May 26, 1938, The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A. C. DERR....... traranasns coo Editor PAUL M. DUBBS..... FRPP PERO Amociate Editor CECIL A. WALKER .. Business Manager Issued weekly, every Thursday morning Entered in the postofMice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, if paid in advance $2.00 per year, If not pald in advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name. All credits are given by a change on the date of label the first issue of each month. We send no receipts unless upon special request. Watch date on your label after you remit. Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, must reach the Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon to Insure publication that week. Advertising copy received alter Tuesday morning must run its chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements, Legal notices and all real estate advertisements 10 cents per line each issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not notifying us, are liable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL CONDITIONS AS WE SEE THEM The result of the primary election in Pennsylvania has furnished a lot of food for discussion and speculation. Republican leaders are making much ado about the big vote rolled up by Judge Arthur H. James in gaining the Republican nomination for Governor. Judge James defeated Gifford Pinchot by a majority of more than two to one, but by no manner of figuring can Judge James be listed at this time as the favorite over Charles Alvin Jones in the November race. It is true that the size of the James vote was one of the surprises of the campaign. It is true that Jones slipped in by less than 70,000 votes and that he is a minority candidate, in that his total vote did not exceed the votes cast for Thomas Kennedy and Charles J. Margiotti. How- ever, it appears more likely now that the Margiotti and Kennedy supporters will be for Jones in the Fall than it does that the Pinchot supporters will be for James. Pinchot was placed on record early to say that he would be for the Republican nominee, no matter who he was, after the primary. Pinchot had to say this because he was being attack- ed by the New Deal-hating Republican faction as a mild New Dealer. Mr. Pinchot had to say in effect: “I am not a New Dealer; I am a Republican.” Pinchot says he will be for James, but it does not fol- low that the Pinchot voters, many of whom changed their registration from Republican to Democrat for the primary, will go along. The vote that Pinchot attracted was the Progressive Republican vote. Such a bloc of voters could hardly cast their lot with an avowed conservative like Judge James. Jones and Earle undoubtedly will attract a large majority of the Pinchot votes. Secondly, the Guffey Democrats and Kennedy Demo- crats have no place to turn other than to the Democratic party. The labor record of the Republican party in Pennsyl- vania has been reactionary. Under Governor Earle, labor has made great gains. It is well known by this ti that it was Charles Alvin Jones who drafted the labor planks of the party before it was placed into power. On his rec- ord, James has nothing to offer labor. In addition, the regular Democratic ticket conducted its campaign in such a way that it will have little to ex- plain in the Fall. The Republican candidates, on the other hand, cast discretion to the winds, and placed themselves on the record on a different controversial subject every day. This will provide much campaign ammunition for the Democrats in November. One of the big issues of the campaign will be the New Deal. Earle and Jones will be standing behind the policies of the Roosevelt Administration, but they also will be standing behind the record of the Earle Administration. A third factor that enters into the discussion results from an analysis of the total vote cast at the primary. The registered vote was 2,000,000-0dd on each side, the closest it has been in years. The vote was approxi- mately 1,300,000 Democrats and 1,380,000 Republicans, a difference of only 80,000. If the Democrats succeed in uniting their forces in November and attracting a sizable bloc of the progressive Republican vote that went to Pinchot, they will win in a walk in November. me REVOLTS IN BRAZIL There is a general suspicion that foreign influences had a hand in the rebellion which was crushed by the Bra- zilian Government one night about two weeks ago. Of course, revolutions are not new to President Var- gas, the 55-year-old wielder of assumed dictatorial power in Brazil. In 1930, he became President after a revolution. In 1932, he put down a civil war after two months of fighting. In 1935, his Government had another period of struggle, but again conquered the malcontents. In March, President Vargas announced the discovery of a plot to overthrow him and many persons were arrested and much arms seized. The last revolt was credited to the Integralistas, an organization of Green Shirts that grew up in the early thirties. Demanding a totalitarian State and posing as the enemy of Communism, the organization is regarded as fascistic. While, for a time the group had the favor of the President, he banned the organization last November. SPECIAL SESSION HINT Governor Earle indicates that the relief load has in- creased to such an extent that funds now available will be exhausted and the Legislature may have to be called to approve new taxes. Nobody in Pennsylvania wants to see repeated here the scenes which have been enacted recently in Cleveland and Chicago. The needy must be provided for. But it is incumbent upon the State relief administration to cut down all unnecessary overhead and make the money reach just as far as possible. New taxes would be an additional barrier to business recovery. The Federal WPA administrator announced last week that quotas were being raised in Cleveland and Chi- cago to alleviate the critical conditions in those cities. This may be justified in view of the emergency, but it raises again the lack of systematic planning. The discre- tionary powers of the Administration in the allotment of Federal funds are almost unlimited. States which make reasonable provisions for relief may not get the same con- THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. sideration as others which dodge their responsibility and | then rush to Washington, after a crisis has develeped, for | assistance, The census of unemployment conducted some months ago by the Government should provide a partial guide at least to the allotment of Federal funds. That job should be done at regular intervals and on a compulsory rather than voluntary registration basis so that an up-to-date check on relief needs may be constantly available, AIR MAIL GROWTH ' The air mail has made considerable progress since that day in May, 1918, when two planes set forth simul- taneously from New York and Washington, flying the first mail between two American cities. On that route, short as it was, the mail was carried in relays, with ihe planes being changed at Philadelphia. Beginning with four planes that operated the first 218-mile route, there are now more than 400 airplanes used in flying the mails over 63,000 scheduled miles, Last year, airmail pilots covered more than seventy million miles. From the use of open-cockpit war-time planes, the airmail has grown to all-metal planes, sometimes with a crew of four, carrying out their duties in large, multi-cabined airplanes. Last week thousands . of towns and cities in the United States celebrated the twentieth anniversary of airmail service. In many instances, the use of the airmail saves much time. The greatest value, is to the larger cities on the direct airmail routes. For the smaller towns and cities which have to dis- patch mail by train to catch airplanes at other points, the use of the airmail saves time only on long distances. This will be remedied in time. Just as the rural mail ser- vice made a small beginning and gradually spread out to cover almost the entire nation, the airmail will expand and, eventually, carry most of the first-class mail in the country. NEUTRALITY ACT FAILS In the summer of 1935, Congress passed the first Neutrality Act. As revised and re-enacted, it that the President, whenever he finds a state of provides war L A THE Orrice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” DOWN ON THE FARM Little Willie, precious “Kitten” Drove In hogs where Ma was knittin’ Pleaded Willie, “Oh Mother mine, “Do cast some purls before the swine.” Me And My Mule hill tralled a man behind a mule the man to the mule: “Bill, you are just a mule, the son of a jackass, and 1 am a man made in the image of God. Yet, here we work, hitched up together vear after vear, 1 often wonder if you work for me or 1 work for you. Verily, I think it is a partnership between a mule and a fool, for surely 1 work as hard as you, if not harder. Plowing or culti- vating we cover the same distance, but you do it on four legs and I on two. 1, therefore, do twice as much work as you do. “Soon we will be preparing for a corn crop. When the crop is har- vested 1 give one-third to the landlord for being so kind as to let me use a small speck of God's earth. One-third goes to you and the rest is mine. You consume all your portion with the exception of the cobs, while 1 divide mine among seven children, six hens, two ducks, and a banker. If we both need shoes, you get ‘em. Bill, you are getting the best of me, and 1 ask you, is it fair for a mule, the son of a jackass, ‘0 windle man--the of Creation—out of his substance? Why, you only help to plow and cultivate the ground, and I alone shock and husk the corn while you look over the pasture me. All fall and most of the winter the whole baby need clothes, and 1 have to raise money lo pay i buy & new set harness and pay mortgages on you. And you care about mortgage? Not a thing, you ornery cuss wmve to do the about the mortgage on your tough, Over the drawing a plow Bald a Lord ist cut » and hee-haw at un ur of the worrying ul hide it the only time I am your better is on election day, for I can And after election I realize that I was fully as big AWCKASS as pop. Verily, I am prone to wonder {I politics were de for @ man of a jackass, or to make jackasses of men. And that Bill. When you're dead that's supposed to be the end of you But me? The preachers tell me that when I die I may go to hell for- ’ That Bill, if I don't do just as they say. And most of what they keeps me from getting any fun out of ilfe me, Bill, considering these things, how can you keep a straight Tell e and still look 50 dumb and solemn?” nd you cant your n ni tL Ri ever is f Page Thred — -———-y Query and Answer Column I -— PROBLEM: How far is it possible to see at sea-level and on level ground with no obstructions? (Answer elsewhere in this column.) L. G.~Did Turkey and Greece ever have a war in modern times? If so, what was the cause of the war? Ans Yes: they had two wars In modern times—one in 1830, when Greece threw off the Turkish yoke and became an independent kitig- dom: and again in 1897, when both the Turks and Greece cipimed Crete as part of their respective kingdoms, This last war was short lived and disastrous to Greece, when the Powers intervened and an armistice was concluded D. C~1 am told that Thomas Jefferson was a Republican. Js that true? Wasn't he elected on the Democratic Ucketl? Ans ~Thomas Jefferson was a8 Republican in that he founded the original Republican party in 1801, which in reality was the same as the present-day Democratic party. When Jackson was clected-—or just prior to his election—~the name of the original Republican party was changed to Democratic party. The present-day Republican party was founded during the turbulent days preceding the American Civil War R. H.—~Which is the oldest nation in the world so far as civilization is concerned? Ans. As to the oldest nation in the world the best historians are not in full agreement. China claims to have records and facts that dale back for more than 5.000 before the Christian era, while the Egyptians first appear on the pages of history they are already posses- sed of a marvelous advanced civilization, extending back thousands of years even before the remote period of the pyramid builders, This would bring it to about the period of the Chinese D years clans K.—What was the maiden name of the wife of President Buch- anan? Also the name of wife of President Theodore Roosevelt? Ans President Buchanan was The name of Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt's wife wa F. ( y the Ans —~No. The guese peopie setlied In dence from M. 8S. what the wrried. 1 Lee never no Allo of Brazil speak Lhe 3razilians speak the Portuguese Brazil, and in 1822 they the mother country 5 language? language. Portu- declared thelr indepen- peop.e panish ax that a8 Waal 1 on Bept we hal Gay i We horoscope? week w and ns 7. 1902, was on Bunda) ‘e do not give personal horo- sOOPes 5 KH Ans ticular words When 3 0. B wi 5 2 0 8" I and does “8. 0." are the easiest nds lke “"SOBOBOB.” ir does President wal represent? O In wire not represent any pars to transmit. - repeated contin Roosevelt wear? What existing, shall proclaim the fact and this will automatical- ly shut off the export of munitions to belligerents, ban loans to the belligerents and place American trade wit h i them on a cash-and-carry basis. Senator Gerald P. Nye, of North Dakota, is generally regarded as the father of the present act. Under his leadership, a committee investigated the munitions indus- try, seeking to show that American loans and munitions sales to the Allies led this country into the World War The legislation was an attempt to prevent anything like this from happening in the Regardless of the purpose in view, future, there is general consent that the present Neutrality Act does not success- fully serve the purpose intended. There has been consider. able controversy over the aj and the failure to apply it in Recently, Senator Nve introduced the special prohibition on e ind this was supported by many American liberals, move was opposed by Secretary of State Hull, the measure dangerous, since ahead in the Spanish situatic Since the present statute expires plication of the law in Spain the situation in the Far East. a resolution to repeal xport of munitions to Spain The who called do not know what lies wa Pi May 1st, 1939, something will have to be done about the matter at the next session of Congress. Whether the present law will be revised, or altogether abandoned, remains to be seen. Cer- tainly, as it stands and 2s applied Spain and the Far East, the to the conditions in Neutrality Act does not seem to be effective in safeguarding this country from the dan- ger of arousing ill-feeling abroad. POMONA GRANGE NEWS Oa “om One hundred went to the far Friday evening with the sixty eight patrons end of our county May 20th to meet Maoshannon Grange at Pt wburg for the ninth in our series of N. N. meetings. The ‘not a5 many as usual in number,” due to distance, we had a crowd of fine folks who seemed to thoroughly en- Joy the evening together. We were delighted to have with us one of our Clinton county grange fiends and three members from the Blue Ball grange of Clearfield county Come again, friends A fine seating drill was demon- strated by the Baileyville team. officers in white, each with an ar- ray of flowers showing special ref- erence to the color scheme of yel- low and white. We especially liked the attitude of reverence as dis- played by this team in their alter recognition and presentation or placing of the Bible. This was ap- propriate to our theme of Rever- ence (Dignity) for the evening. The secretary of this grange is Mrs Bertha Schilling, Penna. Furnace A program on Music with some unusual features was presented by the Washington grange of which Fred Markle, State College, R. D., is lecturer. A very timely and com- mendable reference was made by the lecturer to the real joy and benefit derived from a home or family “sing” and development of musical ability and co-operation in the home. One of the regrettable conditions we find today is the fact that s0 many people think it nec- essary to jump In a car and madly chase off to purchase happiness already made and wrapped in at- tractive “packages” only to discov. er the pleasure or fun to be infer- lor quality from which can be se- cured no real or lasting joy. While all the time the real thing awalis their touch right in their own home or community. No gas expense nec essary, only a little using of the many talents God has given us all and which are lying dormant be- cause of lack of attention and am- bition. Grant that we may wake up to the fact that only as we give of ourselves can we expect 10 re ceive in return. The program follows: | Opening song, “Faith of Our Fath- ers.” | Remarks by lecturer. Pred Markle | Vocal solo, “Doan Ya Cry Ma Hon- | -” est in one another. ey wns ORRY Markle | Lincoln's Gettysburg Address | Plano solo, “The Flatterer” wn MAx Krumrine | Music Guessing Contest: Thee Homan The Prisoners Mary Song” Raymond Ne Fred Markie The Little Brown i (repeating soft- ¥ then humming.) 18100) FLIED Accordion solo Moshannon Grange showed a {ine hospitality friends of the county and refreshments of sandwiches, pickies, cake and lce eream. also coffee. They will ap- preciate a return of any member for a visit with them at regular meetings and we are confident we would enjoy such attendance. The master of this grange is Harry Hag- yard, Philipsburg Next N. N. meeting is to be held with the Union Grange the e@ ning of June 10. Moshannon Grange 10 fill the chairs and Pine Glen will present a program on “Character Buliding”™ with “bricks” as the em- blem and special emphasis on Chil- dren's Day and Father's Day A Correction Due to a misunderstanding the change in date of one of our meet- ings was published in last weeks tssue of this “News” The date of June 18 will remain as the correct date of one of our N. N. meetings, the eleventh of the series. Also, the first item on the menu list for pat- ons to bring to our Pomona Is to Lheir served t noodles, not needles. Pomona Meeting News and Requests Don't forget this Saturday, the 28th, for our big day together. Hope you retained your copy of program in last week's issue. And friends! Please bring flowers and containers, a few attractive baskets could be used for the court but old-fashioned vases preferred. Also, remember the old fashioned flowers especially appropriate. Bpecial Attention! Who can bring their oldest school book for an ex- hibit, this is short notice but some- times that is most effective. Your oldest book and provision will be made for proper care of same dur- ing the day, Please write your name, name of former ownur Or (user of book, if known, and any note of interest and place with book on table for that purpose. Also include on that list the name of i your grange, as well as estimated age of book. Here's looking forward to Satur. day with anticipation of real inter. inne. MBry Homan, Left-over cooked ham, mixed with hard cooked eggs, celery, and dress- : Group Song, “Smile, Smile Smile” The History of Memorial Day ————— Helen Hunter. | Guitar 800... Junior Poorman. Professor Quizz: Conducted by the | Lecturer. | Ukulin solos; Twit «oui “Nearer, My God, to, is. ‘constitute the main course. There is plenty of money in the | United States but it won't do | good until somebody wd Be #1 alread DAINTY, BUT NOT NOURISHING In Pamela's wardrobe a moth once appeared; Excecdingly hungry wag He downed some sheer stockings and speedily A bundle of choice lingerie, fer he, cieared then passed away With a sigh of profound resignation inquest was held on ywing day And the verdict was Death from starvation.” and Ale r evening dresses WJ the fo An Too Many Questions Don’t ask oo many The defendant charged with mavhem and was be. two attomeys: one of long practice, the other only the older lawyer was examining the defendant had bitten off a questions.” was wolessional career; § i ChiRrge was complainant cif ie that Lhe V of the mination fight? PX “ . 1} Ww i ou see the defendant bit complainant's car? not 1 did What TT is was the condition ground where the fight occurred? wored = the combatants were Might not the complainant's ear some of the stones or tree roots? “It could have happened that way” “That is all” The younger lawyer nudged the older one and whispered lo him it i{ didnt happen that way.” The older lawyer hesitated The younger one insisted, “go ahead, he will say it did” The oder lawyer then resumed Lang Mt those Weil, 1 the piece of ea ith ahnre EE 4] } was Were “They injured by have been being cut fact this injured by in contact free?” mans ear the root was o a oomung with sharp stones or a STA Wag r ol wve thought so if 1 hadn't seen the defendant spit of his mouth wt ! [ it Another Oil Scandal caster ofl you fix me a dose of 80 the of] wont taste?” Won't Girl Druggist—"Certainly! 7 Could you have a glass of soda while wait. O thank you™ (And she drinks the sods! Druggist—"Something else, Miss? Giri the oll” Druggist—"But you just drank it.” Gitl—"0 dear! 1 wanted it for my mother™ Girl No, just Outgrowing Clothes A lecturer, wishing to explain to a little girl the manner in which & lobster casts its shell when he has outgrown it, said: “What do you do when you have oulgrown your clothes? You throw them aside, don't you?” Oh. we let oul the tucks” no,” replied the little one Very Tender Broth A man went into a restaurant and ordered chicken broth. After tasting It, he called the manager and sald, “Surely this isn't chicken broth?” “Well, sir.” replied the manager, “What do you mean?” “It's made out of the walter the eggs were bolled in” it’s chicken broth in its infancy.” His Bright Idea An oid Chinaman who was working in the bush. was aghast to see a big brown bear sniffiing at the tracks he had made in Lhe newly fallen Now “You likee my tacks?" he gasped. “1 makee some more.” May Save Time Bill="1 hear the surgeons have operated on you again” Dick—"Yes.” Bill—-"How many times does this make?” Dick—"They're going to put on a swinging door next time" That's all, folks. Many a poor guy has crashed head-on into a tree when he tried to advance his spark with both hands. wn BOAT." a. gsi RR bri J Sa end The Household Scrapbook Bath Towels | oughly before ironing, because if the Where there are several members iron is put on the pongee when in the family, the bath towels can | damp, the material turng a darker be kept separate attaching each color and becomes stiff, as if starch. towel 10 a spring clothespin. These od instead of being soft and sliky, ciothesping can be made attractive | by enameling eath one a different | color. The initials of each peison | Highly | ton acquire a smoky appearance; io rehibve this, wash the furniture with Crm Ans E. F. L-—-Who Ans — Benjamin everythi nothing is C. BS. A T 83.G ton t death and ns feet. The highest Orama L Ans starfish L fevers in ¢ Ans Funds ser wy the SPB 478 Wo date. These grat $50000 to the Internati $5,000 for relief of Basque refu in Bpain; 8. F. Ans 4 re Justi qied Virginia RIX They ai gee ang ihe J The pt Was placed or supposediy ith it, the former ocx as recently as 1883 in of Bavaria and the Baikans Bhropsl E. F.~What 8 the speed of a tank when used Ans. sidered most i. HK Ans His the irst Reverend desirable. -Who wore Henry the Eighth o fiat the firs ¢ ings pair of silk iam Lee C. N~Why Is Ans | i'r 4 ang 0 Ao stockings Will ts considered were i silk England wore Lhe first knitted silk stock- ing Our Constitution is } promise that it taxes } American is of 341.000 for Americans Red Cre children in France of $1479 contributed ts _— the corpse upant's ire in England and stil i pair came from Spain mage The ancient Greeks and Romans used sail in their sacrifices spilled this was considered an {ll omen at wat and a 16% shirt and taxes? actual opera but in this world is certain but death an will da ast 3» Virginia? om 2500 to 3800 south of Pan- mal kingdom? are related to the Red Cross given to ald war suf- Red Cross to aid Spain total stranded in Bpain; Committee for its work there; $1.000 for children the public Os by the sins of one who has England. A piece of bread This the sin eater devoured and, L's » rite has been known 1 is followed in parts LN gS LH in Wie? A battie speed of eighteen 10 twenty miles per hour is con- hose? Queen Elizabeth of England wore on the machine invented by the ucky to spill salt? It is this same superstition thal caused Leonardo da Vine in The Last Supper to place before Judas Answer to problem verified from the fact that One car ali it 15 easy Iscariot an overturned salt-cellar millions of miles. This to sce the sun SOC Many | Sunday School Lesson MAINTAINING PERSONAL EFFICIENCY. International Sunday School Les. son for May 28, 1938. GOLDEN TEXT: “Every man that striveth in the games ex- erciseth self-control in all things "—1 Corinthians 9:25 Lesson Text: Daniel 1:8-16, 15, 20; 1 Cor, 9:24.27. In our study of the lesson this week, which is a consideration of the personal aspect of temperance, it might be well for us to recall that all of our lessons, since the begin- ning of the svar, have had, as their continuous, theme, service to man- kind, It is appropriate therefore that a Jesson such as this should be considered, because, uniess we maintain our personal efficiency— being temperate in all things—we surely cannot render the highest and bast service of which we are possible. Most of us bave been familiar with the story of Daniel since early childhood. Daniel was a Jewish boy (who had been brought fiom Pales- tine, his home, far over into the East by Nebuchadnezzar or his officers after they had captured the city of | Jerusalem in 608 or 607 B. C. Only four of the thousands of young men who were brought as captives 10 | Babylon at this time are mentioned | {the Corinthian Christians ‘by name. They are Daniel, Han- {aniah, Mishae]l and Azariah. Of the i ii Hi i i 1 i? if H ei EH gb 5 =1 5 E 3 * i E i Fy a 8g : g To , 5 _gs £gd 5 2 g g * : th E3% i 12 g strong mind. This [reminds the Corinthians, {that “every man that stri charge, but to him the king's orders were absolute and must be obeved Daniel wag persistent, however, sak ing for 3 tn days’ t2ial. I he and his companions were not in better health at the end of that period than the other boys who ate the king's dainties, then they would agree 0 do everything that Ashaenaz com- manded. The prince of the eunuchs agreed to the trial. “At the end of the ten days, their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatier in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king's dainties.” 8&0 attractive were they and in such good form at the end of the thiee years training period, that they found favor in the sight of King Nebuchad- nezzar and were selected 10 serve the King. While this passage has little refer- ence 10 alcoholic beverages in the modern sense of the term, It 8 story of the devotion and heroism of four young men which shoul an encouragement 0 men men today to stand firm when the easier course woul “follow the crowd.” There in this world more 10 be desired a strong, healthy body and a clear, quick mind. Danis was probably taught by his Jewish parents that rich foods and wine would iid a strong body d an equally by day. an »w The passage written 4 5 1 phasizes this fact. Liken game of life to an athletic 52k eiEg% | 55 i 8 i : F i Hh
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