[7 The Centre Democra, BELLEFONTE, PENNA. — WALKER BROTHERS. ............. AC. DERR......usisvvrinss .s PAUL M. DUBBS.....ooiiviianinnnes CECIL A. WALKER. ......... A a Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Entered In the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second- —_ ——., date your subscription expires is plainly printed credits we given 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 lssue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not no- tifying us, are liable for same. All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. WEEK = _— — NATIONAL €DITORIAL Le ASSOCIATION olin Hembor DEMOCRATIC TICKET For President of the United States FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT For Vice President HENRY W. WALLACE For United States Senalor JOSEPH FPF. GUFFEY For State Treasurer G. HAROLD WAGNER For Auditor General F. CLAIR ROSS For Representative in Congress WILLIAM M. AUKERMAN For Representative in General Assembly JOHN W. DECKER EDITORIAL AE : If there is anything that the United States can to that Hitler won't like, we are for it Awful thought, Suppose the millennium, when al last it comes, i$ held up unti] ratified by the Sen- ate. —-—— Regardless of when Thanksgiving arrives, we can be thankful that this nation is not experiencing aerial bomb attacks Unconfirmed reports are that American pilots are being engaged to fly bombers across the Atlantic to Great Britain. The pilots will be given $1,000 a month for two trips, with a bonus of $700 for tach additional trip It seems to us that the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Infants should do something about the Pennsylvania couple who named their twin sons, Wendell Delano and Franklin Willkie. There ought to be a law—or something. When the War Department calls its first draft of 400000 men, each State will be given credit for the men it already has in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and National Guard This means that com- munities which have supplied the smallest number of voluntary enlistments will furnish the larger nuciber of draftees, The United States has 78 destroyers built since 1934; 57 new. destroyers under construction and fund: for 74 others are pending appropriation bills. In wodition, the Navy retains 73 over-age destroy- ers ard 46 others which have been converted, since the World War, into mine-layers, mine sweepers, transports, anti-aircraft vessels and other types. The above figures indicate our destroyer strength after deducting the fifty destroyers transferred to Great Britain from the 160 over-age vessels that we had 25 a result of the World War building program The attitude of the German government to the activity of the United States in the present war is reviewed by Joseph C. Harsch, staff correspondent of the Christian Sclence Monitor, in this manner: The Germans believe that they can win the war be- fore aid to Great Britain can “exert a significant influence upon the military situation.” They expect to have it over with by Christmas and do not be- lieve that aid to England can amount to much be. fore next spring. If the war is prolonged and Amer- ican planes play a big part in British operations “public sentiment in the Reich could be swung into violent hatred of America overnight” In other words, if Hitler's plans go wrong, the German people will be advised that the United States is responsible for all of Germany's woes. The discussion ag to the value of the gold hoard that the United States has aéquired is being renew- ed in the public print. There are so-called experts : i Eg: t is a safe assumption that the role of di 8 EERE 3 : : s E | | e_ |. but there's September 12, 1940, — AL CS action taken by the two governments It Indicates A community of interests between the English-speak- Ing peoples and augures well for the peace of the world in the years to come, The over-age destroyers that the United States makes available to the British navy were used by this country in the World War, subsequently lald up and some of them were recently recommissioned for use in the neutrality patrol, Experts say that they are 100 slow to be of much use to the modern American battle fleet whose speed has been greatly increased in recent years, More- over, the Navy has modern destroyers, with more un. der construction and doesn't particularly need the old ships. A glance at the map will easily show how impor- tant air and naval bases in Newfoundland, Ber. muda and Trinidad are to the defense of this coun- try. Not only will they enable our forces to meet an Invader far out at sea, but the Trinidad base will safeguard the southern approach to the Panama Canal, In addition, the base on Trinidad affords an ad- vance point from which American forces will be able to operate beyond the “bulge” of Brazil, considered by strategists one of the most vulnerable poin‘s In the hemisphere because of its nearness to Africa SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE KILOWATTS (Editorial in Philadelphia Record) If the Democrats, instead of Wall Street, had picked the Republican Presidential nominee, they hardly could have chisen a man who would have done as much, thus far, to re-elect President Roose- velt This isn't just our own conclusion. It is the con- clusion of a great many important Republicans and Willkie supporters Two months ago Willkie remarked: “I'm a dif- ferent kind of egg than the pros ever dealt with, and they don't know just what to make of it.” The statement has proved truer than could have expected In a year, when, of all years, the opposition can- didate should be waging an intelligent courageous and effective campaign, Mr. Willkie lolls on his front porch in Rushville, Ind —apparently waiting for the election returns to come in Such a state of affairs has baffled Walter Lipp- mann, original Willkie booster, More than a week ago Lippmann protested anyone “Until Willkie brings his own party to the sup- port of his own pledges he is plainly In no position to challenge the President on any issue or to criti. cize the effectiveness of what is now being done for national defense. The first condition of leadership s to be able to lead one's own followers.” Now comes an amazing article in Time Maga- zine, current issue. As you read the following quote, bear in mind that the publisher of Time is Henry R. Luce, who, in his other publication “Fortune” made the first proposal that Willkie run for Presi. dent. Here's from Time “GOP Politicians last week were sure that the thing they had dreaded all along had come to pass: the holy-rolling crusade of Wendell Willkie had gone sour. The first rumor to get around was that Willkie was just a super-hawker who had sold the Republican convention a bill of goods. Last week, spreading through professional ranks, was the be. lief that maybe Willkie was only a fatter, louder Alf vandon “Missouri's Congressman Dewey Short croaked Franklin D. Roosevelt is not running against Wen. dell Willkie, He's running against Adolf Hitler’ Many a8 GOP politician moaned privately "With Willkie a poor third’ “Polls proved that Willkie was halting his own, momentarily. He still drew curious crowds. But these things failed to cheer many Republican politicians They recalled the black year of 1936 when Alf Lan. don had an early lead in polls, As one sad Old Guardsman pontificated to another: ‘Dead whales on flat cars also attract crowds” That in "Time"—whose publisher "discovered" Willkie, perhaps to his regret The New York World-Telegram, edited by Roy Howard, is another publication which has been hot for Willkie. In Friday's edition, on page one, is a story by Thomas L. Stokes, Scripps-Howard staff wriler, noted: “Disappointment is prevalent among Republicans in Congress over what they regard as the failure of Wendell I. Willkie, their candidate, to challenge fully what many of them look upon as a definite war policy’ of President Roosevelt “Leaders here recognize Willkie's sincerity but they wish he would refrain from ‘sticking his neck out’ so often. “It has been apparent that the Republican can- didate differs with party leaders and much of the rank-and-file on both domestic and foreign policy.” Whew! Lippmann, Luce and Howard. More than coinci- dence in their common disappointment, Yet there are others. Willlam Allen White, strong Willkie man two months ago, took occasion on August 23 to make a radio address commending Mr. Roosevelt and his foreign policy. and appealin; for “the patient con- fidence of a united people for the President “He has earned it.” sald White, “I, as a Repub- lican who has opposed him for eight years, want to pause to pay tribute to the President of the Unit- td States” Is it surprising that the Gallup polls show the trend definitely away from Willkie, with the tide still going out? Is it surprising, either, that Willkie himself should have called a conference, at Rushville, to put “aggressiveness” into the campaign—with the help of “heaping plates of fried chicken, cream gravy and mashed potaioes—Willkie's favorite Ie Se never feel very aggressive after a meal e that) No doubt the shade of the old apple trees on the farm at Rushville has been very comfortable. But it has been a political maxim that a candidate never belongs in the shade. Willkie is “different.” Maybe the unexpected will happen. Maybe Will kle, by some miracle, will sell some people on the idea that he's got something Roosevelt hasn't got, Maybe Willkie is right. Maybe ne doesn't need political leaders, precinct workers, or even votes, Maybe his figuring on 16 million Republicans to start with, because they've nowhere else to go, is i” great mathematical and political discovery com- ned. Maybe, For ourselves, we do not share Willkie's con- tempt for the professional politicians. True, some have been corrupt, stupid and short-sighted. But the great majority, whatever their faults, are keen students of homan nature. They know what peopie are thinking, and wanting, and hoping—because it has always been their business to know. The professional politician senses that Willkie's campaign has bogged down even more than appears on the surface; he senses that the people are find- ing out for themselves that Willkie has nothing to offer them which they either need or want. Why swap something for nothing? When not even Willkie knows what he stands for; when his own party leaders don't know-how can the people know? More and more it appears that Ickes was right; that Willkie is “a simple, barefoot Wall Street lawyer” whose high-powered build-up, unlike Hoover's, failed to last out the campaign. be the King of Kilowatt in Wall Street been a short-circuit in the powerhouse, THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. J - THE Orrick CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” The Old Fashioned Nightshirt (Published In this column In a previous issue and repeated at this | time by request). | How dear to my heart is my old fashioned nightshirt When keen winter breezes recall it to mind; Its length and its breadth, and the soft fuzz upon it Caressing me gently in front and behind Enfolding me close with complete satisfaction, Designed to protect from the toes to the chin, With a slit up each side to give lots of knee action, ‘Twas the most perfect garment I ever was In That old fashioned nightshirt; That flannelette nightshirt; That loose, easy nightshirt 1 used to sleep In How oft on the farm when the weather was zero, The wind at the eaves with a blood-chilling When going to bed was the act of a hero, I've blessed that old flannelette nightshirt of mine! I'd leave the big wood-stove, with beech-fire glowing, To creep off alone up a cold, creaking stair, Then strip to the skin, with the goose-pimples growing And snatch that old nightshort with joy from a chair That old fashioned nightshirt; That soft, fuzzy nightshirt; That life-saving nightshirt Awaiting me there whine How oft since I strayed from the farm of my father And came to the fashion-mad city to dwell Pajamas I've cursed--thelr strings, buttons, and bother And mourned the old night robes that 1 loved so well I married—and even my wife Wears pajamas A coat and silk pants, like a heathen Chinee 1 wish she'd go back to a nightie like Gramma's And give back my old fashioned nightshirt to me! 0 Those soft, flowing night robes; Those loose. easy night robes Those long. graceful night robes For her and for me! Slips That Pass in The News (Fort Smith, Wis, Tribune) iineman, suffered minor accidentally came in hock burns contact 8. R. Diegre, telephone and late Baturday afternoon when he love (live) wire” with a (Teasdale, Mont, Evening News) “Miss Larson worked for Mr. Andrews er for over a month when suddenly, she sald stenograph.- (fired) her in the capacity of he up and tired And How Pat Maloney had become a backslider and his him “1 ain't bin feelin’ right’ what Is neuritis?” Thinking Pat might be inclined to use that as an alibi for his back- sliding, the priest resolved to scare him. He looked very grave “That's a terrible affliction, Pat.” he said ing, staying up all night, consorting with bad company--it is wrath” An' that's too bad’ parish priest called on sald Pat “an’ thats why. An’ say. Father That comes from drink. the Lord's said Pal. “T jes’ heard that the Bishop had it Finish It Yourself A charming ng lady named Commitied a sad social cropper. Bhe went to South Bend With a gentleman friend And the rest of the story's improper Good Argument A Jew and an Englishman were having an argument about the of their respeclive races You people” sajd the Jew, “have been taking things from us all your lives, The Ten Commandments, for instance “Well, yes.” said the other, "we took them from vou all right can't say we've kept them.’ you Hopper, WAYS but you We Remember, Too \ 1010 Customer Proprietor. In 1940 Customer—"I'd like a dime’s worth of cheese” roprietor—"Oscar, let the gentieman smell the cheese” a dime's worth of cheese, please ™ get the gentieman a half pound of cheese I'd like Oscar Watch Your Chance He-T'd like to know where I can get hold of Miss Brown” Bhe—“1 don't know she's awfully ticklish w———— ’ Optical Husion There was an old lady from Brussels Who was accused of wearing two bustles; She said “It's not true, It’s a thing I don't do, You are simply observing large muscles” His Difficulty Little Jimmie aged four, was ai the plano and doing his best to reach {the keys at the same time he operated the pedals, just as he had seen his mother do. After many efforts he cried out in disgust, “1 can play the {keys all right, but I can’t reach the gas.” Milky Way Spain, from all reports, is keeping right in step with modern scien tific progress. For instance, in Spain you can now buy a sweater made out | of skimmed milk One can imagine a customer walking into a clothing store in Madrid “I'd like to see 8 sweater,” he requests. “Yes, sir,” bows the assistant “What size, please?” The customer scratches his head. “1 am not sure.” he replies, “but | think I take a size 14 quarts and one pint” Pretty Well, Thanks “Mandy,” sald Mandy's mistress, “I've heard your hard luck and I'm | terribly sorry.” “Deed, ma'am, Ah hain't had no hard luck ™ 4 “Why, wasn't your husband killed in an automobile accident yester- | day?” “Oh, yes, ma'am, but dats his hard luck, not mine” That's all, folks. As the little fly said when he lit on the weighing | | machine, “I'm going to do a litle business on a big scale” "SCAT" = State College. In addition to Penn- sylvania, the states of Illinois, New presented. It would be a good thing for the world if the nations could believe what Adolf Hitler says. Don’t Be Tortured With Your Feet gion specialist of the Pennsylvania | York, Delaware, and Maryland, and | the District of Columbia, were re. and doesn’t {like a gentleman, he will continue | fee] that he | } i | | STATE INDUSTRIES REACH 1940 PEAK, COLLEGE Spurred by tures, Pennsylvania reached a armament industry new operating high REPORTS manufac has for {the year, the business survey of the | Pennsylvania State College reports | Between June and July the state's | i index of industrial activity advan- {ced from 825 to 88.7, while national Some of the best made by; electric power with Its best July on reco cite coal production, bes 1930; eactern Pennsy @ activity remained unchanged records were production rd; anthra- | t July since Ivania steel | | production, best, July In a decade; postal rec and payn best July since 1931: | and employment, the | highest for July since 1037 | Indicated tha Por August preliminary Pennsyly ania indus- tries would again show greater gains than the nation consumers’ ns a purchases not materialize show a steady the rest of staf! reported if not the year nM ———— LOUISA’S : continue hold up, and if a British defeat does | business whole, “If to should rapid rise for the survey LETTER LOUIBA'S LETTER Dear Louisa We have whom are ey tom Ang exception of one. the ol } realize trvi age an ha become disobedient during I am at my wit to do If he there it as 1 do not nor comtrol +} Of Course ado Ne ng 80 am awake to U have gollen Your roalize behavior before It will hope he seriousness Naturally, if his Ath an atlitude require his of to do as he pleases and is al jeast receiving from tha; quarter The entire solution ~ tacit chlidren TR Aen beet a lit. our young 0 do as Me detachmeni son to ac BUDDOT rob. patience rv cooper ation LOUISA Is it al for me dale with mother doesn’ righ a boy at hi Ji ANSWER It depends people are in yOu are welcome of go home at you do al] of those thin objection 0 having a d boy friend's house Of on the not } Mam whether nominee to have @ house? My think po ine Fia other whether and if you i a reasonable hour. Il gs I see IK ate In you: Course YOU should never visit him at his home if his people are away LOUISA TR — Query and Answer Column In a baseball game the hitter that made the last out PROBLEM next inning. How come? in an inning was the rst man to bat In the | (Answer elsewhere In this department) reports | T. W.Where in the Bible does It say that “money is the root of all | evil?” My Bunday school teacher says it is not in the Bible, but I am told that it is | Ans Your Bunday school teacher is right. However, in 1 Timothy | 6 10 it says that “the love of money is the root of all evil” which is & different matter B. M.~In speaking of a number of certain articles, for instance is it proper to say “1 have forgotten the number” or “1 lorget the number?” Ans Either form of the expression is correct. However, the meaning | of “forget” is slightly different in the two forms of expression. “I have | forgotten” means that the fact “has been lost from my mind” while { “1 forget” means that I am “unable to recall” the fact Both these uses | of “forget” are recognized by all reputable dictionaries R. G~WIill Christmas in 1944 fall on Bunday? This will settle an ar- gument Ans No, Christmas, 1044, will fall on Monday. Because of the inter. vening leap years Christmas will not fall on Sunday until the year 1949, H. F.-I: Just Ans Red tape not a slang ! name for official or legal formality and delay. The term had its origin in England in the 18th cently and arose from custom of tying documents, bill with red tape. It was perfectly natural that the ordinary man, impatient for aciion, should ridicule this everlasting tying and untying of red tape which bound the document F. J—-Who was person of Fame for great Americans? Ans —Ben jamin Franklin was he Hall of Fame for Goeat Americans RA “red tane a slang, or how did iL originate? it a popular the pigenn-holed ele the first to be chosen as a member of the Hall the first y be chosen as a member 8 kind of { re minnows a certain kind of fish tlle } of backgammon the backgammon is The games iopedia ano wholl are io one of chance by explain 84 4 nplicated 10 be or an t abridged diction; A. EWI an aKirpians ? Ans It is pronounced and "a sounded as ir haw 8. W.PFlease give directions for cleaning ivory An Iv may be bleached or Before dyeing or ¥ r fifteen mis ory oh je els hydrogen bleaching they ng immer- subsequent 0X10 nn Bohilen celebrated his s the Canadian Government cont Family? Jovernment makes or Woward Lhe the campus at Princetor over BOD acres Leaning Tower Tower of Pisa is built in Lhe al and is in ecightstages : \ the six above being swrounded within their small column- « with galieries. The highest stage has six large arches to allow the bells to escape. The igh and fifty-one diameter at the base It is inclined thirteen feet, the south. About one-half of the sinking took place Romanesque style base are sclid with rive tower is 181 feet hig? and o half feet in eight toward during construction H. BR. T—~How many broadcasting stations are there in the whole world? Ans According jon, as of December | whout inches to records of the Pederal] Communications Commis- 1039. there Were 2452 regular broadcast stations the worid of which 814 were in the United States wed on the highways in New Jersey? listed thro C. G—~Why are white curbs Ans This new type of concrete curb increases night driving visits] - ity to an astbnisl degree. So effective is it that the curb self seems to be lighted. but actually it is simply the reflected light from the driv- headlights. The curb shows up brightly on both dry and rainy nights and also dominates the road by day 8. K~Does a lightning flash or bolt always strike the earth? ns The Weather Bureau says that many lightning discharges take slace between two parts of the same cloud or between two clonds with. er's out striking the earth 1. J—What is the vertical and horizontal distance which a shell from a United States Army anti-aircraft gun will travel? Ans The maximum horizontal and the maximum vertical range for three-inch anti-aireraft 14200 yards and 10.100 yards re. the gun are spectively Answer to Problem: The batter who made the last out in the last inning of the first game of a double-header was the lead-off man in the batting order Of course, in the second game he was the first man up — We Are Proud to Announce . . WE'RE SELLING HUDSON NOW! It gives us great pleasure to announce our new association with Hudson. ..an asseciation that makes it possible for us to bring our friends and customers today’s finest automobile values. 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