The Contre Bemocrm, SCLLEFONTS, PENNSYLVANE2 AC DERR........coonniinivnrinssassnres Editor PAUL M.DUBBS................ CECIL A. WALKER Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Entered in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as sec ond class matter TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 81 50 per year, if pald In advance $2.00 per year, ff not pald in sdvance, The date ou subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name, All credits ars given by a change on the date of the label the We send no receipts. firet lssue of each month. unless upon special request. Watch date on your label after you remit, Matters for publication, whether news or adver. sing, must reach the Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon to insure publication that week. Advertising copy received after Tues« day morning must run its chances. All reading notices marked (*) are advertise- ments, Legal notices and all real estate advertisements 10 cents per line each issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not notifying us, are llable for same. Subecriptions will be coatinued unless others wise dircered. Circulation Over 7,000 Copies Each Week. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY. “The church is a human institution, no more perfect or infallible than man himself.” —John D. Rockefeller, Jr. EDITORIA Tragedy of Good Friday. The world’s greatest tragedy occurred on some un- known date commemorated on Good Friday. On this day was sacrificed one who was ready to give his life ior the benefit of humanity, who never injured a soul tho uplifted all with whom he came in contact, who was abandoned to the blind clamor of a mob, incited hy salfish political and religious leaders. Does anything like it happen in our time? The followers of various personalitie: esting that this or that hero of theirs is like Christ. nut it will be hard to point out any of them that do not “how tip human failings in which he was wholly lacking For one thing, Jesus never sacrificed anv of his prinei- ples to win a victory over his opponent t often seems 10 be nec. are often sug- ™m our o~1'*{cal life today, i Feary ¢ p some important j being, In order to oblaln success in som No one ean have his own way wholly what Christ would do today if he came to earth, and had to engage in our politics, is very much of a mystery. He would net be put to death, but his party ould not carry many elections. His doctrines are sup- posed to be accepted theoretically, yet few people lve up to them The people of his day acclaimed him as th ir com- ing king one day, they heaped palm branches in *'s path to do him honor, and then a little later they houted for him to be crucified. The people are not as “iolent as that now, but they are capable of changing thelr minds with equal speed. The world showed up its cheap and sordid qualiti’s on the dav he was crucified, and in the main those qual- iries still ex'st. If the political and business and popuing Jeaders would do less listening with their ears to the ground and pay more attention to the loving words of Jesus, fe would be better worth living. rincinle for the time » other direction A Nation Horrified. A horrified nation reads of ths scenes surrounding the calamity that befell the consolidated school at New London, Texas, in which hundreds of children were killed and mangled. Half the faculty of 54 teachers and nearly a third of the 1500 pupils seem to have been victims. The im- agination 1s staggered at the state of mind of a com- munity where hundreds of families have been plunged in deepest mourning by the catastrophe. The sheer horror cen scarcely be pictured. Hours of frantic work to release torn bodies from the heap of wreckage that had been one of Texas’ finest school build- ings: the frantie rush for physicians, nurses and impro- vised hospital facilities; bodies so mangled by the fury of the blast that identification was difficult, Unlike the second greatest school catastrophe, the Collingswood fire, which brought changes in school ar- chitecture and lald emphasis on fire drills, there seems ts have been no negligence or careless practices respon- sible for the New London affair, Whether the gas pocket was due to leaking natural gas or fumes from the oil deposits that underlie the whole section, no one can say. Nor can one blame the ~as heating system because heal of another t:pe would have fired the deadly gases as easily. The whole affalr is just one of those disasters, ap- rarently unavoidable, which occurs one knows not why. Any oil country pays for its wea'th with certain hazards from the explosive nature of the gas and oil which make the area rich. All the nation can do Is extend its deep sympathy to the sorrowing families, struck by this heavy blow of destiny Richard Pearson Hobson. Memories of “he Spanish-American war and one of the most gallantly brave and heroic feats ever accred- ited to American soldiers and sailors were brought back 10 mind last Tuesday in the death of Rear Admiral Richard Pearson Hobson. On the night of June 3, 1898, Hobson, then a lieu- t*nant In the navy, volunteered with a crew of eight to run a eollier Into the entrance to Santiago harbor and suk it to bottle up the Spanish fleet of Admiral Severa, ‘The deed was done under the fire of guns from Spanish ships and shore defenses. Hobson and his mates were vicked up from the water by Spanish sailors and treat. ed most courteously and gentlemanly by the Spanish officers. As a matier of fact, Admiral Cevera wrote a note to the American fleet commander commending the Lravery of Hobson, Later the hercle young lieutenant was named a rear admiral because of his exploits, He retired to private I'fe, became a congressman from Alabama and all through his yéars carried on a vigorous fight against narcotics and alcohol. Death Stalks the Highways. Last year 38,500 persons were killed by motor vehicle accident. Out of every hundred fatal accidents 85 occurred in falr weather, Out of every hundred fatalities 77 were on dry roads, Only 7 per cent of the drivers and per cont of the Safety Council, indicate that the American people have a few problems to solve that are not connected with par- tisan politics. Certainly the death of 417,036 people since 1922 indicates that something is wrong on the highways. America, “Dangerous.” Sir Phillip Gibbs, famous war correspondent, some years ago told an English audience that “America is the most dangerous nation in the world today because it is too highly organized and volatile, so that over night a passion of pity or hate could sweep the country and rouse it to action which would be either beneficial or detrimental to the world.” The Centre Democrat believes that this English writer spoke the truth. This country is "highly organ- ized and volatile.” Its opinions are often formed over night and great sympathy or furious rage could easily sweep over its broad acres In a night. Following tbat surge of emotion there would be clamors for action, which as he says “would be either beneficial or defri- mental to the world.” This is the reason why we attempt from time to time to call the attention of our readers to some of the perplexing situations existing in world politics. There are many newspaper editors who believe that their read- ers do not care for what is called ‘foreign affairs” and while this may be true, we believe that there are many intelligent readers of The Centre Democrat who will try to be honest and just when international matters are considered, and desire information about them. One of the surest sources of peace in the future is a better understanding among the people of one nation of the problems and worries of their brothers in other nations. In this country, where newspapers are every- where read, we believe It is the duty of all editors to do what they can, in an honest way, to present such facts as might tend to prevent our people from being suddenly overwhelmed by unexpected occurrences, and thus led to precipitate and ill-advised action. A Few Lessons, There are several lessons to be drawn from the kill- ing of three or four persons in Denver, Colorado, by & Negro, disgruntled over failure to get back on relief rolls. The man. formerly a minister, invaded the office for relief clients calmly drew a revolver and started shooting. He had been on relief but was laid off and subsequently refused other work Where is the lesson? Here: He had been acquitted of a manslaughter charge in Omaha in 120 and, in 1024, he engaged in a gun ght with pollee after make ing captive a detective sent to arrest him. He was not prosecuted. Ha must have had some pull somewhere! Tha minister after being arrested for his muitipls slaying. mumbled, “The Lord will take care of me,” and admitted he had planed to slay one white man and two Negro women who, he believed, were preventing hm from securing employment The next leston is that this affair fllustrates the {il feeling that is often wha he thinks ig due him and gives an idea of what js In store when the government terminates ment. There will be bad tempers in that day, miss our guess, present when a worker loses relief employ- or we A National Dilemma. troubie that Congressmen are The tempting States indicates that | ff to determine a neutralit ' vi i, hn rll the world and out oi at th While we understand that the poll and generation have apparently decreed that the United tates shall have as little to do with the affairs of other nations as i it Is possible for this great, powerliul Being a part of the earth and a nation of great pres- tige it is inevitable that the policies of the United Slates affect every other nation. Ewen a do-nothing policy has a transcendant effect upon world politics. A cash and carry neutrality law, for example, practiaily allies us with the nation that happens to control the sea. A pol- ky to protect our commerce involves the risk of con- flict, which everybody is anxious to avoid, The dilemma exists in almost every sphere of action. It cannot be side -stepped ics of our day possible we are not misled into believing that nation to live alone Here Are Some Opinions. Every man 1s entitled to his own opinion. While we may not agree with what we read, the views expressed are often interesting. With this In mind, we call your attention to some recent observations by Sir Arthur Willert: British jowrnalist, who 15 visiting in the United States He doesn't think that any European country wants war. Germany is bluffing, Italy recuperating from the Ethiopian adventure and Russia not prepared to fight, Mussolini, says he, has silpped, although he 18 a first. class driver trying to steer a second-class vehicle” Hit. ler is a “second-class driver in a very good vehicle” Prance is making remarkable progress under the Blum program of democracy in practice as well as theory and all democratic countries are regaining prestige. Why You Cam't Believe All One bright boy rises to remark that “you can’t be- lieve all that you see in the newspapers,” and no news- paperman refutes the statement. Truth of the matter, most of the news in a newspaper is based on what some member of the vast public says, and the fact that people sometimes twist the truth, and fool newspapermen, ex- plains the remark. Another common remark that one hears is “I see where The Centre Democrat says . . . ” and the speaker will go to narrate some news article that has been print. od, never stopping to think that a vast majority of the items that appear In print are merely reports of what others say or claim, which the newspaper presents to intelligent readers leaving them to pass their own judg- ment, Too Many Lawyers, The number of lawyers in the United Btales amazes anyone who gives some study to the question. Accord. ing to Dean Smith, of the Columbia School of law, “There is one lawyer for every 763 persons” in the Uni. ted States, including Infants. Average earnings of the legal brethren are very low and, In New York county, according to the same authority, “nearly ten per cent of the bar has attained the status of paupers.” The flood of law students has apparently reached a new high all over the United States and the bars of almost every couiity are over-crowded. As a result of this condition, the standards of the profession have been seriously Impaired and, no doubt, the principles of jus tice flouted. Some Russians Vote, Russia, it seems, is taking a first step in the art of popular self-government and some future year may see hel Boviet ranked among the real democracies of the 8 . By a recent order all lower party officials will be elected by secret vote in yearly elections. Members of the party will bave the full right to criticise and to re Stove any candidate from the list that they disapprove of. Of course, the reform affects only the Communist party but it introduces democracy and the elective sys tem. Later on evolution of events will keep the process developing toward more complete democratic goals, Have Good Health, Citizens of Bellefonte who have survived the winter wiil soon have the opportunity of taking advantage of spring weather and building up bodily resources depleted THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, _ son " _— Pr PA. TEE March 25th, 1937. pl lS I ——— —— The Otfice Cat... Erin Go Bragh ! Although a little late for 8t. Patrick's Day, we publish the following poem sent in by a friend of this column: When Erin was a little isle, A mile or 50 across, The Irish had a civil war To settle who was boss; They fought the war with dornicks, They had neither spear nor bow, But they could throw a stone a mile And hit a flying crow. The Great O'Neill, he won the war, And they proclaimed him king; He then declared a festival When all should dance and sing; Somebody brought some whisky And the people, great and small Took to it lke a cat to milk, And they had a free-for-all, The birds quit flying overhead, There was no safety there, For stones and sticks and darby-clods Completely filled the alr; They fell into the ocean, Pllled in along the shore ‘Till the island was extended out A hundred miles or more, They then divided Erin up, To multiply the thing, A king for every county, And a war for every king; They'd fight with anybody And with any kind of tools, On any provocation and By any sort of rules. Those Micks of old are dead and gone; Their sons are over here; There's revolutions in their hooch And riots in their beer; They want to fight for freedoms cause, And freedom, in their light, Consists, as in the olden times, In being free to fight. They work and drink ike sturdy sons Peneath our kindly sky; They raise a sturdy family, They age, and then they d And if they go to heaven where They cannot find a fray, LM all nine honk a Ye 1 all play hookey down to hades, ure, on Saint Patrick's Day! Tombstone Ticklers. It seems that a hammer-and-tongs evangelist who had been a drunken the street, and that a wiite | bum before he hit the sawdust trail pave it as his dying wish that he be bur- the cemetery of his home village, close by be set up and the following vel engraved thereon in large letters: ed In stone Pause, drunkard, as you stagger past, And think where you'll wind up at last, If you don't reform before 100 late You'll go to H—— as sure as fate! His wishes were carried out, and just after the stone had been erected a i small merchans of the town, who had been driven to drink by the depression, | came by that way. Aware that it was something new, he stopped and sagged | against the fence to steady himself while he read the inscription. On finish- { ing it he jook out his pencil and scrawled underneath: i “9 "That's where 11 have to go, you slob, If I'm to get back on the job; I can't stay here and make a cent Because that's where my business went! Apology, A negro preacher got up one Sunday morning and sald, “There is twelve | chicken thieves in this congregation this mawnin'—including Brother Johnson.” After services he called | { on the preacher and told him he could not bawl him out in public that way, he would have to take that back at the night services, The preacher promised to Brother Johnson did not like it much, naturally. do it. At the night services he sald: “Brethern, at this mawnin's services I sald there was twelve chicken thieves In the congregation Including Brother John- son. But I want to take that statement back and apologize to Brother John | son. I say now that there were eleven chicken thieves in the congregation this mawnin’ not counting Brother Johnson!” { An absented-minded country doctor is one who sets a farmer's tooth and pulls the hired girl's leg. | Her Kind Word. A stranger entered a certain eating place the other evening. “May 1 take your order?” the sprightly waitress inquired, “Yes,” he replied. “Two eggs and a kind word"! Query and Answer Colum —— n — L. A—How much financial Joss was caused by the depression? Ans~The International Labor Office at Geneva has estimated that for all countries involved, the loss was $776,000,000,000, E. MIs the new Queen of England a musician? Ans ~Queen Elizabeth is an accomplished pianist and has a lovely sings | Ing voice, M. W.—~Why was the date of George Washington's birth changed from February 11, 1731, to February 22, 1732, when the calendar was changed 11 | days? | Ans~When the Gregorian calendar was adopted in this country in 1751, not only were the eleven days added, but New Year's Day was changed from March 26 to January 1. Thus February 1731 became February 1732, Mrs. T.—-Can you tell me the reason why cats have fits? Ans~They are usually caused by intestinal worms. Bralp or heart weake nesses may be the cause, but these attacks are usually fatal, { i H. W.—~Who wrote, on the eve of battle: “If I survive, I shall soon be with | those I love; if I fail, I shall soon be those I have loved”? | Ans ~This sentiment was contained in a letter written home by Bir Charles | Napier, a distinguished British general, 8. 8.~Why were the catacombs of Paris evacuated? Ans —They were subterranean quarries which furnished building material | for the city. Later, they were arranged to contain corpses removed from other burial grounds, and probably contain the bones of at least six million dead. H M. G~Who fs authority on the World Court? Ans —Judge Manley O. Hudson, American member of the World Court bench, is regarded as such. The League Assembly gave Judge Hudson the sec- ond highest vote—forty eight out of a possible fifty-three, ever received by a | World Court candidate, Judge Mineitciro Adatlel of Japan is the only member who has surpassed this record i supposed to be the leading { i I. T—~How many lives were lost in building the first bridge across San Francisco Bay? Ans —~Twenty-three men were killed in the construction the 1 W. J.—-Why did Charles Stewart Parnell, the Irish Nationalist leader: England so? ’ Ans —He was much influen England from her father. M. H. R.—Does Germany haye a sterilization law? Ans. —A law for the prevention of inherited disease in WAS Pro mulgated, effective January 1, 1834 It provides thet persons suffering from hereditary disease may by surgical operation be rendered sterile if the exper fence of medical science shows it probable that thelr oflspring would suffer from | bodily or mental defects applies to cases of congenital feeblemindedness, insanity, epllepsy, Bt. Vitus's blindness and deafness, serious hereditary bodily alcoholism. : dangerous sexual criminals is alsc 5. W. of the first bridge, hate ced by his mx 10 inherited a hatred of posterity , hereditary mpulsory ordered t from the soil was carried eas in the form of vapor, ans are constantly bee coming se maticr of opinion. Howe the three leading Ame president of exponent of the money ever, a well-known soclalogist of Nes fork has classed ericans L the United Stat system; Norman P. E.—~Wha Ans —Woodpeckers are especially valuable as natura] guardians of the Ali) forests. They keep trees praciically free of burrowing bugs and worms on i which they feed L. V.—Why 15 it that in some Btates a woman is considered of age when she becomes 18 instead of 21-—-same as men? Ans Each Bis ate own laws with reference to the age of ma- turity. Those holding we minimum of 18 years presume that the female attains physical maturity at rs younger than the male, Unless ¢ n alike do not become of age until 0. T.--Did Cong and Washington? Ans Yes gbout Philadelphia, Bal ot n timore, Lancaster, Pa. hb rinceton, Annanclis, Trenton and New York City titution held its first session In New York in 1789 t moved to Philadelphia, its meet. [| . 3 b I's . A EN 4 ’ a : "ol place until 1800, alter which it took up i's permanent home in Washing- otn. Roosevelt Thomas, socialist { are woodpeckers good for? te rem its they are 21 han in Philadelphia Reader What is done about drilling shoot left-handed? Ans —All movements in military drills and firing must be uniform. There. fore soldiers are taught to use their guns and drill right-handed. At first it's awkward, but they soon leam. | soldiers who are left-handed and N. E.—Are the people of Tibet of Chinese? Ans However ivillzed, non-progressive as | & result of strict religious traditions, they are under British domination but as ~Yes because they are semi-«¢ The waitress brought the eggs and was moving away when the fellow | part of the Chinese Republic. | stopped her. “What about the kind word?” he said. The waltress leaned over and whispered, “Don't eat the eggs.” A Disquieting Thought. During a recent 8t. Patrick's Day banquet, the msal had progressed to the stage where conversation turmed to general topics, “Isn't it too bad about the Pope?” inquired one of the diners. “I under. | | stand he is so {ll that he may pass away any day.” | | “Yes. it is a matter of regret” spoke up another diner across the table, | “But if the Pope should happen to die, there'll be another to take his place.” “That's just what is worrying me,” went on the first speaker ‘Well, what is there about that to worry you or anyone else?” came the | | query. | “There're plenty, I'm telling you,” was the answer Doughboy Special. | The following letter Is supposed to have been discovered in the Washing. | ton files toward the end of the World War, | doubt copled several times in its transmission, there is little reason to believe that the contents have been altered greatly. Picture now, if you will, a Jonesome | soldier's wife sitting down and penning this epistie to the protecting force she | knows as Government. Here's the missive: Mr. Headquarters, U. 8. Armory, George Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Headquarters: My husband was induced into the surface long months ago and I dident | receive no pay from him sense he was gone. Please send me my elopement as 1 have a four months old baby and he is my only support and I kneed it every | day to buy food and keep us inclosed. I am a poor woman and all that I have is at the front. Both sides of my parents are very old and I can’t suspect any- thing from them as my mother has been in bed for thirteen years with one and she won't take no other. My husband is in charge of a spittoon. I get more than I am going to get. Please send me a letter and tell me if husband has made application for a wife and child form to fill out, I have eady wrote to Mr, Wilson and I dident get no answer and If I don't ar you 1 will write Unele Sam about the whole thing and him too. Very truly, MRS, Wao, . 8. My husband says he sels in the YMCA every night with the plano his uniform. I think you can find him there, 1 ET — | &= | | DO YOU KENOW Although a little old, and no | | session of the United States? | | ness license from a peddler? | resentatives when the Constitution was M. C.—Can you tell me if “renovize” is a proper word? What does it mean? Ans —"“Renovize” Is considered proper. It is 2 new word coined about 1831 [ a oe aT eh hd ir " Y ' | It Is 8 form of “renovate,” taken from the Latin “renovatus,” meaning literally (0 make new H. V.-Is Vatican City an independent State from Italy? Ans Yes. It has the title of Monarchic State of Vatican City. The ruler i the Pope Thus have their own postage stamps and coinage of money. Hows | , they are under Nalian law, but no commercial tivl | . Mn a] activily is carried on | the Bate, ’ a n : F. P.—What is President Roosevelt's religion, and is he a Mason? Also was Theorodre Roosevelt of the same religion and a Mason? Ans—President Roosevelt is an Episcopalian and also a Mason. Theos dore Roosevell was a member of the Duteh Reformed ehurch, and was also “Don't you know that & Mason. | if the Pope dies, that d-——d Roosevelt is lable to appoint a Protestant” —— . - —h—_ —————— —— ee ————————————————————— {gress the power to determine the nume ber ¢f justices on the Supreme Court. 6. 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 set. 1. Ts Marlene Deitrich an American | 00d¢, made by Howard Hughes on Jans citizen? { ary 18th, 2. What is a “strip tease” act? ih Less than half of the families in 3. Are the Hawalian Islands a pos- | an Sy wn alt ha oe members as ‘compared with 435 today. 8. Twenty-seven. 5. Is President Roosevelt's proposal 10. Yes; Adrian IV in 1154. in regards to the Supreme Court con. dul stitutional? COLLEGE FRESHMEN VOTE 6. What is the fastest air time across | the continent? 7. Does the average family in the United States own its home 8. How large was the House of Rep- 4. Can a municipality exact a busi- adopted 9. How many states have ratified the child labor amendment? 10. ‘Was there ever an English pope? THE ANSWERS 1. The actress, whose real name is Maria Magdalene Sieber, has filed her uppiisation for citizenship in this coun- but they were not so men. by the confinement that accompanies our coldest weather, 2. One In which a gradually disrobes. 3. The islands, annexed in 1808, be- came a territory in 1900, and entertain the thought of statehood some day. 4. Not if the peddier is engaged In inter-state commerce, which has here tofore been very liberally defined by the 6. Yes; the Constitution gives Qone Involved had been drinking. Only 2 per cent of the cars had bad brakes,
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