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VOLUME 63. NUMBER 31.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24,
1944,
—_—,
SUBSCRIPTION-—$1.50 PER YEAR
5 County
Killed
Three Lose Lives in
Natives of Clarence
Centre
Charles ¢. Cook
Charles F. Cook dent
of Bellefonte, was honored at a fam-
vr last Tuesday night at the
fT Hotel here io celebra-!
i his 940) Hirthday
Four generations of
were Pree E
Qilest res
Ying
fami
Howard Child Hit,
Injured By Car
In Action
; a
aly and South Paciig:
next
Soldiers MOTORCYCLS
IES AS
NEAR HOWA
Harold C. Young, 214, of
Lockport, Loses Life as
Each In It-
(Casualties
nee One
hree
9
“
Machine Leaves Road
CAUSE OF MISHAP
REMAINS MYSTERY
Pa
ph H. Charni
D-Day )
Cpl. Joseph Ciprich
Killed in France
south
Jose
casualt
Clarence
(Cvele Rams Into Roadside
Guard; Friends Dis-
cover Tragedy
Leonard M. Hahn
listed by the War
ing in action in
in action February 12 cord.
o a War Department message
eceived Friday by his mother, Mrs
Mary Hahn Pluebell, of Moshannon
Sgt. Hahn was awarded the Silver...
Medal for gallantry in action Feb-| o.oo
11 and 12 and the medal, 10-1. Thursday
with the following \e 4
ent to Mrs. Pluebell
¢ silver medal wa awarded
won for gallantry action
vy 11 and 12. He skillfully
men and alertly awaited
ng enemy within his sec
oved fearlessly among hi
the intense concentra-
and morta:
enemy swept the
ng the attack
ontinued. “He end
i organized a surpt
nemy at close
He
reorganizing
g them for
Aggressively leading
Sgt. Hahn
sinee been report-
from his en-
nt leader-
24, In Feb-
Department
Italy was
“"
In
Knows
§
{
24
athe:
letter, has
in
158)
de-
during
f rill -
{ artery
the
fire
ange Machine
ran
Fort ” v
ele mainial
defense Was
d Nas
in action
His magnific
outstanding courage
successful defense of
gallant tion refle
n himself and the
the United State
n oldie entered
942, and rained in
t Camo Croft, 8 C
a
4
tinged on page Two)
the heavy
e GIOuUg!
- m— lhe motor aft
cables of a roadside guaid
ed Lhe posts Since Ue
found between the road
(fence, police assumed thet
re
hignself had struck the posi,
Vehicle Code Violations seul and com:
Centre County Coroner Chaties
Sheckler of Mileshing sald that
Head List; Jury to
Meet Aug. 28
Ul iss -
body was
and the
Young
death had been aimost an
TK in
Belisfont
ene but
ANDAR
Contmusd o% Fags Ma,
been Us
Dist:
nave
Prisoner of War
:
vehicle
to be
wrt and Domestic
Thursday are
John Hoy, Monaca
(Continued on page Six)
S/Set. David Quick
ted lssing
y. War Department
Quick, 28 n of Mr. and Mr
n Quick, of Moshannor
listed a German prisoner
He bombardie;
bomber
The War
we
Re
bv hie
June
8g!
Cal-
is
R
Or
Mo
code
risdaie D n action
Bummary
Relationg Court
heard by
now
f wal
neavy
Btuart Pa. D was on \
Department last week
Celebrate 52nd Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Willlun RR. Hoover |
informed his parents that WAS
a bombing mission June 14
to LeBourget, France. It was report.
od that while over the target his
plane was damaged by snemy antl-
aircraft dropped from forma
and was josi
In letter (0 his parents written
early In May, Sgt. Quick sald he
expected to be home soon after com-
pleting 30 misisons. June 2 he wrote
to report that he had completed 40
Mr. Hoover, a son of Mr. and Mrs. | missions but because of the coming
D K. Hoover. was born at Centre| ‘Dig day thought he would not be
Hill 73 years ago, while Mrs. Hoover, | ent home at this time
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James| He entered the service on August
Hugg of Milesburg, was
month
A former employe of Biair's mine
bank above Roopsburg, of the Val!
entine mine bank on the Bellefonte
Pleasant Gap road when that thor.
oughfare was a turnpike, and of the
Empire ron Company at Nittany
Fumace, Mr. Hoover in later years
was a forest ranger in Green Val.
ley and a beacon keeper on the
mountain above Hecla Cap. Bix
years ago he retired from active life
and moved to the couple's present | Child ty Tn)
Rothe | Mae Auman, 7, daughter of Mr
Both members of the couple en- ang Mrs. Prank Auman, of Coburn,
joy excellent health and perform alll ynderwent treatment at the Centre
thelr own work about the house and | County Hospital Tues-
garden. They are the parents of [ds for a
three children, a girl who died In t wrist received In a fall from a»
infancy, and two sons, Wilbur and | straw stack on which she was play-
Fearon, both of Flint, Mich, {ing a 4 .
ne
lost on
William
Hughes
R. Hoover
married
and Lydia
the Methodist
fire
at tion
Parsonage
4 1802
served
n
August
quietly
Milesburg on
Monday
52nd
their |
in
last ob
their wedding anniver- |
sary at me at Axemann
Texas, and at various other alr felds
| throughout the sountry before going
overseas In January of this year, He
Is a graduate of the Snow Bhoe High
Bchool and wag employsd in a de.
{fense plant In Williamsport prior to
entering the armibd forces
Bat Quick Is holder of the Alr
Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters
{ang sent the medals to his mother
Just before he was reported missing
in action
BE —
76 last|29. 1942, and trained at Gowen Field |
Neighbor Reviews New Volume
Of Poetry By Centre Hall Man
to a neighbor
wide fame In
by Mi
Hall Lo
of th ommunity, in
few Mrs. Jamison piepared
Flink new volume
Meliow Horn 62 page
House, N. Y
pag
ire
g
ol
A
Mi
lal
coOun-
Jamison in
pe
poems man
t Ie
» Lhe heart er
t ff Lhe Ler
to thd age-
without
town, Mrs
fghtfulis It
Flink's
evaluate
but
not
redit sav
Jamison conclude
difficult for u rvey
riends and neighoors 1G
Hh VOUS Doet
oritik will
‘Make no
a born poet
Amer
but
wographed
tature |
Clement Wood, the
forewara
Flink is
rememoberea in
the
an we do
of "A Me!
Horn,” a first
Harvey Flink of Centre
released by Hortze:n House
hers in New York this week
foreword Clement Wood, na-
ly known poet and critic, says
A volume the most dis-
iret 4 ye of
firs VOU i
voiuime
'W
y bY
inguished
volume of poetry
{ 1042
author native " ut Centra
Pennsylvank
aoe] Ie : Pill ii
which th m are wrought
Witnue In
Count ry i The
mt
Old Couple C
more parti
ae Of
Cen :
tre Halj
Fink
and
Huson
Alon
a sire from
and "Behind me
Mountain
bear the
Mir
Hill-fields
of
TeCORLIEe
“The
rooked mile
lage Blackout
the Seven
Wish Th
other poem
many
Dery
1S 8 TELA
Wal fF §
The publisher
a
¢
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Second 14. William =. Confer
Second Confer
the ng
* fen
William
jotne
Lieut
Centre Hall
’
Nas sy
rest iting
esuiting
fre
A
Wednesda
John White
that had
ft arm. left
the
casualties
in France
ived last
Mrs
vealed
m
drive wding
Tw
the is
high during
French territ
England
a base Noapit
back
i
of
ir
Hawaii for
expi
miler veteran eight
1936
m
"
He
signed t
At the
rm of enlistment he
Fort Logs Cole He
Port Brags C. fo;
Od and the
vice enlisted
Ly ation
Te-enass
WAS sent tt
yvhort
wer
»
. A
n embarked for SOUS
a |
Li Confer took part in the
ampalgns in Africa and Sicily
England t
invasion
eu n
and
then returned
French
sion had the honor
drive on C
while in Fras
OIMITUS
) prepare
His dis
rad
fot he
of ing the
it wa
received his
erbourg and
* that he
wecond lieutenant
MO As
—————— A —
DUST COLLEGTOR
NOW IN OPERATION
Company Pleased With
Results, But Finds Pro-
duction is Cut
A report on the operation of a new
collector recently installed on
3 at the Warmer Company
at a regular meeting of
Monday night
The report, submitted by
Curtin, Jr vice president of the
campany, points out that while the
collector operating efficiently, It
has decreased kiln production, and
that draft and combustion problems
still have to be solved In order 0
meet the heavy war demang for
chemical lime
Mr
aust
kiln No
was read
Coundil
John
is
etter follows
August 21, 19044
Bellefonte Borough Council
Bellefonte, Pa
Gentlemen i
In answer your request for |
the latest information concerning
our eflorts to better the dust situa- |
thon, we are glad to advise you that'
the large collector for our No 3!
rotary kiln was finally completed
Curtin’s
|
and placed in operation on August |
~ Gunner
S/85gt Harelg RB. Kennelley
iff- Ber Kennellies
missing
aves
geant pr
is rep ried
bombing misison
ya bv
nine] ¥
Kennelle
AY { ast
f Bes
{ wok
tained no detalls of the vi
death
would
ng m
bh
’ tl
agdvise
18. M:» Kenneley
the War Department
mise fron
pieting thi ne
to Sioux City, Iowa. Lat
sferred t
w he Was
rar
Vi
for
base {from
gia
he left overseas dut
American Aly
arrived in Italy somet
and
Forces in He
ime in May
his eleventh
italy
wa while
Continged from pope Four)
RALLY TO BE HELD
AT GRANGE FAI
Hon. Ruth Grigg Horting
to Speak at Democratic
Meeting, Wednesday
Hon, Ruth Grigg Horting, of Lan.
caster
man
speakers at
a Democratic rally
be held at the bandstand in Orange ' bi
as a highlight and Mr
Park, Centre Hall
of the Grange Fal
Wednesday evening
nounced yesterday
next
an-
program
it was
State Democratic Vice Chair of
will be one of the principal! fonte
to! work, according to word received by
po
en
Lieutenant Says Fear is
Bad, But Stench of
Death Worse
FIGHT TO DEATH
.1 Brother of Unionville Wo-
man Comments on
Rations
coun
Zah
Ting i
detail experience
impres the batts
Balpar
Carnival To Be
Held at Milesburg
Under he epotsarsbip
Milesburg Fire Company, the Thom’
son shows will be ut the Milesburg
unds all next week, Aug-
wh September it was
4
Var
ore
| SR
28 thr
wi
SCHOO
vesterdas
wi we A
cme
]
A : al
2 bs lim byt
A b
4 or
the Saturday night progr
*
:
|
-
Captain Robert 8. Walker
When the Allied Nations ast week
invaded the south coast of France
all important part of the invasion
was the anding of troops inland to
destroy the ehemy communications
and supply depots. Captain Walker
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert 8 Walk-
of Allentown, formerly of Belle.
took a leading part in this
John 8 Walker,
and Mrs. George E Bible,
all of East Curtin street, Bellefonte
Captain Walke:, who received the
Distinguished Plying Cross and Oak
grandparents
The program will begin at 7 p. m. | Leal Cluster while serving in India
m
Music for the occasion will be fur.
nished by the American Legion
Junior Band of Bellefonte, under the
direction of Edward 8 Calhoun
Croup singing will be led by Cecil
A. Walker, of Bellefonte
Other speakers scheduled for the
program will be F. Clair Ross, Aud- street,
[nnd is scheduled to close at 8:30 p. | before being transferred to the Med.
(Continged on Pope Sia)
——
Paradise Employe
Suffers Lacerations
Paul
‘Man Striken II
Carner,
employed
of North Thomas |
al Fishermen's
itor General of Pennsylvania, who Paradise along Spring Creek, suffer.
Is a candidate for Judges of the Su. ed painful injuries about the right
From the comments we have re- perfor Court: Charles 8 Kniss of hand while at work Monday after
eceved from many
(Continued on page Three)
BA A———
Woman Breaks Arm i
Mrs. EM. Gandy, of West Lamb
street suffered a fracture of a wrist
Tuesday afternoon, when she fell
while cleaning wall paper at her!
| peat “ery
War Bonds to help
man of District No. 2 of which Cen-
tre Is a part, Rev. C. C. Otto
of Centre Hall, will give tha Invoca.
tion,
!
!
Bellefonte resi Spring Mills, Democratic nominee noon
dents, and from our own observa- for Centre county representative in! Mr. Carner was iifting a five-gal- building, Bellefonte, yesterday morn.
[the General Assembly, and Lowell lon glass jug filled with water and |
| Alexander, of Belleville, vice chalr- WAs preparing
0 empty it into an |
other container when the jug broke |
In his hands. Pleces of the glass cut
deep lacerations in all his fingers
and at the base of his thumb, ok
to
ter which he was permitted to go
V
\
of tnpturday.
| was sale
A
§
SAYS SAIPAN Tenters Moving
LAN
my
Into Grange Park
Week's Program Begins Tomorrow: Near!
380 Tents to Be Occupied; Program Offer
Many Special Attractions
‘
“FANATIC JAPANESE [of as.
Flere Tonight
Po Marie
omedy acrobats and MuSCIans :
give performances on the band sta
at a m.lp mm, and 49 WW Sal
3
|
a |
COUNTY REEVES B
STATE RECOGNITION 1%
State War Finance Treas-
urer Commends Centre
for Fine Showing
War §
Bandstand enteriainment eves
Cel
tre unty
mittee member
chairman
werk received
T
State
Commit
ona 1
Continued on pape Fowr)
SPREE BRINGS
END OF BER
Trip to Hospital for Treat.
ment Proves Undoing of
Rockview Fugitive
i MP —
S-Sgt. Eckley Writes
“Am Well and Safe’
Mr and Mrs. Paul N. Eckle;
Valley View, near Bellefonte, Mm
day morning received the follow
cablegram {rom thelr son, Stafl Si!
Malcolm A. Eckley, who was report
od missing In action June 25
All well and safe, best
Malcolm A Eckiey The message
was dated ‘sans Origine, meaning
that its point of origin is unknow:
Sgt. Eckiey, a whisl gunner aboare
Af B-17 Flying Forlress, vas among
the first Allled men taking part I
the invasion of France
he was listed as missing
Early this month Pvi. Russell
Heckman of Hublersburg wrole Lis
wife that he believed Sgt. Bckiey
The Hublersburg soldier
who was stationed al the same ali
base in France as Eckley, wrote his
wife. “1 am unable to tell very mush
about Mac except that even if he
has not written, 1 believe his fam-
ily has no cause for worry
Ss as MP
»
wishes
at the Lune
man
After leaving the
April, Pushioar
New York City, where )
ployed at various time
washer, Officials sald the
clared that he drank more
steadily, but ket Jretly no
the public eye-and from 1!
police. But one day during
ticularly vigorous celebrat
out of hand and was lake
Continued on pape Sin)
-
Meningitis Victim
In Bellefonte Office
Anthony John Orson, 58. of Lock
Haven, suffered a heart attack while
in an office in COrider's Exchange
RI
wy he an
elie.
————
ing and was taken to the Centre
County Hospital in the Widdowson Elmer Rider, aged 10 weeks, son of
ambulance Mr, and Mrs, Elmet Rider, of War.
Attaches at the hospital late yes- riors Mark. Is reported to be recon
terday afternoon sald the man's ering at the Centre County Hospital
condition remains serious. Hig wife, from an attack of meniny Mis The
who had accompanied him to Belle. | child was admitted Friday, ang at
fonte yesterday morning, is here thal time he was in the early stances
with him, and his son-in-law and of the disease, hospital authorities
daughter were summoned yesterday sad. His condition yesterday wag
fternoon, . i described ag being “good”
o