Page Four The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNA. — i WALKER BROTHERS. ........... A CDBRR Coven saraniiniin, rewenes PAUL M. DUBBS............. coves Associate Editor | CECIL A. WALKER................ Business Manager RT —— in oA Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Entered In the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Serdreen if paid In advance $2.00 per year if not paid in advance EET 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 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. ——————————— —— BT —— - RR — CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK | a a ee Jair - - - - a ee — = DN I IR - AND NOW FOR CHRISTMAS Unless weather conditions become intolerable be- tween now and December 25th, Bellefonte can look forward to one of the most successful shopping sons experienced in many years fa The county seat is ready—gloriously ready-—to celebrate the yuletide in a gladsome season The town i all dressed up in it of festoons of green and clusters of lights, and presents a cordial invitation and welcome to the thousands of surrounding neighbors who are expected to shop here and look us over. A lively Christmas buying season is evident on all sides. Bellefonte merchants have been prepar- ing for it. Thoughtful purchasers have been like- minded. Many firms have added extra employes, and most cf the stores co-operating with the Christ. mas schedule have indicated that extra sales help will be on hand from now until Christmas to assist purchasers in buying from the tremendous stoeks prought into town for anticipated holiday needs The Bellefonte Chamber of Commerce and the town in general bids all within traveling distance to visit us during the holiday season. You will be equal- ly" Veldome whether you shop with us or prefer to merely look on. And let us remind you that around the corner, manner befitting the holiday finery vari-colored Christmas is just Now is the time to do your Christmas shopping in Bellefonte Finland has the sympathy of the world if it will do her any good in her present struggle for life Russia, afler years of mouthy talk about peace, turns out to be as aggressive as any imperialistic power The man who does not support any church may not know it but he is not doing his duty as a good citizen. When you buy toys for your own children think of the unfortunate children who have nobody to buy one for them. In case you have a relative or friend who now lives out of town, why not send him the Centre Democrat for a year? A columnist remarks that Hitler has what it takes, But, for any little country within easy reach, he generally takes what it has Have faith in Santa Claus, and hang up your stocking on Chrisimas eve. He has never been known to steal one, even if he didn't put anything in it. The Treasury offering of $500,000000 two per cent bonds the first of this month was met by sub. feriptions to take $6263.000000, Some folks must have faith in the government For the first time in a hundred years, the gov- ernment is undertaking an official survey of the Bouth Polar region and is footing the bill for Rear Admiral Byrd's expedition to the South Pole. Offi. cials hope that he will stake out a valuable Antarctic claim for this country. It is estimated that between one and two mil. Hon workers leave the farms of the nation every year in order to seek employment in the industrial areas of the nation. The reason for this vast migra- tion of agricultural folks is not hard to find. Look up the statistics about income for farmers, compared with the income of other classes of workers, As a matter of information, the Republican National Convention of 1940 will have 009 delegates instead of 1.008 as in 1936, and the Democratic Con. vention will have the same number ag in 1936, 1.- 100. The Republican change is due to the operation of a bonus given to States carried by the party at the preceding election and to Congressional districts casting 1,000 votes for the party's candidates, While Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, in a public letter, requested the President not to de. clare his position in regards to a third term and the subject continues to arouse speculative interest among newspapers, the President maintains his sil- ence and successfully evades all which in- volve any statement as to bis tical plans in 1940, Jer Ir has i against the practice of pick. Ing | a gen Eo Motorists driving alone along highways sometimes pick up complete strangers who thumb for a ride and occasionally they find they have picked up hitch-hikers to their regret. One never knows whom he might encounter along a highway. Not so long ago a man driving along a road in Maryland picked up two youths who thumbed a ride. He did not know them but he will long remember them for, after he had played the " ——— good Samaritan and had given them a lft, they pulled a revolver and held him up, taking his money ond his watch, They passed through Franklin county and the man was finally freed at Harrisburg. It is better to protect one's life by refusing to pick up strangers. Occasionally one will meet a friend or on acquaintance along a highway and give him a lft, but it still does not pay to be too charitable to strangers, Senntor Vandenberg, of Michigan, a Republican, candidate for the presidential nomination, say: “the best defense for this country Is a sound econ- omy. Safely first Ig a sound rule for all candidates Nobody will find fault with a sound economy or be able to trip an aglle Mr, Vandenberg on that state ment, What they would like to know, though, and what the candidates duck on, is exactly what they mean by a sound economy. Vandy, if he wants Lo stir the crowd, will have to practice up on a few straight-from-the-shoulder punches, The speciators don't like fancy talk or steps, but they do enjoy good, honest jabs hooks and uppercuts. No riddle either, senator, and the ash can for old stuff Saturday's headlines announced that the State had the day before fired twenty-one employes and hired sixty, a net addition to the taxpayers’ pack of thrity-nine jobs, Recollection seems to suggest that in recent weeks the ratio of appointments and dismissals have been running in the sams direciion Sooner or later there will have to be a check-up, A change in Slate administration always brings a purge and a promise that the payroll is going to be reduced, The new broom sweeps effectively at frst, More persons appear to be dismissed than appointed, Months pass, firings reach their crest and hirings begin to exceed firings. Whether that point has been reached will be disclosed sooner or later and only when it is will the people be sure that payrolls have Leen reduced or increased The critics of the government's policy of assist. ing agriculture seem to work on the assumption that the present plight of agriculture can be blamed upon the laziness, indolense and stupidity of farmers No greater mistake can be made than to believe thi The collapse of agriculture was apparent in the vears following the World War when the capital value of farm property declined by $41 .000.000,000 in less than fifteen years. During the same time 15.- 000 country banks, with deposits totalling eight and one-half billion dollars, closed their doors, It was a national policy, during the war, that caused farm. ers Lo expand thelr acreage by about 40.000.000 acre: It was a national policy that increased Industrial tariffs which caused other countries to retaliate by hutting out our farm products, It was a nalional policy which permitted the growlh of monopoly and rrice<fixing so that what the farmer bought en. joyed steadier prices than what he sold. These are the factors that have had most to do with the de- truction of farm prosperity TESTS FOR TIPSY DRIVERS (Sunbury Daily letm) That the cause of law enforcement is suffering due to the aversion of most physicians to examine motorists for intoxication is not a recent develop. ment. That the siluation is growing worse, if that were possible, Is Indicated by repeated instances In Northumberland in recent months where members of the medical profession have flatly re- fused to make tests for sobriety There have been Cases in the past where per- ons with all visible Indications of intoxication, resied on the highways, have been declared "sober or nearly sober” for the obvious reason that the ex. amining physician did not wish to become involved la a court Lrial In Lycoming county, a physician who made most of the tests for police in Cases of this Kind died re. cently and with considerable difficully apparent in obtaining examinations, a policy of changing the nature of charges where zig zag drivers are involved is being considered as a solution of the problem, Thus, the motorist for whom the law prescribes a prison senience up to three months and a fine of from $100 to $300 as well as automatic revocation of his license for driving while intoxicated would be charged with reckless driving for which the max. ‘mum penalty Is a fine of $25 and possible suspen. sion of driving privileges, The one certain result of such a policy will be an increase in tipsy driving and a mountaing toll of death and injury on the high- LTA It is understandable that a busy professional man should shy st the prospect of wasting time while wailing to testify in a court trial, even though there is a certain civic obligation Involved In aiding the cause of justice If it is impossible to eliminate this waste of time so that a witness can appear at g given hour and leave the courtroom when he has testi. fied, and If the physician can evolve no other plan of co-operation with the law enforcement agencies, the one alternative seems to be a requirement for examinations by members of the medical profession on the public payroll, including members of hospital rtafls supported by the stale, those employed by the Department of Health or any other state bureau as well as those drawing salaries from counlies or municipalities, The situation is one that demands the serious thought and prompt action of those responsible for the protection of the public, for this protection, rather than the punishment of the offender, is the ultimate goal of the law. county are ALCOHOL AND PNEUMONIA Alcohol and pneumonia bugs run hand-in-hand through the human body during the winter, sald an editorial in The Southern Medical Association Journal, which advises imbibers of alcohol to ease up on drinking during the pheumonia season, Officials of the association declare that pneu. monia deaths are greater among alcoholic than teetotalers. Alcohol causes the white blood cells to slow up in their normal work of destroying disease germs, B also causes interference with the normal functioning of the “throat valve” which controls the Joening to the stomach and lungs. In the words of Dr. M. Y. Dabney, editor of The Journal, “alechol thus aids both the passage of the organisms into the lungs and interferes with their destruction in the bloodstream.” There is, 50 far as we know, no reason to doubt the sccuracy of the warning which Is given by this Medical Journal. Individuals who make it a habit to take alcohol, will, if they are wise, take advantage of this warning. $200,000,000 FOR TOYS Toy manufacturers estimate that the people of the United States will spend more than $200,000,000 on toys this Christmas. This is a lot of money but it is well spent, Of course, some children receive too many toys and other children receive too few but, in the main, the Joy and happiness that many children get is worth the price of the toys. In this connection it may not be too early to suggest that citizens of Bellefonie who are financial- ly able to do so should take advantage of the op- portunity that Christmas presents make somebody else happy. Almost every adult can do something that will add greatly to the happiness of at least one little boy or girl who will not, otherwise, enjoy a happy Christmas. Preachers, we understand, can tell you that the religion of people is first to show the effects of a depression and the last to show signs of recovery. You thay not be able to legislate morols into people, but you can sometimes make them fear the consequences of doing something. THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. | joe | “A Little Orrice CAT! Is Relished by the Wisest Men” -“ ir | Nonsense Now and Then. A BALLAD Men lve without houses, Withoul molors or wa Or horse; Or music, or poetry, They live without schools, They lve without valets They lve without neckiles But no place Gi: «arth Men do without matches: IN B-FLAT or dishes, or pants; gong; without elephant Or camels: without any art, soothing the heart; and live without books or butlers, or cooks; . or collars, or shoes do they live without hooze they do without lamps They do without envelopes, paper, or stamps; They do without movies: They do without compass And they do without | They do without diamond But what in the heck What Do ¥ Maybe the reason why they aways digging up the dirt all Domestic Perturbed Wife—"0Oh, doctor band has the housemald’s knee? Doctor-"Listen what in the world madame, I'm just without radios; And without golf, or baseball, or burlique show : er. watches, or clocks; aWYyers, or parsons, or does; s: they d8 without pearls would they do without girls? ‘ou Think? ome women cat Tragedy thall I do? My a doctor, not Dorothy Dix IT'S DIFFERENT NOW A horeefly flew in a Where he'd bee He lit on the tai} Ana the ha dl of ehr Soiip t ! restau The walter in the parked on a stool at the “1H Chickenzoup!™” “No ustomer Counties ¢ have a bowl of the chicke; walter baw on second thought 1 b Make the chicken +a! Ec- ambure “never er.” dna Here's How 1 who! stable door 1 welcome years before a Chevrole! His hreath away P be [ OOF o Nuls ip } echoed the We Heerd It wrence had mush ex Shouldering the Blame New Bride—"John shin-bone soup meat, 1 fust showed him my shin” Hubby--(examining ne doing in the package?” va x : iCKage The Show Must Go On The old-fashioned gir! whe a daughter who Ie a side show | Schoo The pretty teacher was drawing When it was finished she turned to iat is the name of the ar "I don't know, ma'am.” sald Wil “Oh, come now, Willie. What “Heck.” sald Willie when 1 went u mail 1 have drawn?” “Skunks don't the bulct arse he OOUdnN But a circus in her bathing eT | Note an antiered deer on the blackboard Little Willie rhe lie after a careful look ncked vour mother call your daddy have horn a Sign of the Times This one comes from Lewiabizg. it is hung on those eating places and reads “DINE-A-MITE" We hope the sign doesn’i refer meal in the place to the way you How About Rufus" "Every U {rout $800 goes up in smoke.” Goof us—"Why don’t they use smokeless Pop Guns? ne they fire ome of those big gun powder Mistaken Identity Boss" Sambo-—"Yasstth mornin’ Ah couldr to work. It was two cut ob de {rame Sambo, vou are late this hours after dat "De doctah “Does ¥0' eat pore, Sambo? “1 sho’ does “Boy, you're full of pig-iron’ ay it was lke dix | see mahsel! dere. 80 Ah thought Ah musi had gone Ah got too much fron In nr What fo’ you asks? morning. Any reason?’ When Ah Jookéd into de glass dis Ah distoverrs de glass had dropped blood » Ideal Woman Driver “My wife runs her new machine splendidly, never speeds so fast she can’t stop within a foot or two: always pays attention to her wheel; Lever starts one way and then without any reason turns off in another direcion; threads her way around corners perfectly.” “What make is the car?” “Car? It's a sewing machine That's all, folks the most satisfactory Substitute for coal that we know of There's one thing about hot weather we like: It's "SCAT." 'PHILIPSBURG JOINS GROUP HOSPITALIZATION PROJECT | (Continued from Page 1) service. The cost of semi-private | service is 75 cents per month for | the initial subscriber; | month for husband and wife, and { $1.75 per month for the family pian | The respective rates under the ward { service are 60 cents per month for | the initial subscriber; $1.00 for hue. | band and wife, and $125 for the family. Twenty-one days of hospitalization | | per year are available for each per.’ | son protected. These 21 days may be taken In ohne or more admissions. Entry to the hospital is on recom. mendation of the subscriber's own | physician. The Hospital Service A«. sociation has nothing to say as to when a member enters or leaves the hospital. Free choice of hospital is permitted. Hospital extras are also included. These extras include the use of the i } i ot ; : i H il . $140 por (tions and dressings, routine lahora- tory servite and ordinary x-ray. The Hospital Service Association, it i# announced, should not be con- fused with any commercial insurance company. The association was es tablished following special enabling legislation passed by the Pennsvi- vania General Assembly. It simply represents the . Philipsburg State Hospital as well as all the other | hospitals in the movement to make hospitalization available as required The association is approved by both the American Hospital Associa- ‘tion and the Hospital Association of | Pennsylvania, Louisa’s Letter Dear Louisa: 1 come of a family that always thought dancing and card playing were wrong. But since my chil. dren are getting up a size it seems that I am changing my mind abou Fag of thungs. I have a daughler and a son In high school and ast year when they had their Junior- Senlr banquet I helped some ol the other mo. hers with the serve Mg and we stayed allerward watched the boys and girls dance Well, most of them were having a grand time. They danced, and there was nothing vulgar about it either. None of them lef the gyms- nasium war where war and there were lots of parents an teachers there, wo, and some ol them ‘were dancing. But 1 was BO SOTTY my own children 1 cried. They are bolh traglive ut them and nat A 3 ! for uid have nice look! ng because we ry wali and ai never would el Hey sat some Le LO dance, there wall with ing al my mi weal th ad you i auainsy Lhe others, mi made up waned to What f aance could nk ab LN] MOTITER ANSWER There is nothing } make there are evil someihiing very fey home gives ance 3 month do not feel | hey ers ul gel coming. This home economic WREONS In 1 real § of school ai the eachey quette 10 the DOV They are taught what adie, how 10 ar, In a res i healle, or al a dance, ana ai 10 wear His means 3 greal 16 those children who haven inily of lean ] their homes and wipes ant Jos of barriers tha! would naturally arise between them and thelr more fortunale friends, as they grow older When I say 1 approve of dancing fr young folks that doesn’. mean that 1 favor them going to ques tionable read houses where there are all sorts of men, and drinking eid Keep your girls and boys away from such places 1 favor dances which are chaperoned and where the girls ana boys go hone at a reasonable hour But 1 do think that those of Ww who refuse 10 Je! cur children dance are robbing them unnecessarily of a greal deal of innocent pleasure And 1 do think there is more ‘40 the art of living and being com- panionabie than what we gel out of books. It jus nese §- sary 10 our happiness to feel at ¢dte In any company and to know Ne proper thing 10 know how to work alzebra the capitals of the slate: So luck 3 ng he t a Fie §. Te Fe - 6 Go a ATY LOUISA Explain Aims of NYA Service (Continued irom Page 1) A. Wiles, state director of resident work centers for youth. W. I. 8colt, county NYA supervisor, presided at the meeting, and among the speak- ers were: George E. Deitrich. assicl- ant district supervisor; William Penn Loomis, stale direcior of em- ployment and training. and the Misses Helen Hunter and Dorothy Truckell, field supervisors for girls work. Others who took part in a | general discussion which concluded the meeting included Roy M. Deck- er, state field supervisor for rural youth, and Corbet T. Amold, di- rector of the State College center In addition to NYA officers, a number of borough officials and leaders in various commufity ore ganizations attended the meeting i i N 4 { the latler organiza.’ tion being the medium of expres-| i sion for the hospitals throughout’ | Pennsylvania. The entire movement operates under the supervision of {the Commonwealth Department of | Insurance. { * The association simply serves as | the vehicle through which the par-| hospitals mak» pozsible | | December 14, 1939. Thrill your family on Christmas morning Give them these STUDEBAKER KEYS ~HAPPINESS Here's an unusual way to present your family with a new car for Christmas, Give them these Studebaker Keys to Happiness —encased in a handsome jewel box all ready to open the door of their own beautiful new Studebaker Champion, Commander or President. Come in now and let us help you make the arrange- ments. Liberal allowance on your present car —easy C.1.T. terms, ond wp, delivered of the factory, South Bend, Indiena NORTH GEO. A. BEEZER GARAGE WATER STRELY Er LLEFONT GREGG TOWNSHIP Basketball the weeg bee first game will gam in the anda tend School Christma High Schoel Program high I be held chool au December charge VERTS the clowe of other are welcome { this Gifts I SBE ue and 22 ¢ home Programs bigs The December teams on 4 pm KE, PA Fam A Basketball Games Dec. 19 will 1% when rom Howard Friday, Hall High CO Admis- ames The teams will good urnom Howard High cague games for the ra“tically the same team Or the Last three years n Lhey are #Xpeet good num ber REO from t expect 10 have hehe Christmas pro § o'clock a m il orium of Priday ris squad , both The Senior class is in strong this yeas assembly as in past TT will be exchanged at the program. Parents persons |ho care to at. at e weiter po { 22 i ——— anrThoty yeu when you say it ‘ake a lictle money look like a lot. These new TrRUVAL shirts carry expensive features ar a remarkably low price. Every shire is beautifully tailored by one of America’s oldest and largest shire. makers. Every one is full cut and gearaniced not to shrink below marked size. TrUVAL collars undergo a special patented “prob- ing™ process which prevents premature wear at the fold line, and they're fused by the original process which assures a smooth, unwrinkied collar all day long. You can give TRUVALS proudly . , . and he'll be proud to wear them. : Year. balanced hols and club will You can say almost anything to wilt only sone ¥ a
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