TR — The Centre Hemocrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA a U DEER......... FAUL M. DUBBS CECIL A. WALKER. .......... Vous Issued weekly, every Thursdey morning. Sotered lu the postoffice al Bellefonte, Pa., as second class matter TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $160 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 witer 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 done each issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not notifying us, ae liable for game. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK EDITORIAL FORCE ALONE WILL STOP HITLER When Hitler came to power in Germany the Saar basin was the focus of possible international trouble. After a plebescite, by which France abided, the area was returned to Germany. Three months before Hitler had said, in the Reichstag, that once the question was settled Germany was “willing and determined” to accept the Pact of Locarno—once expected to assure in Europe, One year later he sent German troops into the Rhine- land, almost precipitating a war and, again, in the Reich- stag, declared, “We have no territorial demands to make in Europe.” In 1935 he said the intention to mix in internal nex or unite with Austria.” In 1937 he said: "I wish to announce that the era of so-called surprises has been concluded.’ “Germany has neither the wish nor Austrian affairs, or to an- About a year later he threatened the almost-captive Schusschnuigg to capitulate, under martial threat, and marched his soldiers into Vienna, annexing that country to Germany. Then he said: wants only She does not want to add to the sorrows of other nations.” Shortly afterward he pushed the Sudeten question to the fore and pursued it until September 1938, when at Berchtesgaden he amazed Mr. Chamberlain by expanding his demands and when the powers forced the Czechs to yield, assured the British Premier that this was “the end of Germany's territorial claims in Europe.” Less than six months later he took advantage of de fenseless Czechs and annexed their entire nation, although its territory was supposed to have been “guaranteed” as a result of the cession of the Sudetenland. Last week he advanced again and acquired Memel. “Germany peace Because his word is worthless and his assurances val- ueless the world naturally wonders what he will attempt next. No longer does he parade behind a formula of uniting Germanic peoples; now he works on the need of “living space.” No one knows where Hitler will stop but everyone knows that it will take armed force to stop him. Conse- quently, the only question for other nations to determine is where they will draw the line against surrender and let the Fuehrer march against a line of steel, IT WOULD BE BETTER The freedom of the people of Centre county, along with that of millions of other Americans, is protected by the Bill of Rights and it should be the duty of every citi zen to thoroughly understand the nature of the privileges accorded them under a liberal interpretation of the provi- sions included under that term, Just now, the United States is hearing much about subversive, un-American and other peculiar activities. Var- ious efforts are being made to have Congress pass bills which would tend to uproot these forces which most Amer- icans do not like. It might be a good idea for us, in our zeal to uphold American liberties, to make certain that we do not viol ate these liberties in an attempt to stamp out the things that we consider dangerous to the liberties themselves. For example, among some of the proposals, are bills that would be used to gag advocates of social change. The impossibility of exactly defining the isms that we oppose would tend to make them possible instruments of oppre- gion. As the Christian Science Monitor well says, “Commit- tees that have studied un-American activities will render the greatest service if they tell us what un-American con- ditions make Americans discontented with America and how these conditions may be corrected, That will be bet- ter than invading the Bill of Rights.” WHAT IS AGED? A reader of The New York Times writes an indignant letter to the editor, complaining at a reference to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain as “aged.” Mr. Chamberlain is 70. This. says the correspondent isn't “aged.” He raps such flagrant use of the word as “both unfair and psy- chologically deleterious to septaugenarians.” The prime minister, he says, is In the prime years of his life, Since 70 years is, according to Biblical standards, the normal span of life, comments the Williamsport Sun, it has been quite generally accepted that those who attain this age are “aged.” To youngsters, one reaches the “aged” stage some years short of 70. The average span of life having been increased by medical science and modern liv- ing conditions, perhaps we should cease thinking of. men and women of 70 years as being “aged.” A lot, of course, depends upon the individual. Some at three score and ten are definitely old, in body, mind and habits, Others are young and vigorous, physically and mentally. In contradiction of objections to being called “aged” at 70, there are those who are quite willing, if it benefits themselves. to accept description as “aged” at that figure or some years short of it. The advocates of “old age” pen- sions are eager that, for purposes of receiving subsidies from the public treasury, a person be considered “aged” pos, arriving at 66 years or, as some would have it, even a O . oR ———— ——— —-—.{¥ & A HONOR SYSTEM GOES ON ROCKS (From Allentown Call) Fostoria, Ohio, recently tried a novel experiment and because it has failed ingloriously the town is about ready to go back to regulation of motorists, In that town of 14,000 there was a feeling on the part of merchants that the town was losing business because nearby rivals were easy on farmers and other visitors to the city when parking and other regulations for motor. ists were violated while Fostoria was enforcing its regula tions no matter who the violator might prove to be, the put Fostoria merchants, and So at the instance of the town council decided to abolish all regulations the motorists “on their honor.” Thus it was up to the motorists to play fairly with each other and with the public. They were not to park That fon would inconvenience motorists they i to been cleared in double lines. the inner move their cars until space to get out had Motorists were expected not to park directly in front of fire hydrants, for that in the event of a fire and it might also eventuate row obviously would not be able would inconvenience the firemen in great loss of property or even human life, They were expected block not to park in front of entrances to garages and owners from entering those garages The Very the section was littered with cars which parked at any and Cul emerging ox result was interesting SOON busine a all angles, There was double parking galore and some cars of the street Every common broken were parked as far as the middle Ol motorists regulation and every law Sense was throughout the city ienced were at the throats of those who were doing and who were nconven the inconvenlencing, if they could find them. The town council has been doing nothing about it a vet, because the merchants who brought on the no-reg lation state of affairs feel that the plan was not given the has not the that, given sutficient time, the ficient trial. They believe idea of “civil patrioti been drilled into motorists sufficiently and code of honor will preva It has been a very pretty bit of Utopianism but it a question whether Utopia has arrived. Human nature still seems to be very much the of human | ture that it was in the days of the tooth and claw. On a bi scale it is being illustrated in European affairs at th time. In a small way it is being illustrated by the moto ists in Fostoria and probably would illustrated an where that all regulations as to motoring were dropped motorist were expected to operate w Same sort De and each and every cording to the rules of common sense, RUDE AWAKENING Greensburg Review) (From W. Lee O'Daniel showed the 1 people Of Texas & rea and fa with his hillbilly time last summer SONS, string band, and alluring promises, jut that they h Mr. O Daniel ing as governor for a while they have had a rude awake: ing. The spell of the hillbilly music that kept them charm ed as they paraded to the ballot box to vote for Mr, O'Dan iel is gone, now ave seen perfor: Hundreds of thousands of Texans. particularly those who like the philosophy of government exemplified in Vice President John Nance Garner, have made up theh minds that the new governor is going to put Texas in a real mess if they do not hold him in check, Governor O'Daniel is a spender, and a big spender, if given leeway. Texas taxpayers have discovered that and they are out to stop him. The promises sounded good, but now when it gets down to fulfilling the promises and ha ing the taxpavers foot the bills it is a different story, Governor O'Daniel started out his administration with the idea of giving every old person, rich or poor, a $30 a month pension. Under pressure, he has given up that idea. He not only found the property-holding Texas tax payers against him, but he discovered that the federal government would not match state dollars to provide pen sions for people who were not needy, So the governor has another plan, He wants to guar antee an income of about 330 a month for everyone past 65 vears of age. To carry out this idea he has proposed that a number of tax levies be increased and he is spon gsoring a proposed constitutional amendment which would impose a two and one-half per cent sales tax. But he is finding the going pretty tough. The hillbilly songs and music fail to charm any more, TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY For many vears the people of the United States have taken it for granted that democratic government had been universally recognized as the ideal and that progress would be marked by the gradual spread of demecracy to include the nations of the earth. No such assumption is warranted today. In fact, the existing democratic regimes and to force peoples who en aggressive tactics of modern dictators threaten to topple joy popular self-government to yield dictatorial powers to officials in order to meet the present crisis, It begins to look like government by dictators will become fashionable, even if adopted solely as a weapon with which to fight autoeracy. The situation can be blamed upon Germany, Italy and Japan. Their use of foree to achieve national ends has been facilitated by dictatorship in government, The United States is setting its defense forces in or der and the move comes none too soon. The speed with which nations are now being gobbled up permis no as surances that the future will be anything but an armed truce, with militaristic countries gobbling up the weaker nations whenever possible, YOUR LIFE IS YOUR AFFAIR Life is not to be spent entirely in the pursuit of ger. ious ends but neither should it be devoted exclusively tq the pleasures of the moment, The individual must, of necessity, consider the ulti. mate end of man even if the present condition of the hu. man race compels attention to other than eternal objec. tives, The organization of society today forces men and women to work for material gains. This pressure often causes some of them to forget that earning a iiving. im- portant as it must be, cannot be the sole endeavor of in. dividuals. Many years ago it was spoken, “Man shall not live hy bread alone,” and the application of that admonition in shaping our earthly life should be diligently attended to by every one of us, Men and women should not neglect their physical and mental development but neither should they overlaok their pivitual plvaticement, Thote who belieYe in the immortgl- ity of the spirit should be fortified against yielding to the temptations of the flesh. = i —-— WHE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, FA. “% oy _Mareh 8, 16%. | RE —— —— ad '{ - | THE Orrice CA “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” be » PEANUTS TO YOU An elephant never forgets, they say From New Year's Day to December Perhaps it's a gift to be that way But what hes he got to remember? Both Are Fibhers It is told of a minister that he went into the office of a busy news- paper man and sald You editors don't tell the truth. If vou did. you couldn't live. Your newspaper would fold up You're right.” agreed the editor ut don't forget that the preach- er who at all times and under all circumstances tell the truth about his members, alive or dead, could not occupy his pulpit more than one Sun- day. The press and Lhe pulpit go hand in hand with white-wash brushes and pleasant words, magnifying little virtues into big ones. The pulpit the newspaper and the gravestone are the great salnt-making trio Whereupon the job of finishing & marriage notice In which the bride comely when he knew in his heart he'd struck a "« his described an hn editor turned to Wa ux where ought to be SHIP AHOY! now 10 drape she'll pin it Hitie shape (TEI I'he girl knows there modern And here her bathing Ht Until her und But has ' si pe get A Lot Encouraging A little i { =r rst day teacher asked the matter? They here sChoo the one Of the whats found sympathet war Dy teache! ul in " i aenr tell me ald the child between her shall have until that | to stay y Khe here until heer sald gently I'm 'eacher up ure petler patted her on Lhe shoulder ( yi ofl an Just think | have to stay LB FINGER WAVES Hitch-hikers {ind more use for thumbs han fact, when They use BIOYOLe BUPPOnes refused a Lit their no LEN Lhevre them on My A Sad Awakening Whatcha so Bill Last night sad about? asked I dreamt that 1 me if I'd like to have a girl. 1 id and get me when a brunette hen he sent the brunette mtairs standin’ around waiting for the blonde myself long for not h 8 harem and the keeper asked was Just about to go oul said 1 wanted a bionde nw me. While we were and I've been Kickin ie Wan in Ye 0 he But 1 get I woke uj taken rune one passed to one ali AAY avin Lhe Very Stupid st discover that i Wh An changing Werk rofessor he has Deen Car Olive 8 absent-minded ; his shirt every U nas ju wusand mile 1939 Advice Swe] t To the Old-Fash let ver maid, and be Cie 10 the Flapper i*t who will Be A GIRL POEM Freda Hutch; ialks too much A gal 1 hate Does 5 100 ittie Martha Platt you know | where you're at A gal 1 love In With her ust A gal 10 meet ix Eva Dine Today she's yours tonight she's mine In many respects tered 8 man, a a NOUse is finished when he gels plas- Better Start Slow I'l Perhaps 1'd better Farmer Cx City Visitor me on show you how to milk a cow start on a calf Frank And Earnest A certain minister, noted for his ability 0 judge character and for his frank manner, was asked to marry an odd-looking couple After the ceremony The groom said, “Sorry, parson, but all 1 can afford is a dollar’ he parson replied, after one look at the bride Youre wasting fifty cents Work It Out For Yourself Marriage, they say is an institution Marriage is also a gamble Gambling 1s against the law Therefore, marriage a5 an institution is wun- constitutional and should be abolished About the only type of girl who has any use for a windy guy is a flat tile Bum Luck Two members of the legal profession. one decidedly glum of coun- tenance met on the street Well, how's business? Rotten.” the first replied and found a lawyer in it” first asked the second one “1 Just chased an ambulance twelve the mies A Pleasant Time Coming Toastmaster, introducing the speaker I'm sure that Mr. Jones, of the Fertilizer Department is & pleasant half hour. He's just full of his subject’ will give Bad Manners Ma, Ma. A big truck ran over Pa and squashed him all over the greet ” Mother—"Junior, how many times have I told you not to talk about such things when I'm eating?” Eventually Victim—"Hey, that wasn't the tooth 1 wanted pulied ~ Dentist—"Calm yourself, I'm coming to it” Taint So Customer—"1 don’t want to buy your crackers; they tell me the mice are always running over them.” Grocer—""That isn’t 50. Why, the cat sleeps in the barrel every night.” A Useful Member ‘Don’t upbraid your child severely for sucking his thumb” advises a child psychologist About all that is necessary, we should think, is to caution him not to swallow it as he may need it some day to hitch-hike Why Not Drop It? “You can't take it with you, and you cant stay here with it but a | few short years, so why bother about it at all? Bt a Where, Oh Where? “If a church were to turn out all sinners, where would it get a con~ gregation?” asks a writer And where would it get a preacher? We've Found That Out Balt Is what makes potatoes taste so good if you don't put any on them. Ever Think of This? To be naked is to be nude. To be newed is to be refinished. To be re- | finished is 10 be refined. Therefore, to be naked is to be refined. That's all, folks. The itch 10 get artied bas kept many an old maid | scratching for » husband. my gt may An 00 maid ‘= w Column rw Query and Answer a FROBLEM A lid is put an a box, and is sald to be empty. If that Is not true, what is inside the box? ment H. H--What is the life of a pa (Answer elsewhere in this depart- lent? And can a person get a pat- ent on Lhe same thing after the time has expired? Ans patented or renewed. Howeyer provements The life of a patent js 17 are protected also for years. The article cannot again be improvements may be patented but itn- 17 years T. R~If the Ohio River empties into the Mississippi River will you please tell me where it begins? Ans ~The Ohio River begins in Pennsylvania (at Pittsburgh) »& tie Junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers K. in the Ans GG. Ans where he G. D~How wives did Kix Ans. According to 1 Kings wives and 300 concubines F. J-Wil ernment has Ans The government Formerly Finland was ruled was proclaimed 1817 year 20397 July 4, 2030, will fall on V.~What has become of the The ves exX-Kaiser is still a in & castle many chia T00 yom please snswer in Finland? And what is of by Ru The ¢ Caar wt in N~Does a person in the United States Ans. —No. Any enlist In branch of army person any the L. E~Is the rd “I mean? Ans Fort fourteen nights M. HI The ortnight night is perfectly and means (wo wish to ask you if ordinary golf ball floaters was Anber « Wild over the weight of The Liberty bell weighs 2 H.—In The Owing what moon in 6 the fact JOT Y that the for ¢ Blar Spangled Banner Ans 1931 By w Act ang of Congress music of P anthem of Lincoln's { ar the ras nated as the national E. J. W.--What Ans --]1t suld the TH Ans ur ged was Mo mortal Wa rtality by '} spirit of M. Are As far that regular health back as 1871 Dr persons should health all ol! protecting T. P. D—-What is 1} Ans ~The sald cause in pioneer days no man left corn meal to prepare food we origin of name this Bunday pell-imposed exile in Doorn Finland has wa Who is not military golf will not a the Liberty COs the moon's moon hn approved “The Star Spangled Banner the United State Will be proud? examinations Horace Dobell have regular examinations as come from Journey cake G~On what day of the week will the Fourth of July come o& Wait and see ex-Kaiser of Germany? Hoiltng, ig Bolomon have? pler 11, verse 3, King Solomon hag your good paper what kind of g§gv- is capital? $a been a republic since 1918 Their independence from the apital Is Helsingfors have 10 be a citizen of the United Btates fo navy or marines? a citizen of the Und ad States may MIVIOP a good word? And what does it good a contraction of Werks float? However, there is & COUTrses Where Dalls will float which are seg On and ponjes before Americs was discovered horses were imported { them were sbandoned by DeSgto the State the Indians readily tock bell? 080 pounds the moon travel? around the earth travels from wes Orbit Goes not le in the an alternating north -~ and then south for two AF RISC Wo Weeks made our nation- by the President, on March were desig- of America avorite poem? am Knox beginning, “0, why idea? an English physician, 4 means 8 new Johnny cake? 50 Called be- the settiements without his sack of J. 8. H—~What Governor had for his platform the Goiden Rule and Ten Commandments? Ans Governor W. Lee O'Daniel D. H. R—~What is the name of which he gave to Buffalo Bil? Ans General Miles gave Duke | Buffalo Bill who used him as of the Old Ebb of Texas Gen. Nelson A Miles favorite horse one of his most beautiful horses, to : iead horse in his shows for many years. TWO the General's other favorite horses were named Golden Pebbles and 8S. 8. B—~How many taxis are there in New York City? Ans that city As of November 2 th wil 1938 A. T. R—What is the origin of Ans meaning ad iacent M Ans The name of the Arizona black base in silusion Tucson Mountains C.~Does rice Rice is F. H—-How much did Ans ~The bridge E. C~How many How much toll Ans ama Canal 25 contain much approximately 7 the Ban is estimated ships pass thr do they pay? The tolls collected In the calendar year 1938 5626 vessels on th ere were 12331 taxicabs operating in the name Tucson? tity is derived from @ Papago word to & dark volcanic stratum in the starch? Per cent starch Francisco-Oakland bridge cost? {0 have cost $77,200,000 ough the Panama Canal in a year? passed through the Pan- ese Vessels amounted to $22 608.558 - A. G—~What is the most valuable animal on the farm? Ans of Agriculture specialists Its nationa The mule is rated the most valuable animal by Dephrii Bt 1 average is $118 compared with for the horse, $56 for the cow and $11 for the hog Answer to problem: Air is inside the box We —_ HEALTH | ————— One in every 14 persons in the United States was a hospital patient | last year A total of 8421075 patients were admitted 10 the 6,166 hospitals in this country. There was an average census of 965.706 patients in these hospitals In 1838 the net gain in registered hospital facilities was equal to a hospital of 101 beds for each day of the year There are 1,161,380 beds in hospi- tels in this country and 58.747 bas- sinets More than 1,000,000 babies—1026.~ | in | T7l—were born in hospitals in 1038 The average iéngth of stay of pa- | {tients in hospitals last year 12% days ! The rate of occupancy in general hospitals was 688 per cent of bed capacity : These figures are from the 22nd | annual hospital survey made by the | American Medical Association. | In the general hospitals of the | country there are 425324 beds | while in the hospitals for nervous | ‘and mental patients there are 581.- | | 822 beds. i | This means that more than half | of the beds in all hospitals in the | Juited States are in mental hospi | tals. | In Pennsylvania there are 33 beds | | for every 1000 of the population. | i These beds, last year, were 71 [per cent occupied, better than the | hospitals, 10 maternity, 2 eye, ear, nose and throat, 5 children's, 8 or- thopedic, 8 isolation and 10 conval- escent and rest hospitals. In ali, there are 352 hospitals in Pennsylvania, having a total of 86.633 beds and 45468 bassinets Last year there were 721443 Pennsy! in hospitals. Thats & Job of sk abd ured. a | en Also a lot of facilities for caring for them. DO YOU KNOW Medical knowledge is a science but its application to the sick per- son is an art State medicine made its appear- ance in Germany in 1883 and in England in 1811. In both cases it was not due to public demand but came 8s a political expedient. It has not helped the public or the medical profession in either case. TREAT SEED OATS TO SAVE CROP FROM SMUT The worst enemy of the ost crop Pennsylvania is smut. Where oats have not been ireated for two or three years it is estimated that Agent R. C. Blaney, that the farmer using treated seed can harvest large a crop from five acres neighbor using untreated cures {rom six. Growers can easily from smut by treating with formaldehyde or organic . two i $Ee ] 5 EH] | sebed i ] § ! : it
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