\ Gui Jesse ADLER Looks at | The Most Widely Read Newspaper In Centre County A Visitor In Seven Thousand Homes Each Wee | SECOND SECTION the NEWS Le dhe Centre Demo NEWS, FEATURES HEADLINE: Miles Apart.” read about the IF ALL this fighting doesn't stop between Jesse Jones and Henry Wal- lace, F. D. R.'ll probably wind in a Montgomery Ward THE Nazi government been reported moving all its important papers from Berlin, Don't like forged forgeries, huh? GUESS the reason PF. D. R. nomin- ated his son Elliott to wear a sta on his shoulder was to stop the w from saying “ie was the only Col- onel wearing Flying Dogs stead of Chickens! JIMMY DURANTE an¢ Frank Sinatra will go overseas for the USO shortly. Title of their show should be: “Voice of the Nose.” COLUMNIST Ear! Wilson has just gone Coast-to-Coast at nds radio presents only two problems, They censor only two things ym his scripts, reference tH i) the rear. Earl may solve lem by becoming a war dent who constantly rafe INCIDENTALLY Earl LaGuardia's system of the snow In NY mighty They push it into the middk street, t9ien to the curb, tl middle of the street, then the curb they wear i Not from what Big Taree! ip has fe { . is OL en back don’t Ont IF the proposed cigar ing program through Comi¢ Buddy Lester, “that radio cal letter phrase ‘LS-MFT, LS-MFT will have to be changed to ‘L8-T¥T Lucky Sucker Try'n Find Then A ST. LOUIS truck drive: peared after getting cigarettes and I( deliver, Police al viee-ve COL. Larry MecPhail, f Bklyn Dodger discharged from the army tll what he going io al gets out. Probably’! wind left field THE Russ rapidly one dents, formerlv a spo w campeign Lok . ® goes di 125 carton cigar im boxes of Le ident of the to ans are of the rt f fers to Olympics “BUT will be real Ol smashad when to work Hitler,” Jean Brunner, Commander-in-Chief the Veterans of Poreign Wars break every Olympic high jmp re ord in history JUST in America way her friends to the games, A SCIENTIFIC magazine states a deadly Ceylon Beetle .can only be killed by applying the lit end of a cigarette but to it. Tell that to your dealer the next time 1 beg cigarettes the the Allie on Says Fan acros She's y ugh ’ 3 y . father Can en wie only tire We oO house is to run Bin vey for POLICE in woman's secre Cause was owler but Miami ams anda two owls wiser ~L0-be { pet A NEW pilot depend iis more than he could i struments, So he'd and when he wasn't rection was home eon {ree let Modern rier.” LETTER Adler had thi lower left-hand velope: “If not please try like on and adil version of from my corner of delivered hell on the 6tl — .- Child Suffers Severe Burns A 10-year-old youngster was trea ed for burns at Altoona Mercy pital dispensary Friday, h ing having caught fire as watching her brother Edna June Frazier, 10, T was standing by her brother in a slip when a plece of coal fell out of the furnace, catching the garment fire. She was badly burned about tart a of Tyrone on the entire surface of her back and | on the back of boty arms / ae An Explanation For the information of Valley subscribers whose The Centre Democrat were delayed several days last week we report that the papers were placed in the malls at the regular time, and that the delay was caused by snowsbhound transportation and mall facilities We regret the delay, and Sope there will be no further trouble from that source Penn’ coples of “Allies Now Only 500 | we | } insisted on a VOLUME 63. BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1945 NUMBER 5 Hold-Up of Paper Truck Last Thursday May Link With Triangle Robbery - Opinion Current That Latest Attempt May Be Part of Gang Seeking to Rob The The hold-up of une newspaper Thursday morning, hing the seco similar truck SOAr( mail, marked in a week of a Blair county The ing alone and on foot in contrast the two men who used a ! theft the Blair-Centre « 1 morning of January tempts at highw £ SUHCCessIon tocky-bullt bandit near ¢ on the two at No Boots, Man Kicks Up Fuss LLock Haven Ration Board Makes Charges Against Truck Driver Alderman | liam M. Frederick er Haven Ration Board 1 H. Barnard th a mem COArgIng ault WK with As and bodily w of heads togeth#r and harm. He is sald to have jeft fice in a shambles At the conclusion of the hearin Barnard was Reld TOF court ander $500 bail on a charge of assault and batter do othe Injured Highway Worker Recovering ay when rear wheel of be recove miisfactorily at Hospital whers is undergoing treatment Mr. Miller, a State Highway partment employe, was now plow between Boalsburg Potters Mill dipped fell under the $200 Damage In Automobile Crash In 14) Route 322 near Tusseyville p. m. last n two cars involv mately $200 jured John CG and Centre operating when he venice Accident on 12:15 damage approxi- was In- tomaohbil automobile at to Ishler, 40, of Lancaster Donald Lowery, of State Col- lege, R. D., were the operators of the machines. Lowery's car skidded into the rear of the Ishler machine { which was halted on the road while | the driver repaired a tire chain | Lowery [alled the machine ahead because of snow which was | being driven by high winds. State Police from Pleasant Gap inves tigated 10 see Third of Its Kind | : The Pennsylvania State College's | Engines ring Experiment Station was | he | the third of its kind to tabe lished In the United State Opportunity For Women To Earn and In this year of 1045, American women are offered the greatest op- portunity to serve their country by accepting clerical positions which are more easlly filled by women than by men, The need for stenographers and typists in busy government of- fices and establishments in Philadel phia, has reached such an alarming high, that the United States Civil Service Commission Is asking every available person to apply for these positions which are vital to our suc- cess in the trying days to come, You are given a choice of working for the Army or Navy in positions whic are distinet parts wer drive. Philadelphia agencies, such as the Naval Aviation Supply | Depot, Quartermaster Depot, and Btorage and Issue Agency, are dese perately in need of your aelp Te Naval Aviation Supply Depot ' » pentral ft agency and control Mn ge opr Bp wi material for naval alreralt In all the manufacture of army er the country, with Speed Victory : very few exceptions, including WACS and Army Nurses clothing: and the mission of the Storage and Issue Agency Is to act as cen‘ral control agency for the Signal Corps, These positions offer good training and ex! perience for post-war jobs In the years to come, Opportunities for ad« vancement are good. Minimum start. ing salary for both stenograjiiers and typists is $146 a month, includ« | ing overtime pay. Experienced worke | (ers may start at higher salaries, | Won't you help? Important letters! ‘must be written—war messages must | be transcribed-orders for supplies, of the nation’s weapons, and’ equipment must be! {rushed through, If you're not engaged in war work | of equal skill, why not see the Unit- ied States Civil Service representa tive, James I. Hockenberry, station« {ed at Room 314, Post Office Bulld« | ing, Altoona, He will be glad to talk things over willy you, and those qual ified will be given Immediate ap Or contact the United secretary or any United States Employment Service for further details, United States Mails f the Funeral Car Kills Child On Street Holliddvsburg Es ot « ‘rashes’ Head-on Inte Funeral Procession Whe Tuesday Kare head-on 10 rh- ' H 0a of ie rries me, Holliday pled by Rev of Duncansvill Mr tated that the police ad 4 f ind LS funeral me and A Tew minute Mr Dean Brua coroner, that warned the « ride there for nu the Child Cuts Tongue In Fall From Toy tree! Sammy Russell, five-year-old son of Lt. (yg) and Mrs. Joseph Russ- ell, of 720 S. Allen street, State Col- lege, suffered a laceration of the tongue last Thursday while riding on a toy metal dump truck at his home While one witnessed the ace cident, it is believed that the truck upset, causing him to fall to the sidewalk. In falling his chin struck the walk, causing his teeth to cut his tongue The boy was brought to the Cen- tre County Hospital where four stitiches were required to close the wound, after which he was permit. ted to return home. His father is in the Navy and is stationed at Mi- ami, Florida, no - Two Sedans, Tractor | Damaged In Crash In an accident involving two se- individuals. However, a Ground ‘Hogs | Copy of Old Bellefonte '7/ Newspaper Credited With Local Prize Snake Story What Was An “Old-Fashioned” Winter Like? Don’t Ask. This is It! grandpappy Te old-fashioned loose and Years ago a writer ter we had in that » job of tittle ribed the wiz ve been blundering » December 1, we'll ent the Diamond, come Not at All! winter « If we nd ice ber that Sane - wl 1936 Tough? f us thought Was a tough ightly, mr streets } § 1835.36 remember 1 for- med on the ter, and pt 1 in Pebruary Well Bellefonte November 30 this yemr, and from the looks of things wingsters will have to cut t ice off their favorite swim - ming holes when school is over this Spring ™ ” F Take the testimony of Ceorge Narehood, of Pine Glen, for example George Is a lumberman, whose oocu- mn for many years has kept him never DOW AS formed on streets on ! - : yt a ™ pats Feet Deep hat at } lumber Pine feet of 6 ar fv Ar rom of 3 rifts 1 He reach knows bee walks the 1 mii io one ook them from 9 : that show ito camp i wked Deer traverse 3} } heavy imposible darive the road is compietely Almost Hidden vk tefl Abe neared the camp” Nage- ox! elated, “we saw three or four doer which became frightensd when mw us. They have made beal- they LE Con? ed page Rix Given Grant To Promote Safety Penn State to Be Used For Training Operators of Trucking Fleets A $14.000 grant m tw tive Balety Poundation wa \ ed the Penns y will « Autom ROCe - yvivania State College tablish n national training center for ie fleet Ast week mot vehi Amd head Public repre irative f WGmuni b Institute SBafet) ommitiee enting 11 safety transpor- been ap- national center afety program ation organizatio had pointed to assist in promoting and that will be stitutions fleet regions up a throughout during the fiscal year ww! The training plan ive years ago, reached year when 600 fleet resenting inaugurated a peak last SUP visors rep- approximately 225000 ve- hicles elved t at 19 region- al Ine re KRINning titutes 2 Sailors Foiled In Prison Break Caught While Attempting to Dig Through Williams- port Jail Wall iveatigatl ount ternoon Hy with federal cl Cal Tae pair ar Harold Taylor, 1 and Hobard Mas land O from Naval Base at Florida T ervicemer Sheriff Joseph M George 1. Heffron them gouging out pls beneath a wind cell on the Cast corner J Jall officials sald the sailors pleaded gulity fore a federal com- missioner to ar charges and ving detained at Williams port until their cases came up It Federal Court at Lewisburg Ix t) 1 wer Sch sta ne forage north- w woond floor in of the jail have the were ¢ ¢ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS + Old-Age and Survivors Insurance The Social Security Board in Wil- Hamsport, receives many inquiries each week concerning the old-age and survivors provisions of the Social Security Act. Due to the con- fidential nature of these Inquiries we cannot use the names of the ing some of the questions asked plies, w Ans. Yes. You are covered by the Social Security Act. The can- ining factory is your employer and we are list- De not the Federal Government, Q My young son age 15, works part time in a grocery store. Must get a Social Security Acoount number and should his employer during this past week and our re- (eh the tax from his pay? Ans. Yes. Your son should have {a Social Security number and his 1 was over 65 years old Jan- employer is required by law to de- dans and a tractor at Penn Hall uary 1, 1937, when the Social Se-|quct the tax from his wages. There about 8 p. m. Saturday, no one was curity Act went into effect. I have i no age minimum for employes injured, but damage totaled about Worked in a steel mill during on under the Social Security Act. All at Pleasant Gap sub-station, who conducted an investigation. The accident happened when a) sedan driven by George Nagle, a sailor, of Shamokin, ran into a trac- tor owned by Arthur Auman, of | Spring Mills, which ‘was parked in the driveway of the Condo store at Penn Hall. The sallor's ear then grazed a sedan owned by N. 8B. Heckman, of Spring Mills, R. D,, which was parked nearby. ($400, it was reported by State Police and 1043 but am no longer ab work. Can 1 get monthly insurance payments? £ i employes who work in employment covered by the Soclal Security Act | Mrs. Mabel Barner, who lives Frizite Old File of Bellefonte ‘Patriot’ Reveals Tall Tale of 11-foot Blacksnake Swallowing Another Larg By Hentvy W, Shoemaker In the Altoona Tribune y. Out another snake £. On pulling measured five {eet of This was the cause of shake being no doubt strangled by is greedy mouth snake long the the cattle watchers of the ountain where it war snake was swifter than def ihe great of WAS mnes 10 the June 19 Set For Primary Election Bi-Partisan Group Agrees on Change to Allow For Soldier Vote agreed on 15 primary i peace-time September date hange will be made in y laws 15 allow more time 3 rir anf he {194 ee Cciaom w Republican bis ’ Salvage Collection In Spring Mills Area ollection of waste ans in Spring Mill will take place on Saturd 3, according to a ement by ff the Gregg T noun the mittee Cinb Funds the will be used, as in Yelp defray expenses of Commitiee the Civie Club, which has commendable work in with members of the forces from Gregg township committee also maintain Townsiilp Honor Roll displayed in front of the school Salvage materials should be placed in front of properties for collection by truck early Saturday moming February 3. Be sure that materials are gecurely wrapped or packed in cartons The Government needs paper bad- ly to help our fighting men ws A ——— Lock Haven Home Burned w > unl r fo ale of als { ry ni Greggs been Keeping in armed This the Gregg touch The two-story frame dwelling in Lock Haven in which Mrs. Olive Brown lived, was completely destroy ed by fire last Thursday morning. Starting about 10:30 o'clock from an unknown cause, the fire blazed up furiously and destroyed the struc ture in spite of the work of the three fire companies who fought the fire for an hour and 15 minutes, Mrs. Brown, who lived alone, had started a fire in the range and had gone for a short visit with her moth- nearby, when the flames were dis- covered, She was unable to save either furniture or clothing from her | doctors e Reptile Old snake Roddy Stork Crashes Snow Blizzard of Drifted Roads Fails to Halt ‘Bird's’ Inconvenience Arrival He started t a1 ArTanging enroute for be picked up from the way and driven to t bBeh-sled Mr. Walker sa and the only we docior t main high ne home In a he called seven he : he Fire Causes Slight Damage at Milesburg resulted to the double he Wednesday after- fire of undetermined through weather. jocated Slight damage Mrs. Mantie Pressier in Milesburg when MLSE last noon origin burned the boarding of rear of at Lhe ruct Member Logan Fire pany of Bellefonte answered alarm and used water from a booster tank to extinguish the blaze. Dam- age was estimated at about $25 The house upied by the fol- lowing families: Mrs. Ellery Shope and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hastings three children, and Mrs and two childrer - Named Commissioners’ Clerk Walter Armstrong of East Bishop street, has been named assistant clerk to the Centre County Commis sloners, succeeding Mark Williams, of East High street, who resigned to accept a position Titan Metal Company plant comes effective the st ire of the Com iii- an is Oo at the Me LOaay - - - The best generals, it appears, are writing for the newspapers Random [tems | HELF WANTED! Have you y WEIVOGL RA: ) J hone while ung? your ) slay it Lh youngsters the Gd [ols gO « for the ¢ of ver 8 Ey many many are more the fall of Despit f9v) Jn » and who ha fre | wi A wt of on . Ve nar sid, he received of the caret? NOTHING (CHANGES: See the papers, Monda GI paper “Stars and Strip editorial blast against effort in America, notes that won here at home are still draped in pensive while Yank for lack of age It was the same U1 onary War times, Washis soldiers froze £13 death at Valley Forge and elsewhere, while members of the then infam Congress of the United States en- tertained at lavish course dinners and discoursed learnedly of period furniture, antique glass, and busi- ness prospects. War for too many of us in the United States, is some- thing fhe other fellow worries abom That's why we've always felt Hitler will never send any robot bombs this way many people nee would Jearn, all of a sudden, that the United States is at war the furs soldiers freeze at PY ryt ¥ o quate clothing the front Revolut Ons WIVEeG Too SHORTAGE: Believe it power short ant get © wood We got 00n spent Jellefonte, and you owe it a Saturday in one of or Fe not there's a in Hollywood } directly from H t from Satu the State T1 we man- We 4 olly- a a‘ter: before ¢ rher 10 spend afternoon the here, shows West - 10 feature a horse opera—ihere Was a Senator who was working the cattle ranchers beir charged exorbitant for water from a private company. Then there was his twin bry a no-good fel jow, who was trving balk his brother's plans. The roles of both bry were played by same mar 3ut lo and behold, a couple features later, one dealing with underhand work in the Sultan's pal- a turbanned and robed fifth vice stalked out of a dark alley. As he came out into the light it was revealed that he was the same man who several pletures earlier had been Western 1- brother WINTER: There's little enough he love of winter In u to reciate it beauty, bul we upon geting in bed with a pile of blankets well stacked over us, that the view to- ward the north has certain elements of beauty on a moonlight night. The white-clad mountains stand cold and clear against the blue sky Trees and little houses stand out in sharp KAYE from rats ther Lhers Lhe or mir mad the Senator and account ap find, relief against the snow. Things ook Continued on page Bix Employes Awarded Trophy For Work in War Loan Drive In recognition of their outstand- ing work in the 6th War Loan Drive,! West Penn Power Company em- ployes of the Nittany District, com- prised of Bellefonte and State Col lege, were presented with a Fighter Plane trophy last Friday at a lunch eon at the William Pesan Hotel Pittsburgh, President H. L. Mitchell | made the award before a group of for the two fighter planes to A J Lois, chairman of the Employe War Bond Committee. One of ne fOgiiter plane certificates was given to the Nittany winners and the other to the Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Oo. rune ners-up in the drive, who were rep- resented by F. P. Shrum The Treasury's certificate for Pa- triotic Cooperation Rendered in Be- officials and war bond half of the War Finance Program was also presented 0 each of
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