The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA Be OC DBIE. 2: «conssnnsscvevsrnsitonssssencs JRRIAP PAUL M. DUBBS........ccin0sse00Amociate Editor CECIL A. WALKER............... Business Manager Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Botered 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 paid in advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label 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 afier 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. 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More recently, the new Speaker of the House, Ell- wood Turner, who has a way of making one think that his words spring from inexhaustible wells of unadulterated candor, came out with the first of what he said would be a series of statements telling the people what goes on at the Capitol when the Legislature is not actually grinding out laws. Turner's statement, and the announcement that there will be more of them “from time to time" merely confirms a well grounded contention that the party now in control of the State Government is not without its internal wor- ries these days. Quite a number of the old guard are back in the sad- dle once more in both branches of the General Assembly, and the old guard hasn't changed much to the naked eye. They still represent the same interests and they still have the same ideas about various kinds of legislation that they had four years ago. Many of them are wondering, how- ever, as the time for getting down to business approaches, just what effect the New Deal “virus” has had on the po- litical views of the voting public. a AT HIS “SECOND HOME" (New York Times) Mr. Roosevelt's “family” Thanksgiving at the Warm Springs Foundation must be the happiest function of his year. It commemorates not only his own gratitude for re- covery from a crippling disease but his constant effort to help other sufferers and to stimulate research that will bare the secret of this mysterious malady. The Warm Springs Foundation has transformed a tumble-down re- sort into an amply equipped hydrotherapeutic center. The anniversary of the President's birthday has been turned since 1934 from an occasion of conventional com- pliment to a day of national kindness, pity and charity. Through the previous year the dimes and dollars have been rolling in to carry on in various ways the fight against infantile paralysis. The campaign is continuous. The generous spirit spreads. Last January it was reported that 2,300 counties were taking part. Mr. Roosevelt hopes that by January 30, 1939, there will be permanent chap- ters of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in all the 3,000 counties. As our grandfathers would have said, Mr. Roosevelt is “thankful for hls mercies” but in the noble way of bestowing them upon others. From mis- fortune he has learned to succor the unfortunate. No other aspect of his multiform and complex personality is so engaging. The Roosevelt of Warm Springs, the Roose- velt of January 30, has no enemies, no opponents, no cen- surers. He carries the United States unanimously. ARGUMENT FOR ARMAMENT The argument for increased American armament rests upon the following grounds: That there are powerful nations in the world today, devoid of all sense of decency in regards to their relations with other powers. That regardless of the moral rights involved, these A JAPANESE SOLDIER SPEAKS We have no sympathy with the plans and purposes of the Jupanese Empire, but we have abounding sympathy or the Individuals who make up the Mikads's armies {n hina. In condemning Japanese aggression in China, it is easy to accept the belief that the Japanese soldier is a brute, moved forward by a strange lust for blood. Waging a brutal war in a foreign land, they have been guilty of misconduct, but, let us admit, soldiers of other nations have done the same. Neutral experts express the opinion that at least 500,000 Japanese troops have died, either in battle or of diseases, or have been put out of commission through be. ing wounded, since the war began. This loss, enormous as it is, is much less than the human sacrifice of the Chinese, but it is far greater than that expected by the Japanese generals when they began their march through China, The fighting in China is unusually vicious because neither the Japanese nor the Chinese take any prisoners, The Chinese, forced into guerilla warfare are unable to transport prisoners, and, in most fights, it is victory or death for the Japanese. The fighting, proclaimed as a par- ade in Tokyo, when the conflict began, is not exactly a pic- nic for the average Japanese soldier who has been taught from infancy that to die in battle is the greatest possible glory, A recent Associated Press dispatch from Tokyo tells of the popular surprise at a soldier's book describing his sensations while under artillery fire, The writer thought of himself as utterly brave and daring but found himself quaking inside. His confidence that the enemy's guns would not find him was completely shaken. Nevertheless his morale did not quake “in the supreme holy enterprise of mankind” although he was filled “with anger at the sight of life being destroyed so carelessly.” Significantly, the Japanese soldier observed that “so much noble effort goes into the development of a single human life-—but one chance shell ends it all.” He thought of his parents, of his wife and children and their prayers for his safety, but the thought came to him “that also around were men whose families prayed for their safety yet they were dying, one after another.” This is a picture of war as it actually is. On the bat. tlefield there is little of the fervor and enthusiasm that ue- companies the gay departure from home for the front. No hands play as the men grapple with each other in the struggle to avoid death. No wonder civilized individuals, in their sane moments, denounce war and responsible statesmen make every effort to avoid the ordeal of battle for their people. POLITICAL JOBS FOR THE FAMILY The much-discussed question of “women in employ- ment” and its off-shoot, “husband and wife both in jobs" has reached the point where it has received the attention of a political party. Among the resolutions recently adopted by the Re. publican committee of Allegheny county was one “declar- ing against the employment of both a husband and wife on any Federal, State, county or municipal job." Another reflecting something of the same spirit of making the jobs go around as far as possible declared “against any member of the Republican party holding two salaried pub- lic offices at the same time.” Back of such a resolution, of course, is the growing feeling that at a time when jobs are scarce, they should be distributed as widely as can be. Roger Babson, the econ. omist, in his recent comment, said substantially the sama thing. Mr. Babson made the point that there would by comparatively little uneroployment today if no more wom en were in jobs proportionately than twenty years ago. The solution of the problem, if it is a problem, is not so simple as some persons claim. It is tremendously come plicated even where so-called “political jobs” are at stake. It will be interesting to see what will be the effect, if any, of the Allegheny County Republicans’ resolution, even though it did strike at a practice which is not very popu. lar anywhere, ———————————————— BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON HIM (From Johnstown Democrat) Democratic State Chairman Lawrence has been in- dicted. Guilty or innocent, it was certain he would be, Grand juries and politics are like that, Since it was always certain Mr. Lawrence would be indicted, it would have been better all around if the indictment had been returned during the time the election contest was being waged. The war Governor Earle waged against the Dauphin County grand jury and the courts was one of the factors which defeated the Democratic party--and, in the end, made the going tougher for Mr. Lawrence, The Democratic state chairman is accused of having “blackmailed” $5000 out of a man who had a state con. tract or wanted to get one. Knowing Mr. Lawrence rather well we can say frankly that we don’t believe he did anything of the sort. Those who don't know Mr. Lawrence can afford to wait until they can take a look at the evi. dence, We have always maintained in these columns that they don't have anything on Dave Lawrence--and we still adhere to that view, THE | Orfrice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” Query and Answer Column PROBLEM-—-How many different sounds can a cat make with ita mouth or throat? Are you sure? (Answer elsewhere in this department.) W. N~What is the legs! weight of wheat In ths State of New York? Ans ~The legal weight of wheat b sixty pounds to the bushel in every Btate and Commonwealth in the Union VERSION OF A MODERN XMAS Contributed (A little late, but ao good chaser) "Tis the night before Christmas And In most every flat, The old man is broke what's strange about that? The stockings are hung By the fumace with care, And Ma bs a hopin’ For a new Prigidalre, The cldldren are sleeping Without eay cares, A few more installments And the bed will be theirs Comes a terrible racket AL the end of our ward It's old Banta Claus In a Model-T Ford He can’t get her stopped But he knows what it takes A U0 model Wilh hydraulic brake Now Banta hops And spreads Xmas cheer But his nose Is quite red From drinking bad beer ou Me children are startled And can't even chirp, But give up a secret When one has to burp “Ho, ho,” says old Santa You've been drinking again, Had 1 known of that, 1 Would have hrought you some gin” Now, 1 Lave Ou doe That's supposed to be I took a few shots Bul don't feel swell, wo well “I feel kind of dopey But walt, I'll be back I'll get me some seltzer Al the drug store, #h o 30 AWAY o y wen! Santa Right up through the And telieve It or not He hasn™ come back oid He wrote me a keller To start the new year, And cautioned me, Dever Drink any cheap beer Free Exhibition This story has 0 do with a small boy whose father conducted a! | printing office. One da ordered some posters printed on mutiin, His order was filled, but for | { some reason the circus man neglected 0 call for them. and they were { left on the printer's hands The printer's wife ran across the discarded posters one day, and | A muslin was then high, she took the posters home and Used some of | k Timm . “ » : . | {them to line a pair of pants the was then making for her son aged | | about ten years As the months rolled by the pantaloons grew threadbare. and at | | school ohe day he accidentally tore the seal out, leaving about one | { foot of lining exposed Wo view. Imagine the teacher's Surprise when she | Bin aliracted by a continued chorus of laughter as she entered the | yard to see standing out boldly upon the lining: “Doors © at 7:30. | Performance beging st 8.7 oe bem at 138, Mother's Paint : : We used to occasionally read of babies being made sick by ithe paint off a toy. ; Nowadays they are lable to become {II from licking the paint off | { mother ; ik Kong | Wise Guy Little Georgie had recetved a Dew drum for Christmas, and ebout | a week later when lather came home ftom work one evening, mother sald “lI don't think that man upstairs Mies to Dear Georgle play his | drum, but he's certainly crafty about showing his dislike © “Why?” asked the father “Well,” replied the mother, * : | and asked bin i he knew ty Alrnaon. ht gave Shure 4 Ente Dollar Bill's Prayer Uf I were a dollar bill I'd pray that my boss would take me 10 church some Sunday and leave me there on that litte plate with the | veivet cushion which the ushér pasees arund--you know. I think I'd ! feel 50 kind of important and “snooty” among the nickels and pennies {and buttons and things, I've seen enough filling stations on Sunday | |b ing: mt for a lUfetime anyway. I'd like to look up st a preacher for | | That's all, folks. We hear the Republican administration in ; o . e 5 mn Pennsyl- vania is to be a “Jim” dandy. “Arthur” anyone who disagrees? y wen SCAT RRR a a Ram no A Lo i Louisa’s Letter | sald they had no record of his at- | Dear Loukas i 1 am a frend to both members | tending the school at all. ayn i 1919, the advance agent of a circus came along and | M. E~What is the proper pronunciation of the word “Orion?” Ans ~Orion Is correctly pronounced “O-ri-on” with the “I” having {the long sound, and with the accent on the same syllable, { ! B. T~To settle an argument will you please arswer who Darius was? | Ans Darius Hystaspls, or Darlus I, was Emperor of Persia from {621 B. C. to 485 B. C. He successfully finished the work which Cyrus {had begun, by setling in order the affairs of the vast empire F. R~What Is the name of the Greek god of war? Ans ~The name of the Greek god of war Is "Ares D. MIs the “Rip Van Winkle" story based on a fact or 15 it pure [ fiction? What caused him to sleep twenty years? | Ans ~“Rip Van Winkle” is fiction It is a tale by Washington Irv- ing, and is based on an old German legend, “Peter Klaus,” a boarherder, (who drank a miraculous draught of wine In a dell of the Harz mbune- talns, which brought on sleep from which he did not wake for twenty years later W. RI hear a great deal about television jyou if it is only a theory or is it a fact? | Ans ~Television 1s an absolute reality. The Radio Corporation of | America has already announced the installation of a receiver and trans. mitter on top of the Empire State Building in New York City. Supple mentary to this lelevision apparatus will be Installed at the World's Falr in New York in 1039 (this year) which is expected 10 be the springs board for everyday service throughout the land where there are receive {ing sets. People in remote places will be able to see and hear the pro. {duction of a stage show New York or elsewhere If a receiving pet is In operation B. A—-To settle a dispute will you kindly answer in your good paper {what the middle name of Jagws A. Garfield was? | Ans—~"Abram.,” his fa name and I would lke to ask ther's {iret thers first W. R. S.—How many horses are there in the United States? Ans ~The Horse and Mule Association of America says that esti mates by the United States Department of Agriculture for January 1, 16838, show the United States had on farms 11,163,000 horses (of | which 727.000 were colts foaled In 1937 and 684.000 colts fouled in 1936) and 4477000 mules (of which 105000 were mule colts fouled in 1937 sand 184000 fouled In 1836.) In addi Is thelr estimate that there are about 400.000 more horses and mule in non-agricultural service, | not enumerated above. Thess towns and villages mines and jushe | ber camps, road construction riding academies, and elstehers than on farms 4. J. L-—-When was the puter Massacre? Ans Om June 25 Armeirong Custer wag OVErs powered by Sloux Indians, a ¢ Little Big Horn and his entire come “ then $ALE inn it On 3 engaged y ngage are in crew Oeswpe graphy of the English sviatrix who was ngiish aviatrix and actress, daughter of Lord 1 in ¢ She married Lieut. Dennis Wyndham in appearing on the stage as Poppy Wyndham The ulled in 1921 As an aviatrix, she obtained the Royal Arro Club's 1922. On March 14, 1923, with Capt. Walter Hincheliffe, she took off {rom Oranwell Alrdrome, Lincolnshire. in an allempt to make 3 westward trans-Atlantic flight. It is presumed that both flyers were lost at sea. In 1928, her father gave $2.500.000 to the British nation in her men L A. J--What will Ans ~The Bureau of Chemistry sav: dine stain Irom a porcelain sink C. B. M—-How often is there a birth and a death? Ans~In the United States there is a birth every fourteen seconds and a death every twenty-two seconds J. G~Where is Luxor? Ans-—It is a village in Upper Egypt on part of the site of ancient Thebes, near Karnak. The place is famous for i ruins subsequent MArTAage was wot t flo, - fw certificate in July ory remove iodine stains from 3 porcelain sink? that will remove sn ammonia E. G. R—~Why can't a snake close its eyes? Ans—8nakes have no cyellds but only a tough transparent meme brane 0 protect the eyeballs. This gives them their characteristic Blagey stare T. 8. C—~How long have grenades been used in warfare? Ant —Gunpowder-Tilled grenades of wood were invented in the Six« {teenth century and in the seventeenth century special bands of grensd- bere were formed for their use. Modern hand-grenades were successfully fused by the Japanese against Rustia in 1904, and various forms, many made {rom old tin eans War E.L G-—What & were introduced at the outbreak of the World the name of the organization that offers a prize for a humane trap? Ans~-The American Humane Association at 135 Washington eves nue, Alhany, N. Y. offers prizes for humane traps 3. T. F~How many Negroes served in the World War? Ans ~Over 382000 Negro soldiers participated tn the World War in the United States military forces. Nearly one-half of that number wen! overseas E. J. B~Who was the outstanding college football player of 18387 Ans Davey O'Brien of Texas Christian University won the Heéls- man and Maxwell trophies as the outstanding player of the year, E. L. B~How far above the ground should a thermometer be hung? Ans~It should be placed about 5 feet above the surface. 1. G. F~How long has the greyhound been known? Ans From anclent Egyptian monuments 1 is known to Rave existe ed several thousand years before Christ J. D. H~What was the Garner case? Aus~The Garner case In 1858 was one of the most tragic fugitive slave cases. Simon Gamer, his wife, and his son Robert, slaves of John Marshall of Kentucky, and Robert's wife Margaret and their fouf oXil- dren, slaves of A. R. Gaines, ran away, erossed the Ohlo on the tos, and took refuge with a Cincinnati colored man. Gaines tracked them wee [cured a warrant, aod attacked the house. After a desperate fight the fugitives were overpowered. Margaret found time before her capiure to murder one of the children, severely cut the throats of two others, and injured the baby, to keep them from returning to slavery H LL K-—Why do Arabs prefer white horses? Ans—~White horses can withstand heat better than any other. ith & J. H~What is coming around the mountain In the song of thst Ae Ans~The song. “Comin Round the Mountain,® 1s based on an olde | Ume Negro spiritual. The first reference evidently is to the chariot of af a divoroed couple. The man has| This is a terrible shock $0 me— | ine'Lord The song was popularized pe Middle recently married again, but he and {DOL that, I care Whether he ever went |, as by. work s n:the West : au | J . ‘employed on the railroads in the 1800s. This vers) : train his former wife are very bitter to- | 10 college or not of whether he spent | coming round the mountain. In s cerfain Brion relfty Ry iw powers would ruthlessly take, by force of arms, that which belongs to other peoples. A LESSON FROM PHILADELPHIA That while these powers are not, perhaps, today ready to attack the United States, they are preparing for war upon such a scale that tomorrow they may be anxious to do 80 in the hope of greater spoils. That no nation can wait upon the beginning of hostil- ities to begin to prepare for war. It requires years to se- cure the necessary material and equipment for modern armies and navies, Facing an uncertain future, not knowing what group of powers will be dominant in the world a few years hence, the United States, to play safe, must be prepared to de- fend itself against a possible combination of ruthless and unprincipled aggressors. PHILADELPHIA'S PLIGHT For a good many years what Philadelphia did was not so important to other towns in the State as it is now. In those years the Quaker City despite its losses to cor- rupt politicians was still on its own. Now things are dif- ferent and the big city is turning to Harrisburg to get more money for various purposes. It is obvious that if Philadelphia gets more out of Hatrishurs there will be just that much less for other places in the sticks. The Record has been running a forum on the sgbhject “If You Were Governor James, What Would You Do First?” Among the contributors was Mayor S. Davis Wilson. The first paragraph of Mayor Wilson's contribution was: “I would do my best to have the Legislature make such en- tirely proper and equitable enactments as would relieve the taxpayers of Philadelphia of the burden of taxation Shey are obliged to carry.” And: “The financial burdens of Philadelphia could be taken from the backs of the tax- ers if the Governor and the Legislature would help.” t would seem to us that if the financial burdens are taken from the backs of Philadelphians they would have to be borne on the backs of the rest of us in the State. While Philadelphians were stirred to all kinds of fury over threatened tax increases those who fought the taxa. tion did only half a joh. In all the hue and ery against wage and sales taxes there was but one voice heard—what council was not to do. Not once was a voice raised to tell council what to do to hurdle the $25,000,000 deficit. Philadelphia's citizens have shown a trait common everywhere. It is an easy matter to whip a shouting, pro. testing crowd into line to tell public servants what not to do. The what-to«do's generally are so far back in the crowd their voices never are heard. Had Philadelphia had more of the what-to-do’s it might not have been obliged to consider slapping a $25.- 000,000 mortgage on its gas works, deferring for the time being a genuine show-down in its financial crisis The same thought well might be tucked away to be dug out at some future time when we are belabored with municipal problems at home. amare ms ep Re To Build Model of Fort Two hundred timbers, first of §. 000 needed for the replica of Augusta, which will be bull on front lawn of the location of t fort, at Bunbury, were cut last on the Isle of Que, by employes of the WPA. The replica, which will rive square, one-gixth of the fae of the original fort, which was the largest colonial fort in Pennsylvania —— People talk about religion but they hats to Increase thelr chur dues, IVs hard to tell which Is were, radio entertainment or radio adver. built in the spring, will be 32 feet | {wards each other. the weekend in town or out but be- rything. k 3 diss : 33 ix - gien some where else at the present ite Hr 23 {mountains the song as sung referred to a little black bear. A. S~How did Max Baer get his first training for the ring? Ans-Max Baer was born at Omaha, Nebraska, and later his fame with him? He lly moved 10 Colorado and then to Livermore, California. Max worked {for his father, who was a butcher, until his size and & attracted the sitention of Horace Lorimer, an automobile sales —. ve pald for his schooling to learn boxing under the direction of Bob Allister, an old-time middleweight fighter, He started his eareer in prize ring in 1920. E. 8. J—Where is the town named Hell? ‘ Ans It is in Norway not far from Trondheim. ; C. D~What road has the largest locomotives? What sige rails does it require? . Ans ~The largest steam locomotives are the Yellowstone type of Northern Pacific Railroad The Northern Pacific main line is laid (100, 130, and 131 pound rails. The tender has twelve wheels, The arrangement of the locomotive fs 2-8-8-4 or twenty-two wheels, a total of thirty-four wheels of the Jocomotive and . The length overall Is 125 feet. The total weight of the Bene ge, 1116000 pounds. It has a tractive force of 153400 pounds booster. iki ;
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