Page Four EE THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. June 8, 1939, The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A LU DENN vars Bde FALL MM LDIUBABN Associate Editor CECIL A WALRFR ..... ..... Business Manager Issuer weekly every Thursday morale Cnierea tn The postoMes at Bellefonte, Pa. as s0cund class matier 'ERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $100 per yen iM puio ID advance £2 00 er year, I nol paid In sJdVance Me One vor subseripulon expires ts plainly printea gn the abe] bearing your name All credits are glven by a change on the dete of label the frst issue of ench month We send no recelpls unless upon special request. 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Reports from the vast wheat belt indicate equal jubilation in the business centers, Dollar wheat means, they said, that once more the farmer can “go to town,” where he will not only pay taxes and inter- est but “buy more of the products of industry.” Assurance of dollar wheat to the American farmer is the direct result of the farm program inaugurated un- der the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, passed by a Democratic Congress in the Roosevelt Administration. It is a very far cry from the general average of 30 cents a bushel in 1932, final crop year of the Hoover administra- tion. The wheat program for 1939—first full year since the present law was enacted, has enabled the wheat grow- er to adjust his acreage to what is estimated as necessary for (1) domestic consumption, (2) export and (3) a safe reserve. Loans and crop insurance have enabled him to store his surplus until he has need for it. Acreage allot. ments help him to avoid price-depressing surpluses, as do also loans and exnort subsidies, Soil conservation pay- ments and parity payments increase his income. On May 21 Secretary Wallace announced rates for wheat loans on the 1939 crop to farmers who keep within their wheat acreage allotments under the 1939 program will be increased over 1938 on an average of 6 to 7 cents a bushel, depending upon classification and grade. BOOM YEARS The years from 1921 up to the last of 1929, are often referred to as the boom vears. During most of that time business was active, and the nunther of unemployed was relatively small. Speculation was going on to a very dan- gerous extent, resulting in a final erash, the effects of which have not vet disappeared. Would the country like to ge the conditions of 1921-29 back again, and how can the evils that grew in those times be prevented? [Like most anything else, that period had good and bad features. At least business felt confidence, and people were willing to spend and invest money. People had the courage to buy homes and many of them were built. Is it possiblé to produce such a state of prosperity without tempting the people to indulge in dangerous spec- ulation? It is the unfortunate trait of our people that they often act as if they can't stand prosperity. If they get a little good luck, if the sun shines brightly, they as. sume that these conditions will continue indefinitely, They step high, they gamble on an uncertain future, as if it was sure and dependable, Probably the country would accept the 1921-29 pros- perity again if it had a chance, but it should look out very carefully that the dangers of that period which brought on a terrible crash shall be avoided. When the speculative eolts get to kicking up too high, Father should have them lassooed and led into the barn and put to rest in their quiet stalls. Also people should not spend so confidently far beyond their means, since such spending means lean days for the future. DEFEAT OF COAL BILL The Independent miners have won their fight against the James coal bill in the Legislature. The Independents claimed that the bill of regulation, presented by the James administration, would eliminate about every coal owner and coal miner, except a few big companies. The surprising thing about the coal bill is, not its defeat, but that the James administration would try to set up a regu- lation of the coal industry, one of the major businesses of the state. The regulation of private business is one of the charges being levelled at the Roosevelt administration by every Republican politician in the land; was levelled by Governor James, as a candidate. Just how the present Re- publican administration could bring itself to start regula- tory legislation of a business that cannot be regulated, ex- cept by the law of supply and demand, is beyond us, Those who defeated this bill, however, did the James adminis- tration a service. If the bill had passed, as a regulatory measure, it would have made the James administration ridiculous from coast to coast and lakes to gulf. MEN FROM THE BENCH William S. Knudsen, president of General Motors, thinks more young men should go to work with their hands. He thinks too many of them want jobs sitting at desks, He finds a large percentage of our productive en- terprises are headed by men who have come up from the worker's bench, He thinks there is nothing humble about a mechanic's job. This extremely able executive seems to have the right idea. It is a®wonderful advantage in selling any- thing to know how it is made. If you have that knowledge you may be able to see how it can be made better or cheaper, a form of knowledge that many men sit at a desk never get. If the man at the bench is to rise, he should not be satisfied to do his work just the same as it was done last year or in a previous generation, IN THE INTEREST OF U.S, The foreign policy of the United States should be de- signed, quite frankly, to serve the interest of the United States and for no other purpose, The neutrality laws of the United States, be it also anid, should be devised for the sole purpose of protecting the interests of the people of this country. So far, most Americans will quite readily assent, It is when one attemots to outline the “interests” of the United States that dithicully occurs, The sale of arms to fighting nations, for example, has alwavs been defended by the United States on the ground that the inwerests of this nation required that na- tions, like our own, without government munitions plants and dependent upon private plants for munitions, should do nothing that might lead to international embargoes on arms. In a flurry of caution, a few years ago, Congress de cided that it would tend to keep this country out of wan hy prohibiting the sale of arms and munitions to nation al war. The idea worked to handicap the Spanish govern. ment in defending itself against Franco, Germany and Italy. If enforced, it would have worked to assist the Jap anese in snufting out China There is, and there alwavs will be, considerable dif ferences of opmion as to what is for the best interests of the United States. Those who maintain divergent view should not, of necessity, suspect the patriot m ol citizen who disagree with them In view of a general war in Europe it would seem to be the best thing for the United States to keep out of the fighting. At the same time, developments might lead to the conclusion that victory for a given side would mean subsequent attacks upon this country. In this event, a: Secretary Stimson urges, the nation should get in as soon as possible and fight while allies ar carrying a part of the burden. Now, do not get the idea that the editor is advocating sending soldiers to Europe in any war, We hope that the day will never come when young Americans will be slaagh tered on a foreign battlefield. Just the same, despite our hope, the day might come and it is just as well to know that such a possibility exj NEW SYPHILIS LAW The most important aspect of the new W } cn will require a blood test f H syphili before riage license can be 1s8ued 15 that it healthier marriages in Pennsylvania. \ Wii Fundamentally it is an educational law and does no attempt to reduce the number of marriages or place ob- stacles before prospective marital partners. “Thig law, which goes into efféect May 17, 1940, J. Shaw, “will not work any hi lood-test laws in some states say that if either applicant } t De ) i : Hi . 11 “et 1A * HICeNSe Nas a positive Li wd Lest, ho license can n-contagious stage, the license will not be dd ug reons found to be infectious can still obtain a license at some later date, after proper treatment has been receive “The educational value lies in the fact that when oper treatment can be taken, The spared future serious complications bh 1 } % TH 1 fia} tp of the disease, and will not become a marriage lia yility HOW GERMANS HELPED FRANCO When the Spanish revolution broke out in Spain and the charges were made that Italian and German troops were aiding General Franco the denials that came from Rome and Berlin looked sincere, Now that the battle is over, with General Franco triumphant and Germany and Italy satisfied that he is in their orbit, the truth comes out frankly as soldiers o Maly and Germany go home. They are received and wel comed officially by their governments. f | In Germany, the story goes, it is now admitted that Hitler himself made arrangements for German aviators to go into the service of Gen. Franco, that the first aviators sailed disguised as tourists and that, in the early days of the struggle, the German planes transported 15,000 Moors, with guns and ammunition from Morocco into Spain. If Germans, living in Brazil, tomorrow start a revolu- tion, vou may not be surprised if German “tourists” are on hand to help the battle. The German government will deny that its soldiers are involved but the denial will be no more truthful than the denials at the beginning of the Spanish revolution, THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE Among all the other exciting incidents connected with the recent tragedy of the Navy submarine Squalus is the story of an electrician’s mate who slammed the water- tight door against twenty-six of his companions in order that thirty-two others might live, Perhaps he did not fully realize until after the cour- age and intelligence required to do his duty instantly. tecollections of that act may haunt him in his sleep all his days, but the soundness of his behavior will not be ques- tioned now or ever, cruel as was the part Fate assigned him to play. Obviously had he not closed the compartment rapidly filling with water against its occupants, the loss of life would have been many more than twenty-six. Perhaps nore would have been saved. Furthermore he was acting on orders. For that reason alone none dare criticize him because all will applaud his clear head and his stout soul. But it is so dreadful an experience that few persons would choose to invite it. The most soul-racking test comes to persons who must decide to sacrifice one life in order to save another, Health Letter The cost of radium is going down. tains a température of from 2 to 5 | In 1929 radium cost about $3500 per degrees Fahrenheit above the sur- | grain. It takes 7.000 grains to m_ke rounding atmosphere. ia pound. Today, radium is much The amount of heat given off by cheaper—only $1316 a grain. Yet any amount of radivre in 45 min. last year there were 588 grains of | utes is enough to ralse the tempera- | radium imported into the United ture of an equal amount of water | {States from other countries from freezing (32 degrees Fahren. | While some small amount of ri. bell) to boiling point (212 degrees | dium is used as an activating agent Fahrenheit).’ The rays given off by | lin the preparation of luminous Tadlum have been particularly ben. | | points and is used by metallurgists ©ficial in the early treatment of | {to Inspect flaws in metal cast'ngs, certiin forms of cancer. The re. { - y he dit i duction in price of this precious jo ene a en tis A he Eadium i metal, due to the recent discovery of | dieine. Most of the radium used radium-bearing ore in Canada, is | therapeutically is concentrated on |®Xpected to help materialy in the !the treatment of cancer. {war against cancer. One can now | The amount of radium imported buy one-seven-thousandth of a | indicates the extent of the use of Pound of radium for only $1316. 'the metal in medicine. The reduc- DO YOU KNOW {tion in price has mide radium avall- | The number of persons hospital. (able to many more hospitals. This | ized for mental diseases increased {means that many smaller Institu~ in this country more than 40 per {tions will be able to purchase ra- cent from 1026 to 1938. The esti. | dium for treatment and also that mated cost of maintenance of these {larger hospitils may purchase more | patients is $230.865.000, with an ad- | radium In order to treat more patl- | gitfonial cost of $18.178000 for pa. {eni. tients under private care, Radium is a metal which main- Health insurance, far from ut- W——— 1 --— THE Orrice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Kelished by the Wisest Men” # y a — — Wanted the Tanpy Kind Clerk—"You say you want a pound of ochre--red ochre like you use y paint brieks?” Tommy} Naw, It's tappy ochre. Mom wants to make a pudding with Question of Weight It may be all right to warn your grocer about getting short weight money, but Ix Ire you don't give him a ‘ong walt for his We Won't Need Anv Tomorrow Inquiring Lady How much does your cow give a day? Farmer Lad Bout eight quarts’ | uly And how much of that do you sell? ad" "Bout twelve quarts, lady!’ Church is Worth While ' eld forth one Bunday with a fine sermon and he received by the entire congregation, He was about “Ah want to warn yo against de heine- and wheah Ah done knife’ Don’t Fool the Poor Rustic Lor Nice weather, Isn't it?” How's that? Short Inventory means of support was his rich father wag being i until the bridegroom had to repeat the goods 1 thee endow.” as then startied to hear a moan from the old tered Pa here goes his bicycle We're Telling You ir acquaintance have asked why ! There is no difference the woman bh Ml rifles your pockets ou 10 quarters ou are h to come sxemption [rom war on acocoun 4 "e fe » - yowi > v . v N exempt rom mariage on account of war Batter Up It was In a sma] town on a hot and dusty day. The negro population | re engaged in an important ball game ihe umpire was a big, ragged duplicate of the eight ball The visit. ! team ean-up man was at bat and the bases were loaded 4 iow. Ball three, inside. Ball fo'. low and dat, Mister Ump?” sald the batter. “I ] replied the boss of the bases. “but de bases t got no place to put you, You is out” You'll Like Our Candid Advertisements we're golpg to lay aside the job of conducting the Office In and open ourselves a nice little grocery store. We'll probably Sualch and Hurry Food Emporium.” and while the stuff lie won't be so hot, we'll probably get tired looking at it and oll it. You may not be able to eat any of it, but we'll appreciate i probably start out with the following page advertisement in the Centre county newspapers Apple Bauce Yellow Bonnet) worms extracted No. 23 ¢ American Cheese, shell worn, full of holes, mice like It Oysters. slick and slimy, In 5-02, cans . . Milk from discontented cows, aged in udder, 10 per qt or 7 small cans Peas, big wrinkled and tuff " 2 No. 2 cans Candy Bars, partly unwrapped, [ly-specked 3 barg Macaroni, makes a rotten salad . pound pkg Toilet Tissue, softer than catalogues - a 6 rolls Vinegar, made from worm-eaten, sour, crabby apples... gal Beans, big white northern, noiseless variety - ..5 pounds Corn. Golden Bantam, very few worms in each can per can Bananas, mashed, over-ripe and hall peeled pound Crackers, soggy and wet . 2 Ib. pkg Syrup, white or dark, soured and going to sugar gallon 5% Brown Baked Beans, 18-02. swelled and rusted can Kraut, foot-packed, soured cabbage ‘ No. 2% can Pink Salmon, improved, been dead a long time... 2 cans Sugar, dirty, damp end lumpy 10-1b. bag 55¢ Paper Napkins, all colors, been used only twice : 2 pkgs, 15¢ Come In and look us over after we've opened up. Or ring us up if you want some of the stuff. If we don't answer, we're sitting down. Try again in a few minutes. We'll deliver if you catch us just right and we | feel like It Right, Brother, Right “What a pretty town you have here” sald a rapturous tourist stop- | ping overnight in Bellefonte last week. “How true it is that one-half the | {world doesn’ know how the other half lives” “Yep,” replied the old Bellefonter, “that's mostly true. But not In {this town, mister, not in this town” That's ail. folks. They say that kissing shortens life. We know it | does single life = rd Li re cra a I I WR ss | ting an end to the evils of patent {medicines and treatment cults, has; The flavor of disagreeable medi- {in most countries seemed to enCOUr- | cine will be much less noticeable 1* {age their growth. {a piece of ice is held in the mouth i for a short time before taking ihe | HOU SEHOLD | medicine, SCRAPBOOK |, i dah arut ou i en | and wipe the wooden furniture care- heh evming EE rotoashiy | When hemming a skirt, take a The wood wi n ghiy | double stitch frequently to Insure a Clean and will take the polish bet- ‘mere secure hem. Then If the hem | ter, leatehes and rips, it will not be a | { tong rip. ' Prevent Fading i Ts protect the colored clothes Sardines and dressing, | from running when in the wah tub, | iD the egg white cases, make tempt [put a handful of salt into a pood- | IDR appetizers to serve with ocock- | gives bow! of cold water. Let the | talls. | garment soak in this for about a half In the Garden hour. Then wash them with warm | Morning glory, of any hard seeds, | water (not too hot) and s~ap suds | should be soaked before planting. ff you should see a little oolor Soak them for about twenty-four coming out, rinse in cold water and | hours, and then plant with the large salt. end of the seed down, eam § Query and Answer Column PROBLEM: How would you punctuate the following sentence: “I saw good bonafide Bank of England currency being *blown down dhe siroet” (Answer e.sevwhere in this department.) W. F~Wha' Is Lpontaneous combustion? An Spontaneous combustion ks something catching fire by itself without being set on lire by anything, For instance, ol y rags piled oo clorely together may get hot because of a slow chemical re-action be. tween the oxygen of the alr and the olly rags. They may even get hot {enough to take [ire 8. L~What is the spinal cord, and what does it do? Ans ~The spinal cord is a storage house for a bunch of nerves that SCrve as a sort of a substitute for the br.in. It Is so much faster. Por in- dance, In a danger incident to say your finger-—you will jerk it away without waiting for the general manager of the brain to warn you. This will happen before you have time to think at all PD. G~Why are so many proposal Hght? Als This seems to be a + ; "ni ! In cave-mun Umes courting had Ww be done out of the | 5 Or caves were far Wo crowded; dark nights were un beca = of wid beasts and so lor Laousands of years most of the Jove-making had 0 be done on moonlight night Our ibconscious mond sulll remembers this age-old association cf amorous intentions with the moon I am told that all animals originally lived in the ocean was Lhe rst animal wo Lve on dry land? Sclentiits are generally agreed that the scorpion was the first animal Ww live on land. In the silurian period (about 500000000 years SRO) there were a Jot of 1 ofpions Livi in the ¢ them finally learnec ash R. K~Was Johann Mozart a Lutheran minister in Ger any? In what period of time did he live? And what was his greatest musical achievement? Ceans. One race of Ans ~Johann Mozart was n a8 minister ir ¥ and his father was a direclor in th Aitheran archiepiscopal cf At a very early age he left Germany and located in Vienna to study and de- velop his musical tale Outstanding among his work re. “The Mies. ore Seduction of the Serall He was born in 1756 and died in 1761 G. 0] an rious to know wha world which Is still in existence? Ans No doubt China lay Ciazeite 5 §« } A D In Egyptian the god of nnect one brain cell with a at the messages between the cells cannot m y and surely as they do when we are awake Some of the 1 sages stop altogiher hers continue to move in a rath incertain and irregular way, and this is what causes { makes dreams 80 ry ean hum or buzz Tete : smaller fish which they scopic plants inch of lhe the same time It produces a lot of It is these bubbles which make the bread rise Bakine kills the yeast and also cooks out the small amount of aleochol which the vemst made ad .oxide gar R. D-—Why do so many people nowadays move around with a jumpy motion? Ans We dunn robalbly | furee © abit from dodging auto. mobiles J. N-Can you answer whether Preisdent Roosevelt is sti 1 erippled? Or has he fully wevell has not recovered from his infantile par- in splendid health E. H~Who and what are the Maronites? Ans ~The Maronites are 8 sect of Christians who constitute a class in 8yria, 50 named from a monk called Maron. The sect dates from the Sth century and numbers about 200000 The onites acknowledge the Pope of Rome as their head. but have the privilege of using the Syriac language in their services exactly the same as in Latin Celibacy 5 nt enforoed on their priest > R. V. A~Piease give some Information about the transport ship Madawaska Ans The Madawacka was formerly the German vessel Konig Wil- heim II. She was one of the German vessels taken by the United States pt the time of the World War and made eleven irins from the United States to Europe. After the World War the vessel was rechristened the t Grant and ix still in Army transport service. T. C~Which weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of lead? Ans There is no difference in the weight of a ton of feathers and 2 ton of lead. Both are weighed by the avordupols system and while the weight is the same. the bulk will naturally differ greatly, the featHers | secupying very much more space than the lead C. HB. MWhat is meant by a black frost? Ans A black frost is one in which plants freeze without the forma tion of white frost on the leaves, 8. A. J—How many chinchillas are there In the United States? What is the fur worth? Ans There are approximately 500 pairs of chinchillag on fur farms In the United States. A live chinchilla is worth at least $2000. while & coat entirely made of this fur is valued at $50.000 M. T. B—When was Gen. John ¢. Pershing made a brigadier gen. > | eral? Ant —Gen. John J. Pershing was appointed brigadier-general on Sep- tember 20, 1806 i C. 0. B—~Where is Stephen Decatur, the naval hero. buried? Ans Stephen Decatur was first buried on the estate of Joel Bar. {low near Washington, D. C. In 1846 his body was removed to St. Peter's { Churchyard, Philadelphia J. P. M.—Where were the first waterworks in the United States? | Ans ~The first pumping plant installed to provide water for muni- { cipal purposes was that at Bethlehem, Pa. about 1760. The first municipal | water-supply system built in America was that of Boston in 1652. F. 8. H—~What President learned to write after he was married? i Ans—Andrew Jackson was taught to write by his wife when he was 19 years of age. J. D. H—~Was there ever an automobile called the Buggyaut? Ans ~The Buggvaut was built by Charles Duryea of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, in 1892-03 and made from seven to eight miles an hour. It is credited with being the second gasoline car made in America and it preserved in the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D. C. 5 K. H—~When did the old song, “After the Ball" first become Pop- ular Ans "After the Ball” was written in 1862 and became very popular during the Chicago World's Pair year in 1803. It wae first sung by May Irwin and was later introduced in Hoyt's “Trip to Chinatown” T. H. B—~What was the Jongest bare knuckle fight in ring history? Ans-~The longest bare knuckle contest was the one between James Kelley and Jonathan Smith at Melbourne, Australia, November § 1855 which lasted six hours and fifteen minutes. we LM. H.-Is it permissible for servants t “yes” od a 0 respond by saying “yes Ans Emily Post says that a servant alwave answers “Yes, madam * er “Very good, sir” never “Yes” “No” “All right” or "Sure > i Answer to problem: Put an exclama “good™ make 4 “dash” after currency. Men point after and Neuralgia
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