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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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EDITORIAL
Japan joined th rs because jt i
ter-bent and so are the)
The people of the United States in our opinion
are well able to settie all public questions and we Will
abide their judgment
Valiant Frenchmen, asserting their readiness to
defend their cou start working upon the
German army that is bestride their land
might
Powerful dive-bomber sald to be superior )
performance to those being used In Europe, are be-
ing delivered in quantity to the Navy by the Douglass
Aircraft Company of California. Sounds encouraging
The suggestion has been made that the United
transport all first class mail by air. It comes [rom
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, World War ace, who is
president of a large air line. He thinks the adoption
of such a policy would build up a large air force
of trained pilots for use in a national emergency
The idea. while not new, may contain worth
Adjournment of Congress is not expected by vet-
eran political leaders but it is probable that a recess
of three or four weeks will be taken sometime this
month. Many members are anxious to get home for
some political activity before election day and while
the recess will be received with fervor, there is very
little sentiment in favor of outright adjournment.
The trealv signed by Germany, Italy and Japan
in Berlin is recognized in official circles as a thinly-
veiled threat to the United States. Obviously, these
nations served notice that if this country becomes
involved in hostilities with either, the others will
automatically be involved. Certainly, the signing of
the treaty makes official what many Americans were
sure of before. The actual facts of the world situa-
tion remain essentially unchanged
Well folks, it looks like an early winter is about
to descend upon tus. An old-timer, who uses the air.
mass system of forecasting, says that many of our
cid weather proverbs are reliable. He points out that
wild ducks and geese are riding the tail winds south
and that there is a heavy growth of fur on rabbits.
The dope from Nature appear to coincide with his
alr-mass information. Our own system records that
the past summer has been cooler than usual, and,
consequently, we suspect that the mercury will get
down faster than usual this fall. If any of our read-
ers have a better system, we would like to hear about
it
The James Administration apparently never
makes the same mistake twice--but three times! For
the third time. the Commonwealth advertised Sat.
urday (at public expense) that four Constitutional
amendments will be voted on at the November 5
election. And for the third time, State officials ad-
mitted the amendments can’t go to the electors un-
til 1941, because they can come up only every two
years, It's all a mistake-—~three times, The advertise-
ments were published August 5, September 10 and
Saturday. Two of the amendments would increase
Philadelphia’s borrowing capacity, a third would re-
store the tax-paying qualifications for voters, and
the fourth would authorize the State to enact graded
income taxes. Some lawyers believe the erroneous
ads might invalidate any vole on the measure for
two more years—and possibly lead to prosecution of
the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
It is apparent that the coming twelve months
will be the danger period for the United States, Un.
til our defense program is well underway, the safety
of this country depends, to a considerable degree,
upon the continued resistance of Great Britain and,
to a lesser degree, of China. Consequently, it is in-
cvitable that the United States will do everything
possible to insure continued resistance to German
and Japanese aggression. If the British fleet meets
with disaster before we have time to arm for de-
fense, the nation will be in dire peril, confronted by
the three powers which have signed the new treaty.
Germany, Italy and Japan, if freed from their pres-
ent wars, would be able to punish this country se-
verely, and, according to some experts, would have
a good chance of winning a war against us, Pacing
the possibility of hostilities on such a broad scale,
the nation moves feverishly to prepare defenses ade-
RE
quate to insure the safety of the United States, re-
gardless of how other wars turn out, Nevertholess, i
is essential that we have time, and to gain this time
it Is imperative that we extend large-scale assistance
to Great Britain and China,
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A worker in the Netherlands is reported to have
expressed preference for the word of Queen Wilhel-
mina as against that of a former German phper-
hanger. He was tried in a German court, now sit-
ting in the Netherlands, and sentenced to a year
and a half In prison. He had insulted Hitler and the
whole German people, If anybody in the United
States has an idea that the world can retain liberty
under the regime of Hitler, the incident in the Neth-
erlands ought to give them another idea
As we understand the situation, France must
pay the costs of maintaining 2,000,000 German sol-
diers in “occupied France,” also the upkeep of 2,-
000.000 French prisoners taken by the Germans &nd
now being transferred, in part, to Germany for work
and, according to some newsbaper correspondents,
the cost of certain German laborers who are being
ent into France. This ought to give the world in
general a good idea of what Hitler and his regime
considers a just peace, The thus placed upon
the prostrate treasury of the defeated nation is not
the only tribute that it is paying to its conquerors
It covers only the “official costs.” It has been report.
ed that German soldiers, in occupied France, are be-
ing paid in special marks that the Bank of France
is required to honor, although the German govern-
ment has put up nothing to make them good. The
invaders buy what they want, paying Frenchmen in
the artificial money The French lose the goods
which are valuable and get in return worthless paper
money
cost
ECONOMIC BLOCKADE POWERFUL
WEAPON
under the United Stabe
nation depend.
at China
Sooo ic
marting
aD. upon whic
her ammun
apparent lo eve
mighty
blockade Article
was the wOeRpon upon
Nailons relied to bring war-like
! uid the United
been a member of the League and the League's
been
that
ition to hurl
ryboely tha
pack n punch
economi ded in
16 of the Covenant
which the League
nation o thelr sens Ce
Huve
as prov
effective
of
States
rogram put int it would never hav
ry for
tions” to prevent
In the pre the United
Is demonsirath ul form
Blockade | ™ wmiion bh
O operation
to go beyond 'e¢
nations onomic Sanc-
War
went instance
necesLa
alone
CO.
States
ila the
an rmbargo
and now or scrap. is crippling the Japanese
fie Nipponese world
ten further
machiiiy
toy admit Si nll thi iiry go a
f deadly par
helnle
if
xe
eenno ie
chet
eneert
ontrol
1 urpose les
it have happened had
essential mbership of the
hoped
to clamp
on War
imilar
not 1 thought
League
United
» fv
FORAY
the
its lle as
ligerency
bent
sign of national
blockade
fret
ircum
on &# nation
ould be no war and
agony of all
tances there «
have beens spared Lhe
the
iid
happened in YOars §
economic sanctior i ) fective that it
uture guarantee of
an end When HR
y ever for Meas.
impossible an-
and practical persons
t poecent now the inevitability of war
all time is a sane and Intelligent
pursuit oi +5. men of good Will and
usefulness of the
of which is now
of Japan
‘
|
valer need t
» difficult
ton ligt
y IGeRIS
"for
in the
{ thinking will not overlook the
SOMISIDe sanctions
ated in the
} EF pt fry free
the effectivene
Caw
beine demonstr
WILLKIE'S ‘NEW WORLD’
“he disgrimtied Democrat who running
sidency under the Republican banner has hit
a new idea in his wild scramble to do some-
that will sway the electorate
He hae decided that he would like to bufld some
d of a strange world” He has suddenly
from his determination to save “our way of
for
thing
kin
veered
life.”
Just
many propositions
and specifications
Returning to the effete east from his helter-skel.
ter campaign the west and northwest dur-
which he jumped frors one life-saving, but hazy
proposal to another glittering bananza he startles
a great audience by the enthusiastic exclamation
“1 pledge a new world!”
His explanation of the panacea that will cure
the ills of a democracy rapidly succumbing to the
stealthy inroads of a germ known as New Dealitis
is just as plain and lucid as mad
“Ours is a thnamic society In
heoomme two, and two must become four,
must become 18°
That sounds something Kke the Hoover plan of
two cars in every garage, two chickens in every pot,
ele.
Continuing with his big “new world surprise, Mr
Willkie told biz New York andience
“We must keep in our minds the image of thal
effective demorracy—the image of that new world,
more fruitful than the one we have, more regarding,
more thoughtful of human fe more cuitured, a
work! which will be better {5 live in than any
world anyone has ever imagined so far”
That's outdoing Hitler in a big way! Just like
he promised in his never-to-be-forgotien speech ac-
cepting the Republican nomination!
Maybe after the campaign comes to an end next
November 5. Mr. Willkie c=; o%re to his Indiana
farm and write a “Mein Kampf.” “Heil” Vendel
Villkie,
new
presenting any of his
the plans
s he has done in
this time he leaves off
rough
"yor
which one must
and four
ABOUT FEEDING OUR ENEMIES
“If the enemy hunger,” said the Apostie Paul,
“feed him."
With this thought in mind, there are individuals
in the United States and Great Britain who insist
that steps should be taken to feed and clothe the
destitute in European lands, occupled by German
armies. There are some who insist that, if necessary,
food should be sent to the population of Germany
to prevent suffering and starvation.
We are not inclined to split hairs with those
who would uphold a literal observance of the in-
structions of the Apostle Paul, but just the same,
it seems to us that it would be the height of folly
to send supplies to augment the strength of those
who are bent upon destroying the civilization of free
peoples
So far as we have been able to observe from what
has happened in Europe already, the success of Hit-
ler would mean the end of freedom for peoples
everywhere, The German Fuchrer seems to be defi-
nitely against the interests of religion, even when
we accord a broad definition to the word, Certainly,
he is an enemy of the liberties that encourage the
spiritual growth of individuals and his triumph
would mean the end of opportunity for free-minded
souls. 5
In view of these facts, we are utterly opposed to
sending food or clothing to any people under the
domination of Hitler, or his allies. To do so would
relieve Germany of much responsibility and insure
the Nazis against the discontent of conquered people,
There is no reason for ug to become alarmed
about the possibilities of starvation az long as Ger-
man leaders have the power to rent it by giving
up their nefarious schemes to dominate the world.
the inhabitants of great cities, indiscriminate!
ing men, women and children, one cannot
those fighting Hitler for the use of any weapon that
will strike a blow in their defense,
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"THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
October 10, 1940.
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THE
Orrick CAT
“A Little Nonsense Now and Thea,
Is Relished by the Wisest Men”
wnrramsn
Sing, Sister, Sing
Here are the summer and winter versions of an old favorite;
My bonnie looked into the gas tank
The height of its contents to see,
She lit a small match to assist her—
Qh, bring back my bonnie to me,
My bonnie was fond of lce skating,
Her weight was two hundred and three,
She flopped and the ice cracked beneath her-
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me,
Snappy Comeback
“How old are you asked the inguisitive old man of the lit-
boy on the beach
“Six.” came the reply
“Six.” echoed the old man, and you are not as tall as my umbrella
umbrella?” asked the boy
sonny?"
tle
“How old is your
A Sad Case
|
Man (to small son of one of his workmen who has met with an ac.
cident)—"When will your dad be fit for work again?”
Boy—"Can't s but it will be a long time
Man—"What makes you think that?
Boy- compensation’s set in.”
Quick Service
“Run
for certain,
%
ay
“Cause
(after
LaBare
Excited Tourist Run like
thing and bring the
Boy That
mashup!
i doctor
MHILY, Tun every.
Farmer him thereunder the car
Try For a Parole
An uplift worker, visiting the penitentiary recently was much
pressed by the melancholy attitude of one of the men she {ound
“My she sympathized, “what is the length of your term?”
“Depends on politics, lady,” replied the melancholy one, “I'm a guard
ime
poor man,
(Contributed by a friend)
Ah. How well do 1 remember
Twas inva cold and bleak November
I was walking down the street all filled with pride
When my heart went all a flutter
Aud 1 fell into the gutter
And a cape up down by my side
pig and day
A 1 lay there in
Too stewed to even mutter
A Indy passing by wa
You can tell the bird that boores
By the campany thst he chooses”
And the pig got ug slowly
fhe puller
heard U
and
Easy Money
Mike Pat’
Pat
Mike
three orn
This i»
And how's
‘Bure, the paper oz yez can buy uf!
& great country
that?
ve-dollar money
for
The Vicious Circle
doctor
Amite
family Doctor
that he
my son has halitosis and
he got It Trom Kissing the house-
Father (calling on
worst part of it |
maid
Doctor
things.”
Father
the
(soothingly) Oh. well people will do thoughtiess
young
‘But. doctor, 0 be guile
Doctor—"By jove, that's too bad
Father And,
morning and evening
Doctor (wildly
frank] Kissed the gir] myself”
make things worse, since I Kiss my
I'm afraid that she too will’
Good gosh
————
Verse and Worse
had 1 the power (0 reach the cootic
That up and down my {rame goes socootie,
So quick would I the rascal snatchie,
Who bites me where 1 cannot scratchie
Just Egging Him On
“What's
wife every
we'll all have iL”
Oh
Hard-Boiled
eggs, sister?”
Waltress.-
Diner (in a restagrant) wrong with these
th
Don't ask me; 1 only laid the table’
Just Hs Lux
Mrs. Oldster—"Your husband mut have a terrible temper. He was
frothing at the mouth this morning"
Mrs. Newlywed-—-"Oh, it wasn't that at all
| served him soap-flakes instead of comn-flakes.™
I made a mistake and
let's Have a Free Press
“May I print a kiss on your lps?” 1 asked,
She nodded her swept permission
Bo we went io press, and 1 rather guess,
We printed a large siftion |
“Ope edition is hardly shough™ {
Said she with a chaining pout
50 again on the press the form was laid, |
And we got some extras out. !
i
Has the Choice of the Lot
|
The doctor of a comntry village had twn Children who were ae- |
| knowledged as being the prettiest litte girls in the district, |
| While the two children were out walking one day, they happened |
{to pass two small boys; one lived in the village and the other was al
| visltor
“1 say.” said the latier
‘who are those little girls?” i
i “They are doctor's children,” replied the village boy. “He always]
| keeps the best for himself ©
i
Ain't She the Lucky Girl
A plous old maid who had petitioned Providenee to send her al
i man arose 0 her feel to find a regiment of soldiers camped in front!
{of her house i
| “Oh, Librd" she said. “it is true 1 prayed for @ man; mow give me |
| streng th, I beseech thee” !
i
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See If You Can Figure It Out |
A barker with a one«<ring circus that once toured this section, used |
| to describe various wild animals somewhat as follows: |
| “Here, ladles and gentlemen, we have the laughing hyena, most |
| Jovial of all animals. The laughing hyena eats only once a month. He |
{ moves in his cage only once In six months and licks the chops of his |
cranky mate only once a year Think of it, only once every twelve
| months does he exchange slobbers, They call him the laughing hyena.
| Now, ladies and gentleman, 1 have a little proposition to offer you. |
{ There's a reserved seat In there for any man or Woman who can tell |
| me what the hell he has to laugh about”
Nursery Rime
i Hickery, dickery, dock,
The mouse Tound a flask in a clock.
Two drinks of the stuff
Made the mouse feel so tough,
That he chased all the cats In the block.
i That's all, folks, A girl with skinny legs hasn't much of a show,
i wen “BOAT.”
§ 8
| FORESTERS TO MEET
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LOUISA’S
LETTER
| Dear Louisa :
My little girl is so afraid of her
teacher that 1 have difficulty in
making her go to school. The teacher
has perfect tantrums in school and
has half the children so nervous that
they are mmable to recite what they
know. Beveral of the mothers have
complained to the principal about
{her but he thinks we are just hys-
| terionl mothers. Two people have
[taken their children out of school in
preference to having them nervous
wrecks at the end of the term
What can we do about this
principal just ignores
plaints?
the
our com -
MOTHER--N. Carolina
| ANSWER
| If you have
| has tantrums
{control herself
proof that the teacher
in school and does not
I would get together
|& group of mothers ask to be
heard at the next board meeting of
{the school trustees
No matter
ang
how smart a teacher
degrees she
if she is emotionally une
| stable, she has no business trying to
teach children, a per can be ex-
cused for occasionally losing thelr
temper but a woman who habitually
uses such a system wo teach a class
should be thrown quickly as
possible before more
(harm. She ast.
ing injury children
who have already
land the gu rid
ol her he
on
4
it as
out a
she can do any
nhably aone
the
pupils
chool
has §
to some of
been her
ker the
hettier
creed
Fog]
will
LOUISA
the chool it
Dear Louisa
My husband has the
betler job in
is my
chance of a
A nearby town, but this
problem
Living expenses are chea where
my
very
we are al present, and all
which makes it
where we
Come DOMe CVOery
doesn’t seem
such 8 dian
wonid be more
hie us lo stay where
1]
people Hive here
pleasant | §
ms
weekend
very
Int
we are
husband can
However
enthusiastic «
he
ver
£13 we are
husband
You save
one
as to board
& house in
oI
nk your hus-
ig those five
himself, knowing that
ng away from him from
d beoauss find it more
be near your famiiv? A
he is separ.
necessity
you
differently if
ated from his family by
if he knows that his wife is not with
him because it is not possible to be
but when there is no earthly reason
Bul the unoATidin SAVING of a Tew
dollars. he naturally feels resentful
and hurt if his wife refuses to come
with him so that he can enjoy his
home and family
Better pack up or some other wo-
man Will be planning his meals be-
fore long
LOUISA
WHO KNOWS?
1. Who fought
owa?
2 Out of 16500000 men to regis-
ter, how many will be available for
immediate service?
3. What Polish pianist wants
spend his eightieth bir
U. 8°?
4 What is a sapper?
5. What does “Mahatma” mean?
6. How many locks operate the
Suez Canal?
7. When was the Munich agree
ment signed?
8. What is the war costing Oreat
Britain?
?. When colton growers vole on
crop oomtrol quota: In December
how many must approve the quotas
before they are effective?
10. How many American planes
will go to Great Britain this month?
The Answers
1. aliasing and Ethiopians in 1896
2. Estimade . 5,000,000
the battle
to
day in the
3. Igneoce Paderewski; birthday
{ Nov. 4th !
4. British military engineer,
5. In Sankrit, “great-souled.”
6. The canal is a long ditch, with-
oul locks.
7. September, 1838.
8. $33000000 un day:
000 for the first year
9. Two-thirds of those voting
10, Between 250 and 300
$14.080.000
361 SCOUTS ENJOY
WEEKEND AT CAMP
Three hundred and sixty-one
Beouts and Scouters of the Juniata
Valley Boy Scout Council, repre
senting 26 troops, enjoyed a pleas-
ant weekend at the annual Wali-
f
:
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| Query and Answer Column
PROBLEM: What numeral figures, when added will be greater than
the same numeral figures when multiplied? (Answer elsewhere in this de-
| partment)
{ G. D~I1 understand that Egyptian soap does not contain any animal
fat. Is that true? If so, why?
Ans.—IL is true. All Egyptian soap is made of cottonseed oll and caus-
soda. They do not use animal fats because they regard it as unsani-
tic
| tary
E. J ~When
Atlantic ocean?
Ans ~The first
made on January 7
LL. Bel
tive Longue
Ans
only
lish Is
languages
€). R~llow wa Lhe unkn
Was he a native-born Amer
Ans Nothing wi
buried in Arlington
Younger from a large ni
indicated lhe casket bn
any person knows ne
8. C~What
lands?
Ans
habited
are
was the first telephone conversation held across the
telephone conversalion across the
ap : Yr
1827, between New York and London
y? Are the
Atlantic was
there a Hawallan U
or they in English?
University
niversit courses in the Na-
are
Yes, The Honolulu
institution higher in t {awallan Islands
t Toon ort
spoken excl vely excep ther
It is
Eng-
foreign
the of
cemetery select
mtever |
Cemety
amber
who
Edward
Younger
r he nor
n soldier
by Bergt
Pranic
placing
other
sort Fiji Is-
are in-
The Pili Islands L
! nment and
These are of
not civilized
H T~Do
Alig No October
Saints) abolished plura
J. A How
An
¥ now BO |
R. YCan you
Ans —The pl
and i» pronounced
D. E~Has Ab
Al
On
{en
VEU
ral
ving
Bot! al [8 SAUR! ! ! i 1 Todi ice 5 uy 1 Was
ton. Bot
ried and have children
1 Lir
Jung -
been MAr-
of Abra-
to kewpie
5 i of
An
Th
iy C 3 84 y
These becan
evolved
Panam
tun Dam
carried to th
places dest
S. P~Where should a thermometer be hung to recor
curate outdoor tempe
Ans It 10 a
tered plate, strh as 2
the thermometer an
8. H-How did
Ans
d the most ad
on 4he mors "side of ile house, in a she
The hook should be long enough to kee
or two from the wall
Hes:
should
inch
ian fly
Watis -
~inBlive rocuced
were
to th
brougt
country in
over during the Revolutic
8. N= should like information about military
When should they be worn? :
Ans —No medals
medals only on his
L H.—-~Who is the
Ans —The quotation
Psalm. The
on that
Cecoralion
are An officer, wea
€4371
sli
ad
5 the staf! of Life”
t I of 5 based on the 140t
actual phras rigingted in atthew Henry's commenta
Psalm His precise quotation bread which strengt
eneth man’s heart and therefore is called the staff of life” Matthe
Henry lived {rom 1662-1714
J. M~How many of the past 19390 years have been warless?
Ans —Probably a war has been going on somewhere in the world
in every year during the last 1839 According to a survey of th
wars of Europe by Keyes Porter, there have been 451 major and mino:
European wars and armed conflicts in E ope since 1482 A. D
ki M B~Is a bodyguard provided for the protection of Wendell Will
je?
Ans —New York City detectives have been assigned as
for Mr. Willkie
V. D.~Dors lightning that
{ der than when it doesn't?
Ang ~The Weather Burean savs
an object on the surface of thw thoes
thunder than it otherwise would have bit of course a faith iz ser
to strike, it means that the obuerver i: very close by and hence tn hi
ithe sound is much greater than that which he hears from most flashes
which are much more distant
W, F~-Will
ships?
Ans Battleships are the backbone of the fleet They have grea
offensive and defensive strength and mount guns a farge as sixtee
{ inches. The battleship is designed to deliver and withstand harder blows
than any other type of ship. It is a powerful means of defense agains
biookade and aerial invasion: from oversess
Years
bodyguard
strikes something make any more thun
that a lichtning flack which
earth not produce any loude
strike
you please tell me the chief value of first-line batile
F. P.—Has the President the right to declare war by himeelf?
Ans According te the Constitution Congress alone bas the
{10 declare war, The resolution declaring war must pass the Senate an
the House, and be sent to the President for his signature He dors bn
{ have the power to declare war himself
! B. R.—Which President was popularly
| President?
:
Ans Andrew Jackson People flocked to his inauguration and
| hickory adornments were the arder of the day. Twenty thousand peop
| passed through the White House, their muddy boots ruining some off
| the furniture. :
referred to as the People's
S.~What is the smallest mammal that is found in the United]
| States?
Ans ~The pigmy shrew. Shrews are great fghters and voracious
eaters. They will starve to death in a few hours if sufficient food is nol
available. This is because shrews are very nervous and active and di-
gestion is s0 rapid that they noed a great deal of food to keep them
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