Page Four THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Whe Centre @ewocrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNA. -_. - es si —— — a PAUL M. DUBBS...............0. 0 Associate Editor OROIL A. WALKER. ............... Business Manager RRR RRR EE Issued weekly, every Thursday morning. Entered in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second- class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ...1f paid in advance if not paid in advance RR IT The date your subscription expires by a change on the date of label the first issue of each month. We send no receipts unless upon special re- guest. Watch date on your label after you remit, Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, must reach The Centre Democrat office not later than | Tuesday noon to insure publication that week. Ad- vertising copy received after Tuesday morning must run its chances. All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements. Legal notices and all real estate advertisements, 10 eents per line each Issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not no- | tifying us, are liable for same, All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise | directed. -_— CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK NATIONAL EDITORIAL. oN SSOCIATION Somber. EDI er oe ee mmm TORIAL FINANCIAL STATESMANSHIP Democratic legislators have restored to order the State's chaotic finances. Under two years of Republican rule vania achieved a ninety million dollar deficit largest in its history. Under a Governor and Party which promised the State economy, expenditures leaped to a new high The pledge of efficiency was found to be an idle dream, with padded payrolls and useless expendi- tures driving the Commonwealth deeper Into the red Pennsyl- the The Republican budget, submitted in February of this year, was fourid upon examination to be en- tirely useless, a tissue of fraud and politics so deftly interwoven that the Democratic leaders in House and Senate found it necessary to sit down and re- write the entire document Last week there was presented to the House of Representatives a message unique in the history of the General Assembly. It was a new budget, pre- pared and written by legislators and complete in the last detail with itemized columns of proposed re- geipts and disbursements It represented three months hard work, devoted work by Floor Leader Achterman, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and its effic- fent research and clerical staff; by Representative Anthony Gerard, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee: by the staff of the Joint State Government Commission, now under Democratic di- rections, by Senator Harry Shapiro, Minority Floor Leader, and officials of the Democratic State Com- mittee This is genuine statesmanship of a high order The Democratic Party, in the majority in the House gnd in the minority in the Senate, with no voice in the executive departments other than fiscal of- fices, refused to accept the role of critic and opposi- tion. When it became evident in February that the Republicans had no program other than the hodge- podge budget. they decided that their responsibilities to the public required them to assume the responsi- bilities which normally belong to the Party control- ing the executive arm of government, The new budget is the answer—an irrefutable answer to the do-nothing program of the Republi- cans ft is an honest budget, it is a courageous budget, ft Is a humane budget, it is a budget designed to promote the general welfare, not the interests of the few Under its provisions the mentally ill will receive for the first time adequate care through Stale as- sumption of the county mental hospitals. It pro- vides adequate subsidies for distressed school tricts and gives the special aid to school districls pay for transportation and high school tuition prom. feed in 1037 but refused by the Republicans in 1839 It cuts the cost to local taxpayers through these special grants and further saves the State taxpayers 7.653.000 through reduction in the four-mill per- sonal property tax The legislative budget is intelligent enough to recognize that the defense boom means Increased revenue and to pass on this increase in the form of savings to taxpayer, The Democratic budget is the result of courage, vision, and sheer hard work It is financial statesmanship of a high order Members of the Party and the general public alike will rejoice in the calibre of the leadership the Dem- ocrats have displayed on Capital Hill. It augurs well for 1942 the fis- to LET JAPAN MAKE THE PEACE The suggestion has been advanced recently that the time is ripe for the United States to make an effort to settle the differences between Japan and China, with a view to removing the Far East as a source of possible trouble We have no idea whether there is any basis for the belief that peace can be arranged in the Far East through settlement of the issues that threat- en to result in hostilities between the United States and Japan. Certainly, it is absurd to write of the Far Eastern question in 2 manner indicating that all the United States has to do in order to bring about peace, harmony and good will in the Far East is to be reasonable with Japan The Government of the United States has been #xceedingly reasonable with the Japanese since they began their policy of aggression in the Par East. Until the Tokyo statesmen bound themselves to Ger- many and Italy in a formal alliance, which is plain- iy aimed at the United States, this country, despite its great sympathy for China, permitted Japan to buy vast quantities of war materials and continued to purchase the silk upon which Japanese fiscal strength largely depends. Just the other day, Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka issued a formal statement for the For. eign Office reaffirming Japan's loyaity to the Triple Alliance, He denied reports “in the United States” that Japan had become indifferent to the German- Italian-Japanese treaty, Moreover, he threatened that if Japan's peaceful policy In the South Seas became impossible, she might have to reconsider it. This was taken as an obvious reference to the Neth- erland Indies and a hint that force might be used. The people of Centre county might as well un- derstand that before the present crisis is settled they will be cailed upon for sacrifices. It is true that the United States can get along with Hitler, but only on Nazi terms. . The individual who refuses to fight for his rights ig not entitled to any, is plainly printed | on the label bearing your name. All credits are given | — rs———— —— | OUR COUNTRY’S PROBLEM Isolationists, and included in that group must be all the people who oppose the various Programs suggested to make our aid to England and the other beleaguered democracies effective, have generally come to the declaration that the utmost aid to Great Britain in the way of war machines and munitions is all right. Ex-President Hoover, the other day, in affirm. ing the necessity of keeping up this supply sald: "Let me state at the outset that I support provision of the maximum of tools of war to Britain; that I em convinced we can give this maximum during her next critical months only if we keep out of this war." But nowhere in his address did the former Pres. ident mention how we were going to deliver the goods In the face of the raids and submarine and bomber sinkings of cargo ships. The classical parallel comes from that hign authority, Mother Goose, wherein a cautious mother, consulted on the wisdom of aquatic adventure, ad- vised thus: “Yes, my darling daughter, Hang your clothes on a hickory limb, But don't go near the water.” The general argument is that if we convoy the supply ships, and they are attacked, the American war craft must attack the ralders, That means a val engagement and the isolationists agree that is war. But is jt? Early in our history we battled French frigates and corvettes and privateers. Frequeatly we recap- tured prizes the raiders had taken, On several oc- casions our naval forces compelled French warships to surrendsr and brought them home, We patched hem up, raired our own flag on them and sent them to sea again to fight the French—and still there was no war declared. In fact, the Governor of one French island refused an exchange of prisoners on the sole ground that the conflicts did not constitute war, What To Do—And How To Do It Up to the date of this writing we have not adopted the convoy system, We merely patrol the ocean lanes and report the advent of hostile craft What would happen if one of our patrollers happen- ed to be present when a Hitler raider started to sink one of the cargo ships carrying munitions to Eng- land still remains a matter of conjecture, Probably the Navy knows what would happen but no civilian can do more than venture a guess, Still the question remains unanswered-—how are we going to insure the delivery of the war goods all agree mus’ reach the forces of democracy? That delivery perhaps constitutes the biggest element on whether the British Empire stands or falls. Perhaps on the arrival of the bombers, guns and ships we are forwarding under the lend-lease law depends the outcom~ of the European War, If Hitler wins, we will be next in line, for the purpose of the Axis to destroy democracy has been openly declared. It may be argued from this premise that the only way we can definitely keep out of war is by making the destruction Great Britain impossible—but still there is no solution of the riddle offered by those who take Mr. Hoover's position-—that is to give Eng- land every possible aid. but avoid using the navy or the alr force “where they may have to shoot or be hot at.’ The President has in of mind the answer to the riddle. He sald as much at his recent conference, when he mentioned that the convoy system used curing the first World War was out-moded in view of the par: that air bombers, improved submarines and increased power surface raiders are now play- ing, but, naturally, he would not reveal just what would be done in regard to the new agencies of at- tack on merchant ships. The President Is Not Guessing Some of the column writers deduce that he in- tends to do it with airships, using airplane carriers and nearby islands for bases Going on from there, they sugges! that the program involves big bomber bases on the Aleutian Islands and Hawaii, from which our flying fortresses would keep watch on any element of the Japanese navy approaching Ameri. ean water This, figure, would enable this country to brace up the AMintic patrol without tak- ing too many chances on what Japan might have in mind Perhaps the guess is a good one, but it sounds a little too simple. The deductions possibly hit what may be a part of some more elaborate plan—that Is anybody's guess. Obviously, the reticence concerning the arrange- ments is to avold giving potential enemies Iniorma- ton. As the President said, when pressed on the subject, that a comprehensive answer would be the very information Hitler would be pleased to get Senator Wheeler, as leader of the isolationists, suggested the other day that the President submit a war declaration to Congress Of course, nobody considers seriously that we would declare war. War, if it ever comes, will have to be declared by Hitler. The debate which the Montana Senator visualizes would probably furnish the Axis powers with just the information withheld for military reasons. The irolationists, it is indicated, would advance as their main argument that America js woefully unprepared If they were answered either the Government would refuse lo give the data of our Army and Navy and materials strength, or would have to disclose those vital secrets. Bo the Wheeler project is not going to get very far. The debate would probably range far into the field of how much aid the de- mocracies have received, how much is en route, and how much the Nazi raiders have sunk—-all very in- teresting, doubtless, but hardly good strategy The Nazi spies, and general espionage agents now operating in this country with difficulty, danger and vast expense, would be relieved for other duty if what they are striving to learn were spread on the Congressional Record, ready-made for them, they A. F. OF L. DESERVES PRAISE It is worth noting that the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor has announced its agreement with the President and called upon its members to serve the nation and the cause of democracy by withholding from strikes until every effort at mediation and conciliation has been ex- hausted. In making public this statement, the Council pointed out that the Federation had heretofore enunciated a no-strike policy which “las proven 99 per cent effective,” but that “we cannot be satis- fied” with this record. Of course, there are people who will say, im- mediately, that the declaration of the Council means nothing. This only shows how litile some people know. The Federation is to be commended, in gen- eral, upon its intelligent understanding of the world situation and {ts willingness for its members to give more than lip-service to the cause of democracy. THE KAISER AND HITLER The death of Kalser Wilkielm twenty or more years ago would have created vastly more exgite- ment than its announcement from the village of Doorn last week. Driven from his throne by the In- surrection at home, fanned by the fortunes of the World War, the proud autocrat has been living in self-imposed exile since, an “also ran” in the race of world events, There 1s no evidence that the world has soften- ed its attitude to the old Kaiser because there 1s no expunging from the records the acts he wrote there, but there has come to the world the shocking realization that Germany can produce worse than a Kaiser and has done so and brought more misery to the world than the old monarch was even capable of conceiving. Compared with Hitler, the old Kalser was an infant in creating world disorder. 80 far as The Centre Democrat is concerned, we stand with the Congress and the President of the United Btates, in asserting and protecting the rights of the United States upon the high seas, The power shortage that threatens to impede defense operations reminds us of the time, not many years ago, when utility experts “feared” lest there should be a huge of power, I | world | rate of speed. Bummoned before | saying that he was too lazy to take his fool from the accelerator { for a few minutes | pound.” trouble?” | ting” thelr lessons | Orchestra, with Stok wski at | anything.” | niture, providin' he gits de money; he gwine to git de money providin’ 1941, —_— San ——— RR THE Orrice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” She Was The ‘Fruit’ She was a peach from sunny Georgia A honey from the south. The boys all called her “rumor” ‘Cause she passed from mouth to mouth, ¢ oo 0 0 Nice Doggie Bhoeless, he climbed the stairs, opened the door of the room, entered, | and closed it after him without being detected, Just as he was about to | get in bed his wife, half aroused from slumber, turned and sleeplly said: | “Is that you, Fido?” The husband, telling the rest of the story, said: “For once in my life I had real presence of mind, I licked her hand.” | * 4 oo 9 Smart Kid A Bellefonte boy told his teacher that his sister had the measles “You go right home, Johnny,” she said, “and don't come back until | your sister's well.” i Johnny left in & hurry, After he was gone another little boy held up | | his hand and sald “Teacher, Johnny's sister what has the measles lives in Lock Haven.” ® & oo 9 Should Be Excused There is a club in New York devoted to the laziest men Any attempt by a member to hurry Is punishable by a fine One day a member was seen driving his car past the club at a high the committee, he excused himself by in the * oo oo 9 Lay Low, Lizzie fal wife)—"Dear, please don't come Into the store I am Lying to sell six bottles of my aniti-fai com- Druggist (Lo his ® © oo 9 Sign Seen in a Printing Office “We require 8 deposit of 50 per cent from customers we don't know, | and 100 per cent from some we do know." *® * 0 9 Call to Arms | A good-looking colored girl had just been baptized in the river. As she came up to the surface she cried: “Bless de Lawd, 1'se saved. Las’ night I was in the arms of Batan, but tonight Ah'm in de arms of de Lawd™ “Sistah,” came a baritone yvolce from the shore, “how is you all fixed up for to morra ebening?” | *- 9 » ¢ Lock Havens Winchell (Digs a skeleton out of the closet in the Lock Haven Express) This story is old but absolutely true. It occurred in Williamsport a number of years ago but never appeared in print before. A workman walked into a Williamsport manufacturing plant one morning and under one arm carried a stove pipe, not new but obviously used Queried by one of his fellow-workers as to why he was carrying the pipe, the man said: “My wife was too lazy to get up and cook breakiast this morning and I'll be damned 4 I was going to Jet her get hers” i * & & 9 The Other Kind “A good home is heaven.” remarked a member of a woman's meeting the other day. Which leaves us to think of but one definition of a bad one ® & 4 9» Balcony Teeth They tell of a movie theatre wher in a nearby town who was com- | pelied 0 go to the dentist “Now, Miss,” asked the dentist “which tooth is giving You all the “Becond from the left in the balcony ® & 9 He'll Be in Business It was “home work™ hour at the Cohen's home: the kids were she replied “get. “Benny.” said his mother, toll Mamma how much is four and seven.” “Twelve,” stated Benny. “Not so bad for a little shaver” dad. “He only missed it by two.” said his * & & A Soul For Music It was an opening performance of the Philadelphia Symphonic his most majestic. The music was crashing and thunderous, when suddenly there fell an abrupt and complete silence, beginning a brief bu! absolute rest in the music. Out of the stilly night there came a high-pitched feminine voice full of reproach--and finally “But I always,” i said, “fry mine in lard.” ® & oo 9 Goodness Gracious Shapely Showgirl—"1 wani you to vaccinate me where iL won't show.” Doctor—"Okay. My fee is ten dollars in advance. ™ | Showgirl—"Why in advance?” Dector—“Because I often weaken in such cases and don't charge * 0 0 0 | Her Good Man Misiress—“Is your husband much of a provider, Mandy?” | Mamy—“He ain't nothin’ else ma'am. He gwine to git some new fur- | \ he go to work; he go to work, providin® de job suits him, 1 never seen such a providin® man in all mah days.” * * + 9 All Wet Her name was Flo Her old man ran a still. Bhe had a catar : . : act in one eye and water on the knee. She also had a crick in the back And she | wore pumps, which were in style, No wonder the dentist put in bridge- work, ® & 4 0 Definition of a Friend toes you step on when you're climbing, and whose when you're slipping. ® oo 0 0 Just a Cut-Up Insurance Man—"Have you ever had appendicitis?” Prospect— "Well, 1 was operated on one time, bu , . t 1 have never been quite sure whether it was appendicitis or just vulgar curiosity.” ® © oo oo High Value of Chow : "A man recently found nine pearls in an tew he had ordered, but the hot milk had ruined their value” esis § Thase get-rich-quick promises rarel t ound tine oysters he wouid have had something. a Yow, Te ag That's all, folks. O a 's all, folks. Once we read fashion to now we read them to see what's being pulled off = ELLIS HORNER H The fellow whose shoulders you lean on see what was TT” rr a rr ro ily, of Lewistown; Mr. and Mrs Sam Burris gnd family, Lavetta Evan and Marie, Bellefonte, R. D.; Mr, and Mrs. Sam Horner and family, Alita Alice and Warren, of Stimeby and sons Dick and Jimmy, of Lewistown. ed FAMILY Use our Classified Ad columns, et Ri A(X re: Siro ert RHEUMATISM BLE fo ante Tones =. ove ER) {for making a boy fall in love with looks on you as a cute little {chum {ed Yours this week. If your parents could afford {school years, {is no drinking. { persuade them to let You go LOUISA’S LETTER Dear Louise: I am a girl of fifteen and I can | do most anything and go with whom | I choose. But there Is one boy of | seventeen and I like him very much, | The way 1 came to know him was | that 1 lived with my aunt, He comes | there every day. The way he talks, | elec, he seems to Uke me. But he wil] | never do or talk like other boys. His sister and I are very good | friends. 1 go there and she comes | lo my home. But he never asks me | to go out with him, 1 have been out with other people and he was along. He will talk to! me but never says he cares for me Please help me to let him know | I care for him. | V. Penn. Answer: Well, V., there is really no recipe | you unless hie does it of his own ac- cord. You can be nice and charm- {ing and try to help matters along in that way but open pursuit very rarely helps, 1 certainly don't advise {you to let the young man know you care for him uniess he expresses himself first, for if he does like you, you may be sure that he will let you know in time. And if he just friend make him of his sister's, you will only yourself ridiculous by letting know how you feel Fifteen is loo young an age to center your attention on any one boy. however, and if 1 were you 1 should put all serious thoughts of any one particular person out of my mind LOUISA The [ollowing letter is also a girl of fifteen probiem to work Dear Louisa: I've been reading your letters in the paper lately and I was just won. dering if you could help me out a little. IT am a girl of fifteen and love dancing, shows and other go- ing. 1 like to go with the kids 1 with when they go, but my folks won't let me. They never let me go any place unless they go alang. I'm just about fed up on it from who has a real out ‘1 think if I don't know how fo act out any place now, 1 never will, I'm not asking to go with boys alone but 1 don't see where two or three cou- ples going places together anything. Bometimes I feel like leaving home. T have no more priv- fleges than I did when I was a baby Huard a AAUres {They didn't let me go to high school which 1 wanted to go to 50 bad and now they won't let me have the fun nobody can have only when they are young. What would you do? 8hirley—8, Dakota Answer: I'm sorry 1 did not answer your letter the week you asked me © Shirley, but I have to take up the letlers as they cone and just open- io jet you go to high school and falled to do so for the silly reason that they couldn't keep An eye on You every minute, I think you have been treated rather badly Every girl and boy of today needs all the education you can get to help them along in this world. I think it it is a great mistake for parents to} show such a lack of trust in their children that they feel they have to watch them every minute to keep | them out of mischief i I have tried to teach my own chil- dren what was right and what was wrong and while I'm not willing to just turn them loose, during their to roam the country- | side and come in all hours of the night, yet my husband and I both agree that we must give them some! freedom. I see No harm in two or three couples of your age going to a movie or a small dance where there! Of course, that means that the boys and girls who | are your companions must be nice LA) {people and not bad characters. Too! strict parents often cause the very thing they try to prevent by being too severe You may be templed to run away, but don't do it. At your age it would | be a greal mistake, When you grow older, if your parents are still un- reasonable aboutl { allowing you to {have friends, you will be more cap- | at able and betler able to lake care of | yourself out in the world. to! ok to school and perhaps you oan fit! yourself for a position in life. { LOUISA. | | AS | SEE IT | By HORACE SENTZ | Our kids today got the stuff, that their good ole daddies had, they shy | away from jobs that’s tough, it] kinda makes us oldsters mad. Young | folks in nineteen seventeen was] made of better clay. Most kids to- | day as we have seen, don't wantia work, they wanta y. Now I ain't one of them cri guys, a makin observashuns hazy, but it dont take : much help, worth of work. At little g 5 ; : EELS i & g “3 : g : : hr #8 2 8 this : : i 8 zk Query & Answer Column | — A — ainda PROBLEM: What sentence of not more than eight words takes in every letter of the alphabet? (Answer elsewhere in this department), T. 8.~Is Hitler a German? Ans. The dictator of Germany is German only by adoption, He is a full-blooded Austrian, H. J ~How is the perfume of flowers formed? Ans Certain lving cells in the petals of flowers manufacture an olly chemecial which produces the odor, just the same as cells in the olive will manufacture olive ofl, or the cells in the musiard plant will manufacture the buming oll of this plant. F. L~The following small ad recently appeared in a dally paper: ‘FOR BALE--Good square plano by lady with curved mahogany legs.” Can you see anything wrong or amusing in that? Ans ~Wrong because her description of the plano Is not good Eng- lish, and amusing because “with mahogany legs” seems 0 have been an afterthought, D. C.~What is lightning? Ans Lightning is simply a very large and powerful electric spark, Bometimes in storms a great many electrons accumulate on the clouds The crowding of electrons there becomes terrific, Finally the electrons jump to the earth or to another cloud and get away F. 8.1 would lke 0 know what a filibuster is? Ans A filibuster may occur any time after a group—such as Cone gress—has convened for the transaction of business and if there is a definite time set for adjournment. Usually a group of the minority, in order 0 ry to defea’ an impending bill will band together to hold the floor in speech-making until the time limit has expired. This is other- wise known as “talking the bill to death” before a vote can be taken R. W.—~Who painted the famous picture entitled “The Horse Fair?” Ans This celebrated painting was execuled by Rosa Bonheur 0. H—~Can you tell me how far it is from New York to the Bermuda Islands? Ans Exactly 8. N-Wili made milk baths farous Ans This dist goes to Anna Held, the ertswhile French act. For a limi bathed daily in milk and wine as a means protection for her healthy and beautiful skin J. S~What Is meant by “a pig in a poke? Ans JL means something which has not been seen or whose true value is unknown. It is applied to any transaction in which the partici- pani does not know what is in store for him J. 8 ~Is it possible 0 have a photostat copy made of naturalization papers? Ans It is contrary to the law to make a photostat copy of a natural- ization paper A. GI: Ans —All is free from 677 miles you please answer in your good paper whali woman ’ res: I ( taxed? making church property in the United Blates urch property non- profit tax C.D. S~Why Is a certain amount of space in a newspaper called a slick? Ans. —The ick being the wt 4 he set It name slick comes {rom the days small metal tray in A suck is approximaiely C. T. H~Is it still preposition? Ans Most stylists and teachers agree that this old style is now ob- solctle J. B.—~Does the Washington Monument sway on a windy day? Ans Vibration otservations made with sccurate instruments placed near the upex of the Washington Monument have indicated that a wind of about twenty-five miles per hour velocity moved the top 1-500 inch each way from its normal position. This, of course, is equivalent to a tota] sway of 1-250 inch T. L. S~How much water flows {rom the Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago? Ans When in full action waler a minute J. A. D—~Who was the Black Pope? Ans ~The title of Black Pope was given 10 the head or general of the order of Jesuits or Society of Jesus a powerful organization of the Roman Catholic church, He was so-called from the oolor of the habit of hand typesetting a which the printer placed the type as one-tenth of a column considered incorrect to end a sentence with a the fountain circulates 15500 gallons of (of the order and the enormous power wielded by its general particularly in the reign of Pus X. M. M. T~—What fish can climb trees? Ans —A small perch-like, fresh water fish of the East Indies is called the climbing fish. It is able to live out of water for a Jong time, and hitches over the ground, even climbing wet trunks of trees by means of its spiny fins and gilli covers A. T~Please give the total figure for the public and privale debt in the United Blales Ans —On January 31, 1941, public and private debt in the United Slates totaled $178.000000,000, Thi represents $1354.50 per capita L. H~Will 2 man who cannot read or write be rejected in the draft? Ans According to the regulations administering the Belective Ber- {vice and Training Aci, inability to read or write the English language is not a cause for rejection. A selectee must be able, however, to understand commands in English F. C. H~—How bright is the light of as firefly? Ans ~The actual light from a single firefly is very minute, averaging little more than twenty-five thousandths of a candle power The insect will sometimes glow steadily with a light as low as two hundred-thou- sandths of a candle power in intensity. T. J—Does the United States export many false teeth? Ans —During the first six months of 1840. more than 20000000 arti- ficial teeth were exported from the Uniled States. H. T. A~Is it true that the process of vulcanizing rubber was dis- covered by accident? Ans—In 1838, Charles Goodyear, by dropping some India rubber {mixed with sulphur on a hot stove, accidentally discovered the process for the vulcanizing of rubber. G. D.—-What motion picture stars have the best voices? Ans As a result of a nation-wide poll conducted by the American Institute of Voice Teachers, Loretta Young has won the distinction of possessing the most beautiful voice of any woman on the screen. Bagil Rathbone was chosen as the actor with the best voice. D. M.Please give the weight of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arlington. Ans —The tomb which is weighs seventy-two tons. A. A~How many workmen were required to build Rockefeller Center in New York City? Ans Seventy-five thousand men were directly employed in the con- struction of its fourteen buildings. N. A~Is it possible to correct a mistake on Social Security papers that have been filed at Washington, D, C.? Ans-To make a correction on your records simply write to the Soc- ial Security Board, Washington, D. C. R. L~Are third class postmasters appointed for life or for a term? Ans All postmasters are now appointed to service until they reach retirement age. T. D. M~Piease give some information about the Sicilian vespers massacre Ans This was the great massacre of the French in Sicily which be- gan at Palermo on Easter Sunday, 1282, at the hour of vespers. The Si- construcied of Yule Colorado marble the |cilians were driven to this slaughter by the unspeakable crueities of the French under Charles of Anjou. The result was the expulsion of Charles and the introduction of Spanish rule. Answer to Problem: “Quick, sly, brown foxes jump over lazy dogs.” MARINE CORPS NEEDS MEN Sergeant Bidney W. Platt, a rep- | listment resentative of the Marine Corps Re- crulting Service will visit Bellefonte, June 12, 1841 for the purpose of in- terviewing and examining applicants for enlistment in the U. 8. Marine Corps Regulars, and the Marine Reserve. The present temporary require- ments for enlistment are: that ap- ts be between 17 and 30; be- 64 and 74 inches in height. Those found physically qualified will be furnished transportation from Alloona to Pittsburgh, for a J. M. Keichline Insurance Agency REICHLINE, Representative. ~ Phone 190
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