- Ser atRt bi HERS WAR BONDS , abe Cenfre Democra MEAN MORE THAN A 6000 INVESTMENT VOLUME 64. NUMBER 11. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945 Five County Men On Casualty Lists Pfc. Herbert G. Yarnell, Valley View, Killed in Italy; Man Missing in Action; Local Soldier Is Prisoner; Two Slightly Wounded The week's casualty reports fr World War IT battlefronts lists « Centre county man killed, one miss- ing in action, one a prisoner of wor, and two wounded Pfc, Herbert G. Yarnell, 21, of Val- ley View, was killed in action Italy on February 23. Pfc. Ralph H, E. Immel, 18, of Centre Hall, has been missing in oc- tion in Germany since February 20 Pfc. Estell J. Swatsworth, of Belle- fonte, previousiy listed as missing in action in Belgium since December 18, is reported to be a prisoner war in Germany The wounded a1 m ne of MILLHEM MAN TAKES OWN FE Mitchell H. Found Dead in Shed Near Home A 68-year-old man residing Spring Mills spent Saturday ] in Millheim visited a tobacco stor where he purchased his usual allot- ment of tobacco, talked with friend: and about midnigiit went home. Arriving there he changed into old clothing. went to a nearby im- plement shed where he kent his car, placed the muzzle of a 12-gauge shotgun under his cain and pull the trigger. His Hfeless body was liscovered in the shed about 7 a. m. Sunday, when members of his daughter's family, with whom he resided, start- ed a searc) for him The deceased is Mitchell Herbert Swartz, who made his home with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs. 8. John Moser, near the Heck- man cemetery, Spring Mills, R. D. 2. Members of the Moser family could wesign no reason for he wel, other than that Mr Swartz for several days had seemed to be greatly wor- ried Centre County Coroner (Continued on page Bi) Man Jailed After Motor Crash Here Ear] F R.D 1, wa Jal] late Tuesday he wa parked at pital nurse treet Spicer was driving w lowbank street w the left of chine nurse at and Mis nurse at the left the Deit Car fore it was ck Both machine aged. Spicer and tree or sengers in his car escaped There was no one in the car Spicer wa scheduled hearing last night before Justice « the Peace William H. Brown here BY HT BY AR SRSLY HRT Philip Bathurst, 8, of Ty- rone, Struck by College Woman's Machine ed Charles 8picer, 18, of Bellefont lodged in te « night after struck machin the Centre Hi Willowbank driving fl County home 1] the road Sarah ital, Mi Bertram ition ! owned by Deitric the hos] Virginia instit moment were badly f 07 Philip Bathurst, 8, son of Mr, and Mrs. Walter Bathurst, of Tyrone, formerly of Bellefonte, was seriously injured last Thursday night when he was struck By a car on Park ave. nue, Tyrone, He is a patient in the Altoona hospital where his condi- tion, while sligatly improved, mains serious The youth suffered a fracture of the upper left leg, a possible fracture of the skull possible internal injur- jes, & bad laceration of the right ear, laceration of the left khee, lac- eration of the lower leg and numer ous brush burns covering practically the entire area of fis body. Tyrone police sald” Mrs, Betty Stephens, of Btate College, struck the child. She told Investigating of - ficers that she stopped at once and picked up the child. A sallor who was a passenger in the ear, held Philip until they arrived ot a phy- siclan's office, After receiving treat. ment there the boy was sent by am- re. bulance to the hospital, For a time English in the Tth and 8th grades, has the “stage cleared for action,” to have threatened to take his life Hi Swartz, 68, ; T/5 Grove Frank W. Dean, Mills, slightly Germany, February 20 Pvt. Everett fonte, R. D. 1, Germany, February Pie. Yarnell Killed war. Department tele ed last Thursday b Francis E. Yarnell w. Bellefonte, revealed that their Pfc. Herbert GG, Yarn a, killed in action on February 23, I 30 Pine wounded in 18, Belle- wounded in J. Fauzey, slightly 29 A cel Mrs Vi it " i ram Mr. and of Valley res ( » county soldier ice Dect Cumberl Wis calle 1942 and wis assigned to and wa sent to Colo., to begin training year and i for mber 22 al troopers at N*w Camp Hale He rem returned to and after spending a A riough at hi home ent to Camp Carson, Colo, and again to Camp Hale for ad- sd training, He remained there is before nell (yon the ney wen the ates parent: being given visit home he embarkation nt overseas in January of , landing in Italy. The last was polr wrote his mother re a month to send ago ted her him ° r and candles Yarnell attended Bellefonte High School and was employed as a truck driver bv the Bellefonte Staaf fer Stores at the time of entering service Born at Union Purnace, March 20 1923, he was a Francis and Reba Spencer Yarnell. In addition to his parents, three brothers and a sister survive. They are Cpl. Mar- ion F now in France: Richard Miss Josephine and 1! Jackie, all at home son of Plc, Immel Missing Pfc. Ralph H. E. Immel, 18, son of Mrs. Mabe! Immel of Centre Hall, has been missing in action in Cer. many since February 20, it was dis- closed War Department tele. gram received Friday by his mother The Centre Hall soldier, who wa rvis infantry I fi an hird Army und in a © - Car Strikes Pole ot Howard Intersection Mr. Albright on Main suddenly Walnut make the turn » [| east ed Lurme treet rignt to ar enter falled to crashed into a | front Butler iffered i ' Carrie home One of laceration of ¢ other a nose 'aceral NENOLDTORETURN 10 SCHOOL ST Miss Nuss Granted Leave of Absence: Schools to Observe V-E Day Harry C. Menold, n tructor in the school will return to the [acully Bellefonte High School as cal drawing Instructor next fall as the result of action taken by the Belielonte st 1001 board at a regular meeting Monday night Mr. Menold, who left the local school system last fall to accept the position in Jeannette, wrote to the board for reinstatement in his for- mer position here, and the board, by unanimous action, granted the request. The vacancy caused by his resignation last fall bad not been filled. Mr. Menold will return to Bellefonte at the same salary he was receiving when he left the come, munity, ! A report by Tax Collector George A. Brown for February, revealed col- | lections of $1206.19, leaving an un | pald balance of $5,226.50 on the cur«| rent duplicate, | | Miss Dorothy finger w an Ine of Jeannette, of the mechani- Nuss, teacher of SUBSCRIPTION—$1.50 PER YEAR. Architect Sketches Proposed Additions to Hospital Photo al sKeleoy dra Kennedy now Cents Bellefonte woukd tions which are orial to Centre wnt Most outst proj trance, trance a two-ston the 1" nu waging wed addition consisting of portico in memorial planned. would Hou War memorial While } OY nn ire UM Pao posed ENIRE COUNT iY » ire HOSPITAL Basigronte » Pa, ran bos >. - on Brave ® AGED MAN FOUND AD IN HIE G. N. Wolfe, 83, of Spring Mills, Dies After Wander- ing From Home A search conducted hlood « hounds from Rockview penitentiary firemen {rom Etale College, Pleasant Gap, Centre Hall, and Millheimn, ahd by hugtreds of Pent Valley citizens came fo a close about | p m. Sunday with the discovery of th lifeless body of an aged Mills had wandere aden | git o wall Newt x: Wolle een embdans resulted AT wa lass int wien 3 Oo Bloodhounds from Rockvies Eating Places Here Close at Midnight f Operation of Commi a New War Manpower ling In Bellefonte, be ginning Monday nig! results in a complete shutdown of all eating « tablishiments town af midnight every night on 1 ) if in The ruling sets forth that any res- taurant which has not been open 24 hours a day, must close at midnight No Bellefonte restaurants have been operating 24 hours a day, al- though three or four have normal sawdules of 21 hours, remaining closed only from about 24. m. 0 b a.m It is reported that restaurant own. ers who feel that their establish ments should be permitted to remain open after midnight may petition the War Manpower Commission for permission to do so In Bellefonte many Industrial workers have been depending upon local restaurants for meals while go- ing to and from work after mid- night Biman AS ————— Citizens’ Meeting Scheduled Tonight The Citizens’ Commities to abate the Bellefonte lime dust nuisance the boy was unidentified and the was granted a sabbatical leave to|C. N, Stamm, chairman of the com- mother, © of the accident, went to the physician's office. is the former Ada- , daughter ett, of Belle most of her girl. work on an advanced degree at) | Penn State, and Miss Hannah Wes- | esky, of Morrisdale, a teacher with) to take her place, Mrs. Marjorie Walton Grundy, of mittee, reports, in issuing a call for A general citizens’ meeting to be held in the Court House tonight, the late five years’ experience, was elected Thursday, March 15, at 9:30 o'clock. Mr. Stamm stated that the come mittee had engaged the services of hut grandmatiier, Sarat Philimburis wae named as a tenth (ASITSS Toll Climp to secure onte, accident, jer of commercial subjects In the (Continued on page Pour) facts on what can be done to re will be made at We tonight, a pe on | be a his report | [> Former Local Works With Prisoners former the lefonts Evangell cal and Reformed church, who an Army chaplain i= attached to the 174th General Hospital in the Euwro- wan theatre of operations, ministers Germans L LRT] TY IORS paste 0 Pris the ers ane brought into under guard. In a communication Ww the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains, Washington, D, C,, Chaplain Moyer has described bis experiences: amutly Wath ow tives and thelr response to religious effort follows fa, Minister 176 tended port 3 that ed L BED al ( At home this rainister of a rural charge with five « ee. Because of its similarity he likes thizx work much. Bome of the prisoners are indifferent to religion WrVices Others w510 are favorably disposed gel off the job tod late and re too tired to attend services “1 hold my services our tent nmr tia services pastor urci- Vers in YE FO ly TIA oT Rave been able 5 get only 100 portion- poses nd tv) Germa Bibles r A | this work L the Cy HOSPITAL HERE Joel Royer, Zion, Provides Furnishings and Main- tenance of Room to bx ial Room late for pr Harry a private j« Ve Memaor he Will of Zion, filed office of Registe ¢ of thu R82. retired farmer, died in Zo on Marcel result of exposur ile shove KArag on Feb. d when he became ill » " now near | 20. and was heipis i} HH] q for 17 u The named lefonie C Be executor Trust Company of will which digned on January 19 1940. Two codicils, one dated December 8, 1042 and the other December 0. 1943, are appended to the will In addition to the hospital be- quest Mr. Royer provided trust funds for the Zion Lutheran church the Tressler Orphans’ G1ome at Loy. ville, and the Good Shepherd Home in Allentown Other bequests include cash funds (Continued on page Pour) ne Wis Recovering From Self-Inflicted Wound Charles A. Long, 34, of East Bish- op street, is reported to be recover ing rapidly at the Centre County Hospital from a self-inflicted wound of the throat, | Mr. Long wag found in the cellar | of his home about noon on Sunday | and was rushed to the hospital where It was found the Injucy was| not a severe one ! The man, unemployed, 's reported on previous occasions and after committing the act called to his fe and told her what he had done, e found him in a pool of hiood (and summoned the Widdowson am- bulance, live, Promoted Captain LL Gerald BR. Wiser Lieutenant Wiser, who was com- manding the 10th infantry, 5th Dive ition of the 3rd Army. Gas been promoted to the rank of captah friends in Centre county have re- cently learnaed. He Is the son of Mr and Mrs, Therman ©. Wiser, and the husband of the former June A. Wil. liamg of Port Matilda, He 1 a grad- uate of Port Matilda High School and on May 10, 1042, graduated from Penn State College, June 20, 1943, lie left for overseas duty, golng first to Iceland. He was assigned by succes. sive steps to England, Ireland and France, and 15 now stationed some- vaere In Germany. Auman Named As North Ward Assessor Toe Centre County Commissioners’ office yesterday reported that four lax assessors have resigned their posts and that the Commissioners have appointed successors for two of them. Klinger has resigned as as at 8:30 pom. The prisoners’ i week purchased the MAN 15 FOUND DEAD IN HON Mrs. Verna Hackenberg, 66, Rebersburg, Succumbs to Heart Attack Mrs. Verna Breon Hackenberg 66, widow of the late W. J. Hackenberg and widely known throughout Cen tre county through poems published over, a period of years in fis and po comity pers, was found dedd in the bathroom of her home t Reberaburg about noon on Fridsy Discovery of her d shore Lie that eal Bail] I § when IISGRY - Jefferson Dinner To Be Held April 12th eld Thursday it Centre Ha { the Centre Hall Gr wie OG being spot Democrats Iy Bradford commities in a few day hairman Chicago Humorist To Appear Here Arthur (Art) F. Briess humorist known a Knight of Satire,” will be the speak. er at a Bellefonte Rotary Ladies Nigat dinner at the Penn Belle Ho- tel, Friday evening March 16, at 6:45 b'clock, according to Attorney William W. Litke, who will intro- duce the speaker Other features of the program will be songs by Miss Louise Neff, a stu dent of music at Penn State Sr—— : High Purchases Property i 0. High, of Milesburg, this white stucco | building at Pleasant View owned and joccupled by Benjamin P. Sheetz and family. Mr, High purchased the | property, whieh originally was con-| structed as the home of the now! non-existent “Bee Hive Printery” as an Investment, Mr. and Mrs, Sheets plan to move to Bellefonie where! Mr, Sheetz Is a linotype operator at the Keystone Oagetle office, Chic America’s Ly County Vete Be Alls Group Organizec To Aid Returning Service Men; Delegates Agree Veterans Should Handle And Be Re- sponsible For Any and All Memorials new organizall | * Ki §£ memes be re H i orials contemplated now or in the future War veterans Delegates that there should of the conditions which faced re- turning veterans of World War 1 who had difficulty in obtaining even sligist consideration read- justment to civilian lle The new Council proposes 0 make ceriain that the present veterans have some- thing to come back 10, and someone to help them in thelr readjustment problems, a spokesman for the or- ganizction declared The Centre county of many being set stale tiv r3C3Y alg POLE 0% being also wery : x no Lt their group is one up througout the yy mr wry i ™ ’ Bellefonte Man Injured by Car ACK Hot - County Sportsmen To Re-Organize TRL ramen wi A J vk Monday the sponsorship of tilda Sportsmen's Asso All persons interested ir ty Pederation { Sportsmoer urged to I» Wh aon Are resent program organization election of officers will Include a MM a the of - New Pastor nns Evang Bellefont of Um tallation sen A. 8, Asendori, ang u Dotterer Lng. The new minister and hi rived in Hubler on Mare ang are in t sr rire Lee REE ES ax arg GATE - Mc — Kiwanis Club Names Memorial Committee Rumberger, ; Kiwanis ( cegnled respos £117 py : a rr Wi yp Youth Cuts Tongue In Fall From Swing Coal Operator Dies PENNSHLVANIANS ARE FARM-MINDED KDKA Farm Director Is Speaker at Kiwanis Luncheon Here Although Pennsylvania 's one of the leading industrial pations in the adios In 30 million nied Slate r th or omit of all home n ut 8 east e 1 a hiv i {families have sat one radio To fumish programs for these radios ere are 861 broadoasting stations, mMmanging from local 100- walt stations to the 25 “clear chan- nel” stations of 50000 walt power The radio broadeast range, he sald, permits only 108 different wave lengths and to prevent conflict among the #81 stations on the 108 wave lengths requires Intricate scheduling of each station according 10 its power and its jocation with re« spect to other stations radio stations, the
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