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Lock Haven Express, Thursday, August 31, 1944 -Baby Badly Bitten Rat PITTSBURGH, -0P) Two months old Arthur. Ponder was in Hospital from 15 rat both I arins arid lianas. The parents heard the thild scream yester- day andy turned on the lights in I see large, rat leap from the child's crib. CONVINCING PROOF OF THEIR SUPERIORITY that TJtica ClubXXX Cream Ale Pilsneriager are the favoifite millions of bur population. Order a case ATHLETES FOOT GERM TO KILI IT The perni Imbeds deeply.

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APPLY -FUM- STRENGTH for itchy. sweaty or smelly feet 'Tour 36c back tohiorrow if not niemed. Ixxally Wldmann Teafo Adv. Service Notes Allied Airmen Knock Out 23 Jap Vessels Island Supply Ships Sunk By MacArthur; Bases Bombed Again (By The Associated Press) Allied airmen stalking Japanese ships from the Kuriles northeast of Nippon to the Dutch East Indies have knocked out 23 more vessels, 10 of them sunk. Gen.

MacArthur's communique listed nine enemy craft destroyed, small freighters, coastal vessels and types which he said were the sole'supply carriers His father, William J. Durkin, hves TnrJun Allied Coming Already In Fight LONDON Belgium braced! Pvt. Edward S. Elder has arrived in Italy, according to messages received by his wife, Mrs. Sally Elder, and his a d- I mother, Mrs.

EHa Hebley, 1251 UnderQrOUnd, ArhlV North Jay St. Kenneth G. Shoemaker, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.

E. Shoemaker, Star Route, is a member of a unit which has received a commendation from Brigadier- General Jesse C. Auton, Wing Commander, for its contribution in aiding an Eighth Air Force fighter group to become operational in 11 days after arrival on this station in England. Cpl. Shoemaker entered the Army in February, 1943.

He is an assistant crew chief on this airfield. Deaths Sirs. Gabriel Stiver A former Flemington resident. Mrs. Gabriel (Gabe) Stiver, who has resided in Warren, in recent years, died at her home there--several weeks ago at the age of 91, according to word received by local.friends.

Funeral services and inter- 1 Russia Accuses Bulgaria Of A fj nfj MIUM NPW Armv Postoffice cck upon thp com letion of S. -The' huge new postofnce on the site of will start sending 90.000.000 the former Madison Square Gar- 4 Christmas packages overseas next i den bowl. Clair E. Durkui, who was promoted in June from private to private first class, has alsoTecent- ly been awarded the Good Conduct Medal. He is serving with the U.

S. Forces in New Caledonia. -BUD HINEY'S ORCHESTRA FRIDAY Lunch- Veterans of Foreign Wars DANCING 1. EVERY NIGHT A Good Time for All You're Comfortable Always CASA LOMA Nttw Shipment of OilCloth 39c -9-11 E. Main St.

for many Japanese East Indies garrisons. Ranee of New Guinea These and the 10 or more ships damaged, including a 7000-ton freighter-transport, were found by bombers which ranged from Mindanao Island, in the southern Philippines, southward to Celebes, Ceram and Kai Islands, all now within easy range of Allied aircraft operating from newly won bases in northwestern New Guinea. south of Mindanao, was given a 113-ton bomb drub- bihg- Tuesday by heavy and medium bombers. The attackers met no interception as they concentrated cri coastal defenses, supply arid Barracks areas on Wasile and Kaoe.Bays. Five days ago Allied planes hit this stepping-stone to the Philippines with 156 tons of explosives.

Adm. Nimitz in a Pearl Harbor press release said one enemy patrol vessel was destroyed and another one, along with a tanker and a corgo ship, damaged when Army and Navy planes Sunday attacked Paramushiro and vicinity, in the Kuriles. Another Japanese patrol ship also was attacked, 'but the results were hot announced. MacArthur said the planes which struck Ceram s'ank or severely damaged, nine coastal vessels and divebombed oil installations, gun positions and bivouacs at Boela, the east coast. Truk Bombed Nimitz said that Army Liberator bombers also hit an airfield on Iwo Jima.in Islands, 750 miles south of Tokyo; Pagan Island in the Marianas, airfields on Moen 'Island -in Truk Atoll, where Japanese fighters damaged one Liberator, and Ponape Island in the eastern Carolines.

Navy planes meanwhile attacked Nauru, phosphate center: Sdutheastiol the Car- olinesi and continued neutralization raids against remaining Japanese-held' islands in the Marshalls. An American observer, in China incessant air battering and the hammering blows of, Chinese infantrymen threatened to bog down Japan's drive southeast China, designed to bisect The, Japanese were engaged in bitter fighting ten miles south of Hengyang and 45 miles northwest of that junction. Ficht lor Lishoi Chungking said defending forces still fought for Lishui, potential coastal air base near Japan. Tokyo had previously reported its capture. Chinese also reported Tokyo had ordered Japanese civilians out b'f Shanghai and threatened by U.

S. bombings. Treasury Report WASHINGTON, position of the treasury. Aug. 29: Receipts expenditures net balance total debt in Monument.

Before his induction into the-Army in March, 1943, he was employed by the Harbison- Walker Brick Company. At the completion of his quartermaster training at Fort Lewis, Washington, he came overseas in January, 1944. When he fired the carbine several' weeks ago, he qualified as a sharpshooter. He has two brothers and a sister who are also in the service: Pvt. William E.

Durkin, who is in the Coast Artillery at Camp-Edwards, Pvt. Joseph Durkin, who is in he Air Corps somewhere in. Eng- Pvt. Virginia Durkin ot he Women's Army Corps, is ervirig in the Air Corps at Fort NOW ON DISPLAY INCLUDINC Service Family Sweetheart Humorous General Complete Selection of Boxed We advise you to make selection NOW! Limited Quantity of CHRISTMAS GIFT WRAPPINGS Also Plain White.Tissue Scotch perfect tape for sealing packages The TIMES OFFICE SUPPLIES I Belleronle Ave. STATIONERY GREETING CARDS Oglethrope, Ga.

Two Lockport brothers, Pvt. herself for the ordeal of again i me nt Were at Warren. becoming a country's battlefield and the i Mrs. Stiver is survived by tightly knit under- num ber of children and step-chil- ground now concentrating on dren, most of whom live in Ohio. sabotage, awaited orders fromi Gen.

Eisenhower for a general' uprising as American troops! neared the Belgian border. John J. Bradley John J. Bradley, 59, of Gleason- A spokesman for Prime Min- ton died at his 9 a. m.

ister Pierlot's exiled government in London said that Nazi attemps to exploit i is American bombing as a propaganda weapon to alienate his countrymen against the Allies had failed and that 95 per cent of Belgians are supporting the Allied cause. Well Organized The Belgian underground fighters are perhaps even better organized than those in France because, of Belgium's thickly populated area's. They have stolen arms and vehicles from the Germans and have become a guerrilla outfit. The size of the resistance movement is uncertain, but its potential strength obviously has been reduced by Hitler's action in deporting approximately a half- Warns Balkan Country Which Is Seeking Terms With Allies (By The Associated Press) LONDON. adopted stiff attitude toward Bulgaria i ion Qiea di a a.

m. yeslerdav morning of a heart ail-j toda y. accusing her of still col- ment. Requiem mass will be with the Germans de-, solemnized in St. Joseph's fP'f? her self-proclaimed Church at Renovo Saturday at tralitjr status, wmle a Bulganan 9.30 a.

m. Interment will be in I con VP ion discussed peace terms with the western-allies in Cairo. (The German Radio quoted a Baying her the Drurys Run Cemetery. Mr. Bradley is survived by two r.E!Ghr or ECONOMY ALL MEATS SOLD AT THE WINNER MARKETS ARE I'.

S. INSPECTED. BE SURE TO LOOK FOR THE STAMP YOU BUY YOUR MEAT. SPECIAL SPRING LAMB GRADE AA LEGS LAMB SHOULD. ROAST Ib 37c STEW Ib22c SHOULD.

CHOPS Ib 43c RIB CHOPS IbSOe LOIN CHOPS Ib 59c Funerals services for eight-months-old Sandra Kay Lamey, daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Woodrow P. Lamey of 'Queen's -Run, who died August 29. 1944 at her home of a heart condition, will be held Friday at 2.30 p.

m. at the Foster Chapman residence, Queen's Run. Dr. Howard G. million the size Young wiu officiate.

Interment Villard'L. Crissman and Pvt. Ray Crissman met in New Guinea on August 19, and sent, prompt word their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.

1. Crissman, of the- happy reuri- on. Willard who went overseas with an Air Force unit in June, recently arrived at a New Guinea jase. Ray, wfio left last Decem- jer with a Signal Corps outfit, earned of his brother's arrival and went to see him. Their meet- ng was the first in almost-a year: Another brother, Pfc.

Warren Crissman, is serving in England. Jr. Playmakers Give First Play The Junior Playmakers had a house last evening for the first of their initial play, 'The Day is Bright)" given under he direction of Lois Hartzell at he Playmakers' rooms. The'play will be repeated tonight at 8.15 m. for'any who wish to attend.

Since the performance is very short, and the capacity when the curtain parti and'no late-comers are admitted. Mrs. Hartzell for both performances gives short curtain talk telling how the Junior Playmak- ers were organized this Summer. The play is an entertaining comedy telling in dramatic version an ncident in the life the 17th Century painter Murillo. David Dick plays, role.

District Labor Day Rally At Wmspt. Clinton County members of organized labor unions will be among those attending a united abor rally -in the Elks auditorium at Williamsport Monday evening. Senator Joseph F. Guffey will speak on labor's participation in jost-war political activity at the iqor Day celebration. Howard Davis of Williams- sort, member of, the Lycoming bounty Committee of Economic Development, will talk on the committee's program for labor- management Sol state.director of public relations for the VFW, will present his organizations' program for veterans rehabilitation.

Joseph M. Walsh of Wilkes-Barre, CIO, regional director, will discuss tabor's campaign to revise the Little Steel formula to permit wage increases conforming to a rise in the cost of living. of the Belgian army before the Nazi invasion to Germany. On top of this, government sources say another 100,000 Belgians are imprisoned or are in concentration camps, while 75,000 are held as prisoners of war and approximately 7,500 have been hanged or shot. Rexlsti Are Spies Leon Degrelle, one of the country's chief collaborators and founder of the Rexist Party, has organized, the Rexists along the lines of Joseph Darnand's Vichy Militia into a big spy organization.

Satbotage has mounted steadily since D-day. Strengthens Allies The Russian rebuke, one of the sharpest ever made by Moscow I against Sofia, helped strengthen the hand of the American and British negotiators at Cairo. Rus- sia and Bulgaria are not at war. i "The maneuver of the Bulgar- i ian government will not fool any- body and the Allies are taking this into full account," a Moscow broadcast said. Thus, as a Romanian delega- All Fresh Meat Ground Ib Sugar Cured Winner Brand Ib NECKBONES SPARE RIBS IblOc Ib2Sc SAUSAGE Ib 39c in Cemetery.

I (ion reached Moscow to formalize Delbert D. Kelt, funeral director. DEHAAS i Mabelle of Beech. Creek, died at Providence, R. Aug.

29, 1944. Funeral services will be held at the Bechdel Funeral Home, Beech Creek, at 2.30 p. m. Friday. Burial will be made in the Hayes-Fearon Cemetery.

Bechdel Funeral Home, Beech Creek. Kleppers Continued from Page 1 and of the P. O. S. of A.

Both under Gen. Chevalier van Strij- donack de Burkee, which was trained and equipped in Britain, is advancing with the Allied armies in France. Rafters Charred An oil water heater its burner Meanwhile, the Belgian army I he and Mrs. Klepper have been faithful members of St. Johns Lutheran Church for 40 years.

Last of Children Mrs. Klepper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, of Loganton R. is the only one of nine children living.

Her father served a 90-day draft in the Civil War. When his physician told him 12 years ago to retire in the interests of his health, Mr. Klepper did so. with the result that today Births Son for Smiths A son was born at the Lock Haven Hospital this morning to he is in splendid condition for a Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Smith, Salona, R. D. Boy for Haffleys Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Haffley of Mill Hall are cr a son, man of 80.

Mrs'. Klepper, who is three years younger, is also in flne health but both have felt the excitement of celebrating the anniversary of their marriage 60 years ago. Plans for the celebrs- born yesterday Kaven tion have been carried out by that country's armistice and Red Army hordes drove her more deeply into Romania and Tran- i Syivania, the stage was set for collapse of Hitler's Balkan ramparts. An Ankara dispatch said Romanian signature of an armistice in the Russian capital appeared likely within 48 hours. Romanian troops already are fighting beside the Russians.

In Bulgarian Ports The Moscow Radio said Ger- jj man Black Sea naval.vessels, in- eluding submarines, had found a haven in'Bulgarian ports, and tj "in violation of the neutrality; proclaimed by Bulgaria, these ships were not subject to a regime of internment." Moscow declared Bulgarian troops still were fighting along with Germans against the Yugoslav Partisans and, the Greeks. Radio France in Algiers said an armistice between Bulgaria and the Allies might be signed today. Berlin acknowledged todaythat a revolutionary movement had broken out in its puppet state of Slovakia and that some garrisons had deserted. Riots In Slovakia. The official German news agency, DNB, said riots occurred at several places in Slovakia and quoted a German Foreign Office PORK LIVER PORK KIDNEY WEINERS IblSc 15c Ib 35c BOLOGNA Ib 35c LEBANON BOLOG.

Ib 48c MINCED LUNCHEON SPICED LUNCHEON Ib 3Sc Ib 49c WINNER BRAND NU-MAID Ib 22c POTATOES 59c $3.75 WALDORF TOILET TISSUE 6 -25c WAYNE EGG MASH JASH $4.05 FLY SWATTERS ea lOc FLY RIBBONS 4 for lOc FLY SPRAY canlOc FLY POWDER STEEL pkglOc Scrub BRUSHES lOc TOOTHPICKS MATCHES ..6 boxesZSc Hospital. Bucks Have Son A son was born this moniing at the Private Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buck, 7 Canal this city. Hospitals Anthony Percell of Mill Hall and Mrs.

John Hayes of Hublersburg were admitted to the Lock Haven Hospital as medical patients yesterday, and Mrs. Calvin Dershem of Lock Haven, R. D. 1, was admitted to the Private Hospital last night for medical attention. Former Mayor E.

E. Shoemaker, 330 East Bald Eagle had his tonsils removed this morning at the Private Hospital. Evening Of Music At Salona Friday SALON "Evening of Music" will be given Friday at 8 p. m. in the Salona Methodist Church by Mrs.

-H. M. Taylors' music pupils and other guests. The public is invited to attend. Mr.

Mrs. Cyrus Rote of Philadelphia were guests last week of Mrs. Mary Rofe. Rev. and Mrs.

R. R. Ritter and family of Warriars Mark were guests last week of Mr. and Clyde Holmes. Nazi Party Controls I who insisted that her parents have observance of the date when they expressed a desire to pass the day quietly, without event.

Ninety persons called during the- evening and were served refreshments. Miss Helen M. Edler end Mrs. Paul K. Klepper poured.

Their son, who was unable to be present, called from Philadelphia to extend his felicitations. Many flowers, greetings and gifts were tendered the couple. and df Marshal Tito of The agency reported -that Po- seph Tiso, president of Slovakia, had appealed to Germany for aid and that it had been given. Czecho-Slovak sources in London had announced the uprising yesterday and said it' was the work of Czecho-Slovak Forces ol the Interior. The London announcement said the forces had launched concerted attacks in several areas against important communications points.

Woman Weighs 34 Lbs. PHILADELPHIA, A 34-, aid to Germany. The rebuke co- poun 63 year old incided with peace term discus- to th Ema iiest woman in the sions between Bulgaria and wor is a pat en a the Wills War Continued from Page 1 PIONEER VICTORY SHOWS NEXT TO MILL HALL. OPEN Sponsored by Aircraft Workers Dancing Every Night Local 734 DEFENSE WORKERS NOTICE Special Opening 12 p. m.

Tomorrow Night for Night Shifts Free Parking Allies in Cairo. Bulgaria could look for no amelioration of terms through sympathy from Russia, her long-time friend, with whom she is not at war. Germany's leaders passed on the grim news Allied victories to the people of the Reich, exhorting them to renewed sacrifice. RAF Mosquitos bombed Frankfurt in Germany last night and transport in France. Planes from Italy wrecked scores of Nazi aircraft on Hungarian and Romanian fields, slowing German attempts to evacuate valued personnel by air.

Hospital here. She is Miss Martina de La Cruz, 21 inches tall, who is recovering from an operation for removal of a cataract from her right eye. turned charred the rafters over the cellar at the home of Air ROIO Miss Mary V. Castanea, last evening. The Hope Company answered a call but did not go into service.

Lodges And Clubs Pythian Party Tuesday The Pythian Sisters entertained at a card and Chinese checkers party on Tuesday lodge, Prize winners were Mrs. Annie Wise, Mrs. Charles Forsht, Mrs. H. Hevner, Mrs.

Ben G. Slopey and Mrs. John Romig. Miss Kathleen PageV was awarded a cake. There will be no meeting of the Degree Club until October, it has been announced.

D. of Families of the Daughters of America enjoyed 'a picnic yesterday at Price Park, 50 being present for an afternoon of games and a picnic supper. Prize winners at picnic sports and contests included Mrs; LeRoy A. Fox, Mrs. Ralph Weaver, Mrs.

Guy Scheid, Mrs. John Harvey, Mrs. C. A. Whitman, Miss Weaver, Doris and Virginia Phoenix and Edward Porter.

Mrs. Elmer Funk had charge of the entertainment and Mrs.Morris Myers was chairman of the jcorpmittee. LONDON, (JP) Hitler has ordered the Nazi party take control of the nation's air raid precaution This move announced by the German radio means tnat airraid wardens henceforth will take orders from gauleiters and trusted local group leaders of the party. Apparently many non-party personnel had been cracking under the strain. Woman In Iron Lung Has Appendix Removed SEATTLE, (fP) successful appendectomy has been per- performed on a woman in an iron lung.

Mrs. Theda Anna Carl, 24-year- old mother of two boys, was stricken with appendicitis yesterday hi the iron lung that had encased her since infantile paralysis-struck her August 4. Murphy To London WASHINGTON. Robert D. Murphy, political adviser to General Wilson's Mediterranean high command, is going to London with the personal rank of ambassador to participate in the Allied Military Government of Germany, the state department FFI Arrests Carrel As Collaborator PARIS, (JP) French Forces of the Interior have arrested Dr.

Alexis Carrell, 71 year old Nobel prize winner and former scientist who worked with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in research on an artificial heart, it was disclosed. The FFI charged that Dr. Carrell, director of the Vichy-supported Carrell Institute, founded that organization for the purpose of supplanting the great French) universities and introducing Fasc- 1 ism and Marxism to students.

Dr. Carrell, former staff member of the Rockefeller. Institute medical research won the Nobel I prize in 1912 for success' in sutur-' ing vessels and transplanting organs. Special Registration Tomorrow the voters of Beech Creek Borough and vicinity will' have their final opportunity to register or change addresses or party affiliations in order to vote at the November general election. Miss Margaret Mary Kyler, registration clerk, will be at the Cox barber shop from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.

m. for that purpose. Flags Fly In Poland MOSCOW, American and British flags flew in Poland for the first time today since the German conquest in 1939. Flags, together with those of Russia and Poland were unfurled at Lublin at the unveiling of a monument to Red Army fiehters. LOGANTON Friday Night.

Sept. 1 At 7.30 and 9.30 O'clock TEX RITTER Your Singing Cowboy In 'STARLIGHT OVER TEXAS' Plus Charlie Chaplin Comedy, Sport, Musical and Novelty HARDEN THEATRR Pf.AYINaTOnAY 1 LMDY FRANCHOT TONE ELLA SHINES FRIDAY AND FEATURES "Minstrel Man" BENNY FIELDS GLADYS GEORGE ALAN DINEHART ROSCOE KARNS Tutu ftoyboys Matinee 2 p. m. to 1 Evening 7 and 9 Continuous Sun. with mm MI I EMERSON PEIER LOME Evening 7 and 9.