-_— “STATE WELFARE MAKES : | MANUFACTURERS’ EXCISE emorvalic; Wate TAX LEGISLATION According to information received SE | recently by Toner A. Hugg, deputy Bellefonte, Pa, June 24, 19382. | collector of internal revenue from meme | David W. Phillips, collector, Scran- | ton, Pa., the following items manu- | SURVEY ON HOUSING come under the Historic French Palace Part of National Life | Fontainebleau has been called the “jewel” of French palaces, artistically and historically, In view of the for- | mer, seven centuries of varied tastes, and the best of these, have ornamented and adorned Its interiors. Indeed, much of the progress of French art | NEW HIGHWAY FOLDERS SHOW WESTERN ROUTE The new U. S. 6 Roosevelt High- way maps, being the first folder and map issued showing U, S. 6 extend- from the Atlantic coast to the Rockies, have been received at head- quarters of the Roosevelt Highway Association of Pennsylvania, at i Unemployment and its consequent -1os of income have made the hous- ing problem a most serious one in many sections of Pennsylvania, ac- cording to a survey by the State Department of Welfare. _.. The cited several ,‘appal- -ling examples of the breakdown in .bousing standards among Pennsyl- wvania’s jobless.” It mentioned a colony living in a row of “five chicken coops in one of the more distressed counties,” The -enlony numbered 15 persops, includ- ing two white families, cone ni family, a negro woman and ve | mingle white men, One mile away stands a row of ~abandoned houses which are not ~mwailable to these unfortunates,”| ‘#he department statement said. { Other *“ examples’ show- ~@d people living in “unused coke ovens’ in Western Pennsylvania and | one instance in which the water service was turned off due to unpaid rents in a community of 115 families ~mumbering 425 persons. i “Here is an excellent setting for an epidemic. Tenants, under cover! of night, beg enough water for ~cooking and a minimum degree of «cleanliness,” the statement read. | “Housing is a key factor in s0- ‘scial and economic ills. Pennsylvania ‘bas ranked foremost in maintaining _American housing standards, which ~thave been the envy of the world. | STATE STANDS FOURTH { i IN MAPLE PRODUCTS Pennylvasnia was one of the four "Jeading States in the production of smaple products during the 1932 sea- s30n, according to estimates made .apublic by the bureau of statistics <and information, Pennsylvania De- apartment of Agriculture. These +3tates in order of production ace: Vermont, New York, Ohio and Penn- smylvania. Approximately 60,000 fewer trees “were tapped this year than in 1931 and there was a corresponding re- ~fluction in the amount of both sugar and sirup produced, | According to the reports from producers and dealers, the 1932 - maple products season in Pennsyl- _vania averaged 4.5 weeks, a week ‘ longer than in 1931 but was quite " generally considered poor on account * of the greater quantity of sap re-' “quired to make a gallon of sirup. However, the quality of the product ‘was almost equal to that of Ver- mont. Prices for both sirup and sugar have been reduced sharply, sirup bringing on the average onl $1.45 per gallon and sugar 18 cents per pound. The counties which contribute _ most to the maple products indus- try in Pennsylvania are: Somerset, ‘Crawford, Erie and Tioga. . “GAME KILLED BY AUTOMOBILES Careless motorists are killing “many valuable game birds and ani- “mals. The Game Commission is do- “dng everything possible to reduce such carelessness. Recently it dis- “@xibuted 10,000 posters entitled “Save “Tur Game.” The poster shows a cot- ‘@ontail in the path of an oncoming “automobile. At least .two rabbits are killed ‘daily for every 100 miles of good ' nighways. Pennsylvania's improved reads total 12,500 miles. On that ‘basis 270 rabbits are killed each day, | “or ever 100,000 per year. Thousands tare Killed on rural and other unim- “Proved roads. Most of the rabbits are killed at might. If drivers will dim their lights ‘ or even slow up when they see one Lin the rotd, the animals will jump Ut safety. Lights blind them. here ringneck pheaszuts are abundant, several thousand are kill- | ed each year. Motorists cannot be ‘blamed, however. The birds fly -against the car, Reports of the Game | ‘Commission show that during the “past few years from 800 to 1000 | “mounting permits have been issued | ‘annually to persons whose automo- “oiles killed pheasants. | » . ™ BEVERSING THE DOPE “Yes,” said the lawyer to his, «<lient, the grocer, “you've got the est case I've ever heard.” i His client made no reply, so the fiawyer continued: “Thanks,” said his client, grab- Voing up his hat and making for the &door. : “Where are you going?” * the ‘astonished lawyer, ‘Wim going to settle this case out of court,” ‘the other informed him. “But why waste ” 4 “the lawyer. “I've told you it's the best case I've ever heard.” “Maybe,” said his client, “but not for me. I've told you the other man's story.” A A RS — NO BACKSLIDING .In Sibu Mr. Jim Hoover took “Bishop Lee for a five mile jaunt. It was exceedingly hot and sticky and the road was not of the best, After traveling some three and a half asked ~ | Mills, and Eleanor M. Mencer, y Philipsburg. ard, | State College. | Cordelia Johnson, both of Bellefonte. 5 | standing by said, “Suppose you try “You can’t help ‘w@muing, and I shall be very pleased | 720 assist you.” | factured or produced by persons or [2 will | manufacturers excise tax law, known as the Revenue Act of 1932: : Lubricating oil, brewers wort, malt, grape concentrate, furs, jewel- ' ry, automobiles, trucks and acces- sories, tires and inner tubes, radios, honographs, mechanical refrigera- pack oil transported by pipe lines, toilet preparations, sporting goods, firearms, | cameras, shells and cart-' ridges, matches, candy, chewing gum, scft drinks, gasoline, electrical | energy. MISCELLANEOUS TAX Safety deposit boxes, telephones, telegraphic and radio cable facilities, closed wires, admissions. Tax on use of boats. Stamp tax: On convey-| ances, bank checks, issuing of bonds, | issuing of stock, transfer of stock, | transfer of honds. Sales of produce for future delivery. | This tax will become effective on June 21, 1932. It will be necessary for manufacturers of any of the above stated items to file returns from June 21 to 30, inclusive, From | then on returns must be filed each! month for the first to the last of the month inclusive. If you do not receive forms for filing returns, | write David W. Phillips, collector of internal revenue, Scranton, Pa. MUFFLER QUIETS | PLANE'S MOTOR | —— | A cluster of pipes resembling the branching spikes of a flowering shrub Setupies the interior of a novel muffler for airplanes, i ed by a Ware, Mass, inventor. So effectively does it operate that all but seven per cent of the original engine noise is said to be removed. In a test to determine whether it would introduce a fire hazard, a bot- | tle of high-test gasoline was poured over the muffler while the engine was running. The gasoline was not ignited. For the accoustic test, the | muffler was mounted with an en-| gine on a test stand and the sounds picked up by a microphone. ————— A ———— MARRIAGE LICENSES. Allen R. Rossman, of Altoona, and Hazel I. Beck, of Warriorsmark. William George Carr, of Erie, and Hilda Mae Sauers, of State College. Merrill Calvin Smith, of Cl Ohio, and Linnie E. Bechdel, of Blanchard, Marshall Reed and Grace Lucille Keefer, both of State College. Russel M. Coudriet, of Osceola of John Scott, of Clearfield, and Al- berta Mae Meyers, of Philipsburg. Roy Clifford Casselberry, of How- and Elizabeth Pearl Brooks, of Dorsey M, Polkingham and M. Marguerite Shaub, both of Harris- burg. John E. Rususk, of Philipsbug, and Mary R. Susko, of Brisbin. William M. Cramer and Pearl Catherine Confer, both of State Col- lege, Andrew Vengor and Anna Pomest, both of Clarence. Russell Robert Jodon and Helen BEETLE QUARANTINE GREATLY ENLARGED Pennsylvania Japanese beetle quarantine regulations have been extended to cover an area of 19,871 square miles, an increase of 17,000 square miles over last year. An area in Blair county, Pennsyl- vania, lying outside the main area of infestation, will be under quaran- comedy” that wasn't it, y ping dressmaker’'s pins on a taut square of silk, and that wasn't it. Finally a quiet fellow who was pouring water out of a barrel onto some boards.” They tried it. That was it, Q—-How is the lead prepared ? —The in pencils A. marking substance is Fraphifé 9h there 10 Moh) ead nine ib e graphite is washed free from impurities, ground to a fine powder, mixed with more or less clay, ac- cording to the hardness desired, and | passed through perforated plates, | from which it issues in small rods. | These are dried, cut into proper | lengths, baked to remove all traces | of moisture, and inserted in the | wooden case. | A church of England Bishop, de- | desirous of effecting economy, was | traveling in a third-class e | with a rather rough-looking work- | man. The latter exhibited surprise | at such superior company, and, con- { sumed by curiosity, inquired, “I | suppose you are a poor curate, sir?” | “Br—no,” weakly replied the bish- lop, “not exactly—but—but I was . has been delineated in the artistic his- tory of the palace. As for the his- ‘their large wings, these early cock- ir Scranton. Sr ome ie Sn rou ve on evoogh banins mémoria sud the | he Dighway in ho following states | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con- turbing ghosts to keep the place ten- | neticut, New York, Pennsylvania, anted for another seven centuries, es- | Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Ne- pecially when the shades are those pragka and Colorado. of Madame de Pompadour, Madame de | Work is now being done on ex- Maintenon, Cardinal Richelieu, Cath | tending this route westward to the erine de Medici, the Duchess d'Etampe Pacific coast. The new show and Diane de Poitiers, | present improved connections. The Four great French monarchs openly new route on which the Association admitted Fontainebleau as their fa- is working, however, will be a short- vorite residence. St. Louis, who loved | Sf ut more k rect one, much of hunting, brought back the gray Tar- | WF 8 XP. 9 be constructed in the tar dogs from his eastern crusades and | A description of U. 5. 6 Roosevelt Introduced them into the forest sur-| ygpway ag carried in the new fold- rounding the palace. To Francis I, er is as follows: “The Newest, the who devoted a share of his energies Shortest, the Fastest and the Most to directing the decoration and recon- | Picturesque of all East and West struction of the old buildings, it was Routes. Start at the Atlantic sea- always “mon Fontainebleau.” Henry | board, travel through historic New IV, with his passion for the chase, England, pass over the Hudson river naturally turned to Fontainebleau, on the famous Bear Mountain bridge, which provided a magnificent forest | Iiaverze the northern tier of coun- stocked with game. And on Napoleon “8 © Se ennaylvania, Pass by easy I it from the start exercised a pe- | Srades ugh the upper culiar and in some ways a fatal fasci- gg Ma nation. of the Delaware, Susquehanna and a aE ve most ¢ ews river, Morally Bound to Vote mountain and farm lands in Ameri- ca, as well as touch the great anthracite coal fields, rich natural gas region, petroleum producing center, natural forest preserves, and many points of historical interest. A most convenient way to reach New York City either by the famous Bear Mountain bridge or the Holland Vehicular Tunnel. Westward the new U. S. 6 tra- verses a most direct end interesting route across Ohio, Indiana, Illinofs, Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorads to the Rockies, with excellent connections to the Pacific coast as shown on map on reverse side. Take U. 8, 6 Roosevelt Highway on Jour next trip and enjoy new thri as Party Has Directed The Presidential electors are nom- fnated and elected by party and they are morally bound to vote for the candidate of their party. Not since the Adams-Jefferson contest of 1796 has there been any question as to this responsibility, In that election Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Caro- lina, and Virginia cast divided elec- toral votes. The popular vote In Pennsylvania gave Adams a large ma- jority, but 14 out of that state's 13 electors voted for Jefferson. Accord- ing to McClure's “Our Presidents and How We Make Them,” in all of these states the electors were chosen by popular vote, and they were doubtless selected with reference to their char- acter and intelligence, without pledges as to how they should cast thelr bal- lots In the electoral college. One of the Virginia electors exercised his ad- mitted right to vote against Jefferson, who had the largest popular following in the state. It was this independent action of a few electors In 1796 that made both parties draw their lines severely In the selection of the candi- dates for electors, and from that time until the present all electoral tickets | have heen made up of men who were accepted as solemnly pledged to vote for their party candidates in the elec- toral college. AVENUE OF ROSES WILL BLOOM SOON Pennsylvania's 75-mile avenue of roses have been in full bloom along the Lincoln Highway in Adams, York and Lancaster counties, forest- ers of the highway department re- port. Friendly rivalry between the coun- ties of Lancaster and York keeps alive the tradition of the historic “War of the Roses.” Lancaster's red rose and York's white rose provide while Adams county's roses of varied hues proclaim “neutrality,” Giant “Cockroaches” The cockroach was one of the earlt est inhabitants of our earth and of the size of a turkey-cock, When the first oceans became crowded with life, | [LU the sea scorpions came to land and | §7 sheathed themselves in hard dry scales. They became wood-lice, spi- | & ders and giant dragon-flies, 30 inches | [Li broad between wingtips, Some of Fa them became the first cockroaches 2 on earth. These huge, repulsive crea- | 5 tures clattered and whirred among | [U the great ferns, like large mechanical | f# toys. Thelr hideous brown bodies | gl skulked among the giant rushes, where | 5; they lay In wait for prey. For all roaches were great lumbering things | In the air. : Short-Lived Calendar The French revolutionary calendar |E adopted in 1793 and abolished by | [Li Napoleon in 1805, was in use only | fff twelve years and never really took | gl root. It reckoned the year from Sep-| Sf tember 22, the anniversary of the re-| [Ui public's formal establishment In 1792, There were twelve 30-day months n this calendar. That left five days | E& over, and a sixth every fourth year. | [i The extra days were called the sans- | Fis culoftides, and were dedicated to fes- tivals. The regular ones honored, re. | &i spectively, the virtues, genius, labor, [US opinion and rewards, while the leap | & year day was “the day of the rev- [0 olution.” Historic Dutch City Amsterdam, standing on an arm oi the Zuyder zee, was founded early in | 5 the Thirteenth century. To this haven | UG refugees from the Spanish wars— [f; artists, merchants and manufactur ers, fled at the close of the Sixteenth 3p century, adding prestige to the grow- && ing city. The ostablishment of the [UE Dutch East India company in 1602 5 made Amsterdam one of the greatest | 2 mercantile cities in Europe. The city |t is well known for its diamond trade, in fact, for traffic in all precious stones and gold. Also for Its art galleries filled with the great Dutch masterpieces. the work and Evolution of Elements a coloful treat for the motorist, CONCRETE FACTS To build a mile of concrete pave- ment 20 feet wide, more than 4,500 tons of material must be mixed to- required to move this material. information is of particular inte in Tioga and Lycoming counties that State with Federal about to surface 15 miles No .84 between Morris and side. Bids will be opened in burg on June 17. Althcagh large paving mixers capable of turning out a cubic yard of fresh concrete every minute gen- erally are used, the building of hard surfaced roads a surprising- ly large amount of hand labor, Road builders assert that in the end almost the same proportion of money goes to labor in constructing concrete pavements as to labor in building low type roads entirely by hand. The production of a concrete pavement not only begins in the quarries and cement mills, but also in the factories where equipment and supplies must be fabricated. Cement, one of Pennsylvania's basic industrial products, is scien- tifically made from rocks containing certain minerals and manufacturing process is so exact that some 8¢ operations requiring considerable hand labor are necessary. To get the raw materials where the cement used in a mile of concrete road an average of 400 pounds of dynamite must be exploded in the quarries. After the materials have been care- fully assembled 340 tons of bitumin- ous coal, or its equivalent in oil or gas, must be burned to obtain the 650 tons of cement needed for a mile of pavement. Recently the U. S. Bureau of Pub- lic Roads made public the results of a survey which showed that 91 per cent of the money given to contract- ors to build concrete pavements quite promptly finds its way into the pockets of workmen, CAMP LEASES The total number of camp site leases in the state forests as of June 1 is 2583. During May, 15 new leases were executed and since January 1, 1932, 59 new leases have been made. State forest camp sites are leased by the department of forests and waters at pormal rentals eg from $7 to $15 a year. Each of camp sites now leased in the state forests is in effect a little recrea- tional center, particularly for those of moderate means. a AP FINGERPRINT RECORDS Files of the bureau of criminal identification of the Pennsylvania state police now contain the crimi- nal record of 98,848 persons. the price. ON STATE HIGHWAYS | question, subject of daily dis- motorists, is answerea by G. Kildaire, Section 1010 of the amended Ve- hicle Code provides that one car may not follow another “more close- such vehicle and the traffic upon and condition of the highway.’ This section places a definite duty on the driver in the rear, Added to this we have the thought that con- tributory negligence bars a civil re- covery and that regardless of negli- gence attendant upon the activities of the first, there is strong indica- tion that the driver in the rear has contributed at least in part to the damage caused by a collision, either because he failed to observe the ac- tions or signals of the driver in front; that he was following too closely to permit a stop to be made in safety, or that his brakes were faulty in that they could not stop his car within normal brake dis- tance. While under certain conditions this general rule may not apply, it is obvious that the only safe prac- tice for all motorists is to comply strictly with the law against follow- ing a car “more closely than is reasonable and prudent.” A —— po — END OF G, A. BR. SEEN Within another five years the Grand Army of the Republic will have ceased to exist as an organiza- tion. This was the opinion expressed by Samuel P. Town, naticnal com- mander-in-chief, as he sat in the Pennsylvania State headquarters in the City Hall preparing notices for the annual encampment at Spring- field, Ill, next September. “The oldest member of the G. A. R. whom I know is William H, R. Nell of Philadelphia,” hs said. is 96 and was in business until last J » In the prime of the G. A, R, Town declared, the membership 500,000, but now the total membership is less than 15,000. SPRATLIKE John Twig Gave nothing big, His wife gave nothing small; And so between them both They never gave at all. Office Printing Part of the efficiency of a business office is due to the printed forms used in keeping records, filing and corres- pondence. Printed forms save time and eliminate waste, they serve all purposes in a modern, efficient manner. We print everything from ledger sheets to letterheads. Try us for your next job and you will be pleased with The Democratic Watchman miles, they stopped at an inn for once a curate.” “I see,” commented refreshment and the bishop asked the other; “that 'orrid drink again,” "Mr. Hoover to find out from the inn-keeper how much farther they SUBSTITUTE FOR CASH “had to-go. | Thinking they were inquiring the Contentment is better “entire distance, he said, “Five| Than riches, they say, miles.” {| Oh, would that our grocer Bishop: “Well, Brother Hoover, I| Would take it as pay. Matter is made up of atoms. Each itom is like a miniature solar system, with a nucleus taking the place of the sun whilst whirling electrons play yae part of planets. But the nucleus 1s not a single body like the sun; in nearly all atoms it is a combination of protons and electrons, Whnt am glad to see that we are holding | ——————— bronght them together, and why, once «our own.” | Traffic cop: “Why didn't you stop | they had combined to form up, did the ————— | when I whistled?” nucleus not Instantly explode? No Dear old lady: “No, I'm afraid I| Motorist: “I'm sorry. I didn't hear | one could say until the discovery of the “#mew very little about golf. I|you” neutron showed how the elements may «=ouldn’t even tell one end of a cad | Traffic cop: “Well, you'll get your| nave been evolved from electricity. ‘«@le from the other.” | hearing in the morning.”
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