday w she slipped on the Polmar, of CGrassflat; Mrs John bank and fell in where the water was | Stone, of California; Mrs. Gertrude beyond her depth, Miss Cross was Good and Mrs. McGarvey, of Pitts. rescued by Mervin Hockenberry of |burgh, and Mrs. William Anderson | Bellefonte when be noticed that the lof Jersey Shore yoling girl Was Bot able to swim and | A sister, Mrs. Sarah Berg. of De. was I After a brief rest troit, spent the winter with her, and shook, Miss Cross [looking after her and’ had returned continued efforts to learn toto her home in June John Johnson, lives at Punxsutaw. ney Puneral! services were held Tues | day afternoon in the Emmanuel [Lutheran church at Crassfiat, with | 21, of Phila- | the Rev. Mr. Priedlund of Lanse, of - of Lock Haven ficlating. Burial was made in the a Neg- Swedish Sumanary | - Grassfiat Conds Set Pace Of the 276 students cited for scholarship at the Pennsylvania nab Sgt iy Bt (i was {430 iB children are ms Despondency Resulting From {the evening Of that day State College last semester, 160 were ———— Random ping n Lee WHITING DRY TUWN take el i u ne apron proprietor s Peported With tears In his voice that the fir time in 10 years that had ho Lot nang. In me place ouldn a kage I 5 les who ang t even But tor a 3 Ave a GARDEN f 8 large make Lhe Le - | FOR SALE InEsters REPCRI Far the record Wishing t wehold goods ately for $M takers She FL HE ATH rf. NATURE Nature man offered auction wall 8 Kindly tl weather was extreme ULry, ang early in u to make up to hum miort of the day ang thunder storm whi the hot slLcky AJ fresh breede. It was like , DEW JeAse on ide CAMOUFLAGE: They claim that the of some Of the vital war plants RlONg the eastern CoRst 1s 80 pers fect that It Is & continuing marvel even to those who see It every day MISSIONARIES FROM AFRICA TO SPEAK MERE After spending a number of years in the Tanganyika Territory, Africa, as missionaries, the Rev. and Mis Charles E. Hess will speak in three services In this vicinity Sunday, August 20. In the forencon, they will tell of thelr work in a service in the Advent church at 10.45 In Mrs. Hess will speak in the Christian Endea« vor meeting at 6:30. At 7.30 Rev, is amoufiage A brother, Prim will bring the message He will also show pictures of the work by {projecting slides on the screen They will be accompanied by Hai daughter, Anna, who is a stus= ent atl Wheaton College, Wheaton, n Rev under and Mrs. Hess are working the Africa Inland Mission
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