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All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise ted. CIRCULATION OVER 7.000 COPIES EACH WEEK — —-— —— - = Al EDITORIAL MATION ASSOCIATION oe SI DEMOCRATIC TICKET For United States Senator JOSEPH F. GUFFEY For State Treasurer G. HAROLD WAGNER a ——— For Auditor General F. CLAIR ROSS For Representative in Congress WILLIAM M. AUKERMAN For Representative in General Assembly JOHN W. DECKER EDITORIAL ee i When Ford begins to make 1000 planes a day the age of the air will have arrived Despite all that has happened, the French army maintains its reputation as a fighting machine, What has become of the Congressmen who were against defense programs several years ago? The Japanese are behaving fairly well in the Far East, which makes us a iittle suspicious of the Japanese, Mussolini wants the Mediterranean to be an Italian lake and Hitler wants the world to be a German apple, Most of the people of the United States would prefer to send supplies to Europe now than to rush troops abroad later Meanwhile, don't forget that a hundred Ameri- cans are being killed every day on our highways and that no man can serve his country by getting hurt in an automobile collision. The attitude of the churches of the United States toward the present world situation is re- markable for undersianding the grave implications involved. The peace-at-any-price pacifist gets little heating today. The too-holy-to-fight brother is out of date. Throughout the nation ministers of every faith are sensing the ultimate issues in the Euro. pean war. They are beinning to realize that the war is an attack of paganism upon Christian culture, Moses L. Annenberg, wealthy Philadelphia pub- lisher. who recently plead guilty to charges of evading income taxes over a seven-year period. has agreed fo pay the United S'ates $8,000,000, 1t is sur- prising that many Americans, particularly those who have some wealth, seem to view with unconcern the efforts of individuals and corporations to vio- late the Income tax law. The very people who are quick to pounce upon some poor, unfortunate indiv- idual and throw him to jail for stealing a few dol- lars’ worth of goods, have no condemnation of a rich plutocrat, who makes false statements in his income tax ré‘urns for the purpose of cheating the government out of the amount due. Japan continues to receive hundreds of thou- sands of barrels of oll from the United States in addition to vast supplies of steel, copper, scrap iron and other war materials. Many of us have wondered why this traffic has not been halted. The reason, perhaps, lies in the fact that drastic action by the United States would lead Japan to seize the East Indian Islands, from whence come our rubber and tin. It is likewise possible that, in view of the pres. ent war situation, and the likelihood that our navy may be required in the Atlantic ocean, the United States does not consider it safe to risk retaliation from Japan. A few years ago. the cry wag loud in the land that the public utilities were being “cut to pieces” by the policies of the Roosevelt administration It may be interesting to point out that ©. W. Kellogg, The Republican National Convention meets in Plladihis next t Wael 10. {ace tle of the mont. dit A ” a while Governor Landon has taken himself out of the running, there is no way to keep the delegates from thinking about his availlability. A good deal of the criticism that Is now being directed against the President because of the na- tion's present state of unpreparedness, comes from men, including some prominent Republicans, who would have been the first to assall him if he had launched his preparedness program two Years, a year, or even six months ago. The truth is that the President foresaw events more clearly and accurate ly than did his eritics . He has been right from the start, and more farsighted than his opponents, The only kind of business which need fear the Democratic party and Democratic policies Is crooked business, big or little! Under our present profit system a fair and reasonable profit is not only desirable, but is a necessity, But, the worker, the farmer and the small business man are far more entitled to a living profit than are the great combinations of wealth and special privilege en. titled to added profits on the billlons of unholy dollars which they have garnered during the past years, by grace of favors from the par'y now seek- ing a return to power Says the magazine of Wall Street: “The amaz. ingly fast German thrust in western Europe has put the Republican party on the spot. Despite wide dif- ferences of attitude among Republican Presidential candidates as to our foreign policy-—with Willkie's stand as far from Dewey's as Roosevelt's is from isolationist Vandenberg's—the G. O. P. has man- aged to get itself tagged as the party which falled tn forsee that German aggression involved a real threat to our national security, while Roosevelt saw it clearly and insistently warned the county about it. In short, most Republican politicians misjudged the world situation. The immediate result has been a sharp reaction in their political fortunes and a corresponding gain for Roosevelt and the Democrat- ic party.” A California man has started an I'm Not Mad at Anybody movement by means of which, he says, wars can be avoided and even halted He suggests that each citizen pauses every hour and, turning to his nearest neighbor, repeat the words loudly and distinctly, “I'm not made at anybody, are you?” Do you think that would avoid a war or hall one? Neither do we. Suppose your nearest neighbor hap- pened to be a lady who'd never heard of the slogan or you either and she thought you were drunk and called a cop? Or suppose the person closest was a §-foot-2 pipefilter and he'd say, “Yes, I am What have you got to do with it?” What would be the next move of a 5-foot-4 peace advocate in a case of that kind? The California man means well but his movement should be scofched or hamstrung one or both--before it gets somebody hurt 0. P. BATTLE FRONT As this letter is written, the Republicans gathering for their National Convention Naturally, having no inside information. we will not attempt to forecast what the outcome at Philadelphia is going to be, bul are inclined to ac- erpt the New York Times survey conducted by that Yveteran political observer, James Haggerty, who is generally more nearly right in his estimates tian any of his competitors He thinks that District Attorney Dewey's nom- ination for the Presidency is unlikely on the first hallot, and appears to reason that Senator Taft will come near to matching Dewey's initial strength Gaing on from that situation, he visualizes a pos- sible deadlock. from which may issue a dark horse Tnis means that every candidate from the favor. ies down to the lesser-known also-rans will get a shot at the prize This seems to an outsider, far from the battle. field, like good politics, for a number of reasons In the first place, It reduces the residue of proapec- tive soreness and so fends to hold the party togeth- er-for subsequent campaigns. It is doubtful-—to put it mildly—if any considerable number of the dels gates at Philadelphia think there is much hope for the G. O. P. this year The Old Guard Slant If this diagnosis is correct, a first ballot nomin. ation could mean one of two things: either that the convention was eager to get through with a hopeless preliminary as soon as possible, or that it would be deemed a useful thing by the party backers to elim- irate an unwelcome candidate who had amassed tno many delegates to make slapping him down ad. visable. In other words, if Mr. Dewey were given the prize, neither he nor his supporters would have any title to be ugly. or resentful toward the real powers in the minority party, hereafler Candidates come and go but the solidarity of the Weirs, Pews, and others of the Liberty League stripe. remains unchanged. It might seem like the end of the world to Mr. Dewey, for example, but to these in the background it is only one skirmish in their war to regain control of the government It is easy to talk about the adjournment of poll- tics in a national emergency. but it hasn't happen- ed in this country since the birth of political parties That may not be ag dangerous as it sounds The minority in Congress goes along with the President when it comes to appropriate huge sums for na- tional defense. They recognize that this is some. tiring on which the whole safety of the country de- Probably the circumstance that the people are united in their demand that we make ready for whatever the future has in store has something to do wi'h it. but the higher purpose is the prevailing incentive. Politics is not adjourned, but patriotism comes first. There may not be agreement all the time as to when party activity impinges on patriot. fem-<but that is another story. Unity For Defense So while the anti-administration folks go along on the preparedness program in general, they balk on details, They fuss with the President as te *here Civil Aeronautics should be on the governmental map and demur at giving him authority to call out the National Guard when and if he thinks it neces. sary to set that first element of our military re- serves to active duty. It is hard for a politician to go the whole route for somebody he has consistent. ly assailed and opposed. Of course, they do not ad- mit that their holding back is political, or that any- thing but a jealous guarding of American liberties {= behind their nagging and grudging, but that does not make their course less of a national danger. It is conceded that only by showing that this country is impregnable, ready to meet any Aggres- sion, have we a chance of avoiding the actuality of having to fight in the unpredictable, but imminent, future for the preservation of these same liberties Things move swiftly these days. The Commander- in-Chief of our armed forces might not have time to await the outcome of a Congressional debate be. fore taking a defensive step to meet an assadit as unheralded as the invasion of Holland and Belgium. Those who are combating the detalls of the ad- ministration’s defense program affect to fear a dic- tatorship. Really, every President of the United THE G. are THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. June 20, 1940. I A ———— “+ THE Orrice CA “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” 1 | IF (With apologies to Rudyard Kipling) If you ean keep your pep when men about you Are getting glands from monkeys every day, If you with dimply dolls can still step out, you Have learned to make this job of living pay If at sixty-five your ticker beats as hearty As it did, old kid, when you were twenty-three, if you're still the same old “life” of any partly You're the lad Dame Nature meant that you should be If you can drink and yet are well and able To stand up straight and tall, nor seek With other ancients underneath the table, Lest you fall down and stub your ruddy nose, 1f you ean bawl "Sweet Ad-o-line” with gusto And keep from crooning on the higher notes You're one old buck who's not a total bust, oh You still can sow a few more wild oals Half and Half A guy dropped into one of the drug stores last week to buy a package of 10c cigarettes “We don’t carry them,” the brand. “They're balf sawdust and half fertilizer 80 the cigarette purchaser went across the street and bought a pack- age from another dealer “What's wrong with that druggist across the street?” i pocketing his change. “He claims he won't handle this they're half sawdust and hall fertilizer” “Why, he must be crazy.” sald the clerk {in them.” repose announced the clerk when the fellow named he asked after brand because “There isn't a bit of sawdust p Slowing Him Up Shortly after Amos married Magnolia he was laid off the WPA job Hardly a week after the ceremony poor Amos was flat broke, The future looked dark. There was little Magnolia to support and not a dollar to do it with. The situation set Amos Lo prayer, Oetting down on his knees one night he began Deah Lord, ef you-sll will git me a Job Ah’ promise dat Ah'll quit drinkin’, Ah'll quit smokin’, Ah'l quit kissin’, Ah Quit’ Doan go too far there, Amos.” broke in Magnolia, "Dis yere repres- sion cain't last much longer” Poor Pussy A silly old mald from Nantucket, Tried drowning a cat in a bucket But with scarcely a pause He unfolded his claws And grabbed her before she could duckit Eve For An Eyeful a Georgia chureh meeting, and one of the ebony her religious fervor by sitting astride a chandalier sus. the cefling Right in the middie of the invocation one #ven. caught her foot in an ornament, and dangled above the brethren with her garments about her neck The colored minister, taking in the embarrassing predicament at a glance, said Eny man what looks al dat may be struck stone blind An old darkey in a back seat placed his hand over one of his oplics shouted: “Well, pahson, Ah risk one eye on it.” It was at sisters demonstrated pended from ing she slipped, and Slips That Pass in the News (Bradshaw, N. Y. Eagle! “Having a flask handy, young McRay said he forced a little brandy between the girl's lips and then began funning (fanning) her. She re. tived shortly. ™ (Garde, Ind, Inquirer) “At the height of festivities the bride and groom pulled a slick pet- away (getaway) and were heading for the wide open spaces before any one knew what was up” (Rallburg, 1, Tribune) “The bride, a stunning blonde, was downed frock of pale orchid” (gowned) in 8 becoming Just Misplaced Comma A woman whose husbant had joined the Navy, gave 8 note to the minister the following Sunday The note sald, “Mr. Tom Smith, having gone to sea, his wife requests that the congregation pray for his safety’ The minister was nearsighted and as he read sloud the congrega- tion heard. “Mr. Smith, having gone to see his wife, requests that the congregation pray for his safety.” - Foreign Relations The wife was alwayz antagonized by her husband going oul at night His departing words, which especially angered her, wers always: “Good night, mother of three” But one night she could stand it no longer, hat, started out of the door mother of three” she responded quite as cheerily ‘of one’ Now he stays home at night Wear-Ever Pastry A certain small restaurant was kept by & man who prided himself on his cooking. He was amazed to hear a young salesman cri‘icize a ple one day “Pie, young feller? Why. I made pies before you were born.” 0. K. But why sell ‘em now?” and when he took his and’ called out cheerily, "Good night, “Good night, father Tit For Tat A farmer's wife usually sold butter to the village grocer, ready wrap- ped in pound packels “The last lot of butter you sent was short-weight™ (grocer, one day “Really.” replied the farmer's wife “I remember now that 1 had mis. laid my pound weight, 50 I used a pound of your sugar.” When They Grow Up Kind Man—"Young man. dont you know what becomes of boys who use such bad lang age when they play marbles?” Small Boy-"Yes. sir, they grow up and play golf. Your shot, Jimmy.” ’ Extra-Legal Judge "Couldn * you have settled this cese out of court?” | Defendeant— "That's what we were trying to do. your honor, when | the policeman interfered.” complained the EE Today's Irish Joke "Tis a hard world,” said Timothy, as he quit his task for the day “It is that.” said Michael, “and 1 think so the more every time I put (me pick into it." Have You? Have you heard about the guy who was so dumb that one day was walking in a field and stumbled over a pile of milk bottles and home and told the farmer he had found a cow's nest? Er No Sense to It ' Mo-"1 say, why don't you get a larger paint brush? You could do twice as much work.” 1asses-Caust. Ah ain't got Swite As Wich work:to do, ans why Nice Lad, Th A lady was entertaining the small son of her married friend. he | ran watching him for a moment. | “Oh. yessum.” he replied without looking up. “We often have it as tough as this at home” “Are you quite sure you can cut your meat, Billie?" she asked, after LOUISA’S LETTER | Dear Louisa: I am a girl and have a great de- Oi sing for learning. I have planned to | finish school and enter the field of | musie About a year ago 1 fell in love with a boy that my father and mo- ther disliked. IL was not for any fault of his that they disliked him, but because they did not like his people. All of us have relatives that we are not proud of but we cannot | be blamed for what they do He 5 very polite and courteous to my par- ents Mother and father let this boy come to see me for about 5 months and then stopped him from seeing me at all. Then 1 started slipping around, going with him whenever | could get away from home One night he proposed marriage lo me Now my parenis are in very poor health and I cannot think of leav- ing them as 1 am the only one able to wait on them. If they would Jet me date him at home, I would not marry until they were in better con- dition. He and 1 are both willing to walt until IT finish school if they will et him come see me regularly Would you advise me him come back without thelr permission and, while he is there, explain it 0 them or run away with him? What is tn to let your advice? R MC Alabama Answer: Don't ruin your life by running away and getting married before you finish your education 1 tell by your lelter that you are a girl who will be satisfied to where you are but you will want to know things and you are ambitious to do and be somebody in your com- munily. This doesn't mean must break up with the boy you going with. If he is & fine fellow, re- gardiess of his family’s shortcom- ings. it will pay you to stick to him until you have finished your educa- tion and he Is in a position to offer yOu security Talk things over with your fam- fly and let them read this jetter It will be much more sensible for them to let him come to the house than two children ocouriing can not stop vou Aare that to have you disaster by thinking about mar Tell them a few years to them whether he is you think him to be or whether takes after his unpleasant relatives But keep your head and stay sin- gle a while. It may save you and the hoy a great deal of grief if you refrain from marriage until you are ready for it Bge he will be able to prove the fine man he LOUIBA “Tangled.” from Tlinois, wanis to know how ito have dates with boys she likes and not with those she doesnt care for Well. if I were you, and there was nothing objection- able to the boys but my persobal reaction. 1 would give them a date but 1 would alse be so uninterest- ing that they wouldn't want an- olher cne soon It seems lo me that would be the quickest way 10 be rid of them Of course. if they are boys who do not behave themselves, I would just refuse to have dates with them In the particular cases you wrile about you could say thai one of them was too old for you and the sther one (00 young About the boy you think you are in love with. there is nothing thal you can do but to keep on being as pleasant and nice as possible For the usual boy runs the other way if he thinks a girl has her eye on him There is nothing to lose by being nice to his family, and as- sociation of people has a loi to do with their falling in love Goong luck LOUISA “Tangled,” A letler from a girl in Martins ville Va_ is concerned with whether she should marry a bay who breaks dates with her now and 1 say “By all means, fo” If he is so careless now, what will he do alter you are married? More over, you are 100 young % get married What Hu should do is to stop thinking of marriage ang finish your education | Thiz world is in such a precarious state that every girl who has the opporiunily to learn how to make "a living should do so, Tor the time may come when she will need to know how (o support hersel! | Whether she be single or married. Everybody falls in love when they are in their teens and some folks fal] in Jove dozens of times, #0 don’t marry the firsi man who asks you. Wait uniil you are older ang can ! decide whether it is the real thing or not, | In the meantime, finigh your high school course, and you will at least | be prepared to go in training or! | take a business course, or hold | down gome kind of job. But if you just wil] get married | | pick out a man who can be depend- | | od upon, for that is one of the main | requirements for a happy marriage | A postal card trom two girls in| | Towa asks why I haven't answered | their letter. 1 am so sorry, but no | such lebler is in my files. It must | have been lost or addressed to the ace. Wilts 0 me, Louisa | =| to give him a chance. In my site wait af srisaatn O. LUEBERT, P. D. Coategville, Pa. 8 r—— ——— Query and Answer Column PROBLEM: What play in baseball is a criminal offense when driving an automobile? this department.) perfectly legitimate, but is (Answer elsewhere in R. 8Did Hitler and Chamberlain ever espouse mutusl peace? If when? Ans. Yes. In the meeting of Hitler and Chamberlain st Munich on eptember 30, 1938, both men pledged themselves that their two peoples would not go to war against one another again T. B—How will the United States get enough pilots for the buge fleet of war planes asked for by President Roosevelt {or national defense? Ans At Randoinh Fleld and Kelly Field, near Ban Antonio Texas, which is known as the West Point of the air, more than one thousand cadets are now taking thelr training to graduate six months later As fast as they graduate, new recruits will begin N. T.~What is the difference between Holland and The Netheriands? What form of overnment do they have? Ans ~~Holland and The Netherlands are the same. Pormerly it was known only as Holland. The form of government Is (or was before the Hitler coup) a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Wilhelmina the reigning monarch C. H-~Who was it that deliberately shot 8 man {0 death afterward elected to the Presidency of the United Blates? Ans That was Andrew Jackson who killed Charles Dickinson in a near Nashville, Tenn, Dickinson, a crack shol, was first to fire. The bullet pierced Jackson's body, but missed his heart Ignoring his wound Jackson took deliberate alm which proved fatal to Dickinson Jackion's wound troubled him rest of his life M. W.—In the great sea were the British victorious? Ans This is a matier of some was fought May 31 and June 1 in established a blockade against Germany. In mans sunk more ships and lost fewer men had the the fighting they withdrew leaving Britain ma: of the and to the British blockacers A. K.—Is it known his crucifixion? Ans Not for sure. It Is students that he was 33 vears old. In self began to be about 30 years of age ministry, aller he had been bar But the duration ministr FO, and was duel the atitle of Jutland did the Germans win? Or torians. This battle North Seca where the British had the two-day battle the Ger. The Germans seem fo have from the sombat a technical victory doubt among his the edge in pul since ter situation leaving what was the age of Jesus Christ at the time of theologians and Bible it says And Jesus him- this was when he be. in the Jordan by John the weifically stated in the believed by Luke 3:23 Of course generally ized Vv gan his Bat st veript F. P.-What is the Ans “Kewpie” as L. A.—~What is the greatest speed at Ans In 193% Atley Donald of the ball In the Cleveland Stadium al the Donald's throw was the of the not sg ures meaning of “kewpie” as applied to dolls? trade name only which a baseball has been throsn? New York Yankees threw a base. ra‘e of 139 feet a second, or $47 fastest ever recorded on the speed the Cleveland Indians. The previous record of 136 feet a Dee Miles of the Philadelphia Athletics. Christy clocked at 134 feet a second are used in applied to dolls ix a miles an hour meter owned by was held by Mathewson was A. Lls smiling? Ans It is estimated that fifty thirteen in & L. G~On x us out of seornd it true that more muscles frowning than In muscles are employed in frowning and dale did President were re-elected? Ans AL Milwaukee on January 31, 1916 Wilson said: 1] pledge you word that, God helping me, I will keep this nation out of war if it 18 yossible.” On January 20. 1916, at Cleveland. he sald: “You may count upon my heart and resolution to keep you out of war’ T. E~What are some of the h salaries paid to cartoonists? Ans to the latest avaliable income tax figures (19385 Robert L. Ripley's salary was $145,048 and that of George McManus was $ORR00 The late EC Segar in that year made $77.178 K. C. M-~What is the origin of the expression hue and cry? Ans This was a phrase used in English law to signify the oid com. law practice of pursuing a criminal with horn and voles. IL was the duty Af any person aggrieved, or discovering a felony. fo raise the hue and cry and his neighbors were botind to turn ont with him and assist in the discovery of the offender M. K.~How many oolors can be detected by the Speclroscope? Ans The spectroscope can be used to distinguish more than 4 mils lion hues of color A. G.~What was Woodrow Wilson promise to war { he ghest nom Tunney's last fight? Ans The last fight in which Gene Tunney participated was the one which he met Tom Heeney on July 21. 1828 in New York The fight by Tunney in the eleventh round on 8 $echnical knockout The retired in August, 1928 » —Where was the donkey domesticated? The donkey was probably first domesticated in the Valier of the Nile where iL was known and used for centuries in advance of the horse It found its way into Ancient Greece through Asis Minor, but mentioned much less frequently than the mule by Homer and other early wrilers W. J—How many hot dogs were eaten at the New York World's Pair last year? 3 Ans Visitors to the Fair consumed 15800000 hot dogs D. D~Who were {ihe White Caps? Ans — The White Capt were lawless bands in Southern Indians who, about 1880. undertook to regulate the manner and morals of the section. They wore white paper foolscaps with paper masks and ooats of coffes sacking 0. C. R—How many calories of food are needed by a desk worker and by a person at physical labor? Ans.—A person with a sedentery occupation requires about 2500 cal- ories a day: a farmer shout 3500 calories, and a lumberman or wood chopper about 7000 calories WwW. W. C.—How much did the World War cost the entire world? Ans The direct cost has been estimated at four hundred billion dollars B. S.--Ffow long does it take the instructors in the Civilian Conser- vation Corps Camps to teach an illiterate to read and write? Ans The average enrollee who is illiterate can read a newspaper and write a letter in three months W. T.—Why is it colder in a valley than on a hill? Ans — The temperature of the mir in valleys st night sometimes de- creases below that at high levels, due to the existence of conditions which favor the cooling of the air at the higher levels, The air so has a greater density than the surrounding air, and so flows down toward the valley. If the cooling is sufficient at the high levels and if the cooling process continues during the descent the air will reach the floor of the valley, The factors entering info the conditions favoring cooling at the high Jevels are many, but two principal ones are calm weather and clear skies” Answer to Problem : The hit-and-run play H — - a ~~. grt re err rn Se ene oC Planning Your Will The man of foresight avoids the many : hazards in the administration of his estate. By planning his will carefully. By having it drawn by a lawyer. By choosing an exper- ienced Executor and Trustee. in was won champion CB Ans * This bank has had many years of ex. perience in settling and managing Estates. Consult us today. The First National Bank i Mi ute pt res Seg ot pvt & del din WERT
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