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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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EDITORIAL
The Presidential campaign is about to reach the
name-calling stage.
Everybody wants Finland to wisp Russia but no-
body wants to take a big part in the battle
IL begins to look as if the only steps remaining
that pedestrians may take to protect their rights
are fast ones.
Last week the nation celebrated Lincoln's birth.
day; this week it remembers George Washington;
maybe some day it will honor yours.
“The best way to enjoy perfect health is to rise
at ‘5 every morning and have a cold bath” says a
doctor. Oh, well, what's the next best way?
According to the Washington Merry-Go-Round,
the Republican platform committee plans to prove
that the depression was over before Hoover left of-
fice. The G. O. P. goes only half way, as usual. Why
not prove that the crash never occurred?
Despite opposition, the Senate last week passed
8. bill which makes it possible to éxpend up to $20,
000,000 in new export credits to Finland, Meanwhile
ie toy republic, fighting for its life, sent out an ur-
“wl call for assistance fn its batile against the
The former Kalser, now in exile in the Nether.
lands, suggests that Germany and Great Britain and
France make peace in order to join in concerted war.
fare upon the Reds, This is an interesting suggestion
which hos Loen made before. Let us suppose, how.
ever, that Herr HItler would make a concrete pro-
posal to Great Britain and France to carry into ef-
fect the suggestion of the Kaiser, What possible as-
surance would either of the Democratic nations have
that Hitler intended to carry out his agreement? The
lack of faith in the purposes and pledged word of
Hitler represents the great barrier to hegotiated
peace and practically makes this impossible until the
German government is controlled by officials in
whose word there can be reliance,
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Military experts seem to think that the Japanese
have shot their bolt in Ohina and that they have
“conquered” more than they can take care of.
If you read one expert on the war, you know
everything; if you read two, you become a bit con-
fused, and if you read as many as three, you don't
know anything about It,
“It Is inconceivable, no matter who the Demo-
cratic candidate for President may be says the
Springfield News, (Ind), “that the average person
will turn from a party which has accomplished so
many over-due reforms, especially when the opposi-
tion will be able to offer only some Charlie McCarthy
{o front for the very people who drove this country
into the mess it has had to endure for the past de-
cade
Mere man, in his search for a wife, is always
more or less at the mercy of designing females, For
the benefit of the male citizens of Centre county, but
without any knowledge of the true state of affalrs,
we submit the revelations of an unnamed savant
who says that a man can always learn the character
of the girl he wants to marry by watching her peel
ing, cleaning and cooking potatoes. According to this
wise man: “If she peels the potato, cutting thick
rinds, she is extravagant, If she leaves the eyes, she
is ‘lazy. If she uses a great deal of fat in cooking,
she is greedy, and if she allows it to burn, she is
negligent.” Youthful swains, after carefully submit-
ting the young ladies to the above test and finding
thém blameless, are urged to marry, whether she is
rich or poor, ugly or pretiy, for she will prove a good
friend and wife, bringing prosperity and happiness
Maybe
Great Britain and France, goaded into war and
making vast preparations for a struggle to a decision,
will not yield to unproduction promises. Neither will
they depend upon vague offers of peace from this
nation, which will not assume any responsibilities or
make any pledges for the future. Having been com-
pelled as they see it, to trust in their own strength
in time of war, the chances are strong that they will
continue to do so In time of peace. The present
struggle in Europe is a battle to the death between
two rival systems, represented by Great Britain and
Germany, and, on the basis of the present situation,
the only prospect for peace now is through the com-
plete surrender of Germany. There is, so far as we
can see, no chance that this is imminent. Therefore,
the fight will go on to a decision, either by blockade
or by pitched battle sometime, and until the victor
is apparent, peace moves from the United States will
be useless
Leaving Washington last week for a cruise, the
President will have an opportunity to escape some of
the pressure which always exists in Washington. Un-
doubtedly he will ponder the possibilities of the fu-
ture, particularly his own course of action in the
everrt that the “Draft Roosevelt” movement in his
party assumes formidable proportions. Generally, it
is agreed that Mr. Roosevelt can get the Democratic
nomination and that he will get iL unless he takes
action to prevent his nomination, Regardless of the
general debate about the third term and the con-
flicting statements seen in print, there is no reason
to change the statement repeatedly made in this
column that the President prefers to retire but he
will run again if developments in Europe, in his
opinion, make it desirable, or if it appears that with.
out his candidacy his New Dea] program is facing
the threat of being uprooted.
There are two theatres of war in Finland at
present. The first has centered along the Manner.
heim line where Finland's greatest fortifications
stand as an impassable barrier to attacking Rus.
sians. Here the fighting Finns, on skis, on horses
end on foot, have thade repeatad successful stands
to throw off wave after wave of the Red ehemy.
These tales of herolsm and victory are reflected
dally In news dispatches to American newspapers
Bui there I= a second theatre of war in Finland; one
without fortifications or fighting men for defense
This has centered on the thousands of homes and
dwellings of Finland's unprotected civilian popula-
tion, which is being periodically blasted by rains of
bombs spreading death and destruction in thelr
wake, For the victims of these merciless attacks,
Finland's near-million starving, freezing noti-com-
batants, there is no respite. They have no one to
turn fo except the free and peace-loving American
people. In this worst European winter in 30 years
with the temperature dropping to 54 degrees below
zero, we are their only refuge. The bare and frozen
wastelands offer no Mle-giving food or shelter, This
must come as our contribution to the mothers and
children of Finland's heroi¢ soldiers.
¥HE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA.
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“A Little
Orrick CAT
Is Relished by the Wisest Men"
THE
Nonsense Now and Then,
Louisd’s
Letter
Dear Loulsa:—
My sister and I were married
Try This on
Your Sneezer
1 sneezed a sneeze nto the alr,
It fell to the ground I
know nol where;
But hard and cold were the looks of those
In whose vicinity 1 snoze
That's Telling Him
Bob Howard, one of the better Negro entertainer
| ene night by a fellow sitting in the
| truder with:
“Years ago,” he sald, “when I was a little boy down Bouth we had
one of those mean mules who was always raising a disturbance. One day
he was kicking and screaming, so I hit him on the head with an ax. And
do you know, my grandma told me
gli the rest of my life”
then that jackass would haunt me
Ads You Never Sec
RAISE GIANT FROGS Leap at this opportunity Make big money
We hope to creak If your aren't tickl
in your home town. And remember,
WHY BURN COAL-—~You can shovel all the coal
you're dead. Why be a “Kitchen Co
| Range"?
DEAFNESS IS MISERY
{ guy says “Have a drink, pal?” and
| our invisible ear drums. Drumsticks
{| on your ears and go boom
Jt's
» aus
Good Friend,
The newlyweds on their honeymoon
groom gave the negro porter a dollar not to tell anybody on the train
When the happy couple went to the diner
the
they were hride and groom
for breakfast next morning all
couple knowingly. The groom called
tell anybody on the train we were |
“No, sah”
friends
no Joke to be deaf
sald the dusky porter
frog in a little puddie
Leap Year
Be a big
thi
ed
girls
want to al
Lite
you
whoy"” and spend Yow on
you cant hear him. Get prices or
extra, Be the life of
This Porter
had
drawing-room
the
4 re '
{i eved the
Did
passengers pointed and
the porter and demanded
ust married?
“1 oid
you
om You WI} wus
Now, What's Wrong?
t—"Is
“AS pure a
this ee cream pure
the
Btuden
Waiter
Student
girl of
“Gimme plain soda ™
92
your
A Short Sermon
“Drink.” said the
| makes you quarrel
{ landlord, and make
preacher, “is
with
you miss him."
Can't Get Alon
| After all, you've got to hand it t
{ ness for himself--there Is nc
coming und going
escapi
your neigh
he greatest curse of the countr)
bor It makes ¥y¢
SNOO
g Without 'Em
0 a doclor for cho
ng a doclor because
Page Mr. Ripley
telling his
n a nearby
The professor was
drive that was staged
10 get restless, 50 he finished quickly
bables were four abreast
ass of a
wwn
parade, As he went on to describe it
wt y . ”w
“unt for a
publicity
One of the features wa
rang
8 Dany
the bell and the cia
with I was going to say that
Question and Answer
Sid the Shelk—"What's
| mona?”
Flapper Lil—"Gosh, I don't know. 1 never slipped on 2
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the difference between a bananas and
4
banana *
Travel is Cheap
i The old-fashioned ploneer woman who left fools:
cf time now ha
tracks.
a dizzy granddaugh
Looney
1 lke
to wash
ter who keeps busy
Pomes
window:
For Dorothy Pett;
call her *
Bon Ami”
She hasn't scratched yet
One day when the window
Was co
Dot wrote ¢
“Come
It's Up
Teacher—"If your mother Is shopping and finds she has
vered with
on the pane
in, you dope
Soap
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to Pa
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weft Der
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was being heckled
balcony, Finally Bob stifled the in-
(or
the
Especially if some
nilk
began
ki-
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Health and Beauty | DO YOU KNOW?
i 1. When was the Smool-Hawley
!
Th tarig act passed?
WHAT IS THE MATTER OF THE | diseases than ever before. Not on- | How many Republican repre-
HEALTH OF THE AMERICAN | iy insanity, idiocy, and feebie- 4 .
PEOPLE? mindedness are increasing, but! o.4 Means committee?
cancer, heart disease, liver and]
We are advance along educa- | kidney troubles are reaping a rich | 3. Can gclence explain why some
tonal lines. Inven afe crowd-| harvest among men and women, | People live longer than others?
ing upon each other so rapidly that| petween 40 and 60 years of age.! 4 What was the approximate
the United Stales Patent office | What is the cause of all this, and | popular vote for Landon and Roose-
finds it difficult to keep track Of | what remedy must be applied, if velt In 1006?
them. Labor saving machines are| we are (0 stem the wave of disease |
being multiplied every day, and ye!! and death that ls sweeping over us? | deport Harry Bridge: West Coast
when we look out upon our countrw | The public seems apathetic they! labor leader?
has do we find? Our Jails ane have always been so, until attacked | 5 How many white persons have
‘niularies are over crowded, ! } , and then they become ¥ iri
Key is qoing op rom the wh O74 plague y | been lynched in this country?
panic stricken, and scurry franti-
sanme asylums “We can take care! cally here and there in search of | + WHO is the youngest justice of
of no more inmates, You will have| help, when it is too late. The the Supreme Court?
to enlarge our plants. We need people are more interested in war,, 8 Where are the Carpathian
more funds, pore buildings, and politics, big business and high fin- | Mmouniaing,
more doclors and nurses to Care| ance, than in individual ahd com-| 9. What is the battleship
for out crazy people.” Crime stalks | munity health, until disease and | strength of the U. 8. Navy?
brazenly and menacingly in our!
death begins to open their OWN | 19 What is the St. Lawrence
The Answers
1. In 1930,
2. 10 Republicans; 15 Democrats,
3. Noi positively; Dr. Raymond
son's heartbeat is an
factor,
4. landon 1667958
2747667.
influencing
drutiken or ‘careless drivers. Many effrontery. Thus valuable time
wore were maimed or crippled for 4 Jost. All the while the disease, like
! ; Roosevelt
life, Peeble-mindedness is on the! 3 devouring flame, is gaining head-
out in 1908, has been cancelled.
6. Records kept by Tuskegee Ine
stitute since 1882 include 1289
while viclins of mobs,
7. Wiliam O. Douglas, born In
1898.
vakia and exténds Into Rumania,
9. Built 15; building 8; planned
10. A propostd waterway for
ocean going ships from the Great
Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean,
through the St. Lawrence river,
A Much Traveled Student
James Crosgy, Jr., student at the
University of Wisconsin, tes
thal by the {ime he in
June he will have traveled more
than 28000 miles on his trips to
near | and from classes. He travels the
directly | 80 miles from his home at Elroy,
to the boy's loft, each bird selecting | every day on the train,
his own nest, ! —.
; sentatives are members of the Ways!
5. 1s the government seeking to
Pear] says that the rate of gq pre-|
| purse at home, she may ask the clerk to send the parcel C. O. D. What
{do those initials mean?”
Bright Boy-—-"Call on Daddy”
i
: It was past midnight
“I wish I had money,” sighed the bore who had been occupying the
casy chair all evening. “I'd travel”
“Well,” said she, reaching for her purse, “how much do you need?
"YOUR HEALTH
(CENTRE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY)
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{ A Pennsylvania Doctor reports] cough medicine in the cabinet
Caution—<clean out that medi-
cine cabinet, NOW!
| being called to g¢ home where the |
| wrong bottle was taken from the
| medicine cabinet. Crude carbolic '
| acid was mistaken for cough medi- | DO YOU KNOW :
tcine, The mother gave a dose to! The medical profession believe:
| each of her three children. [its mission is to fight disease ani
| Two of the children died in | Maintain health and thai this >
| frightful agony shortly afterwards| sponsibility does not belong in the
{and the third was dreadfully dis.| hands of laymen prohibited by law
We {rom practicing medicine; never-
| figured What a price to pay for .
{ carelessness | A lifetime of pitiful theless, these laymen, under the
| Proposed governmental compulsory
ee | Benn, thane. heme wou
Rog A anyway? They | ¥ permitted to supervise medical
have no business there. That re. Practice.
ceptacie is usually a catch-all for!
the most conglomerate assorimen'
| Rusty razor blades. Moldy tooth-!
| brushes, A teaspoon sticky with |
PRUNING DEMONSTRATIONS
TO BE HELD IN VICINITY
| cough &yrup. A dirty medicins| Spring will soon be here m spite |
| dropper. A comb containing loose Of the groundhog and the thunder
| strands of hair. Spilled talcum |showers, according to County Agent)
powder over all |R C. Blaney. With spring comes the |
But worse—botiles whose labels | probiem of pruning; and with this
of their contents, Last week, in | tons have been arranged in Centre |
this state, a little girl got out of county at which Mr. J. L. Mecart-|
bed and sourht the bottle of cough ney, of the Agricultural Extension
medicine in the bathroom medicins | Service at Slate College, will dem- |
cabinet, She got, by mistake, the onstrate the pruning of apples, |
bottle of rubbing liniment. She | peaches, grape vines and other types
drank a liberal quantity. Her dy. of fruit. These meetings will be held |
ing gasps aroused the family. according to the following schedule; |
Whose fault The fault belonged Thursday, Pebruary 22, at 2:30 p.|
to whoever was stupid enough to m. Harry Corman residence, Spring |
even keep a bottle of poison, lei | Mills; Friday, February 23, at 10 a.
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You can have all these—IFewhen
: IRON
during the same year and both of
us married men who make a fair
living but there i a great differ
ence in our lives
When we got married swe talked
things over and sister and I botn
sald that we were going to do our
part to make marriage a success
and hoth of us have truly tried
3ut here is the difference. Her
husband praises what she does and
will insist on doing the things he
thinks are too hard on her, while
my husband takes everything 1 do
for granted and wonders why 1
mind doing more, The worst part
of it is that my children have
adopled the same attitude. BSis-
ter'’s boys will jump up and take
the coal scuttle from her while
mine would sit back and read
afternoon {f 1 would get the
ali
col
an example but it
every-
children
practically
0 see my
adiscourteous and
bul what can 1 do?
MOTHER-—Ala
y
the party Fall
are
will
if mother
ually
doe
The
if father does
A man's
establishes h
“hou
usually
| USURMILY
H
she needs a rest
he gels this over to
and they agree with
ly one of
be
ir husband is evident
ecis 1}
y 4
rather
1 H
working hard and
while you are fresh and
circumstances would make the case
different, but even ntl
man would fall 10 offer his ; i
star: right now with you
The mother who drudg
hile daughter
he living room and the
doesn’t dare
he has his
then no
Ay
them ¢0 be selfish, [rresponsible
and hard to get along with the rest
of the world
Far be iL from me 10 want boys
and girls to work all of the time, 1
ink everyone of them shotld have
time for recreation and go times
but I do think they will en these
gi
things more |
od
a
0%
ven
) the home
LOUISA
their
by ff » ’ "
Aare of resp mn
ANNUAL RED CROSS
ROLL CALL REPORT
Miss
treasurer,
Anne Fox, secretary and
Beliefonte Chapter Red
Cross, gives the report of the annual
membership enrollment oonducted
last November by L. Orvis Harvey,
chairman, and Mrs James Craig
vice chairman
BELLEFONTE
South Ward
West Ward
North Ward
Industries
Banks
Clubs
$669 25
65 00
50 00
5500
$839 25
DISTRICTS
Snow Shoe-Clarence
Howard Boro
Blanchard
Bellefonte
Zion
Fleming (Unionville)
Pleasant Gan
Milesburg Boro
Milesburg-Boggs Twp
Central City
Orviston pe
Western Penitentiary
Employes
RD
$1274 94
Donations received for
nursing service
Total Received $1309.94
Nationa! Share $4389)
Hublersburg and Mingoville re
ported no membership.
ard; Friday, February 23. at 2 p
m. Mrs. Charles Mensch residence,
Allegheny street, Bellefonte
Mr. Blaney urges all those who
5. Not now--a warrant, sworn | have been obliterated hy drippings | thought in mind, three demonstra- |, ve pruning to do this spring to
attend one of these demonstrations. |
mis stn. WA —————
Set Fire to Water Tank
While wwemnpting 0 thaw out &
dozen 20000-gallons railroad water
tank, at Middletown, N. Y., work-
men accidentally set fire to the
supporting structure. Piremen
were helpless because the nearby |
hydrant was {rozen. By the time,
the hydrant wag thawed, the hose
Firemen fin.
nozzies were frozen.
February 22, 1040.
Query and Answer Column
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PROBLEM: Is it true that some babies can talk if they are only one
day old? (Answer elsewhere in this department.)
COC. J~Were Al
date? Who is the
Ans ~They were on t
older than President the for being
December, 1873 born on
R. WCan answer me what a coug
Ans ~The cougar
reddish-tawny
iong from
agility
RB. G~Is a rt
Ans the crow fam-
It is much larger t} is a glossy black
feeds on rrion ing ¢ to scent dead animals for several
Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt born the
he two?
Dorn
sevelt
on frame
older of
not s same date
Roo
whe the i
Al Bmith is 10 years
born on the 20th of
January 80, 1882
looks ike?
tiger excent it
high
It can climb 4
called
mer
ar
has a
and four fee
eey with the
a panther
ooo fem
the nose :
of a squirrel 1 the United Stat a cougar J
Not exct]
uy
and
mi.er
P. E~I1 would LX
Ane Rosin
turpentine from «
{ cent of ro
J. 8.1
Ans ~The sea
literature about
thelr way Into many
ne sea, It cos
PEArance
depth in the Alls
HL
) per
there
have found
all worm found iu
the mouse in a
& Onoe
Naples
vy of
lisappointed of-
vo i weeks sud
« desire was Tor’ ssa
) rem i fail to rally. Blood pol-
ening set in ar ‘ ¢ i occurred Septemt i5 He was buried at
Cieveland
EE. A~What the name of a privately operated service on the West
Coast Informs major film studios of the weather conditions?
the Kirk Industrial Weather Service at Pasadena Calif
+] are there in an acre?
that
are feet
43 560 square fest
Ver. except mu
re slowly. One of
mivik ir d which has beén
line feet per day at one point. The
of about seven feet Der day Deg
movements was set by
in the winter of 1936-
a speed average
Greenlan
time glacier
vanks, Alaska
four months with
iron white heat?
around 2700 degrees Fahren-
reach
1 what kind of material was used Ih
5 6:14. God said unto Noah: “Make thee
1s shalt thou make in the ark, and shal
Answer t
they were born
proiem
v do this when they curse this
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GEO. A. BEEZER GARAGE
NORTH WATER STREET