The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, November 30, 1933, Image 6

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    HALL, PA
By Charles Sughroe
errs 7
Employment Furnished by
Federal Public Works.
Washington.—MIllllons of men of all
elasses, representing virtually every
fine of industry In every nook and cor-
per of the United States, will be res
eued from the slough of unemploy-
ment by public works administration
funds this winter.
This faet presented Itself when
Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the in-
terior and head of the administration,
announced that some $£2,000,000,000 al
ready had been allotted to fight the
war on the bread lines.
It Is estimated by Department of
Labor experts that this money distrib
uted throughout the land will provide
8,220,000 man months of employment
In addition to at least twice as much
Indirect or secondary employment,
Reach Peak Next Spring.
Furthermore, It was announced at
the administration that the volume of
work provided will Increase steadily
until a peak Is reached sometime next
spring, although winter weather will
retard the program somewhat.
With weather conditions in mind the
administration took action on allot
ments for road construction work In
the far northern states first, so that
something could be accomplished there
before winter,
An Interesting fact In vconneetion
with the allotments, It was pointed
out, is that the secondary work-—the
gathering and processing of materials
~gtarts as soon as the allotment Is
made and quite some time before di
rect work on the project site Is started.
At the same time It was shown that
only the smaller portion of the sum
Looks Like Carnera
This Is Jack Pettifer, the newest
heavyweight boxer to be Imported to
New York by George McDonald, Eng-
lish trainer. Pettifer, only twenty-two
years old, weighs 230 pounds, and Is
8 feet 8 Inches In height. Note his
startling resemblance to Primo Car.
pera of Italy, the present heavyweight
champion of the world.
gilotted to a project Is spent at the
project site proper. The greater part
is distributed to industries far and
wide or to what the administration
knows as “capital goods producers.”
As an example, there Is taken an
allotment for a bridge in New York
state as soon as the allotment Is made,
contracts for materials are signed and
the producers of “capital goods” pre
pare for an Increased output,
Orders Spread Out.
Steel Is ordered from Pittsburgh and
movement of ore from the mines of
Minnesota — figuratively speaking —
starts. That necessitates some In-
crease in shipping on the Great Lakes,
and after the ore Is processed and the
steel fabricated, raliroad menfare as
signed the task of hauling it to New
York.
In an Instance of that kind, admin-
istration officials sald, the amount of
secondary employment effected coud
never be traced. The Increased sieel
output calls for more coal and count
less other materials essential to the
processing.
Going deeper into the situation, they
pointed out that the increased pay
rolls provide funds for such purchases
as clothing and household needs from
industries entirely unrelated to the
project for which the original allot
ment was made.
Again, they show that most of the
funds allotted for Irrigation projects
in the Southwest, will be spent else
where. Electrical equipment will come
from Schenectady and cement from
the flelds of eastern Pennsylvania.
Naval experts say that most of the
£25.000,000 allotted for new ship con
struction by the administration will
be spent “Inland” for materials giving
secondard employment to thousands,
The public works officials have made
every effort to distribute the funds In
such a manner as to give every section
the same measure of rellef and allot
ments have been made for projects all
the way from the Virgin Islands to the
Philippines and from Alaska to the
Gulf.
Travels 2,000,000 Miles
Yakima, Wash. Traveling 2,000,000
miles ever a stretch of raliroad ap-
proximately 160 miles long Is the ree
ord of J. A. Patchette, rallrond engi-
neer., For 45 years he operated be
tween Spokane and Ellensburg, Wash,
never going beyond them.
Peach Tree Bearing
Two Crops Perfected
Holliday, Utah.—Constant study
of budding peach trees has result.
ed In success for 8, A. Rice, Holll-
day farmer, who discovered a
species that will bear two distinet
crops yearly,
Fenced in his unique orchard,
Rice has a collection of more than
1,000 small trees. Each spring, he
sald, the trees blossom, and a few
weeks later the crop Is completely
matured. Then shortly afterward
they again produce a splendid crop
of prize fruit.
Tue corp
OF SPACE-
INTERSTELLAR
(BETWEEN STARS)
THE THICKNESS OF
A MUSCLE FIBER IS
LESS THAN A THIRD
OF THAT OF AN OR.
WHNU Service
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“The Truth Shall
Make You Free”
Ly
LEONARD A. BARRETT
The Household
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By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER
A very pathetic picture recently ap-
peared In a pnmber of periodicals,
i a p Professor Einstein
was represented as
walking down "a
gangplank of a tug
which brought him
safely to the shores
tof our country. He
boarded the tug
some miles out at
sea In order to
avold danger as
well as publicity,
The efforts of this
great scientist to
avold being mur
dered 1s a stirring
chapter in the his
tory of heroism. It Is commonly
known that a certain faction In Ger
many placed a price upon his head
Professor Einstein was able to get out
of Germany, and found a reasonably
safe retreat In England, where he lec:
tured in a number of the large univer.
sities, He is now a very welcome
guest of one of our universities where
he is to lecture and continue his
studies in his coveted fleld of research.
Many answers might be given to the
question, why was he not allowed to
continue his research in Germany? Of
Society to Banking
oh Ee E- BO e ic Aet S
Miss Kathleen Knox, granddiughter
of Philander CC. Knox, secretary of
state during the Taft administration,
who has given up the life of a social
registerite to work as a page girl in
the Union Trust company of Pitts
burgh, Pa. This photograph of Miss
Knox was made In London at the time
of her presentation to King George
and Queen Mary.
course, the principal reason was that
he is of the Jewish race, and the atth
tude of Hitler and his followers to
ward that race has provoked the wrath
of the entire civilized world,
A matter, however, far more mpor-
tant than racial discrimination is in-
volved In the act of forcing so great
a scientist from his place in the unk
versity where he labored so long. No
nation can afford to throttle the ad-
vance of scientific Investigation or
block the efforts of those who labor
in the field of research. Every nation
that has tried to do so soon passed
out of existence. A nation which by
coercion endeavors to control the free
dom of choice In the matter of per.
sonal liberties soon falls into the grave
which by such acts she has dug for
herself,
One of the great advantages of this
country has been the freedom with
which our men of sclence have been
encouraged to continue thelr scientific
work regardiess of race, color or re
liglon. Large sums of money are an
nually raised by taxation for the sup-
port of state universities, and private
endowments supply funds for the equip
ment of laboratories. If our govern
ment were to attempt to thwart the
progress of scientific Investigation, it
would meet with such protest that the
action would soon have to be rescind:
ed. Our conception of liberty and free
dom of speech would not stand for It.
May our country be spared from such
a fate as was experienced by other na-
tions which attempted to throttle
truth, Only the truth can make us
free.
©. 1932, Western Newspaper Union,
Bible Came on Mayflower
One of the treasured additions to
HOSE who are disposed to be help-
ful to others less fortunate than
themselves usually come to the place
where they wonder what I$ exactly
the right balance In the sharing of
other people's troubles. How far
should thelr own energies be drained
from the pursuance of a self-sufficient
life?! When is the self-imposed obli-
gation to others really fulfilled? Is it
a good thing to
comtinue indefinite
ly to lend a sym-
pathetic ear, when
it is to no further
purpose that the
troubles of other
people are poured
into it?
To question the
right of ethers to
share thelr trou-
bles with you be
yond a certain
point, or rather to
let yourself be
played opon be
yond It, Is to as
sume something of
the attitude of 8
nurse In a sick
room Doctors
know that the most
efficient nurse Is
not the one who
feels every throb
of pain with the
patient. To be an
excellent nurse Is
to realize the ne
cessity of keeping
oneself fit for the
Job in spite of the tendency to follow
the easier course of suffering with the
object of one's care. There seems to
come a time In assisting those who are
in need when It Is necessary to regard
a8 Important the state of one’s own
mind and health,
Constructive Measure
This 1s not getting “hardened” to the
vicissitudes of others. It Is a step in
promoting further usefulness. For if
A person Is made too discouraged by
listening to tales of circumstances over
which they have no power and do not
have means to mitigate, there is just
one more person to go on the wrong
side of the health and prosperity
fence. So it would seein to be well to
lend all the encouragement and finan
cial assistance one can, while at the
same the defending one's self from
the rush of distressing details that
would drown the courage of the listen
er to no possible purpose.
On the other hand, people who re
ceive ald from others frequently feel
that the worse they make their sito
ation appear to the charitable person,
the more and gore will be forthcoming.
The oppesite often works out as true.
If a little aid is received In the right
manner, and the one who gave, sees
much being made of little, the donor
fihds Joy In repeating the gift. But
if the recipient tells of an even harder
jot after a number of efforts of friends
to assist, then it seems to the givers
that their ald Is being sunk In a use
less cause, and had better be applied
where it brings more fruitful results.
Those who have been the object of
kindness and generosity should not
benefits to Increase,
Popularity
When an attractive gir! who dresses
well Is unsought, and one with less to
recommend her Is always being taken
The girl who was less popular
not less liked. In fact, the friends
who knew her were most enthusiastic
vitation, she could not
an lmprompiy manner,
gowned, she had to take
change to another frock.
not necessarily any prettier, but it was
as taking time,
wished for her esmpany were
one fact. She always held
party. Word of this passed
receiving the Invitations that
would
when she was not. It would have
been understandable If her wardrobe
had been limited to
i
her
was high
ment of having to change, but
will win more favor in the eyes of
those inviting her, If she can manage
to keep herself looking fit enough to
enter in at a moment's notice, When,
however, this Is imporsible, she should
is made as short as possible,
© 193%, Bell Syndicate — WNU Service
In the Style of the "90s
Pe
The 1890s are reflected In this Kar
gere-designed ensemble of black velvet
and ermine. The oli-fashioned “tip
pet” scarf and purse muff are com
bined In an ensemble to go with the
black pressed velvet suit, which fea
tures the quaint 1800 suff sleeves,
—
Franklin Supreme in
Versatility of Genius
A mere list of the accomplishments
of that remarkable man Penjamin
Franklin, will show the versatility of
his innate genius, Franklin founded
the public library system in America ;
printed Poor Richard's Almanae, fa-
mous for its wise sayings; organized
the first fire department In America;
became postmaster of Philadelphia
and postmaster general of the Cole
onles; Invented the first stove, the
lightning rod, a smokeless chimney,
bifocal lenses for glasses, and an {me
proved harmonies ; founded the Amer.
fean Philosophical society: printed
the first novel In America, as well as
the first American transiation from
the classics; proved that lightning
was & form of electricity: became
clerk and speaker of the Pennsyl
vania assembly: founded the first
Pennsylvania publie college, now the
University of Pennsylvania: devised
a plan of street lighting and paving:
beiped organize a military force;
helped establish first public hospital ;
perfected the printing press: intro-
duced use of plaster in houses, min.
eral fertilizers on the farm, culture
of silk, and basket willow: drafted
a plan for a onion of the Colonies:
became ambassador to England and
minister to France; elected delegate
to Continental congress: negotiated
treaties of with Sweden and
England; elected governor of Penn
sylvania ; helped frame the Constitu-
thom of the United States, and organ-
ized a society against slavery,
peace
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APPETITE
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If your baby, boy or girl is bilious
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either stomach or bowels, but does
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Children who get syrup of figs,
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NOTICE: The bottlers of Califor
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here apply only to the genuine prod-
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