The Centte Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A. CU. DERR tasers ssnranes PAUL M. DUBBS. ,....cooovininnnnss CECIL A. WALKER.......... cov. Business Manager Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Entered In the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa. as second class matter, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, If pald 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 after 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 postofice address, and not notifying us, are liable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed CIRCULATION OVER 17,000 COPIES EACH WEEK cB "EDITORIAL BALANCING THE BUDGET The discussion about a balanced budget continues and there are signs that the people are beginning to appreciate the necessity of governmental action to keep the nation’s books in more appropriate balance. The administration's attitude is that increased nation- al income should be the goal, with assurances that once this touches the $80,000,000,000 mark, present taxes will take care of all expenses and begin debt retirement, The argument of those who are more immediately resolved for something like retrenchment is that reduc- tions can be made now in the spending policies of the gov- ernment, without much harm to the nation's well-being, and with much profit to its financial strength. We are not disposed to debate the two positions. We point out, however, that a budget can be balanced by a per centage reduction of expenditures that will reduce all pub- lic spending. It may be achieved by lopping off entirely some forms of spending and continuing other undertak- ings. It would be possible to balance the books by increased taxation while continuing the present expenditures, We are willing to admit, as sensible men must. that eventually the budget of the nation must be balanced. When this becomes imperative or at what point we cross the danger line in public financing is unknown to us. We call attention to the probability that in any en- trenchment program the money being expended to farm- ers, in benefits and various pavments, will be reduced. That is something which we do not think is wise or just, because agriculture is the sick industry of the nation and go long as the tariff protects other industries the farmers are entitled to an offset, which thus far, has been only par- tially achieved. UNITED FREE-BOOTERS WINNING The action of Germany last week. in dismembering the remnants of Czechoslovakia, illustrates the situation in Europe, where Germany might stand ready, at the nod of the dictator, to step across national boundaries and make a shambles of independence. Peace in Europe, under such circumstances, depends upon the whim of Hitler or Mussolini. Their acts are not reflected in the attitude of their peoples because the pol- icies that they advance are not necessarily dependent upon approval of their peoples. The necessity for strong armaments on the part of Great Britain and France is apparent. No wonder the British people, in the face of such a threat, cheerfully as- sume staggering burdens in order to be able to fight, if they must, to maintain their freedom. Even as this is written no one knows where the next crisis may occur and what it may develop into. Germany, Italy and Japan are on the march and the only limit to their greed is imposed by the strength that may oppose it. The three nations work together and by coordination put pressure upon other nations that can be offset only by joint action. So long as the democratic nations of the world permit this alliance of free-booters to work their will upon separ- ated nations they will continue to take what they need. In self-defense, if for no other reason, freedom-loving peoples will have to join in meeting the common enemy of their ancient heritage. HITLER MOVES ON A few weeks ago the story passed around that Hit- ler had been rebuffed in the East, and he was turning his thoughts to the West and that Poland, Rumania and the other smaller couniries had gotten together to bar the road to Bagdad. It was even said that Germany was considering re- turning the Sudetenland ts Czechoslovakia! Last week. in a sudden crisis, Hitler put through the dismemberment of what was left of the Czechoslovakian republic, divided the nation into three segments, It may be safely assumed that, at convenient times, Germany will take charge of the smaller states thus created. The world remembers something like an obligation upon the part of the Munich powers to guarantee the ter- ritorial integrity of the Czechoslovakian nation, as then established. Apparently, the “guarantee” was not pro- vided ; Great Britain, France and Italy looked the other way when Hitler advanced again toward his goal of mas- tery through all Central Europe. “MORE THAN ONE WAY” (From Lancaster New Era) The Pennsylvania Farmer divulges the ingenious stratagem of an unnamed Pennsylvania farmer who ap- parently cares less about the paternalism of Washington than he does about making an honest living. Reports that magazine : “A dairyman with twenty-six cows could not sell his milk at the established price and was forbidden to sell it for less, 80 he decided to resort to an artifice. “He formally leased his cows to the consumers and acts as their agent in maintaining them and milking them. For his feed and labor the consumers, who deliver their own milk, pay him six cents a quart at his farm.” All of which is more than enough to weigh down both official Washington ‘Pennsylvania Milk Control Board with the sadness offhow gis human apprecia- te OER VS le be bot ee STM . ¥F0% # . Co | Ao Gen. France ———— [ qv 1A t FOOD COST Department of Welfare officials are seeking ways und means to reduce the cost of the State's huge market bas- ket needed to feed the inmates of the various institutions, With an annual consumption of more than 30,000,000 pounds of the principal commodities. the Welfare Depart. ment's food budget totals approximately $3,000,000, Nearly half the consumption is purchased from large and small vendors in every section of the Commonwealth to supply the needs of the 30,000 persons comprising the population of the 29 hospitals and penal and correctional institutions. The remainder is raised or produced on insti- tutional farms, Housewives can hardly vizualize using 4,284,224 pounds of meats; 42,853 pounds of butter; 6,623,800 quarts of milk; 7,404,504 eggs; 1,918,977 pounds of sugar; 476,379 pounds of coffee. and 94,745 pounds of tea and co- coa a year. This, Secretary of Welfare E. Arthur Sweeny said, represents one of the largest consolidated market bas- kets in the nation. Nearly every food used in the Welfare institutions is produced or raised in Pennsylvania. Every effort is made to use Pennsylvania products. Specifications for meat are rigid. All the purchased beef is prepared only in plants meeting the requirements of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, and the same bureau the State Deprtment of Agriculture. All shipments must be stamped and graded in accordance with their standards. Nearly all the milk used is tion herds, among the highest grade cattle in States. Although nearly all the institutions have farms, one- third of the 17,270,083 pounds of vegetables are purchased in the open market. ol produced by the institu- the United SPRING IS COME! Slowly, but surely, the calendar has shed its leaves and today is Spring! It comes with its promises and its colors dnd its faiths in the future, May it help to iit us up and cheer us in these times of economic stress, show ing as it does a faith that bows down to no adversity or dis- couragement. Always there is a springtime to come and cheer us, Robins and redwing blackbirds and a few bluchirds there's a bird for you!—are back. They twifter in the hedges and sing around the dooryvards. No discouragement can still their song nor flatten their faith. They sing and fly in the exuberance of the primal season and build their nests against the arrival of a new brood. And there are other signs. Straw hats are appear- ing in windows and milady’s spring styles attract the eye. Lawn rollers are out and the boys are playin’ marbles. The crack of the baseball against the bat will soon be heard on the sandlots and on the regular diamonds. Even the whistling of the March wind cannot but raice our hopes. Another day like yesterday and the trout fisher- man is going to be in the seventh heaven of delight as he counts off the days until April 15. Judding greenery and firmer turf will soon be here. Spring ushers in the summer, the season of growing things and longer hours outdoors and vacations. The weather man may jeer us for a day or so and send us something that seems far away from spring, but he can't keep it up. He is losing his battle now and, boy, are we glad! LOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES One of the disadvantages that small business men have faced has been the lack of “intermediate” credit or loans that run from five to ten years, It is true that many businesses in smaller cities have loans that have not been fully paid within the time limit but they are usually on a vear to vear basis, with much uncertainty as when the demand will be made for the pay- ment of the debt. Large business concerns have been able to manage the flotation of bonds that assure them of adequate credit fa- i cilities but the cost of such issues prevent its use by small- er concerns. As we understand it, any issue of less than £1,000,000 is hardly profitable. Legislation has been introduced in Congress tablish a system of regional intermediate credit banks to take care of the needs of independent small business men. A setup, patterned after the Home Loan Bank System, 1s proposed and regional banks would be established. tn es PENSIONS FOR CONGRESSMEN? A Congressman gets $10,000 a year, 20 cents a mile for traveling expenses, free postage, a half dozen clerks, other services that amount to actual remuneration and nobody halts him when he wants to make an address or write a magazine or newspaper article for profit, So the proposal to retire congressmen on a pension— the money to be paid by the taxpayers—seems a bit out of place. Many an American getting $10,000 a year or even considerably less has prepared for his future by annuities and endowment insurance paid for out of his own pocket. And no matter how glorious may be the service of a con- gressman he still shouldn't look to the public to provide for him in his old age if he hasn't been thrifty enough to do it himself. A GOOD IDEA The suggestion that the United States manufacture war supplies, including warships, for Latin-American countries will naturally cause considerable discussion, It might be noted, in passing, however, that this is much better than allowing these countries to come under the influence of other nations that are willing and ready to supply them. It is much better than adopting tne Ger- man idea of taking over such countries as happen not to be strong enough to resist aggression. While there may be disadvantages connected with the proposal we do not see where what we do is the concern of any other nation. It is possible that the business, thus secured, might make the United States better able to take care of its own needs, A BOW TO THE CHEMIST It is time that the people of this country gave the chemists a bow. In the last twenty years they have created many in- dustrial compounds and American chemical products rep- - resent one-half of the world’s output. Nitrates, necessary in war and peace. are extracted from the air, dyes and drugs are e from the most un- usual sources and there will soon be on the market a chem- ical competitor to silk that may have world-wide effect. “COME AND GET IT The return of Puerto Rico to Spain is said to be one of the objectives of the Franco Nationalist government, according to a newspaper dispatch from San Juan, which reports that islanders, returning from Spain, have reveal. ed the plan. Se Well, if Lhig.is true, all that the United States can France ay: ‘Come and get it!” in say THY CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. i Ee 7 l R——— ——— A. H Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” LAMENT OF OLD SITTING BULL (Contributed) Wile he die, I so sad, My ol' hoss done gone bad Buy old Ford, no good too Ride and push—-no can do White man Banker no can Take In money, bank go bust Republican, stock market hog Run It country to the dogs Democrat, he big money man Big money man like Republican No more money man, 80 what, by dam I vole for Townsend Plan — — trust Another Civil War York traveling through the cot- small Hlling station Ww a gentleman from New of the Bouth, stopped at a It seems that ton-raising district buy some gas While bis car was being serviced he alighted to talk to the farmers who were loitering around the station. Wanting some amusement he sald em. “Gentlemen, I can tell you what is wrong with the SBouth. You farmers don’t use your head: to tL day you You pay about a dollar a you would use your heads for Instance Now if Now. take cotion picking someone to pick your cotion ave that expense for coul to South America and for a very low cost you you could train them in You could send dowr procure about two hundred monkeys; time to pick every boll of cotton in the county; within a few months vou would have enough monkeys to pick all the cotton in the Your upkeep would be very small, and you could save a lot of that way two could week Blate money is the reason Lhe don’t use your heads. That t of the country.’ you see far behind the res Now you Just South Is had { we Une ol thought of that, but be down here old rebels looked up and drawled Well, suh ou know. if we did that you damn Yankees would t them m free inside of a year’ tha h and onkeys Too Precious “w Ca LA 4] oul ale hie why he had one night 0 visit a Man who was very for the mar who was been summoned had done what collid atl deaths d the relitives t think 1 know you ald the minister, "haven't you a minister sk him with Lyphoid One Had All The Luck I'wo darkeys who had not seen each other in five been kinda had married during this time What She's an ang woman did you-all get, Mose?” asked Rastus Rastus Is lucky dat what she Ha { Mine's still livin Please Don’t Lisp hat a dray horse you have a brown Dog Will Do It ao 1 The WnLE Lou Olg YOu Dactor Lisping Lot it he'th teething that bull dog nex'th door The Way We Talk A reader who is trying to Kid us wriles “Are you Dutch? you've heard some of these expressions that come from down Here they are I have a notion to get sick Do mind when he was Walch out the dog What yet do you want? It wonders me where he What does it give for dinner? He has it 80 in his back 1 have a sassy tooth You're always in such a splutter I guess I'l go to town once You follow the road straight ahead until you come up against She doesn't like him much; he's such a one for smutzing Maybe my way away from home? ve Vou went Traveling Salesman Joke A traveling salesman came to Centre county and canvassed town aller own seeking orders in vain. He didn't even make expenses on the trip Al last he returned 10 Bellefonte with his sample cases and meager shea! of orders, in a very irritable frame of mind Disgusted he sat down in his hotel room and started to write a letter to his firm. His wife, who had accompanied him on the trip, efitered the room Cet he shouted at her “I'm mad. I'm busy,” was the reply You writing to Hitler? What for?” He wants more territory, doesn't he? Well, I'm offering him Cenire Millheim. and the whole Penns Valley section.” out I'm writing a letter to Hitler” Hall Bet He Could A man of six feet, eight inches applied for a job as a life guard Can you swim?” asked the official “No. but T can wade to beal hell,” was the repiy All men may not be homeless, but some are home ——"SCAT." That's all, folks less than others | In today’s mail there is a leller from a woman who is in the midst of a very unhappy situation. As a | widow with two children, she mar- | | ried a widower with four and after {that had another child. Her hus- | band promised her that he would see | { that her children got to school, but {when the time came he failed to keep | | his promise. What clothes she has | and the expenses for the birth ol | Louisa’s Letter | been used 10 lake care of and edu- and if you have any of it left, hold on to it with a death grip. to marry you if he could not suppor you and your children and you will be much better off back in your own home or with your parents. Another Jetier today is from on i teen year old who wants 10 know i her baby were paid for by her first | | husband's insurance money. She is school first. { not given any spending money and | gynish school, by all means. A | hasn't even a home’to 100k forward | gir of sixteen does not know wheth- | 10, as the place is already deeded 10 | or ghe has found the right man or [the Banas Jon Lhe His Snide: | not and even If she has she is still d “| 100 to take on {ful of the future. She wants to er A marriage. She now or walt until she is forced to do — 3 3 : ; ] FN 4 Ee pi ag | F E a. — we Query and Answer Column | cated your first husband's children, Your second husband had no right | whether to get married or to finish | sels,” when the proper word i | P. W.~Why do we say that the sun | to use is “sits”? Can you explain? ! Ans "Set" In the sense of going down seems to be applied to heav~ | enly bodies only, and is recognized as correct by all reputable author- (Itles. Originally “set” was used in this connection because of popular con- fusion with the word “sit.” Gramatically “set” is wrong, but it Is good | usage, not reason, which gives a word its ultimate position in the lang- uage W. 8.~Does the sun move through space in an orbit the same as the earth does? If it does, why doesn’t it eventually get away from the earth | altogether? Ans ~The sun is moving through space at the rate of about 13 miles a second, but whether it has a definite orbit is nol known, The sun can’t get away from the earth because the earth and the rest of the solar sys- tem is traveling with the sun in its flight through infinite space G. A. —=What is the shortest poem known in the English language? Ans.—It 15 not known for sure. But one of the shortest, if not Lhe shortest, is a poem entitied “The Origin of Microbes.” The poem contains three words, and Is as follows: “Adam had ‘em.” C. RI would like to know what Boviet and Bolshevist mean as #p- plied 0 Russia? Ans —"Boviel” is a and peasants’ deputies ‘majority .” a council of workmen's, soldiers another Russian word meaning word meaning Bolshevist” is 0. T~Can any State in the United States withdraw from the Union if It s0 desires? Ans For a Btate to withdraw from the Union would not be constitu. tional, for there is nothing in that document to prohibit a Btate from withdrawing. However, the Civil War established the fact that no Bilale can secede from the Union except by successful armed rebellion V. GI am Blates arrested if he commits Ans. —IL Is true i commits a murder. He to be impeached as President. Then as a private citizen I rested and tried for murder or any other felony President of the United cannot be that true? oid that the a crime. Is would first have he could be ars even if he A. 8. T.~How old is the superstition about a four-leal clover bring- ing good luck? Ans, ~As the fields, find any four-leaved grass, h some good early a 320 Bir hn Melton wrote If a man walking iu e shall in a small while afler find thing LE T. R. M.~What are this year? Ans. —The New York World's Pair will open on April 20 and closer on December 8, 1930. The Golden Gale International Exposition at San Franciseo opened on February 18 and will close on December 2, 1839 E. G. L~What did Mark Twain say about New England weather? Ans.—~The following lines are from a speech he made on that sub- lect at a dinner given by the New England Society: “There is a sutupiy- ous variety about the New England weather tha ompels the strangers admiration regret weather is something there } ip new designs abd it gets through In the Spring 1 have twenty-four hours and closing dates of the two world's falrs and The D. E. T. Arc Ans «Negro babies with white babies The al of freckles and does Negro babies white #1 birth are bluish whit i of pinkish white pigme; 5 the same as ihe baby is exposed to light ding in the United is the case not develop until D. 8. R~What is the oldest {rame house still star tates? An Fairbanks Hous Massachusetts which the in 1636 WwW. M SI any ASIN0 pay his Ans Bankrupt sino management JH M-What b Ans responding ’ with a light-sens bling at Monte Carlo will firoad fare home? thelr passage home by the visitors are guaranteed of the television camera, COr- to the microphone in sound broadcasting. It is 8 vacuum tube plate behind the camera lens This mosaic plate consists of about 200.000 microscopic photo-electric cells. The camera lens focuses 8 given scene upon it, and an electric gun beam SCans the soene as a searchlight would, moving from left to right and top to bottom. cov- ering the 4 to 5-inch plate in about one-thirtieth of a second. The weak television thus created is subsequently amplified and broadcast on a radio carrier wave H. W. W.—~What is the origin of the United States Navy? Ans —On November 1. 1775, a letter from George Washingion was read in the Continental Congress. In it he deplored the lick of naval strength. Next day an appropriation of $100,000 for the construction and equipping of a naval force was authorized. A commitiee was appointed to administer naval affairs. Later that same month the tiny Alfred and Columbus were commissioned—the first ships in the Colonial Navy. The total number of vessels which served the Continental Congress was forty- {vo The lconoscope is the electric eye Live 0. B. C.~What is a froghopper? Ans —A froghopper Is an insect of the family Cercopidse. Some of these, Including the froghopper, are called spittle insects because they secrete a mass of froth in which they live. They suck plant juices and are not uncommon. They are brownish-yellow in color = T. J. R~How large is the statue of Benjamin Franklin in Philadel- phia that was executed by James Earle Fraser? Ans —The figure is three times life size and is of Seravezza marble from Tuscany, weighing thirty tons. It is twelve feet in height and rests on a pedestal of rose auroras marble from Portugal, weighing sixty-two tons. Statue, pedestal, and plinth together weigh 120 tons and rise 0 8 height of eighteen feel HOUSEHOLD SCRAPBOOK Straight-Hanging Pictures Pictures which hang crookedly are always unsightly. To prevent this, have a cord Jong enough 0 that it shijdren’'s rubbers before putting may be hooked over the nail, and, hem away will keep the rubber from then twist the entire picture around. | drying out, and they will also wear This will hold it in place with nO | much longer. | danger of its slipping and becoming - ; DO YOU KNOW ——— | lopsided. Boring Hole in Glass Use a regular glee] drill to bore a! Hopking? | hole in glass, and keep the point of | : How via gh La | contact saturated with camphorated | . 149 {ofl or turpentine. You will be sur- | “3 ‘when was the naval air school | prised at the ease with which this is | at Pensacola. Fla. founded? done | 4 What is the International Set- The Oven | tlement at Shanghai? A slow oven means one with 4! 5 How many German-born resi- temperature of from 250 to 300 de- | dents are in New York? grees Fahrenheit; a moderate oven,! § How many soldiers were killed one of {rom 300 10 350 degrees; and a! in the civil war in Spain? hot oven is from 400 10 450 degrees. | 9. How does the power outoud of | the TVA compare with the Grand Feather Pillows | Choose a bright windy day tor | Coulee dam and Boulder dam? | washing your feather pillows. Pill with hot suds and plunge the The Pudding Butter the top of the pudding for about an inch around the . and add a small piece of bu | put through several waters, briskly, and hang on the line to dry. | During the day, shake several so that the feathers will A
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