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What we don't know is what worries us: don't
bother about it, you have troubles of your own
German submarines, as survivors of the Robin
Moor will testify, are no respectors of this nations
rights on the high seas.
The Air Corps will have fifty-one pilot schools
in operation this fall, and with the establishment
of 34 additional ones will train 30,000 piiots a year
Defense production in the United States is de-
veloping to the point that {f the British hold out a
few more months this nation will be reasonably se-
ture.
War supplies from the United States are begin-
ning wo reson Near East ports where their cargoes
will strengthen the British position in the Middle
East. Nearly thirty ships, it was disclosed, are being
used to transport the supplies
Twenty-one companies of CCC workers have
been assigned to nine army hospitals and twelve
replacement centers where they will be used as cooks,
bakers, clerks, supply men truck drivers and tele-
phone and radio operators
AMERICAN WORKMAN IS PATRIOTIC
The idea that millions of laborers can be coerced
into full-fledged cooperation with the national] de-
fense program is an idea that belongs to the Hitler-
fan conception of government rather than to any
democratic philosophy.
The average American has been stirred hy the
procession of strikes, which have been played up by
newspapers all over the nation, and he has wonder-
ed whether the unions have been taken over by the
Communists, or other “bad people.”
This concern is quite natural but there is little
occasion for any deep distrust of the fundamental
loyalty of the laboring people of the United States
Some of thems may be misled and some may be
over-zealous in their attempts to get more pay, but
when everything is said and done the working men
and women of the republic will do their part in the
defense of the nation
Just the other day, Mr. William 8. Knudsen,
Director General of the Office of Production Man-
agement, declared that the “American work-
man does not neeced to be driven or speeded up,
but is patriotically producing because the country
wants it . He'll take care of the situation Mm-
self when he knows what the country wants and
needs”
OTHER SHIPS WILL, BE ATTACKED
The rescue of the forty-six passengers, happily
completed when a British ship reached Africa with
the last survivors of the Robin Moor, does not con-
ceal the gravity of the issue presented to the United
States by the attack upon the vessel by a German
submarine operating in the South Atlantic
According to Under-Secretary of State Sumner
Welles, the American vessel was on the high seas
in peaceful commerce, remote from any combat
zones and carrying nothing considered contraband
by this country
The passengers, including women and children,
were forced to go into smal] life-boats in violation
of agreements between the United States and Ger-
many. Certainly, no one should be surprised at this
evidence of German intentions to violate any agree-
ment or law whenever desired. Just the same, the
sinking of the Robin Moor shows very definitely that
Adolf Hitler has issued orders to his warriors to de.
stroy American ships in an effort to prevent the de-
livery of supplies to the British anywhere in the
world.
It should be noticed that the Robin Moor was
engaged in lawful trade, carrying no munitions and
bound on a voyage which was entirely proper under
the terms of onr self-imposed neutrality act. This
plece of legislation, passed by the Congress of the
United States, voluntarily surrendered the historic
American right of freedom of the seas and, in an ef-
fort to avoid just such incidents, prohibited Ameri-
can ships from entering the “combat zones,” in times
of war.
The act of Congress may be effective in pre-
venting our ships from going into “combat zones”
but it seems to have no effect in preverfiifig Hitler's
submarines from atiacking American ships,
CONTRIBUTE SCRAP ALUMINUM
After checking the results obtained in test
drives In four counties of Virginia and Wisconsin,
the office of Production Management will soon ap-
péal to the people of the United States to salvage
20000000 pounds of aluminum from Kitchen pots
and pans and various sources of scrap metal
In the tests, recently completed at Richmond,
Va. and Madison, Wis, some 80000 pounds of al-
uminum, three or four times the amount expected,
were collected. This is enough, according to officials,
to build nearly three long-range bombers,
~The people of Centre County, we feel sure, will
enthusiastically cooperate with the people of other
sections in this salvage enterprise which will mean
much to the defense program of the United States.
They will provide the needed metal for more than
six hundred giant flying fortresses which will help
to keep this country free and independent,
CONFIDENCE IN ROOSEVELT
A nation-wide poll announced recently that
President Roosevelt's personal popularity has climb.
_ ed to ap all-time
The poll attributes the rise In the President's
popularity to the international crisis and the repeat
ed tendency of the American people to turn to the
militant leader of the Democratic party when con-
fionted with great problems,
The latest nation-wide survey finds that 73 per
cent of voters with opinions on the subject express
an vote of confidence in Franklin D., Roosevelt, Only
27 per cent sald they disapprove of him as Presi-
dent
His new popularity figure tops the 71 per cent
found supporting the President at the time of his
third term inaugural In January, and the 72 per
cent recorded in a similar survey last month,
The President was re-elected last November with
556 per cent of the major party vote,
More than 80 separate surveys have been con-
ducted on Roosevelt's standing with the publje dur-
ing the past seven years, These have shown that
Roosevelt has never been a ‘minority’ President
that is, his popularity, as recorded In these surveys,
as never fallen below the 50-50 line, although there
yas a time-—in September, 1935-—when the President
‘eceived only 505 per cent support
Until this spring the Lighest points in the per-
sonal popularity index were 60 per cent in the be-
ginning of 1934, and 70 per cent in May, 1940, when
the Nazi armics were overrunning France
SERVICE FOR THOSE IN SERVICE
The President has asked the people of the coun-
try to support the thirty-day campaign of the Unit.
ed Service Organization to raise $10,760,000 to de-
frav the operating costs of 350 service clubs for
members of the armed forces and for workers in the
emergency industrial areas
The campaign goal will provide services for
many thousands of young men and women in hun-
areds of towns where the Influx of soldiers or in-
dustrial workers has presented problems which are
entirely beyond the resources of the local commune
ity to handle. By contributing to the organization,
the people of every section of the United States will
be helping to care for soldiers, sailors and defense
workers, which includes individuals from every coun-
try in the nation,
DISPELLING THE FOG
By Charles Michelson
There is a type of mind that regards the obvious
as unconvincing and that always looks around for a
tortuous explanation of any phenomenon, however
simple
The psychologists have a name for it
It would be charitable to attribute to Senator
Nye, and a very few others of the Isolationist group,
this character of intellect in contemplation of their
thesis that It may have been a British and not a
Nazi submarine that sank the American freighter
Robin Moor, and its peace-time cargo of everything
from steel ralls to women's ytockings, in mid-ocean
“It wouldn't be wholly impossible,” the news-
papers quote the North Dakota Senator as saying.
“for the British themselves to engineer little pro-
grams of that kind. Remember the Athenia-—ther
have just been hoping for a sinking and looking for
trouble.”
The idea is not
remembered, sought
when they intimated that the destruction of the
Athenia was a British plan. The Athenia was tor-
pedoed on a return trip (o Canada a year and a half
ago
Hitler destroyed Poland, because of the perse-
cutions of Germans there; overwhelmed Cerecho-
Slovakia on the same excuse He swamped Holland
and Belgium because the English intended to invade
Germany via these countries: and so on down the
line to the Near East. It was always the little coun-
try, vainly trying to be neutral, that was bullying
Germany
In the matter of the Robin Moor—the mate of
the doomed cargo ship was summoned aboard the
submarine with his ship's papers. He and others tell
of the U-boat captain's broken English, and they saw
or heard noliing to cast any doubts on the Teu-
tonic complexion of the outfit, Perfidious Albion must
have taken the precaution of having German-speak-
ing actors man the ship, made up to carry out the
deception. Doubtless the destruction of the freight,
sent to supply the ordinary peace-time needs of a
British possession at the southern tip of Africa, was
part of the play-acting
What Can Be Done About It?
Nothing could be more absurd; not even the im-
plication of the suggestion of & couple of other Iso-
Iationist Senators that “they hoped that this is not
one of those Incidents the interventionists have been
saying the President is looking for to get us into
war”
What! “interventionisls” s supposed to have sald
this, or who he said it to, nowhere appears.
At this writing except for an unofficial inter-
view by an unnamed Naz{ authority, there has been
no reply from the Hialer outfit to our protest at the
sinking of an American ship, far from any war 20ue;
that carried no war material or munitions, and the
identity of which had been ascertained by the raid-
er. The newspaper interview, cabled from Berlin,
stated that the Germans would sink any ship any-
where that was carrying “contraband.” Contraband
is anything that they care to use as an excuse for
thie destruction of lives and ships
Naturally. there is much interest in what the
American Government will do in the face of this de-
licerate assault
It could be made the base of a declaration of
war, though that would seem to be the least likely
outcome, We might ask indemnity and, if that was
refused, could seize German property in reprisal or
we could do as this country did more than a cen-
tury ago--start to go after the raiders as pirates
cutlaws entitled to no grace. This would parallel our
action when we broke up the blackmailing enter-
prise of the Barbary marauders that used to seize
American ships and hold their crews for ransom.
The alternative would appear to be to submit to
the doctrine that Hitler rules the seag and agree
that American ships could move nowhere without
the peril of being blown up wherever the raiders
could find them. That would seem to be the farthest
possible from the course this country will pursue.
As to Germany, she is expected to take one of
two positions. First, she may adopt the policy indi-
cated by the newspaper interview, assering her in-
tention of sinking ships bearing contraband--te-
serving to herself the decision of what is contra
band—while making no admission that tae Robin
Moor was the victim of a Nazi submarine Second,
she may deny any knowledge of the affair, and say
none of her U-boats was in that part of the world
when the sinking occurred. That js what she claim-
ed when the Athenia was destroyed. Very likely, we
will know the Nazi position—or, at least, the formal
attitude—before this letter is published,
Criticism-—But No Program
In speculating on what will come next I know
no more than any other newspaper commentator,
just what is going to happen or when Possibly a
considerable interval will elapse before the decision
is announced. We remember the almost interminable
succession of notes, protests and conversations that
preceded Woodrow Wilson's authorizing the arming
of merchant ships to resist the submarine raiders
in the first World War. It will take more than put-
ting a gun crew on our freighters and passenger
liners this time to secure them against attack. Not
only are the submarines of today of wider range ana
power than they were in 1917, but to them is added
the menace of fast surface raiders and bombing
from the air.
The President referred to this in his fireside talk
when he described the convoy system as outmoded.
Ile indicated then that security for American cargoes
was to be arranged and he does not speak in such
terms unless he has in mind the process as well as
the project.
It may be worthy of note that up to this time,
ne Isolation spokesman, among those who comment-
ed on the incident, has suggested what, in his opin-
fon, our Government should do in the premises.
That is in accord with the thesis of the foes of the
administration that whatever the President does is
wrong. That was the G. O. P. agenda of last year's
campaign. Apparently the Isolationists of today are
even picking up the rest of the formula—that they
could do the job better,
The Nazis, it will be
a similar thought
unfamiliar
to convey
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THE
OFFICE
“A Little Nonsense Now and Then,
Is Relished by the Wisest Men”
CAr
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My Flame
A girl from out west of Bt, Paul
Made a newspaper dress for a ball;
8he made a great hit,
Till somehow she got lit,
And burned, funny section and all
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Birthmark
An undergraduate had to leave college before
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fice to wire him his grade as soon as it came In.
It happens that Western Union telegraphers
“AC "hoy" for "Bs" "cow" for
i parked himself near the Western Union office at hom
anticipation the coming of the wire, It came, He opened it
“It's a boy!
JOSEPHINE."
Need we say there was a lot of explaining to do?
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Wrong Number
Professor Sandoz
i read thus
Sandoz Fencing Academy,
Cleveland, Ohio
Please send
ized link fencing for use on industria] property
about 700 feet
Respectfully yours
us descriptive Information and price
R.J
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Wifely Advice
It was 2 o'clock in the morning. The writer looked
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grades had been
young hopeful
e, and walted with
It read:
fencing instructor, recently received a card which
8 on your galvan-
We are interested In
haggard and worn
For 24 hours without a pause he had been working on his new novel
“Darling.” said his wife, “are you coming to bed?”
“No,” muttered the bury author. “I've got the
cluthches of the villian and I want to get her out”
“How old is the girl?" asked the wife
“Twenty-two,” replied the husband
“Then put out the lights and get to bed” snapped the wife
old enough to take care of herself”
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Back-Seat Sewer
pretty girl in the |
“She's
The husband drew up a chair beside his wife's sewing machine the
other day and remarked
“Dont you think it's running too
wrong stam. Slow down
‘Why. what's the matter with you
fast?
for ten years.”
“Oh, 1 was merely trying to assist you, just as J
drive the car.”
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Speaking of Epitaphs
Look out,
or youll stick that needle in your finger.”
I've been running this machine
you'll sew the
ou try to help me
In a certain country cemetery, above the name of a long-departed
old citizen appears this line: “Lord, she wag thin”
the stone was too narrow for the cutter to piace the fina]
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Turn on the Heat
He ‘was sitting al the breakiast
the newspaper when he came across an item abou
We are told that
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table the other moming reading
t a couple up in
Alaska having been buried in a snowdrift for eighteen hours Turning
tn the maid he asked “How would you like to be buried for eighteen
hours in a snow drift with your sweetie?”
And all she sald was, “Say, If me and my sweetie was buried in a
we'd be swimmin’ in twenty minutes ™
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Almost Wants Him Back
snow drift,
A life insurance company that had required some additional evidence
to support a claim, recently received a letter from
insured, which endea
{Miss K---- was cut about the face and bands,
| ter which arrived last Wednesday
1 have 50 much trouble getting the money that ]
think 1 wish my husband was nol dead”
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Calf Love
First Farmer—“I've gol a freak on my farm—a
Second Farmer
night”
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Slips of the Press
(From a Church Paper)
the widow of the
sometimes almost
two-legged call’
“1 know He came over to call on my daughter last |
LOUISA’S
LETTER
Dear Loulwa:
We have three girls, all of a very
hospitable nature They think
nothing of bringing in guests for
meals every day |
Now 1 realize that it is nice for
them to be sociable and popular bu! |
the situation has its disadvantages. |
|To begin with if I have enough meat
for five the dish seems rather
skimpy for six. As 1 never know |
{ when the extra guest or guests are |
six or more ai every meal
However, the real drawback to
| this remedy Is that my budget Is |
will not send single | based on food for five instead of a |
{ letters over the wire, hut will substitute a word for them, such as “apple” | larger number of people
“C,” etc, Now, the
with an
| allowance for guests, occasionally.
My real difficulty is in getting the
| family to discuss the matter at all. !
| 1 I mention it, my husband thinks
{1 am campaigning for more money
|and the children think 1 begrudge
their friends a little bread and
meat,
A: a matter of fact, 1 think we |
| spend quite enough for food and 1
do not want more money—all 1
want is a little friendly cooperation
In by-gone days, when people had
large families, entertained relatives
by the month and had lots of ser-
vants, one or two extra people made
no difference, but today the situa- |
{ thon is different
Do you think it would be a good
idea to call the family together and
try to discuss the matter or would
you consider it a worthless effort?
| Mother—N, C
ANSWER:
You say you have difficulty
getting them to discuss the matier
80 il seems 0 me that this is your
real probiem
You might have more success if
you begin your discussion by say-
ing that you do not wan. more
money and you do not object 0
guests. Then put your figures on
the table and show how it will feed
five every day and eight occasional-
ly but not eight every day. Try to
make them undersiand that being
prepared for extra people Is just
about as expensive as having them
there. And then suggest that they
each choose a day of the week on
which they will fee] free to Invite a
guest—as a regular thing
Of course, occasions will come up
when other people will have to be
entertained by this solution of
your problem seems 0 me rather
fair to everyone. On the days you
| Are not expecling extra people you
can cut down and in this way make
ends meet
I! young people understand why
we wigh to do ceriain things they
are usually quite reasonable bu
the real job is In getting them to
understand the whys and the
wherelores
You speak as though your chil-
dren bring in these extra people
without warning--if so, 1 fear you
have been very lax in your train-
ing Children should
have been taught {0 be more con-
siderate than that It & rather
late to teach them now, but 1 wish
you luck™
LOUISA
imams ————
MORRISDALE YOUTH
INJURED IN WRECK
near Philipsburg, received a fractur-
ed skull early Friday morning when
\ i the car in which he was riding skid-
On Saturday night at eight p m the annual potato-pie supper will
be held. The subject of the sermon on Sunday morning will be,
night of horror’.”
(Cold Springs, Ga.. Times)
“Wanied-—A place to show her wares by an antique
ish chest and other odd things.”
(Raymond, Wash. Herald)
A
lady with a Span-
“Both girls riding in the machine which overturned were injured
and
back seat.”
(Creston, Ohio, Journal)
“Mr, and Mrs. W----. are the parents of a brand
Miss He--. in the
new baby daugh- |
We are sorry that we were unable
‘to report the accident in last week's issue, but the news arrived too late
to be included.”
(East Coast Shipping Record)
"Miss Alice W-.
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These Are on Hitler
Wrong Deg
Hitler and Goering were riding in the country and ran over a dog |
| Goering went in to apologize and make amends with the farmer, who Chief of Ordnance, speaking
i apparently owned the dog. After several minutes Goering returned laden
said that he
'with gifts. When Hitler requested an explanation
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less aboard the 8 8 Alexandria, which sails tomorrow. Before WAVING ix “generally ahead
port she will have her barnacles scraped.” 8 ¥
ded and turned over after rounding
a curve at Trop Tavern near Hawk
Run.
Ben Quick, Jr, 18 Morrisdale
driver of the car, received a bruised
eye in the crash
Sabo! was rushed to the Philips-
burg Hospital by John Balough,
| Morrisdale. and Lawrence Le-
Grand, Munson, who stopped at the
j scene of the accident. Sabol's body
was found lying on the right side
of the berm
Production Progress
Speaking in Detroit, Mr. Glancy.
{OPM Ordnance Director. said the
| military plane program is on sched- |
{ule with “our combat planes sur-
passed by none.” the naval program
of schedule;” |
[ANd many army and navy air fields
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{and bases are “well ahead of sched- |
(ule.” OPM reported 1427 military
planes manufactured in April—a
new record.
Major General] Wesson, Army
| in Ro-
chester, N. Y., reported U. 8. arma-
[ment to be of the latest type and |
| didn't understand it either for ali he said was “Hell, Hitler! The dog is| “thoroughly effective” He said we
| dead,” and the farmer heaped treasures on him.
Misquoted
A patient in an insane asylum was trying to convince sn attendant |
that he was Hitler,
“Who told you that you're Hitler?” inquired the attendant,
“God did.” replied the Inmate,
“1 did not,” came a voice from the next bunk.
“We wonder if Mother Hitler ever realized, at the time of Adolf's
{ birth, that she had created such a fuehrer?”
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Taking His Pick
Landlady—~171 give you just three days in which to pay your board.”
Ill pick the Fourth of July, Christmas anal
Boarder—"All right,
Easter.”
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He Surely Is
He--"Just one kiss and I'll be off.”
She—"1f that's all you want, you must be”
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That's all, folks. One man who loves to have people stick
noses into his business is the handkerchief manufacturer,
{are “on the threshold of mass pro- |
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PLEASANT GAP COUPLE
HONORED ON ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. 8 W, Mulberger,
gyEIENE!
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Killeg by Truck }
Harry Barnes, 49, of Elysburg, R.
D. 1, father of 13 children, died in |
the Geisinger Hospital of injuries
| received when he was struck by a |
truck, operated by Frederick Ober-
dorf, Blysburg, R. D. 1. Oberdorf,
formerly of Riverside, is a prisoner
in the Northumberland County jail |
under $500 bail. He is charged with |
hit-and-run, and operating a ve- |
hicle with a learner's permit but
without accompaniment. !
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Amibitous Girl Students
Nearly 300 women students at the |
Pennsylvania State College earned |
Lindbergh's statement that this
country needs new leadership is
either a statement in favor of revo-
lution or an announcement of his
own candidacy.
NEURALGIA
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Tai FF iE
of
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lo appear, the only solution seems |
to always be prepared for at least |
{in the Civil
in
ceriainly |
Peter Sabol, 18, of Morrisdale,’
Query & Answer Column
VY. X~Can you tell me if the pianist on Major Bowes’ Amateur Hour,
is A man or woman?
Ans ~Major Bowes has twe planists—-man and a woman--who
work together interchangeably at the regular weekly shows and at the
studios In rehearsals and auditions by the amateurs
R. M.Are the marriage laws in Maryland and Virginia the same
as in Pennsylvania regarding the waiting period and blood test?
Ans. ~The marriage laws of Maryland and Virginia are the same as,
those of Pennsylvania, except in the minimum age limit, In Pennayi-
vania, the minimum for men and women is 21; in Maryland no spe-.
cific provision for men, common law usually applies, but for women
the minimum age is 12 years; in Virginia minimum for men is 14 and
for women it is 12
G. P.—-~Which nation first used poison gas in the World War?
Ans ~The first use of polson gas (chlorine) in warfare was by tbe
Germans in the second battle of Ypres during the World War, al-
though asphyxiating shells had been used earlier, in December, 1914
J. C. R~Does an alien have the right to vote?
Ans. ~-Allens do not have the right to vole in any State
B. A~Wha! Is a wet moon?
Ans. A wet moon 8 a new moon having one horn much lower than
the other, resembling a tilted bowl. IL is erroneously believed to be &
sign of wet weather
L. H—How many plans are used in bullding a battleship?
Ans —About 10000 plans are used in the construction of a battle
ship
M. M.—What is the source of most surnames?
Ans —The principal sources from which surnames are derived are
listed as personal characteristics, rank or profession, localities animals
or natural objects ard patronymics
R. E. C—~Are dogs allowed in Yellowstone Park?
Ans —Tourists may take dogs with them through Yellowstone Na-
‘
tional Park if they are
8. J~How many
House?
Ans — Esther Cleveland was the only child.of a President born in the
White House. Her birthday was September §, 1893,
C. 8. H—~What was the largest canhon used in the Civil War?
Ans ~The largest cannon, which records indicate to have been nved
War, was the fifteen-inch Columbiad which fired sa shell
1485 inches in diameter, weighing about 315 pounds.
T. L. N~How many trucks are operated by farmers?
Ans — American farmers own and Operate 1,000,000 truck:
D. R—~What is a sea foam pipe?
Ans —A sea foam pipe is one made of meerschaum. Meerschaum
is soft and clay-like and so light that it will float in waler, hence its
name which is German for sea 10am.
J. B~How much has the number of horses and mules in the Unit-
ed Blates decreased in Lhe last forty years?
Ans There were 20985000 horses and mules in the United States
in 1900 and 14837000 in 1940, a decrease of 6,058,000
M. G—~What is extent of damage by bombing to the churches
in England?
kept on a leash
Presidents’ children have been born in the White
the
Ans —Up to the beginning of Pebruary, in England and Wales, 287
Anglican churches were destroyed or seriously damaged 360 Free
churches and 58 Roman Catholic. Including others hit but less serious-
ly shattered the total comes to 1545, nol including numerous vicarages
and parish halls
C. H~Is Haile Selassie a Christian?
Ans Haile Belassie of Ethiopia is a devout Christian. One of his
activities was the printing of the Bcriptures on a8 personal printing
pres; in the native language so that the common people could read 10
themselves
H. T. E—~How many work for the radio industry?
Ans —The radio Industry employs 400000 persons
C. K~ilow old is Marian Anderson, the colored singer?
Ans —8he it 33 years old
B. H—Who was the youngest man ever nominated for the Presi.
dency?
Ans — William Jennings Bryan, who was a candidate in 1898 at the
age of 36. was the youngest man ever nominated for that office
E. T.—Please compare the railroad mileage in the United States to-
with that 100 years ago
Ans —Omne hundred years sgo there were less than 3000 miles of
raflroad in the United States. Today there are 410,118 miles enough 10
make parallel tracks between New York and San Francisco
M. M.—How many miles is the average car driven in a year?
Ans —The mileage traveled by a car in a Year depends to a large
extent on the age of the car. It bas been estimated that the average
pumber of miles traveled by all types and ages Of Cars in ohe year is
over B850 miles for each car. Of this number, 5000 miles are traveled on
rural highways. 1880 miles on secondary highways, and 2670 miles off
urban roads
H. B. D—-Wha!
day
the average life of a canary?
Ans —The average life of the canary is beiween twelve and fifteen
vers, although some birds have been known to live eighteen years:
There is one case on record in which a canary Was known (0 be at least
thirty-four years old when it died
J. 0. P.—Does the Bible refer to shaving with a razor?
Ans. Isaiah 7:20 reads: “In the same day shall the Lord shave 4h
a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the King
of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shail also cou-
sume the beard ‘
E. N. G—~Should a young lady be congratulaled upon her spproach-
ing marriage? o
Ans --It is not considered good form to congratulate a prospective
bride. She receives one's good wishes, The prospective bridegroom is
congratulated ;
M. S.—Why are North Carolinians called Tar Heels?
Ans —Tar heels was a term of derision applied by the Mississip-
| plans to a brigade of North Carolina soldiers, who in one Of the great
battles of the Civil War failed to hold their position on a hill. They were
taunted with having forgotten to tar their heels that morning
H. G.—~What city in the United States has the largest per capita
expenditure for flowers? ‘
Ans Latest available figures show that San Francisco leads with
an annual per capita expenditure of $359, and Washington, D. C. is
next with $3.31 per capita. The average for the entite United States is
$1.13 per capita
A. A. E—~Who said “Our country, right or wrong?"
Ans —“Our country! In her intercourse. with foreign nations may
she always be right: but our country, right ge wrong” is a toast given
by Stephens Decatur. Car] Schurz, in an delivered in Congress
in 1872 said: “Our country, right or wrong, right, to be kept right;
when wrong, to be put right.” W
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