Page Four - The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNA " > A. C. DERR....... «vs evoBditor PAUL M. DUBBS. ., CECIL A. WALKER... ———— TEE <UHN eh (8 MR Li Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Entered in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa, as second- class matter, AR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION if paid In advance $2.00 per year if not paid in advance | ra ———— . Proprietors | | Associate Editor Business Manager | 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. ETI — ee x CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK | ae EDITORIAL The strange noises you hear are New Year's res- olutions that are blowing up | Who can guess what the population of Bellefonte wiil be when the census report Is published Russia's bark seems to be worse than her bite but it will take more than s,npathy to save Fin- land of people in 1840 i do not Speeding will kill thousands but the chance: it won't affect you if speed. are German leaders are promising that the war will begin “in earnest” in the Spring. They don't say which Spring inherit the earth, bul will not Stalin and the Emperor of The mieek may while Hitler, Mussolini Japan are around one million Americans will receive old- he government! this year and in Nearly age pensions from ¢ money, not plans One-fourth of the farms of this country have high-line electric service, according to the REA, which is double the number that had such facilities fre 19086. The first part of the sixteenth decennial Federal Centus got underway last week when agenls began to collect information relating to business and man- ufacturing concerns. The second part of the Census, dealing with population, housing and agriculture will begin cn April 2nd. Foreign affairs are not expecied to take up much of the time of Congress now in session, although somé unexpected developments of the war in Eure ope may precipitate action by Congress, The Neu- trality Aet will probably be left alone although it is possible that some provision will be made to assist Finland. There is every indication that the move. ment to impose an embargo on the sale of all war materials to Japan will be pushed unless the Jap- anese hasten to make far-reaching concessions to the interests of the United States in the Far East, Oen- erally, however, the opinion is that there will be no absolute embargo on exports or boycott on imports from Japan unless something unexpected happens. It seems almost incredible that 12,762 tons of game were killed in Pennsylvania during 1638, but that is the report of the Came Commission. The amount is about double that killed in 1937. It is in- teresting to note that hunters during the 1938 season killed 171.662 deer, having a combined weight of 13. 732960 pounds; 384 bears with a total weight of 67. 200 pounds, and 4.263750 rabbits with a combined weight of 7,461,576 pounds. Ringneck pheasants came in for a large slaughter, as the report shows 517.280 to have been killed during the season. The birds pro- duced 1,422 520 pounds of meat, We learn that of the 1,139 students in the School of Agriculture at Pennsylvania State College, only 293 are the sons and daughters of farmers. Evidently the adage that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence is still true. While the sons and daughters of farmers are enrolling in non-agri- cultural courses in colleges throughout the country, the children of non-farm parents are turning to the open spaces. New fields and new ventures have al- ways exerted a tremendous attraction for young people. That magnetism seems undiminished with the generation now in college, For the first time, the National Labor Act has been clarified to an extent that both employes and employers know where they are going. Two Federal courts have ruled that a so-called “company union” is legal, if it is organized and directed by employes, without company coercion. Both decisions, the one at Balthmore and the other at Philadelphia, upset rulings of the NLRB, which held that the two so- called company unions had to be dissolved. Both courts also held that employés may organize and continue their organization without Joining any Wagner Act. The decision at least clarifies the liberty of the individual to be himself or herself. Not having made any New Year's resolutions . We quote: “My resolutions, as far as I ascertain, never did anything for me me from mischief while I turned FREsEpETIbiE HiT | g 8 § - an During the World War the news dispatches told us, on various occasions, of a guardian angel that hovered over the forces of the allied governments, We have wondered what became of the angel dur. ing the past twenty-five years, but a recent dispatch from Helsinki, Finland, reports that Pinnish soldiers have seen the angel on the eastern front north of Lake Ladoga. It seems that the angel was facing the Russian soldiers, with arms outspread as if to protect the Finns behind it. It may appear like a man’s size job to any one else, but to Senator Robert A, Taft of Ohio, candi- date for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, it's all very simple, this trifling matter of running the Federal Government, He would ald business and agriculture, which is what the New Deal Is doing, only Senator Taft, through some sleight of hand, would do it ‘without exten- sion of government activities,’ One fears greatly that Senator Taft's platform sounds suspiciously lke, ‘It's a good job and I'd like to get It and very litle more. Republican candidates for presidential nomina- tion next year . . . might be interested in a new story relating to Chicago tax delinquents which ap- peared in the Chicago Tribune last week, A tax payer's suit was filed asking relief for persons whose real esiate taxes are delinquent for the years 1628 to 1832, The penalty on such delinquents is 12 per cent a year and the complaint asks that it be duced to 6 per cent, It will be remembered that the vears for which this tax relief is asked were those glorious Republican years when Hoover was Presi. dent . . . Things couldn't have been 50 good in those haleyon days as they have been under the New Deal Messrs Vandenberg, Dewey, Taft, Bridges and Chairman John Hamilton might make a note of that re. Puerto Rico is fast becoming one of the world’s most heavily fortified places in with plans of the United States Army and Navy to make {t impregnable to attack and invaluable in defense General Edmund L. Daley, commander of the de- partment embracing the Caribbean area, reports that fortifications are ready for emergencies and work is far ahead of schedule on $27.000000 air and military base, projected to protect the Panama Canal and the entire north coast of South America, Event. vaily, 10,000 soldiers will be stationed on island The Navy ls constructing a $8.000.000 alr ub- marine base at Isla Granda and squadron ing planes are already stationed there, Decision 10 fortify Puerto Rico resulted from the uncertaintie of the work! situation last year, before the war be- gan ih Europe. It is necessary to assure the gafety of United Btates in the event that Great Brital and France lose their present struggle. It is Intended to prevent unfriendly nations tablishing bases in this hemisphere accordance the the na of scout. h the from e has been written about taxation during years. There has been much talk about the rich.” broadening the tax base, and other methods All these plans have {wo specific pur- if we are to believe everything we read, The first is to get additional! revenue with which to bal- ance budgets trailing red. The second is make the public more conscious of the cost of gov- ernment--an effort to make the public take a more direct interest in its government. The city of Phila- delphia has invaded the income tax fleld by levying a 15 par cent tax on all individual incomes earned in inat city, whether by residents or non-residents Employers are required to deduct the tax from the wages of their employes It is asserted that even WPA workers will have to pay, as well as all other earners. The tax. {f it stands, will do what the tax theorists urge—reach down into the pockets of the lowliest earners. And for that reason it is being hail. ed as an educational tax. The idea is what some folks have been striving for these many years ut will it work? How many taxpayers, that is the aver. age person, interest themselves in how their tax is being spent? Right here in Centre county the most active interest shown by taxpayers is that on elec tion dey and that {or the most part is seldom direct If the Philadelphia plan works it will have started a worthwhile job in American municipal affair Much the last seven v3 bday WOARINE nNOS in the to FARMERS AND THE PRICE RATIO Farmers should not lose sight of the ratic that exists between the prices they have to pay for the things thev.buy and the prices they get for the things they sell For cxample, the price of cotlion and wheat might double but if the things Lhat cotton - and wheat growers buy triple the plight of the growers would become worse despite the Increased price they get for their crops. This is what has happened in the nation during the past quarter of a century. Prices for the pro- ducts of the farm have not attained pre-war figures it prices of non-agricultural products are above them The surpluses that have plagued the farmers of the nation are being slowly disposed of under pres. ent methods of crop control. Agriculture in the United States is on a limited production basis but prices continue below pre-war figures, Agriculture will only attain its pre-war status when there is available a market, at {alr prices. for the production of the nation's farms without crop control. he reader will note that we said “will only attain its pre-war status™ in the above paragraph It is still questionable whether the pre-war status of agriculture is sufficient, either from the stand. point of the farmers or the welfare of the nation, as a whole, BEANS, SENATOR (From Pittsburgh Press) “At least one important American commodity has been spared from the executioner. Agriculture would welcome a similar reprieve for beans. "State. ment of Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich), commenting on tiie announcement that in the pending reciprocal trade agreement with Chile the U. 8. tariff on copper will not be reduced, Hogwash, Senator! Or shotld be say, babassu nuts? Or just plain beans? The Senator from Michigan is one of the few senators—there are only four of the 44 left—who voted for the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1030, and he is still presuming to advise the country on tarifls and trade. To be sure the Senator has a great many virtiies, and his record is illuminated by a great many accomplishments that mark him as a valuable public servant. But anyone who voted for the Smoot. Hawley Act and still doesn't repent his folly is sures ly as blind as a bat in the sunlight. And the country is justified in paying no heed whatever to his advice on this subject. For the country traveled the Smoot-Hawley “road to prosperity.” traveled it rapidly, precipi. tously and disastrously, to the botiom. Bin¢e the Benator professes to speak for agri- culture, it is fair to observe that up to 1930 American farmers still had some foreign markets, But they didn’t keep them long. In retaliation other countries passed Smoot-Hawley actg of their own. And with what tragic results! In 1932-—we take that year because it was the end and bottom of the Smoot-Hawley trail—Ameri- can farmers dug from the soll a cash income of $4. 682,000,000, an average of $717 per farm, or $151 per capita of farm population. This year, It is estimated that the farmers’ cash fhsome will be $7625000,000, sn average of $1102 per farm, Or $238 per capita of farm population. (And that's not counting the Government's benefit payments), Becretary Hull's trade-agreements program may not be responsible for all this improvement, but it has contribuled mightily by blasting open some of the farm markets abroad which the Smoot-Hawley Act closed. There's a lot more blasting to be done befoie American farmers—bean growers included get back all the markets they heed to prosper. But the Benalor from Michigan has demonstrated that he 18 not one who knows how, THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. a11114 ' |! January 11, 1940, 1 THF | OrricE CArx “A Little Nonsense Now and Then. Is Relished by the Wisest Men” Grandpa And The Girls When Gramper was youthful, The ladies were truthful, So pure and demure and appealingly sweet All shackled and bustled, They crackled and rustied, And sereamed when they dreamed of revealing their feet With sashes unfurling, And lashes upcurling, They fluttered and stuttered when asked for They twittered and bridled, They tittered and sidled, And chilled at the thrill of a masculine glance a dance No NO high-balled cavortings, ribald retortings, No parking and larking with petter skin-showing poses, gin glowing noses— When Ladies were Ladies, diver No No for better or worse shocking complexes, talking of sexes, Those peerless young dears would have shingling of tresses, y mingling caresses, I'll say, In a way, No rude little vamper Intruded on Gramper, For Shelking wa: Prevalling condition Curtailed his ambitions Y I've heard the old bird had a Heck ff 4 vipped at the thought they were gypped quits sneaking. and Necking a crime of ¢ How to Skin a Banana never learn how to peel a banana ed methods folk: * Some r sugges Get a banana sunburned. Banana will Scare banana, Grab skin Tell banana it 2 Ileal. Skin will when it jumps kin 100 { has the shake you love 10 1 and drop off Turn banana over to gold-digger. Banana will ¢ Hypnotize banana. Tell banana it is Banana many Will undress a snake. Banana will shed skin Call banana yellow Il remove Jacket Advise banana that Wan. 10 grow will want to fight LOO clothes are unhealthy strong and robu CoOmmniely ) Feed banana cod liver oil. Banana will slip right ou So That's Why, Eh? Little Jack Homer Sat in a corner B.O Move Over The movie hotse was crowded and a to accept single seals, The young lady didn't care at all for the arrange- ment and tried to remedy matters. It had occurred to her that the man siting next to her might be willing to exchange seats with her fiance Accordingly, she and whispered pone devoted leaned over “Pardon me The man gave no sign of having heard, so she repeated little Jouder. Still no answer, and meek little estion a At that, the litt upon ti Wreen frmily here” her qu he tried again toward her SAvagely keeping his eyes A le man tumed slightly the “Cut it out.” he whispered Up-to-Date Nursery Rime Mary had a little goat, The goat Bad halitosis, And every y that Mary went The peopleibield thelr nose A —-——— cot How to Mix a Love Cocktail your own sad eilher blonde or brunetle Carefully test the kin by gently touching it. If she doesnt objec do. Next, thoroughly remove her small brother Now, work in plenty of honeyed words and a great deal of puff up her beauty. Sprinkle lightly with caresses, punch from time to time. until she bubbles with excitement Mix well and pile into a large chair-an Rrm chair natwally—wheh will vou both comfortably. Heat slowly, smother with kisses and sit dark for several hours without stirring. Select a girl of cheapest t, shell Not That Kind A tourist going through the northwest, suffered a silght accident { Unable 10 find his monkey wrench he went to a farm house and in- quired of the Bwede owner “Have you a monkey wrench here?” “Naw.” replied the Swede there; my cousin got a key rench here” sheep rench down there; but too ooid for mon- It Was Unanimous An old darkey preachers term had explred and he was anxious to | stay on “Brethren.” he said, “the time has come {0° you-all to elect a pastah fo’ another yeah. All dose favoring me will please say aye.” He waited a moment and then he said: “Silence gives consent. I'se 30 pastah fo’ another yeah” — The Hest Policy “Mose.” sald the judge, doubting whether the witness knew the na. | are of an oath, "do you know what will happen if you lie on the witness stand?” “Yessuhi, judge. Ah 'spects you'll send me to jall” “You're right. And what if you tell the truth?” “We'll lose dis trial, sho, judge.” Probably Wooden Nickels, at That We are informed that starting last Sunday will be $6,000 for ach broadcast However this is not all profit. Remember, he has to pay Charlie Me- Carthy seventy-five cents a week. Maybe He's Right Closer to the truth than he meant to be was the schoolboy who wrote on the examination paper: “The Armistice was signed on the 11th of November in 1918, and since then every year there has been Two Min- utes’ Peace.” Senses Coming Back He just tried to blow the foam off his medicine.” Go To It, Girls It is understood that the girls have adopted the following as {heir motto for leap year: “If you see what you want, ask for it." We're Telling You . ba hows the only man you have to take your hat off to nowadays is a rber. Hr————— That's sll, Tolks. No business man should be without a letter opener ~-preferably a blonde. ee" BOAT.” RR Ie be main os come a There & no toni tablets wirengih vighr to mind and for those who ate A Pont ben nt Vir fal - Price Boe per box by mail, or of drug FREE TRIAL OFFER. Ous copuies bos will be malled to suy family ONCE 10¢ 15 cover mating expose, G Lusbat, Py Conteprilly, Lev Banana will seed - 3 » ~ i couple had been forced Are You “My whole darned whichever hot air with which to adding a little more hold in ae “My brother bane gol a cattle rench over Edgar Bergen’s salary | Nurse— “1 think that drunk case is regaining consciousness, doctor. Sunt Louisa’s Letter | Dear Louisa: 1 am a woman of 41 and have been married 27 years. 1 had no pleasure when 1 was young | have two daughters and a son married. 1 like to visit them but when 1 come back my husband seclds me and told me several times to leave, As 1 didn't have any other : friends but him he thinks 1 should stay home and not 40 to movies and dances, 1 am fond of ano.her fellow about my age who thinks a lot of me What do you advise me 10 do? Md ANEWER: This letter Is those girls who want ried belore they are responsity liLie; of a home family. 1 understand how thi man leels. She mined all the good imes that girls are entitled 0 when she was young, and when she should have been going to par- ties and having dates, she was 1€1 ing babies and cleaning house Now that the babies are out of lhe way, she is Y a good answer 0 Lo pe mar- ready for Lot and Wo f { un ana 4 ia trying 10 recapture som cf her losg youth, 1 think hmpband is wrong when he scolds her for vislng her shildren--this is, unless she Spend! 00 much of her (ime with them and certainly every grown woman should be able to go 10 the movie if ghe likes, But ¢n the subject 0 gancing. 1 per Wo dances wi Ai WwW Oy an : ried woman who has a boy Ir ying wi { Look cut lose your husband II you such a friendship, Reader shen a husband eaves bo have 2 way of going also ANY man r yoman who & i around while th are {hey nealing ner ' sonally would not thou! husband the any mar- wena ' th fire pia 1 fu voy oon Keen And And friend wilh « 4 Sake don't sell il Ly oly SHELL WE YVL wi y Wer HOMEE 8 WEL AS Jf LOUISA wi Dear Louisa: I am a girl of sixieen, very much Like 10 have 4 boy but everywhere 1 go my mother { lows me: 1 work hard all day wi n- pay ever gel 10 go al where Sometunes | ee OLNeT qari nhig of! boys want Wo go with but my mother is always Wilh have a chance 0 when 1 I would friend se ¥ ’ ~ » oul ang n i me me and 1 never have a boy friend only teak OW. What do vou advise me to. do? “SIXTEEN" Md ANSWER Well OUrce Sixieen amazement 10 me Wij treat the ones they 1 { #0 harshly. Your mother evidenlly trying 0 prolect you from the pitfall, of the worid, but ne 15 § g adoul it in the wTony way. -A girl should be taught what is right and whal wrong and then trusted to do the right thing Nobody can protect you all the time and you, yoursell, are only person who can see that behave yourself Now, 1 can see why your mother wolld not let you go with boys who are wild or who drink, but why she should stick around when you wilh some nice boys Ls another mal. raf ol will » the Lal you are to her, tell her that you how to behave. Ask her 10 jet you stay out a while after the show and thai you will b» home at a certain time—and then keep your word Be particular about yer friends and go abode wi.h people who have bad reputa- tions, ut don't sneak out, for even the boys you go © meet have lesg re- gard for a gif! who acls that way and they feel less responsibility about the way they act towards her Alter all you are young, and it won't be long before you will be cid enough lo do a: you please LOUTSA, yt Qe —»>. DO YOU KNOW 1. How long has Finland been an | independent nation? 2. For what mineral is , important? { 3. Did Great Britain seize Ger- i man exports in the last war? © 4 What part of Rumania { formerly Russia? | 5. What is the official name of the | Dies committee? €. What is an 8-boat? i 7. What is the statutory debt lim- {it of the Pederal government? | 8 When does the Trade Agree. ment Act expire? i | 9. When did King George agree {to The Magna Charta? | 10. How many soldiers have been | {killed on the Western Pront? Sweden was The Answers 1. Since 1017. 2. Iron. | { 3. Yes; in the latter part of the | war. | 4. Bessarabia. { 5. The House Committee on Un | | American Activities 6. An American submarine. 7. $45.000 000 000. 8. June 12, 1940. B. In 1215 -— | Query and Answer Column PROBLEM: A man and a lady were standing together on a street ene gaged In conversation when a third party walked up, looking inquiringly at the lady. “Well,” sald her escort, “if you don't know her 171 Jet you guess: TI have no brother or gister, but this lady's father | mother's son” Who was she? (Answer elsewhere in this department my N. G.I Is that true? Ans ~John Bhakespeare, father mous norant man, although he could neither read nor tant local offices In his community and dischis erring precision. However, when he signed documents obliged to mark In the presence o E. D~Was Mile came to America with Ans Miles famine and [ever a NS. P.~Whi t the Ls ernment? An Stalin exact title | resi of the Co Commisar Thi 1 con ts of I men's, Soldiers powers am wid that Bhakespeare's father gnorant man of the fq author, was write. He rged his d not an ig- held Impor- with un. kind he was 11K of any [ withense Standish Lh reiated In any way ? What be to Rove Btandish who Pllgrims me of Rose? Standish wa he husband of Rose. She was a victim of the t Pivmouth in 1621 I ROW - neil of People's the Work- Weeping coun elected by and Peasant Ti council giv Lo government head over ave com- puls + kind of compulsory edu- ced. A big majority full-time a A ip 10 the age of 16. The lowest age mn ans V. R-~What is mw, bu enfor of them require requirement cation Wer ms interchangeably rm hears” 3 in small wr Nn ol six nat length are t o'clock? Lime Kas the 24 hour alwm in the Lhe ing ciock 5 executed as English language? owing selection gol chimes i War veter- LUG riermaster time? ol observe 1 Amster The word is . V=What is the orig of the Maltese Cross? The Maltese Cross originated with the Knights of Malta. ply ancient order of chivalry, formerly known 2a: the Kain. ) ith the Holy tenith century taking ref- wat a wach older tan connection w After the WOT he kRinights biack cloak emblazoned ith § ie cross. The cron: is nt the Christian religi L. T. RWhere in Kergutky is man’s family, his horses, dogs, ¢4c.? Ans * Woolridge monuments are in Maplewood Cemetery, May- field, Kentix Henry G. Woolridge, an tric trader, had statuls of himsel!, } : i and a fox made. The stang- ing figure of himself is of marbie. while the others are cut from stone and are mostly the work of Will Lydon, a Paducah stonecutter A. V. M.~Please the Lille: Album of Pamillar Music and Citie Ans Dream Serenade” by Gustave Haenschen is the American Al- bum of Familiar Music's theme selection and that of the Cities Setvice Conoert the Cities Service March” by Rosario Bourdon F. C. R—Where is the solar plexus? 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