June 2, 1938, @he Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A. C. DERR PAUL M. DUBBS CECIL A. WALKER. Issued weekly, every Thursday morning Eutered In the postofice 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 lable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL SENSIBLE ACT OF THE SUPREME COURT Nobody wants to see a coat of “whitewash” applied to Governor Earle and other officials who were the target for a number of rather serious charges during the pri- mary campaign. In fact, the “defendants” themselves de- manded that the investigation be made, and as thorough as any grand jury could handle it. But there must be something more than vague sus- picion, spread in the heat of factional quarreling, before the accusers can hope to have any action by a court of law. And that is where the State Supreme Court appears to have displayed good sense in ruling on the recent Dauphin county grand jury probe. In brief the court tells District Attorney Shelley that if within twenty days he presents more specific evidence the probe may go on; if not, out it goes. Thus the door is open for a thorough investigation of these charges which former Attorney General Margiotti and others hurled during the recent campaign if a reason- able amount of evidence is furnished. The fullest possible probe into these charges is demanded by the public inter- est, of course. Such a probe can be made only with evi- dence. None should stand in the way of providing it. In matters so serious as this, mere technicalities should not be allowed to obstruct a thorough sifting of the accusations. The Court avoided this by pointing the way by which a grand jury probe can be started. If the Dauphin county jury, under the law and the facts, is not the legal agency but some other county jury is, then a question of jurisdiction should not stand in the way of a thorough inquiry. Those accused should be foremost, has been, in demanding the inquiry sanction. In the public mind, these will be “under a cloud” until the sunlit rays of truth reveal the true situation. The public asks whether these charges are supported by evidence or not. The Supreme Court ordains the way such questions can be answered. If it is followed, the public should know whether under the smoke there is fire or fiction. a as Governor Earle under correct legal Bro c—-— TIME FOR TAKING INVENTORY There i¢ no denying the encouragement gained by the Republicans in the two recent bitter primaries waged in Pennsylvania and Oregon, In both States a hangover of hatred among the Democrats provides the G. O. P. with the first hope they have had since they were stripped of power with the coming of the New Deal. In both Pennsylvania and Oregon, the Democratic candidates find their victory chilled by party dissention. So many ugly charges are in the aftermath that it will be difficult to heal the scars. All of which is very com- forting to the party which has been wearing the sack- cloth of failure and eaten the ashes of defeat. The significant fact politically is that the new hope for the Republicans arises altogether by default; from family warfare in the opposition, not from any construct- ive accomplishment within the G. O. P. itself. The danger to real progressivism in such a situation is obvious. If this civil warfare spreads—and it is already raging in Kentue ky—all advances toward a better social order which the New Deal typifies will be jeopardized and the country once again will be vulnerable to another of those swing-backs that brought the curse of Harding— of “normalcy.” Which in turn begat the corruption and contentment of the "20s, the erash at the close of that de- cade, and the eight years of depression, debt and despair that followed, with the end not yet in sight. We hate to think of what such a Republican Old Guard leadership as that now controlling the party in Pennsylvania would do, if put once more in power, to what Mr. Roosevelt has accomplished, So we think this a time for the administration to take inventory, to consider the dangers of division and to devise ways to guard against further spread of civil strife within the party. Specifically we point to the fact that in both Penn- sylvania and Oregon the battle between capital and labor, and labor and labor, was the cause of the trouble. During all the months of accelerating depression, while labor strife has added so tremendously to the crisis, the administration has done nothing effective toward peace in industry. No other thing that the New Deal could do would so greatly contribute to the perpetuity of its ideals as would a recognition of the labor problem as a key problem, and then tackling of it in such a way to make it certain that the industrial show will go, without dis- ruption, with fairness to employe and employer, with med- iation substituted for company guards, company spies, and company tear gas, as for capital, and for jurisdiction- a \Sheties, sitdowns, quickies and racketeering, as for abor. Pennsylvania and Oregon have given the cue. SIGNIFICANT FACTS A recent nation-wide business survey conducted by Fortune, reveals that 54.7 of the population approve Presi- dent Roosevelt, while 34.4 per cent disapprove and 10.9 “don’t know.” Fortune, one of the country’s leading mag- azines, used the same sampling method that enabled it in 1936 to forecast the Roosevelt majority with an error of 1 per cent. Furthermore, says Fortune, in an editorial in the safhe issue, the shift of American sentiment that brought ng the President’s popularity is “an he basic fact that in operating the THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. capitalistic economy, American business has consistently misappropriated the principles of democracy.” “It (business) has failed, and it has since failed, to provide approximately one-third of the American people with work, and hence failed to provide them with a live- lihood, to say nothing of democratic opportunity. “So business is confronted with a realistic political fact, namely, that a majority of the American people, with the penniless third as a nucleus, are beginning to measure the virtue of their Government mainly in terms of the guarantee it m: kes concerning their income. A C RISIS S IN E U ROP E It is no exaggeration to say that peace or war in Europe depends entirely upon the intentions and ideas of Adolph Hitler, the Nazi Dictator of Germany. Step by step this former painter, now supreme ruler of Germany, built the German army, navy, and air force, all in disregard of the Versailles Treaty. By skillfuly tak- ing advantages of the weaknesses of countries which might object, Hitler repudiated the entire Versailles Treaty, re-occupied the Rhineland, and has made more progress towards expanding Germany than the old, pre- war imperial Germany did. The seizure of Austria and its annexation to the Ger- man nation caught the rest of Europe unprepared. It was successfully accomplished before the other nations had time to get over their surprise. Ever since there has been a growing fear that Germany would attempt to take session of Czecho-Slovakia, accompanied by an apparent indecision as to whether the allies of the threatened re- public would fight to protect her or not. Signs during the past few weeks have indicated the same sequence of events as preceded the seizure of Austria A growing agitation of German Nazis in Czecho-Slovakia, inspired and supported by the Nazis in Germany, produced a tense situation which led to small riots and disorders. Coincidentally news dispatche 8 re ported that German troops were moving to the ndarv, just as were similar reports eeling the invasion of Austria, Germany faces a somewhat more dangerous adver- sary in Czecho-Slovakia than it did in Austria. The Czechs have a small but efficient, mechanized army and, further- more, they have never failed to indicate a readiness to fight rather than surrender to German power. In addi- tion, the Czechs have a military alliance with France and on at least two occasions within recent weeks responsible representatives of the French Government have publicly announced that France would honor her treaty obligations if Germany attacked Czecho-Slovakia. The Czechs also have a similar alliance with Russia, and the general belief that Russia would also come to their assistance, that Japan is fully occupied with China From the German that is, Hitler's standpoint, aggres action may be encouraged by a be lief that neither France nor Great Britain will fight, If they do, nobody knows what agreement exists betwee Germany and Italy as to as Italy in case of such a war. The Germans may figure that France, sub ject to attack from Spain, Italv and Germany taken care of, lea comparafively sue her adventure to the East avoid war may encourage the to gain their goal. Of course, a poOs- now standpoint, from qive sistance from sitll } could by tn nur ving Germany free I Britain's known desire to Germans to again risk war appraisal of the military and economic strength of the possible adversar ies is convincing that Germany and Italy could not hom to win a protracted war against Br France, Russia and smaller allies, but the initial policy of taking a gamb. ler's risk may cause Hitler to overlook these slow but ef- fective factors. Whether the German desire to over the 3.500.000 sult in war mav be answered in :} reasonable, deliberate ritain. acauire jurisdiction Germans in Czecho-Slovakia will re. the ne ar future. if France maintains its firmness, it wil be evident whether Germany means to risk war or not. If Germany vineced an attack on Czecho-Slovakia really means war, the decision as to war or peace will soon be evident. If it is peace, the agitation and turmoil over the Czecho-Slovakian become con- s00N is con issue will quiet down as soon as the Germans vinced that France will fight REU NION AT G ETTYSBU RG President Roosevelt has signed the hill m aking pos sible a reunion of the veterans of the or th and the Sout! at Gettysburg from June 29 to July Among the old men who will gather on the field of tle inat seventy five vears after the struggle of their vouthful davs, will be some who participated in fighting for Little Round Top. It is comforting to realize that the flaming antagon- iam of the 60's now flickers in respect to mutual valor and braverv. Time has mellowed the ardor of youth and as the old soldiers gather on the historic battlefield, they will contrast the seenes with events that transpired vears ago. In most hearts. there will he gratitude for and appreciation of a great and glorious Union. While the “war is over” in so far as the fighting is concerned and the bitter hatred of the belligerents has been largely removed, the effects of the struggle continue to plague the entire nation, Naturally, the South, as the loser, suffers the most. Its economic and social structure continues to from the consequences of losing a war. Politically the entire nation feels the effects of the division that existed between the states, Truth also com- pels the statement, that, while most of the people of the nation have little, if anv feeling of revenge or punish- ment, there exists in certain sections of the country some remnants of the emotions that stirred the people of the country vears ago, Continuing to look the facts in the face. forces one to admit that the race auestion in this country has not vet been completely settled. It would have existed to some extent if there had never been a war between the Union and Confederate forces. The compulsory freeing of the slaves, the horrors of Reconstruction, the war-amend- ments to the Constitution, and the recent mass migration of Negroes combine to create problems that must be solved in the future. There is, however, no reason for pessimism in re- gard to this country. As the old veterans gather on the field of Gettysburg, the people of the nation should as- semble in spirit and pledge anew their faith in the nation, its people and its future. ASSET OR LIABILITY? A judge in North Adams, Mass, has ordered a young WPA worker “either to sell or give away” his automobile. The young man's wife testified that he spent most of his $12 weekly earnings on his automobile, a statement which will be accepted without difficulty by any motor- ist engaged in a desperate struggle to sustain the spark of life in an ancient vehicle whose days of usefulness have ended. When the tires have been half soled and heeled and replaced, the valves ground, the brakes lined, the lights | adjusted, the licenses bought, to say nothing of oil and gas, the family chariot proves to be a heavy investment, leaving little for rent, a hat for the wife and shoes for the children. The support of an automobile is no slight responsibil ity. It is doubtful if this is an obligation to be assumed by | even the most parental of governments. dah. ssn 1 - . reret | bring it in the house.” mniE < Orrice CAr “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” Query and Answer Column T. M. & W. W.To settle an argument will you answer whether an object falls 16 feet per second until it reaches the earth, or falls 18 feet per second until a highest speed Is attained dnd then holds that speed until it reaches earth? Ans ~The weight of an object determines its speed regardless of [from what height it falls. It will gain speed the Instant it is released and continues so until it reaches the earth, Matler weighs less that is farthest from the earth's surface Reader—We moved Into a house filled with bed bugs several years I have tried and tried Ww rid my house of them, but I did not suc~ ceed. Would you kindly help me out, Ans ~~There are many bug exterminatlors would be free advertising for us 10 name any. Probably the best way is to employ the polson-gas fumigation system. Don't do it yourself, bee cause It is unlawful. Employ any licensed polson-gas fumigator Curious—Do we export more goods than we import? How many tons of anthracite coal are shipped into the United States yearly from Rus ABBREVIATED NONSENSE Of persons I know a great No Who go to the opera and slo I've often walked the Ave, To see the beauties, Have? 1 bought stock In a western oll Co As for oil, I don't think that they po A woman needed a Dr Because her husband sr If 1 were a rich atty I'd go for a nice ocean Jy ago on the market, but ®t 75 per cent more goods than we import, imported from Russia. It is & 08- the American product We export about { any, anthracite coal is ing proposition to try it in competition with Ever Happen To You? your conduct? Oh, you know who this Is! It's old Araby himself, your big sandman! I've got news for you. You're the lucky gir! I'm dating tonight! Now don't Interrupt. I'll be there at eight sharp, so dust the parlor and get out the album Now, now, you listen: I'll do the talking! And you give the old folks some sleeping powder, and kid brother some prussic acid. I'm not selfish, but I like to keep 1vself for you, alone! What! Ugh! Is this vou Mrs, Thompson! Why T ; ) . 1" give I thought you were Helen? Ho-Ha! May I talk to Helen please? Hello! > r re * B'S Listen Thompson, I » just kidding Hello! Helio! Ans ~The Great Fire of Chicago, October, 1871, broke out in a barn Lasiel : : pson VAS JUSS JNK no “ in DeKoven street. The flames could not be controlled because they were fanned by a gale SoReuently the fire raged for ‘wo rd 's over 2100 acres. Seventeen thousand four hundred and fifty bulid- ing 200 deaths and rendering more than 70,000 ings were destroyed, causi homeless. Property Wo value of $1 190,000 000 was destroyed W. H “Hello, Sugar: how's persons while on earth? If is It recorded? while others G. 8.~-Did 80, how many Ans Boome he did. We M. D.~Please Peter the Apostle baptize any and In what part of the Bible theologians say Peter did personally, iggest that you consult your local minister not your about the Chicago fire some particulars arn ¢ ’ ¢ all area oi A la nose un my Carte y appeal. If you AS listen to what I have BEAN ting to say, You're a great PEP- ER-upper. My heart BEETS faster every time I think of you Your ws are RADISHING. Oh, WATER CRESS! 1 want to CABBAGE you 1 make a good CELERY and save my KALE. I could even support a little new-CUMBER. LETTUCE elope while your PARSLEYPS. You CAULIFLOWER shop while I wake the PARSNIP We'll get him TOMATOES 50 we can live happy ONION OLIVE our As uve the United States She I CANTALOPE with vou. I'm PLUM sorry 0 put a BANANA England are pract ell ORANGE-met like that, but you'll] have to ELEMONATE me from plans. We couldnt be an APPLEY married PEAR because 1 love nay being Pacific Northwest her, Don't GRAPE! 1 think a PEACH of a HW. G Which of the universal languages is the most widely used? and memory times we Ans —Esperanto at present is the most universally used It is said y have 500.000 adherents Marriage He Don't TURNIP yowr CARROT all the vi ran for Congress? for Congress and was G.~What comic haracler n the eleckion dy Gump ran own i Blals {ree from ragweed? a general rule It may be stated that the western part of sout of Florida, and northern pan of New ragweed polien. Individuals who are ve slight symptoms in some of these areas, are rr Hoods the look like a sour you're CHERRYSBH h« ' { } » 4 I'll alway: of the good personalities sho are Not Regulars curiosity tag } 3 up the place 4 ; . ‘ artial Ist is a Msgr. Fulton J Sheen, Father Ta a os ar Charles E. Coughlin, Ma dward Bowes, Bing Crosby, John B. Ken- yman at the doo ar ny Ross, Jessica Dragonetie, Don cabin his aroused ittering » Colonel passed the Was colored childr he asked buxom w= milk. formin wine and beaten Ww 2 ipped cream is also so called a Gish made . } mixing wine or cider with second DR curd: also ix by mah sweetened cream, flavored with ge cake with wine and wh 1112 Levers ul a gis Such ur mejor errors of the eye? WECH ess i and ile 85 per fas ier he “4 ': far-sightedness astigmatism High Finance cent. of all eve defects acs i had some n the world? y eo ledn he coyidn i Murpin whom he had dealings { over 0 see | finally offered to } a pref {i creditor. The Irishr } agreed to this and went hey SPe ome (| But after { night be was somewhat gum fun a he called Isaacs “ 1.000.000 peopl year 4} { Late] us 8 CA, hine has Peurtco Rico? iayvs a year of from loss of France and are wit. upon preferred creditor?” sunshine You know now aling capacity of the Will Rogers Stadium at im, will have a seating oa- Probably Deserved It Bir, er—that Is. 1 would like tower th your Suugiisse for five years" xirealed y OOO poopie ‘8 year commit suicide? the United States each wn. il how many Nervous Sultor that mean 1 have been going wi Father Well About 1! persons commit suicide in vaddye want-a pens dict? Feeding of Adulls be taken into a healthy body body. In a human body of about a hundred grammes, or sodium chioride. So that on the average about twenty ful teaspoon is the dally maintenance quota ; : - = i : be used In . : ns Dr gan Clendening in The Care and Worth All The Rest says: The daily amount of salt required « jarred Everything in the What did you | Peace the daily fur- is a ! ne-{ifth the total amount in the 150) pounds there are Bhe house 5 mine money ou married me?” (after q ture, ciothes Husband of Abraham Lincoln Fell Lincoln said: If any sirable, it may be sald that 1 . nearly: lean in flesh, weighing on an pounds; dark complexion, with coarse other marks or brands recollected S5¢ give a cescription Slips That Pass In The News Press) was Inf ned thal a man answering the descrip- the Station Hotel Thursday evening and asked prictress, i she could pet (pul) him up for the tH biography ritten for J W iplion of me is thought de am. in six feet four Inches aver age tne hundred and eighty I ang ray eyes No (From he ton, La personal Constable Dobby ton of Parrow slog Wreys, pre ea in tennie Jennae . - A Towa Times) Please give some information about the town in Nebraska friend called. her mother stated she was just before bad (bed) time ns. ~The conception of (From the Ariingion When her daugl always in the habit of iler's boy calling down slairs idea of having a Boys Town for homeless boys was the Father Edward J. Flanagan of Omaha, Nebraska, The ted ten miles west of Omaha and comprises a million-doliar pliant with 320 acres of farmiand, eleven modern buildings, and accomo- dations ol 200 boys. It is a seif-governing community with the SONFSI completely in the hands of the boys. There is 8 bov mavor and six commissioners comprising a city council. The board of advisers consists of members of the school faculty { Union. hio) come and fers ch $ itu eng town 1s sit From The 1 er, We For Sale—I{ you want 8 fresh cow soe me. Mrs. J W Wills, Route | {From the Boquola, Minn. Headlight) man, Dr. Jancky was out in front being responsible for most of 5 8 ploneer and professional Fifty-nine years he practiced medicine, the babies bom in the community T. 8. G~Are coffee grounds ever used for any industrial] purpose? Ans—A chemical factory in Berlin, Germany, coliects them in large quantities, and, after extracting and isolating certain substances, utilizes Hy - § 1341 le 11 » Tee] I" * Third Ave. please return and no embarrassing exposure will be made on the remaining celiulose as a su for ground wood and for cotton, my part. acd 8. B—~Where in China is Confucius buried? Review) Ans. The grave of Confucius is in a large rectangle, separated from the rest of the K'ung Cemetery, outside the city of Kluh-fow. A mag- nificent gate gives admission to a fine avenue, lined with cypress trees and conducting to the tomb, a large and lofty mound. with a marble statue in front bearing the inscription of the title given to Confucius under the Sung dynasty: “The most sagely ancient Teacher; the all-ac~ compiished, all-informed King.” R. T. H—Where is Pink City? Ans—Jaipur in India is often called the Pink City. Many of the bullidmigs are of pink or rose stucco and the effect of the picturesque costumes of the natives and the brightly colored displays of arts and crafts on the streets gives it almost a theatrical setting. R. M. H-—Was there a famous Indian named Rod Jacket? Ans Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha) was a Seneca Indian chief who fought Mor the British during the Revolution. Because of his ability as & runner, he was a favorite among the officers, one of whom presented him with an embroidered red coat. This made him conspicuous among his people who henceforth called him Red Jacket. G. F. BHow long has asphalt been used? Ans~In exhuming the buried cities of Ur, which antedated Baby- lon, archeologists have found that asphalt was used as far back as the structure below the diluvial layer, probably as early as 4000 B. C. The Ark built by Noah was covered with pitch (asphalt) within and with. oul. The cradie of Moses was caulked with asphaltic pitch. (Prom Davenport, 8 Dak. Crier) Party who took green silk pajamas from clothesline at 71083 W LETH La WE Tred the cemetery and park this season park wenches (benches) Herald) at 5 cents per egg (From Lakelon Miff Graham is taking care of and has just finished painting the rom Pequot. N. Dak, Wanted—1 am in position to hatch your eggs Mrs. Hatlie Fox (From Pomeroy, Ohio, News) Ed Miller, our local contractor, expects a busy winter with a cottage to construct in Pomeroy, and three new brides (bridges) 0 work on in Martin county (From the Sisserion, 8. Dak. Standard) Everyone Is invited to the get-together party in the church base- ment, Friday evening. Refreshments will be served, games piayed and the ladies quarteite will sin (sing. Who Believes In Signs, Anyway? Seen in a restaurant: “God Hales a Coward. Try Our Hamburgers” Hung on the wall of a beauty shop: “You Need a Head © Run a Business. We Need Yours 0 Run This One” Sign seen on a boathouse: “Trip Around the Lake--Aduits 25¢. Chil. dren Thrown in Free” Seen on the desk of a woman executive at the YMCA: What Makes a Girl Look Nice—When 8he Doesn't Uge IL" Hung on the wall of a certain public library: “Only Low Talk Per- | mitted Here.” {CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS Notice in the vestibule of a church: “Worshippers Who Intend to FOR VARIED POSITIONS | Put Buttons in the Collection Are Requested to Give Thelr Own and | ! Not Pull Them Off the Cushions.” “Rouge is — Short Essay on Frogs The following essay was written by a young Chinese student “What a wonderful bird the frog are. When he stand he sit almost. | grades, $1440 10 $2,500 8 year. When he hop he fly almost. He ain't got no sense hardly. He aln't gol | Maritime Research Assistant, $3.- no tail hardly, either, when he sit on what he aint got almost.” ’ i i | Something To Cry About i Mother—" "What's your brother crying about?” Johnny--"Oh, he's dug a great hole in the back yard and wanls to pacity, and experience In investi. | Eative or research in mari That's all folks. Perhaps gentlemen do prefer blondes—we mean eye rather squeeze a blonde than a blackhead, et BCAT" i Lokal Ee ef
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