Pura Four The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNA. Entered in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second- class matter, Ta —— TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Nas san erih evs. Af paid in advance if not paid in advance RE The date your subscription expires Is plainly printed | on the label bearing your name. by a change on the date of label the first issue of each All credits are given | month. We send no receipts unless upon special re- | quest. 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. Ad- | vertising 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 postoffice address, and not no- tifying us, are liable for same. | All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIRCUL ee oe —— | — ALTIY EDITORIAL TIME TO MEDITATE Between now and the moment you enter the polling place next Tuesday for the primary election you should do a lot of thinking and investigating The names of the candidates have all been pub- Liched in the county newspapers. Most of them are known personally to all voters. Some of them doubt. less are your close friends. You know their strengths and their weaknesses. You know whether they can withstand pressure or stand up under fire, the kind of fire that is con- stantly directed against the man in public life Some you may not know intimately. They are the ones about whom you should make inquiry. Finally, when you have all the facts, sit down and weigh them. Decide for whom you are going to vote. Then mark your ballot for those persons who are most able and trustworthy. A pleasing personality and the ability to shake hands is not always a sign that a candidate is able to serve the people well and honestly. Keep In mind the fact that the unworthy office holder is a most costly luxury. He is the fellow who is largely responsible for tax increases, an individ- ual who sllows corruption to creep into govern ment, As a voter you are the guardian of the local government under which you lve, The kind of gov. ernment we have is the kind you vote for, through the men vou pl.ce in office. It's @ responsibility you cannot, avoid. it looks like Mr. Hitler will get an answer to his “last territorial demand” for Europe. War news has just about pushed other news out of the newspapers but this doesn't mean that there W.S no other news, Our idea of a conservative Is the man who says he will not eat a Thanksgiving turkey this year un- less it is served on the 30th of November, The Navy department is reported to be speeding up warship construction. Emergency ships may pul the program on a twenty-four hour a day basis. Highway fatalities are picking up. During the last two months for which figures are available the casualty rate moved upward, reversing a trend of many months, This ought to remind you to be more careful, Whether we're drawn into the present European mess doesn't depend so much on legislation as It does on the intelligence of the American people. The United States has much to guin and nothing w jose by maintaining strict neutrality. Just as a reminder: During the World War there were 30.362 Americans killed in battle; 90,760 died of wounds, disease, accidents and other causes, and 192.369 were wounded. Prom 1928 to 1938, 1.863- 289 veterans were admitted to government hospi- tals, at a cost of 8621200417 In 1938 alone, 182. 946 veterans were hospitalized. The United States has 34 per cent of all the eoal in the wotld, 18 per cent of the wheat, 28 per cent of the iron, 62 per cent of the oll, 34 per cent of the railroad trackage, 53 per cent of the corn, 50 per cent of the cotton, 35 per cent of the electric power, 32 per cent of the copper, 42 per cent of the timber, Keep these figures in mind while you say to yourself that while we possess al! these riches we only have six per cent of the world’s population. Wouldn't it be nice If we could be certain we had six per cent of the world's brains. If we had, we cer- tainly should be able to do something worthwhile with. a genesrsl average of considerable more than 25 per cent of everything else. ~ Considerable interest was created last week when Pederal authorities detained the North Ger. man Liner Bremen in New York and conducted a lose investigation to determine whether the Ger. man liner wis armed or equipped for possible ser. vice as a commerce raider, The liner came into New York and after discharging passengers, requested clearance papers within & few hours, This was unus- ual, but, In view of the world situation, not surprise the same precaution w be taken in the case of would be a potential Habllity 35 this country if it al- lowed any ship of any nation to leavé in a condition to armed for offensive purposes on the high Cl mm tia b | JPN [r——— THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. A new angle on how far a hotel or other liquor- dispensing place must be located from a public school was brought out at a hearing in the Beaver county court last week, The liquor board claimed that the hotel operated by Merle Milanovac was less than the required 300 feet from a school. They refused to grant him a liquor license and the pro- prietor appealed to the court, Judge Henry H. Wil- son ruled that measurements should be made from the school door to the hotel door, which in this case poved to be a distance of 500 feet. It is apparent that one of the loopholes of the anti-maeing law fathered by Governor James and enacted by the last session of the legislature was th:t jobholders were permitted to make “voluntary” contributions to political campaign chests. The Gov. ernor starts kidding by telling employes to pay no attention to requests for monev., But Mr. James himself holds the key to the situation, If an execu- tive were willing to wink at macing of State em- ployes, it would be difficult to put teeth into the law sharp enough to stop it. On the other hand, if he refuses to tolerate macing, he ¢.n prevent it wheth- er there Is a law against it or not, No doubt many of our readers have seen the newspaper account of how Walter Dworecki, a min- ister of the gospel, confessed he engineered a plan to have his daughter, Winda, killed so that he could collect insurance and use the money to pay counsel to defend him in a charge of arson. How he like- wise hired Peter Schewcuk, a one-time boarder in the home, to commit the murder. Wanda was lured into a rural district, strangled, hit on the head with a brick and her lifeless body left lying cold in death Here is one of the most brutal crimes in the history of the state—a murderer posing behind the cloak of religion to plot the killing of his daughter of his own flesh and blood, and of an accomplice who, for the sun of $100 which he was to get for the slaying, actually doing the deed In cold bicod. It Is a case that demands quick prosecution and quick disposi- tion When Governor James explains his reasons for asking J. Twing Brooks to resign from the State Liquor Control Board because Brooks wis running for another office, he calls attention to his own glar- ing inconsistency, Quoting the Governor: “I learned to my amazement that Mr. Brooks was running for Allegheny county controller without having consult. ed me in the matter. I called him immediately by telephone and told him I thought he was definitely putting the liquor board into politics and that 1 thought he ought to resign.” Now, isn't that terrible! Putting the liquor board Into polities. My, my, Mr Brooks! But, coukin't Mr, Brooks have gotten the idea that it wasn't any more unholy for him to run for controller than it was for Hon. Arthur H. James, judge of the superior court. 10 campaign for the goOv- ernorship. It was okevdoke for his excellency to run for governor in violation to the canons or rules of the American Bar Assoclition. “Putting the bench into politics” didn't bother the judicial conscience a trifle. nor acceptance of the judicial salary all the months he was the political office-seeking judge Concilstency? Nope, there lan't any such jewel KINKS IN THE LAW Cutlous immigration laws are betier thin none, but do they need to be curious? From Johnstown comes the story that a prominent resident and his family cannot get home [rom England because he is not a naturalized American The man is 78 years old. He has been an Amer- {ean resident and voter for fifty-seven years. He came here at the age of 2 with his father. Because the father did not apply for citizenship until after the son was 21 years old, the son f{alled of automatic citizenship. And so the matter was forgotien and the 78-year-old son is rated as an allen, subject to the quota law. A lot of effort will be required to get him a landing in this country. Technically the man is responsible for his own difficulty, He should have applied for citizenship Election officers were lax in sllowing him to vole, but after all he is essentially an American citizen ghd that fact should be controlling In disposing of Lhe case RICKETY AUTOS It is really no infringement on the liberty of the people to insist that they drive automobiles that are safe, or none at all. For the right to drive a car Is one that must always be diluted with a certain re- gard for the right of others to be safe from that driver. If it could be certain that the man who drives a dilapidated old wreck with no brakes or lights would kill only himself, that would mike the matter purely one of his own rights. But unfortunately he almost always kills someone else. 80 it was not surprising that 17 states, includ- ing Pennsylvania, now have compulsory motor ve- hicle Inspection laws, and that 12 other states have permissive laws giving two dozen cities the right to mike such inspections. As always, it is the careless ofies who have caused this nuisance burden to be placed on careful and careless alike But all laws are like that: the offenses of a few place a burden on all. OUR STAKE IN THE WORLD The American people “have the right to say that there shall not be an organization of world af- fairs which permits us no choice but to tum our countries into barracks, unless we are to be vassils of some conquering empire.” Few Americans will deny this statement of the right of the people of this country, as expressed by the President in his Pan-American Day speech. We not only have the right to reject any asso- ciation with nations espousing such an organiza- tion of world affairs but we have the duty tn act always to strengthen the hands of those who have faith in the same ideals of government and peace that we have. : It is not fighting the battles of Great Britain and Prance to throw the weight of this nation’s in- dustry on the side of nations that we have no pres- ent reason to fear. It is not fighting the battles of Creat Britain and France to prefer a world in which peacesioving, liberty-loving peoples can live togeth- er without subordinating all activity to warfare, The Japanese ambassador says the doors of Ching are still open to the United States, Yes, but do the doormen understand that? The United States Is Investigating drinking of bay rum. Instead of being in the people's hair, it's in the Government's, | spreading wars { our nation, but I do say that no American has the moral right | children who are living and dying in the midst of war in Europe | Hemisphere our firesides by keeping war from coming to the Americas. For that At Last-The Inescapable War Twenty-five years after the start of the World War, the same na- | tions are again locked in the fierce struggle of battle. We, who have been | | looking on, expected such a conflagration, and at last it has broken out [To the sober minds there seemed no escape for it. | England and Prance have made good their pledges to Poland and to | human decency. They could not do otherwise War Is a terrible thing. Prom it the truly civilized nation shrinks. That Is why these democratic | nations in Western Europe went the limit of patience and endurance be- | fore they drew thelr sword. Civilization as we know it, international l8w and order as we want | it, the tdeals of liberty and justice as we cherish them came to the point | where they had to be defended against the barbarism brewed in the mind | j of a shrewd but murderous madman, | Here is one conf.ict where the responsibility fixes itself automatically | on Hitler. From Munich to now, England and France have avalled them- | selves of every maneuver to avoid war, Only the French and British know { how painful was their humiliation suffered In the cause of peace Some of that humiliation, out of a feeling of peighborly sympathy, was felt in the | United States, But the present effort to make Hitler see reason and justice and common sense failed. Apparently he was determined to have his way, His florts during the weeks to shift the responsibility from his own shoulders | were pitiful and mendacious. His statement that both England and Pol- | and rejected his “sixteen points™ is branded 8s a falsehood because neith. tr had even seen them until about or after Germany invaded Polana Hitler's promises could not be trusted, his statements not believed, The present crisis Is the result It 1s the shame of civilized men the world over that now they must pay for their own folly. The world Jost its opportunity to prevent war, not yesterday or last month or last yeir, but in the long years behind when | they falled to see or =ense the factors that then were laying the founda- tion for the current disaster But having lost that opportunity the time came when jt was too late for peace. Much as the disturbing issues could :t one time have been re- | solved by peace, there was no yielding now. Hitlerism threatened every | thing near and dear to freedom. It would not counsel with others. It dic “ | tated. It threatened. It went Into action It brought war to the world In no other way than war apparenly montrous Hitler menace to | civilization be throttisad can this ———————. — President Roosevelt's Speech on the War Following is the text of President Roosevelt's radio address Sunday night: Tonight my single duty is to speak to the whole of America y 3 Until 4:30 this morning I had hoped against hope that some miracle would prevent a devastating war in Europe and bring w un end the in- vasion of Poland by Germany Por four long years a succession of actual wars and constant crises have shaken the entire world and have threatened In each case to bring ton the gigantic conflict which i: today unhappily a fact It I= right that I should recall to your minds the consistent and at times successful efforts of your Government in these crises to throw the full weight of the United States Into the cause of peace p I think that we have every right and every maintain as a national policy the fundamental moralities of religion and the continuation of effort: though the time may be distant crippled humanity It is right, too. to point out that the unfortunate events of these re. cent years have been based on the use of force or the threat of {ores And it seems to me clear, even at the outbreak of this great war, that the influence of America should be consistent in seeking for humanity a final peace which will eliminate, as far as it is possible to do 0. the oor tinued use of force between nations RT It is, of course. impossible to predict the future. I have my conxtant Stream of Information from American representatives and other sources throughout the world. You. the people of this COUntry, are receiving news through your radios and your new papers at every hour of the day In spite of ason oo the teachings to restore peace—for some day we cin be of even greater help 0 a You are, I believe the most enlightened and best-informed people in all the world at this moment You are subjected to no censorship of news, and I want to add that your Government has no information whic h It hesitates to withhold from you or which it has any thought of wit holding from you i vuksphaiing URGES CAUTION IN PUBLISHING THE NEWS At the same time, as | told my press conference on Friday. it is of the highs mor ange that the press and the radio use the utmost can. on Wo discriminate between actual verified fact on the - mere rumor on the other 3 Siw Hand, wd I can add to that by saying that [hope the people t of this also discriminate most carefully. pa ain =i leve of necessity everything you hear of read Check up on it first You must master at the outset a simple but unalterable fact in mod- ern foreign relations. When peace has beens broken anywhere peace of all countries everywhere is in danger : It is asy for you and me to shrug our shoulders and y 3 3 t rug our iders say that con- flicts taking place thousands of miles (rom the continental United States and, indsed, the whole American hemisphere, do not seriously affect the Americz.s—and that all the United States has to do § 0 ignore them and £0 about our own business. Passionately though we may desire detachment we are forced to realize that every word that comes through the alr, every ship that salls the sea, every battle that ts fought { American future i 0m ultest the L#t no man or woman thoughtlessly or falsely talk of America send - ing its armies to European fields. A! this moment there is being prepared a proclamation of American neutrality This would have been done even if there had been no neutrality status on the books for this prociama.- | There are many causes for pain tion is In accordance with Internationa! law and with American policy This will be followed by a proclamation required by ! y the existing neu- trality act I trust that In the days to come our neutrality & true neutrality § ais be tutte It is of the utmost importance that the people of this count $ : , with the best information in the world, think things through. The ri dan- gerous enemies of American peace and those who. without well-rounded information on the whole broad subject of the past, the present pm the future, undertake to speak with authority, to talk in terms of glitter. ing generalities, to give to the nation assurances or prophecies which are ‘of little present or future value I myself cannot and do not prophesy the course of events abroad y ¢ : 1 and the reason is that because I have of necessity such a compiete picture of t what is going on in every part of the world. 1 do not dare do 0. And the other reason is that I think it is honest for me to hone people of the United States. be 5 Wikh I cannot the immediate economic effect of this new war on to {iteer at the expense either of his fellow-citizens or of the men. bok in and “THE OVERWHELMING MASSES SFEK PEACE” Some things we do know. Most of us in the United States believe in | spiritual values. Most of us, regardless of what church we belong 10, be- lieve in the spirit of the New Testament—a great teaching which { Itself to the use of force, of armed force, of marching armies and fall- | ing bombs. The overwhelming masses of our people seek peace-—peace at home, and the kind of peace in other lands which will not jeopardize | peace at home. We have certain ideas and ideals of national safety and we must i act to preserve that safety today and to preserve the safety of our chiid- ren in future years. That safety is and will be bound up with the safety of the Western and of the seas adjacent thereto. We seek to keep war from we have historic precedent that goes back to the days of the Administrs- tion of President George Washington It is serious enough and enough to every American family in every State in the Union to live in a world that is torn by wars on other continents. Today they affect every out of the Americas. And at this time let me make the simple plea that partisanship and selfishness be adjourned, and that nat 1 unit, P se Hanns Ve ao at nationa ¥ be the thought that BELIEVES U. 8. CAN KEEP OUT OF WAR This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask American remain neutral in thought as well. Even a neutral has every a right to close his mind | I have said not once but many times that I have seen war and I hate war. 1 say that again and again. that If you are planning to add peon. les or Madonna lilies to your flow. er garden arrangement, now is the time to secure your bulbs, accord. gs Tet : i F 3h : news and rumor. Do not bee | American home. It is our national duty to use every effort to keep them | September 7, 1939. 2 | | HOUSEHOLD SCRAPBOOK Mending China ! An easy method of holding the broken pleces of china together | when mending them with cement | the use of narrow strips of adhesive | ‘ape. Leave the tape on until the | china ig firm and set and thorough. | ly dried; then carefully pull it off. | | Testing Ham { The freshness of ham can be! tested by running a clean knife into it, close 10 the center knuckle | The ham is good if the knife comes out sweet and odorless, but it is not fit for ea/ing if the knife is smeary and has a strong odor, Paint Odor, To remove the odor of fresh paint from a room, place a handful of hay or a few slices of lemon in a pall of water in the room and allow this vo remain for several hours Excessive Perspiration For excessive perspiration under the arms, wash or bathe the parts daily, and afier washing apply a lo- tion consisting of two or more “ea- spocns of powdered alum to one pint of water (wice dally. Pollow this with a dusting powder of one Ounce baric acid and ten Ww twenty grains salicylic acid. Great relief i often afforded by the use of this powder alone Soiled Photographs Wa he photographs that have become sofled with a plece of white cotton dippéd in cold water, Be sure not to use colored cotton, and never use soap or ammonia, jus oid water One -ish Here is a one-dish luncheon that will appeal to the family. Atrange a mold of cooked brown rice in the center of a platter and surround } with chede sauce. Border with tomato cullets and crisp bacon sh Luncheon Clean ng Stucco r Caning while stucod, we a sli and a solution of rinse thoroughly with If this does not re- he dirt, try a mixture of one sulphuric acid to seven parts water for the scrubb.ng oom- pound. Rinse with cold water Neat Batter Pats A small piece of waxed paper held over the sharp edge of a small paring knife when culling the but- ter into squares makes bub er pats with smooth and even edges Rash Cords sash cords In and drying talling them jas) indefinitely Renewing Old Yam. Raveled yarn can be revived and made 10 look lke new by wrapping it in a towel, and placing 1 for a short (ime in a colander or steamer over a vessel of hot waler. The sleam makes it fuffffy sagan, and the yam is in the same condilion | Ag when new ——— sap move part of of Soaking new od linseed oil fore ins them 0 wil HEALTH Low back and scialic pain is very common. One prominent clinic in the North-Central Section had 13.- 000 patients during 1935, 1936 and 19837 who compiained of low back and sciatic pain This condition ascoounts for the | Joss of much time fiom work, there- by resulting in a tremendous loss of manpower and a large economic burden in the back and lower extremities. Some of these causes are prompuly | recognized, 50 that adequale treat- | ment can be administered. There | are purely orthopedic causes of low back and sciatic pain. These call for orthopedic surgical treatment There are those others which come imo the field of internal me dicine. Some cases pre the result | cf diabetes, vascular disorcers, lead poisoning or alcoholic intox.cation | “Sciatica” or sciatic pain, is a sym- ptom and not a disease. There are many cases of back pain caused by | injuries to the backbone in which a disk of cartilege between the ver- | tebrae becomes fragmented and | produces pressure, | protrusion is no. necessarily severe The commonest types of such in- | juries are those sustained when one is attempting to lift a heavy object | with his back bent forward. | Or when he execuleg a | forceful sitting position, as slipping {on an icy pavement. Or when one suffers a misstep while carrying a heavy object on the shoulder. The | patient soon is in great distress, his | movements increase pain and be- [come slow and guaroed, he walks | | with a list to one side and his | spinal motions are markedly limit- | ed. Diagnosis should be accuraie-— | treatment prolonged. DO YOU KNOW | Health authorities in foreign | countries threalened with war an- ticipate an increase in the number of nervous patients and many hos- pitals have relegated certain beds for this ynexpecied increase, Hydrocephalus, or “water on the brain,” consisia of an accumulation of cerebiospinal fluid in the crani- al cavity. It is always caused by an JAMES HAWORTH Will Guarantee Efficiency in the £ E COMMISSIONERS’ OFFICE The injury which causes a disk sudden | |B. Ivicl, et bar, of Spring Twp, THE Orrice CAx “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men’ EPITAFFY He rocked the boat Did Ezra Shank; These bubbles mark oO oO oO oO Where Ezra sank. No Parting Anywhere Angry Widow (after learning husband left her nothing) "1 want you to take ‘Rest in Peace’ off that tombstone I ordered yesterday.” Stonecutter—"1 can't do that, but I can put something undernesth ” Widow-—"All right. Put ‘Until I Come" Fancy Waving Didja hear about the girl getting pinched for finger-waving? Yep. She thumbed her nose at a cop when he told her w pull over to the curb (Gus Forgets His Manners Last week Gus slicked up and paid his sick neighbor Olas & visit in hopes of cheering him up “Hello, Ola." Gus began as he entered the room perk you up a bit” “Tanks.” said Ola in a faint voice “Now, listen.” Gus went on, “you ain't half as bad as you think you gre. You look a little white-like, but that ain't nuthin’ Say, youll be up and around in a day or two." “Tanks,” murmured Ola “Well, I've cheered you up goin’ now, goodbye.” As he was about to go through the door, he hit his head, raising & lump Neighbor fin outta here “Just came gver to aint 17” asked Gus, grinning. “I'll ke he howled, “they'll have a h--- of 3 tine gettin’ your cof- Taking The Census During the taking of the last census & government man knocked at the modest home of Aunt Matilde and when she was asked whether she was single or married she answered that she was a maiden lady “How many children have you?” inguired the census taker, running a finger down a list of questions in his book Six.” she replied “But 1 thought you sald you were a maiden lady?” “1 am.” smiled Aunt Matilda, “but I aint one of them fussy kind” No Chance To Win The minister was calling on one of his flock one day, and &s he rapped on the member's door he heard her scolding her little boy within When she admitted him, she explained that the youngster had been gullty of telling a falsehood, and then called on the minister to back up her statements as to the seriousness of telling lies “I told him.” she sajd, “that a big black goblin, with huge tusks and a forked tongue would come and catch him snd carry him off ww the moon, if he told any mote.’ “That's right, my boy.” put in the minister helpfully, “and besides that, when you die you'll be put in a great flaming lake of fire and brim stone, and stay there forever and ever Now, aren't you ashamed of that Lie? “Cee whiz” said the youngster, round -eved yours and ma's have got it beat all to heck “IH tell the world 1 am Hot Off the Wire They tell this story about a Bellefonte couple. It seems that the husband was called to the city on business, and a few hours after his ar- rival, friend wife grew restless and suspicious She sent a straight telegram 10 her husband as follows: “John, dearie, remember you're a married than” Later in the day she received this reply: “Am sorry but your wire ar- rived one hour too late” Marching Home Recovery experts tell us we're on the way back. Come to think of it, that's where a certain girl was after her auto ride on Labor Day night Serious Business Stewed to the gills, an Irishman began 10 feel exceedingly ashamed of his conduct and decided 0 go to confession Noticing that he was somewhat “heavy,” the priest said, gently: “Better put it off until some other time, Pal. Now go home like 2 good man. You haven't killed anyone, have you?" “Mos” certainly not.” mumbled Pat and went away. On his way home he met his friend, Tim Murphy. The two chatted awhile and Tim turned to go. saying that he was going 0 cotufession “It ain't no use goin’ there now.” said Pat, grabbing Tim's arm, “the father is only hearing murder cases tonight.” Heave Ho, Me Hearties It is said that the proprietor of a certain thirst dispensary took & rubber check from a steady customer and in due time it came bouncing back to him. When the customer came in a week later the proprietor be- gan to howl 5a “See here,” he bellowed, “that check of yours was no good. It came ck.” “Well,” hold onto your shirt-tail,” growled the customer. “So did your ikker ECHOES FROM THE TOMBSTONES Some unique and quaint inscriptions noted on tombstones in old cemeteries Here lies my wife Sallie, let her lie, She's al peace, and so am 1. Beneath this stone, a lump of clay, Lies Arabella Young, Who on the 26th day of May Began to hold her tongue, Here lies the body of Samuel Proctor, Who lived and died without a doctor. To all my friends I bid a dieu, A more sudden death you never knew, As T was leading the old mare to drink, She kicked and killed me, quicker'n a wink. That's all, folks. When a car stops along the road in daylight, that's trouble. And when it stops at night that's also trouble. A REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS, tract in Spring Twp.; $1400. Bessie Jackson, to Waller 8B. fp d Ef
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers