The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A. C. DERR..... "ee . . “ans PAUL M. DUBBS.......coo00ine v-Associate Editor CECIL A. WALKER.......... PPP Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Batered In the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, if paid in advance $2.00 per year, if not paid in advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name. All credits are given by a change on the date of label the first issue of each month, We send no receipts unless upon special request. Watch date on your label after you remit. Matters for publication, whether news or advertising. must reach the Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon to insure publication that week, Advertising copy received waiter Tuesday morning must run its chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements, Legal notices and all real estate advertisements 10 cents per line each issue. Subscribers changing postofice address, and not notifying us, are lable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL WHY BIG BUSINESS IS DOUBTED We do not believe that the people of the United States have any basic hostility to what is generally regarded as big business. Certainly, any thinking man or woman real izes that modern economic enterprise has added consider- ably to the standard of living of our people. What then, is the basis for the current critical attitude of the citizens to the leaders of mammoth business enter- prises? The answer is so easy that it ought to be apparent to the leaders of capital everywhere and, more to the point, it should have prevented some of the amazing gyrations that have almost convinced the majority of people that most big business is unfair, selfish and potentially crooked and under the leadership of men fired by nothing except an ambition to get all that they can squeeze out of a eit- uation, regardless of consequences. Everybody is familiar with the plight of the rail- roads. Their executives are unanimously insisting that something must be done. However, it doesn’t help the sit- uation any for the Senate committee, now investigating railroad financing, to-reveal the practices that made up railroad financing not so long ago. Without calling names, because we do not care to pick out one of many similar instances; we cite the case of a railroad that went into receivership in 1931. The year before, it paid its president $100,000 for special work on a consolidation plan, raised his salary from $60,000 to $140,000 and declared a dividend of 23,700,000. The com- pany, at the same time, was laving off workers and call ing on its subsidiaries for financial aid. Although its fi- nancial statement showed a “profit” of $3,781,000 this in- cluded a paper dividend of $1,000,000 from a subsidiary, which was never paid and was later marked off the books 88 "not an asset.” Such facts speak for themselves, revealing that th stockholders of the company were getting neitoner intelli- gent leadership, honest accounting nor a square deal. Lit- erally hundreds and thousands of such cases have been pushed into the open since the crash that ushered in the late depression, affecting almost every activity of the so- called big business boys. Bad as this is, it is made much worse by the utter failure of the responsible leaders as a class, to protest, reveal or fight such practices and, even now, few come out into the open to condemn them. No wonder the general public keeps its eyes open and waits for evidence that big business has cleaned house and the so-called wizards are ready to accept a code of ethics that is equal to the morality expected of a decent, social-minded member of modern society. SURPRISES FOR JAPAN The Japanese Government, which expected the Chi- nese “incident” to be ended by Spring, is troubled over the course of the undeclared war. The only soldiers returning to Japan are the wounded and those who come back as ashes, in a neat little white box. Hammered into unity by the aggressive tactics of their foe, the Chinese people seemingly are united in their struggle. The armies continue to get supplies and are wag- ing an intelligent battle against the invaders. In recent months, the Chinese have handled themselves very credit ably and the Japanese parade has moved backward. While our sympathy is entirely with the Chinese and we would be glad to see the Japanese army completely de- feated, we hope the matter can be disposed of with a mini- mum of discomfort to tha Japs. The Island Empire has a great many problems, ditticalt of solution and although the Chinese venture is wrong, in our opinion, the Japanese are not the only people in the world who have made a mis- e, Peace in the Far East will not be made permanent through the progressive humiliation of Japan. Of course, Japanese defeat is by no means certain but it is much nearer than it was when the fighting commenced last year. If, as we hope, the Chinese defenders surprise the world and exhibit the lasting power necessary to thwart Japan- ese aggression, the day will come when the world can sur- prise Japan. Other nations can then demonstrate their friendship for the Japanese and, by refusing to take ad- vantage of the situation, help the Japanese to take a wor- thy place in the ranks of civilized nations. ADVICE TO BUSINESS MEN Business men are urged to “forget politics and Washington” by Lew Hahn, general manager of the Na- tional Retail Drygoods Association, who says that if Musi Gaamen determine to have good business, they can ve it. Mr. Hahn tells businessmen that the Government in Washington should not have their main attention because “if the people want the policies set by the Government, they will support it, otherwise the elected officials will have to get out.” This is good sense. As Mr, Hahn says, the 130,000,000 people in the United States intend to go on living, New Deal > otherwise. Business has a big job to supply their emands, Mr. Hoover, who recently returned from Eu where he waded around knee-deep in chaos and tried to check up on the general confusion, doesn’t believe there is a general war just around the corner. We'd like to believe this, but when it comes to seeing around corners, can we op a THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. LET'S MAKE A GARDEN (The Kiwanis Magazine) Did you ever stick a petunia seed in your eye? The chances are that if you did, you wouldn't know you had done it, It is just about the size of the period which ends this sentence. Nothing so confirms a man's faith in God as plant- ing one of those almost microscopic seeds and watching it sprout, produce a plant a foot high and a ruffled flower #0 large that it takes both hands to hide it. God's won- ders are all concealed in that tiny mite of a seed. Did you ever plant another little blonde mite of a radish seed and watch it sprout, grow and produce a rad- ish a thousand times its size? A bunch of such radishes on your own dining room table have a succulent flavor far superior to the ordinary radishes purchased at a store. Few people realize that the smaller the garden, the more fun, A one-man garden the size of a large rug can be cultivated, the soil prepared, the beds made, the seed planted and the weeds kept down by one man working an hour a day. That man can get more fun out of that lit. tle plot of ground, out of watching the development of the plants and the flowers or vegetables, than he can get out of the same space in any other way. With the garden come lessons in patience, lessons in care—even in failure the lesson of mora care next time— and above all, a personal touch with the wonders of na- ture and the wonders of God which are living sermons rather than sermons of words. Let's make a garden! PROTECTING FREEDOM OF THE PRESS The “freedom of the press,” about which newspaper publishers often write, is guaranteed under the Constitu- tion. Newspaper editors are constantly seeking ways to safeguard the ‘freedom of the press.” There is no reason for the search to be prolonged or difficult, “Freedom of the press” is a right which carries cer. tain definite responsibilities with it. All that the news- papers of the nation have to do, to protect and preserve the “freedom of the press,” is to see that they rigorously perform the duties that the public expects of a free press. As long as the people of this country believe that the press is in fact free there is no danger whatever of the newspapers losing their “freedom.” If the public becomes convinced that the newspapers of this country are distort- ing the news, misrepresenting officials, or otherwise us- ing their journals for selfish purposes, there will be no use to clamor about a free press. The general public, disgusted with a sycophant press, will applaud any step taken to curb unbridled license, A decent code of ethics, a sense of responsibility and the evidence of a desire to serve the public will go far towards preserving the “freedom of the press.” NO PRESUMPTION OF GUILT HERE No person who knows the record of Commander John D. Pennington in the United States Navy, or as a Prohibi- tion Administrator for the Philadelphia and other districts or as a member of the Governor's cabinet or now as Super- intendent of the Pennsylvania Industrial School is going to presume him guilty of having administered tear gas to a school inmate with fatal results, a crime with which Commander Pennington is charged. In a public statement, Commander Pennington inti mates his suspicions that there are polities back of it, one of his prosecutors being a brother of a Republican con- gressional candidate. There is a complete denial of the charge by Pennington who has been completely exonerated by the school trustees following a State Motor Police in- vestigation. The persons who know the Pennington record are quite content to allow the processes of the law to confirm their own belief that the superintendent's word in this as in all cases is something to be trusted. DICTATOR SOCIETY EVENT Last week Dictator Adolf Hitler paid a friendly visit to Dictator Benito Mussolini. The Italian leader made pass the welcome which Hitler gave fail. It was undoubtedly a great show. As a sidelight, police estimated that more thas 6,- 000 persons were arrested in Rome as precautions to in- sure the safety of the German Fuehrer, Some were jailed and some were sent out of Rome. Automobiles were searched, police guards were doubled along the railways and shipments of small parcels halted completely while the German Chancellor was in Rome. Altogether it was quite a demonstration of the loy- alty and affection that the people feel for the dictators. strenuous efforts to sur- him in Berlin last -: Requested Poems :- Contributed by Readers fo ca a i ‘Mother's Day’ in Germany and Austria A poem by Erich Weinart, translated inte English by Walter Hart Blumenthal {Published by reqnest) They came on Friday: took him from her sight. “Weep not.” To clasp her hand he reached out hurriedly; She shed no tears but stood there trembling white, Pallid with fright. No other son had she. Till midnight on the window-ledge she lay. Then to the near Police she ran with her fear “At seven they came and hurried him away.” “Hans Fischer? Six Jakob Street? Not here” Now to the head Police she wended on. “Hans Fischer? No. None such has here been brought” “Not here?” She stood there stricken, silent, wan, Pallid with fear. “Please, where must he be sought?” They only laughed. “Now isn't she a card? “Go try at Tempelhof, or where you will.” She hastened there, besought the sentry guard. “Hans Fischer, sir. Pruy, is he held here still?” “How should I know? There are so many below.” 8Bhe took her hand in hers. "He is my son." “Then to police headquarters you must go.” Pallid she stood with fright. “There have I run.” “Move on, old lady, please,” the sentry sald. Again the station-house her footsteps near. Morning had come, the aching night had fled, “Hans Fischer, Jakob Street? Oh, yes, he's here” The tears ran down upon her aged cheeks; "May I ste him? Or will he soon be free?” A man behind a table to her speaks: ‘ May 12, 1938. HS -— A —. van y nr Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” YE GODS, WHAT A GROUCH! A lonely wife on her front door step Baw her husband passing by; Bhe asked him if he'd soon be back And this was his reply: “When women stop talking And bables stop crying, When mules stop balking And men stop lying, When bees bake bread And flies make honey, When misers go broke And hoboes save money, When white Is black And winds are still, Why, I'll come back Like fun I will” One Of Eve's Apples Two Robbinsdale boys, on their way to church, stopped at an or- chard and ate a large number of green apples, In the middie of the di- vine service, one of the lads felt an attack of lliness coming on and re- marked that he'd better step outside, “All right,” agreed his friend. “Hurry back and I'll hold your seat for you." In a few seconds the boy with the overload of green apples returned. “Say, that was quick.” sald his companion. “I don't see how you had time 0 walk around the bullding.” “I didn't,” explained the other “I was going to, but I got out into the vestibule and found a box with a sign on it saying, “POR THE BICK." Sandy Was Thrifty A Beotehman sent his sweetheart a package of flower seeds with these directions: “Plant these now and you will kave a nice bouquet for your birthday.” Needed Further Cleaning A Negro Baptist was exhorting: “Now, breddern and sistern, come up 10 de alter and have yo' sins washed away.” All came up but one man “Why, Brudder Jones, dont yo' the pastor “1 done had my sins washed away” “Yo' has? Where y0' had y0' sins washed away?” “Over at de church across de road” “Ah, Brudder Jones, y0' ain't been washed: want yo’ sins washed away,” asked was the reply yo' jes’ been dry clean Bossy Was Frisky Farmer--"Bobby, what did the cow give today?” Bobby"Nine quarts and two kicks" Bet They All Got In in at night gets breakfast in the moming A Rear View Teacher—"Jimmy, give a sentence using the word deceil” Jimmy-—"1 wear panis with patches on deceit” Slips That Pass In The News (From the Larding. 1daho, Gazette) Dine and dance at the Chicken Inn, Broad & Trevor Street lover (cover) charge at any time No {From the Earnan, Texas, Examiner) ! Two practical nurses wanted at once—days and nighty, Call Mr. Oster, E-0011 (From the Datos, N. M. Times) Madame Pillinger's fidgets (midgets) occupied a feature spot on the bill and terally stopped the show (From the Chicago, Til, Dally News) Their nightly bedtime program was followed by thousands of chil- dren throughout the middle west (From the Ardale, Calif. News Jim Saltz. of the local American Legion Post, has gone to Holly- wood for a week's visit with one of his former overseas biddys (buddies) (From the Alma. N. Dak Register) Young widow wishes work for widower on farm. Works quickly, in- side or out. Half Way Ticket / A fellow sauntered Into a railway station and plunked a $20 bil down before the ticket agent “Gimme.” he hiccoughed, “a ticket to Walla Walla” “Sorry,” said the clerk, “but the fare to Walla Walla is $40.” “Well, then.” said the fellow sho wanted to travel” Gimme a ticket to Walla" All Right To Liza A highway patrolman had brought in a Negro woman somewhat the worse for wear, and the desk sergeant, with his very best scowl, roared: “Idza, you've been brought in for intoxication!” “Dats fine!” beamed Liza. “Boy, you can start right now!” Sociely News Item Mr. and Mrs. Martini, of 10 8 E. Scyamore Street, have named their new baby “Cocktail” but friends who have held him say he's no dry Martini. Barnyard Gossip { First Hen—"That big rooster has been making love to me.” Second Hen—"Did you give him any encouragement?” First Hen—"Just egged him on a bit” A SAD STORY Absent minded was old Bill Dyer; He poked the cat, and put out the fire Taking Him For a Ride A certain minister who rides to the church In an automobile re- ceived an anonymous letter calling his attention to the fact that the Lord never rode to church in a car. The clergyman read it from the pulpit and added: “If the writer of this letter will come next Sunday, properly saddled (and bridied, IT will bs glad to follow the Lord's exam come to | church as He entered Jerusalem.” We wag Ain't Hit De Truff? Rastus—"Dis here papah sez dat de nex’ war day gwine to make ebry Jas fae, ) Weill, Wien am ane man dat’s not pg fight, Ah doan n' no tin’ nohow. Dey kin send to war, {can’t make me fight.” J ne but dg Amos—"No, dey can’t make yo’ all fight. But dey can take yo’ whar de fightin’ am, an’ aftah dat you kin use yo' own a Tut That's all, folks. Strange as it may seem. one sex runs after every | thing with pants, and the other sex runs after everything without. “SCAT.” — a 2 COLLEGE BOYS TO PLAY IN ALL-STATE SCHOOL BAND Eugene Lederer and Walter Par- sons, State College High school stu dents, will be among the 195 stu- dents from 105 secondary institu- Ftions who will comprise the all-state band which will play at the annual ¢ Query and Answer Column | PROBLEM--If a hog and a half brings 10c for each pound and a {half what will three hogs bring for each pound? (Answer elsewhere in this department.) G., J~Where and what are the West Indies Islands and the East India Islands? ! Ans. ~The West Indies are a group of islands south and southeast of Florida, now known as the Virgin Islands, The East India Islands {are a group of islands southeast of the Malay Peninsula, the southern | extremity of India. The largest lands of the group are Sumatra Borneo and Java A. D~What Is the largest city In Canada, and what Is its popula~ tion? Ans | population in 1930 was 618.506, However, mated approximately 1,000,000 Montreal Is the largest city in the Dominion of Canada. The Greater Montreal is now esti P. HI would like to know which largest stadium in the United Btates? Ans —Btanford Stadium is the a seating capacity of 88.000 J. ECan you answer who was the the World War? Ans ~Eddie Rickenbacker, of Columbus, Ohio, enjoys He had 26 victories in the alr without a defeat, is the largest In the United States, It has greatest American aviator in this distine- tion J. L.-On what grounds in the United States? Ans ~"Cruelty’ the lst sertion” is second, with about 33 are the largest number of divorces granted tops with approximately “De~ per cent 55 per cent D. E~Qur history teacher sald the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, Mass, on Sunday. But another teacher disputes it, and says it was on Monday. It is agreed to leave iL to to which Is right. Thank you. Ans ~Monday i The probably has oonfused you acher refore the Mayflower on this hemisphere on YOu a fact that 1620 was a leap year landed M. S.How high dc trees in this country? Ans Pineapples do not grow on trees. The pineapple is the fruit of a tropical plant that consists of a central axis with a tuft of rigid leaves springing from the roots to the upper part and grows to a height of len to twenty inches and bearing a single fruit. It is cultivated in some Bouthern grows wild in Brazil and other South American countries 8. R~What is Ping Ans Ping Pong to be played indoors on a similar to lawn Btates, but Pong? is a modified form of lawn tennis, but is adapted i. The rules and play are quite tennis, but th Il is usually a light sphere of cellu- Wid, and only a single is permitied B. V.-Was Edgar Allen Poe an Englishman or an American poet? Ans Edgar Allen Poe was an American poet, born in Boston, Mass, Sunday, February 19, 1808 W. G.—~What is the motlo of the Socialist My of the U service B.A? mployes use roller but the Western wear roller skates 1 and delivery rooms 5 the ranch that n the State of Rhode Ranch in southern Texas consists of more than is 1248 square miles that JIB The King 1500 square miles, wh H. J. K.—Is there any would help a persor Ans. A Man pins mself, by Dn ari A psychiatrist, s} be © nt . in ch a Case ile the area of book temperance) drinks 100 ent hould & W. H J -—-How many women are n the various State legis- alive bodies? Ans According to the Commentat thirty-five State legislatures J. L. M—Who Is the champion aviator of today? Ans Dick (Henry T. Merril) was selected as the World champion aviator of 1837 by the International League of Aviators K. M. F.--How muct cost the Government to educate a boy at Annapois? Ans ~ shipman C. HB Ans At a recent 140 women served in a7 39 . Goes it ™ yet trselidines mm Yeon rT -The cost, Including overhead is 3458 a year for each mid- Do the Dunkards still] prohibit telephones and radios? convention of the Old Order of Dunkards, a mo- tion permitting telephones in members’ homes was passed. Radios and musical instruments are sill] prohibited by the sect J. L--What stale has the largest number of automobiles per capita? Ans.-—Nevada and California lead in per capila automobile registra- tions with one car to every 2.6 inhabitants C. F—How many Germans are there in Ans ~There are approximately 150000 German citizens in that coun- ry Switzerland? C. M.—1Is there a word which describes the fear of making sa mistake in pronunciation or stuttering? Ans —Lalophobia is a reluctance to speak because of fear Of making mistakes in pronunciation or gremmar, or of stuttering E. BH J How many cocoons does it take to make a pair of silk hosiery? Ans. To produce one pair of three thread hosiery, one hundred and | thirty cocoons are required. The amount required for chiffon hose is (somewhat less than for service weight. R. T. M.—-Where Is the Will Rogers Memorial Stadium? Ans--It is just south of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and will be dedicated on August 18, 20 and 21 with the annual Will Rogers Memorial Rodeo. The stadium is being built by Spencer Penrose who gave the beautiful Rogers memorial called The Shrine of the Sun, F. M. G.- What four-footed animal can not walk? Ans—~The sloth, said 10 be the laziest animal in the world hangs from the branches of trees, feeding on shoots, foliage and fruits. The animal's anatomy is such that it can only hang. It has no defense wea- pon. but is camouflaged by the coloration of the hair which is covered with a minute green algae. R. M. Y—~Why is the ow] associated with wisdom? Ans In ancient times, the owl was the bird regarded as sacred to Athene, the goddess of wisdom. C. L. G—Where do the bristies used in brushes come from? Ans~The world relies almost entirely on China for its bristle sup- ply. Every year a new crop of 22.000,000 hogs gives up ils bristles to sup- piy the industry. W. 8. G.—-Are shoes made of kangaroo leather durable? Ans. Kangaroo leather is the strongest known for its weight and thickness. It is soft and fine grained and does not scuf! easily. W. J~How do the photographers prevent a glare in the ice scenes in Sonja Henle's pictures? Ans~<On the rink built for Miss Henle by Twentieth-Century Fox, milk was frogen into the ice so that it could be photographed without glare or highlights. E. W-~How long would it take an airplane, flying at a speed of 170 miles per hour, to cover the distance between the lowest and the high- est point in the United States? Ans About thirty minutes, as Death Valley and Mi. Whitney, the {lowest and highest points, are both in California and only about eighty. | five miles apart. : 8. R. G.—What Is the standard width of a railroad track between ‘the rails? | Ans—Railroads of the United States, Canada and England recog. {nize 4 feet, 8% inches as the standard width between rails, | F. H, C.—Please give some information about the 4% -year-old prods | § i using the typewriter. The child has some 8 as a mind-reader and knows the French, German, Italian and Ore Answer to problem: The will be 6 2-3 ts pound, regard- WR ig hg a oi
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