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“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 {
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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.
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. ™ 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 |
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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.
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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.
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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.”