Jesse Looks at a the NEWS MR. WALTER WINCHELL might like this tele tcki by Col. Donald! MacGregor recently returned from | overseas, Syme Yanks and Brit sh ers were gathered for tea and rum at a home England when one ul the Gls wondered why, in the early days of the war, the British spent | much time retreating We'r here,” (1 brag: to help you Tom mies win the wa I inter- esting, replied the I thought were ev Pear] Harbor oT 80 d, hat's Tommy you Crees IN THE American League, Wash- ington ended the season in the cel- lar--as low it ean drop Just | what the Republicans have been say. ing all along, huh? N. ¥ makes “clothes” on figures. Sort tist in Reverse as IN uruist Chas. Wanger a specialty of nude female tattooed of Strip-Tease-Ar- a Wtoo " SINGER Dinah Shore sang "Pis- tol Packing Mama” so well General Patton gave her a pistol. She's now perfecting a rendition of ‘Tl Be Glad When You Are Dead You Ras- eal You" to sing to Adolf HEADLINE: “97 Murders of Officials Puzzles Authorities’ Be it's because nobody liked mavbe! THE U peal for aown by Nazi May- | em, | S. Rubber Company's ap- four new tres was turned the Chicopee (Mass) ration board. Time to Retire—the Board WORCESTER (Mass) perfected a new chemical sen water drinkable. Now can do ditto to make some hooeli you buy drinkable make a billion bucks INCIDENTALLY the 8 way of figuring money It starts with millions, then billions then trillions—then cilivians IN THE South Pacific the medical dept hands out slips of paper forming the GIs “You kiss the girls here at your own risk.” One cor- poral returned the slip, saying: “It's the same in Brooklyn--1 had to marry the girl ANOTHER GI firm has 0 make if they of the they'll A soldiers have new learning that his brother became a father for the eighth time, cabled Congratula- tions Stop Name the Eighth After me Stop For God's Sake Stop A LONDON member of Commons says he will give $20 to every woman in his local district who has a baby V Day BECAUSE Pvt Wilbur Sisk Kansas City has a sister-in-law named Eiffel Towers Sisk, the cen- sors returned all his letters, claim- ing “Eiffel Towers” was a code THE inner ramp on Height-Increasing shoe was looked on of PULting je { State College the Adler ditions The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County 'A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week | SECOND SECTION dhe Cenfre Democrat ! | NEWS, FEATURES VOLUME 63. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1944. NUMBER 40. Random Items L Brush Valley Nimrod Recalls Record Stag Slain in Pennsylvania om Tells of Memorable Hunt in Clinton County to Capture ‘Daddy of the Forest’ That Sported 44 Points By Heney WW, Shoemaker in Altoona Tribune It wi hecker burg ord t) 141] odd might Centre red deer late Kal 1898, had the 44, as Pennsylva big run of All my the antlers tennial stag Bru; Valley 1876, but it aown nad to go it. I would not cal an abnormal sj nial sta mused nimrod nm Str of Rebers- 1 t ® rec county LEH] of shot by Silesia German! Bil In ime number of pot “1 irginia deer ol ia 1 1B Beach Creel life I had marvell of Reuben Stover killed on thie n 1884 ed ‘ i i 8 Cen "ry ht by migi i narns the Bell Constructs New Cable Route Branch Cable Between Belle- fonte and State College Will End Delays Consti po miles of telephone Bellefonte nrovide PI i tw ion of more Nan 80 between ich will rou cable te be- | filllamsport will s ed last manager Company A In College ane vide 76 additi between br tend to distance from the great increase in caused by In State at with- suspicion “by a cobbler In placing underground ‘conduit from | Ireland who called in police, think- | the central offici on 8. Allen Street ing the shoewearer might be using the ramp to conceal spy messages He was exonerated on the strength that he merely was trving to be Two Inches Taller Than She Is FAVORITE All GI stories is t British folks summation of the visiting They re overdressed, overpaid sexed and Over Here! THE of OVerseas terse Yanks over. ie Pourth Anniversary of the Axis. “celebrated” Friday, wa Iv a Wooden Anniversary--for the celebrants are destined to wind up in wooden boxes before the next anniversary OUTSIDE of Camp Blanding there's a Chinese Laundry run by twins named Wight & Wong Woo They look so much alike you can’t tell Wight from Wong Ea real- all Hollidaysburg Woman Fatally Shoots Self Mrs. Julia Ann Hoff, 58 a Holli- daysburg woman, who had been in poor health, died of a self-inflicted 12.caliber bullet wound at Chimney Rocks, Blair county, last Wednes- day man workine at Lone quarry saw Mrs. Hoff walk towards Chimney Rocks where her body was found about 15 feet from the lookout Mrs. Hoff, who resided with a sis- ter, Mrs. Howard Wright, In Hol- Jidaysburg, left a note for her sister stating that when the note was found she hoped to be at rest at Chimney Rocks When found Mrs, Hoff was dead, a bullet from a 32-calibre revolver having penetrated her body from un- derneath her left breast the A east on alley to Miles acre Miles the Highland treet ti ege Camg t wh nor on . y the Miteifell Arm » cable Joins 1S 0 Jellefont cC provide to the present Pens west yy uits between Philadelphia Pittsburgh. Because the traffic to Bellefonte Cir of and large Williamsport war-time as been ned jority of cs the West risburg Hamsport circuit cable is vilable andled by the Pitt th-Har- Harrisburg -wil- When these bur the new be AN alls can more direct route via Altoona, freeing the present cults f i The new line right of way for most part and will be located on the other side of Bald Eagle Mountain from the pres- ent open-wide the State It will Necessary to construct n repeater” station approximately 17 miles west of Bellefonte. The pro- ject, which will cost in the neigh- borhood of $300.000. will not be com- pleted until late next year or other call will Be 8 private ie line whith runs along Highway also be Ld ‘Seven Angels Stood Before God'~ Bible Foretells Fliers’ Rescue SUPREME ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS, Sept. 30-A Riblical passage picked at random by one of the crew of the Plying Portress “Heavenly Body’ foretold with un- canny accuracy what was to happen Lo seven crewmen who survived an emergency crash In the English Channel, it was disclosed Priday Before the Fortress took off from England to bomb a Nazi tank factory at Bremen recently Sgt. Oflbert H Woerner, of Predericksburg, Texas, radio operator and gunner, opened his Bible at random ahd inserted a pound note for safekeeping. When he eventually returned to base, he found the money marking Revelations, Chapter VIII, to four, which related with remark. waves. The other seven clung to a | rubber dinghy “And 1 saw seven angels which wood before God.” it says in Reve. lations The airmen, buffeted by the waves and drenched In salt spray, looked up and saw a British rescue plane | circling overhead Its pllot was | radioing their location to rescue | craft, { “And another angel came.” Reve. Intions continues, For 30 anxious minutes, the crew. men looked toward England, await. sllence In heaven, about the space of half an hour” says the Bible text, Pinally, the fliers saw a rescue Isuneh speeding their way and the plane above dropped smoke bombs to direct it, “And smoke of incense, which came with the prayers of saints, ase i Collge workmen are’ | hay bailers of thi rant ri veut Prop imbe operating along the igh overlooking Beech Creek, and paper wood floaters saw it but did not have hance to h, usnall wii would ik at ai sin i n re In winter evening M1 old gentleman until ul king up we | done 1 10D Ver World 1883 head em uten Ru (Continged on page Sis) Takes Own Life While on Visit Body Found in Home When Brother Returns From Work " Harry Wolfe, 61. of Northumber- land who was. visiting his. brother, Grover, in Renovo, took his life at 2 p.m. last Thursday by gas asphyxi- ation In the cellar of the Wolfe home. His body was found an hour later when the brother returned from work Ww worried is believed to have been it domesti He arrived in Renovo Monday for a visit of a few day Dr W. J Shoemaker Clinton County coroner. said his death resulted when he covered his head with a blanket and inhaled gas ie hat x Mes troubles in Northumber- services were held and daughters Pur Friday at SONS wral Milton land - Osceole Soldier One Of First in Holland A letter from LL Quentin Duck, of Osceola Mills, states that he Is now in his sixth foreign country--Hol- land. He stated that he was one of the t Americans to reach Dutch oll He sald that after having been In France and Belgium for some time he was just getting to the point where he could get along pretty well with the language and is now in the dark agair He described the country as beauti- These peoplpe strictly take good care of their homes. Reminds me a lot of York county Nothing much to relate. 1 see Ernie Pyle is leaving for the States Lucky guy. I met him down in a little town in France. He's a real guy and did a wonderful job over here fir ful (R1] Farm Machinery Is No Longer Rationed War Food Administrator Marvin Jonts Fridoy ended all rationing and distribution of farm macynery and equipment except controls over corn plekers The machinery released from ra- toning and other distribution con- | trols Includes combines corn bind- TS, manure spreaders, mowers delivery rakes, hay loaders wheel tractors, drills, potato planters, gers, silo fliers, power sprayers, garden tractors, well water systems, power pumps, farm milk coolers, sheet metal water well casings and farm scales slide pickup grain Wo m— Woman Hurt as Tire Blows And Car Upsets Jessie Dandrea, 30, was admitted to Altoona Mercy Hospital Saturday night, following an accident between | Cresson and Ebensburg, when a tire blew she | Ments mide to needy residents of irviving are his wife and several! potato dig! irrigation pumps, for its “tenacity of purpose effic- from that of a Second Lieutenant Unconditional Surrender INCOME TAX 3 did Declares That the Me velt Have for Years | Former Governor Pinchot Warns Voters of Nation To Defeat Foes of Labor n Who Oppose Roose- Been the Effective Enemies of Justice to Labor Gifford twice warned the men Roosevelt always have w ernment by I Pinchot Governor Republican and | of Pennsylvania, | Thursday night that | President | “who want and | anted contro! of Gove Money voler who oppose are those 3g Quotes Joe Pew In broadcast over a | State-wide hook-up, Pinchot quoted | Joseph N. Pew, chief financier of the Republican cause, as follow: Joe Pew sald to me once, and 1 was not the only person who heard him, ‘Money is the most important ting in politics'.” I think he was wrong,” Pinchot sald, “and 1 expect you to prove it An address i Milesburg Man Chosen Moderctor H. H. Miles to Head Baptists’ Association For Com- ing Year Miles of Milesburg., Centre wa ted as moderator ensuing year, at the final 1 of the Centre Baptist asso- Friday marking the 1i4th anniversary held at Baptist church of Hollidaysburg ele the mm (fle, moderator, Rey Patton: clerk, Rey ken, Huntir i. treasurer. G. F Port Matilda: Trustees: H Milesburg Edward M Huntingdon: J. E Boring E. E Bosler, Johns Heaton, Philipsburg Radle Mount Union Egbert Holsopple, Tyrone. R. D Resolutions were adopled Opps ing the establishment of diplomatic relations between the state and any ecclesiastical body another urged the church to revere the stand for a consecrated observance of the Lords day and promote the desire for at. | tendance at all church services | A third resolution recommended {that a committee, be formed 10 tablish & church educational tgram in the churches of the nssoe!- ation, in harmony with the sugges tion of the Northern Baptist asso ciation The sessions opened Priday with a program by the Women's Missionary society with Mrs. J. P. Harris presid- ing: devotions were led by Mra. E E Evans. followed by presentation and dedication of special gifta: address by Mrs. W. C. Snow and Home Mis- sions report by Mra. A. D. Smalie) The ministers’ council session was in charge of Rev. OM. Bolt. An ad- was given by Dr. Dores R Sharpe on Ministers Getting Ahead by Going Back The Centre Baptist session was presided over by Rev. J. P. Harris The afternoon session opened with the Association Church School ses gions, with Grover C. Merryman pre- siding. Following devotions and business, a timely address was given on the association by Rev. William J Shope Rev. J. P. Harris presided over the final association session, which open- ed with prayer by Rev. J W. Dow The report of the associational representative to the state board of managers was made by Rev H. OG Dooley The next convention of the associ ation will be held at Milesburg, Cen- tre County cers chosen are: Viee Thomas MceQuillem Paul A. FP. MIlli- he other R Ciearge dress a - — Radio Mechanic In Outstanding Group The B-24 Liberator Bomber squad. rom in wiiich 8 Sgt. Frederick R Hockenberry, of West High street, Bellefonte, is a Radio Mechanic, re- cently was cited “for distinguished and outstanding performance of duty from May 12 to July 18." by Major General Willlam E Kepner, ind Bombardment Division come mander During this period without loss of alreraft or crew squadron come manded by Major Herman A. Laub rich of Green Bay, Wis, “In the face of intense anti-aircraft fire and for- midable enemy fighter opposition” bombed 20 targets In Germany and {34 targets in enemy occupled Eu- rope. The squadron was further cited lency, determination and devotion [to duty.” In addition to marking up the ex- ceptional record of 54 missions | without loss, the squadron during {this period led all other squadrons of its Liberator group in the num- {ber of heavy bombers dispatched {into battle, | - Direct Relief Report | State Treasurer . Harold Wag | {ner reported that direct relief pay | Centre county during the past week [totalled $487.80, Last week payments roelietane Bama an by sending to the White House the man he is against’ Cites Huge GOP FUND Pinchot charged that the men who oppose Roosevelt and support Dew- ey "are puting the most enor- campaign fund in the history of politics in America Many of these men have been for years the very effective enemies of justice to labor and the farmer the miner, the worker and the small businessman,” he said Do you suppose they are raising that huge fund because they believe that they elect their man the rights! of the plal 1 fought and hx men are Loganton Boy, 17, Sick With Polio Vietim Admitted to Williams- port Hospital Last Week up 1 mous : f | Charu Henry imitt irth viciim of Ber ! Embick 0 Clinton count infantile 17 « gRnton Hams afternoon: Fa C seriou BEDOSed iy ™ COMNy Hospital Bwoyw the extent that he ung ough hw paralysis ln the Hmmy's condition | shightly improved The other two County were Judy Living: 1. *ho has recovers Hibner of Reno Mr Lo- f Wil son of Va | the Wedne same day weg 8 s | ‘aii people, which ) bitterly, will be they have protected | These tt ing RN wes diag POL %4 reaneq MAT CR a Lhel back Puts Nation Before Party Pinchot uj r mon get it Joins patient in eo outh isolation Mid he Is campaigning P.R.R. Brakeman Seriously Injured wha has nos nit He ana reported 14 patient od 10k Hav Pi on er Knocked From Oil Tanker AM —— Promoted to Sergeant George Ralph Lee, son of John H Lee of Frazier street, State College 10 the rank of ounesd by the | 15th Army Alr Porce Headquarters He Is now serving as a top turret gunner with a Liberator bomber group in NMaly which has been bomb- ing German-held targets in Europe Sgt. Lee enlisted In the Alr Poree | in September 1942 Thursday morning William Showers, 94 an Altoona Middle di- vision brakeman, was injured seri- ously when he was knocked from an oll tanker at the West Bound Homer yard and was admitted to Altoona Hospital suffering a positic of the skull uries " ai back and abdominal in- ry Ee Lk - The accident in which Showers figured was the third in as Fire Burns Home ©: ion Of Large Family iwhen four addition Clinton County Residents Lose | pumped inte the 0 | Showers’ run with » Most of Belongings in Fire his run al oll tankers ve tankers In iwas thrown from the oll tanker he {was on ‘Bellefonte Soldier Visits Brother's Grave Richard Waite, GO. M. 3c. husband of the former Betty Fekley of Belle- fonte, a member of the armed guard aboard a troop transport to reach France less then two weeks ago visited the graves of his brother, Plc Harold Waite of Bellefonte, and Pfc Andrew Dean of Pine Grove Mills both killed In action in France July 5 last Tuesday while Mrs W. F Van Gorder was preparing supper in the kitchen of the family home at Fairpoint, Clinton county, one of the children outside noticed the sec- ond floor was on fire. Almost im- mediately the two-story, 0-room frame building was a mass of flames, and the family were forced to get outside quickly The Citizens and the Flemington Hose Companies were chlled, but were compelled to stand helplessly by without sufficient water to fight the | blare They were able to take out only a few bedclothes, two trunks one mattress and a chest of drawers con- taining baby clothes for an antici- pated grandchild of the couple, : The couple had insurance enough to partially cover the loss on the bullding but the contents were not insured. They own the farm and have lived there nine years. At pres. {ent their family at home consists of | the parents, eight children and one | grandchild, making 11 in all, includ- ing a set of twins Enroute 10 Prance, Seaman Waite was informed of tHe location of the graves somewhere in France, and upon reaching his destination Sep- tember 17, hiteh-hiked the to the cemetery Pie. Walte was a son of Mrs. Prank Wilson of Bellefonte, and husband of the former Eva Cosso of Cole- ville. Pfe. Desln was the son of Mr and Mrs, Jeste WW. Dean of Pine Grove Mills —— — or ———— BELLEFONTE 100F LODGE INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS Thomas Bowes was installed as) {of Sixtyv-Four-Year Old Railroad-| {the pa Shortly after going to work last (fering poor health M | Fears fracture | many plodge the Altoona | | ich force that he | | | 30 miles | for Roosevelt because “my comes before my party” and he wants “what every dec can wants—to win the wi win permanent prosperit: manent peace.” Without Roosevelf, he said would now be no victory in sight for there would have been no repeal of the arms embargo, no lend-lease, no peacetime conscription, no building country J because nt Ameri- there {of 100,000 planes a year and no tre- mendous industrial expansion to meet the needs of national defense Roosevelt “locked ahead and acted inspite of short-sighted resistance ridicule and abuse” sald Pinchot “If he hadn't where would Ame be today? Experience Needed The in the Lie rica problem America must solve POSLWar era Ire a WwaaGer Roosevelt stature he 6 req tin ue (Continued on Page Four) Woman Hangs Self To Grape Arbor Body Rear of Grazierville Home Son Finds Mother's atl sO | | be absent Ir Shortly afte Dr Re Thursda wit} resi t { razierville led She ha ’ > been : been sul ‘ ard 82 ang for a number of I Shw sh survived by a deughter, Mrs. Kathryn © Hambrighit, of Ty- rone, and a son, J. Egbert Holsoppile {at home; also a brother, William [M Martin, of Graziervill two grandchildren, Richar Faye Hambright She was 3 member o Baptist church and Rebekal e ar ’ dg Three Local Soldiers In Gen. Clark's Army Three Phill; serving wil soldiers are 1st Regiment in Italy one Mark Clark's Fifty Army that helped tc drive the Germans from the Gari gliano River to the Arno The Centre county men Pvt Michael E. Marince, can Cpl Russell A. Dixon, medical technician and Pfc. Richard M. Lucas, rifleman In addition to being the division's irst regiment to enter combat, the | 51st was the first regiment to arrive Overseas arrive in Italy, first | eam a inguished Service Cross, and first receive a battle field promotion Except for a brie! rest period, the regiment marched and fought almost continuously for more than five months Michael is the son of Michael Ma- rince, Br. of Troy are neer fo Sheriff Warns Parenis Parents whose children are In possession of BB guns, slingshots or any missile hurling device will be held responsible for any harm or jamage caused by the unrestricted use of such devices, and such devices ill be confiscated _——y (In the absence of the writer of Rancom Itenu i f y ¢ £ al * olowing editorial i } 3 Ww Ww Jin Detituted Sugar Goes to War Did you know that we are fighti with sugar? » We are-—-not through eating It, Nao? Of course when we eat it duces energ Most of us on sweets and enjoy thousand wv re EQgZAY way EO! with which our here Is © Wen Pons being xiled ommoagity ary pan strial alcohol is largely made molasses which | ) sugar, Alcohol in making an infisite 4 NACE Srap product of @ variety 1 ti ynineluce is made In chemical derived from 5 ners could not get along with i 1 hich to » tho i es rubber part i 9 Kei ran wn AGRIC JUdre that are out of fox been created withou nd grenade Ds wal industries have » make Denies | Reports of Cotfee Scarcity CT the Nationa! OC phatically de PES Ter: nation M LipOrge ol hierhal yr, president Fee Association 8 published report IY oe Fr. nies may erbach fi i untrue ) OPA belie re repo al . Las § ov ork more than mp are unable from Brazil at present Local Boy Envolls In Technical School Pvt. Edward H Heverls S01 Mr. and Mrs. Ned Heverly, 102 East Logan Street Bellefonte has been enrolled In the technical school for training of radio mechanics students at Truax Pield, Madison, Wis, an in- tallation of the Army Air Foroes Training Command Pvt. Heverly will receive a com - plete course In aircraft radio me- chanics and will take supplemental AAF courses in defense against chemical attack physical training and related subjects designed to fit him for overseas combat duty with the fighting AAF In civilian life, Pvt. Heverly was a high school student of 18 Burned, with the building, was the | newly purchased Winter supply of (Chie! patriarch clothing for the children worth of groceries Bellefonte Air Fi i of Bellefonte En-| meeting of the organization held last | Monday night, | Others installed are as follows: H ghter |» man, senlor warden: H. EE. Garbrick, Now Ist Lieutenant |) warden: C. F. Hoy, recording | First Lieutenant Kenneth B. Mar- | seribe C. B. Musser, financial peribe; C. A. SBechaefler, treasurer; wll, whose wife, Mm. Gladys A | Charies Joddon, outside sentinel; J Marshall, resides at Bellefonte hasiM Carsor. inside sentinel: (been promoted to his present grade Ralph Homan, guide: and J. M. Hartswick, first watch Also C. W. Baudier, second watch; R. E. Cronemiller, third watch; Ralph Stover, fourth watch: John Delaney, frst guard of tise tent) Charles Young, second guard of hel tent, and H. E. Garbrick, trustee, The ceremonies were conducted by Victor A. Auman, district deputy grand patriarch, of Centre Hell Grave of County Boy Cared For By Family The grave of Ple. Donald Hutchi- son, State yori who Sd in Queensland, Australia, in 1942, is re- Lieutenant Marshall Is serving with the 13th AAF as a bombardier of a B-24 Liberator bomber operat ing against enemy Installations and shiping in the Southwest Pacific (area, Lieutenant Marshall and his famous “Long Rangers” are oarry- ing out strikes aimed at the destruc (ton of such Japanese strongholds as Truk, Yap, Woleal, and Palau. A graduate of Bellefonte High Sehool In 1040, he entered the per vice October 13, 1942 al Fort Mo- [Oian. Anniston, Ala. He received his army training at Maxwell Field, Ala, Banta Ana, Oalif, and Victor. ville, Calif. Prior to entering the service he was employed by Civil Service at Rrookiey Field, le, E and $1scampment No. 72, I. 0. O. FP, at a} , Showers, high priest; J. C. Hill | | Tamoughout three Republican ad- nistrations— Harding, Coolidge nd Hoover--not a single action was aken by the Federal Government) 0 safeguard American workers | against the possibility of depression we result was tragic! When the stock market crashed in| ~when the country entered the worst crisis in its history--the Hoo-! ver administration was powerless to ward off the blow. It had shut its eyes to the fact that in the best gears of the "20s, millions of men and women workers were out of jobs So the Hoover administration, faced with the terrible tragedy of wide 3 unemployment, talked fast. nd talked of a chicken in every pot . . While capable, skilled workers Overseay since Pebruary 23, 1044, Marshall ed on Hg h m -Mosinst. the enemy. Labor Came Into Its Own Under The Roosevelt Administration was called to consider a program of action. The conference recommend. ed 1. Unemployment Pederal Government . Drastic limitation work 3. Minimum sages at a decent lev. el 4 Immediate Iabor 5. Regional or individual boards to consider matters in dispute between employers and employes. 6. Government purchases only from concerns whose labor policies included fair hours and fair wages. 7. Educational centers for people out of work. Everyone of these proposals later became established national policy Most of them were in effect within a year! The need was desperate’. relief by the of hours of abolition of child
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