Jesse ADLER Looks at the NEWS S————— SECOND SECTION | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Week | dhe Centre Democrat | NEWS, FEATURES ADMIRAL INGRAM'S prediction | VOLUME 63. that NY “probably” would be buzz-| BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1945 NUMBER 3. . bombarded was retracted so rapidly | by an official Navy statement, it'll take several months to determine whether the Admiral has the mak- ings of a columnist or a calamatist! ‘INCIDENTALLY, in his column ol Tuesday, January 9th, Walter Win- chell devoted 20 per cent of ais en- tire column retracting a missing comma! MAYOR LaGUARDIA hunderds of NY City prisoners help clear the Bronx streets of snow No escapes, But the remargable od- dity is that more than were leased didn't return-—what with [ree room and board, free of points TALKING of jailbirds, a convict in a Pennsylvania prison whose term is up, refuses to leave his ‘iome. The warden says he may have to call! pritchard the police to put him out ADD What-to-Give-LaGuardia- for-Xmas items (From Read Maga- zine): Kalamazoo Fire Chief Frank van Atta has installed a box which looks and sounds like g fire-alarm box. He invites all tempted (0 turn In a » alarm to “have 1 on the h ONE army medic 4-F as & man batween th 18 and 38 who is physically quali- fled excepting ons minor ailment 1 Rigor M ld! job BY the in through released | to Truck Being Repa ré- eriously injured iffered evening One was and several others burns last Thursday tree of five keg: being garage person when loaded of powder on a truck repal in Philipsburg ploded Friday's Daily Journal the accident in the ‘It sounded like was a loud blast flame and then explosion.” Dan West Decatur, the explosion which Graham Mayes garage Prit rad Est ga North edition of the Philipsburg detalls SLOrY There recites the ol following a4 cannon and I saw a there was another Eldridge, 38 { of in Jdescriving big ose tated ouse ’ i Lili GeSCrides ages ol age treet last 5 o'clock ignited time the draft board A truck bein re-and-pe-examining nation’s 4-F's, many 19 may be 4-F legitimately will sweating-out process has that A BURGLAR caught by } George Wilson of Phoenix, cutting through \ g'mply alibied s reen test!’ ONE friend difference being a mar ence between pencil and in in REPUBLICAN wag about Eleanor’s “HM4' ey stand for “Her Ma jest) BY the way the first of the velts with a Berlin addres: Elliott Roosevel new wife—wh making a picture titled “Hotel Ber- Hn." ~ BECAUSE his but not his, , to Ga photos have appeared $0 Drominent-|.. (1. throttls of ly in the newspapers, Hollywood Is calling Sewell (carry me out Avery, a “One-Picture Star FAVORITE Story of Week “My gir] is carrying the tor Guy: “She must be nuts about you “No, She's a welder at Lockheed!” Amn Scott garage, badly frightene told her empioyer that an ex plosion and the building wg towards her or ane Philipsburg Man “= Dies At Throttle After Run From Conemaugh to Gallitzin Collapses Edwa emaugh Rallroad locomotive ry mpieted name coll t Joe) tr { y R. M. Hall ” m m Guy: | vere * 2nd (during the ‘When the train to await pain trip up n in y Galli the signal to “cut off” } . X pusher engine, Mr. Lehr slumped | ADD to Descriptions: "DIplomacy | a ow. over tie throttle and started! The knack of cutling somebody |. roll ty the floor of the cab when elie's throat without revealing the { prreman Hit camht him weapon! { Lehr looked up at Hall, raid ERUCE PATTERSON tells aboutigoing” and fell forward the bird who walked into a shoe members of the ' Lore asked f i : I'm Other | mmon - crew Rere wme alligator od and was dead does ir alli engine und or tated Lehr ator Was uh 1pie rot f train a n of i ral back the trac IN Berkley where mistake ol ! piate from police « You know how long § can hold on to t plat the | or eo een ferred ambulance The d neep [41 iate FINLAND'S debt to u now--which is inter thought Wwe war--not just 1 . - bu n of Al Minnie (Cole Leh er. now Mi Patrick H In ns West Penn Manager Explains Restriction - ant) Lest Although there is an ample supply | residing in Ohio, He als of electricity the shortage of the na- | step-son, Jo Davidson tioh's coal supply in this critical burg. Likewise surviving war year has led the government to half-sisters, Mrs, Ella Bel prohibit certain uses of electricity, Minnie Lowman and Mr according to R. G. MacDonald, dis- | McCormick, all of Barnes trict manager of West Penn Power Mrs. Mary Kerr, Altoona Company half-brother, Bert Hogan “Our communities will take on the — - appearance of a ‘brownout’” said Bellefonte D. A. R. In January Meeting mother he ra (We dward V o F low, My one mn boro ; leave wi r., anc fave one Ebens- are four wer, Mrs Margaret ro, ana and Al 1. x one toona Mr. MacDonald, “since it is apparent that the War Production Board or- der intends to prohibit show window lighting and most types of outdoor lighting, except normal street and traffic safety lighting and necessary lighting of outdoor business estab- lishments.” The kinds of lighting affected are used principally by stores, shops, res- taurants, theaters, hotels and service establishments, since WPB cites the following as prohibited uses: Out- door lighting for advertising and display: outdoor decorative and or- namental lighting: show window lighting: marquee lighting: white way street lighting in excess of that required for public safety. outdoor sign lighting except for directional or identification signs necessary for protection health and safety There is no street lighting in use 00 here of the type WPB calis “white- | oontributions for the Chapter's way,” so that the night-t'me flow Hospital Pund will be received by! of traffic should not be hampered members of the committee, It was West Penn is momentarily expect- ..ounced | ing more complete detalls from the | sree Betty Orvis Harvey review | War Production Board Interpreting 4 the book. “A Time for Greate! the order, and will release 101s In- ness” by Herbert Agar formation as soon as possible At the January meeting, held at the home of Mrs. Lewis Orvis Har- vey, the Bellefonte Chapter Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, welcomed the return of its Regent, Mrs. William C. Thompson, who has been absent for several months be- cause of a broken leg suffered in fall Mrs. Dalsy Henderson gave Aan excellent summary of an address by Lt. R. W. Jones of the Navy unit of State College A report by Mrs. H. E. Hodkiss, chairman of the budget committee, was accepted The Chapter authorized a contri- bution to the American Music Con- test sponsored by the State organ- Hostesses for the evening were) Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Thomas Mensch, | Miss Jean McGarvey, and Miss Mary | Fleming Lock Haven Store Damaged By Fire - [REMINDER TO FILE Pire which broke out in the fur-! COMPENSATION RETURNS nace room of the EL. Stein building | RE in Lock Haven, Sunday afternoon, | Employers are reminded that 4th caused considerable damage to the Quarter 1044 Unemployment Com- furniture stock of Mr, Stein, the pensation Returns must be filed with owner, {the Bureau by January 31 1045 to The blaze which was confined to|avold penalty or loss of reduced con. | the interior of the bullding proved tribution rate. A representative of a stubborn one, ‘Three times after the Bureau will main‘ain the firemen left the scene smaller) blazes broke out and were quickly extinguished, Mr. Stein estimated that his stock totalled $18,000 to $20.000, about half covered by insurance, sistance to employers. New employ- | merit rating will also be answered minor gar victims of exposune during » children Barnes. | office | hours, as listed below, to give as Club Leader and ghe ls the T238th | ers are urged to report for assist. | ance and instruction, Questions on UBES. OfMce, Bellefon'e, 9 a m. | Garage At Philipsburg Wrecked By Explosion of Three Kegs of Powder Destructive Blast Occurs When Powder On a ired Ignited From Welding Machine. ht persons were reported in the when Mr building the blast ut only one He hand Mayes, was iffered burn Dut Las mnjured and ben p= by the He was Hos- listed resting ribed parently injured concussion of the blast itself taken to the Philipsburg State pital where his condition | He was 1 well, The bury As second and aird Robert Bush, 37, of we truck Mr. Mayes suffered burns of winds. He wi patient - vcd as [alr ted fairly ¢poL wer (degree e esc burns West Decatur was working the face and ated as n dis » hospital imitted “Punk” Jones, an employ TArage. was working time, The ex r off the jack ~~ unde; the cents was under the jured, He rolled o 1 went tare m the wrist 1 Eldridge the g minor Dar who Was in received a the cCartney PT face 43 M i and Dave Comwii Completing * welded powder EE % 1] loose } kegs of powder were being taken to Continued on page Bix) Families Suffer From Exposure The five Inauguration Day will fo the best of preserve and protec stitution of the United States bility, )e COn- ‘Vietim' Later Arrested For Having Started the Fire searched See ! er because she informed him he could not room at her home He had been there last had ordered Guim m throwing some of his of the door fire fre the house clothing out cine! Members Nearly Perish When Marooned in Deep Snow Banks Two pearby county families were the ent Dr heavy Fred Davis, Mr Laura and Reese w escap? from {re Nis Year none in JIOWH LAY very narr where ing relatis and blowing hard he home of t the afternoon. After wir traveled about Mh n wore Lhe and drifted ¢ 10 Was Unabie to family atl bianket arted to walk, a house where thes helter | the night the storm for an hour before light In a farm house tance off 1 road They ied in reaching the just owner, L Lewis, was blow. off ™ . proceed ne andoned Apping to locate obtain battled apott w JIE A amne «i SU we use Pe out the lamp light for the night His wife had already retired. He re. kindled his fire and made them comfortable. It was 11 o'clock next morning before the snow removed the snow sufficiently them ontinue to Dushore Another case of extreme exposure was experienced by Pvt. Harold A Shaw, of Ramey, Clearfield county who while enroute back 10 his Army post in Georgia, was marooned with his wife and thelr 5J-year-old son for almost 14 hours when their car became stalled in a snowdrift near Winterset, Cambria county Shaw's car bogged down In the deep drifts on the Ebensburg-Lor- etta road during the height of the storm last Monday night, The three kept warm as long as fuel held out to operate the machine's heater and then huddled together until dawn when Fiaw waded walst-deep through snow to a farmhouse to summon ald Later. snowplow crews oxtricated the car from the drifts and Mrs Shaw and her son eontinued to Ramey, while Shaw started back to camp as the ing tye WE fe Pp IL to —— Aaronsburg Member Calf Club Honored Having proved herself capable of doing satisfactory Holstein Calf Club of our neighbors in Central ana district work, Carrie Mae Pledler of Aarons- burg, Las Just been awarded a Cer fificate of Merit and Junior mem- bership In The Holsteln-Friesian Association of America, Brattleboro, Vermont, All privileges of the association except voting have been given to her unt] she is twenty-one vears old She was recommended by the State Holstein Calf Club member acleve this national recognition ms MP —— Dag-Gone, to re. the oO Find Man Dead Vietim of Sudden Heart Attack f » : William G Thursday afte " Apparently the body of 74, was di in the coal hous home at Clintonda Dr WwW 8 County ner who inve Join covered outside his w hoemaker, Clinton Ww r tigated t death ald there no evidence ’ 1] iY ¥ ] foul play, and dred dollars were { pocket A and an ond car retired rails ~American war Mr was born at gheny Forge, Blair count t Clintondale fo rR irRAR epairman a Spanis! veler- Alle- and ! Cinter add r 15 ved a the past YOAr Some children reported having him on Tuesday moming, but neighbors Thursday noticed that no smoke came from the chimney at the Ginter home, where he lived himself, Investigating, they the body In the coal bin ren found The body was taken Closkey funeral home and prepared | burial and was then sent fo Hollidaysburg where funeral services were held Monday at the Wolfe funeral home Mr. Ginter is survived by and a sister y the Mec- in Mill Hall yr his wife a - Motion Pictures at Milesburg Church Beginning Thursday, January 18, the Milesburg Baptist church will sponsor a motion picture program In the church suditorium designed ul- timately to contribute toward the campaign against juvenile delin- quency These weekly programs which will | begin at 7:30 p. m., will include about an hour's showing of sound pictures, ! {many of them in colors, and after a brief intermission during which | those who wish to leave may do so, there will be a period of prayer for men in service and for those who re- ‘main at home and a time of fellow. ship. This Thursday night, “South of ‘the Border With Walt Dizney.” a film in color which shows the life South America will be featured, An OMee of War Information release built around the Marines’ Hymn (and the Coast Guard Song also will be shown. After the intermission {there will be a short prayer meeting. i Anyone who wishes to do 50 may iatlend all or a part of the program. {There will be no admission charge, : —— EE ——., Fire at Houserville When a bad flue fire at the house jon the Ralp Tresaler farm at Houser- {ville broke out at 8:50 a. m, Satur. ‘day, State College Piremen 1the - Search House for Janitor Burned ura ela i Fire-Trapped Man By Furnace Blast ©» Explosion of Coal Gas Causes Damage to Lock Haven Store week and she © Fired At Sheriff, In Coal House But Primer Failed | Aged Clintondale Resident is Snyder County Cripple Makes ['nsuccessful Attempt to Kill he o* dow ost She deviared and firearms i I tireatened pointed out that he had been acting abnormally tomobile burg tw since erippled in an a ident f Middie- Be west Year REO eriff Denius accom! Deputy Sheriff Lear Hummel ceeded to the Hoffman found the youth in downstairs ‘bedroom. Waen they informed him he was under arrest, Hollman pro- creded 10 dress E nied his An instant later he reached under bedclothes, yanked out a 32. calibre long pistol, and fired at the sheriff's a fool away The trigger snapped--but the primer did jnot explode Hummel hit Hoffman. Tie revolver fell to the floor, Hoffman dived af- ter the ordnance. 8a did the sheriffs A melee of several minutes ensued untii Hoffman was overpowered, handcuffed, and whisked off to jail we —— Boy Scouts Plan ourt of Honor Here chrst 3 Two Fires on Same Day Destroy Business Block, Homes, at Jersey Shore = | | | Random Items | LATE, AND EARLY : | their Tax Colle perience mn official an aged n Bellefon Brown Sallada Building and Contents Lost In Early Morning Blaze; Four-Family Apart- ment House Partially Burned ort of wh On the william Jersey Coroner Probes Death of Twins Finds Tyrone Babies Died of Malnutrition and Ex- posure on Malnutriti be Lhe {f Mrs And exposure were cause of death of Louise James, 20, ner's jury at an $1) Thursaas wn Margaret the babies awakening a Hl ne dead and the other Aying one baby lived only a short time was unable to find death came. She money as Income had left her room Was extremely Dr. Replogle was called the home several weeks ago. at the time of the infants’ deaths and this temperature was a contributing fac- tor together Wit: that of malnu- in causing he later to the family before had no hushand cold 10 the little ones to coroner said The father had been discharged from the army and at no time con- tributed to the support of the ba- bles, is sald. He left the state some months ago and is residing in Ohio trition die, the i : Farm Machinery Course Is Offered Warriors Mark-Franklin Jt district is again offering a course in farm machinery repair and electric arc-welding instruction for the farmers within driving distance of the school, irregardless of county boundaries. The objective is 10 give farmers an spportunity to do their own repair work on machinery es- sential for food production next summer. Instruction will be under the direction of Clayton Dickson and The school Plans for a public Court of Honor Hugh Wilson with Willlam Bickle to be eld In the School auditorium February 8, Bellet mte Hig on Thursday, were discussed mittee, Boy Scouts, in the high school last Wednesday night E. Keith Anderson, of Bellefonte, chairman there were 22 committee members present. The guest speaker was Rob- ert D. Smith of Lewistown, Juniata at al/lng Program and meeting of the Muncy District Com- | Federal funds, There are no charges presided and’ Valley Council Scout executive, who reviewed the activities for 1944 and outlined a program for the current year. The Court of Honor will be a awards and merits carned since Scout Camp last summer will be presented, winsimsestlisma— Name Relief Officers Arthur A, Boob was named presi. : 1 | As secretary The course is given un« der the Food Education War Train is financed by made for the course, although own- #s of equipment are expected to pay for new materials or repair parts used on A repair job, The sessions will be held on Tues agriculture shop in the high sc building at Warriors Mark from 7:30 to 10:30, The first meeting will be January 16 at 7:30. * fine fi00l | In the second fire 0:20 p. on Rumming tenant been mn y floor Woman Sentenced for Death of Man Enters Plea of Guilty for Part Played in Street Brawl Mr Oly loons, was Sentence Ive it day 10 ae {rom in the Blair $25 alter F J pita § ab of and u Jair county dusty Calvin Lang accepled onection wit A. Weide! § BOT resided Proc wit} for t} aer | ding : Ww Im ruption the trial | sreamed {eheeks a guilty ! With {ie commonwenlt Weide] result ooru Wedne Gown * Irre re rs ung, lea Westover the a m Mrs signed Pen oontend- ing that skull as ng had head pounded Ni a football ARRIY Dert Judge Patter tence, stated th not be VETriooK ex wat she herself had to voluntary homicide Mrs. West children armed foros that Was er this statement was the commonwealth mansiaught mother of two sons in att sald st and orroborated by five and s the 8 8 La this offense Two Injured in Crash of Airmail Plane Two members of an All-American Aviation mail plane are in West. moreland hospital after their ship crashed In Unity township, West- moreland county Tae pilot, Albert Holstrom, 32, of Mt. Lebanon, father of three, was lin a critical condition, hospital at. taches reported. He suffered a frac- tured skull and other injuries. Cecil Lingar, flight mechanic, 30, of Brentwood, suffered a punctured lung, fractured ribs and lacerations State pdlice said the crash occurs red as the plane was circling after it had missed a pickup at the La- trobe airport. A first ald crew from the Greensburg volunteer fire de- iffered a fractured partment extricated Holstrom from {day and Thursday evenings in the the wrecked plane, police sald The men were on a scheduled flight from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. | — | TEN-TON TOMATO WINNERS ANNOUNCED ————— ner tax nil HISTORY QUIZ ANSWER: Alert reader George Bing Bellefonte, answered the gues fouriii- reader pul 5 space last week about what to the grace dollar Gx on lnrew Acro suver River, 3 points oul, CAUTION NOTICE ; It isn't Bellelonts een Lhe w P» LL too early officialdon rt ’ » wd ik ye treet ORATORY PROMOTER: If. i he of Our will fave other- roQgh his speaking 1 about 16 " 1 JANKE or wise) for the ™ € forts opened here last week with men bers them t rojied The sty rn re Per aA COUrse 1 ibid Linee of ¢ from GOOD, BUT NOT BEST Cer and Bedford = Pike county having subscr F quota MISSIONARIES: A Philipsburg friend the morning got Wo : other relig- mis. 3 Sup- I about werstand work” declared for example the Mohammed- $ were 10 establish mission in Bellefonte, like hristian relig- ions establish oreign lands?” Weil, let's suppose it for a moment What would happen if Moham- medan mission opened on High street? We'd suspect the missionary of all kinds of plotting, intrigue, and nameless erime, Persons who became converts would be looked upon a outcasts by most of us is not stretching the imagination too far to believe the missionary might be asked to leave town, and if he re. fused, he might be escorted to the city limits by force. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gan- der, and if our missions don't do so well in so-called heathen lands, just remember that a Patagonian mis sion established in the U. 8. prob ably wouldn't do so well. either CONTEST: The walls of the grille room at the Brooks-Doll Post American Lege lon Home in Bellefonte, have been virtually covered with scores of ate tractive {llustmtions of the insignia of the various types of units in the armed forces. It would be fun, some long winter evening, 10 get all the on SNonary I % Pose an the a nn Alpha Fred J. Wolf, Hollidaysburg, fin. were called but before they left the ‘dent of the Bellefonte Pireman's meeting, w {ally located a of butter—the Alpha bullding a call came Relief Association at the annual or- Post Office Bullding, Millhelm, 1:30 | jast the . Paying 24 points from the Tressler family saying | Undine House, ficers elected were John what p.m. to 3:30 p. m., Jan. 23, |and cash, i put fire was under control, you i: Russell Beeger, : There was smoke damage to the to 12 noon, Jan. 23, and R. Y. Edwards Office, Glennland | it on the ¢ . When - Building, State College, 12 noon to brought his wife in to surprise her, The year 1045 will be 6 p. m., Jan, 26. he found his dog had eaten it, make it,
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