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HAS JAPAN STOLEN A MARCH?
Discussing a two-ocean fleet and hearing about a bil
lion dollars to be spent on warships the average American
is apt to get a little bit mixed up in regards to his navy.
In the first place, the present strength of the United
States Navy is below the standard of parity set by the limi-
tation treaties. Despite the construction of the past four
years our fleet is still short of modern-age vessels, This
may be the basis for the statement of the Japanese Rear
Admiral Ishimaru, who says the Japanese navy is superior
in quality to the United States fleet now.
The argument over the relative efficiency of airplanes
and battleships and the decision to build battleships leads
some people to the conclusion that the United States is
“dressed-up” with battleships. As a matter of fact, the two
battleships started in 1937 will hardly be fighting machines
before 1942 and by that time five of our present battleships
will be over age, to the satisfaction of powers which began
to build modern battleships several years ago.
The present debate over the billion dollar naval build.
ing program is extremely misleading because all that the
proposal does is to declare a naval limit. Today, the size of
our fleet is fixed by law in accordance with the limitation
treaty, which nobody regards. The new “program” author-
izes a larger navy but it will take other legislation to ap-
propriate money before a single warship can begin the pro-
cess of construction.
Because there is so much talk about battleships and so
many estimates of comparative strength on the basis of if-
we-build there is an idea that we have the ships. Actually,
the suspicion exists that before the United States can carry
out its construction program there will be a year in which
the Japanese navy will be more powerful than our own.
Certainly, even now, in view of the Japanese building in
the past few years, there is a much closer balance than most
Americans suspect. If Japan builds while we debate, and
~ Japan will builg, the margin will be against us,
Now, while our Congressmen and citizens debate
whether to build a fleet befitting the world’s richest na-
tion, the word comes from Japan that Foreign Minister
Kohi Hirota hopes to stop the world’s naval race. This will
lead some bright patriot in this country to propose that we
stop all naval construction pending another pow-wow on
limitation of fleets, which will be fine for Germany, Italy
and Japan, now busy building new and larger battleships.
It follows Japan's refusal to disclose her building plans and
the advocacy by the same Hirota of “increased prepared-
ness” by Japan in order to guard against the possibility of
interference by a third power in her undeclared war against
China.
37 PER CENT SALES TAX.
The American Petroleum Industries Committee sup-
plies some interesting analysis of just what the gasoline tax
yields, and how it is used and what it means in its effect
upon the individual motorist.
In 1937 the “typical U. S. motorist” used 650 gallons
of gasoline. The fuel cost him $95; the tax amounted to
$36. The present tax ‘rate is, on a national average, 37 per
cent of the price, the highest sales tax on any generally-used
commodity levied in this country.
Since the inception of the gasoline tax in 1919, the pet-
roleum industry has passed on to its customers the benefits
of operating economies and improved methods, with the re-
sult that the price of gasoline today is less than one-half
what it was in 1920; but the rise of gasoline tax costs, from
less than one dollar a year to more than $32, has prevented
gasoline consumers from reaping much of the benefit,
A survey of the relationship between gasoline prices
and taxes, made by the American Association of State High-
way Officials, and presented in that organization's 1937
report, indicates the extent to which the purchasing power
of the gasoline dollar is reduced by taxes. The report shows
that the gasoline dollar's purchasing power is greatest in
Missouri, where only 16.66 per cent is taken for taxes, and
lowest in Tennessee, where 39.07 per cent goes for taxes. On
the basis of the association's report the national average
gasoline tax absorbs 26.65 per cent of the dollar's buying
power, leaving 73.35 per cent to pay for gasoline, The effect
is the same as that of a retail sales tax of 35.22 per cent.
Further light is thrown upon the situation by govern.
niental and other studies of the purchasing power of those
who pay gasoline taxes. It has been found a large propor-
tion of these gasoline tax payers are workers earning $20
to $30 a week, and farmers. Their motor vehicles, pur.
chased second hand and having an average value of around
$200, are used largely in the business of earning a living,
The owners have to work more than a week each year mere. |
ly to earn the money to pay their annual gasoline tax bill,
DRUNKEN DRIVERS GOVERNOR'S TARGET
Governor Earle has taken another advanced step in
the direction of highway safety, His latest order is for the
Highway ifotor Police to take a drunken driver to the near.
est reputable physician, have the case diagnosed and if war.
ranted by the doctor's verdict after a hearing, lift the li-|
cense for six months.
If there is any weakness in the plan, it is limiting li |
cense suspension to six months, when twelve or more would |
he comforting to other users of the highway.
However the new plan cuts through red tape and
brings home to the offending driver some degree of the!
seriousness of his conduct. Care will be exercised in picking |
up sug
agree to some inconvenience if all the drunks can be driven |
from steering wheels.
ie Gavernoe is doing a great job with his fifty-mile
nine y sus
the drunk ought to
oug just as well and all in the
held v wo
A hy id
iat
‘entirely wrong on any conclusion
went up and struck his heart I
ts. Sober drivers perhaps need have no apprehen. 3 abl
about being picked up in error, but even these might | and
oil program. The treatmont for |
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ABOUT LIVING LONGER,
The reader probably thinks he would like to know how
long he will live, For that reason human beings are always
interested in revelations that tend to reveal the causes of
‘death and the habits that tend to prolong life.
Prof. Maymond Pearl, noted biologist, has recently
come to some interesting conclusions about longevity, Inas-
much as they are based on a scientific study of data the
statements of this scientist are worth passing on, although
every reader will “know” immediately that the student is
, that does not coincide
with his or her prejudices.
Prof. Pearl's study reveals that inheritance is a major
factor in the achievement of great longevity. It is not sur-
| prising that ripe old age is based on a “pretty good egg” at
‘the beginning.
He finds that smoking means a definite impairment of
longevity, proportional to the amount of tobacco used. Con-
trary to some ideas he reports that “no measurable effect
of the moderate use of alcoholic beverages can be demon-
strated” although heavy indulgence “definitely and con-
siderably impairs life expectation.”
Hard physical labor, says the professor, whether per-
formed in indoor or outdoor occupations, has no effect upon
life expectation up to the age of forty but considerable ef-
fect after that age.
In the case of persons dying eventually of diseases of
the heart or the blood vessels, his study convinces him that
it is possible, even when such persons are in a state of good
health, to distinguish the groups that will be short-lived
and those which will be long-lived.
Prof. Pearl reports that life tables show a great im-
provement in the average duration of life in the past forty
years but this is due to a great improvement in infant wel-
fare and not to a lengthening of the biological span of hu-
man life. In fact, he asserts that “actually fewer persons
alive at the age of 70 today survive to the age of 90 than
did forty years ago.”
BLAMES THE “AVERAGE” DRIVER
The “average driver,” not the drunken or defective
driver, is responsible for 75 per cent of the nation's high
way accidents, says Dr. Ralph Lee, traffic expert. He in-
sista that “most of the accidents are caused
things that we already know are wrong.”
There is undoubtedly much truth in this assertion
most every driver knows that it is wrong to pass another
vehicle on a curve or while ascending a hill, but the ten.
dency to take a chance often overtakes our caution. Many
times, we get by, but, oc asionally, there is a serious ace:
dent, causing death or injury. Similar exan
could be cited bu the central idea is the same.
The lesson for motorists of Bellefonte to get is that it
is always necessary to assume that any violation of sound
safety rules will result in an accident. There are occasions
when even the best drivers find themselves in an unexpect
ed tight place and hence little sense is deliberately in
such an emergency.
by
Serious GR
tino
Lidig
PRESTO, PEACE AND PROSPERITY!
The Hon. Burton K, Wheeler now says that the admin
istration: (1) should formulate a program of “economi
operation necessary to bring the world back to a basis of
prosperity, and (2) the President should consult with the
Senate and House, and with other leading industrial nations
find a basis for general agreement and then “make prop
to the world.”
Now, if that isn't easy? Just get the Senate and the!
House to agree, have the industrial nations of the world t
add their little chirps of approval and, presto, everything
is fixed. Funny, that somebody hadn't thought of this be
fore.
Anis
Health and Beauty
think of
plain or-
\
Did you ever stop to
what a rare commodity
dinary conmunon sense Is?
A surgeon had a patient only re-
cently, 8 “Mra. A" who was kept
in & highly nervous condition, and
whose recovery was actually de-
layed and hindered by the persist-
ent visits of a woman who Wid her
unpleasant things. She would sp-
pear at the sic one’s hospital door
unannounced at any hour of the
day, though she had been told that
the patient should not have visit-
ors
On one occasion she prefaced
her remark by saying, “I'm 0
quiet I know that I can sit here
and Just soothe you lo sieep” she
continued, “It's a pity you had
have that appendix operation and
you 50 fat. 1 have a friend who was
fat when she was operated on, and
her stomach 1s 30 weak that ashe
has to wear an uncomfortable ban.
dage all the time to keep her mus-
cles from coming apart.
“1 know a fat man who has had
tubes in his side ever since he was
operated on. They tell me that the
doctors told him he might as well
g0 home and make the best of It
that he would never be well. I sus-
pect that he didn't ave a skillful
surgeon, 1 don't believe much In
the surgeons here anyway.
“Why there was old Mr. Jones
who died when he had his leg cut
off. He had some awful disease,
gangrene or something, and It just
reckon. They tell me that he had
had diabetes or something for
twenly years or more. Now you
might have that Did your dock
ook to find out? You know its as-
tonighing how careless some doc-
tors are”
‘Oh, you say they examined your
urine and blood, and took
blood pressure before they oper-
ated, Well maybe you haven: go
it then, but I'm doubtful”
The doctor wondered why “Mr
A” asked him so many questions
aboul her condition and did not
get along as well aa he expected
If he had only Known that a {oo0i-
ish, meddiesome visitor had im-
planted fear thoughts, and dis-
trust of him in her mind he would
have understood
A sensible visitor would have
only remalned a few moments, dur-
ing which she would have improved
the time by telling her [friend
things to fill her heart with hope
and bappiness. Bhe would have
planted seeds that would have has
tened her return to health
How many poor invalids are gus
tracted and made miserable by
thoughtless visitors, who not onl
tell them unpleasant things, but
who are eternally recommending
to them silly remedies, because
some relative or friend took them
and was marvelously cured. Culti-
vate common sense. When you visit
the sick tell them cheerful things
and leave the doctor 0 prescribe
the medicines,
you
a. -
oll, vinegar, salt and pepper. Add
‘one to two teaspoons of sugar if
desired, Bhake It vigorously
Roguefort Cheese Dressing
Crush 14 1b. of Roquefort cheese
{in a bowl. Add 9 tablespoons of
salad ofl, little by little, until you
Bugar snd cream go well with /
strawberries, but certainly not DSO ® smooth, even mixture; then
And 50 It ls with
Sarah Ann's
Cooking Class
cooked dressings made
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Frevch Dressing
Beat 12 tablespoons of salad oll,
vinegar and less ofl. A
make Pronch
TAR CENTRE DEMOCRAT, EELLEFORTE. PA.
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March 10,1988;
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THE
Orrice CAT
“A Little Nonsense Now and Then,
Is Relished by the Wisest Men”
y
OUR RUM-SOAKED MEN
(We can't speak, of course, for the alley-minded Office Cat, but the
editorial department is deeply shocked by the pernicious propaganda
carried forth in this poem.-—The Editor.)
The horse and mule live 30 years
And nothing know of wines and beers:
The goat and sheep at 20 die
And never taste of Scotch and Rye:
The cow drinks water by the ton:
And at 18 is mostly done;
The dog at 15 cashes in
Without the ald of Rum and Qin;
The eat In milk and water soaks
And then in 12 short years it crosks:
The modest, sober, bone-dry hen
Lays eggs for nogs, then dies at ten:
ALL ANIMALS are strictly dry,
They sinless live and swiftly die:
But Sinful, Ginful, Rum-8oaked Men
Survive for three score years and ten!
Mandy Had Proof
“Are you sure, Mandy, that you know where your husband was on
the night this robbery was committed” asked the Judge.
“Ef Ah didn't, jedge." replied Mandy, “den he sure got grounds for
a divorce !”
Really Hot Stuff
A colored preacher was trying to impress on his congregation the ter.
rors of hell
“Breder'n an’ Sistern.” he asked, “Is any of you evah been in Pitts.
burgh, where de big steel works 57”
“Ah been dere, Parson,” sald one member of the congregation.
“is you been in de mills, and has you ebah seen de hot steel when it
comes out of de furnaces?” asked the preacher
“Yes, Preacheh, Ah seen iL"
“Well, den you knows how hot dat stuff Is Ah wants to tell all you
sinners dat when dat dere stuff comes out of de furnace, it's hot. It's
white hot, it's sizzlin’ hot. In fac’ it's s0 hot dat no one can come any-
where near it without gettin’ shriveled up. Well, Bredern an’ Sistern. in
hell dey uses dat cere stufl for ice cream i
It Looked Suspicious
The bad banker In & small town was in the habit of wearing his hst
during business | ’ he flies used his pate for a par-
ie ground r was uncomfortable as it swell
Italian the
and
B
~CHeCK Ca
yolished sw face Wh Week an
ned
} Worsman would come Ww
bank to gel his
Aas
you open an account with ws?” the banker asked one
any
The Italian
fidentially
Me afraid, Mistah
a WUip somewhere
locked at the banker's hat and then whispered con-
US UUme looka lke
Boss
ake
THE OLD AND THE NEW
(Contributed)
Bteam has been superceded
Electricity now is king
And 8 $0-horsepower engine
Is just the proper thing
It's belly-ache we used to have
Bul it's sppendicitis now
And ealing ocovon butler
That never saw a cow
Prohibition is our motto
New things have come 0 stay;
But thank goodness we get our
in the same old-fashioned way
Bits
if Solomon ever tried changing a forty-year-old wife for
Goodbye Hanky!
The bus was full and the male occupants of seats none too cour-
teous, so the country girl had to content herself with a strap wedged
between two rows of persplring salesmen.
Bhe dropped her handkerchief, and 10 her dismay saw it land on a
stout gentleman's lap.
Too bashiul to reach for it. or to ask for it's return, the poor girl
stared hard at her property, In the hope that the fat man would soon
notice the article and restore it
The fat man looked up and caught her inlent gaze. Imagine her
embarrassment when the blushing heavyweight began to tuck the bit
of white cloth out of sight
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Very Polite
A rertain girl had a “gentieman friend.” and also a girl friend, and
one day she was foolish enough to introduce the “gentieman friend” to
the girl friend, the result being that the aforesaid girl friend proceeded
to “vamp” the man. This made the certain girl mad, of course, so she
sat down and wrote a letter to her former girl friend:
"Dear Sadie,” she wrote, “you knew that I was keeping company
with that fellow, and you stole him away from me. You are a low-life
and a bum. and a bleached blonde When 1 see you I'm going to pull
out all your hair, and spol] your face.
“P. 8B. Please excuse pencil”
bes
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A HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
A heavyweight flapper from Treit
Who should have been shown in a tent,
Sat on her shelk's knee
For two hours or three,
And now the poor boob's pleasure bent,
Not Guilty
Able’s wife was on the witness stand giving testimony against him
which she hoped would win her a divorce. Among other things she
stated that before her marriage to the defendant, Able, she had been a
fine, stout figure of a woman. but that soon after the Rabbi made them
one she began to lose weight and, finally contracted melancholia. All
of which she blamed onto Able’s cruel and unusual treatment,
This was too much for Able.
“Your Honor," he shouted, jumping to his feet, “Dot's a lle. In my
whole life I never had this sickness. Any doctor you can ask!”
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Just Between Us Girls
A flapper was spiiling the secrets of her first joyride to her rooms |
mate,
“We rode about five miles, and then he took my hand.” began the
first one. “We rode another mile and he put his arm around me. We
yOu gonna maybe
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| Query and Answer C olumn
PROBLEM The pitcher in a World's Berles baseball game struck
Mt the third batter in the ninth inning. He was so jJubllant over the
victory that he threw the ball again, and it came right back to him
without the ball striking anything or without assistance from anybody.
How did it happen? (Answer elsewhere in this column.)
J. F~What is an Aard wolf? Are any of them in this country?
Ans An aard wolf is a carnivorous burrowing animal of South
Africa. In size and appearance it reseubles a fox, but it belongs to the
hyena family. They are timid and come out only &t night in search of
food. There are none in America living in the wild state.
R. 8~1 am making a bushel! basket, Can you tell me what the di.
mensions should be to hold exactly a bushel?
Ans Assuming that your basket is going to be round, ft should be
8 inches deep and 18°: inches in diameter, This is the standard size
for cylinder bushels and contains 2.150% cuble inches,
T. D~Who was Clara Barton? Did she campaign for prohibition?
Ans Clara Barton was a philanthropist born in Oxford, Mass, in
and died April 12, 1912, On graduating from school ghe became a
teacher, During the Civil War she was devoted 0 the care and hospi
talization of the sick and wounded, 1n 1888 she lectired for several
years, When the Red Cross was organized In 1881 she became its fired
president, Bhe did not campaign for prohibition,
K. C~Can you tell me what is the meaning of “agnostic?”
Ans Agnostic” is a word coined by Prof Huxley, It Is a person
who believes that beyond what a mén or person can know of God
his senses or feel by higher affections, nothing can be known. Thus
agnostic Is ane who claims he “doesn’t know” what is beyond our mor
tal lives,
N. 2-1 woud
Ans.—Alligator
good. The savages eat it,
alligator meat
L. T~Will you please answer in your good paper the origin of the
word “amazon.” and what it means?
Ans "Amazon" is the mythical name of & warlike race of women
who lived in Asia Minor, near the Black Bea. They fought on the cide
of Troy in the Trojan War. The term is now applied 10 any strong,
buxom woman who has masculine characteristics
3 iL Urue that Napoleon wasn't a Frenchman?
Napoleon was born and raised in Corsica, after which he en.
tered the military school in Paris, Prance. He became & Prench cofti-
zen and was © ssioned Heutenant of artillery, While he wags 2
Corsican by birthright, he swore allegiance 10 France
T. G-Who are
Ans ~The Maror
ciass in Byria. They
have the privilege
priestly celibacy is
A S~What do Amos and Andy receive for thelr broadosst?
Ans —It is reported i -year contract calls for
$7500 a week.
1821
like to know If alligator meat is good to eat?
ment is edible, but we don't know whether it is
bul we have no record of civilized man eating
as
the Mearonites?
ites 6 sect of Christians who oonstitute a
acknowledge the Pope of Rome as thelr head but
of using the Bric langusge In thelr service, and
not
ure
enforoed.
-
new
4 |
Wt thelr Ir
Tesi Enakes?
world are the reticulated pythons
thirty feet In length and fifteen
us species ever found was forty-two
ring
tr
fect long
G. 8B. L—What
Roosevell's secrelary
Her salary
ir
Miss
salary does Marguerite Le Hand, President
receive?
Als 8 $5000 a year
W. H—Has anything ever been heard of the bottles that were drop-
ped into the Atlantic by some museum?
Ans Approximately 100 corked bottles containing sg card
ing the finder 0 note the day of discovery and return the card ©
American Museum of Natural History, New York, were dropped
the Atlantic off Newloundland on July 26, 1836. Thirteen of the
were returned In Jess than a year. Most of them were picked
Ireand. One was returned In July, 1837, from Bilbos, Spain.
were also nd off Cornwall, England, and the codst of Pratioe
T. W—What city bad & population of ten thousand on the day it
settled?
Ans~This is true of Oklahomr City. It wes opened for settiement
April 22, 1888, and by nightfall hid a population of ten thousatid under
tents,
E. W. H—How many cigarettes are produced in Virginia factories?
Ans Virginia f produce 200000000 cigareiies a day.
S. T-Why is named?
Ans~1t 1s a Bwedigh botanist,
T. B-~Which receives the higher salary, the Governor of New York
or the Mayor of New York City?
Ans Both receive $25000 a year.
J. D~ is the record made in the major leagues for circling
the bases?
Ans~The recognized record for circling the bases is thirteen and
two fifth seconds, gnade by Evar Swanson of the Cincinnati Reds Sep
tember 15, 1829
R, C~What salaries are pald to members of a schoo! board?
Ans ~The members of a school board serve without compensation.
B. L—~Is the Army changing regulstions about dress uniforms &t
posts?
Ans ~The blue dress uniform will be required for all Army officers
stationed at posts on October 1, 1838.
W. H—How much does Toscanin! receive for his radio broadeasts?
Ans ~The conductor receives $4000 a brosdesst,
V. C—~What was the substitute of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Ans ~The book appeared at a time that double titles were popular,
It was nam~d Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly.
C. B M.—How many times a year does the sun cross the line?
Ans-—-Twice a year—in the spring and fall. The sun will cross the
equator coming north on March 21 at 1:43 a. m, Eastern Standard
Time,
R. P~—Are there any curly-halred horses?
Ans ~The Bashkirs, which come from the plains of Eastern Russia,
are & curivhalred breed
be composer sald that there is no such thing as & Dew
me F.
Ans-Irving Berlin sald, “We depend largely on tricks, we writers
of songs. There Is no such thing as a new meiody.”
M. C, P.—Can you tell me in your Query and Answer Column
meaning of Nazi? ine
Ans ~"Nazi'
tional Socialist.” exterminate or purge
Christian, Jewish or other religions, and render them impotent in
political government of Germany.
V. C~Pilease tell me through your question column in
and near what town the ranch is located on which
cowboy movie star, is going to live? Is he married and
| Does he own the ranch?
Ans~We are informed from a reliable source that
| 38 years old, is married and owns a ranch hear Tulsa,
' way, he Is not a “tenderfoot,” as he can ride the ponies
| 8s he can play baseball.
4. E. H—Please tell me how they take eggs from trout at s
Was
yr 217% rev oe
' alaries
dahlia so
Dahl
named {or
That
rode another mile and then he parked--why aren't you listening, Margie |
or arent you keeping up with my story?”
"Be yourself, dearie,” sided tic roommate, “I'm way shead of |
Ans~We have no record or data on United States colng being
minted without the date stamped on them, Sorry we cannot at this time
ons At. any
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