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All subscriptions will be continued unless otherwise directed. CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES EACH WEEK NATIONAL €DITORIAL. SSOCIATION EDITORIAL Embargo on silk, or not, we are waiting to see how the women look in cotton hose, If Hitler conquers Europe, can vou imagine who will be Der Fuehrer's man in the United States? The United States can have peace with Hitler —all we have to do is to go way back and sit down There are some Congressmen who would like to investigate the rumor that there Is a war somewhere aging Japan has about come to the point of suspect. ing that the United States can be pushed so far. and no more Russia's army performance has reached the stage whepe one is forced to wonder how much ong- er it can last There are a few persons in Centre county who still think that Great Britain is a greater menace tc this country than Germany, They haven't been reading much since 1830 Every time a Russian soldier fires a gun he moves to prevent the boys of this country from hav- Ing to fire a gun. Consequently, we think it i= a good plan to keep the Red army supplied with am- munition. Here is something new in strikes: A number of anthracite coal miners in this State recently picket- ed and closed down a number of collieries, striking against the action of the United Mine Workers in increasing the dues of its members. The strike of miners against their union is like a man biting a dog. It is news. President Roosevelt says: The right of freedom of worship would mean nothing without freedom of speech. And the rights of free labor as we know them today could not survive without the rights of free enterprise, This is the indestructible bond that is between us—all of us Americans: interdependence of interest, privilege, opportunities, responsibilities interdependence of rights, In decisring that German or Italian vessels which enter She zones of our present defense, will henceforth dc so at their own peril, the President is simply recognizing the plain and imperative con- sequences in which the nation finds itself. The people of the United States will see their nation’s policy placed upon that firm foundation which is the best —the only possible—answer to the horror and men- ace into which Hitlerism has plunged our world The man who is responsible for this step forward in our defense policy is not President Roosevelt. It is Adolf Hitler. Under our American system the President must act as Commander in Chief when the security of our country is endangered by pirati- cal conquerers who disdain the formalities of declar- ing war. This is what the people expect of him. Our Navy is now a direct participant in the Battle of the Atlantic, LEGION’S ALL-AMERICAN STAND The American Legion, an organization devoted to 100 per cent Americanism, and boasting more than a miilion soldiers, sailors, marines and coast- guardsmen as members, has been at times something of a non-intervention and isolationist group. Meeting recently in Milwaukee the Legion, in annual con¥ention, repudiated entirely such senti- ment and by official action called for the “defeat of Adolf Hitler and all that he stands for.” This was considered tantamount to a declaration of support of the President's foreign policies, The Legion favored repeal of the Neutrality Act, which bars U. 8. ships from war zones, the lifting of geographical limitations on the use of American troops in line with the request of the Army High Command, the establishment of naval bases in the Philippines, Iceland and other key islands in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, universal military train. ing and refused to approve a report opposing lend- lease aid to Russia. Generally, the Legion went on record, “if fight- ing is necessary” upon “being prepared to do the fighting outside the United States” thus endorsing the offensive-type of defense that is now advocated by leading Army and Navy officers. The Legion wants the nation strong enough to “meet any pos- sible attack before it arrives and to turn the enemy back so that our homes remain intact and our fam- flies secure.” The meeting of the Legion was generally antici- pated as the first public reaction to the President's “shoot on sight” order. The members heard Seore- tary of the Navy Frank Knox outline the orders is- sued to the warships of the United States in ocon- nection with keeping the ocean lanes open as far as the waters adjacent to Iceland. They received a message {rom the President in relation to the grave dangers confronting the nation. On the eve of the convention the America First Committee, an organization militantly opposed to the President's f polities, held a demonstration at which Rep. Hamilton Pish and Senator Bennett Champ Clark assailed the course of the United THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. States. Both of these gpenkers are members of the Legion and there were additional spokesmen avafl- able to represent the nom-interventtonist philosophy, The attion. of the Legion is As significant as it is clear-cut, The men who participated in the last World War, after years of serious consideration, have concluded that the interests of this nation, as well as the peace of the world, require the defeat of Adolf Hitler, They have likewise decided that the United State: has a direct Interest in the job to be done, ’ LIMITED NAVAL WARFARE In January, Adolf Hitler, on the eighth snni- versary of Nazl accession to power, predicted that Great Britain would be defeated in 1941, and de- clared, before a cheering audience in Berlin's Sport- palast, that: “Whoever believes he will be able to help Eng- land must definitely know one thing: every ship, whether with or without a convoy, that comes before our torpedo tubes, will be torpedoed.” » This was the Nazi declaration of unrestrie submarine warfare. A similar policy had been put Into effect once before, in March, 1917, with the re- sult that the United States went to war against Im- perial Germany because of the sinking of American ships Congress Accepls Hitler's Challenge Following the warning from Hitler, the Congress of the Unted States, in March, passed the Lease Lend Act, formhally proclaiming aid to nations re- sisting aggression as a national policy of this coun- wry. Since the passage of the Lease-Lend Act, a steady procession of ship-borne supplies has pro- ceeded across the Atlantic to British forces, Thus was set the stage for an irreconcilable con- flict between Germany and the United States States The clash could be avoided only if Hitler refrained from carrying out his policy proclaimed under the Lease-Lend Act, Appeasement Obviously Impossible When news reached the United States of the at- tack upon the Destroyer Greer, accompanied by other torpedo attacks upon American merchant ships, the Fresident of the United States was called upon to decide whether this country should abandon its national policy Obviously, under a policy of retreat before ag- gression, there would be difficulty in establishing any point at which to make a stand. The Issue was plainly joined. The challenge came from Hitler and the United States had to accept the challenge or beat a hasty retreat There may be some Americans who believe that the United States should have surrendered all rights en the high seas In the interest of preserving peace There is nothing in the record of Germany's recent history to indicate that such a surrender would in- sure permanent peace. In fact, Hitler's record shows that every concession to Nazi Germany has resulted in enlarged demands Once a nation adopted a policy of appeasement, demonstrating a lack of firmness, the Reich regime continued to push that nation to the limit. Event. ually, the unfortunate country discovered that ap- peasement was no satisfactory solution and only re- sulted in weakening the country for defense Hitler's Program Compels Attacks of opinion on the part of ex- perts, it seems, is that Hitler does not prefer a hooting war with the United States at this time Fully engaged In Russia, the Nazis would prefer to settle that fight before beginning another Just the same, Hitler's long-range program in- esvitably includes domination of the entire world and the first step in this program Involves the de- feat of Great Britain, Consequently, Hitler is faced with the choice of abandoning his campaign Agninst Great Britain or risking war with the United States This is the grave guestion which now must be decided in Berlin. Orders issued to the warships of the United States. involving the protection of mer- chant ships engaged In commerce, serve Notice oN German and Italian vessels of war to enter our de- fensive waters at their own peril” This means that American warships will hereafter immediately en- page Axis warships discovered in American defen. give waters 80 far as we can is only a before a naval engagement will result patrol vessel Will run Roross an Axis submarine, or surface warship, in waters deemed essential to our defense In that event a naval engagement will in- evitably take place Only the slightes: chance exists that Axis warships will refrain from operations in our defensive waters Limited Warfare Foreseen It will be a mistake, we think, to assume that such a naval engagement will result in full-fledged warfare between the United States and Oermany The probability, as we see it, is that the United States would strengthen its Atlantic patrol and con- tinue to shoot at every Asis warship located in our area. This policy of limited warfare is all that this nation can do to protect merchant ships on the high seas. It should result in greater losses to Ger- many and to Italy than to the United States We doubt if there will be anything like a forma] declaration of war. American warships and planes will proceed into action against Axis warships upon the same basis that they would attack piratica] ves- sels engaged in plundering the commerce of the world Germany might declare war against us, but, even on. there is no course open to the Nazis except to continue their present operations. It would be en- tirely up to the United States to determine the scope of activity, and we could make this decision without concern as to Germany's reaction. The consensus question of time spe it ) An American AMAZING FACTS FROM A SPY TRIAL The people of the United States are naturally interasted in the work of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation and will no doubt be fascinated by detalls of the trial of sixteen spies now underway in the Federal Courtroom in Brooklyn, New York. Among the revelations brought to light, there is the fact that in 1939 an American citizen, who had served as a machine-gunner in the German Army during the World War, was forced to become a spy while in Germany, Upon returning to this country, he revealed all the facts to the Government, As a result, the FBI built a short-wave station to establish communications with the German 8py- ring at Hamburg. For sixteen months, the G-men exchanged worthless “information” about American defense plans for valuable details of the Nazi spy gctivities in this country. It will also come as a shock to the people of this country to be informed that, in the opinion of G-men, the Germans have been In possession of our veinable Norden bombsight for many months It will be remembered that quite a furore was created in this country at the mere suggestion that the bomb-sight be turned over to the British air force, The question became a national issue, with Iso- lationists and patriots vying with each other to pro- tect our “great military secret.” Now the rev. elation that it was no secret at all in Berlin where complete details had been delivered hy an employe of the plant making the bomb-sight in this country. HAS JAPAN MADE UP HER MIND? It is too early to conclude that the Japanese have decided to make a complete about-fage in the Far East. There is still room for the suspicion that Tokyo will be guided by Hitler's success, and the peace of the Far East will not be secure ag long as Japan maintans its army and navy in a position to take advantage of deve ts in other areas. The United States, presume, will require | “more from Tokyo than promises. Before the eco- nomic sanctiohs are removed the newly established Japanese regime will have to give more than Hp- service to the cause of peace. The test of Japanese intentions comes in China, If the Japanese end their “Chinese incident” by re- — —— 1 LOUISA’S LETTER | Dear Louisa: TW I am a girl of seventeen and 1/ have been going with a who | is eighteen, for three years. It will, be several years before we can be | married, but in the meantime, I! THE Orrice CAT “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men” way. But don't you think that it | will just be wasting money to go to college, as 1 never intend | teach, I am interested in making | a home for my husband, { My family wants me to go to col- | lege, What do you think? | LP | Pennsylvania, | Not Bevond His Means Boy Friend-—-"Are you free this evening?" Girl Priend-—-"Well, not exactly free, but very inexpensive” ®* oo oo The Fruits of Caution A careful driver approached a railroad; he stopped, looked and ls- tened. All he heard was the car behind him crashing into his gas tank, ® & ¢ 0» Slow Motion A Bellefonte man was grumbling during the recent hot spell about the heat. Bald another, who had just returned from a training camp in the South: ' “Hot! Mister, you don't know what hot {5. One day last week I saw !a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking!" ® & oo 0 Was It a Defense Order? Customer (in restaurant) “Are you the girl who took my order?” Waitress—"Yes, sir" Customer-—"Well — | Answer: | You ean never be sure what the future holds in store for you. Three yexrs from now you may wonder | why you ever cared anything about this boy or he may be in Jove with | some other girl. He may be in the | Army, or he may be dead. At any rate, you would certainly be foolish tw give up the oppor. tunity of getting a good education and of having some definite way | | | | | | you ever need 0, I declare-—you don't look a day older.” | Go Ww school and learn all you ® 4 oo 0 can, Even If you never heed to make t y { your living, you will be a more In- Missing Something teresting person for such an exper- Pap—"1It's a terrible thing. 1 sold my car and morigaged my house | lence, You will meet other people and land, just to send my son to college. And all he does there is smoke, and your viewpoint will be a dance and take girls out to parties.” | broader ome. Nelghbor—"Oh, ro you're regretting it, eh?" Good luck. Pap—"You're darn tootin’. I should have gone mysell.” * & & 9 Ain't It the Truth? He--“Hang It, isn't dinner ready yet? I'll go out and get my dinner.’ She--"Can’'t you wait ten minutes?” He—"Will it be ready In ten minutes?” She-—"No, but In ten minutes I'l have my hair brushed and go with you.” LOUIBA. Deas Louisa: 1 will finish high school this year land I had intended io become a | stenographer But that means two years and money is scarce. 1 have a chance to go in training as a nurse. I've always liked nursing, but ' 1 wonder iM there are the oppor- {tunities to rise in the profession that you find in the business world? Please tell me what you advise ELLEN, ® & 0 0 Busy Corner— Bouse (bumping into lamp post)—"Excuse me, sir” Bumping into fire hydrant): “Excuse me, Httle boy.” (Bumping into second lamp post) “Well, Til sit here until the crowd passes.’ * & 9 9 Gelling a Raise Then there was the guy that winked at the elevator girl him up Maryland Answer: If you Mke nursing, I don"t think you would go wrong to go In train- , ing as soon as you finish school | As for opportunities, ii seems to me that a smart girl has more of them in the nursing profession than in almost any other line. A good nurse makes a good living and she comes in contact with all kinds of people, As far as romance bs oob- cerned. anyone In a white cap and spick and span uniform just seems to exude romance Bhe took ® © oo 9» Close Relative His wife determined to cure him of his evil ways, with the aid of a sheet and an elefiric torch, transformed herself into a fair resemblance of a ghost. She went In and shook the drunkard “Whash that?” murmured the souse “This is the devil” came the answer in deep sepulchm] tones “Shake hands, old horsh, I married your sister” ® © ¢ Free Ride Coming Conductor —"Matiam, you will have to pay full fare for this boy.” Madam "But he is only ten™ Conductor—"Well, our rule is Jong pants, full fare; short pants half fare” Colored Mammy (in rear of car? for nothing ™ LOUISA. Dear Louisa: Do you approve of children three or four years of age having per- manent waves? My sister wants o igive one to my little girl but 1 don't like the idea Please lel] me what you think. “Lawsee, next Ume, I'se gwine ride * 4 4 0 MOTHER. Lost and Found “Look here, waitress. 1 have just found this button Tiinois Anwwer: 1 think # is extremely silly to put A permanent in such a tiny girls hair. To begin with it usually jooks frizaly instead of wavy and I like my children natural Why don’t ‘you roll it up on afl paper? LOUISA So-That's the Law Angry Customer Lin my soup’ ‘ Waitress — (beaming) “Thank you, so much sir 1 have been 00k. ing everywhere for it’ i ® & 4 » Determined First Neighbor "1 hear your cook has tion.” Becoryd Neighbor-"Yes. Tf the can't get man, she starts mashing the potatoes ” * & + 0 Too Risky The preacher was having a serious talk her son "Tom needs educating, Mrs Jones.” he rather an smorous disposi up a Mirtation with the milk (Continged from pope ome) timt her testimony was incredible and that as a wayward girl she was “attempting to hang her father for sald; "it 1s very important. DET OWn delinquencies 1 had to pinch like everything to send my sons (o college, bul it was whi ules diy worth it.” a ] Attention—Heads of Governments “Maybe.” replied Mrs. Jones, "but my husband's too afraid of the law | |. ° May a son Who murders his to do anything like that” father inherit the parent's property? ® & ¢ 9 The courts in a few states have : é (answered this question in the af- Vicious Grasshoppers {firmative. Buch was the law in Two farmers, one from Iowa and one from Kansas, were discussing Pennsylvania until 1917 when a grasshoppers. The man from Towa insisted that for size and strength and law specifically forbidding such in- all-around endurance, his hoppers had the world beaten. (heritance was enacted. A Nebraska The Kansan woultnt agree. and he related this personal experience: | Case of 1894 upheld the right of a i {father to inherit his daughter “One day 1 hitched old Dobbin to the wagon, bat hatl 10 go Back nto Loran Coe 0 TR CORES the house to get my pipe and tobacco. A Tew mintites ater I looked out , noone ne dt 4 i the window and found the whole place filled with grasshoppers as big tal ensor BY ue hello hei ode Bi your fist. My horse had disappeared and some of the ATASROPDErs Were}. way hanged 8 short time after pitching horseshoes to determine who would get the hainess and wagon. | po een "0 Sony of the states. the | *.¢ ¢ 0 {law is clear that a person doss not | Either Way 1 ‘have the right to legally mcguire | Officer (as company is temporarily about to vacate trench which has | PTOPRTYY by his own crime. A word been reportsd mined) "You two will remain here, and if there is an ex. 0 he wise, sic. piosion you will blow a whistle. You understand?” ! Busy "a. Bivoros ay - 4 y «a | LL Spuds—"Yes, sorr. Will we blow it going up Or coming down. | in pri oy RO at " y is tol * * 00 {have the couple go before pt and break a ring or cut a Information | cord—and presto, they wre 8Bhe had everything wrong She had disregarded the traffic light, then | . +. 4 stalled in the middie of the street and, before starting, had taken ot her’ outdoor Life . . . According powder puff and started applying it to her face. An irate traffic oop’ laws of Massachusetts, : rushed up. : | not: pick wild berries or flowers, “Say. lady, do you know anything at all about the traffic rules?” he camp or picnic | shouted. Twhich he does no “Why yes, officer.” came the reply. “What is it that you want fo know?” ® & oo 0 Tit For Tat A Scotish clergyman owaed a farm, which was rin’ as economically | | as possible. One day, a stroll, he saw his Plowman sitting fdle on | the handle of the plow, e the horses took a needed ref. He was | paying the man 10 cents an hour, and so gently, but reprosehfully sad: “John. wouldn't it be a good plan for you to have a Pair of shears, ; | and be trimming those bushes along the fence, while the horses are rest- { Ing?” | John Tutufmed the miftister’s gaze, and answered: “And might I sug- | | gest that you take a pan of potatoes into the pulpit and peel ‘em during | the anthem.” with one of his flock about i i a i $ g feed Seeriievdiais * oo 00 Ny ay Why, Johnny school one day, and the following morn. square himself with the teacher, He de- note of excuse, signing his mother’s name, which re- Mandy uncorked the capsule of quinine and sifted the doce well into her mouth. Then she rushed as fast as her fat legs would carry her to the doctor. : “Doctah” she lee , “dat med'cin yo' all give me has done give me if E : § 3 fii —. | with which to earn a living in case | caller may have to pay substantial | of mankind start with a cold in the September 25, 1941. Query & Answer Column M. A. What perosntuge of stockings sold in the United States are silk? Ans —Eighty-one per cent of the 540,000.000 pairs of stockings sold an- will have to pass the thme in some nually are rilk. . BE J~How many Canadians are serving In the armed forces of | Great Britiun? Ans.-~At present 190,000 Canadians are in Britian and 200000 are ready and waiting to go, M. B-~Why has Mana Lisa no eyebrows? in Ans There are numerous explanations as to thelr absence, one being that they disappeared in the course of cleaning the portrait IA M.~When was Gen. Chiang Kelshek kidnapped? Ans On December 12, 1936, he was kidnapped at Sian by Gen. Chang Hsueh-Liang and was heid prisoner until December 25 T. K.~What is a statoscope? Ans Tt Is a very sensitive anerold barometer for recording minute variations of pressure T. D.—~How much does it cost Lo equip an Army trainees with clothing for a year? Ans ~The cost of Initially equipping him is $104 88, and the cost of maintaining him is $53.03, making a total clothing cost for the year of” $1567.71. C. R. B—What famous philosopher expounded the belief that man should live only for himaseld? Ans Nietzsche's guiding principle was the will to power and the conviction that the moral man must live only for self M. H.—~What Is the origin of calling the Republican Party G. O. P? Ans—In 1880 the Republican party was referred to by campaign ore- tors as the Grand Old Party It was abbreviated to G. O. P. in the Cin - cinatti Gazette in 1684 and thereafter that became the accepted form J. P.—How long does it take a bomb weighing fifty pounds to drop 2000 feet from an airplane? Ans ~The time of fall for a fifty pound bomb dropped from 2000 Tee} Is mpproxtmately eleven and one-hall seconds E. B. J.-Whast insignia is used by the members of the United Blates of America parachute troops? Ans The emblem of the parachute troops is & replica of an open parachute between wings. It is made of silver 8S. L. H~—What kind of food Is pancho villa? Ans. Tt is a Chilean casserole dish composed of beans poached eggs cooked In beef juice flavored with garlic F. K~How many United States ships were sunk by Germany befors this country declared war in 19177 Ans From August, 1914, to April 6, 1017, fifteen ships were sunk by submarines and five by mines. The William P. Frye was sunk by the Ger. man cruiser Prinz Eile] Prederick T. 8 ~How many persons did the Wooden Horse of Troy hold? Ans Jt was large enough to contain 100 armed warriors within it hollow interior D. B~What is the salary of a rural mail carrier? Ans On a standard dally route of twenty-four miles the salary f= $1800 a year, with an additional! §30 a mile a year for each mile or major fraction thereof in excess of twenty-four miles comm, and F. K~Can you ll me In your good paper how many stones were used to bulld the Great Pyramid of Egypt? Ans According oo British archaeologists in the Greal Pyramid in Egypt G. L—-Who Is the king of Algeria? speak? there are 2.300000 stones And what language do they | Ans —Algeris has no king. The country is a French colony French Is the official Ianguage and H. G~Do high fvreheads indicate great intelligence? Ans No; it is a myth. This theory became deeply rooted in the minds of many people because of the low joreheads of the man-like apes W. SCan you ell me why the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, built lo jenn like I does? war Ans Originally the Leaning Tower of Pisa was built plumb but its height and weight was too great for the size of its foundstion and gradusily began to sag The tower is bow leaning more than 16 feet out of plumb and f= still anking-—siowly but surely. American methods are being considered to straighten the building and give it a foundation that will ast for all time I'ke our own Washington Monument was jacked up ang firaightened some fifty years ago when £ was Ciscovered to be jenning one inch out of plumb because She foundation had settled a little on one side . A. W~Will you answer In your Questions and Answers who were the vice presidents during President Wilsons administrations? Ans—The Vice-President during both %erms of President Wilson's ad- ministrations was Thomas Marshall of Indiana - B. R—How are icebergs formed? And bow much of the whole of » floating dorberg stands above the surface of the ocean? “Ans —lcebergs are fragments of Polar ioe-sheets which have broken away from the original mass, except that some are formed by the break- ing off of huge fragments of glaciers witich have Gescended to the ses. About sight-ninths of all icebergs are below the surface of the water In other words, if an iceberg is one-quarter mile high, two miles of it is deep into the ocean, ; C. H~—Does the monarchic Vatican City eafry on commercia] sctiv- ities with other countries? Who are the diplomatic representatives from the United States? - Ans Vatican City, while an independent State, with the Pepe as ruler, no commercial activities are carrisd on with any country. Therefore they have no diplomatic relstions with the United States nor with any other nation. The Papal State government is purely spiritus] beyond confines of its domain. ’ P. W.—Is the Bortialist Party and the Communist Party the same? Ans ~No. Not any more than you would consider the Democrats and the Republicans the same. M. B-Are there more nuns or priests in the United States? a Ana-"Teere are 152,158 Catholic nuns and 50203 Catholic priests and brothers, C. D—1s It customary for the bridegroom to furnish sults and gloves for the best man and ushers? Ans ~The best man and ushers at a wedding supply thelr own suits bridegroom | If gloves are to be worn, these are furnished by the B. C~~Does a lightning flash or bolt slways strike the earth? Ar ~The Weather Bureau says that many lightning discharges take between two parts of the same cloud, or between two clouds with striking the earth. . M~Why to chains hang from ofl trucks? 22 pur. ground, thus eliminating the danger of fire or x- electricity. : H-~Please give the population of Japan, : Ans In 1940, the population of the Japanese Empire wes 105286101 Health Letter One-half of the disabling diseases g §F ot : 5 ; iy i Lp ! ji
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