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Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not no- tifying us, are liable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIR DEMOCRATIC TICKET STATE-WIDE For Judge of Supreme Court HERBERT FUNK GOODRICH, Phil:delrhia For Judge of Superior Court J. HAROLD FLANNERY. West Pittston EDWARD J. THOMPSON, Philipsburg WILLIAM H. KELLER, Lancaster COUNTY TICKET For Sheriff W. C. WITMER, Spring Township For Treasurer CHARLES H. LEE, Walker Township For Prothonotary RUSSELL P. BEEZER, Bellefonte For Recorder D. A. McDOWELL, Spring Township For Register HARRY A. CORMAN, Spring Mills For County Commissioner CHARLES F. HIPPLE, Bellefonte FRED C. MENSCH, Miliheim For Auditor HENRY M. HOSTERMAN, Boalsburg J. VICTOR BRUNGART, Rebersburg For Coroner CHARLES SHECKLER, Milesburg RIAL You'll be surprised how soon you will be read- mg “Shop Early’ advice again. “America for Americans” is a nice slog:n, but the Indians think it is a bit late, Don't let Herr Hitler fool you. The German people are basically a good people. One thing this war should settle is the argument about the relative merits of battleships and aire planes. Mussolini is on the fence, so far as the war is concerned, and if he knows how good a fence can be he will stay where he is, Reports from South America indicate that Ger- many is waging i desperate propaganda campeizn, directed against Oreat Britain and the United States. It 1s said that a German news service Is distributing daily news throughout South America. Whether the war continues or not, the President i losing no time in having the War, nd Navy De- partments continue their expansion programs. The President takes the position, and rightly so. that he has the clear authority to increase the enlisted strength of all military branches above the normal of recenit ve:!rs and that this gives the implied auth- ority to direct the expenditures incident to such ex- pansion. The difficulty in remaining aloof from the rest of the world in the present European conflict is well Hlustrated by the debate over the proposed repeal of the embargo on arms, munitions and ime plements of war. Regardless of what the United States does its action will be beneficial to one side or the other in the struggle. As the law stands to- day our position Is immensely advantageous to Ger- many. If the embargo is repealed our position will be beneficial to Great Britain and France. 80, no maller whit we do, we will be giving ald and com- fort to one side or the other. This being true, the issue might well be settled on the basis of possible advantages that might accrue to the United States. Retention on repeal of the embargo has nothing to do with the possibility of this country getting in- volved in the war unless we are to assume that Ger- many will make wir upon the United States over a matter that we have every right to decide as we ree fit, Just In case you have a little money of your own, or of somebody's else, and have an inclination to “mop up” some quick profits on the “boom” In stocks that wise-birds expect as a result of the war, the following statistics might be worth reading: In 1928 fifty stocks reached a record high of $311.90, On July 8, 1932, less than three years later, when the bottom dropped out of the “two cars in every gar- age” era, the same stock averaged a low of $3398. None of the experts foresaw the coming decline that the same fifty stocks are at an average of around $100.88, according to last week's quotations. No ex- pert ha you buy for investment, based upon dividends, you might get singed very badly, but if you are buying to take the profit out of am expected surge upward, keep your money where it is of put It where you can watch It. We've often wondered what will eventually be- come of peop e's leg muscles, If they have to jump into the automobile and ride whenever they want to cover a distance of a quarter of a mile, With the car standing idle in the garage, there Is a tempta- tion to jump in and let the gasoline do the leg work. Where does that leave the human body, which needs active exercise? Some people who ride everywhere are going to find thelr digestions going bad ul an carly age. Then they will probably have long and anxious talks with the doctor, who may say that what they need is not a lot of medicine, but some exercise to start their own lazy organs Lo activity The boys who have to beg rides If they want to go half a mile are getting into a habit that may cost them heavily some day. The human body wis not meant to spend all its time on soft cushions One thing very noticeable at most of the coun- ty fairs was a distinct emphasis on power machinery for farming. Interest In better kind of farm horses was markedly evident, and the same Was true of farm tractors, of which there was perhaps a larger exhibit than for a number of years, It can dd up to but one thing-—farming Is expected to come back, or is already back. And that means that plowing and cultivating nmrust be done, on perhaps a larger acreage than in recent years. It also me ns that this work must be done better, if possibie. The current upswing in the industrial fields, if it con- tinues, must mean a concurrent improvement in the farm industry, or those. who make more money in Industry will not be able to purchase food and provisions adequ.:te for their demand. If the Euro- [ean war means anvthing in the way of benefit for America, it will be in the market for farm products more than anything else the According to Robert E. Woodside, Republican member of the house from Dauphin, and his party floor leader, a special session of the legislature is ‘inevitable. Actually, Mr. Woodside Is telling us nothing new for a special session w's Inevitable from the very day the state lawmakers last spring “short-changed” the budget in providing an appro- priation for only half of the estimated relief needs for the biennium. That. of course, was intended to nrevent an increase in t xes and save Governor James the humiliation of having to add to the bur- den of the rate payers of the state after having promised to reduce taxes. The administration was hopeful there would be an upturn in business and conditions ch i:nge to such an extent that the calling of the special session would be unnecessary. Now it appears that t is only a question as to the proper time for sending out the call Some feel that law. makers should be called back shortly after the No- vember election, others advise waiting until Janu- ry, and some even suggest the ca’l be held off un- ti! next summer when the primaries and national cenventions will be over. Calling of a special session won't be anything new. Governor James two im- mediate predecessors in office had to call extraor- Ainary sessions for additional relief funds However, these calls were the result of developments after the regular session and not, As in the present in- stance, where the regular session ducked its respon. sibility and deliberately “short-changed” the bud- get £900,000 SPENT—FOR WHAT? {Alloona Tribune) We are not concerned so much now with whose fault it Is . that WOULD take some buck passing . but just to show the suffering taxpayer how lightly his money Is considered, once it becomes “public funds,” we point out the story of the “paid off contractors.” We have ho fault {o find with the contractors We don't know anything about the work they have done. But. it hurts, just a little, to learn that the Gen- eral State Authority ordered the contractors who were to build the new state penitentiary, paid off with the $000.000 owing them to dite. They are being paid off because Governor James nas cancelled the proposed penitentiary, as an "un- necessary expenditure” at this time. So. the job Is abandoned, and $800000 of the “public funds” go for nothing. We can look at it from the governor's angle, and figure we have been saved a lot more money for something perhaps we did not need. But we can't help feeling a little regretful for thal $000,000 that was spent so uselessly. It took a lot of somebody's work to money. eam that A WHY RELIEF ROLLS DO NOT DROP (From Washington Observer) Governor James wants to know why the relief rolls do not go down-or go down very slowly when there has been such a rise in private employment. Many others have been asking themselves the same question, especially the heavily burdened tax- payers. Of course many have gone back to work who have never been on relief, In every community there are thousands who have tided themselves over by doing odd jobs, using thier savings and husbanding their resources. When a real job opens they seek it—perhaps it is the very one they had before the depression, Then it must be remembered that thous nds upon thousands are on relief now who never did work and since they can get a “good living” out of the Government will hever even try to work. They have been the drifters, the ne'er-do-weils, the In- competents and lazy. Many young people, 100, who have been out of school since last year or for several years and have lived at home Have gone after the jobs as they have opened up. Many of them have been taken on because of their youth and because many on relief have really forgotten how to work. Employers naturally seek those who are best fit- ted--the most competent and not necessarily those who are in greatest need. Another reason is thal our whole system of re- lief has become so bureaucracized, has so much red tape and over-loaded with workers on good pay that it has been impossible to reduce the rolls. ; It is to the interest of too many people to keep Sooner or later there will be a “new deal” in re- Het. . THE CENTRE DEM OCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. October 12, 1939, Louisa’s Letter Dear Louisa: I am sixteen years old and have been going steady with a boy my own age for almost a year My parents object to us going together so much, We don's know what to do as we are crazy about each other and don't care about going with oiher people Both of us are planning to go to college. How can we persuade one parents that we are doing the right thing? | IN LOVE Ariz ANBWER: I hate to tell you 80, but 1 think your parents are right, In this case To begin with it will be at least five years before you and the bay | can get married, or before he is old | énough to get married. and it may | be several more vears before he is | able to make A living for the two of you, | In long engagements the girl! [stands to lose much more than the | i : bay. She becomes known as Tom- my's girl and no other boys bother with her. When Tommy realizes gi | this, he tends to become careless and is not as attentivve as If he had a little competition | Perhaps one out of many couples can stand the strain of a long en- gagement and do eventually marry but, say what you will, much of the bloom of romance Is killed by weary waiting : Now and during the next years is the time when you two things should be enjoying life not ray to each other much in love that we know Inst until we are ready Consequently, we will not tie each other down with foolish promises | but we will go with the other girls! and boys that we meet at college. | We will enjoy all the good things and innocent pleasures that the next few years have to offer. If our k weak that it won't stand suc ment. it certainly won't test of matrimony When we know other women and still prefer our own jove we will know that we him better than other people and married him for that reason and not because we had bound ourselves with promises before we looked around and knew what other men and women were like Suppose you do promise each other not wo go with other people and then suppose, that at the end of three or four years. one of you gets awfully tired of your bargal will be the hardest thing in thei world to break such a tie althoush under circumstances, keeping one’ promise would result in unhappi So. my advice to you, In Love is! to go with your friend and like him ¢ best, if you wish, but dont confine | yourself absolutely to him. Star ind circulation to a certain ex KH you still sant to marry the end of five yeas, all well and good, but if either of you have everal oung Why are wo it will moa ree Harry “arr We to ~ » ar treat. stand the men and true One ™ : changed your tastes in love by that’ time. as most boys and girls in their teens do, there will be no reproaches or the feeling that youlh has passed you by LIOUISA Snnr—————— HOUSEHOLD SCRAPBOOK Painting Lines on Furniture To paint a narrow line sucoess~ fully when decorating painted fur- iture, draw two parallel lines with a pencil the proper Af ande apart Then use a small brush and All in with paint, Hold a small card close to the line to help confine the paint Wo its proper limits, Successful Baking For successful baking, the oven should not be overcrowded It can be filldd to capacity of course. but at be jeft betweert every pan and the edge of the oven. The bakine fod: thouid be in-pected frequently and turned about for even cooking. Care of Chamois The softness of a chamois skin ' ean be retained ff one will make = | habit of washing It alter each time Ue brooch read: H i | used pint in warm water io which & of soda has been added Gold and Silver Lace To clean gold or silver lace sew +#-40 a strip of clean linen and ibofl in a solution of one cupful of | salt to one gallon of water Irv without removing from the lina and then sponge with a piece af ! white velvet dipped in alcohol i Heavy Stitching, If hesitant about stitchin?t the ough heyvy cretonne on the sewing machine, rub the seams with An egg white beaten in for each jo farther. Beat the cream sep- arately and combine both when ready to serve. Clean’'ng Oil Paintings BTR least a one-inch Space should ® cup whipped cream will make it] a -— THE OfrFiCcE CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men" ———— | A | | | DOPEY'S POEM | In the seethe of leap year fancies | This one rises to the top: Does the girl who pops the question Have to go and question pop? No, pop don't give a tinker's dam If she but lands the scamp And they go living by themselves, And don’t come home to camp Picnie Suggestion Alwavs wrap the sandwiches In waxed paper a Jot of fun sliding over it The baby ants have She Knows Better Now Landlady (in hall talking to a gal)—"1 thought I saw you taking a gentleman up to your spartment last night, Miss Smythe.” Miss Smythe Yeah: that's what 1 thought” Watch Your Step Life Insurance Agent—"Do you want a straight life? Prospect—"Well, T like to step out once in a while Must Have Been Beer Mugs A girl went out one evening with three brewery salesmen Schlitz in her when she got home she had a Blue Ribbon in her halr, skirt, Budweiser Our Modern Highways Don't know whether you've hoticed it or not the old narrow ralls where two cars could birely pass without colliding are being re- nipced by splendid wide highways on which six or eight cars can collide one time that al ISN'T IT THE TRUTH? Beneaih the spreading chestnut The smith works like a deuce, For now he's selling gasoline, Hot dogs and orange juice . The Depression is Over This is about’ the president of a large educational instjlution who recently married his secretary. a lady at least a generation younger than he. The nuptials were adequately reported in the soclely part of a mrge city newspaper, But the make-up man went haywire for the story appeared under the following headline Old Power Plant Resumes Operation.” iree storys (Customs Have Changed the difference beivween an old-fashioned girl and a moderT An old-fashioned girl blushes when she 8 ashamed and 8 mMocern irl i ash med when Barber Shop Talk Us the mer? Ain't the razor takin it's takin Barber holt? Victim holt all right, but it ain't letlin’ go again’ Tough Times, Indeed When asked to describe the chief difference belween pre-depression and depreszion days. Abie replied: “Before the depression was Wine vomen and song. Bul now it's beer, pretzels and mama’ i Breaking It Gently | Johnoon was » cattle rancher with tact He'd been Insing a Jot of cat- | ile, but he didn't wan: to accuse anybody of rusting. Wandering over 10 the next place one afternoon, he said “Joe, 1 wish you'd quit leaving your hot brandin’ irons around where y cows lay down on ‘em.” Listen To This ‘ Jones is running for sheriff.” yelled a bystander in the old man? es ‘Who's he? Never heard of him.” commented the deaf farmer Oh. yes, you have,” shouted the Informant “He's the son of a hop.” Oh are” well” agreed the old deaf fellow, “most of these politicians Perplexed Oriental—"Our children velly white. Is veily strange.” Oriental Spouse—""Well--oocidents will happen” She Wanted To Know Mrs. Winfield Douglas Bedford Smith was quite a proper old dame | vhose morals were unquestioned and who made strenuous efforts to im- | press the citizens with her imperiince An unknown admirer sent her an engraved brass brooch from China fhe delighted In wearing It on all her sundry occasions, because it was o interesting and gave her something to talk about But thix afternoon she ws at a party where several Chinese students were present. Bhe annexed one of the youths and finally got around to urging him to Lransiale the inscription on her beloved brooch i The Chinese student tried to be diplomatic and assured her thet he didnt understand all the various Chinese dialects. But she ws insistent She demanded that he try. at jeast, to trantiate the engraving. She had to know what It said. So, finally he swillowed hard and told her that Licensed Prostitute—City of Shanghai.” A man will play ball with a girl if she knows how (to put curves. over her Get the Gong a The foreman of an electrical “ebalr shop was interviewing a bright boy who was applying for a position. “Do you know anything about electrical apparatus? asked the fore. | mn “Yes, sir,” was the prompt reply. “What fs an armature?” asked the foreman. “I's a guy who sings for Major Bowes.” Little Oscar | They're télling the story about “Little Oscar” the seven-year-old (Continued at bottom next column) | three largest baseball parks the cabbages?” ———— | | Query and Answer Column PROBLEM: After eating a square meal a tramp began complain. When asked what w.s the matier, the tramp replied: (Answer elses What was the reply?) ing where in this department B. M.~Why was President Roosevelt's middie name “Delano”? Ans —Immedinte'y after President Roosevelt was born he was given the name “Delano,” after his mother, which was her m iden name H. V.~In what part of Canada is the Canadian River? And which cities are located on its shores? Ans, ~The Canadiin River is not located in Canada, IL is a river {that rises in the northwest corner of New Mexico and empties Into the | Arkansas River about fifty miles southeast of Muwkoges |City, Okla, is Okla Oklahoma the principle city on its shores, but has innumerable vil. lages and hamlets. To elaborate a little, we wish to say that Oklahoma | City is on the Canadian North Branch River, which runs almost paraliel with the Canadian River proper R. G~What is Arky Ans. Arky Vaughn, 8th of next March L. W.To settle an argument will in org: nized baseball? the Vaughn's age? the biseball player, will be 38 years old on Lhe you please answer which are the As 1 Faas all York ¥ with 75.000; 54,000 Yankee Stadium Polo Grounds (New Ans In seating capacity Brigg's Btadium (Detroit) 55,000 E. ¥F~Why Ans When there is moisture in the air, it is generally ground where it is in contact with damp vegetation, and If there is cold alr anywhere about. it sinks 0 the ground. The mixture elr and cold alr then makes the fog grounag? does fog seem lo rise up out of the the any of moist nearest Lo W. G~Can you tell me how petroleum is formed? Ans —Petroleum is formed from organic materials buried in rocks, and much of It came from animal rem:ins, su fish, shell-fish and the bodies of tiny microscopic animals instead of plants. It passes through rocks, seeking always Ww reach a higher level C. A—-Why water will not? Ans. Neary sugar is soluble in washes it away A. W.-When An No. It sim in the water and that the reason why doctors recommend that impure water be bolled before drink- ing. There is much more danger from the germs that might couse disease than from any chemic:] impurities D. R~Why do Ans —Because will obscure some of the fainter a greal many M. H-Pleise give some chronized airplane machis Ans Ro.and G of the s) nh a does benzine take grease out of clothes when soap and ases and fats are soluble in benzine, just benzine simply dissolves the grease and all kinds of gre ar walter, The boil water, does that remove all impurities? ly kills the germs we is presence of than others? t or dust the clear nights se can we see more stars | KY some nights alr thst 3 some nights there stars on mis 1 very ow in more Carros 1 Lhe invep- y in France fy tion nchronized alrplan as the father of air dueling whi siderably. In Februar ition was able wis a decided advantage over shooting ng of the 3 hat is ir ’ st1vh that i to fire throug! the ener mae 5 he is credited with of hi w the Germans He was copied. and his Is ntl returned to France. He wa J. M. H-How ma An Warthingtor vior, Pierce down five enemy planes ry. April 16. 1815, nd was taken prisoner 0 destroy his plane, which the Germant no longer He later escaped and cilled In October, 1915 Episcopalian Monroe, Wiliam Henry Harrison, Tylor, n on the day last victs vention was a secret aerial comb. t In ir Presidents have been ? gun 10 shoot? has the longest } the bombard. maximum range of - ile the ] 1 . - J. W. H-~-Whi ith neh in his fight ¥ pu v Schmeling? Ans ~The kidney h is legal when it is used at jong range while both men are in action but it iliegal when used at close range in 8 clinch. Louls’ use of the ¥itihey puncli™in the Schmeling fight was proper because IL was never delivered while holding with one hand A. L. BFor how long a period did Congress extend the Civilian Conservation Corps comps? Ans —Oongress extended 1843 C. HB J -HBow is glycerine Ans A drop of glyveerine may iinen, the spot will be transivoent, but if the material is cot is held to the light. the spot will Jook opague H. M.—What troop ship carried Lhe largest number of United Stales soldiers during the World War? Ans ~The largest number of troops carried on one voyage by an Army transport was 12.087. This was when the Leviathan returned fram Franoe April 26, 1919 T. B. H~How many wives did King Solomon have? Ans King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines T. B. HHow large is a swordfish? Ans~The average length of a swordfish is welght is bout 250 pounds, but specimens weig pounds are recorded T. L—-What was the first United States air fighting on the Western front? Ans The P4th Aero Pursuit S8guadron, of which Eddie Rickenbacker vas oommanding officer, wis the first American aviation unit to engage ir combat on the Western front This unit was credited with sixty-nine victories, the largest number of any American unit. Rickenbacker headed the lst with twenty-six victories, rar pun i the Civilian Conservation Corps to June 30 used to test be placed on the malerial ee] wr, linen? Ifritss when it seven feet. and the hing from 600 to over 800 unit Wo participate in Answer to Problem: The corners of that square meal are piercing my stomach TR — bral. Little Oscar went to the 260 and sw his first elephant. He arrived { home all excited and told his méther about the animals “Gee. mom.” chortled little Oscar, “the elephant was the craziest animal. Why, you oughta seen the iil he had I saw him pick up oab- bages with it.” His mother smiled to.erantly and asked, “and what did he do with “Gee,” stuttered Little Oscar, “1 couldnt tell you that ™ Time Will Tell The young wife was bousting to a friend about what a big man her hubby was. “Why. he's bigger than Ford,” bragged the wifey, “he's even tigger than Roosevelt.” The friend asked, “Is he bigger than God?” “Well, 1 wouldn't say that,” replied the wife, “but he's young yet.” That's all, folks. We know that the savage tribes of the desert have ro taxes to pay. Why, then, are they savage? we SCAT sm | | equal paris of | juices and water, - EE PL SAVE SIGHT RE a. es wat —— — - — - ——— — 4 with 9. &. R4 Lamps READING, sewing or studying under poor light can tire one just as much as though hard manual labor were per- light will protect you and your family your home, invest in two or three LE S lamps. The soft, well-diffused To overcome this possibility in | | LE S lamps cost so little
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